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Shops, KOTOR

In KOTOR, there are multiple shops you can get. Every two quarter expansions or one half expansion, your shop gets a level up. When you buy one whole expansion, your shop gets two level ups. Even if your shop levels up, you can still buy items from the previous level.

## Gift Cards

Believe it or not, there are Gift Cards in KOTOR! Just give the guy at the shop some money, and he'll make a gift card of that money! Every 10 you put in a gift card, there is an extra 1 in that gift card! You do, however, have to give it to a different person (and it can't be one of your characters!) Another thing is that if you get 100, the extra is 10, not 11, for you can only get extra money if you actually use the money you spent! And my last thing to say, Gift Cards can only work in ***one decided shop.*** You have to decide which shop it is for.

## 1st Shop

Wooden Sword

Wooden Shield

Bow

Arrows

Quiver

Double-Daggers

Healing Potion

## 2nd Shop

Stone Sword

Stone Shield

Boots

Feather Boots

Cape

Super Cape
Piece Making

Okay, this is a trick that Joseph uses with his characters. All you need is cardboard, scissors, glue, paper, masking tape, a pencil, and color pencils.

First, you need to cut out three pieces of cardboard, two of them 1/2 an inch tall and 1 inch wide (`1.3 centimeters tall and 2.5 centimeters wide) and the other one 1 inch tall and 1 inch wide (2.5 centimeters tall and 2.5 centimeters wide.) Then, put these pieces aside.

Second, make a cardboard cutout 1 2/3 of an inch tall, and 1 1/3 wide (4.2 centimeters tall and 3.4 centimeters wide.) Now, trim the edges so that it is round. Then, trace that cardboard cutout on a piece of paper. Cut out that piece of paper. Now here's the part it gets a little tricky.

Now, there are two things you can do. If you are a good artist, draw what you think your character would look like. If you're not, we don't blame you. You can trace a **small** person with your computer, or something else, maybe. Color it in, and if you want, you can color in a background, too. Now glue the paper to one side of the cardboard cutout you made in the paragraph that started with the word "Second."

Lastly, take the cutout with the picture and put it in the middle of the 1 inch by 1 inch (2.5 centimeters by 2.5 centimeters.) **DO NOT TAPE OR GLUE IT!!!** Now, take one of the small pieces and put it on one side of your picture. Tape that piece to the 1 x 1 (2.5 x 2.5) piece (we'll just call that the base.) THen, do the same on the other side. You know have a player token and a complete base. you can take out that token and put in a new one any time.

Note: Always grip the base, not the token because if you grip he token, it will come out of the base.

The story behind this story is actually one of Joseph and William's misadventures. Basically, Joseph and William were playing KOTOR. Joseph had two characters, one of which had a plastic base, the other one had a play-doh one. **(NOT RECOMMENDED!)** The one broke, and Joseph was running out of ideas. Then, he spotted it - cardboard, scissors, and masking tape. He then made this base (without even measuring) and then measured it later.
Bow, KOTOR

BOW

Type: Two Hands

Shop Price: 32

Bows have to go with Arrows, otherwise, they're useless. If your enemy is 1-2 straight spaces, or one diagonal space away from you, you can Point-Blank-Range hem, doing double-damage. This can be carried with one hand for a turn, turning it into a One Hand weapon, and you can use a melee weapon on that turn. After that, the weapon goes back into storage, and the bow is a Two Hands weapon again.
Fangirl

*Fangirl* tells the story of Robert Black and her new life in college.

## Synopsis

Mr. Black is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life--and she's really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it's what got them through their mother leaving.

Reading. Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fan fiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere.

Cath's sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can't let go. She doesn't want to.
Now that they're going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn't want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She's got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words . . . And she can't stop worrying about her dad, who's loving and fragile and has never really been alone.

For Cath, the question is: Can she do this?

Can she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? Writing her own stories?

And does she even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind?

## Characters

* Cather Avery
* Wren Avery
* Arthur Avery
* Reagan
* Levi
* Courtney
* Jandro
* Nick Manter
* Mrs Piper
Foxy the Pirate Fox

*"Were you looking for Foxy the Pirate Fox's torture counterpart, Torture Foxy?"*

 Second
 Third
 Fifth
 Sixth

**Foxy the Pirate Fox** is an animatronic antagonist in the classic version of *The Rise of JawLocker's*.

## Animatronic Appearance

As his name suggests, Foxy the Pirate Fox is a large, animatronic fox with crimson, tattered fur. He has yellow eyes, red eyebrows, and three strings of hair from the top of his head.
Shrikant Talageri

**Shrikant G. Talageri**, born in 1958, was educated in Bombay where he lives and works. He studied the Konkani language. He studied and wrote on the theory of the Aryan invasion of India, and interpreted the Rig Veda with the help of the internal chronology of Rig vedic Rishes within the Rig Veda taking into account the genealogical records Anukramanis.

Talageri's work has been criticized by several academics, including professors M Witzel, N Kazanas, H H Hock  and A Fournet.

