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Character name: unknown
Nickname(s): goes by "Giver"
Show represented: N/A
Concept represented: Original
concept--Giver is one of a kind, a human gifted with extraordinary insight
and the ability to share it with others. She can tell upon meeting a person
what their nature is, and can give two people a telepathic bond with each
other by touching them both at the same time. This bond will last permanently,
unless one or both parties asks her to break it. She is not, however, telepathic
herself, although she is mildly precognative--she knows when someone is
(or will be) in trouble, who is in trouble, and where they are in trouble,
although she can never see what the trouble is.
Played by: JJ
Gender: Female
Age: unknown, appears to be mid-twenties
Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian/Native
American (possibly Welsh and Cherokee, respectively)
Appearance: Because of her
mixed blood, she looks Hispanic, although she's not. She has short
dark hair, brown eyes, a nose that turns up just a teeny bit, pouty lips,
and a strong but round chin. She stands about five-five or six, and
is slender. She tends to wear outfits composed of a single color, such
as all white, all red, all black, or all gray. She is never without
a gold necklace around her neck (the charm is the Cherokee word for "giver")
and a gold signet-style ring engraved with a Welsh dragon on the middle
finger of her right hand.
Marital Status: unknown
Sexual Orientation: unknown
Date of Birth: unknown
Place of Birth: unknown
Place of Residence: Giver is a
nomad, although she owns residences in San Diego, Seacouver, St. Louis,
Philadelphia, Orlando, Buenos Aires, Jerusalem, London, Berlin and Sydney.
Occupation: Founder and coordinator
of Unlikely Heroes
Income: Giver is independently
wealthy, although where she keeps her money is as much of a mystery as
she is.
Religion: Christian, but she refuses
to go into specifics or claim a particular denomination
Family: unknown
Education: unknown
Skills: she speaks several languages
fluently, writes very eloquent letters, and is a most persuasive speaker
Hobbies and interests: Decorating--her
homes are all tasteful and artistic, though eclectic, and it is through
her decorations that most of her other interests are revealed; religion;
extraordinary abilities; fantastic creatures; myths and legends of a variety
of cultures; gemstones and geology; tea; Celtic, Asian, and folk music;
cobalt glass; history; languages; reading; beadwork; embroidery; paper-making
Basic backstory: Giver is
an enigma--nothing is known about her before she approached the first of
the many extraordinarily gifted people who would become the Unlikely Heroes.
She seems to be a loner, but never acts lonely.
Personal "scent": Sunshine
and rain
Spirit animal: Snowy owl
Casting choice: Roxanne Biggs-Dawson
Character name:
Providence Erin Sanders
Nickname(s): "Vi" [Vee]
Show represented: Strange
Luck
Concept represented: person
with extraordinary luck
Played by: JJ
Gender: Female
Age: 24
Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian,
American
Appearance: @5'6", 125 lb,
with blue-green eyes and chin-length light brown hair.
Marital Status: Single
Sexual Orientation: Hetero
Date of Birth: March 17,
1976
Place of Birth: En route
from Boston, MA to Atlanta, GA--she was a month early and was born on the
plane. Her mother and she were rushed to the hospital as soon as
it landed, but she has suffered no lasting ill effects from the experience.
Place of Residence: Xa, California
Occupation: Journalist
Income: 35,000/year
Religion: Protestant Christian
Family: Vi's parents, Barrett
and Hope Sanders, were both killed when she was thirteen (or so she thinks,
anyway). Since her only other relative--Robert Sanders, her father's
older half-brother--was also presumed dead, she was raised by her mother's
best friend, Andrea Quinn, whom she calls Andee. Upon moving to Xa
to work for the Examiner, she was paired on a story with photographer
Chance Harper and discovered that he was her cousin and also a victim of
the bizarre luck that has plagued her life. From him she learned
that her uncle, Robert Sanders, may also still be alive, and that she has
another cousin, Eric Vandenberg. All of whom also have the luck.
Although she and Chance are close, they tend not to spend much time together
because things get a little *too* eventful when both of them are around.
