A Prosopography of characters, their titles, age, and occupations as of 1 March 2875 (Galactic Relative)
"Cordelian Crowd"
Edward Heatherland
A classical piano student of Queen Marie's Metropolitan University, age 23. Born on the Auroran world of Amaranth, an avid aficionado of history and a generally open-minded individual. His mother is a Dionysian Generation-Two person, something that has both had a genetic and a cultural impact on his life. Started practicing piano for fun, his real hobby being history, but he is exceptionally talented, to the point where he is getting top grades at the prestigious Countess Montroy's Conservatoire at the QMMU. Struggles quite a bit with homesickness, and is very worried for the future, both in terms of his career and the direction the interstellar political situation between the Royal Union and the Independent Systems Alliance is going. He is easily stressed-out and lives inside his mind quite a lot. Is very skilled at making food. Has taken to smoking as a way to calm his nerves. Is starting to notice subtle changes to his body that he cannot account for.
Physical description: Around two metres tall, bronzed skin, dark brown slightly curly hair that is maintained fashionably short on the side and long on the top. Favours a short, tightly trimmed and maintained full beard. Emerald-green eyes, and wears glasses despite the fact that he had eye-corrective surgery as a young child; he feels they make him look mature.
Adea Sophia Kynnane Carlisle-St. Eiron, Lady Sélincourt
A political science student of Queen Marie's Metropolitan University, age 19. An accomplished student athlete and the scion of two very old Auroran noble families, she was accelerated from upper secondary through university, and is constantly an honours student. Due to her familial circumstances, she is expected to join the Royal Navy upon finishing her university degree, both of her parents being decorated naval officers. Is a bit of a social chameleon, being able to slip in and out of perceived personas depending on the situation, as comfortable in high-heels and a robe à la française as in a swimsuit or a jogging outfit. She lives in the now, generally uncaring of the future, but is being forced to live alone as her parents are deployed to different Royal Navy stations, which takes a toll on her. A bit of a party-girl, and has a tendency to drink a bit too much.
Physical description: One-ninety centimetres tall, pale skin, very physically fit due to her intense training regimen. Her long hair is naturally fiery red, and she usually wears it naturally falling over her shoulders or in a ponytail. Eyes are ice blue courtesy of her father's genes, and contrast heavily with her hair colour.
Artemisia Vivienne Aurore Cordelia de Vere, Lady Trewellynshire
An ancient history student of Queen Marie's Metropolitan University, age 18(?). The illegal Generation-Two child of the Duke of Trewellynshire, her appearance and personality tailored more or less specifically to his tastes by Earth clone-crafters. Has lived her entire life with the stigma of being an illegal "clone", being ostracised from normal society and even ridiculed during very formal aristocratic get-togethers. She is also physically and mentally abused by her "father", who regularly pays a black-market surgeon to remove the scars this abuse creates. Has only one true friend, Amelia de la Lune, and has more or less resigned herself to living a life in solitude. Due to her genetic code, she is razor-sharp and intelligent, is able to learn languages extremely rapidly, and has a love for tragic opera. Is extremely passive-aggressive and protective due to her upbringing.
Physical description: Perhaps around one-seventy centimetres (she refuses to disclose her real height and weight), with extremely pale skin, and her apparent short height (quite short by Auroran standards) belies her wiry muscles. Her hair is very pale blonde to the point where it is almost white, and her big eyes are grey with a red tinge that makes them look pink.
Alexandra "Sandy" Barham
A psychology student of Queen Marie's Metropolitan University, age 22. A childhood friend of Adea due to their close-knit families, she aspires to make a career as a rear-area Medical Officer in the Royal Navy, despite hailing from one of the most famous military families in the Kingdom of Aurora, having no interest serving on warships. Incredibly socially competent, she is usually regarded as everyone's "best friend". She has a bubbly personality that masks her extremely well-developed sense of intrapersonal intelligence; she has an uncanny ability to read situations and emotions.
Physical description: Just short of one-eighty centimetres tall, her hair is a dirty-blonde that goes well with her nickname. Cobalt-coloured eyes, set in a slightly triangular face.
