Question: Before arriving in Hastings, in what place did Harold stop briefly?
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  Fausto Ivanov was the Russian owner of a local convenience store in Ugly Hill.
Looking like a small green slug with a black beard, Fausto is owner and seemingly the only employee at his store, "Fausto's".
In an April 2006 storyline, however, it was revealed that Fausto was actually a cyclops terrorist (wearing a prosthetic eye to avoid suspicion) with plans to assassinate President Herbert Tripp.
His plot was ultimately foiled by the efforts of Peter (who tackled Fausto) and Hastings (who took the bullet).
The storyline ended with Fausto in US custody and awaiting trial.
His fate is currently unknown.
Dr. Hope Kilgore is one of Hastings' ex-wives.
She resembles a pink dinosaur with orange hair, back spines, and glasses.
She was married to Hastings for two years, but they divorced when Hastings learned that one of her parents was a cyclops (whether it was her mother or father is not mentioned).
Despite this, Hope comes off as polite and cheerful, helping Hastings even after their divorce.
Regardless, Hastings still treats her coldly, feeling betrayed that she kept her mixed parentage a secret from him.
Daisy Ellington is another of Hastings' ex-wives, and the next-to-most recent.
According to Daisy, she and Hastings were only together for "a few months" before separating.
However, they remained legally married for some time, as she evidently never signed the divorce papers out of bitterness over Hastings' apparent desertion of her children, who were fond of him.
Hastings was unaware of this clerical error until attempting to remarry.
Daisy is a green lizard-like creature with light scales, and blond hair.
She has arms, but a tail in place of legs.
She lives at the "Purdy Mouth" Trailer Park with her children Mudpie and Daisy Jr., and her brother Butch... With whom she may or may not be romantically involved.
Vivian Kilgore (deceased) was the mother of Eli and Hastings and Karl Kilgore's ex-wife.
For the first few arcs of the strip, she had only been referenced by other characters and not seen, but was introduced during the Thanksgiving '06 story arc.
Whereas Hastings more closely resembles Mr. Kilgore physically, Eli takes after his mother, sharing her blue skin and bulbous nose.
Even so, based on prior character references, Hastings more closely mirrors some of Mrs. Kilgore's attitudes, though not all.
Vivian was, overall, an extremely unpleasant woman, having exhibited characteristics of manipulation, greed, bigotry, laziness, and emotional instability.
She also condoned bad habits in others.
To wit: she didn't seem to object to Eli or Karl's sedentary lifestyles, going as far as to threaten to stop needle-pointing "inspirational landscapes" for Hastings should Hastings ever kick Eli out of his apartment (a prospect that frightens Hastings enough to allow Eli to stay).
She also maintained an extremely low tolerance for facial hair of any kind.
Vivian Kilgore died in her sleep during events depicted in a strip that ran 02/06/09.
In a subsequent forum post on the "Ugly Hill" section of the shared Blank Label Comics message board, Creator Paul Southworth indicated that he had "...been waiting to kill that bitch for "years"."
Nora Callahan is Hastings' most recent ex-wife.
There was some difficulty with the initial legality of their marriage, as it was not considered official by the municipality of Ugly Hill until Hastings officially divorced from Daisy.
She is a blond, blue-skinned creature with tiny black bat-like wings on her back.
Nora is also a committed workaholic, which is what attracted Hastings to her to begin with.
Hastings divorced Nora after Nora hit Mrs. Kilgore in the face with a snow shovel (during a dispute over the gross misuse of a substantial amount of money Mrs. Kilgore was lent by Nora and Hastings to supposedly save the family home, which was up for sale due to Mrs. Kilgore being cut out of her father's will.
Specifically, the dispute was in reference to Mrs. Kilgore's having spent the money on luxury items in an apparent attempt to prevent Nora and Hastings from using the money to adopt a child).
Mr. Ladwig is the immediate supervisor of Hastings and Elliott.
He is lavender, with black wings, a small tusk/trunk for a nose and blond hair (which might be a wig).
A non-confrontational person, he is constantly in the middle of disputes between Hastings and Elliot.
There does not seem to be any bias in these fights, as Ladwig is willing to demote Hastings and foil Elliot's attempts to get Hastings fired or punished.
While seemingly possessing a large amount of patience, he has been known to lose his temper when the fighting between the two employees disrupts his personal life (such as when Elliot badgered Ladwig while Ladwig was talking to his dying father).
