Charming

DANTE'S DELERIUM

❧ IRELAND • GMT  • SHE/HER ❧

Welcome to my circle of sinners!

I'm a lawyer for a large corporate firm and I write academically on law, specifically 19th century, so if you have a law plot I WANT to take part! :D 

❧ 1893 Goals ❧

* Get Ginevra to 200 posts
* Make a Student (1st Year)
* Post 500+ times

Characters with names in colour are active. If you have a burning need/plot desire for an inactive character shoot me a message, I'm usually happy to reactivate for specific threads/plot needs.

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Upper	Middle	Working	Students
Upper	Middle	Working	Student
Adrestia Dantés	Benevolence Crouch	Isis Silverthorne	Yuri Podsnapper
Bernard Prewett	Longwei Chang	Madeleine Backus	Emma Flitwick
Christabel Daphnel	Lucretia Zabini	Rose Hart	Honoria Rookwood
Ermingarde Delacour	Elizabeth Cardew	Karina Dolohovna	-
Ginevra Blackwood	-	Aditi Banges	-
Gwendolyn Vane-Tempest	-	-	-
Horace De Montmorency	-	-	-
Meserimus Valenduris	-	-	-
Murdock Greyback	-	-	-
Natsuko Foxwood	-	-	-
Nephele Lestrange	-	-	-
Samuel St.John-Black	-	-	-
Thaddeus Flint	-	-	-
Cadawalader Selwyn	-	-	-
Merida Greyback	-	-	-
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Plottage Preferences

POINT ONE: I don't mind pre-plotting threads or relationships, but I'm also just as happy to go with the flow. 

POINT TWO:I don't mind writing to or about most subjects including violence, gore and sex, but prefer only to for plot purposes rather than 'for the sake' of it. 
POINT THREE:  TBD.

