Nickolai Samsinovsonsonson
Agent Giant Eagle
Active in central Tarien for nearly a century before retiring to a desk job in Nerridon, Nickolai oversaw operations during the tumultuous Fifth and Sixth Centuries. And while his regional directorship never encompassed the theaters of the Great War or the Second Elynthi War, he did have responsibilities for agents in Galencia, Grennig, and Katzpütch. Intelligence gathered by his agents there played a pivotal role informing executive oversight committees at the Nerrid Secret Service for operations conducted on the front lines of battle and in diplomatic relations with all belligerents, ensuring that the Nerrid Alliance came out of the scuffle not only intact but in better financial shape than ever before in history. The fact that Samsinovsonsonson lined his own coffers is, of course, to be expected.
Over a career as long and storied as his, he had many stories that would enjoy telling at dinner parties after his retirement from the field - often over and over again. His niece, a progenistic scribe, is said to have compiled them all, often with numerous variations and contradictions well footnoted. Among his favorite stories were his mentorship of a young Agent Olaf Samsonsonsonsonsonsonsonson (no relation, not the missing "inov" in Olaf's name) which were always coupled with assurances that without his tutelage, the young pre-ordained in the Window of Fire would not have amounted to a stack of request forms. Olaf could not, in fact, even complete those forms in the appropriate triplicate until Nickolai showed him a critical time saving trick. That trick, sadly, was not recorded in the transcript and lost to future agents.