Sophie King

Sophie King was a character in QIA.
== Biography ==
Sophie was a former associate of both Erik Draper and Jarrad Foley; she was in love with the latter up until his murder in 2011 and the two of them would frequently meet up in a hotel in Vienna. ("Echelon", "Life")
In October 2019, following Sarah Cunnington's first mission and the fact that the Eye had not picked up her presence there, Sophie was tasked with surveilling Sarah, which she did from a grey Nissan. She was given these instructions by Erik Draper, via Emil Salastas ("Manchester", "Geneva"). Sophie's driver was later revealed to be Jack Harringer ("Dorody").
In January 2020, after the London Field Team were authorised to Jump to the future with Jacob Dorody, Sophie revealed herself to Sarah, issuing her with a warning not to go ahead with the mission. Angry at the way Sophie had conducted her sneaky surveillance so far, Sarah refused to heed her advice, and walked away ("Dorody").
Consequently, she and Erik argued and, after Erik admitted he blamed her for the death of Jarrad Foley, the two of them had a big falling out and became estranged. ("Echelon")
This proved slightly problematic when Erik needed information from her to assist Sarah in breaking Jack out from the Void after his wrongful imprisonment. At first, Sophie refused to help, until she found out it was Jack. However, in return for helping Sarah, she demanded photographic evidence of something called "Project Obelisk" from Brent Hall's house in 2010. Sarah agreed to this, only to discover that the evidence did not pertain to Hall, but to his wife Elaine, who was arranging the illegal purchase of a stolen painting. Sarah gave Sophie the photos as requested. ("Unnatural")
In late September 2020, Sophie met once again with Jarrad - who was either not dead at all, or in an earlier point in his timeline - in Vienna. Shortly afterwards, she attempted to blackmail Hall with the photos, demanding that he help her avenge Foley's murder - for which she still blamed Erik - but Hall convinced her to join him instead. Very soon after this, presumably at Hall's request, Sophie travelled to Geneva and murdered Georges Bouchan, who had just been found guilty of secretly financing Hall's operations with Echelon funds. ("Life")
By October 2020, Sophie was sort-of working for Hall, in return for his promise that he would help her take revenge on Erik for Jarrad's death. During this time, she helped him to investigate The Red Right Hand, as well as agreeing to a system whereby Hall would pretend to call his ex-wife Elaine Watson while in reality actually speaking with her. This allowed the two of them to facilitate Hall's deal with the Russians, in which he provided QIA files and schematics for Sacha Bell to memorise and in turn provide to the Russians. In August 2021, Hall attempted to make good on his promise by going with Sophie to Helsinki to target Erik, but their efforts were stopped through a combination of Hayden Kemp, the QIA and the Red Right Hand, anf they barely got away with their lives. In spite of this, by December 2021, Sophie and Hall's relationship was much closer. ("The Blood-Dimmed Tide")
In November 2022, Sacha Bell was arrested (along with Hall) before he could memorise the final set of files, and consequently, a few months later, Irina Polyakov demanded Bell be handed over to the Russian government. After finally getting their hands on him, he admitted - under duress - that Sophie had the files, even though Hall had emphatically told the QIA that he would not reveal her identity even if it cost him his deal with them. Irina sent Konstantin Denisov to Vienna to obtain the files, and although he seemed at first to be content with letting her live, Sophie revealed to him that Hall knew about something called 'Vozrozhdeniya', which resulted in him promptly shooting her dead. ("Ghosts")
Just minutes before Konstantin entered her hotel room, Ethan Taylor - from several months into the future - had downloaded the files himself; Sophie had caught him but had allowed him to complete the process after he (falsely) claimed to be there on Hall's behalf. ("Bell")
=== Future ===
At some point, Jack - working for Fran Grenouille - will bring her Daniel MacKenzie to look after ("Season One Epilogue"); this will likely be the Sophie of February 2020 - the timeframe Jack was in at the time - given her death in 2023.
== Relationships ==
=== Jarrad Foley ===
Until his death in 2011, Sophie and Jarrad were involved romantically, and would often meet up in a hotel in Vienna ("Life").
=== Erik Draper ===
Sophie has a long history with both Erik and Jarrad, and for a long time the three were on good terms, even after Jarrad's death in 2011. In 2019, Erik tasked her with surveilling new recruit Sarah Cunnington, but this did not last long. After returning to Erik, they argued about this and also about Jarrad's death, during which she learned that Erik blamed her for his death. Consequently the two of them fell out and did not speak to each other again. ("Echelon")
Sophie continued to harbour hatred for Erik, which ultimately brought her into an alliance with Brent Hall on the promise that he would help her to avenge Jarrad's death. In August 2021, they went to Helsinki to attempt to do just that, but were ultimately unsuccessful. ("The Blood-Dimmed Tide")
=== Brent Hall ===
Desperate to avenge Jarrad's murder and still furious with Erik, Sophie took an opportunity when Sarah came to her for help by asking her to retrieve documents from Brent Hall's house in 2010. The documents turned out to relate to Hall's then-wife, Elaine, and her purchase of a stolen painting. ("Unnatural")
A few months later, Sophie used this information to blackmail Hall into helping her avenge Jarrad. Hall convinced her to join forces with him, and it seems that she spent the next two years working for him, on the pretence that he will help her achieve her revenge. ("Life", "The Blood-Dimmed Tide")
Rather than reveal her as the person who had been supplying the data that Sacha Bell had been passing on to the Russians, Hall risked his deal with the QIA, saying that he would not name her for 'personal reasons'. ("Ghosts")
== Appearances ==
=== Season One ===
"Dorody"
=== Season Two ===
"Unnatural", "Echelon" (flashbacks), "Life"
=== Season Three ===
"Ghosts", "Bell", "The Blood-Dimmed Tide"
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