updated: Updates 20/2/24

Thanks to the lovely Lady

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Upper Class

age | UCPB class of '88 rep » 8 | single Heiress Seeking Vengence ❧	~— A B O U T — Adrestia is a beautiful, charismatic and very angry.  She is pureblood but presents as a half blood like her adopted father figure.  Her father was framed for a crime he didn’t commit, knowingly or unknowingly by a noted pureblood family.  As such she dislikes upper class purebloods, but is an excellent actress.  She is determined to get into the social circles of those she hates so she is in the position to destroy them.  She is incredibly wealthy, rumours of diamond mines, and extreme extravagance afforded by her inheritance afford her the best of everything. Other: If someone wanted to create the family that she blames for destroying her life then please lets do that!
age | UCPB class of '57 Rep» 8 | Single Unspeakable and Seet ❧	~— A B O U T — Misanthrope is perhaps too strong a term, but he likes who is likes and finds if difficult to bother with those he doesn’t. He isn’t malicious or even rude, but he is deeply cynical and has an almost pathological dislike of interacting with strangers. He likes his family and can really only truly be said to enjoy their company and that of a few very close friends, chosen for their company not their station, but is more likely to be reading in a corner of the festivities or watching than taking part. He is closer to Harriet than to some of his own siblings – she has been a Prewett almost as long as he has!
26| UCHB class of '82 rep » 8 | Single Secret Mystery Writer ❧	~— A B O U T — Bright, Confident, loyal, rather like her namesake - she sees herself as rather an unfinished poem, and still a little unsure of her place in society - like Coleridge she is distracted by the multitude of paths before her. Her sweetness could be taken for weakness when in fact she has the makings of a firebrand.  She married Victor Daphnel - who promptly died. She tried to tough it out married to a ghost but it didn't work out for them. She has since moved back in with her natal family. Needs:She needs gal pals, drama and widow hurls! Excuses and opportunities to be a radical is what I'm after
45 | UCHB class of '63 rep » 7 | Married Writer ❧	~— A B O U T — The mother hen friend.  The one who dries all the tears, offers advice and eventually makes you smile again.  She has a generous and giving personality and now she has money she can give to her hearts content.  She met Nicholas Delacour, a young man, barely 25 years old himself.  His family was austere and religious – believing that plainness and modesty allowed more room for god.  The 32 year old Minny had no intention or thought of him as anything other than an amiable friend, but something blossomed between the two and just before her 34th birthday they married.  They are a well matched couple, he appreciates her for who she is, and she lightened him up.
23 | UCPB class of '85 rep » 9 | Single Social Butterfly ❧	~— A B O U T — Ginevra is vivacious, social and fairly easy going - the sort of comfort in ones skin that comes with being truly comfortable with ones place in society.  Vera is confident and outgoing, she always has been. She is a firecracker and the life and soul of every party.  She doesn't take life too seriously, a sign of privilege because wealth, blood status and reputation have protected her from most serious things in life. She enjoys social responsibility, throwing parties and events.  As a debutante she enjoys all the delights of the season. She loves throwing parties and hosting and thinks anyone who doesnt is frightfully boring. She is making some poor life choices right now and it could go a few ways for her. Needs: hurls, close friends, and disaster hurls
26| UCHB class of '77 rep » 9 | Married Countess of Adinbury ❧	~— A B O U T — Gwen is a typical socialite with more than a little bit of a penchant for drama! She loves gossip, as long as its not about her, and is VERY aware of perception and appearance.  She is very touchy about children and at the moment only considers her husband as far as their relationship makes good social sense, and has strayed away at least once.  She considers being from the nobility to be an incredibly important 'job' and takes it desperately seriously.  Society, and ones place in it are not matters to be taken lightly - 'dont speak ill of society, only those who can't get into it do that.'
55 | UCPB class of 'XX rep » 7 | Married Inventor ❧	~— A B O U T — Eccentric Inventor who faked his own death and was living in secret beneath the Black Lake. He has now returned, his wife is dead and his children are not sure how to take his sudden reappearance.
143 | UCPB class of '1765 rep » 9 | Married Hogwarts Deputy Headmaster, Potions Professor and Slythering HoH ❧	~— A B O U T — Meserimus is an intelligent and caring man, with a puckish sense of humour.  Despite his age he seems and acts a lot younger than he is.  He is a deeply caring father and husband who is fiercely loyal to his family.  His best friends are his brothers Rasmus and Archimedes, even if the latter would really rather it not be the case.  He is forever trying to marry off his various children, grand children and great grandchildren to students and friends he likes. Need:Someone to play his wifey, a bestie friend, more family members, someone to mentor/apprentice
21 | UCHB class of '89 rep » 8 | Married Wife of Atticus Foxwood ❧	~— A B O U T — Natsuko is dryly witty, quiet and quite sardonic.  Her humour will not be to everyone's tastes.  She is incredibly smart graduating Mahoutokoro with gold robes, but she rather hides her light under a bushel because it's not 'fashionable' for a woman. She is married to Atticus Foxwood and loves being part of a large close family. Needs: Someone to take under her wing, also open to drama hooks. Can't have being too happily ever after
33 | UCPB class of '75 rep » 8| Widow Socialite ❧	~— A B O U T — Nel has something of a mother hen about her, she is deeply caring and has a great capacity for feeling. She has a much more live and let live personality than most purebloods and believes that magic is divine and so everything that comes from magic is divine. She was widowed in the dragon attack on London. Needs:post mourning hurls, family drama
32 | UCPB class of '76 rep » 9 | Married American Liason ❧	~— A B O U T — Samuel is loyal, dedicated, reliable, stoic and often inmovable.  When he makes a decision on something he becomes pretty set on it and his opinions are very hard to change.  He has a tendency to romanticise people and events much to his detriment.  He believes that men should be brooding  which he very much isn’t.  When he is offended or hurt, he can lash out and will hold it against the person for an incredibly long time. He adores his wife. Needs: pals!
35 | UCPB class of '74 rep » 9 | Single Master of the Flint Institute of Advanced Magic ❧	~— A B O U T — Intelligent, serious, ambitious, purist, charismatic but critical and perhaps severe in his views.  With those he sees as his social equal he is positively charming and gregarious. He has a sufficient poker face that allows him to pass himself in society with those he views as beneath him but he will not seek out their company.  His ability to maintain the poker face is directly proportional to the others class and blood status. Needs:Friends - close male friends, dark objects drama
40 | UCHB class of '68 rep » 9 | Single Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement ❧	~— A B O U T — Gregarious, jovial and quick witted he enjoys his job and loves his family. He is a fiercely loyal and protective person, once you are in his sphere he will protect you to the end of the world. However, getting in, if you're not family is almost impossible. Needs: Hurls, his kiddy winks, work pals, werewolves!
40 | UCHB rep » 8 | Single Healer, Animagus ❧	~— A B O U T — Sweet, Romantic and Loyal to a fault. She looks after the family when they are injured during the full moon. Need:Drama, anything Romantic - with a capital R, female friends- extra points if they are animagus too. Hurls - requited and otherwise.

