Steve Blum

Description: Older man, disheveled, weathered. Found in the museum basement surrounded by beer bottles — he had been living there. Status: DEAD — killed by Kip.

Encounter (Session 2)

When Gus broke into the basement room where Amy Langon was tied up, Blum rushed him immediately with a fire axe, screaming:

"They can't have her!"

He was protecting Amy — or keeping her from something else.

Combat

• Round 1: Missed Gus; took 1 damage (Gus, Hard Success brawling)
• Continued exchanging blows; both missed
• Later connected with fire axe: 9 damage to Gus's shoulder

Questions

• Who is "they"?
• Did he tie Amy up, or was he protecting her from whoever did?
• How long has he been living in this basement?
• What does he know about the Pickman exhibit or the beast in Gallery B?
• What did he see that made him stay?