Lady Eudora May Chandler, nee Vos | Euramay (by her husband and brother), Eura, Dora (she hates this), May

As she is the wife of the Master Artisan, Minister of the Craftsman Guild, she is given the titleLady

39 years | she will be forty in two months

Female | she/her

HEIGHT: 5’7”
BUILD: not as slim as she once was but well-proportioned, graceful; despite her love of food she has remained somewhat petite, though perhaps that is because she makes smaller treats and eats only a few of them
HAIR: long; blonde, almost yellowishly so; usually keeps her hair carefully curled when up and sleeps with a head full of pin-curls or other forms of curling, though when down the curls don’t always hold as well and thus is oftentimes wavy instead of loosely curled
EYES: dark grey-blue; usually expressing how she truly feels under a layer or two of acting
STYLE: is usually wearing gloves (and it’s more than just for polite society appearances); likes light blues, purples, yellows, greens, and deep pinks; florals are acceptable but she prefers minimal patterns or none at all; she knows what looks good on her and wears it, even if it is an older style or dying trend; is not entirely above wearing pants but only when people won’t see or know it’s her, and secretly likes men’s fashion; always wears her wedding and engagement rings
Think: Edith Cushing from Crimson Peak, Irene Adler from RDJ’s Sherlock Holmes films, amongst other inspiration
SCARS: her right hand is badly scarred from an accident at Madame Geraldines, but rather than letting the accident make her afraid of working with poisons and explosives, she merely worked harder to perfect them
NOTES: was something of a beauty in her youth;
FACECLAIM: Kate Winslet

Madame Geraldine’s Finishing School For Young Ladies of Quality

Apothecary | Meracura

Wound Healing
--- can heal wounds from small scrapes and bruises to deep tears and breaks with a touch of her hand (complete with amber sparks shooting from her fingertips)
--- so long as the wound is not fatal nor has the injured party lost too much blood, she can heal it, though the wound may have lasting effects (i.e. a broken leg may result in a slight limp for a few weeks, a large gash may scar); the more severe the wound, the longer the effects last and the worse they may be
--- can reduce pain and inflammation in others
--- she cannot heal herself, no matter how hard she tries; perhaps she lacks the will to heal herself, not the skill or ability to…

Owner and operator of a small apothecary shop; former member of the emergency response team

polite, shy, almost terrifyingly positive, optimistic, faithful, honest, a tad introverted, gentle, maternal, romantic, loving, gracious, graceful, natural hostess, decorous, proper, pleasant, generous, loves to help others, reliable, trustworthy, surprisingly somewhat naive, sometimes too trusting, not to be underestimated, highly intelligent, cunning, clever, ingenious, artistic, lyrical, is exceptionally skilled at sounding incredibly matter-of-fact while divulging some of the most sensitive or intense information all while maintaining her usual pleasant air with the only indication of her intentions of ill-will being present in her eyes, deadlier than she looks, quick-thinking, usually has a solution, if it takes more than two times of saying your name to get your attention the third time is said far less pleasantly, can have a bit of a macabre sense of humor at times, is filled with self-doubt, mindful of maintaining appearances

Between her connections with both a father and a brother in the Legionnaire, being married to the Minister of the Craftsman Guild, and best friends with Madame Geraldine herself, it hardly seems a wonder Captain Kingsford would contact Eudora. Her former status as a member of the emergency response team (which she left to run an apothecary shop after her husband became a Minister and wanted her to be better able to play nobility) doesn’t hurt either. And besides—who else do you turn to when you need the perfect exploding cream puff or other decadent sweet? Of course there’s her skills in poison and knives, but she is much better at extracting information based on the accruing of favors, and her younger brother’s status on the police force and father’s position in the air navy bode as two very large sources of debt to her…and therefore good information.

Poison, stiletto and butterfly knives, explosives, hat pins, hair sticks, wit, food (esp. pastries)

She’d rather not, especially considering she’s supposed to save lives not hurt them, but a good cup of tea as she explains how she can slander your name while fluttering those beautiful lashes of hers then requests your assistance in some matter or another in exchange for keeping the name clean…well, perhaps over tea is the best way for her. If not, then from a distance with poison or a thin knife should do the trick. She may host lavish parties and know how to speak without seeming to take a breath, but that does not mean she enjoys conversation or confrontation.

+ Pastries: Poisonous and Projectile
+ Fatal Florals
+ Tea-time Tact and Tactics
+ Puddings and Preemptive Poisonings
+ Fatal Florals
+ The Lethal Application of Hatpins and Hair Sticks
+ Applying Etiquette to Espionage
+ Ball Gowns and Betrayals
+ Fashion, Firearms, and Fisticuffs for a Young Lady of Quality (though she was never very good at fisticuffs)
+ Tactical Fashions
+ Pistols and Petticoats
+ Absolutely anything to do with food, medicine, poison, or fashion

Eudora May Vos, as she was born, grew up in a house ruled by military precision. A father in the air-navy appointed as a commander by the Admiralty ensured this. For the most part, she was confined to the nursery growing up, hence why her younger brother Gregory (six years her junior) absolutely adored her. He would get scrapes and bruises just to watch the amber sparks fly off her fingertips as she healed his wounds. Euramay, as her brother called her, would even paint his fingertips orange just to pretend to be doing the same with his tin soldiers as she did with him. Eventually their mother, Vivianne Vos, convinced their father to allow them out of the nursery, and Gregory gained other friends to mimic and to help him develop his own voice.

Eventually she went to Madame Geraldine’s and became incredibly close with the eventual Madame Geraldine herself, despite the now-headmistress being a few years Eudora’s senior. During what would end up being her absolute favorite class — Pastries: Poisonous and Projectile — there was a small accident. Eudora doesn’t remember the details, but she can remember hot oil and a small explosion before the pain in her right hand started. Someone was able to treat it before any terrible damage was done, but her hand and forearm were scarred that day. And yet, despite how most would be traumatized and refuse to try again, Eudora insisted upon perfecting the skills so no one not intended target(s) would be harmed. Her culinary skills became nearly unmatched following the event, but rather than sporting her scars or her story proudly, she makes sure to wear gloves whenever around others just to keep them from staring. Even lace will disguise those burns, after all.

Eudora became a member of the emergency response team two years after graduation as a skilled mera-healer. It was as a member of the team that she met Maxwell Chandler the night he lost three of his fingers. Maxwell never elaborated whether the removal of the fingers was an accident or if it was someone’s intention to harm him, but it didn’t matter to her. She fell in love with his more quiet and shy nature, and he with her desire to help others even if her education gave her the ability to harm them, too. They bonded over their bad right hands and somewhat macabre humor, and eventually married when she was 26 and he 31.

Two years later they had their first son, Kipling. Three years after Kipling’s birth, Maxwell was selected to become Minister of the Craftsmen guild and yet little of their personal life has changed, if only given access to higher circles in addition to remaining with some of their old ones for some of the friendships. Upon becoming Minister, Maxwell asked Eudora to end her service in the emergency response team so she could be better able to host and perform her social duties as his Lady, and she agreed. It gave her time to be with her son, and allowed them to expand the family further. A year after their status change they had their second son Eddison. Two years after Eddison came their third son, Leopold.

Eudora now runs a small apothecary shop just as her husband still does his work with glass blowing and mechanics, if only because they want something to do with their time. She is happy to be helping others, and perhaps her shop sells a few things other than medicine and healing remedies. She is, of course, also racking up quite the list of favors owed to her by doing favors for others. But how else is she supposed to make use of her schooling?

By responding to a strange letter from Captain Kingsford, of course.

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