Les Belles de Paris


1stCandide IèlseBeautiful, Wealthy
Candide collects Dutch impressionists, jongleurs and clowns, and has the finest croquet lawn in the Isle de Cité.
   
2ndAdèle EscentInfluential
Adèle likes giggling, filing her nails, fluttering her eyelashes and peeking at prospective suitors over the top of her fan. Her favorite stones are diamonds, rubies and emeralds.
   
3rdMay BeaInfluential, Wealthy
Mlle. Bea is an accomplished dancer and calligrapher and practices lacemaking. She also enjoys knitting, crochet and metalwork.
   
4thRuth Lesse 
In her spare time, Ruth rules over the Paris Sewing and Tapestry Circle with an iron fist. She is also secretary of the Paris Flower-Arranging Society and likes finding witches.
   
5thDi OdeWealthy
6thAnne OdeInfluential
7thCath Ode 
The three Ode sisters share their late father's interest in natural philosophy and alchemy. Anne likes catching butterflies, Di collects cute little fluffy kittens and Cath likes fox-hunting, bear-baiting and cock-fighting.
   
8thMarcie PanneBeautiful, Influential
Mlle. Panne likes wearing beautiful clothes and jewellery. Her interests are shopping, flirting, dancing and archery. If Marcie was a tree she would be a rowan tree; if she was an animal she would be a duck.
   
9thAnne OnneBeautiful
At the time of writing, the mysterious Mlle. Onne has refused to give an interview. All we can say is that when travelling around Paris, she is seen always in a silk veil - a different colour every day.
   
10thPat HétiqueWealthy
Pat is waiting for a handsome prince to sweep her off her feet and carry her away on a white charger. In the meantime she plays a formidable game of cribbage.
   
11thSadie StiqueInfluential
Sadie's hobbies are giggling, filing her nails, fluttering her eyelashes and torture.
   
12thEileen d'Overre 
Eileen is interested in contortionism, horse-riding and escapology. She has studied ballet since the age of 2½.
   
13thLaura de Lande 
Laura de Lande is from Brittany and came to the capital only recently with her two aunts. Laura likes fishing and falconry and also breeds rabbits. (For the falcons). She loves the open air and all of God's creatures, especially veal, venison and foie gras. Mme. de Lande is a widow; her husband was the late M. Wintewun de Lande, who died tragically in a skating accident in the summer of 1606. (He drowned.)
   
14thClaire de la Lune 
Claire is the elder daughter in the de la Lune family; it won't be long before her younger sister enters the social circuit as well. The de la Lunes are well-known for their big round eyes and enviable ability to party well into the night. Sadly, the family is occasionally touched by insanity but there has not been any history of that for several weeks.
   
15thMay Benotte 
May studies philosophy, theology, astrology and taxidermy. She is a Libran and her favorite colour is yellow.
   
16thLotte Bottle 
Lotte could drink a pint of sherry in 4½ seconds, but she has since improved on this record and can now perform the feat in 4¼ seconds. She plays the viola and the crumhorn, sometimes both together.
   

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