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Cube World

**Genre** | RPG

**Cube World** is an open world role-playing video game developed by Picroma. An early alpha version of the game was released on July 2, 2013 but the game is currently unavailable for purchase and has not received any updates since.

Bert made a "Bert Plays" video on Cube World shortly after its release.
Great Hiatus

**The Great Hiatus** was a period of the Bert's Tutorials YouTube channel lasting from 28 February 2014 - 27 July 2017. It was a period lasting almost 3.5 years where Bert didn't upload a single video. The final video uploaded before the Hiatus was the Bert's Tutorials Draw My Life, and the first video uploaded after the Hiatus was the first episode of the new series Bert Plays Minecraft.
Minecraft

**Genre** | Sandbox, Survival

**Minecraft** is a sandbox video game developed by Mojang. The game allows players to build with a variety of different blocks in a 3D randomly generated world, requiring creativity from players. Other activities in the game include exploration, resource gathering, crafting, and combat.

Minecraft is the most-covered game on the *Bert's Tutorials* YouTube channel. As of 2018, Bert has made three Minecraft series: How to Play Minecraft, Bert Plays Minecraft and a "Permadeath".

## Series Guide

* How to Play Minecraft
Bert Plays The Sims 3

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**Bert Plays The Sims 3** is a video uploaded onto the *Bert's Tutorials* YouTube channel on June 7, 2013. It was the first "Bert Plays" video and the first non-Minecraft video uploaded onto the channel.

## Synopsis

Bert spends the majority of the episode creating a Sim-version of himself in the "Create-a-Sim." Once he finishes, he moves into a house in "Sunset Valley."
Bert

**Gilbert Robert Craig "Bert" Bert** (born June 7, 1996) is an American Youtube personality who is the creator of the "*Bert's Tutorials*" Youtube channel.

## Early Life

Bert was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, but has lived in Montgomery for his whole life. His love of gaming was started when his Grandpa bought him the original Xbox for his sixth birthday. After leaving school at the age of 16, Bert worked as a Pizza Delivery Guy for Papa John's. He was fired in 2012 after breaking his arm and being unable to work. To pass the time he started watching YouTube let's play videos, and decided to make his own. The *Bert's Tutorials* YouTube channel was created on November 1, 2012.

## YouTube Career

*Bert's Tutorials* was initially a very Minecraft-heavy channel. It featured the series' How to Play Minecraft and Minecraft Permadeath until June 2013, when Bert created a video on The Sims 3. This was the first non-Minecraft video on the channel. He then made videos on DLC Quest, Cube World, Spore and Skyrim. Bert stopped uploading in August 2013, following the death of his grandfather. He briefly returned to YouTube to mark the channel's one year anniversary, before leaving again until January 2014, when he announced a reboot of the channel. However, after uploading a Draw My Life, the channel went quiet for the next three years.

Bert returned to YouTube in the Summer of 2017, 3.5 years after his last upload. He started two new series on Minecraft and Crusader Kings II as well as one-off Let's Plays. In December 2017 Bert left YouTube again until a video was uploaded where Bert played Broforce.

## Trivia

* It is known that Bert worked as a pizza delivery guy from the ages of 16 - 18, and possible again from the ages of 19 - 21. He has stated that YouTube is his full-time job now, despite getting an average of 5 views per video.
* Bert has mentioned several pets he has owned throughout his life:
	+ Bert had a childhood dog named "Rocky."
	+ Bert also had a rabbit named "Han Solo" during his childhood.
	+ Bert currently has three goldfish named "Lucky", "Bucky" and "Monster Trucky."
* Bert has never left the United States.
* Bert's father, Bill Bert, worked as a car salesman.
* Bert has three older siblings: Joe, Hank and Mary-Ann.
	+ Bert has at least one nephew, Arnold, born in August 2013.
* Bert met his best friend, Bob, in middle school.
Bert Plays Minecraft

Thumbnail for the first episode.

***Bert Plays Minecraft***is an ongoing series on the Bert's Tutorials YouTube channel. It has been on hiatus since September 2017.
The first series since the end of the Great Hiatus, the first episode was the first video uploaded to the channel in over four  years.

## Synopsis

The series revolves around the adventures of Bert as he lives in and explores the Minecraft world. Originally a vanilla playthrough of a Minecraft survival game, it evolved into a more story-driven series with the introduction of characters such as Buddy  and anon01.

## Episode Guide

 2 - An Unwelcome Visitor | 16 August 2017
 3 - The Trek | 25 August 2017
 4 - Bert's Big Mistake | 2 September 2017
Bert Plays Minecraft - 2 - An Unwelcome Visitor

***Bert Plays Minecraft - 2 - An Unwanted Visitor***is a video uploaded onto the Bert's Tutorials YouTube channel on 16 August 2017. It is the second episode of the series *Bert Plays Minecraft*.

## Synopsis

After building a mine, Bert discovers a small wooden house with a player "anon01" living inside. Bert then returns to the mine, but finds no ores.

