<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Helena Whitlock</span></span></div><br/><div align="center">(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/Prakkie/Sheet2-1.jpg)   (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/Prakkie/Sheet1-1.jpg)</div><br/>Name: Helena Whitlock<br/>Age: 19<br/>Hair: Thick, long and ashen blonde<br/>Eyes: Grey-blue<br/>Height: 5’11”<br/>Weight: 190 pounds<br/><br/><strong>Appearance</strong><br/>Helena is tall for a woman and though not exactly fat she’s certainly voluptuous, with lots of creamy white flesh, a generous bosom and wide hips. Her hair is long, thick and ashen blonde, her eyes are a dull grey. She dresses modestly, often in black, as is appropriate to her semi-invisible role in the household.<br/><br/><strong>Background</strong><br/>A young lady of upper-middle-class descent Helena has had a good upbringing and, as an only child, a spoiled life until her father was financially ruined. Not wanting to be a burden to her parents, unmarried as she is, she looked for employment as a governess. This provides her with a roof over her head and a meager income - most of which is sent home to her struggling parents.<br/><br/>She doesn't like her job. She considers herself a well-born, well-educated woman but now she's reduced to a servant and people who were once her equals or even her lessers look down on her. Also, the kids can be devils and some of their parents not much better. After several disastrous employments in the London area she now finds herself with the Winterstone family.<br/><br/>She teaches the children in Reading, Writing and Arithmatic, as well as History, Literature, Needlework (for the girl), Drawing and Music – the last is a personal favorite. Helena loves the opera and is herself a good soprano, if an out of practice one.<br/><br/>She dreams of one day escaping this life as a governess and becoming a prima donna.<br/><br/><br/><div align="center">(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/Prakkie/Thomas.gif)   (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/Prakkie/Florence.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Father:  Thomas Whitlock</strong><br/>Formerly a big man in the brewery business. A strong believer in the advantages of scale he finally realized his dream, a mega-factory to rival the Truman Brewery on Brick Lane, around 1870. Unfortunately, he wasn’t the only one to do so. Breweries were shooting up all over England and competition was steep, soon he was making cutbacks right and left. In 1986, the increasingly poor working conditions in the factory resulted in a riot. A fire broke out and the business, built in part with borrowed money, went up in flames. Thomas Whitlock was ruined, along with some of his partners. Helena remembers her father coming home, covered in soot, with a lined face and bent back – an old man overnight.<br/><br/>These days, he’s employed as a bank-clerk, nearly every penny he earns goes to his creditors.<br/><br/><strong>Mother: Florence Whitlock</strong><br/>Currently employed in a small pin-factory (think Adam Smith).