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Middle Class

23 | MCPB class of '84 rep » 9 | Married Herbologist and owner of Montague House of Flowers, Wife of Roman Crouch ❧	~— A B O U T — Her family were very upper middle class, and under other circumstances she would have been a proper debutante, but her father died so first she was in mourning and then no one ever forced to do the season.  Her family own a chain of florists which do domestic arrangements, but her father was more known for plant breeding and specialist plant importing.  It is this passion he shared with Benevolence.  She is also a keen herbologist.  Benevolence is quiet, bookish and oblivious to anything that isn't growing in a plant pot.  She is married to Roman Crouch. Needs:Friends in the first instance, later dramas!
45| MCPB class of '62 rep » 10 | Married Ambitious Italian Socialite ❧	~— A B O U T — She never liked Ama Zabini, mostly born out of jealousy of a woman she saw as her inferior that had secured a ‘better’ husband. She dotes on her son and is rather disappointed in her daughter.  She is ambitious, intelligent, accomplished, and  socially adept.  She married her husband because she thought her husband would secure her status - he has been - a disappointment, and she isn't entirely faithful to him.  She is seeking wealthy debutantes for her son.
24 | MCHB class of '86 rep » 9 | Single Museum Curator ❧	~— A B O U T — She is funny, witty, pithy, and charming, but holds herself, and her sisters to a very high standard of behaviour. She is intelligent, creative and perhaps a little outspoken. If she had her way she would travel the world but is also proper and forthright and so wont be flinging herself around the planet as a single woman. She has an ear for languages and will mutter under her breath in other languages if she is frustrated or working on something that engrosses her. She cannot STAND intellectual snobbery, or vice versa, people who hate on intelligence. She is down to earth, would get her hands dirty if needed and is capable of incredibly focused. She will tell you her opinion –especially if you try and go toe to toe with her, she won’t bite her tongue. She does however, have some insecurities about her appearance and could be easily wounded if there were comments made about her physicality.
27| MCPB class of '75 rep » 9 | Single Future Shipping Magnate ❧	~— A B O U T — A slave to duty and the 'responsible' son, he had done everything his father has ever asked of him.  He is intellectually curious, and although he mainly practices contract law, at which he is very good, he has been known to take on charity criminal cases pro-bono and throw everything into them. He is seen socially in public with his sister Ida Chang.

