Stormworld

There are three principal groups of inhabitants on Stormworld: The Settlement, the Arkoddians and the Drogue. Conflict between the groups happens regularly on the show.

Stormworld has geography that is very different from Earth. The first major difference easily noticed are the three suns: a yellow sun, a blue sun and a red sun. The three suns have a strong effect on the geography, flora and fauna of the planet. Because of the increased solar radiation, Stormworld is a very hot planet. This heat means there is a severe lack of fresh water available for the inhabitants. Water rationing and conservation is everyone's first concern. The lack of water also means fewer plants or animals are available as food sources.

There are indigenous plants and animals to Stormworld that the people use for food, although a significant amount of the food is brought to Stormworld through the vortices. The members of The Settlement augment their collected food with a garden though it is not large. The Arkoddians maintain a diet that is strictly focused on a type of seaweed. The Drogue just take food from everyone else, or what they can gather from vortices.

Each day on Stormworld lasts 30 hours.

When the red sun is the only sun in the sky, the Blood Kelp in the ocean becomes carnivorous. The Blood Kelp will crawl onto boats and coastal shores to devour people. Once the yellow sun rises, the Blood Kelp retreats back into the ocean.

There are several natural phenomena that are dangerous to everyone: vortices, winders, twisters and mystals.

• Cougar – the boat that Jason and Lee arrive with. The boat is quickly stolen from them by the Drogue.
• Stormrider – the special boat currently owned and captained by Flees. She and her father built the boat from parts of the airplane they arrived in, plus some additional materials scavenged. Stormrider is unique because it can also submerge itself like a submarine. Piloting this craft is difficult in part because of the various scavenged materials used.
• Valigant – the boat Khelioz uses. It seems to be powered by collecting electromagnetic energy, and appears to function in much the same way as the Settlement's beacon.
• Lazbolts – the weapons of the Arkoddians. The lazbolts shoot bolts of energy that are lethal. They look like spears with large shells on the ends. While deadly they are also seen to be inaccurate.
• Flybikes – the flying motorcycle-like crafts used by the Drogue to raid for water, food and materials. They are equipped with weapons called Stun Bolts that can both stun and kill people. The Stun Bolts are very accurate.

There is a large cast of characters for Stormworld[3] with most of the action centering on Jason, Lee, Flees, Ogee and Khelioz across all of the episodes.

• Jason (Andrew Jenkins) – an athletic, high-energy, positive person who has strong leadership qualities. Lee is his best friend, also from earth and arrived on Stormworld at the same time. Jason is the pilot of the boat named Cougar. In the final episode he decides to stay behind with Flees and Ogee, and become leader of The Settlement.
• Lee (Calum Worthy) – an intelligent, savvy and logical individual with a strong scientific mind. He arrived on Stormworld with his best friend, Jason. Lee wants very much to return to Earth, which he does in episode 26.
• Flees (Valentina Barron) – arrived 7 years ago with her father, an engineer, after their small aircraft was drawn through a vortex from Earth. Flees' father disappeared four years after their arrival on Stormworld when he went out kayaking. Now 15 years old, she has continued an ongoing search to find her missing father for the past 3 years. Her searching has provided her with an excellent knowledge of geography of Stormworld. Luce regards Flees as an older sister.
• Khelioz (Lim Kay Tong) – also known as The Navigator. On his home world (Maren) Khelioz was a fisherman. On Stormworld he is a trader with a small sailing vessel who is trying to collect information to learn where the portal is for people to return to their home planets. His methods are often viewed as being sneaky or self-serving.
• Ogee (Andrew Kavadas)– is alien that appears as a large glowing ball. On his home planet of Apotheosia, which has a lower gravity than Stormworld his normal form is much larger. Ogee is a very intelligent being but he has limited mobility on Stormworld and relies chiefly on Flees for transportation. He is very talkative and more than willing to display his mental prowess.
• Werrolda (Michelle Fornasier) – the leader and founder of The Settlement. On her home world she was a teacher in a strong caste society. Before coming to Stormworld she had ideas about different types of order for society and implemented them once she arrived on Stormworld. Werrolda founded The Settlement at the Sighing Peaks because she believes they were created by The Abiders.
• Luce (Chelsea Jones) – a young, strong-minded girl of The Settlement. She arrived on Stormworld very young and has been raised by Werrolda.
• Makyn (Kazimir Sas) – a crafty and devious person who has manipulated circumstances to his advantage. He has become Werrolda's deputy for The Settlement. He arrived from his home world of Waxon as the third son of a politically powerful family. In the last episode he is pushed through the portal, but because he was holding a lazbolt, he is instead sent to Arkoddia. This displacement causes the destruction of the portal.
• Hintor (Steve Turner) – a pragmatic but unimaginative member of The Settlement. He believes that Werrolda's flexibility with the constitution and open-door policy for new "access crashers" places the community at risk. He is the first to challenge Werrolda's leadership.
• Gundril (Amanda Woodhams) – a young woman from the planet Lefar who resides alone on one of the smaller, remote islands that Flees calls Luce Island.
• Chagcis (Kingsley Judd)
• Toff (Craig Hyde-Smith) – a young boy in The Settlement. He is the Keeper of the Beacon.
• Lhinrade (Bryn Coldrick)
• Horimir (Keagan Kang)
• Llargh (Clarence Ryan)
• Gol Hati (Lilanthi Weddikkara) – the leader of the Drogue. She arrived from her home world of Caramei along with the other members of the Drogue plus their technologically advanced flybikes. She is a hard leader who regards all other people as inferior.
• Gar Lindi (Kelly Paterniti) – a member of the Drogue.
• Tor Sulta (Lucy Cooke) – a member of the Drogue. She challenged Gol Hati's leadership, was defeated in Gol Hati's test, and left to perish.
• Tam Valda (Farren Wood) – a member of the Drogue.
• Pol Dougla (Sian Ewers) – a member of the Drogue.
• Vassler (Adam Sollis) – a young Arkoddian born on Stormworld. He is outspoken for an Arkoddian and a more flexible thinker than most Arkoddians. He becomes friends with Jason, Lee, Flees and Ogee.
• Voss (George Shevtsov) – the patriarch leader of the Arkoddians. He is a very strict, dogmatic person accustomed to power and very resistant to change. He has a strong bias against non-Arkoddians.
• Mephanny (Anna Bauert) – an Arkoddian arranged to marry Voss in the future. Initially she adheres very strongly to the Arkoddian way, but becomes more open-minded as the series progresses.
• Callaghan (David Smyth) – an "access crasher" rescued from the severe desert conditions of the island interior by Jason and Lee. He was injured by a Mystal leaving him mentally damaged.
• Dressler (Murray Dowsett) – Vassler's father.
• Apssed (Nick Simpson-Deeks) – Voss' hot-headed protege.
• Dephra (Angelique Malcolm) – Vassler's mother.
• Jorssen (Kym Bidstrup)
• Kessel (Vito de Francesco)
• Hilss (Jeremy Levi)

Stormworld consists of 26 episodes[4]

• Stormworld at the Australian Television Information Archive
• Stormworld at IMDb
• Blackmagic Design provides Stormworld graphics
• Space Channel's Stormworld website
• Brightlight Pictures' Stormworld website
• Anna Bauert official website