Victoria Hand

Biography
Victoria Hand is a high-ranking Level 8 S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. She is well-known within the organization and has a reputation for brusqueness and strictness. Hand worked alongside Phil Coulson to hunt down the Clairvoyant, however she soon became suspicious that Coulson may be working against them. During the HYDRA Uprising, Hand was betrayed and shot by the HYDRA infiltrator and her former ally, Grant Ward while attempting to lock away another HYDRA agent, John Garrett, who had been discovered to be the true Clairvoyant. Although many believed that she had died, her death was actually faked, and she was relocated to Europe to heal and rejoin S.H.I.E.L.D. after healing.

Abilities
Master Tactician: Hand led multiple teams of agents in simultaneous assaults against Centipede Project's bases around the world. Phil Coulson also asked her advice and opinion during his hunt for the identity of the Clairvoyant. During the HYDRA Uprising, she tested the loyalties of her agents by pretending to be a HYDRA operative and evaluating the response.