The Armitage Inquiry
Enough professors at Miskatonic University have stumbled onto the Mythos in the last several years to create a critical mass of dangerous knowledge. Under the direction of Dr Henry Armitage, they have decided to do something about it. He has formed an informal “Inquiry Group,” similar to the interdisciplinary collection of scholars who advised President Wilson at the Versailles talks in 1919.
Dr Henry Armitage (b 1855, 81 years old): The former head librarian of the Orne Library, Professor Armitage is a specialist in medieval epigraphy, occultism, and linguistics. He took his D. Litt. at Cambridge. Recently retired, becoming Director Emeritus, and heads the Inquiry full time.
Dr Ferdinand Ashley (b 1891, 45 years old): Associate professor of archaeology, specializing in Egyptology. Participated in the recent Western Australia Expedition. Like Morgan, young enough for field missions.
Dr William Dyer (b 1880, 56 years old): Professor of geology, survivor of the first Miskatonic Antarctic Expedition. Believes strongly in secrecy and preventing further expeditions.
Dr Tyler M Freeborn (b 1906, 30 years old): Assistant professor of anthropology; participant in the Western Australia Expedition. A self-proclaimed Communist and radical, Freeborn clings to his tenure track by his fingernails against a storm of inter-departmental opposition. Devoted to field work, but his professional research sometimes takes precedence over Inquiry work.
Dr Cyrus Llanfer (b 1871, 65 years old): Recently promoted to Head Librarian of the Orne Library. Has no real understanding of the Mythos, but is entirely loyal to Dr Armitage.
Dr William Moore (b 1886, 50 years old): Professor of geology, specializing in paleontology. Co-head of the Starkweather-Moore Antarctic Expedition in 1932-1933.
Dr Francis Morgan (b 1891, 45 years old): Associate professor of archaeology, specializing in the American Southwest but has experience in Egypt and Mesopotamia. Logical and scientific in orientation. Still young enough for field missions.
Dr Nathaniel Peaslee (b 1900, 36 years old): Professor of psychology, specializing in abnormal psychology. A devotee of Jung, he is driven by revenge for the suffering of his father, Professor Emeritus Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee, who has been in a sanitarium since his return from Australia.
Mrs. Agatha Warren Pickman (b 1849, 81 years old): The eccentric and domineering head of the Nathaniel Derby Pickman Foundation, which provides financial support for some Inquiry operations.
Dr Warren Rice (b 1866, 70 years old): Professor of classical languages, specializing in Semitic and Near Eastern tongues. Pessimistic and pragmatic.
Dr Ephraim Sprague (b 1886, 50 years old): Essex County medical examiner and private physician.
Dr Albert Wilmarth (b 1861, 75 years old): Professor of English, specialist in New England folklore. Chairs of the English Department. Between his departmental responsibilities and his delicate temperament (following the Vermont nightmare) he now sends graduate students and junior faculty to gather folklore first-hand.
