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-EAGLE STAR. Unidentified stellar object visibly blue to the naked eye, the Eagle Star was seen by the Plains Indians as a symbol of moral righteousness. It was known to flare up brighter at the birth of a Human destined to serve that purpose throughout life. In the second half of the 19th Century into the 1920s, that role was carried out by ELI MARCUS, who was also partnered with the SPIRIT WALKER.
-EARLIER ONES [TEO, 2/1872] Pre-Human Race of intelligent anthropoid beings who were displaced in North America by the early proto-Indians. A small number survived in the Northwest until late in the 19th Century, ("The Earlier Ones. Not many remain. Before the red man, these mountains were theirs. The tales say that the Earlier Ones had cities of their own in the days after the first sunrise, but over time they have forgotten how to make fire or speak. A tall man's head does not reach the shoulder of an Earlier One. They do not wear clothing but have long black hair over their bodies. Among the Crow, it is said that Earlier Ones scavenge and eat carrion. ..."Up over the top of the dying man's head, a bestial face with a protruding brow ledge and a flat nose over a long upper lip could be briefly glimpsed. Then the hairy form vanished back into the gloom with its prey.")
-ECHO STONES. Among the rarer talismans in the Midnight War, Echo Stones were blue gems similar in appearance to TRAVEL CRYSTALS. Crafted and ensorcelled by the immortal EldanarIN, they were used for communication between adjacent realms. Persons holding an Echo Stone could hear and be heard by another also holding a stone, even in distant realms. CINDY BRUNNER joking called them "magical walkie-talkies," an accurate enough description.
-EFRIKO [L, SOD, 11/1977] One of the lesser spirits under the ADALARIN. When called upon by Invocation, Efriko could provide the ability of enhanced perception which seemed to manifest as astral projection.
-EISENBACH, MARY [TAFH, 7/2005] b.1961-d.2005 5'8" 135lbs Hr:Light Brown Ey:Brown. Entomologist who began delving in ALCHEMY. Her partnership with GUSTAVO ended abruptly when he stabbed her to death to keep her silent.
-ELANTIA [TCO, 1212 DR] 5'8" 115 lbs Hr:Auburn Ey:Green MYRRWHAN slave in the 'Cursed Oasis city THUTHMEK during the Darthan Age. While attempting escape with ROMAL, she was killed by one of the giant venomous constrictors.
-ELDANARIN One of the SEVEN RACES, created by JORDYN. Modified from HUMANS, the typical Eldanar was short, slim and thin-boned, invariably with bright golden hair, amber eyes and tawny skin. The ears rose to distinct points. Eldanarin resembled each other closely enough that other Races had difficulty distinguishing them apart. Adult males averaged five feet fibe inches tall and weighed one hundred and fifteen pounds; females averaged five feet even and weighed ninety pounds. Eldanarin showed neotenous traits of a large head relative to the torso, large eyes and small chins.
Not entirely immortal, Eldanarin aged at an exceedingly slow pace after reaching maturity and a lifespan of many thousands of years was normal. Few diseases could afflict them, although they could still die by violence or mishap.
Eldanarin shared a low-level group consciousness while remaining individuals. The Firstmade of their Race, ELUZALNG and LINLORA, reigned as King and Queen with their immediate children as Princes and Princesses; but their authority was in practice minimal and guided by group will. The Eldanarin regarded themselves as belonging to a single extended family with intricate cross-relationships such as "eighteenth cousin." Their exceedingly long lifespans and slowed aging encouraged incest without shame or harmful effects.
The average Eldanar was capable of channeling gralic energy into light for self-protection; Eldanar craftsmen infused benevolent gralic force into their talismans such as SAGEHELM, the travel crystals. When Eldanarin ensorcelled silver, it became ENSALIR with great potency against malevolent spells or unnatural creatures. The matched Ensalir daggers used by KENNETH DRED and then JEREMY BANE were Eldanar weapons. They also are expert at weaving, woodworking and ceramics. Eldanarin themselves so seldom fought with weapons that it was long remembered as a shocking event.
Eldanarin resided in the ajacent realm of ELVEDAL and few ever went to the world or to other realms. At intervals, a small group were sent to an outpost to catch up on world news and developments, which they reported to their people. They had a hedonistic culture, with sexual customs which most Humans would find alarming. Eldanarin memorized incredibly lengthy poems and songs to entertain each other, and they had a vast number of dances for different moods or occasions. Older Eldanarin mastered out of body experiences.
Eldanarin can cross-breed with Humans, producing the MELGARIN. There are no instances of Elderin interbreeding with other Races and Eldanar/Melgar matings produce more Melgarin.
Noted inviduals: PERENDIR of the SEVEN SWORDS, PRINCE DURAN of OKALI.
-ELDRITCH, KARL [TKITC, 1973; LSOFTA, 4/1978; TVOKE, 8/1980, more] b.1918-d.1989 6'7" 340lbs. Hr:Brown (head shaved) Ey:Hazel. German warlock who studied under a DARTHAN KJE and then a NEKROSAN sorcerer, slaying both treacherously to claim their artifacts. Eldritch became obsessed with the lore of ancient Zhune in 1966. By 1973, he had learned the ultimate secret of the universe, converting energy into matter and matter in energy, becoming virtually immortal and indestructible.
Covert ruler behind the scenes of BRUENIG from 1980 to 1985, Eldritch used that realm as a base to gather a small army of Midnight War fighters and creatures. In September 1985, the KDF and its allies wiped out his forces in a full-scale melee and Eldritch was forced to flee. The warlock was finally destroyed by KHANG, who utterly obliterated him in 1989 so that nothing remained to regenerate.
-ELLIOT, MORGAN LEE 'HELLFACE' [WAAE, 4/2012] b.1975- 6' 180lbs Hr:Brown Ey:Light Brown Convicted felon who served ten years in Napanoch for manslaughter. Elliot was known as 'Hellface' because the number 666 tattooed on his forehead and his pointed goatee. While in prison, Elliot developed an unhealthy infatuation with pop single KYLE MCKYLE and decided to assassinate the boy after being released. Along with his two younger cousins Shane and Annie Lou as accomplices, Elliot was captured by JEREMY BANE before he could carry out his plan.
