Charles de Valois

Charles de Valois is the Count of Valois and younger brother to King Philippe of France. He does not share his brother's striking looks nor blond locks, being wide-faced and long-nosed, with limp brown hair. Charles is a renowned horseman and warrior on the field of battle, but is lacking in the arts of diplomacy and administration. He is suspicious and possibly jealous of the influence the King's spymaster, Comte Mathieu de la Marche, has over Philippe.