Wymond Kendall

Wymond Kendall (d. 10 February 1989) was the English landlord of a number of houses on Dorset Street, London. One of his tenants was serial killer and monster hunter John Kearns.

The magnificum
Kendall leased flats on Dorset Street, London to numerous people, including John Kearns. After a few months, Kearns stopped paying rent. When Kendall investigated why, on 2 February 1889, Kearns drugged him, and claimed to have poisoned him with tipoma. In reality, he had made tipoma up. Nevertheless, Kendall was unaware of this, and carried out Kearns' instructions: he took a package to Pellinore Warthrop in New England, America, who Kearns claimed would have the antidote.

During his rush to America, Kendall opened the package and touched the nidus inside. He didn't know it, but he had in fact condemned himself to death by doing this.

Kendall reached Warthrop on 10 February. Warthrop realised that tipoma was not a real toxin, and gave Kendall a dosage of morphine, preferring not to reveal that he had been sent across the globe for nothing.

After studying the nidus, Warthrop realised that three people had touched it, and tried to wake Kendall to ask him if he was one of them. When he would not wake, Warthrop tied him to a bed and stripped him bare, since he was unaware what would happen to someone infected by a nidus.

Transformation and death
During the night, Kendall slowly transformed into a zombie-like creature. His skin rotted away and his bones broke through his muscle, giving him a nightmarish appearance.

Kendall, now fully transformed and in a bloodlust, eventually managed to break free from the bed, and attacked William James Henry. He threw him down a flight of stairs and scratched his finger, whilst Henry managed to push his hands through Kendall's chest through into his body. Kendall was finally killed by a single revolver shot from Warthrop.

Later in the day, Kendall's body was dismembered and burnt in an alley, and in Warthrop's fireplace.

Personality and traits
Kendall did not strike Pellinore Warthrop as being a particularly intelligent man, and indeed, his behaviour showed his was quick to panic and react, and susceptible to fear. He evidently had a great fear of dying.

John Kearns
When Kendall first met John Kearns, he took an immediate liking to him. An upper-class gentleman, he was not the usual type of person found in Whitechapel, and Kendall liked his sense of humour and intelligence. However, after Kearns drugged him and expressed his belief that spiders are superior to people, Kendall believed the was quite insane.

List of appearances

 * The Isle of Blood (first appearance)