## Works

* The Rigveda and the Avesta: The final evidence. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan. 2008
* The Rigveda: A Historical Analysis, 2000 ISBN 81-7742-010-0 [1]
* The Aryan Invasion Theory: A Reappraisal, by Shrikant Talageri, with a Foreword by S.R. Rao. 1993. Aditya Prakashan, New Delhi.
* Michael Witzel - An examination of his review of my book. 2001
* TALAGERI 2005: “Sita Ram Goel, Memories and Ideas”, p. 239-346 in “India’s Only Communalist: In Commemoration of Sita Ram Goel”, Voice of India, New Delhi, 2005.

## Notes

1. ↑ review by Michael Witzel (pdf version) Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies Vol. 7 (2001), issue 2 (March 31). Witzel considers Talageri's book a Hindutva-inspired "historical fantasy"
2. ↑ Witzel's reply
3. ↑ http://www.omilosmeleton.gr/pdf/en/indology/N\_Kazanas\_S\_Talageri\_Correspondence\_2005.pdf
4. ↑ http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2617?cal=20130922&skinId=6233&eventId=29850521
5. ↑ \*Arnaud Fournet review of Talageri's 2008 book
Shepard

**Shepard**is a Normal that knows a lot about magic. He is friendly and consortwith a variety of magical beings (which he calls Maybes). However, these actions sometimes get him into trouble, such as his summoning of and mistaken engagement to a demon.

He appeared for the first time in *Wayward Son*, when Simon, Baz, and Penelope attended the Renaissance Faire & Festival. While the group battled vampires, Shepard noticed Baz struggling with his magic, so he shouted American spells from the crowd to assist him. He then followed the group on their journey. He accidentally led them into a dead spot surrounded by ill-meaning Maybes, then rescued them by driving them away in his truck. After this, Penny cast spells to erase his memory; however, spells that affect his fate have no effect because of a curse placed on him by a demon. Shepard tracked the three again later and helped them save Agatha from the Next Blood. At the end of *Wayward Son*, Penelope insists on bringing Shepard back with them to England to see if she could get her mother to lift his curse.
HardGaard Wikia

## Our Goal

Our goal at HardGaard is to make the world a better, more fun place then we found it.

## Where Are We?

Good question! We do not have an actual building yet, ~~but you will be able to play KOTOR from January 15-18, 2016 at SCARAB gaming convention, which is at 7309 Garners Ferry Rd, Columbia, SC.~~ Have fun! Our email is HardGaard@gmail.com. Ask us anything, we check every Saturday!

## Our Current Games

So far, HardGaard is working on [4] game(s), has trashed [3] game(s), and has finished [0] game(s).

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Attachments

## Synopsis

Beth and Jennifer work in the newsroom. They're smart and funny, and best friends.

And Lincoln O'Neill is the guy who reads their email.

It's not as bad as it sounds -- it's Lincoln's job to read their email. Sort of. He was supposed to send them a warning. He should have sent it the first time he caught them breaking the company email rules. But they both seem so nice… he likes really them. Especially Beth.

By the time Lincoln realizes how much he feels for Beth, it’s too late to unread all of her personal messages. And it’s way too late to introduce himself. What would he say? “Hi, I’m the guys who reads your email, and, also, I love you …”

But he can’t just do nothing. Falling for Beth makes Lincoln realize he’s been doing nothing for far too long.
Landline

## Synopsis

As far as time machines go, a magic telephone is pretty useless.

TV writer Georgie McCool can’t actually visit the past; all she can do is call it, and hope it picks up. And hope he picks up -- because once Georgie realizes she has a magic phone that calls into the past, all she wants is make things right with her husband, Neal.

Maybe she can fix the things in their past that seem unfixable in the present. Maybe this stupid phone is giving her a chance to start over. . . . Does Georgie want to start over?

A heart-wrenching—and hilarious—take on fate, time, television and true love, Landline asks if two people are ever really on the same path, or whether love just means finding someone who will keep meeting you halfway.
Carry On

## Synopsis

Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who’s ever been chosen.

That’s what his roommate, Baz, says. While Baz might be evil, and a fanged vampire, and as much as he is a complete git, he’s probably right.

Half the time, Simon can’t even make his wand work, and the other half, he sets something on fire. His mentor’s avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there’s a magic-eating monster running around wearing Simon’s face. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were here—it’s their last year at the Watford School of Magicks, and Simon’s infuriating nemesis didn’t even bother to show up.

Carry On is a ghost story, a love story, and a mystery. It has just as much kissing and talking as you'd expect from a Rainbow Rowell story — but far, far more monsters.

## Characters

* Simon Snow
* Penelope Bunce
* Tyrannus Basilton Grimm-Pitch (Baz)
* Agatha Wellbelove
* Lucy Salisbury
* The Mage
* The Humdrum
* Fiona Pitch
* Nicodemus Petty
* Ebb Petty

## Minor Characters

* Cook Pritchard
* Micah
* Natasha Grimm-Pitch
* Miss Possibelf
* Dev
* Niall
* Mitali Bunce
* Premal Bunce
* Gareth
* Rhys
* Trixie
* Keris
* Philippa Stainton
Arthur Avery

## Arther (Art) Avery

Art is the father of Cather and Wren Avery. He is the ex-husband of Laura. Art works in an advertisement company, and throughout Fangirl, he works on things called Gravioli and Frankenbeans.

## Appearance

Art has soft brown hair that's longer than Wren's. He is tall and a good weight. Art has a beard (stubbly, not long).