Miss Mudrick is Hastings and Elliot's boss.
She is one of the minority single-eyed creatures of Ugly Hill, and thus, Hastings must continually try to keep his racism in check around her, but usually fails.
Miss Mudrick is quite religious, and tolerant of others' idiosyncrasies to the point of heavy self-sacrifice.
She has been known to rage in private, though, usually off-screen.
Tom Wipp is Peter's father.
Under the pen name of "Prod Roberts", Mr. Wipp wrote a number of instructional books on the subject of workplace efficiency, which Hastings greatly admires.
Hastings becomes disillusioned when he discovers that after writing the books, Mr. Wipp had a startling realization that he had wasted his life, and turned to spending all of his time with his son instead of at the office.
Ned Gooseberry (deceased) was the CEO of Poisonwood Brands, the company Hastings works for.
He was described by his creator Paul Southworth as "a very bad man."
This was reflected in his appearance - That of a red-skinned demon with leathery wings, and a pointy tail.
Mr. Gooseberry prized Hastings' occupational drive, to the point of blacklisting Hastings from taking any office position anywhere in the professional world after Hastings displeased him.
He later ran for President against one-eyed candidate Baker Osgood (an obvious parody of Barack Obama), and around the same time was revealed to have inherited the leadership of B.I.C.L.O.P.S., a secret two-eyed supremacist cult, after the last leader, Hastings and Eli's maternal grandfather, died.
This leadership is briefly usurped by Hastings (along with Ned's Presidential candidacy) when it's made known that Hastings reconciled with his grandfather shortly before the latter died; however, both returned to Gooseberry after Hastings was admitted to a mental hospital on the grounds of having paranoid delusions of Osgood being part of an underground One-Eyed Supremacist organization.
Gooseberry, in a supreme display of irony, was then assassinated by said organization, thus vindicating all of Hastings' supposed delusions.
Patricia "Pestilence" Moresorrow is a student at Peter's school, and also the object of his affections.
Pestilence is a white-skinned creature with dark hair, and favors a "goth" style of dress and attitude.  
Long Bennington Priory was an Alien house granted in 1462 to the priory of Mount Grace.
The village has connections with the Younghusband family whose members include the first western man to enter Lhasa.
Long Bennington is supposed to be the last place King Harold of Wessex camped before the Battle of Hastings. 
After defeating his brother Tostig and Harald Hardrada in the north, Harold left much of his forces in the north, including Morcar and Edwin, and marched the rest of his army south to deal with the threatened Norman invasion.
It is unclear when Harold learned of William's landing, but it was probably while he was travelling south.
Harold stopped in London, and was there for about a week before Hastings, so it is likely that he spent about a week on his march south, averaging about per day, for the approximately .
Harold camped at Caldbec Hill on the night of 13 October, near what was described as a "hoar-apple tree".
This location was about from William's castle at Hastings.
Some of the early contemporary French accounts mention an emissary or emissaries sent by Harold to William, which is likely.
Nothing came of these efforts.
Although Harold attempted to surprise the Normans, William's scouts reported the English arrival to the duke.
The exact events preceding the battle are obscure, with contradictory accounts in the sources, but all agree that William led his army from his castle and advanced towards the enemy.
Harold had taken a defensive position at the top of Senlac Hill (present-day Battle, East Sussex), about from William's castle at Hastings.
Ealdgyth later became the wife and queen consort of her late husband's enemy Harold.
The date of the marriage is unknown, but it must have taken place at some stage before the Conquest, whether before or after Harold's coronation as king of England (January 1066).
It seems that Harold's choice of bride was "aimed not only at securing the support of the Mercian house for himself in his royal ambitions, but also at weakening the links between that same house and the rulers of north Wales".
In any event, Ealdgyth was soon to be widowed for a second time.
In October that year, Harold was defeated and died in the Battle of Hastings, which was fought against the invading forces of William, Duke of Normandy, who would subsequently ascend the English throne.
At the news of Harold's death, Ealdgyth's brothers went to London to fetch her and immediately sent her to Chester for shelter.
It is unknown what happened to her thereafter.
Harold had a number of children with his common law wife Edith the Fair, but his marriage to Ealdgyth may not have produced any offspring.
