#myplots

iii. character descriptions

Character: “A” Age: 30+ Status: Open. 

   Originally from Missouri, A came out west with her family and friends fifteen years ago. She was a part of the first group to help settle Copperton, and helped to lay down the very foundation of some of the town’s original buildings, which she takes a great deal of pride in. While the men began the mining, A was responsible for much of the town’s overall development, and was very proactive in helping to establish the businesses that helped the town to thrive. As one of the most well-regarded women in town, A married a similarly well-liked man, and settled into life in Copperton. Though she could not profess to love her husband, she did consider him to be a friend. Their marriage worked, and the two were looked on with high esteem in town -- they were sometimes jokingly looked on as the mayor and the first lady. Life in Copperton was hard work, but for A it was worth it to have something that was her own -- something that was made with her blood, sweat, and tears.     After the mine shaft collapsed, A’s husband was lost along with most of the town’s men. Despite having never loved the man, the tragedy struck A hard, and she was distraught to find that most of the newly-made widows of Copperton looked to her for guidance. Since the incident, A has become the de facto leader of the town, though it was never her intention to seek explicit power. She has been doing her best in the position, but finds it to be filled with immense stress and strife. 

Character: “B” Age: 20+ Status: Open.

    Born and raised in New York City to immigrants, B was the middle child of seven children, and lived in poverty. Her earliest memories were colored by sleeplessness and hunger, and she began working in a factory to support her family alongside her elder siblings at the age of 9. She toiled unhappily in this work for several years, and eventually ran away from home when she was thirteen years old. Since that time, she’s floated from place to place, and carried various odd-jobs in order to support herself. B was seventeen when she fell in with sex work -- a choice she made on her own, and one she did shamelessly. The job brought her more money than she’d been able to make before, and with the money came opportunities she’d not had before. Specifically, B was able to hire tutors and to recover the education that had been lost to her as a child. Eventually, B’s line of work earned her a place on a caravan of prostitutes traveling out west. B found herself working in Long Locks, a brothel in the town of Copperton. Her line of work allowed her to become privately well-off in the town, but she continued to live a humble life in order to amass her wealth.    Things changed after the mine shaft collapsed, taking most of the town’s men with it. The lack of a customer base led to her employer abandoning the brothel, and most of her employees left with the madam. B remained behind, and opted to take the empty brothel and convert it into a schoolhouse for the children of Copperton. Unlike the other women of the town, B does not necessarily see the death of the men as a tragedy that cannot be moved on from -- she believes Copperton could have a future, just as it is. 

iv. plot

   Without the men of Copperton, the town has been thrown into a frenzy. What will we do for money? What will we do if bandits come? How will we survive? For all of these questions, they look desperately to A. In an effort to steer the town safely through this process, A has been looking for the answers to their questions. What few men remain seem either incapable or utterly unwilling to provide help: the elderly can only do so much, and their town sheriff is getting on in age and is often too deep in his drinks to do little more than stumble about with a gun in his belt. She is aware that the utter lack of men in the town makes them painfully vulnerable to attacks from gangs.    One viable resource has presented itself: the Smith Ventures Company, a mining company that has expressed an interest in buying the mine out from the women of Copperton. In exchange for the purchase, delegates from the company have offered to send a trainload of men to the town, and to alleviate the economic burden that has been placed onto the ladies. After the transaction, the town would hold onto five percent of the mine -- with the other ninety-five belonging to the company. Although it is the best -- and frankly, only -- option that A has been presented with, she hesitates to make the sale. After years of effort in building up Copperton and making it their own, it seems wrong to throw it all away in the face of strife.     B, who considers Copperton to be home just as it is, befriends A and offers an alternative: rather than bring in men to save them, they simply save themselves. She suggests that they learn what they need to about the mine, hire outside labor where needed to extract the copper, and run the economy of the town on their own. In regards to gang violence, B’s suggestion is simple: they ought to buy guns, and learn how to shoot them. 

v. ending notes & comments.

i liked the show godless, but i felt like it really did the whole bait and switch on the concept -- i wanted it to be about the women of la belle, and i felt like it failed a little in bringing forth that story. thus, this plot!! a story that i would like to be about the LADIES, and their choice to stand up for themselves and prove that they don’t need men to run the town. i think it would also be really interesting to involve the concept of outside threats, like bandits and gangs. 

