Dougal was born in Scotland, on a farm, but left home at 14 and moved to London. Having little education, he fell in with some rough types.
Not by choice, but because he was qualified for little else, he became an enforcer. He managed to make a connection through his affable nature to a man he was sent to steal from – a doctor who had just returned from Persia.
He learned some of the history of the middle-east and became infatuated. He has made his way to Tunis to make his fortune hunting for relics.
Dougal met up with Beni Gabor – the man with the plan and local knowledge. Together they went to Dr. Frostmier – and with his knowledge of the artifacts they hatched a plan to swoop in and steal the idol of Cleopatra Maguffin that Brunhild Von Shaft (a famous German archeologist) was seeking – rumored to have powers to make its owner fabulously wealthy. When Mary Smith tried to ply his secret out of a drunken Beni with her wiles (interrupted by Dr. Frostmier), the doctor immediately saw her value and the crew was formed.