Harrington Family

## Harrington

The Harrington Family, a family of immense wealth and power in Giggleswick County, is a major investor in both Giggleswick Academy and the town itself. From their snobby country clubs to their large estates, they are largely hated by the low-income individuals they live alongside. They're known within the academy for running the Harrington Fraternal Society, a Harrington-ran school organization focused on building up the proper youth of Giggleswick County.

## Biography

### Founding

The Harrington Family, unsurprisingly, came from nepotistic beginnings. Maxwell Harrington, a member of the British aristocracy, found himself wanting more with his life. With England being an established nation and the United States holding a promising future in the early 20th century, Maxwell decided to move to Greenwich, Connecticut. There, he used his family's money to establish an oil empire, using the nation's abundance of oil in California to his advantage. His business took off as the dawn of the 20th century called for fossil fuels, specifically oil, due to the creation of the automobile. Quickly rising in the ranks, the Harrington Family began to become affluent within the nation and found itself in newspapers due to the success of the family's oil tycoon.

### The Formation of A Family

As Maxwell Harrington made a name for himself, he quickly became a target for young women attempting to rise in the ranks. In his life came Marcella, a woman from Connecticut that came from another wealthy family. Maxwell and Marcella quickly became close and decided to start a family of their own. The two gave life to Neil Harrington in 1904, their one and only son that they cherished greatly. The family's oil tycoon continued to rise more and more in notoriety as the automobile industry became the forefront of American life.

Neil Harrington was an interesting boy growing up. He was certainly not driven like his father and that reflected in his grades. As a result, his father Maxwell sent him to military school, shaping Neil into a regal young man that went from fooling off in his father's formal parties to becoming the center of attention. Seeking to carry on the family business, he went to university and received an education in business.

### Neil's Rise and Fall

As Maxwell began to falter in the sharpness and efficiency that really blew his business up, he thought it was best to pass it off to his son Neil. At the time of his acquisition, the Harrington Family became known nationwide, ranking amongst the most prosperous families such as the Rockefellers. Neil managed the business as well as his dad and kept their company at the top of the oil industry. Meeting another wealthy woman, Alexandra, he decided to continue to family's legacy and have children of his own. He quickly got married to Alexandra and the two became quite close. She managed various affairs within his business, and their lives seemed to go perfectly. However, one misfortune of Neil changed the trajectory of his family's reputation forever.

Neil met a woman named Samantha Rogers. She was extremely kind to him, and the two would be found going out almost every night without the knowledge of Alexandra. He knew instantly that he wanted to leave Alexandra and spend the rest of his life with Samantha. What he didn't know, however, was that she was known around Connecticut as a well-known prostitute that had many illegitimate children with some of the wealthiest men in the nation. The two unexpectedly had a child, and this would change the family's lineage for the foreseen future.

### The Baby Born Out of Wedlock

Alexandra quickly heard of this from the Greenwich's gossip, and she grew furious. However, unsurprisingly, she decided to stay with Neil due to his fortune and social standing as one of the wealthiest men in the nation. Andrew Harrington, the child that ruined it all, was born on March 25th 1951. Though the child was of Neil's he failed to claim him as his own and refused to take care of Andrew. The two had a terrible bond and barely spoke to one another. The only connection they had was their annual talk and the child support Neil would pay Samantha.

Having no family to call his own, Andrew was seen as an outcast during his elementary school days and found himself having no friends for the majority of his childhood. Being an utter embarrassment and disgust to his father, Neil decided to send Andrew to boarding school as Neil hoped that this would put the past behind him and he could finally focus on his business. However, one thing that he failed to have was another child. However much they tried, Alexandra and Neil could not produce a child to become an heir to their empire and this quickly became a problem.

### Andrew's Time As A Giggleswick Student

Andrew quickly found that he had a sense of belonging at Giggleswick. Being a private boarding school, it consisted of mostly children who were unwanted by their families. Besides the community at Giggleswick, he absolutely adored the location, having great climate and a great town right beside the campus. Many organizations existed within the school. Organizations including a Varsity Program, an AV Club, and an Honors Program filled with the children of affluent families came together and formed their own social circles.

