Before the Rippers

Born on January 21st, 1838 as Giovanni Moretti in Northern Italy. 

Joel is the only son of his upper middle class parents and grows up Catholic. Gains an interest in helping others and is sent to college in Britain due to good grades. Does well in college, focusing on his schoolwork. Parents are slightly concerned due to Joel's lack of want to find a wife. He shrugs them off explaining he prefers his work which they accept. Eventually people acting strangely piques his interest and in investigating the area in which they supposedly experienced their trauma runs into another young man named Elijah Atkinson. They agree to work together in their investigations. 

Joining the Rippers

25 (1863) - Joel joins the Rosicrucians along with his freelancer friend Elijah shortly after graduating college with a doctorate in alienism.

26 (1864) - Gets his first piece of Rippertech, Lymph Graft. Originally for good intentions as alienists are needed to help Rippers handle their trauma and he wanted to stay around as long as possible.

28 (1866) - During his first major case, he has his first run in with Ripping Psychosis in which his psionic abilities manifest along with being  cursed with his "sun allergy" and his "evil eye" coloration. He telekinetically pins down the witch and shoves his thumbs into her eyes.  He takes her tear ducts and has them implanted as a trophy.  

The Warsaw Incident

35 (1873) - Implants Infernal Fascia, weeks later the stress at the lodge in Warsaw he was currently staying at comes to a head.  He was trying to convince a 1 Reason Ripper to retire which ended up in a shouting match that attracted the rest of the team.  Which turned into a massive fight, the stress causing the patient he was had been treat to suffer Ripping Psychosis. 

 A massacre occurs in which he is the only survivor due to killing the rest of the Rippers.  Joel's internalized trauma has him associate his Rippertech as the only reason he is still alive and without it he is weak.  He begins to slowly indulge in drinking, drugs, and Rippertech extracts to handle the stress and trauma of the massacre. 

Elijah is the only person that he allows to talk  to him while on his forced leave to handle his mental instability from the massacre.  Over time gain the nicknames "Murderous Moretti", "Mori Moretti" and "Mori"_ which has him change his name to Joel Albrecht due to trauma.

40s (1878) - Is bounced around from lodge to lodge. The organization not wanting to keep him in one place for too long due to stigma of _"Mori Moretti"_. They have him treat patients then move him after a week or two. Is in constant contact with Elijah through letters or meetups at the cottage in England when they have breaks.

The Siege of Castle Dracula

50s (1890s) - Around age 52 is assigned to the siege of Castle Dracula as a medic/alienist. Shortly before the siege loses contact with Elijah who hadn't returned a letter in some time after informing him of a new assignment he was on. Joel was assigned to siege as medical/mental assistance but is kidnapped and tortured by Renfield in Castle Dracula. He is rescued by another team assaulting the castle and joins in to assist. Rarely anyone aside from the group he joined survives the battle.

Reputation over the years. 

50s (1890s) - The amount of people that know him directly as "Murderous Moretti" has lessened. Some people know that Giovanni Moretti is Mori Moretti/Murderous Moretti but it's considered a sort of "boogeyman" and think that Mori Moretti is to blame for lodges tearing themselves apart. Most know Joel is bad news. But not many people put it together that he is Giovanni Moretti. New members don't know and some older members haven't realized cuz it was so divorced from them.

Blurring The Line

Age 55 (1893 to Early Spring of 1895) -  Meets Mox after being one of a long line of Ripper employed alienists to attempt making progress with the shattered man's psyche. After multiple sessions, Joel makes a connection with Mox and makes him a new Rippertech arm as part of treatment. Over the course of them working together,  the line between patient and lover is blurred heavily.  

Spring of 1895 - Works with Rippers named Hakai and Phineas for a few months. Gets along well with Phineas even after learning the man's secret.  

Late Spring of 1895 -Had grown close to Mox, but when approached to make their relationship even more after a small case had gone poorly, Joel refused (possibly out of fear) causing a huge fight between the two. They break off their relationship, which prompts Joel to get some of the most invasive Rippertech he's gotten so far (Hellfire Synapses).

Reassignment To The Wolves' Den Lodge

Fall of 1895 - Has been assigned to the Wolves' Den in France. He meets with the lodge during their assignment in Paris. Has gotten Aethereal Form from vampire blood and lost his left arm from being mauled by a werewolf. Due to the horrible way the Paris case went as the witnessed the resurrection of the Cabal Leadership, Joel is in a dark mental state.