-ELVEDAL. Realm of the EldanarIN. Population: 1, 400, 900.
-ELZULANG. First of the EldanarIN and their king since before the DARTHAN AGE.
-EMBAR [TBWDL, 1880] b.ER-d.1880 4'11" 90lbs Hr:Golden Blonde Ey:Light Blue. Ears pointed. Eldanar woman who journed from ELVEDAL to the American West in search of her brother ALMEK, who had become a slave to the cursed sword HELLSPAWN. They both died violently before the sword was confiscated and buried by JOHNNY PACKARD.
-EMISH TOR [TWQ, 3/2000] b.1915-d.2000. 5'6' 310lbs Hr:White Ey:Blue One of the THREE WITCH QUEENS,
Emish Tor was a sorceress from ULGOR who worshipped GRELOK but served DRALDROS. In March 2000, she joined with three other mystics to cast a murderous spell which was halted by the KDF SECOND TEAM. Tor died in the struggle.
-EMPIRES IN THE EARTH [EITE, 2/2009] Seven underground cities left by the forgotten HUROMI civilization following the end of the DARTHAN AGE. ENRIQUE PASCAL discovered them and took command over the MOLE-MEN living there. Cities mentioned were under Montana, Chile, Yemen and the Alps.
-ENSALIR. Silver which has been infused with gralic force by the EldanarIN. Harder and lighter in weight than normal silver, Ensalir had great potency to disrupt malevolent spells, repel and slay creatures of the night and to warn of danger by shining with a lambent white light. Ensalir was only obtained as a gift from the Eldanarin and so was extremely rare.
The best known Ensalir objects were the matched throwing daggers which had been given to KENNETH DRED, who then passed them on to JEREMY BANE. The helmet, shield and sword CHALCEMAR of the SILVER SKULL were made by HUMANS but incorporated numberous flecks of Ensalir in their substance. The Eyeless Helmet SAGEHELM was crafted of white gold containing Ensalir flecks, and the long cloak worn by GARRISON NEBEL was of heavy cloth interwoven with Ensalir threads.
-ENUKIM. Known as Gargoyles, Enukim were a variety of KULAN. Wingless and without talons, smaller than most Kulan, the Enukim seldom left FANEDRAL. They served as laborers and craftsmen, leading miserable lives of ill-treatment by the other inhabitants of Fanedral.
-ERULIM. [AQATM, 1993] Little-known beings from an unspecified ADJACENT REALM, the Erulim posed as and appeared completely HUMAN but often with odd facial features. They were tricksters and thieves; some of them had the ability to summon nearby objects without noise or flash, stealing items from people's pockets or from within locked boxes without being detected. Three of them seemed to be in service to THE SPHINX for a period in 1993. They went by the names Pietro, Ginger and Polkinghorn. JEREMY BANE only encountered them once and was not eager to ever meet Erulim again.
-ERYASHA. One of the ADALARIN, associated with the Earth in a physical and spiritual sense. Eryasha was regarded as female by her followers. Sorcerers using INVOCATION called upon her for healing, guidance, solace when grieved.
-ESTROFF, ANDREA [MN, 4/2013] b.1976-d.2013 5'8" 170lbs Hr:Brown Ey:Brown. Adept at spirit projection, she created and sent the construct known as MR NEVER on missions of theft and murder. Although she had the gralic ability, it was her father DR ESTROFF who planned their campaign. Killed by her father's gangsters.
-ESTROFF, TIMOTHY [MN, 4/2013] b.1942-d. 5'9" 190lbs Hr:Brown Ey:Brown. Authority on spirit projection, he exploited the ability of his daughter ANDREA ESTROFF to create the murderous construct MR NEVER, who could not be harmed physically and who disappeared at will.
-EVAHO [TPOS,; TSOS, 5/1987] Adjacent realm long inhabited by the COJOBES, a hunter-gatherer culture. Legend has it that the land was largely ruined and lifeless for centuries after a SULLA CHUN manifestation. ("They say this land was barren dirt for an age because an Old One stuck his head through a hole in the sky. It took forever for plants and birds and beasts to return and they were sickly for generations.")
In the late 19th Century, while ANDROVAL was in an imperialistic stage which also saw it invade ULGOR with dismal results, MELGARIN entered Evaho in numbers to establish towns and villages despite resistance resistance by the natives. In 1987, Evaho was attacked by the SHIP OF SKULLS, which was destroyed by KDF members. In 2000, the LEAGUE OF PREDATORS under AREM KAMENDE marauded Evaho seeking the long-lost SCEPTRE and again the KDF intervened.
-EVANDER [FFAFP, 1/1992] b.1954-d.1992 Full name never revealed 6' 200 lbs Hr:Brown Ey:Brown. Henchman and assistant to MELCHIUS, Evander had been deformed by Alchemical means into being a powerful hunchback with long arms and bowed legs, as well as distorted mismatched facial features. Since only Melchius could restore him to normalcy, Evander was forced to serve indefinitely. He was killed by JEREMY BANE to escape the fire which destroyed the Palatino Funeral Home.
-EVISCERATION EFFECT [TEE, 10/2011] Gruesome weapon developed by researchers working from JOHN GRIM notes, the device used microwaves to heat and liquefy the victim so that the internal organs and body fluids poured out of every orifice to cause an excrutiating death. SHENG MO-YUAN claimed the only working prototype, which was then sealed away in the KDF Vault. ("As far as Sheng could see, the rib cage still retained its shape but the abdomen below it had flattened out to show the spine clearly connecting to the pelvis. The upper chest had also collapsed. That stinking goo had erupted under pressure from the anus, the mouth and nose. In the chilly night air, vapor from the fluid rose as streamers. It seemed impossible, but all the man's internal organs had left his torso in seconds.")

