[hider=Dr. Thomas Finch][b]Name:Dr. Thomas Finch[/b] 
[b]Age: 28[/b] 
[b]Gender: Male[/b] 
[b]Race:Human[/b] 
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[b]Description:[/b] A tall lanky man with stringy muscles and a strangely youthful appearance, the academic lacks the bookish appearance of one in his station. Sporting dark brown hair and a mildly disinterested look, the Professor is decidedly handsome without the muscle of someone who works out regularly. Thomas prefers untucked button up shirts and jeans, shoes are typically optional. When the Professor is called upon to teach or perform in a professional setting however he prefers black slacks and a black jacket with a white button up. Beyond the classroom and outside his home the professor has taken a liking to a long black trench coat and a longshoreman's cap. On very rare occasions the professor has been known to put on a well prepared suit or even a tux however the occasions are rare indeed. 

[b]History:[/b] 

Thomas is an anomaly to most as they view him as exactly what he appears: a quirky professor from Trinity. A professor with a penchant for sticking his nose in others business. While many respect him, the majority of people do their best to avoid the history professor as his intelligence has an unsettling effect.

Prior to his wife’s death Dr. Thomas Finch was a professor of Archeology at Trinity College in Ireland as his genius had allowed him to complete three doctorates and landed him a job as a tenured professor at Trinity. During this time Finch was obsessed with mythology and magic in ancient cultures, leading dozens of expeditions that his colleagues considered to be rather foolish as they thought he was looking for fairy tales. 

Finch focused much of his time on the death and creation myths of many of the cultures he studied. While exploring a site in Greece Finch discovered what he suspected might be proof that ancient civilizations may have actually had some form of magic though the find eventually proved inconclusive. When he finally returned from a two year sabbatical to Trinity he discovered his wife, a former student of his, had been murdered. Kathleen O’heir. A striking beauty with fiery red hair and a laugh that caught Thomas’ heart. After Kathleen was out of Thomas’ class the two were briefly engaged and then married in the Ring of Kerry. The three years Thiomas had with Kathleen were the best of his life. When he left Trinity to go on his sabbatical he left Kathleen to finish her studying at Trinity. Lazarus promised Kathleen that when he returned they would travel the world and be together. Thomas had just inherited his family's fortune and he no longer needed his position at Trinity. When Kathleen was killed Thomas sunk into a stupor before finally deciding that there must have been more to his Wife’s death.

Thomas search for answers finally caused him to cross paths with Tarot; a UK based paramilitary organization that confirmed that he was right about his wife’s death and that there had been something strange about it. The organization agreed to help the Professor in exchange for his expertise in Chemistry and Biology, his other doctoral degrees. With Ireland and his home behind him Thomas took to drinking regularly and moved to Loom at the behest of Tarot. Unbenounced to Thomas, Tarot has been using his skills and knowledge to attempt to unravel the mysteries of Demon and Angel biology to better allow their operatives to take on these new threats that the organization has come to terms with.

 While Sgt. Collin Maclir is Thomas handler in Loom, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the Tarot operator to keep the genius professor in the dark about what he is really working on. 

[b]Abilities/Skills:[/b]

[i]Savant-[/i] Dr. Finch is a Genius level Polymath with an IQ well beyond 125. The Professor had completed his doctorates by the time he was eighteen and his expertise extends to a variety of fields beyond archeology, anthropology, chemistry and biology into the realms of philosophy, music, language, physics and medicine to name a few. This is all supplemented by an eidetic memory. 

[i]Musician-[/i]In addition to his staggering intellect the professor is an accomplished musician playing the violin and piano with near perfect precision capable of composing and transcribing by ear alone, Thomas has more than earned his reputation as a renaissance man. 

[i]Artist-[/i] Dr. Finch has a wide spectrum of talent in art including: sculpture, painting and freehand drawing to name a few. 

[i]Student of History- As a professor of Archeology, history and anthropology Thomas focus included Greece, Egypt, Japan and the Aztec of South America.[/i]

[i]Kung Fu Fighting-[/i] While Thomas is no more than a regular human, he is a master of Wing Chun including Chinese and Hong Kong derivatives of the art. Fully capable of handling himself in a fight the Professor has only ever been called upon to use his skills a handful of times making him largely untested in a fight.

[i]Modern Knight-[/i] Thomas has extensive training in medieval european swordsmanship as well as Kendo and Iaijutsu. While Thomas is quite excellent with a katana or a longsword the knowledge has so far been solely academic and for exercise as he does not wear or carry a sword and has never considered doing such a thing. 

[i]Marksman-[/i] Another largely academic skill the professor is proficient with rifles and pistols. Until recently this skill has been maintained as a form of fun however with his time in Loom and with the Tarot the Doctor has been issued a sidearm much to his distaste and dismay.

[i]Elementary my Dear Watson-[/i] While he is hardly a trained investigator Thomas is incredibly observant and as a consequence of this little escapes his notice. This factored into Tarot’s decision to bring him on as the academic is incredibly well rounded in his ability to draw conclusions from facts. Though Dr. Finch claims, Mr. Holmes will always be the superior detective as Thomas’ skill lies in the theoretical. 




[b]Notable Belongings:[/b] 

[i]Notebook:[/i] A simple leather bound notebook, Thomas records many of his own thoughts and observations in the omnipresent notebook. 

[i]Springfield S-XD .40:[/i] A single stacked .40 Springfield handgun that the Doctor carries when he is out with the Tarot Liaison in Loom. The Doctor objects vocally to this and as a result has had no need to use the firearm.

[i]Finch estate:[/i] Thomas Finch is independently wealthy being the son of a successful businessman and woman who made the vast majority of their fortune in the import/export business out of Ireland and the UK. In addition to this the Professor owns the equivalent of a modern Castle in Ireland though he is never there.[/hider]