Albagane Simoneaux

Life
Albagane Simoneaux was born on September 4, 67 in the small town of Umfunatte, Micholei to Zoel and Thula Simoneaux. He was younger than his brother Zoel by about a year. The two boys grew up in a small house above the bookstore where their parents worked. At age 18, Albagane left home and moved to Komkhuleaux to attend university there. It was there that he would meet his future wife, Umakotine Durand. After graduation, Albagane returned to Umfunatte to help his brother run the store following the death of their father and subsequent retirement of their mother. Kotine, his new wife, moved back with him and took a job as a schoolteacher in town.

In 92, Esau, their oldest son, was born. After a few years, their daughter Cezelia was born in 96, and their second son Devi in 97. In the year 100, Zelia was discovered to be an umakatha. This was a surprise to them at first, because they were not previously aware of any umakathas in their extended family, but genealogical research indicated later that Kotine's estranged maternal grandmother was an umakatha. Thus, in 101, Zelia began training with the local umakatha named Lakiwe Moreau while also attending primary school in town.

In 114, Zelia announced her desire to go to Kellington and find work as an umakatha there. Both Albagane and his wife were open to the concept, but wanted Zelia to wait to leave until she was a bit older. However, Zelia decided to go anyway and ran away in the middle of the night, much to Albagane's distress. He tried at first to bring her back home by any means necessary, but Kotine and Lakiwe managed to convince him that Zelia needed to learn and grow in the world. His stress was alleviated even more when Zelia returned home to visit them in early 115, apologizing for running off and introducing them to her new crew. Also in 115, Devi left home for the university in Komkhuleaux to study biology.

In 116, Regia invaded Micholei and the war began. The Simoneaux family managed to stay out of the war for the most part, though Devi did have to leave university early due to the siege of Komkhuleaux. In 118, however, Albagane had to take sole ownership of the bookstore when Zoel found himself unable to work due to the grief of losing his daughter in the war.

After the war's end in 118, Albagane instated Esau as the co-owner of the bookstore. The father-son team would run the bookstore together until Albagane's death from a heart attack in 129.

Personality
Albagane was a universally liked, good-natured man. He was an excellent father, though he did have a tendency to coddle his children for too long. His sense of humor was described by all as dorky and cheesy, yet entertaining. He loved his family and his work with all his heart.