The Château de Porcelaine is in rural France. Home to the all-male immediate family of the Falconets, the pioneers of the Ether Doll empire. Ether Dolls are a worldwide sensation. Barbie is long dead, plastic is passée.

The Ether Dolls are porcelain, perfectly in proportion dolls, with one-of-a-kind dresses, and each batch of dolls has a different face, skin tone and hair colour, so true to life and eerily real, yet imbued with such grace and personality that you cannot help but adore them. Each batch only has about 300 dolls in, and so the dolls are very expensive, and often poorly recreated on the black market.

The Château de Porcelaine is home to eight members of the Falconet family, and a massive legion of servants, cooks, maids, footmen, gardeners, smiths and animal handlers. All of them are playable characters, and any un-taken characters will be NPCs for all of us to play as and when we need them. The Falconets are as follows

Grandpa Falconet - A genial, slightly chubby old man with a thick French accent and rosy red cheeks
Sir Jules Falconet - One of the two brothers currently at the helm of the business empire, middle aged and with a cheeky handlebar moustache. Humourous
Sir Roman Falconet - The second brother, more serious and reserved than the first, with a penchant for puzzles
Anton - Jules' eldest son
Emmanuel - Jules second son
George - Roman's eldest son
Leon - Roman's middle son
Vincent - Roman's youngest son

Grandma Falconet has long since passed away, and it appears the two mothers of the sons died in mysterious circumstances which were never fully explained. (though you will discover how later).

Right, so, more info;
Five girls around the globe have been selected, either for their status in social society, intelligence, fame or fortune, but always for their grace and beauty, to come and stay at the home of the Falconet's in order to be their muses. All manner of creative and fun activities have been promised, as well as free reign of the grounds, and more parties than you can possibly hope to attend. No one would turn down that offer, especially since the five heirs to the fortune, the Falconet sons, are ever so handsome, and still single!.

I have deliberately left the personalities and appearances of the sons blank, so that anyone who asks to play them can describe them as they wish. We will only start playing when we have at least three girls and at least three sons.

Character sheet;
Name:
Age:
Country of residence:
Personality:
Appearance:
Hobbies, skills and interests:
Reason for being chosen as a muse (in the letter the Falconets sent you):
Extra stuff:

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My character:
Name: Elizabeth Carter
Age: 20
Country of Residence: England
Personality: Creative and enthusiastic, bold, honest.
Appearance: Long brown hair, fairly athletic, slim, large brown eyes, small chin
Hobbies, skills and interests: After studying privately at home with her two younger siblings, attending finishing school and visiting many circus shows, she now has a job in London's Covent Garden as a circus performer, but despite her family's history and upbringing, she doesn't necessarily socialise with high society any more.
Reason for being chosen as a muse: Performance flair, interaction with the audience, inspiring adrenaline and amazement.
Extra stuff: Has always wanted an Ether Doll but kept missing out as the auctions pushed the prices too high. Refuses to buy a knock off.