Legends Lost

Full Name: Phillip Thomas King
Born: March 28, 1973, Washington, DC, USA
Died: October 1, 1987 (age 14), Arlington, VA, USA

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Phillip King was the older of Joe and Amanda King’s two sons, born almost exactly nine months after they got married. He was born at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC, but the family moved to Arlington, VA, shortly after his first birthday. He did not remember living in Washington.

He was the more outgoing of the two King boys, and showed an early aptitude for — and interest in — sports, particularly baseball and basketball. He was also a capable student when he put his mind to it, but often did not see the point of his schoolwork; unfortunately, his grades often reflected that lack of effort and interest. Even so, when he finished eighth grade he was “tracked” into the college preparatory program for high school.

Due to his gregariousness and naturally friendly nature, Phillip had no trouble finding dates once he became interested in girls. However, in seventh and eighth grade his mother forbade him from more than the most casual of dating before he started high school — and, as it happened, he didn’t have a girlfriend at the beginning of his freshman year. While this frustrated him, it didn’t embitter him. He had every reason to believe it was a temporary situation.

Phillip was relatively adaptable and, as he started high school, he enjoyed strong relationships with his immediate family members, including his mother’s ostensible boyfriend, Lee Stetson. He had a cordial relationship with his stepmother Carrie, and they had begun growing closer.

Unfortunately, on October 1, 1987, Phillip and his grandmother were killed in a car crash in Arlington. Subsequent investigation showed that the crash was a targeted “hit” based on a misunderstanding about a school project Phillip had been completing. Effects of the crash and his early death reverberated through the family for years afterward.

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Phillip King was portrayed by Paul Stout.

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Timeline

March 28, 1973	Born, Washington, DC, USA
August 21, 1978	Begins school at Arlington Heights Elementary School (K-8) in Arlington, VA, USA
August 17, 1987	Begins at Arlington-Lincoln High School (9-12) in Arlington, VA, USA
October 1, 1987	Killed in a vehicle crash, Arlington, VA, USA

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Full Name: Douglas Geoffrey Hamilton Trent
Code Name: Merlin
Born: April 24, 1952, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
Occupation: Intelligence Operative

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Douglas Trent was born in Loughborough, Leicestershire, to Daniel Trent and the former Sharon Hamilton. Sharon’s late aunt was Jennifer Hamilton Stetson, making Jennifer’s son Lee Stetson his first cousin, once removed.

Douglas grew up hearing stories about Jennifer at family gatherings, but as an adult he was never especially close to his mother’s extended family. As a result, he was unaware of the connection until discovering it while working with Lee during an exchange assignment in Washington, D.C. Lee was also unaware of the relationship, since he knew almost nothing about his mother due to her early death.

Following a typical middle-class childhood, Douglas attended Loughborough University, where he earned a B.A. (Hons) in History and Politics with a 2:1 degree. He then completed an M.A. in History at Queen Mary University of London, concentrating on Modern Europe. His dissertation focused on the United Kingdom’s post-war relationships with NATO and its member states.

Through that research Douglas came into contact with members of the UK Intelligence Community, who recognized him as a flexible, systems-oriented analytical thinker with a strong ability to adapt to different circumstances. He also demonstrated an aptitude for languages, becoming fluent in French and German. Following completion of his degree, he was recruited by the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS, commonly known as MI6).

While at Queen Mary, Douglas met Linda Delgado, a Portuguese student who assisted with research for his dissertation. Their academic collaboration soon became a personal relationship, and they married in the summer of 1976. Linda later completed her own M.A. and Ph.D. in History, eventually joining the British Museum. During their marriage, Douglas learned to understand and read Portuguese, although he was not a fluent speaker.

In October 1982, tragedy struck when Linda died of a hemorrhage while delivering their son, Gonçalvo (“Gonzo”), who was stillborn due to complications involving the umbilical cord.

When Douglas returned to work in early 1983, colleagues noted that he had become noticeably quieter and more intensely driven. He sought out increasingly difficult assignments and pushed himself professionally to a degree that initially concerned his supervisors. Over time, however, they recognized this not as recklessness but as over-dedication. Hoping to channel that intensity productively, SIS began steering him toward leadership development, including a promotion to Senior Field Operative in 1985.

In 1987, Douglas was selected for an exchange assignment in the United States, motivated in part by a growing interest in leadership and organizational structure. Reporting to Washington that July, he completed a six-month rotation with the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research before being reassigned to the Agency in January 1988.

