Dr. Edward Sullivan

**Dr. Edward Sullivan** is the main antagonist in *The Glass Staircase*.

## Description

### Appearance

Paintings and a bust in his likeness hint at the pre-mutation appearance of Dr. Sullivan as an adult Caucasian man with short brown hair and a mustache.

According to research notes that can be found in the underground lab, as a result of working near the pylons, the radiation mostly affected his physical appearance and behavior. Dr. Sullivan appears to have grown to monstrous proportions and his whole body is completely swollen and covered in blisters, with veins visible and some mass increased in his left leg. A long thick claw appears to have grown out of his right arm that he uses to kill. Dr. Sullivan also wore a mask that was worn by the plague doctors, hiding his distorted facial features as the note also described.

### Personality

In terms of behavior, he displayed signs of violent mania, such as lashing out and attacking other subjects. During the first encounters with him, he walked slowly and moaned as a sign of pain and irritation every time Margaret shot him with a rifle. In the end, as a result of an explosion, Dr. Sullivan was on fire and he lost his plague doctor mask, revealing his distorted face. He was also much more aggressive than before as he sprinted towards Margaret.

### History

Dr. Edward Sullivan was a doctor working at the Queen Mary's Hospital in London. Shortly after his marriage to his wife Juliette, Sullivan was drafted into the British military and served as a field medic who patched up soldiers in the Great War. He returned home in November, 1918 to his wealthy estate and lovely wife, but he, like as well as other soldiers, began seeing visions of an Eldritch God through a fever-like "Heat" induced by his PTSD. He began to obsessively research the phenomenon, becoming a prominent figure among the growing flock of zealots that too experienced the "heat". Becoming more and more desperate over the years, he devolved his mansion into a laboratory for an experiment to summon his new God, aided by a cult of zealots also infected by the Heat and was hailed as a new prophet. Sullivan soon succumbed to the side effects of his ungodly science, and not long after he realized what he was doing was a huge mistake and started doing everything in his power to stop the machine he had created from activating.

## *The Glass Staircase*

Dr. Sullivan could be heard each day over intercom, informing the servant girls to take their pills and follow the instructions.

### Day 1

While wandering the manor, Helen hears a knock on the doors. She opens the doors and screams in horror. The game then abruptly cuts to the second day.

### Day 2

Dr. Sullivan is first physically encountered on the second day. After acquiring the box at the front gate, Betty heads back through the maze and encounters a giant Dr. Sullivan. The screen slowly fades to white afterward.

### Day 3

On the third day after navigating through the dark rooms of the manor, a chandelier suddenly falls on Dorothy, trapping her. Dr. Sullivan is then seen slowly approaching Dorothy. The screen fades to white as Dorothy's screams are heard.

### Day 4

On the fourth day, after navigating through the underground base, Margaret enters a room and hides under the desk after she hears somebody coming. Dr. Sullivan enters the room and quickly leaves. As she passes through the chambers, she finds a tape player, revealing that all the announcements had been pre-recorded. Once Margaret enters a large experimental/electrical room, she is confronted by Dr. Sullivan, who jumps from above and attacks her, but she manages to defend herself with a rifle. After a long fight, Dr. Sullivan passes out from the wounds.

After activating the machine which causes an explosion, Margaret fights her way through the hordes of undead and manages to get back to the manor. As everything seems to be finally over, the enraged Dr. Sullivan, who survived the explosion, suddenly bursts through the doors and charges at Margaret. This time, Margaret blows his head with a rifle, causing Dr. Sullivan to finally drop dead on the floor, his body burns to ashes afterward.

## Trivia

* Dr. Sullivan's mutated form uses a public "Zombie Mutant" model.
* He is very similar to the Tyrant from *Resident Evil (1996)*.
	+ The final boss with him is very reminiscent of the final Super Tyrant fight from *Resident Evil 2 (1998)*.

## Gallery

Portrait of Dr. Sullivan.Bust of Dr. Sullivan.Giant Dr. Sullivan encountered by Betty in the maze.Dr. Sullivan slowly approaches Dorothy.Dr. Sullivan attacking MargaretClose up shot of Dr. Sullivan's backClose up shot of the Plague doctor mask worn by Dr. SullivanEnraged Dr. Sullivan bursts through the doors and attacks MargaretDr. Sullivan sprints towards Margaret for one final fight.Sullivan's distorted face.
1. ↑ https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/zombie-mutant-797328c65c8841f1afa41f7488d66ea6