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Jane Buxton is a teenage girl who, one day, received a letter containing a mysterious cerulean sand, along with a new-found certitude her brother George was really alive.

Always optimistics, she hates violence and love engineering, especially aeronautics.

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Jane Buxton is a teenage girl who, one day, received a letter containing a mysterious cerulean sand, along with a the new-found certitude her brother George was really alive.

alive in reality.

Always optimistics, optimistic, she hates violence and love engineering, especially aeronautics.
aeronautics, because she thinks flying to the sky would allows her to see her mother, who died while giving her birth.



* GadgeteerGenius: Is very interested in engineering, had several flying machines built, including ones using azurium, and worked aboard a landship.



* PluckyGirl: Despite occasional moments of doubt, Jane tries to remain optimistic about her chances of finding her brother, George, alive. And she's willing to do whatever it takes to reunite with him.

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* MissingMom: HEr mother died while giving her birth.
* PluckyGirl: Despite occasional moments of doubt, Jane tries to remain optimistic about her chances of finding her brother, George, brother George alive. And she's willing to do whatever it takes to reunite with him.him, even travelling to the Eastern desert.



Chambellan Agenore is the butler of the Buxton family. Kate and he were the sole remaining domestics to have remained after the Buxton Bank Robbery caused the family's wealth to collapse.

Very attached to Lord Buxton, he saw grow his children. He's fond of fishing and holds preciously the fishing rod Lord Buxton offered him.

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Chambellan Agenore is the butler of the Buxton family. Kate and he were the sole remaining domestics to have remained after the Buxton Bank Robbery caused the family's wealth to collapse.

Very attached to Lord Buxton, he saw grow his children. He's fond of fishing and holds preciously holds the fishing rod Lord Buxton offered gifted him.



* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: Manages to maintain proper standards of behaviour and clothing, which puts him at offs with Sabri.



Sabri was a young orphan initially found by the duo when he stole Chambellan's money with his band, which he leads and protects.

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Sabri was a young orphan initially found by the duo when after he stole Chambellan's money moneybag with his band, which he leads band of street children. He's soon recruited as NativeGuide by Jane, and protects.
saves her and Chambellan from desert robbers.


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* BrainyBrunette: Was smart enough to build flying machines, and shows a strong interest to the needed physics.

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* BrainyBrunette: Was smart enough to build flying machines, and shows a strong interest to the physics needed physics.to do so.



* SecretIdentity: Jane nearly reveals herself as a member of the Buxton Family, but hastily switches it to being, "Stuart" when she introduces herself to Barsac.
* WideEyedIdealist: She has a very optimistic vision of the world, see only good and positive in technical progress and suffers a HeroBSOD after she discovers flying machines could be used for evil.
* WrenchWench: Jane shares her brother's interest in wanting to create flying machines. She's named each of her attempts, "Albatross" and numbered them [[spoiler:apart for the last one which she names "Silver Wings"]] and helps the other engineers on the landboat of the Barsac expedition.

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* SecretIdentity: Jane nearly reveals herself as a member of the Buxton Family, but hastily switches it to being, being "Stuart" when she introduces herself to Barsac.
* WideEyedIdealist: She has a very optimistic vision of the world, see only good and positive in technical progress and other human beings and suffers a HeroBSOD after she discovers flying machines could be used for evil.
* WrenchWench: Jane shares her brother's interest in wanting to create flying machines. She's named each of her attempts, attempts "Albatross" and numbered them [[spoiler:apart for the last one which she names "Silver Wings"]] and helps the other engineers on the landboat of the Barsac expedition.



Chambellan is the butler of the Buxton family. Kate and he were the sole remaining domestics to have remained after the Buxton Bank Robbery caused the family's wealth to collapse.

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Chambellan Agenore is the butler of the Buxton family. Kate and he were the sole remaining domestics to have remained after the Buxton Bank Robbery caused the family's wealth to collapse.



Sabri was a young orphan initially found by the duo when he stole Chambellan's money.

Managed to befriend Jane but had a tense relationship with Chambellan, although it softened.

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Sabri was a young orphan initially found by the duo when he stole Chambellan's money.

money with his band, which he leads and protects.

