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Eternia

**Eternia** is a planet located at the center of the universe. It serves as a juncture for alternate realities, allowing for the coexistence of powerful magic and technology.

One side of the planet always faces towards its sun, making for a Light Hemisphere that is home to He-Man and She-Ra, the world's two most famous residents. The Dark Hemisphere is dominated by Skeletor.

The planet has diverse biomes, including jungle, desert and ice cap. It is dotted with numerous cities, castles and temples. While remnants of a prior technologically advanced civilization exist, overall the world has a medieval level of development.

Points of interest include the capital city of Eternos and Castle Grayskull, which holds many of the world's secrets.

## External Links

**Wiki Grayskull:** Eternia

**Deviant Art:** Map of Eternia
Gawain

**Sir Gawain** is a knight in Britain in the Dark Ages, one of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table. The son of King Lot of Lothian, he was the half brother of Mordred, who betrayed Camelot. Considered one of Arthur's most powerful knights, he is known for his contest with the Green Knight--and for his red hair.
Green Hornet

The **Green Hornet** is a masked avenger whose secret identity, **Britt Reid**, is the publisher of the *Daily Sentinel* newspaper in Detroit. His is assisted by martial artist Kato, the driver of his car, Black Beauty.

Reid is the grandnephew of John Reid, the Lone Ranger.

**Wikipedia:** Green Hornet

**PJFarmer.com:** Masked Men
Ground Sloth

The **ground sloth** is a giant relative of the sloth, originating in South America and later colonizing North America. They are gentle but powerful herbivores.

They are first found in Patagonia 35 milllion years ago during the Eocene Epoch. They enter North America when the Panamanian land bridge forms, approximately 2.7 mya. They are extinct in the present-day United States by 11,000 years ago, but survive in Cuba until about 2700 BCE.

**Wikipedia:** Ground sloth
Florence

**Florence** is a city in Italy, a major cultural center during the Renaissance.

## Individuals

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)

Giovanni Boccaccio

Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510)

Donatello (1386-1466)

Enrico Fermi

Guccio Gucci (1881-1953)

Leonardo da Vinci

Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527)

Lorenzo de Medici (1449-1492)

Michelangelo

Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)

Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512)
Harry S. Truman

**Harry S. Truman** (1884–1972), the 33rd president of the United States, serves from 1945 to 1953. A Democrat from Missouri, Truman is serving as a senator from that state when he is elected vice president for Franklin Roosevelt's fourth term. Just a few months into that term, Roosevelt dies, and Truman becomes president.

Truman is president during the last few months of World War II, making the decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. His presidency also sees the beginning of the Cold War, the implementation of the Marshall Plan and the creation of NATO.

Truman runs for the presidency as an incumbent in 1948, and defeats Republican Thomas Dewey despite headlines proclaiming "Dewey Defeats Truman." He chooses not to run again in 1952.
Deer

**Deer** are hoofed mammals, distinguished by their antlers, found in North and South America, Europe and Asia. They are often found in forests or on the border between forest and grassland.

It is generally the male deer who have antlers, which they shed and regrow each year. The reindeer is the only type of deer whose females have antlers.

Male deer are called **stags** or **bucks**; a female is a **doe** and the young are **fawns**.

## Types

Elk

Irish Elk

Moose

Reindeer

Whitetail Deer

## Links

**Wikipedia:** Deer

**Open Gaming Network (5E SRD):** Animal, Deer
Harun Al-Rashid

**Harun Al-Rashid** (763-809) is caliph of the Muslim empire from 786-809, during the golden age of Islam. His rule includes Mesopotamia, Arabia, Persia, the Holy Land, Aegypt, Libya and Tunisia. Under his reign, Baghdad is the most splendid city in the world.

His daughter is Jasmine; Aladdin becomes his son-in-law. His vizier is the wizard Jafar, who is eventually executed for plotting against Harun.

**Wikipedia:** Harun al-Rashid
Folk Hero

**Folk heroes** are humans (usually) that embody the spirit of the people and often possess larger-than-life qualities. They are sometimes immortalized in folk songs.

## Examples

Robin Hood

Captain Alfred Bulltop Stormalong

Daniel Boone (1734-1820)

Davy Crockett (1786-1836)

Mike Fink (1775-1823)

Johnny Appleseed (1775-1845)

Mose Humphrey (1809-1849?)

Paul Bunyan (b. 1834)

High John the Conqueror

John Henry (d. 1872)

Pecos Bill (b. 1845)

Febold Feboldson
Galactus

**Galactus**, the **Devourer of Worlds**, is a god-like cosmic entity who exists by consuming the life force of planets. He existed before the Big Bang, the only survivor of the previous universe.

He has enlisted a series of heralds to seek out worlds for his consumption, the most famous of whom is the Silver Surfer.

Galactus attempts to consume the Earth in 1966, when he is dissuaded by the Fantastic Four.

## External Links

**Wikipedia:** Galactus

**Marvel Database:** Galan (Earth-616)
Girdle of Hippolyta

The **Girdle of Hippolyta** is a magic belt worn by Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons. Magically increasing her strength, it is a gift from her father Ares. Retrieving the girdle is Hercules' ninth labor; Hippolyta hands it over willingly, but subterfuge by Hera results in a war between the Amazons and Hercules' companions anyway. The Girdle ends up with Eurystheus' daughter in Tiryns.

**Wikipedia:** Hippolyta
HP Lovecraft

**HP Lovecraft** (1890-1937) is an author of horror stories from the United States; he is born and lives in Providence, aside from a brief period where he lives in New York City. He writes extensively about the Elder Gods. His work is marred by racism and xenophobia.