## Characters

* Bert
* Buddy
* anon01
Old Common

## Phrases

* Mortum Apostarium
	+ The name given to the land of the Apostates. 'Mortum' referring to a being who is 'less than Mortal, and 'Apostarium' being a 'container of Apostates', people whom have renounced their faith to Sunurar.
* Yokem/Yokom
	+ Informal Parlaisan greeting
* H'rognen/H'rognon Ver (F/M)
	+ Inaccurately translates to 'How was your day', a precice New Common translation would read 'How has been your day'.
Bob

**Bob** is an American former YouTuber, and Bert's best friend. He has been referenced in several videos on the *Bert's Tutorials* YouTube channel, and also briefly appeared in one video. He had his own YouTube channel, *Bob's How To Plays*, which was created in 2013 - but has since been deleted.

Not much information is known about Bob, other than he met Bert during Middle School. This means he grew up in the city of Montgomery, Alabama. Bob was first referenced in episode 2 of How to Play Minecraft - the second video made by Bert. Bert states that, after watching episode 1, Bob called Bert a "noob" and set about teaching him how to properly play Minecraft. This involved Bob forcible uninstalling all the mods Bert had on his computer, including *Too Many Items*.

Bob started his own YouTube channel, *Bob's How to Plays*, in 2013. The channel's only video was 10 minutes of Bob playing Minecraft. Bob didn't upload any more videos, and his channel has since vanished off of the face of the Internet. Bob has not been referred to since the 2017 reboot, so it is unknown if he is still in contact with Bert.
Bert Plays Minecraft - 1 - Bert's Back

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***Bert Plays Minecraft - 1 - Bert's Back***is a video uploaded onto the Bert's Tutorials YouTube channel on 27 July 2017.

It is the first episode of the series *Bert Plays Minecraft*, as well as the first video uploaded to the channel after the Great Hiatus.

## Synopsis

Bert settles into the Minecraft world, and sets about building his house. Bert also meets a wolf, who he tames and adopts as a pet - naming it "Buddy."

## Characters

* Bert
* Buddy
Red Lotus Primordial Fire

## Appearance

The Red Lotus Fire is shaped like a blood red lotus that burns within the cycle of reincarnation. The flames are extremely red and pure as if they were red crystals that were dancing.

## Description

These flames are the personifcation of the purification of karma capable of burning the body, mantra and soul of a person. Apparently they work well with the River Styx Primordial Water and have a symbiosis relationship with each other.

## History

The Red Lotus Fire was a treasure and mantra from the Heaven-born path of the ancient Samsara Sect. After the Anti-Celestial Sect of Wonders war the Samsara Sect used this fire and other rescources to buy back their imprisoned Immortal Soul leaders.
Farm Folks Wiki

The Farm Folks encyclopedia that anyone can edit!

Welcome to the Farm Folks Wiki, a collaborative source for the upcoming farming simulator by Overgrown.

This wiki currently has **12 articles** and **64 pictures**.

About
***Farm Folks*** is an upcoming agricultural simulation built on Unreal Engine 4, and is developed by Australian developer, Overgrown. *Farm Folks* is inspired by games such as *Harvest Moon*, where the player takes on the role of a farmer by growing crops and raising livestock. It is slated for official release in 2019 for the PC, with plans for release to the consoles at a future date.

How to help
**Learning how to edit?**

+ If you are new to wikis, check out the **tutorial**.
+ Know how to edit? Consult our **Manual of Style**, and **wiki policies and guidelines**, to better see article standards.

**Helping out**

+ If you want to help but you're not sure where to start, try improving the various **stub articles** and **articles to be expanded** by expanding them.
+ Uploading game screenshots is another way to help out. Check for pages **needing images**. Don't forget to add the correct categories and a description!
+ Check the list of wanted pages for frequently linked-to articles that don't exist yet.
+ **Clean up** articles that are in need of attention.
+ Fix **maintenance reports**.

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Dr.Tungani

## Summary

> “You were my first shipwrecked patient if I’m speaking honestly. You and I, we’ll need to be ready for anything.”
>
>

 One of the most hardworking, dedicated people you’ll ever meet, Dr. Tungani spends her life caring for others. She has a difficult time with the concept of ‘taking a break’ and so she works every day of the week. She owns the clinic in Port Meridia and cares for all its citizens with the help of her loyal assistant and apprentice, Cora.

 She hails from a faraway continent
where there were far fewer opportunities, and spent much of her early life working her hardest to make her way somewhere new. Her drive and determination every aspect of her character, and she always gives herself 100% to anything she sets her mind to. Will she treat love the same way?
Citizens

Softshoal Island is inhabited with many wonderful citizens spread out in different locations, each with unique stories and personalities. There’s a whole town of folks to go meet and chat with – including a few who might be open to finding love. Romance-able characters will have specific quests and events associated with garnering their friendship, affection, and even eventual marriage.

Various citizens of Softshoal island manage businesses such as shops or other ameneties.

Disclaimer : The list of citizens is based off **confirmed** characters, more characters will join the list as they are revealed

## Citizens

Gilbert

Mayor Snodgrass

Pilkington

## Bachelors

Valente

Silas

Ravindar

Ma-tai

## Bachelorettes

Asheema

Della

Dr.Tungani

Lenorah

Cafe owner (coming soon)

Cora
Valente

## Summary

It’s almost impossible not to notice Valente when he’s in the room. Between his carefully prepared outfit to the glittering jewelry on his body, he makes himself stand out with a flourish. His personality is no less ostentatious, with a slightly dramatic flair and passion for all elements of his life. He owns the Jewelry Shop in Meridia, and turns rare gems the player finds into beautiful jewelry.

