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Jim Full Name: James Victor Robert Fallowfield, BBA, CA Jim is an okay kind of guy. As chairman of Fallowfield Consolidated Industries, he's enormosly wealthy; the reason being, I can show him going around doing wacky hijinks instead of working. He loves Dot, hates telemarketers, and doesn't take guff. He's from Arnprior, Ontario, and he has a brother, Fidus. 29 years old. Dot Full Name: Dorothy Monique Fulton, M.Sc. Dot is a girl who is unafraid of kicking your ass. She has a master's degree in pharmacology, and works at the Drug-U-Up-N'-More on Carling Ave. Daughter of wood-pulp magnate Leonard C. Fulton. Born in English Bay, British Columbia, the middle of 3 sisters. She loves The Cosby Show. 26 years old. Sheba Full Name: Sheba Christophina Rockwell A cloned assassin sent to kill Jim by the shadowy Ernest Ogilvie, but won over by Jim's logic, wi-fi, and little bottles of booze. Part fox, part short-haired cat, part New Yorker. Scientifically engineered to be impervious to tobacco smoke. Spent her youth on a sparsely populated isle in the Bahamas. 20 years old.

Ed Full Name: Edgar Basil Watson, D.Litt. Ed's kind of a spaz and a bit awkward, but he's a nice guy. Half Scottish, half Jewish; his hometown is Stellarton, Nova Scotia. Professor of Latin at the University of Ottawa and author of several books on ancient Rome. 44 years old. Llyw Full Name: Col. (Rt'd.) the Hon. Llywelyn Brudenell Evans X, CB, DSO, Ll.B. Stiff, clumsy, and prone to anger, but polite, knowledgeable, and self-assured. Born in Pembroke, Wales, and raised by his grandparents when his parents became missionaries. Directly in line to inherit the title of the Earl of Strumble. Served in the Army for 12 years, including action in the Gulf War and garrison duty in Hong Kong, Bermuda and Cyprus, with 2 years as an attaché at MI6. Moved to Canada to set up a law firm with longtime friend Leopold Tench. 38 years old. His first name is pronounced "Loo-ellen". Izzy Full Name: Isadore-Maskinonge Louis Jean-Charles Lanoeud A skirt-chaser who fails more often than not; a decent guy nonetheless. French-Canadian; born in Saint-Antoine-des-Foufelets, north of Montreal. A dab hand at computery things, and better than most at billiards. Studying electrical engineering at Algonquin College. 19 years old.

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