Melanie Troy

## History

Little is known about her past, at some point she met Captain Gulliver "Gully" Troy, and they marry. He did beat her.

## Throughout *Pennyworth* Series

In *The Belt and Welt*, Alfred is quick to suspect that his old SAS Captain, Gulliver "Gully" Troy, is the one to blame about his money. Soon, Alfred pays a visit to Troy's home where he met **Mrs. Troy** for the first time. Having hear her husband talk about his boy Alfie, **Troy's wife** states he's not what she expected. Her husband loves him, thinks he is clever and hard as nails. She thought he looked soft.  She wanted to know what he thought of her, Alfred never knew about her. When asked, gives up the location about the Captain's base of operations but she asks not to tell her husband she told that. It was to be a secret. Mrs Troy was more interested in the horses. She asks Alfie, if he is a betting man.

In *The Hunted Fox*, at Alfred’s nightclub, Alfred, Dave Boy and Troy's crew Banjo, Monty, and Rita celebrate their successful heist. However, Alfred has reservations about what he's done, and he and Dave Boy clash with the others. Troy gets involved, but it's only when he hits his wife Melanie that Alfred defies his former Captain. Gully attempts to use his old military authority over him, but Alfred insists he's his own man now and he's done working with the abusive Captain.

Later, Mrs. Troy thanks Alfred for defending her from her husband, and the passion between the two of them leads to a kiss that Melanie eventually puts a stop to. Mr Chadley brought Mrs. Troy her coat, and he possibly saw the kiss.

In *The Bleeding Heart*, Melanie and Alfred end up sleeping together.

In *The Rose and Thorn*, it is the next morning. Melanie and Alfred are in bed that morning. Enjoying how it was brief but fun, expecting it would be only one time, he was leaving for American. Alfred lights them each a cigarette while still in bed together. She told him they both had fun. He felt that means they are both different. He did like her, he liked that she didn't love him.

The English League's new Prime Minister Inspector Aziz calls Thomas Wayne, and the two exchange favors: Aziz wants Wayne to deliver a message to Aleister Crowley and, in return, Thomas asks the League to hire Alfred to extract Lucius Fox. Therefore, Aziz and the Queen of England herself visit Alfred at his nightclub, threatening to make his affair with Melanie Troy public. In order to protect her, Alfred reluctantly agrees to take the job. Not wanting it to get back to Gulliver Troy. Calling Melanie Troy to warn her, also test if he knows. Saying it was only the hair dresser. Changing an appointment. Melanie plays along, answering "No, Friday's fine..." and on being warned again by Alfred not to take the chance "Thanks for letting me know."

Even Dave Boy knows about Mrs. Troy and tells Alfred half the club knows. She is trouble.

In *The Bloody Mary*, Troy corners Melanie, and forces her to tell him the truth. As a result, she is violently beaten by Gulliver, but she in turn fights back by stabbing him repeatedly with a broken piece of glass that leaves him wounded.

Melanie runs to Alfred's club, explaining to Alfred what has just happened. While Alfred was tending to her cuts. Not being sure how hurt Troy was, but there was a lot of blood. Realizing that Gulliver now represents an awfully dangerous threat to the both of them, Alfred agrees to take Melanie with him to America, where they will be able to live happily as a couple, far away from her husband. However, once he, Melanie, Dave Boy and Mary are all about to embark on the plane, Alfred changes his mind. Just before departing, he realizes that London is his home and that he needs to stay and fight for it. Mary and Dave Boy both agree to stay with him, but Melanie still leaves, in order to be free of her abusive husband. Melanie and Alfred share a tearful goodbye, and he promises to visit her whenever he finally travels to America.

Being befriends by Patricia Wayne when getting online to board the plane, Melanie was not sure they had met. Patricia is able to tell, she is escaping a lover. They could sit together. Patricia loves flying, she hates planes. Her brother was to do the trip with her but staying behind to be a hero.

Living estranged from her husband. It is 5 years later by the start of *Well To Do*.

In *Comply Or Die* Under the MI5 facade on the surface, Fox went over to where Troy sat. Gully, feeling down, thinking about love, he escapes Level -6 using Fox to open the elevator. Gully Troy was never able to forgive Alfred for sleeping with **Melanie**, it was Alfred called to retrieve him.

Gully is at a betting office, Alfred manages to pacify him, by talking about old time. Lucius Fox arriving gives Alfred a hand. Gully reveals he is still in love with **Melanie**, and wants to escape and get to America find his now ex-wife.

## Appearances

Season 2 - 5/10
* *The Belt and Welt*
* *The Hunted Fox*
* *The Bleeding Heart*
* *The Rose and Thorn*
* *The Bloody Mary*
* *The Hangman's Noose* (Mentioned)
* *Paradise Lost* (Mentioned)
* *The Lion and Lamb* (Mentioned)

Season 3
* *Comply Or Die* (Mentioned)