Jervas Hyde

Jervas Hyde was a member of the Hyde family of Boston, a line that was founded by Sir Geoffrey Hyde after emigrating from Sussex to Boston in 1640. One night while hosting a party marked by great extravagance and hedonism, a bolt of lightning struck the Hyde mansion during a thunderstorm and set it ablaze. The edifice was completely destroyed and Jervas, the only casualty, was burned to such an extent that nothing remained that was fit for burial in the family vault. 
Unable to rest in peace without proper burial, the spirit of Jervas Hyde was reincarnated a century later as Jervas Dudley, who had discovered the abandoned burial vault and became obsessed with unlocking its mysteries. This psychic fixation eventually resulted in his confinement to an asylum, but in the end he was promised that upon his death he would be laid to rest in the vault in the space that had been reserved for Jervas Hyde.
Category:Characters Originating From Lovecraft Circle Works
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Category:Deceased (In Mythos)