Still here, still very interested. How fantasy/magic influenced is the setting going to be? I'm good with anything from none at all up to the "Elminster? Ha, that novice!" level, although I'd prefer lower key (or none at all).
You know, I actually created a "Two-Fisted Governess" archetype for Feng Shui once. It's a stock Victorian character.
Other character archetypes I'd like to potentially see -
Plucky Orphan
Retired Military Man
Doctor
Fallen Woman
Artistic/Scholarly Young Man
Cockney Seaman
Detective (Consulting or Police)
Foreigner
And so on. If I still had my Castle Falkenstein, I'd have to check there for more. And some of these can reasonably be combined - Watson is a Retired Military Man/Doctor, Jane Eyre is a Plucky Orphan/Governess, and so on.