Mohisha Varma: Difference between revisions

'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was an Indian maidservant in [[Restoration England]], who was secretly an astronomer. {{source}}

She had come to [[London]] from [[Kerala]], and knew [[Kalaripayat]], the Keralan art of self defense, which she said was "very handy when you're crossing the [[Indian Ocean]] on a boat full of men". She kept books of [[Sappho]]'s [[poetry]] hidden under her mattress. {{source}}

By mid-[[February]] [[1661]] she was working as the maidservant of [[Frances]], [[Duchess of Winchester]]. Shortly before the events of ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Restored (audio story)|The Restored]]''), she had assisted the Duchess in locating a pair of [[Resurrection gauntlet|resurrection gauntlets]] in [[Windsor Castle]], which they used in experiments with plants and small animals. {{source}}

On [[16 February]], [[1661]], she accompanied the Duchess to the [[Tower of London]] when [[Charles II]] moved his court there. She brought her telescope with her, and had at the time been observing a light in the sky which she believed to be a vessel rather than a star or a planet (actually [[John Hart]]'s ship). When the dead began to rise again, she teamed up with John to retrieve the gauntlets so he could stop their malfunction, and when they found out that the Duchess was secretly working against Charles II by using the gauntlets to resurrect her dead father, Mohisha kicked her off the tower. {{source}}

Afterwards, John Hart gave her a [[bag]] of [[diamonds]] he had stolen from the [[Crown jewels]]. She sold them and used the money to buy a [[townhouse]] overlooking the river in [[Greenwich]]. She had a [[library]] filled with many [[books]], an [[observatory]] in the [[attic]], and household staff, including a woman named [[Kitty (The Restored)|Kitty]]. Slightly under a year after she bought this house, she was visited by [[Jack Harkness]], who was trying to find John. {{source}}