Horace Sciacca, Lord Horace
The first son of the Marquess of Howeland and the Lady Isobel Greco, age 26, Horace is the heir to the considerable Howeland estates. While his father is the current Secretary of Defence of the Kingdom of Aurora and an important member of the House of Lords, Horace has no ambition to follow his father into politics. Instead, he is intensely fascinated by the quite unique Auroran wildlife, and is pursuing a PhD in biology at the King's College of Sciences. Extremely well-versed in the social world of the Auroran nobility, he has a noble grace to his conduct that is both extremely noticeable which he plays off by being comforting and affable.
Physical description: About one-ninety centimetres tall. Dark brown hair that he wears quite long, but ties in a rear-knot. His skin his quite bronzed due to his mother's Earth Sicilian origin, his eyes a chocolate brown.
Arvind Dahon
A third-generation Indian descendant from Earth, age 23, and the best friend of Edward Heatherland, both attending Classical Piano majors at Countess Montroy's Conservatoire of the QMMU. An energetic person with a huge social network, Arvind is incredibly socially intelligent and is able to read most situations at a mere glance. Unwillingly specialising in playing classical piano-forte due to his unfortunate affinity with the troublesome instrument, he is always trying his best to help and cheer up his friends.
Physical description: Short for an Auroran male, standing just north of one-eighty centimetres. His hair is brown-going-on-black, and has basically no facial hair growth. His eyes are almost black, but still sparkling with a sense of mirth.
David Lee
A student majoring in Galactic Standard French at QMMU, age 22, his family originated from Hong Kong on Earth two generations back. Usually quite nonchalant, he does genuinely care about his family and friends. Among Edward's friends, he is the one who understand his frustrations and struggles the most, having left his family home on Cymru to pursue an academic career.
Physical description: Nearly one-ninety centimetres tall, a combination of Caucasian and East Asian features, his fashionably-cut hair usually coloured a shade of blue or red.
Peter Townshend
A scholarship architect student at QMMU, age 23, Peter is a reserved individual, but with a very strong sense of morality. He abhors violence, and believes intrinsically in social justice and liberty. He is obsessed with the Cordelia Grecians ice hockey team of the Royal Hockey Association, owning several game-worn jerseys that he has spent inordinate amounts of money on. Peter is a proponent of the Neo-Georgian style and aspires to be a neü-classical architect once he graduates.
Physical description: Medium height, brown hair and brown eyes, a slightly paler than normal skin colour for a Caucasian-descendant due to living most of his life in the upper mountain regions of Greater Luin on Aurora.
Aubrey Aurelian Carlisle-St. Eiron, Lord Darkmoor
A first year officer-cadet at King William's Naval Academy, age 22. The son and eldest child of Alistair Carlisle and Iphigenia St. Eiron, the older brother of Adea, Aubrey has often been described as dour or overly serious. Unlike his younger sister, Aubrey has never been overly gifted in any sort of field other than mathematics, and has always lived with the overhanging responsibility of assuming the mantle of the large Sélincourt titles and estates once his father passes on, a prospect he dreads. Socially slightly awkward and disliking his elevated status compared to other people around him, he is nonetheless extremely dedicated to fulfilling what he perceives as his social role; to serve the Kingdom before himself, and had planned to join the Royal Navy already at age 10.
Physical description: Two metres tall, pale skin, clean-shaven, with his father's wavy black hair kept short and a pair of heterochromatic eyes, where the left is the same ice blue as Alistair and Adea, and the right is the jade green of Iphigenia.
Nimue Hastings, Lady Nimue
A very shy Nova Caledonian noblewoman of relatively direct Scots descent, age 23. She has been a pen-pal and unofficial confidante of Adea for years, having spent most of her life in the city of Seraphim on Nova Caledonia. Having just completed a degree in interstellar relations, she has been hired as an analyst at the Foreign Office's Interstellar Relations Desk. Despite her extremely bashful mannerisms, she has photographic memory and is very analytical.
Physical description: Around one-seventy-five centimetres tall, completely black hair and pale freckled skin. Her eyes are a very deep green colour.
