Table of Contents
This is a list of active and future plans as well as todo's for Livia Gladstone
Long term plans/ambitions
- Long term: Marry Prince Edmund. Get contacts in the court of the prince, try to get invited to more events with the prince, and try to be appealing to the prince. Married as 'spymistress'.
- Long term: Get well known in kine circles, go to balls and dazzle people with beauty. Befriend kine peerage.
- Long term: Get a royal warrent for the store, officially this means some kind of supplying to a member of the royal family. It signifies excellent quality of the store.
Marry Eddy
- Marry Prince Edmund.
- Match should not be surprising or politically inconvenient, should be to an eligible vampirette of the upper ranks, need good reputation, standing and skill. If not reputation of upstanding moral character, then of skill.
- Prince should find me a useful person as wife, when trusted I should be indispensable. Having unique capabilities and connections which could be utilised to his advantage. Unique connections are in part the party.
- Capabilities are 'Spymistress' being in touch with rumours, especially those that might be a problem. These are both Masquerade related (authority/fortune teller) and political issues.
- Be an envoy, someone who is aligned with his goals (through marriage) and can move outside of London territory to talk in this more interconnected world of railroads.
- Win the contest for searching for a wife. Whilst being eligible enough as a wife.
- Get backing from the clan, or support so that attacks on clan reputation are more easily neutralised. Useful resource later on.
- Wait for progress, then primogen again. Left favourable impression Earl of Essex.
- Possible competitors from clan are: Christina of Lady Aylesbury. Lady Matilda and Miss Edith of Lady Northall.
- Prince: connect ladies from prince court to our very eligible duke. Keep favours as assets.
- Ladyship: get a scheme to become a titled noble, of any rank. Become supernumernary member of order of the rose.
- Got newsletter: some kind of contacts that know where the prince will go, when. Independent of Sir Crosswick, and reliable. Helps establish more regular contact with Prince.
- show interesting mechanical contraptions. show oldy video box. show flying ancient bird
- Develop spymistres capabilities. better sneaking, perception. Informants? Spy network? Plans against prince most come from court prince, so know contacts/friends there. Know plans of clan angliae and trillion.
- Increase personal security for when in princely contest, when living in court of the prince. Training to footman ghouls.
Assets
- Got list of large landholders in greater london territory.
- Have gone to some events at court prince, becoming a known face.
- Getting weekly newsletter on courtly activities from harpy contact.
- Direct contact method via special envelopes. Through giving accurate werewolf information.
- Have talked to his mother for initial approval.
- Bottled Lady Arlington/
- Bottled demon lady who travelled with Prince.
Current plans
- Prince: Try to get tales of how previous attempts have gone, were there any prominent candidates before?
- lady arlington vinden als suster arabella. Praat met haar over vragen.
- 2) What was her purpose for the Prince, what would the prince get, associating with her?
- 3) Hoe is ze er uit gewerkt. Wat is er naast de geruchten over overspell.
- care that she does not use me to climb back into society
- Regel/rideshare custom luxe wagon voor rondreizen op rails, als favor uitlenen
- become ancilla, somehow. Be a trainer or value somehow.
Ladyship
- (( Order of the garter has Supernumerary members, Victoria named 132 in total. ))
- (( Up to 1860 membership was done by nomination of existing orders, Monarch picks one, each member recommended 9, 3+ had to be at least Earl, 3+ at least Baron, 3+ at least Knight, but not since 1860 ))
- (( Members of the garter are Lady, unlike most knights orders where you become a dame. After 1860 appointments are made by Sovereign alone, on advice of the government. Announced on Saint George's day, 23 april ))
- (( Women become 'Ladies of the Garter' but not companions. Traditionally number of members is Monach, prince of wales and less than 25 companions. +Various supernumerary members ))
- (( A lady of the garter ranks above a baronetcy. A Dame in a different order ranks below it. Both below a Baron. ))
- Become supernumerary member, Lady of the Garter, of the Order of the Garter, can get a recommendation through government offices, possibly through Authority.
- To succeed in bid to be recommended: Set up a charity that houses X group. Should side benefit provide intelligence recruitment. Prostitutes are risky reputationally, but best handleable.
- Further succeed: See if any crucial favours can be done for deciding members of parliament/people of influence.
- Further succeed: bribe them with money.
Later
- Sometime: Once I have a lot more money, I can supply new season's fashion to influential members of the community as a marketing gimmick.
- Ask Cotter about the problem with his brother, and if really no help is needed. Give extra pay once new pay mechanics