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[Games] Continue the Story Congrats Round 1
Sign-ups still welcome! Those of you who didn't put ages must add them. If the book didn't give specifics just best-guess them. Usually I will be keeping up with ages, but this round I will let you choose if you want to age your couple. If you don't, I'll just assume that the couple could reasonably have had a child within a few months.The Names
I'll put name rules as part of the prompt. You may have as many names as you want, as long as they fit the setting of the story. For those of you with fantasy settings with made-up names, you are allowed to make up the names for the children if you want, but if you do you must put how they follow the rules in your write-up. If it would fit with your story, though, I encourage you to use real names. Middle names, at least one, are required unless it is specifically stated in the book that people only have one name (if that is the case, you must notify me).The Prompt
DH and DW have had only months since the events of the end of their book before DW made the discovery that she was pregnant! They are both ecstatically happy, as they both want a big family. They begin dicussing names within a few months. DH has a tradition in his family of naming children to honor a beloved person (friend, relative, etc.), but DW thinks it is important for the child to have a name that is unique to themselves. They will deal with this individually as their children come, but for this child they have decided that the FN will be unique and the MN will honor someone they both love.In the midst of all the happiness about the upcoming baby, there is news, and it isn't good. Tell if the news is bad, sad, or just irritating, and give us the story behind it.
The Rules
1. If you miss more than three rounds period you will be dropped. You do not have to make up missed rounds, but you do not get the children for the missed round.
2. Make sure you keep your fairytale or folktale listed before your family so I can keep up with who is doing what story.
3. Please bold new additions. This can be done by using < b > name here < /b > without the spaces.
4. Ages are required.
5. IMPORTANT to note that the point of this congrats is to continue the story, and you are required to write at least a short paragraph about your family each round. If you don't like writing the blurbs, then this may not be the game for you.The FamiliesUN: britto08
Book: Pride and Prejudice
DH: Fitzwilliam Arthur Darcy (28)
DW: Elizabeth Cassandra Darcy (21)
DD:UN: Cassandra Grace Logan
Book (or series): the Troubleshooters series by Suzanne Brockmann
DH: Chief Kenneth "Wildcard" Karmody, U.S. Navy SEAL (age)
DW: Savannah Von Hopf-Karmody, "Van" (age)
DD:UN: christina *
Book (or series): Flowers on Main BY Sherryl Woods (Part of Chesapeake Shores series)
DH: Jake Matthew Collins (age)
DW: Briana "Bree" Hope O'Brien-Collins (age)
DS:UN: Elianora
Book (or series): Bag of Bones by Stephen King
DH: Michael William (40)
DW: Mattie Elaine (22)
DD: Kyra Elizabeth (3)
DS:UN: Fray
Book (or series): Love Among the Walnuts
DH: Alexander Horatio "Sandy" Huntington-Ackerman (age)
DW: Sunnie Iris Huntington-Ackerman [Stone] (age)
DD:UN: Gabriella Grace
Book (or series): Heist Society
DH: W. W. Hale "Hale" (23)
DW: Katarina [Bishop] Hale "Kat" (22)
DS:UN: itsjustme2407
Book: Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
DH: Newton Pulsifer (age)
DW: Anathema Device (age)
DS:UN: Meralissa
Book (or series): Claidi Journals
DH: Argul (age)
DW: Claidi (age)
DD:UN: MsDaliaB
Book (or series): Second Glance by Jodi Picoult
DH: Eli Rochert (age)
DW: Shelby Rochert (age)
DS: Ethan Rochert (age)
DS:UN: Ninor
Book (or series): Twilight
DH: Edward Anthony (age)
DW: Isabella Marie (age)
DD: Renesmee Carlie (age)
DD:UN: plingy
Book (or series): Pride and Prejudice
DH: Fitzwilliam Edmund Darcy(28)
DW: Elizabeth Anne Darcy neé Bennet (20)
DD:UN: RowenaRavenclaw
Book (or series): Pride and Prejudice
DH: Charles Theodore Bingley (28)
DW: Jane Margaret (nee Bennet) Bingley (24)
DS:UN: Wandering Moon
Book (or series): Trickster's Queen
DH: Nawat Crow (21)
DW: Alianne {Cooper} Crow 'Aly' (19)
DD/DS/DD: (couldn’t resist! You can use diff names though)