## Habits

Art gets *extremely* worked up about work. He works 24/7, and it often makes him crazy.

Art, when in one of his work 'sprees' he often does not eat because he's too caught up. Cather is always calling and texting him to make sure he's taking care of himself,

Art does not clean his house. Practically ever. He simply doesn't take the time to pick up after himself. Pizza boxes and taco foil are always around when the twins come home.

Finally, Art tends to drive himself into the mental hospital. Not an asylum, just a hospital where patients who have breakdowns go to get back on their feet. Art has visited this hospital quite a few times.
Laura (Mom)

## History

Laura is the mother of Cather Avery and Wren Avery, the twins, and the ex-wife of Arthur Avery.

When the twins were in 3rd grade (about 9 years old), September 11th happened. That was also the day Laura left the family.

The two young, naive girls were sent home early from school that day. They saw their parents arguing and simply assumed that they were upset and worried about the crazy events of that day. What they didn't realize was that their mother was unhappy and that she would literally walk out of their lives that night.

## Relationships

Arthur- Divorced several years before Fangirl takes place. While Wren and Cath are in college for their Freshman year, Laura contacts Arthur and they simply chat. Laura claims she'd like to help out with the girls, and Arthur is too naive to understand that the girls (at least Cath) will be furious.

Cather- Cath came to reality far quicker about the situation than Wren did. Their mother left. She completely walked out of their lives. When Laura tries to come back while the twins are in college, Cath completely ignores her. She believes that Laura walked out when the family most needed help, then wants to come in once everyone's standing strong and say that she helped the family's development.

Wren- Wren missed her mom when she walked out. When Laura talks to her in college, Wren is extremely happy to have a mother back. They hang out and Wren even accepts a Christmas present from her. Any anger she had towards her mother in the past fades.
A Brief Intro to KOTOR

The game Knights Of The Outer Region (KOTOR) is an RPG with Humans, Elves, Half Elves, Dwarves, Half Dwarves, Halflings, and Half Orcs fighting evil people, things, and sometimes killing harmless animals for resources. Anyway, the good guys live in the Outer Region, where all towns are ruled by a mayor, and the bad guys live in the larger Outer Region, all of it ruled by one single king. Now, because they are bad guys, they do bad things. One of the worst things they do is actually have a slave trade with Halflings. They also will try to kill you.

Now go out there, and kick some butt!
Aunt Fiona

### Physical Description

She is described as being of Egyptian descent, has long dark hair with a single white streak, and wears punk-esque clothing

### Relations

Baz Pitch (nephew)Natasha Grimm-Pitch (sister)

Malcolm Grimm (brother-in-law)

Mordelia Grimm (niece)

Nicodemus (ex-boyfriend)

Ebb (childhood friend)

### Book

Carry On

**Fiona Pitch** is the young aunt of Tyrannus Basilton Grimm-Pitch (aka Baz) in Rainbow Rowell's novel Carry On.
Rainbow Rowell

Sometimes she writes about adults (Attachments and Landline).

Sometimes she writes about teenagers (Eleanor & Park, Fangirl and Carry On.).

But she always writes about people who talk a lot. And people who feel like they’re screwing up. And people who fall in love.

When she’s not writing, Rainbow is reading comic books, planning Disney World trips and arguing about things that don’t really matter in the big scheme of things.

She lives in Nebraska with her husband and two sons.

## Bibliography

* Attachments (2011)
* Eleanor & Park (2013)
* Fangirl (2013)
* Landline (2014)
* My True Love Gave To Me (2014)
* Carry On (2015)
* Pumpkinheads (2019)
* Wayward Son (2019)
* Any way the wind blows (2021)
* Scattered Showers (2022)
Kindred Spirits

## Synopsis

'Everybody likes everything these days. The whole world is a nerd.'
'Are you mad because other people like Star Wars? Are you mad because people like me like Star Wars?'
'Maybe.'

If you broke Elena's heart, Star Wars would spill out. So when she decides to queue outside her local cinema to see the new movie, she's expecting a celebration with crowds of people who love Han, Luke and Leia just as much as she does.

What she's not expecting is to be last in a line of only three people; to have to pee into a collectible Star Wars soda cup behind a dumpster or to meet that unlikely someone who just might truly understand the way she feels.
Cather Avery

Cather Avery is an eighteen-year-old girl obsessed with the Simon Snow series. She enjoys dressing up as characters, reading fanfictions, and writing about Simon.

She is an English major at her college and spends her days writing Simon Snow fanfictions or stories to turn in to her fiction-writing class.

## History

Cather "Cath" Avery was born to Arthur Avery and Lauren Avery. She is the identical twin sister of Wren Avery, a more outgoing and social personality.

On September 11, 2001, Cath's mother left, as she and Arthur had never meant to have a serious relationship. The girls (Cath and Wren) ended up going to a counsellor to help them through the divorce. They ended up harbouring hard feelings toward their mother.

## Appearance

On the cover of Fangirl, she has reddish brownish hair in a messy tie and square-framed glasses.

In the story, she is said to have wide hips and a pear-shaped body. She is of perfect weight, though she wishes she were a bit heavier in the back and chest.

## Characteristics

Cather (known as Cath) is, unlike her sister, very quiet and shy. She would rather stay in on weekend nights writing stories than go out partying.

