Verne

Verne is one of the three main characters of, along with Gus and Cassy, who uses UBOS to travel to center of the Earth to stop Zarlak, a evil dark wizard.

Verne often acts as the viewpoint protagonist as the audience surrogate; he experiences things that are as new to him as they are new to the audience watching, and both learn of the show's world together.

Series
Verne is a mortal, but he displays magical powers and can actually mend electronic devices. Because of his mortal status, he is called a "Mortie". At some points, he is quite cowardly and is surprised by almost anything that involves magic.

He is quite skilled at Techno Magic which is good for putting ordinary electronics and/or mechanical devices together to make all sorts of useful gadgets. At times, he will mess up a spell that does not involve Techno Magic, often with embarrassing results. He came to the school on a scholarship, at first initially repulsed by the idea of magic and wanting nothing to do with it. He shares a room with Gus. It is later discovered that he is a descendant of the great wizard Merlin because of the sparkle in their eyes and their last names being the same. Verne is given the symbol of three wands united by Cassy later on in the series.

Appearance
Verne is a young redheaded boy who is short and has blue eyes.

Cassy
He quickly becomes good friends with Cassy. Even sees her as a love interest as they kiss at certain points in the cartoon.

Early on while he is still confused and frightened by magic Cassy and Gus treat him like the “younger brother” of the group because of his naivety and inexperience as well as that he his shorter and possibly younger than them. However he dislikes this coddling and has a tendency to wander off on his own.

Despite looking out for him, Cassy and Gus can also be a bad influence on Verne as they like to pull pranks on everyone.

Gus
They are friends but also have a bit of a rivalry as Gus tends to snark and joke around Verne, poking fun at his expense, especially early on when he’d cause magical mishaps. Plus, he has some prejudice towards mortals.

Sometimes, his ears wiggle.

Prince Erbert
A Prince cursed by Zarlak into the form of a clockwork frog toy. He doesn’t get off to a good start with Verne and the others because they barged into his bedroom and crashed on top of him. He talks too much as Verne is always cupping his hand over his mouth.

UBOS
UBOS is a teacher and mentor for the gang (As well as their only means of transportation to other places and realms each episode). He advises them, but seems to know a lot more about them than they know about themselves. For example he knew Verne was a descendant of the famous wizard Merlin. However he will only explain his knowledge when it is Plot convenient for him to do so.

When he scolds Verne, Cassy and Gus he clonks them on the head with himself ie clonking them with a heavy book, himself being the heavy book.

Ms Crystalgazer
One of Verne’s teachers and the headmistress of Vonderland. Verne regular sleeps in her class, possibly out of boredom so she probably doesn’t think highly of him. However she does her best to make him feel welcome and scolds Lucretia and Borgia for picking on him on his first day and instructs Cassy and Gus to look after him.

Lucretia and Borgia.
The twins like to pick on him. Plus they support Zarlak secretly so they dislike heroes.

Their pranks are anything but light-hearted like Cassy and Gus’s. They can be really nasty when they want to prank someone.

Zarlak
As the antagonist and that Verne is one of the three heroes that have recently opposed him. He considers Verne to be a thorn in his side but sees him as a nuisance and beneath his interests as Verne is a much younger and inexperienced wizard and no match for the dark wizard.

He dislikes the new heroes but sometimes underestimates them because he sees that as mere children they’re no threat to him. Also it infuriates him when his minions Rowse and Sneroff fail to dispose of them.

Rowse and Snerorr
The dragons Rowse and Sneroff openly mention how they see Verne and his friends as food and want to eat him. They dislike the taste of clowns though because they taste funny.

Verne easily tricks them. Sometimes by accident from his mishaps.

Trivia
He likes clowns and dressing as one as he is pleased to learn how to turn into a clown from one of these Verne fairies he finds trapped in a cage in Zarlak’s underground lair.

His favourite colour is red.