***This is less of an introduction, and more of a re-introduction. I have been absent from the forums for over three years, and it is HIGH time I returned. My adventures have taken me far and wide, and unfortunately have not always been to my liking. Life is like that, however. None-the-less, I have returned, and I have returned relatively unscathed. Below is a re-introduction of my Steampunk persona, however if one would like to get to know the "man behind the mask" I would be happy to introduce myself in a more private form of correspondence.***
Greetings to you all! I am Edmund Charles Rutherford, MD. I am recently returned from a sabbatical, during which time I have had the pleasure to travel the world and study abroad with many fine medical professionals. My travels first took me to India with Her Majesty's Royal Army, where I spent a few years in her service as a general doctor. Sadly, I took ill while there and had to leave for the reconstitution of my health.
Upon return to England, due to the severity of my illness, I was discharged from Her Majesty's service. I was, thankfully, able to fend off the illness that threatened my life. I was advised to seek out a different climate for the continued improvement of my health and I took the opportunity to visit America, a life-long dream of mine.
I found myself in the grand city of New York, where my regular health returned to me forthwith. I happened to meet a physician who convinced me to travel west with him. He was a former army doctor, as I was, who was looking to open a practice of his own. He convinced me that the air and change of scenery would help my health to continue to improve, and I spent the next two years travelling with him and learning a great deal. That transcontinental railroad of the American's is a wonderful thing, by the way! Such beautiful scenery you will see!
I have finally returned to my native Scotland, however, and I hope to stay here from now on. America is a fascinating place, and full of wild adventures, but I am of an age to find a wife and settle down. Being an adventurer is for the young and restless, and I am ready to return to respectable society and behave as a proper gentleman should.