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RMS Titanic



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Over a century has passed since the luxury steamship, RMS Titanic, met its catastrophic end in the North Atlantic, plunging two miles to the ocean floor after sideswiping an iceberg during its maiden voyage. Rather than the intended Port of New York, a deep-sea grave became the pride of the White Star Line’s final destination in the early hours of April 15, 1912. More than 1,500 people lost their lives in the disaster.

These are their stories.

Passengers and Crew
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Below are short descriptions of people documented to be on the Titanic. Please choose from any of those, including the family members. If you have an original character in mind and would like to use that instead, please PM me beforehand. If you'd like to browse the records, the link is below. Feel free to add anything that isn't already in their little bios.

1. Nellie Becker, 35, was travelling with her children Ruth,12, Richard,1, and Marion,4, from India to Michigan. They were second class passengers. Nellie Becker was married to a missionary stationed in India, Allen Becker, and her and the children were sailing to America for treatment of an illness Richard had contracted in India. Nellie and the children made it onto the lifeboats, but Ruth was separated from her family.

2. Jeremiah Burke, 19, was the youngest of seven children. He was a third class passenger. Two of his sisters had gone to America, and he decided to leave the Burke family farm and follow them to seek a future in the United States. He was accompanied by his cousin. Jeremiah's mother had filled a little bottle with holy water and given him for good luck as he left the family house. This bottle was found months after the sinking with a handwritten note inside. It is believed that Jeremiah wrote it and thrown it overboard. Jeremiah and his cousin both died in the sinking.

3. Rosalie Ida Straus, 63, was a first class passenger. She traveled with her husband, Isidor, and two of their servants. Mrs. Straus almost entered Lifeboat 8 before she turned back and rejoined her husband. Many people tried to persuade her, but she refused. Mr and Mrs Straus went and sat together on a pair of deck chairs. Both died in the sinking.

4. Madeleine Mellinger, 13, and her mother were second class passengers. They were headed to Vermont from England. She and her mother were hurled into a half empty lifeboat. Both survived.

5. Klas Albin Klasén, 18, was travelling with his almost two year old niece, Gertrud. They were both third class passengers, hailing from Sweden. Klas was talking the child back to her mother, Alice, in the U.S. but claimed Gertrud was his sister since she was illegitimate. Both died in the sinking.

6. Rossmore Edward Abbott, 16, originally from Rhode Island boarded the Titanic as a third class passenger together with his mother Rosa Abbott and brother Eugene. As the Titanic took her final plunge Mrs Abbott and her two sons jumped from the deck, she managed to get into Collapsible A which was already filling with water but the two boys were lost. It is believed that the two boys hung onto the side of the lifeboat until they drowned.

7. Charlotte Collyer, 31, boarded the Titanic with her husband, Harvey, 31, and her daughter, Marjorie, 8. They were second class passengers from England. Harvey was a grocer but Charlotte became ill with tuberculosis and they decided it would be best if they moved to a farm in America. Harvey died in the sinking but Marjorie (Madge for short) and Charlotte both survived.

8. Emily Badman, 18, was one of seven children, four being Harry, Arthur, Caroline and Pauline. She boarded the Titanic and traveled in third class, headed towards New York where her sister, Pauline, was living. She worked as a servant on the ship and survived.

9. Edgar Andrew, 17, was a second class passenger headed to America from England for his brother's wedding. He was originally going to board a different ship but a coal strike forced him to change from the Oceanic to the Titanic. He was ticked off and in a letter he wrote to a friend back home he states that he wished "the 'Titanic' were lying at the bottom of the ocean." He died during the sinking.

10. Marcel Cornaire, 19, was working as restaurant staff on the Titanic. He was from France and the Titanic was the first ship he worked on.

11. Bessie Allison, 25, was a first class passenger who was travelling with her husband, a wealthy stock broker, and their two children. When the iceberg hit, a nursemaid named Alice Cleaver, took eleven month old baby Trevor with her on a lifeboat. Bessie Allison was put in a boat with Loraine, her two year old daughter, but refused to leave the ship without her baby boy. She dragged Loraine out of the boat and started searching for Alice and Trevor. Bessie, her husband, Hudson, and Loraine didn't survive.

