I realise these rounds are taking forever - sorry! I'm in the midst of finals, so things are going slowly, but I promise I haven't abandoned this.
Welcome to
THE NIGHTINGALE'S NEST cher529s, esteemed guest. Enjoy your stay.
Try not to get killed.
THE HOST Lord
August Wulfstan Hastings, 7th
Earl of Ashbourne
Amoret
THE HOSTESS Lady Xanthe Rosmunda Hastings
ishild
THE DUCHESS Her
Grace Agnes Lucrezia Grenville, Duchess of Somerset
WillowBelle
THE DUKE His
Grace Hadrian Antinous
Grenville,
Duke of Somerset
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THE SOCIALITE Zahra bint Ismaael al
Su'ud aPerson
THE ACTIVIST Miss
Prudence Margaux Yeats
Wordsmith
THE APOLOGIST Mr.
Zebulon "
Zeb"
Dexter Davis IV
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THE HUNTER Sir
Victor "
Frankie" Devereaux Finch, Baronet
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THE SIREN The Honourable
Circe Irene D'Isigny
Darkbone
During
Frankie and
Circe's East African sojourn (as suggested by
Laura B.) a love triangle unfolded between them and another gentleman in the party. For
Circe, this was a typical Thursday night. For the two men, it was life and death.
One night,
Circe retired to her tent, but was woken up by a confrontation between the two men. She was not going to intervene, until the shouts were interrupted by a gunshot ringing through the air. All of the hunters rushed out of their tents. When
Circe arrived at the scene, she saw
Frankie, pale and shuddering, standing over the corpse of their paramour over these past few weeks, who was sporting a gunshot wound to the head.
Frankie swore the fellow hunter had committed suicide, and the party was inclined to believe him. After all, who would want to get involved with the colonial authorities anyway? They might say something horrid like "don't leave the country", and that would ruin auntie's anual holiday at the French Riviera. But
Circe was not satisfied, and
Frankie dashing off the very next morning did not assuage her doubts. She came to The Nightingale's
Nest to get to the bottom of what happened between the two men.
This new guest, on the other hand, carries a degree of middle-class respectability (something rarely encountered at The Nightingale's
Nest). But occasionally, the Hastings' will invite a member of the labouring classes to their residence. After all, Mr. _______ isn't something tawdry like a lawyer or a doctor.
No, Mr. _______ is the
nez of
King George himself, and thus, the favourite perfumer of the aristocracy. Such is his talent that his origins as a simple Cornish barber are forgiven. Having risen from lowly positions, Mr. _______ is elegant and confident, but never superior. He is friendly to everyone, and knows just enough about every topic that everyone likes to converse with him. And, of course, he is the author of the fragrances half the ladies and gentlemen are wearing tonight.
Mr. _______ _______ _______
First name:
https://www.behindthename.com/names/browse.php?operator_gender=isnot&value_gender[]=feminine&operator_tag=is&value_tag[]=top_10_in_cornwall
Middle name: a Biblical name revived during the Protestant Reformation (
https://www.behindthename.com/names/gender/masculine/usage/biblical/description/protestant).
Surname: Cornish (
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_surnames).
BONUS (optional, just for fun - I may or may not take inspiration): What led Mr. _______ to transition from a simple Cornish barber to the favored perfumer of
King George and the aristocracy
masculine list:
https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124079feminine list:
https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124080Show Hidden Text