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Dr. George Halburn lives in San Francisco proper in a small apartment nearby Stanford University where he got his doctorate and currently conducts research. He lives in San Francisco due to proximity. He lives in an apartment which is generally quite minimal because he spends very little time there and has no need for a luxurious living space.The studio apartment consists of a mattress on the floor, a desk with a pc, an empty kitchen, minus a fridge with a few microwave meals, a bookshelf full of books dedicated to biomedical research, and a heavy safe hidden underneath his floorboards. The room is lit by one dim lightbulb hanging from the ceiling.

George gets his money from working at the disease research center at Stanford. He is a very well known disease specialist around the world because of discoveries he has made regarding disease and medicine, and therefore is valuable to the university and makes a fair amount of money. George does not have a partner of any serious hobbies so ha lacks any outlet to spend his money, pooling it into retirement funds and sometimes treating himself to expensive dinners. He loves wine and will sometimes spend copious amounts for a vintage or expensive bottle while out to eat. George’s rent is also (relatively) minimal because he lives in a small studio apartment so that he may save it for future ventures.

Because of his interest in disease, and because of the copious amount of money George had to spend, one day he purchased a 12th century manuscript from medival France titled “Grimoire of Plague and Disease” thinking it would be an interesting piece of history that he was interested in. However after receiving the book and studying it George became obsessed with it and spent large portions of his free time and work time drooling over its pages. The powers within the book took over George’s mind and he became obsessed with the cycle of life and disease and subsequently realized that for the cycle of life to remain in balance disease must run its course freely. Medicine should not interfere with it and the human body must know its weaknesses. The supernatural powers of the book took full control of his mind and chose him as its prophet, a prophet of plague and disease. He now wants nothing more to destroy the work he and his peers had created and overcome medicine to make sure diseases are free to infect and kill as they once had. A beautiful biological safe guard to overpopulation and something that could challenge the power of the human race. A necessary evil he must cultivate. George would leave behind everything he has to further his goal and would kill countless people to achieve those goals.

The most defining event of George’s life was his purchase of the Grimoire. The buyer was a mysterious and unknown salesmen, and the book came at a hefty price, but George was curious by its contents. The book contained powers from a dying mage of plague from 12th century France. Knowing that his mortality had caught up to him he created a grimoire and transferred his essence of rot and disease into the grimoire, killing himself but knowing that his work would continue in the future, when his essence could cling into a host and continue in the future. When George started reading, the book deemed him worthy and transferred the mages essence into him, continuing his legacy. 

Anne collins is George’s closest friend. She is George’s co-worker at Stanford and they do a lot of work together. George is in love with Anne but his obsession with work and study that has been consistent since he started at Stanford as a student and he is incredibly awkward because of it not knowing how to approach a subject like that, so he remains just a work friend with Anne.

Another in George’s life is Quincy Smith. Quincy was George’s Disease science professor throughout his college years and is George’s mentor. Without Quincy George would not have gotten as far as he has and because of that Quincy means a lot to George. George often goes to him when he needs help or ideas.

The third person in George’s life is Sara Halburn, his sister. George’s parents last while he was studying at Stanford so the only family that George remains in Contact with is his sister Sara who often checks on him and his health whether he likes it or not. He appreciates the worry but wishes she would let him do his thing. She thinks he needs to get a life.

George's childhood was very auspicious. His parents (Frank and Lisa) treated him kindly and brought him up to be a respectful and caring boy. Without their help, George wouldn't have made it to Stanford and had the success in his career that he had. His father was a musician and was very musical around the house with George and his sister Sara, and his mother stayed at home to care for the house and her children. George had many friends and enjoyed his privelaged childhood and had very little trauma. His hobbies as a child consisted of playing outside and experimenting with plants and animals. He always had fascination with science and the natural world so he pursued it all throughout his childhood and into adulthood. He had many friends and usually fit in socially with his peers, however as he got more obsessed with medicine and disease, he lost connection and dedicated himself to his craft.

George of course had insignificant love as a child which altogether didn't really amount to much, however as he entered his second year at Stanford he fell in love with a transfer student from Spain named Gabriella Vasquez. They courted eachother for a while but ultimately George's obsession with his work lead to a lot of dissappointment and eventually Gabriella lost interest in George. Because of this George has accepted the fact that he likely never will find love because of his self obsession and his love for his study. Of course he does have feelings for his co-worker and friend Anne but ultimately he forgot how to love and lost any hope in sucess with her.