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t h e⠀ g i r l

𝓯𝓾𝓵𝓵 𝓷𝓪𝓶𝓮 ❧ Georgiana Demetria Helena Trowbridge
𝓷𝓲𝓬𝓴𝓷𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓼 ❧ Georgie {family nickname; used by closest friends and family} ❧ Hester {negative; used by Benny} ❧ Ms. Independent {used by her father; affectionate though turned sour as of late}
𝓽𝓲𝓽𝓵𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓮 ❧ Daughter of the Marquess of Exeter ⚭ Burghley House has been in the Trowbridge family for decades, making it Georgiana's primary home.

𝓪𝓰𝓮 ❧ Nineteen
𝓫𝓲𝓻𝓽𝓱𝓭𝓪𝓽𝓮 ❧ March 27th
𝔃𝓸𝓭𝓲𝓪𝓬 ❧ ☼ { Aries } · ☽ { Libra } · ↑ { Aries }

t h e⠀ c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s

𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓼 ❧
❧ harp ❧ writing ❧ solving riddles ❧ sight-reading music ❧ classical ballet ❧ mathematics ❧ argumentation ❧ reading ❧ analytical thinking ❧ hunting

𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓹𝓮𝓽𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓲𝓮𝓼 ❧
❧ singing ❧ conversational skills ❧ etiquette ❧ time-management ❧ sewing ❧ gardening (Georgie frequently kills plants) ❧ hand sewing

𝓿𝓲𝓻𝓽𝓾𝓮𝓼 ❧
❧ comedic ❧ honest ❧ open-minded ❧ kind ❧ trustworthy ❧ big-hearted ❧ intelligent ❧ perceptive ❧ ambitious

𝓿𝓲𝓬𝓮𝓼 ❧
❧ headstrong ❧ unmannered ❧ quirky ❧ single-minded ❧ socially awkward ❧ sarcastic

𝓻𝓮𝓹𝓾𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 ❧ Thankfully, Eugenia Trowbridge’s reputation does not extend to the point of tainting her daughter’s. Georgiana has never been seen on the London scene, except once or twice when she was a small girl. Of course, many have come to the countryside to visit with the Trowbridges, though usually on business instead of pleasure. Thus, few girls of Georgiana’s age have had the opportunity to fully get to know her. Thankfully, the ladies of the ton who have seen the sole Trowbridge lady tell the rest of the ton all about the delightful eccentricity of Georgie. While she may lack a certain number of manners, her youth allows her the privilege of denying certain aspects of womanhood. However, many women may begin to change their tune about Georgiana once they realize their sons will have the opportunity to pine over a girl they think simply too young to be coming out. Perhaps what they’re most afraid of it their daughters losing to a girl like Georgiana.

𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓽𝔂 ❧ Georgiana is often referred to as an eccentric girl. She often spouts off theories about infamous London crimes or occupies the entire dinner table’s attention with her ideas of being an independent woman. Often, people discount her and her fantasies, even if she has the drive and means to make them a reality. However, when people aren’t writing Georgiana off, they are commenting on her poor manners. She can be terribly blunt at times, sometimes to the point of rudeness. They seem to forget that she grew up around all boys, making her just as confident as they are. Many of her negative qualities are ones her brothers are praised for: independence, strong-will, witty humor, etc. What precisely makes Georgiana so different that her better qualities are the ones she hates? Well, at least her kindness seems to get her nowhere, particularly in the friend department. When she quiets herself in a conversation, people outside her family tend to appreciate this, particularly if she has nothing useful to add. However, Georgie doesn’t like being quiet, and she doesn’t understand why she has to compromise herself to have friends outside of her brothers.

t h e⠀ s e a s o n

𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓮𝓪𝓻 ❧ 1813

𝓭𝓸𝔀𝓻𝔂 ❧ £10,500
𝓶𝓪𝓲𝓷 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓸𝓷𝓮 ❧ Solomon Trowbridge II
𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓷𝓮𝓰𝓸𝓽𝓲𝓪𝓽𝓸𝓻 ❧ Marquess Solomon Trowbridge of Exeter

𝓯𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓵𝔂 ❧

𝓢𝓸𝓵𝓸𝓶𝓸𝓷 𝓣𝓻𝓸𝔀𝓫𝓻𝓲𝓭𝓰𝓮
51 years, father and Marquess

Solomon used to be full of life. Perhaps it is just age that has gotten to him, but something's changed. He holds Georgiana to a new standard, one unfounded before and a little unfair. He raised her to believe herself just as equal as her brothers and to follow her ambitions, and yet, he's begun to scoff at her proclivity towards her detective novels and her ambitions to become a free woman. He's turned sour.

