Beatrice-Rose Holloway

face cast: Kate Siegel

Beatrice - "Bea" or "Frost" - is a major in the United States Air Force and an agent of Delta Green. She has a PhD in biophysics, and currently lives and works out of New York City.

Beatrice grew up in Ash Gap, Virginia, where both her parents' families have resided for several generations. Ash Gap is an unincorporated area in the Appalachian Mountains, primarily inhabited by miners and farming families. Beatrice was part of the AFJROTC in high school, and was determined to secure a place at the Air Force Academy, which she managed to do thanks in part to her scientific aptitude and also to her sheer determination to get out of Ash Gap.

## Biography

Beatrice was born and raised in the Appalachian Mountains in rural south-western Virginia, the daughter of Logan and Audrey Holloway. Logan was a miner for the Bowmen Corporation until his death during a mine collapse in 2005 and Audrey worked at the local general store until she retired. As a child Beatrice, her sister and their friends spent a great deal of time running around unsupervised in the woods around their town, held in check mostly by the ghost stories they all grew up hearing.

Once, while exploring on Roan Mountain with a group of other children, Beatrice's friend Billy was attacked and dragged off by some monstrous creature. The police put it down as an animal attack, but they never found the slightest evidence of Billy. Beatrice had seen the thing that had dragged him off, and though she had no idea what it was, she did know it wasn't a bear or a cougar.

In high school Beatrice joined the Junior Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, and through a great deal of hard work and determination was able to secure a place at the Air Force Academy after graduation. This meant a move to Colorado Springs, leaving behind her sister and mother, as well as her best friend Kamar Hunter who was going to attend college in New York. Still, Beatrice was nothing but excited for this move, since it meant leaving the confines of Ash Gap behind.

She did very well at the academy, turning her focus of study to physics and biology since that seemed the fastest way to get the numerous answers she was seeking about the world. In her second year at the academy her father was killed in a mine collapse, and his funeral was the first time Beatrice returned home since leaving, something both her mother and sister were resentful of.

Early on at the academy she befriended a fellow cadet, Anthony Carter , and the two were married in 2006. However Beatrice was deployed to Iraq shortly after, and barely a year passed before they agreed the marriage wasn't a good idea. The divorce was an amicable one, and they remained friends afterwards, albeit a little more strained.

Following her return to the United States, Beatrice began to handle more lab positions and scientific work, first in Colorado Springs and then later based out of New York under the command of Martina Hidalgo.

### Connection to Nyarlathotep and the Brotherhood

She first encountered Nyarlathotep (or some aspect of Him) during her deployment in western Iraq in 2007 when her CO at the time was captured and most likely killed by the Black Pharaoh's servants. She only had a brief interaction during which, using her father's voice, Nyarlathotep asked what she wanted and then informed her she would only find answers if she left. He used her father's nicknames for her, "chickadee" and "sweet girl."

Later in 2010 while investigating the Knopf House during Project Echo, Frost was drawn to and entered a portal marked with the Eye of Chaos sigil. She was most likely transported to the Dreamlands, though she retains no memories of this.

While working on Project Seeming and just after she began to investigate Nyarlathotep, which is when Dr. Khalil gave her the contact information for Emir Agdesh.

At some point the scars on her left arm from the ritual at the Knopf House began to resemble the Eye of Chaos, apparently marking her as a member of the Brotherhood of the Black Pharaoh.

She learned a little more of him from Agdesh when they finally met, and was directed to Club Apocalypse. There she was given more solid confirmation of being part of the Brotherhood. Alzis also echoed comments that were said to her when she encountered Nyarlathotep in Iraq, showing that either the man she met there was him, or he had some other way of knowing what was said to her then.

When the Agents were ambushed by Dr. Bloom and two Delta Green cells later as part of the Static Protocol, Alzis and/or Nyarlathotep intervened and gave Frost command of Emmanuel Hutchins and what appeared to be a massive shadow being to deal with their attackers as she saw fit. Though she spared half of them, this was her first taste being in explicit control of an otherworldly ability and had a distinct impact on her.

### Door

Inside the closet of her apartment in the Macallistar Building is a door with the Eye of Chaos emblazoned on it. Beatrice was given the key to it by Mr. Castaigne. When she travels through it with Bug and Applewhite, they find themselves transported to the β-dimension to carry out Project Masticate.

