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Nostradamus
Nostradamus
Biographical Information
In History: Michel de Nostredame
Title: Court Seer
Born: December 14, 1503
Height: 6'2
Gender: Male Male
Nationality: French Flag - France
Status: Alive
Religion: Unknown
Originally From: Provence, France
Signature: Nostradam's Signature
Affiliations: Kingdom of France

Nostradamus's Predictions
Nostradamus and Olivia
Nostradamus and Catherine

Relationship Information
Family: Unnamed Wife †

2 Unnamed Children †

Interests: Olivia D'Amencourt (Apart)
Character Information
First Appearance: Pilot
Last Appearance: In a Clearing
Portrayed By: Rossif Sutherland
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"Serving the truth at court is a crooked path."
Nostradamus

Nostradamus is a member of the French Court and is a very close friend of Queen Catherine. Not much is know about his abilities, or if they are even real, as he usually plays them off as less than what they are.

Must See Episodes

Personality

Nostradamus is a cautious, but a very wise and loyal man. He is quite cunning without being malicious. He has a broad range of knowledge on the Pagan faith, without being Pagan himself. He is selfless, but doesn't hesitate to be self-serving when it comes to his happiness.

Biography

Early Life

Nostradamus has been a part of the inner French Court circle for over a decade. He has been close friends with the Queen of France while her son Prince Francis and King Henry's other son, Sebastian, were growing up. Sebastian noticed how in his lifetime, Nostradamus was rarely wrong about his predictions. And when he was, it could have just been misinterpreted by them, and Nostradamus was too humble to state otherwise.

Nostradamus understand his continuous stay in the French kingdom is only due to the kindness of King Henry who allows him to live within the Kingdoms' walls and stay such close friends with his wife, Catherine de' Medici. Nostradamus is also aware that his visions could be interpreted as him being a heretic and, if not for the king's blessing he would be burned under a different Kings rule.

He is also the kingdoms herbal doctor and understands how to create cures and poisons at the request of the Queen, and for his own interest.

Season 1

Pilot

Pilot - 1 Nostradamus

Nostradamus wakes from his vision

The series opens with a vision of a dark forest. A single beam of sunlight is shining through the trees onto another lone tree in full blossom. The lone tree's white petals cover everything, including the ground beneath it. Nostradamus comes up to it and admires the perfect vision. When he looks up at the tree, blood starts dripping onto his face and on the white petals. When he looks down, his hands are entirely covered in blood. Then he awakes.

Pilot 6 Nostradamus

Nostradamus having a conversation with his Queen.

Catherine and Nostradamus share a drink of tea together in his study. Catherine asks if his visions about her son’s death have changed. Nostradamus confirmed that if Francis weds Mary it will lead to his death. The two question how to control the situation, and Mary, who is a Queen and not someone who will be easy to manipulate.

Trumpets sounds, announcing the arrival of the Scottish Queen as a carriage arrived and four young women get out. Lady Kenna, Lady Lola, Lady Aylee and Greer Kimross all Scottish born and now ladies-in-waiting of their Queen.

When Mary Stuart arrives she is stopped by Prince Francis who cuts her off to exchange a less formal greeting. Francis and Mary walk arm-in-arm down the line of castle members towards the King and Queen of France for a proper introduction. As they do, Nostradamus receives more visions of Francis's death.

That evening at Elisabeth and Philip's Wedding all five Scottish girls spontaneously being to dance in the middle of the floor as feathers drop from the ceiling. Queen Catherine is annoyed, her daughter's wedding has become overrun with Scots.

Queen Catherine watches her son and Mary from a window. She asks Nostradamus again if his visions have changed. He regrets to inform her, that they have not. Catherine is annoyed and begins thinking up a plan to keep the young couple apart.

Snakes in the Garden

Snakes in Garden - 43 Notra

Cleaning off Clarissa's handy-work

Early morning, Nostradamus notices that the should-be-dead Colin MacPhail has escaped. He immediately warns Catherine of what has happened. She sent out her own search party for the boy.

Later that night in the dungeon, Nostradamus is cleaning a giant red X off a steal door. As he is cleaning he talks to Clarissa who is behind him listening. He tell her to stop interfering in the lives of the Royals. So far they think she is an Angel, but they both know differently.

Kissed

Kissed - 20 Catherine & Nostradamus

Look at you Mary

At dinner Nostradamus and Catherine are staying close in each other's company. However King Henry is in a mood, and annoyed at his own problems calls on the Court See-er, possibly to make a fool of him. He demands the Queen's advisor tell the fortunes of Mary Stuart and her Ladies-in-Waiting. Nostradamus does so, vague at first, but when the king demands something deeper, he reads Mary's future.

"The lion will fight the dragon on the field of poppies"
Nostradamus

After reader Mary and Aylee's futures, the Queen of Scots stops him herself. Demanding to know why he would say such horrible things. As he had just predicted the death of Lady Aylee. He told her, he did not choose his visions and understands them no more than she. Francis' interrupts them and Nostradamus makes is escape.