Managed to befriend Jane but had a tense relationship with Chambellan, although it softened.
softened later when they elarnt to know each other.



Christopher Barsac is the university rector who had heard George Buxton speak about the azurium.

Years later, he led an expedition to investigate about mysterious diseappearances of native villagers. The secret side of this mission is also to track down George Buxton's whereabouts.

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Christopher Barsac is the university rector who had heard George Buxton speak about the azurium.

azurium; he was alone to have believed him.

Years later, he led an expedition to investigate about mysterious diseappearances of native villagers. The secret side of this mission is also to track down search about George Buxton's whereabouts.



He's very attached to his men.

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He's A lieutenant, he's very attached to his men.



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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Led his subjects to fight against Neo City forces.



* ScienceIsBad: Of course, since the only machines she ever saw were the ones used by Neo-City. She even attempted to attack the Armadillo until Jane managed to interpose.

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* ScienceIsBad: Of course, since the only machines she ever saw were the ones used by Neo-City.Neo City. She even attempted to attack the Armadillo until Jane managed to interpose.



Lord Buxton is the leader of the family and a banker, and the father of Georges and Jane.

Three years after his first wife, Lady Buxton, died giving birth to Jane, he remarried to Margaret, the mother of 11-year-old William. Margaret died a few years after.

Years after, he learnt his son-in-law William had invested his clients' money in dubiously moral ventures and is angry against him. The day after, his bank is robbed and he's accused of fraud, felling ill and bedridden in the process.

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Lord Edward Buxton is the leader of the family and a banker, and the father of Georges and Jane.

Three years after his first wife, wife Lady Buxton, Buxton died giving birth to Jane, he remarried to Margaret, the mother of 11-year-old William. Margaret died a few years after.

Years after, he learnt his son-in-law William had invested his clients' money in dubiously moral dubious ventures and is was angry against after him. The day after, his bank is robbed and he's he has been accused of fraud, felling leaving him ill and bedridden in the process.



* HonourBeforeReason: Refused to let William do some very rentable yet risked investments with his clients' money, feeling it would eb a breach of trust.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: The robbery of his bank caused his wealth to collapse, leading him to have to dismiss most of his domestics in Glenar, apart for Chambellan and Kate.

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* HonourBeforeReason: Refused to let William do some very rentable yet risked investments with his clients' money, feeling it would eb be a breach of trust.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: The robbery of his bank caused his wealth to collapse, vanish, leading him to have to dismiss most of his domestics in Glenar, apart for Chambellan and Kate.Kate.
* TraumaCongaLine: Lost two wives, then his bank failed, his stepson diseappeared and his son travelled abroad and then was told to have been executed for treason. Lord Buxton sure had had a tough life.



* ShotAtDawn: What he's told to be. [[spoiler:The letter says otherwise]].

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* ShotAtDawn: What he's told to be. [[spoiler:The letter says real facts say otherwise]].



* TheResenter:Resents the Buxton family for his mother's death.

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* TheResenter:Resents TheResenter: Resents the Buxton family for his mother's death.



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! Neo City

[[folder:Harry Killer]]
Harry Killer is the leader of Neo City.

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%%[[folder:Kate]]
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! Neo City

[[folder:Harry Killer]]
Harry Killer
[[folder:Kate]]
Kate
is an old maid working for the leader of Neo City.Buxton family.



* BadBoss: In the last episodes, had soldiers die solely to test his superweapon.
* EvilOverlord: As the leader of Neo City, has presided over the enslavement and the plunder of native villagers.
* IOwnTheCity: Neo City is his thing.

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* BadBoss: In OldRetainer: Much like Chambellan, stayed with the last episodes, Buxtons when they had soldiers die solely to test his superweapon.
* EvilOverlord: As the leader
dismiss most of Neo City, has presided over the enslavement and the plunder of native villagers.
* IOwnTheCity: Neo City is his thing.
their domestics.



[[folder:Morilire]]
Morilire is TheSpymaster of Harry Killer, who followed Jane since England.

As he's kept out of the loop by Harry, he soon wonders ''why'' Killer is interested in her.

