I will admit, it’s nice to chat with another leader. From what research I have done on the Delacours, Appoline handled more of the smaller, localized governments in France. Her mother was still the Matriarch and the Minister of France. As much as Marcus likes to make himself seem like a leader, he was a friend first. He knew that rites were important, but he only had his people perform them. He wasn’t in it to change the world. Not in that way. He was a simple man, sort of. 