Leila Mehri

Leila Mehri is a scholar from Oxford University. Attempting to earn a doctorate in Anthropology, her focus is on the religious traditions of Native American/First Nations tribes, especially those considered extinct on the Eastern Seaboard of North America.

Leila is a visiting scholar at Miskatonic to study the Chepachet, a Native American tribe that lived around the area of Arkham up until the mid 17th century. She is drawn to the Chepachet due to evidence of strange rituals that deviate greatly from not only other nearby tribes, but any North American tribe, period.

Born to Iranian Zoroastrians who fled the country after the 1953 coup, Leila was a bit of a tomboy growing up. Not helping matters was that she was taller than most girls, making her more comfortable with the boys than the girls. As she grew into a teen, she harbored a more promiscuous side, though one she crafted carefully. She also liked taking risks. That showed when she enrolled in Oxford and became one of the first women to join a previously all-male college (St. Catherine's) on their first year, along with becoming the first female Fellow at All Souls College, the leading college in the University.

Owing to her heritage as a Zoroastrian, she had an interest in ancient and forgotten religions. With the pagan traditions of Europe thoroughly analyzed by other universities, she decided to focus on North American tribes, largely ignored in the United States and Canada for various reasons.

Outside of work, Leila is known to be adventurous, and enjoys hiking and traveling.