### Timeline

* **1985**
	+ Jan: Born in Ash Gap, VA
* **1987**
	+ Her sister Clarice is born
* **1997**
	+ Witnesses her friend Billy taken by a creature in the woods.
* **2003**
	+ May: Graduates High School
	+ Summer/Fall: Moves to Colorado Springs and starts at the Air Force Academy
* **2005**
	+ June: Father killed in mine collapse, Beatrice returned home to attend funeral
	+ August: Her niece Danielle is born
* **2006**
	+ April: With a few other classmates from her xenobiology course, is chosen to travel to and assist in a study of the macrobiomes of the Mystery Flesh Pit National Park, which would lead to her first co-authorship on a published paper - *Novel Quantum Enzymatic Processes Observed During Cellular Amalgamation of Genetically Diverse Compound Fauna*
	+ June: Nephew Lucas is born
	+ October: Marries Anthony Carter
* **2007**
	+ May: Graduated AFA
	+ June: Begins PhD program
	+ July: Deployed to Iraq
	+ Aug: During a mission to investigate a possible bioweapon, her commanding officer, Colonel Harrison, went MIA. Frost found him, but left him for dead.
* **2008**
	+ Feb: She and Anthony agree on a divorce and start paperwork.
	+ May: Returns to US
* **2009**
	+ Promoted to 1st Lt.
* **2010**
	+ Receives PhD in Biophysics
	+ Oct: Participated in Project Echo
* **2011**
	+ Promotion to rank of Captain
	+ Moves to NYC
	+ Begins working on Project Seeming
* **2012**
	+ Her first full year on the project, gets moved to the field location
	+ During her off-rotations she goes to visit Clarice back in Ash Gap. At one point while going out to revisit her old stomping grounds in the mountains, her nephew Lucas follows her. Though nothing happens Clarice is upset about this.
* **2013**
	+ Still working on Project Seeming
	+ Recognizes one of the subjects as Billy.
	+ In her downtime she researches online and comes across a video of hikers-one of whom is named Michael- being attacked by something in the woods, and also gets a call from someone asking if she wants to know more
	+ Oct: Has two conflicting memories of this month
		- First: That she turned down the meeting with Gary Little
		- Second: That she accepted, went to meet him at a Starbucks in midtown Manhattan, immediately after which he ran out into the street and was killed by a bus.
* **2014**
	+ Cycled off duty, takes a sabbatical before returning to service working out of New York.
	+ Promotion to rank of Major following her work on Project Seeming.
	+ Has some issues with losing time
* **2015**
	+ Continued issues with lost time
	+ Dr. Khalil gives her Emir Agdesh's contact information.
	+ July: Joined Project Alice

## Personality/Description

Often described as a stand-offish workaholic, Beatrice has always been a bit of a loner and struggles with opening up to people. Nevertheless, when she does form friendships she tends to be fiercely loyal.

She is very driven by curiosity, often to a fault, and has a fierceness bordering on recklessness that military training certainly didn't lessen.

Due to the military mindset, she is also very dubious of therapy, despite the insistence of several people close to her that it would really be a good idea for her to talk to someone.

Her experiences as an agent of Delta Green have given her an adaptation and inclination towards violence; for example when told that her violation of the Static Protocol meant that her family and friends would all likely be eliminated, her instinct was To Kill.

Beatrice has curly, shoulder length brown hair that she generally wears up. While she wears minimal makeup in her day-to-day, she does enjoy getting dressed up, though she is not a particularly superficial person.

## Known Alters

### Anat

In the as-yet-unencountered Θ-Universe, Anat emerged from the Dreamlands and devoured that universe's Beatrice Holloway, thus connecting her to Bea across the multiverse. Due to a conscious attempt to remember this universe, Bea let Anat into her mind, giving the ghoul access to her body and whatever universe she's presently in.

On several occasions Bea has partially or fully allowed Anat to manifest in order to help with difficult situations, but each time it becomes more difficult to put her back in.

### Damien LeChance

Her alter in the β-Universe, where the only Beatrice Holloway died in 1935, a victim of Asa Daribondi.

### Patricia "Patty" Johnson

Her alter in the brief Γ - dimension. A high school cheerleader, presumed dead/devoured/lost as the King destroyed this dimension.

