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House

A **house** is a structure designed as a residence for people. Generally it contains one household; buildings that are designed for multiple households are known as apartment buildings.

A house that shares an exterior wall with the houses to one or both sides is a townhouse. A particular large and opulent house is a mansion.

## Notable Houses

### United States

Avengers Mansion

Biltmore Estate

Brady House

Fallingwater

Gatsby Mansion

Graceland

Hearst Castle

Hill House

House of the Seven Gables

House on Haunted Hill

Hyde Park (New York)

Monticello

Mount Vernon

Neverland Ranch

Pickfair

Playboy Mansion

Shunned House

Tara (Georgia)

Wayne Manor

Winchester Mystery House

### Britain

Baskerville Hall [50.51171, -3.93739]

Bleak House [51.75645, -0.34004]

Carfax Abbey

Cliveden [51.55818, -0.68829]

Downton Abbey

4 Privet Drive

Gosford Park

Hampton Court (Henry VIII)

Hayslope (Adam Bede) [52.98686, -1.82688]

Hell Hall (Cruella de Vil) [52.14162, 0.70729]

House at Pooh Corners

House of Usher

Howard's End [51.9251, -0.19176]

Manderley (Max de Winter) [50.32964, -4.67058]

Mansfield Park [52.3592, -0.95751]

Mells Manor (Jack Horner) [51.24208, -2.39221]

Misselthwaite Manor

Nightmare Abbey (Lincolnshire)

Northanger Abbey

Park House (Diana Spencer) [52.8281, 0.507]

Pemberley (Fitzwilliam Darcy) [53.22715, -1.61185]

Satis House (Miss Havisham) [51.38621, 0.50441]

Thornfield Hall (Edward Rochester) [53.33739, -1.64381]

Thrushcross Grange

Toad Hall [51.55346, -0.80043]

221B Baker Street

Wragby Hall (Lady Chatterley) [53.15129, -1.27922]

Wuthering Heights [53.81398, -2.03033]

### Other

Bag End

Gingerbread House

Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse

Villa Villekulla
Fountain of Youth

The **Fountain of Youth** is a spring whose water reverses the aging of those who drink from it. The Fountain is sought in Florida by Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon, and a spring outside St. Augustine is pointed to as the waters in question. The actual Fountain of Youth, however, is on the isle of Bimini in the Bahamas, known in modern times as the **Healing Hole**.

## External Links

**Coordinates:** 25.742014, -79.251321

**Wikipedia:** Fountain of Youth
Gnome

**Gnomes** are a dwarf-like people, differing in being slighter of build, sometimes beardless and more attuned to magic (and occasionally technology). They are found at home mainly in Germany, Scandinavia and Holland, but may be found in gardens throughout the world. Some gnomes are fond of wandering.

**Smurfs** are a kind of blue-colored gnome.

**Rock gnomes** are earth elementals with a gnome-like humanoid form. They have the power to pass through stone.

## Links

**Wikipedia:** Gnome

**5th Edition SRD:** Gnome

**TV Tropes:** Our Gnomes Are Weirder
Gorgon

**Gorgons** are hybrid monsters that take the form of human women with living snakes for hair. They have the power to petrify those who look upon them. They are found in Libya and other desert areas, particularly in ancient times.

The most famous gorgon is Medusa, who is decapitated by Perseus.

**Wikipedia:** Gorgon
Gondwanaland

**Gondwanaland** is a supercontinent that forms in the early Jurassic Period by the breakup of Pangaea. It comprises what in historic times are the southern continents: South America, Africa, Australia and Antarctica, plus India and Madagascar. It begins to break up early in the Cretaceous.

An earlier version of Gondwanaland exists from 550 million years ago until the formation of Pangaea 335 MYA.

**Wikipedia:** Gondwanaland
Chandler Bing

**Chandler Bing** is part of a group of friends who meet at the Central Perk coffeeshop in Greenwich Village. Joey lives in an apartment in the building with his best friend Joey Tribbiani, and later moves to another apartment in the building rented by Monica Geller, whom he marries. He and Monica later move to the suburbs when they adopt twins.

