Headcanons for TM!Regency!AU

[lady_mab]

I need somewhere to actually post it so the rest of you can see it please enjoy it it's obvious a WIP so I'll update it now and then and feel free to contribute your own

Captain Even Gardner, Retired

• Ex-Partner, Arin Til, Recently divorced
  • Arin was an army surgeon who tended to Even
  • It's hard to say if they were ever really in love, or if it was a thing of convenience/Even relied on them so much that it felt natural
  • They were married shortly after Even was discharged, and remained together for several years.
• Cut himself off from a lot of social contact after service, until he was encouraged to start attending events again in light of his divorce.
  • A lot of his military friends at clubs are still in contact with Arin, which makes it difficult to completely remove himself from that part of his old life
• Friendly with Signet, was recommended to her services by Arin before the separation was official.
• Maintains a very lush and extravagant garden and greenhouse at his townhouse
  • Had a habit of collecting seeds and saplings and cuttings from everywhere he went.
    • "You wouldn't download a plant" Even Gardner would.
  • Has a detailed log of all the plants, where they came from, how he keeps them, etc etc
• Met Gig during his tour, they remained in contact after
  • They're very close friends, and Gig is always suggesting wild plans that Even is only 67% certain aren't actual valid suggestions.

Grand Magnificent

Echo Reverie

• Small-time smuggler, working out of the docks.
  • If there's something you want, there's a high chance they know where you can go to get it, if they can't get it for you
• Their family lives in a village out in the country, but they've run away to the city to make their own way
  • It's working, in as much as they're Not Dead
• Was caught as they attempted to smuggle some Strange Medical Equipment and supplies that was going to Signet
  • She's since hired them on to be her valet, and they run odd-jobs for her in town, in addition to helping out around the clinic
• Knows Gig, who would constantly try and get information on a story from them
  • They enjoyed sending him on wild goose chases with incorrect info, though Gig would always find some other interesting story along the way so it's not a total loss
• Meets Even through his business with Signet, immediately starry-eyed over him
  • They do a great job at hiding it, but Even definitely takes a shine to them

Gig Kephart

• A reporter for the city paper

Signet (+ Belgard)

• Wives.
  • Belgard: "She wears a lot of veils, no one is sure why. Some say she is in mourning, or that she has a scar. Signet and her find the theories amusing."
    • Sometimes, when they're bored, they'll feed a new rumor to Tender or Gig to spread about town
• They run a boarding house of sorts in the country, though Signet also has some medical expertise
  • Belgard has been running it for years, and Signet was a recent guest of the house before becoming a co-owner.
    • Signet is a bit touchy on the details of how she came to be at the house, but she and Belgard fell in love rather soon after her arrival
  • Specializes in all sorts of cases for people who need somewhere to be that is away from the city, but close by
    • Fourteen stays here occasionally when their cough gets bad
    • Even frequents for assistance from Signet in place of Arin
    • Echo has a permanent room, but comes and goes as they please

Tender Sky

Fourteen Fifteen

Cascabel

Kent Brighton

Etc facts:

• The Brink:
  • a bar down on the docks run by a mysterious couple: no one knows exactly where they came from but their son makes the best drinks in town (ty ty Lu)

Comments

[growlery]

this is. beautiful.

"You wouldn't download a plant" Even Gardner would. i screamed

[lady_mab]

My friend has used that line re: her dad doing that to succulents at any given time and HONESTLY. Even just reaching out and breaking off a branch of a plant to go propagate when he got home without even thinking about it? Valid.