Post by Plague Doctor on Jan 11, 2014 17:29:17 GMT -6
Full Name: Unknown
Nickname: The Doctor
Age: Unknown
Height: 6'6"
Gender: Male
Then, summoning the wild courage of despair, a throng of the revelers at once threw themselves into the black apartment, and, seizing the mummer, whose tall figure stood erect and motionless within the shadow of the ebony clock, gasped in unutterable horror at finding the grave cerements and corpse-like mask which they handled with so violent a rudeness, untenanted by any tangible form.
And now was acknowledged the presence of the Red Death. He had come like a thief in the night. And one by one dropped the revelers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall. And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all. -- Edgar Allan Poe
Origins: When the Plague reached Louisiana in the late 1800s, carried by merchant ships and infected sailors, it was quick to spread throughout the rich and poor alike. Baudeau Manor was not spared either. And when one of the ancestors fell ill with the symptoms of the disease, the family's wealth attempted to purchase aid that might stop the spread of the sickness. They brought a doctor over from Venice that was purported to be one of the greatest physicians when it came to remedies for the Plague. Upon the doctor's arrival, the Manor was put through an intensive cleansing process, and it seemed that the sickness had been effectively stopped from spreading any further amongst those living on the plantation's grounds.
The Baudeau family was so pleased by the doctor's success that they convinced him to remain on as a permanent physician for them. A room in the rear of the house was converted into a laboratory for the doctor's use with its own entry point, and the doctor opened up his practice there on the property. Things went well for a time with this arrangement, until bizarre events started to happen in the surrounding areas.
Mysterious, grisly murders had begun to take place. Victims would be found cut open, missing organs or even their limbs. At first these were dismissed because those unfortunates were often slaves, or transients, and deemed too unimportant to merit investigation. Over the course of a few months it began happening at an alarming rate. Slave owners complained to local authorities that their households were effected by these murders since their workers were getting restless. When a young lady from one of the plantations, Jeanine Ruefort, went missing after a local ball, the police finally recognized that they had an issue on their hands.
Eventually they were able to trace the young woman to the Baudeau Manor after discovering that she had last been seen in the company of the Venetian. When they entered the doctor's laboratory, they were overwhelmed by the smell and sight of carnage that greeted them. The doctor had been performing gruesome experiments upon kidnapped slaves. Organ transplants, limb transplants, surgery of the brain -- all the signs of it was stored amongst the grotesque tableau of the laboratory. Jeanine Ruefort was found upon the doctor's table, body mutilated halfway through an ineffective sex transplant. Desperate to arrest the doctor, they found that they were too late. The Venetian had already boarded a ship back to his homeland after hearing that the authorities were seeking the girl, and he left his crimes behind.
It is said that the doctor eventually took up a position at the constructed facility on Poveglia Island outside of Venice. Much later on it would be discovered that his desire to experiment upon innocents had not ended with his time in Louisiana. Horrible accounts were reported of patients undergoing torture, mutilation and death under the hands of the doctor. He even resorted to cannibalism of his patients before finally driven to the brink of utter madness.
When staff from the mainland came to find these atrocities, the doctor threw himself off the bell tower of the structure. He knocked into the bell when flinging his body over the side, and it was said to clang five times before he hit the ground. Conflicting reports state that he died upon impact. Others state that the doctor actually survived the fall; when he rose from the ground, a mysterious mist wrapped around him to strangle him to death. There is no report of where the doctor's body went or where he might have been buried. Also no record of his name anywhere. Though the fact that he had proven so adept at causing misery and death to others in life made him a valuable acquisition to the Manor in death. Now the Doctor can practice his gruesome experiments without interruption.
Present: Those that enter the laboratory now will find no bodies, organs or obvious signs of the doctor's horrors. There is an uncomfortable feeling in that space, however, that even the least sensitive individual can detect. While the Baudeau's made every effort to clean up the remnants of those ghastly crimes, many places in the wood still have dark stains where blood seeped into the pores. The stains are numerous. People with a strong sense of smell can catch whiffs of copper in the air, antiseptics, and a thicker smell of chemicals throughout the laboratory.
That doesn't mean the space isn't occupied.
Entering into the laboratory means entering into the Doctor's territory. It is likely that such an invasion may summon his presence. He is no less harmful in death than he was in life. Not that nations are entirely safe staying outside of the space, either. He can also be found wandering around the graveyards, throughout the hallways, and might even lurk in wait inside of random rooms. His experiments continue on even to this day with those who have fallen into the trap of the Manor. Limbs, organs -- all those useful parts are what he seeks to collect, to make sure that he is successful.
It isn't guaranteed that the Doctor will stage a physical attack. His threat is more sinister in nature. Strapped to his back is an old-fashioned sprayer, with a container of the deadliest disease known: the Bubonic Plague, rendered in vapor form. One face full of this and the unfortunate that has crossed his path will suffer, not from physical brutality but the failure of their own bodies to fight off the sickness that swept its pandemic across the globe.
Weaknesses: The Doctor's plague mask is constructed out of metal, with tubes that connect to the canister behind him. Removal of that mask or severing of those tubes will incapacitate him. It is said that the creature that was once human beneath that plague suit is no longer even flesh and blood. That it is the Black Death itself stalking its prey. Those that dare to attack him to expose his weakness had best be prepared to suffer should they get infected with the disease.