## People

Characters associated with HP Lovecraft:

Abdul Alhazred

Henry Armitage

Randolph Carter

Richard Upton Pickman

Wilbur Whateley

## Places

Places associated with HP Lovecraft:

Arkham

Innsmouth

Dunwich

Kingsport

R'lyeh

Mountains of Madness

Plateau of Leng

Yuggoth

## Creatures

Creatures associated with HP Lovecraft:

Deep One

Elder Thing

Shoggoth

Tcho Tcho People

**Wikipedia:** HP Lovecraft
Gabriel

**Gabriel** is an Archangel, the Herald of Jehovah/Allah. He explained Daniel's visions to him, told the Virgin Mary that she was to bear Jesus, and delivered the revelations of the Quran to Muhammad. Gabriel's Horn is an artifact of great power, which he will blow to announce the End Times.

**Wikipedia:** Gabriel
Great Pyramid

The **Great Pyramid** is a pyramid at Giza in Egypt, built as a tomb for the pharaoh Cheops from 2580–2560 BCE. It is the oldest and largest of the pyramids at Giza, originally standing about 480 feet high. (It loses about 25 of height over the next four millennia or so.)

It is one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

## External Links

**Coordinates:** 29° 58′ 45″ N, 31° 8′ 3″ E

**Wikipedia:** Great Pyramid of Giza
George Washington

**George Washington** is the military leader of the American Revolution and then serves as the first president of the United States. He is known as the **Father of His Country**.

Washington is born in Virginia on February 22, 1732. As a child, he demonstrates his honesty by admitting he had cut down his father's cherry tree with his new ax. Later, he proves his strength by throwing a silver dollar across the Potomac River.

As a young soldier, he develops ranger skills, serving as a scout during the French and Indian War and later working as a surveyor.

He is the owner of a Virginia plantation called Mount Vernon. There he forces African-Americans to work for him as slaves.

He marries his wife, Martha, in 1759.

During the American Revolution he is commander-in-chief of the Continental Army. There he successfully fights a war of attrition against the British, surviving hard times at Valley Forge, and winning a key victory in the Battle of Trenton by crossing the Delaware for a surprise attack on Hessian troops on Christmas Day.

After the war, he is elected president twice, in 1788 and 1792. He starts his first term in New York City, the original seat of government, moving with the capital to Philadelphia in 1790.

His vice president is John Adams. His cabinet includes Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton.

He dies at Mount Vernon on December 14, 1799. He is survived by Martha.
Guild

A **guild** is an association of merchants or artisans, formed to advance the interests of its members. Often one must belong to a guild in order to pursue a trade. They arose in the Dark Ages and reached the height of their power in the Gothic Era.

Ranks in a guild typically include aprentice, journeyman and master.

## Examples

Masons

Merchant Guild

Goldsmiths

Weavers

Barbers

Assassins Guild

Thieves Guild

Wizards Guild

**Wikipedia:** Guild
Greater Magellanic Cloud

The **Greater Magellanic Cloud** is a dwarf galaxy about 160,000 light years from the Milky Way, containing about 30 billion stars. It is part of the Local Group of the Virgo Supercluster. It and the Lesser Magellanic Cloud were not discovered by Ferdinand Magellan--people in the Southern Hemisphere had been noticing them for tens of thousands of years--but he got to put his name on it anyway.

It is home to the Kree Empire and is the destination of the space habitat Rama.
Greenland

**Greenland** is an island -- the largest on Earth -- off the northeast coast of North America, surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to its south and the Arctic Ocean to the north. It has an arctic climate and is mostly covered by a thick layer of ice.

Its indigenous inhabitants are Inuit. In the Gothic era, Vikings led by Erik the Red invade and launch an ill-fated settlement.

**Wikipedia:** Greenland
Fred Jones

**Fred Jones** (17 years old in 1969), monster hunter, is the leader of Mystery Inc. He drives the Mystery Machine and usually comes up with the plans for trapping the villains. He is often paired with Daphne Blake. He wears an ascot, for some reason.

**Wikipedia:** Fred Jones (Scooby-Doo)

**Scoobypedia:** Fred Jones
Golem

A **golem** is an animated guardian made of clay or other inert substance. The most famous golem is the Golem of Prague, created by Rabbi Judah Loew in 1580 to protect the Prague ghetto. Like Loew's creation, a golem may break out of control and become a destructive force.

According to Gary Gygax, golems may be made of stone, iron or even human flesh, making Frankenstein's Monster a kind of golem. Talos, the animated guardian of Crete, can be thought of as a bronze golem.

**Wikipedia:** Golem
Giant Crab

**Giant crabs** are monstrous crustaceans found in fantasy and science fiction settings.

Natural crabs can weigh 40 pounds and have a 12-foot leg span, so giant crabs would be considerably bigger. Typically they are big enough to grab humans with their claws--perhaps the size of an SUV.

## Examples

Tamatoa

Cancer (crab)

## Places

Lerna

Mysterious Island

Bikini Atoll

**Open Gaming Network (5E SRD):** Crab, Huge
Gary Gygax

**Gary Gygax** (1938-2008) is a writer and game designer who lives in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. He is a leading expert on Medieval combat, monsters, and magic, along with much else.

## Monsters

Gygax is the author of a well-known compendium of monsters, many of whom had never been identified by monsterologists before:

Blink Dog

Displacer Beast

Eye Tyrant

Gelatinous Cube

Green Slime

Land Shark

Mind Flayer

Owlbear

Rust Monster

**Wikipedia:** Gary Gygax
George Soros

**George Soros** (1930- ) born August 12, 1930, in Budapest, Hungary, is a billionaire investor and liberal philanthropist. Renowned for his success in financial markets, Soros has given most of his wealth to his Open Society Foundations.

