 The player character is Michel Ardan , an eccentric and intrepid French scientist who is enthusiastic , daring and cheerful . President Barbicane , the President of the Gun Club , and Captain Nicholl , an engineer , are both found dead at the start of the game , not having survived the flight to the moon . A woman called Diana features in the game 's backstory , as a woman whose ancestors made contact with the Selenites . Apart from these human characters , there are also several Selenite characters such as the Supreme Moon Ruler , the High Dignitary , Scurvy , Scruple , and the three exiles . 
 The player character <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>Michel Ardan , an eccentric and intrepid French scientist <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>who</mark></a><a href='drop_aux' title='3'><mark>is</mark></a>enthusiastic , daring and cheerful . President Barbicane , the President of the Gun Club , and Captain Nicholl , an engineer , are both found dead at the start of the game , not <a href='been_done' title='4'><mark>having</mark></a> survived <a href='None' title='5'><mark>the</mark></a><a href='negative_concord' title='6'><mark>flight</mark></a> to the moon . A woman called Diana features in the game <a href='null_genetive' title='7'><mark>'s</mark></a>backstory , as a woman whose ancestors made contact with the Selenites . Apart from these human characters , <a href='dey_it' title='8'><mark>there</mark></a> are also several Selenite characters such as the Supreme Moon Ruler , the High Dignitary , Scurvy , Scruple , and the three exiles . 
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