Alice Macken

## Appearance

Even as a child, Alice Macken had a thick mop of unruly red curls. As she grew older, she felt less and less need to tame her hair, and she completely stopped putting it into intricate designs when her lover, Robert Macken, told her that he admired her hair when it was down. She has very light green eyes and a "dazzling smile," according to Robert.

## Personality

Alice is a very sweet person and is shown to care immensely about her husband and children. It is hinted that Jim was her favorite since he was born on her fifth wedding anniversary with Robert. However, she was a lot more protective over Luka since he was such a small child and an easy target for bullies. She is shown to be very patient, which is exhibited through her ability to handle JIm and his tantrums.

## History

Alice Beddow was born on April 6, 1851 to a farmer and his wife. Since her parents were much older than her, she was their only child, making her the apple of their eye. From a very young age, she learnt how to tend to crops and so forth. When she was ten, she had met a twelve-year-old boy named Robert Macken. The two of them hit it off immediately and grew quite close with one another. Three years later, Robert began courting her, which was not something that her parents were happy about.

When she was fifteen, she eloped with Robert and moved into a small town. Alice would never have contact with her parents again. The two of them had very idealistic views of their life together, and they were not prepared for Robert's inability to keep a job. Robert was skilled at butchering, but the townspeople were wary of the new people being around their food. With that, Alice made up her mind to find a job. However, this only backfired since the townspeople were not interested in hiring a woman. To help the income, Alice decided to plant crops and attempt to sell them. These crops would be used for their food as well.

On their fifth wedding anniversary, Alice gave birth to a boy that she named Jim Macken. She considered her son to be a blessing since he was born on such a special day. It was often remarked by Robert that Alice was attached to Jim all throughout his infancy and early childhood. She found it rather hard to punish Jim, so she often relied on Robert to be the more authoritative parent. On one occasion, Alice learned that Jim loved bluebells, so she made sure to plant some in their backyard garden.

Four years later, she ended up having another son, this one named Luka. Since Luka was very tiny at birth, she tried to focus all of her attention on him to make sure that he would live past infancy. Thankfully, Luka was able to hang onto life and grew much stronger as he aged. She was very gentle with Luka, and she would try to find him little ways to entertain both him and his older brother.

Three years after the birth of Luka, she learned that she was pregnant again. Though she and Robert had both agreed to not have any more children, she still tried to be happy about having another baby. However, this pregnancy was much harder on her body than the other two. Her health began to wane, and her husband turned to herbal remedies to help her. Alice eventually gave birth to a baby girl during the sixth month of her pregnancy. She named the child Sarah and fell in love immediately with the child. Since she knew that she would quite possibly die, she made sure to call Jim into her room and make him promise to look over Luka. Luka was spared the sight of his deteriorating mother, and Alice would die three hours after giving birth. Her body was buried in the garden by her husband.

## Trivia

* She was right-handed.
* Her favorite food was blueberry pie.
* Her favorite out of her children was Jim.
* She was incredibly interested in medicine, but she could not go down this field due to being a woman.