Warren Rice, PhD

Dr Warren Dexter Rice (a.k.a. Dibbs)

Mental characteristics

Personal history

The oldest son of Reginald and Constance Rice, Warren has a younger brother Wallace and a sister Dorothy. The Rice family made their money in real estate and it was expected that Warren would take over the business. However, after a trip to the British Museum as a child, he immediately became fascinated with antiquities and could not be swayed from pursing those interests despite his father's at time fierce objections.

Education

Undergraduate at Yale and then his PhD work at Harvard.

Employment

Professor of Classical Languages at Miskatonic University, specializing in Semitic and Near Eastern tongues.

Accomplishments & Achievements

Top of his class at Yale

Failures & Embarrassments

Warren's brother Wallace took over the business and often condescended to his older brother about his chosen profession and flaunted his wealth and success in front of Warren whenever possible. The Great Depression will see the Rice family lose everything and while he was completely removed from the family's business dealings, his father blames him for the family's misfortune. Warren desparately wishes for his father's approval but regardless of what he achieves, will always be a disappointment due to his unwillingness to continue the family business.

His family situation, especially with his father, is complicated by the fact that he looks nothing like his siblings. His father has long suspected Constance of having had an affair with an Italian business associate years ago and suspects Warren is not his. The truth is, while she did have an affair (Warren's father is a horrible person), Warren takes after his mother's great grandfather and is in fact Reginald's son.

Intellectual Characteristics

His family background has left him deeply pessimistic and the Great Depression will only make this attitude worse. However, seeing the family fortune crumble and his decision to chart his own way and escape the depression largely unscathed has also left him very pragmatic.

Social

Religious Views

While raised in an Episcopalian family, his research into world religion has left him with a mixed bag of beliefs. In any event, he does not consider himself particularly religious.

Social Aptitude

His family's wealth means that even though he finds himself solidly in the middleclass now, he has exceptional manners and is comfortable in any gathering or setting. Those who think him a simple absent minded professor and want to condescend to him will often find themselves on the losing end of withering wit.

Mannerisms

Attentive but quiet. Warren will generally let others weigh in on an issue or speak their minds before he will put forth his own ideas. He never fidgets and seems abnormally still when seated or leaning against something.

Hobbies & Pets

Rice enjoys fly fishing, not so much for the fishing but for the solitude it affords him and the chance to get his brain to calm down and think about something besides research and translations.

Speech

Speaks with incredible precision of words, often taking long pauses to consider each word extremely carefully even in casual conversation. This can make him come across as cold and aloof but it just form years of intense study and knowing dozens of languages which takes great reserve to not drop throughout conversation. What others see as aloof or maybe even arrogant, Rice sees as just being polite and not being careless with his words.

Relationships

Warren Rice, PhD

Member of Armitage Inquiry

Towards Henry Armitage, PhD

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Henry Armitage, PhD

Director of Armitage Inquiry

Towards Warren Rice, PhD

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Shared Secrets

The Armitage Inquiry and the nature of the Mythos

Current Location

Arkham

Honorary & Occupational Titles

PhD

Year of Birth

1866 AD 54 Years old

Circumstances of Birth

parentage not certain

Birthplace

Boston

Spouses

Siblings

Current Residence

Arkham

Gender

male

Eyes

brown

Hair

black

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

olive

Height

5'9"

Weight

160

Known Languages

English, German, Arabic, all Semetic branches, Persian, Egyptian, Hebrew, Turkish