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[[folder:Morilire]]
Morilire is TheSpymaster of
! Neo City

[[folder:Harry Killer]]
Harry Killer, who followed Jane since England.

As he's kept out of the loop by Harry, he soon wonders ''why''
Killer is interested in her.the leader of Neo City.



* TheSpymaster: Led the military forces of the city, tracked down Jane since England before catching her and her followers Sabri and Chambellan near Georges's false grave.

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* TheSpymaster: Led BadBoss: In the military forces of the city, tracked down Jane since England last episodes, had soldiers die solely to test his superweapon. Even earlier, just before catching her the founding of Neo-City, threw Abbas out of his land yacht to make room.
* EvilOverlord: As the leader of Neo City, has presided over the enslavement
and her followers Sabri and Chambellan near Georges's false grave.the plunder of native villagers.
* IOwnTheCity: Neo City is his thing.


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[[folder:Morilire]]
Morilire is TheSpymaster of Harry Killer, who followed Jane since England.

As he's kept out of the loop by Harry, he soon wonders ''why'' Killer is interested in her.
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* TheSpymaster: Led the military forces of the city, tracked down Jane since England before catching her and her followers Sabri and Chambellan near Georges's false grave.
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! The "Jane" team

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! The "Jane" main team




Always optimistics, she hates violence and love engineering, especially aeronautics.




Very attached to Lord Buxton, he saw grow his children. He's fond of fishing and holds preciously the fishing rod Lord Buxton offered him.



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[[folder:Comet]]
Comet is the dog adopted by Jane after his former mistress rejected him.

He loves sparky objects, which often cause conflicts with humans.

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* AllThatGlitters: Loves bright objects, which caused Banshee to be accused of theft.
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[[folder:Marsenay]]
Marsenay is a military officer working for the Barsac expedition.

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[[folder:Marsenay]]
Marsenay
[[folder:Marcenay]]
Marcenay
is a the military officer working for of the Barsac expedition.expedition.

He's very attached to his men.



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* BattleCouple: In the end, marry with Camille.



* TheChiefsDaughter: Unusually for this trope, she's a more active version.



* ScienceIsBad: Of course, since the only machines she ever saw were the ones used by Neo-City. She even attempted to attack the Armadillo until Jane managed to interpose.



* HEroicSacrifice: As there's no more room in the lifeboats of the flying aircraft, told Jane to take the last one.

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* HEroicSacrifice: HeroicSacrifice: As there's no more room in the lifeboats of the flying aircraft, told Jane to take the last one.

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* BrainyBrunette: Was smart enough to build flying machines.

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* BrainyBrunette: Was smart enough to build flying machines.machines, and shows a strong interest to the needed physics.



* WideEyedIdealist: She has a very optimistic vision of the world, see only good and positive in technical progress and suffers a HeroBSOD after she discovers flying machines could be used for evil.



* OldRetainer: Practically raised the Buxton children, and followed Jane through the Levant.

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* OldRetainer: Practically raised the Buxton children, remained in the house with Kate after their bank failed and followed Jane through the Levant.



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Sabri was a young orphan initially found by the duo when he stole Chambellan's money.

Managed to befriend Jane but had a tense relationship with Chambellan, although it softened.

Later, he met Sasha and promised her he would bring her parents back.
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* ArtfulDodger: Thrived in the streets until meeting Jane.
* AFatherToHisMen: Accepted to follow Jane as a guide only after his fellow orphans came to told him they found themselves positions.
* StreetUrchin: Lived in the streets with his band of fellow orphans.
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* BadassBookworm: Himself a scholar, directed a military expedition abroad.

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* BadassBookworm: Himself a scholar, directed a military expedition abroad.abroad to track down the responsibles of the kidnappings of villagers.



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%% Marsenay is a military officer working for the Barsac expedition.
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[[folder:Marsenay]]
Marsenay is a military officer working for the Barsac expedition.
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*
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[[folder:Camille]]
Camille is the daughter of the chief, suceeding him after he died from a Neo City attack.

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%%[[folder:Old [[folder:Old village chief]]
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[[folder:Camille]]
Camille is
Was the daughter head of the chief, suceeding him after he died from a tribe at the beginning, before dying fighting Neo City attack.forces.



