It is said that her birth was one of the worst in 1863. Not only did her mother die while in childbirth, but also two nurses as well. Rumors persist that it was her father, Her Majesty's Royal Gene-Doctor Essex Adler, who personally slit their wrists in an attempt to keep his beloved wife alive.
Essex was disappointed that his gene-charts were wrong and didn't get the perfect son he wanted, but was left with a highly-flawed daughter. Christine was born with a very rare eye condition, so rare that there was no name for it. Her red-veined eyes were very sensitive to the light, but in the dark she could see twice as good, making out clear outlines that others could not.
Because of her disposition, she is rarely seen in social circles, and is often working with her father in his gene-labeling. Her skin is a pale flesh color, because of the amount of time she spends in her father's darken laboratory, drawing out long lines of genetic heritage.
Now, as the New Century approaches and the Ripper stalks the weak, Essex forced Christine to cut her copper hair and wear a man's frock. Her father believes that the Ripper seeks to execute the distant female descendants of people like Alexander the Great and Julius Ceasar, and that his daughter, the latest in the long line of great Adlers, will be one of his targets.
Christine Adler will be the main character in the new non-linear sequel to the popular, yet unpublished, Adler short story: "God is Dead." She will face a creature of the New Century and try to answer the question: Whatever happened to Detective First Class Scott Adler of the 21st Century?
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Sounds cool- very Difference Engine- ish. Hopefully she will be used more than her DE counterpart Lady Ada Byron. The queen of the engines was a neat lady with interesting stories that somehow were never told- with long narrative of Mallory in it's place. Anyway, Christine could be a cool character like that, and it would be interesting to see her discover more about her family.
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