Henry Jekyll
Doctor Henry Jekyll is a brilliant chemist and neurosurgeon who possesses an alter-ego by the name of Edward Hyde, a manifestation of his darker impulses. He is a kind and respected English doctor who has repressed evil urges inside of him.
Overview[]
In an attempt to hide his evil urges, he develops a type of serum that he believes will effectively mask his dark side. Instead, Jekyll transforms into Edward Hyde, the physical and mental manifestation of his evil personality. This process happens more regularly until Jekyll becomes unable to control when the transformations occur. While believed to be deceased at first, Jekyll was revealed to have survived his attempted suicide and became a member of the British Paranormal Society.
History[]
Evil Alter-Ego[]
Dr. Henry Jekyll feels he is battling between the good and evil within himself, thus leading to the struggle with his alter ego, Edward Hyde. He spends his life trying to repress evil urges that are not fitting for a man of his stature. He develops a serum in an attempt to mask this hidden evil. However, in doing so, Jekyll transforms into Hyde, a hideous creature without compassion or remorse. Jekyll has a friendly personality, but as Hyde, he becomes mysterious and violent. As time goes by, Hyde grows in power and eventually manifests whenever Jekyll shows signs of physical or moral weakness, no longer needing the serum to be released.
Gradual Decline[]
Eventually, the stock of ingredients from which Jekyll had been preparing the potion ran low, and subsequent batches prepared by Dr. Jekyll from renewed stocks failed to produce the transformation. Jekyll speculated that the one essential ingredient that made the original potion work (a salt) must have itself been contaminated. After sending his butler Poole to one chemist after another to purchase the salt that was running low only to find it wouldn't work, he assumed that subsequent supplies all lacked the essential ingredient that made the potion successful for his experiments. His ability to change back from Hyde into Jekyll had slowly vanished in consequence. Jekyll wrote that even as he composed his letter, he knew that he would soon become Hyde permanently, having used the last of this salt and he wondered if Hyde would face execution for his crimes or choose to kill himself. Jekyll noted that, in either case, the end of his letter marked the end of his life.
Joining the Society[]
However, before he was able to end his life, Henry was found by Ian Thatch whom just recently was employed by the British Empire in the British Paranormal Society. Professor Thatch managed to convince Henry to continue on living and focus on trying to heal the world instead of destroying because as far as Thatch is concerned, it is Jekyll who is the real person and not Hyde as the latter is merely a product of the evil that exists in every human being but like all evil it can be suppressed. Jekyll's moral was slowly restored and joined the B.P.S. alongside Thatch with the latter also promising him to find a cure to rid him of the evils of Hyde. In addition, the British Empire was willing to offer Jekyll amnesty despite the atrocities Hyde had committed in London.