Kismet
Rumor and innuendo surround the woman known as Kismet like exotic perfume. No one knows her real name or history, although some claim they do. Some speculate that she is the granddaughter or even daughter of the legendary Doc Prophet, an exiled scion of Russian nobility (or at least a former KGB-trained agent), a clone, or a genetic super-soldier designed by the government and gone rogue. Kismet doesn’t confirm or deny any of these stories, or even wilder ones; she refuses to talk about her past at all.
What is known with some certainty is that Kismet has worked as a mercenary, spy, and solider-for-hire all around the world. She worked for a number of years with the Soldiers of Fortune, and on occasion with Jack Wolfe when he first left The Atom Family. She’s hinted that her relationship with Jack was more than just camaraderie, but remains just as elusive about that as with everything else about her personal life. She knew Evening back during her Brigade Six days as Agent Black, and the two women have a chilly dislike of each other. She’s also well acquainted with Harry Powers from AEGIS, as the two of them have crossed paths, though rarely on the same side.
Not long after Jack Wolf joined the Soldiers of Fortune, Kismet’s legendary luck turned against her and she ended up on the wrong side of an operation against a Labyrinth front company. The one who pulled her out of it and saved her life wasn’t any of her “old friends,” but Ethan Keller. From that time on, Kismet has been Archer’s loyal right-hand woman, although the rest of FORCE Ops wonders if their relationship is more than professional. (It’s not, at least so far as Kismet is concerned.)
Kismet is a study in contrasts. On the one hand, she’s the most hard-bitten and cynical member of FORCE Ops. She considers it her job to rein in the occasional flashes of idealism and naiveté from her younger teammates and to give them the skills they need to survive doing what they do. She’s part drill sergeant and part den mother. On the other hand, Kismet has an infectious love of life and a wild streak a mile wide. She likes to get out and enjoy herself and tries (sometimes in vain) to get the rest of the team to realize there’s more to life than their mission. She’s something of an older sister to El Gato and a wise counselor and sounding board for Archer. Although she’d deny it, in many ways she’s the emotional glue holding the team together.
Kismet clearly has some sort of probability-influencing powers. She just claims she’s “always been lucky” and leaves it at that. It may be she doesn’t fully understand her gifts herself.
Year of Death
1993
Circumstances of Death
The Terminus Invasion
Children
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