### Roger Thelemis

Her alter in the Ε-Universe. As of Project Temple, Roger is currently dating Edith Sanford, and was formerly married to Martina Hidalgo though that ended in a messy divorce. He is also very good friends with Beaumont Harrison, a stark difference from Frost.

### Anthony Carter

Her alter in the Ζ-Universe, and one of her most disconcerting ones considering that in her universe Anthony is her ex-husband. As of the beginning of Project Wells, it's suspected that this Anthony is a member of a Delta Green unit who enforces Static Protocol.

## Skills/Expertise

* Lockpicking
* Computer science
* Firearms
* Physics
* Biology

### Special Abilities

* Dweller in the Darkness - The ability to step into one shadow and out of a different one. Beatrice has used this ability a few times to move around avoiding detection.
* The Black Wind - The ability to resist physical (non magic) damage by transforming into an ephemeral fog. She has so far used this once to survive being shot at close range with a shotgun.
* Shapeshifter (Ghoul) - Due to an alternate version of her being one, Frost is able to take on the form and abilities of a ghoul, albeit at a great cost.

## Relationships

* Kara Langley - She greatly respects Kara and is confident in their abilities to work together. Beatrice has not had many close female friends in her life, and if they weren't in the middle of everything they're having to deal with, she's sure the two could be good friends.
* Kasimer Ossowiski - As with Kara, Beatrice respects Kas and feels that they have the potential to be friends. She finds him strange, but in a good way that makes him more interesting than other people. She also appreciates his sense of humor, albeit not all the time.
* Billy Mullens - Billy was Beatrice's childhood friend and first kiss. He is a main catalyst in a great deal of her motivations; it was his disappearance at age twelve that prompted her fascination with the strange and occult. When forced to take actions that could potentially lead to Billy's erasure from the multiverse, Bea chose to save some part of him regardless of consequences.
* Kamar Hunter - Kamar has been Beatrice's best friend since childhood, and she generally feels like more of a sibling to him than she does to her own sister. They talk regularly, and Kamar is one of the few people she is comfortable opening up to completely.
* Anthony Carter - Definitely better as friends than married; even after the divorce Beatrice and Anthony stay in regular contact. This has lessened since she moved from Colorado to New York.
* Clarice Warner - Beatrice's relationship with her sister is strained for a number of reasons, including the fact that Beatrice left Ash Gap as soon as she could, and the fact that Beatrice is well aware that her sister thinks she might be a bit crazy.
* Martina Hidalgo - Colonel Hidalgo is Beatrice's current commanding officer. Beatrice has a great deal of respect for (and maybe a little bit of a crush on) her.

* Danielle and Lucas Warner - Beatrice's niece and nephew both look up to her as the 'cool aunt,' and though she loves them dearly she also finds this a little overwhelming, and her fear of doing something wrong often gets in the way of her forming the relationship she would like to have with them.
* Logan Holloway - Beatrice was very close with her father growing up, and hasn't yet gotten over his sudden death.
* Audrey Holloway - She's always had a strained relationship with her mother who Beatrice thinks probably wishes she had been born a boy.
* Douglas Warner - Beatrice and her brother-in-law have an infamously, overwhelmingly hostile relationship. Bea is fully aware of how he treats Clarice, and does not trust him to not do the same to his own children. Though the two have not had a serious physical altercation, Bea has threatened to kill him to his face once (and many, many more times behind his back).

## Trivia

* Her call sign "Frost" was given to her by Colonel Harrison, her CO when first deployed to Iraq, who was trying to give her shit for being an ice queen. Unfortunately for him, she liked the nickname and has hung onto it.
* The lyrics printed on her apartment in the nighttime/dream map of the McCallister Building are from the song 'No Poetic Device' by AFI
* Her favorite band is Nirvana.
* Likes to play Candy Crush when bored.
* When drunk or stressed she starts speaking in her native Appalachian drawl, at other times she speaks with a carefully controlled neutral American accent.
* She can run in heels, and at least once at the Air Force Academy completed a small obstacle course in them just to show up her male fellow cadets.

### Meta

* "Beatrice" is a reference to the character of the same name from Dante's Divine Comedy.
* "Holloway" is a reference to the character Holloway Roberts in Mark Z. Danielewski's *House of Leaves,* Holloway is the first character to become maddened and consumed by the House's strange architecture.

## Images

1. ↑ Meta Note: Mystery Flesh Pit National Park is the creation of Trevor Roberts