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𝓔𝓾𝓰𝓮𝓷𝓲𝓪 𝓣𝓻𝓸𝔀𝓫𝓻𝓲𝓭𝓰𝓮
49 years, disappeared, mother

When the family scandal first hit, Eugenia was the one to blame. She married Solomon to avoid further judgement and because he was a gentleman through and through. He gave her what she always wanted- kids- but it wasn't enough. Soon enough, old habits came back to haunt her and she left only a few months after Georgiana was born. As such, it's no surprise that the family has erased almost all remnants of her, barring her garden.

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𝓢𝓸𝓵𝓸𝓶𝓸𝓷 𝓣𝓻𝓸𝔀𝓫𝓻𝓲𝓭𝓰𝓮 II
26 years

As the eldest, one would like that Junior would have married by now. Yet, he remains a dutiful bachelor, enjoying his single life. There are certain rumors, given he's the only Trowbridge to enter London before Georgiana's coming out. He's known to frequent the local pubs and taverns, chatting with Dol Beauchamp at her family's tavern. Though he swears their interactions are purely friendly, people ruminate otherwise, despite the fact that they've been friends for years.

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𝓙𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓼 𝓣𝓻𝓸𝔀𝓫𝓻𝓲𝓭𝓰𝓮
25 years

Jack Trowbridge is a precocious child and Georgie's favorite brother. Not that she has favorites, but if she did, it'd be James. He's optimistic and overly kind, always sweet and supportive of Georgiana. He often can be found in the garden, tending to his mother's flowers. Her disappearance hit Jack the hardest, likely because he was her favorite.

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𝓑𝓮𝓷𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓬𝓽 𝓣𝓻𝓸𝔀𝓫𝓻𝓲𝓭𝓰𝓮
21 years

Benny is the resident rabble-rouser. He's not necessarily known for his antics amongst the ton, but he's bound to cause some trouble this season, particularly amongst all the rebellious kids.

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𝓮𝔁𝓹𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓼𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓸𝓷 ❧ Frankly, Georgiana hopes that nothing comes of the season. At least, she isn’t hoping to meet anyone that occupies her interest. Her main goal is to unmask the person behind Lady Whistledown, and she’s willing to compromise her integrity and reputation in order to accomplish this.

t h e⠀ b i o g r a p h y

𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓿𝓲𝓭𝓮𝓭 ❧ A new girl has appeared on the horizon of our fair season this year! Her name and family are known well around London, but they have not been seen for quite some time. It was rumored that her family retired to their country home, heads hung low in the scandal of decades past, but no one could ever quite confirm this rumor. In fact, her family continued to hold favor with our dear departed Queen despite their quick and questionable escape from the public eye — and though their youngest and most eligible daughter is more prone to frolicking in the woods and reading detective novels than curtseying in fancy dresses, she has obliged her Crown Princess’s dearest request. Princess Caroline, dismayed by the growing popularity of The Society Papers, has asked the Trowbridge family to send their eligible daughter, Georgiana, as an undercover-type agent in order to help the Crown Princess unveil Lady Whistledown. Hoping to find something else to do with her life other than marry, and fearing that denying her Princess might do something terrible to her reputation, Georgiana agreed, upon one condition. If she successfully completes this operation and unmasks the scoundrel known as Lady Whistledown, her Princess is to give her special leave to pursue a career as her Ladyship’s personal investigator.

𝓮𝔁𝓽𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓭 ❧ The fate of the Trowbridge reputation was set in stone long before Georgiana was conceived. As history seems to repeat itself, it’s no surprise that Eugenia’s first season was when the family name began to cloud. All love triangles end in some form of tragedy, but no one expected that the Queen’s friend would leave London only to never return. Almost 26 years prior, Eugenia was caught in both Solomon’s web along with that of Mr. Cooke’s {if it is okay to work Josiah Cooke into things, that is}. People noticed that Solomon Jr. certainly doesn’t look quite like the rest of the Trowbridges, though no one will dare tell Solomon Sr. to his face. However, everyone knows that the unexpected pregnancy at the hand of Mr. Cooke’s doing is the result of Eugenia’s quick marriage to Solomon. When their speedy wedding was denied for at least two months, they opted to have Eugenia return home and marry in the countryside, away from the prying eyes of their peers and elders. However, despite the troubling scandal about Eugenia’s infidelity and Solomon’s self-destruction by marrying a compromised woman, people did not expect the family of one of the Queen’s closest friends to never return together. Until now, that is.