A Jewish survivor of the Holocaust, His involvement in political and social causes, coupled with his outspoken views on global affairs, has made him a controversial figure on the world stage and a central figure in right-wing conspiracy theories.
Fruit

**Fruits** are a kind of food: sweet, fleshy seed-containing parts of trees and other plants.

## Temperate

* Apple
* Apricot
* Cherry
* Crab apple
* Nectarine
* Peach
* Pear
* Plum
* Pomegranate
* Quince

## Berry

* Bilberry
* Blackberry
* Blueberry
* Boysenberry
* Cranberry
* Currant
* Elderberry
* Huckleberry
* Juniper berry
* Mulberry
* Raspberry
* Strawberry

## Tropical

* Açaí
* Avocado
* Banana
* Breadfruit
* Cactus pear
* Date
* Dragonfruit
* Durian
* Fig
* Grape
* Grapefruit
* Guava
* Jackfruit
* Jujube
* Kiwifruit
* Kumquat
* Lemon
* Lime
* Lychee
* Mango
* Melon
	+ Cantaloupe
	+ Honeydew
	+ Watermelon
* Miracle fruit
* Orange
	+ Blood orange
	+ Clementine
	+ Mandarin
	+ Tangerine
* Papaya
* Passionfruit
* Persimmon
* Plantain
* Pineapple

**Wikipedia:** Fruit
Han Solo

*"Never tell me the odds."*

**Han Solo** (32 BBY-34 ABY) is a pilot, smuggler and rogue in the Far Away Galaxy. He is the pilot of the *Millennium Falcon*, a starship that he scammed from Lando Calrissian. His co-pilot and tailgunner is Chewbacca, a Wookie.

Originally opposing the Galactic Empire for purely mercenary reasons, he soon becomes a committed ally of the Rebel Alliance and a hero of the resistance forces. This is due in part to his friendship with Luke Skywalker, but even more to his burgeoning relationship with Leia Organa, whom he eventually marries and has a child with, Kylo Ren. Han eventually dies at Kylo Ren's hand.

**Wookieepedia:** Han Solo
Friedrich Hayek

**Friedrich Hayek** (1899-1992) is a economist from Vienna and a key figure in the Austrian School of economics. His book *The Road to Serfdom* (1944) warns against the dangers of central planning and advocates for free-market capitalism. He teaches at the London School of Economics, the University of Chicago and the University of Freiburg. He wins the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1974 for his work on the business cycle and monetary theory.
Galileo Galilei

**Galileo Galilei** (1564-1642) is an astronomer in Renaissance Italy. He is the first to use a telescope to explore the planets; he drops weights off the Leaning Tower of Pisa to test gravity. The Catholic Church forces him to recant his belief that the Earth goes around the Sun.

**Wikipedia:** Galileo Galilei
Freyr

**Freyr,** the brother of Freya, is a Norse deity of fertility. He is one of the Vanir, a clan of gods that rivals Odin's Aesir, but he has been adopted into the Aesir and lives in Asgard.

He is the owner of the ship Skithblathnir and the golden boar Gullinborsti.

He is killed by the fire giant Surtr at Ragnarok.

**Wikipedia:** Freyr
Genji

**Hikaru Genji**, born in 822, is a charismatic and accomplished Japanese aristocrat, admired for his romantic pursuits, artistic talents, and political achievements. The son of an emperor, he has the status of a prince because of his mother's relatively low birth. One of his sons becomes emperor, while another marries a different emperor to become empress.

Genji appears in *The Tale of Genji*, a classic work of Japanese literature attributed to the noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu.
Gilgamesh

**Gilgamesh**, the king of Uruk in Mesopotamia, was a demigod and one of the most powerful warriors of the Age of Bronze. He and his companion Enkidu killed the giant Humbaba the Terrible and the Bull of Heaven; after the gods killed Enkidu in retribution, Gilgamesh sought in vain for the secret of immortality.
George W. Bush

**George W. Bush** (b. 1946), the forty-third President of the United States, holds office from 2001 to 2009 as a Republican. The son of President George H.W. Bush, he serves as governor of Texas from 1995-2000. When he runs for president against Vice President Al Gore in 2000, he losing the popular vote, but is awarded the disputed electoral votes of Florida by the Supreme Court to claim the White House. After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Bush invades the countries of Afghanistan and Iraq. His administration is dominated by Vice President Dick Cheney.
Galilee

**Galilee** is a region of the Holy Land in the time of the Roman Empire; it is the homeland of Jesus and the scene of much of his ministry.

Galilee lies north of Samaria and south of Phoenecia. To its west is the Mediterranean Sea; to its east are the Sea of Galilee and the Jordan River.

## Points of Interest

Nazareth

Capernaum

Chorazin

Magdala

Cana
Gryphon

**Gryphons** (also spelled **Griffon** or **Griffin**) are fantastic beasts, resembling a cross between a lion and an eagle. They are known from ancient times, found in Egypt, Persia, Scythia and Mongolia. In the Dark Ages they are found more commonly in Europe.

Gryphons are ferocious but have been known to be tamed for riding. They mate for life, even if one of a pair dies.

Gryphons are fond of horse flesh--including flying horses, like hippogriffs and pegasi.

## External Links

**Wikipedia:** Griffin

**WikiBestiary:** Gryphon

**TV Tropes:** Our Gryphons Are Different
Fawlty Towers

**Fawlty Towers** is a hotel in Torquay, Devon, England, run by the cantankerous Basil Fawlty. Other members of the hotel staff include Basil's wife Sibyl Fawlty, his American assistant Polly Sherman and the Spanish waiter Manuel. It is known to be in operation at least from 1972 until 1979.

## External Link

**Coordinates:** 50°28′11″N 3°30′13.5″W

**Wikipedia:** Fawlty Towers

**ResearchGate:** Fawlty Towers Floorplan
Golden Gate Bridge

The **Golden Gate Bridge** is a bridge in California that links San Francisco to Marin County (crossing the strait known as the Golden Gate). It is one of the state's most recognizable landmarks. When completed in 1937, it is the longest and tallest suspension bridge in the world.

**Coordinates:** 37.819722, -122.478611

**Wikipedia:** Golden Gate Bridge
Fafnir

**Fafnir** is a dwarf who becomes a dragon and is slain by Siegfried. His lair is in Westphalia.

Fafnir seems to be a green dragon -- he breathes poison, not fire.

Fafnir's hoard includes gold (that comes with a curse), a magic ring (also cursed), magic swords, a magic helm and magic chainmail.

