penned by madde ( 27, gmt, she+her )
I. MISTER ALPHONSE STIRLING. guest of the zhao family. aaron taylor-johnson.
II. THE HONOURABLE FEYZA KESKIN. daughter of the baron of arlington. guest of the reeve family. neslihan atagül.
replies owed: 5 ! character basics under the cut !
ALPHONSE STIRLING
━━ ⊰ [ aaron taylor-johnson , 33 , male , he/him ] the ton is buzzing ! have you heard ? mister alphonse stirling has arrived in mayfair ! i have been told that he is outgoing & polite but also ambitious & insecure but we shall know more about them as the season progresses. there have been whispers around the ton stating that he pays newspapers to gas him up . among the ton , they are known to be carefully ironed white shirts , overly decorated letters , candlelight refracting from the chandelier ! how they truly are behind closed doors ? we cannot be too sure .
guest of the zhao family
his second cousin is the viscount of some insignificant title. this makes the stirling family a gang of nobodies who just happen to have slightly blue blood.
alphonse's main goal is to marry off his siblings and to find the most suitable wife ( rich and titled, the higher the rank the better ) for himself. he's a social climber in case this wasn't clear.
currently lodging at with the zhaos who are probably the only people who don't mind his sometimes overly saccharine act.
his family earns their money through their printing/publishing house. they sell newspapers and bibles mostly. it's a respectable way to earn money but dear reader, do you know what ? passive income is even more respectable ( refer back to the third bullet point )
alphonse is a stickler for rules of the society. he would rather jump head first into the thames than break an unwritten rule.
he tries to be extremely polite. he just sometimes forgets himself and finds himself being more interested in finding amusement than acting gentlemanly.
his late sister was married to bernard alderidge, and for a very short moment alphonse thought he had accomplished one third of his dreams. alas, his sister died young.
alphonse's parents are alive, although his father is in poor health and most of his responsibilities have been transferred onto alphonse's shoulders.
he also has one living brother.
FEYZA KESKIN
━━ ⊰ [ neslihan atagül , 32 , female , she/her ] the ton is buzzing ! have you heard ? the honourable feyza keskin of arlington has arrived in mayfair ! i have been told that she is passionate & eclectic but also anxious & short-sighted but we shall know more about them as the season progresses. there have been whispers around the ton stating that she has not received a single proposal in ten years much to her and her family's embarrassment. among the ton , they are known to be sage green light fabrics in the wind, glaringly red crescent marks on palms, extremely successful irish exits ! how they truly are behind closed doors ? we cannot be too sure .
guest of the reeve family
her father is the baron of arlington. ( kinda made this title up, kinda didn't, but don't ask me any questions about it, idk anything lmao )
she is the third and youngest child, her older sister is happily married and her brother ( and the heir of the title ) is still on the marriage mart
feyza is an anxious person. she has a bad habit of babbling when she doesn't know what she should talk about. some people find her somewhat sympathetic while some find her just plain annoying.
she debuted nearly a decade ago and her first season could be considered a success: she had a few suitors and one gentleman even went as far as to speak with her father. eventually nothing came out of it. the secret to her success was keeping her mouth shut and laughing whenever someone else did. it worked on too many people.
her later seasons ? disasters. she allowed herself to open her mouth more and revealed her tendency to speak too much and too quickly. it isn't that she is the most dislikeable lady in the room, it's just that most debutants outshine her, and they know what they want. feyza is rarely sure.
she's at risk of turning into a spinster and she is not 100% horrified by the thought. she just despises the idea of being reliant on her brother. she also isn't sure if her brother has good taste in women — what if her future sister-in-law, the next baroness of arlington, is a bore or a witch ?











