Now in his mid-50s, Frodo Baggins is finally getting around to living. His superfluous wealth, childlike innocence, and misplaced anxieties have kept him in stasis a long time. In canon, Frodo was a ringbearer--arguably the Ringbearer, laden with the task of bringing the One Ring to the crack of Mount Doom. Here, he hasn't yet gotten the chance to be so brave. Despite his wealth, he's a simple man of simple pleasures--most notably Disneyland and a good drink, though never combined. But lately he's acknowledged that he's in a definite rut. He's taking steps to fix that. And sometimes missteps.
The errors of Obi-Wan's past, of both his troubled present reality and the canon he's growing ever more aware of, haunt him, making it difficult to think objectively about himself, others, and what he wants and even needs out of life. Here, Obi-Wan struggles to with his emotional nature, and views his canon counterpart as the antithesis of his insurmountable flaws.
There's a new sheriff in town, but he'd rather you didn't call him that. Merry's dealing with enough pressure as it is, because he's just moved to California from Texas, as part of his grooming to one day take the reigns of his father's successful electronics company: Buckland Engineering. Suffice to say, his pleasant exterior, though genuine, masks some insecurities, but nothing especially complicated. Merry Brandybuck is a capable business man, as intelligent (and organized!) as he is easy to get along with. The boughts of depression he's prone to are brief, typically pacified by good friends, good food, and/or good weather... but preferably a combination of the three.
Ben Linus is starting to question everything he was previously sure of in his life: his profession, his relationship with his daughter, even the love of his wife. He's even beginning to question the man he is altogether. But in his terrifying dreams, Ben witnesses what he might become, or what he may have always been just under the surface. Who is the man behind the curtain, and what is he capable of? One thing is for certain: he can no longer trust himself any more than he can trust the very idea that anyone is to be trusted.
At first glance, this Leia appears to have lived a comparatively boring life to her canon counterpart. She wasn't raised as a princess, there was never any galactic Empire, let alone war, and she and her boyfriend--Han Solo, of course--seem like any other slightly boring long-term couple. Look a little closer, are you'll see a childhood on the side of the F1 racetracks, a career as a pit crew captain--where few woman have trod--and a love so true that even the two most hard-headed people in the universe couldn't destroy it: Leia and Han themselves.
Status: Surely That Proposal Will Come Any Day Now, Han
The lives of Charlie Pace of the canon and Charlie Pace of the alternate universe are nearly identical. There is, however, one key difference: in this reality, Charlie never boarded Flight 118 from Sidney to LA, because it never existed. Instead, he's lived out the dream of being a one hit wonder, with all the perks of working dead-end jobs like so many other failed musicians. But Charlie's past the point of bitching about his bad luck. Instead, he tries to make a little of his own every day. Like, just recently, he found five dollars at the laundromat! Of course, it's difficult to compare a fortune like that to the life of a man rich in so many more ways that money, and brave enough to sacrific it all to save the people he loved.
Arthur has worked for the United States Postal Service for as long as anyone can remember. Funny, because he doesn't seem a day over forty. And it's also a bit weird that he pops up on so many beats across Orange County. It seems he isn't tied down to a particular neighborhood or city. Chances are, if you live in the area, he delivers your mail. By some accounts he possesses a certain kind of genius, a curious ability to solve puzzles others cannot figure out. He's handsome and charismatic, but definitely a bit on incredibly strange side. He seems occasionally out of this world with his quirks and oddities. Sometimes he puts people off. He has a temper and a foul mouth to go with it. But when he's in a good mood, it really an be sublime. He's a classic romantic at heart.
Dr. John Watson is a former Army doctor, adjusting to civilian life. He was deployed to Afghanistan, where he served until being wounded. After discharge, Watson moved to America, to live with his sister, Harriet, but her alcoholism forced him to seek other lodgings. And so, he moved in with one Sherlock Holmes. He tries to keep a blog about his everyday life, to help with his recovery. Watson is brave, resourceful and practical. He is extremely proficient with firearms. Before his injury, he was also quite the athlete. But right now, everything thing in his life seems more difficult that it need be.
Ariel's only sixteen years old, but she's certainly not a child. Born with a vocal disability that renders her unable to make a sound, she's been sheltered by her controlling and melancholic father. She's already a high school graduate, thanks to homeschooling, and holds down what is essentially a full-time job at her father's curiosity shop. In many ways, her life in enviable, but the freedom of adulthood is too alluring, and Ariel knows that he life will completely change before much longer.