The Life and Passing of Mr. B.T Elgeuse

(1869-1889)

Mr. Benedict Trevor "B.T" Elgeuse was born in the year of our Lord 1869, the son of an Ambassador and an ottoman whore. He spent his early years in luxury accompanying his father on diplomatic missions albeit always being surrounded by oppressive tutors and attendants. In 1879, he ran away to the country to immerse himself in a new life as a con man. This lasted only briefly and he was soon dragged back to a life as a stiff, silent figurehead of his father's wealth and success.

In 1886, the poor teenage Elgeuse thought that he had finally escaped this dull existence when the death of his father permitted him to attend Juilliard and Harvard where he studied pantomime. Midway through the term, however, two things occurred. One of these was his being unfortunately roped into a job as a barker and occasional "lecturer" for P.T Barnum's American Museum and touring extensively with them. The other occurrence being his mother (the foremost wife of his father) and brother contracting Consumption, which the family butler likened to living through the Black Plague. Subsequently, Benedict decided he wished to move to London1 to distance himself from his checkered past.

Once there, he passed himself off as a licensed coroner (using money left to him by his father to falsify the required papers of course). The next year was rather uneventful, mostly sticking to the protocol he had written up for himself, which generally entailed him spitting random medical jargon in an obviously false British accent (one of the many skills Benedict acquired during his time with the American Museum). However, it was the following year, 1888 that nearly cost him both his freedom and life (for impersonation of a medical professional), simply because Benedict was required to perform an autopsy on "Mary", one of the victims of Jack the Harlot Killer. Regardless, Scotland Yard saw the results of this procedure very insightful and promptly told Benedict so. They told him that it enabled the Yard to "see inside the Ripper". Over the next several months following the Ripper's slaughter, Benedict managed to divide his time between the odd inspection of a corpse and frequent visits to the local brothels, bars and gambling halls2. It is said Benedict had a special relationship with a certain bitch, who had lost one of her fingers in a brawl (there is a popular rumor that Benedict recovered said digit from the aftermath of said brawl). He was relatively comfortable with his new way of life when he received the news that his mother had recently died. It was in one of the resultant bouts of depression that succeeded Benedict's mother's passing that Benedict decided he was through with life, and so it was. In 1889 Benedict Trevor Elgeuse passed away due to voluntary exposure to toxic mold.

1 He also contemplated Paris, and learned French for this reason.

2

It was these particular establishments that Benedict frequented when depressed, he considered three to be his lucky number in dice games.