Maxwell Beaumont

Maxwell, a character in The Royal Romance and The Royal Heir series, is Your Character's sponsor in the "competition" to become Prince "Liam"'s bride. In Book 2, he becomes one of Your Character's love interests. He is first seen in Book 1, Chapter 1.

Appearance
Maxwell has brown hair, tanned skin, and blue eyes. He wears a black long sleeve shirt and black jeans. In The Royal Heir, Book 1, he comments that he has a "dancer bod".

He has a tattoo of a baby hippo on his chest.

Personality
Maxwell is the youngest member of House Beaumont, and can be self-deprecating, especially when it comes to his capability in helping the house succeed.

He is generally friendly, patient, and positive. Little gets him down besides his brother. Although he isn't the most helpful in your courtly training, he does make it "fun" according to your character. He also enjoys drawing and is fond of photography.

Book 1

 * Chapter 1: Once Upon a Time
 * Chapter 2: Welcome to Cordonia
 * Chapter 3: Reunited
 * Chapter 4: Save the Last Dance
 * Chapter 5: Off to the Races
 * Chapter 6: Queen of Hearts
 * Chapter 7: Fire and Ice
 * Chapter 8: A Waltz to Remember
 * Chapter 9: Race to the Finish
 * Chapter 10: Beach Party
 * Chapter 11: The Apple of His Eye
 * Chapter 12: As Sweet as Apple Pie
 * Chapter 13: Hunting for Love
 * Chapter 14: Fair Game
 * Chapter 15: The Brothers Beaumont
 * Chapter 16: The Beaumont Bash
 * Chapter 17: Lady in Waiting
 * Chapter 18: To Be a Princess
 * Chapter 19: Long Live the King

Book 2

 * Chapter 1: Homecoming
 * Chapter 2: Reunion
 * Chapter 3: Return to Applewood
 * Chapter 4: Flirting with Disaster
 * Chapter 5: International Impressions
 * Chapter 6: Italian Nights
 * Chapter 7: Girl's Night Out
 * Chapter 8: City of Lights
 * Chapter 9: Brotherhood of Man
 * Chapter 10: Tea Time in Paris
 * Chapter 11: A Night at the Opera
 * Chapter 12: Family Ties
 * Chapter 13: The Art of Drinking Tea
 * Chapter 14: Back to the Big Apple
 * Chapter 15: Lost in Los Angeles
 * Chapter 16: A Monumental Night
 * Chapter 17: Cordonia Bound
 * Chapter 18: Noble at Heart
 * Chapter 19: Ascension

Book 3

 * Chapter 1: Twilight Hour
 * Chapter 2: Crown and Country
 * Chapter 3: Allies Among Enemies
 * Chapter 4: Any Port in a Storm
 * Chapter 5: The Sport of Kings
 * Chapter 6: Ember of Hope
 * Chapter 7: Haute Culture
 * Chapter 8: Artistic License
 * Chapter 9: Pomp and Circumstance
 * Chapter 10: A Matter of Honor
 * Chapter 11: Cold Fire
 * Chapter 12: Secrets In The Snow
 * Chapter 13: Caught
 * Chapter 14: Welcome, One and All
 * Chapter 15: Light the Night
 * Chapter 16: What Happens in Vegas...
 * Chapter 17: Save the Date
 * Chapter 18: Bride to Be
 * Chapter 19: You Are Cordially Invited
 * Chapter 20: A Warm Reception
 * Chapter 21: Taken
 * Chapter 22: Happily Ever After

The Royal Holiday

 * Chapter 1: 'Tis the Season
 * Chapter 2: Winter Wonderland
 * Chapter 3: Silent Night
 * Chapter 4: Holly Jolly