Fated
Nostradamus locks Clarissa away in the dungeon as punishment for killing Aylee. He gives her a stuffed doll. Clarissa tears a wooden stake out of the doll's frame and uses it to stab Nostradamus in the neck, although he does not die. Clarissa escapes.

Inquisition
King Henry accuses Queen Catherine of adultery, her supposed paramour being Nostradamus. Henry has him imprisoned as well. He tells Nostradamus that if he confesses to adultery with Catherine, he will not execute him but instead exile him from France. Catherine is threatened by Clarissa in her room, Clarissa telling her that she and Nostradamus will get what they deserve. Catherine confronts Nostradamus about the "castle ghost." Nostradamus tells her about Clarissa and how she serves as Mary's protector. He reveals how, when Clarissa was an infant, his father tried to remedy the birthmark on her face. He made attempts both surgically and with potions, but the result left her terribly deformed. Nostradamus' father told Clarissa's mother that the child had died. He ordered Nostradamus to abandon Clarissa in the woods, but Nostradamus found a village couple to take her in. Unfortunately, she was ostrasized and bullied by her peers. Nostradamus brought Clarissa to the castle, where she could live her life hidden from human eyes.

Royal Blood

Royal Blood - 16 - Nostradamus

I bring a Bible

Nostradamus walked up the dark and steep to the Queen's jail room. It was night and a man stood guard holding a torch. He immediately took the Bible Nostradamus was holding to inspect it for concealed any weapons, as the queen was on suicide watch.

" If you’re looking for a weapon, some say there is no greater than the scriptures themselves."
Nostradamus

Nostradamus walked into her room, as she was facing away and looking outside at the light. Catherine questioned him why he had not brought her a weapon. to kill herself with. She refused to be executed by the king in front of the court of France. Nostradamus tried to reason with her and told her that to kill herself was a sin, and it would deny her entry into heaven. Queen Catherine scoffed at him and told him to leave her alone. He left her with the bible.

Royal Blood - 17 - Nostradamus

The jailer who stood outside the Queen’s room woke Nostradamus up later that night. He informed him that he had heard coughing from inside, and was unable to get a reply from her Majesty. Now the door was jammed shut and he could not get inside. Nostradamus and The jailer ran at the door, and with their shoulders were able to open it. There they saw the hanging Queen of France, dangling from a rope.

Nostradamus immediately grabbed her body, holding it up as much as he could and ordered the jailer to cut her down. When she was free he swung her over his shoulder and told the jailer he was going to try to revive her. He cautioned him to tell no one, and that if the King found out she died on his watch, he too would be executed. Nostradamus ran down the steps back to his own chambers with the Queen over his shoulder.

Back in his own private chambers, he had already laid the Queen down on a flatbed, waiting for her to wake up. When she did he, she thanked him for his help and told him how sneaky it was to put the hook in the Bible spine, trusting her to find it. He then informed her of her awaiting carriages, and that she would soon be back in Italy, but the journey would be uncomfortable. Without meaning to, Nostradamus let it slip that her two youngest children were missing. And that a body had been found by her room in a secret passage, possibly by Clarissa. Nostradamus urged the Queen to flee as she was a condemned woman, and could do nothing for her children. The Queen refused and left to get answers.

Consummation
Nostradamus was sleeping with a familiar redheaded prostitute. Worried he lost his gift, as he had not had a vision in weeks, he stood on a stool with a rope, made a noose around his neck and kicked the chair away. After struggling for a couple seconds, the prostitute ran over and untied the rope letting him down. Nostradamus was angry at her as he didn't he got close enough to death to bring his visions back. Just then he had a vision of Mary and Francis together in bed. They appeared to be talking about their children and living a happy life. This both pleased and scared Nostradamus terribly.

Catherine brought Clarissa's mask to Nostradamus. She figured he would want it, as he had been more of a parent to her than anyone. She wanted to know if her daughter had ever known happiness. Nostradamus told her she had for a short while. When she was younger she had lived in a village, and he would often hear her singing a song the villagers had sung to her.

Nostradamus told Catherine of his new visions regarded Mary and Francis. He had always predicted Mary was tied to her firstborn's death. However since Clarissa was dead, and she had actually Catherine’s firstborn's, the visions changed. He now saw Francis and Mary together, living happily after their wedding. Catherine was furious at her friend. Her head was literally on the chopping block because of his visions, and her son had disappeared. Nostradamus told her Francis had returned to court just that day. She furiously informed him that if she died, it wouldn't be before she saw him burn.

Nostradamus left Mary and Francis' Wedding to go look for Clarissa’s grave. He had earlier been informed of her possibly survival when a maid was humming a song she used to sing. Nostradamus found her grave marked with two sticks making a cross. He was horrified when he saw footprints leaving the area with drops of blood accompanying them. She was still alive.

Nostradamus returned to the wedding reception looking for Catherine. However was interrupted with another one of his visions. He saw the same scenario as before; this time he saw it all. Mary and Francis were only a year into their wedding, and Mary was telling Francis to keep fighting, and to keep holding onto the life they had wanted, crying, Francis died in her arms.

