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[ Character ] Elizabeth Bennet
[ Canon ] Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
[ Canon Point ] After she leaves Huntsford to return to Longbourn
[ Gender ] Female
[ Age ] 20
[ Birthday ] unknown (Late spring)
[ Eyes ] Brown
[ Hair ] Dark Blonde
[ Height ] unknown
[ Weight ] unknown
[ Blood Type ] unknown
[ Voice ] N/A
[ Family ] Mr and Mrs Bennet (parents), Jane Bennet (elder sister), Mary Bennet (eldest younger sister), Kitty Bennet (middle younger sister), Lydia Bennet (youngest sister)
[ Other ]
[ Background/History ]
Elizabeth Bennet was born the second of five daughters to Mr and Mrs Bennet of Longbourn, an estate located near the town of Meryton, in Hertfordshire, England. For five-and-fifty years, England had been under attack from those inflicted with a strange plague, which turned both the living and the dead into zombies, cursed to wander the Earth in search of brains, whose sorry fate it was to be killed in defense of England.
Though born and raised in England, Elizabeth and her sisters have twice traveled to the Orient, training at the Shaolin Temple in Henan Province, under the tutelage of the esteemed Master Pei Liu. There they were trained in multiple forms of combat, including hand-to-hand, staff, bow, and sword. They were also trained in the use of the musket, although this could have been from their father, and not Master Liu. Master Liu was hard on the girls, teaching them with the utmost strictness, and instilling in Elizabeth a strict sense of honour and pride.
In her home life, she is well known and liked in her neighbourhood, having a close relationship with Miss Charlotte Lucas, the eldest daughter of a close neighbor. Though Charlotte was not a warrior, the two were friends nonetheless.
Other than her propensity and skill in dispatching the sorry stricken, Elizabeth led a rather normal life, up until her twentieth year. Though she was not wed, nor her elder sister Jane of two and twenty years, Elizabeth was happy with her work in service to England, and had no intention of marrying, especially as most husbands would require her to retire from her warrior ways.
In this twentieth year, right at the turn of the 19th century, however, a single event occurred, which led to a domino effect that would change Elizabeth’s life forever. A young man of seven-and-twenty years, a Mr Charles Bingley, moved into the estate of Netherfield, which had recently had the entire household devoured by zombies.
Much excitement was made of this, both within Elizabeth’s family and in town, as Mr Bingley was said to be quite handsome and with a gentle disposition, as well as being quite well off. Elizabeth’s mother hoped to impress him so that he would take one of her daughters as his wife. Indeed, Bingley did seem quite enamoured with Elizabeth’s elder sister Jane, and she of him. Bingley’s two sisters who accompanied him to Netherfield also seemed to treasure Jane, although not as much her family. And there was one in the family who had no taste at all for any of the Bennet family, Mr Bingley’s close friend, Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy.
Mr Darcy and Elizabeth met at this first ball, where she overheard Mr Darcy making some rather rude comments about the women at the ball in general, and Elizabeth in particular. She was about to gut him with her ankle dagger, to defend her honour, when th ball was attacked by unmentionables, and Elizabeth and her sisters defended the attendees of the event, other than poor Mrs Long, who was the first to fall.
This distracted her from her desire to spill Darcy’s blood, although it also changed her in the sight of Darcy as well, who saw that she was a formidable warrior, and he began to form a respect for her.
Elizabeth, however, had already judged him prideful and vain, and desired nothing to do with him. This intense dislike continued as she made an acquaintance with one Mr Wickham, who had known Darcy intimately as a younger man, and was quite prejudiced against him. Indeed, the information gleaned from the confidence of Wickham painted for Elizabeth quite the image of Darcy, which did nothing to help her opinion of him.
Adding to the complications of Elizabeth’s life is the arrival of her father’s cousin, Mr Collins. Because Mr Bennet had no sons, upon his death his house and lands would go to Mr Collins. As such, Mr Collins had come to Longbourn hoping to lessen the strain between him and the family, by soliciting the hand of one of the Bennet daughters. While he had initially hoped to wed Jane, Mrs Bennet informed him of the hoped for joining of Jane and Bingsley, and so Collins fixed his desires on Elizabeth. Elizabeth, however, would have none of him. He and her mother both were unhappy with her less-than-favorable response, although Collins eventually found a match in Elizabeth’s friend Charlotte. Elizabeth was at first quite cross with her, until her friend relayed to her the sad truth in her decision: she had been inflicted with the dreaded plague, and was not much longer for this earth.
