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The Necrofessor is a character in the Steampunk Community.

Origin and Birth

The Necrofessor's personal records originate from the lower banks of the outer rift planets during the period known as the Calibration, where in his time great technology was being crushed under religious persecution. Records indicated he had changed identities multiple times during his childhood, and the parents are believed to have been a three-eyed gypsy woman, and a local street brawler who became a notorious airship pirate. In his timeline he ran away from home to assume another identity and study the occult while attending university. While having no official medical background, the Necrofessor was quickly thrust into the job of plague doctor to avoid becoming entrenched in the war at the time. A profession with equally devastating mortality. Through his travels he became a tool of the church of Heaven's Gear, and was forced to offer his plague doctor services in the name of the church. During which he experimented with the dead and infected, for there was an overabundance of corpses to practice his craft.

Reality Breaks

From here the timelines were split by the Multiverse event known as the "Catalyst" and two "Necrofessors" emerged on record in a single Reality. One assumed the name of Professor Brassthorn, and built an airship known as the Dreamstrider. The other "True Necro" reportedly entered the Abyss and did not emerge on record again until after the Multiverse War had ended. From here Professor Brassthorn traveled to a place called the Realm, and his adventures were recorded in transmissions found in the Threnody subspace archives. Afterward, Professor Brassthorn went on the run, hiding away from mounting warrants and bounties building up. Included is an Agent report on the airship.

Airship Dreamstrider

Mid-class Science Vessel

Known Cpt. Prof. Brassthorn aka "Necrofessor"

The Airship Dreamstrider is a living organism from the Dreamlands, grown in the corporeal realm and repurposed as an airship by Professor Brassthorn, The main compartment of the airship are housed inside what is considered the envelope, a black pseudo-organic carapace that acts as the hull and main source of motor conveyance being its ability to flow Necroaether through the body of the creature/ship. Little is known about the Alchemy of Necroaether, aside from research notes intercepted by the Necrofessor himself, however studies show it retains similar properties to highly refined Aether.

Excerpt::: [Intercepted from transmission in parcel 10-30, Necrofessor case 01047] "Many ask how the ship can fly like a squid through ink, There is a curious machination at work in the flesh of the Airship Dreamstrider, an Alchemy long forgotten and cast into the Dreamlands. And I shall reveal the Secret to you. There is a waveform of Death Energy that ebbs and flows through the Dreamlands. It is a current all around us, hanging its presence of ubiquity like sadness at a funeral. It is this current in the realm of the Astral waves in which the Airship Dreamstrider floats aloft, Manifesting Necroaether in the corporeal realm to act as its fuel. She is an airship powered by the very aether of souls, the purest of all energy. And as the ship grows, so too does my understanding of Necroaether. "


 * DO NOT ENGAGE IN COMBAT:::

Intel- Recon on the ship has revealed no outer armaments, but has been seen firing a weapon referred to as an "Aetherwave" which appears to have the devastating effects of a Leviathan-class Aether

cannon. It has only been seen fired once in a defensive maneuver. The DNC has been ordered on the Airship Dreamstrider for there is evidence that the ship is housing an untold number Plagues that have been gathered from various realities, including samples of the Reality killer-class Plague of Shadows. Any act of detention should be done with proper clearance and with extreme caution. A Mage or Eldritch scholar with training in astral barriers is required for detainment.

The Dreamstrider's hyper drive is Astral-based, the Airship can dive into the Astral realm and emerge nearly at any point in the Multiverse, however the corporeal additions to the ship can create tears in space as it does this, leading to further infractions on the state of the natural cosmos. For this the Airship gained a Most Wanted status, as Astral drives are a rare and under-researched technology.

The Dreamstrider is widely observed to frequent graveyards, mortuaries, fallen battlefields, ancient ruins, sacrificial sites, and has been visually reported by ground Agents in nearly every major reality that has suffered a massive Plague or Reality-wide Pandemic. Planet-side the Captain will emerge in plague garb and has been observed carting dead bodies into the ship, and shortly after the Airship Dreamstrider is observed exuding a burst of green Aetheric energy across the canopy. Necromancy is assumed but not observed and will be covered in more formal addendum. All agents are advised to approach only if necessary, and to avoid entering the ship at all costs.

End of the Multiverse War After the Multiverse War, Professor Brassthorn and the Airship Dreamstrider were never reported again. At this point, only the "True Necro" remained. This Necrofessor wears constantly changing power armors or vest coats, and the traditional pale beaked mask of a plague doctor. Absorbed into the Council of 22, this Necrofessor has earned a position of power in the Multiverse that seems to have incredible influence. However, this Necrofessor resides in fluctuating states of Undeath. When the mask is off the Necrofessor may appear either as he did when he was alive, or in subtle states of decomposition. Research shows that the Necrofessor must be using some form of cosmetic regenerative elixirs to stave off full ghoulification. That being noted he has been reported to have died multiple times. In brutal ways. Noted Deaths are at the End of the Multiverse War when his body was recovered by agents in a makeshift laboratory outside of C-sphere. The Time Paradox of 1865 when he became the conduit for the split in Reality. The Death of the Necrofessor in the Dune Wastes, as his body was torn asunder during a soul transcendence ritual observed by Agent Recon. Necro mancy from an academic standpoint is the study of the energy and manipulation of Death, and would not completely account for every single reanimation of him on our records. Time travel paradoxes, Clones, and a number of other theories surround his various reincarnations and reanimations. From evidence revealed in various cryptic transmissions it would seem that he has already explained the Alchemic process for this phenomenon. Quoted as saying "The Lessons will continue even beyond the Grave."

Present The Necrofessor emerged via aethercaster transmission to address the Annual Meeting of the Villains XX17. This gathering was held inside of a pocket Nightmare dimension and the Necrofessor staged a Massive Genocidal display that was later confirmed to be a hoax. It was revealed that he had altered aetheric transmissions from multiple warp stations to broadcast to the Multiverse at large. This transmission depicted many core realities being destroyed, and led to a massive media scramble with thousands of various rescue efforts being deployed from alternate Realities. This has only added to the number of warrants and bounties leading to further elusiveness. Various opinions and questions of motive swirled in the steam systems, some arguing that the display was reckless and not only ended

The Genocide Hoax with a small number of casualties from emergency dives out of warp but that it was an act of Galactic terrorism meant to impose the will of the mysterious Council. Some believe that it was an act of radical manipulation, meant to dispatch relief efforts and to help foster new cooperatives among various realties. It was from this Display which created the impetus of Her Majesty's Naval Defensive Agreement for Necropolis and the Medical Airship Cooperative of the Outer Rift, among others. Later reports uncovered that the Necrofessor chose those particular realities based off two questions that he enquired upon each villain via subspace channels, the first being, "What is your Home Planet?" and ,"Are you Fond of it?"

Dreadnought Radio Mental Episode 2017 The Necrofessor stole a Dreadnought Class Airship from her Majesty's Royal Air Navy in Genesis-time G2017 during the Festival of the Dead. The ship was the Tesla's Vendetta, and is the broadcasting Flagship of Dreadnought Radio. He acquired it outside of a Rift Reality during a routine docking procedure for seasonal maintenance and hacked the Airship's on-board Computer to send it into an emergency Hyper Jump. During this operation the Necrofessor was broadcasting his Signal to all the subspace channels within signal range. At the end of the transmission, the door to the command bridge was breached and the Necrofessor gunned down by the leader of the Mercenary team. It was later revealed that the Necrofessor destroyed was a clone, and the Necrofessor was still out there.