It actually started out as sort of an FF riff, but I've let it drift pretty far from that basis. It's possible that, with a little tweaking, it could work as a Challengers book.
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Basic Concept
Approximately 25 years ago, the archaeologist Cyrus Wilde succeeded where all had failed. He found Atlantis. To his surprise, it was inhabited, and they were willing to have limited contact with the outside world. This caused him to acquire two things.
1. Atlantean technology, which has allowed him to become extremely self-sufficient.
2. A wife, namely Danae Atlantides, Princess of Atlantis and Priestess of Her Gods.
Together, they continue their explorations into the strange, the rare, and the unusual, gaining a certain amount of celebrity in the process. Time passed, and Danae gave birth to twins, Perseus and Andromeda Wilde. As they grew to adulthood, they joined their parents on their expeditions, and have since become full members of the team.
If it's exotic, dangerous, or downright weird, the Wilde Pack will be there.
Characters
* Cyrus: Archaeologist, Historian, Explorer. Not particularly buff, but he's the sort of person for whom this line from Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade is actually non-fiction:
"[He]'s got friends in every village from here to the Sudan. He speaks a dozen different languages, knows every local custom."
* Danae: As a priestess, she's capable of communicating with genii loci... dryads, nymphs, et cetera. She used to be able to interact with greater spirits (i.e. gods) but lost that ability when she wed...well, actually on the wedding night.
* Perseus...did not enjoy childhood very much. In early adolescence, having studied the more martial magicks of his heritage, he became rather reckless, and a bit of an adrenaline junkie. He took upon himself the sobriquet "Maxx" (he thought the two X's made it cooler), and answers to nothing else. *Never* call him Percy. He has a tattoo on his left arm, given to him by his mother, which acts as an invocation to the gods for strength and protection. (In her own words, "If you are going to scar your body, it might as well be something _useful_".) He's also the star of "The Wild Side, with Maxx Wilde", a hit with the in crowd, who regularly tune into his online web broadcasts. He looks something like this.
* Andromeda: Andromeda takes after her father, although she prefers more practical sciences, and is in fact the creator (by the time of the first story, she's 23) of much of the team's equipment. She gained the nickname Tinker many years ago, and answers to it as easily as her real name. When not in the field, she acts as the producer/videographer of Maxx's broadcasts. |