Before the winter, however, Bingley had to return to London for business, and the next day the rest of his party followed him. Though the reasons for their leaving, according to his sisters, was for the winter, it became quiet obvious that they would not be returning.
This affected Jane greatly, and so, when their aunt and uncle Gardiner came visiting from London for Christmas, Elizabeth and her aunt spoke, and it was decided for Jane to return to London with her relations, for a change of pace. This was agreeable to all parties, although during her tenure in London, Miss Bingley made it clear to Jane that her brother was not interested in renewing relations with her, and it hurt Jane greatly.
In the spring, Elizabeth accompanied Sir Lucas and Charlotte’s younger sister Maria to Huntsford in Kent, to visit Charlotte. Elizabeth was shocked to see the degradation of her friend’s condition, why, she was nearly three-quarters dead, and no one seemed to notice! During her stay in Kent, Elizabeth is enabled to become acquainted with Lady Catherine de Bourgh, a woman renowned across England not just for the mighty wealth and influence she held at court, but also for her immense skill and recognition as a slayer of the undead.
However, upon actually meeting Lady Catherine, Elizabeth’s opinion of her soured. Lady Catherine was very prideful, moreso than even her nephew, who was none other than Mr Darcy himself. Lady Catherine had much to say in regards to Elizabeth and her training, which she felt very little of. Lady Catherine expressed, often and loudly, how only training in Japan was worth anything, and that Elizabeth’s inferior Shaolin training was from Chinese peasants. A demonstration of Elizabeth’s skills was given, as Elizabeth killed three of her Ladyship’s ninjas, although this did nothing to help Catherine’s opinion of her.
To complicate things further, Mr Darcy took this period of time to come calling on his aunt as well, along with a cousin of his, a Colonel Fitzwilliam. Elizabeth found, to her surprise, that she got along well with Colonel Fitzwilliam. Speaking with him, she learns of a horrible truth. It is not Bingley who lost interest in her sister, but Darcy and Miss Bingley who organized the separation of the two. Elizabeth was shocked, and her shock grew even greater, as Darcy came to her while she was alone at the Collins’ residence.
He had come, it turned out, to offer to her his hand in marriage. Elizabeth was affronted by this, and attacked him both verbally and physically, even destroying the mantelpiece in their scuffle. She laid accusations on him, both in the case of her sister and Bingley, as well as the grievances he’d done to Wickham when they were younger, along with her refusal of his proposal. The next day, she took care to avoid her usual walking area, so that she could avoid Darcy, should he choose to seek her out. However, find her he did, but instead of the conflict she expected, he simply handed her a letter and left.
Elizabeth was surprised, both at his manner and the contents of the letter, which addressed the two grievances she’d laid upon him. He explained that in the case of his sister, he had at first believed her to be stricken by the plague, when she became ill on a visit to Netherfield. Later, he believed her lack of visual signs of her feelings was a sign of indifference, and her family to be an embarrassment (with the obvious exception of Elizabeth, of course). On the other count, he laid bare for him the circumstances of the dealings between he and Wickman, from childhood on, and gave her his side of the story.
At first she refused to believe him, but the more she thought on it, the more she realized that there were flaws in Wickman’s version of events, starting from the fact that she’d had no reason to so readily believe his story, as she had nothing to recommend him to her. Nor did his story stay steady, as he’d once told her that he would not run from Darcy, yet then avoided the Netherfield ball for that very reason. Or that he did not wish for the events between him and Darcy to become known, yet as soon as Darcy had left the area, he told everyone the tale.
Soon after this encounter, it was soon time for Maria and her to return to Hertfordshire (Sir Lucas had left weeks earlier), and they passed through London and picked up Jane on their way, returning to their home, both of them changed from when they had left it.
[ Personality ]
Though Elizabeth faults Darcy for his pride, hers is just as strong, and leads her to form prejudices based on her first impressions of people. Indeed, Elizabeth counts her pride and her honour as two of her strengths.
Elizabeth has a great sense of duty and loyalty, both to her training and family, and to her Shaolin master, and will defend the honour of any of them to the death, even if she disagrees with the actions of her family.
Elizabeth is as strong mentally as she is physically, with a very high intelligence, and a quickness of thought. She is generally good natured, and does not offend easily, though she is quick to take offense.
[ Specialties and Abilities ]
Elizabeth is highly trained in many forms of martial arts and fighting. Her favored weapons are the katana, ankle dagger, and musket (specifically, her Brown Bess), although she also knows hand-to-hand combat, staff work, the longbow, and [insert name of fire-stick thing]. She is considered the greatest warrior in her formidable family, and one of the most powerful women in England.
