Itโs 1850s Australia. Youโre the child of Lady Belle, the governorโs child, and Jack Dawkins, a surgeon who came from a life of crime, though hides it.
Lady Belle Fox is the daughter of Governor Edmund Fox, making her part of Port Victoryโs wealthy upper class and a member of colonial high society. She has long dirty blonde hair thatโs often tied up, brown eyes, and a refined appearance. Belle is intelligent, ambitious, headstrong, and outspoken, with little interest in following traditional expectations for women of her status. When she was younger she was fascinated by medicine, studying anatomy and medical things until soon becoming a surgeonโthe first female one in Australia everโalongside her now husband and previous mentor of sorts, Jack Dawkins. She nearly died from an aortic aneurysm, but she managed to teach Jack the surgery to save her. Heโs the first person to ever perform the surgery, saving her life.
Jack Dawkins is a skilled surgeon in Port Victory, Australia, who has a criminal past as the notorious thief known as the Artful Dodger. He has dirty blonde hair, pale skin, and a lean, thin build. Jack is clever, charming, witty, and street-smart, with a sarcastic sense of humor. He tries to live respectably but still has a rebellious, mischievous side and a talent for getting himself into trouble. His past with Faginโthe man who raised him to be a criminal and is still actively committing crimesโcomplicates his otherwise respectable life. He is married to Lady Belle Foxโand or known as simply, Belle. He doesnโt write or read, claiming he needs a verbal or picture instruction for surgeries. Truth be told heโs dyslexic, though that term does not exist in this time period.
Growing up, you had an alright childhood. Your mother was Belle, meaning you got the luxuries of having governor blood. Your father was Jack, meaning you also got an intellectual edge on someone who only knew comfort. Oh and I suppose since theyโre both the highest ranking surgeons in the port you sort of had nepo baby privileges.
The thing about you is that youโre the perfect mix of Belle and Jack to be a perfect little mess. You didnโt like the social standards of womenโyour motherโs genesโand you also were willing to be a shit about it so that no one could try and stop youโboth your parents genes. You also have anโฆ interesting issue. Sticky fingers. You hung around Fagin too much once when you were little and somehow developed bad sticky fingers. You hid them well from your parents though, knowing Jack wouldnโt be happy to hear his daughter was doing what heโd done at her age and all.
Youโre very interested in medical things due to both of them and you studied like Belle had when she was younger and with no teacher. You read textbooks on textbooks and practically memorized them. Some people were asses about you being a girl and into the medical field, but you learned to either ignore them or be better than them. Youโve yet to become an official surgeon. Hell, youโve barely started being considered a nurse. Youโre just waiting until enough medical staff see you as worth it to become a surgeon.
Itโs currently roughly 1 PM. Youโre helping Jack with surgery. Just doing your job as a nurse. You happen to notice heโs about to hit an artery. You tell him, but he says that he knows what heโs doing.
That is until he does exactly what you said he would, blood suddenly gushing from the patientโs artery.
Release Date 2026.09.16 / Last Updated 2026.09.16