The SEARCHERS
Cast Of Characters

Professor George Challenger
(from The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Brought into our reality when the Book of the Khazars was originally opened by The Ministry of Incredible Phenomena, George Challenger stays true to his literary self - abrupt, brazen, arrogant yet brilliant, and known for throwing people down the stairs if they do not agree with him. Forever battling with his fiery temper, Challenger carries the curse of knowing the true nature of their reality and the fragility of existence itself. As the founder of The Searchers, the agenda he follows may not always appear to account for the welfare of others, although he would claim his actions are for the benefit of all mankind.

Kane Talgarth
(from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne)
Great-grandson of Captain Nemo, Talgarth is the archetype dark and swarthy square-jawed, although not necessarily clean living hero. Unknown to him, his character is not as clear-cut as he has always thought - the Nemo bloodline carries gifts of genius along with less favorable traits, which leads Talgarth into an increasingly confused moral code. An excellent pilot and survivalist, Talgarth has only really scratched the surface of his true powers, a potential that leads to him surprising himself.

 

John Hammett
(from The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells)
Prone to acts of extreme violence and depression, the wiry and resilient Hammett is virtually the same as Griffin, his mad scientist Great-grandfather. However, he has a very strong moral code and even though he is unstable, there is a strange consistency and predictability about him. The invisibility gene is directly linked to his emotional state, but its relationship is complex and Hammett is yet to understand it. Brave and outspoken, he struggles to guard his true feelings, living in denial against that which he instinctively knows is right - such as Challenger's cause.

 

Edwin Von Hardwigge
(from Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne).
Hardwigge’s looks belie his true nature - to see his six foot eight inch huge frame, one would expect this descendant of Harry Hardwigge, adventurer and explorer, to be a menacing, threatening presence, but nothing could be further from the truth - powerful certainly, but totally honest, good-natured, softly spoken and a true Gentleman, Edwin is a brilliant hands-on engineer whose eagerness to dismantle things often leads to short-term problems. He has never been pushed or properly tested in his life, but, as part of The Searchers this is sure to change - his subsequent reactions may cause some raised eyebrows...

 

Geneva Walcott Fogg
(from Around the world in 8O days by Jules Verne).
As a person, Geneva was quite content with who she thought she was - brattish, spoilt girl around town, living on the trendy fringes of London's club scene - until she encountered Challenger. After a soul-shattering baptism of fire, acceptance of her true self (Great-granddaughter of Phileas Fogg) and talents slowly came about through a violent journey of self realization, adding a strong inner belief in who she really is to her blonde and beautiful exterior self. She wants more out of life and, unlike once, will work with others to get it.

 

Moriarty
(from Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle).
Dark, sexy and stunning, Moriarty is a "bad girl" in more ways than one - she knows how to use her undeniable charms to manipulate just about anyone she wants. However, her beauty hides her real nature - pure, unadulterated evil and megalomania, a brilliantly sharp and ruthless mind that will stop at nothing to further her own destructive and desolate ends. If anything, she is more formidable than Holmes' nemesis, her Great-grandfather Professor Moriarty. She is a time-bomb ticking away, using her high visibility to cover her real, personal agenda.

 

Tom Eden
(from Robur the Conqueror by Jules Verne).
Tom Eden is an unstoppable force with nowhere to go. A total megalomaniac, all he really wants to do is destroy things - from the air. He is apolitical, amoral and just wants a good fight. The fact that he has stolen the most advanced fighter aircraft on Earth and is descended from Robur, the original master of the skies, makes him a very dangerous and unpredictable man, who acts on the merest whim with no thought for any consequences.

 

Time Traveler
(from The Time Machine by H. G. Wells).
The Time Traveler is, like Challenger, also an original character brought to life by The Ministry but while many of the others were hunted down and drawn back into the Book, the Traveler wisely escaped with his now real Time Machine. But events since his arrival in this reality have made him a haunted, isolated figure, who has had to act against his tremendously strong Victorian morals to ensure the safety of the world which has been plunged into danger because of his very existence. Using every ounce of his tremendous energy and intelligence, he is walking on eggshells through time, awaiting an attack he knows must come and he must face, if he is ever to have a chance of finding his beloved Weena.

Ellen Moreau
(from The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells).
Like her ancestor, Moreau, is the consummate scientist - methodical, totally dedicated and almost mechanical in her thinking. She is the result of not only her genetic make-up, bout of an oppressive and restrictive upbringing. Science, in particular genetic engineering, is the total and only goal - even the purpose of the work does not matter, as the pursuit of the finished experiment is all she lives for. Life, love, emotions are nothing to her - only that which can be dissected, examined and replicated are important. Her own mutation in the form of totally black eyes that become cat-like when excited, are a result of Moreau's own experiments on his own children, and this detached callousness continues with her - until, that is, she meets Geneva...

        Other characters from Samuel Butler, Edgar Rice Burroughs, H.R. Rider, and many others will be brought in and inter-weaved with the initial group of characters.

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