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-FANEDRAL Hellish adjacent realm ruled by DRALDROS.
-FANG LUNG Martial arts style devised by CHEN LEE-SUN in the 1940s. Based on his Wing Chun origins, Chen developed an emphasis on misdirection, quickness and timing for strikes because he found himself fighting Western opponents who were much larger and stronger. When he obtained the DRAGON PENDANT which enabled him to become unsolid for a few seconds at a time, Chen incorporated this ability into his moves.
Most of the style remained only in Chen's notes. These notes were studied by SHIRO MITSURU and CHEN WONG-LAI, who reconstructed the style as best they could. Chen passed that knowledge in turn to his lover and heir to the pendant, TANG MING.
-FENNEMAN'S MUSEUM OF ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES [TSOA,; TMOC, 5/2008] Located near Washington Square, the Museum was a two-story white stone building with a wrought iron railing across its front. A simple brass plaque on a post read "Fenneman's Museum of Oriental Antiquities, by Appointment Only." Down low by the sidewalk, a concrete stone set in the wall said "Est. 1879." The caretaker Carmine Altieri was murdered by SAM RYE during the theft of a MIRROR OF CHIJ, 2008.
-FERAL BOYS [WDOTFB, 12/2005; TKOGJ, 3/2011] Also known as the UNSEEN NATION. Reportedly, the Feral Boy tribes were descended from Indian refugees driven south from Georgia in the early 1800s. They did not join up with the formation of the Seminoles but scattered throughout the Everglades in small clans. Many lived in cities and towns, blending in, posing as regular people. A lot of Feral Boys were so mixed they didn't look like Indians at all but they remained loyal to their hidden nation. The Feral Boys spoke their own dialect, not known to any outsiders. They boasted of being devil worshippers who sacrific captives even today to the Old Ones, the SULLA CHUN.The Feral Boys knew a few VELKANDU potions, notably the one which created GATOR JOE. Among themselves, Feral Boys had the practice of calling themselves by two first names, such as Joseph Daniel, Stephen James, Amos Andrew.
-FERGUS. DUNLOP, FERGUS. Also known as the GALLOWGLASS [EGWTBF, 2017] b.1968-d. 6'3" 245lbs Hr:Black, long beard Ey:Brown. Highland adventurer and wanderer among the ADJACENT REALMS, best known for his prowess with a two-handed claymore. He was a friend and ally of JEREMY BANE, and the two of them tried to moderate a MANIKIN uprising in GULBADAR.
-FERRARO, CESARE. Known as 'the REAPER' [HTH, 5/83] b.1953-d. 5'11" 190lbs Hr:Black Ey:Brown. Son of outstanding 1960s BLUE GUIDE, GINA FERRARO. A former TEL SHAI student who learned most of the Kerwandu BLUE GUIDE techniques but who was rejected by the TEACHERS and returned to the world in 1979. Jealous and resentful of a promising new Kerwandu student, Cesare attacked TED WRIGHT one day, yelling hurtful things as he tried to hit the newcomer with gralic bolts. Wright somehow managed to divert his attack and dropped him by lowering his lifeforce. Kerlaw expelled Cesare on the spot and sent him back to the world in disgrace. Because his mother died in a crossfire between warring Mafia gunmen, Ferraro later used his abilities in a vendetta against New York City Mafioso. Cesare was defeated by TED WRIGHT and taken to the TEACHERS for judgement, but his final fate remains obscure.
-FERRARO, GINA b.1929-d.1978. 5'4" 140lbs Hr:Black Ey:Brown. BLUE GUIDE from 1962 to 1975 when she was killed in an encounter with New York City Mafia gunmen. Her son CESARE FERRARO was accepted at TEL SHAI as a student but was expelled after harassing TED WRIGHT.
-FIGMENT [HBYM, 9/2017] Name unrevealed. The Figment was a HUMAN criminal with the ability to erase from others any memory of his presence. Captured by JEREMY BANE and TED WRIGHT, he was taken to TEL SHAI to have his powers suppressed.
-FIST FOR HIRE [DDMC, 8/2010; FFH, 2010; TKOGJ, 3/2011] Detective agency established and staffed by SHENG MO-YUAN beginning in early August 2010. He was its only employee. 'Fist For Hire' was represented on the office door and stationery by Chinese symbols Chuan Lo Sing, which could also be read as 'Hard-Working Fist.' The registered name of the agency was 'Argent Investigations' after Sheng's Midnight War code name. Sheng kept THE unusual office hours of 12 Midnight to 9 AM because he had found that many of his clients were desperately looking for help between those hours anyway.
Sheng's office was on the third floor of the Hartwicke Building on lower Canal Street. He often stayed there during the day, sleeping on the couch, but his legal residence was the KDF building at 28 East 38th Street. The office was protected by Trom security systems which Megan Salenger had installed as a favor. There was a bathroom door in one corner and a large closet, but most of the office was taken up by a substantial desk with a swivel chair behind it, a couch along one wall and four straightback wooden chairs with red leather seats. There were two hanging plants behind the desk and a big calendar on the wall with photos of sunsets.
Sheng's 'UNCLE PAO' helped out at the office for a modest salary, often cooking and sleeping there as well although he shared a nearby apartment with another elderly Chinese man. A smaller desk had been set up for Uncle Pao to one side and slightly behind where clients sat. This was actually a useful arrangement. The old man could distract clients at appropriate times with a comment that made them turn their heads toward him, giving Sheng a moment to think or hide something or to go for a weapon.
-FIVE DEAD RIDERS [FDR, 2014] Unliving avenging creatures sent after specific targets by RED SECT. They manifested as either animate skeletons on motorcycles or grotesque horses. The Riders could be damaged or destroyed by sufficient physical force. ("Three ragged men on starving horses rode hard across the back yard toward the house. The horses stumbled and struggled through the hard snow, steam puffing from their nostrils. These Riders were skeletal as the one back in Manhattan had been, just bare white bone held together by gralic sorcery. Two wore long dusters and floppy hats, but the third had ranch clothes including a cowhide vest and a Stetson. All their clothing was decayed and barely hanging together. It was a surreal sight when seen in the clear detail of a bright winter afternoon.")