[ Canon ] Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
[ Canon Point ] After she leaves Huntsford to return to Longbourn
[ Gender ] Female
[ Age ] 20
[ Birthday ] unknown (Late spring)
[ Eyes ] Brown
[ Hair ] Dark Blonde
[ Height ] unknown
[ Weight ] unknown
[ Blood Type ] unknown
[ Voice ] N/A
[ Family ] Mr and Mrs Bennet (parents), Jane Bennet (elder sister), Mary Bennet (eldest younger sister), Kitty Bennet (middle younger sister), Lydia Bennet (youngest sister)
[ Other ]
[ Background/History ]
Elizabeth Bennet was born the second of five daughters to Mr and Mrs Bennet of Longbourn, an estate located near the town of Meryton, in Hertfordshire, England. For five-and-fifty years, England had been under attack from those inflicted with a strange plague, which turned both the living and the dead into zombies, cursed to wander the Earth in search of brains, whose sorry fate it was to be killed in defense of England.
Though born and raised in England, Elizabeth and her sisters have twice traveled to the Orient, training at the Shaolin Temple in Henan Province, under the tutelage of the esteemed Master Pei Liu. There they were trained in multiple forms of combat, including hand-to-hand, staff, bow, and sword. They were also trained in the use of the musket, although this could have been from their father, and not Master Liu. Master Liu was hard on the girls, teaching them with the utmost strictness, and instilling in Elizabeth a strict sense of honour and pride.
In her home life, she is well known and liked in her neighbourhood, having a close relationship with Miss Charlotte Lucas, the eldest daughter of a close neighbor. Though Charlotte was not a warrior, the two were friends nonetheless.
Other than her propensity and skill in dispatching the sorry stricken, Elizabeth led a rather normal life, up until her twentieth year. Though she was not wed, nor her elder sister Jane of two and twenty years, Elizabeth was happy with her work in service to England, and had no intention of marrying, especially as most husbands would require her to retire from her warrior ways.
In this twentieth year, right at the turn of the 19th century, however, a single event occurred, which led to a domino effect that would change Elizabeth’s life forever. A young man of seven-and-twenty years, a Mr Charles Bingley, moved into the estate of Netherfield, which had recently had the entire household devoured by zombies.
Much excitement was made of this, both within Elizabeth’s family and in town, as Mr Bingley was said to be quite handsome and with a gentle disposition, as well as being quite well off. Elizabeth’s mother hoped to impress him so that he would take one of her daughters as his wife. Indeed, Bingley did seem quite enamoured with Elizabeth’s elder sister Jane, and she of him. Bingley’s two sisters who accompanied him to Netherfield also seemed to treasure Jane, although not as much her family. And there was one in the family who had no taste at all for any of the Bennet family, Mr Bingley’s close friend, Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy.
Mr Darcy and Elizabeth met at this first ball, where she overheard Mr Darcy making some rather rude comments about the women at the ball in general, and Elizabeth in particular. She was about to gut him with her ankle dagger, to defend her honour, when th ball was attacked by unmentionables, and Elizabeth and her sisters defended the attendees of the event, other than poor Mrs Long, who was the first to fall.
This distracted her from her desire to spill Darcy’s blood, although it also changed her in the sight of Darcy as well, who saw that she was a formidable warrior, and he began to form a respect for her.
Elizabeth, however, had already judged him prideful and vain, and desired nothing to do with him. This intense dislike continued as she made an acquaintance with one Mr Wickham, who had known Darcy intimately as a younger man, and was quite prejudiced against him. Indeed, the information gleaned from the confidence of Wickham painted for Elizabeth quite the image of Darcy, which did nothing to help her opinion of him.
Adding to the complications of Elizabeth’s life is the arrival of her father’s cousin, Mr Collins. Because Mr Bennet had no sons, upon his death his house and lands would go to Mr Collins. As such, Mr Collins had come to Longbourn hoping to lessen the strain between him and the family, by soliciting the hand of one of the Bennet daughters. While he had initially hoped to wed Jane, Mrs Bennet informed him of the hoped for joining of Jane and Bingsley, and so Collins fixed his desires on Elizabeth. Elizabeth, however, would have none of him. He and her mother both were unhappy with her less-than-favorable response, although Collins eventually found a match in Elizabeth’s friend Charlotte. Elizabeth was at first quite cross with her, until her friend relayed to her the sad truth in her decision: she had been inflicted with the dreaded plague, and was not much longer for this earth.