Book 1

 * Chapter 1: Happily Ever Afterward (Determinant)
 * Chapter 2: Last Night in Paradise
 * Chapter 3: Your Kingdom Awaits
 * Chapter 4: Courting Crowns
 * Chapter 5: The Open Road
 * Chapter 6: Home, Home on the Range
 * Chapter 7: A Night on the Town (Determinant)
 * Chapter 8: Ride Like the Wind
 * Chapter 9: Ladies' Night
 * Chapter 10: The Beaumont Bachelor Bash
 * Chapter 11: The Prodigal Father
 * Chapter 12: To Love and to Cherish
 * Chapter 13: Spreading the Word
 * Chapter 14: The Announcement
 * Chapter 15: Apple in the Oven
 * Chapter 16: Great Expectations
 * Chapter 17: Hot Off the Press
 * Chapter 18: The Last Apple Ball
 * Chapter 19: Truth and Lies

Book 2

 * Chapter 1: Labor of Love
 * Chapter 2: First Days
 * Chapter 3: Welcome to the World
 * Chapter 4: The Royal Tour
 * Chapter 5: Her Royal Highness
 * Chapter 6: To Catch a Traitor
 * Chapter 7: Thanks (But No Thanks)
 * Chapter 8: Exit Strategy
 * Chapter 9: Quiet Before the Storm
 * Chapter 10: Last Day in Lythikos
 * Chapter 11: Escape to LA
 * Chapter 12: The Show Must Go On
 * Chapter 13: How Do You Like Them Apples?
 * Chapter 14: Battle Lines
 * Chapter 15: All is Fair
 * Chapter 16: In Love and War
 * Chapter 17: A Spurned Ally
 * Chapter 18: The Beginning of the End
 * Chapter 19: To Betroth, or Not to Betroth
 * Chapter 20: Freeze this Moment

Book 3

 * Chapter 1: Changes
 * Chapter 2: Making Waves
 * Chapter 3: Forever Hold Your Peace
 * Chapter 4: Seeds of Conflict
 * Chapter 5: Crossing the Finish Line
 * Chapter 6: The Princess and the Plea
 * Chapter 7: Ill Will Hunting
 * Chapter 8: Snow and Stone
 * Chapter 9: The Barthelemy Beaumont Bash
 * Chapter 10: A Fox in the Henhouse
 * Chapter 11: The Apparent Trap
 * Chapter 12: The Deciding Vote
 * Chapter 13: The Way Out
 * Chapter 14: Upping the Ante
 * Chapter 15: The Enemy of My Enemy
 * Chapter 16: Devil in the Details
 * Chapter 17: The Crown Regent's Coronation
 * Chapter 18: Crowning Glory
 * Chapter 19: The Once and Future Princess

Bertrand Beaumont
Bertrand is Maxwell's older brother. When they were younger, they appeared to be very close and thick as thieves. However, when their father "died" and Bertrand became Head of House and inherited all the responsibilities of the role, the two brothers drifted apart. Bertrand is often seen scolding Maxwell every time the younger man messes up a task. When you enter their lives, their relationship starts to warm up, especially when you assist Bertrand to open up.

In The Royal Heir, Book 1, their relationship improves as he and their friends help Bertrand and Savannah's wedding run smoothly. Maxwell is Bertrand's best man and with Drake and Liam, they throw Bertrand his bachelor's party.

In Book 3, Chapter 9, their relationship is put to the test when Bertrand sides with their devious father, Barthelemy. However, it is all a ruse and in Chapter 17, Bertrand confesses to pretending to betray Maxwell and their friends in order to gain Barthelemy's trust. Behind their father's back, Bertrand collected supplies to help you and your daughter escape if your plans to thwart Barthelemy failed. When Maxwell tells Bertrand of their father's deception and failed coups against the Crown, Bertrand vows to help you and the two brothers reconcile.

Your Character
Maxwell meets you with his friends at Liam's bachelor party in New York. After seeing the chemistry between you and the Prince, he offers to sponsor you in the "competition" to win the Prince's hand. He saw how happy the Prince was with you and he didn't want his friend to lose that. Maxwell also says that in you, he saw "hope".

