Ingvar Johansen

Dr. Ingvar Johansen is an archaeologist, and is known for having discovered and excavated the Ankaran Sarcophagus from the Ankara region.

Biography
Already an archaeologist of some repute, Dr. Johansen received an anonymous package detailing exactly where to find the Ankaran Sarcophagus and its key, despite neither having been seen since they were re-buried by Julius of Gaul in 1068. Johansen wasn't even aware of the sarcophagus' existence prior to receiving the package.

Having successfully retrieved the sarcophagus and the key, Dr. Johansen loaded them on to the NZ Elizabeth Dane and left for Los Angeles (presumably via plane or a different ship).

Calamity after calamity afflicted the professor: the crate containing the key was stolen from the Dane while in transit, the ship's crew disappeared before it pulled into port, leaving only vast pools of blood. While the sarcophagus arrived intact and was moved to the Museum of Natural History for study, it was stolen before Johansen had a chance to look at it. Finally, several nights later, he was kidnapped by an extremist religious order as bait for a supposed powerful vampire.

Although he didn't have the opportunity for much study, Dr. Johansen concluded that the sarcophagus likely belonged to Messerach, the one-eyed king. While the king supposedly reigned for 250 years, it's likely that Messerach was simply a name reused by a series of successors, and not that Messerach was some sort of Dracula.

The relief sculpture on the outside of the sarcophagus depicted Messerach before Lamastu, an evil goddess from Assyrian myth who preyed on humans. Some consider Lamastu to be the origin of the vampire myth. She's sometimes associated with Lilith. Messerach is drinking the blood of his enemies, a common depiction, possibly implying he had a form of porphyria.

Background Information

 * In, an email in the Museum of Natural History refers to him as "Dr. Anders Johansen," while dialog with Beckett later in the game refers to him as "Dr. Ingvar Johansen," so the fandom refers to him by both names. It's possible Ingvar or Anders may be his middle name or a nickname he uses. The Unofficial Patch normalizes the disparity so both instances of his name appear as "Anders."