Valente comes from a long line of jewelers, and he was more than happy to follow in his father’s footsteps. He came to Port Meridia after several unique and particularly rare gems to his mainland shop from Softshoal Island, and set up a new place of business in town with the hopes of getting his hands on more of those rare gems. However recent problems on the island have meant fewer people mining, and fewer gems…

## Quotes

"Love is a powerful thing, no ? If you ever wish to prove that love to your beloved, it's me that you shall seek! I'll sell you a stone that will make the heart skip a beat..."
Ravindar

## Summary

Ravindar, on the other hand, is a man who looks quite keen in his pinstripe suits and thick glasses, but he’s a tough nut to crack socially. He’s the man all about numbers and organization, but his people skills might be seen as lacking by some folks. When he isn’t tucked away in the back office of the Distribution Center buried in logs and legers, he’s often found in the back corner of the library, reading away.
Estrie

***Estries***are a type of undead creature within the novel *Dark Blaze.*They are based on the same estries of Judaism Mythology.

## **Background:**

Darryl M. Finch-Ellis wanted a variant of undead for later in the series. Searching for alternatives to undead creatures, Finch-Ellis came across the estries when looking into various mythologies and desired to include them.

## **Origins:**

Nothing is known about the origins of the estries, except that they are the same as the creatures from the Judaism Mythology.

## **Characteristics:**

Nothing is known about the characteristics of the estries, except that they are similar to the strigoii.

## **Appearances:**

The estries are only mentioned within *Dark Blaze*.

## **Powers, Abilities & Weaknesses:**

### **Powers & Abilities:**

* Increased speed.
* Increased strength.
* Increased hearing.
* Increased sense of smell.
* Increased durability.
* Immortal.

### **Weaknesses:**

* Fire.
* Silver.
* Cast-iron.
* Palo Santo.
* Mountain Ash.
* Chloroform.
* Direct prolonged sunlight.
* Lack of blood.
* binding their hair
* hitting them ( they will die unless you give them bread and salt after)

## **Known Creatures:**

As of yet, there are no known estries within *Dark Blaze*.

## **Trivia:**

* They are based on the same vampiric creatures of Judaism Mythology.
Softshoal Island

This article or section is a **stub**. You can help expand it.
**Softshoal Island** is an island settled out in the middle of a wide stretch of ocean and the main setting of *Farm Folks*. Softshoal Island is mostly wide open fields, verdant forests, tall mountains, steep cliffs, and soft sandy beaches. On the coast of Softshoal Island is the quiet town of Port Meridia.
Sired Strigoi

***Sired Strigoii*** are a type of undead creature within the novel *Dark Blaze.* Even though they are powerful creatures in their own right, they are the weakest of the strigoic classes.

Sired strigoii were once human who had been bitten and infected with strigoium by any strigoi, and not transformed into ghouls instead.

Usually, sired strigoii are used as muscle for the strigoic factions found across the world. Some sired strigoii, however, have managed to gain high positions, such as Oda Nobunaga being the chief advisor of the Kuran Chi, and Edith Voivode being the Grandmistress of the Thule before her death.

## **Background:**

Darryl M. Finch-Ellis wanted to differentiate the children of the supreme-strigoii and those who were transformed into strigoii through bites. He found this to be the most logical route to take.

## **Origins:**

Technically, the first sired strigoii are the brood-mother strigoii who Vlad III Drăculești had sired to spore children, however, due to the brood-mothers being sired by Vlad and not his children or grandchildren, there is a difference in the purity of the strigoium and lack of dilution.

## **Characteristics:**

Sired strigoii are the weakest of the strigoic classes, and as such are easier to defeat than their superiors. Those who are sired will find themselves overpowered by weaker foes more than they would admit.

Due to being sired, they are thoroughly dependant on their sires. They require blood daily, and without blood they will wither away and die. Although they could survive on non-human blood, it would make them much weaker and they would need this type of blood more regularly. Sunlight kills those sired much quicker than first-class and supreme-strigoii.

## **Appearances:**

Most of the strigoii seen within *Dark Blaze* are sired strigoii.

## **Powers, Abilities & Weaknesses:**

### **Powers & Abilities:**

* Increased speed.
* Increased strength.
* Increased hearing.
* Increased sense of smell.
* Increased durability.
* Immortal.
* Sexual persuasion over humans.

### **Weaknesses:**

* Holy water.
* Fire.
* Silver.
* Cast-iron.
* Palo Santo.
* Mountain Ash.
* Chloroform.
* Direct sunlight.
* Lack of blood.

## **Trivia:**

* By the end of *Dark Blaze* all the sired strigoii are either dead or their fates are unknown.
* Darryl M. Finch-Ellis wanted strigoii that were similar to those who Dracula had bitten in *Bram Stoker's* classic novel.
* Oda Nobunaga, Edith Voivode, Wojciech Majecki, Dean Cuthbert and Rajko Bobek are sired strigoii who had made up the rankings to various degrees of success.
Hadrian's Pack

***Hadrian's Pack*** is a sub-faction for the Thule within the novel *Dark Blaze*. Their leader is Hadrian Voivode.

By the end of *Dark Blaze*, Hadrian's Pack is utterly destroyed.

## **Background:**

Hadrian's Pack was formed when Hadrian Voivode was exiled to Great Britain with his wife, Bianca Wedemeyer. They agreed to form their own pack and use that to gain prestige and eventually be granted their seats back in Germany.

