Photograph of Dame Marie-Louise Leblanc holding a diary dating back to the Regency era. Some speculate that the diary she has been holding was the original diary of the 2nd Earl of St Ives. 

Marie-Louise Colette Leblanc was born in 1867 to Evelyn Cornwallis-Perkins and Pierre "Beau" Leblanc in Paris, France; she is their eldest daughter and she has two younger sisters, Emilie and Bernadotte. Her mother Evelyn is the eldest daughter of Sir Francis Cornwallis-Perkins, Bt., son of Nicholas Cornwallis-Perkins, 2nd and 1st Earl of St Ives and Cremyll. Her father Beau was an inventor in Paris. 

During her childhood, she was educated by a governess along with her sisters in France. Her family frequently visited Penworth House in every summer. She was skilled with fencing and tennis. Other than English and French, she was influent with Italian, Russian and German. 

She was appointed by Queen Victoria as Her Majesty's Personal Detective in 1895 after solving a missing persons case from a Bewlay and Co.'s Brewery factory in London three years prior. Few days after she investigated the case, Leblanc hired a former Russian caretaker Olga Ivanova as her assistant detective. 

In 1898, she was appointed by Queen Victoria to retrieve diaries of her great-grandfather, the 2nd and 1st Earl of St Ives and Cremyll. She later published the diaries from 1898 to 1925 with the permission from The 4th, 5th and 6th Earls of St Ives.

While going to Astley, Leblanc's leg was decapitated by Barbara O'Vile-Bewlay, the wife of William Bewlay. She survived in that incident, however she was unable to retrieve Gilbert O'Vile's diary until Barbara was sent to the asylum for attempted murder. 

Little to know about her personal life, Leblanc had a romantic relationship with Olga Ivanova. Both stayed together until they died in 1941 in Penworth House during the Plymouth Blitz. 

She had connection with William Bewlay before the Bewlay and Co.'s Brewery Investigation, yet they remained friends. 

Miniature of Hon. Daniel Baker-Rigby, c. 1810

This portrait miniature was a gift to Elinor O'Vile for their engagement. 

A fanart of Charles Dalimar (from Mystery Case Files) and Florian Doré (from SarahN's The Devil's Trill) 

This one is inspired by Leyendecker for obvious reason, yet here are the menacing blond Victorians. 

Louise and The Jewellery Box

The Jewellery Box was a wedding gift from Nicholas to his first wife, Lady Dominique de Guerre; it was made out of burr wood, and this was rumoured that Viscount Mousehole hid his first diary he had written. The rose key was given by William Bewlay as a reward after solving the missing persons case.

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A brief introduction of Hon. Jane Campbell (aka the lady whom Nicholas ask to dance with)

Notes from Mick C.: 

-I might go with brief character introductions instead of doing Q&A, yet I won't go in detail because I don't want to spoil the whole thing. I made character reference sheets and other things which are already posted on Instagram.

-For the above, I post content related to the diary on Instagram (@mickc.art and @mysteriesofthemiseries)

-I might change the schedule from every Monday 6AM PST to twice a month (still same schedule as previous (Monday 6AM PST) yet just first and third week of the month). I will lessen the upload schedule since I already have school, and I will have face-to-face classes next month. This doesn't mean that the diary and other projects related to Mysteries of the Miseries will end. 

-For recommendations, it's in the description. I recommend a novel and three comics and all of them are historical. Proyekt "Okhotnik" is created from a friend of mine which was taken place in East Germany; The Devil's Trill is my favorite out of these recommendations since I adore Florian's menacing design; Before The Birch Manor Wither sets in the Regency era, like the diary; and Cheapjack Gentlemen, it's made by Miss Fester and I made an artwork of my character in CJM artstyle.