Reunited

Early Winter of 1895 - Reunited with Mox, which didn't go well. Eventually his want to stay away from the man cause Mox to betray the Wolves' Den after his reunion with his long lost friend Elijah. Mox was executed for his betrayal.  

Removed his Lymph Graft after a heartfelt talk with Elijah, during with they confessed their feelings for each other without overtly saying so. Their lodge was compromised due to Mox's betrayal which caused the town to be razed. However the remainder of the lodge managed to save majority of the town. They temporarily relocated the villagers and met up with another lodge for safety. Victor Hawthorne's body was stolen during the attack.  

Christmas Day 1895 - The Wolves' Den leads a counterraid on a Cabal hideout after one of their members is kidnapped. They don't find him there but have a method of getting to where he is, Frankenstein's Factory. They rescue both Victor Hawthorne and Terrence Jones from Frankenstein and Porter's control. 

Rehabilitation & Victor's Resurrection

Once back at London, Joel with Elijah's encouragement and moral support finally begins therapy. The shock and reason loss during the Frankenstein Factory raid on Joel caused him to begin hallucinating that Mox was haunting him for his mistakes. It's slow going but with some banishment and exorcisms as part of the treatment it helps with his delusion somewhat, lessening the intensity of said hallucinations. 

New Year Winter 1896 - After some therapy for those of us who need it, the group meets with all of the Faction leaders. Stress and being egged on during the discussion about his medical license/alienist career causes Joel to admit that he had slept with Mox and vent his frustrations at the leadership of their and other alienists' failure to handle Mox/James properly (before Joel's own relationship with the man went bad). The talk ends with Joel's license only being temporarily suspended with the catch that he continues his therapy. 

Joel assists Ilia and Kinta with the surgery on Victor to remove the mechanical implantations that Frankenstein had added. It goes well as does Kinta's resurrection attempt with her Blessed powers. 

A Ripper Wedding

Joel has a courier leave a note for Elijah:

"Could you meet me in the Chapel at?  I want to talk to you about something.  - Giovanni  PS. Wear something nice."

He also requests the services of Father A in organizing a private marriage ceremony. Father A is amused at Joel being flustered and agrees. Joel waits for Elijah at the small chapel in the lodge, making sure for Father A and one of his paladins are hidden until the time is right. 

Once Elijah arrives, Joel has been waiting and turns to face him. The other man is worried and the use of Joel's real name has him worried. Joel comforts and reassures his friend and in a flustered manner proposes to Elijah, who is caught by surprise but eagerly accepts stating "No time like right now. Yes." They put on the rings that Joel had made.

Father A comes out of hiding and runs through his own version of marriage rites, declaring the two older men to be husband & husband. They leave together to celebrate with drinks. 

Beginning of The End

Joel, Ilia, and Phineas return Dorian's Gray's painting. Joel is uncomfortable and is disgusted when he sees what Dorian truly looks like via Phineas' magic item that reveals it. They interrogate Dorian before leaving, Joel declaring "His dick wasn't that good and that he is married." at Dorian's disappointment of Joel's removal of his Lymph Graft.

Ilia is offended that Joel didn't invite him to his and Elijah's wedding, promising to plan a proper one after the war is over. 

They then go to Jekyll's old lab to investigate, Phineas having a panic attack due to memories of the night he was dosed. This concerns Joel gravelly and he goes to have a private chat with Jekyll. He learns information that greatly shifts his priority to help Jekyll with his condition to no longer wanting to help the doctor at all, even threatening his life as he leaves. 

A day or so later the Wolves' Den agree to steal Jekyll's painting from his old home as Phineas thinks the Cabal leadership's phylacteries is like Dorian's, and that Jekyll's is there. Joel uses his Aethereal Form to go invisible and picks the lock of the home while Phineas has Jekyll's old friend distracted at lunch elsewhere. Joel feels something isn't right when he approaches the painting, realizing it's a ghost guarding the painting. Knowing he doesn't have much time before his invisibility wears off, he backs off, rips the painting off the wall telekinetically and runs out, ghost after him. It chases him then the rest of the group before Joel manages a psionic blast that destroys the spirit. They check the painting and it is Jekyll's phylactery, the painting underneath the fake looking wounded. 

