Mathurin Berkouchard
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His mother told him that just before he was born, his father was killed by one of his retainers who also was in the employ of Antoine's brother Phillipe. When Phillipe came after Susanna to 'comfort' her and rule in his brother's stead, Susanna fled even though she was near ready to give birth. For days she stumbled through the countryside from hiding spot to hiding spot until she stumbled into Federico's smithy. As he oversaw her care and Mat's birth, gradually falling in love.
Now, Mat is going his own way with the sword skills of this second father, and the brains and mind shaped by his mother.