This shocked Nostradamus and scared him deeply. then Catherine showed up and thanked him for coming forward, as it had been a very brave thing for him to do. She apologized for how cruel she had acted towards him earlier, that she had him to thank for her son's happiness, as the couple had many years together now.

Dirty Laundry

The Darkness 6 Olivia n Nostradamus

New day…

Nostradamus yet again asks Olivia if she could talk about what happened to her. After little persuasion, she tells him the tale of how she fled the castle when it was taken by Count Vincent. On her way, she ran into a girl with a mask over her face. After running for hours, she was captured by hunters and held for days while being fed on by a creature called The Darkness. One day, when she had lost so much weight that the bonds became loose, she escaped and ran for her life again.

The following day, Nostradamus wakes Olivia up with food and new clothes, as he believes it's time for her to rejoin society. However, Olivia doesn't want anything more to do with French court. She wants to stay there with him and live out the rest of her days away from other people, as she believes that the Darkness knew that she was a bad person and filled her with evil during her time in its lair.

"I judge my actions, and they were wrong. I came here to betray people. I abandon them when they needed me most."
Olivia to Nostradamus
No Exit 41 Nostradamus and Olivia

Let me help you!

The next morning, Nostradamus takes Olivia to a nearby pond and baptizes her, telling her that evil is a choice and that all that matters is what she chooses to be. He encourages her to hang on to who she thinks she is, for it will be her salvation, and she claims that she feels anew.


Season 2

The Plague
Mary and Catherine are sitting in the throne room and Catherine inquires why Francis left, but Mary remains silent. A melody starts playing, signalling that someone has falled ill. Nostradamus comes in and volunteers to search for Lola and Francis, as he believes himself immune to the plague. Catherine further interrogates Mary on Francis' absence, but Mary orders her to stop and thank Nostradamus for risking his life for Francis.

The succeeding day, Nostradamus, back from his search for Francis, informs Mary and Catherine that the house where Francis and Lola had been staying at has been marked with an X, signalling the plague. While Mary is in shock, Catherine starts ranting about how she will seize power after Francis' death, providing France with food and stability, and vowing to deal with the Volands herself.

However, she never gets to kill them, as she becomes sick herself. Mary and Nostradamus secretly ally against Catherine and Nostradamus makes her sick.

Drawn and Quartered
Nostradamus shares his concern about the wealthy Lord Narcisse finding out they killed his son with Mary. Mary assures him that Lord Narcisse will never find out and vows to protect him if he does.

Later that day, Narcisse and a group of other nobles backing him enter a celebration held in King Francis' honour. Lord Narcisse alleges that Nostradamus falsely diagnosed Eduard and condemned him to death. Francis is stunned. Lord Narcisse continues his rant about the noblemen providing everything for the kingdom and Francis orders Nostradamus to be taken away for questioning.

The following day, Catherine goes to see Nostradamus in the dungeon. He's getting his last rites soon. She has no plan for him, but she'll make sure he is remembered. Nostradamus lashes out at her, but Catherine reminds him that if he had stayed loyal to her, all would be fine. Nostradamus hints at Clarissa possibly being alive, but refuses to elaborate on it, which deeply unnerves Catherine.

The drawing and quartering is set to begin, but Mary storms in and orders procedure to stop. She blackmails Narcisse into accepting an incentive but letting Nostradamus and three other guards who helped her go. As soon as he is set free, Nostradamus decides to leave court. Mary makes sure he has enough supplies and sees him off as he rides away.

Burn
As it turns out, Nostradamus has secretly been treating King Francis' mysterious affliction with herbs. He has been a great help, but that doesn't change anything. Francis is dying.


Season 3

In a Clearing
Nostradamus warns Queen Catherine that the prophecy he has predicted long ago will come to pass. And as always, he is right. King Francis dies protecting his wife, Queen Mary, from assassins. At King Francis' Funeral,

Trivia

In History

  • Nostradamus had a wife, Henriette d'Encausse, and they had two children together. However, in 1534, all three died from the Bubonic Plague.
    • He married again years later and had 6 children, all whom outlived him.
  • Nostradamus was 5'3, but Rossif Sutherland is 6'2.

Appearances

Season One
Pilot Snakes in the Garden Kissed Hearts and Minds A Chill in the Air Chosen Left Behind Fated For King and Country Sacrifice Inquisition
Royal Blood Consummation Dirty Laundry The Darkness Monsters Liege Lord No Exit Toy Soldiers Higher Ground Long Live the King Slaughter of Innocence
Season Two
The Plague Drawn and Quartered Coronation The Lamb and the Slaughter Blood for Blood Three Queens The Prince of the Blood Terror of the Faithful Acts of War Mercy Getaway
Banished Sins of the Past The End of Mourning Forbidden Tasting Revenge Tempting Fate Reversal of Fortune Abandoned Fugitive The Siege Burn
Season Three
Three Queens, Two Tigers Betrothed Extreme Measures The Price In a Clearing Fight or Flight The Hound and the Hare Our Undoing Wedlock
Bruises That Lie Succession No Way Out Strange Bedfellows To The Death Safe Passage Clans Intruders Spiders in a Jar

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