#** the npcs

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important npc’s in alex’s story || mother + father (sniper/sister verses)

Kaitya Vasilievna Moran (Neé Belusova)  + Thomas James Patrick Moran (formerly Ó Móráin)

details;

full name + nicknames: Kaitya Vasilievna Moran, Kat,  faces: younger, charmiain curr. (left) older, helen mirren. (right) occupation: translator for hire, formerly working with the Times. full name + nicknames: Thomas James Patrick Moran, Tom, Tommy. faces: younger, william magnussen. (left) older, nathaniel parker. (right) occupation: Labour party whip for the house of commons, later labour whip in the house of lords. involved in verses: sniper for hire, oh my darling, fuck you and fuck the cat too, petty crime. age range Alex knows her at: all of them it’s mummy moran ok people in her life who might know him/know of her: @hiistiger || @notasoldierseverin + @dreadxhand​ (potentially)

more info;

She was an immigrant child of Russian parents, swept over one border and the next to France for her own safety. The communist rule wasn’t kind to them, they had lost so much to suspicion an starvation that they couldn’t suffer any longer. By the time she was ten, Kaitya could speak seven languages fluently and had a knack for picking up even more. She was pretty, but her mind was sharper and after a while she caught the eye of the man her mother cleaned for in France, an editor to a French newspaper who needed help translating foreign letters from his sources. It was better money than the rest of her family could hope to earn, so she jumped at the chance to help him on his travels.

Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Thomas Ó Móráin struggled to find his feet. His family was catholic in a strong protestant part of the country, a family too stubborn to move and too proud to admit maybe it wasn’t safe. Thomas never felt aligned with either side of the Troubles, his thoughts were with the common people trying to live through the worst of the conflict. He and his father bred race horses and worked in the stables, feeling more at home amongst those on four legs. His father was stern, and proud, and ever so stubborn but he was never unkind. Not until Thomas wanted to marry outside the church.

He met the love of his life in a pub in the city, and somehow managed to win over not just her heart but her head. Love wasn’t something she could let herself feel easily, yet she knew he was serious wen he threw everything away and moved to England with her. He was sweet, and gentle even if his ideals left him busy and distracted with a higher cause. Within the first few years, she had three small mouths to feed and look after so her work had to take a back seat. She devoted herself to her children -- insisting they would have easier lives than her own but determined that they should never take their growing wealth and good fortune for granted. 

Needing to fill the gap his income had left, Thomas enlisted and spent seven years in the Household Cavalry, both at home in ceremonial service and abroad. It got them enough to get by whilst the first three were small, and then as another daughter followed he took an honourable discharge to return home. His purpose was hardened into him by his time in the army, and as soon as he gained his citizenship he stood for election.

He became a member of the shadow cabinet for a short time before his gift for talking people over got him the job of party whip, a better position to know the ins and outs of Westminster. But with more power came more ambition and pride, and he railed his children into thinking about the greater good above themselves. They needed to understand that they were fortunate, that this sheltered life meant they owed the people more.

Since falling out with his first son and the death of his youngest, Thomas has thrown himself into his work. He’s hardly home, and barely speaks to his wife. Their house fell silent after Sebastian left and now it is cold and unbearable. Kaitya grits her teeth and continues for she knows this isn’t the worst place to be stuck, but she hasn’t been happy since her children have grown and stopped speaking to her. The hardest part of this was that both of them only wanted what they thought was best for their you ones, and it seems to have backfired horribly. Thomas now has a position as party whip in the Lords after years of working for his political party, and Kaitya works editing book translations to fill her time.

her traits;

- stubborn - harsh, has a cold manner from a tough life - finds it hard to forgive or forget + experienced + resourceful + very hard working

his traits;

- strict  - has high expectations of himself and of his kids - overbearing + concerned with the wider world, cares deeply for the plight of others + intelligent + dedicated

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important npc’s || for @i-am-hamishwatsonholmes 

Harriet Phoebe Watson 

details;

full name + nicknames: Harri. faces: Emily Kinney, Natalie Dormer, Laura Linney occupation: Astrophysics student, part of a London based Think Tank, Astrophysical engineer. involved in verses: ??? people in her life who might know them/know of them:  @thegovernmentsdaughter @i-am-hamishwatsonholmes

more info;

Harriet was the first child of Margret and Hamish Watson, born in September 1971. 