-FLAHERTY, DONALD 'STRETCH' [PFLP, 1/1995] b.1951-d.1995 6'2" 175 lbs Hr:Black Ey:Brown One of a pair of pals who were unknowingly made into vampires by QUILT using a RED SECT spell. Stretch and Tubs helped Bane survive and chased Quilt away, but they were then peacefully destroyed sitting outside as the sun rose.
-FLAT-TOP See NGOSU SUKILI
-FLETCHER, HOBWELL [TMOC, 5/2008] Known as SAM RYE. b.1949-d. Career criminal born in Northern England, around Manchester. 'Sam Rye' was active for twenty years stealing arcane artifacts, valuable paintings and statuary, rare coins and stamps. His theft of the MIRRORS OF CHIJ led to his death, May 20008.
FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE. Handwritten book compiled by KENNETH DRED over decades, detailing creatures, people and events in the Midnight War. Much of its information was not found anywhere else. When he stepped down as captain of the KDF, JEREMY BANE photocopied the pages of the book and kept them locked in his DIRE WOLF AGENCY office.
-FONTANA, RODOLPHO [TCCFSD, 2009] Sleep researcher who, under the name Caligari, used the somnabulist CESARE FRATICELLI as an unknown thief and assassin until stopped by MEGAN SALENGER and ARCHIE MCALLISTER. ("He was a short squat man in an old-fashioned dark tweed suit with a string tie, and his toadlike face was sullen. Round-rimmed glasses with thick lenses had slipped far down on his bulbous nose and he pushed them back up with a finger.)
-FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE. Compendium by KENNETH DRED of everything he had learned about the Midnight War. A huge tome with black leather covers and locked with an iron clasp, the book could be unbound so pages might be entered or rearranged. Many of its secrets were not recorded anywhere else. After inheriting FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE, JEREMY BANE scanned its pages and entered them into the KDF data banks. CINDY BRUNNER and later SABLE spent considerable time transcribing the handwritten information.
-FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE COSMETICS. No direct connection to KENNETH DRED's book, although DR VITARIUS may have been thinking of it. This was a line of cosmetics, salves and health supplements sold only by mail from Vitarius himself. He had gone demented by this time and was planning a country-wide epidemic of deaths as the ALCHEMICAL ingredients in the products built up within users' bodies. Vitarius was killed by his assistant DEMRAK JIN. The supply of Forbidden Knowledge Cosmetics was destroyed by JEREMY BANE and no further sales made.
-FOREHEAD MURDERS [FCWOVD, 1978] Series of killings committed in Summer 1978 in New York City by jazz musician CHET WILKINS, who had fallen under the malignant influence of the DEATH DRUM from DANARAK. He used an ebony walking stick with a brass cap and pointed end, from which a deadly pointed spike shot out propelled by a spring.
-FRATICELLI, CESARE [TCCFSD, 2009] b.1988-d. 6' 160lbs Hr:Black, curly Ey:Brown. SOMNABULIST found as an abandoned infant at a church, Fraticelli spent his life in a deep sleep. What made it remarkable is that he was not in a true coma by clinical definition. EKG showed strong brain activity and he had normal REM phases. He was dreaming but no one could imagine what his dreams might be about.
-FRICKE, SUE-LOUISE [POTFB, 5/2020] b.2007-d. 4' 75lbs Hr:Dark Blonde Ey:Blue 'Princess' of the FERAL BOYS. ("Sue-Louise was of the Feral Boys, that strange race of outcast tribes who had not been accepted into the Seminoles but who had thrived and spread over the South in secrecy. Bane knew that the child was eleven but she looked younger because of poor nutrition. Stringy dark blonde hair hung in tangles to her shoulders. The girl wore a white cotton dress, short sleeved and reaching to her knees, with two deep pockets on its front.")
-FROST, JESSICA See JESSICA SEGAL
-FUNG, TAIJI [HODN, 1/1990] b.-d.1990. 5’5” 130 lbs Hr:Black Ey: Brown. Chujiran informant and thief who tried to sell CHEN WONG-LAI and TANG MING information about a kidnapped prince. He was caught and killed by HARAK THE DAMNED.
-FURIOUS BUDDHA (TOFOFB, 1998; TWW, 10/2006] House of assassins greatly feared around the world, a Furious Buddha Master is called Wai-Y'ien, the 'Weapon That Walks' and is on a par with a Kumundu Master of Tel Shai. Lore says that long ago, a student of Tel Shai was expelled for lack of character but took some knowledge of Kumundu with him. Over the centuries, the House he founded has expanded on that knowledge. They also are reported to use the Alchemical drug Velocitin.

The Furious Buddha school basically brainwashes its assassins by kidnapping a young man or woman and using an Alchemical serum that makes them appear dead. They remain in this state for a few days ('the Death In Life') until their memories fade and their minds change drastically. When they are revived, the victims are mentally almost blank slates which the teacher can begin to train.
The last known teacher of Furious Buddha was SU TZE-KYU, killed by his only student STANLEY PODIOLKA in October 2006. This should have been the end of that House but Su's last words hinted that there was another student or teacher remaining.

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-JULIAN GABLE Known as LORD JULIAN. [FHMF, 9/1979] b.1742-v.1755. Long-reigning VAMPIRE LORD who operated throughout Europe, Canada and the United States. Gable was a vampire so long he hardly looked Human any more. His skin was white and bloodless, the black hair lank and limp. The nose was an upturned stump over a wide mouth in which two razor canines pointed down, and those red eyes under a brow ledge flashed with a lambent gleam. His ears were pointed and had moved up toward the top of his head. Gable was destroyed by LARRY TAPER wielding the ensorcelled sword CHALCEMAR in September 1979.
