Lady Enlightenment (Elizabeth Hawthorne Stantz)
Quaesitor of the Order of Hermes
""I am Lady Enlightenment, filia of Lady Persuasion, Follower of Guernicus, Quaesitor Maga of the Order of Hermes."
Character created by OgreBBQ
""I am Lady Enlightenment, filia of Lady Persuasion, Follower of Guernicus, Quaesitor Maga of the Order of Hermes."
Character created by OgreBBQ
1973
Twelve year old Liz Hawthorne is recruited to Rein•Hagen Academy in England by a cousin of her mother.
1979
Liz graduates Rein•Hagen Academy with high honors. Her benefactor reveals that she is "Lady Persuasion", a maga of the Order of Hermes' House Quaesitor, responsible for policing the Order itself. She reveals that Liz has been watched the entire time at the Academy, and found to posess both The Gift and an affinity for the law--Liz becomes Lady Persuasion's Hermetic apprentice.
1982
Elizabeth Hawthorne takes the Oath of Bonisagus, and is inaugurated into the Order of Hermes as Lady Enlightenment, Filia of Lady Persuasion, Follower of Guernicus.
1990
Lady Enlightenment, Barney Lupin, and Lilly Peacecraft enter into a working relationship with Father Diego Portenza. Portenza is a functionary of the Catholic Church; the group is informally dubbed "The Inquisitors" the next year.
1991
The Inquisitors meet "Sergei Kalashnikov", who manipulates the team into moving against vampire lord Igor Vashnivski. While in Romania, Liz meets Ghostbuster co-founder Ray Stantz.
Lilly is posessed by the essence of the "Avatar of Pisces"; the Inquisitors (minus Father Portenza), the Ghostbusters; House Criamon's Primus, Phineus Eventide; and the mysterious man claiming to be Archmage Zandrik Fallagar, Lady Enlightenment's Thirteenth Century ancestor. After this incident, the Inquisitors disband.
1995
Liz Hawthorne marries Raymond Francis Stantz
1996
July 26. Birth of Eric Stantz
1997
Late in the year, the original Ghostbusters are reunited by the efforts of Janine Melnitz. Ray returns to New York in early 1998, and resumes activities with the company. Liz is often absent on Hermetic business.
2004
The Second Gozer Crisis. Eric Stantz first manifests The Gift. Liz and Ray begin to discuss enrolling him at Rein•Hagen Academy.
Eric Stantz
Relation: Son (born 1996)
Canon: Fan (Fritz Baugh)
Sister (Name Unrevealed)
Canon: Fan (Fritz Baugh)
Nephew (Name Unrevealed; son of biological sister. Born before 1991)
Canon: Fan (Fritz Baugh)
Melwen Fallagar (Deceased)
Relation: Ancestor
Canon: Fan (Fritz Baugh)
Carolyn MacMillan Stantz (deceased)
Relation: Mother-In-Law
Canon: Combines GB1 novelization and Fan (Shiela Paulson) Maiden name is RGB.
Major Carl Stantz, USAF
Relation: Brother-In-Law
Canon: GB1 novelization.
Daniel Stantz
Relation: Nephew (By marriage; born some time between late 1981-1983)
Canon: GB1 novelization. Name is fan.
Danielle Stantz (Maiden name unrevealed)
Relation: Sister In Law (wife of Carl Stantz)
Canon: Fan (Fritz Baugh)
Franklin Stantz
Relation: Nephew (By marriage; born late 1979)
Canon: GB1 novelization. Name is Fan (Fritz Baugh)
Dr. David Stantz (deceased)
Relation: Father-In-Law
Canon: combines GB1 novelization and Fan (Shiela Paulson)
Jean Stantz
Relation: Sister-In-Law
Canon: GB1 novelization. By 1983 she has married and divorced, and has a daughter--her married name and the name of her child are unrevealed.