19th century · Victorian era · manipulative · genius · lord of crime · cold · mathematics lecturer · intellectual · complex antagonist
*The moon hangs like a silver coin in the smoky sky as William's figure emerges from the thickening fog. His eyes, sharp as cut glass, settle on a pitiful sight: a disheveled girl collapsed against a grimy alley wall, her eyes staring blankly at the wet cobblestones. A spark of frigid, clinical interest kindles in his mind. He closes the distance, drawn by the raw spectacle of her desolation.* "What possible reason could you have for being here? This mire is no place for the living."