Darlington's Darlings

> "I only want one." - Sir Adolf von Rosengart
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**Darlington's Darlings** are the seven daughters of Robert Darlington and the women all around the world.

## Sophia Darlington

### Aliases

The Smoking One
 The Match Girl

## Physical description

### Eye color

Blue

**Sophia Darlington** (b. 177) is the first daughter by Robert Darlington and an unknown woman from the Volkhard Confederacy.

As the first child, Sophia was pressured into the Darlington lifestyle by Robert and her grandfather before his passing when she was 6. Sophia's image would be used as the "match-girl" for Darlington's Tobacco, gifting her the nickname and being admired throughout The Capital for her ability to make great brand cigarettes. Whilst her father was out exploring, Sophia would often be invited to banquets to perform the "Darlington Dance," where she sang the advert for the tobacco. When Darlington finally sold the tobacco business, Sophia's popularity would plummet and her image would be replaced by a new face.

## Physical description

### Eye color

Brown

**Tatiana Darlington** (b. 179) is the second daughter of Robert Darlington and an unknown woman from the Ryzémerok Empire.

Tatiana was born during the spring of 179 and was immediately overshadowed by her elder sister Sophia and her slightly younger Faustyna Darlington. While they attracted the attention of courtly life, Tatiana was reserved and remained solely in her father's study when he wasn't entertaining guests. It was here that she picked up a hobby for books and writing, often aspiring to visit the mountain retreats where her favourite author had written, "The Never-Ending Sacrifice". When she was 14, she begged her father for her to go to Hambourg to attend the university and meet the acclaimed author and playwright Edith Gaskill. Tatiana was impressed with Edith's ability to break out of the societal norms that women had on the continent. However Robert forbade her as he was on duty and knew that Hambourg would be a target in the Astarian War of Aggression. Tatiana would eventually write to Edith and correspond with her on many an occasion.

## Physical description

### Eye color

Brown

**Faustyna Darlington** (b. 179) is the third daughter of Robert Darlington and an unknown woman from the Western Žarkovian Territories.

Faustyna was born in September 179, causing a rift between herself and her mother against Tatiana and her mother. Each woman believed their daughter was the true child of Robert despite Sophia's existence as the firstborn. Faustyna would be trained in the art of court; entertaining guests and providing drinks. In her downtime however she would rebel in the nearby woods of the estate, taking a tomboyish attitude and preventing any of Robert's guards from following her.

When one man of the Explorer's Guild attempted to court Faustyna, Robert stripped him of his membership and reported to the authorities for unfounded "indecent acts." Faustyna would remain innocent in the affair, instead finding the antics humourous.

## Physical description

### Eye color

Cyan

**Astrid Darlington** (b. 182) was the fourth daughter of Robert Darlington and an unknown woman from Thollenskaar.

During a weekly arts practice with her siblings, Astrid would become famous for her gift of painting. Her skilled hand at portraiture and composure would give her a renown title throughout The Capital and Thollenskaar. On occasion, her father's letters would provide inspiration for paintings that depicted foreign countries and the naval theatre of the Astarian War of Aggression. It was the latter paintings that provoked an outcry over the brutality being drawn by a woman, calling for the paintings to be destroyed and Astrid to return to form. In an act of rebellion, she would begin on new and avant-garde styles of artwork that provoked a further outcry. By 201, her public image was smeared and her skill left only for her personal family.

## Biographical information

### Marital status

Single?
 One night stand with Edvard\_Fairfax

## Physical description

### Eye color

Blue

**Hestia Darlington** (b. 184) was the fifth daughter of Robert Darlington and an unknown woman from Viñas

Unlike her siblings, Hestia was originally brought up in Viñas until her eleventh birthday where she was returned to the Darlington estate after a conflict of interests. Many Viñasians perceived her as ugly or unbecoming due to her lack of facial hair. As a result, she felt ostracized by the other Darlings only to be smothered by affection by the newly crippled Robert Darlington. In many ways, her exotic background surpassed the others due to her education in Viñas and became the apple of his eye. Robert would hire an old crew-member of the Fogg as a personal bodyguard to Hestia, named DeHugh, watching over her.

During a party on the 24th of June 210, Hestia would quickly befriend and become smitten by Edvard Fairfax, causing them to escape the watchful eyes of DeHugh and copulate in the privacy of Robert's personal study.

## Physical description

### Eye color

Hazel

**Megaera Darlington** (b. 184) was the sixth daughter of Robert Darlington and a young priestess from Dēśha-Harā

Megaera would be the result of a secret affair with a young priestess when Robert visited Dēśha-Harā. Exiled from the temple due to her infidelity, she would join the estate as a maid and personally oversaw the education of Megaera. Megaera would spend her childhood in the gardens of the estate, meditating and ensuring the garden's true beauty. She has a close relationship to Astrid Darlington, as the two would share flowers and paintings with one another. Megaera's mother would die of illness in 199 leaving the young woman devastated.

## Physical description

### Eye color

Hazel

**Amara Darlington** (b. 187) was the seventh daughter of Robert Darlington and an unknown woman from the Dark Continent

Amara was the product of a ritual from Robert's first contact with a tribe on the Dark Continent. After offering tobacco and blankets from Volkhard, the tribe presented their own gifts and the two leaders agreed on prosperous relations between one another. In an effort to form a bond, Robert would copulate with the leader's daughter in an effort for the offspring to be a symbol of the two culture's bond. Robert would leave the Dark Continent and return a year later to visit his own daughter, discovering that the tribe was amidst a tribal war and was nearing the brink of destruction. Robert took Amara from the continent and brought her back, hiding her from the men who wanted to make a spectacle out of her.

In a foreign land and away from her own culture, Amara would grow stifled and depressed as her father would often be away fighting in the Astarian War of Aggression. Only when he return did she find some comfort, though not as much as she once had.