Rava "Alkemical" Laurent

=• HISTORY •= Alkemy was born in Haiti in 1978. Her mother, Colette, was a prostitute who insisted that Alkemy was some kind of immaculately conceived demonspawn. While she had no father, the local Catholic priest took great interest in her and attempted to be a stabilizing figure in her life. She had no appreciation for his efforts.

She attended school at a Mormon mission for a number of years, but was dissatisfied with the religion-based education. She attempted to learn about herbs and medicine from someone who never quite admitted to being a voodoo practitioner, but found the woman's knowledge lacking. At 16, she managed to convince the Mormons to take her to New York where she could attend a religious university, then promptly ran away.

For four years, Alkemy made her living making and selling meth while attempting to correct her poor education through the library and internet. She took her GED and managed to get a scholarship to Columbia University, where she enrolled in the medical program. She made it one year before being kicked out for "interfering" with a cadaver. By this time, her drug business had made her enough money to move to Italy, where she joined the University of Verona's chemistry program.

After graduation, Alkemy returned to New York, changed her last name to Laurent, and became an adjuct professor of undergraduate chemistry at the University of New York. She was there for 13 years, desperately trying to get tenure, before the Illuminati showed up at her doorstep.