Image credited to Buechnerstod
Nickname: The Doctor
Age: Unknown
Height: 6'6"
Gender: Male
Then, summoning the wild courage of despair, a throng of the revelers at once threw themselves into the black apartment, and, seizing the mummer, whose tall figure stood erect and motionless within the shadow of the ebony clock, gasped in unutterable horror at finding the grave cerements and corpse-like mask which they handled with so violent a rudeness, untenanted by any tangible form.
And now was acknowledged the presence of the Red Death. He had come like a thief in the night. And one by one dropped the revelers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall. And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all. -- Edgar Allan Poe
Origins: When the Plague reached Louisiana in the late 1800s, carried by merchant ships and infected sailors, it was quick to spread throughout the rich and poor alike. Baudeau Manor was not spared either. And when one of the ancestors fell ill with the symptoms of the disease, the family's wealth attempted to purchase aid that might stop the spread of the sickness. They brought a doctor over from Venice that was purported to be one of the greatest physicians when it came to remedies for the Plague. Upon the doctor's arrival, the Manor was put through an intensive cleansing process, and it seemed that the sickness had been effectively stopped from spreading any further amongst those living on the plantation's grounds.
The Baudeau family was so pleased by the doctor's success that they convinced him to remain on as a permanent physician for them. A room in the rear of the house was converted into a laboratory for the doctor's use with its own entry point, and the doctor opened up his practice there on the property. Things went well for a time with this arrangement, until bizarre events started to happen in the surrounding areas.
Mysterious, grisly murders had begun to take place. Victims would be found cut open, missing organs or even their limbs. At first these were dismissed because those unfortunates were often slaves, or transients, and deemed too unimportant to merit investigation. Over the course of a few months it began happening at an alarming rate. Slave owners complained to local authorities that their households were effected by these murders since their workers were getting restless. When a young lady from one of the plantations, Jeanine Ruefort, went missing after a local ball, the police finally recognized that they had an issue on their hands.
Eventually they were able to trace the young woman to the Baudeau Manor after discovering that she had last been seen in the company of the Venetian. When they entered the doctor's laboratory, they were overwhelmed by the smell and sight of carnage that greeted them. The doctor had been performing gruesome experiments upon kidnapped slaves. Organ transplants, limb transplants, surgery of the brain -- all the signs of it was stored amongst the grotesque tableau of the laboratory. Jeanine Ruefort was found upon the doctor's table, body mutilated halfway through an ineffective sex transplant. Desperate to arrest the doctor, they found that they were too late. The Venetian had already boarded a ship back to his homeland after hearing that the authorities were seeking the girl, and he left his crimes behind.
It is said that the doctor eventually took up a position at the constructed facility on Poveglia Island outside of Venice. Much later on it would be discovered that his desire to experiment upon innocents had not ended with his time in Louisiana. Horrible accounts were reported of patients undergoing torture, mutilation and death under the hands of the doctor. He even resorted to cannibalism of his patients before finally driven to the brink of utter madness.
When staff from the mainland came to find these atrocities, the doctor threw himself off the bell tower of the structure. He knocked into the bell when flinging his body over the side, and it was said to clang five times before he hit the ground. Conflicting reports state that he died upon impact. Others state that the doctor actually survived the fall; when he rose from the ground, a mysterious mist wrapped around him to strangle him to death. There is no report of where the doctor's body went or where he might have been buried. Also no record of his name anywhere. Though the fact that he had proven so adept at causing misery and death to others in life made him a valuable acquisition to the Manor in death. Now the Doctor can practice his gruesome experiments without interruption.
Present: Those that enter the laboratory now will find no bodies, organs or obvious signs of the doctor's horrors. There is an uncomfortable feeling in that space, however, that even the least sensitive individual can detect. While the Baudeau's made every effort to clean up the remnants of those ghastly crimes, many places in the wood still have dark stains where blood seeped into the pores. The stains are numerous. People with a strong sense of smell can catch whiffs of copper in the air, antiseptics, and a thicker smell of chemicals throughout the laboratory.
That doesn't mean the space isn't occupied.
Entering into the laboratory means entering into the Doctor's territory. It is likely that such an invasion may summon his presence. He is no less harmful in death than he was in life. Not that nations are entirely safe staying outside of the space, either. He can also be found wandering around the graveyards, throughout the hallways, and might even lurk in wait inside of random rooms. His experiments continue on even to this day with those who have fallen into the trap of the Manor. Limbs, organs -- all those useful parts are what he seeks to collect, to make sure that he is successful.
It isn't guaranteed that the Doctor will stage a physical attack. His threat is more sinister in nature. Strapped to his back is an old-fashioned sprayer, with a container of the deadliest disease known: the Bubonic Plague, rendered in vapor form. One face full of this and the unfortunate that has crossed his path will suffer, not from physical brutality but the failure of their own bodies to fight off the sickness that swept its pandemic across the globe.
Weaknesses: The Doctor's plague mask is constructed out of metal, with tubes that connect to the canister behind him. Removal of that mask or severing of those tubes will incapacitate him. It is said that the creature that was once human beneath that plague suit is no longer even flesh and blood. That it is the Black Death itself stalking its prey. Those that dare to attack him to expose his weakness had best be prepared to suffer should they get infected with the disease.
Image credited to Buechnerstod