Gryph Jones Takes Her First Step Into A Larger World

How did Gryph Jones - a scholar - end up on the outer reaches of the galaxy?  Let's go back one more step and establish two important points:

1. We had another NEW TO RPG player
2. The player was a girl

Crazy!  This is apparently a milestone for my friends - its the first time a girl has embarked on an adventure.  It made for a really cool  game having another very unique perspective.

So Gryph's connection to the Doctor and Cardhu is this - she's a painter/scholar that couldn't establish her own artwork.  She came across a cache of rare paintings and sold them off as her own.  Gryph eventually was found out and ran to the Edges of the Empire. Cardhu had contacted Grpyh about acquiring the remaining pieces of artwork to 'help' sell them to collectors beyond the core worlds.  For a handling fee of course.