Alice Regaby

**Alice Mabel Regaby I** (born 1942, died 1967), is a minor, yet important character in the SeventyVerse.

## Backstory

Alice was born to Mabel and Albert Regaby and had three older siblings: Henry, Charlotte and Elliot. As her father worked for the railways, she found herself falling in love with the engines. Not just Mildred, Billy, Tasha and Albert on the Wellsworth and Suddery Railway, but Glynn, Maurice, Leslie and Phyllis on the rival Tidmouth, Knapford and Elsbridge Railway, and Neil, Mary, Samson and Hiro the Sodor and Mainland Railway. At a later point, Alice fell in love with a man named Rodney Darnell and became best friends with a woman named Carla Drew. Unfortunately, on their wedding day, Annie and Clarabel, the coaches Mildred was pulling, were meant to be mended on that day, and became uncoupled, and the train crashed. Poor Alice died, and a part of Albert Regaby, Rodney Darnell and Carla Drew died that day too. The engines all mourned the dreadful loss of their dear Railway Girl...

In the Good Addison AU, there was no train crash as Mildred was pulling different coaches, and Alice Regaby married Rodney Darnell as intended. They had a few children; one being Addison Darnell. Alice Regaby continued to be a good influence on the engines, and rose to become the director of public relations. She teams up with Amanda Hatt, her daughter Addison and niece Annabelle to help write the true stories of the engines. She was such a good influence on her niece that Annabelle decided to name her daughter after her.

## Family

### Henry Regaby, Charlotte White and Elliot Regaby

Alice loved her brothers and sister, and often got them to go trainspotting with her on their lunch breaks. Henry and Charlotte were very accepting of this, but Elliot often complained. All three of them were devastated when she died. Henry in particular had a close friendship with her, and even saw sparks of Alice's personality rise in his daughter, Annabelle.

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### Barbara Regaby, Wilbur White and Kelly Regaby

Though Alice only lived to see Henry and Barbara get married, she was eager for all of them to become her in-laws. She caught Barbara's bouquet of flowers at her wedding, and she thought she'd have good luck. Unfortunately, she died too young. Barbara, Wilbur and Kelly are heartbroken by her death.

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### Albert Regaby and Mabel Sanders

Albert Regaby loved all his children, but he seemed particularly close to young Alice. Perhaps it was her sunny smile, her gentle nature, or maybe her love of the railways that got him to connect with her. However, when Alice died, Albert Regaby grew resentment toward Mildred, blaming her and her crew for Alice's premature death. Mabel Sanders, while devastated too, divorced her husband shortly after the debacle. She stood by Alice's mindset that Mildred wasn't be to blame for the accident.

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### Charles and Amanda Hatt

Barbara's brother and sister-in-law, Alice got along with the duo pretty well. It's hinted at she was really close to Amanda due to their shared love of railways.

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### Annabelle Regaby

Though the duo had never met, Annabelle does take after her deceased aunt. She loves the railways, and even was called "The Railway Girl", just like Alice. Annabelle even named her daughter after Alice herself.

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## Other humans

### Carla Darnell

Carla had recently escaped an abusive life when she met Alice. The two of them were childhood friends at school, and though the latter didn't have the same railway enthusiasm, the two still clicked. As Carla grew older, she often travelled long distances, but she and Alice often wrote to each other. Poor Carla was crushed when Alice died, and she clung onto someone who loved her just as much...

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## Engines

### Mildred

Although they've only been shown to interact twice, it's implied the duo are very close. Mildred was the engine chosen to take Alice on her wedding train, even if it ended in disaster. Mildred was crushed when Alice died...

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### Annie and Clarabel

Alice gets along with the two coaches very well. Before her death, she even wished she was taken in them on her wedding day. When she died though, Alice's spirit was very thankful that the two coaches were in service that day.

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## Romance

### Rodney Darnell

Being the only child of a railway workman and a station announcer, Rodney often saw Alice down at the railway growing up. The two started to get closer as they grew older, and eventually fall in love. Rodney unfortunately was left widowed at the alter, and felt like he lost everything. Then he met Carla, who he thought could be his new love...

In the Good Addison AU, Alice and Rodney are the proud parents of Addison and a few other kids. The two of them are almost sickingly sweet as they whisper words of love to each other. They have a few arguments, sure, but they always stand the test of time.

## Personality

Alice devoted her life to the railway. She branched out to all of the bigger railways, and the small railways such as the Skarloey Railway, the Mid Sodor Railway and the Culdee Fell Railway, hoping they would all come together someday. She sadly died far too young, but her legacy lives on.

In the Good Addison AU, Alice proves to be an excellent mother and aunt. Her interactions with the engines become more refined and motherly overtime. She is sometimes left in charge of the railway when Sir Topham Hatt is busy elsewhere.

## Attire

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## Concept and creation

* Zack wondered what it would be like for Henry Regaby to have several siblings, and Alice was created as the one who died too young. Rachel then thought of Alice's railway connection and her engagement to Rodney Darnell; Addison's father.
	+ This also gave an idea for Addison's parents into the story. Before Alice's creation, Addison's parents didn't have names or a defining role other than naïve parents who didn't know what they were doing.

## Trivia

* The preferred voice actress for Alice Regaby is Karen Gillan, who portrayed Amy Pond from *Doctor Who*.