Elizabet is precocious and her parents have never really treated her or Josh as children, which is not necessarily a good thing. In the hands of a different set of parents, I imagine that Elizabet could have truly enjoyed childhood instead of being an almost adult before she has boobs.

Marisol is… interesting, different, you’ll see her in the next update. (Probably, I keep changing the order.) But if it were possible for her to have skipped birthing babies, she definitely would’ve.

As for Leo and Vivianne, well, we’ll see. It could be an adolescent crush, completely one-sided as Elizabet and Marianne perceive or it could be a little on his side too. Isn’t it weird when you listen to something a lot and then you get vibes from it in something else? I have happen to me all the time.

Severus is clever enough to stay under Katherine’s radar, I’m sure. Even though she’d prefer to have Leo as son and heir, making family connections is nothing to knock. But I’m sure he’d rather just like Marianne, rather than become another target for Mother-dearest to throw her net of advantageous marriage at.

Thanks, Winter.

Yes, poor Madame Cox. However, I did sacrifice my self-sim for a reason. I don’t think, even after ten years of marriage, that Masen(Ietrin) knows his wife and what she’s capable of doing. And I think it’d do him good to be scared of a woman who won’t kowtow to him.

As for Vivi’s attachment and poor Leo, Caroline’s victim/leech host. It’s entirely possible that Vivianne will grow out of it, she’s only thirteen.

Although, in defense of the prince, she’s never met the prince. She has no idea if the boy her mom promised her to is an Ietrin or a Tommy or an Adrius. She’s making the assumption he’ll be a jerk, like Ietrin, when there are a lot of different princes out there and not all of them are bad.

Yes, Severus is a noble. He’s the third son of the Baron of Little Whinging, Finessashire. (When Morgaine told me that the Ferreiras, which the Finessas are a branch of, had a Harry Potter naming theme go on, I had maybe a bit more fun with it than I should have.) And we shall see what comes out of this crush, if anything.

Elizabet is kinda awesome. She will be both fun to write and one to watch.

Thanks, Van!

Oh, Caroline is a snob and a brat and not the brightest one because she hasn’t figured out some very basic things about life and social status. First of all, unlike Marianne she has yet to figure out that Vivianne and Elizabet are her social superiors. Their families are noble, titled, and landed. Her family is noble, but not titled, or landed. (Not sure if that’s exactly how this works or even how it’s working in your game, but that’s how it’s working in this iteration of Albion.)

And being that the noble families of Albion have had five-hundred years to breed and spread and have titles granted and taken away, it’s a bit more complicated and certainly difficult to be granted and estate and title. So I think the social gap is probably a little larger than Caroline grasps.

She’s more likely to take potshots at Vivianne, because at least she’s figured out that a) Elizabet is more likely to retaliate, personally and that b) Elizabet is the daughter of the baron where they live. Vivianne’s father is the baron of somewhere else.

Still, she hasn’t figured out that the betrothal is not in the bag nor that Leo is overprotective of his baby sister. She’s not the brightest candle in the candelabra. And yes, whatever Leo’s faults are, he is too good for a girl who pairs that green with that pink.

Ah, but Vivianne’s father doesn’t have her promised to the prince. That was the work of Vivi’s mother. And it’s less a quasi-betrothal and more as the queen’s cousin (see Caroline’s a moron.) and closest friend, she promised that they would at least try and arrange a marriage between Vivi and the queen’s third son.

But unlike Jeda and Ietrin, if it turns out that they’re just not compatible, Dad will put his foot down and quash it.

Elizabet, yeah, she is not child-like, she’s a tween in years, almost but not quite a teen in age, and just a teensy tiny little bit less than a full adult in personality. Which could lead to all sorts of things, this precociousness. We shall see where it goes.

As for things we shall see where goes, Severus’ crush on Marianne is in there too. However from a strict social climbing/alliance marriage agenda, Henry and Squeak might be willing, Katherine sees more advantage in marrying her eldest daughter off to the Finessas’ eldest son and heir than marrying her second daughter off to their third son. That will put Marianne in the same boat that Katherine is in and desperate to get off of…

Elizabet has quite a marked personality. It’s almost alarming how mature she is. From the sounds of it, though, her mother is more likely to have spawned miniature adults than ever sink to the job of giving birth to a child. She’s an intriguing character already.

The vibes from Leo & Vivianne are interesting, to say the very, very least. My first thought is that it’s not entirely one-sided. Leo could just be super big brother, or that arm might be more meaningful. (Or I’ve been listening to the soundtrack from The Borgias too much lately.) That “perpetual one strand in the face” hair seems to suit Leo really well.

Severus is all sorts of adorable. I hope Marianne’s mother doesn’t catch a whiff of this too soon, lest he end up on her social-climbing agenda.

*sigh* If your game has a hotel, I’m going there on my next vacation.

Leo is pretty good-lucking. But yeah, hopefully Vivianne’s attachment to him isn’t anything too sexual, or that it will pass if it does (though yeah, I don’t think I’d want Caroline for a sister-in-law either! And good luck to Vivianne getting out of the unwanted betrothal).

Hmm, I wonder what Marianne’s social-climber mother would think if she knew a noble (?) boy like Severus had a crush on her. And maybe they could possibly be good for each other in spite of that.

Elizabet is kind of awesome.

However, I’m pretty sure he is too good for Caroline. He must be too good for anybody who would pair that green with that pink. And who seems to be a snob and a brat to boot.

(Maybe Vivianne and Leo and Severus and Charlie’s father will see that, too? Although if he’s got Vivianne quasi-betrothed to a prince … who knows …)

However, it was neat to see River Sulis society from the other side, as it were! Apparently the people at the top aren’t any happier than those at the bottom — at least, viewed from the perspective of their tween-ish daughters. That Elizabet certainly seems older than her years, though. Wonder where that will lead …

Also, I wonder where Severus’s apparent — or seemingly apparent — crush on Marianne will lead. That should be fun and interesting.

… Hmm, if the Fitz-Chivalries and the Finessas are desperate for an alliance … that might work out a shade better than Leo-Caroline … *crosses fingers for Severus and Marianne*