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Robert Lovecraft was a good doctor in Providence, Rhode Island for decades. He was particularly well-liked by parents because their children were always so well behaved for the good doctor, and even for several days afterward. Dr. Lovecraft was also an excellent surgeon with a near perfect surgical success rate, and when he finally became Enlightened and inducted into The Hippocratic Circle, it seemed he’d go on to make a name for himself in the Order. However, the Doctor’s personal history finally caught up with him a few short months after ac­ ceptance into the Circle. As a child, his brother Winfield was a changeling who regularly dragged Robert into his adventures, the worst being a fortnight-long trip into Nightmare Realms. Robert successfully suppressed these memories for decades, having trained his mind to be a banal gauntlet against anything resembling childhood joy. He’d have continued on as a horrid antagonistic person of Autumn, if he hadn’t stumbled his way into Enlightened Science. After Awakening, his memories began to slowly resurface, until he could no longer sleep and was plagued by both nightly and daytime nightmares. Now, the good doctor has taken to an aggressive use of his new state. He captures changelings and uses his tools to graft, replace, and experiment upon them and other subjects. So far, he’s escaped the notice of The Circle, but time will likely reveal he’s fallen deep into deviant territory.

System

This set of doctor’s surgical tools includes the latest in medical technology for the Victorian Era. It also includes old standbys like a bone saw and thread. The tools are considered Enchanted and allow anyone holding them to interact with chimerical reality (see Changeling:

The Dreaming 20th Anniversary Edition p. 32). Activat­

ing the tools allows the surgeon to graft chimerical body parts from one person to another without infection or rejection of the new body part. This is an uncanny Effect. The surgeon may also remove and graft chimerical body parts onto normal humans, Enchanting them so they can interact with chimerical reality. However, it also makes the normally chimerical mien parts visible to normal humans. This Effect is catastrophic and usually causes the person with the grafts extreme pain while interacting with normal people who can see their chimerical graft, reflected as a –2 dice penalty on all actions.