**Wikipedia:** Fafnir
Ghost

**Ghosts** are undead creatures, able to manifest to the living in various ways but usually lacking a corporeal form. They are often the spirits of individuals who seek revenge on those who killed them or otherwise have an unfulfilled task.

Ghosts may be invisible, manifesting via sound, temperature changes or manipulated objects. In other cases they may appear as a ghostly glow or haze, or draped in burial shrouds--the famous "sheets."

Other time they take on a more human appearance, which may be transparent, translucent or fully opaque. Ghosts with human-like appearances range from ghastly to gorgeous.

## Types

**Spooks** are your standard Halloween ghosts--an animated sheet with holes for eyes and mouth. They typically have little personality or identity, and are generally more mischievous than malevolent.

**Apparitions** are noncorporeal images of the dead that lack free will or the ability to interact with the living.

**Phantoms** are noncorporeal spirits that resemble their living selves. They retain their identity from life but may or may not be aware that they are dead. Sometimes are visible only to one or a few people.

**Shades** are undead shadows, lacking personality or identity but often retaining a fierce hatred of the living.

**Spectres** are noncorporeal spirits that resemble translucent, sometimes whitish or greenish versions of their living selves. They typically remember their mortal identity, but this is often overshadowed by a ghostly personality--whether malevolent, romantic or comic.

**Wraiths** exist between corporeality and noncorporeality, with skull-like upper bodies and cloaks that trail off in a smoke-like fashion. Their identities are subsumed by an all-consuming hatred of the living.

## Individuals

Clytemnestra

Julius Caesar

Hamlet's Father

Banquo

Jacob Marley

Canterville Ghost

Captain Daniel Gregg

Flying Dutchman

Headless Horseman

Vanishing Hitchhiker

Bloody Mary

La Llorona

Candyman

Casper

Slimer

Beetlejuice

## Links

**Wikipedia:** Ghost

**TV Tropes:** Our Ghosts Are Different

**Tor.com:** Ghosts A-Z
Goat

The **goat** is a hoofed mammal that is adapted for hilly and mountainous terrain. They have been domesticated for their milk, meat and sometimes for their wool.

Fantastic beasts that are hybrids of goats and other creatures include satyrs, chimerae and capricorns.

## Links

**Wikipedia:** Goat

**Open Gaming Network (5E SRD):** Animal, Goat
Goblin

**Goblins** are a type of humanoid creature, usually but not always diminutive, and generally grotesque in appearance.

In the goblin family, but not strictly goblins themselves, are hobgoblins, orcs and bugbears. Goblins seem to be distantly related to elves and other fairy creatures.

Goblins are typically seen (by humans, at least) as evil and balanced between law and chaos. They are traditional enemies of both elves and dwarves, and have a particular rivalry with gnomes. They are on better terms with ghosts, ghouls and other undead creatures than other living humanoids.

Notable individual goblins include King Azog, who killed Thorin Oakenshield's grandfather in Moria; Gringott, who founded the major bank of the wizarding world in 1474; and the Goblin King, a powerful wizard who is more traditionally elf-like in appearance.

## Links

**Wikipedia:** Goblin

**TV Tropes:** Our Goblins Are Different
Giacomo Casanova

**Giacomo Casanova** (1725-1798) is a rogue from Venice, Italy. He is a famous for seducing many women, but in his adventures he also works as a musician, a spy, a gambler, an alchemist and an astrologer. Besides Venice, he lives in France, England and Bohemia, and travels to Spain, Holland, Russia and the Ottoman Empire. His associates include Voltaire, Mozart, Goethe, Catherine the Great and Benjamin Franklin.

**Wikipedia:** Giacomo Casanova
Grand Teton

**Grand Teton** is a mountain in Wyoming, at 13,775 feet the highest mountain in the **Teton Range**, which is part of the Rocky Mountains. Its name, meaning "Big Tit," is given to it by French-Canadian explorers. In 1929, it becomes the center of a national park.

**Coordinates:** 43° 44′ 28.35″ N, 110° 48′ 8.69″ W

**Wikipedia:** Grand Teton
Gnoll

**Gnolls** are human-like creatures with doglike heads, also known as **cynocephali**. They are encountered frequently in ancient and Medieval legends, appearing in such widely dispersed regions as Scotland, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, India, Libya, Indonesia and Siberia.

Gnolls are typically depicted as fierce hunters and wild devotees of Chaos .
**Wikipedia:** Cynocephaly
**Mysterious Universe:** A Strange History of Dog-Headed Men
Fairy Tales

**Fairy tales** are a genre of folktale thought to be suitable for children. They often involve magic or supernatural creatures.  They are usually set in no specific time beyond "long ago," and often take place in a kingdom "far, far away."

A separate but similar group of characters appear in nursery rhymes.

## Writers

Hans Christian Anderson (1805-1875)

Jacob Grimm (1785-1863)

Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859)

Charles Perrault (1628-1723)

## Characters

Aladdin

Ali-Baba

Baba Yaga

Belle

The Beast

Bluebeard

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Chicken Little

Cinderella

Prince Charming

Clever Hans

The Frog Prince

Goldilocks

Gretel

Hansel

Iron John

Jack the Giant Killer

Princess Aurora (Sleeping Beauty)

Sinbad the Sailor

Snow White

Ariel (The Little Mermaid)

**Wikipedia:** List of Fairy Tales
Fantomas

**Fantômas** (b. 1867) is a criminal mastermind. A master of disguise, he uses numerous identities and appears in all corners of the world, including Paris, Germany, India, South Africa, the United States and Mexico. His nemesis is Inspector Juve.