Before the winter, however, Bingley had to return to London for business, and the next day the rest of his party followed him. Though the reasons for their leaving, according to his sisters, was for the winter, it became quiet obvious that they would not be returning.
This affected Jane greatly, and so, when their aunt and uncle Gardiner came visiting from London for Christmas, Elizabeth and her aunt spoke, and it was decided for Jane to return to London with her relations, for a change of pace. This was agreeable to all parties, although during her tenure in London, Miss Bingley made it clear to Jane that her brother was not interested in renewing relations with her, and it hurt Jane greatly.
In the spring, Elizabeth accompanied Sir Lucas and Charlotte’s younger sister Maria to Huntsford in Kent, to visit Charlotte. Elizabeth was shocked to see the degradation of her friend’s condition, why, she was nearly three-quarters dead, and no one seemed to notice! During her stay in Kent, Elizabeth is enabled to become acquainted with Lady Catherine de Bourgh, a woman renowned across England not just for the mighty wealth and influence she held at court, but also for her immense skill and recognition as a slayer of the undead.
However, upon actually meeting Lady Catherine, Elizabeth’s opinion of her soured. Lady Catherine was very prideful, moreso than even her nephew, who was none other than Mr Darcy himself. Lady Catherine had much to say in regards to Elizabeth and her training, which she felt very little of. Lady Catherine expressed, often and loudly, how only training in Japan was worth anything, and that Elizabeth’s inferior Shaolin training was from Chinese peasants. A demonstration of Elizabeth’s skills was given, as Elizabeth killed three of her Ladyship’s ninjas, although this did nothing to help Catherine’s opinion of her.
To complicate things further, Mr Darcy took this period of time to come calling on his aunt as well, along with a cousin of his, a Colonel Fitzwilliam. Elizabeth found, to her surprise, that she got along well with Colonel Fitzwilliam. Speaking with him, she learns of a horrible truth. It is not Bingley who lost interest in her sister, but Darcy and Miss Bingley who organized the separation of the two. Elizabeth was shocked, and her shock grew even greater, as Darcy came to her while she was alone at the Collins’ residence.
He had come, it turned out, to offer to her his hand in marriage. Elizabeth was affronted by this, and attacked him both verbally and physically, even destroying the mantelpiece in their scuffle. She laid accusations on him, both in the case of her sister and Bingley, as well as the grievances he’d done to Wickham when they were younger, along with her refusal of his proposal. The next day, she took care to avoid her usual walking area, so that she could avoid Darcy, should he choose to seek her out. However, find her he did, but instead of the conflict she expected, he simply handed her a letter and left.
Elizabeth was surprised, both at his manner and the contents of the letter, which addressed the two grievances she’d laid upon him. He explained that in the case of his sister, he had at first believed her to be stricken by the plague, when she became ill on a visit to Netherfield. Later, he believed her lack of visual signs of her feelings was a sign of indifference, and her family to be an embarrassment (with the obvious exception of Elizabeth, of course). On the other count, he laid bare for him the circumstances of the dealings between he and Wickman, from childhood on, and gave her his side of the story.
At first she refused to believe him, but the more she thought on it, the more she realized that there were flaws in Wickman’s version of events, starting from the fact that she’d had no reason to so readily believe his story, as she had nothing to recommend him to her. Nor did his story stay steady, as he’d once told her that he would not run from Darcy, yet then avoided the Netherfield ball for that very reason. Or that he did not wish for the events between him and Darcy to become known, yet as soon as Darcy had left the area, he told everyone the tale.
Soon after this encounter, it was soon time for Maria and her to return to Hertfordshire (Sir Lucas had left weeks earlier), and they passed through London and picked up Jane on their way, returning to their home, both of them changed from when they had left it.
[ Personality ]
Though Elizabeth faults Darcy for his pride, hers is just as strong, and leads her to form prejudices based on her first impressions of people. Indeed, Elizabeth counts her pride and her honour as two of her strengths.
Elizabeth has a great sense of duty and loyalty, both to her training and family, and to her Shaolin master, and will defend the honour of any of them to the death, even if she disagrees with the actions of her family.
Elizabeth is as strong mentally as she is physically, with a very high intelligence, and a quickness of thought. She is generally good natured, and does not offend easily, though she is quick to take offense.
[ Specialties and Abilities ]
Elizabeth is highly trained in many forms of martial arts and fighting. Her favored weapons are the katana, ankle dagger, and musket (specifically, her Brown Bess), although she also knows hand-to-hand combat, staff work, the longbow, and [insert name of fire-stick thing]. She is considered the greatest warrior in her formidable family, and one of the most powerful women in England.