The early years of Solomon and Eugenia’s marriage were rocky, to be sure, but it took the return of Mr. Cooke to the countryside (given Eugenia and him were childhood friends, it was no surprise that he would eventually return to the general area her family and Solomon’s family’s properties resided in. Cooke visited her only weeks after Georgiana was born. Two days after having tea in the drawing room, Eugenia disappeared and no on amongst the ton saw her again.

Naturally, Solomon was devastated along with Georgie’s brothers. Solomon had given up his reputation just to save Eugenia was destitution and the destruction of her title. In the end, he lost her anyway and she left him to raise a little girl. He knew how to handle their boys. Eugenia, despite her faults, was a fantastic mother and Solomon learned from her how to respect children while still helping them make the correct decisions for themselves. He was a kind father, but he had never been taught what to do with little girls? He knew Georgiana couldn’t be brought up the same way, especially if he wanted her to marry off into a better family name. Yet, he was at a loss. Therefore, it is no surprise that he defaulted to rearing her the same way he did with her brothers.

Georgiana was given the same freedoms, the same teachings, and even enthused about masculine interests. While there were things she did that her father purposefully made her learn so as she wasn’t completely improper, such as ballet and the harp, but those were still things she adored. Georgie was brought up to take care of herself, to formulate her own interests despite what propriety might dictate, and to ultimately stick up for herself. Thus, the plucky girl most know today was created.

Yet, as the years away from Eugenia reach the 20s, Solomon begins to see too much of his former wife in Georgiana. She follows her own path too much, and while that might appeal to some men, he worries for whoever she’ll break their heart. What if she ends up alone? He shouldn’t have let her think she could make it in this world without someone. Georgiana doesn’t care for marriage, and it angers him. He can’t provide for her forever, and she needs to become a woman. Enough of this foolish thinking, he says. It’s only because he’s under the impression that Georgiana wants to return for altruistic purposes that he’s taken to call her Ms. Independent affectionately again.

Maybe Solomon's distaste is because Georgiana wants to find her mother, attributing her passion for sleuth-hood to this. Or perhaps its because her parents' marriage was such a disaster that she's turned off towards the concept marriage, especially when she feels at fault for her mother's disappearance.

t h e⠀ b a c k g r o u n d

𝓶𝓸𝓭𝓮𝓵 ❧ Agi Akur
𝓽𝓸𝓹 𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓮𝓮 ❧ Madeleine Wallace, Princess Anette, and Jane Repington

𝔀𝓱𝔂 𝓼𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓫𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓳𝓮𝔀𝓮𝓵 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓸𝓷?
The Queen has always kept the Trowbridge family in high favor. It would be no shock to the ton if the Princess thought similarly. Additionally, what better way to bring Georgiana closer to Lady Whistledown than by making her the focus of her attention? Not only that, this is Georgie’s first year out. She’s yet to be marred by any scandals, and while people may find her eccentric, she is a beauty to behold by all. Her coming out may not be the most anticipated, but it certainly is the one bound to garner attention.
𝔀𝓱𝔂 𝓼𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓫𝓮 𝓵𝓪𝓭𝔂 𝔀𝓱𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓵𝓮𝓭𝓸𝔀𝓷?
Frankly, it would be counter-intuitive for Georgiana to be Lady Whistledown, but this is precisely why she should be Lady Whistledown. There is no detective work required of Georgie, and all she would have to do it work up enough of a storm to pin it on someone else. Someone who makes more sense to be Lady Whistledown. It wouldn’t be very difficult at all to trick Princess Caroline, and Georgiana is such a sleuth that she could easily gather information on every competing lady and dubious gentleman.

𝓭𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓬𝓪𝓻𝓭
𝑜𝓃𝑒 ❧ Nathaniel Egerton
𝓉𝓌𝑜 ❧ Rollo Ayles
𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑒𝑒 ❧ Silas Scriven
𝒻𝑜𝓊𝓇 ❧ Philip Fortescue
𝒻𝒾𝓋𝑒 ❧ Aaron Gibbsho