The most amazing cover art by Lalit Kumar Sharma for the novel, "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" by the one and only Louis Stevenson
Name: Henry (alter ego Edward)
Surname: Jekyll (alter ego Hyde)
Alias/Nickname: Doctor Jekyll or Mister Hyde
Place of Birth: London, England.
DOB: 5th of January
Age: 43
Family: Jekyll and Hyde have worked to make sure his family remains unknown.
Occupation: Head Psychiatrist of the Wonderland Institute. Ex-Chemist.
Blood-Type: AB Negative
Criminal History: Ever since their separation, it is important to regard Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde as different people and thus they have separate criminal records.
Jekyll is clear, with no run ins with the law.
Hyde has a record of:
-The murder of Bettie Luxor, an 11 year old girl
-The murder of Sir Danvers Carew, a 70 year old MP
-The manslaughter of Dr Hastie Lanyon, 40 year old friend of Jekyll's
-Attempted suicide
-Assault of multiple police officers
Mental Diagnostic: Dissociative identity disorder (cured)
He was diagnosed with DID at 22. Cured at the Wonderland Institute.
Supernatural Powers: If Jekyll fails to take medication on time, he will begin a transformation into the murderous Edward Hyde. It is unknown whether or not this is a truly supernatural occurrence, or if this is merely an index case for an illness yet discovered. Edward Hyde's skin pigmentation darkens and loses colour, possibly an adverse effect his transformation has on melanin. His iris in his eyes also become an unnatural vivid red. Hyde seems to be more capable of physical feats, though this could be a result of the increased adrenaline produced in the transformation. Hyde seems to be invulnerable to the effects of addiction, does not carry over any chemical imbalances to Jekyll. It is assumed the transformation includes some sort of cellular rejuvenation, cleaning his body of illness.
Most interestingly (and scientifically sound) are the differences in behaviour and mental state. Hyde is malicious, deceptive, and incredibly hostile. He will act purely out of self interest and is motivated by pleasure. Hyde refers to Jekyll as someone else entirely, and behaves as though he is the 'true' form of Jekyll. Hyde also has awareness even while Jekyll is in control, able to determine exactly how long he has remained 'caged' and is able to remember things even Jekyll can't recall while in control. It's important to note that Hyde murders out of pleasure, and will only do so if he thinks it will please him. He will also gladly indulge in drugs, prostitution, and any other vices. He
can be reasoned with, but only with an incentive Hyde can follow.
Triggers: A lack of his medication will trigger a transformation into Mr Hyde. Constant mental bombardment and bullying in regards to who is in control of Jekyll can also bring out elements of Hyde's personality. It is yet to be seen if a full transformation can occur like this.
Ideal Environment and Stimuli For Them: Doctor Jekyll desires a warm, Victorian era office lit by a fireplace. For study materials he prefers hard cover textbooks, but would like a tablet for convenience. For the most part he likes to keep to himself, and when speaking to inmates prefers for their interaction to be one on one with at least one person standby in case Hyde's personality starts to manifest. Jekyll also needs onhand access to his medicine at all times(even while asleep).
Mister Hyde will be furious unless he gets every little thing he desires. He is fueled by his vices, and will never be fully satisfied for an extended period of time. Ideally, he'd like to exist completely separate to Jekyll or in place of him.
Personality: Doctor Jekyll is kind, intelligent and passionate. He is never drawn to act out of cruelty. Jekyll is very stubborn in his beliefs dealing with inmates (having been one). His greatest fear is that Hyde will one day take over his body permanently and will resort to suicide to do prevent such a thing from happening. He will back down from any physical confrontation, his greatest weakness when it comes to dealing with the inmates and even some of his fellow staff members. Nevertheless he will argue for elongated periods of time with a great deal of vivacity about what he believes as long as the confrontation does not escalate to violence. He cares about his work with the inmates and is as skilled as psychiatrists can come.
Mister Hyde is cruel, manipulative and driven by a self centred desire for pleasure. He does not necessarily 'want' to do evil deeds, but will act on any decision that he sees will give him a kick. He maintains all knowledge learnt by Jekyll and will gladly use his intellect to plan whatever deed he desires. Hyde fears death, disappearing and the idea that Jekyll has dominion over him. Hyde's desire for pleasure is his greatest weakness and can lose foresight because of it. He is very quick to anger and incredibly hostile.
History:Growing up, Henry Jekyll always struggled with the concepts of good and evil. With a desire to be 'good', a young Henry created the character of Edward Hyde and attached all his negative attributes towards him. As time passed and Edward developed further, Jekyll was diagnosed with DiD at 22. Him and his psychiatrist were the only two who knew about the other personality. Previously living off of his family's wealth, Jekyll's newfound desire to understand this strange case pushed him to studying psychology at the University of London. A couple years into his doctorate, Jekyll felt as though sharing his mind with Hyde was not enough, and that he could no longer handle having Hyde's thoughts interrupt his otherwise stable upperclass lifestyle.
