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[ingenuus]

when we have each other , we have everything

cyril willoughby is johanna’s grandfather and the father to silas willoughby . a normally stern man , he melts around his granddaughter and often does anything to make her smile . usually declaring that there is nothing more important than her happiness and making his dear granddaughter smile ; should her parents ever vocalize that he’s spoiling her too much . he has the last say in family matters * , and is not someone to get on the wrong side of .

delphia willoughby is johanna’s grandmother . the true last word belongs to her , and every willoughby knows better than to argue . fair , practical , and just ; she hears every side of the story before making her decision . she’s everything johanna wishes to be when she’s married and was known to be quite a beauty when she was younger . ( something cyril insists that she still is . )

mathilde rutherford is katherine’s sister , and johanna’s favorite aunt . an actress that’s earned acclaimed throughout most of europe , she often fills johanna’s head with the newest stories of her travels and all sorts of fairtytales that she’s performed . she’s someone johanna sees as the epitome of grace and poise ; and she often tries to imitate her actions in hopes that she might be seen in the same sort of awe that mathilde is .

silas willoughby is johanna’s father . the head of the willougby family , he’s determined to have his family rise from their rank and secure a match among the nobility with johanna . he was once a happier man , who cared little about anything else besides his family’s happiness . but when agnes passed , he became more crazed with marrying johanna off to someone rich and powerful than anything and has become someone johanna doesn’t recognize .

katherine willoughby is the matriarch , and is in johanna’s opinion , the most intense family member . she knows very quickly what she wants , and will do anything to get it ; regardless of other people’s opinions . she’s very pushy with johanna , and usually has two or three comments on what johanna should be doing : be it a problem with her posture , her fidgeting , her breathing .

frederick willoughby is johanna’s senior by 13 years , and as such , she’s not entirely sure on what he’s like . he was married when johanna was only seven , and the memories she had before that are very faint , and are usually of him telling her to leave him alone . he writes to their parents weekly , and when they do meet up , he’s always polite . but he feels more like a stranger than a brother .

eudora willoughby is frederick’s wife , and someone johanna is thrilled to call sister . she always makes time for johanna and has the loveliest quality of making her feel wanted . she’s one of the kindest women johanna has had the pleasure of meeting , and she writes to her whenever she has the chance . she always has something new to talk about and is among the most skilled of artists .

agnes willoughby was johanna’s elder sister . she passed away a few years ago , but she was johanna’s favorite person in the whole . she hung the sun as far as johanna was concerned ; and when she died , so did a piece of johanna . she misses her sister every day , and will often write letters to her that she keeps in a box under her bed to keep hidden as neither of her parents like to discuss agnes’ passing .

[illaardet]

forever . for always . no matter what .

dominick riswell is bea’s father , and their relationship has always been more business than familial . he didn’t do well with children , and certainly not a daughter who seemed to always want to do the opposite of what he wanted . they’ve reached an arrangement that suits the both of them ; and bea really only sees him when it’s expected of her or he has a request .

henrietta gibb is bea’s aunt . fitzhugh’s new bride , bea isn’t quite certain what to make of the young girl . as it is now , she considers her a potential ally but hasn’t ruled out the chance that the girl only wed out of ambition .

fitzhugh gibb is bea’s uncle . one of her mother’s closest friends , he promised when she passed to look after bea and make sure she wanted for nothing . a member of parliament , he’s said to use his influence to keep her out of trouble and her reputation unstained . bea’s closer with him than she is her father , and frequently makes stops to visit him whenever she can .

ephriam riswell is bea’s blood uncle and mostly spends his time cavorting around europe and bringing bea back trinkets and gowns like he used when she was a child . he seems to still think of her as the young niece rather than a grown woman , and while she does care for him , she can’t spend too much time with him without becoming annoyed at his patronizing behaviour .

delilah riswell was beatrice’s mother . she passed away when bea was younger , but was a staunch supporter of beatrice being independent . she hated the idea of bea being resigned to a decorative wife , and encouraged her daughter to never be defined by anything less than her terms .

clifford riswell is beatrice’s older cousin from her uncle ephriam’s third wife , and accompanied beatrice and dominick to this season in an effort to keep bea from causing too many scenes this time around . he’s one of the very few she trusts , and knows the truth of her abrupt disappearance . she doesn’t say it much , but she loves him .