Andrew begged his father Neil to give him the funds to create a society within his school. Reluctantly giving in, Neil formed the Harrington Fraternal Society. Within the Honors Program, he formed a group of friends that he would later on come to create a secret society within Giggleswick with. Seeing themselves as superior to others due to their family's statures, Andrew and his friends decided to create a secret society within the Honors Program of the school named the Harrington Fraternal Society. Here, they held meetings and discussed plans for their futures. One declared he would revolutionize the medical industry while the other planned to create an entertainment studio as large as Universal Studios. To put it simply, they had huge and ambitions and had huge egos to match them. Nevertheless, Andrew remained as the sole leader and President of the society, having an outweighing opinion on all issues discussed within the society.

Andrew, however, had different plans for himself. Knowing himself as the only child of Neil Harrington and therefore the sole heir of his fortune, he decided that he would build the impoverished county of Giggleswick from the ground up and create a paradise for the rich and powerful. However, Andrew's time was quickly running out and his last year arrived. He shared this idea with his fellow society members, and they all laughed in his face. They thought of the idea as childish and fantastical as Giggleswick as a pile of dirt compared to where many of his member's lived. Andrew made it his mission to prove them all wrong and create prosperous county. When Andrew left, the society was given to various random Presidents until his eventual return.

### Andrew's Time Away From Giggleswick

Andrew returned to Greenwich, Connecticut where he visibly noticed his father's decline in health. As Andrew had become an educated adult, Neil Harrington began to gain respect for Andrew and decided to rekindle a bond with his formerly rejected son. Andrew gave in to this act to ensure his position as the heir of the family's fortune, and he successfully did so. Neil Harrington shortly died after Andrew's return home in 1971 and Andrew had acquired his father's oil tycoon. However, Andrew let his executives deal with the matters of the oil empire and had other plans on his mind.

Andrew met his wife Charlotte Westbrook, who was actually from a middle class family. She had acquired her law degree from Princeton University and had built a name for herself in the local community as one of the most skilled lawyers, and that instantly became an appeal to Andrew. The two took things slow, but eventually decided to marry and have a child. Wanting to give his child the love he never received, Andrew had an extremely close bond with his future heir and decided that he would send them to Giggleswick Academy. Andrew made sure that the child was well disciplined yet nurtured and ready to take on the harsh world that broke Andrew down and built him back up again.

As Bella grew up and slowly reached her high school years, Andrew finally returned to his original plan of returning to Giggleswick. His wife, Bella, and him moved across the nation to Giggleswick County in 1999. This did not go without protest, however, as his wife put up a large fight to remain in Connecticut. Andrew convinced her that she could serve underprivileged families within Giggleswick, and she finally gave in.

### The Return of the Harringtons

Andrew immediately went to work within Giggleswick County, building himself a country club and luxurious properties on the east side of the county. He left the west side of Giggleswick alone as it was too trashy and "ghetto" for repair. As he gentrified the east side of the county, many other wealthy families decided to try out the area and moved to Giggleswick County. Inevitably, many of them also started sending their children to Giggleswick Academy. However, this did not come without resistance. Many of the original citizens of Giggleswick grew angry that their homes were being bought out and that they were being forced out of their homes. One of the most notable fighters against the gentrification was Big Rod, a long-time business owner of the town and large activist for tradition and the poor. However, with a little bribe to Yitterson, Andrew Harrington quickly shut them up and continued in his endeavors of creating a paradise for the rich within Giggleswick.

As Bella began her time at Giggleswick, he also convinced the school to allow him to become the sole coordinator and overseer of the Honors Program, which he would quickly rename to the Harrington Fraternity Society. He made Bella the President and allowed the "Teen Harrington" to manage it herself while Andrew held minimal oversight over the society. Today, the Harrington Fraternity Society is one of the many organizations of the academy and is a constant reminder of the Harrington presence for students across the campus.