James Edward Camber
| Pronouns | he/him/his |
|---|---|
| Clan | Carpathian |
| Sect | Unaligned |
| Social Class | Ancilla |
| Morality | Humanity |
Further Information
O Born in Rhode Island in 1838 to Mary Best and Robert Edward Camber, James was a grocer's delivery boy in his youth, a telegraph operator, and a hotel desk clerk before joining the Providence Police department in 1867.
O After being promoted to detective in 1869, Camber worked as a plain clothes officer investigating street crimes, being regarded as a tireless worker and a highly skilled investigator with keen instincts.
O Retiring from the Police Department in 1887 aged 49 due to a leg injury, he became landlord of 'The Red Elk' boarding house in Exeter, Rhode Island in March 1888, giving that up in October 1889 to set up as the night watchman.
O In 1892 George Brown of Exeter, Rhode Island conceded to give permission to exhume the bodies of several family members suspected of vampirism. Camber, along with the local doctor assisted with the examination.
O (c. Fall 1892) The continued investigation into the mysterious death of Mercy Brown ultimately leads to Camber's embrace at the hands of the vampire responsible.
In 1892, local authorities began to investigate a number of mysterious deaths in Exeter, Rhode Island... The entire affair would later be dubbed the 'Mercy Brown vampire incident' by the press. To this day it is still one of the best documented cases of exhumation of a corpse involving an undead manifestation. The incident was part of the wider New England vampire panic.
Several cases of consumption had occurred in the local community. Friends and neighbors of the families affected began to believe vampirism to be the cause. At the time, little was known about tuberculosis, and most of it was based on superstition.
On March 17, the local doctor, a newspaper reporter and the town's night watchman gathered to exhume the body of Mercy Brown. The recently deceased girl appeared to be relatively unchanged. This was taken as a clear sign that the young woman was undead.
It has been suggested by scholars that Bram Stoker, the author of the novel Dracula, knew about the Mercy Brown case through newspaper articles and based the novel's character Lucy Westenra upon her. It is also referred to in H. P. Lovecraft's "The Shunned House".
For James Edward Camber all this was just the beginning...
"Audiences swoon for us in books and onscreen, but when New England had a “real” vampire panic, there was nothing romantic about it." -Camber
"I used to believe that a good Detective should have strenuous faith -- and yet not believe," -Camber
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| Player | Robert Richards |
|---|---|
| Pronouns | he/him/his |
| MES # | US2004102197 |
| Domain | KY-004-D |
| Storyteller | Jamie Roy |
