Edward Rivers

Born in the small town of Peasmarsh in England, Edward has always been fascinated by nature and the natural world. He graduated Cambridge University before his academic career was interrupted by the Great War. Unable to watch his classmates sacrifice their lives while he remained safe abed, but unwilling to take the lives of others, Edward enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps and served in the 85th Field Ambulance in the Macedonian Campaign.
After returning at the end of 1918, he travelled to the US to do a PhD in Natural History at Harvard University. There, Professor Alexander Rice was great amused by Edward's surname and took the graduate student on one of his Amazonian expeditions.
Now having earned his doctorate, Rivers has taken a lecturers' position at Princeton University, while he examines his long-term opportunities.

Traits

Mushrooms Are My Passion
Captain of the Gymnastics Team
There's Nothing Like a Brisk Walk
I'd Rather Not Talk About the War
Who's Up for Tea?

STRESS

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Composure1234

Ladder

Legendary +8 Epic +7 Fantastic +6 Superb +5 Great +4 Good +3 Fair +2 Average +1 Mediocre +0 Poor -1 Terrible -2 Catastrophic -3 Horrific -4

Abilities

Academics Good +3 Athletics Fair +2 Engineering Mediocre 0 Fight Mediocre 0 Investigation Good +3 Might Average +1 Mysteries Average +1 Notice Average +1 Rapport Mediocre 0 Resolve Fair +2 Science Fair +2 Shoot Mediocre 0 Sneak Mediocre 0 Vehicles Mediocre 0 Wilderness Great +4

Stunts

Wild Medicine

If you have access to local plants and fungi, you can treat most medical conditions using your Wilderness ability rather than Science.

You May Not Have Noticed

As a taxonomist, you’re used to looking for the tiniest of minutia. When you are actively examining something, you suffer no penalties for the size or subtlety of any details.

I Recall Reading About That

While your academic career has leaned toward the sciences, your interests are remarkably diverse. As a result, you are very broadly (if not especially deeply) read. All of your Academics rolls on any reasonable topic receive a +2 bonus, but the depth of your knowledge is roughly that of an introductory or survey class. For example, you might remember the broad outlines of the Trojan War and the major participants, but the names of the (innumerable) minor characters escape you. A secondary benefit is that all research efforts in a library require only half the time, since you have a starting point for almost any topic.