In Book 2, Chapter 14, if you admit to him that you see him as more than a friend, Maxwell becomes your love interest. He admits to you that he has had a crush on you but did not want to act on it due to Liam's feelings for you. If you tell him you think of him as a brother, that squashes his romantic feelings towards you although you can still choose to tell Liam that you love Maxwell and choose Maxwell as your fiance. If you decide to romance him, in Chapter 18 's premium scene, he confesses that he has never been in a serious relationship before, thus making you his first girlfriend.

In Book 3, Chapter 1, the assassination attempt makes him realize he wants to take the next step with you. If you chose him in Book 2, he will propose to you. Upon your marriage, he will ascend to the title of Duke of Valtoria.

In The Royal Heir, Book 1, Maxwell presents the "Maxwell Vicarious Vivacity Simulator 3000" to you, telling you that you can redeem it to live vicariously through him if you want to do something that you aren't allowed to do while pregnant.

Prince "Liam"
Maxwell is a close friend of King "Liam", having known him the longest amongst their group of friends. Maxwell cares for him greatly, going as far as bringing you to Cordonia and sponsoring you because of the connection he sensed between the two of you.

In Book 2, Chapter 16, it is revealed that Maxwell and Liam met when they were young and it was Maxwell's first time at court. The Prince reveals that he was upset at the time due to something his brother did. He was trying to put a brave face on all day, but Maxwell saw right through the facade. In turn, Maxwell made it his mission to cheer him up through a combination of compliments and distractions, succeeding through his persistence. What Liam liked most was that Maxwell ran up to him like they were old friends and didn't treating him differently because he was a prince.

During their childhood, Liam, Drake, and Maxwell often played together and would get into mischief. During one of Liam 's birthday parties, Maxwell got covered head-to-toe in fudge and then got lost in the hedge maze. The palace squirrels found him before the royal guards did.

Drake Walker
Drake and Maxwell are friends. Drake often acts sarcastic towards Maxwell, but tolerates his antics. Drake is initially furious with Maxwell for hiding the fact that Savannah had a baby, but eventually forgives him and comes to appreciate what Maxwell did for his sister.

During their childhood, Maxwell bet Drake two hundred push-ups that they couldn't win a group singing competition. Whether or not they won is unknown, but that was the birth of the Cordonian (Barbershop) Quartet.

Barthelemy Beaumont
Barthelemy is Maxwell's father. It is mentioned they didn't have a close relationship as Barthelemy often criticized Maxwell for being overweight as a child.

When Barthelemy returns in The Royal Heir, Maxwell is overjoyed. He is glad to have his father back, his feelings opposite those of Bertrand's as the older brother remembers their father differently. However, when Barthelemy makes his play for the Crown, Maxwell is shocked and devastated. He begins to question if his father has always been this kind of person and if he was blind to not see it, if his illness and coma affected his mental state, or if being around Godfrey changed him.

In Book 3, Chapter 7, Maxwell is horrified and discouraged by what he finds at his father's secret hunting lodge. He remembers his father's perfectionism and how appearances and prestige are what matters to him. He thought his father teaching him how to navigate with a compass and maps was a lesson in geography; it wasn't. Barthelemy did that to teach his sons how to gain intel on other countries, to learn their shortcomings and their weaknesses, and how to get the upper hand before their enemies did the same to them. It is there he learns that Barthelemy faked his illness and had purposely neglected his sons, missing out on their childhoods. Ashamed and enraged, he vows to help you and your friends thwart his plan and put him behind bars. Later, when Maxwell finds out that his father helped kill his friend's mother, he is devastated and by Chapter 17, he no longer considers Barthelemy his father and asks if he can disown him.

Bartie
Bartie is Maxwell's nephew. Before the events of Book 1, Maxwell knew of Savannah and Bertrand's relationship and its cumulation in Savannah's pregnancy and Bartie's birth. He respected Savannah's wishes to keep Bartie a secret from Bertrand, believing it was Savannah's secret to reveal and not his own. He sent her money to help her raise Bartie unbeknownst to his brother.

