So because I'm insane I can't just let the logic of VSMP slide when I'm making fics and headcanons and I have had to decide where I think all the characters are from and where Oakhurst is. This is also based on the idea that VSMP takes place in 1806, as according to Shelby's POV. This is what I've decided;
-Scott is Scottish, and in fact Oakhurst is in Scotland. This is pretty easy given that he's the oldest person there. He's also pissed that Scotland is part of the UK now.
-Owen is also from Oakhurst, but his parents were English and because he was so isolated growing up he only developed their accent.
-Cleo's former coven is in England, somewhere near a midsized town but outside of the town proper. I think probably somewhere between Reading and Bristol is where I'm imagining them to be located.
-Martyn is from Bristol, England. He grew up in a pretty poor family, and ended up in Oakhurst by complete mistake while traveling.
-Apo is from upstate New York, and Cherri is from Canada. Cherri moved to Apo's town a couple of years ago and that's when they met.
-Legundo is from Pennsylvania, somewhere near Pittsburgh, and he went to medical school in the city.
Related to both of the above, the "war" that the two of them have both served in are different wars. Legundo fought in the American Revolution (would have been in his 30s at the time), Apo was sent as part of the military to expand westward after the Louisiana Purchase. Her mission to Oakhurst technically considered a diplomatic mission, as part of the ongoing naval wars between the UK and US. Of course, surveying a town literally no one lives in was mostly an excuse to get rid of her and a hope that she might just be imprisoned or killed by the British on the way there.
-Sunnyside Cliffs, where both Shelby and Pearl are from, is in North Carolina. It is surrounded with a large pine forest. Pearl's family on her father's side originally made their wealth selling timber and tar to the British navy through the 1700s, up until the revolution, after which they pivoted to selling the same timber to furniture factories. Pearl's mother is British, likely having met her father through her family's original trade, and her father is from North Carolina, hence her accent not sounding like either (it should historically not exist at this time because Australia wouldn't develop a distinct accent until the 1820s). Shelby's family are poor laborers, and in fact her father worked for the lumber company as it provides most of the jobs in town. Her mother works in a furniture factory.
-Sausage was born in Cuba but moved to Florida in his mid 20s as he found it easier to find a publisher there (both would be part of the Spanish Empire at the time) Now he has his home base in Florida that he writes from but travels the world so he's rarely home unless he's actively working on a book.
- Abolish's parents were Scottish but immigrated to the US before he was born. Blackwyn, and subsequently Lord Thornvale's home, is in New York.
-Pyro grew up just outside of London, and of course went to school there. The reason he has that accent is because he was trying to hide his identity when he got to Oakhurst and decided to copy the accent of the first person he met, who happened to be Pearl.
-Drift is from Canada, but immigrated to Scotland as a teenager. The city she was working in as a detective was Edinburgh.
-Ren is from Scotland, though of course his accent was messed up by his curse.
