Andrea Thomassen

Andrea Thomassen, (formerly Lady Andrea Charleston) is the daughter of Thomas Charleston and Celine Thomassen, granddaughter of Lady Joanna and Lord Frederich Charleston, and Diane and Robert Thomassen, niece of Anne Thomassen, half-sister of Phillip, Andrew, and Marie Charleston, and 'aunt' of Lucy and Gregory Johnson.

## Prologue

Andrea Grace Charleston was born October 26, 1762, in London, England. Her mother, Celine, was only 17 when she was pregnant with Andrea, as her father, Celine's older sister's fiancé, was drunk at the pre-wedding party. Anne, Celine's sister, was suspicious as to why Celine's belly was so big. Celine finally told Anne the truth and Anne was more mad at Thomas, Anne's fiancé, than Celine. Anne suggested that Celine live with them in London so people wouldn't get suspicious. Celine agreed.

Court in London was a lot for Celine and she frequently threw up in flower pots because of pregnancy sickness. Finally, one evening, Celine was feeling sick and in the middle of the ball, her water broke. The Court was mortified, and so was the Charlestons. Celine was rushed to the Charleston Manor and she gave birth to Andrea, perfectly on time. Because she was so embarrassed, Celine wanted to raise Andrea by herself in the colonies with the help of her parents. Thomas' older brother, William, disagreed saying that Andrea was born in England so she should be raised in England. Celine, not wanting to live in England anymore, left England and moved back to the colonies.

Andrea had two older half brothers, Andrew and Phillip, and two years later, in 1764, Anne gave birth to Marie. Andrea was unaware that Anne wasn't her real mother. Marie and Andrea were very tightly connected. Andrea mainly took care of Marie and played with her. When Andrea was 14, Thomas accidently struck her, while drunk, with a poker. It burned her neck, and she was traumatized of her father from then on. That same year, Thomas and Anne were fighting and Anne stormed out of Charleston Manor. Andrea followed her and witnessed someone shoot her mother. Terrified and heartbroken, Andrea ran away and sat on a bench in the public park. There, she met Edward, not knowing that he was the Duke of York and Albany. They exchanged

## Physical Description

Andrea has thick, frizzy dark brown hair that she usually keeps up in a messy bun. She has pale skin with freckles and blondish eyebrows. Andrea has blue eyes that, "look like they could cut through stone how blue they were." She is petite at around 5'2", but she holds herself as if she was taller. Andrea is noted to look strikingly similar to her mother, Celine, "The only difference is that the woman's chest was larger and she was a bit taller than Andrea."

## Personality Traits

Andrea is described as a cold, sarcastic, and confident person. She doesn't like to be put down just because she is a woman. Andrea sworn that she would never marry after what happened to Anne. Although she very rarely shows emotions, she is heartbroken when Celine and Elizabeth die. When she is about to kill a British soldier using a knife, Andrea notices a locket hanging outside of his coat. Knowing what it is like to lose someone you love, she lets the soldier go, but before telling him to not trust her.