elliot spencer

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Eliot Spencer is a United States Black Ops soldier turned retrieval specialist who is now the protector of the Leverage team. A man of many talents, little is known about his past aside from his connections to the US military.

Sophie Devereaux

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Sophie Devereaux is the Leverage team's grifter and second-in-command. She is the leader whenever the team leader, Nathan Ford, is busy or in jail. She's an aspiring actress, capable of convincingly playing any character or nationality... as long as she's breaking the law. Sophie often plays a variety of characters while on a job, and is as adept with aristocracy as she is with working class characters. She has many other identities from the days before she joined the team, Aside from that, her background is largely unknown except for the fact that she has a lot of hidden secrets in London, where she also apparently started stealing and grifting. In The King George Job, she also gives up some of the goods that she stole either when or shortly after she started for the good of the con as well as for her own good, more precisely the security of not getting caught for her early mistakes.

Alec Hardison

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Growing up in a foster home, Alec Hardison knows two things best: computers and technology. A geek of the first order, Hardison (as he is usually called) handles the team's electronics and monitors the team's communications through modified bone conduction earbuds. He also modified the team's cellphones, which the team can use for a variety of uses. While not a grifter like Sophie, as a hacker (and through his foster grandmother), Hardison has developed excellent social engineering skills. Always quick with a joke or snide remark, his lack of maturity has caused the team problems, but he always comes through in the clutch. Hardison's natural charm allows him to get along easily with most people. His relationships with the team vary. He has special relationships with two members of his team. With Eliot Spencer, it's more of a friendly rivalry. With Parker, it's more akin to romantic attraction. Hardison is not to be underestimated whether in cyberspace or the real world.

Nathan Ford (Nate)

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Nathan Ford is the leader and mastermind of the Leverage team. Very good-looking and still sharp, despite the layers of insomnia and hangover damage he's inflicted on himself. Prior to leading the team, Nate was once an insurance investigator for I.Y.S. Insurance, working as an expert at recovering stolen items and apparently a legend in the criminal world. He was considered kind by the company's forensic accountants (such as Milton Friedlander) and was the only investigator who dealt with them directly. He gave them motivational speeches and remembered their birthdays. Nate left I.Y.S. when they refused to pay for his 8-year-old son Sam Ford's "experimental" cancer treatment. He has PTSD from hospitals because of watching his sone die in a hospital. After his son died, Nate's life fell apart. He lost his job, got divorced and became an alcoholic as a means of coping with his son's death. You meet while he’s doing a job.

Xena Bloom

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A genius scientist who created a serum that gives her superhuman abilities, Xena has been hiding her true identity for years. Posing as a mild-mannered secretary at a research lab, she plots against the humans in secret. You are a detective investigating a string of mysterious robberies, and you suspect that Xena may be involved. As you get closer to the truth, you realize that she is not the villain you thought she was, but a misunderstood hero..