𝒢𝑜𝓁𝒹𝑒𝓃 𝒮𝓉𝒶𝓇

V: Golden StarSet earlier in her life, during the Klondike Gold Rush (this is just an earlier time of main verse above).

Timewise, this verse can range between Goldie working as performer and cardshark in Dawson to working with Scrooge at White Agony Creek.

V: That's Not My StyleA verse for 2017 DT, separate due to differences not just in Goldie’s personality but for interaction with other characters as well. Important note: I strongly diverge from some of the new show’s portrayal/background of her.

Details may be found here. Some rewrite animatics for my version are here. Thief attire can be found here.

V: You Learned to Love Something ElseA verse for Mickey’s Christmas Carol.

Isabelle Goldie was not born a wealthy lady, but she was beautiful, spirited (almost more than socially acceptable), and kind. She fell in love as a young lass, and after a number of years of waiting to be married, she at last accepted that wealth had become far more important to him than she. It was the only time she had fallen in love, however, and while others tried to pursue her, she did not marry. She did not have children. She remained alone, and worked to keep a roof over her head and food to eat. It was not truly a paying job, running an orphanage with funds based on charity or assistance from the Church, but it was enough, and she found happiness in the little ones who live hoping for a happy home one day.

Since she is the only adult of the home, Goldie has more than one pistol about the house to fend off any intruder, or any prospective parent who doesn’t meet her approval. And she does know how to use them.

V: Counting StarsSpace verse.

Parents

During the mid-1800s, there was an event known as the Great Famine (or Great Hunger) in Ireland. This event took the parents of a young Irish duck, and inspired him to migrate to Canada to find a new, healthier life. His name was Eoin O'Gilt.

Surviving one of the unpleasant boat trips with others who had the same idea, he did not find himself in much better shape after arriving. Moving further inland and away from so many other migration areas, he worked more than one job, saving what he could to eventually buy his own land and begin to farm again.

Before that time, however, he met a French duckess. She was not very impressed with him at first, but as a pleasant sense of humor and gentleness revealed itself from this hard working Irishman, she found herself enjoying his visits to her family’s tavern. She became Rochelle O'Gilt.

Both of their savings bought the land for that farm in the Quebec providence, and they raised three ducklings who could not have been more different in personality and life-goals.

Siblings and Growing Up

A pair of eggs were the first born, a boy and a girl. Rochelle named them Jeffrey and Amie.

A few years later, another egg came along, and Eoin was promised he could name the third. After she was born and already had golden feathers, he chose Goldie.

They did not grow up with expensive things, but they had a home and food, even if not often feasts, and love.

Goldie was determined she would go out and see more of the country, and acquire the precious metals and jewels that she had only heard of. Knowing if she stuck to the idea she would need to learn how to defend herself, Eoin taught her to fight and shoot alongside his son.

As they reached adulthood, Jeffrey remained and worked at the farm, and later expanded it. Amie was more interested in being among people and settled in Montreal. Goldie remained at home with her brother until she too became an ‘adult’ in age, then started traveling along the path of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Early Adulthood

Having her share of adventures and interesting encounters, Goldie listened and learned a great deal, from how to deal with the harsher climate to swindling tricks (it’s amazing what people will share when a pretty face is curious). She also discovered her consciousness did not bother her if she resorted to conning and theft from crude individuals or scoundrels. Sometimes, in fact, it was easier than being honest.

Within a decade, she had already made her way to the Yukon when news of the Klondike strike reached her in a lumber camp (an area that would later become Dawson), presenting a grand opportunity. A flood always accompanied the discovery of gold, and she set up shop in preparation (with the help of some of the lumberjacks she had been serving meals).

Two of the first to arrive left the strongest impressions. One was a loan-shark named Soapy Slick who wanted to use a table of her establishment for his business, and she agreed to rent it to him until he moved into his own building later. The other was a Scotsman who turned down the offer of a meal after his journey. She did not know his name, but he was pretty cute for a tough guy, him and his fluffy whiskers, and no one else ever left a moose at her door.