Education: Got an undergraduate
degree in history, but began writing articles about her "adventures" and
eventually earned a place on the staff of the local paper. She then
applied for and got a staff position on the Xa, Calfornia Examiner.
Skills: Vi is a gifted writer,
has a basic understanding of human nature gained from talking down one
too many potential suicides, can deliver a baby, wait tables, operate a
cash register, perform first aid and CPR, disarm a variety of guns, bombs
and other weapons, speak a smattering of several languages including Spanish,
French, Welsh, Gaelic, and Arabic, operate a television camera, build a
fire, build a shelter, cook over an open flame, attach an artificial limb,
ride a bicycle, ride a motorcycle, drive a bus, drive a train, fly a small
plane, and do a number of other things that circumstances have forced her
to learn.
Hobbies and interests: Travel,
writing, reading, Ireland, geneology.
Quirks: Because she wants
to be constantly alert and aware of what may be going on around her that
she's supposed to get involved in, she studiously avoids alcohol.
Basic backstory: Vi had the
misfortune to inherit the Luck from both sides of her family, which meant
her childhood was quite eventful. Even her birth followed the pattern,
as she was born halfway through a flight from Boston to Atlanta, on St.
Patrick's Day. However, her own gift did not begin to emerge until
her parents' unexpected death in a train wreck when she was thirteen.
At the same time, she moved from Kirkwood, Missouri, to Coronado, California,
to live with her mother's best friend, Andrea "Andee" Quinn, now her legal
guardian.
Andee did her best to give Vi a normal
life, but eventually they both gave up and learned to go with the flow.
As a teenager, Vi found her luck alternately delightful and frustrating,
with the frustration being more common. She confided in the youth
pastor at the church she attended with Andee--he was skeptical at first
of luck in general and Vi's in particular, but was eventually forced to
acknowledge there was something uncommonly hectic about her life.
He told her that she had the choice to either see her "luck" as a curse,
or as a gift from God, and that choice could determine what kind of life
she led. Vi chose the latter--although she still gets frustrated
sometimes when things go haywire, she tries to focus on the positive, like
how her luck enables her to help people.
Vi graduated from high school with honors
and went on to attend college at Temple University in Philadelphia, looking
for a change of pace. She found it there, where she was arrested
for the first time for a crime she didn't commit in the dubious neighborhood
surrounding the college. That first arrest was not the last, which
gave her college career a frustrating precariousness, but since the charges
were always dropped there wasn't really anything the school could do.
She also earned a number of commendations from the city and the school,
and once again managed to graduate near the top of her class.
During her college career, she was invited
by a friend on-staff for the Temple student newspaper to write a weekly
column about her "adventures." Her outrageous-but-true stories, coupled
with her wry sense of humor, became an instant hit on campus. After
graduation with a degree in history with a concentration on Ireland, she
returned home to Coronado and got a job with the small local paper doing
the same sort of column.
Audrey Westin, an editor for the Xa, California
Examiner,
caught an issue of the column while visiting family on Coronado and was
intrigued by Vi's luck's similarity to that of a photographer on staff,
her ex-boyfriend Chance Harper. And since Vi's surname was also the
name Chance was born with, she suspected they might be related and offered
Vi a job without telling her why. Vi accepted, and moved to Xa.
Her first assignment paired her with Chance, and she was pleasantly surprised
to discover that he was her cousin, and the first person she'd ever met
who could sympathize with her wacky lifestyle.
However, that assignment and any subsequent
contact between the two was *twice* as eventful as usual for both of them,
so they keep in touch more by telephone and e-mail than in person.
She shares his interest, however, in finding out what happened to her uncle,
Robert Sanders, and other cousin, Eric Vandenberg. She also is very
interested in meeting faith healer Leigh Anne Brown, who Chance compares
her to because of her faith and her conviction that the luck *is* in fact
a gift from God.
Casting choice: Renee Coleman
Character name:
Elaine Lambert
Nickname(s): "'Laine"
Show represented: Forever Knight
Concept represented: Vampire
Played by: Liz the Lucky
Gender: Female
Age: Physically 33
Race/Ethnicity: Southern
Appearance: 5'2", curvy (think
Brigitte Bardot), denim blue eyes, long blonde hair. Tends to wear skin
tight minidresses with no underwear.
