Profile: https://bywitandwhitby.rpginitiative.com...ile&uid=14

Personality: Sociable, hard-working, stubborn, judgmental, direct, gossipy, insecure

Main motivations and struggles: Rose has spent the past three years in domestic service (first two years in York, where she was homesick, grieving for her brother, and finally sacked for a bit of scandal, and then one year in Whitby under an employer who made no secret of the fact that he despised her). To escape her miserable little life, she married the first man to pay attention to her. Recently wed, Rose is eager to please her husband and rather afraid to disappoint him and lose his love. The fact that she is a terrible cook doesn't help. She finds settling into her new life challenging and looks for ways to put off pregnancy without her husband noticing. Rose carries with her the 'family shame' of having a brother who was hanged for murder.

Possible connections:

• Rose really needs more friends. They might be old friends: people from the fishing community (she's a fisherman's daughter), old school friends, etc. Or new ones.
  
• She helps out in her husband’s shop sometimes; might do deliveries as well.
  
• She served as a maid in York for two years (moved back to Whitby and took up a position there about one year ago, after being involved in a bit of scandal in York), so if your character is from York they may have met there. Perhaps they knew the family she was serving, if they were middle class, or perhaps a relative served there as well, if working class, etc.
  
• Rose attends the Methodist church, so she may know people there. She may have gotten on your character’s bad side by her sharing a piece of gossip or being unkind over something she disapproves of.
  
• We can probably work out something else/a more concrete relationship. I’d love to hear your suggestions.