CHARACTERS
Name: Milly LeCrique
Occupation: Science Geek, co-Presenter of 'Hidden Places'
Age: 30
Sex: Female
Occupation: Television Presenter
Current Residence: Berlin, Germany; Hotel Adlon Kempinski (junior suite)
Milly LeCrique has always kept on top of things with her sleek personality on the 'Hidden Places' documentary which combines Myth Busters with urban legends and occult rumor. Recently, her sleek persona has been rattled by the murder of a close friend at the hands of a bizarre serial killer. (Requires some reading)
Name: Dr. Magnus Urquhart
Age: 30
Sex: Male
Occupation: Geological Field Researcher for YUKOS (a Russian energy company)
Birthplace: Kinlochewe, Scotland, U.K.
Colleges, Degrees:
University of Edinburgh, BSc - Geophysics, M.I.T, MSc - Climate Physics, Moscow State University, Doctoral research & dissertation on The Practical Development and Applications of Predictive Seismological Technology
A rather perverse Scotsman who had an eye for the Berlin 'talent', his rendevouz at a strip joint ended in him having to flee a bizarre serial killer. He was rewarded with a knife in the clavicle and a trip to the ER. (Requires some reading)
Stefan Broche
Age: 32
Sex: Male
Occupation: Professor at
Delft University of Technology (Technische Universiteit Delft)
Current Residence: TBC
Wishing to be a part of the expedition, yet not yet on it, this man has managed to keep on top of things from afar. (Requires a little reading)
Name: Timothy Wells
Birthplace: London
Occupation: Boom Operator
Caught up in something well beyond his comfort level, this fellow just wants to do his job, get paid lots of money, and get home in one piece. (Requires some reading)
Name: Natasha Chaikovskaya
Birthplace: Russia
Occupation: Epigrapher
She is the only person thus far to have busted the riddle of the Liltian Tablets and to have discovered whereabouts the mysterious city is said to be. She's also a highly anxious and neurotic person with many social disfunctions who isn't enjoying the current media circuit. (Requires some reading)
Name: Aleksandra Romaschkova
Birthplace: Russia
Occupation: Archaeologist; Russian dig site leader.
The woman in charge of the whole thing. She has made it her mission to get the right to scale the mountain and is responsible for teaming up with media giant, Ophidian, to get the required funding. (Requires a little reading)
Name: Nikita Mikhalkov
Birthplace: Russia
Occupation: Russian attache.
She represents the government's interests on the expedition and it's her word that will eventually hold sway over the military team sent to escort them. (Requires a little reading)
Name: Klaus Schmidt
Birthplace: German
Occupation: Biologist specializing in anatomy.
A rather pompous fellow who always irritates everyone by constantly bombasting everyone with his viewpoint. Very much a "New Money" sort of fellow. (Requires no prior reading)