Arnaud deNice was born in 1768 as youngest child of a family of six.

His father Joseph deNice, an authory who married the only legitimate child of a rich merchant family

With no change to inherit and lacking social skills, his father forced him to enroll in the militairy academy of Brienne-le-Château.

Where Arnaud quickly bonded with a fellow book worm, di Buonaparte.

di Buonaparte?

That would be Napoleon the emperor, right?

That's right Damiane. You have studied well.