Valerio Greco, nee Sciacca
The disowned third child of the Marquess of Howeland and younger brother of Horace Sciacca, age 22, a party-boy who is seemingly enamoured with his own voice. He is in actuality quite analytic and uses his construed persona as a shield. Despite his declared distancing from his family, he still receives a big allowance from his family's bank, and is consciously presenting as a noble whenever in public. Is joining the Royal Navy following his graduation from QMMU.
Physical description: Tall for an Auroran, just about one-ninety-five centimetres tall, dark curly hair, a markedly chiselled chin and well-toned body. His eyes are trademark Greco-brown.
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Valerie Alexandra Louise, Princess Royal of Aurora
The only daughter of the King and Queen of Aurora, age 20, Valerie was born with a severe immunodeficiency disorder that has caused her both pain and problems for all of her life. Granted the title of "Princess Royal" on her tenth birthday, she is almost akin to a mascot or idol for the kingdom, a figure of pity and worthy of commiseration where her older brothers are more "royally"-moulded. She is a fan of equestrian sports, and of classical music. Tries her best to overcome the limitations imposed on her by her illness.
Physical description: Relatively short of an Auroran female, about one-seventy-five centimetres tall. Long, straight jet-black hair and (almost unhealthy) pale skin and noticeable amethyst-coloured eyes. Very slight and lithe due to her having problems retaining weight and muscles.
Claude O'Shaughnessy, Esq.
The first son of the O'Shaughnessy gentry family of Linehan in Kilthrim County of New Ayrshire on Angevin, age 22. He opted to join the Royal Army upon completing upper secondary, and due to his status as member of the gentry was admitted to the Royal Military Academy Wellington in New Salisbury. During his training he excelled in small unit tactics and personal leadership abilities and was awarded a recommended commission to the Queen Amelia's Own Chevalier-Guards Regiment, part of the Guards Cavalry Brigade, which he accepted. A consummate soldier and gentleman, Claude's primary concern on the field is the men and women under his command, and has no qualms about getting his hands dirty with maintenance on his command Destrier Mk.VII main battle tank Lady Godiva.
Physical description: Tall for an Angevin, around one-ninety-three centimetres tall, tall enough to be a hindrance when operating the command seat in an MBT. His hair is a dark brown hue and slightly curled, though kept to the exacting grooming standards of the Guard-Chevaliers. As is common for uplands Angevins, he is quite pale, but his physique is healthy and hale due to rigorous military training. His eyes are commonly described as a mesmerising sea-green.
Evelyn Delafontaine, Baroness Wraith
The only child of the Earl and Countess of Wraith, age 25, the heiress of what had been until a major financial scandal in June 2872, one of the most prestigious noble families in the Auroran country of Camlann. The details of the scandal is still to this day mostly unknown, but it culminated with the divorce of the Marquess Wraith and then-Countess Wraith, and only the fiscal assistance of the Duke and Duchess of New Brabant managed to save the Wraiths' from complete insolvency. The Peerage Court, following consultation with an extraordinary session of King in Council regarding the matter, "demoted" the title of Countess of Wraith to Baroness, and stripped Evelyn's mother of the title and deferred down a generation. Evelyn is not engaged in any trade or science and is what society at large would deem a "dilettante", but she spends most of her time trying to rebuild her family's reputation, that is whenever she isn't out riding, hunting, or sailing.
Physical description: About one-eighty centimetres tall, so just about average height for an Auroran female. Her long straight hair is a copper colour and her eyes are fiercely grey, and her face is a pleasantly oval shape. She has a characteristically wide smile and accompanying dimples.
Narissara Roxburgh, Lady Narissara
The oldest child of the Viscount Gerald Roxburgh of New Lucknow and the Honourable Marchioness Josephine Aschemarque of Côte-du-Méandre, age 23. Eschewing most responsibilities, Narissara has -much to her parents' horror- taken up a life as a Cordelia socialite and is a common feature among the crowd of the well-to-do during the capital's ball season. She is, however, much smarter than what her mannerisms would suggest, and has a keen eye for politics that she prefers keeping a secret. Narissara has an almost uncanny ability to adapt to any crowd and any conversation, seemingly effortlessly fitting in wherever she goes, somewhat unnaturally so.
