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Who is Lydia Wells?
Lydia Wells is an American who runs a fortune parlour in New Zealand during the gold rush, and she’s a survivor. She’s a natural entrepreneur. She’s very strong, very sharp, and she’s figured out that the only way to make money in those days was to make money in town.

She is a feminist and she’s very sure of herself, very smart. The men look up to her because she’s created this establishment, The House Of Many Wishes, where they come and escape the grit and grime of digging for gold. It’s like an oasis, and she’s this mysterious, inaccessible creature that the men admire from afar.

Lydia is fun to play because she’s always game. She’s a gambler, she’s adventurous but she’s also a survivor. Like many survivors, there are no rules - she feels she’s above the law. She can have whatever she desires no matter the cost, so she’s quite naughty and she’s completely blinded by greed. She is a baddie. I think most interesting baddies have weakness, are wounded, or have cracks. Lydia’s Achilles heel is Francis Carver, and her love for him brings her lots of humanity and redeems her, in some way.

What is Lydia Wells’ relationship with Francis Carver?
Francis Carver is Lydia’s lover. He is a passionate, brooding man. He’s the love of her life. She would do absolutely anything for him and they become partners in crime. Their relationship reminds me a bit of the Macbeth and Lady Macbeth dynamic. It is Lydia who plants the seeds of revenge and she’s the driving force behind all he does.