Alfred Laurent

French doctor, late 50's. Balding and wiry frame, almost comically tall. Lanky and twitchy, in relatively good shape, though not much adept at combat, he is always armed. He is a member of the Syndicalist Technocratic Union.

Ardent and firm believer in Syndicalist philosophy, he previously was a medical doctor of some renown before starting to veer into more shadowy areas of theoretical medicine and biology. Because of his accomplishments and contacts in French Syndicalist society, he was approached by the somewhat nebulous government organization known as the Syndicalist Technocratic Union. His activities and public life since then have all but disappeared.

It was around this time that he first met Bela Kiss, the Hungarian serial killer who is perpetually on the run from authorities. The two formed a sort of friendship, which primarily consisted of Dr. Laurent trying to synthesize a chemical that would both allow Bela to control his vampiric powers and hunger, and also to make him more malleable to command from Dr. Laurent himself. Bela now accompanies Dr. Laurent wherever he travels to, a dark shadow that terrorizes the surroundings where the doctor practices.

Given large amounts of money through research grants, he would use this opportunity to install himself as a head administrator at Calvisano Special Administrative Academy (Accademia Amministrativa Speciale di Calvisano). His experiments there were aimed at being able to both find ways of biologically and chemically enhancing the mental capabilities of the children boarding there, as well as experimenting with methods in mind-control.

Appears in: Session 7 (mentioned), Session 8, Session 9