Cath is very self-conscious. She doesn't care what people think of her clothing, necessarily, but when it comes to her personality, she doesn't try to flaunt who she is. She's very mellow until she truly gets to know people.

## Hobbies

Writing Fanfiction of Simon and Baz called Carry On where she has many fans.

Dancing to rap music
The Rise of JawLocker's

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***The Rise of JawLocker's*** is the first game in *The Rise of JawLocker's* series. The next game in the series is ***The Rise of JawLocker's 2***.

The game is known for its lack of original models, cheap mechanics, godly difficulty, and bugs. **The Rise of JawLocker's 5** was originally going to be a reboot of this game, titled The Rise of JawLocker's: Remastered, but this changed however the game will be a receiving a major update with original models at a unknown time.

## Characters

* JawLocker
* Cate FazFriend
* Freddy FazBear
* Bonnie the Bunny
* Chica the Chicken
* Foxy the Pirate Fox
* Golden Freddy
* The Puppet
* Sugar the Cat
* Shadow Dug
* Shadow Puppet
Lucy

Ruth Salisbury (Mother)

Jamie Salisbury (Brother)

## Overview

**Lucy Salisbury** is the deceased mother of Simon Snow in Rainbow Rowell's novel, Carry On. She was in an abusive relationship with the Mage, whose real name is Davy before giving birth to Simon and dying for unknown reasons. Her story is told through the perspective of her ghost in different parts of the novel.

## Relationships

### Simon Snow

Lucy is the mother of the story's protagonist, Simon Snow. His birth was the result of the Mage's scheme to father the "savior" of the magickal world. After Lucy's death, Simon is left abandoned in children's homes, never knowing that the Mage is his biological father. He is not exposed to magic until he comes to Watford at age eleven. Lucy attempts to contact Simon several times during the story through the veil of death, and manages to briefly and faintly speak to him, calling him her "rosebud boy." However, Simon thinks that the disembodied voice belongs to Baz's mother, Natasha Grimm-Pitch.

### The Mage (aka Davy)

Davy and Lucy begin a romantic relationship during their time as students at Watford. Lucy is initially finds Davy's passion for his radical ideals charming, and quickly falls in love with him. Despite disapproval from friends and family, Lucy moves in with Davy in a small cottage after they leave Watford. During this time, Davy slowly began to become mentally unstable, trapping Lucy in an abusive relationship and becoming obsessed with his plans to bring radical change to the world of mages. He comes up with a plan for himself and Lucy to conceive a son in order to bring change to the world, regarding the prophecies of "savior of the magic world" as instructions rather than a foretelling for the future. Lucy eventually gives birth to Simon at the top of the Weeping Tower at Watford under several dark spells and rituals that Davy casts in order to infuse the infant with as much power as possible. Lucy eventually gave birth to Simon on the autumn equinox, which is where the events in her narrative end. It is suspected that her death was caused by Davy murdering her, but another possibility of her death could be from natural causes after her painful pregnancy with Simon. Even though Davy was a source of much pain in Lucy's life, she still views him as a powerful and sincere mage, and still thinks highly of him even after her death.

### Mitali Bunce

Mitali Bunce was one of Lucy's childhood friends and the mother of Penelope Bunce, Simon's closest friend. Mitali and her husband Martin were very close with Lucy up until death, although they disapproved of her relationship with Davy. Mitali often heavily disagreed with Davy's radical views and methods, and the two of them even began a heated argument during a picnic that ended of upsetting Lucy. Lucy mentions that she was afraid to tell Mitali about Davy's abuse because she did not want Mitali to intervene.
Eleanor Douglas

**Eleanor Douglas** is one of the two protagonists of the 2013 novel *Eleanor & Park*, alongside Park Sheridan. She is a full-figured sixteen-year-old girl with big red hair who met Park on a school bus on her first day at her new school. Through a connection of comic books and mix tapes of 80's rock music, the two start to have a bond.
Nicodemus

Nicodemus Petty is a mage turned vampire who plays a minor role in Carry On. He is an out cast in both Magikal and vampire circles, and was so designated by the magikal Coven, when he was removed from all magikal records, had his wand and fangs taken and it was forbade for any mage to talk about him.

He hails from an old Eastern London family, the Pettys. His name is of biblical origins.
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Letter from Dr Highsmith

