Disclaimer: I do not own anything of or relating to the works of Jane Austen, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, or C.S. Forester.

Genre: action/adventure, romance, suspense

Summary: On the rare occasion, the only thing with which to fight a bloody revolution… is revolution itself.

Warnings: extreme AU, historically inaccurate

Author's Note: This is one scary beast, but I think I want to tackle it… Hopefully I'll pull it off. : ) No knowledge of any Jane Austen book or is required, as I have taken both worlds, thrown them together and mixed them up with a bit of history, then taken that combination and mutilated it beyond repair.

Also: for sake of this story, the Bennets' last name has been changed to Beaumont. It's sounds a bit more French, lol.

If a character has been renamed to fit the story, the originating character will be denoted in parenthesis. Please recognize that, simply because a character is denoted as historical, this does not mean that everything I attribute to that character is likewise historical.

Cast of Characters
underlining denotes a historical figure

French Gentry/Military/Citizens
Elizabeth de Beaumont (Gentry)
(Elizabeth Bennet) Twin sister to Jane. Was engaged to Marcellus Jerrard before the Revolution began, at which point he told her that he was only close to her in order to find the whereabouts of other French aristocrats.

Jane de Beaumont (Gentry)
(Jane Bennet) Twin sister to Elizabeth; considered the beautiful twin.

Paul Chauvelin (Citizen)
Member of the Committee of Public Safety; spearheads the efforts to capture the Scarlet Pimpernel. Formerly intimate friends with Armand St. Just and Marguerite Blakeney. Negotiates with Marguerite to save Armand in exchange for information of the Scarlet Pimpernel.

Marcellus Jerrard (Citizen)
(George Wickham) Member of the Committee of Public Safety and cohort of Chauvelin. Is also on the hunt for the Scarlet Pimpernel and the members of that League. Is still in love with Elizabeth de Beaumont, a daughter of the French aristocracy.

Marquis de Beaumont de Basserive (Gentry)
(Mr. Bennet) Father of the de Beaumont girls, member of the former French aristocracy.

Mary de Beaumont (Gentry)
(Mary Bennet) Third daughter of the de Beaumont girls.

Catherine de Beaumont (Gentry)
(Catherine "Kitty" Bennet) Fourth of the de Beaumont girls.

Lydia de Beaumont (Gentry)
(Lydia Bennet) Fifth of the de Beaumont girls. Escapes from prison with the help of Josephine Aldridge. Is led to Marseille by Armand St. Just.

Marquise de Beaumont de Basserive (Gentry)
(Mrs. Bennet) Wife of the Marquis, mother of the de Beaumont girls; member of the former French aristocracy. Is murdered by Marcellus Jerrard.

Augustin Robespierre (Citizen)
Younger brother to Maximilien Robespierre. Intimate friend of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Maximilien Robespierre (Citizen)
Eventual head of the Committee of Public Safety; active member of the Jacobin party.

Jean-Paul Marat (Citizen)
Leader of the Jacobin party at the beginning of the Terror. Eventually assassinated by a member of les Enfants de la France and succeeded by Maximilien Robespierre.

Napoleon Bonaparte (Military)
A native born Italian, he has recently recaptured the city of Toulon for the French, taking it city out of British possession. Is intimate friends with Augustin Robespierre.

British Gentry/Military

Georgiana Darcy
Sister to Fitzwilliam Darcy and cousin to Richard Fitzwilliam. Intimate friend to Josephine Aldridge at the time of her kidnapping. In love with Sir Andrew Ffoulkes

Caroline Bingley
Publicly snobbish and cruel, secretly helps to aid Georgiana in aiding the French. Engaged to Lord Anthony Dewhurst.

Marianne Brandon
Wife to Col. Christopher Brandon. Intimate friend to Georgiana Darcy and Anne Wentworth.

Marguerite Blakeney
Formerly Marguerite St. Just. French actress, married to Sir Percy Blakeney. Unintentionally sent a French family of the nobility to their deaths; becomes estranged with her husband upon his learning of it. Exchanges the identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel for the promise of her brother's life and safety, unwittingly betraying her husband to his greatest enemy. Travels to France to warn her husband. Intimate friends with Josephine Aldridge from her school days.

Anne Wentworth
Wife to Capt. Wentworth, intimate friend to Marianne Brandon and Georgiana Darcy. Lives aboard the Laconia with her husband.

Col. Richard Fitzwilliam
Cousin to Fitzwilliam and Georgiana Darcy; actively aids the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel, but is unable to join thanks to his military duties. Secretly engaged to Josephine Aldridge at the time of her kidnapping.

Capt. Fredrick Wentworth
Husband to Anne Wentworth, friend to Col. Richard Fitzwilliam and Fitzwilliam Darcy. Personal acquaintance to Horatio Hornblower.

Col. Christopher Brandon
Husband to Marianne Brandon, friend and mentor to Col. Richard Fitzwilliam.

League of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Sir Percy Blakeney
The legendary Scarlet Pimpernel, co-founder of the League. Husband to Marguerite Blakeney

Fitzwilliam Darcy
Co-founder of the League. Is eventually charged with finding and rescuing the eldest two Beaumont girls.

Charles Bingley
Intimate friend of Fitzwilliam Darcy, brother to Caroline Bingley. Is charged with the initial finding and rescuing of the eldest two Beaumont girls.

Armand St. Just
Republican and brother to Marguerite Blakeney. Intimate friend of Sir Percy; former intimate friend of Paul Chauvelin.

Lord Anthony Dewhurst
English lord and friend of Sir Andrew Ffoulkes. Engaged to Caroline Bingley.

Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
Friend of Lord Anthony Dewhurst, in love with Georgiana Darcy. Is planning to request permission of Fitzwilliam Darcy to marry Georgiana.

Les Enfants de la France

Mam'zelle France - Josephine Aldridge
Leader and founder of les Enfants de la France; coordinates and helps to execute all large-scale rescues, etc. Half French daughter of an English gentleman. Spent most of her life in France, becoming an actress. Intimate friend to Marguerite Blakeney, nee St. Just, and equally republican. Secretly engaged to Col. Richard Fitzwilliam.

Suzette Renaud
Lieutenant in the les Enfants de la France; in love with Raoul Maitland.

Gaston Lascelles
Lieutenant in the les Enfants de la France

Clarice Maitland
Lieutenant in the les Enfants de la France

Raoul Beauregard
Lieutenant in the les Enfants de la France; in love with Suzette Renaud

Corbett Gallard
Lieutenant in the les Enfants de la France; married to Melisande Gallard

Melisande Gallard
Lieutenant in the les Enfants de la France; married to Corbett Gallard