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UN: Fray
Book (or series): Love Among the Walnuts by Jean Farris
DH: Alexander Horatio "Sandy" Huntington-Ackerman (25)
DW: Sunnie Iris Huntington-Ackerman [Stone] (26)
DD: Hana Amelia Huntington-Ackerman (nb)It's been a month since Sandy and Sunnie married at Walnut Manor (6 months since the end of the book) and now they got news they were expecting their first child together! Sandy wanted a name starting with an H to honor his father with the initials HAHA. After their daughter was born months later, they announced her name Hana Amelia Huntington-Ackerman. Hana means "bliss/happiness" in Arabic and "flower" in Japanese, and Amelia is after Sunnie's grandmother who helped care for her after her mother's death.Meanwhile, Bart and Bernie (Sandy's uncles who tried to kill everyone to steal their brother Horatio's money) have escaped from prison! This put everyone at Walnut Manor and Eclipse on high alert and security in fear the brothers will attack again. This was happening later in Sunnie's pregnancy and they feared for their unborn child's safety with those criminals at large. Things escalated until they took a very pregnant Sunnie hostage, but Sandy and Bentley (their loyal butler) rescued Sunnie and sent Bart and Bernie back (to a now maximum security) prison.Now the residents at Walnut Manor and Eclipse can have some peace and enjoy watching little Hana grow up.
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UN: christina *
Book (or series): Flowers on Main BY Sherryl Woods (Part of Chesapeake Shores series)
DH: Jake Matthew Collins (28)
DW: Briana "Bree" Hope O'Brien-Collins (27)
DS: Caspian John "CJ"A couple months after Bree and Jake got married, Bree discovered she was pregnant! It was such a surprise because they weren't trying to conceive at all. Bree, coming from a big family herself, is estatic to give her nieces Caitlyn and Carrie and nephew Davy another cousin to play with. Being a writer, she can't stand common names anymore. She wants to name their child something that is unique, something noone else in Chesapeake Shores would name their child, maybe River or Roman. Jake, on the other hand, wants to name the child John, after his mother Johana. After much discussion they finally decide on John being his middle name and Caspian for his first name. Jake already decided that he would be called CJ. The news of their child was made bittersweet when Jake gets a call, saying that his father, who was not present during his childhood, was dying of stage four lung cancer. Jake is playing a time where he can fly out to Texas to see his father before he passes.
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* I see you must have copied this before the edit, I guess I'll move 'em back (middle names and ages).UN: Meralissa
Book (or series): Claidi Journals
DH: Argul Horst (22)
DW: Claidi Estelle (20)
DD: Roserna Dengwi (nb){to help people from being confused heres some links that will explain although I have no idea why wiki has them under there UK titles,
book 1- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_Wolf_Tower
book 2- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Star_Rise
book 3- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_the_Wolves
book 4- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Winghope this helps} Claidi and Argul had traveled back to the Hulta, who were thrilled to have Argul as there leader again. They apologized to Claidi for chasing her away before, when she actually was innocent. They got married (for the forth time) properly in Hulta style. Almost a year after that Claidi gave birth to a baby girl. The parents were at loss of what to name her, in the House (were Claidi was born) only royalty named babies, and Hulta tradition babies were named after others who where close to the family. Claidi absolutely refused of giving the girl anothers name- after all she had been given Winter's intended name (Cladis Star), and it had caused her bunches of trouble. Argul, seeing her point asked a compromise- Claidi could come up with her first name and then they would honor someone they loved. Ironel (Argul's grandma, resident semi evil, CURRENTLY not against them), wanted then to name the child a royal name (more speficly after her), but of course Claidi refused...wait I just relized something, in the books its from Claidi's point of veiw in a journal she writes. To stick to the story I'll switch over to that but as lazy as I am, I'm not rewriting the top. Sorry.

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UN: Wandering Moon
Book (or series): Trickster's Queen
DH: Nawat Crow (21)
DW: Alianne {Cooper} Crow 'Aly' (19)
DD/DS/DD: Judith Saraiyu / Nathanael Elsren 'Nate' / Antonia DovasaryStory
Aly and Nawat were pleased, and very surprised, when they found out that they were expecting triplets! They decided to go with first names generally used in Aly's old home of Tortall for their children's first names instead of more traditional Copper Isle names.
Unfortunately Aly's twin brother Alan was in a serious jousting accident back in Corus and was told that, even with healers he would have to take at least a year off to recover. This saddened Aly, and Nawat by extension, but the news that her brother will eventually recover has made her feel slightly better.Hah! Triplets, nice. I don't mind, makes it more fun after all! And at least I get to pick different names. Thanks!

