'''Robert Johnson'''

'''Born''' 9th June 1887 in Washington DC

'''Occupation''' History professor

'''Address''' 401 Washington Street, Unity, RI

|| '''Characteristic''' || '''Score''' || '''Comment''' ||
|| Strength || 9 || Average... ||
|| Dexterity || 9 || Reasonably quick on his feet ||
|| Constitution || 3 || Robert is very unhealthy - he always has a cold and a cough. See below...||
|| Size || 10 || On the small side - 5 foot 7. Weedy, but stronger than he looks||
|| Appearance || 11 || Was very attractive a few years ago, but is not aging well||
|| Education || 19 || Excellent student - top in his year at Harvard in his first degree, now teaching History ||
|| Intelligence || 16 || Very bright ||
|| Power || 14 || Strong willed. Will normally argue his side in an argument very well. ''Except'' with his wife... ||

|| '''Derived scores''' || '''Max''' || '''Current''' ||
|| ''Sanity'' || 90 || 53 ||
|| ''Magic Points'' || 14 || 14 ||
|| ''Hit Points'' || 7 || 7 ||
|| ''Idea'' || 80 ||
|| ''Know'' || 95 ||
|| ''Luck'' || 70 ||

'''Significant skills''' (i.e. any with variable default or with non-starting level)

|| Archaeology || 15 || Merely an academic interest rather than real knowledge||
|| Bargain || 25 || ||
|| Credit Rating || 77 || Has an impressive lifestyle, and is impeccably dressed. Shame the money is mainly SuzannaJohnson``'s ||
|| Dodge || 45 || ||
|| Drive Auto || 47 || Robert loves his Cadillac... ||
|| Fast Talk || 25 || ||
|| History || 90 || One of the foremost American experts on European Medieval History, plus an excellent grounding on everything from Egypt to the Civil War ||
|| Library Use || 96 || Spends a huge amount of time in the UniversityLibrary ||
|| Mech. Repair || 24 || ||
|| Natural History || 12 || ||
|| Occult || 33 || For entertainment more than anything else ||
|| French || 60 || Well taught, used extensively in his 1909 European Tour ||
|| German || 60 || Ditto ||
|| Latin || 60 || Ditto ||
|| English || 95 || Very well spoken; has been published several times ||
|| Persuade || 22 || Can be persuasive, ''sometimes...'' |||
|| Psychology || 21 || ||
|| Spot Hidden || 85 || Just naturally very quick and / or lucky ||
|| Swim || 45 || His one sport from college ||
|| Track || 25 || ||
|| Firearms - handgun || 29 || ||
|| Firearms - shotgun || 31 || ||
|| Grapple || 28 || ||

'''Cthulhu Mythos points'''

|| 7 || From reading: AstrologikalNotesOnTheGeometryOfEuclid ||
|| 2 || Seeing the Tentacled Thing in PrimumNonNocere ||
|| 9 || '''TOTAL''' ||

<<< Wasn't there another 10 from TheBurkeLabJournal and 5 from DieTeufelworte? -- sgb >>>
 <<< I was meaning to ask about that; I didn't write them down, and the details on the pages for those books don't include Mythos cost -- [[SteveMcIntyre|Steve McIntyre]] >>>
 <<< Additionally, DieTeufelworte was burnt before Robert could read it in any detail -- [[SteveMcIntyre|Steve McIntyre]] >>>

'''Mental disorders'''

|| DammitImMad || Mild phobia of mirrors and clear reflections ||

'''Background''' -- Public

Robert was born 9th June 1887 in Washington DC to well-to-do parents
and was the youngest of 6 children (3 surviving).

Robert contracted tuberculosis at the age of 8, passed on from one of
the maids in the house. He was very ill for a long period of time
before overcoming it, and the effects will last his lifetime.

He was the very definition of a swot through school - he was never
going to be good at sport and was ostracised throughout school and
then college. He ''did'' find one physical activity which he could do
- swimming. But that wasn't enough for the jocks in college and he was
mercilessly abused when they got the chance.

Robert was always interested in History. He exhausted all that the
local library and his school could tell him about American History, so
by the time he got to college he was delving deeply into older
European history.

Robert graduated top in his year in Harvard in 1908, which was no mean
feat. He started a doctorate. His natural flair for languages helped a
huge amount here, particularly on a long field trip round Britain,
France, Belgium and Germany in the summer of 1909. Robert had been
hoping to find a research post in France, but that was not to be - he
was forced to head back to the US to attend his father's funeral in
August 1909 and has never found the time or money since to return to
Europe.

Robert was destined for great things in Boston - he was tipped as a
possible future Faculty Head. However, something happened (see below
again) and he left quietly.