Marital Status: Widowed, she thinks.
Sexual Orientation: Human, preferably
breathing.
Date of Birth: Feb 14, 1853
Place of Residence: Seacouver or
San Francisco
Occupation: Singer
Income: most things paid for by
LaCroix or Nick
Religion: Roman Catholic, not practicing
Family: Nick Knight, 'brother'.
Lucien LaCroix, 'father'. Simon, 'son.' Natalie Lambert, great great grandaughter.
Sarah Lambert, great great granddaughter in law. Amy, great great great
granddaughter.
Education: Self educated, the equivalent
of several phds.
Skills: singing, cooking, medicine.
Leading expert in hematomillapsiology (the scientific study of vampires)
Hobbies and interests: sex. Making
sure there's great great great great grandchildren. genetics. music.
Basic backstory: kidnapped
by LC when she was 21, bitten, but separated from LC. Ended up pregnant,
one son. Finally brought across 12 years later, after an abusive marriage.
Husband (first kill) turns out to be Immortal, even though neither of them
knew it at the time. The reason LC kidnapped and brought her across was
because she is an exactly likeness of his long lost love, Fleur, only with
just enough innocence lost to make a good vampire, but by the time he finally
got her, all her innocence was gone, so he pretty much ignores her except
for his physical needs or when Nick does something incredibly stupid as
usual.
Personal "scent": roses
Casting choice: Claire Rankin
Character name:
Gwendolyn Parker O’Daily
Nickname: "Gwen"
Show represented: Charmed
Concept represented: Witch
Played by: Kathleen M. Wilson
Gender: Female
Age: 28
Race/ethnicity: Caucasian
of Irish/English descent
Appearance: 5’ 5”, 120 lbs.
Long, strawberry blonde hair. Piercing blue/green eyes. Slim
nose, pouty lips, light complexion, really good cheekbones. Slim
yet muscular build, looks like she works out but isn’t obsessive about
it. Has a pentacle tattoo on her right shoulder.
Marital status: Single
Sexual orientation: Heterosexual
Date of birth: March 17,
1972
Place of birth: New York,
New York
Place of residence: Soho,
above her shop
Occupation: Owner of a psychic/magic
shop, occasional psychic investigator
Income: Father left her a
large inheritance, leaving her independently wealthy, but the shop pulls
in enough that she could easily live comfortably off of it alone.
Any money she makes from her visions automatically goes to charity
Religion: Raised both Irish
Catholic and Wiccan, tends to practice a bit of both
Family: Grandmother and mother
both descended from a long line of witches. Father was a wealthy
Irish business man. All three are now deceased. No siblings.
One cat. She also has three cousins in San Francisco -- Prue, Piper,
and Phoebe Halliwell -- but she has never met them.
Education: Graduated from
Trinity College with degrees in comparative folklore/mythology and business.
Took graduate courses at NYU, but never finished MBA program.
Gifts: Ability to move objects
with her mind, ability to “freeze” everything and everyone (except fellow
witches) in the room with her, ability to see the future and the past,
ability to “project” herself into other places
Skills: Tarot reading, spellcraft,
palm reading, astrological charting, tea leaf reading, computers, business/finance,
sketching, first aid, martial arts, fluent in both Gaelic and Latin
Hobbies and other interests:
Occult lore and mythology, herbalism, crystals, aromatherapy, painting,
detective literature, forensics
Basic backstory: Gwen is
descended from a long line of witches, starting with her Puritan ancestor
Melinda Warren. Melinda’s gifts have been passed on through the women
of her line, including Gwen’s grandmother and great aunt.
When her grandmother Priscilla and great
aunt Penelope were young, they had a huge argument that ended with Priscilla
moving to New York and never speaking to her sister again. There
Priscilla met a man named Parker and they were soon married. They
had a daughter who later met a man named O’Daily and they had Gwen.
