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This will function similarly to a NTNB, but instead of new additions to a family, you will be naming guests who come to a stately home in Oxfordshire in late October 1910, hoping for a week of hunting, fine dining, and sparkling conversation. They get more than they bargained for when the guests start dropping like flies...

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This is heavily inspired by Penhaligon's portait collection: https://www.penhaligons.com/us/en/categories/portraits/shop-all

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I'm winging it. Kind of. I haven't selected a victim or murderer yet - maybe I'll make you vote on them too! Feedback on this is very welcome.

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But first, we need to name the stately home where the potential victims and suspects will be convening. Built by the current Earl's grandfather - a man of Romantic sensibility - it is a mansion modelled after Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill House, pictured below, albeit smaller, and covered in a substantial amount of ivy.

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The stately house

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It follows the pattern of "bird's name + possessive + nest", the bird being one that is native to Oxfordshire, where this tale takes place (https://www.oos.org.uk/oxonlist.php). It is up to your discretion whether to use the bird's full name: IE, it is entirely up to you whether the house will be called The Slavonian Grebe's Nest or The Grebe's Nest.

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Anyone is welcome to join at any point. Good luck!

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🕊️❣️🌻💌🌻❣️🕊️

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masculine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124079
feminine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124080

This message was edited 4/17/2024, 12:19 PM