Adelaide Daventry

## Adelaide Cress

**Adelaide Cress** is a character role-played by Kiwo.

## Early Life

Adelaide married at a young age to Jeremy Daventry, they lived in a cabin in the north of Annesburg. For many years through their marriage Jeremy would often be absent from home, leaving Adelaide to handle all the housework. The neglect Adelaide received from Jeremy was only amplified through his alcohol abuse. These two factors quickly crumbled Adelaide’s vision of the man she once loved.

One day after Jeremy did not return home Adelaide went out searching for him. Upon arrival at his common fishing spot, she discovered his drowned body in the lake. From Jeremy’s notorious relationship with the bottle, Adelaide came to the conclusion that he must’ve drowned during one of his drunken benders.

Shortly after this traumatic event, Adelaide decided to leave the rugged cabin she had once called home and create a new life for herself.

## New Life in Valentine

Three months after Jeremy's death, Adelaide found herself wandering around New Alexandria. During this time she got Jeremy her temperamental horse, named after her late husband. The best way Adelaide could describe her new companion is that he is "more useful than my own husband*."*

  One day while fishing she met Clayton Cress, a friendly British chap who had stayed with her after she fainted. After delivering the news that her horse had run off while she had briefly slept, he gave her a ride back to the town. After their first encounter, Adelaide and Clayton had formed a very playful friendship. He eventually introduced her to Mr. Thomas Hopefield and Ms. Emma Cox, both bartenders at the Saloon in Valentine.

After meeting Mr. Thomas, Adelaide was quickly hired to run deliveries for the saloon. With the coaxing and encouragement of Thomas, she later became a permanent bartender at the saloon. Adelaide was later offered co-ownership of The Establishment alongside Emma and Thomas.

Since then Adelaide has been working hard for her business, made new friends, and has gone on many new adventures.

## Appearance

Adelaide always wears fashionable clothing. She has an outfit for every occasion ranging from colorful skirts to matching hats. Her good taste in clothing made her one of a few women who are fashionistas in Valentine. One of the outfits that she uses for working at the saloon (black vest, white blouse, and a black-tie) ended up being chosen as the official uniform for the bartenders.

## The Butcher of Armadillo

One day while riding back to Valentine, she met Slimey. The scam artist asked for her name and then quickly identified her as "The Butcher of Armadillo", a murderer that has killed numerous people in Armadillo and now has a bounty on her head. After these allegations, he then asked for money to buy his silence. She refused to do so as she clarified that she wasn't that person. Following this incident and talking to several people she learned he was a known scammer who had tried to do the same with them;  she has told many people about this incident and now the nickname has stuck with her as a way to tease her.

Adelaide is always open about her life before Valentine and the death of her husband, leaving people to believe she actually killed her husband and therefore the nickname, of course, this is always brushed away due to her innocent appearance.

## The Confession

When walking to the general store in Valentine, Adelaide recognized a familiar person, her late husband Jeremy. She quickly rushed towards to the saloon and informed Thomas that if anyone were to ask, she had never been in Valentine. She then jumped on her horse and sped off towards a picturesque cliff and sat down. Chasing behind with the help of a friend, Thomas arrived shortly after; inquiring about what's happening .

Adelaide explained that her husband, at first, was a kind and caring man and she fell in love at first sight. When she married Jeremy her family disowned her, as they did not like him at all. She details Jeremy's downfall into alcoholism. She explains that he had promised to give her the world, however in reality he gave her nothing, but he gave everything to the other women around town. She laments that her best years were wasted in that cabin.

Emotional, Adelaide reveals that she saw Jeremy near the general store, still alive, drunk as he always was. He had the same look, the same snore that she could never forget.

After being asked if she saw the body herself, she then confesses giving away all her money to men she barely knew, begging them to end Jeremy's life. She despised him to the core after he took her best years away from her. The men promised Adelaide her husband had been taken care of. She implores Thomas that she doesn't want to be taken back by him. He reassures her that she has nothing to worry about because she is surrounded by people like Clayton & himself who would never allow such a thing to happen. She tells Mr.Thomas that she is a terrible person and she might has well been the Butcher all along. He reassures her and reminds her that everyone carries their secrets and that sometimes people have to do what they must. He then took notes of his appearance and other details from what she could remember. They returned back to town together, Thomas being the only person besides herself knowing her dark secret.

## The Proposal

On a ride with Clayton Cress for his 7 Wonders Tour he quickly realizes that Adelaide has seen many of the wonders, meaning his tour would not be very long. He decides instead to take her on her own tour. She asks if he will be charging others for this tour and he explains this is just for her. He takes her to many spots including a lavender field where they shared their first kiss. He also brings her to a couple of waterfalls. Retelling the times of when she got knocked out whilst going down these waterfalls in a canoe with Clayton. The tour then leads to the fishing spot where they first met. Adelaide teases him for spying on her. (The reason that Clayton met Adelaide is because he saw her through binoculars from afar in his camp and decided to come down to make sure she wasn't a threat to him or his camp). Clayton is visibly nervous, he says that he feels his heart racing. He then asks her to turn around and look at the sun setting as he gets on one knee and pulls out a small box containing a ring. When she turns around he asks her to marry him, to which she replies yes. She thinks back to the time of him showing her a diamond whilst they were stuck together in a cabin waiting out a storm. She also thinks back to the time he asked her whether she preferred gold or silver, an obvious question about the ring that he tried to cover up saying it was about cutlery. They ride back to town on horseback as Adelaide starts thinking about the wedding and explaining that she wants to tell the whole town about their engagement.

## Trivia

* Due to constant lapses where Adelaide just falls asleep in random places, even behind the bar whilst working; Mr. Thomas believes she suffers from narcolepsy.
* Her horse is always looking like he is in bad shape, but he is not. He is very protective of her to the point of kicking people if he feels they are trying to harm her. Jeremy tends to get lost for days.
* She tried to make Ms. Emma wear a dress but failed in the process. She is very caring towards her and tries to set Emma up with Mr. Bery Quigley in order to make an "honest woman" out of her.
* Adelaide is a woman shaped by the old times, therefore she holds onto her traditional beliefs. She tends to make comments that make people uncomfortable since most others have a more progressive mindset.
* Mr. Clayton and Adelaide share a common believe in healing through smoking.