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ELIZABETH BENTON
By: 22639 Date: September 30, 2011, 7:09 am
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Full Name: Lady Salisbury, Elizabeth “Beth” Benton
AKAs: Elyse Hollister, Elizabeth O’Shea, Diana Berry, Emily
Strickland
DOB: March 18, 1722
Apparent Age: 27
True Age: 286
Sex: Female
Hair color: Blonde
Eye Color: Light Blue
Height: 5’6”
Weight: 125 lbs
Nationality: English
Residence: Penryn, Cornwall, England
Close Friends: Néomi Lanielle, Stephan Creswell, Elaine Alden
Teacher: Stephen Creswell; Elaine Alden
Watcher: Néomi Lanielle
Languages: English, Italian, French, German, Latin, Brazilian
Portuguese
Personality: Elizabeth exudes a quiet confidence. She knows who
she is as a person. She is someone who can be trusted, can be a
confidant. Even though she can be somewhat quiet, she does enjoy
going out and having fun. She likes the expensive things in
life. Her mortal life was full of creature comforts anyone would
wish for, but it wasn’t something she could shake as an Immortal
it had become so ingrained. She knows how to go without, but if
she doesn’t have to she won’t.
Fighting, for her, is last resort. She doesn’t enjoy it, but
people seem to underestimate her because she’d rather walk away.
She does know how to fight. She will do what she has to do to
survive. She is friendly and is loyal to those she calls friend.
The romantic view she had on life when she was mortal has now
vanished due to becoming an Immortal, though she is still
somewhat of an idealist.
Any Special Skills: writer of literary criticism and fiction,
singer, dancer, actress, acrobat, military nurse, accomplished
horseback rider
Participation in The Game (Good, Evil, Neutral): Good
Number of Quickenings: 136[/COLOR]
Weapon of Choice: Falchion and Dagger
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History:
England, March 1722- The Marquess of Salisbury and his wife take
in an infant and name her Elizabeth. She grows up privileged and
well educated. She’s smart and has a rather idealistic, even
somewhat romantic view on life.
England, May 1735- At the age of 13, Elizabeth is caught in a
barn that has caught fire. She suffers from smoke inhalation and
has some minor burns. But the fear of being caught up in the
inferno scars her and she is scared of fire, even to warm her
own room.
England, September 1741- She is considered unmarriageable when
it is found out that she is having a relationship with a man. A
man she thought she was going to marry. Her reputation within
the titled, upper class of London is ruined. She goes to very
few parties, knowing full well she would be prey to the
gossipmongers. So, she is “put on the shelf” at the age of 19.
England, June 1749- Elizabeth is shot by highwaymen on her way
back to the Duke of Somerset’s home, Dunster Castle. The Duke,
Stephan Creswell, is there when it happens and brings her back
to his home. He tells her what she has become, which is a total
shock to her. She goes to her sister, Georgiana, and tells her
what has happened. Georgiana is horrified and tells their
father, James, and the Marquess curses Elizabeth and what she
is, saying he should have never caved into Emily, Elizabeth’s
mother. It is here that she finds out that she had been adopted.
She goes to Stephan to tell him what has happened. He tells her
that the life she had been living was now over. She was no
longer Lady Salisbury. He promised that he would take care of
her and teach her everything she would need to survive in her
Immortal existence from that point forward.
British Colony of Georgia, Savannah, August 1749- Elizabeth and
Stephan buy a plantation from a family that can no longer run
it. It is dilapidated, but they get it going once again. They
tell their neighbors they are husband and wife and a true
relationship does blossom between them. Here is where most of
Elizabeth’s training happens. And it is here that she receives
her sword, a falchion.
Georgia 1753- Stephan’s’ teacher, Elaine Alden, comes for a
visit. She and Elizabeth get on well. Elizabeth leaves Stephan
and goes with Elaine to Paris to continue her training. It is a
good move for Elizabeth to finally have a female Immortal with
whom she could relate to. Elaine liked the high life and
Elizabeth is back in her element.
Paris 1757- Elizabeth leaves Elaine now that she learned all
that she can from her friend. Elaineand Elizabeth run into each
other several times over the years.
Boston 1770- Having married a colonial merchant, Elizabeth is
happily settled with the young man, Thomas Strickland, who now
ran his father’s printing business. Elizabeth opens a milliner
shop to cater to the upper class of ladies within the city. Once
the British start taxing goods and causing nothing but hassle
and headaches, business wasn’t going so well. Once the “Boston
Massacre” occurs, Elizabeth knows war isn’t far behind. Since
her husband sees himself as a Patriot, he signs up with the
local militia and fights in many skirmishes miraculously keeping
himself alive only to die several years later from consumption.
Province of Quebec, Canada 1791- Elizabeth settles into the
upper portion of Quebec with the other British settlers that had
fled during the American Revolution. She finds herself employed
by a very rich family, tutoring their 6 children. The mother,
Margaret, starts up a friendship with her and they become close
friends.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 1817- Elizabeth finds a nice home to move
into and busies herself with remodeling. She spends her time
here working on her writing, mostly fiction and some critiques.
