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Dr. Ian Simkins
American Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology, Specializing
in the Celts and
Welsh of the British Isles
Description:
Ian Simkins is about 30, 59 and 165lbs. He is rather slight and
bookish, but good-looking with strong features. He has pale skin,
blue eyes and black hair, and is a natty
dresser (in an Ivy League sort of way). He carries himself with
a naivet that is the result
of his upbringing in a good family from a New England college
town.
Background:
His father, Dr. Eugene Simkins, is a respected surgeon, while
his mothers is a banking
family. Ian has a sister, Loretta, who was recently married to a
young man whos enrolledin Miskatonics medical school, one Earl
Connors.
Ian grew up enjoying good schooling, and long summers filled
with trips to the country
or the small coastal villages of New England. As he grew older,
he developed a fondnessfor hunting and went on several hunting
expeditions a year with his father.
Ian also spent many hours deep in books, both scientific and
mythological. He gravitated
towards his own heritage in Great Britain, devouring what he
could of the societies and
what theyd left behind. He spent a year abroad, studying at a
dig in north Wales.
Now, having finished his Doctorate, he is anxious to begin a
career. He has an offer to
teach at home in Arkham, but hes decided to revisit Great
Britain and explore
opportunities there. Hed like to associate himself with a
university abroad, and spend agood deal of time doing fieldwork
rather than teaching in the classroom. Therefore hes
traveled via cruise ship and recently arrived in Green and
Pleasant lands.
Personality:
Simkins is a romantic, a tad too introspective, given to long
periods of quiet that can be
unproductive. He is subject to sleeplessness and nightmares,
many of which involvebeing at the mercy of the elements. He loves
his work and the outdoors, as well as
paintings by the Romanticists. While he can be sociable, his
heart really isnt into it
unless he has found kindred spirits. He enjoys fine dining,
cigars and strong drink (all
of which he discovered while abroad).
OOC: I am pasting in below one of the few messages to survive in
my Inbox after the
Lost Messages incident. My new character had just been
introduced. I believe Iexchanged a few sentences with Genevieve and
Father Thombold. Then someone invited
me to stay with him, but I don't recall who. If that person
would be so kind as to remind
me, I'd appreciate it.
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In any case, Dr. Ian is standing looking a little out of place
when Dame Elizabeth brings
over a few more people to meet. He is very polite, his New
England accent evident as he
introduces himself.
"Dr. Ian Simkins, quite pleased to make your acquaintence," with
a hearty handshake for
any who are so inclined. He is rather slight and bookish, but
good-looking with strongfeatures. Simkins is about 30, 59 and
165lbs. He has pale skin, blue eyes and black hair,
and is a natty dresser (in an Ivy League sort of way).
Doctor Ian ;O) You kick off having been invited to a soiree at
the home of Dame Elizabeth
Bradley, some contact you have in the Institute of Archeology
wangled you the invite so youcan expand your circle of
acquaintances here in London, Dame Elizabeth takes a quite a
fancy to you and decides to introduce you to her little group of
special friends at the do:
"Dr Simkins I would like to introduce you to Father Thombold St
John, Genevieve Beausard,William Butler Yeats and Jacques Robair."
She pronounces this with a disarming smile
before slipping away to attend to other guests.While you get to
know one another (intros please) The usher is heard to announce
"Mr Alan Bennet and Mr Aleister Crowley"
There is a definite decrease in the volume of conversations at
this announcement.
ruedas (Ref) wrote:
Well all of you from Jem's game, some time has passed since that
adventure,
time enough for you to all have improved your skills a
little.
We are at a party at Dame Elizabeth Bradley's house where we are
getting to know one
another: The Dame introduces everyone personally, so it's best
if you imagine yourselvesto be in a larger group with some
strangers and make your introductions. Imagine a
glittering hall filled with the kind of opulence we associate
with the height of Victoriana.A band plays waltzes and liveried
servants hand out champagne and canaps. All of
London's society is here including most of the Isis Urania
temple of the Hermetic Order
of the Golden Dawn.
The new game "Sheela na gig" starts here
The Reply:Jacques Robair was the one who invited you to stay at
his family home at 36 Bloombury,
London. Jacques is on medical furlough from the military and has
been released from
military hospital recently. He has just hired a new staff for
his home and had it reopened.
He was on assignment as engineering attache' to the British
Consulate in Berlin when he fell"ill". you can see his description
in the party roster.
