Here's my character. He's a relative of my character in another PbP (Baxter Llewellyn), and he's mentioned in the backstory. Also the other characters, and Mr. Elias! The "damned data" in my Knowledge is general Fortean stuff.
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William T. Llewellyn-Phelps
Male author (defense option) 3
Height: 6’0"
Weight: 232 lbs
Hair: Blond
Eyes: Gray
Age: 38
STR 12 +1
DEX 10
CON 14 +2
INT 17 +3
WIS 13 +1
CHA 15 +2
HP: 24
AC: 10
Init: +4 (+4 Improved Initiative)
Speed: 30’
Sanity: 65
Saves: Fort +4, Ref +2, Will +3
BAB: +0
Melee Atk: +1
Ranged Atk: +0
Skills: Craft (photography) +6, Craft (writing) +9, Diplomacy +4, Gather Information +7, Innuendo +2, Knowledge (archaeology) +3, Knowledge (damned data) +10, Knowledge (history) +5, Research +9, Sense Motive +3
Feats: Improved Initiative, Lightning Reflexes, Skill Focus (knowledge—damned data)
Languages: English, Welsh +4
Wealth (saved): $7,331.40
Wealth (income): $4,000
Items on Hand: Colt M1917 Pistol, worn tweed jacket, fedora, button-up shirt, pants, leather shoes, 12 cigars
Items at New York Apartment: Subscription to news clipping service, collection of books on unexplained phenomena and popular literature of the day
William Tully Llewellyn-Phelps was born in 1887 in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. The Llewellyn-Phelpses were distant relations of the Llewellyns of Liverpool, a well-known shipbuilding family, although not nearly so well off. Early in his life, William became enthralled with the notions of the weird, supernatural happenings in his neighborhood. For years, he researched the events through local and not-so-local papers, sometimes going as far afield as London. He made special study of the various strange events in England’s Severn Valley. In 1913, he published his first book, The Lens at Goatswood and other Mysteries of West Anglia. This was swiftly followed by Behold! (1915).
But with the outbreak of World War I, William enlisted in the British Army along with his cousin, Baxter. He was discharged from the war after he developed cholera. William retired to his home in Wales, and after he recovered he moved to the United States. Here, he set up residence in New York, continuing his love affair with the weird, but focusing now on American instances. Here, he developed extensive contacts, including the eccentric psychic Miriam C. LeGou and the historian Charles Whitford. He also made the acquaintance of another "morbid" author, Jackson Elias. Elias’, LeGou’s, and Whitford’s input helped him with his third book, In the Mind’s Eye (1923). He is currently researching a fourth.
Llewellyn-Phelps is a massive brute of a man; but though he cuts an imposing figure, he is a harmless sort. In conversation, he often tends to be intellectual and sometimes reverts to the language of his forebears. His attitude is markedly scarred by his time at war, and this is most noticable when he's drinking. At these times, Llewellyn-Phelps is prone to fits of depression. He leads a somewhat Spartan lifestyle, especially as his immediate family is rather poor. Llewellyn-Phelps has a wife, Madelyn, and a four-year old daughter, Dorothy.