While working there, Douglas came under the supervision of Billy Melrose, who was impressed by both his intelligence and his operational ability. Recognizing Douglas’s potential as well as the gap between his theoretical understanding of leadership and practical command experience, Melrose approached MI6 about extending the assignment. MI6 agreed, and Douglas accepted a one-year extension.

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Douglas Trent is an original character and did not appear in the canonical television series. His photo was generated by ChatGPT.

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Timeline

April 24, 1952	Born in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
July 13, 1973	B.A. Hons. (2:1), History and Politics, Loughborough University
November 15, 1974	M.A., History, Queen Mary University of London
July 24, 1976	Marries Linda Delgado, London, England
October 18, 1982	Linda dies in childbirth; their son Gonzo is stillborn
July 6, 1987	Begins exchange assignment with the U.S. State Department
January 11, 1988	Begins exchange assignment with the Agency in Washington, D.C.
June 27, 1988	Begins leadership study extension with the Agency in Washington, D.C.

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Full Name: Dorothea Lucy West
Born: October 17, 1926, Stowe, VT, USA
Name at Birth: Dorothea Lucy Fessenden
Died: October 1, 1987 (age 60), Arlington, VA, USA
Occupation: Homemaker, Office Manager

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Dorothea Lucy Fessenden was born in Stowe, Vermont, the daughter of a university professor and a homemaker. The third of five children, she had two older sisters and two younger brothers. Known from childhood as “Dotty,” she occasionally appears in records under the more common name Dorothy, a mistake that followed her throughout her life.

When Dotty was fourteen, her family relocated to Topeka, Kansas, after her father accepted a tenure-track position at Washburn University. By then, her oldest sister, Lillian, was already married and remained in Vermont, though the two sisters stayed in close contact throughout their lives.

Although encouraged to pursue a college education, Dotty preferred a more practical path. She enrolled in business school and earned a two-year diploma in Legal Secretarial Studies. Shortly before graduation, she began dating Carl West, an Army Air Forces serviceman stationed at nearby Fort Riley. The couple married just eight days after she completed her program.

Their first child, Jay Christian “Christie” West, was born at Fort Riley on April 18, 1948. Carl had already been assigned to RAF Lakenheath in England, and Dotty followed several months later with their infant son. Tragically, the family arrived during one of the last major polio epidemics in England, and Christie died from the disease on November 28, 1949. The loss devastated both parents, but grieving together ultimately strengthened their marriage.

Nearly a year later, on October 29, 1950, their daughter Amanda was born at RAF Lakenheath. Dotty was initially overprotective of her surviving child, though she gradually relaxed as the family settled into everyday life. Carl was reassigned, this time to Air Force headquarters in Washington, DC, in 1952, and the family moved to nearby Arlington, Virginia. When Carl retired from the Air Force in 1962, he began a second career as a technical designer for a government contractor.

After spending more than twenty years as a homemaker, Dotty elected to return to work part-time in 1970, securing a secretarial position at the same aerospace firm where Carl worked. She was quickly promoted into a full-time office management role in the contracting department. In 1973, after Amanda had married and left home, Carl and Dotty relocated to McLean, purchasing what they expected would be their retirement home. Dotty remained with the company until Carl’s untimely death in 1981, after which she chose early retirement.

Following Carl’s death, Dotty spent increasing amounts of time with Amanda and her family. After Amanda’s divorce in 1982, Dotty sold her home in McLean and moved into Amanda’s Arlington house. She contributed part of the proceeds from the sale toward Amanda’s mortgage while retaining the remainder as a retirement fund.

Dotty delighted in helping raise her grandsons and quickly resumed the role of homemaker. At the same time, she maintained an active social life and remained close to friends and extended family. Though she never removed her wedding set and never stopped loving Carl, she eventually found companionship again when she met fellow widower Kurt Ipswich in early 1987. The two understood one another’s losses and developed a close relationship, but chose to move slowly out of consideration for Amanda’s family.

That future together never came to pass. Dotty was killed in the October 1987 automobile accident that also claimed the life of her grandson Phillip King. She was sixty years old.

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Dotty West was portrayed by Beverly Garland †.