## **Affiliates:**

* **Lotan** - an daemon informant for Hadrian Voivode.
* **Daniel Mulligan** - a priest who was sired into a strigoi by Eliza.
* **Christine May** - a helper at Father Mulligan's parish church, she was sired by Daniel into a strigoi.
* **Tina Bowie** - Eliza's sister, she did not pass her initiation and was mercy killed by Hadrian.
* **Theodore** - a ghoul who became Hadrian's friend.
* **Benjamin Norwich** - a ghoul what was sired by Jane Murrow.
* **Jane Murrow** - originally under Anthony Leyland's command, she was given to Hadrian to aid him in maintaining Weymouth.

## **Appearances:**

Hadrian's Pack appear throughout both of Nicholas Aero and Hadrian Voivode's 1918-1920 Chapters. They were utterly destroyed throughout the course of the storylines.

## **Trivia:**

* Stuart McDonald, Jennifer Hall and Tina Bowie are only mentioned and do not physically appear in the novel.
* Hawford Mitchell Greene uses his middle name as his surname as he was ordered by Hadrian to do so as Jews are not allowed within the Thule.
* With Ewan McGraw and Stuart McDonald being members of the pack, indicates that Hadrian had travelled to Scotland during his time between December 1918 and before Donald Mackie's death.
* Jennifer Hall not being a den mother indicates that Hadrian had intentions to create a larger faction with various families.
* Although the Thule are their parent faction, only two members (Hadrian and Bianca) can speak German fluently.
Ghoul

***Ghouls***are a type of undead creature within the novel *Dark Blaze.*They are the weakest of the strigoic creatures and can only be killed by severe head injuries.

Ghouls were originally humans who were sired by a strigoii and instead of transforming into another strigoii, they became a braindead slave.

Usually, ghouls are used as cannon-fodder by their strigoic overlords and are considered extra bodies only. The only ghoul who has been seen to be more than a lowly slave would be Theodore.

Ghouls are the only strigoic creatures that do not hunger for blood out of necessity, they do so out of instinct.

## **Background:**

Due to the vagueness of the ghoul mythos, Darryl M. Finch-Ellis decided to go in a new direction with his version of ghouls. Instead of making them based entirely on the Arabic lore, he mixed their identity with that of the zombies seen in George A. Romero's universe and connected them with the strigoic creatures.

## **Origins:**

Humans who were infected with strigoium, however, with many believing because they are not virgins, they became braindead slaves to their sires instead of free-thinking strigoii.

## **Characteristics:**

Ghouls look how they used to before they died except they continue to decompose and lose the pigmentation in their skin. They are slackjawed slaves to their strigoic masters and can be seen as quite clumsy and in a perpetual state of drunkenness, although that is just their delayed motor skills at work.

## **Appearances:**

Various ghouls are seen within *Dark Blaze.*

## **Powers, Abilities & Weaknesses:**

### **Powers & Abilities:**

* Increased strength.
* Increased sense of smell.
* Immortal.

### **Weaknesses:**

* Holy water.
* Fire.
* Silver.
* Regular weaponry.
* Head trauma.
* Cast-iron.
* Palo Santo.
* Mountain Ash.
* Chloroform.
* Direct sunlight.

## **Known Creatures:**

 Benjamin Norwich
 Sid Newman

## **Trivia:**

* Ghouls are based on the zombies made famous by George A. Romero and not so much on the ghouls of Arabic Mythology.
* Theodore's initial role, as explained by Finch-Ellis, was to give somebody who Hadrian could talk to without having somebody argue back to or counter his thought process. Theodore was a key to unlocking information within Hadrian's world without drawn out dialogue.
* Constable E. Poe is named after Edgar Allan Poe who wrote about ghouls in his Gothic poem "*The Bells*".
* Constable W. Beckford is named after William Beckford who wrote about ghouls in his Gothic novel "*Vethek*."
* The ghoul named Sid Newman mentioned by Ian Platt is a nod to the ghoul Sidi-Nouman.
Crops

**Crops** are cultivated plants grown as food. Crops and other plants are divided into a seasonal category: spring, summer, autumn, and winter; these crops can only be grown in a specific time of the year, unless a greenhouse is presently available for indoor farming.

## Crops

There are currently 10 different types of crops implemented in the game.

## References

1. ↑ "Let's talk about crops!" *Farm Folks.* Kickstarter. 28 June 2018.
The Ascalon Squad

***The Ascalon Squad*** was a squad within the Protestant Church Order's Military Branch within the novel *Dark Blaze.* Their commander was Ch. Vivian Williams. They were active during the Great War.

By the end of *Dark Blaze*, the Ascalon Squad are riding high from their victory over the Strigoi-Troop during the Battle of Königsberg in February 1916.

## **Background:**

The Ascalon Squad was formed at the beginning of the Great War by Ch. Vivian Williams. He first recruited a captain, by the name of Trent Moore, and then a medic / leftenant, named Carl McIntyre, in 1914.

Throughout the war, the Ascalon Squad began to recruit more and more members, requiring so to remain strong.

## **Affiliates:**

* **Sir Alexander Phoenix** - Chief Chairman of the Protestant Church Order.
* **Gérard Platini** - An A.D.C. for the P.C.O.
* **Igor Zobnin** - Russian N.C.O. who aids the Ascalon Squad during the Battle of Königsberg.
* **Stelios Manolas** - Kataphraktoi who is attached to the squad during 1916.