Things were simple. A childhood in a pretty house, a mother that tied her shoelaces too tight from worry she would trip, and a father who told her to stand tall and not to cry at petty things. He was cold, but not spiteful -- she was fretful but not loving. Parents that felt like they should be right and still didn’t fit. As a child it was easy to miss her mothers’ small addictive tendencies, especially with her father out outright ignoring them by still drinking and smoking at the same times like clockwork. By the age of ten, Margret was gone and the house became a little colder, more like the barracks Hamish had always considered home after being made to fit the military mould.

Her brother and Harriet weren't close. John had a way of caring, defending with blind loyalty that Harriet did not. Never meant unkindly, she didn't think about the consequences of her actions. It was easy, to take off and forget about the few people who had been close to her to start again. This was where she clashed with her father; never caring much of his opinion that she was too loud and too much. Harriet never made her sexuality a secret, and whilst she never had anyone permanent as she lived at the family home, Hamish made it pretty clear that she wasn’t welcome to live life the way she wanted to under his roof. 

Initially it was by packing a bag and jumping a train, not bothering to tell her family who or where she was with. Countries, counties, cities and continents, she took them all in as much as she could. A good three years hopping from place to place until it felt like it might be right to try for something new again. The odd postcard made it home to Hamish with an ask for money or to see if John was safe, but never a phone call. 

She finally returned to England at twenty to attend university slightly later, studying Astrophysics at Edinburgh. Whilst it had been easy to hide the worst of her addictive behaviour, at the heavy drinking culture of her first year at university it became an issue that even impacted on her studies. She had no control over her substance use, every time she had a drink it would turn into a black out night. Every time it was just one pill it was far worse. It was easy to dodge tutors and bend the rules to get away with more than she should for the first term, and by the start of her second term she had met Clara.

Clara was an English Literature student in the same year, and Harriet fell for her hard. It was another example of how little self control she had - devoting her whole life to the same girl rather than on her work. The first time Clara broke it off with her was the night before her first stint in rehab.

A phone call home from the university dorms as his daughter unconscious with a broken wrist, collar bone and cracked ribs was enough for Hamish to act. The only way he could think to handle the problem was so fix it. He didn’t understand the complexities of addiction, along with the complexities of his daughter. Harriet was placed in rehabilitation near the family home and pulled out of university - which she has never forgiven her father for doing without her permission. She had a year break before moving to study in London till the end of her degree as she tried to learn to live with her addiction.

She reconnected with Clara once they were both graduated, and although the old spark was there, Harriet was still struggling to find healthy boundaries for a relationship. They will be on and off for the next decade.

her traits;

- addictive personality - doesn’t think before acting ever - pathological liar + carefree + honest + light hearted

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important npc’s in alex’s story || happier times (daughters)

Josephine “Finn” Watson-Holmes 

details;

full name + nicknames: Josephine Katherine Watson-Holmes faces: younger, maisie williams. (left) older, zoe sugg (aka zoella). (right) occupation: medical student at University College London (current rotation at Hampstead Royal Free in the Camden area.) involved in verses: happier times. age range Alex knows her at: baby to adult like that’s her lil bub ok people in her life who might know him/know of her: @the-governments-daughter || @i-am-hamishwatsonholmes || ?? whoever knows happily married alex I guess?

more info;

Born to Hamish and Alex, Finn was a bit of a happy accident. Alex was told conceiving was damn near impossible given some of the massive internal damages she suffered during her time with the armed forces, and although she was constantly worried during her pregnancy it all just seemed to fit into place. She’s adored by her grandfathers, a witty little thing who loves to make other people smile. There was never any pressure on her, she wasn’t wrapped in cotton wool as a kid was was pretty much free to do as she wanted. As far as Hamish and Alex were concerned, she couldn’t possibly get into half the trouble they did at her age.

Finn is naturally curious, and a joker. She studies hard but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t know how to have fun. She’s pretty relaxed in a go-with-the-flow kind of way; happy to let other people take the lead. Her interest in medicine began to show around thirteen when she dislocated her shoulder and had to be taken into A+E where she pestered the nurses so constantly they were exhausted when she left. She’s excited at the idea of helping people, especially in pediatrics. 

Outside of work, she loves tap dancing and archery. She took up tap under the influence of Sherlock, excited to have something she could share with him. Archery came in her teens after she wanted her mother to teach her how to handle a gun (which Alex was totally not comfortable with so suggested something a bit more competitive) but still keeps a membership with a club into her twenties as she finds it helps her practice performing under pressure even in her day to day.

traits;

- awful taste in music according to her dad - keeps her life very private, not a sharing person - knows a little of deduction but doesn’t ever use it, let’s people keep their own secrets + intelligent + prankster + warm and welcoming