## External Links

**Wikipedia:** Fantomas

**Interesting Curios Wiki:** Fantômas
Hassan-i Sabah

**Hassan-i Sabah** (1050-1124) is a renowned figure of the Gothic Era as the leader of the secretive and feared order known as the Assassins. He establishes a stronghold in the fortress of Alamut in Persia, from where he orchestrates his assassinations and covert operations. Hassan-i Sabah and his followers gain notoriety for their deadly skills, employing stealth and subterfuge to eliminate their enemies. While many legends surround the Assassins, their existence and activities are documented in various historical accounts.
Frederick Barbarossa

**Frederick Barbarossa** (b. 1122) is Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. He is also Duke of Swabia and King of Germany, Italy and Burgundy. He drowns in 1190 in Asia Minor, while engaged in the Third Crusade, and is taken to the Kyffhäuser mountain in Thuringia, where he sleeps until he is needed by his people.

**Wikipedia:** Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor
Great Plains

The **Great Plains** are a vast prairie in the center of North America. The Great Plains states, which are more or less entirely within its borders, are the Dakotas, Nebraska and Kansas. Other states that are partially within the Great Plains include Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico. The plains also extend into the Prairies of Canada.

## Creatures

Bison

Coyotes

Grizzly Bears

Mountain Lions

Prairie Dogs

Pronghorn Antelope

Wolves
Flying Creature

**Flying creatures** have the ability to travel through the air, usually using wings.

## Natural

Birds

Bats

Insects

Pterosaurs

Flying Squirrels

Flying Fish

## Fantastic

Alicorn

Angel

Beholder

Coatl

Devil

Dragon

Fairy

Flying Fox

Flying Lizard

Flying Monkey

Flying Snake

Flying Tiger

Gargoyle

Gryphon

Harpy

Hippogriff

Manticore

Mothman

Pegasus

Peryton

Sphinx

Will-o-Wisp

Winged Bull

Winged Lion

Wraith

Wyvern

**Wikipedia:** List of flying mythological creatures
Flash Gordon

**Flash Gordon** is a hero from Earth who battles Ming the Merciless on the planet Mongo. He is a polo player and a graduate of Yale University.

Gordon's companion and love interest is Dale Arden. They come to Mongo in 1934 aboard an experimental rocket ship invented by Dr. Hans Zarkov.

**Wikipedia:** Flash Gordon
Giant Spider

**Giant spiders** are any spiders that are bigger than a naturally huge spider, which is to say bigger than about a foot in diameter. They may be virtually any size: the size of a beach ball, the size of a horse, the size of a bus or the size of a building.

They typically resemble their smaller cousins, though they are sometimes more intelligent--and sometimes more evil. Some giant spiders build webs, with silk tough enough to ensnare human-sized prey. Giant tarantulas stalk their prey; giant wolf spiders hunt in packs. Giant trapdoor spiders are ambush hunters. Giant black widow spiders are among the most poisonous of all venomous creatures.

## Examples

Shelob

Aragog

A giant tarantula menaces the town of Desert Rock, Arizona, in 1955.

**Open Gaming Network (5E SRD):** Animal, Spider (Giant)
Geryon

**Geryon** is a three-headed giant who lives on the island of Erytheia, identified with Cadiz. He keeps a herd of cattle there, guarded by a giant two-head dog, Orthrus. Hercules is required to bring the cattle back to Eurystheus for his tenth labor, killing both dog and master in the process.

**Wikipedia:** Geryon
Feline

**Felines** are a family of carnivores that include the domesticated cat and its wild relatives. They are often solitary hunters, with bodies evolved for jumping and short pursuits. They are characterized by short muzzles, strong bites and sharp, usually retractable claws.

## Types

* **Tiger:** The largest cat, the orange-and-black striped tiger is found in India, China and Siberia. Formerly their range extended to Asia Minor, Central Asia and Southeast Asia. Their preferred habitat is forest, though they can also survive at high elevations and in wetlands. They sometimes develop a taste for human flesh.
* **Lion:** Found in Africa, particularly East Africa and Southern Africa, with a very small population in India. Formerly they inhabited Northern Africa, the Middle East and Greece. Their preferred habitat is the savanna--open grassland with large numbers of prey and enough trees to provide cover. Unlike other big cats, they generally live and hunt in packs. They too occasionally specialize in human prey.
* **Jaguar:** This spotted cat is found in tropical, generally wooded areas of North America, Central America and South America.
* **Cougar****:** Also known as the panther, puma or mountain lions, this tawny cat is traditionally found across nearly all of North America and South America, found in a wide variety of habitats, including forest, grasslands, mountains, deserts and swamps. Human hunting has exterminated them from much of their range. They will occasionally eat people.

* **Leopard:** A spotted cat found in Africa and Asia. They can be found in a wide variety of habitats, including grasslands, deserts and mountains, but they are particularly suited to forests and take full advantage of the ambush possibilities provided by trees.

* **Black Panther:** A large cat with dark fur found in the jungles of Africa, India, Central and South America.

* **Cheetah:** The world's fastest land animal, this spotted cat was found throughout much of Africa, the Middle East and India, but is now endangered or extinct throughout much of their range. Their preferred habitats include grasslands and deserts.
* **Lynx:**This medium-sized cat has been found throughout Europe and Siberia, Canada and parts of the Western and Northeastern United States. It prefers forest but is also found in mountainous and Arctic conditions.

**Wikipedia:** Felidae
Hank Morgan

**Hank Morgan** is a Connecticut Yankee who slips in time from 1879 to 528, finding himself in King Arthur's court. He uses his 19th century weapon-making knowledge to become a prominent advisor to the king. He lives in Dark Ages Britain until 535, whereupon he returns to his own time.

**Wikipedia:** A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Greek King

The **Greek kings** are monarchs of ancient Greece, usually rulers of city-states rather than claiming sovereignty of the whole Greek nation.

## Examples

Minos (Crete)

Cadmus (Thebes)

Oedipus (Thebes)

Sisyphus (Corinth)

Theseus (Athens)

Perseus (Mycenae)

Atreus (Mycenae)

Agamemnon (Mycenae)

Orestes (Mycenae)

Menelaus (Sparta)

Odysseus (Ithaca)

Achilles (Myrmidons)

Priam (Troy)

Pygmalion (Cyprus)

Philip of Macedon (Greece)
Gallery of Cities

All images generated by hrairoo via Midjourney.