It has been suggested that Ealdgyth may have been the mother of Harold's son Harold, but this possibility is not universally accepted.  
Investment banker Harold Lee (John Cho) is persuaded by his colleagues Billy and JD to do their work as they leave for the weekend.
Elsewhere, Kumar Patel (Kal Penn) attends a medical school interview at the behest of his father but intentionally botches it to avoid gaining a place.
Arriving home, Harold meets his neighbor Maria (Paula Garcés) and is tempted by attraction, but is unable to admit his feelings for her.
After smoking marijuana with Kumar and seeing an advertisement for White Castle, the pair decide to get hamburgers to satisfy their hunger.
Traveling to the location of the nearest White Castle, the pair find it has been replaced by "Burger Shack" but are informed that there is another White Castle in Cherry Hill.
When Kumar begins to become sober, he suggests stopping at Princeton University to buy marijuana.
Kumar buys marijuana from a student named Bradley (Dov Tiefenbach) while Harold deals with the attention of Korean students admirable of his job.
After smoking more marijuana together, Harold and Kumar are discovered by a campus security guard and forced to flee, losing their bag of marijuana.
While the guards chase the pair, they discover Bradley's own marijuana and have him arrested.
Harold and Kumar resume their drive, and Kumar pulls over to urinate.
He leaves the car door open, allowing a raccoon to sneak in.
It bites Harold, who convinces Kumar to take him to a hospital where Kumar's father and brother work.
Kumar steals ID badges from his father and brother to obtain medical marijuana, but is mistaken for his brother and forced to perform surgery on a gunshot victim.
After Kumar treats the man's wounds almost effortlessly, the patient tells them how to reach White Castle and the duo continues their quest.
On the road, Kumar spots Maria.
He decides to get her attention so Harold can talk to her, but Harold panics and presses the accelerator, causing the car to crash into a ditch.
They are rescued by Randy, a heavily-disfigured tow-truck driver nicknamed "Freakshow" (Christopher Meloni).
He takes them to his house to repair their car and says that they can make themselves at home and have sex with his wife.
Harold and Kumar are propositioned by Freakshow's surprisingly alluring wife (Malin Åkerman), but after Freakshow suggests a foursome, Harold and Kumar flee in disgust.
Noticing a hitchhiker along the road, Kumar decides to stop and pick him up.
The hitchhiker is Neil Patrick Harris, who is high on ecstasy.
When Harold and Kumar head into a convenience store to get directions, Harris drives away in Harold's car.
Consequently, the duo are suddenly pestered and harassed by a racist police officer, and Harold, in an attempt to punch Kumar due to his growing antagonization of the policeman, accidentally strikes the officer instead.
In jail, Harold sees Bradley being released and his stash confiscated.
Kumar fakes a 911 call to draw the police away before breaking into the station to free Harold.
As the police return, Harold and Kumar again flee, taking Bradley's stash.
The pair encounter an escaped cheetah and, after smoking marijuana with it, ride it.
Harold and Kumar find a hot dog restaurant and see their neighbors and friends Goldstein (David Krumholtz) and Rosenberg (Eddie Kaye Thomas) eating hot dogs and looking happy.
Harold decides he wants the feeling of satisfaction from achieving their goal.
After encountering a group of sport punks who routinely harass the pair, Harold and Kumar steal their truck.
A police officer spots the speeding truck and gives pursuit.
They briefly elude the officer but become trapped at the edge of a cliff.
Spotting the White Castle below, Harold and Kumar use a hang glider from the truck to reach their destination.
The pair place their orders but find they have no money.
Harris appears, apologizes for his actions and provides them with cash for their meal and for repairs to Harold's car.
Kumar realizes he wants to be a doctor, but is afraid of conforming to the stereotype of Indians becoming doctors.
As Kumar is talking Harold notices his co-workers pull up with two women and becomes angry because they said they had to work with clients that night but in reality were out partying.
He confronts them for leaving their work to him, and threatens to get them fired and humiliated if it happens again.
After returning to their apartment building they encounter Maria in the hallway, waiting for the elevator.
Harold professes his feelings for her and they kiss.
She informs Harold that she is leaving to visit Amsterdam but that they will talk when she returns ten days later.
Kumar convinces Harold to go with him to Amsterdam to pursue Maria, reminding him that marijuana is legal in the Netherlands.