## **Appearances:**

The Ascalon Squad feature exclusively in Nicholas Aero and Hadrian Voivode's 1915-1916 storylines.

## **Trivia:**

* The Ascalon Squad is significantly smaller than both the Count Killers Squad and the Wycombe Warriors Squad.
* The Ascalon Squad is named after one of King Arthur's swords.
* Although Vivian Williams is a chaplain, he has the rank equivalent to a major and is addressed as such.
* Nicholas Aero is the youngest officer to be a member within the Ascalon Squad, at only 17-years-old.
The Rocky Mountain Strigoii

***The Rocky Mountain Strigoii*** are a strigoic faction within the novel *Dark Blaze*. They are led by their leader, Grandmaster Todd Miller. Todd realised that there was a lack of unity within the American strigoii, and so around the Rocky Mountain States, he established a faction and killed anybody who opposed him.

## **Background:**

Long after the fall of Vlad, Todd Miller, who had been living in the United States for centuries, finally had enough of watching his own kind kill themselves or be killed by outside forces decided to form his own faction. Throughout the 18th Century up to the Great War, Todd Miller began expand his territory and created his own faction, simply naming them the Rocky Mountain Strigoii, signifying what they are and where they are located.

## **Society & Structure:**

### **Society:**

The R.M.S.'s society is based around that of the American way of life based around the Rocky Mountain States.

Although Todd Miller shares racial sentiments, he does not allow this to cast a shadow over his decisions, and he has black strigoii in his employ within the R.M.S.

### **Structure:**

There are three clear divides within the faction, Todd's inner circle, those strigoii outside of it and then the buffer caste, made up of the druggans and ghouls.

## **Territory:**

Below is a list of countries which the Rocky Mountain Strigoii hold territory:

* United States Of America.

## **Members:**

### **Minor:**

As of yet, there are no known minor strigoii within the Rocky Mountain Strigoii.

## **Affiliates:**

As of yet, there are no known affiliates to the Rocky Mountain Strigoii.

## **Equipment:**

Below is a list of weaponry that has been seen used by the Rocky Mountain Strigoii:

* Various silver bladed weaponry.
* Smith & Wesson - pistol.
* Colt M1911 - pistol.
* Winchester 1886 - pump-action shotgun.
* M1 Garand - bolt-action rifle.

## **Sub-Factions:**

As of yet, there are no known sub-factions within the Rocky Mountain Strigoii.

## **Appearances:**

The Rocky Mountain Strigoii appear in Hadrian Voivode's 1915-1916 Marele Consiliu chapters.

## **Trivia:**

* Todd Miller's sees the formation of his faction as the true American Dream.
* Darryl M. Finch-Ellis chose Todd's surname as he believed that is one of the most common surnames in America.
Kenneth Whittaker

***Ken Whittaker*** is the primary protagonist of *Jericho*. He is unsuspectedly lured to the town of Jericho, where he crashes his car and his daughter, Isla is taken away from him and held captive by an unknown entity.

A former criminal, Ken wants only what is best for his daughter, who he cares deeply about.
Druggan

***Druggans*** are a type of human adversary within the novel *Dark Blaze.*They are human slaves and servants to strigoic overlords and serve them loyally, either out of sheer fear or the promise of becoming a sired strigoi in time, unknown to, or ignorant of, the risk of being transformed into a ghoul.

Druggans go by other names too, such as vamp-lovers, thralls, race-traitors and drudges.

The most prominent of druggans within *Dark Blaze* are those which the Klyki use as their body doubles, such as Russian military leaders and the Romanov Family. Finch-Ellis revealed that the head of the druggans for the Klyki was Grigori Rasputin.

## **Background:**

Darryl M. Finch-Ellis desired human servants and slaves to the strigoic creatures, similar to Renfield and the gypsies from *Dracula* and the familiars from *Blade*.

Having human slaves and servants would make it much easier for the strigoii's operations to continue into the days, as well as the sense that some humans would work for strigoii with the promise of becoming strigoii themselves.

## **Origins:**

Druggans have been around since Vlad III Drăculești forced humans into his servitude. After the supreme-strigoii were birthed and matured, they took this tradition of having druggans to aid them during their daylight activities, as well as helping them infiltrate areas through community leaders and politicians, so that the strigoii could continue their secret lifestyles in relative peace.

## **Characteristics:**

Druggans are just regular people, however, they are usually branded by their masters and have a branding burned somewhere onto their skin.

## **Appearances:**

Various druggans are seen within *Dark Blaze.*

## **Powers, Abilities & Weaknesses:**

### **Weaknesses:**

* Being human, anything can harm or kill them.

## **Trivia:**

* Druggans is an uncommon name for the slaves of the undead, which is why Darryl M. Finch-Ellis chose the name.
* Originally, the druggans were called *dhampirs*, however, Finch-Ellis changed this as he discovered that a dhampir is half-human and half-vampire, and was unsure whether or not he would include such a creature in the later instalments of *Dark Blaze.*
* The druggans were inspired by Renfield and the gypsies from *Dracula* and the familiars in *Blade.*
1918-1920 Cast

***This page is under editing.***

Below is a list of the cast from 1918-1920 from the novel *Dark Blaze.* This page includes major and minor characters from both Nicholas Aero and Hadrian Voivode's storylines.

