Leverage Prequel (Leverageland Spin Off Challenge)
Vengeance (is an ugly word)
Damien Moreau and Eliot Spencer are young men forever damaged by the tortures of love in a time of war. While he insists he is an independent contractor, Eliot owes Damien much more than his life and will do anything to repay that debt; while Damien is fighting the unending battle against the world he feels has wronged him, he is slowly gathering an army around his leadership. All of them have their own histories, their own troubles, all with a cry for vengeance in their hearts.
When Eliot introduces Damien to the firey Evie, it sparks off a chain of events that will change both men forever.
With the ever resourceful Nina managing their money and controlling their information network, and Eliot's loyal but ever ignored apprentice tagging at their heels, Damien Moreau is going to lead them all into a lot more trouble than they can handle. And out the other side again.
"The Boss" - Damien Moreau, Played by Goran Visnjic
Damien Moreau lost more than his home in the Croatian War of Independence, he lost his faith in humanity and his belief in what is right. With a new outlook in life, Damien is out to get his revenge on all those people he feels has wronged the world, how ever he sees fit. To do that, though, first he needs revenue. With Nina working the books and Eliot and Evie managing the client list, he's soon got a roaring business in the arms trade going, not to mention a good few uses for the private army of his own that he's slowly gathering. It soon becomes obvious that revenge is going to wait - the high adrenaline of the game he's playing with the world powers is addictive beyond anything he's ever known.
"The Enforcer" - Eliot Spencer, Played by Christian Kane
Jilted by his childhood sweetheart and scarred by his experience of war, Eliot Spencer is a man on the edge and with skills that make that edge look more dangerous every day. Trained to be a honed fighting machine, his proficiency with all forms of weaponry can't fail to impress. His loyalty to Damien, however much he may deny that it exists, keeps him stable and at the other man's side for what ever Damien might bring their way. He doesn't care for Damien's attitude towards the ever expanding power games he involves them all in, but their shared history keeps him from walking away. Keeps him at Damien's side, protecting him and enforcing any rule he may care to put in place. Eliot has debts to pay, and he intends to pay them.
"The Trigger Finger" - Evelyn, Played by Maggie Q
With no family name she cares to share, and no history either, Evelyn is a mystery of a woman. Her skills with guns and blades surprise Eliot at every turn as she displays more styles and forms than any one person could have studied in a lifetime. Those skills are far from safe, however, and her temper and her proclivity for violence means she is as likely to be fighting with Eliot or one of the team as with the enemy. Her love for Damien is wild and unrestrained, and for every dangerous situation Damien walks them into, she will be at his shoulder driving him ever faster onwards.
"The Accountant" - Nina Simone, Played by Jasika Nicole
No one has ever bothered to point out that Nina is probably not her real name, but then few things matter as little as a real name among company like this. Nina has an affinity with numbers that makes her indispensable to Damien's team, as she covers every track of their less-than-legal goings on from the money going out to the money coming back in. Her financier's network gives her access to a wealth of information on situations that are about to provide a potential for income, and if she makes a little on the side... well what's the harm in that?
"The Apprentice" - Chapman, Played by Dan Stevens (originally played by Michael E. Rogers)
Providing our insight into the workings of Damien Moreau's inner circle, Chapman left home as a teenager to seek out the kind of riches you can only get on the other side of a gun. Having seen Eliot in action in Paris, he followed him back to Damien's base in San Lorenzo and there demanded that Eliot taught him everything he knew. Eliot has proceeded to ignore Chapman, but as he wasn't ever sent away the young man has been learning through observation ever since. He isn't the best at the job, he's still working on not dropping the gun when the recoil kicks back, but he's working on it. And in the mean time if he provides enough comedy for a pitying smile from Damien Moreau... well it's attention at the very least.
Damien Moreau and Eliot Spencer are young men forever damaged by the tortures of love in a time of war. While he insists he is an independent contractor, Eliot owes Damien much more than his life and will do anything to repay that debt; while Damien is fighting the unending battle against the world he feels has wronged him, he is slowly gathering an army around his leadership. All of them have their own histories, their own troubles, all with a cry for vengeance in their hearts.
When Eliot introduces Damien to the firey Evie, it sparks off a chain of events that will change both men forever.
With the ever resourceful Nina managing their money and controlling their information network, and Eliot's loyal but ever ignored apprentice tagging at their heels, Damien Moreau is going to lead them all into a lot more trouble than they can handle. And out the other side again.
"The Boss" - Damien Moreau, Played by Goran Visnjic
Damien Moreau lost more than his home in the Croatian War of Independence, he lost his faith in humanity and his belief in what is right. With a new outlook in life, Damien is out to get his revenge on all those people he feels has wronged the world, how ever he sees fit. To do that, though, first he needs revenue. With Nina working the books and Eliot and Evie managing the client list, he's soon got a roaring business in the arms trade going, not to mention a good few uses for the private army of his own that he's slowly gathering. It soon becomes obvious that revenge is going to wait - the high adrenaline of the game he's playing with the world powers is addictive beyond anything he's ever known.
"The Enforcer" - Eliot Spencer, Played by Christian Kane
Jilted by his childhood sweetheart and scarred by his experience of war, Eliot Spencer is a man on the edge and with skills that make that edge look more dangerous every day. Trained to be a honed fighting machine, his proficiency with all forms of weaponry can't fail to impress. His loyalty to Damien, however much he may deny that it exists, keeps him stable and at the other man's side for what ever Damien might bring their way. He doesn't care for Damien's attitude towards the ever expanding power games he involves them all in, but their shared history keeps him from walking away. Keeps him at Damien's side, protecting him and enforcing any rule he may care to put in place. Eliot has debts to pay, and he intends to pay them.
"The Trigger Finger" - Evelyn, Played by Maggie Q
With no family name she cares to share, and no history either, Evelyn is a mystery of a woman. Her skills with guns and blades surprise Eliot at every turn as she displays more styles and forms than any one person could have studied in a lifetime. Those skills are far from safe, however, and her temper and her proclivity for violence means she is as likely to be fighting with Eliot or one of the team as with the enemy. Her love for Damien is wild and unrestrained, and for every dangerous situation Damien walks them into, she will be at his shoulder driving him ever faster onwards.
"The Accountant" - Nina Simone, Played by Jasika Nicole
No one has ever bothered to point out that Nina is probably not her real name, but then few things matter as little as a real name among company like this. Nina has an affinity with numbers that makes her indispensable to Damien's team, as she covers every track of their less-than-legal goings on from the money going out to the money coming back in. Her financier's network gives her access to a wealth of information on situations that are about to provide a potential for income, and if she makes a little on the side... well what's the harm in that?
"The Apprentice" - Chapman, Played by Dan Stevens (originally played by Michael E. Rogers)
Providing our insight into the workings of Damien Moreau's inner circle, Chapman left home as a teenager to seek out the kind of riches you can only get on the other side of a gun. Having seen Eliot in action in Paris, he followed him back to Damien's base in San Lorenzo and there demanded that Eliot taught him everything he knew. Eliot has proceeded to ignore Chapman, but as he wasn't ever sent away the young man has been learning through observation ever since. He isn't the best at the job, he's still working on not dropping the gun when the recoil kicks back, but he's working on it. And in the mean time if he provides enough comedy for a pitying smile from Damien Moreau... well it's attention at the very least.