Professor Udo Stradovski

Painting of Professor Stradovski,
seen at Anton's house)

• About 50, dark hair, brown eyes, average height, own teeth(description given by clerk at the Worshipful Guild of Legalists, Episode 1)
• Professor Stradovski is a respected member of the college, a respected practising physician, a devout follower of Shallya and generally well liked. His particular specialism was the study of disease. He revealed that intra-departmental jealousy was responsible for the claims against the Professor. The Dean of Faculty post was currently vacant, and the two candidates for the post were Professors Stradovski and Humpis. The latter’s claims were simply an attempt to discredit the former, but had to be acted upon
  (Lienhard von Altenhaus, Chancellor of the Collegium Theologice. Episode 2)
• Agreed to act as bond simply for the Professor to arrange his affairs, and visit his patients. He has always thought of the Professor as a decent man, a good teacher and someone who gave his time to the cult of Shallya. He knew nothing about the charges, but just thought it was Collegium politics. (Augustus Steiner, Episode 2)
• Professor Stradovski was arrested under charges of sedition and heresy. He is accused of suggesting that there is little to support the existence of the gods, despite their power purportedly revealing itself through the spells of their clerics. Having studied the similarities in many spells, he suggested that one might philosophise that clerics are simply deluded wizards with even more deluded worshippers.(Charges against Stradovski, by Professor Humpis, Episode 2)
• A small shrine to Shallya was found in a niche in one wall in Stradovski's office. Castian noted that the figure is slightly unusual in that it appears slightly too tall and thin, with an almost unkempt hairstyle and a vaguely androgynous form. There is nothing innately evil or ‘wrong’ with the representation; it simply appears strange.
  No shrine was found in the professor's home.(Searching the Professor's premises, Episode 2)
• Anton Stradovski will described his brother as a pre-eminent physician, a devout worshipper of Shallya, an excellent teacher and a good man. He cannot offer any reason for events, but will suggest that it must be some sort of misunderstanding. The two met approximately monthly for a meal and a chat, but there was never any indication anything was wrong.(Anton Stradovski, Episode 2)
• She at one stage pointed out that he was not religious, though he did pretend this.
  (Fya Vyter, Professor Stradovski's maid, Episode 2)
• Met the Professor on the morning of 3 Nachexen at the Wolf Runner coaching inn. The Professor was desperate for passage, and the coach was full, there being so few passages at this time of year. Since he knew the Professor was a close friend of his master, he was willing to offer him his place on the coach. Caspar managed to book passage four days later.
  Admitted that the Professor offered him money, and a large sum too: 50GCs.
  (Caspar Anckenreuter, Episode 3)
• The Professor turned up on the evening of 7th Nachexen at their house. This was rather a surprise. However, the Teuschels regard themselves as in the debt of the Professor for successfully treating Elfrieda Teuschel about two years ago of what she will describe as a lady’s condition.
  Neither can remember much about the night. Small talk was made. Manfred thinks that Stradovski looked suddenly relieved, but puts it down to a long journey. He said he had come on business, but the lateness of the coach meant he had missed his appointments.
  This seemed unlikely, for Elfrieda had had to travel to Middenheim to be treated, but was not pushed. The following day, Manfred had to be at work, but Elfrieda went into town with the Professor. She says that they made small talk, had lunch and then visited her husband. She cannot recall where they visited, but if specifically asked, she  will recall that they visited the stables. He left, and neither of them saw him again.
  (The Teuschels, Episode 3)
• an assortment of papers on herbalism and pharmacy, amongst which are a set of written instructions (to Khlesl, in a female wandwriting) to prepare provisions for the Professor for a trip to Ferlangen (Marx Khlesl's hideout in Beeckerhoven, Episode 3)
• The Professor did indeed visit the manor with Jaie Schraeder. The Count knows the latter from his dealings with the Wolfenburg Physicians’ Guild and he knew vaguely of the Professor’s work. They arrived on the night of the 32nd Nachexen. Schraeder left the following morning and the Professor the morning after that. Professor Stradovski was seeking support for research into lycanthropy, which the Count refused, as he was rather suspicious of the very travel-stained proposer who hardly seemed to be acting like a traditional academic. He then set off to the east, towards Grenzburg, stating that he would approach the templars there with a view to offering his services to them. This seemed equally peculiar, but harmless (Count vor Pirkheimer, Episode 10)