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Working Class

22 | WCHB class of '88 rep » 8 | Single Magical Animal Breeder ❧	~— A B O U T — Maddie is sweet, stoic and everything one would expect from a member of her house.  She wants rather desperately to be liked and accepted by her new middle class peers.  She is in line to inherit enough to make her solidly upper middle class.  She has thus far used the money to become an animal breeder and buy a shop.
32 | WCHB class of '74 rep » 5 | Widow Musical Hall Owner ❧	~— A B O U T — An American transplant known as 'Long' Rose by almost everyone, she runs a music hall where patronage is by the hour.    She is a true survivor willing to make deals with the devil if is saves her own skin or that of her girls.  She is a fiercely loyal mother hen. The hall employs exclusively magical performers, but does have an entrance in both wizarding and magical London.  Magic is forbidden on the floor but the drinks served to muggle patrons are slightly laced with a mild aphrodisiac, and all of the cheaper drinks are similarly laced.  Magical patrons know this, and it is on the menu as such, their choice is to spend a lot and not buy the aphrodisiac, or cheap out and spend more on the girls because they fancy themselves in love.
25 | WCHB class of 'NA rep » 6 | Single Ship Captain ❧	~— A B O U T — At present she has no fixed address, she splits her time between the sea and her berthing at the harbour and either the homes of friends that she can stay for a few nights. She prefers her own quarters on her own ship and doesn't like to 'owe' people.  She does bare knuckle boxing and is a ships captain.
21 | WCPB rep » 7 | Single Ballerina ❧	~— A B O U T — Karina appears as a sweet ingenue, but she is well aware of her place in the world and what is expected of her. She has been a member of the ballet since she was 10, it is almost all she knows. She was born into a well known MC pureblood family in russia, but here she is! She is also however, ambitious and wants to make a name for herself, more so so that she can be comfortable than anything else. Needs: English friends, a patron, and someone to play Alexi.
32 | WCPB rep » 9 | Widowed Private Nurse and Thirst Trap ❧	~— A B O U T — Aditi is ostensibly a private nurse, but she has aspirations of a better life and thinks marriage is the easiest way to do that, so if you are a wealthy man she is targeting you. Needs: hurls - realistic hurls for a WC woman, people to conspire with her, or UC gents for her to try and make them fall in love with her, drug or compromise.

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Students

17 | UCPB class of '93 rep » 8 | Unattached Student ❧	~— A B O U T — Selwyn is a confident and, at least as far as he is concerned, charming.  He can be friendly and open as long as he believes the person to be his equal, and has become rather adept at faking it in recent years.  He isn't rude to those of other classes, but he has a particular contempt for bastards (given how many his father has).  He has that jock popular kid vibe.
11 | MCPB class of '1900 rep » 9 | Single Incoming ❧	~— A B O U T — Kidnapped and turned into a snidget, turned into an adult woman, attacked by owls...and she hasn't started Hogwarts yet! Expected to be proper and demure, her mother expects her to make the best of friends and be as socially ambitious as possible.
17 | MCHB class of '94 rep » 9 | Single Book Fiend ❧	~— A B O U T — Emma is fanciful, imaginative and obsessed with books.  Her father arranged her marriage and it happens to be to one of her professors. When all she wants is to be left to her studies and to research. Needs:Her betrothal, although not scandalous set chins wagging, she needs some friends and some additional chaos!
13 | WCHB class of '97 rep » 6 | Single Student and Former Stone Child ❧	~— A B O U T — Yuri is the ward of Mister Xavier Mondragon who took him in out of pure charity, after Yuri tried to rob him! People sort of assume he is a bastard because he was born in a work house, but more importantly he was turned into stone.  He is on the house quidditch team and trying REALLY HARD to fit in with his housemates and friends

Heya, Dante!

I keep meaning to poke you. Would you like to thread Yuri and Billie? I feel like that might be an interesting pairing that could either end up in disaster or a weird friendship. rofl

Also, I think we chatted (a long while ago, I think) about Ben/Billie and potentially Ben/Zach threads. Let me know if you're interested!

(February 20, 2020 – 3:22 PM)Billie Farrow Wrote: [ -> ]Heya, Dante!

I keep meaning to poke you. Would you like to thread Yuri and Billie? I feel like that might be an interesting pairing that could either end up in disaster or a weird friendship. rofl

Also, I think we chatted (a long while ago, I think) about Ben/Billie and potentially Ben/Zach threads. Let me know if you're interested!

PM sent!

UPDATED - goals for 1891 amd some character details finessed!

We should Cane/Emma!

YES! If I get some time this afternoon I'll see if can throw her into the open thread - I can't remember if Rosie sent the Binns kids home or kept them at school.

