Oceanids of the North Atlantic (Open)

Professor Tyberius Mastwaithe, 38-Year-Old Male Scientist Extraordinaire

Personality
Eccentric and hyperactive, to sum it up in short. He loves exploring new frontiers, seeing it as his "purpose" in life, and takes it very seriously. The guy never quits his job, going at it with a fever and passion that is almost impossible to deter. Even when his life is in danger he can't help but stop to admire something new.

History
An Oxford graduate and "field scientist", Tyberius signed onto the North Atlantic expedition hoping to find something he could brag about in the scientific field. He'd spent years being referred to as a "crackpot" and a "loon" due to his outlandish theories about everything he's researched ("Tusked creatures the size of a horse-coach indeed!").

Equipment
- A heavily-modified pistol that he refers to as the the longwinded "Aether-Conducting and Focusing Linear Energy Beam Weapon", or more simply the "BGET" (Big Glowy Energy Thingy). (Image: http://www.slipperybrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/ray-gun7.jpg)

- The "Chemically Accelerated Fire-Throwing Weapon", a blunderbuss with a pressurised chemical storage unit on it, attached to a bare electric current that ignites it on its way out of the barrel. (Image: http://pic.pbsrc.com/spacer.gif)

- A hand-built portable lamp powered by a handcrank fashioned from a doorknob. (Image: http://www.slipperybrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/steampunk-lamp.jpg)

- Extensive amounts of scientific experiments, research projects, diaries, notebooks, etc. etc. etc.

Weaknesses
Although Mastwaithe is an intellectual giant, physically he is rather weak. He is admittedly a terrible shot with conventional weapons (although his own personally designed weapons are easier to handle). He can't fight hand to hand at all, and tries to avoid it whenever possible. His ego often doesn't allow for people to tell him he's wrong, and he can become extremely vain and offended when someone tells him such. He is also very easily distracted by strange, foreign technologies, even when his very life is at stake.