LEIGH, Charlotte 'Cora'

[Charlotte Leigh]

CHARLOTTE ANNE LEIGH



"Try to forgive, teach me to live.
Give me the strength to try.
No more memories, no more silent tears.
No more gazing across the wasted years.
Help me say goodbye."

FULL NAME Charlotte Anne Leigh.
ALIAS Cora, a nickname she's had since she was a toddler, from her persistent mispronunciation of her own name. She far prefers it to her proper name.
AGE Sixteen.
NATIONALITY England.
OCCUPATION Lady, though her title is The Honourable Lady Leigh.

PERSONALITY Charlotte, first and foremost, is quite shy and reserved, though this depends entirely on the occasion. Although she is notably introverted, she can sometimes act over confident, and come off as over-powering or simply irritating. Despite being given an education as a child, Charlotte always struggled, and so intelligent conversation is something she tries to stay away from. She is by no means stupid, but she is far from clever.

Charlotte can often seem very unsure of herself, both in her looks and behaviour, and it is often quite obvious that she tries to second guess and over analyse her every movement, every word, every expression. She strives to please, knowing her place in society is low at best, and will do anything to avoid losing the favour of those above her station.

If she can avoid the spotlight, she will. If it does fall on her however, she panics and often tumbles over her words, and makes an excuse to leave as soon as humanly possible without seeming rude. She has heard unkind comments that she acts more like a servant than a noble with her almost silent and shy demeanour. She tries to blend into the paintwork, as it were, because she isn't ever sure how to behave.

Secretly, Charlotte is a highly passionate young girl, and despite not being book-smart, she has her head screwed on in the right place. She is not naive, and she won't be taken for a fool, though of course, as a wall flower, people hardly take the time to do such a thing. Her biggest passion is music. She adores to play the piano, and although she isn't very good at it, she tries her hardest. She also has a sweet singing voice, though she has yet to sing in front of anyone.

SEXUALITY Bisexual, though she would never dare tell any that she finds herself attracted to other women aswell as men. Heaven forbid the scandal!

APPEARENCE Charlotte is, by most standards, a pretty creature, but her upbringing has made her doubt this fact. The youngest of eight girls, she was always teased by them, told she would never be as pretty as they were. She was quite the ugly duckling, but as she grew into a teenager, she grew into her features. And what features they are.

She stands at around five foot three, making her quite the tiny girl, and she is slender. Tiny feet flows up into shapely calves and creamy thighs. Her hips are neither too wide to be unpleasant, nor too thin to cause a man to worry about her child-bearing abilities. She has a trim waist and a toned stomach, leading to ample breasts and round shoulders. Her neck is slim, her jawline sharp yet soft. But of all this, it is her face that is the most captivating.

Eyes of the deepest brown gaze out, ringed by thick lashes, taking in everything around her. Her eyes are almond shaped, and they always seem to have a deep quality, truly the windows to her soul. Her cheek bones are not essentially high set like so many of aristocratic and noble blood, but the contours of her face are pleasant. Her lips a full without being too much that they detract from the rest of her face, nor make it look too busy.

Long brown curls fall to the middle of her back, though she mostly wears it pulled back and tied into an intricate up-do. It depends on the atmosphere as to how curly her hair is. If it is humid, her curls tend to take on a slightly more frizzy appearance, and the curls are looser, more wave-like. However, if there is the tiniest bit of moisture in the air, her hair tightens into tight spirals, almost ringlets. In the sunlight, her hair has natural highlights, as if her hair is actually threaded with strands of molten gold, which compliments her skin well. Her skin has always had a slightly tan appearance, more of a golden tone than the usual pale color, though she has never known why.

PLAY BY Emmy Rossum.

MOTHER Baroness Mary Jane Leigh, deceased.
FATHER Baron William Henry Leigh, deceased.
SIBLINGS Eight sisters.
PETS None.

HISTORY Charlotte came into the world on a dreary December afternoon. It was a difficult labour, lasting nearly fifty hours, and though the physicians did all they could for the Baroness, they could not save her. William, in a panic as the doctors informed him that his wife faced certain death, as did the infant, told them to save his wife first. Sadly, Mary passed away moments after she finally managed to push Charlotte
from her womb. How the infant survived, none knew. She was weak as a baby, but she was alive. This, however, did not thrill William.

For the first six months of her life, he would have nothing to do with his youngest daughter. Mary had been the love of his life, and now she was dead. He blamed Charlotte for her death, and would continue to do so, as would her seven oldest siblings. She was the youngest child of the Baron and Baroness, all girls. They had never been blessed with a son and heir, though William's love for Mary had seen them through the gender issue.

Charlotte grew into a healthy child, though her childhood is not a happy memory for her. She was educated, but other than that, her father never arranged for anything to be done with the youngest Leigh child. She taught herself to play the piano, by eavesdropping on her older sister's lessons, and sneaking into the music room of their Warwickshire home whenever she could. She was always treated as the odd one out, and bullied by her older sisters. They made fun of her, of everything about her, and Charlotte never grew to possess the boldness most children had. She was quiet, shy, shrunken within herself.. a victim of her sisters' bullyings.

Life continued in much the same way. One by one her sisters got married to the sons of other Barons.. One even wed the son of a Duke, until it was just Charlotte and two of her sister's left at home. Her father began arranging for the older two to find husband.. Charlotte was ignored. William still blamed her for the death of his beloved. She remained out of the spotlight, keeping herself to herself and doing what she could to stay on her father's good side.

Six months ago, just after Charlotte turned sixteen, her father died. Those around her say it was of a broken heart.. sixteen long years of mourning for his wife finally killed him. And oh how Charlotte grieved. Despite her father's distaste for her, she had tried so hard to make up for something she had had no control over.. to no avail, and now he was dead. She, now the only unmarried Leigh child, was sent to live with her Aunt and Uncle. They offered to take her in, thinking Charlotte would have been left some small fortune by her father. He had, however, not left her anything.

Her Aunt and Uncle would have thrown her out onto the street, had she not still been able to retain her title as the Honourable Lady Leigh. Not only that, but they could use her as a pawn. Despite having no titles themselves, they are exceedingly wealthy, and they have sent her to Russia to mingle with the Royalty and Nobility there, hoping to find her a rich husband with a good title.. hoping to be able to squeeze some money from her.. They may be wealthy, but they're greedy and devious..

Charlotte knows their intentions, but how can she escape them? Without their kindness, however false, she would have no home and no money whatsoever. She is forced to do what they want, no matter how unhappy it makes her.

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