The thread is set the night BEFORE all the kiddies went home if that helps. Cane also went home as said in the first lines of his post

Character Pair: & Gwendolyn
Tone: Antagonistic? Winning her over? IDK
Scene: Fancy society party; Acacia and her chaperone are likely 's plus 'one'
IC Date: Could be a current date, and be a generic party or something?
Priority: Depends specifically on if Gwen would speak for or against Acacia towards the Ministry, or remain a neutral party
Who? If it's today, I am currently willing to. But let me know if you would have a more solid idea than I do and I would be glad to let you take over in making the starter post!

Character Pair: & Cad
Tone: Family; If she also knows about Cad wanting an arranged marriage - does he still want that? - she might offer arranging one between him and one of her own daughters (these are purebloods we are talking about, seems legit to offer the cousin route)
Scene: Residence Selwyn or Lowe
IC Date: Could be backdated for winter break?
Priority: Probably not plot important, but Echo has no other currently active threads if you want something sooner rather than later
Who? I would be happy to start that unless Cad specifically wants to start a conversation with Echo about the matter.

YES TO BOTH!

Gwen is a dramatic tea loving cow and will most likely speaking against her! If they get permission to marry she might try a different tact but since Gwen is a countess rather than a baroness, she will make Acacia jump through all sorts of hoops - girl gonna get bullied!

Maddie will be super excited!

Echo:
He was but his dad has since sort of talked him out of it - although if Echo has plans she could try and talk him back around again. Cads weakness is his ambition

I also have - who could be a niece, if Echo married up - or a second cousin if her dad was a MC cousin of Echo's

(March 15, 2022 – 5:32 PM)Gwendolyn Vane-Tempest Wrote: [ -> ]YES TO BOTH!

Gwen is a dramatic tea loving cow and will most likely speaking against her! If they get permission to marry she might try a different tact but since Gwen is a countess rather than a baroness, she will make Acacia jump through all sorts of hoops - girl gonna get bullied!

Maddie will be super excited!

Echo:
He was but his dad has since sort of talked him out of it - although if Echo has plans she could try and talk him back around again.  Cads weakness is his ambition

I also have   - who could be a niece, if Echo married up - or a second cousin if her dad was a MC cousin of Echo's

I would totally be willing to make a thread for Gwen right now if you want one!

Let's see where the letters go, and maybe Acacia and Maddie will meet up to talk about all of this more in person.

Hahaha, like Echo takes any stock in what Trystan says. Legit, she'll probably be glad to go around him and see if Ambrosia is chill with the idea after talking to Cad.

So, from what I understand of Echo's natal family, their father was struggling to keep their upper class status due to money stress and that's why all of them got into arranged marriages, so Honoria's branch could have just had more realistic views on where their family was going and handled it with grace. Your characters father could have been a son of a younger brother of Echo's father or something. So distant relation, but pureblood so Echo doesn't mind as much Echo judges everyone, you don't really wanna take it too personally XD. You may wanna check in with Lauren to be 100% sure, as I did make Echo after Ambrosia.

(March 15, 2022 – 5:45 PM)Acacia Ruskin Wrote: [ -> ]Hahaha, like Echo takes any stock in what Trystan says. Legit, she'll probably be glad to go around him and see if Ambrosia is chill with the idea after talking to Cad.

On this! if Echo wants to concoct something with Ambrosia and 'inform' Cad - that would be totally good with me. Especially since Trystan was trying to talk him out of it - out of spite Ambrosia could take the opposite view just to say feck you to her husband.

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People who need things include:

- needs everything, theoretically open to any and all plot hooks!

- old weirdo, working on experimental charms, likely to be drawn into chaos!

- in the market for everything basically

- newly preggers - give her baby things or society things

- open to plot hooks, especially dark or broody ones -given her profession literally nothing is off the cards for her

- can't just stare lovingly at Hope, even if he wouldnt mind that

- looking for cursed books!

- wanna close call with a murder? Need some investigating done? Other things!

Sooo and Horace should definitely be friends. Ellsworth is all about experimental Charms.

And I could throw In to some sort of trouble with Samuel if you'd like