In April 1911 Robert turned up in Unity with his very young wife
Suzanna and their 2-month old son AndrewJohnson. He took a
professorial position at the History Department in a newly-endowed
chair of Medieval European History. He joined TheUnitySociety in May
and has been a regular attendee ever since. Oddly, his wife almost
'''never''' joins him, preferring to "''socialise with her own
friends''" instead.

In September 1913 ElizabethJohnson was born.

Robert published his first book ''Plague - the Black Death in Europe''
in October 1915. It earned him some acclaim but very little money;
history textbooks just don't sell that well. He followed up with
''England and France - The Hundred Years War'' in June 1919, but it
did not sell at all well, probably due to bad timing. He's been
working on a third book about 14th century Bavaria ever since, with
little sign of finishing any time soon.

'''Background''' - private

(Many people will know some of the later bits, but not all of this)

SuzannaLowell was the 15-year old youngest daughter of the new
President of Harvard in Robert's final PhD year. He was besotted with
her, and they had a dangerous affair. She became pregnant and this was
obvious to her family by June 1910. To avoid the horrendous publicity
that would have been attached to the University, it was decided that
the young couple should marry and leave Harvard for good. To ensure
this, Prof Lowell pulled strings and had the chair in Unity created
for Robert.

Once the baby was born, the two were sent off to Rhode Island with a
large amount of money to set up a home for Suzanna and the
baby. Robert was told in no uncertain terms that he was never to set
foot in Boston again. More money would be forthcoming, but only so
long as he kept Suzanna happy.

Unfortunately, SuzannaJohnson didn't stay happy for long. There are
strong rumours that Elizabeth was not Robert's child. Suzanna is bored
with life as the wife of a small-town University professor and spends
a lot of her time partying and socialising with friends in Boston, New
York and Washington. She torments Robert with very public affairs,
while threatening him that she'll get daddy to take his job away and
kill his career if he does anything in return. That would be very bad
for Robert - the large house they have in the best part of town and
the brand new Cadillac he drives are both paid for out of Lowell
money, for example.

Robert keeps a small revolver in the house and another in the glovebox
of the car "for self defence". He spends a lot of his time at
TheUnitySociety trying to stay away from his wife. He often drinks
heavily, mainly scotch or at a push JackDaniels.

In the events of WordsWillNeverHurtMe, Robert was feeling very
attracted to SarahCarpenter. Until they both started feeling the
effects of reading DieTeufelworte and she was committed,
anyway. Suzanna was actually shocked into silence a few days later
when she started to taunt Robert about the fate of his
''girlfriend''. He told her to '''shut up''' and he meant it. Maybe he
does have a backbone somewhere.

Later on during PrimumNonNocere Sarah returned to Unity society, under
the treatment of the mysterious Dr LeonardGalen. She and Robert
continued to get closer while Suzanna was out of town; eventually
Robert professed his love for Sarah and she responded in kind.

Robert and Suzanna's relationship is starting to fall apart. He's
having an increasingly public affair with Sarah, and trouble must be
coming. Robert is trying to ignore that, but it's hard.

During the events of DammitImMad, Robert ended up killing EricColigny
while trying to destroy the white demon they had found. Even though it
looked like Eric was dead already, Robert will probably never forgive
himself for that: he ran and condemned a friend.

'''Relationships'''

<<< Any comments? -- [[SteveMcIntyre|Steve McIntyre]] >>>

|| JackProctor || Robert has tried several times to engage Jack in conversation about his time in Europe; there's clearly some history there... ||
|| EricColigny || Seems like a nice enough chap, but nothing really in common. Again, conversation about Europe seems a little difficult. <<< Eric has no problems  with talking about the war -- MikePitt >>> <<< OK, I understand that. But Robert is more interested in Europe for its history than its people, and he's quite blinkered by that. This would probably offend both Jack and Eric if they talk about things much -- [[SteveMcIntyre|Steve McIntyre]] >>> ||
|| EthanLocke || A cad, pure and simple. And a lawyer as well, just to make it worse. ||
|| LisaDaVinci || Lisa seems nice enough, if a little too enthusiastic. Robert would love to tell her more about the history she's asking about - she's keener than a lot of his students. But please stop prying about Suzanna! ||
|| HayesWebster || A friend and confidant - he's a nice man because he gets alcohol for Robert ||
|| JuliusErlich || Robert would like to get to know Julius better - he has some interesting opinions on academic subjects. Good practice for German, too ||
|| AlsoudHassam || A weird one - seems charming, but very shifty. Has some odd source of artifacts that will keep Robert interested ||
|| RebeccaSwarovski || An odd woman. She has some wonderful photographs that Robert would love to see more of. ||
|| BenitoTorelli || A very ''useful'' guy to know, but he seems a little unsubtle, and very uncultured ||
|| AlexanderGreystone || A newcomer to 122. Robert expected a banker to be staid and boring, but he's working out quite well ||

Robert is [[SteveMcIntyre|Steve McIntyre]]'s PC.