File:04 The Letter from Dr Highsmith.pdf

Transcript

> *Saint Agnes' Asylum for the Deranged, Near Weobley*
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> Friday, 18th October, 1929
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> *Dear Sir,*
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> *I apologise for this unsolicited correspondence, but pray that you will do me the favour of reading it through and considering its request. This letter comes to you as the author of the paper "Basic Anxiety and Ontological Insecurity" which, if I*
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> may say so, I much admired, particularly your analysis of the
> work of Dr. Karen Horney. I am a consulting doctor at St.
> Agnes' Asylum in Herefordshire and am seeking an expert
> opinion on how to proceed in the matter of an inmate’s case. If I may prevail upon you, these are an outline of the facts.
> Patient 'W' is a young man from a good line who, holding, no employ, spent much of his time before his admission in
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> w is suffering from extended bouts of Scotophobia that give him temporary but intense anxiety. This has proved treatable with medication and I am of the happy opinion than I may recommend his release when his period of mandate
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> conﬁnement comes to an end this November. Here the problem arises: W's brother has been urging me to recommend his continued residence. I am surprised at our playing opposite roles in this not uncommon disagreement, and I ﬁnd the
> stance of the family unusually rigid. I am currently at a loss to understand
> a motive.
> I am hopeful that you will consent to an interview with me on this matter.
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> Again, I regret this communication without our previous introduction, but my closest colleagues have not the patience for Psycho-Analytics that I believe to be the way to examine such cases. There are some unusual aspects here and perhaps this might be an interesting study for you.
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> I shall be visiting London for a few days beginning the 28th October. I shall be staying at the Great Western Hotel. Please contact me there should you be willing to meet. You are of course very welcome to bring a colleague or assistant should you so wish.
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> Your obliged and obedient servant
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> Charles Highsmith
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Ayodhya: The case against the Temple

***Ayodhya: The Case Against the Temple*** is a book by Koenraad Elst that was published in 2002 by Voice of India.

Elst has written several books on the Ayodhya debate and on the Ram Janmabhoomi controversy. Koenraad Elst reiterates his view that the Babri Mosque was built on an ancient Hindu temple, the Ram Janmabhoomi. The thrust of his argument is that "Future historians will include the no-temple argument of the 1990s as a remarkable case study in their surveys of academic fraud and politicized scholarship."

Elst also writes in detail about claims that certain Hindu rulers, including Pusyamitra Sunga, were iconoclasts; evidence to that effect had been previously presented by Romila Thapar, Richard Eaton and others.

Other books by Elst about the debate include *Ayodhya and After: Issues Before Hindu Society* and *Ayodhya, The Finale*.
Reagan

**Reagan** is a second-year-student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the roommate of Cather Avery.

## Biography

Reagan hails from a small hamlet, and at one time, she was romantically involved with Levi. However, when they matriculated to college, Reagan committed infidelity, causing their separation. Presently, Reagan and Levi maintain a strong bond as they remain steadfast companions, studying together.

## *Fangirl*

Reagan is Cather Avery's roommate. She's already in the room with Levi when Cath arrives but they both leave her right away.
Park Sheridan

Park Sheridan is a sixteen-year-old half-Korean high school kid who lives in the city of Omaha, Nebraska. He is one of the main protagonists of *Eleanor & Park**.*

## Eleanor & Park

Park starts off on the bus, listening to music. When Eleanor steps on, he notices her immediately, but says that's a bad thing, and that she already has enough attention drawn to her because of her big red hair. She sits down in someone else's seat, which Tina, a girl on the bus, calls her out for. Park doesn't want her to stand all the way, so he tells her to sit down next to him. When she doesn't he tells her again, this time cussing, and she sits down, though leaves six inches between them. That was the first and last time Eleanor will ever hear Park curse at her
Ebb

Ebeneza Petty was the lovable goatherd at *Watford School of Magicks.* She was the sister of Nicodemus (Nico) Petty and a good friend, and somewhat of a mentor to Simon Snow. She spends most of the book tending to the goats at Watford, a position offered or her by Natasha Pitch. Natasha offered her the position because Ebb confided in her that she did not want to leave Watford. Ebb was an incredibly powerful magician but she lacked the ambitious nature of many other powerful mages and families. At the end of Carry On, she is chased down by the Mage and forced to fight to protect herself and Agatha Welbelove. She died fighting the Mage.

Ebb came from a Powerful Eastern London family, the Pettys. She was the most powerful mage of her time, next to Simon Snow.
Muslim Slave System in Medieval India

***Muslim Slave System in Medieval India*** is a book written by historian K.S. Lal. It was published in 1994. It is a detailed study of the Muslim slave system in medieval India.

## Slave System

Slavery in India was already a common practice under the rule of Muhammad bin Qasim. Female slaves were sent by Muhammad bin Qasim to Hajjaj who forwarded them to Walid the Khalifa, or they were given to the soldiers. Lal claims that "Obviously a few lakh women were enslaved in the course of Arab invasion of Sindh." and he says that "If such were the gains of the ‘mild’ Muhammad bin Qasim in enslaving kaniz wa ghulam in Sindh, the slaves captured by Mahmud of Ghazni, “that ferocious and insatiable conqueror”, of the century beginning with the year 1000 C.E. have of course to be counted in hundreds of thousands." He gives some details about Mahmud of Ghazni, about whom he writes: "When Mahmud Ghaznavi attacked Waihind in 1001-02, he took 500,000 persons of both sexes as captive. This figure of Abu Nasr Muhammad Utbi, the secretary and chronicler of Mahmud, is so mind-boggling that Elliot reduces it to 5000. The point to note is that taking of slaves was a matter of routine in every expedition. Only when the numbers were exceptionally large did they receive the notice of the chroniclers."

K.S. Lal also claims that the slave-taking added significiantly to the Growth of the Muslim population in India: "It needs no reiteration that every slave captured in war or purchased in the market or sent in lieu of revenue or tribute was invariably converted to Islam, so that slave-taking in medieval India was the most flourishing and successful missionary endeavour." Lal writes that Akbar disapproved of the enslavement of women and children. In one chapter, he writes in detail about Ghilmans and Eunuchs in Medieval India.

