Prince LaCroix's Accent *Mild Spoiler*

[LiftedNevermore]

Prince LaCroix talks in an English accent, undeniably, and yet when questioned of his history, he states that he spent something like the first 200 years of his unlife in France, then travelled to America.

How exactly does that work?

[Intergalactic]

Lacroix has an accent? Are you sure? To me it seemed like his English is clear as ice. I wish i could speak as accent free as he.
If he does have an accent i'd say it is because he is an elder
He doesn't really have to try to speak accent free, since most of the time he will
speak with a few underlings who will relay his comands. So maybe he still speaks French in private. Oh, and since the sherrif does not say a single word in the entire game he might not even be able to understand English.

[matthew13]

[QUOTE=LiftedNevermore]Prince LaCroix talks in an English accent, undeniably, and yet when questioned of his history, he states that he spent something like the first 200 years of his unlife in France, then travelled to America.

How exactly does that work? [/QUOTE]


The only accent that LaCroix is trying for is upper crust American--he probably was on the Yale debate team. I think the only word in French he utters is abientot (might have spelled that wrong), and if there is even a hint of a French accent in that very French word, then I'm not hearing it.

[Gauda]

[QUOTE=Intergalactic]Lacroix has an accent? Are you sure? To me it seemed like his English is clear as ice. I wish i could speak as accent free as he.
If he does have an accent i'd say it is because he is an elder
He doesn't really have to try to speak accent free, since most of the time he will
speak with a few underlings who will relay his comands. So maybe he still speaks French in private. Oh, and since the sherrif does not say a single word in the entire game he might not even be able to understand English.[/QUOTE]

I have to disagree with LaCroix being an elder, he is actually quite young in vampire terms, and is often refered to, throughout the game, as too young and inexperienced.

[Scurifer]

Many reasons

That's there for many reasons. The cultured English accent is designed to make him seem powerful and to some extent creepy and cold as well as a condescending and disdainful. It think it's called mood setting accents and dialogue, a film technique. But it is also to set him above the low-brow folks and make him appear aristocratic. For predominantly English speaking and Western Cultured people (This is not meant as any kind of insult. I'm just being careful not to offend people. World is a pretty big place) the accent is a stereotype that has this effect. Giving him a French accent however would likely muddle up the atmosphere White Wolf are trying to set. Think of the French Guy from the Matrix. Now who sounds more powerful, less corny and more evil? Granted, they're both losers in my opinion the Frenchman sounds like an idiot while LaCroix actually sounds evil.

Even in Vampire Redemption Christof Romuald was a Frenchman, a bunch Knights call him a fellow Frenchman. But he's given a "ye old English" manner of speech with Thous and Thees and Pleaseths because it has the subliminal effect of making him seem ancient. Very ancient and somewhat Biblical, Holy and well bred all of which are part of his character.

Hope that helps.

[yrthwyndandfyre]

Welcome to New England

I don't hear Lacriox's accent as British. It sounds to me more like uppercrust 'old money' american, much as you find spoken by teachers in the finer boarding schools in New England. To be perfectly blunt, he sounds like a well-educated, rich, older Canadian. Not quite The King's English, but close. I tend to side with those in this thread who have suggested that his accent was selected for atmosphere and personalization - he's not meant to sound British, but rather self-important and affected, much like his office.