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Carlyle Gregory Burgess (creator: Stuart)

Well-spoken and as well-dressed as possible under the circumstances (think Terry Thomas), leaning on a cane in his left hand. Dark, slick hair. Trim moustache. Trilby hat.

Faction - MI5

Action: 2, Influence, 3, Insight 3

Traits

Speaks BBC English, the Voice of lost Culture (+)

Feigned limp appears a sign of weakness (+)

No compunctions about killing people(+)

Slick-tongued but cynical (-)

No-one else will look after me (-)

Somewhat Impulsive (+)

Factional agenda: There are lots of well-connected deep Soviet agents out there. Find them! (9)

Personal agenda: Find the family fortune - it's not in the bank vault! (5)

Relationships:

Charles St. John Bryan: former Cambridge college room-mate - "I owe him for the tip-off, but I'm worried that he could just be a Soviet mole, all that appreciation of the Russian State Opera..." (2+)

Tobermory Jones: One of the "little people" (1-)

MI5: I trust nobody completely, but I distrust my controller the least. (2+)

Josie Miller: We both know the importance of appearances (2+)

Mortimer Tod, the Undertaker: We know where we stand with each other: I trust him as long as I can see his hands (2-)

Experience scene: Shortly after Cambridge suffered serious damage from a near miss by a shadow weapon (war fact) Carlyle Burgess was in the study of his tutor, Sir Christopher Miles, senior fellow of Jesus College, who, thinking Carlyle was a potential Soviet sympathiser clearly stated that he could offer Carlyle protection in the current conflict. Furious at the implications of this statement Carlyle attacked the man with his sword cane, only to be physically ejected from the study by the more able opponent, bruised and battered. Both men left Cambridge shortly afterwards without seeing each other. This conflict opened the door to Carlyle's MI5 recruitment.

Arguably, a second war fact is established here - Miles is a Soviet Sympathiser.