She watched Dawson form and grow around her due to the gold rush, making a decent profit selling food, drinks, and occasional card sharking here and there. She had little pity for gamblers who didn’t know when to quit.

The small building was rebuilt and improved to become the Blackjack Ballroom, with advice on style and some furnishings provided by a duck dubbed Dangerous Dan, who then worked with her as a co-manager and bouncer (populace and the violence accompanying crowds had begun to outweigh her ability to keep up with everything herself).

She hired some of the other ladies that had made their way to Dawson by this time, the ones with talent for entertainment, as well as a rather nice pianist who she never thought belonged in such a rough place. Goldie herself finally had not only access, but the funds for fine dresses and jewelry to wear, and she gained her historical title among others during the Klondike Gold Rush: Glittering Goldie. She also gave occasional performances of her own, receiving tips from those she hired.

She eventually learned the name of the whiskered Scotsman who left that tired moose, and heard of his past endeavors in passing conversations the rare times he came to town. He was intelligent, didn’t waste what he earned, and no one could get the jump on him– until the Steamboat incident, a story that may have received exaggeration and been regarded as legend afterward, but she beheld the aftermath in person. It proved Scrooge’s intelligence was matched by strength, an admirable duck among so many idiots and wasteful souls.

Their brief interactions since the beginning of the gold rush were not bad ones, but both were too busy to have time for casual conversation, until the day McDuck brought a very large gold nugget into her saloon. And while Goldie did not pick on him like others before it was revealed, she felt the same greed as Dan and other card gamblers when it was. Brawling soon followed when Scrooge realized she had cheated him out of it. Once the fighting was over, she was confronted, and to avoid being reported to the mounted police, she claimed she would dig him another to make up for it. His disbelief only fueled her determination, as much to prove she could accomplish anything she darn well pleased as actual payment. And maybe swipe more from such a rich claim– she did not plan on emotions getting in her way.

Goldie had helped with lumber, but she had never mined before, and proving she could did not mean she was going to be nice or quiet about a ruined dress or sorry excuse of a bed. There were many a loud disagreements at first, but with time, she noticed moments of softness that showed he was not as cold as he seemed. His mention of parents and childhood reminded her of her own, and how they would feel if she shared the less honest moments of her life away from home in an occasional letter.

Being defended from wildlife, dealing with claim jumpers together, and other events lead to more peaceful interactions between them. Slowly, she did not wear the Ice Queen facade that kept her from seeming weak in a rough town as often. Playfulness started to show itself, such as hurling a snowball at his head one day without warning.

During a long winter of mining and working together, shifting from squabbling to caring, looking after one another when ill or hurt, they accepted they were in love. As spring arrived, they intended to leave together with their stash of gold. Goldie gave him a silk Valentine before returning to Dawson to pack some of her things from the Blackjack Ballroom she had not brought to White Agony Creek, and waited at the train station that night, as they agreed.

Dan had other plans. He stole their stash, and lied to both about the other leaving without them. Goldie did not exactly trust him, of course, but they had worked together, and she had never seen him sink so low. After another person claimed to see Scrooge leave, she had to accept the possibility. She was too proud to go after him to ask why, and too hurt to go after him to shoot him. She assumed she knew the answers: greed, using someone, all to get what you wanted. Why not? She had done it, not to the extend of pretending to love, but it wasn’t a far fetched concept.

Still, after days of anger and sadness, she sent one letter after him. A letter could be ignored, and she did not have to look him in the face; she refused to be a pathetic heartbroken lover who could not accept truth. No response ever came, for the man it reached was as hurt and afraid to read it as she was to chase him. She accepted she made the mistake of thinking he was different than the rest of these gold-fever fools and cons. And she would not let herself make that mistake again.

Mid Adulthood

Goldie sold the Ballroom to Dan, for gold rushes do not last forever, and she had no desire to return to socializing often or wear a smile and put on a show for men in Dawson. She did not have to. She knew how to mine now, she would keep the claim and continue to work it herself. If Scrooge wanted it back, if he dared return, he would have to fight her for it. As far as she was concerned, she had as much right to it after working so hard for nothing, and she would not relinquish it.

