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Character Demographics:
Fandom: He's a recurring character in the Continental Op stories by Dashiell Hammett. You could lump him and Marlowe in together under "Noir Lit" or something.
Name: Dick Foley
Age: Somewhere in his 30s
Physical Appearance: The nameless op describes him as "a boy-sized Canadian with a sharp irritable face." He is small and thin and dark. He dresses well and neatly but not conspicuously.
Education: Enough. Definitely high school, possibly college.
Occupation: Private detective, an operative in the employ of the Continental Detective Agency's San Francisco office.
Significant Other: None known.
Sexual Preference: He doesn't talk about it. The nameless op makes a point of saying that he "perfumes his handkerchiefs," which - knowing Dash Hammett - might mean he's supposed to be gay.

Character Biography:
History: He's Canadian by birth - probably from Vancouver - and has been working out of the Agency on cases throughout the Pacific Northwest long enough to have gained a reputation amongst the sort of people who would care about his reputation (other operatives, mainly; he's not the sort to get known by the criminal element).
Personality in seven words or less: Quiet. Capable. "Or less."
How Others Perceive Your Character: A lot of the time they don't. He's the Agency's shadow specialist - they say he could tail a drop of saltwater from San Francisco Bay to Puget Sound without losing sight of it or getting smoked. He's also just quiet by nature; he "saves all the words he can," if I may quote the nameless op three times in a row. These two things combine to make him very easy to overlook. (Well, that and the fact that he's short, so you can literally look over him if you're tall enough.)
Beliefs, Convictions, Morals: He'll break the law if there's a reason for it, but he draws the line at murder.
Reason(s) for Escaping to Canada: He's actually here on vacation, it's just an extended one: several years' worth of saved-up time off that he's finally being forced to take.
Their DHAs [Dreams, Hopes, and Aspirations] for Canada: Wait out his vacation and get back to work.

Twenty-Questions for the Characters, answered as Dick Foley with any parenthetical comments supplied by mun:
1. What turns them on: Nice eyes.
2. What turns them off: Bad sense of direction.
3. Would they see a shrink: No.
4. Worst Childhood experience: Broken leg. Tree.
5. Favorite Film: Underworld. (the 1927 silent, not that whatever-the-crap that recently came out with like was it vampires? he hasn't seen that one)
6. Favorite Song: How High the Moon.
7. Favorite Word: Swell.
8. Least Favorite Word: Most of them.
9. Favorite Curse Word: Hell.
10. Best gift ever received: *shrug* Got a nice watch for Christmas.
11. Sound or Noise they hate: Gunshots.
12. Sound or Noise they love: Rain.
13. Do they know the answer to 64 million dollar question: Could find it.
14. [Complete the sentence] ... All the world's a stage... (That's enough of a sentence already. It has a subject and a verb and a predicate. He figures it's done.)
15. Did Yoko Ono really break up the Fab Four: Sure.
16. Chuck Norris or Bruce Lee: Sure.
17. Half full or half empty: Empty.
18. Coke or Pepsi: Coke.
19. If they were a Jellybean flavor, which one: White.
20. And, finally, if Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Hi.

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