Covingtons
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| - | Mr. Covington is a thin, | + | Mr. Covington is a thin, soft-spoken man characterized by his spectacles and his tendency to say things in a somewhat old-fashioned British-y way, e.g. "I dare say, old chap" or "Good heavens, Eleanor, put that pry-bar down at once!" When not at work, he can usually be found in the sitting room behind a newspaper, smoking his pipe. He doesn't speak much and doesn't have much of a presence at home. |
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| - | At twenty, Rosemary is the oldest of the Covington siblings. She runs the Shop basically by herself, and actually lives in a small, cozy place right above it. | + | At twenty, Rosemary is the oldest of the Covington siblings. She runs the Shop basically by herself, and actually lives in a small, cozy place right above it. She's always served as a mentor and protector for Rue, and is directly responsible for Rhodie's ignorance of her own majik. Rosemary herself is a mild-mannered, perceptive young woman who has resigned herself to a life of loneliness and monotony. |
Revision as of 20:13, 12 September 2008
The Covingtons are the upper-crust merchant family to which Rue and Rhodiola belong. They have made a reasonable fortune through a spice- and herb-selling trade company called, creatively, the Covington Tea Company. They Company's ships currently only go up and down the coast of Kamleon and to some ports in Jakkal, but the Covingtons are always looking into expansion.
In general, the Covingtons are an old-fashioned, well-mannered kind of people with a keen eye for business. They don't usually form close relationships amongst themselves, but they are all expected to work for the Company when they're old enough out of a sense of familial duty.
There are currently two shops in Centria owned by the Covingtons: one, which family members call the Store, is a large, busy store and the main place to buy Covington Tea Company goods; the other is called the Shop, and is a smaller, friendlier outlet with less of a selection, but better customer service.
The Covington family is headed by Rue's father, Robert Covington.
Robert
Mr. Covington is a thin, soft-spoken man characterized by his spectacles and his tendency to say things in a somewhat old-fashioned British-y way, e.g. "I dare say, old chap" or "Good heavens, Eleanor, put that pry-bar down at once!" When not at work, he can usually be found in the sitting room behind a newspaper, smoking his pipe. He doesn't speak much and doesn't have much of a presence at home.
Eleanor
Mrs. Covington, on the other hand, is opinionated, high-maintenance, and shrill. Born to a lesser noble house that found itself on the verge of bankruptcy, she married into a lower social tier to a man who (in her opinion) wasn't worthy of her. That isn't to say she doesn't love Mr. Covington in her own way, but her disappointment with losing the privileges nobility has to offer has fueled in her a passionate desire to regain that status. That desire usually manifests itself as an obsessive assertion that her children "marry up." She may be the reason that Rue and Rhodie are so socially withdrawn and submissive.
Rosemary
At twenty, Rosemary is the oldest of the Covington siblings. She runs the Shop basically by herself, and actually lives in a small, cozy place right above it. She's always served as a mentor and protector for Rue, and is directly responsible for Rhodie's ignorance of her own majik. Rosemary herself is a mild-mannered, perceptive young woman who has resigned herself to a life of loneliness and monotony.
