Timo Väinämöinen (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
moimin_papa) wrote2013-07-03 10:13 am
moimin_papa) wrote2013-07-03 10:13 am
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AU history for Aungier
AU Role: Research assistant / distant relation / family friend
AU History: Timo’s mother was a maid in the house of a Finnish lord who had married into Russian nobility. When it was discovered that she was pregnant she lost her job, but managed to get another as a housekeeper in their rarely used house in the Finnish countryside. Over their infrequent visits through his childhood it became more and more obvious that the master of the house was Timo’s father, the boy his splitting image. In his twelfth year he was formally acknowledged as the masters illegitimate son, and as such given the same education as his legitimate sons. Fortunately, his mother had already taught him his letters, so he wasn’t too far behind. He took to history, English and shooting like a duck to water, but his French, Latin and literature never caught up.
As he reached the end of his teens, the family struggled to work out what to do with him. Although he wasn’t a threat to the house as his father already had legitimate heirs older than him, he was in a tricky position. Even as an illegitimate child he had a social standing to uphold. A distant relationship with the Valdemar’s gave his father hope, and Timo was sent to help the Master with his research, to use the education that was given to him, with the hope that in England he’ll make a match above his status and thus be of use to his family that way. At least in the meanwhile he’s costing them little more than a reasonable yearly income, and he’s out of his father’s wife’s hair.
AU History: Timo’s mother was a maid in the house of a Finnish lord who had married into Russian nobility. When it was discovered that she was pregnant she lost her job, but managed to get another as a housekeeper in their rarely used house in the Finnish countryside. Over their infrequent visits through his childhood it became more and more obvious that the master of the house was Timo’s father, the boy his splitting image. In his twelfth year he was formally acknowledged as the masters illegitimate son, and as such given the same education as his legitimate sons. Fortunately, his mother had already taught him his letters, so he wasn’t too far behind. He took to history, English and shooting like a duck to water, but his French, Latin and literature never caught up.
As he reached the end of his teens, the family struggled to work out what to do with him. Although he wasn’t a threat to the house as his father already had legitimate heirs older than him, he was in a tricky position. Even as an illegitimate child he had a social standing to uphold. A distant relationship with the Valdemar’s gave his father hope, and Timo was sent to help the Master with his research, to use the education that was given to him, with the hope that in England he’ll make a match above his status and thus be of use to his family that way. At least in the meanwhile he’s costing them little more than a reasonable yearly income, and he’s out of his father’s wife’s hair.