## Sex Slavery

About Sex Slavery, Lal writes that "In this background, it would be an unremitting task both in volume and repetition to give all anecdotes, facts and figures of enslavement and concubinage of captive women in the central and provincial kingdoms and independent Muslim states found mentioned in the chronicles. This would only lead to repetition resulting in the book becoming bulky."

## See also

* Slavery
* Sex slavery
Agatha

**Agatha Wellbelove** was born in 1996 and is one of the main characters in Rainbow Rowell's Simon Snow Trilogy (including the novels Carry On, Wayward Son, and Any Way the Wind Blows).

## Agatha

### Physical Description

Tall with cornsilk blond hair, fair skin, and brown eyes. Often described as incredibly attractive and beautiful.

### Relations

Niamh Brody (girlfriend ) Simon Snow (ex-boyfriend)

Penelope Bunce (Friend)

Baz Pitch (Former love-interest)

Mr. & Mrs. Wellbelove (Parents)

Minty (Normal Childhood friend)

Lucy the Dog (Pet dog)

Ginger (Normal friend she meets in San Diego)

### Book

Carry OnWayward SonAny Way The Wind Blows

## Relationships

### Simon Snow

At the beginning of the novel, Agatha is the girlfriend of Simon Snow. Throughout the book, Agatha and Simon experience tension and strains on their relationship that eventually lead to their break up towards the beginning of the story. Agatha and Simon have been dating since they were young, and Simon is very close to Agatha's family. Agatha breaks up with Simon because of feelings that she develops for Baz Pitch.

### Penelope Bunce

Despite being jealous of Penny's relationship with Simon, it is revealed later on in the book that Agatha and Penny get along with each other very well. After Agatha breaks up with Simon, she and Penny continue to hang out and remain good friends. Although they disagree on many different topics, they tend to find common ground when it comes to dealing with Simon. In Wayward Son together Agatha and Penelope take down dozens of the vampires with their flame spells all while holding hands. She and Penelope share a passion for gardening and always garden together.

### Tyrannus Basilton Grimm-Pitch (Baz)

Before the events of the book that place, at the end of their seventh year at Watford, Agatha's then-boyfriend Simon witnesses her and Baz holding hands in the Wavering Wood. It is later revealed that this happened because Agatha witnessed Baz hunting for animals as a vampire, and he was pleading her not to share his secret. However, the event causes Agatha to develop a crush on Baz, leading to tension in her relationship with Simon (and being a major factor in their eventual break up). On several occasions after her split with Simon, Agatha vies for Baz's attention, but to no avail. Shortly after Baz's return to Watford at the beginning of the book, it is revealed through his perspective that Agatha's feelings towards Baz are not reciprocated and that Baz is actually in love with Simon.
Decolonizing the Hindu Mind

***Decolonizing the Hindu Mind - Ideological Development of Hindu Revivalism*** is a book by Koenraad Elst.

Elst states in the book that it is "based on the main part of my doctoral dissertation, accepted by Katholicke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium in 1998. For reasons of space, several peripheral chapters have been left out here and will be published separately." Another part of his Ph.D. thesis was published in "Who is a Hindu" and in "The Saffron Swastika."

India went through two colonizations in the past centuries: one by Islam and one by Europe. Hindu revivalists see it as problematic that these colonizations also brought with them worldviews that are hostile to the Hindu way of life. Elst focuses on the analysis of the Hindu revivalist movements in this book. This work has 1674 footnotes and a bibliography of 29 pages.

## References

* Decolonizing the Hindu Mind - Ideological Development of Hindu Revivalism, Rupa, Delhi (2001) ISBN 81-7167-519-0

## External links

* Review of "Decolonizing the Hindu Mind
* Criticism and review of Elst's positions on 'revivalism'in "Decolonizing the Hindu Mind" by A. Khan
* A reply to A. Khan (above) by K. Elst
Penelope

**Penelope Bunce** is the daughter of Mitali and Martin Bunce. She has many siblings, including Premal, one of the Mage's Men. Her family owns a great library, which has been heavily hinted to include books forbidden by The Mage's reforms.

Along with her fierce attitude is her curiosity, known for getting herself and oftentimes Simon into dangerous situations. She has very powerful magic and is incredibly smart as well. She uses the ring on her hand to conduct her magic.

## Relationships

### Simon Snow

Simon is Penny's best friend, and they have been since they first met at Watford. She frequently sneaks into his room when Baz is out, despite the magic that supposedly bars her gender from entering the boys' rooms, and vice versa.

### Baz Grimm-Pitch

They do get along pretty well when they're not plotting against each other; they both compete for the number one spot in their class, though Penny's grades began slipping when she got more involved with Simon's more dangerous adventures.

In Wayward Son, Baz and Penny become closer as friends, and both share in the task of taking care of Simon Snow.

### Agatha Wellbelove

Penny and Agatha aren't as close as she is with Simon, but they are still good friends. Simon noted once that Penny tends to call Agatha out more than he ever would.

In Wayward Son, Penny and Agatha do have a text friendship and at the end of the book, they team up to take on the Now Next vampire cult.
Voice of India Wikia

## Welcome to the Voice of India Wikia

This site contains articles on Hinduism, Indian history, Indology and more.

