Cordelia Smudge

**Cordelia Smudge**, also known professionally as **Agent Peacock** and by the alias **Caroline Tobin**, is a serial widow, successful businesswoman and a prominent and long-standing member of the ICA. She is the founder and CEO of the Happy Chappy company, having created their primary product.

## Biography

### Early Life

Little is known of Cordelia's early life, though she seems to have had a privileged upbringing.

### Husbands

Exactly how many husbands Cordelia has had is unknown, but she is implied to have murdered all of them, the seemingly still-living Mr. Smudge possibly being her most recent. She quite openly discusses this fact and it seems her positions of power and privilege have allowed her to avoid any criminal charges.

### Entrepreneur

Cordelia is credited with the creation of the Happy Chappy, around which she has built a large and successful company. It is unclear if her company's success is partially built on her wealthy background, numerous marriages or membership with the ICA, or if these are among the reasons she was recruited into the organisation.

### ICA

Cordelia was one of the earliest members of the ICA, being part of the organisation as it existed pre-schism. She was present at the time of Edward Bingham's arrest and has since maintained a high-ranking role within the organisation. Cordelia's operations with the ICA are apparently largely covert, as she did not reveal her membership to Bluebird's Team for quite some time.

Only long after revealing her status as an agent to Bluebird's Team did Cordelia reveal 'Caroline Tobin' to be an alias given to her by the ICA as part of her mission to monitor the group. Realising the ICA may be compromised, Smudge urged the agents to lay low while she investigated.

## Personality

While very sociable and friendly, Cordelia is largely self-serving and does seem to be quite callous, particularly to those she deems of lower social standing. She is often rather derisive toward and dismissive of her staff and her sole purpose for murdering her husbands appears to be financial gain. She also considers social class rather important, only becoming close with Honey Smith over their perceived similarities in social standing and has expressed no qualms over slavery.

Despite this, she is often fun to be around and constantly seeks out thrills and pleasure, being an avid gambler, auction-attender and opioid user. Her invention of the Happy Chappy is also indicative of her sexual liberation and hedonism.

Cordelia appears to have a duplicitous side to her, largely indicated by her long-standing ICA membership and matricidal tendencies. Her friendship with frequent companion Miriam appears largely one-sided and she kept her ICA membership secret from Bluebird's Team for reasons unknown. It is also possible her hedonistic attitude is a cover she employs in the field, as she may have done while keeping an eye on the fledgling agents.

## Abilities

Little is known of Cordelia 's capabilities, though her longtime membership with the ICA indicates she is a skilled spy and she is additionally known to be a successful businessperson and capable murderer.

Her ability to function under the effect of high doses of multiple opioids suggests she has an extremely high tolerance for such substances.

## Equipment

* **ICA Equipment** - As a high-ranking member of the ICA, Cordelia has access to the agency's vast armoury and other technology and magical items.
* **Happy Chappy Equipment** - As CEO, Cordelia has access to all Happy Chappy equipment, including latest models and air balloon transportation.
* **Opium Reserves** - Cordelia usually carries with her large amounts of opium.
* **Miriam** - Cordelia's frequent companion Miriam is in reality a life-like container for her various items.

## Relationships

	+ Agent Condor - Superior
	+ Agent Vulture - Colleague
	+ Agent Raven - Colleague
	+ Agent Robin - Colleague
	+ Agent Secretarybird - Colleague
	+ Edward Bingham - Former Colleague
	+ Agent Cormorant † - Former Colleague
	+ Test Engineer 14 - Colleague
	+ Bluebird's Team
		- Agent Bluebird - Colleague
		- Boris M. Oplot - Colleague
		- Kran † - Former Colleague and Acquaintance
		- Honey Smith - Colleague and Friend
		- Silk Greengallow - Colleague and Acquaintance
		- Lacey Stain - Colleague and Acquaintance
		- Eldon Flambard † - Former Colleague
		- Eleanor Darling - Colleague and Acquaintance
		- Freth - Colleague and Acquaintance
		- Bollo Burbage - Colleague
	+ Monarch - Former Superior
	+ Agent Booby - Former Colleague
* The Silver Hand
	+ Agent Albatross - Professional Adversary
* Vralos the Unforgivable - Prisoner

## Trivia

* The members of Bluebird's Team refer to Cordelia as Caroline, having known her by that time the vast majority of the time they've known her.