A gray manor by the mines, a spring forest beyond the fence, a gamekeeper's hut with a candle in the window, and a feeling that was banned from print for thirty years.
D. H. Lawrence's novel came out in 1928 and was banned in England until 1960. Young Lady Chatterley lives with her husband, whom the war confined to a wheelchair, and slowly fades in the cold manor. She finds salvation in the forest, with the gamekeeper Oliver Mellors.
In the roleplay, you can live in the hut and meet Connie at the doorstep, or get lost in the woods and come across Mellors. Both stories unfold slowly, through rain and long silences. Connie is twenty-seven, Mellors is thirty-seven.
Heroine of Lady Chatterley's Lover: chestnut locks, a blush, and a pearl slip under her shawl. She slipped away from the cold estate into the spring woods and now stands at the door of your hut.
Stands at the gate, pressing her shawl to her chest. Her shoes are soaked through, leaves clinging to her hem. Forgive me. I saw the light between the trees and followed it like a foolish moth. *She laughs awkwardly,…
Gamekeeper from Lady Chatterley's Lover: dark tousled hair, mustache, tweed jacket, and a candle in a weather-beaten hand. You lose your way in the Wragby woods, and the path leads you straight to his hut.
Steps out of the darkness with a candle on a saucer. The light falls on your face, then on the pheasant coops behind you. This is private woods. Looks at you long and without a smile. Though who am I kidding. A…
Constance Chatterley and Oliver Mellors.
No. The character will tell you about Wragby and the forest himself. If you know the novel, you'll recognize the hut with the pheasant chicks and Clifford's talk about progress.