Gwen and her parents moved to Ireland
when she was five, about the same time she first began to manifest her
abilities. Her mother and grandmother made sure she was well schooled
in the ways of witchcraft while her father balanced it with a more practical
education.
After graduating college, Gwen moved back
to the states to attend grad school and settle her late grandmother’s estate.
At the same time, she opened her shop to prove both to herself and to her
father that she could make it work. Unfortunately, she lost interest
in her studies after her father died (her mother had died while she was
in high school), but she still kept up with her shop.
She also began occasionally working with
the police, using her “psychic” abilities to help solve crimes.
Gwen’s great aunt had also gone on to
have a daughter who had three daughters of her own. Gwen knew about
her cousins, the fabled “Charmed Ones” of her family line, but she has
only met the youngest, Phoebe. However, Phoebe never knew that Gwen
was her cousin. Gwen would like to meet her cousins, but a psychic
vision warning of all four of their deaths every time she has considered
it has kept her from following through on that desire.
Casting choice: Shannen Doherty
Character name:
Kathleen Rayne Spencer
Nickname(s): Kathy (as a
child); Kathleen Dalby (mother's maiden name, used as an alias)
Show represented: Poltergeist:
The Legacy
Concept represented: Psychic
Played by: Arianne
Gender: Female
Age: 30
Race/Ethnicity: White
Appearance: Approximately
5'3", 100-110 lbs. Very pale and thin, can look unhealthy, but is
unusually strong for her size. Light brown hair, halfway between
curly and straight, a little past shoulder length. Pale blue eyes.
Face is not very expressive. Long fingers. Plain, unless she
decides to dress up, which makes her moderately pretty.
Marital Status: Married,
but separated
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Date of Birth: May 14, 1969
Place of Birth: Boston, MA
Place of Residence: Recently
moved back to her maternal grandfather's house in San Francisco.
Most recently had lived in India, where she was working on a site at Dholavira
(in Gujarat). Her husband and she maintained a primary residence
in Hong Kong.
Occupation: Arts and antiquities
dealer, officially. Unofficially, she and husband stole/smuggled
many of the pieces they sold. Has left the profession.
Income: Lots of money from
inheritance and "career," but does not spend much of it.
Religion: Lapsed/about to
become un-lapsed Catholic
Family: Daughter of Winston
Harold Rayne III (Harold, investor and businessman) and Deborah Parkinson
Dalby (piano and French teacher, murdered). Granddaughter of Winston
Rayne II (former Precept, now possibly in Hell) and Kathleen Ryan Rayne
(died young, loyal member of Legacy but Legacy has tried its best to erase
that fact) and of Peter and Miranda Parkinson Dalby (dead, both were Legacy
members. Peter resigned in anger after Kathleen's death, Miranda
died several years later). Great-aunt Elizabeth Parkinson (Precept
of SF House after Winston's death. Derek replaced her), Uncle Derek
Rayne (presumed dead following unfortunate explosion). Stepmother
Ethel and younger half brother and sister (Thomas and Julianna) who live
in Boston with Harold. Husband Daniel Spencer (handsome, charming,
and rakish Anglo-American, occasionally unfaithful, frustrated by his wife's
coolness, long absences)
Education: Mostly self-educated,
speaks or reads several languages, including French, Chinese (Mandarin
and Cantonese dialect), Hindi, and Sanskrit. Attended Swiss boarding
school for two years, but spent the rest of her "high school years" in
a mental institution.