Physical description: Tall, around one-eighty-seven or -nine, and quite skinny which belies her actually impressive core musculature. She prefers to keep her naturally chocolate brown hair dyed white, pleasantly and consciously contrasting her dark olive skin tone. Her eyes are of a shining amber colour.
Siobhan de Céile
The second child and only daughter from a middle class family from Sir Sanktdaffyd in Cayrwarhen on Avalon, age 22. Siobhan is a concert harp soloist attending the Countess Montroy's Conservatoire at Queen Marie's Metropolitan University in Cordelia. She is a very careful and shy person when it comes to interpersonal relations, but when playing the harp she is able to completely relax and be her own person, letting the music guide her completely, which has made her the star of the current cohort of Montroy soloists. Her ability to "feel" musical and tonal changes has made her a hot prospect for major orchestras. An honourable member of the self-proclaimed "Boatsmen Four", joining Edward, Arvind, Peter and David quite often for a few pints at the Humble Boatsman whenever their quite hectic schedule allows for it. Has an obvious crush on Edward, very apparent to Arvind, but the Amaranthine in question remains blissfully unaware, and Siobhan does not feel confident enough to make her feelings known. Makes paper origami in her sparse free time.
Physical description: Very short compared to Auroran-born females, thanks to the irregular trajectory of the star of her homeworld, just shy of one-seventy centimetres tall. Her hair is originally ginger in colour, courtesy of the Irish-Scots ancestry of much of her home region's population, but she prefers to dye it ruby. She keeps her hair long on one side and shaved very closely on the other side, to avoid errant strands of hair getting caught in the harp strings during performances. Her face is heart-shaped and her eyes are a grassy green colour with dark specks.
Vincent Minkjan
Cornet in the Queen Amelia's Own Guard-Chevaliers, age 21. Hails from New Kherson on Kitezh, from a family with a long tradition of working in the bureaucracy and his decision to join the Royal Army was not greeted with enthusiasm by his parents. Regardless, he was admitted to the Royal Military Academy Slim on Amaranth due to his father's connections in the Kitezhian Department of Education, which earned him a recommendation to start officer's training despite Vincent's commoner background and no further education past upper secondary. Vincent earned good grades in theoretical warfare and logistics, and especially in small unit tactics. Originally wanting a commission to the New Kherson Regiment (Royal Kitezh) or the Duchess of Romanieva's Own Jaegers, he was instead deferred on his supervisor's recommendation to the cavalry and was offered a last place spot as a junior subaltern in the Guard-Chevaliers. He has over the past year grown to like his role as a cavalry officer and is very fond of his command tank Valkyrie's Call.
Physical description: About one-eighty centimetres tall, with sand-brown hair that he keeps short according to Army regulations. Thin and wiry, Vincent is not very physically imposing, but has a wide smile of perfectly white teeth. Angular face with an aquiline nose, and brown eyes.
Robert de Loladze
Royal Auroran Navy
Alistair Carlisle, Marquess de Sélincourt
Admiral of the White RN, age 106
Jeremiah Grantham, Earl of Hartcastle
Admiral of the White RN, age 93
Sir Hugh Donegal
Lord Admiral of His Auroran Majesty's Royal Navy, age 98
Adeline Le Fey, Countess New Acre
Admiral of the Black RN, age 80
Adrienne Bower-Henton
Vice Admiral of the White RN, age 59
Anthony Rostov, Earl of Lowe Hill
Admiral of the White RN, age 125
Dame Vanessa Howards
Admiral of the White RN, age 106
Sir Cornelius McIndoe
Vice Admiral of the White RN, age 206
Valentina Kirkland, Countess Ashwike
Admiral of the Red RN, age 69
Erica Kuznetsova
Vice Admiral of the Black RN, age 72
Emily Chiang, Countess of Suncrest and Rubybrook
Admiral of the White RN, age 80
Sir Morgan Mizushima
Admiral of the Red RN, age 99
Iphigenia St. Eiron, Countess of Darkmoor
Post-captain RN, age 64
Matthew Lysimachos
Commander RN, age 31
Andrea Picoletti
Commander RN, age 33
Amelia Euxina Isobel de la Lune, Lady la Lune, nee Dawnshire
Lieutenant Commander RN, age 26, the previous O-i-C HMS Euphoria, the master and commander of that particular destroyer during the fateful encounter with ANS Royfort, which led to the death of five Auroran servicemen and -women, and an interstellar diplomatic crisis. Tried to end her life on the journey back to Auroran space following the aforementioned debacle, but was saved by her 2-i-C. Currently attached to the Admiralty's Department of Intelligence.
