Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Ship's Doctor Ashton Rys-Davies



Born March 13, 1794 in Tunstall, Kent to the Rys-Davies Baronetcy.  The baronetcy was granted to Ash's grandfather for services to the Crown in India during the Seven Years' War, and removed from the books completely in 1836.
Trained as a surgeon at St. Bartholomew in London, 1810...Joined first of Hellfire Clubs 1815...Observes first blood transfusion 1818...Begins magical studies 1821
Developed an aptitude for archeology during school and spent 1826 in Eygpt with James Burton.
Begins in-depth occult studies 1828
Member of several Hellfire Clubs and began taking the magic side far more seriously than the debauchery.  Implicated in the ritual murder of an Earl's daughter, he fled England to the Americas.(Dec 12 ,1835)
The baronetcy was removed from the records, and the situation was hushed up.
Springheel Jack is most likely a weak demon that Ash summoned and failed to control (1835);  Jack would have waited until Ash was out of the area before engaging in shenanagans (Springheel Jack "encounters" begin in Oct 1837)
Ash keeps track of the latest medical trends, and if they don't seem insane, will experiment with them as possible.  Has recently discovered the value of loyalty as a personal advantage, if not necessarily an ethic.
Goes by the name "Dr. William Edwards" currently.
Maintains English sangfroid, Overconfident and callous, overconfidence is telegraphed by self-satisfied smirk.

Ash took service with the "Phantom" initially, but has moved with the rest of the party to the 6-gun "Beulah" (formerly "The Liberty", but renamed by the new owner after the prettiest whore in the boomtown of Ft. Worth) 

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