❧ The Socialite: Your family is wealthy, well-heeled, and generally known in high society. Your life is a constant stream of eligible bachelor(ette)s, glamorous balls, holidays in the fashionable cities of Brighton and Bath, and social occasions with the elite. But, with all the eyes of the world on you... are you truly happy?

❧The Social Climber: You might be from the lower nobility, from a disgraced family, or, worst of all... *whispers* from trade. With hard work and a little ruthlessness, perhaps you can make a good match and connect with the right people to climb up through the ranks - or maybe you could just pull them down with you.

❧The Walking Scandal: A rake who sleeps with well-to-do ladies, ruining their virtue. A young lady who's no better than she should be, and may even be seen unchaperoned with a gentleman not of her acquaintance. Maybe it's nothing so dire - maybe you just like to spend time with the lower classes, or are a little too educated for a nice young lady. The social mores of the time are strict and unyielding, and stepping too far out of line can ruin not only your own life, but your whole family along with you.

❧An Officer and a Gentleman: Behind the bright colours and dazzling social life of the Regency is the harsh reality of the Napoleonic Wars, and there are a lot of military men around. Perhaps you joined up in the hopes of gaining a commission, winning a place in high society, making your parents proud. Perhaps you just wanted a steady paycheque. In any case, after all the horrors of the fighting, being back home can be an opportunity to cut loose - maybe a little too loose.

❧ The Chaperone: Mothers, fathers, widowers and maiden aunts. Your own days of full dance cards and courting are long past, and now it's time for you to look out for the younger generation, making sure that they don't get into too much trouble. But, of course, just because you've aged out of the more glamourous parts of society doesn't mean that nothing ever happens to you. Who knows what scandals might wait around the corner?

❧ The Staff: Every household has them: the silent masses who wait at table, keep the stables and garden neat, dress the ladies and bring the gentlemen their morning paper. They are often invisible to the upper class, but who knows more than the butler or the maid? And the politics of the kitchen and the scullery are often far more intricate and delicate than even the highest society balls.

❧ Someone else. These are all just intended as ideas and starting points. Maybe your character doesn't fit into any of these categories at all!