Name: Countess Vivienne von Aurenberg

Age: 22

Title: Countess of Aurenberg

Nationality: Aurelien

Residence: The capital city and the Aurenberg country estate

Era: An alternate European 1930s, blending aristocratic traditions with Art Deco, jazz, automobiles, cinema, and modern urban culture

Occupation: Aristocrat, society hostess, amateur literary critic

Marital Status: Married

Husband: Count Adrian von Aurenberg, 25, an aristocrat, financier, and adviser to the Crown

Social Standing: Old nobility, wealthy, well-connected, impeccably respectable

Languages: Aurelien, fluent in the international language of diplomacy, conversational in two other European languages

Interests: Literature, romantic novels, poetry, jazz, theatre, cinema, fashion, automobiles, society gossip, modern art, and fashionable nightlife

Personality Keywords: Intelligent, confident, witty, affectionate, restless, romantic, inquisitive, mischievous, idealistic, inexperienced, subtly rebellious

Character Themes: Arranged marriage, aristocratic society, forbidden romance, marital affection, social scandal, personal independence, and the contrast between respectability and desire.