## American

Anchorage, AlaskaAtlantaBirmingham, AlabamaBostonBrooklynChicagoDetroitHoustonJuneauLas VegasLittle RockLos AngelesManhattanMiamiMobileMontgomery, AlabamaNew OrleansOaklandPhoenix, ArizonaPortland, OregonSacramentoSan DiegoSan JoseSanta BarbaraSeattleSleepy HollowWashington, DCWilmington, Delaware
## Latin America

BarcelonaBogotaBrasiliaBuenos AiresCaliEl DoradoMedellinMexico CityMontevideoRio de JaneiroSantiagoTijuana
## Europe

ArgosAthensBucharestBudapestDelphiDublinEdinburghEleusisHamburgKyivLisbonLiverpoolMadridMarseillesMinas TirithMinskSaint PetersburgSpartaViennaWarsaw
## Africa

AlgiersCairoCapetownCarthageCasablancaJohannesburgNairobi
## Asia

AntiochBaghdadBombayByzantiumHanoiJakartaJerichoJerusalemPekingTokyoUrUruk
Fomalhaut

**Fomalhaut** is a white main-sequence star in the Milky Way galaxy, located in the constellation Piscis Austrinus. It is often referred to as the "Solitary One," because it appears to be relatively isolated in its region of the sky. Fomalhaut is about 25 light years from Earth.

Fomalhaut is the home system of the Elder God Cthugha.
Gerald Ford

**Gerald Ford** (1913–2006), the 38th president of the United States, holds office from 1974 to 1977. A Republican from Michigan, he is minority leader of the House of Representatives when Richard Nixon appoints him vice president in the wake of Spiro Agnew's resignation. Ford becomes president when Nixon himself resigns as a result of the Watergate scandal.

He grants Nixon a full pardon for any crimes related to Watergate, a decision that is met with controversy. Ford's presidency also faces economic challenges, including high inflation and unemployment. After narrowly winning the Republican nomination in 1976 over Ronald Reagan, he loses the general election to Democrat Jimmy Carter.

Ford is noted for his frequent stumbles, particularly while getting off Air Force One. His first lady is Betty Ford.
Excalibur

**Excalibur** (also known as **Caledfwlch** or **Caliburn**) is a relic, the magic sword of King Arthur. It is given to him by the Lady of the Lake, and is reluctantly returned to her by Bedivere after Arthur's defeat at Camlann.

The sword is much earlier owned by the Irish hero Fergus mac Roy.

**Wikipedia:** Excalibur

**Quondam et Futurus:** Excalibur
Flying Dutchman

The ***Flying Dutchman*** is a ghost ship piloted by Captain Hendrick Van der Decken, whose vow in 1751 to make the Cape of Good Hope results in him and his crew sailing the seas forever.

Though most often seen near the Cape, the doomed ship has been seen everywhere from the North Atlantic to the Pacific.

**Wikipedia:** Flying Dutchman
Frankenstein's Monster

**Frankenstein's Monster** is a creature that the mad scientist Victor Frankenstein made from the reassembled parts of corpses. Originally created at the University of Ingolstadt, the Monster pursues his creator to Geneva, where he murders Victor's bride. The scientist then chases his creation to the Arctic Ocean, where the Monster is lost in the ice.

**Wikipedia:** Frankenstein's monster
Grizzly Adams

**John "Grizzly" Adams** (1812-1860) is a ranger who is most at home in the mountains of California, where he lives with grizzly bears that he tames -- particularly his best friend, Ben. He life begins and ends, however, in Massachusetts.

Adams exhibits his many animals in a menagerie in San Francisco, and later tours with PT Barnum.

**Wikipedia:** John "Grizzly" Adams
Geologic Time

**Geologic time** is the division of time since the formation of the Earth into distinct periods based on geologic and evolutionary events.

## Cenozoic Era

Anthropocene: The Historic Period (.01)

Pleistocene: The Stone Age (.01-1.8 MYA)

Tertiary: The Age of Mammals  (1.8-65 MYA)

## Mesozoic: The Age of Reptiles

Cretaceous (65-144 MYA)

Jurassic (144-206 MYA)

Triassic (206-248 MYA)

## Paleozoic

### The Age of Amphibians

Permian (248-290 MYA)

Carboniferous (290-354 MYA)

### The Age of Fishes

Devonian (354-417 MYA)

Silurian (417-443 MYA)

### The Age of Invertebrates

Ordovician (443-490 MYA)

Cambrian (490-540 MYA)

Precambrian (540-4500 MYA)
Harry Houdini

**Harry Houdini** (1874-1926), born **Erich Weisz**, is the most famous stage magician and escape artist of all time. He is known for escaping from handcuffs, straitjackets, jail cells, milk jugs and his own specially designed "Chinese water torture cell." He is often assisted by his wife Bess Houdini.

Houdini is born in Budapest, Hungary, and grows up in New York City. He begins his magic career in 1891, and becomes a star of the vaudeville circuit in 1899. He marries Bess in 1894.

He is a vehement opponent of spiritualists. He dies in Detroit after being punched in the stomach by a fan before he could prepare himself.

**Wikipedia:** Harry Houdini
Guan Yu

**Guan Yu** is a warrior from ancient China, the blood brother of Liu Bei, king of Shu, and of their comrade Zhang Fei. One of the finest fighters of his generation, after his death Guan becomes a god of war, known as **Guandi** or **Guan Gong**.

**Wikipedia:** Guan Yu

**Three Kingdoms Wiki:** Guan Yu
Ewok

**Ewoks** are small, teddy bear-like aliens indigenous to the forest moon of Endor. Bipedal and covered with fur, they are noted for a keen sense of community and tribal tradition. Though their society is low-tech, they are able to deploy simple tools in resourceful ways to thwart opponents with far more advanced technology--as when the Galactic Empire tries to occupy Endor.

