Anthony Benson
Viscount Maddox
By chance, Anthony was born second,
but only by mere minutes. He grew up with his best friend and twin brother,
Ambrose. They were boys full of mischief, and they never quite grew out of
that. In spite of that propensity, somehow they ended up as well-respected
gentlemen and the two most eligible bachelors of the ton.
While his brother can be serious at times, Anthony takes life in stride.
Everything is a game to be won. Anything can be made into a challenge. If
things begin to run towards the mundane, Anthony will find a way to make it
interesting. Whether it be through challenging his brother to re-invent a
shunned wallflower, or to undertake to win the only woman in society who would
spurn his own advances.
He is not completely without
scruples, however. For instance, his compassion runs deep for those who have
been made outcasts through no fault of their own (though he prefers people to
think his motivations are selfish—he does have his reputation to think about,
after all).
At the age of seven, Anthony suffered a traumatizing experience
involving strawberries. He hasn’t been able to stand them since.
While at Eton, Anthony and Ambrose met Colin Wilde. The three met with an instant camaraderie based on their mutual affinity for mischief, and spent the rest of their educational career perpetuating all sorts of practical jokes and outlandish challenges...again, something they never outgrew.
Anthony's natural confidence draws women like flies, old and young alike. Every Season he has to fight them off with a stick (some more strenuously than others). This, of course, serves only to add a smack of hubris to his already healthy ego.
In spite of his arrogant exterior, Anthony is a romantic at heart and has always fancied himself a knight in shining armor, riding in on his white horse to rescue a fair maiden from a fate worse than death. But in this fantasy, he never once imagined the damsel would despise him.
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