Doctor Lawrence Franklin
Lawrence Franklin is a slender, handsome man with a small brown goatee and neatly cropped hair, almost always seen in his lab coat. He runs the Sweet Home, the leading psionic research and rehabilitation center on the Rum Coast, alongside his wife Matilda. The institution sits near the town of Bridgetown and operates as a nonprofit sustained by donations, providing shelter, training, and therapy to psions who cannot control their abilities.
Lawrence and Matilda were both cursed with psionic powers from a young age, growing up in a community that shunned what it did not understand. They found each other, worked through their abilities together, married, and eventually became medical professionals. Their first patient was a stranger struggling violently in the streets of Bridgetown, unable to control the power tearing through his mind. Lawrence subdued and treated him, and the Sweet Home's reputation grew from that single act of intervention.
Today the institution runs with a staff of ten to fifteen psion caretakers, conducting daily therapy sessions and training for patients seeking to master their talents. Parents drop off children they cannot help. Lawmen deliver dangerous psions they cannot safely restrain. Some accuse the Franklins of building a psionic army, a charge they deny. Lawrence rarely leaves the compound now that the staff can handle most cases, though he still personally persuades reluctant patients to stay. Those who leave usually return after the next uncontrolled episode causes tragedy.
Lawrence and Matilda were both cursed with psionic powers from a young age, growing up in a community that shunned what it did not understand. They found each other, worked through their abilities together, married, and eventually became medical professionals. Their first patient was a stranger struggling violently in the streets of Bridgetown, unable to control the power tearing through his mind. Lawrence subdued and treated him, and the Sweet Home's reputation grew from that single act of intervention.
Today the institution runs with a staff of ten to fifteen psion caretakers, conducting daily therapy sessions and training for patients seeking to master their talents. Parents drop off children they cannot help. Lawmen deliver dangerous psions they cannot safely restrain. Some accuse the Franklins of building a psionic army, a charge they deny. Lawrence rarely leaves the compound now that the staff can handle most cases, though he still personally persuades reluctant patients to stay. Those who leave usually return after the next uncontrolled episode causes tragedy.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Lawrence and Matilda Franklin both struggled with psionic abilities from a young age, hiding their powers in a community that feared and shunned psionics. They found each other as young people grappling with the same burden, worked through their control issues together, and eventually married. Both studied to become medical and psychological professionals, channeling their lived experience into the skills needed to help others.
Their first patient appeared in the streets of Bridgetown, a psion in violent crisis that no one else could safely approach. Lawrence subdued and treated him, and the experience crystallized the Franklins' purpose. They invested their savings, found suitable land, and established the Sweet Home as a refuge for out-of-control psionics. The institution has grown steadily since, sustained by donations and a steady stream of patients delivered by parents, lawmen, and the psions themselves. Accusations that the Franklins are secretly assembling a psionic army persist, but the people who know them dismiss the theory.
Their first patient appeared in the streets of Bridgetown, a psion in violent crisis that no one else could safely approach. Lawrence subdued and treated him, and the experience crystallized the Franklins' purpose. They invested their savings, found suitable land, and established the Sweet Home as a refuge for out-of-control psionics. The institution has grown steadily since, sustained by donations and a steady stream of patients delivered by parents, lawmen, and the psions themselves. Accusations that the Franklins are secretly assembling a psionic army persist, but the people who know them dismiss the theory.
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