The character's statuses relate to how they are by the end of the novel, in 1920. Very minor characters have been omitted from these lists, such as those mentioned only or briefly seen, such as the Harbour Master Willard.

## **Nicholas Aero Storyline Character's Trivia:**

* Christine May's name is a mix between the titular character of Christine, a possessed car written by Stephen King, and the month of which Darryl M. Finch-Ellis was born.
* Lavinia Morata is based loosely on the character of Esmeralda from the *Victor Hugo* novel *The Hunchback Of Notre Dame.*
* Henry Marlborough's surname was named after the famous brand of cigarettes, a reference to amount of cigarettes people smoked during the 1910s.

## **Hadrian Voivode Storyline Character's Trivia:**

* Lotan is based partially on the servant of the Sea God Yam, in Caananite lore.
* Rover is named after the famed children's game, Red Rover.
* Hawford Mitchell Greene is the only known Jewish strigoi.
* Jean Odo's surname is named after Count Odo of Paris.
* Ewan McGraw and Stuart McDonald being members of Hadrian's Pack indicates that Hadrian, within 1918, had travelled to Scotland.
Los Strigoios Mexicanos

***Los Strigois Mexicanos*** are a strigoic faction within the novel *Dark Blaze*. They are led by their leader, Grandmaster Roberto Mata. He is a supreme-strigoi bandito who has expanded his territory to most of Central America.

## **Background:**

Originally a part of strigoii who had fled to the Americas after the Neamh-Mairbh had conquered Iberia. Once just a rabble of banditos who roamed around the deserts of Mexico and Texas, Roberto took control of the Mexican Strigoii and eliminated all his rivals within Central America.

By the time of the Great War, Los Strigoios Mexicanos firmly control most of Central America and have sunk themselves deeply into the fabric of the region.

## **Society & Structure:**

### **Society:**

The whole basis around Los Strigoios Mexicanos' society is a nomadic bandito lifestyle.

### **Structure:**

The Mexican Strigoii work as a cartel. Those within the cartel have their social levels all the way up to Roberto's inner circle, and those outside are associates. Associates are made up mostly as druggans, as Roberto does not favour ghouls.

## **Territory:**

Below is a list of countries which the Intintola Family hold territory:

* Mexico - their stronghold is in Mexico City.
* United States Of America.
* Portugal.
* Spain.
* Nicaragua.
* Panama.
* Colombia.
* Honduras.
* Puerto Rico.
* El Salvador.
* Cuba.
* Guatemala.
* Haiti.

## **Members:**

### **Minor:**

As of yet, there are no known minor strigoii within Los Strigoios Mexicanos.

## **Affiliates:**

As of yet, there are no known affiliates to Los Strigoios Mexicanos.

## **Equipment:**

Below is a list of weaponry that has been seen used by Los Strigoios Mexicanos:

* Various silver bladed weaponry.
* Smith & Wesson - pistol.
* Colt M1911 - pistol.
* Winchester 1886 - pump-action shotgun.
* M1 Garand - bolt-action rifle.

## **Sub-Factions:**

As of yet, there are no known sub-factions within Los Strigoios Mexicanos.

## **Appearances:**

Los Strigoios Mexicanos appear in Hadrian Voivode's 1915-1916 Marele Consiliu chapters.

## **Trivia:**

* Roberto Mata's surname is a tribute to the Manchester United F.C. midfielder, Juan Mata.
* Darryl M. Finch-Ellis believes that Emilio Rivera would play Roberto Mata perfectly in a live action adaption.
* Los Strigoios Mexicanos are the only Central American strigoic faction.
Poltergeist

***Poltergeists***are a type of astral creature within the novel *Dark Blaze.*They can be very powerful spirits and difficult to rid oneself of.

## **Background:**

Darryl M. Finch-Ellis knew that to have a legitimate diverse gallery of creatures on display within *Dark Blaze* that he would have to include spiritual creatures such as poltergeists. He researched into the malicious spirits and discovered that they in fact haunt individuals and not properties, this was exemplified when it was revealed that Charles Pelletier was haunting the children of the commune and not any particular location.

## **Origins:**

Originally souls of the dead who had remained within the astral plain instead of passing over to either Hell, Heaven or Purgatory, these spirits have been infected with strong negative emotions and returned to Earth to seek vengeance or some warped sense of justice before they choose to move on to the afterlife, if they choose to do so after their task is finished.

## **Characteristics:**

Poltergeists are highly determined and dangerous foes, their astral projections make them both very hard to see at times and to attack physically. Some items, as with all spirits, can pass through the astral barrier and make physical contact, such as salt and cast-iron.

The best way to defeat a poltergeist is to find out why they are haunting the living, and then salting and burning their corpses. If a poltergeist remains after the salting and burning of their corpses then something else, an item (could be anything) that has sentimental value, or even a person, is keeping the spirit around and preventing it to lay to rest. Those who have gone unsolved deaths may desire for their deaths to be solved before they lay to rest.

## **Appearances:**

Poltergeists take the appearance of their human selves after they were buried, they have a ghastly aura around them and are usually a sickly colour overall.

## **Powers, Abilities & Weaknesses:**

### **Powers & Abilities:**

* Increased speed.
* Increased strength.
* Telekinesis.
* Intangibility.
* Ability to enter the astral plain.

