Victor Troughton, often called Troutie by the undergraduate population, is a former lover of Elena Weaver. Troughton has a "youthful, pixie-like face," despite the fact that he is nearly fifty years old. Troughton stands approximately five feet and eight inches in height and he has thinning, curly "toast-colored" hair (pg. 334.) Troughton is very physically fit. Lynley surmises that Troughton is a rower.