## External Link

**Wikipedia:** Ewok

**Wookiepedia:** Ewok
Gomez Addams

**Gomez Addams** is the patriarch of the eccentric Addams Family. He is the devoted husband of Morticia Addams, and the indulgent father of Wednesday and Pugsley. He is an attorney and a billionaire. He lives with his family in Westfield, New Jersey.

Charles Addams (no relation) describes him as "a crafty schemer, but also a jolly man in his own way ... sentimental and often puckish — optimistic, he is in full enthusiasm for his dreadful plots."

**Wikipedia:** Gomez Addams
Gotham City

**Gotham City** is a city located in New Jersey, not far from Atlantic City. It is best known as the home of Batman, the crimefighting alter ego of millionaire Bruce Wayne, and his associates and enemies.

## Sights

Arkham Asylum

Police Headquarters

Wayne Manor

## Individuals

Oswald Cobblepot

Barbara Gordon

Jim Gordon

Dick Grayson

The Joker

Selena Kyle

Edward Nygma

Alfred Pennyworth

Bruce Wayne

**DC Database:** Gotham City
George Edward Challenger

**Professor George Edward Challenger** (b. 1863) is a scientist and an explorer, born in Scotland and based at the British Museum in London. He is best known for his discovery in 1906 to Maple White Land, a Lost World atop a plateau in the Amazon rain forest that is home to dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. He returns two years later to retrieve specimens.

**Wikipedia:** Professor Challenger
Flying Tiger

A **flying tiger** is a fantastic beast that resembles a tiger with wings, though they are sometimes much larger than the terrestrial variety. They are found in India, Southeast Asia, China, Siberia and Persia, though they are rare wherever they occur. The god Dionysus is sometimes accompanied by a pair of these winged cats.

**Wikipedia:** Winged cat
Goliath

**Goliath** is a giant and a warrior, the champion of the Philistines. He stands six cubits and a span tall, or nine feet, nine inches. His weapon is a bronze spear.

When he challenges a champion of the Israelites to face him in single combat, David fells him with a stone from his sling and cuts off his head.

**Wikipedia:** Goliath
Haunted House

A **haunted house** is a structure where ghosts or other supernatural entities manifest. (Sometimes it's not a house but some other type of structure, like a castle or hotel.) They are a standard setting in the horror genre.

## Examples

Amityville Horror

Bates Motel

Bly Manor

Borden House

Carfax Abbey

Castle of Otranto

Hill House

House of the Seven Gables

House of Wax

House on Haunted Hill

Overlook Hotel

Paris Opera House

Poltergeist House

Winchester House
Florida

**Florida** is a state of the United States of North America, in the Dixie region. To the west of Florida is the Gulf of Mexico, to the south (across the Florida Straits) is Cuba. The Atlantic Ocean is to the east, with the Bahamas a short way to the southeast. To the north is Georgia, and Alabama to the northwest.

Florida is home to the Seminole Indians. During the Age of Exploration, it is made a colony by Spain. Incorporated into the United States, it secedes with the Confederacy during the US Civil War.

## Features

Everglades

Okefenokee Swamp

Lake Okeechobee

Florida Keys

Kokomo

## Communities

Miami

Jacksonville

Orlando

Tampa

Fort Lauderdale

St. Augustine (town)

Tallahassee

Palm Beach

Key West

## Characters

James Crockett & Ricardo Tubbs

Flipper

Gentle Ben

Travis McGee

Tony Montana

Dexter Morgan

Ace Ventura

Jeannie

Edward Scissorhands

Blanche Devereaux

Encyclopedia Brown

Porky

Charles Foster Kane

**Wikipedia:** Florida
Helga Hufflepuff

**Helga Hufflepuff** is a scholar of magic in the Dark Ages of Britain, and one of the four founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, associated with Hogwarts' Hufflepuff House. Hufflepuff is known for her loyalty, fairness, and dedication to fostering a sense of community among students, as well as for her creation of the Sorting Hat and her food-related charms.

Born in Wales in the 10th century, she is a close friend of Rowena Ravenclaw. Physically, Hufflepuff is a plump woman with brown hair and blue eyes.

Helga Hufflepuff's story and her role in the founding of Hogwarts can be found in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling.
Flightless Bird

**Flightless birds** are birds that lack the power of flight.

## Types

Ostrich (Africa)

Emu (Australia)

Rhea (South America)

Cassowary (New Guinea, Australia)

Kiwi (New Zealand)

Penguin (Antarctica, South Africa,

### Extinct

Elephant Bird (Madagascar)

Moa (New Zealand)

Great Auk (Arctic)

Dodo

Terror Bird

**Wikipedia:** Flightless bird
France

**France** is a nation in Western Europe. Its major city is Paris.

## Regions

Using a mixture of traditional and modern regions (and acknowledging the role of wine varieties in publicizing French locales), France can roughly be divided thus:

Brittany

Normandy

Northeast France (includes Picardy, Calais)

Loire Valley

Ile-de-France (including Paris)

Champagne (with Alsace-Lorraine)

Aquitaine (includes Bordeaux)

Languedoc

Burgundy (includes Beaujolais)

French Alps

Provence (includes the Riviera)
Glyptodon

The **glyptodon** is a giant armadillo that lives towards the end of the Age of Mammals, in South America and the southern parts of North America. They grow up to five feet tall, 11 feet long and can weigh more than two tons. Their backs are armored and their tails have a bony club that can be used as a weapon.

Glyptodons go extinct about 9000 BCE.

**Wikipedia:** Glyptodon
Freddy Krueger

**Freddy Krueger** is a boogeyman. Once a serial killer of children in Springwood, Ohio, after he was murdered by a vigilante mob he became a vengeful spirit who kills teenagers by entering their dreams.

Krueger is born c. 1940. He is arrested for a string of child murders in 1966, and killed by a vigilante mob in 1968. He begins haunting dreams in 1981.

## External links

**Wikipedia:** Freddy Krueger

**Elm Street Wiki:** Freddy Krueger

**ScreenRant:** Nightmare on Elm Street Full Movie Franchise Timeline Explained
Germany

**Germany** is a nation in Central Europe. To the west of Germany is France, with Belgium and Holland to its northwest; to its south are Switzerland and Austria. To the east are Bohemia, Ruritania and Poland. To the north are the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea.