* LadyOfWar: Led her villagers to fight against Neo City.

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* LadyOfWar: Led her villagers to fight against Neo City.



[[folder:Sacha]]
Sasha is an orphan Camille welcomed after her parents were caught by Neo City slavers.

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[[folder:Sacha]]
Sasha is an orphan
[[folder:Camille]]
Camille welcomed is the daughter of the chief, suceeding him after her parents were caught by he died from a Neo City slavers.attack.



* AdoptAServant: Is seen doing some chores for Camille.

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* AdoptAServant: Is seen doing some chores for Camille.LadyOfWar: Led her villagers to fight against Neo City.



[[folder:Sacha]]
Sasha is an orphan Camille welcomed after her parents were caught by Neo City slavers.

Sabri befirends her and promises her to free her parents.
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* AdoptAServant: Is seen doing some chores for Camille.
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Lord Buxton is the leader of the family and a banker.

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Lord Buxton is the leader of the family and a banker.banker, and the father of Georges and Jane.

Three years after his first wife, Lady Buxton, died giving birth to Jane, he remarried to Margaret, the mother of 11-year-old William. Margaret died a few years after.

Years after, he learnt his son-in-law William had invested his clients' money in dubiously moral ventures and is angry against him. The day after, his bank is robbed and he's accused of fraud, felling ill and bedridden in the process.



* ImpoverishedPatrician: The robbery of his bank caused his wealth to collapse, leading him to have to dismiss most of his domestics, apart for Chambellan and Kate.

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* ImpoverishedPatrician: The robbery of his bank caused his wealth to collapse, leading him to have to dismiss most of his domestics, domestics in Glenar, apart for Chambellan and Kate.



George Buxton was an inventor and engineer who made a discovery about a cerulean sand reacting to the moon to make items fly, which he called "azurium."

After leading an expedition to find deposits of azurium, a letter was sent at Buxton House to inform them he was shot for treason.

However, one day, a mysterious letter changed everything...

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George Buxton was an inventor and engineer who made a discovery about a cerulean sand reacting to the moon to make items fly, which he called "azurium."

" His discovery made him the laughing stock of the assembly, but Barsac ends up attracted to his ideas.

After leading an expedition to find deposits of azurium, a letter was sent at Buxton House to inform them he was had been shot for treason.

However, one day, a mysterious letter to Jane changed everything...



* ShotAtDawn: What he's told to be. [[spoiler:The letter says otherwise]].



William Buxton was the stepson of Lord Buxton after he married Margaret.

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William Buxton was the stepson son-in-law of Lord Buxton after he married Margaret.
his mother Margaret, when he was eleven.



* BadBoss: In the last episodes, had soldiers die solely to test his superweapon.
* EvilOverlord: As the leader of Neo City, has presided over the enslavement and the plunder of native villagers.




As he's kept out of the loop by Harry, he soon wonders ''why'' Killer is interested in her.



* TheSpymaster: Led the military forces of the city.

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* TheSpymaster: Led the military forces of the city.city, tracked down Jane since England before catching her and her followers Sabri and Chambellan near Georges's false grave.



He believes Neo City is a shining exemple of what scientific progress can bring to mankind.

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He believes In reality, he is Georges Buxton, to whom Harry Killer had believe he caused the accidental deaths of the British soldiers who came along him, adding he could redeem himself by helping to create Neo City is as a shining exemple of what scientific progress can bring to mankind.


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* HEroicSacrifice: As there's no more room in the lifeboats of the flying aircraft, told Jane to take the last one.


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In the ending, is adopted by Barsac.