-GALLIANO, PETER 'PETE AND REPEAT' [FOTUCYES, 2012; IFHRF, 9/2015] b.1971-d. 5'10" 180lbs Hr:Brown Ey:Light Brown. Independent criminal and grifter specializing in theft of jewels, drugs, contraband; also known for clever con schemes. Although successful for years and never arrested, Galliano was widely regarded as being completely insane. This was because he had a habit of addressing his left shoulder as if it were a seperate person and answering himself in a high squeaky voice. He was evidently cured of this delusion by an Eldanar in 2015, not ending his criminal career but removing his eccentric traits.
-GALLOWGLASS See FERGUS
-GALVAN [MOTJM, 1943; WYSTRB, 2015, further] b.1874-d. 6'6" 289 lbs. Hr:Dark Brown Ey:Brown. MELGAR and bearer of the LEGACY OF MALBERON. Former Arena Champion of Androval until ordered by the King to step down for SULAK. Associate member of KDF. Romantic relationship with DEMRAK JIN, 2015-. In May 2019, Jin gave birth to a boy DEMRAK POL who was biologically a GELYDRA.
Galvan possessed superhuman strength and near-invulnerability on a par with SULAK and VALERA. During WW II, Galvan assumed the masked identity of JUPITER MAN, wearing a flamboyant costume and relating an unlikely origin as he helped fight Axis saboteurs and regular criminals. He dropped this masquerade following V-J Day and went back to his hedonistic wandering.
Galvan's charge of gralic force gave him a degree of resistance to injury from bladed weapons or blunt force. He routinely shrugged off gunfire or sword attacks, survived landslides and being hit by a train. Temperature extremes did not harm him, he could stand in open flame without discomfort. He was not literally invulnerable, though. Gralic blasts from a master like WU LUNG or a DARTHAN KJE could harm or kill him. Galvan could be wounded or slain by major talismans like HELLSPAWN or SHAI TAZAM< Although he was barely affected by poisons, he did need to breathe, and to eat and drink.
-GAMULKOR. [DOW, 11/2000] Realm of the DWARVES. Invaded and leveled by YFEL in November 2000, nearly all of its inhabitants killed.
-GARIMARA, JOCELYN [TWBTW:A, 2/2006, further] b.1986-d., 5'1" 100 lbs. Hr:Black Ey:Brown. Member of the KDF THIRD TEAM 2012- and TEL SHAI KNIGHT. Current host of RED SPECTRE. Jocelyn was an Australian Aborigine from a tribe which has less than a hundred individuals remaining. After the Red Spectre manifested in her, she became a hated outcast. THE SPHINX took her under his custody and coerced her into using her Spectre as a weapon for him. After the death of the Sphinx, Jocelyn accepted JEREMY BANE's offer to stay with the KDF until she decided what to do. She eventually applied to become a Tel Shai student and joined the KDF Third Team.
-GARMIRI [TSOS, 5/1987] The most manlike of the DRAGON breeds. A typical specimen stood not taller than a Human, and did not have wings or the flame breath. They resembled a wide alligator standing on humanoid legs, with arms that ended in three-fingered paws. The long narrow jaws showed rows of sharp teeth and there was only minor intelligence in the black eyes, less than that of a dog or horse. Garmiri could be tamed and trained to some extent by patient warlocks.
-GATOR JOE [TKOGJ, 2011] A HUMAN transformed to have reptilian characteristics such as tough armored hide and a crocodilian head with long fanged jaws, Gator Joes were created by FERAL BOYS using a VELKANDU serum they had somehow obtained. To defend territory claimed by the Feral Boys, Gator Joes led raids of a dozen alligators to kill or scare off intruders. Not only could Gator Joe mentally command alligators within eyeshot, he also could see and hear what any reptiles in his area saw. He used snakes and turtles as spies, since they could creep up unnoticed on Human enemies.
In 2011, the most recent Gator Joe was PAUL CORSONES, who entertained dreams of founding an empire in the Dismal Swamp of Virginia under his command. Corsones was killed by SHENG MO-YUAN teaming up with the Feral Boys. ("A strange figure, slightly over six feet high and wider than the average person. He was wearing only a rough kilt of ragged dirty cloth around his middle and his entire body was covered with hard scaly hide. The long snout opened wide and clashed shut. That alligator head was no mask. Although he did not move his jaws, the creature could speak in an odd hollow voice.")
-GELINGIM [TWBTW:U; 1/2006] Cult of assassins brought to the world by TEMUR KASTEN.
-GELYDRIM One of the SEVEN RACES. Amphibious inhabitants of the realm ULGOR, modified from Humans by the DARTHIM at the start of their AGE. They are warm-blooded mammals, with some cartilage substitute where bone would be in a Human. Gelydrim have functional lungs as well as gill slits on the sides of the throat, and can switch back and forth as needed. Most can function well in open air for a few days before weakening and getting ill. Normal vital signs are 129 heartbeats per minute, blood pressure 160 over 123, temperature inside mouth 83 degrees. Notable individuals included ATRON KE, LI TUNG, EMISH TOR and DEMRAK JIN.
Gelydrim believe that when they are born, a shark hatches at the same time, so they have the spirit of the shark within them,
-GHOULS Known as CHILDREN OF DAMOZAR and EATERS OF THE DEAD. Creatures transformed from normal Humans by more than a decade of eating Human flesh. As they change, Ghouls get dead-white leprous skin on hairless bodies, protruding muzzles full of wide teeth, long rubbery arms, spatulate fingers with hard yellow nails. Ghouls gather in subterranean warrens in most areas of the world.

-GIDEON, EZRA [NG, 10/2008] b.-d.2008 Warlock of RED SECT who transformed his willing neice NANCY -GIDEON into a rare Living Vammpire. She became known as NANCY SINISTER and claimed her uncle as her first victim.
