Editing Valerian and Laureline (section)

===Dramatis Personae===
*'''Valérian''': A temporal agent from the 28th century, Valérian is the cliche heroic man of action. He falls somewhere between Tony Stark and Steve Rogers in terms of competence and machismo. Varies from merely overconfident to occasionally downright boneheaded and stubborn depending on the story. But he's generally a levelheaded lawful-good with his eyes on the objective.
*'''Laureline''': A peasant girl from 11th century France, with fiery red hair (Normans?  Normans) and a physique to match. Laureline provides much of the energy that makes the franchise work, fluctuating between chaotic-good and true neutral depending on the story. Compared to Valérian, she's basically amoral, willing to lie, cheat, steal, and use sex appeal to manipulate. But also compared to Valérian, she's far more compassionate, and goes out of her way to champion the downtrodden. Her main flaw played for comedy is that she cannot be trusted with ANY quantity of money, and will resort to busking in the street for coins when Valérian is being miserly.
*'''The Shingouz''': Specifically three particular Shingouz. Basically just winged Ferengi. The three shingouz act as Valérian and Laureline's main information contact in stories involving ''Central Point Station''. On the station, they have their snouts in every crooked deal and shady enterprise; if they don't know, then they know somebody who knows. One of them is smitten with Laureline and consistently falls for her lopsided deals for help or information.  
*'''Mr. Albert''': An older, well connected gentleman living in 20th century France; implied to be a semi-retired senior temporal agent. For stories set in contemporary Earth, he is Valérian's main contact, possibly even his field handler.
*'''Grumpy Transmuter''': A tiny alien armadillo that eats radiation and shits money. Literally and unironically. Laureline's pet in the stories he shows up in, the Grumpy is a brazen deus ex machina to deal with Laureline's non-existent budgeting skills by giving her infinite money.