KJ Glover

KJ Glover is Head Archivist of The Usher Foundation in Washington, D.C. He took over the institute once the previous archivist Archie Parker retired after 40 years of serving the Foundation.

KJ is the third Archivist at the Foundation since its founding in 1952 after serving the archives for years under Archie. After taking over, they set a plan to rework the purpose of the Foundation. Previously the Foundation would only take paranormal statements and had a very strict policy as to who would be given the opportunity to give their story. KJ's goal was to give every person a voice when no one else would listen.

## Personality

KJ appears at first to be a shallow, focused archivist interested in maintaining the Foundation’s archives. As the character begins to develop and their story progresses it is shown that they are genuinely caring person focused on giving people a place to talk.

KJ is dedicated to figuring out the meaning and truth to every story that is presented to him. The workload often prevents him from finding said truth for himself and the statement giver which leads to his disappointment in himself.

## Description

KJ is an average-sized guy with a powerful take in fashion. KJ’s signature look is a big dress with a suit top custom-made for him. When he isn’t wearing his “dresuit” (dress and suit) he is wearing bright colors and very unique clothes. Occasionally someone would make a point of what he is wearing.

## History

### Early History

Originally from Portland, Oregon born in 2002 but moved to Austin, Texas when he was just entering grade six due to a nasty divorce between his parents, leaving him with his abusive dad. KJ grew up with a love for mystery and the paranormal – which was his escape when things would get bad at home. He discovered the Usher Foundation, and as soon as he turned 18, he dropped out of high school, left his dad, and flew to Washington D.C, where he applied for a position in the Foundation as a Researchers' Assistant. The Foundation rejected his first application, but he was determined to get the job, so he applied for every open position they had. Upon seeing the 36 different applications, CEO Emily Madison found his dedication admirable and hired them as a Research Assistant – the position he was initially rejected from.

KJ rose fast. Not a year later, he was promoted to a Researcher, and in the same time, he was promoted to Archival Assistant. He was the youngest Archival Assistant in the Foundation's history. Six years later, he was promoted to Head Archivist at the request of Archie Parker. Taking over the Foundation's Archives was their lifelong dream and they finally achieved it.

His rise to the top was not easy. The people around him did not respect him and did not think he belonged. They belittled him and forced him to do all of the grunt work. Unfortunately for K.J's colleagues, Archie took notice of his work, and when it came time for his retirement, there was no one else he wanted to lead the archives. Thankfully he had a supportive group of friends (Maggie Hawthorne, Theodore Quintanilla, and Atlas Finley Maru) that he met while he worked in research and maintained relations with throughout his time in the archives. Upon his promotion, Emily Madison gave KJ free will to hire and fire staff in the archive. His first action as Head Archivist was to fire all of the current Assistants and create a new team consisting of Maggie, Theo, and Atlas. KJ then called their childhood friend, Scout Killgore, who previously worked for The Magnus Institute, and asked them to join the newly founded archival team.

KJ was really good friends with Scout while they lived in Austin – when things would get bad at home, KJ would stay with Scout. On several occasions Scout had saved KJ's life, so he feels as if he owes them everything.