Persephone Proud

Persephone "Percy" Proud was a American intelligence operative employed by the Central Intelligence Agency. The character served as an ally and Bond girl in John Gardner's 1984 James Bond continuation novel Role of Honour.

Biography[]

Early Life[]

Role of Honour[]

Percy Proud, an agent of the CIA, was once posted undercover as Mrs. Jay Autem Holy in order to observe his movements. Holy later faked his own death to rid himself of being trailed and started anew under the name Jason St. John Finnes.

James Bond first meets Percy while spending a month in Monte Carlo.Percy teaches Bond everything he needs to know about computers and programming languages before joining up with SPECTRE, in order to impress Jay Autem Holy.

She later works in league with an informant inside Holy's computer company, Endor by the name of Cindy Chalmer. Percy acts as her CIA liason and contact point. She had plastic surgery to avoid being recognised by Holy.

References[]

Novels

Licence Renewed (1981) • For Special Services (1982) • Icebreaker (1983) • Role of Honour (1984) • Nobody Lives For Ever (1986) • No Deals, Mr. Bond (1987) • Scorpius (1988) • Win, Lose or Die (1989) • Brokenclaw (1990) • The Man from Barbarossa (1991) • Death is Forever (1992) • Never Send Flowers (1993) • SeaFire (1994) • COLD (1996)

Characters

Allies	James Bond • M • Miss Moneypenny • Bill Tanner • Ann "Q'ute" Reilly • Lavender Peacock • Mary Jane Mashkin • Cedar Leiter • Paula Vacker • Persephone Proud • Cindy Chalmer • Sukie Tempesta • Ebbie Heritage • Maxim Smolin • Harriett Horner • Beatrice Maria da Ricci • Nikki Ratnikov • Sue Chi-Ho • Ed Rushia • Pete Natkowitz • Henri Rampart • Stephanie Adoré • Elizabeth Zara St. John • Fredericka von Grüsse

Antagonists	Anton Murik • Caber • Franco Quesocriado • Nena Bismaquer • Markus Bismaquer • Walter Luxor • Konrad von Glöda • Rivke Ingber • Koyla Mosolov • Tamil Rahani • Jay Autem Holy • Steve Quinn • Herr Doktor Kirchtum • Nannie Norrich • Konstantin Chernov • Heather Dare • Norman Murray • Vladimir Scorpius • Bassam Baradj • Abou Hamarik • Clover Pennington • Lee Fu-Chu • Agent Nolan • Agent Wood • Yevgeny Yuskovich • Wolfgang Weisen • David Dragonpol • Maxwell Tarn • Brutus Clay • Luigi Tempesta

Organisations

Secret Intelligence Service • Transworld Exports • MI5 • SPECTRE • CIA • Communication Control Systems • Department V • The Meek Ones • BAST • Cabal • GRU • Department 8 of Directorate S • Norrich Universal Bodyguards • MicroGlobe One • Children Of the Last Days

Equipment

TH70 Nitefinder goggles • Cigarette microbug • VL 22H counter-surveillance receiver • Dunhill lighter (Q Branch) • MBA Gyrojet pistol • Colt Cobra • Ruger Blackhawk • Applegate-Fairbairn combat knife • "Happy Cream" • Airguard revolver • ASP pistol • Glaser slug • Harmonica bug • Powerchute

Vehicles

Saab 900 Turbo • Bell 206 JetRanger • Bentley Mulsanne Turbo • Volkswagen Corrado • Kamov Ka-25 • Cessna 182 • Type VIIC U-boat • Mare Nostrum

Locations

Ascot Racecourse • Murik Castle • Rancho Bismaquer • Three Sisters Castle

Misc

John Gardner's timeline