George Alexander was a well-dressed but overweight member of the Order of Carpathia secret fraternity based in Eastern Europe. During the New York City mayorship of Fiorello LaGuardia, the Order dispatched Alexander to bring back or take down Nicholas Scorzen, a rogue element of the order who had disappeared and turned up in the United States of America with plans to steal three artifacts: the Al Amir, the Scroll of Santara and a sword from New York.