The Americans who have settled within the city embrace her and
she makes many friends during this rather peaceful time.
Berlin, Germany 1823- Elizabeth settles into Berlin, finding
work as a maid for a young woman with parents who are wealthy
from the new Industrial boom in the city. She catches wind of a
philosopher, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, who is teaching at
the University of Berlin. When she can, she sneaks into his
lectures and eventually approaches him to tell him how much she
appreciates his insight. Hegel takes Elizabeth under his wing,
teaching and discussing with her his ideas. Soon, she finds
herself writing about his concepts of “absolute idealism”,
“Spirit”, “Master/Slave dialectic”, “ethical life”, and the
importance of history. Though, not one piece of her work is ever
submitted to publishers.
Portland, OR 1837- Elizabeth has made her way westward through
harsh conditions and settles in Portland. A widow named Mary
Summers takes her in. Mary needs someone to help her run the
trading post that her husband had run for so many years.
Elizabeth gladly takes the work and sticks around for a couple
of years.
Vienna, Austria 1845- Elizabeth works as a nanny for a very
wealthy couple. She enjoys her time with the three children. But
too soon, they must part. In 1848 Vienna is in upheaval and
Elizabeth and the family have to go their separate ways.
Newport, RI 1862- The Civil War rages on as the US Naval fleet
settles into Newport. Elizabeth owns a cotton mill factory that
is affected by the war due to the lack of raw cotton coming from
the Southern states that had seceded the Union. Once the war is
over, the industry booms once again.
Hyeres, France 1883- Elizabeth meets Robert Louis Stevenson and
his wife, Fanny, during a summer retreat to the Côte d’Azur. Mr.
Stevenson is quite ill by this time. They all become good
friends over the season. Elizabeth helps Fanny and Robert when
needed and enjoys their time together. She remains in contact
with the Stevenson’s through the rest of Robert’s years alive
and attends his funeral when he passes.
Dublin, Ireland 1912- Elizabeth falls deeply in love and
eventually marries Quinn O’Shea, a young doctor. They meet in a
charity ward as she is tending and nursing those who are less
fortunate. In 1914, he enlists in the British army to help fight
back the Germans in France. He dies a year after enlisting.
Elizabeth had only seen him a couple of times before his death.
She feels the loss deeply because Quinn was one of the very few
she had trusted with her secret.
New York City & France 1920’s- Elizabeth is fully involved in
the “Lost Generation” scene. She had been thoroughly
disillusioned by WWI, having lost her husband because of it. It
is at this time she begins to take her writing more seriously.
She writes literary criticisms on the literature coming from
Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, Waldo Pierce and many others of
their ilk. Some could be scathing and others raving with praise.
Not many paid attention to what she had to say. Only a couple of
magazines seemed to accept her writing.
Mid-West, USA 1931- She is part of a traveling carnival. She is
employed as an acrobat and earns what she can. Here is where she
meets the Immortal, Amanda Darieux. Elizabeth stays with the
traveling carnival and sees much of the Mid-Western USA. She has
her own money, though even she had felt the bite on Black
Tuesday, and she helps some of the very destitute on her
travels.
Pearl Harbor, HI 1940- Elizabeth has spent the last several
years training to be a naval nurse in the US Navy. She runs into
her teacher Stephan Creswell in Pearl Harbor, who is now
reincarnated himself as a doctor. They work closely together
after the attack on Pearl Harbor and through much of World War
II in the Pacific Theater. Stephan and Elizabeth are eventually
separated and stationed in different areas of the Pacific
theater. They do run into each other a couple more times over
the decades.
London 1953- Elizabeth is part of the London debut of “The King
and I,” by Rodgers and Hammerstein. She is the understudy for
the character Anna and is part of the chorus. She plays Anna 223
times during the 926 shows at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
New York City, NY 1968- Working in the theater/musical world,
she goes from one off-Broadway show to another. Such an
existence doesn’t bring in much money, so she works in any
restaurant or bar that will hire her in-between finding her next
show.
São Paulo, Brazil 1983- Living in the largest city in the
country of Brazil, Elizabeth finds herself in the midst of a
military ruled country. She opens a bookstore in the borough of
Sé, which is the historic downtown. By the end of 1985, she
leaves the country due the instability of the country whose
military based government had been overthrown.
Boston, MA 1995- Attending Boston College, Elizabeth works on
her PhD in English Lit. She had kept her writing up over the
years even if she was involved in other pursuits. She never lost
her love for books and how they could affect society.
Penryn, Cornwall, England Present Day- Elizabeth, now known as
Dr. Benton, has been settled in the maritime town for a couple
of years now, after spending some time teaching in London. She
now spends her time working on her writing, both fiction and
literary criticism. When she is asked, Beth will give lectures
at universities around Europe and the United States.
Played by Sarah
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