Chandler works in the IT industry and later transitions to advertising. He is known for his sarcastic sense of humor and his commitment issues, but he is ultimately a caring and supportive friend and partner.

## External Links

**Wikipedia:** Chandler Bing

**Friends Central:** Chandler Bing
Christopher Columbus

**Christopher Columbus** (**Cristóbal Colón***)* is an explorer of the Renaissance Era who demonstrates it was possible to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Born in Italy, he is commissioned by Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand of Spain to find a route to the Indies. He sails in 1492 in the *Nina*, *Pinta* and *Santa Maria*. He later becomes the governor of Hispaniola, much to the misfortune of its inhabitants.
George Taylor

**George Taylor** is an astronaut and accidental time traveler who finds himself on the Planet of the Apes in 3978 AD. He meets the human woman Nova, is captured by gorilla soldiers, and is studied by chimpanzee scientists Cornelius and Zira. He escapes and finds the Statue of Liberty, realizing that he actually on a future Earth. He later finds the underground ruins of New York City and discovers a cult of mutants who worship an atomic bomb.
George Orwell

**George Orwell** (June 25, 1903–January 21, 1950), born **Eric Arthur Blair**, is a British writer and journalist, a democratic socialist and opponent of totalitarianism. Born in British-ruled India, he is raised in England and attends Eton; he works as a police officer in colonial Burma from 1922-1928. He later fights alongside the anarchists in the Spanish Civil War.

He foresees the rise of Big Brother in his book *1984*, and depicts the tyranny of the pig Napoleon in *Animal Farm*.
Gilligan's Island

**Gilligan's Island** is an island in the Pacific Ocean where seven castaways from the SS *Minnow* are marooned in 1964 until 1978. It is located at approximately 140 W, 10 N.

The island features a volcano, caves, quicksand and extensive jungle.

## Castaways

Willy Gilligan

Skipper Jonas Grumby

Thurston Howell III

Lovey Howell

Ginger Grant

Professor Roy Hinkley

Mary Ann Summers

## Fauna

Apes

Monkeys

Parrots

Giant Spider

**Gilligan's Island Wiki:** The Island
Great Wall of China

The **Great Wall of China** is a wall that is built along China's northern border to protect the empire from barbarians. While a connected series of fortifications are built by China's First Emperor in 220–206 BCE, the wall in its modern form was built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), mostly between 1544-71. China's most famous landmark, it is visible from the Moon.

**Wikipedia:** Great Wall of China
Gargoyle

**Gargoyles** are fantastic beasts, magical creatures made of stone that guard castles, cathedrals and other Medieval structures. They are mostly found in Europe.

Gargoyles take a wide variety of forms, but classically are vaguely humanoid quadrupeds with wings and horns.

## Links

**Wikipedia:** Gargoyle

**TV Tropes:** Our Gargoyles Rock
Great Lakes

The **Great Lakes** are large freshwater bodies of water in North America that form part of the boundary between Canada and the United States. These lakes flow into the Atlantic Ocean through the St. Lawrence Seaway. Major cities on the Great Lakes include Chicago, Toronto, Milwaukee and Cleveland.

## The Lakes

Lake Superior

Lake Huron

Lake Michigan

Lake Erie

Lake Ontario

**Wikipedia:** Great Lakes
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

**Giovanni Pico della Mirandola** (1463–1494) is an Italian Renaissance philosopher known for his innovative thought. He studies in Bologna, Padua, Ferrara and the University of Paris, and does most of his work in Florence. His *Oration on the Dignity of Man* celebrates human potential and is considered a Renaissance manifesto; it is banned by the Catholic Church. Mirandola is a believer in and a practitioner of magic.
Faerie

**Faeries** are a type of supernatural creature--human-like in form, but with more delicate, androgynous features than humans. They come in various kinds and sizes.

**Elves:** human-sized (sometimes a little shorter or taller), and one of the most human-like of the faeries. Their ways are still very difficult for humans to comprehend, in part because of their extreme longevity (or perhaps immortality). They have a powerful affinity for magic. They tend to dwell apart in wild places, and have less and less to do with mortal world as the ages go on. Particularly associated with Scandinavia, the British Isles, France, Germany and Russia.

