Rabbit's Real History
Rabbit's real history: (Spoiler alert: no one living except the Rabbit and his Nemesis know this information. Other characters will not know this.)
Rabbit was once a scientist by the name of Edward Moreau, born in 1776. His work in the field of climatology and the increased use of coal in Britain was unfunded until an anonymous donor began supplying him with large sums in exchange for information. He was asked to essentially spy on the other faculty at Oxford and report back on their projects. This work became increasingly unsavory, but now his patron began blackmailing him by threatening to reveal his previous indiscretions.
This culminated with his final project, which was to recruit another noted scientist for his patron's research by kidnapping his daughter. Edward reluctantly did so since he was promised that it was only a threat, and that Edward would be allowed to see to her to safety. Edward snuck into the house, took the girl with the aid of a sleeping draft (along with her velveteen rabbit) and was in the process of sneaking downstairs when he heard the sound of police at the door. He fled to the back of the house and unfortunately ran into the midst of the scientist's laboratory. In a terrible accident, Edward over turned a table of highly volatile chemicals causing a catastrophic explosion. Edward's spirit was transferred into the rabbit as a curious side effect apparently caused by a combination of strange fumes, curious geological formations in the area, and strange sun spot formations. The girl died, the house burned down, and half the police were killed.
The mysterious patron: The Fox. And who had alerted the police? The same.