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Trivia

 * The name Maxwell is of Scottish origin and means "child of the spring or the stream".
 * His middle name is revealed to be Percival in Book 2, Chapter 9.
 * The second name Percival is of English, Latin and French origin, which means "pierces the valley" or "penetrate the hedge".
 * The surname Beaumont is of French origin and means "beautiful mountain".
 * Maxwell hosts the Chat story, Love Stories, with Bertrand.
 * In Book 1, Chapter 10, if Your Character asks him to take off his shirt while they're on the beach, he reveals that there is no SPF in the world that is strong enough to protect him from turning beet-red in the sun. This may have been a lie to hide his hippo tattoo which you can discover in Book 2.
 * He becomes a playable character in a premium scene in Book 1, Chapter 11.
 * In Book 1, Chapter 16, if you choose to play Truth or Dare, he reveals that he hates carousels. When he was 3 years old, the royal court took all the kids to a theme park for the Prince's birthday. At the carousel, they were mobbed by reporters and he had no idea what was going on. Because their parents had spent so much time warning them about dangers, he thought he was going to get murdered.
 * In a premium scene in Book 2, Chapter 12, he says his horoscope "always says [he] could either be a Pisces or an Aries". This may mean that his birthday lies between March 17th and March 23rd.
 * Many people within the fandom have said that they want him to become a love interest and on December 22, 2017, this became official.
 * PB replied the following to a person asking whether the plan was always to make Maxwell an LI: "Books are planned and outlined well before launch, and we generally don’t change plans based on fan reception. We’ve got a road map and we stick to it! Of course, that doesn’t mean we don’t appreciate and value fan feedback; it just means that we tend to take a long-term, more big-picture view towards reacting to fan feedback. The one exception to the rule is of course, Maxwell from The Royal Romance -- and even that took a lot more planning and forethought than I think readers realize."
 * In Book 2, Chapter 15, Baby Kraken (Bubbles) from The Crown and the Flame, makes a cameo as the necklace that Maxwell wears for his casual outfit.
 * In Book 3, he reveals that he was voted 'Most Likely to Be Late to His Own Funeral' in the school yearbook.
 * In Book 3, Chapter 16, Your Character has an opportunity to get closure with him if he's not your fiancé and if you flirted/kissed him in the past. If you kept your relationship with him platonic and told him that you see him as a brother, there is no closure to be had.
 * You are presented an opportunity to have one last fling at your Bachelorette Party with him in Las Vegas before getting married to your main love interest.
 * In Book 3, Chapter 17, if Drake is your love interest, Maxwell reveals that he is an ordained minister: he once had to perform a peacock wedding. He offers to be your and Drake's officiant, should you choose to elope before the wedding.
 * In Book 3, Chapter 22, it is revealed that he wrote a book on the series' events and appropriately titled it The Royal Romance. It is said that it will fix House Beaumont's financial issues.
 * In The Royal Heir, Book 3, Chapter 19, his next book titled Son of the Kraken is released.
 * A blog post about The Royal Romance, Book 2, reveals that Maxwell didn't exist in the first draft. Originally, Bertrand was the only host, but the writers thought this would be "flat and un-fun". Maxwell was created to be the opposite of Bertrand.
 * In The Royal Heir, Book 1 Chapter 5, he reveals that he made an album titled DJ Beau, with Liam on background vocals.
 * In The Royal Heir, Book 1, if you are his spouse, he reveals he has a recurring shrimp-buffet dream.
 * In The Royal Heir, Book 2 Chapter 8, he states he has 3000 followers.
 * On April 10, 2020, Pixelberry tweeted their #QuarantineHouse challenge, placing Maxwell in House 6 with Adrian Raines, Nia Ellarious, Cetus, Kaitlyn Liao and Logan.
 * Maxwell's threat level in Book 2, Chapter 17 is a F because he is too "fun" and "reckless".
 * On May 22, 2020, Pixelberry tweeted their Weekend Choices Vibes, characters who are featured in this post are Imtura Tal Kaelen, Lily Spencer, Damien Nazario, Sawyer Oakley, Ava Cunningham, Becca Davenport, Shreya Mistry, Marc Antony and Maxwell Beaumont.
 * His child character model resembles Simon Waverley from The Haunting of Braidwood Manor.