Wallam-Crane Portal Company

## Description

The original company that built all of the portals and controlled the portal network. Whole owned by the Wallam-Crane family.

## Appearances

### Shorts:

* Scavenger Blood
* Array 2781
* Earth Prime

* Deltan Escape

## The Wallam-Crane Dynasty

Wallam-Crane Monument was originally built on Earth at one end of the Unity Bridge spanning the Hudson River between Unity City and Manhattan. It was located across the plaza from the **Wallam-Crane Portal Company**. But after exodus century a duplicate of the monument was built on Adonis. Other then Earth historians most people are not aware of that there was one before the Adonis memorial.

The monument was destroyed in the New York fire that burnt for 2 months in 2408.

### Thaddeus Alexander Wallam-Crane

Memorial Window: The original Thaddeus Wallam-Crane standing next to his prototype portal.

When Thaddeus Alexander first made a discovery that led to the creation of portal travel, he was a research scientist working for a technology company, and his son Thaddeus Benjamin recognized the economic potential of his discovery.

*See also: Thaddeus Alexander Wallam-Crane*

### Thaddeus Benjamin Wallam-Crane

Memorial Window: a second stained-glass window of an earnest man sitting at a desk.

*See also: Thaddeus Benjamin Wallam-Crane*

### Thaddeus Carmichael Wallam-Crane

Memorial Window: a man with a white dove on his arm, standing on a heap of weapons.

Thaddeus Carmichael united the earth under one government and created a unified language. Additionally, he was a brilliant and imaginative architect that created some of the most beautiful buildings in the world. He designed the Earth parliament buildings and the three great Humanity Habitats - "Eden", "Ark", and "Atlantis". From there, he moved on to revitalizing cities by creating the City Hearts rebuild project. The City Hearts gave the cities vibrant new centers.

After his son, Thaddeus Ignatius had a sniper riffle used in an attempt to assassinate him, Thaddeus Carmichael brought in strong gun control laws for the entire planet.

*See also: Thaddeus Carmichael Wallam-Crane*

### Thaddeus Ignatius Wallam-Crane

Memorial Window: a man in the image here had a strong family resemblance to the first Thaddeus Wallam-Crane, but his long, curly hair trailed past his shoulders. He was standing looking up at a night-time sky filled with an unlikely number of planets.

Thaddeus Ignatius invented the 5 second drop portal that enabled man to reach the stars.

*See also: Thaddeus Ignatius Wallam-Crane*

### Thaddeus Liberty Wallam-Crane

The only female head of family, her father was Ignatius and he kept with the tradition of naming the first child Thaddeus. She is the last window depicted in the Memorial that was on Earth.

### Thaddeus Odysseus Wallam-Crane

He was kidnapped when he his son Paul was six-years-old. Even though his father was going to pay the ransom, "Odysseus" was murdered.

## Wallam-Crane Citadel

The head office for the Wallam-Crane Portal company was located in New York City. Atop this massive building is a mansion, the New York residence of the Wallam-Crane family. The palatal mansion was surrounded by ornamental lakes and parks. It was far taller than any other building in the area.

Before the Citadel is a vast open area, Wallam-Crane Square, where people could gather to hear public broadcasts and announcements from the Citadel. Beyond that was the original Wallam-Crane Monument, depicting 1 floor for each of the Wallam-Crame family member depicted in a stain glass window.

## Wallam-Crane Monument.

A massive statue of the original Thaddeus Wallam-Crane, based on the old Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. The monument stands next to the Unity Bridge that crosses the Hudson river to Unity City. Each floor of the monument is dedicated to a single member of the Wallam-Crane family.

## Exodus Century

Just before Exodus Century started, there was a sensible plan for people to immigrate to new worlds, but in 2340, Adonis and the other new planets declared their sovereignty from Earth and formed the Parliament of Planets. As a result, emigration from Earth became chaotic and difficult.

The world expected the Wallam-Crane family to put a stop to it, but instead they made a deal to move the company to Adonis, likely in response to a new law that forbid any Earth company from holding property on other worlds. Once on Adonis they built a replica of the original monument. The original monument, located in New York City, was destroyed in a fire that raged for two months in the summer of 2408.

## Chimera Wars

After the Fidelis project successfully created new and simpler portal technology, the Wallam-Crane portal company lost nearly all of its hegemony, left as a small charitable foundation, with a new decentralized system running the portal network. During the Chimera Wars, however, Tellon Blaze brought the portal network back into Wallam-Crane Company control. He also ordered the implementation of bio-filters to prevent the chimera from traveling through any portal.

## 28th Century

The Wallam-Crane Portal Company has been renamed to the Wallam-Crane Charitable Foundation. In addition to overseeing the Portal Network, the foundation preserves historical buildings, funds portal technology research, and assists refugees seeking relocation to a new world. The founding charter of the Wallam-Crane Charitable Foundation says *"Let the stars go dark and civilization crumble before any distressed member of humanity is refused sanctuary on a colony world."* To honor this mission, the foundation aids refugees fleeing worlds due to both planetary and personal conflicts. The Youth Section specifically assists new adults fleeing their home worlds.

In Deltan Escape, Fian is assisted by the Wallam-Crane Charitable Foundation in his escape from his home planet of Hercules.

## See also

* Wallam-Crane Charitable Foundation
* Wallam-Crane Citadel
* Wallam-Crane Monument

**Wallam-Crane Family**

* Wallam-Crane Family Tree
* Thaddeus Ignatius
* Thaddeus Paul

## References

### Citations

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Edwards, Janet. Earth Prime (The Earth Girl Aftermath Stories Book 1) (p. 47-49). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Edwards, Janet. Scavenger Blood (Scavenger Exodus Book 2) (p. 278-279). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
3. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Array 2781 (Drago Tell Dramis Book 3) (p. 129). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
4. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Scavenger Blood (Scavenger Exodus Book 2) (p. 267). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 *Deltan Escape* (ch. 8)

### Bibliography

* Scavenger Blood (Scavenger Exodus Book 2) (2019)
* Array 2781 (Drago Tell Dramis Book 3) (2021)
* Deltan Escape (2021)
* Earth Prime (2020)