Eric was an associate of Helen Magnus; considered by her to be "one of the world's great hunters of abnormals", which he referred to as "evolution's experiments".

Biography

Season 1

	Episode 1x06 - "Nubbins": Eric was transporting a number of nubbins to the Sanctuary in Old City aboard the Lophelia, but was killed along with the rest of the ship's crew before reaching the harbor. Helen Magnus and her team later found his mutilated body in the research vessel's cargo hold while conducting an investigating aboard the Lophelia.

Notes

• Casting: Only Eric's dead body was briefly shown on-screen. No actor was credited with the role.
  • In the dvd commentary, Eric is called "Vern" and the actor portraying the corpse is Bill Nikolai from "Stargate SG-1".
• Trivia: The Old City Sanctuary team initially suspects the predator to be responsible for Eric's death and that of the crew with loose nubbins having fed on their bodies. However, further into the episode the nubbins (if numerous enough) are shown to have the capability to kill larger creatures; potentially including humans.
• Trivia: Will Zimmerman suspected that Helen Magnus had a personal relationship with Eric due to her mournful behavior over his death. Magnus, however, more or less indicated that she was upset over the value of his loss for the abnormal science community.