## Articles

**Writers:**

* Sita Ram Goel
	+ Hindu Temples: What Happened to Them
* Ram Swarup
* Arun Shourie
* Voice of India Books
* François Gautier
* Koenraad Elst
	+ Negationism in India: Concealing the Record of Islam
	+ Who is a Hindu?
	+ Ayodhya and After: Issues before Hindu society
	+ Ayodhya: The case against the Temple
	+ Ayodhya, the Finale
	+ Decolonizing the Hindu Mind
	+ Update on the Aryan Invasion Debate
* Rajiv Malhotra
* Subhash Kak
* David Frawley
* Michel Danino
* Shrikant Talageri
* Meenakshi Jain
* Vishal Agarwal
* Yvette Rosser
* ‎Muslim League Attack on Sikhs and Hindus in the Punjab 1947
* ‎Jihad The Islamic doctrine Of permanent war
* ‎Stephen Knapp
* K.S. Lal
	+ The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India
	+ Indian Muslims: Who are they
	+ ‎Muslim Slave System in Medieval India
	+ The Mughal Harem
	+ Theory and Practice of Muslim State in India

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* Rape Jihad
* Neo-fascism and religion

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Vishal Agarwal

**Vishal Agarwal** (born 1970) is an Indian-American author. He holds master's degrees in Materials Engineering and Business Administration, but writes on Indian philosophy, history and contemporary Indian society from an academic standpoint.

His articles also appeared among others in the Minnesota Star, Metro News (from San Jose), Baltimore Sun, The Wall Street Journal (by the Pulitzer prize winning journalist Daniel Golden) and in publications in journals such as the Journal of Indo-European Studies.

He was also interviewed by Dr Martha Nussbaum (Professor of Law, University of Chicago) for her book "The clash within" which also describes Vishal's work. In July 2006, he was awarded the 'Praachavidyaa-paarangata' award by the World Association of Vedic Studies, at their annual conference in Houston, Texas (USA).

## Partial list of publications

* Invading the Sacred, 2007 (Chapter 17 consists of a rebuttal to Courtright’s writing on Ganesha by Vishal Agrawal and Kalavai Venkat.)
* A Reply to Michael Witzel’s ‘Ein Fremdling im Rgveda’, (2003/2005). (Journal of Indo-European Studies, Vol. 31, No.1-2: pp. 107–185, 2003). In Puratattva, Vol. 35 (2004-2005)
* Misrepresentation and Stereotyping of Hindu Dharma in History Textbooks in India In "History Today", vol. 5, 2004-05:61-76
* A case study in Eminent Historiography, in India's Only Communalist, ed. by Koenraad Elst, Voice of India: New Delhi (2005)
* The Rgveda Samhita as Known to AV-Par. 46 (M. Witzel)- A Review, Indo-Iranian Journal vol. 25: 1983, pg. 238-239
* Is there Vedic Evidence for the Indo-Aryan Immigration to India? Dialogue (Journal of Astha Bharati), Vol 8, No. 1 (July- September 2006); pp. 122–145
* What is the Aryan Migration Theory; Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in History and Archaeology, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Summer 2005); pp. 1–46
* Misrepresentation of Ancient India in American School Textbooks. History Today, Vol 7 (2006-2007); pp. 72–89
* Awakening Latent Spirituality, Nurturing Children in the Hindu Tradition. pp. 19–32 in Nurturing Child and Adolescent Spirituality, ed. by Karen M Yust et al., Rowman and Littlefield Publishers Inc (Chicago); 2006
* On Perceiving Aryan Migrations in Vedic Ritual Texts. In 'Puratattva' (Journal of the Indian Archaeological Society), vol. 36 (2005-2006), pp. 155–165

## External links

* Homepage
* Articles by Vishal Agarwal

1. ↑ \*A Reply to Michael Witzel’s ‘Ein Fremdling im Rgveda’, (2003/2005). (Journal of Indo-European Studies, Vol. 31, No.1-2: pp.107-185, 2003). In Puratattva, Vol. 35 (2004-2005)
2. ↑ Nussbaum, Martha (2007), The clash within democracy, religious violence, and India's future. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674030596.
Ayodhya and After: Issues before Hindu society

***Ayodhya and After: Issues Before Hindu Society*** is a book by Koenraad Elst published in 1991 by Voice of India.

The book is about the Ayodhya debate, but does also discuss Indian politics and communalism.
Elst opines that reaching national integration "requires dropping the anti-Hindu separatist doctrines that have largely been created for the purposes of several imperialisms, and are now being kept afloat with a lot of distortive intellectual and propagandistic effort."

The book attempts to examine the polemics between 'communalists' and 'secularists' in India. He also writes about Indian secularism and Communalism, and alleges "that a clear majority of the riots are started by Muslims". In another chapter, the author discusses the banning of books like Ram Swarup's Understanding Islam through Hadis. In the 14th chapter he discusses the concept of "Hindu Fascism".

Other books about the debate by Elst include Ayodhya, The Finale and Ayodhya: The Case Against the Temple.

## The Ayodhya debate

Elst believes that "in keeping with the internationally accepted standards of methodology and inference in scientific history-writing, we may conclude ... that the Babri Masjid was built in replacement of a Hindu temple where Ram worship used to take place. In fact, this conclusion is merely a restatement of what was a matter of consensus until a few years ago."