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UN: Cassandra Grace Logan
Book (or series): the Troubleshooters series by Suzanne Brockmann
DH: Chief Kenneth "Wildcard" Karmody, U.S. Navy SEAL (age)
DW: Savannah Von Hopf-Karmody, "Van" (age)
DD: Katarina Isabella Rose Von Hopf-Karmody, "Katie Rose" (nb)Ken and Savannah were pleasntly surprised when they discovered Van was pregnant with their first child. As soon as they found out it was a little girl, they were ecstatic. The first people they told were their closest friends, mostly a mix of Ken's current and former SEAL teammates and their families. His best friends, Roger "Sam" Starrett and John "Nils" Nilsson, both already fathers, couldn't believe Ken was finally having a kid. Ken was not really close with any of his living family. Savannah held off telling her parents because she wasn't sure how her mom would react, since her mom still wasn't completely happy that she didn't marry a rich man with a high paying career. Surpringly, she was happy to have her first grandchild. Her dad was fine with the whole situation, despite continually being interrupted with phone calls from his office. He actually did come close to tears when they told him what the baby's second middle name would be.Katarina was chosen because of its regal sound, in relation to Savannah's grandfather having been an Austrian prince. The name itself was her favorite out of all the Austrian/German names she could find.

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UN: RowenaRavenclaw
Book (or series): Pride and Prejudice
DH: Charles Theodore Bingley (28)
DW: Jane Margaret (nee Bennet) Bingley (24)
DS: Francis Charles "Frank" BingleyMr. and Mrs. Charles Bingley, after only a few months of blissful marriage, found out they were expecting! There was much celebration throughout Meryton, especially from the family at Longbourne. For nine months, Mrs. Bennet would say to whomever would listen (usually only Kitty) that her new granddaughter would surely make a good match with any number of the newly born sons in town. Thus, she was very much surprised and put out when Jane gave birth to a son. In fact, she was convinced that Jane and Charles had a son on purpose, simply to spite her.When it came time to christen the newest Bingley, his progenitors were in such a state that they were reminiscent of his godparents, Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth Darcy. Mr. Bingley wanted to name the baby after himself, his father, and his grandfather (all named Charles), but Mrs. Bingley was convinced that this would be too confusing. Both such mild tempers were unused to such bickering and were exhausted when their son's godfather suggested Francis. Jane and Charles instantly agreed and, to appease her husband, Jane added the name Charles as Francis' middle name.Several days before Francis' christening, the Bingley family received unhappy news: Jane's sister Lydia and her husband, George Wickham, were traveling through Meryton on their way to Wickham's new post. This news was, of course, followed by an ill-concealed hint that the Wickham's would like to stay at Netherfield. Both being such happy souls, the Bingleys could not refuse.
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UN: Elianora
Book (or series): Bag of Bones by Stephen King
DH: Michael William (40)
DW: Mattie Elaine (22)
DD: Kyra Elizabeth (3)
DS: Easton JamesMichael and Mattie were delighted to discover they were expecting and spent many months debating on a name. They finally decided that Mattie would get to pick the first name and the middle name would be after Michael's grandfather.
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UN: Gabriella Grace
Book (or series): Heist Society
DH: W. W. Hale "Hale" (24)
DW: Katarina [Bishop] Hale "Kat" (23)
DS: Maximilian Edgar Markus "Max" (nb)About five years after they got married, Kat and Hale welcomed a baby boy, Max. Max was named after Uncle Eddie and Mark the Butler. You should have seen Mark's face light up when he heard the news. Mark is kind of like Max's grandpa, much more than Hale's dad. In other news, the couple has decided to halt any major heists until Max is at least three... like Kat was when her father first took her on one.
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I'm going with pride and prejudice instead. :-)UN: Ninor
Book (or series): Pride and prejudice
DH: Fitzwilliam Augustine Darcy (28)
DW: Elizabeth Victoria (Bennet) Darcy (20)
DD: Anne Georgiana Darcy (0)Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth were delighted ti find out that they were expecting a baby so soon after their marriage. Mr. Darcy's family wasn't as happy as them though. Elizabeth's family is more than happy and couldn't talk about anything else until the baby was born! Mrs. Bennet was very proud of her Elizabeth, even though she claimed that Jane should have been the first to have a baby. Mr. Darcy wanted to name the baby Georgiana or George, after his sister and friend of course. Elizabeth didn't really like that idea, she wanted her baby to have its own name. But she agreed on Mr. Darcy's suggestions for the MN. They both thought it was a boy but were proven wrong, it was a girl!They named her Anne, a name they both loved. Elizabeth sometimes call her Annie which Mr. Darcy doesn't like. It's Anne, not Annie he says. Anne is the sweetest little baby ever seen and everyone says that she will grow up and be a heartbreaker. Georgiana is very happy that Anne got her MN after her and she says that when she have children, she will name the first one Fitzwilliam (or William) or Elizabeth to honor them.

