Long time residents of Old Town knew there was something...different...about Selena Nocturne almost immediately when she moved into town with her adult son, Ereban.  Maybe it was the strange knowledge she somehow knew about people she'd only just met.  Perhaps it was her intention to open a boarding house in town instead of letting overcrowded neighbors live with her, as the Millers and the Generics did.  Or maybe it was the rumors coming out of Magic Town of how she visited every day, and won an obscenely high number of duels with even such potent spellcasters as Vicki the Vampiress.  Whatever the reason, people regarded the Nocturnes with wary friendship, cautiously, the way one would approach a dog or cat that appeared friendly enough but might actually turn out to be vicious.

Selena didn't really notice, but her son Ereban did.  His mother had obviously been a beauty when she was younger, and he had inherited her good looks, metabolism, and overall physique.  Having learned from his mother at an early age how to mend and make his own clothing, he got a job in the Fashion industry, first as a clerk, then doing very well as a tailor.  Eventually his good looks got him noticed, and in no time at all he was a model very much in demand.  With his skills he could have risen to become a very wealthy designer, but he had no desire to suffer the need for constant innovation and creation, and he grew tired of traveling almost constantly for fashion shows around the world.  When it presented itself, he jumped at the opportunity to settle down.  Now, as an internationall syndicated Fashion Columnist, Ereban can do much of his work from town instead of having to travel around the world.  Ah, the wonders of modern technology!

Selena, deciding that she needed to do something about the reputation she'd acquired (and needing an income to help make ends meet while she worked on her boarding house idea), went back to work.  The hours were a little unpleasant at first, but she finally managed to become a Personal Tour Guide.  Now out and about in town and wherever else, people became a bit less wary around her and much more friendly.  Socializing with others also helped to ease the antagonism that had arisen in Magic Town following her uncanny winning streak in dueling.

Finally able to open her boarding house--financed though it was primarily by Ereban's income--Selena welcomed her first customer, Asteria.  What she didn't expect, however, was that Ereban would fall in love with the young lady.  After the two married, Selena had no choice but to stop charging Asteria rent.

Asteria is something of a daredevil.  Although not circus folk herself, she loved the circus, loved the bustle of the crowd, loved the gasps and screams at the death-defying stunts of the performers.  So when she got the chance, she joined the circus.  She aimed for the top, but since the Ringmaster position was filled (and wasn't likely to become vacant any time soon), she settled for working with the big cats as a Lion Tamer.

Selena, after her husband died, had never considered marriage again, but when Ereban married Asteria and Asteria's father Morphien arrived for the wedding, she fell in love again.  After a very brief courtship, the two were married.  With space beginning to run low in the house, Selena gave up the idea of a boarding house and just settled for being a housewife...albeit one with a secret she hadn't shared with anyone yet, not even her son.

Morphien shared his daughter's courage (some would say recklessness).  It took a little while--people weren't sure about an older man trying to do things even young men feared--but his skill on the track makes him one of the best Grand Prix Drivers around.  As an older man, though, he's less inclined to travel and has no desire to become an International Spy.

Shortly after their wedding, Asteria visited Studio Town and met a young man looking for a place to stay.  Although she knew things were tight at home, she also knew that Selena was looking for an excuse to find a larger house to live in.  She therefore invited Benjamin Anybody to move in with them.

Benjamin was a Wedding Singer hoping to make it to the big time.  He had been hanging around Studio Town hoping to get noticed by an agent.  However, becoming a little desperate to get his chance, he made the conscious decision to do anything--even to becoming somebody's love toy--to get ahead.  And he did just that.  What he hadn't planned on, however, was actually falling in love.  With his career now taking a backseat to his lovelife, he devoted himself to making and keeping his Somebody happy.

Ron Somebody had his share of women, and had enjoyed many a night in the arms of one woman or another.  However, he quickly became disgusted with their mercenary attitudes--his fault, he supposed, for choosing from the would-be models and actresses and singers who frequented Studio Town.  For his next conquest and love toy, then, he would choose a man...and he chose Benjamin Anybody (now Nocturne).  At first, he was a little suspicious of Benjamin's motives for letting himself be used so, and Ron had been ready to throw him out at the first sign of being used himself.  However, it quickly became apparent to him that he was falling in love with Benjamin, and that Benjamin was genuinely in love with him.  Not fighting it any longer, Ron moved in with Benjamin into the Nocturne house, which was now quite crowded.

The Stranges of Magic Town would swear that Alfred's B&B had stood on a hill overlooking Magic Town.  However, between the day that Selena purchased the lease to the old, dilapidated house on the hill and the next morning when her family moved in, the hill had mysteriously vanished, and the tall, narrow B&B had been replaced with a fairly large, sprawling manor house.  No one could explain how it had happened, but--as was the way of the Stranges--everyone simply accepted it and moved on with their lives.

It wasn't long before Ereban and Asteria welcomed their first child, a boy whom they named Deimon.  In short order they also welcomed his younger sister, Hecathia, into the world.  The two children, though not twins, very closely resemble each other in mannerism and in fashion choices.  The chief difference between them (besides their genders) was simply that Deimon resembled his father and grandmother with his dusky tan skin, while Hecathia resembled her mother and grandfather with her light complexion.

Now, finally living with the love of his life, Benjamin has given up on making it to the big screen like his Superstar main man Ron, and has settled for seeing his name in lights as a Broadway Star.  Ron, on the other hand, is being recognized wherever he goes.  To date he has earned two SIMMY awards, as well as a gold and bronze award for bringing fashion to life on the runway.

Family Base Income: $4200 (Fashion Columnist--$1050; Personal Tour Guide--$450; Grand Prix Driver--$825; Lion Tamer--$775; Broadway Star--$1100)

***Update 27 August 2010***

Not too long after moving in with his boyfriend Benjamin, Ron Nocturne finally attained his long-sought Superstardom.  With his new status comes new hardship as women--and men--now try to hook-up with him.  However, though he may flirt with them, especially if he's working with them on the set for movies and such, he remains devoted and true to Benjamin.  Not that it hasn't been easy--despite himself, Ron can't help noticing that some of the women are very beautiful and that some of the men are hot.  Still, knowing what they actually want from him helps to ground him...after all, what's a short, unsatisfying affair compared to a loving, long-term relationship?  For Ron...nothing at all.