Physical description: Quite tall, with long flax-blonde hair, a pleasantly curving face and deep blue eyes, a noted beauty by the popular press. Moves with the ingrained effortless grace of Auroran high nobility.
Hannah Lowell
Lieutenant RN, age 25, the current O-i-C of HMS Euphoria, the scion of a family with ties to the Royal Navy that goes back hundreds of years. A no nonsense-officer, she is completely devoted to the concept of an ideal Royal Navy officer which devotes their entire being to the Kingdom and the royal family. Known to be a bit of a hard-ass, and does not suffer fools among her subordinates. A very ambitious young woman.
Physical description: About one-eighty centimetres, relatively short brown hair, and piercing green eyes. A slender and lithe body, and has been likened to how a silvercat moves. That latter point is probably intentional.
Juliette Hunter-Jones
Vice Admiral of the Black RN, age 53
Stephanie Azaïs, Baroness Goldspyre
Vice Admiral of the Red RN, age 60
Brandon Locke, Baron Locke
Vice Admiral of the Red RN, age 81
Anaïs de Chevalier
Rear Admiral of the White, age 48
Artem Sarkassian
Rear Admiral of the Black, age 50
Caroline Grosvenor
Captain RN, age 43
Cleopatra Allencourt, Lady Cleopatra
Sub-lieutenant RN, age 22
Auroran Politics
King Nicholas I
Queen Carolyn
Prince (of New Ontario) George Edward Augustus
Prince (of Findias) William Charles Patrick
Prince (of Arcadia) Constantine Alexios James
Sir Alfred Carmichael
Sir Edward Ranganekary
Dame Fiona Spyros
Linton Sciacca, Marquess of Howeland
Michael de Vere, Duke of Trewellynshire
Edmund St. Algernon de Lune, Duke of Dawnshire
Felicity Thenjwayo, Baroness Yserhall
Erin Findlay, Countess of Greenvale
Caitlin de la Croix, Duchess of Grey Hill
John Baptiste
Sir Damien Koyanagi
Independent Systems Alliance
Terrance Rodrigo Kelley
Edwina Bradford
Philippe ibn Houdri el-Ahmadi
Chantelle Montmorency
Hitoshi Tachibana
John Davies
Intira Chirathivat
Yared Himura
Yuki Himura
Star Empire of Myndowen
Kaiser und König Theobald Valdemaras IV
Vijktor Saldys
A nano-mechanical engineering student at the Kaiser Maximillian II Polytechnische Universität of Kajserwald, age 25, he has been witness to state secrets the Myndowan Empire would have rather gone unnoticed, and as such has landed on the the Myndowan Secret Police's list. Currently seeking asylum in the Auroran Embassy in the Myndowan capital city of Lemberg.
Physical description: Tall for a Myndowan, about one-ninety centimetres tall, golden hair, dark eyes and golden fuzz around his lips and chin.
Olbracht Krópka
A Chief Inspector of the Kajserwald Police Department on Tschornohora, age 42, wrongfully accused of a murder he did not commit, and sentenced to hard labour on the farthest of Tschornohora's moons, Elisabethmond. Innocent of the crime he has been committed for.
Physical description: A somewhat short Myndowan, he is barely passing one-seventy centimetres, but he is very stocky and muscular. Slightly too long brown hair compared to national norms. Brown eyes set in a pretty rounded face.