Call From the Dead
Name: Ms Eva Guntram (Previously Mrs Eva Starr and Miss Eva Dunajski, code name Lis, meaning fox in polish)
Age: 28
Born: 3rd January 1921 in Dresden, Germany
Nationality: British, born German
Languages: German, Polish, English, Russian
Role: British Secret Service Advisor on the Supernatural
Appearance:
Biography:
Her father was a tailor who had emigrated from Poland in 1904 and her mother was german. Her mother died when she was 13 and she dropped out of school to help her father run their tailors shop. Her father died 2 years later and the business folded.
When she was 16 she married Dieter Guntram, a german doctor of mixed blood. From him she learnt a little of medicine and science and a lot about Marx.
When Eva was 20 Dieter was arrested by the Gestapo, accused of being a communist and a Soviet spy. The Commissioner who caught him was Victor Frey a vampire working with the Nazi Party. During a brief period of captivity at Frey's hands Eva saw enough to challenge her view of the world. Dieter was shot after 2 months and Eva narrowly escaped with her life, fleeing to England.
Once in England Eva’s experiences attracted the interest of doctor Charles Starr, a scientist working for the British secret service. He was looking into the activity of Vampires on the continent. Eva became his assistant of sorts and they married when Eva was 22. 3 years later Eva discovered that Charles had been unfaithful and sued for divorce. After this she returned to using the name Eva Guntram.
A year later Charles died in a train accident near Paris while traveling on business for the british government. The Service was left without anyone to turn to on supernatural matters until 4 months later Eva stepped up and offered to fill the gap.
The director was initially dubious about taking her on - what with her past membership of the Communist Party, her polish background and her Trotskyism, but she was the only person available with the required expertise and experience. She has been working for the service for over 2 years now. Her nick name around the Circus is Liz Trot. (Liz from Lis, Trot from Trotsky)
Personality:
Eva is not a very talkative individual, she is often very mistrustful of others and especially men, the latter comes from her experience of betrail by her second husband. She has a clinical, logical approach to her studies and rarely lets her emotions show. She does not often mention her political views but it is known that she has sympathies for Communism; in fact she is a Marxist feminist. Eva does not make friends easily and leads a rather solitary life style.
Skills:
She speaks 4 languages fluently, has a working knowledge of medicine and other sciences. She is good with a pistol and other firearms.