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McCool’s real name had been Demna and he had been called ‘Finn’ because his hair was fair. Oisin’s hair was fair and that had convinced Mike that they should stick with the name. It was also easy to translate and could be extended to Finian, which sounded similar to the French word fainéant, which means lazy. Finn had a reputation in the Irish guards for being more interested in the parties in Chelsea than in life in the barracks. It was for his charm and fighting skills that he had been given the job with Mike’s team. In legend, Finn had many adventures he had a reputation of fairness and being wise, which is how those in Finn’s troop felt about him. The ‘Fianna’, Finn’s tribe, had possessed magic weapons and this Mike and his team certainly had in abundance.