Mal Gorman
Mal Gorman is the Minister for Youth Development in the North. He trains children to fight the war with the South. Gorman is an elderly man who is being kept alive by wires and has doctors monitoring his condition constantly. He is obsessed with Everlife- 9 that will make him younger. This miracle drug is only available in the South. Gorman has Ellie and Mika go on a mission to the South to obtain Everlife 9 for him. He takes too much of the drug and wakes up a twelve-year old. Ellie and the children take Gorman hostage and keep him safe in a pigsty in the South as they take over the North.
Ralph
Ralph is Mal Gorman’s butler. He goes with Gorman to the South and takes care of him while he is locked up in the pigsty.
Mika Smith
Mika Smith is a mutant child of the North who has been taken by the Northern government to fight a war with the South. Mika allows himself to be taken to reunite with his sister Ellie. Their connection unites the children of the North and starts a revolution.
Ellie Smith
Ellie Smith is a mutant child of the North who has been taken by the Northern government to be trained as a weapon against the South. She was taken a year and a half earlier and is a rebellious child. Mika keeps her grounded and their connection allows for the children to unite against the Northern government to attempt to improve the lives of everyone in the North.
Tom
Tom is a child of the North who was taken to join the children’s army. He is implanted with a device that is supposed to allow the Northern government to control his thoughts. The device allows the children of the army to connect and share their thoughts.
Luc
Luc is a child of the North who was taken to join the children’s army. He escapes during the chaos of the children awakening too soon and is caught by a Creeper. He is found by security guards who take him to London to people who are against the Northern government. They want to find out what is happening to their children and care for the boy who is ill and sleeping until the children are called to awaken by Ellie and Mika. When he wakes, in his delirium, he tells the people about the lush South populated with animals and beautiful natural landscapes.
Audrey
Audrey is a mutant child in the Northern army. She is Mika’s friend and gunner. She was born blind and has borg eyes that allow her to see.
Leo
Leo is a mutant child in the Northern army. He is called the Lion Boy because he was born with a skin colored tail. He is a leader and is the one chosen to attempt to negotiate with Raphael Mose to allow the people of the North across the wall into the South.
Iman
Iman is a mutant child in the Northern army. She grew horns when she was four. She is a brilliant strategist and gunner. She uses her talents to help the children of the North to win a war in less than an hour.
Colette
Colette is a mutant child in the Northern army. She is French and was born without hands or feet. She now has hands and feet of silver that function like real hands and feet. She has a great analytical mind and helps Iman prepare a battle plan to win the war.
Santos
Santos in a mutant child in the Northern army. He is called the Hawk boy. He has spurs that curve around his wrists. He is very intelligent and is a great problem solver.
Puck
Puck is a monkey kept by the North. Ellie has a connection with him and takes him with her when the children leave the fortress of Cape Wrath in the North.
Kobi Nenko
Kobi Nenko is a friend of Mika’s who avoided being taken by the Northern government. He and his father are on the run. They go to the Shadow Lands to hide. Kobi knows when Luc is brought to the Shadow Lands that he must protect him from the people. He can feel the connection of the children army without having an implant, but only a brief impression. He cannot communicate his thoughts to the children. Kobi helps his father to build the bomb that takes out part of the wall that separates the North and the South. He learns during the fighting that he is a mutant and helps save many people during the short war.
Awen
Awen is the invisible dog friend of Mika’s. He watches over Mika and his friends.
Raphael Mose
Raphael Mose is the leader of the World Conservation Club. He takes Everlife - 9 to make himself appear to be in his thirties. He has fought hard to bring nature back from the brink of destruction and does not want the Northern people to return to wreck havoc upon it again. He does not trust the people to appreciate the land as the people of the South do. He is ready to poison everyone in the North to keep them from destroying the lives that the Southern people have obtained.
Grace Mose
Grace Mose is the daughter of Raphael Mose. She is a mutant child who was born with goat legs. She does not agree with her father’s stance and joins with Ellie, Mika and their friends to help unite the North and the South.
Helen Gelt
Helen Gelt is one of the richest people in the South. She feels guilty about her luxurious life in the South when she knows that those in the North are struggling and were tricked into leaving their homes to go to the North. She helps Mika and his friends to unite the North and the South.
Oliver
Oliver is a young boy in the north who befriends Kobi. He is too young to be taken for the children’s army but wants to pilot a Pod fighter. He helps Kobi watch over Luc.
Ruben Snaith
Ruben Snaith is a mutant child who is rejected by Gorman to be part of the army. Gorman keeps him in the fortress in a room where anything he could want is given to him. The boy has an evil streak that frightens Gorman. Ruben escapes the fortress when the children leave the fortress to start their rebellion. He travels to the South to find Gorman where he is being held. He believes that he and Gorman are alike, and he will go along with his plan to kill everyone and take over the world. Mika and Ellie use their combined powers to trap Ruben so that he cannot affect their plans to unite the North and the South.
