The Creature

I was born in a way too horrid to speak of, created at the hands of a man hungry for knowledge regardless the cost. His name was Victor Frankenstein, and he created me from the dead flesh of others during his time at the University of Ingolstadt.

He rejected me on site, and myself, lacking understanding, fled to the woods. I eventually learned the ways of communication among humans. I learned to speak and read from a family in Germany. But they too rejected me and fled from my disfigured form, as has every human to come across my path.

I desired nothing more than a female companion from Victor Frankenstein. I wanted someone to confide in and to share my life with. Someone who would understand me and would not turn away from my dispicable frame. But Victor denied me this right of happiness, and I have returned the misery he put upon me in full.

I strangled those most precious to him: his brother, William. His friend, Clerval. And his wife on the night of their wedding.

He took after me in chase and I was glad to oblige his scheme for revenge. But I would not make it quick. I dragged him through the cold abyss of the north and he became ill. He boarded a ship that I was able to sneak onto, and it was here that he shared his 'woeful tale' with his new friend Walton.

Victor died upon this ship and now, having acheived my revenge, I shall go north. "But soon I shall die, and what I now feel to be no longer felt. Soon these burning miseries shall be extinct." I will continue north and shall be seen no more.