Jekyll split his studyload, minoring in chemistry. He knew from his research into psychology that all mental disorders are chemical imbalances at their core, and was convinced that he could somehow fix his condition with the right knowhow. Reaching his 40s (and with possession of a PhD in psychology) Jekyll thought he had finally made his breakthrough. Using rats as test subjects, he had created a serum that totally eliminated all hostility and ill behaviour. Taking the serum himself, Jekyll believed he had 'killed' Hyde. However over night, Doctor Henry Jekyll had made his first transformation into Mister Edward Hyde.
Jekyll was at first unaware of his alter ego until he had nightmares of killing a young girl, Betty, and proceeded to learn the event actually happened through his longtime friend Gabriel. Apparently a man had pushed over a child, Betty Luxor, standing by herself in the night. Witnesses said they saw him take her further into an alley. Jekyll knew that there he sexually abused her before kicking her down and crushing her body with his own feet. Preparing to take more of his own medicine, Jekyll found that Hyde had sabotaged his equipment preventing him from taking it. Whenever Jekyll would get close to producing more serum, Hyde would destroy it next transformation. Every time Jekyll was in control, he realised he had less and less time until Hyde would take over. Dr Jekyll had created a monster he was unable to contain.
Mr Hyde killed a politician, MP Sir Danvers Carew. Killed with his own walking stick, Danvers was found with his spine removed and swapped with his cane. This drew the attention of police inspector Newman who launches an investigation. Witnesses pop up, Gabriel's cousin Richard Enfield reveals he saw Hyde kill Betty Luxor. One time Jekyll transforms in the presence of his friend he studied with, Hastie Lanyon, who goes into shock and dies shortly after in the hospital. Jekyll realises he will eventually be caught, and is unable to finish the serum required to put away Hyde. He seals himself in his laboratory and writes a suicide note, prepared to hang himself.
Moments before taking his life, Newman breaks into the laboratory with a squad of policeman and arrest Henry Jekyll. When Jekyll begs to be executed before viciously assaulting officers as Hyde, the attention of Alice Liddle is gained. During his court hearing Jekyll pleads insanity and is subsequently brought to the Wonderland Institute. Hyde's form takes an extremely strong hold on his body, only allowing Jekyll brief moments of control. Alice manages to pick apart Hyde's personality and brings Jekyll's to surface. Jekyll identifies Alice as another tortured soul and forms a great friendship with her. She even tells him about what happened to her in 'Wonderland'. Working with her in these moments, Jekyll manages to get his serum produced and given to him. Fortunate for Jekyll it works, and continues to work for the rest of his time as an inmate. Deemed fit in good mental health, Jekyll is rehabilitated and returns to function in society.
Greatly interested in helping the other inmates overcome their ailments, Dr Jekyll keeps in contact with Alice and asks for a job as psychiatrist.
Nowadays, Dr Henry Jekyll is Head Psychiatrist at the Wonderland Institute. He displays an excellent track record in determining mental illness, although has yet to prove to Alice that each and everyone of these 'monsters' can be rehabilitated just as he was.
Relationship to Other Inmates: Jekyll has a fondness towards all inmates. He particularly likes those with personality disorders as he can relate with them. These include Aldric, Scarlette, Peter Banning and Don Quixote.
Jekyll regards Alice as a very close friend, and closest at the Institute. Although they disagree on some fundamentals in regards to patient treatment, he maintains respect for her and will defend her position as head of the Institute. Rather than seeing her young age as a hindrance, Jekyll believes it to be a great asset and figures himself to be an advisor of sorts if he believes she really needs it. He believes she has plenty room to improve and wants her to become a kinder person overall. While the other more threatening staff may question his leadership, it is Jekyll's friendship with Alice and understanding of her past that keeps his position.
His relationship with most of his fellow staff is strained, to say the least. He gets on quite well with Dr Grimm. Dr James is a good friend, though tends to overstep boundaries in regards to leadership. He gets on well enough with Dr Cassius, but wishes he would behave a little more peacefully. Jafar and Vitas are his main sources of concern.
Hyde will pretend to like anyone so long as it benefits him.
Progress: Jekyll has sufficient control over his other personality. He will have nightmares where Hyde communicates with him but Jekyll knows he is in charge. As long as he takes his medication and maintains a stable mind, Hyde is defeated.
ADDENDUM: It
is a possibility that the Hyde personality holds a mere placebo effect on Jekyll and doesn't actually exist. It could be the case that it is only that Jekyll's serum causes the chemical imbalance but doesn't actually change his mind, and Jekyll was well aware of what he was doing as Hyde. Although even if that was the case, Jekyll is still for all intents and purposes cured of mental instability.