Julia Griffiths was born and raised in the capital of South Africa, Johannesburg. Her father was an English former Brigadier in the Royal British Army, and her Mother was a white South African baker in the capital. She grew up with a fairly sheltered life, and was taken through her education via. a private boarding school, funded by her father's estate. Throughout her education, she took particular interest in social studies; modern studies, history and geography. In addition, she was particularly apt at the science of Biology, English and Music. Across the board, though, she was a student that scored consistent straight As, although was chronically shy and sheltered.

After leaving school, Julia went on to study at the prestigious University of Cape Town, where she studied both Psychology and Politics. Graduating with honours, she pursued a career in the South African Police Service, working within the Crime Intelligence Division as a member of civilian staff. Here, she worked in espionage countering organised crime and pro-apartheid terrorists. After five years of service, her well-educated background and distinguished service record saw her offered employment within MI6, working under Her Majesty's Secret Service.

Julia accepted the offer and worked initially as a field agent. However, poor people skills and a lax field-training record led to her being reassigned as a handler for agents in the field. Working from the SIS headquarters in London, Julia used her skills of investigation and rigorous education to pursue paper trails against enemies of the Commonwealth states. Starting with relatively low-grade information recovery from Russian oligarchs, her worth was quickly proven to MI6 and she was regularly assigned to be the handler for black-operations, involving the discrete termination/capture of enemies of the Commonwealth states.

Griffiths relentlessly studied the locations, people and history of all operations greenlit by MI6 and used this knowledge to supply agents on the ground with information and advice on how to eliminate, or make disappear, a target in the most discrete manner possible. She also guided agents on escape routes, local culture, and 'high-traffic' areas to avoid detection.

The flagship operation of Julia's career was that of the 'Suite of Clubs' - a yearlong operation taking place in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The target for MI6 was a nuclear weapon's scientist by the name of Jin Go Yuk, who had been traced to a number of projects working for both the Soviet-Bloc prior to its collapse, and now directly for his native state, North Korea. The operation involved a 'suite' of targets, of which a number were mandatory captures so as to provide the opportunity to collect more information on the Ace of Clubs, Jin Go Yuk. At the time, Yuk was believed to be the DPRK's last remaining 'master' of nuclear weapon technology.

Griffiths operated from a field HQ in the port town of Wonsan, where she directed 3 MI6 field agents in operations against the DPRK state. When captures were made, they would be hastily and discretely returned to this field HQ, which was disguised as an administrative centre to process letters sent to DPRK soldiers by family (which also helped boost intelligence on the rogue state). Here, Griffiths was insistent on questioning the detainees herself. Julia was noted to regularly rely on invasive interrogation techniques, showing little hesitation in putting to use physical violence, psychological trauma and deception and the use of chemical injections.

Eventually, after capturing 8 of the suite of 13, MI6 had enough information to act. Griffiths directed the 3 MI6 operations in cohesion under the pretence of being state-media journalists, a cousin of Kim-Jong Un, and even a high-ranking military colonel. The Ace of Clubs met his demise from radiation poisoning, after it was found his protective suit's oxygen tube had been ruptured by damage likely caused by vermin. The death was ruled by the rogue state as 'non-suspicious'.

After the 7-hour war, Julia's past has been kept anonymous to the Universal Union thanks only to heavy redaction/destruction of MI6 files mentioning her true identity. Where she is referred to on paper, she is referred to by her callsign: 'The Rook' - after her self-proclaimed "favourite chess piece". She has been doing well to remain incognito, though is expecting to have herself compromised at any time, should an old, non-redacted file be dug up. If such a time comes, she would likely try to bargain her worth to the Universal Union's operations on earth.

Her disposition is neutral, with no preference towards neither resistance or combine. She is not a skilled fighter or sharpshooter, but is relentless in her drive to uncover information and details on as many people as she can. However, despite her skill at keeping a secret no-one is asking about, Julia cracks under pressure. Given her career as a handler, she was given only the bare minimum training and experience in resistance against questioning / interrogation. Her skill is in finding and utilising information, not keeping it hidden.