James Delahunt

James Delahunt is a brilliant historian. He features in The Death of Johnathan Taylor and as an amnesiac in The Maiden and the Shadow.

Though Delahunt is exceptionally good in his field, his professional career has been hamstrung by his rival Dr Patrick Carlisle, who stole his greatest insights.

After Professor Carlisle was imprisoned for murder, Delahunt was able to claim the praise that was deserved for his work, and began an illustrious lecture tour. He was offered a post at Oxford, but was unable to take it up immediately as he had another breakdown.

The Maiden and the Shadow
Poor Dr Delahunt. If only he had never been contacted by "Jack"; perhaps then those seeking to protect themselves and the secret of Substance 35 would not then have sought to poison him and all unfortunate enough to have been confidantes in his investigations.

Even so, it might not have been so bad, others at least found friends enough to at least recall their names and occupations, but of all those who lost their memories that night, James Delahunt may have been left the most confused and the most far from who he used to be!

Notable misinformations:
 * Another Delahunt (Daniel?) - not everyone was sure what Dr Delahunt was really called, or if both existed perhaps as an absent brother or a back-story character. The second Dr Delahunt eventually even developed details, despite having never been written.
 * Delahunt believes he is a Crook, flees the country - [Edit: correct me if I'm wrong...] the problem with having friends who are crooks who you don't know are crooks is that when you all lose your memories, the crook friends may convince you that you are also a crook. In any case, Oxford post entirely forgotten and possibly with the vague information that he and all his crook friends were poisoned for the same reason, Delahunt makes a break for it.