Barbara Blythe

* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

## Dr. Blight

### Barbara Blythe: 1861 - 1891

Barbara Blythe as born in Londonderry, Ireland and raised in nearby County Donegal. Not much is known about her early childhood other than it was spent in poverty. By age nine, she was orphaned after her mother died of sickness and her father died in an accidental explosion while working as a bomb maker for the Fenian Brotherhood.

Somehow having ended up in London and living on the street, Barbara was found by a man named Gerhardt Gestern — a German scientist visiting London whose temporary lab she had attempted to burglarize. Gestern saw an uncommon intelligence in the girl and saw the trauma she had lived through in her eyes. Realizing she would make a fitting lab assistant, Gestern took the Irish girl under his care, cleaned her up, and began to educate her. When he left London, Barbara went to Germany with him where she continued her education.

### Barbara Blythe: 1891 - 1904

Having been mentored by Gestern, Blythe was able to attend university and acquire a doctorate in chemistry. She continued to work closely with her mentor but slowly grew apart from Gestern after she was sent to England. Blythe was tasked with overseeing Gestern's English interests but she became more interested in a romance with Gestern's Scottish business partner, Malcolm Curry.

Through her carelessness, Malcolm discovered the darker nature of Blythe and Gestern's research. He became conflicted between his morality and his feelings for Barbara. Though he did not report their illegal and immoral activities, Malcolm voiced his disapproval to Barbara and asked her to leave this lifestyle and run away with him. Though Barbara felt she could fix this problem by accepting Malcolm's wedding proposal, Gestern did not have her confidence. While visiting London for the wedding of Malcolm and Barbara, Gestern abducted Malcolm and made him the subject for a behavior modification treatment.

When Barbara found her husband's body strapped to a bed she rushed to free him. However once the straps were off, she was attacked by the very person she had freed. Unknown to Barbara, Gestern's procedure had put Malcolm's consciousness and soul into an alchemically treated crystal, leaving his body a soulless husk driven by base instinct.

The resulting fight between Barbara and Malcolm's body causing a great deal of damage to the lab. In order to save herself, Barbara pushed her lover's chemically-drenched body into a generator and an explosion followed which completely destroyed Malcolm's body.

Gestern found Barbara among the debris. Not wanting such a beautiful mind to go to waste, he saved her life. However, when she recovered (with scarred hands and face), Gestern told her they were finished as he would not tolerate her betrayal. As a parting gift, he left her with the crystal where he had stored Malcolm's soul.

### Dr. Blight: 1904 - Present

At some point, Blythe was recruited into the Eurybian College where she became their resident technomancer, with a mechanical Mal at her side. Her expertise was vital in the joining of Herceg Nükaum to his new body.

### Supplemental Reports

* (*Submitted by Four-Eyes*) Barbara Blythe is a nihilistic and hateful person. She seems only to work for the Eurybian College as a means to make everyone else suffer as she has. It's worth mentioning that this ideology is very similar to that of Regina Gestern, the wife of her mentor. It is possible that Gestern just has that effect on the women in his life if given enough time.
* (*Submitted by EZBreezy*) As a final punishment for her betrayal, Gestern treated the crystal which contained Malcolm's soul with an alchemical seal that made the soul toxic to biological lifeforms, preventing Blythe from simply putting her lover's soul into the body of another. After thirty years, she managed to create an apparatus which resembled a lantern and that would allow him to speak to her. For nearly a century, she's been making steady improvements to the design. He has several variant robotic bodies now.

## Threat Assessment

### Resources

* Genius Intellect
	+ *Eidetic Memory*
	+ *Legendary Engineer*
	+ *Legendary Inventor*
	+ *Legendary Scientist*
* Occult Study
	+ *Legendary Alchemist*
	+ *Legendary Technomancer*
* Technomantic Self-Improvements
	+ *Functional Immortality*
	+ *Limited Cosmic Awareness*
	+ *Psionic Blocks*
	+ *Supernatural Sight*
* Arsenal of Technomantic Weaponry
* Robotic Familiar: "MAL"

### Weaknesses

* Emotional Dissonance
* Physically Scarred

### Analytics

* **Physicality:** 3 — Trained / Exceptional
* **Occult:** 7 — Legendary
* **Weaponry:** 4 — Expert / Enhanced
* **Expertise:** 7 — Legendary
* **Range:** 4 — Expert / Enhanced
* **Strategy:** 5 — Master / Remarkable
	+ **TOTAL:** 140
	+ **RANKING:** High Threat

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* Dr. Barbara "Babs" Blythe is an Irish scientist and technomancer. She is a former student of Gerhardt Gestern and is usually accompanied by "Mal", her assistant automaton.

### Notes

* Dr. Blight is a character from the *Captain Planet* animated series.
* In the original series Doctor Barbara "Babs" Blight, one of the Eco-villains, is a beautiful, but hideously-scarred scientist, often found experimenting in various ways regarding how to take over the planet. She favors technology and chemicals in order to carry out her evil deeds.
* Malcolm's last name is a nod to his second voice actor Tim Curry.

## Links and References

* Appearances of Barbara Blythe

1. ↑ Network Files: Dr. Blight
2. ↑ ECO