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Recently, Katherine has travelled to England to seek asylum with her parents’ friend King James Plantagenet away from the mysterious Ogun, who had helped her father out of trouble claiming to want nothing in return but was now wanting to put Katherine through hell on Earth as payment.

BACKGROUND : Leonardo was born a bastard to his father Piero in Vinci, a province of Florence, Italy, where he raised sheep for a time. His father’s first wife treated him as her own son, however she died young and the second wife was not so kind. When he was 14 his father took him to the heart of Florence to become an apprentice, after impressing him (as much as a distant father can be in any case) with his artistic talents, under the tutelage of Andrea Verrocchio. He was arrested and accused twice of sodomy, but both charges were dropped because of lack of evidence. At the age of 21 Andrea, who had become like a father to him, presented him with his own studio, where da Vinci quickly earned a name for himself. He is prone to drinking too much, smoking too much, and never finishing his commissions. His love for knowledge and the journey to find as much of it as he can, leads him all over Europe in search of something more. He has little affiliation with the church, and prefers to suss things out for himself rather than simply being told. 

After being traded down in service due to his title and exotic origin, he was given to Laura Fitzroy as a guard of sorts, more to appease her in gaining the throne. He entrusted himself to her, but finds himself bored with status, and dreams of traveling to Italy, where his father’s family is rumored to have set up status once more.

BACKGROUND :              Youngest daughter of Viscount Lisle, and so far, his only living                                             descendent. She had a sister and a niece before she was even                                             born, but both died, and the VIscount blamed himself. So,                                             Genevieve was sent to a convent, to live and learn in someone                                              else’s care. As a result she’s a rather odd combination of                                             naive and learned.

BACKGROUND : Rachel Rothschild, abandoned by her father once he lost his reputation at court, was given to the bastard Fitzroy as a servant at a young age. With their similarities of being outcasted and ostracized, the two quickly became friends. Due to the fact Laura is not completely of royal blood, expenses often did not come here way, and Rachel stepped up as the other’s un-official ’Lady-In-Waiting’. She had a begun taking lessons while her family was still at court, and continued on in her studies privately to help further both hers and her friends’. She spends her time at Laura’s side, offering protection and distraction from the changing times.

BACKGROUND : Half Irish and and half royal, Eleanor seems to garner one extreme opinion or the other, there is no in between. She has a modest household thanks to her loving father, but is still restricted by her blood status. When she was small, freshly crowned King James wouldn’t trust her with many, so she accompanied him on his French and Irish campagains. Though he shielded her, she’s no stranger to blood.