She was not quite sure what she would do after hoarding the next pile for herself alone. She had traveled across the country like she wanted when she was a duckling, she had seen it and fought with it. What would she do with another stash? Maybe whenever it ran out, she would go home, work with her brother, or start a business of some kind. But she never did, for more than one reason, each one young and hungry.

Between the countless fights, bushwhacking, and accidents in Dawson and mining camps, a child was sometimes left without a parent, or a parent who would not claim/want them, or both. When she traveled to town for supplies, she found one. And later another. And more. She had no idea how to raise children, but surely she was a better option than having no one at all. Goldie took care of them, fed them, bought and repaired clothing, protected them, and they helped her in return.

Dawson’s booming dwindled, especially after gold discoveries in Alaska. Goldie and some other miners with successful claims rather than failures remained, but droves of others left. Over the next few decades, it became a much quieter, smaller city.

The children she took in grew up, and one by one left to start lives of their own, or go to higher schools. Goldie gave them sufficient funds for travel and making a start in life. One even wished to become a doctor, and she sent him funds while he attended medical school. That stash she once thought she would have and use to move and start somewhere else was instead mostly spread among them.

Later Adulthood

Her gold feathers had gained gray by the time she found herself alone again, but White Agony felt like home now. She stayed voluntarily, she had found joy in those children, more than dresses or jewels, and the idea of starting something else from the ground up again no longer held the same appeal as when she was younger. The mountains were beautiful and providing, and knowing she had supported multiple bright young adults that would undoubtedly go and accomplish great things was more satisfying than anything else she had done before.

Goldie continued to spend the next few decades fishing, farming, and surviving the winters; she was not directly affected by many other events in the world that occurred, but some of her adopted children were. She still has letters of their stories, both personal notes and things effected by wars and politics. Most of their children, however, did not continue to keep up with her. She did not mind. Why should they? They never met the rough woman one of their parents knew.

That is not to say she did not still have random adventures. The smaller Dawson was not so loud to visit, but plenty of shenanigans could occur even in a small town, especially with a few fiends like Dan leftover from the old days. She was involved in her fair share.

And she raised a baby bear, who became a big bear, and a guard bear for a silver feathered older woman.

Shenanigans involving said bear also occurred, including to keep destructive dredgers away from White Agony.

Then he showed back up. The drake she thought she would never see again, and she darn near shot him. Cue the Back to the Klondike DT ‘87 episode that I am not going to summarize in entirety, but it concludes with them learning they never betrayed each other, and while Scrooge does ask if she’ll return to Duckburg with him, she does not. It had been so long, and she had not been a part of the normal world to get used to its changes with time... she did not think she belonged in it.

Having discovered a vein during the episode and without anyone but herself to take care of, however, the option of starting over financially returned. She was old, but she was still in fine shape, so why shouldn’t she? Dawson had begun to gain tourism due to its significance during the Gold Rush, and her first investment was a hotel, restoring the abandoned Blackjack Ballroom for that purpose and a landmark. She later built additional hotels at other historical tourist areas, including Alaska.

Goldie hired some assistance for mining this time, for she was not quite as young and strong as she once was. Since she had had experience with lumbering in the past, and she did not want to jump into any modern business she knew nothing about, land and lumber were her next investments.

By the time of the Ducky Mountain High episode, White Agony had been mined out again, and while her bear remained to guard it (for that was his home and it held many years of memories for her), she had moved to another cabin among some of her timberland. Gold was discovered near it as well, and was cleverly acquired.

Additional RP Development

After establishing more than one business for herself and developing respectable, increasing income, Goldie started to visit Duckburg more often, ‘testing the water’ to see if she really could still fit into the much more civilized world.

Her adjusting to less-harsh (and alone) conditions continued, and said visits grew lengthier.

And one day, after getting to know his family and employees, after business alliances were made, after seeing for herself that she could still be a part of his life and overcoming the doubts about it– Scrooge asked her to marry him, and she did, that same day, in the bin without publicity or ceremony, just them and the few people needed to make it official.