Moira Fraser

Character Information

Gender		Female
Species		Human
Age		50

Physical Appearance

Height		5′7″ (170 cm)
Weight		140 lb (64 kg)
Hair Color		Black with silver at the temples.
Eye Color		Hazel
Physical Description		Pressed suits, flat shoes, weatherproof trench. Keeps hair pinned; minimal jewellery beyond a thin signet ring. Voice calm and low; Glasgow edges surface under stress. Carries a battered leather folio and an ancient flip-phone alongside a modern work mobile.

Family

Spouse		None
Children		Catriona “Cat” Fraser (daughter; BPD Detective)
Father		Alastair Fraser Retired shipwright/port foreman (South Baltimore); practical, plain-spoken; Moira’s anchor.
Mother		Isla Fraser (deceased)
Brother(s)		Ewan Fraser — younger brother; Baltimore Fire Department captain (Fire/Rescue). Protective of Cat. Thinks Moira works a rotating federal “critical-incident task force”; frustrated by her secrecy and odd hours, but unaware of Meridian.
Other Family		Extended Fraser relatives in Maryland; cordial distance.

Personality & Traits

General Overview		Exceptionally intelligent, relentlessly focused, and ruthlessly strategic. Moira is widely respected inside Meridian—a fixer who solves problems without spectacle. She loves her daughter deeply, and sincerely believes doing the job right is the best protection she can offer—even when that reads as control. Reputation (Meridian & Government) “The person you call when failure isn’t an option.” Senior by title, influential beyond rank. Deputies, ADs, and electeds take her calls; she keeps meetings short and deliverables clear. Known to protect good cops and good medics, and to ice out grandstanders.
Strengths & Weaknesses		Strengths • Crisis triage & field logistics • Inter-agency diplomacy, airtight cover stories • Long-horizon strategic planning • Iron memory for names, debts, favours Weaknesses • Over-secrecy “for safety” • Work-first tunnel vision • Struggles to cede control—especially to Cat • Runs on too little sleep and tea
Ambitions		Stabilise Baltimore’s balance; prevent a federal “clean sweep;” keep Cat alive and unowned—by anyone.

Personal History

South Baltimore & the Frasers Moira grew up dockside with Alastair Fraser, a shipwright who taught her to count costs twice and keep her word. She raised Cat largely with her mother Isla’s help, living by two calendars—one public, one written in pencil. Civil Service to Meridian A civil-service fast track put her in multi-agency operations during a port incident that should have gone loud. Moira kept it quiet, moved the right people at the right time, and took the blame that couldn’t float. Meridian recruited her the next week. Handler Years She made her name as a handler who could pair the right human with the right front-facing supernatural and land the mission without spectacle. Hospitals, OCME, and port authority learned that a call from Moira meant they’d be protected if they told the truth. Quiet Leverage Over two decades she built a chits ledger: small, surgical favours that saved careers and cases. She doesn’t trade in threats—she trades in receipts. Deputies and ADs take her calls because she lands planes and never leaks. Family Balancing Act Moira’s love arrives as logistics: safe routes, vetted babysitters, a neighbour briefed “just in case.” As Cat grew into the badge, Moira kept the professional wall up—too high—believing the job done right is the best protection. It reads as control; she knows it and does it anyway. Ewan gets the cover story (inter-agency audits), not the truth. Baltimore Mandate When Meridian forecast a convergence, Moira volunteered for the Baltimore Field Office setup. She pre-wired channels through OCME, Penn/University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) contacts, and the port’s private security firms, then layered cover identities so teams could move without leaving footprints. The Convergence Start The “gold vial” case confirmed her worst prediction. She steered Meridian into liaison with BPD, buffering Cat in the process—keeping her on the file she knew best while trying to stay ahead of factions arriving to harvest or erase the source. Contingencies Two envelopes live in her folio: Extraction (if abduction risk spikes) and Disclosure Under Duress (if secrecy endangers Cat or the city). Neither has been opened. She hopes they never will be, but she sharpens them weekly. Fault Line: Ewan Her brother is the family’s moral barometer; he’ll back her in public, then drag her into a stairwell to tell her when she’s crossed a line. He and Cat are aligned on less secrecy, but he only knows Moira as a federal fixer. The word “Meridian” has never crossed his desk. Where She Stands Now Respected far beyond rank, Moira’s goal is simple and impossible: stabilise Baltimore without sacrificing her daughter to someone else’s solution. If she has to choose, she will choose Cat—and then deal with the fallout. Influence & Leverage (what gives her reach beyond rank) Chits ledger: decades of discreet favours banked across federal, state, and city agencies; knows who can move quietly and who must never be asked. Gatekeeper power: controls access to Meridian case files and specialist assets; can starve grandstanders of oxygen. Crisis capital: repeatedly delivered clean outcomes under political heat; senior officials defer because she lands planes. Quiet kompromat: not blackmail—receipts. Accurate notes, dates, and who saved whom. She uses them to protect, not punish—until she must.