Affinado Falleur, according to his wife, was paid
five thousand pounds for changing his name and identity by deed poll. The transaction took place in room
twenty-two in The Crane Hotel, Guernsey. Affinado was given a selection of ten identities to choose from.
Only two of the identities in this selection were different from the ten pseudonymous identities
in the selection normally offered by the VUE Commission. The differences were the
replacement of Van Hoyten by Gang Lion and Madame Klaust by Cissie Colpitts.
From the list Falleur chose who he thought was Nathan Isole Dermontier, the fifth identity in each list.
Falleur Dermontier shared the five thousand pounds with his wife and then disappeared.
Falleur Dermontier's wife has three theories to
account for her husband's name and identity change. Falleur's name was wanted by
FOX as an identity for a saboteur. The Institute of Reclamation wanted a character without a history
to represent them at the repeal of the European Landscape Bill. By assuming the
name and identity of Dermontier it might have been easier for Falleur to obtain a pilot's licence.
Apparently, according to Falleur Dermontier's wife,
her husband could be identified by a grid tattooed, branded or otherwise marked on the palm of his right hand.
The grid corresponded to the window pattern of room twenty-two of The Crane Hotel, Guernsey
where the five thousand pounds in used notes had been exchanged. The VUE Commission
offered Falleur Dermontier's wife anonymity, but after perusing the
possibilities, she declined.
