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Harsh, stubborn, and no-nonsense, Lucy is a woman who sets out to be taken seriously and achieves it more often than not. Coming from a working class background, she has worked hard to get to where she is today, and she isn't about to let anyone take it away from her; though she is a conscientious worker who holds herself to higher standards than she does anyone else around her, she nevertheless has high expectations of those around her, and is not shy about expressing her disappointment when those expectations are not met. Some would describe her as being bull-headed and it's certainly true that she knows what she wants out of life and is determined to get it come hell or high water, but she is not totally closed off to suggestions from those that she trusts, although her trust and respect are hard to earn. What she respects in others is confidence and competence, above all else, and she makes a habit of pushing and challenging those around her, especially those that she works with, to be the best that they can be and to assert themselves. Though she has little tolerance for fools and idiots, she has a wealth of patience for anyone who is genuinely trying.


Born to two factory workers in the back streets of Edinburgh, Lucy grew up in a state of what was not poverty only because her mother refused tor refer to it as such; certainly, however, it was a time of great hardship, and it was lucky that she was an only child, for she knew even as young as she was that her parents could never have supported another. It was clear from an early age, however, that Lucy was not quite cut from the same cloth as her family; she knew her own mind right from the start and displayed a stubborn streak which drove her mother to distraction at times. Nevertheless, it served her well in later life; when she started school, she flatly refused to allow her background or her situation to influence her, and she gave her absolute best to each and every task with which she was faced. An aptitude for the sciences quickly became apparent, and by the time that she made it to secondary school, she was well ahead in these areas, albeit decidedly behind in subjects such as English since she 'just didn't see the point'.

With a small but dedicated group of friends- small since it was limited by the number of people who could put up with her for long periods of time-, Lucy made it through school, being highly regarded by her teachers, and when it came to the time for her to move on, she didn't even consider the factory jobs which most of her classmates were heading for; the school's headmistress had earmarked her early on as a special case and put a lot of effort into persuading her to apply for university courses. Wanting to see more of the world than the back streets in which she'd spent her life up to that point, she rejected the various British universities that were suggested to her and instead worked incredibly hard to raise the money to take herself to the United States, where she studied right through to a medical degree at Stanford. Having been accustomed to difficult circumstances and working under pressure, it became apparent that emergency medicine was a discipline which suited her well, and so Lucy devoted herself to it, going to work in a big hospital in New York.

It was a place that suited her well, especially being well placed for the city's various amenities (and particularly bars), but she had to leave hurriedly nevertheless after only a few years there, following an unfortunate situation arising from a relationship with one of the senior doctors. Naturally, it was entirely his fault- at least as she told the story, on the rare occasions that she did so- but to stay would have been too awkward for both, and so Lucy made the move to the Lethford emergency room, where she has remained ever since, working her way up through dedication and determination to hold the senior position of a staff physician. Caught on the back foot by the virus along with her colleagues, she has been working more or less non-stop since the outbreak in the city, doing all that she can to deal with the emergency cases who pile up in what she will always think of as her hospital.