Kat Darzi

Name: Katayun ‘Kat’ Darzi

Gender: Female

Age: 34-38

Current Location: National City, USA
Birthplace: New York, USA

Ethnicity: Persian
Nationality: American

Face Claim: Sarah Shahi

Hair Colour: Brunette
Eye Colour: Brown
Height: 5'4"

Scars: Healed gunshot wound on the right side of her abdomen
Tattoos: Script across her left ribs. A section of Arabic poetry - a quatrain by the poet Rumi.

Personality Traits: Loyal, Decisive, Rigid, Emphatic, Stubborn, Pragmatic

Pet: Raja (a Japanese Akita puppy)

Education:
B.A. in Linguistics (minoring in Modern Languages with focus on Modern Chinese & Spanish) from Stanford University
M.A. in Sociolinguistics from Georgetown University

Current Job Title: Linguistics Agent
Current Employer: Department of Extranormal Operations

Previous Role: Scientific Linguist, Central Intelligence Agency

Languages:

• Fluent in: English, Farsi, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish

• Conversational: Portuguese, Russian, French, ASL

• Basic: Turkish, German

• Kat has also studied a wide variety of alien languages since joining the DEO

Mother: Banu Darzi, Kindergarten Teacher
Father: Arastoo Darzi, Attorney-at-Law (Hewitt & Associates)

Kat’s parents emigrated from Iran to America before she was born, making their new home in New York. Her father is a senior attorney at the law firm Hewitt & Associates, and her mother was a kindergarten teacher until she took early retirement. She grew up speaking a combination of English, Farsi and Arabic at home and her natural aptitude with languages led to her studying linguistics.

As an altruists at heart, Kat takes seriously her responsibility to help and to do the right thing. She has a strong moral compass, based on upholding authority, rules and law. Her sense of duty led her, after achieving her Master’s degree, to a position within the CIA, working as a Scientific Linguist. She is proud of her service and the meaningful change that she knows that she has worked for.

After a number of years service with the CIA, Kat was recruited by the DEO. Whilst she does spend time in the field, most of her work is focused on the deciphering of any alien languages that the organisation encounters. To anyone who does not have the clearance to know of the DEO’s existence - Kat’s cover is that she has moved to a domestic terror branch of the FBI.

Commitment is at the heart of who Kat is as a person. Commitment to her job - which she puts a huge amount of of effort into - to her family and friends, as well as commitment to her beliefs and ideals. This can, at times, mean that she is rather rigid and inflexible in her beliefs, struggling not to criticise differing views.

An impressive memory doesn’t just help Kat in her work; when meeting new people, she will always go out of her way to remember the little details that they mention. She wants to ensure that those around her feel valued and cared for and places a high value on others who do the same. Kat has a tendency to believe that her friends can do no wrong, always stepping up to defend them regardless of circumstances, and she expect the same benefit of the doubt in return. She prides herself in being a loyal and reliable friend and partner, placing a large amount of her own personal value upon her relationships with others.