-GIDEON, NANCY See NANCY SINISTER
-GILLED ONES. [TO'C, 1954] Humanoid creatures created by the DARTHIM to retrieve and recover items from sunken ULGOR, Gilled Ones had near HUMAN intelligence but could not use spoken or written language, nor were they able to use tools. They were found in greatest numbers in Ulgor, but several of them have been reported in the warm waters off Florida, extending out into the southern Atlantic. ("One had been captured in South America, in a lagoon far up the Amazon, but it had escaped. There were also rumours that a colony of the beasts had been discovered in the waters off New England, but they had been wiped out by the military.")
Some Gilled Ones began life as Human shape-shifters who found it more different to return to normal over time and eventually became stuck in their water-breathing form. In this state, they were feral predators and extremely dangerous to encounter.
("Seven feet tall but no wider than an average man, the dark-green creature was covered with short hard armor plates. A dorsal fin ran down its back to split at the buttocks and extend down each calf. The huge feet had flippers which ended in claws like those on the webbed hands. On the Gilled One's rounded head were no visible ears or nose, only two staring goggled eyes and a wide mouth filled with short triangular teeth. It was struggling for breath, the mouth opening and closing with obvious effort.")
-GIMTAKA [SOTHG, 1214 dr] 5'9" 170 lbs Hr:Black Ey:Brown. Hero of VEGANORA during the DARTHAN AGE, Gimtaka was the youngest son of Mantaku, the Shambo Clan chief. He had the ability to communicate with animals and birds, although he never explained how he could do this.
-GIRAURD, AUGUSTE. Known as the REVENANT [R, 6/2000]
-GITANO See HARMON, ADRIAN
-GOBLINS [DR] Sub-species of TROLLS, the Goblins were created by SINJIR, THE TALON. More than eight feet tall and heavier than TAWNNY TROLLS, Goblins were better adapted to daytime activities. Never numerous, those Goblins which survived the FINAL WARS were taken to FANEDRAL to serve DRALDROS.
-GOLD, ELIPHAS [GG, 1978] b.1936-d.1978 5'10" 190lbs Hr:Black Ey:Brown. A disgraced rabbi and authority on Cabalistic magick, Gold succeeded in creating a series of GOLEMS, clay forms animated by gralic force under his mental control. These were a form of TARGHUL.
In 1978, Gold used a Golem to murder his romantic rival, Philip Gresham, despite the efforts of an inexperienced JEREMY BANE. The young DIRE WOLF managed to deactivate the Golem, trapping Gold's projected spirit inside. No way was known to reverse the process. Within a few days, Gold's physical body died and his spirit dissipated from the Golem.
-GOLDEN JAGUAR [COTGJ, 2002] MIDNIGHT WAR sect based mostly in Colombia but operated worldwide as needed. The cult possessed an artifact patterned after WAKIMBE'S CLAW but ensorcelled by a HUMAN shaman and of correspondingly lesser potency. The talisman enabled its wearer to assume at will the form of a golden jaguar. In 2002, the claw was used by MARISOL BENITEZ.
-GOLDEN SOURCE OF WISDOM. Book
-GOLDEN SUN See CHONG KYU SUN
-GOLDEN WOLF See GINA MCDANIEL
-GOLEMS. A form of TARGHUL. (Kenneth Dred: "A Golem is a statue of hard clay which can be brought to life by an adept. The higher kind has a consciousness of its own. Most merely act as a puppet, carrying out the orders of their creators. Golems are actually from a tradition outside our Midnight War. They are part of cabalistic magic, an effect brought about by calling on the Holy Name of God. The most famous Golem protected the Jews in the ghetto of Prague in Medieval times, but there have been a number of lesser ones created since. That Holy Name is always somewhere on the Golem, inscribed on its body or written on a strip of parchment. Removing it is the best way to destroy the creature... often, the only way.")
-GOLGORA [AFLD, 8/1979; TWTD, 12/1981; DTAP, 5/1984; TEWCL, 2/1985; G, 1/1986] b.1959-d.1986 6' 1" 165lbs Hr:None Ey:Dark Brown. The greatest spy, assassin and agitator the NEKROSIM ever had. Golgora launched numerous criminal campaigns in the United States, including establishing a ring of agents loyal to him because he addicted them to the Yellow Lotus. He also spread an epidemic of induced suicide through the drug THANATOLIN. Most of his activities involving killing Humans who had learned too much about the NEKROSIM, obtaining rare artifacts or tomes, or taking selected slaves and arranging ritual sacrifices. Several times, Golgora organized gangs of HUMAN mercenaries to serve his cause. Skilled with a variety of weapons, he was a hardened commando trained in obscure Nekrosan martial arts to the extent he could give JEREMY BANE or SHIRO MITSURU a good fight.
On missions, Golgora wore a loose dark one-piece jumpsuit, with the leg cuffs tucked into ankle-length boots. His gunbelt holstered a 1911 broomhandle Mauser on the right side and a seven-inch commando knife on the left. On the chest of the jumpsuit was sewn in white an esoteric emblem that resembled an inverted Y in a rectangle... the Nekrosan symbol for 'danger.'
Bane captured Golgora in May 1984 but the Nekrosan was freed from custody by KARL ELDRITCH. During 1985, Golgora served Eldritch to pay his debt as that warlock led the BATTLE OF BRUENIG. JEREMY BANE finally killed Golgora in a knife duel in January 1986. In September 2000, Golgora was very briefly Preincarnated by WARREN VIDIMAR but immediately reverted to the modern host.
By 2002, Golgora's daughter LUCIVERO was able to continue her father's activities, beginning with the WINSOMEBERRY epidemic.
-GOOMBAHS [HOTS:GI, 2002] Little-known creatures serving the HAG OF THE SEAS. Most authorities on the MIDNIGHT WAR suspected that the Hag herself modified normal HUMANS into her Goombah slaves. ("The Goombahs were long, lanky beings with barrel chests and unusually long arms. Except for fur pieces wrapped around their middle, they were naked and their unhealthy pale skin glistened moistly under the moon. Hairless heads with big jug-ears standing out from the skull, sad brooding eyes and protuding pickle-shaped noses added to the weird effect.")
