Hey, there. I haven't heard yet from
@JokersWild about them, but I have some potential characters I had made for La Porte. I wasn't sure how many to make for this small area, so I had three ideas. One is a mayor from the town's past when it shifted from pirate home to trade port, one character tied to the exploring challenge, and one tied with an idea mentioned for a counter Cajun restaurant.
Henri LaTriche: Though Jean Lafitte may have been the man who founded La Porte, there would be others who would manage the town after the legendary pirate’s passing. Among them was Henri LaTriche, a smuggler and gambler who managed the town’s razor-thin balance of safe harbor and criminal port. He had heard rumors of the American expansion and feared that he’d have to pack up and find himself a new base of operations. Instead, he found himself with the chance of a lifetime when, in the 1840s, a wealthy businessman happened to pass through town in need of rest. The man was traveling west with an eye towards mining operations, discussing the money just waiting in a potential goldmine. Though this gentleman’s eye was on the West, Henri found himself thinking of all those wallets that would be passing through. Realizing that respectability could bring far more riches in his pocket than his crooked operations thanks to the town’s location, Henri began rebuilding La Porte into a proper trade port. Though this new development came from a place of greed, there is no denying that Henri’s initial plan had transformed a once dangerous place into a safe harbor for any traveler in need of a place to stay.
Nathan S. E. Wilkinson: La Porte may have grown into a welcoming town, but there are still plenty of tales fueled by the town’s past in piracy. Among those tales is the Legend of the Lewis and Clark Treasure. It is said that Lewis and Clark had brought a fair number of riches with them along their travels to use as bartering tools. However, it is said that they lost a substantial portion of those riches when they passed through the land that would eventually become La Porte. No one knows where this treasure might be, or if it is even real. Well, one person offering to help find it is Nathan S. E. Wilkinson. Though he claims to have traveled the world and found all sorts of treasure, the locals know Nathan for his numerous scams and get-rich-quick schemes. This would appear to be his latest scheme, recruiting visitors of La Porte in a fabulous treasure hunt with promises of grand riches…in return for a cut of the treasure. There’s no way a guy like Nathan would have an actual treasure map leading to some legendary treasure…or would he?
Sylvain Broussard: When he was a small child, Sylvain was treated to the wondrous tastes that came from the world of French cuisine. However, hard times had hit his family, forcing them to emigrate from France to America. Finding a home on the outer reaches of La Porte, his family found themselves hit hard, having to trade the elegant kitchens of Paris for the humid bayous of Louisiana. However, Sylvain did not share his family’s frustrations. He found himself taken by the flavors and spices that were growing in the wilds of this new home, instead of contained in a prim garden. As he grew up and developed his own culinary talents, he began mixing his family’s precise techniques with these wild tastes and spices. Now, all grown up and the latest chef in the family line, he has set up shop offering guests a taste of those wonderful flavors just lurking in the bayou.
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