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AnswerYou can change if you want, but if you really would like to stay with this book series you can just completely make up their ages based on what they'd be physically. Like Edward and Bella would be stuck as teenagers, their daughter could mature about four this round and get stuck at 16 within five years. Whichever you prefer.
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UN: plingy
Book (or series): Pride and Prejudice
DH: Fitzwilliam Edmund Darcy (28)
DW: Elizabeth Anne Darcy neé Bennet (21)
DD: Cynthia Georgiana Darcy (nb)In the middle of the fuss and excitement about the nearing birth of their first child, unsettling news reaches Darcy and Elizabeth: Elizabeth's mother is suffering from a dangerous illness. After a couple of precarious weeks, however, Mrs Bennet recovers against the doctor's prognosis. That weight off their minds, Elizabeth and Darcy welcome their first baby, a little girl. Elizabeth, who has become obsessed with greek myths, insists on naming her Cynthia after the byname of the goddess Diana. As a middle name they agree on Georgiana after Darcy's little sister of whom they're both very fond of. Of course the newly-minted aunt is thrilled about their choice.
Cynthia is a sweet girl, adored and spoiled by everyone. From the day of her birth, everybody who looks at her insists that she's Elizabeth's spitting image; Elizabeth herself believes that Cynthia has the Darcy nose, a thought that will proof to be true as the girl grows up.Edited because I'm a dork and deleted everything when I tried to bold something.

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UN: itsjustme2407
Book: Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
DH: Newton Pulsifer (23)
DW: Anathema Device (23)
DS: Halcyon 'Hal' Adam Pulsifer-Device (0)Psychic as she may be, not even Anathema managed to predict that she would fall pregnant mere months after the almost-Apocalypse. And at the hands (and other parts) of Witchfinder Private Newt Pulsifer of all people. Sure, she'd impulsively married the guy and possibly fantisized about having a half dozen or so kids with him, but... well, not quite so soon. But, no matter. She'd been trying to live much more spontaneously, after all.That said, there was no way in heaven or hell that she would've named her child after any of Newt's relatives. No matter how much the old sod insisted that it was tradition. The best he had to offer in his pool of relations was Thou-Shalt-Not-Commit-Adultery Pulsifer. And it's wasn't like her family was too much better, at least in respect to male names: despite her brief psychic blindspot, Anathema had divined early on that she was most definitely having a boy.Anyways, after months of the same argument, Anathema finally went into labor with only the little anti-christ Adam Young around to get her to the hospital. After a white-knuckle, prepubescent-legs-barely-reaching-the-pedals car ride and thirty-six hours of somehow painless labor, both Anathema and Newt were pretty keen on honoring Adam in the naming of their new son.Halcyon Adam Pulsifer-Device already shares his mother's dark hair and attractively mismatched features, as well as his father's fondness for electronics; darling Hal is sweet as pie until anyone tries taking away whatever chunks of machinery he's managed to get his grubby little hands onto on any given day. Well, Anathema never did figure any "normal" children into her life (especially not with Witchfinder Sergeant Shadwell snatching her minutes-old son away to perform a perfunctory nipple check).

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MineUN: britto08
Book: Pride and Prejudice
DH: Fitzwilliam Arthur Darcy (28)
DW: Elizabeth Cassandra Darcy (21)
DD: Susanna Mary Darcy (nb) Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy bickered merrily for months over whether the baby would be a boy or a girl. Elizabeth swore it would be a girl, while Mr. Darcy insisted she couldn't know. But exactly eleven months after their marriage, Elizabeth was proven right when she gave birth to a littel girl! They christened her with the first name Susanna, a name Elizabeth was very fond of, and the middle name Mary, after Elizabeth's aunt who helped bring them together. Everyone was extremely excited about little Susanna's birth, as she was the first grandchild/niece of the family. Mrs. Bennet did not come visit right away, as seh had to spread the news around the town, but Mr. Bennet did and pronounced his granddaughter prettier even than Elizabeth had been as a baby. He brought Kitty with him, and she was so enamoured with her niece and beautiful Pemberley that she readily accepted Elizabeth's offer to stay with them. Jane and Mr. Bingley were already there, and they have proved to be doting aunt and uncle. Jane is expecting her own first child soon. Georgiana, Mr. Darcy's sister, is enraptured with her as well and spoils her terribly, but not as terribly as Mr.

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