Special Agent Fox Mulder

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Agent Fox Mulder, an Oxford-educated psychologist with a photographic memory, is one of the FBI Violent Crimes division's best agents, although he is in disfavor with not only his superiors but also his colleagues because of his interest in the Bureau's X files. He stumbled upon these files, dealing with unexplained phenomena, during his first three years with the Bureau, as a crack analyst in the Bureau's behavioral sciences department.

He has a fascination with the paranormal stemming from a childhood incident -- his sister Samantha disappeared from their home when he was 12 and she was 8. Mulder claims she was abducted by aliens; during regressions he recalled hearing his sister's cries for help, and a bright light which kept him paralyzed and told him that his sister would be all right.

Mulder's early meteoric rise at the Bureau enabled him to make high-placed friends in Congress -- one of them being SETI proponent and influential senator Richard Matheson [Little Green Men]. These contacts had kept him from retribution from higher-ups, although they assigned him a partner, with the tacit idea of discrediting what he does so that he can be dismissed. However, Mulder picked up a somewhat vacillating ally in a mysterious covert individual known as Deep Throat.

Mulder is known around the Bureau by the nickname of "Spooky" both because of his uncanny ability to process information and leap ahead to logical conclusions, and because of his interest in paranormal phenomena. "He is considered a loose cannon, a person who is maybe wasting time and money, and also his expertise, on an area the Bureau thinks has very little value." Due to an incident on one of his first Bureau assignments (a fellow agent was killed), he eschews following investigations "by the book," opting instead for his own instincts and methods. He keeps notes for his field reports in a handwritten journal. His favorite alias is George Hale.

Mulder doesn't "have a life," as we have seen nothing of his off-duty activities. However, some of this may stem from a relationship he had at Oxford ten years ago with a woman who is now with Scotland Yard (Phoebe Green). He apparently was in love with her but she not with him. With the dissolution of the X Files division, however, Mulder may have been trying to revive his social life.

Mulder's birthdate is Oct. 11, 1960. His parents appear to be separated. His father, Bill, worked in an unknown capacity for the State Department, and was murdered by Krycek before telling Mulder about secrets in his past.

He has a fear of fire, which may have been conquered during his rescue of the children of British MP Sir Malcolm Marsden. He is also a fan of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) [Space]. He has a habit of unshelling shelled sunflower seeds (a habit he shares with his father, and making droll comments which have come to note as "Mulderisms."

Mulder enjoys wearing moderately wild ties to work, and seems to be a New York Knicks fan, as well as a Washington Redskins fan. He appears to have a fondness for classic rock and classic science fiction movies, and iced tea seems to be his nonalcoholic beverage of choice. He also keeps himself physically fit by running and swimming.

There are suggestions that Mulder has an interest in pornography -- in "Jersey Devil," we see Mulder looking at the centerfold of some "men's magazine" talking about how the woman claims she was abducted by aliens; in another episode Scully remarks that she hadn't seen Mulder that excited since she caught him going through the Adult Video News; a third episode mentions a subscription to Celebrity Skin, and he appears to be viewing a porno video in a fourth [3]. As a psychologist, he favors using hypnotic regression as a psychological healing tool, and hates the unnecessary use of medication [Born Again].

Name: Fox "Spooky" Mulder

Attributes

Abilities

Backgrounds: Resources 3, Contacts 5, Status 1 (in the FBI; would be higher but his reputation as an alien conspiracy theorist keeps working against his rep as a top psychological profiler)

Numina: None

Merits and Flaws: Political Ties, Driving Goal ("the Truth" and finding out about his sister), Nortorious (as an alien conspiracy theorist)

Virtues: Conscience 5, Self-Control 2 (he does A LOT of stupid, half-thought out stuff [breaking into top-secret military bases in "Deep Throat", "E.B.E.", and "Fallen Angel", etc.] that puts himself needless risk...all in the name of uncovering "the Truth.") Courage 4

Humanity: 10
Willpower: 7 (we can assume he has high Willpower, but he was amply mind-zapped in "Deep Throat and "GenderBender" that he probably doesn't have an extreme score)