'Queen' Lucy Corbyn

Lucy affectionately greeting Rachel.

> *"Oh, Sweetie. I am **nothing** like you."*
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> - Lucy to Hyde (Ch10, p21)
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'Queen' Lucy Corbyn, also known as 'Cutthroat Lucy', is head of the Forty Elephants, a notorious lady thieves gang with connections all over London. She's sister-in-law to Rachel Pidgely, idol of Edward Hyde, and spouse to Patrin Pidgely and Elsie.

## Appearance

Lucy is a tall woman with dark skin, long dark coily brown hair, and brown eyes. Her hair is parted and styled off to one side with long bangs that often cover one eye. She doesn't seem to wear makeup. Her daywear consists of expensive and extravagant dresses, though not the same one in every appearance.

### Outfit 1 - Red Gown

    In Chapter 6 and 7, she's seen wearing a long red dress with gold accents, assumedly the same as the one depicted in her wanted poster, and possibly in Hyde's story about her in Chapter 3.

Its front is a white, high collared piece with small black buttons up the middle and white ruffles around it. Below it, it sports double breasted gold buttons and gold chains connecting the buttons horizontally. It has Juliet style sleeves and yellow ruffles where the sleeves end at the elbow. Beneath the sleeves, she wears long white gloves. The skirt of the dress, layered in gold tassels, is gathered above a leg slit in a two tone cockade, yellow in the center and red ribbon around it.

Beneath, she wears loose fitting white trousers, tucked into high heeled knee length brown boots with several straps up its front. Around her waist, she wears a thick belt, likely to hold a leather waist bag.

As for accessories, she wears simple white droplet earrings, and while it could be a part of the dress's collar, a black choker. She also wears a red plumed deadman top hat to match her dress, worn tilted to the left. It sports a matching cockade where the large feathers are tucked in, and its ribbon seems to have been wrapped several times around the crown rather than just once.

### Outfit 2 - Grey Gown

    In Chapter 8, she's seen wearing a similar gown and hat, but in dark grey.

The front is a sort of militaristic inspired fashion, high collared and sporting plain epaulets and silver buttons, with each button sporting a silver chain, connecting them to the right epaulet. The top of the collar is white with a short ruffled trim. The sleeves are a 3/4 poet style. Underneath, she still wears similar long white gloves. The skirt is again long and layered, and on the right side has a dark grey and silver centered cockade ribbon.

She also still wears a matching plumed top hat with a matching cockade, this time grey to match the gown. She wears a black leather belt around her waist, and black riding boots. She may wear similarly loose fitting trousers tucked into her boots, likely in dark grey or black, but they're almost completely obstructed or cut out of shots. She still wears her white droplet earrings.

### Outfit 3 - Sleepwear

In Chapter 10, as she's seen incredibly late at night, she's dressed for bed. She wears a simple long light pink robe, slippers, and silken bonnet tied in the back, though the bonnet she takes off early on in the chapter, rightly sensing she likely won't be getting back to bed for some time.

## Personality

Lucy is renowned as authoritative, crafty, and fearless in the face of the law. All this, of course, is true. Interpersonally, however, even so, her level headedness also translates well into loyalty and dedication to those she loves and looks after, willing to go the distance but never one for jumping to extremes. She's the voice of reason despite being more than capable as a criminal leader, making her perfect for the job. She can be tender and maternal, though in the same breath firm and direct. She can read people rather well, and can be scathingly witty, especially when vindictive, as with the case of Hyde insulting her spouses.

## Biography

Queen Lucy was first seen when described by Hyde, who as a large fan of hers was gushing about her escapades.

## Trivia

* Though she's seen in wanted posters and dramatic retellings of her escapades in Chapters 1 and 3 respectively, her first in person appearance isn't until Chapter 6, page 32.
* Both from her living room décor and the way she interacts with her spouses, it's abundantly clear that she loves her spouses incredibly and she takes great pride in them.
* While Rachel doesn't get to visit often, in part due to her work at the Society, Lucy's relationship with her sister-in-law is amicable and dedicated.
	+ Though of course, this doesn't at all mean Lucy will be too easy on Rachel when she's in the wrong, much preferring to tell Rachel off and comfort her once she's better realized her mistake and is ready to listen to reason, rather than to mollify her from the start.
* Despite her larger than life reputation among London's criminal underbelly, she seems anything but fond of 'fanatics', more put off by shameless idolization than anything.

## Quotes

> *"How many times do I have to tell you - **never** interrupt me during **knives and whiskey time!**"*
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> - (Ch6, p31)
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> *"Well, if it en't the prodigal sis herself! It's about bloody **time** you paid your **big sis** a visit! You know you've always got a job down **here** if you ever get sick of those **posh** boys up in Piccadilly."*
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> - Lucy to Rachel (Ch7, p1)
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> *"Rich kids looking to escape their stifling **high society lives** for a week or two. They'd dress in rags and sneak out to the slums to get a taste of the 'real London', whatever **that** meant. Made easy **victims** for pickpockets. That's how I got **my** start, back in the day. Ah, memories!"*
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> - (Ch7, p4)
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> *"The Elephants have eyes and ears in every room in this accursed city. Wherever your boy is... we'll **find** him."*
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> - Lucy to Rachel about Hyde (Ch7, p7)
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> *"For the last twenty years, I have **clawed** my way through an underworld dominated by men to build the most powerful thieving empire London has ever seen. I've raised **dozens** of women out of poverty and provided them with steady jobs, housing, **and** free childcare."*
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> - (Ch10, p21)
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