| Additional Info About Bess St. Clair |
| Pronouns: |
she/her |
| Age: |
35 |
| Occupation: |
jewelry designer and mother |
| Class: |
middle class |
| Origins: |
Castleton |
| Relationships: |
Father: Isaac Appleton, deceased
Mother: Daisy Appleton, deceased
Brother: Nathan Appleton, 33
Brother: Tobias Appleton, 31
Brother: Peter Appleton, deceased
Husband: William St. Clair, 49
Son: William St. Clair II, 10
Son: James St. Clair, 7
Stepdaughter, 23-25
Stepdaughter, 19-21
Niece: Stephanie St. Clair, 14 |
| Sexuality: |
heterosexual |
| Height: |
5'6" |
| Physical Description: |
Bess is tall and pretty, with long wavy brown hair and hazel eyes. She looks quite a bit younger than she is. At the moment, she is four months pregnant and just beginning to show. Bess dresses in fashionable clothing and prefers jewel tones. A walking advertisement for her husband's business, she always wears exquisite jewelry. |
| History: |
The eldest of four children, Elizabeth Rose Appleton was born into a farming family. When she was old enough, she helped her mother with the chores and later attended the local school. Bess loved to draw and was quite talented at it. By the time she was ten, she decided that she was going to be a famous artist when she grew up. As she knew her parents would never approve, she never told anyone about her secret ambition. She loved sketching the farm animals and going into town to draw whatever took her fancy. Eventually, she expanded her skills by learning to paint.
Tragedy touched her life at the age of thirteen when her youngest brother died. Two years later, her mother passed away. She stopped attending school shortly afterwards, as there was nothing left for her to learn. Bess expanded her knowledge privately by reading books on many different subjects. She was an intelligent young woman and had an excellent memory.
Though not fond of farm work, she helped out when she was needed and spent her spare time sketching around town and painting in an old shed that she turned into a rather primitive art studio. By the time she was seventeen, offers of marriage came pouring in, for she was considered one of the prettiest girls in town. None of her suitors interested her and she turned them all down.
At the age of eighteen, she got a job teaching in a Whitby school. She lived in a boarding house during the week and returned to Castleton on weekends. Bess was courted by many hopeful young men there too, but none of them appealed to her.
Bess had just turned twenty when she met her future husband. One of her students was wearing a beautiful bracelet and she asked if she could sketch it. She gave the drawing to the child and the next day, the ten-year-old presented her with a note from her father, the local jeweler, who wished to meet her at his place of business. He said he might want to commission a sketch.
Intrigued, she went to the jewelry store that afternoon. The owner, William St. Clair, told her he was impressed with her skills and inquired as to whether he had ever tried designing jewelry before. He explained that he had been hired to make a special necklace, outlined the requirements, and asked her to draw a few designs. He decided to use one of them and showed her the finished piece. Bess was elated to see one of her drawings brought to life.
Over the next year, he bought more of her sketches and the two of them became close. William was fourteen years older than Bess and unhappily married with two young daughters. Though they tried to fight their attraction to each other, they eventually began an affair when Bess was twenty-one. A year later, his wife passed away from a short illness around the same time her father died. They consoled each other and were married as soon as the mourning period was over. Their first son was born in 1885 and their second in 1888.
The jewelry business thrived, especially after William’s sister-in-law Caroline, a wealthy heiress, wore a necklace that Bess had designed to a fancy soiree in London and made them popular among the upper class. In 1891, Caroline and her husband were killed in a carriage accident. Their ten-year-old daughter Stephanie went to live with Caroline’s sister and her husband in the country, but ran away six months later. Bess drew a sketch of her and a search began. She was finally found three years later traipsing across a London stage.
William brought her back to live with his family. With the addition of the girl and her governess, they needed more space and have recently moved a lovely new house that sits close to the seashore. Bess thought that her childbearing years were over, but she is now four months pregnant with her third child. |
| Alias: |
Selene |
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