Dr. Graves
Dr. Ulysses Graves (a.k.a. The sleepless, raccoon eyes)
Dr. Graves is a pharmacist working for INSSO who works alongside Dr. Insignia in designing medicines for parahumans.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
He's generally rather unhealthy, being both obese and diabetic. His insomnia leaves perpetual dark rings under his eyes, and his anxiety makes his body constantly shift between human and raccoon.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
As a boy, Ulysses was a prankster and troublemaker, putting firecrackers in mailboxes, glue on forks, and generally being a nuisance. When he was 16, one of his pranks went sour when his victim attacked and bit him, turning him into a Wereraccoon. After the shock of turning into a raccoon when stressed, he stopped pranking others and turned to trying to help them. He soon found INSSO and started studying under them at the Deer College. There, his condition didn't earn him any judgement, making him leave the human world pretty much entirely. While he found the mere idea of being a medical doctor that interacted with patients directly too stressful, he did find his stride in developing pharmaceuticals for parahumans.
During his career, he joined Dr. Azalea Insignia in her quest to make a medicine to allow Vampires to enter sunlight.
Education
Dr. Graves has a Ph.D's in vampire and were biochemistry and pharmaceuticals from Deer College, as well as Masters degrees in psychology and botany.
Employment
Dr. Graves currently works as a chemist in a parahuman pharmaceuticals lab owned by INSSO. While he is the most senior member of the lab, he doesn't have much authority.
Accomplishments & Achievements
Dr. Graves has produced an injection that eases the transition of Weres, reducing cramps and other pains associated with their changing bodies. He's also made a medicine for Vampire that prevents hyperdontia which can either be injected or mixed in with blood and drank. His most recent accomplishment is in the creation of an experimental skin cream that protects Vampires from the sun.
Failures & Embarrassments
Dr. Graves's anxiety and insomnia often get in the way of his work. His binge-eating has gotten him a few friendly ribs at the lab. He also tends to hyperfocus on even the most minor failures or holdups, be it misspelling something on a label or not being able to get enough test subjects. Several of his experiments have failed, such as his early attempts at hyperdontia treatment that lead to skin rashes or developing scales.
Mental Trauma
Dr. Graves constantly feels as if he doesn't measure up. Every little slip-up haunts him, and he's prone to becoming overwhelmed and panicing or binge-eating if he feels things aren't going well enough.
Morality & Philosophy
Dr. Graves tends to be rather by-the-book in terms of morality, following ethics guidelines to the letter.
Relationships
Relationship Reasoning
The two are both specialists in producing medication for parahumans, particularly vampires. They're now working together to produce a serum to make vampires immune to sunlight.
Species
Year of Birth
1987
43 Years old
Spouses
Siblings
Children
Gender
male
Eyes
brown
Hair
unkempt, natural dark hair
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Dark, rich brown
Height
5'10"
Weight
340 lbs
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