Jane

Jane was a recurring character in the fourth season of Reign. She was portrayed by Megan Hutchings.

She was a servant who worked for Elizabeth I at the English Court. She was portrayed by Megan Hutchings.

Biography

Early Life

Although not known for how long, Jane has been working for Elizabeth I for a long time, since she knew about her previous relationship with Robert Dudley. Before working at English Court, she grew up in a house near there with her family.

In the Series

Season Four

Jane makes her first appearance in A Better Man.

In Dead of Night, Elizabeth asks if she knows where Gideon is at, but she responds that she doesn't know.

In The Shakedown, Jane comes across Elizabeth and Gideon together at the beach, while begging Gideon for her life, Elizabeth knocked her out. She is held prisoner in the basement. That night while deciding if they should kill her, Elizabeth hesitates and lets her go, promising to kill her family if she ever told anyone about them. The next day, Elizabeth walked into her room and saw Jane making her bed. Jane said she knew about her relationship with Robert Dudley and never said anything, therefore convincing Elizabeth to keep her as her servant.

In Coup de Grace, reassures Elizabeth of Gideon's love for her.

In A Bride. A Box. A Body., Jane finds Elizabeth as she held Gideon in her arms. Jane tells her they must go away before someone comes for him and they leave together.

In Blood in the Water, Narcisse is at Jane's house when he tells her he took her family to France to be safe. He tells her it wasn't enough killing Gideon so he wanted Jane to convince Elizabeth to kill the Archduke. When Jane has a talk alone with her, Elizabeth starts asking why her family has not been home for the past few days, so when Jane wouldn't answer, Elizabeth brought in her interrogators and they took Jane away to the tower.

In All It Cost Her, Jane is brought back to see Elizabeth when she sees Jane had French jewelry that was given to her by Narcisse for killing Gideon. Jane says she hates royals because her grandfather died because of Henry VIII. Elizabeth apologizes that Jane was born a servant, to which Jane replies Elizabeth likes having servants to know her every need. Jane then starts ranting on about suffering, when Elizabeth grabs a baton from her desk and hits Jane across the head with it, saying she doesn't need a lesson in suffering right before Jane dropped to the ground.

Personality

Jane seems to care deeply for her family, as she brings food for her family every day after work from English Court. She also has a disliking for royals.

Physical Appearance

Jane has blonde hair and brown eyes, and wears her uniform wherever she goes.

Relationships

Elizabeth I

Jane was Elizabeth's servant, probably one Elizabeth was closest to, as she was aware of all of Elizabeth's clandestine love affairs. While she pretended to be Elizabeth's friend, she was secretly working with Lord Narcisse to plot her undoing. Together they poisoned Gideon Blackburn, Elizabeth's secret lover, and Jane convinced Elizabeth that it had been the Archduke's doing, hoping that she would declare war on Austria. While the Queen didn't outright do that, she decided to hire a skilled pirate to sink the Archduke's ship and steal its cargo for England.

In the finale, it is revealed that Jane plotted against Elizabeth because she had long held a grudge against the royals. Jane's grandfather had worked for King Henry VIII, and when he didn't polish the King's ring to his liking, the king sawed off his finger with a butter knife. The grandfather died of agonizing pain days later. When Elizabeth found out about Jane's resentment, however, Gideon Blackburn had already died and Elizabeth had suffered from it. Instead of showing remorse, Jane was indignant, knowing she was going to be hanged anyway, as she committed a crime. The chagrined servant was about to launch into a tirade when Elizabeth flung a hockey stick at her, telling her that she doesn't require a lesson in suffering from her.

Stéphane Narcisse

It is not known how Narcisse and Jane met, but they most likely came across each other during Narcisse's stay in England. They shared a common goal - their resentment of Elizabeth - so they joined forces and plotted Elizabeth's demise. While Jane was generously rewarded for her cooperation, she was probably forced to continue the arrangement or go to lengths she was not comfortable with, as displayed by Narcisse's threatening speech in Blood in the Water.

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