### **Weaknesses:**

* Burning corpse.
* Items bound to (E.G. Pelletier was bound to his clerical robe).
* Salt.
* Binding Circles.
* Cast-iron.
* Graveyard Dirt.
* Holy land / barriers.

## **Trivia:**

* Finch-Ellis desired to represent poltergeists as accurately to their traditional lore as possible and steer away from the Hollywood depictions of the malicious spirits.
* Charles Pelletier was Finch-Ellis' critique of the Catholic Church's paedophilia scandal that rocked the 21st Century and had been happening for centuries.
Astral Creatures

***Astral creatures*** are spirits that refuse to lay to rest and cling onto the astral plain and return to the Domain of the Living within *Dark Blaze*. These creatures will come back not wholly as they once were and usually cause more damage than good. Depending on their deaths and their purpose for returning, the astral creatures may come back as different variants, more pacifying souls may remain regular ghosts whilst those of maleficent intent would become poltergeists. Animals can also go through this process, this is displayed with the fact black dogs exist in *Dark Blaze.*

***Warning, spoilers below.***

An example of why a spirit would return from the astral plain and not go to either Hell, Heaven or Purgatory, is with Deacon Charles Pelletier. Charles was a deacon in a small French commune who raped the boys there once their fathers went off to fight in the Great War, upon discovery, Father Couture attempted to cover it up whilst the mothers took action and lured Pelletier out to a field, where they murdered him. The deacon's spirit returned as a vengeful poltergeist, desiring the souls of the boys who were his victims during his time alive. What kept Pelletier within the Domain of the Living after the burning of his corpse was his clerical robe, which was hung up on display within the church.

## **Background:**

Darryl M. Finch-Ellis knew that it would not be an inclusive monster story without the inclusion of various spirits, so he included poltergeists and ghosts, with the mentioning of black dogs so casually that it would not be questioned whether or not that black dogs existed.

## **Origins:**

Since the dawn of time, there have been souls that have been trapped within the astral plain, whether accidentally or on purpose, and have remained able to return to the Domain of the Living in their astral forms. Certain things may keep a spirit within the astral plain, whether that's the way they were killed, a demand for justice or revenge, or the dependency of another soul that is still living.

## **Sub-Species:**

* **Poltergeist**
* **Ghost**
* **Black Dog**

## **Powers, Abilities & Weaknesses:**

### **Powers & Abilities:**

* Increased speed.
* Increased strength.
* Telekinesis.
* Intangibility.
* Ability to enter the astral plain.

### **Weaknesses:**

* Burning corpse.
* Items bound to (E.G. Pelletier was bound to his clerical robe).
* Salt.
* Binding Circles.
* Cast-iron.
* Graveyard Dirt.
* Holy land / barriers.

## **Known Creatures:**

 Catherine Bolton
 Nate Bolton
 Byron Aero
 Black Shuck

## **Trivia:**

* Astral creatures are named as such as the astral plain is what connects Earth, Heaven, Hell and Purgatory all together. Finch-Ellis described it as "if the domains were islands, the astral plain would be the sea that connects them together."
* Evil spirits cannot step foot on holy ground.
* Astral creatures are the basis for the souls which are tortured and twisted in Hell and become daemons.
Jericho

***Jericho*** is an up-coming suspension horror novel by author, Darryl M. Finch-Ellis. This will be his fourth novel, after *Bloody Monday To Guts Sunday*.

Finch-Ellis thought of the concept for the novel in late-2019, as simply as a story that one man's redemption with horror-esc elements, twists and turns, before it became an immersion of a dark, hellacious place named Jericho.

Darryl has stated that it will be around 240 pages long, maybe less, maybe more, depending on the length of chapters, however, 240 is what the medium suggests.

## **Setting:**

By the little information that has been given, all that is known is that the novel will take place in a small, mysterious, fictional town called Jericho.

## **Plot Summary:**

*Jericho* will focus on Kenneth "Ken" Whittaker as he attempts to leave behind his life of organised crime to give his daughter, Isla, a better life. However, as he is driving them to a new destination they are involved in a car crash. Upon awakening, Ken finds himself near the mysterious, small town of Jericho, and the road had been submerged. Once Ken regains his bearings and leaves the wreckage, he discovers, to his absolute horror, that Isla is missing, with the only logical destination being the nearby town...

## **Characters:**

The only characters which Darryl M. Finch-Ellis has revealed are as follows:

* **Kenneth "Ken" Whittaker**
* **Isla Whittaker -** Ken's daughter.
* **Freya Morris -** Somebody else trapped in Jericho.
* **The Faceless Man -** Mysterious entity within Jericho.

## **Trivia:**

***Warning this section contains spoilers of the novel ahead***,

* Jericho is named after the Biblical city which was destroyed.
* Ken's is named after the M.M.A. and Professional Wrestling legend, Ken Shamrock. Similarily he shares the surname as U.F.C.'s ex-middleweight champion, Robert Whittaker.
* The inspirations behind Jericho seems to be the Bible, the Divine Comedy, Silent Hill and classical literature within the Greek, Babylonian and Roman theatres.
Grey-Pygmy

***Grey-pygmies***are a type of undead creature within the novel *Dark Blaze.*They are the result of a human with dwarfism being infected with strigoium. Some grey-pygmies may be the undead form of the Nordic Mythological dwarf creatures, seeing as the first of their kind and their king, Mótsognir, is the same creature from Nordic lore.

