Female:
You are Joseph Earnwile, adventurer, explorer and traveler extraordinare (at least in your own mind). After your brush with all the wilds of the jungle, you have returned to your native country of merry old England. However, your research paper and logs from your travels was quickly rejected by all major publishers, citing too little actual resaerch having been done, and your sexual escapades being too numerous for any decent publishinghous to even consider.
Pennyless, without a home and without even a single paper published anywhere, the woman you were banking on as your future wife to be chose to leave you. As you are looking for a way to restore your reputation as a researcher and a scholar, you hear a rumor about a cult operating from the sewers of London. You quickly decide to make this cult your next area of study, although being bankrupt puts a stopper to your ambitions. Luckily, just a few days later, you stumble across an old purse in the streets, containing a scattering of coins and a few banknotes. Just enough money for a train-ticket and a room for a while. Lady Luck smiles upon you once again! Money in hand, and with you meeger belongings in your backpack, you set off to the trainstation. A new grand adventure is surely about to begin!