John Brenner

Biography
John Brenner was a detective and police inspector with Scotland Yard during the late 19th century. He was called in to investigate a string of thirteen bizarre deaths - all of which were attributed to a local legend called "King Vampire". Deducing that whoever King Vampire truly was, he was clearly a madman and had to be stopped at all costs. Brenner interviewed a group of men found loitering about the spot where the most recent murder took place. The men proved unruly and uncooperative and Brenner had difficulty getting any sort of statement from them. One man however stepped forward and offered a description of King Vampire. An elderly woman, Mrs. O'Shea, corroborated the witnesses' statement.

Later that evening, Brenner found out that King Vampire had murdered Mrs. O'Shea. The mob he had interviewed was hungry for revenge and looking to persecute anyone who even remotely matched the vampire's description. Brenner watched as the group accosted a gentleman whose clothing matched that of what others had claimed the vampire had been wearing. The mob descended upon the man, beating him to death while Brenner stood by and did nothing. As it turned out, the man was not King Vampire at all. Three more murders took place following the gentleman's death and Brenner was unable to gather any further evidence as to the vampire's true identity. Before the matter could be solved, Brenner's superior's pulled him from the case, transferring him to another district. He never learned that King Vampire was in fact a woman, Miss Clark, secretary to Brenner's superior, Inspector Marsh.