Gift: Most noticeable manifestation
is in a sort of enhanced empathy. Certain objects and places associated
with intense event overwhelm her with the images, feelings, and thoughts
of those involved. After she recovers, she can remember what she
has experienced, but has little control over her gift. She used to
be able to, and some times still can, "create" illusions by pushing an
image into other people's minds (doesn't work well with strong or similarly
gifted minds, but requires relatively little energy). When young
(about 8-11), her gift was more sensitive and the experience much less
intense, frequently even "fun." But a particularly bad experience
at age 14 (initiated by a Legacy member) marked the beginning of a period
of hyper-sensitivity and progressively more intense experiences, culminating
in a suicide attempt and her commitment. Since then, experiences
have been sporadic and unpleasant. Recently, she has started to sense
greater power and potential for control, though her past makes her reluctant
to interfere with it. She can now initiate some experiences, control
some of the impact, and even suppress her talent on occasion. Her
gift appears to have come from her paternal grandmother, whose pendant
and indecipherable journals have an odd symbol that may hold a clue to
the origin and purpose of her gift. It is this clue that has driven
her to seek out the symbol's meaning and, against her own inclination,
drove her to return to SF and Legacy circles, though she is at best a reluctant
ally to the Legacy.
Skills: Can break through
just about any security system, extensive hand-to-hand combat experience,
learns languages quickly.
Faults: Inconsiderate of
others' feelings, lack of respect for property and privacy of everyone
except herself and her very close friends, holds grudges, ruthless in accomplishing
her goals whether they be good or evil, cannot shoot.
Hobbies and interests: Art
and history, particularly Asian; archaeology; her grandmother's pendant;
swimming; sparring with her husband, particularly with the quarterstaff.
Basic backstory: Her gift
first began to manifest itself when she was very young among her peers,
whom she could make "see" the story she was telling. Her mother,
upset by what she perceived as Harold's neglect, had an affair then left
him, taking five year old Kathleen with her, and two years later, after
several moves in Northern California, she saw one of her daughter's illusions
for the first time. Told no one, until Kathleen was eight, when she
found her mother's engagement ring and rushed downstairs to tell her mother
all about the night it had been given to her, complete with feelings and
thoughts of both parties present. It scared Deborah, so she contacted
a family friend in the Legacy (then precept of the NY House), who was enthralled
by the child's talent. Neither he nor Deborah wanted Elizabeth Parkinson
or Derek to know, so they agreed to keep it a secret, but several times
in the next three years, he and other Legacy members used her to
help on a case, shielding her from the more violent and disturbing articles
and telling Deborah that they were merely running tests, until, unknowingly,
they gave her a vase from a routine haunting, hoping to get a description
of the deceased. The vase, however, had once belonged to a man who
had killed himself, and receiving his emotions upset her profoundly.
An angry Deborah was murdered a week later, before she got a chance to
tell Elizabeth. Kathleen would go on to believe (wrongly) that the
Legacy had arranged the murder.
Kathleen went to live with her grandfather
Peter in SF, but two years later he died and she went to live with her
father and his new wife and children in Boston. She did her best
to ignore her family until, at fourteen, she was sent to the Swiss boarding
school most of the women in her family had attended for the past two generations.
Meanwhile, her gift remained dormant, her aunt resigned and moved to Switzerland
to be near her, and she was happy with her school. In the spring
of her first year, a Legacy member came and asked her to try out her gift.
She agreed, more out of curiosity than a desire to help, and was so overwhelmed
that she passed out. After that, she became increasingly withdrawn
and irritable as her gift became more vicious and draining. She attempted
to hang herself a year later and was promptly sent to an asylum, from which
she emerged at eighteen, angry at her entire paternal family and hating
the Legacy and all it represented. Her aunt died a few months later,
which only cemented her resolution to break completely with her family
and its association with the Legacy.
Twelve years and a dangerous flirtation
with the darkside (with lingering implications) later, she found it impossible
to resist a return to SF for answers, her only consolation being that she
might get a chance to stick it to her uncle and the Legacy. But twelve
years had worn down her hatred, and though resentment against the Legacy
and her family lingers, she knows that their side is to be preferred to
the other. Moreover, she is more disturbed than she thought she would
be by her uncle's apparent death. She is doubtful that the Legacy
is the best means, and does not wish to join it, or do more than help out
when she really has to. But her grandmother's mission beckons to
her, and though it is separate from and perhaps more ancient than the Legacy's,
it is closely related. And when three of your four grandparents die
in service to the Legacy, it's hard to resist its call.
Casting choice: No one I
can think of, unless Hollywood started hiring short, skinny, plain actresses
when I wasn't looking.
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