Character Profiles

(These were originally uploaded on a separate blog in blocks of three).

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BRANDON POOLE
Brandon's clever, but he doesn't like to admit it. He's a little bit rebellious at school, or at least that's what his teachers think. Nobody's really ever on the same wavelength as Brandon, but when he meets people who think the same as him and have the same ideas as him, he's friendly enough. He warms to Ellie, Oscar, Harry, Tara and Ingrid quite quickly when he arrives at the Laura Lang Boarding School for the summer drama school. He has brown hair and is twelve years old.

ELLIE WARD
Ellie's got everything. She possesses brains and beauty in abundance. She's got a good natural leadership, and handles everybody well. She's nice to everybody she comes across, and rarely loses her temper. When she does though, it's quite a big temper. On the whole, she's a friendly, welcoming, nice person. She's twelve years old with big blue eyes and long brown hair.

INGRID PARKER
Ingrid is rebellious and unique. She's funny and clever, but speaks out for herself and what she believes in. She's spiritual and a bit hippy, believing in weird sorts of creatures like fairies and pixies - basically, she's always away with the fairies. She's completely convinced pixies are real, and is quite creative. She's thirteen years old with long auburn hair.

HARRY LLEWELLYN
Harry's a joker. He's very fun, is okay at telling jokes, and enjoys hanging out with his room-mate Tom and playing pranks on people, which sometimes go a little bit too far. He rarely takes things seriously, and is thirteen years old. He has blonde hair, is quite tall, and has an aptitude for drama.

OSCAR BLAKE
Oscar's studious and works hard, and he's very clever too, but he's not a geek or uncool. He likes to be up to date on everything that's happening and makes good friends with Brandon, as they are room-mates. He displays odd telepathic qualities, and is twelve years old. He can be bold when he wants to, but is generally quite nervous. He's got mousy hair and a small face.

SHELBY THORNE
Harry describes Shelby as having 'a soul coloured black'. She's spiteful, vengeful and mean. She's horrible, but she has half a reason at least. Shelby's very talented, and so she's had a good five years getting lead roles in whatever she auditions for. For this reason, she sees anybody new as a contender to the throne, as it were. She always wants to be centre of attention, and is thirteen, with long black hair and piercing green eyes.

TARA BARCLAY
Tara loves fashion. Beautiful, ditzy, nice and chic, she's always up to speed on glamour developments. She can be a little bit childish, dumb and frustrating at times, but she is courageous and brave. She is thirteen years old with long blonde hair, a small face, and blue eyes.

TOM COHEN
Tom is athletic, focused and a tiny bit arrogant, but he is still warm, friendly and kind. He concentrates on sports training quite a bit, but finds time to be friends with Harry, his room-mate. He has blonde hair and is just a tad pudgy, and manages to land himself in trouble at the beginning of the book when he finds himself dating two girls at the same time!

KATHERINE GLENWY
Katherine is thirty-six years old and Welsh, with silky black shoulder-length hair. She's the 'floor-mother' for Floor Three (where all the main characters in the book reside), and makes sure the children are happy, safe and secure. She's very hospitable and offers a shoulder to cry on and some truly astounding cooking skills.

ELSIE FOX has got blonde hair, is thirty-four years old, and possesses natural leadership qualities and some important qualifications from an important dance school. She's a talented dancer in many styles, but is driven mad with the thought of the power the Golden Era could offer her.

MARK DORRY is twenty-eight, with curly brown hair. He is boisterous and messy, with a 'fiery passion for Egyptology and chocolate'. He can be childish at times, and teachers Drama. He's youthful and has many good ideas, and is, like his long-time associate Elsie, utterly evil.

JADA JOHNS is strict, but remains calm and composed even in the toughest of times. She's intelligent and doesn't like having to bow down to Elsie, but manages. She teaches Vocals and if she doesn't agree with something, she'll dismiss it. She has short blonde hair and is forty-one years old.

Not your conventional villains then... But Mark, Elsie and Jada were normal people until they learned about an ancient era, the Golden Era, and went mad thinking about the power it could offer them