Aoife Gallagher

Dr. Aoife Emerald Gallagher, born January 19th 1992 is an Irish thief; colleague, housemate and best friend of Damien and Sean.

Background
Aoife Emerald Gallagher was born on the 19th January 1992, to her parents Kathryn and Michael Gallagher. She is fully Irish, but has British dual nationality as well. Raised in Dublin, and then moved to Britain aged 11, where she lived up until she met Damien and Sean after the Triple Nine Bombing killed her father. Soon after Damien left for the SAS, she stayed in the UK, for as long as it took to obtain a PhD in neural biochemistry from Cambridge University, before moving back home. Within a year, Damien contacted her and Sean with his proposal, both for Impulse and also to become the Phantom. Lacking excitement in her life, she immediately accepted and never looked back, knowing her mother would always be taken care of, no matter what happened.

Family
Born to Kathryn and Michael Gallagher, she is an only child. Later on, the Triple Nine Bombing that brought her, Damien and Sean together, took the life of her father. Her mother is the only one in her family who she speaks to, as they are estranged from the others due to Kathryn and Michael's marriage.

Personality
Aoife is a loving, light-hearted person at heart, and very intelligent, yet sometimes struggles to control her anger, á la her red haired stereotype. Fiercely loyal to those she cares about, she would move heaven and earth for them if they asked and is a good judge of character. Although she tends to be violent from the outset, once she is known properly, Aoife actually prefers to avoid conflict, despite her love of martial arts. If ever she looses her temper with someone, it is usually because she cares about them.

Skills
Aoife has a PhD in biochemistry, and is intimately knowledgable with human biology and neuroscience. Besides her intelligence, she is a keen martial artist and takes lessons from Damien regularly, as well as being a trained markswomen expert pilot. She reached Olympic standard for her shooting, but turned down the chance to represent both Ireland and GB as she didn't want the attention. Aoife is also a very keen swimmer, and can often be found kayaking on Lake Kielder in her free time. On a side note she is keen to keep quiet; she has a vast network of criminal contacts through her Irish roots and can often find people who owe her favours just as easily as Damien can.

Physical Appearance
Aoife is 5'8", slim, and has a sharp, freckled face. She is renowned for the vivid shade of green in her eyes (part of the reason her middle name is Emerald) as well as the red hair she inherited from her mother. She prides herself on having no scars, unlike Damien's heavily wounded body.