(Excalibur I#98 (fb) - BTS) - Jane Hampshire was born and raised in London, her family still lived there.
(Excalibur I#96 (fb) - BTS) - Under unrevealed circumstances, Jane Hamsphire was recruited into the London branch of the Hellfire Club. She became known as Scribe, able to record and recall everything that was said in her presence.
(X-Man I#23 (fb) - BTS) - Serving with the London division of the Hellfire Club earned Hampshire the position of Red Rook.
(Excalibur I#96 (fb) - BTS) - At an undetermined point in time, Scribe was body-jacked by Mountjoy, a villain from Earth-1191's future.
(Excalibur I#100 (fb) - BTS) - Possibly influenced by Mountjoy, Scribe entered into a secret partnership with Emma Steed, thee Inner Circle's ambitious, power hungry Black Queen.
(Excalibur I#96) - Scribe was present at the London Hellfire Club's meeting and quietly recorded an argument between the Black and Red King about their involvement with Black Air's botched alien experimentation scheme at the Dream Nails facility. Their argument was about to turn violent but the arrival of the Red Queen prevented an altercation. Scribe assured the Red King she had recorded everything that was said, including the next phase of the Club's complex plan to control a powerful demon recently discovered under London.
(Excalibur I#96 - BTS) - Concerned about the lack of oversight over the Hellfire Club's London operation, Black King Shinobi Shaw contacted Brian Braddock and asked him to join the Hellfire Club. Shaw told him of several murders and shady dealings surrounding the club, including the fact Mountjoy had replaced one of the Inner Circle members.
(Excalibur I#98 (fb) - BTS) - Scribe
was present when Brian Braddock officially joined the Hellfire Club as
their new Black Bishop.(Excalibur I#98) - Scribe visited Brian Braddock in his hotel room after the swearing in ceremony to discreetly ask for his help. She told him of the Red King and Queen's plan to use magic to wreak havoc: starting in London but soon expanding to the entire country. With her family living in London, Scribe wanted to prevent their scheme from coming to pass. As if on cue, the skies turned bright red as the rising ritual of the demon began.
(Excalibur I#99) - Scribe and Brian Braddock watched a giant column of fire appear outside the hotel and quickly fade away. She told him this was just the first test of the Red King and Queen's newfound power source, urging Braddock to take action before leaving to return to the Hellfire Club. Scribe joined the rest of the Inner Circle when they ventured to Blackwall, the local headquarters of Black Air where they were met by the heads of the organization Threadgold and Sciclua. They led the group to the Necromanteion that had been set up for the Red Queen. Once inside, the Red King announced that they had found a more efficient physical link to the wellspring of demonic power: the severed head of the techno-organic hero Douglock which was capable of high-speed data processing.
(Excalibur I#99 - BTS) - The Red Queen carried out the plan and awoke the demon under London town, however she was unable to keep it reigned in and was quickly overtaken by its tremendous power. As the beast made it to the surface, the city burned.
(Excalibur I#100 - BTS) - Because of
the demon's corrupting influence, London's population began exhibiting
violent, murderous impulses. Brian Braddock found that the forcefield in
his Captain Britain costume protected him from the effects. He returned
to the Hellfire Club to investigate, only to find that the Black Queen
had just killed the Black King who had succumbed to the demon's evil. (Excalibur I#100) - When the Black Queen revealed that her mutant powers protected her from the demon, Captain Britain assumed she was the Inner Circle member possessed by Mountjoy, only to be attacked by Scribe who revealed herself to be the bodyhopping villain from Earth-1191. Mountjoy planned to abandon Scribe and take up residence in Braddock, but was unable to penetrate the hero's forcefield before he was forced to retreat.
(X-Man I#23) - Sebastian Shaw and Tessa held
auditions for new members of the Inner Circle on Manhattan's Liberty
Island. Selene and her consort Trevor Fitzroy wanted to join up again and
brought their underling Madelyne Pryor (actually Earth-9575's Jean
Grey). Scribe had to fight Madelyne for the Rook position. At first,
Pryor seemed perplexed by her opponent's phasing abilities, but she
quickly gained the upper hand when she sensed Mountjoy's presence.
Madelyne effortlessly yanked out the villain from Jane Hampshire's body,
which caused both of her opponents to faint. Shaw had seen enough and
awarded the Black Rook position to Madelyne Pryor.