Fall of London

One week passes and winter has gotten worse. Ilia receives a package with his name, smelling of roses and wine. Inside is a letter from Dracula and a vial of poisoned high vampire blood. Ilia gathers the group for a meeting and informs them of the package. Joshua snitches to the Harkers. Apparently he was misinterpreting our intends moving forward, and after telling the party everyone gets mad at him. Ilia talks to the Harkers after and clears the situation as well as he can. 

Phineas proceeds to use the pipe [his foreseeing pipe] to try and locate each of the Cabal Head’s paintings and tries to figure out the identity of the mole in Rippers. He is nearly blinded by the flash of white light in the vision and is unable to figure what that means. Jekyll asks to see Phineas who realizes that all the prisoners in the London HQ are free and so is Jekyll. 

The London Lodge is under attack by all the Cabal leaders and their respective minions. Father A is revealed as the mole as he kills Jonathan Harker in front of everyone as Jonathan was proclaiming that he's had a breakthrough with the cure for the Hyde Serum. 

The Wolves' Den holds back the Cabal leadership while a extraction portal is opened and people are rushed through. Everyone except Joel (at the pleading of Elijah) chooses to stay and fight a losing fight. Joshua is killed by Dracula, who then takes Ilia away. Phineas is killed by Edward Hyde. Lorelei, Kinta, and Victor are taken by the Vampire Lords that Kinta made a deal with in Paris Catacombs. 

After extracting through the portal, Joel realizes that the portal was a one way blind hop and believes that he left the rest of his lodge to die.

Resistance Ripper 

Mid to Late January

It’s been a week, more or less, and Joel's been working with a ragtag group of Rippers, effectively their leader. Found out the portal spat them out in Prague. A Cabal hit squad tracks them down again while they are hiding in an abandoned brewery, to which they fight and with some difficulty fend off the attackers. 

Joel and Elijah have a talk about their options. Their group has been attacked 4 times in the last two days and they are running low on food, energy, and places to hide. Joel rallies the group after remembering the Demon hideout they had raided before rescuing Victor is in Prague. They head there hoping for a safe spot, supplies, or information. 

They arrive at the hideout, finding The Writer there (the surviving demon from the Prague hideout raid) looking for his manuscripts. The writer wants not to die. Joel wants information to keep people safe and get back at the cabal.

They start hashing out a deal.
Elijah and Joel agree to give up half their soul each in order to gain knowledge and power necessary to fight the good fight.
Joel gets an extreme Psionics boost, as well as a bunch of information regarding the other's locations and the remaining faction leaders being attacked. Joel and Elijah agree to rest and wait for the remaining Rippers of their group to arrive at the safe spot. 

That night Joel has dreams sent to him by Ilia (who is stuck in Dracula's castle), which give him more information on the remaining Ripper Faction leaders. He isn't happy when he figures it is in Poland, but will go anyway. 

Broken but Back Together 

Early to Mid February 1895 - 
Joel, Elijah, and the members of Animus travel mostly by foot from Prague to outside of Warsaw, Poland. They encounter "Phineas" and get into a fight, him actually being Phin's Hyde who had ran off with the body. Joel gets shot up by Hyde's goons before Hyde runs off and the goons are dispatched by mostly Elijah.

The lodge rendezvous at the Umberland Institute, fighting through swathes of Cabal before getting into the courtyard. They fight more Cabat and meet the remaining Rippers Leadership inside. They speak briefly and are given amulets and told the institute will explode soon as a trap was set for the Cabal.

The door is blasted down and Father A and his followers enter. What occurs is a snappy back and forth after Father A is disappointed by what happened to the lodge. Eventually Kinta goes to attack Father A right as we are teleporting.

We are teleported to a hideout, a large cavern with drilled tunnels and rudimentary accommodations. Joel is taken by Elijah to get the remaining bullets removed from his body. Joel after recovering briefly assists Ilia with experimenting with the Hyde Cure that he had been protecting for weeks. They succeed in making a cure.

They have a meeting with the remaining leadership. The group with Joel leading decide to go to Venice, Italy to find the Rosicrucians that Joel and Elijah used to be a part of before the faction was exiled. 

Welcome Home, Mr. Moretti 

Mid February 1895 - 

The Hunt For Hyde  

End of February 1895 -

The Trials of Excalibur  

Early March