## Regions

Germany can be divided into five parts, with four cardinal directions and a center:

**Northern Germany**: Includes Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein and Pomerania.

**Western Germany**: Includes the Rhineland and Westphalia

**Eastern Germany**: Includes Brandenburg and Saxony

**Southern Germany**: Includes Bavaria

## Individuals

Johann Sebastian Bach

Ludwig van Beethoven

Otto von Bismarck

Eva Braun

Wernher von Braun

Bertolt Brecht

Marlene Dietrich

Adolph Eichmann

Albert Einstein

Frederich Engels

Till Eulenspiegel

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Johann Faust

Fredrick Barbarossa

Joseph Goebbels

Hermann Goering

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Günter Grass

Gretel

Jacob Grimm

Wilhelm Grimm

Johannes Gutenberg

Hansel

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Martin Heidegger

Werner Karl Heisenberg

Werner Herzog

Heinrich Himmler

Adolph Hitler

Ilsa, She-Wolf of the SS

Immanuel Kant

Johannes Kepler

Gustav Klimt

Colonel Klink

Mad King Ludwig

Martin Luther

Rosa Luxemburg

Doctor Mabuse

Karl Marx

Joseph Mengele

Hieronymus Karl Friedrich von Münchhausen

Friedrich Nietzsche

Nightcrawler

Rapunzel

The Red Baron

Red Skull

Leni Riefenstahl

Rainer Maria Rilke

Erwin Rommel

Oskar Schindler

Heinrich Schliemann

Albert Schweitzer

Siegfried

Snow White

Richard Wagner

Kaiser Wilhelm

Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin

**TV Tropes:** Oktoberfest
Hanseatic League

The **Hanseatic League** is an alliance of European  cities formed by merchant guilds to promote trade in the Baltic and North seas. It is operating by 1157, reaches the height of its powers in the 1300s and its last remnants are dissolved in 1862. It fights pirates and wages a successful war against Denmark .

The center of its power is the German city of Lubeck. Other influential Hanseatic cities include Hamberg , Bremen , Stockholm, Brunswick, Berlin, Danzig, Krakow, Riga, Cologne and Munster . The League has trading posts in many cities, including London, Bergen, Novgorod and Antwerp.

**Wikipedia:** Hanseatic League
Giant Gila Monster

The **giant Gila monster** is a 70-foot giant lizard that goes on a rampage in Texas in 1959. Like the normal Gila monster, it is poisonous.

There may be other giant Gila monsters that are not quite so larger--or even larger--roaming around the Southwestern Desert.

**Wikipedia:** The Giant Gila Monster
France: Points of Interest

**Points of interest in France**, actual, legendary and fictional.

See Paris for landmarks in that city.

## Areas

Brittany

Normandy

Northeast France (includes Picardy, Calais)

Loire Valley

Ile-de-France (including Paris)

Champagne (with Alsace-Lorraine)

Aquitaine (includes Bordeaux)

Languedoc

Burgundy (includes Beaujolais)

French Alps

Provence (includes the Riviera)

Grand Fenwick

## Cities and Towns:

Paris

Marseille

Lyon

Dijon

Cannes

Orleans

Avignon

Carcasonne

Ys

Rouen

Agincourt

Monte Carlo

Benoic (King Ban)

Tostes (Emma Bovary)

Montreuil-sur-Mer (Jean Valjean)

Le Bourget (Charles Lindbergh)

Combray (Charles Swann)

Le Mans (Grand Prix)

Rennes-le-Chateau

Domrémy-la-Pucelle (Joan of Arc)

Saint-Remy (Nostradamus)

Lupiac (D'Artagnan

## Natural Landmarks

### Bodies of Water:

Seine

Loire

Rhone

Rhine

Fields:

### Forests:

Broceliande

Ardennes

### Landforms:

French Alps

Mount Blanc

## Structures:

### Castles:

Versailles

Fontainebleau

Chateau D'If

Hollow Needle (Arsene Lupin)

Castel-Finans (Bluebeard)

### Establishments:

Casino Royale

### Religious Edifices:

Chartres

Reims

Others:
Georges Seurat

**Georges Seurat** (1859-1891) is a painter from France. He is famous for developing pointillism, a technique involving small dots of color, and his masterpiece "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte" exemplifies this style.

Steven Sondheim in 1983 writes the musical *Sunday in the Park With George* about Seurat.
Florin (nation)

**Florin** is a small kingdom located on the western shore of the island of Zealand. By the late Renaissance, it is absorbed into the nation of Denmark.

Florin's chief rival is the kingdom of Guilder.

Florin's capital is Florin City. Its latest known ruler is Prince Humperdinck.

It is best known as the home of Buttercup and Westley.

## References

1. ↑ Florin and Guilder are said to be between Sweden and Germany--in other words, in the vicinity of Denmark. Given that the two states are separated by a north/south channel, there are only so many places they could be.
Garden of Eden

The **Garden of Eden** is an earthly paradise in Mesopotamia created by Jehovah to serve as a home for Adam and Eve (and originally for Lilith). It is located at the source of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

Eden contains animals of all sorts, who live in harmony, and all sorts of fruit trees. It also contains the Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge. Satan lives in the Garden as well, in the form of a serpent with legs.

After Adam and Eve are expelled from the Garden for eating the forbidden Fruit of Knowledge, the entrance is guarded by cherubs and a flaming sword.

**Wikipedia:** Garden of Eden
Harry Lime

**Harry Lime** (d. 1948) is a charming and enigmatic American who has become a black marketeer in post-World War II Vienna. The character is known for his wit and charisma, as well as his willingness to engage in illegal and dangerous activities, including the sale of contaminated penicillin, which results in the deaths of numerous innocent people. He is killed by his friend Holly Martins.

Lime is portrayed by Orson Welles in the film *The Third Man* (1949).