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Name: Jonathan Emmet Reid, MD Door: Door Pass Canon: Vampyr Canon Point: End of the game (Golden Ending) Age: 35-years-old Appearance: Picture - At 6'1", Jonathan is described by NPCs who recognize what he is as corpse-like with dull, dead eyes. He has deep scars from his Maker's bite on the side of his neck that do not appear to heal. History: Wiki and bulleted history Personality: Ethics/Moral Compass - "First, do no harm." Throughout all that Jonathan faces in the course of the story, he holds firmly to his physician's oath to help those in need and do no harm unless absolutely necessary. He is, after all, a soldier and understands that bloodshed and violence can be required under certain circumstances. Jonathan never falters in his quest to find a cure for the Spanish Flu and stop the viciously insane vampires that have taken over London. He also never requests monetary compensation for helping people, though they occasionally pay him, anyway. He will never accept money for providing necessary medication, full stop, though. Playing him from the no-kill route, Jonathan's moral compass and ethics extend to the point that he refuses to kill any civilian or person who is not actively attacking him. He'll feed on other vampires or vampire hunters, but people just going about their lives? No. They're off limits. He'd rather suck blood from the rats in the street, however disgusting it is. He's likewise extremely cognizant of the ethical lapses of other doctors. He forces Nurse Dorothy Crane to resign her post when he catches her blackmailing Lady Ashbury, he reports one doctor who's conducting experiments while intoxicated to Dr. Swansea, and turns another doctor's experimental drug into a placebo to ensure it has no detrimental effects to the man's patients. Honesty - Apart from the whole... vampire matter, Jonathan is an extraordinarily honest man throughout the majority of the story. He very rarely outright lies. He's more in the habit of just telling people he's not going to answer a question because it's none of their business or because he doesn't trust them. He believes in truth, logic, and sensible resolutions to matters, where possible. He's also very straightforward. While his manners are impeccable, he makes no secret of the contempt he has for some characters who are particularly cruel or vile, like Clay Cox, a vicious criminal who murders for his own pleasure. On the other side, Jonathan expresses open and honest admiration for those who seek to help and heal others, like Hsaio Shun, a widow he rescues in the cemetery and talks through grieving for her husband. Jonathan later finds her handing out medication for free in one of the hard-hit areas of the City; she tells him that his generosity and push towards acting instead of just grieving is what inspired her. Hypocrisy - "Killing is a hell of a lot easier than healing." - Jonathan Reid Jonathan's life before and during canon has been plagued by a certain level of hypocrisy. He's a doctor, but he's shown to be just as comfortable stitching a man up as shooting oncoming forces. He regularly admonishes members of the Pembroke for experimenting on patients to heal them, but part of the reason he went to war was to test a novel transfusion and surgical technique he helped to develop. He likewise rails against the Ascalon Club for killing Skals (lesser vampires) left and right, but before meeting Old Bridget and discovering they weren't all just mad, Jonathan was in the habit of killing Skals left and right, too. Jonathan is also prone to yelling at his Maker for how the man treats him like a puppet, but Jonathan is flagrant about using his vampiric abilities to force people to give him information and do as he wants, such as take medication they're otherwise inclined to refuse. When called on his hypocrisy at one point by his sister, Jonathan has no real answer apart from that he was doing what he thought best. Arrogance/Condescending Nature - "Jonathan always had the first and last word at dinner. The entertainer. The star of our show!" - Jonathan's sister, Mary Tying into his hypocrisy is Jonathan's arrogance and condescension. It's noted by more than one NPC that Jonathan is something of an arrogant prick. And his certainty that he's right about things tends to lead to his most hypocritical moments (e.g., using his mesmerize capabilities to force Sean Hampton to drink his blood even when Sean repeatedly refused). Jonathan is a gentleman and he has been raised with a silver spoon and the education to go with that. He's proud of his accomplishments and he's very confident in them and his own judgment. Another instance of this coming into play is when another doctor at the Pembroke was trying to create a medication using a dangerous combination of ingredients. Jonathan, at that point, has been in the habit of developing medications he's handing out to citizens with almost identical ingredients. But instead of helping the other doctor to perfect his own mixture into a cure, Jonathan turns the other man's work into a watered down placebo. He makes the snide comment that "[at] least [he] won't be able to kill anyone with this," as he's putting the placebo in the man's office. Jonathan never once considers that he could have a valuable partner and assistant in his fellow doctor. Ambition - Jonathan's ambition knows few bounds. His dying thoughts when he's attacked by his Maker are: "No! No... I still have so much to accomplish!" While it's something that has made him a great physician both in terms of his practical abilities and his reputation, it's also a major weakness. When returning home and finally visiting his mother after he's been turned into a vampire, Jonathan is admonished by the family butler for just how poor a son and brother he seems to be in terms of emotional support. Likewise, he did not pursue a career in the arts (his mother's profession) in spite of his talent for poetry because it was not grand enough for him. He does not stay and help with his ailing mother for any significant period, and its also implied that his choosing to go to war over staying with his family to take care of her was seen as cold and motivated more by the promise of glory than concern for his country. Pride - Tying up and into all of the above noted weaknesses is the matter of Jonathan's pride. In his interactions with his Maker, this becomes readily apparent as one of the things that could, potentially, derail the entire effort to avert the Red Queen's rise. Jonathan is extremely combative with his Maker, sneering and snarling at him from the start of their interactions. Jonathan continually objects to being treated like a chess piece or puppet and while a great deal of his upset is driven by grief for his sister Mary, an equal portion is tied to the fact that this was done against his will and he was forced to act in a way that he did not choose because of that. It happens that Jonathan's desires end up coinciding with his Maker, but he fights tooth and nail against the man the entire way. His pride (as a physician) is also what leads him to allow Dr. Edgar Swansea to die. Disgusted by the man's ethical lapses (when Jonathan has experimented on patients before, as well, and even forced his blood on someone without their consent) that have led to so many deaths and the creation of a Disaster that could destroy the world, he stands by and doesn't turn Swansea into a vampire when it could save his life (or unlife, as it were). As a pillar of the community at the Pembroke Hospital, success rates for surgeries at the Pembroke take a severe dip following Jonathan's decision, as does staff morale. Jonathan shakes it off, confident that he can fill in for the gap that Swansea's loss has created. Powers and Abilities: Jonathan is a species of vampire called Ekons. His basic powers include:
Samples: Communicating Thinking |