## **Background:**

Darryl M. Finch-Ellis wanted a variant of vampire that would be different due to genetics. He settled on dwarfism, researching into the dark dwarves of Nordic lore. He found out that their king was Mótsognir, and so made him the first grey-pygmy.

## **Origins:**

During his worldly travels as a freshly turned undead, Vlad III Drăculești came across Mótsognir and his underground domain in the Nordic lands. Vlad and Mótsognir came to an agreement that in return for advanced science, that Vlad would gift Mótsognir with strigoium.

Upon granting the dwarf king strigoium, Vlad returned with his new science to Wallachia. What Mótsognir did not now was that he was now sired by Vlad and a slave to his power. Vlad transformed the rest of Mótsognir's realm and brought them back with him to Wallachia to be his servants.

It is unknown if the grey-pygmies require the same bloodlust as the strigoii, as they are strigoic undead it is assumed, however, they may not require as much as their taller counterparts.

## **Characteristics:**

Grey-pygmies are grey-skinned undead dwarves. They have a natural talent for harnessing magic and also have their own language which aids them in combat. They are natural diggers and can travel underground very quickly like powerful badgers.

## **Appearances:**

Various grey-pygmies are encountered within the novel *Dark Blaze,* yet Mótsognir remained mentioned only.

## **Powers, Abilities & Weaknesses:**

### **Powers & Abilities:**

* Increased speed.
* Increased strength.
* Increased hearing.
* Increased sense of smell.
* Increased durability.
* Immortal.
* Proficiency for magic.

### **Weaknesses:**

* Holy water.
* Fire.
* Silver.
* Regular weaponry.
* Headshots.
* Cast-iron.
* Palo Santo.
* Mountain Ash.
* Chloroform.
* Direct prolonged sunlight.
* Lack of fresh blood.

## **Known Creatures:**

 Banafótur
 Ivar Steinn

## **Trivia:**

* The grey-pygmies were initially inspired by the dwergi from the 2004 film *Van Helsing.*
* The dwergi in *Van Helsing* were also servants to Dracula (Vlad the Impaler).
* Mótsognir is based on the real life dwarf king from Nordic Mythology.
Gilbert

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## Summary

Whether it's seeds to make next harvest a bountiful one or feed to keep the animals pleased, Gilbert's Goods is the one-stop-shop for keeping your farm moving. And who sits behind the counter at such a fine establishment ? None other than Gilbert himself ! Except on Sundays, of course.

Gilbert knows Meridia like a summer day knows a swimming hole. A lifelong resident, he's shot the breeze with everyone in town and has something to say about each and every one. If you ask some of the older residents, they'll jokingly refer to Gilbert as "the man the mayor asks for directions". That and a variety of other colorful nicknames...
Feral Werewolf

***Feral Werewolves*** are a type of cursed creature within the novel *Dark Blaze.*They are powerful, savage canine creatures.

## **Background:**

Darryl M. Finch-Ellis wanted werewolves to be a part of his novel, however, he wanted a particular type of lycanthrope and chose to have the image more akin to the werewolves in *The Howling, Dog Soldiers* and the *Underworld* series, as opposed to the more traditional wolfman seen in the *Wolfman* film or the more four legged werewolves, chiefly seen in *An American Werewolf In London.*

## **Origins:**

Once humans, the feral werewolves had either been cursed into their lycanthropic forms at the behest of the full moon's cycle, or they are attacked by a werewolf and survive. Regardless of if they are attacked by a feral or apex-werewolf, the human will become a feral werewolf.

## **Characteristics:**

At the vision of the full moon, the lycanthropes transform into their beastral form where they grow larger in size, longer limbs, more canine-like rear legs, sharp claws and the heads of large wolves. Feral werewolves are at a minimum, 7ft or taller. They are not larger than apex-werewolves, and will be subservient to any apexes in their vicinity.

Due to their sense of smell, lycans are dangerous hunters. The odd smell of certain other creatures attracts them, non-more than strigoic creatures, which lycanthropes are very attracted to and desire to maim and kill.

Werewolves have a savage follow-through and do not display an morsel of fear. As seen during the fight between Nicholas Aero, Alundra Gardner and Rory McElroy, it was displayed that feral werewolves can take a lot of damage before they finally bleed out and die. Small arms and even shotgun blasts seem to aggravate more than harm lycanthropes.

## **Appearances:**

Two werewolves are seen within *Dark Blaze,* and another is mentioned. Only one of which was a feral werewolf named Rory McElroy.

## **Powers, Abilities & Weaknesses:**

### **Powers & Abilities:**

* Increased speed.
* Super strength.
* Increased hearing.
* Super sense of smell.
* Super durability.
* Transform into a lycanthrope during full moons.
* Terror over strigoic creatures (due to sense).
* Increased tracking skills.

### **Weaknesses:**

* Holy water.
* Fire.
* Silver.
* Cast-iron.
* Palo Santo.
* Mountain Ash.
* At the full moon's behest.

## **Trivia:**

* The werewolves are based on the Northern European and Wallachian lore.
* The werewolves seen in *Dark Blaze* are akin to those from *The Howling, Dog Soldiers* and *Underworld.*
* As with pop culture, Finch-Ellis has made lycanthropes and strigoii natural mortal enemies.
* Feral werewolves make up the ranks for the packs led by apex-werewolves.