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* HappilyAdopted: She's very happy with Barsac.
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! The "Jane" team

[[folder:Jane Buxton]]
Jane Buxton is a teenage girl who, one day, received a letter containing a mysterious cerulean sand, along with a new-found certitude her brother George was really alive.
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* BlueBlood: Is from an aristocratic family.
* BrainyBrunette: Was smart enough to build flying machines.
* LadyOfAdventure: Jane isn't about to let a few hundred thousand square kilometers of sand stand in the way of finding her brother. So she sets off on a grand adventure across the globe, at 15 years old.
* PluckyGirl: Despite occasional moments of doubt, Jane tries to remain optimistic about her chances of finding her brother, George, alive. And she's willing to do whatever it takes to reunite with him.
* SecretIdentity: Jane nearly reveals herself as a member of the Buxton Family, but hastily switches it to being, "Stuart" when she introduces herself to Barsac.
* WrenchWench: Jane shares her brother's interest in wanting to create flying machines. She's named each of her attempts, "Albatross" and numbered them [[spoiler:apart for the last one which she names "Silver Wings"]] and helps the other engineers on the landboat of the Barsac expedition.
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[[folder:Chambellan]]
Chambellan is the butler of the Buxton family. Kate and he were the sole remaining domestics to have remained after the Buxton Bank Robbery caused the family's wealth to collapse.
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* BattleButler: Fought his way through Neo City to protect Jane.
* OldRetainer: Practically raised the Buxton children, and followed Jane through the Levant.
* PrivateTutor: On the boat to the Levant, the butler Chambellan is shown teaching Miss Buxton about UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat's conquests.
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! Barsac Expedition

[[folder:Christopher Barsac]]
Christopher Barsac is the university rector who had heard George Buxton speak about the azurium.

Years later, he led an expedition to investigate about mysterious diseappearances of native villagers. The secret side of this mission is also to track down George Buxton's whereabouts.
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* BadassBookworm: Himself a scholar, directed a military expedition abroad.
* TheLostLenore: His wife and daughter died during a flood in India, because the doctors weren't able to reach them. This is the reason why he's so interested in flying machines.
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%%[[folder:Marsenay]]
%% Marsenay is a military officer working for the Barsac expedition.
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! Hanah Tribe

%%[[folder:Old village chief]]
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[[folder:Camille]]
Camille is the daughter of the chief, suceeding him after he died from a Neo City attack.
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* LadyOfWar: Led her villagers to fight against Neo City.
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[[folder:Sacha]]
Sasha is an orphan Camille welcomed after her parents were caught by Neo City slavers.
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* AdoptAServant: Is seen doing some chores for Camille.
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! Buxton family

[[folder:Lord Buxton]]
Lord Buxton is the leader of the family and a banker.
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* HonourBeforeReason: Refused to let William do some very rentable yet risked investments with his clients' money, feeling it would eb a breach of trust.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: The robbery of his bank caused his wealth to collapse, leading him to have to dismiss most of his domestics, apart for Chambellan and Kate.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:George Buxton]]
George Buxton was an inventor and engineer who made a discovery about a cerulean sand reacting to the moon to make items fly, which he called "azurium."

After leading an expedition to find deposits of azurium, a letter was sent at Buxton House to inform them he was shot for treason.

However, one day, a mysterious letter changed everything...
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* GeniusGadgeeter: Was an able engineer whose life ambition was to create a flying machine.
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[[folder:William Buxton '''(spoilers)''']]
William Buxton was the stepson of Lord Buxton after he married Margaret.

When be became older, he started to work in the Buxton Bank, until Lord Buxton contested some of the investment choices he did.

The day after, he diseappeared and the bank was robbed...
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* TheResenter:Resents the Buxton family for his mother's death.
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%%[[folder:Kate]]
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! Neo City

[[folder:Harry Killer]]
Harry Killer is the leader of Neo City.
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* IOwnTheCity: Neo City is his thing.
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[[folder:Morilire]]
Morilire is TheSpymaster of Harry Killer, who followed Jane since England.
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* TheSpymaster: Led the military forces of the city.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Professor Kamale]]
Professor Kamale is the chief scientist of Neo City, living in ignorance of what really happens.

He believes Neo City is a shining exemple of what scientific progress can bring to mankind.
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* TheAtoner: Believes he had to atone for an error which caused hundreds to die. [[spoiler:However the incident was really wilfully caused by Harry Killer]].
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[[folder:Jeanne]]
Jeanne is the adoptive daughter of Harry Killer.

First having a very rosy vision of Neo City, Jane managed to dispel her illusion about [[MadeASlave its inner workings]].
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* ReplacementGoldfish: William loved Jane so much he named his adoptive daughter Jeanne.
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