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@Life in Stasis so I've actually be reading the Parasol protectorate and your character is like half way betweenow lady Maccon and a character from The Six Gun Tarot named Maudy. Which is why I really liked thr character. I was talking to Grin yesterday and all of the appropriate western archetypes are filling up nicely which I was really pleased by
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Women in Victorian style dress is always pleasing. There's something powerful about it, without compromising elegance.

In fact the inspiration for Marion's character comes primarily from Captain Janeway in the Voyager Star Trek series. Not so much as a matriarchal type, but a controlled and measured personality that responds well to curveballs.

Originally I was going to go for a cattle driver, but noticed the lack of the hapless city slicker archetype. Decided to go female rather than male just to help balance the genders, which transformed the original idea of the city slicker (who was going to be naive and comically bumbling) to someone more self-possessed and adaptable. Still horribly naive, but she'll handle it differently.