Veronica Layton (Jennifer O'Dell) grew up in the 'Lost World'. Her parents and herself were part of an earlier expedition that also got trapped on the plateau and her survival skills are what initially kept the newly arrived explorer's alive.
While the rest of her parents expedition died, her mother and father adapted to life on the plateau and built a large treehouse in the middle of the forest.
When
Challenger and the other's turned up, Veronica had been living alone for eleven years as her parents had disappeared one day whilst out collecting specimens. Convinced they are still alive, she refuses to leave the plateau until she finds them again.Her survival skills are amazing and she's more than capable of looking after herself in a fight. She is friends with the local Zanga tribe and is always there to help her good friend, Assai.
She has become firm friends with
Lord John Roxton, appreciating his hunting skills and admires, Challenger's genius. Since Summerlee, Challenger has gradually become the father figure to her and he's very protective.She doesn't get on very well with,
Marguerite Krux, especially since they got off on the wrong foot when the other woman offered her as a bride to the Zanga chieftain in exchange for a way off of the plateau and some gems. Over the years their constant arguing has developed into a grudging respect and an uneasy friendship, although she does still think that one day, Marguerite will just abandon them.She considers the group as her family and will be sad to see them go if they eventually find a way off the plateau. Especially,
Ned Malone, who she has feelings for, but has begun to doubt the depth of them.When he assumed that she would leave with them if they found a way back to London, she was adamant about staying to find her parents. She concluded from this that she wasn't actually in love with him as she'd thought. With this in mind, she told him that his friendship was more important to her as romance doesn't last. Now he's gone, she doesn't seem to be so sure of her convictions.
Before Malone left, he found part of a journal that was written by her parents and gave it to her. From this latest piece of information, she decided to leave the treehouse herself and go looking for them using the book as a guide. When she returned, she'd brought with her a pendant that had been given to her by the elder of a tribe she'd visited.
Convinced that the pendant would lead to her parents, she is drawn to a monolith and places the pendant on it. She then 'sees' what happened to her parents and is brought peace. Unfortunately, her father is dead but her mother resides in a place called, Avalon and will find her when the time is right. Veronica also learns that she is, or will be, a guardian of the plateau just like her mother - her destiny awaits.
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