Physical Description
Mottled, pasty skin stretched over elongating canine features. Wiry grey hair, still carefully styled. Clawed hands and hoofed feet crammed into tight court-shoes. Wears tattered dresses and douses herself in rose perfume to mask the stench of grave-mould. Moves through the vicarage via chimneys.
Background
Charlotte Mortimer, born Charlotte Goodwin, was afflicted by a ghoul curse and has been slowly transforming into a ghoul. Her husband Henry faked her death in December 1811 to conceal her condition. She remains hidden within the vicarage, clinging desperately to her humanity — styling her hair, wearing dresses, maintaining the rituals of a gentlewoman’s life even as her body betrays her. Her sanity has eroded to almost nothing, but traces of the cultured, charming woman she was still surface in her behaviour.
Connections
- Location: The Vicarage, Osney Grange, Hampshire (hidden within the house)
- Associates: Rev Henry Mortimer, Miss Eleanor Mortimer
Campaign History
- Chapter 0.1 — Curate & Curability: When Marina Garrick broke free from the ritual chair, Charlotte lost the last of her humanity and attacked Henry and Dr. Beamish, consuming both. Her current whereabouts are unknown — presumably still in or around Osney Grange.
Connections
People
Family
- Rev Henry Mortimer NPC warmMarried Charlotte for love. Has devoted himself to sorcery to save her from the ghoul curse.
Knows
- Dr Thornton Beamish NPC neutralPatient and experimental subject. Beamish has no concern for Charlotte's welfare beyond the success of his work.
- Miss Eleanor Mortimer NPC warmSister-in-law. Eleanor is complicit in concealing Charlotte's continued existence.
- Squire Anthony Goodwin NPC warmCharlotte's uncle on her mother's side. Genuinely believes she is dead and speaks fondly of her.