But Elst does not believe in a forcible take-over of ancient temples. According to him, the Hindus should ask for a gesture of good will:

*The Hindu leaders should say to the Muslim leaders : Look, we want these places back. For many centuries they have been our sacred places, and we have suffered the mosques built there only under duress. We do not believe in the forcible take-over of places of worship, we are not Babars and Aurangzebs. But we want from you a gesture of goodwill, a sign that you turn this infamous persecution page of history. We will not take any kind of revenge if you do not feel ready for this gesture, but we will expressly wait until you are ready.*
In one chapter, the book describes the press reporting on the debate. Elst alleges that the media was controlled by the anti-Temple side, and that "the foreign press has not added any extra facts or perspective to the reporting on Ayodhya. It has mostly copied the bias of the Indian press."
Who is a Hindu?

***Who is a Hindu?*** is a book by Koenraad Elst published in 2001 by Voice of India.

In the first part of the book, Elst tries to give a definition to the term "Hindu", although he writes that "there is no simple solution for the complex question, “Who is a Hindu?”" He also compares Hinduism with monotheistic creeds.

The book then discusses whether  Hindu reformists, Buddhists, Jains or Sikhs can be considered as Hindus. Other topics in the book include the Caste system and Hindutva.

## External links

* Who is a Hindu? Online text of book
* What is Hinduism?
Ayodhya, the Finale

***Ayodhya, the Finale - Science versus Secularism the Excavations Debate*** is a book by self-described 'Hindu revivalist' Koenraad Elst published in 2003 by Voice of India.

This book is Elst's latest book on the Ayodhya debate, and is an intervention in favour of the controversial report by the Archaeological Survey of India on the history of Ram Janmabhoomi. He writes that he is surprised that there is a controversy at all, when the matter "could be decided by Scientists". The book compares the Ayodhya debate to Galileo, whose scientific findings were also opposed by many people. He writes that *"when dogmatic ideologues are giving scientists the kind of treatment which the experts of the Archaeological Survey of Indian have been receiving from the “eminent historians”, and assorted Babri Masjid lobbyists, it is time to stand up and be counted. I for one want to be counted among those who defend the freedom of research and the scientific method..."*

Other books about the debate by Elst include Ayodhya and After: Issues Before Hindu Society and Ayodhya: The Case Against the Temple.

## External links

* Ayodhya. The Finale -- Science versus Secularism the Excavations Debate
Update on the Aryan Invasion Debate

***Update on the Aryan Invasion Debate*** is a book by Koenraad Elst. The book discusses various aspects of the Indo-Aryan migration debate and concludes by proposing a chronological order for the events in the spread of Aryans Out of India.

It was published in 1999 by Aditya Prakashan, New Delhi.

In the preface to the book, K. Elst writes that "it hurts to release a book in mid-debate, knowing that much of it will be dated by the time a new consensus will have evolved", since "every hypothesis which is now carrying the day may be blown away by a new discovery tomorrow."

In this book, Koenraad Elst argues that the theory of an Aryan invasion of India has not been proven by prevalent standards and that all relevant facts can just as well be explained with alternative models. In the last chapter of the book, Elst writes, "One thing which keeps on astonishing me in the present debate is the complete lack of doubt in both camps. Personally, I don’t think that either theory, of Aryan invasion and of Aryan indigenousness, can claim to have been “proven” by prevalent standards of proof; even though one of the contenders is getting closer. Indeed, while I have enjoyed pointing out the flaws in the AIT statements of the politicized Indian academic establishment and its American amplifiers, I cannot rule out the possibility that the theory which they are defending may still have its merits."

## External links

* Online version, [1]
* Petty Professorial Politicking in the Indo-Aryan controversy (19 October 2005)
* Review by N.S. Rajaram
A review of an Inner Region feast

A review of an Inner Region royal feast

I was invited to a
splendid royal feast at King Sners fortress! It was an immense room filled with
hundreds of guests, 17 fireplaces made of rock golem limbs (I counted them
all!). For the appetizer I had giant spider eyes dipped in monkey pus. The flavor
reminded me of Aunt Edna’s famous meatloaf casserole, after it had been rolled
in by the dog. Next up was slime soup. You could pick from all the different
slimes in both the Inner Region and the Outer Region! I chose an orange one. A
few minutes later the server (who was an ork) came back with a bowl of this
orangey, sticky goo. What came next was salad. It appeared to be made of lots
of walking flowers; soon the server came by with a grating tool and offered me shredded
fawns hooves! What I was most excited for was the main course, which turned out
to be a eurolf, which is a turtle’s body with wolves’ legs and an eagles head!
It smelled like rotten eggs with wet dog. It came with a hydras heart on the
side! That green glumpy mess reminded me of month old rotten green slime. I
think that I was supposed to dip it in a minotaurs tears. The best part was the
bongberry pie, which was dessert. I just love bongberry! That juicy, purple
berry is the best thing ever! If you would like to know what it tastes similar
to… well… it is hard to tell what the taste actually resembles. After the feast
was over, everyone had to give King Sner a gift. I had not known about this so
I gave him my titanium sword and shield, he seemed pleased at what I gave
him.