Beatrix Fitzgerald (1421)

Beatrix Fitzgerald
Witch & Sister to Bryan Fitzgerald

Your mother has been teaching you to be a witch practically since you were born. This Saturday was to have been the night that you were to be initiated into the coven by your mother. Unfortunately your mother died three days ago and now you have to fill your mother’s place within the coven. This means growing up in a hurry and giving up your wild, trusting youth.

The first festival that you were allowed to go to alone you met up with a man and the two of you went into an empty barn. Needles to say you loved it. Ever since you have been sneaking out to other villages beyond the pale to sell yourself for either money or fresh water. You tend to use your real first name whenever you are with anyone that is Irish, passing yourself off as of Norman descent. You realized that you like (like – as in biblically) English women, one in particular, Isabella Moyglare the wife of a Dublin minister. One night with her you made the mistake of letting the fact that you are a witch, and that you are responsible for the famine that is ravaging the Irish countryside slip. You have also told Gerard that you are a witch. In fact you can’t seem to keep the secret of your being a witch a secret.

Your father and your brother have both been concerned about the company you keep and about the odd hours that your sewing circle meets. Your father was an English soldier and retired to marry your mother. Your brother is learning from the priest and wants to go into the priesthood. Neither of them would approve of your being a witch.

Your initiation was moved up because Áine needed a full coven for some ritual that will stop the plague that your mother died from. You are determined that nothing should go wrong with the ritual. Áine told you about the ritual and about why they needed Generis. She also told you about the joust and Generis being the prize. You will do anything necessary to stop the joust from taking place.

Keep your mouth shut, help Áine, and stop the joust.

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Arthur Fitzgerald (1421)

Arthur Fitzgerald

You had a great life. You were a soldier in the English army and you managed to live till you could retire. You had a beautiful wife and two wonderful children. Then things changed. You found out that your wife was a witch, your son wants to be a priest, and your daughter began acting strange. You have dealt with these things as best as you can but lately it has been wearing on you.

For the last two years your family has begun acting very strange. Your son spends more time at the church than at home. You tried to make him give up his idea of becoming a priest by telling him that you didn’t have the money to send him to the seminary, but he has obviously found a way around that. Your wife has been out late almost ever evening with her “sewing circle” and your daughter is usually with her. Even when your daughter is not with your wife she is gone, sometimes for days at a time. You have a feeling that Beatrix is going to become a witch and a heretic. She already can’t keep quiet about it, and you know that she isn’t one. Isabella Moyglare always says that she is with her but you have your doubts.

Three days ago your wife died from a plague that is beginning to hit the area. You were both distraught and relived at the same time. You were distraught because you loved your wife however you were relieved because you don’t want your daughter to follow the same path that your wife did. Your wife was a witch, but you loved her anyway. You can only hope that it’s not too late for Beatrix. Because your too busy dealing with all the headaches that women have caused, you give your son full support in his quest to be one with God.

Currently, you are afraid that Beatrix will become an old spinster if she keeps going in the direction she is headed. You need to marry her off, and in a hurry. This weekend, there is a social in Dun Boyne. Both English and Irish dignitaries will be there. That should provide the perfect backdrop to make a deal to marry off your daughter before her mouth really lands her in trouble. If only you could find a way to shut her up, because no secret is safe with her.

Your old friend, Olyver Moore has also become more agitated recently, and is going with you to Dun Boyne to enter the joust. He is bringing his squire, Gerard. Since the Irish O’Reilly’s have offered their virginal daughter up as first prize, you can only assume he is looking for a wife. That’s probably a good thing, because Beatrix is definitely not interested. Last month at dinner, she blurted out that his codpiece was a bit small...Your only worry about Olyver is that he may want to win the joust a little bit too much. You don’t know what he is capable of.

Keep an eye on Beatrix and marry her off. Help your son in any way you can, and protect your family.

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