Terence Bey was the curator of the Cairo Museum of Antiquities and the employer of Evelyn Carnahan.
Biography
Preceded by a less scrupulous curator that had auctioned off mummies of nobles from the museum's collection, Dr. Bey also held the title of Medjai, acting as a contact for the Medjai warriors within Cairo.
Library Problems
Dr. Bey enters as Evelyn has accidentally knocked down the shelves.
Terence Bey was the employer of Evelyn Carnahan and had some displeasure at her efforts, as one mishaps with a book being placed on its shelf led to the fall of all of the museum's bookshelves, each falling over the next like dominoes. Dr. Bey was shocked at the incident, but agitated when he saw that Evelyn had done it, telling her that the only reason that he put up with her was because her parents were the library's finest patrons. Ordering Evelyn to clean the mess up, the curator stormed off angrily.
A New Artifact
Dr. Bey and Evelyn examine the puzzle box.
That afternoon, Evelyn's brother Jonathan Carnahan brought an artifact to Evelyn that was at first derided as a counterfeit; a closer analysis of the artifact, a small puzzle box, revealed that it was genuine, as the puzzle box popped itself open, revealing eight key-like attachments, each with a different end, and a map made of papyrus, the map leading to the ancient City of the Dead, [Hamunaptra]].
Dr. Bey examined the object closely in his office, speaking skeptically at first of its authenticity, and deriding the map inside as a fake. Evelyn insisted that, despite the tales told that an evil mummy resided in Hamanaptra distorting the truth, the City of the Dead had existed. As he leaned in to say more, the map was caught in the fire coming from an aromatic candle on the curator's desk. The candle had burned off the map's contents concerning Hamunaptra before Evelyn and her brother could put the flames out. Dr. Bey humbly apologised and reasoned that it was perhaps for the best, as other men sought the City of the Dead and come up successful. Dr. Bey then concluded that the map was likely a forgery and reasoned that the box might offer a modest sum. Evelyn was decisive and stated that the box was not for sale, taking it from the curator and leaving with her brother.
Alliances
Evelyn and Jonathan had found the source of the map: an incarcerated American named Richard O'Connell who claimed to have been in Hamanaptra before; with O'Connell's help as a guide, Evelyn and her brother, along with others in a separate group, had sought the City of the Dead and come up empty, with only the deaths of others involved to show for their efforts. To complicate matters further, the expeditions in Hamanaptra released an ancient mummy that was dedicated to causing the deaths of those who had opened a chest containing the Book of the Dead, the ancient text which brought the corpse back. Within a span of time, Evelyn returned to the Cairo Museum to seek out Dr. Bey, as he could offer some help to the surviving expeditionaries that had opened the chest. When she next saw Dr. Bey, he was in the presence of Ardeth Bay, the Medjai warrior that had almost killed off Evelyn and those in Hamanaptra. Upset at the curator's connection, Evelyn demanded to know what the Medjai warrior was doing in the Cairo Museum, a statement punctuated by guns raised by the men behind her, O'Connell, Jonathan, and two of the surviving Americans that returned from Hamanaptra. Dr. Bey coolly asked in response if she really wished to know, or if her friends would prefer to just shoot Ardeth Bay and the curator without any explanation. Compelled by this, O'Connell and the other men lowered their weapons.
Dr. Bey