-GOONS [FLKNB, 2014] HUMANS modified by sorcerer ANTON BELARIC to act as guards, Goons escaped several times to run amok in nearby towns. They rough up passersby and caused property damage but committed no killings. ("They all seemed identical, with hairless cone-shaped skulls. A little under six feet tall, maybe two hundred and forty pounds, with those long arms and short legs that gave them simian proportions. They were wearing simple flannel trousers and white T-shirts, and were barefoot. Bane saw with interest that their big toes stuck out at an angle that suggested they were prehensile.")
-GORNAK [TWR, 11/1986] b.1965-d. 7'1" 455lbs Hr:None Ey:Lambent yellow. A winged KULAN demon from FANEDRAL, TEL SHAI KNIGHT and KDF member 1986-1989. Gornak stepped down to Reserve status because active duty made it too difficult for him to preserve his oath against killing. As a former member of the elite Red Slashers, his hide had been turned bright scarlet. It was never explained what made Gornak so different from his fellows that he dared escape from Fanedral and ally himself with Tel Shai. For the decades following his stepping down from active duty, Gornak lived in a cabin near the border with Canada and sometimes was called upon for special emergencies.
As a squad leader of the Red Slashers, Gornak had been imbued with the ability to summon demon-flame. A pale yellow fire which created no heat but caused unbearable agony within the nervous system. The demon-flame was a gralic effect which made its victims suffer terribly but left no mark. It was a tool granted by Draldros to the Red Slashers for use on enemies or to discipline insubordinate demons of lesser rank. Gornak had retained this power even far from Fanedral.
To be able to move undetected among Humans, Gornak had been given the guise of 'Christopher Pagan' by the TEACHERS of TEL SHAI. ("A tall blond man with a sardonic face stood there in a black business suit with a white shirt and knitted silk tie... or seemed to. This was an illusion granted to Gornak when he had first fled to the world. The guise was intended to allow the Kulan to move around in public without causing panicked stampedes from people. He did not physically change, the Human form existed only in the minds of those who saw him. 'Christopher Pagan,' with his forged IDs and fictitous backstory, was a convenience that Gornak only used when he had to.")
-GORSLINE, WESLEY. 'THE RESURRECTOR' [RE, 2015] b.1891-d.2015 5'5" 125lbs Hr:Light Blond Ey:Pale Blue. Son of a wealthy Massachusets family, Wesley Gorsline was a medical student who did research in how to extend the period a brain can go without oxygen before there is permanent damage. He studied under DR MERCADO VITARIUS and used ALCHEMY rather than traditional methods.The reagent which the student developed seems to have not been a product of mundane chemistry so much as an Alchemical serum. For almost twenty years, Gorsline experimented with reviving the recently deceased. As time went on, his results became more successful. Before his disappearance in 1931, he had unleashed any number of homicidal zombies which had escaped his custody. But he also was said to have been able to restore people so they could talk and function normally if he treated them immediately after death. They were servile directly to him as an effect of the process but sometimes went feral.
When a dozen of his Zombies attacked him, he barely had enough time to inject himself with the Alchemical reagent... while he was still alive, before the zombies beat him to death. He rose again only a few minutes after they wandered off. It was the only time a living Human was infused with the resurrection serum. This was why he was still active and intelligent and ambitious more than a century later.
In 1980, Gorsline was caught stealing bodies from morgues and funeral homes by detective DREW SUDLOW. Sudlow was shot three times in the chest and lay steeping in Gorsline's Alchemical fluid overnight. This was what revived him as the HAUNT.
By 2015, he had established a half dozen criminal enterprises which used Zombies as underworld enforcers, fast house prostitutes or sentries in hostile environments. His RESURRECTION EMPIRE was destroyed by the KDF and Gorsline himself finally put to rest.
-GOWAIN [TVOKE, 1980] 6' 210lbs Hr:Brown Ey:Brown. King of Bruenig, 1974-1998. Son of Ulmic the Bold. Gowain made the mistake of allowing KARL ELDRITCH to become an advisor, only to having the warlock usurp most authority and bring in his own followers.
-GRAVITY SHIELD Device used by LEONARD SLADE and MEGAN SALENGER to fly. A grey oval disc four inches across, flat on its lower side, the Gravity Shield was worn strapped high on the user's back. It was controlled by panels built into the field suit's cuff as well as back-up panels on the collar. The device surrounded the user with an invisible lifting field extending less than an inch away from the body. Top speed and altitude were never revealed, and the principles by which the device functioned remained unexplained.
-THE GREAT CHANGE. Events which took place when JORDYN relocated the Races and beings of the DARTHAN AGE to the ADJACENT REALMS he had prepared for them. JORDYN then reshaped the world down to its smallest components to begin the history researched by archaeologists and paleontologists. Numerous artifacts or remnants of the DARTHAN AGE slipped past the GREAT CHANGE, causing much uncertainty in experts.

-GREEN MIST [TGM, 12/1983] A cloud of GRENDAVIL potion used by HAROLD WEISHAUPT in his many crimes.
-GREEN MIST See HAROLD WEISHAUPT
-GRELOK. One of the ADALARIM, transcendental Spirits serving under ENAS-GOTH. Seen as female, Grelok was associated by her followers with water and secrecy. Most GELYDRIM revered Grelok.
-GREM [BTCOM, 11/2007] TROLL with unusually high intelligence and knowledge of gralic sorcery. He had the ability to open tunnels in the earth and tunnels between the realms. With his partner SKORG and a company of twenty Fighting Trolls and as many Diggers, he came to the world to feast on Human captives. Defeated by JEREMY BANE and VALERA, GREM and SKORG fled before being captured.
-GREMTHOM "Red Iron" A metal used for talismans and sigils with harmful focus, Gremthom is iron infused with gralic force. Mortal sorcerers can create a lesser variety but the most potent artifacts such as Hellspawn are created using gralir drawn from the CAPTIVE SULLA CHUN on MAROCH. Darthan Gremthom is equal to ENSALIR in power.
A dark red in color, often showing a warm sheen when new and most potent, Gremthom can retain its charge for ages. It is not the same as a coppery-colored metal used by the wise men of ZHUNE, which is morally neutral.
