Role

Chapter 1

You are one of the only members of the Menagerie to join it of your own free
will.

The child of an aristocratic family from Arkham, you were a shame to the
family when you began dabbling in occult. Really, you can.t be blamed - you
were born this way. You.ve been able to see ghosts since you were a small
child, and seemed to attract every manner of restless spirit and poltergeist.
At first your parents cast aside your encounters are the imaginative
ramblings of a young child, as you approached adolescence and began more
formally taking an interest in dark magic in an attempt to strengthen your
connection to the spirit world, your parents were horrified. They contacted
the church to have you seized for an exorcism.

You went peacefully. For all your parents. horror, you actually were an
impeccably well-behaved and law-abiding child. Frankly, you still were
unclear quite what the fuss was about. The acolytes from the church locked
you in a spartan cell where you would await exorcism the next morning.

At first, you remained unworried, as you were not much of a believer in
religious nonsense. Bu then a strange spirit came to you and told you that
the exorcism would be certain to remove your ability to communicate with the
dead, and you became concerned. The spirit, thankfully, walked you through a
ritual that opened a violet portal that led to the Menagerie.

In the Menagerie, your ability to speak with the dead was not maligned. In
fact, it was quite welcome. You commandeered a wagon and used it to conduct
seances for the clientele in the various extraplanar cities that the
Menagerie would visit. It suited you perfectly, and as your youth progressed
your ability to communicate with the dead strengthened.

Once the Menagerie made its way towards the civilizations of Thera proper,
you were struck by the sheer quantity of spirits lingering in this plane.
Even though you are Prime denizen yourself, you realize how much weaker your
skills had been in childhood. More fully developed, you sense now that the
ghosts of this world are innumerable.

You simply packed some things and left. That the Menagerie vanished was of no
concern to you. You have studies to pursue, and the Menagerie has outlived
its usefulness to you.