Malcolm Havard

Fiona Laval is the daughter of a French gambler and a Scottish mother, raised in Alsace by her grandmother due to her father’s chaotic lifestyle and her mother’s health issues.

This unconventional upbringing gives Fiona a strong sense of independence, resilience, and adaptability. Her background in gambling, mathematics, and chess makes her a natural at codes and logical problem-solving, but also instills a risk-taking streak and a tendency to challenge authority.

These qualities make her a brilliant and courageous agent, but her impulsiveness, rebelliousness, and difficulty with trust often put her at odds with others and in danger.

Fiona fails her SOE course and finds herself sent into exile in the Scottish Highlands at Inverlair Lodge. This is a real house which played a unique and somewhat controversial role in the SOE network.
Officially known as No. 6 Special Workshop School, it was used as a holding and internment facility for agents who, for various reasons, could not be deployed on operations. This included those who had failed training, were considered security risks, or simply "knew too much" to be released back into civilian life.

The lodge was remote, secure, and comfortable, earning it the nickname "The Cooler".

Fiona fails her SOE course and finds herself sent into exile in the Scottish Highlands at Inverlair Lodge. This is a real house which played a unique and somewhat controversial role in the SOE network.
Officially known as No. 6 Special Workshop School, it was used as a holding and internment facility for agents who, for various reasons, could not be deployed on operations. This included those who had failed training, were considered security risks, or simply "knew too much" to be released back into civilian life.

The lodge was remote, secure, and comfortable, earning it the nickname "The Cooler".