-GRENDAVIL [TGM, 12/1983; M, 1998] A VELKANDU serum, variations on Grendavil were used by HAROLD WEISHAUPT, the criminal who called himself the GREEN MIST, and by MEGISTUS. Its effects were an induced stupor and at lower dosages, increased susceptibility to hypnotic commands and a loss of will power.
-GREY APES [VPAHKA, 2003] A species never revealed to the world at large, they had been brought from Okali in the late 18th Century and bred by Russian sorcerers. Closely related to Chimpanzees, adult males stood five feet six inches and had short fur of a distinctive light grey color. Their leg and hip structure enabled to stand upright and walk comfortably without using their arms for support. Cognitive tests indicated creative thinking at Human levels. VERONIKA PETROV had three with her as both test subjects and pets when she discovered the lost city of ZHUNE in northern Nebraska in 2003.
-GRIFFIN [CAI, 1984; AWOM, 2012] b.1954-d. 6' 190lbs Hr:Brown going grey Ey:Brown. Canadian-born espionage agent who acted as liaison between the CIA and MI6 to ensure no complications arose when the two organizations had overlapping activities.
In 1984, Griffin and his partner INCA were present when JEREMY BANE captured SETH PETROV and JESSICA FROST received her powers. In 2012, Griffin was kept as a prisoner at the PLACID FALLS base.
-GRIFFINS [KOMB, 2014] Unnatural beasts created by DARTHAN sorcery. Lion-bodied with the wings, front legs and head of golden eagles, Griffins were capable of flight and more than a match for any other animal in OKALI. One Griffin named LITTLE FRIEND was the pet and partner of DURAN.
-GRIM, ALEXANDER. b.1969-d. Son of JOHN GRIM, mother unrevealed but thought to be CAITLIN. Not the equal of his father as an inventor or schemer, Alexander Grim also lacked the minor telepathic trait that made the father so formidable. His leadership of the John Grim Empire was steady but unremarkable.
-GRIM, JOHN [SOTM, 3/1982; DLITS, 9/1994] b.1948-d.1995 6'1" 190lbs Hr:Blond Ey: Dark Blue. Major crimelord of the MIDNIGHT WAR, Grim was a certified genius in electronic design but he also had a minor telepathic ability which enabled him to steal secrets from rivals and researchers to use for himself. He may not have himself realized this and thought he had created innovations himself. Several times, he obtained bits of TROM technology this way, including gravity shield design. Grim's vast research and manufacturing empire was a front for international criminal activity.
A narcissist, Grim never showed any signs of friendship or romance toward others, although he did hire women for sex on a non-disclosure basis.
In 1984, he was tricked by the KDF into a war with the rival empire of Wu Lung, which ended in disaster for both crimelords. Wu Lung lost vast amounts of men and materils, and was forced to flee as a fugitive for several years. Subjected to a brain blast from Cindy Brunner after the deaths of her parents, Grim was reduced to a vegetative state for years; even after his recovery, he was never quite the same again. He suffered insomnia, nightmares and showed signs of thyroid malfunction.
In 1988, Grim's legal team managed to get him transferred to a private facility, and during this procedure, the ambulance was hijacked, the EMTs shot dead and Grim taken away by his lieutenants. His next project was the capture and dismantling of Andrew Steel. Doing this revealed huge many Trom secrets and the Grim organization soon after developed Megavac, another one-time Artificial Intelligence Project.
When Bane and Cindy met the crimelord again in 1994, John Grim had deteriorated. ("When they had last clashed, John Grim had been a handsome, tall blond man with almost movie star good looks. Now he looked withered and thirty years older. His cheeks had sunken and his hair was thin and lank. The deepset eyes bulged unhealthily, bloodshot and staring.") By the end of the next year, Grim had died of multiple organ failure including both kidneys, Following Grim's death in 1995, his only son Alexander took over both business organization and crime ring but at a reduced level of innovation, which he maintained for fifteen years.
-GRIMUA [WACUTM, 7/1969] Modern revival of an ancient pre-Celtic cult. Moon worship is implied in their beliefs. (""We.. we are not Druids. We are Grimua, older by ages, heirs to a deeper wisdom from the First Days. The damned Druids derived many of their customs from us.")
-GROUP MIND [ROTGM, 1984] Collective consciousness existing in a number of subjugated HUMAN brains simultaneously. The servants of the Group Mind communicated telepathically with each other and were capable of exerting mind control on people who were caught unaware or who did not have sufficiently strong enough will power to resist.
GULBADAR [EGWTBF, 2017] ADJACENT REALM ruled by the hopelessly obese BARONS and BARONESSES who are dependent on their Golem (MANIKIN) slaves for survival. FERGUS and JEREMY BANE tried to moderate a Golem uprising led by BLACK X. ("There are maybe seventy Barons and Baronesses, each living alone on an estate miles from any neighbors. They never visit each other. These estates are crawling with hundreds and hundreds of Manikins, waitin' on their masters hand and foot. It was Manikins who work the fields and tend the livestock, Manikins who do the carpentry and weave the cloth and cook the food. Manikins feed and bathe and pamper their masters to an unholy extent. The Barons and Baronesses are near death. Too fat to walk, too sloggy with feasting to think clearly, too lazy to even realize how helpless they've made themselves!")
GUSTAVO [TAFH, 7/2005] b.1943-d.2005 5'11" 265lbs Hr: Brown, head shaven Ey:Brown. ALCHEMIST who mastered several demanding disciplines. He learned how to use pheromones to control hordes of common ants, making them attack targets on command or swarm over a specific spot. He also found how to enlarge ants to the size of cats or even horses, using Alchemical serums to enable the creatures to breathe and support their own weight. Gustavo placed JEREMY BANE's consciousness into the tiny body of a FALSE-FLESH golem and had that construct fight aggressive red ants. He was killed when BANE splashed the man with his own Alchemical solutions and the giant ants ripped him apart.