Violet Crowe
You were born with the name Eric Smith, but you did not like it. You never liked it, it was too plain, too cheery. As soon as you moved out of your parents house to go to college, you changed it officially to Rayvin Crowe. That suited your dark and gloomy personality much better, and it was much more unique. You have even periodically died your hair to match.
After finishing your undergraduate studies in anthropology at the University of Wisconsin you started a graduate program at St. Paul’s in archeology. You work with Colleen Fisher, who is an excellent archeologist and has made many splendid discoveries. She has been promising you for years that you will get to accompany her on a real dig, to get some field experience, and finally she is taking you. You are not too sure what made Colleen and her husband Aiden choose this particular site, but it seems pretty interesting. There was apparently an old dig here in the 19th century but it was abandoned for some reason. Perhaps Colleen might know. You were not too sure who all else were coming on this expedition, but you have met them briefly on the flight over. Karyn Sims is a secretary of some sort form the Office of Campus life at St. Paul’s, you have no idea why she is here. Tex Thompson is the cash behind the operation, as he is certainly not the brains. He is a rich businessman from Texas. Nancy MacDonald is a scientist of some sort, and she seems to be here with Tex. Aiden brought along an aid, Betsy Gordon, who is apparently an experienced archeologist. You hope she will be useful and is not just some infatuation of Aiden’s. Colleen has brought her daughter Erin along, probably for the educational experience. The kid needs a break, her parents seem to always insist on her becoming an archeologist like them, and she just wants to be left alone.
If only you could share your other passion with her. But you do not think her parents would approve. You see, aside from archeology you have been studying the occult. You discovered it while an undergrad, as many of the cultures you studied in anthropology classes mentioned it. It has been a rich and fascinating subject, and you have learned a lot. Among the things you learned is the reason why you insisted on coming along on this trip. In an ancient-seeming tome you were studying, you found reference to this very cave outside the village of Almeirim. You were almost too afraid to believe in the wonderful coincidence of the dig being in that cave. According to the tome, the cave was an ancient temple of the local natives. It is a place of great power, and it is the perfect place for the ritual you are planning on doing. You remembered to bring your notes on the ritual, so all should go well.
Once you got to Almeirim, you could almost feel the power. You knew you were near your goal. Before you went into the cave though, the Fishers hired a local teenager, Horacio Salvadore to be an assistant. He seems like a nice enough boy, and you would love to interview him at some point soon. Native cultures always interested you, that is why you were an anthropologist after all. You are also interested to see if he knows anything about this cave or its history.
Special Abilities
- Dig
- Occult