Peggy O' Shea

**Peggy Patricia O'Shea**, also known as **Pegs** (when she was younger) and **Pegs Knows-a-Lot**, is a reporter at the LION GAZETTE newspaper where she is considered the head of the NEWS BRANCH as well as foreign correspondent.

## Background

Born in 1964 to Dermot O'Shea, Sr and Bailey Karen 'OShea (nee O'Donald) Peggy was an outgoing and cheerful child. She attended school in Corpus Christi, Texas until she was in high school. She graduated from H.M. King High School in 1981 and attended the prestigious R. B. Warren School of Journalism and Communications in Newark, New Jersey.

She has had a long career in print journalism working her way up from newspaper advertising to becoming a heralded and award-winning journalist.

She began her career at THE WEEKLY BRAHMA in 1986 where she handled classified ads and personals. She got her bring break when she filled as as a film critic reviewing the 1989 Batman film. From this she was given a chance to report on local news eventually ended up covering the 1991 Gulf War where she received her first major award. She traveled the world for The Weekly Brahma usually reporting on the Political, Economic, Geographical and Social happenings which took place in Europe, Asia and Africa. This earned her a special syndicated column called "Pegs Knows-a-lot," which ran until 1994.

In 1989 she met a young man named Melchizedek Brewster who was also a promising journalist. Brewster and Peggy became a sort of regional power couple and even had further plans to one day be married. Brewster, however, eventually abruptly left Peggy leaving her bitter for decades. This was the first in an extended line of events which greatly affected Peggy's attitudes and personality.

In 1995 she left The Weekly Brahma and was hired by THE LION GAZETTE where she took on the roles of News Room Director and Foreign Affairs Correspondent, In 2005 she suffered the most brutal personal loss of her life, slowly retreating into he work and developing a metaphorical "hard outer shell."

## Personality

In 2009, Peggy O'Shea was often looked at as being a shrewish and outright mean woman. She rarely smiled and usually had nothing but negative and, at times, spiteful comments towards everyone. Her main foil was Alexandra Sevilla who had the neighboring office. Sevilla, who had made a name for herself in the realm of investigative journalism but was more known for her high-profile celebrity interviews, was looked at as a frivolous journalist. Peggy often expected Sevilla to "make the coffee" at the office block. This created a massive rivalry with the two often seen arguing in the halls.

She is most often see with Bret Coogan, the two of whom have an "on again-off-again" relationship. Coogan has often expressed his intent, which Peggy is unable or unwilling to emotionally reciprocate.

## Interactions with Mari and Niko

Peggy O'Shea initially looked down on the two young hires seeing Mari Solinski and Zandra Niko as nothing more, or less, than two "bubble headed" mailroom hires. Peggy is often the first to openly question journalism assignment the two are given. There is the idea that Peggy feels older and, thus, threatened by the two girls. In fact, Mari and Niko started the job idolizing Peggy O'Shea despite her rather callous treatment.

Peggy was the first to point out, when Mari gave an inspirational speech about being in journalism, that they were merely "in the mailroom." (Origins) Later, then the two were selected to go on an assignment at Major General Kawallis' request to cover a NATO SPACE Conference, Peggy and Bret Coogan openly lampooned the opportunity with Peggy dismissing the two as "Damned Millennials!" (The Prisoner Agenda) She only stopped when Dr, Lola Alotta admonished those behaviors. Peggy behaves similarly when Dr. Lola set up an interview about the arrival of The Idrissa Stone at the Kingsville museum of Science and History. (The Heist)

## Appearances

Story Arc #1: "Origins"

Story Arc #2: "The Prisoner Agenda"

Story Arc #3: "The Heist"

Story Arc #3A "Mari Solinski and The Wonder Kitty meet The MIGHTY ENERGYGIRL"

Story Arc #4: The Druid's Secret

Story Arc #6: The Candidate Calamity