Eight years ago, at the height of the revolution known as the Reign of Terror, French nobilities found themselves targeted by the revolutionaries as they saw them as the symbols of the oppressive Ancien Régime. Among those who faced persecution were the émigrés – nobles who chose to flee France, seeking safety and support from foreign powers.
The émigrés, fearing for their lives and fortunes, sought refuge in neighboring countries, where they formed alliances with France's enemies. Their actions not only added fuel to the revolutionary fire but also deepened the divide between those who supported the revolution's ideals and those who clung to the old order.
Now, in the year 1800, after a decade of political upheaval, Napoleon Bonaparte, the once-ambitious general turned First Consul of France, had managed to consolidate his power and bring relative stability to the nation. His reforms breathed new life into the French economy.
