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Born in 1927 into -the- Rockefeller family (though by her mother's marriage to a distant cousin of the wealthy and well-known dynasty). Darby grew up with a strange juxtaposition of solid middle class home life with her Rockefeller Great Uncle's generous financial subsidies of her private schooling and Finishing School. Used to being the odd one out (due to the lower social status in her home life than her school peers), she quickly learned to compensate with a girl-next-door, genuinely friendly demeanor and trustworthy friendship. Several in the uber-rich set included her in family trips and experiences. And at age 20, her famous Great-Uncle held a high-society [https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/29/e4/6a/29e46a58fb0fe32965534bc088807658.jpg Coming Out Ball] for his distantly related, but favorite niece (then named Mary Daisy (Desiree) Rockefeller). On that night of her birthday and societal 'introduction', March 31st of 1947, she was abducted, a Fetch left to live her life, and Taken by The Master of the Hunt to serve as both servant, revelry companion, and to be [http://68.media.tumblr.com/561ea95e703fd6b8b591a78470c39333/tumblr_myglzfZpSr1qbqmaco1_1280.jpg| hunted daily] in her Runnerswift form. (Think a life similar to those serving the Fae with the Thistledown Hair in 'Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell' with punishing and bloody hunting as servants were turned to beasts each day for [http://imgfave.com/view/6261148| The Great Hunt]. | Born in 1927 into -the- Rockefeller family (though by her mother's marriage to a distant cousin of the wealthy and well-known dynasty). Darby grew up with a strange juxtaposition of solid middle class home life with her Rockefeller Great Uncle's generous financial subsidies of her private schooling and Finishing School. Used to being the odd one out (due to the lower social status in her home life than her school peers), she quickly learned to compensate with a girl-next-door, genuinely friendly demeanor and trustworthy friendship. Several in the uber-rich set included her in family trips and experiences. And at age 20, her famous Great-Uncle held a high-society [https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/29/e4/6a/29e46a58fb0fe32965534bc088807658.jpg Coming Out Ball] for his distantly related, but favorite niece (then named Mary Daisy (Desiree) Rockefeller). On that night of her birthday and societal 'introduction', March 31st of 1947, she was abducted, a Fetch left to live her life, and Taken by The Master of the Hunt to serve as both servant, revelry companion, and to be [http://68.media.tumblr.com/561ea95e703fd6b8b591a78470c39333/tumblr_myglzfZpSr1qbqmaco1_1280.jpg| hunted daily] in her Runnerswift form. (Think a life similar to those serving the Fae with the Thistledown Hair in 'Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell' with punishing and bloody hunting as servants were turned to beasts each day for [http://imgfave.com/view/6261148| The Great Hunt]. | ||
− | Eventually an unexpected (and guilt-ridden) escape returned Mary (now Darby) to 2016. Fortunately for her, she ended up taken in and provided the support and aid of a close-knit, Winter Motley in Maine. She spent the majority of a year with them, earning some Goodwill in the Court. However, she lives in constant, anxious vigilance, certain that her Keeper will successfully, inevitably hunt her down again. At one point in early 2017, she was so certain of pending capture, her new 'family' in Maine, sent her to Vermont with letters of introduction for a few members of good standing in the Winter Court there. | + | Eventually an unexpected (and guilt-ridden) [http://nataliadrepina.deviantart.com/art/The-grass-sang-lullabies-to-dead-555951360| escape] returned Mary (now Darby) to 2016. Fortunately for her, she ended up taken in and provided the support and aid of a close-knit, Winter Motley in Maine. She spent the majority of a year with them, earning some Goodwill in the Court. However, she lives in constant, anxious vigilance, certain that her Keeper will successfully, inevitably hunt her down again. At one point in early 2017, she was so certain of pending capture, her new 'family' in Maine, sent her to Vermont with letters of introduction for a few members of good standing in the Winter Court there. |
She has only recently arrived. Jobs were arranged for her; she subsists on a small budget with a new identity: 'Darby Nash'. She works part-time as a barista and also is an off-season conditioning coach for collegiate athletes at a local university. In her free time she runs. And then she runs more. | She has only recently arrived. Jobs were arranged for her; she subsists on a small budget with a new identity: 'Darby Nash'. She works part-time as a barista and also is an off-season conditioning coach for collegiate athletes at a local university. In her free time she runs. And then she runs more. |
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