Previous travel
He has traveled on the Orient Express before, as it is his preferred means of travel to the Orient.
Secrets/previous history
As well as running from the office, he is also running from an imminent engagement to Lady Helga Caroline Beresford, daughter of 6th Earl of Bedminster. Who is, in Cecil's words, a trout. Lady Helga is crafty though and has french connections.
Cecil has connections with various unscrupulous characters in Turkey and Egypt from his time as an intelligence officer. Some of these are worthy characters, some not so much - Cecil was young at the time and made a few mistakes in character judgement. He is more canny nowadays.
Three goals:
Get decked for being a twerp
Get engaged to a woman he actually likes
Walk outside along the roof of the train
+20 in Arabic
Not sure what you mean by a dilletente-based ability and have no reference in my books so please feel free to choose something.
Although Cecil fancies himself something of an anthropologist, he is also very particular about his own habits and privacy nor can he bear the idea of going 2nd class. He'll take the largest 1st class cabin available and keep his fingers crossed that (if necessary) he is sharing the toilet with someone as fastidious as himself.
Visual details:
Apparent nationality: English
Accent: English upper class
Age: early thirties
(You see a slim man, probably in his early thirties. His clothes are immaculate and expensively cut to a perfect fit; definitely bespoke tailoring. He seems rather foppish in manner and the first thought that springs to mind is 'upper class toff'.)
Code for image, if you need it: just remove the four stars
