Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Skyland Post # 9 Supporting Characters

Supporting characters

Aran Cortes

(voiced by Jack Langedijk, performed by Dominic Gould) - Age 37. Gruff, moody, severe and just, with a tendency to be blasé (but still a rebel deep down). He's aware of his responsibilities as "father figure" and protector of Puerto Angel. Apparently, he is the adoptive father of Cheng. He has no idea why he listens to kids. He tends to show his anger physically. Cortes was part of the original Pirate Rebellion and knew Marcus Farrell in a sense. His weapon of choice is a shot gun. In the English dub, he has a Scottish accent.

Cheng

(voiced by Cameron Ansell, performed by Max Gruber and Emile Kaczorowski) - Age 10. Cheng, despite his incredible intellect, is really still a child. He loves to fool around: missions are like video games in the great outdoors and he loves to play practical jokes on people. He is a very good hacker. He'll do anything for attention, like speaking in rhymes. He also seems to have a slight crush on both Lena and Celia. Cortes is his adoptive father. His parents were Pirate scientists and are deceased. His only living relative is his grandfather, Tybald Ye, a scientist that is truly on the pirates side but pretends to be a Sphere supporter.

Dahlia

(voiced by Alyson Court, performed by Tadrina Hocking) - Age 20. She has moved into the world of adults but is nevertheless attracted to Mahad's rebellious and youthful spirit, as well as his love for freedom. She finds Mahad's arrogance both irritating and appealing, which sets an interesting tension between them. She seems to enjoy giving Mahad grief. In "Eye of the storm", she nearly kissed Mahad had not the fact that Lena saved them. She often acts "serious" in order to distinguish herself from the "kids" but she breaks down from time to time and shows her mischievous side. She is proud to fight along side Cortez and protect the people of Purto Angel. Her weapon of choice is a yellow laser bow and arrow. Mahad and others who disobey her are often quick to see the sharp side of her tongue.

Diwan

(voiced by Athena Karkanis, performed by Lena Kowksi) - Age 25. Female master of highly developed Seijin powers, but not at Oslo's level. Appointed by Oslo to personally capture Lena. She's bald and has an orange tattoo above her left eye and eyeshadow on both. Diwan would do anything to show her devotion to Oslo, who treats her like garbage in return. She's controls the brigadiers.

Marcus Farrell

Approx. 34. Former leader of the Pirate Rebellion. He is the father of Mahad and Lena and partner to Mila. Back when he was Mahad's age, he stole water from the Sphere in broad daylight. Mila and Oslo were sent to capture him and Mila got to him first. He helped Mila to see what the Sphere truly is, and they ran away together. Through their combined efforts, they built up the rebellion in six years, posing a real threat to the Sphere. He mysteriously disappeared during an attack on the Sphere, leaving the Pirate Rebellion in disarray. Mahad and Lena discover in episode 10 that he may have survived, and might be hiding on one of the last free blocks.

Mila

(voiced by Alex Belcourt, performed by Julie Delaurenti) - Age 35. Mahad and Lena's mother. She will remain a very mysterious character throughout the series. Kept in hiding on the Sphere Block, Babylonia, she appears rarely and always in a very symbolic way. Her children only discover her heroic past (from the Vector and Hailong Zalo) after she is abducted. She used to hide in ships like a little stowaway. She was taken to the Sphere Academy on her own free choice. She was a highly gifted former student in the Guardian School, where she spent time with Oslo. On her first mission with Oslo, they were sent to capture Marcus Farrell. She got to him first. She chose to renounce her exceptionally strong paranormal powers, as well as many privileges, when she decided not to help the Sphere after seeing how terrible it was. After leaving, she met up with Marcus Farrell and got married. She gave birth to her son, Mahad and was about to give birth to Lena when the Pirate Rebellion went crippled. She knew Oslo would find her again. Mila decided to go into hiding and raise her children without using her powers as a Mansa farmer. She is a complex mix of Mahad's indomitable personality and Lena's exceptional powers. Currently, she is being held in Kharzem.

Oslo

(voiced by Juan Chioran, performed by Simon Flossaut Masnay) - Age 35. Brother of Darius, Comes from Vandegaaard, a Scandinavian block. Leader of the Guardians and Commander of the Sphere. He knew Mila back in the Sphere Academy. They were best friends, inseparable. On their first mission together, they were sent to capture Marcus Farrell. When he found Mila, he attempted to turn her to fulfill the Prophecy, rule all of Skyland and take control of the Sphere. After hearing that her daughter was far more powerful, he decided to capture Lena. Absolute master of his highly developed Seijin powers. Oslo is able to use his powers in the dark and light by keeping himself exposed to sunlight night and day. Mila said that being able to use his powers in the dark would destroy him from the inside.He seems to be very rivaled by Marcus in a way that he "stole" Mila from him.

The Vector

(voiced by William Colgate, performed by Olivier Breuils) - Age 65. Very intelligent, the Vector has always lived as a recluse and was almost never interested in the "practical" aspects of life. He is eccentric (like Cuthbert Calculus in Tintin with Cortes as his Captain Haddock) and often unaware of danger. He is often pensive, daydreaming and lost in his thoughts. He rarely leaves his lighthouse on Puerto Angel. He teaches Lena how to use her powers. The Vector practically made a map of Skyland, though incomplete. He helped Mila escape the Sphere Academy.

Wayan

(Voiced by Milton Barnes, performed by Pete Thias) - Age 30. Wayan is Cortes' First Lieutenant. He is an excellent marksman, capable of total concentration and self-mastery during a battle. Conversely, he is much less organized in real life. Although he is talkative, a joker and a great storyteller, his perpetual optimism doesn't detract from his mastery of weapons and inborn sense of adventure he satisfies with his mountain climbing exploits.Sometimes it seems he's Cortezs' kid brother that he never had. His weapon of choice is a Shock Blaster.

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