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Timeline

October 17, 1926	Born, Stowe, VT, USA
May 16, 1947	Business Diploma, Legal Secretarial Studies, Topeka Business Institute
May 24, 1947	Marries Carl West, Manhattan, KS, USA
April 18, 1948	Son Jay Christian “Christie” West born, Fort Riley, KS, USA
November 28, 1949	Son Christie West dies, RAF Lakenheath, Brandon, Suffolk, England
October 29, 1950	Daughter Amanda Lucy West born, RAF Lakenheath, Brandon, Suffolk, England
July 14, 1981	Carl West dies, McLean, VA, USA
November 27, 1982	Moves in with daughter Amanda King, Arlington, VA, USA
October 1, 1987	Killed in a vehicle crash, Arlington, VA, USA

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Full Name: Jonathan Kendilworth Stone
Born: June 4, 1948, Alexandria, VA, USA
Died: February 2, 1988 (age 39), Chantilly, VA, USA
Occupation: Import/Export Broker

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Jonathan Stone was portrayed by David Haskell †.

Full Name: Emily Murray Farnsworth
Born: January 19, 1923, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Name at Birth: Emily Carol Murray
Occupation: Intelligence Operative

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Lady Emily Farnsworth was portrayed by Jean Stapleton †.

Full Name: Eleanor Anna Hale
Code Name: Genji
Born: January 4, 1931, Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, USA
Name at Birth: Eleanor Anna Samada
Occupation: Regional Security Officer

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If there’s one thing Eleanor Hale knows, it’s that access to information must be tightly controlled. She has learned the hard way, over and over, that an information leak can lead to disaster. She does not withhold information — she understands it is vital to keeping operations efficient — but she carefully curates and manages who has access to what.

She has been called a control freak. Her response is a strategically raised eyebrow and a sharp look that makes it clear she heard that. But she never engages with the accusation; she does not give it the dignity of a reply. Instead, she redirects attention to the matter at hand. She does not forget.

Eleanor Anna Samada was born in Honolulu in 1931, the third of three children, and came of age during World War II. She will confirm that both of her older brothers were killed in the war, but she never says their names. Doing so would be a giveaway; “Ken” and “George” would invite questions she will not answer. In Hawaii, those names can suggest more than they appear to. She also never mentions that their deaths were only two weeks apart.

Given those experiences, it surprised no one when Eleanor herself enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps after finishing high school in 1949. By the time the Korean conflict began, she was already trained in communications and served with distinction, beginning with a headquarters assignment in Seoul.

While there, she met and married fellow soldier Whitaker Hale. They married on active duty, planning to separate from the military and start a family after the war. That never happened: Whit was killed during operations in eastern Korea, barely a year later. Hale subsequently transferred to Tokyo, where she continued to receive high evaluations — and attention.

After the Armistice, then-Sergeant Hale was selected for Officer Candidate School at Fort Lee. She was commissioned upon completion and remained a career communications officer, rising to the rank of captain. Her final posting was with the U.S. Army Security Agency, where she was instrumental in the planning and deployment of the DARRS Detachment Program. Once the program was established, she retired from active service.

She initially retired with the intention of living a simple, quiet life. After a year, she found that lifestyle intolerable and sought a post with the Diplomatic Security Service. During her time with DSS, she served both stateside and in Japan, the Soviet Union, and India. Her service in India, in particular, drew attention. She was subsequently promoted rapidly, culminating in her assignment to London as Regional Security Officer in mid-1986.

Hale speaks fluent Japanese, Korean, and Russian. She also speaks Hawaiian, though she does not advertise it, and has functional proficiency in both Hindi and Urdu. She earned a B.S. in political science through the University of Southern California overseas extension program in 1960.

She will also confirm that she has never remarried and has no children. Beyond that, Hale prefers to keep her private life strictly private.

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Eleanor Hale is an original character and did not appear in the canonical television series. Her photo was generated by ChatGPT.

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Timeline

January 4, 1931	Born in Honolulu, HI, USA
July 15, 1949	Enlists in Women’s Army Corps
September 23, 1951	Marries Whitaker Hale
October 10, 1952	Whit Hale killed in combat operations
February 1, 1954	Completes Officer Candidate School
May 15, 1960	B.S., Political Science, University of Southern California
August 31, 1971	Retires from Army

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Full Name: Jarvis Theodore Renno
Code Name: Pinwheels
Born: January 30, 1940, Marlboro, VT, USA
Occupation: Supervising Intelligence Operative

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Ted Renno is an original character and did not appear in the canonical television series. His photo was generated by ChatGPT.

Full Name: Dorothea Angelica Mercer
Born: September 12, 1921, Drayton, Norwich, England
Name at Birth: Dorothea Angelica Schalk
Occupation: Homemaker

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Dodie Mercer is an original character and did not appear in the canonical television series. Her photo was generated by ChatGPT.