John Hughes

Born in Adelaide, Australia, Joel learnt at an early age that being different wasn't a bad thing. He was one of only thirty-nine Jewish people in his Primary School of 1200. While his schoolmates were playing Australian rules football, rugby or soccer, Joel found that he had an affinity for badminton. Joel felt even more out of place in the United States when he got accepted into Deveraux College at the age fourteen, but he made friends, felt part of his team and graduated with flying colors. He was assigned to Region Red and stationed in Amsterdam with a cover job as a pro-am badminton player. He was forced to retire from active duty and from badminton after he needed surgery on a nagging elbow injury. Having met the woman he planned on marrying, Joel decided to stay in the Netherlands and become a Field Handler. His first charge was Natasha Miller, who, despite now having no need for a Field Handler, remains a friend and retains her cover job as a badminton instructor at a sports club he opened. Joel and Emma have one child together, a seven year-old girl named Melissa.