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     Over a decade later, the kingdom continues to be raddled with issues. The former Lord Protector-turned-King still sits the throne, and has endured skirmishes and petty violence against other claimants for years. Now with an heir of his own, he feels relatively confident in his place--though he remains tortured with whispers of the alleged escaped heir of the king. This disconcerting attitude rises when a new rumor reaches his ear: in the neighboring kingdom rumored to host members of the former royal family, a young adolescent has appeared claiming to be the true heir to the throne.       Brought to the court of their aunt, A has lived a life shrouded in secrecy and hidden from the public eye. Raised believing that they are the true heir to a throne occupied by a traitor, they have vengeance in mind. Though their mother has passed away in the time since she sent them away, A’s grandmother remains alive. Confident that A is their grandchild, the Dowager Queen begins to groom A for their rightful role as ruler. War is on the horizon, and they will need allies.

iii. character descriptions

Character: “A” Age: 20+ Status: Open.

     The alleged heir of the deceased king, and the younger sibling of the murdered prince. A was scarcely more than a toddler when the events leading to the ascension of the Lord Protector occurred, but nonetheless feels a sense of duty to exact revenge. A has sparse memories of their life as royalty before it all went to hell--but truthfully, it’s hard to tell if they are true memories or the memories supplanted by their many protectors over the years. The majority of their life was spent in hiding, living under pseudonyms. Oftentimes, highborn loyalists to their mother and grandmother had them live with villagers to conceal their identity. This background has given A the sense that they understand the common people far better than any other ruler before them. This lifestyle also offered A only a rudimentary education, though they showed a talent for fighting early on that was thereafter molded into a military mind. A thirsts for war, perhaps more than the actual crown.       Returned to their supposed family by a loyalist to the deceased King, A was not initially believed to be the heir. After careful questioning and some time spent amongst their aunt and grandmother, they were accepted--though in the private mind of their grandmother, A’s identity is not entirely certain. In the past few years after A arrived at their aunt’s court, they have gained a proper education and culturing to befit their station. However, A is not always perfect in this role--and finds themselves frustrated by this reality. In an effort to pose as the type of heir they believe they are meant to be, A has a personality that can verge upon arrogant or entitled. Although A understands the need for allies, they are growing tired of waiting to fight. 

Character: “B” Age: 20+ Status: Open. I have a slight preference for this character, but I’ll write either one. 

     B is the heir to one of the wealthiest families in the former Lord Protector’s kingdom. Commanding significant power in the land, they are considered something of a whip amongst the nobility. Though B’s family were fiercely loyal to the first king, after the ascension of the Lord Protector they appeared to quickly shift sides. In the time that has elapsed since he took power, B’s family have been among his chief allies. Despite this appearance, the reality is largely to the contrary: B’s family are allied with the family of the former king, and seek the return of the fabled heir to the throne. It was B’s family who helped to smuggle the child A claims to be out of the capital in the first place--and in fact, the royal heir stayed in B’s estate for a short two weeks before being relocated again. B and A were playmates for that short time.     Feigning concern for the new King’s reign, B’s family offers to send B to the neighboring kingdom in order to determine once and for all if A is a pretender or not, with the argument that B had met A at court when they were children. The King permits the trip, and B is sent to court to meet A. Their true mission is to determine if A really is the legitimate heir to the throne, and to report back to their own family. If the news is positive, B’s family will gather the loyalists in the kingdom and provide A with soldiers for the war to come.       Although B is meant to want A to be the heir, they are hesitant in confirming the rumors. After living through several attempted coups and violence against the former lord protector, B does not desire war. Furthermore, they do not want to see the innocent child of the former lord protector killed because of the actions of their father. Although B is a talented politicker and understands courtly manner well, they are uncomfortable in this new court, and seem to avoid A as often as they can. 

iv. plot

      B's arrival at court is a signal to A that the time of dallying around and waiting to take back the throne may be at an end. Coached by their aunt and grandmother about who B is and the relation they have to their family, A is tasked with convincing B that they are the true heir to the throne. Although B would like to believe that A is telling the truth, doubt flickers in their mind--as does a fear of what will come if A really is the heir. A, desperate to go to war, is obsessed with proving themselves to B. B becomes obsessed with trying to recall far-distant memories of the child that lived in their home for a short two weeks, and strives to find some familiarity amongst that child and the person who now stands before them. 

v. ending notes & comments.

pretty possible that the sheer length of the background here will keep people from being interested, but i’m a rambler ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ any-who:

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