12. Percy Aheir, 20, worked as a saloon steward on the Titanic. He died in the sinking.

13. Benjamin Hart, 47, originated from London and was going to open up a drug store in America. He traveled with his wife, Esther, 48, and his daughter, Eva, 7, as second class passengers. His wife was by a fear that some kind of catastrophe would hit thew ship. To call a ship unsinkable was, in her mind, flying in the face of God. Benjamin dies in the sinking but Eva and Esther survive.

14. Leah Aks,18, lived in London and boarded with her ten month old son, Frank Philip, as third class passengers. They were going headed back to America where Leah's husband, Samuel, a tailor, was waiting for them. The night of the sinking, her son was suddenly torn away from her and tossed into lifeboat 11 which was being prepared for lowering, as she struggled to retrieve him she was restrained by crewmen who thought she was trying to rush the boat. The baby was caught by a woman who sat him on her lap. Leah was pushed into a lifeboat and both her and her child survived.


http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/ti ... -and-crew/


Life on the ship

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1st Class- Some lived in suites which contained private dining and living areas as well as bedrooms for themselves and their maids and valets. Restaurants, barber shops, libraries, fully equipped gyms and photographic darkroom, and swimming pools were all available to the first class. The Titanic's designers sought to enhance that pleasure by creating an enclosed Promenade deck, which allowed passengers to walk even in inclement weather. The Promenade also was equipped with folding wooden deck chairs, which enabled the less energetic to sit and watch the other strollers and socialize. Passengers who paid for pricey parlor suites also were provided with their own private 50-foot-long private promenades. The Titanic also offered a first class smoking room.

2nd Class-The Titanic provided deck games such as shuffleboard and ring toss, and board games such as chess and backgammon. One of the nicest amenities was the Second Class Library, which was used by passengers not just for reading, but as a place to socialize as well. The library was a beautifully furnished room, with lounges, armchairs, and small writing or card tables scattered about, writing bureaus round the walls of the room, and the library in glass-cased shelves flanking one side—the whole finished in mahogany relieved with white fluted wooden columns that supported the deck above.

3rd Class/Steerage-The Third Class passengers pretty much were left to find their own amusements in their living quarters or in the small area of the poop deck that they were allowed to use. It has been said that the passengers played the bagpipes for everyone's entertainment, and younger passengers enjoyed double jump-rope contests.There was a third class General Room which was a gathering place for the multitude of steerage passengers. Located on the starboard side of the ship, it served as a lounge, a nursery and a recreational area.The third class male passengers onboard the Titanic had access to a smoking room, similar to the general room but with its own bar, and spittoons for those who chewed tobacco.


The Plot

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The Titanic sailed for five days before it hit the iceberg. Some of your characters will meet and some won't. We will write through our character's perspectives on April 10th, 1912 up until the Carpathia rescues the lucky survivors. If there's enough interest we may be able to continue further, but it should be a fairly quick and hopefully fun storybook!


Extras

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First class accommodations were located amidships, where the rocking of the ship was less keenly felt and passengers were less likely to get seasick. They were decorated opulently.The parlor suites came with wardrobe rooms, private baths, and in some cases, private promenades. All first class accommodations were equipped with telephones, heaters, special gimbal lamps that were designed not to tip over in choppy seas, table fans, and call bells for summoning the steward. First class passengers will not have roommates.

In second class, passengers slept in berths built into the walls of the cabins. At two to four berths per cabin, privacy was hard to come by, although a passenger could close the curtain around his or her berth. Each second class cabin had a washbasin and a chamber pot to be used in case of seasickness. Second class passengers used communal bathrooms. Compared to the third class, the second class cabins had a more homelike atmosphere.

Third class passengers slept on bunk beds in crowded quarters with six to a narrow cabin. Like second class passengers, they shared bathrooms, but the number of people sharing a bathroom was much higher in third class: Only two bathtubs were available for all 710 third-class passengers, one for the men and one for the women.

After the characters are taken, roommates will be assigned.


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Rules
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No God-Moding
No Mary-Sues
Keep in mind the time period and write accordingly
Keep swearing to a minimum
Try to keep this from being taken over by romance
All other rules apply
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