**Pixies:** small, wingless humanoids that dwell in wild place--often the size of a human infant or toddler. Often seen in groups, hence the synonym trooping faeries. They like to wear red caps. They are mischievous and will defend their home territories with deadly force if necessary. They very rarely converse with humans. Found particularly in Celtic nations like Ireland, Wales, Cornwall.

**Sprites:** tiny, winged, often glowing faeries that almost never communicate with humans. Sometimes referred to as fairies.

**Brownies:** child-sized humanoids who help human households with chores in exchange for offerings, so long as they are not offended. Found throughout Britain, Scandinavia, Germany and Eastern Europe. Sometimes known as house elves.

**Leprechauns:** like pixies, but with greater magical powers, particularly good at illusions. Almost always solitary. They have red hair and wear green suits, and hide their pots of gold at the ends of rainbows. Strongly associated with Ireland.
Godzilla

**Gojira** or **Godzilla** is a kaiju dinosaur that breathes radioactive fire. Sleeping on the floor of the Pacific Ocean since the Age of Reptiles, he was awakened by United States nuclear testing and repeatedly attacked Japan, particularly Tokyo. At times, however, he has defended the islands against other kaiju. He has also been known to attack other parts of Earth, including the US.

Attempts to confine him (along with others of his kind) to Monster Island have been semi-successful.

## External Links

**Gojipedia:** Godzilla (1954)

**Wikizilla:** List of Godzilla Movies

**Godzilla Event Timeline:** Godzilla Showa Series Timeline
Hawaii

**Hawai'i** is an island chain in the Pacific Ocean. It is an independent kingdom until 1893, when it is invaded by the United States. It becomes a state in 1959.

The main islands of Hawai'i are the island of Hawai'i, Maui, O'ahu and Kau'i.

## Famous People

Hawai'i Loa

Don Ho

Jason Momoa

Bette Midler

Barack Obama

### Fictional

Charlie Chan

Steve McGarrett

Gilligan

Thomas Magnum

Stitch
Folk Song

**Folk songs** are songs that usually have no known author and are passed from singer to singer. They frequently feature named characters, who are sometimes folk heroes, and particular settings.

## Characters

### American

Billy De Lion

Casey Jones

Clementine

Cotton-Eyed Joe

Dan Tucker

Dinah

Frankie and Johnny

Irene

John Hardy

John Henry

Liza Jane

Mary Mack

Old MacDonald (Ohio)

Michael

Stagger Lee

Susannah

Sweet Betsy

Tom Dooley

Yankee Doodle

### British

Allison Gross

Barbara Allen

Greensleeves

John Barleycorn

Matty Groves

Reynardine

Tam Lin

### Other

Danny Boy

Molly Malone

Frère Jacques

## Places

### American

Big Rock Candy Mountain (Utah?)

Camptown (Pennsylvania)

Cripple Creek (Virginia or Colorado)

House of the Rising Sun (New Orleans)

Old Smoky (Tennessee?)

Swannee River (Florida)

### British

Scarborough Fair

Lambton (home of the Lambton Worm)

Loch Lomond

Skye
Green Lantern

**Green Lantern** is a title used by several superheroes, members of the Green Lantern Corps, an interstellar security force whose members each have a Power Ring that can shape energy into any form desired, limited only by the wielder's imagination and willpower. They have an inability to affect the color yellow.

Humans who have borne the Green Lantern name include:

* **Alan Scott** (born c. 1915), a railroad engineer who receives his powers in 1939. He does not get his abilities directly from the Green Lantern Corps, but from an entity known as the Starheart.
* **Hal Jordan** (born c. 1930), the best known Green Lantern, is a former Air Force pilot from Coast City, California.
* **Guy Gardner**, a former cop from Baltimore, Maryland, is inducted into the Corps in 1968.
* **John Stewart**, an architect and former Marine from Detroit, Michigan, becomes a Green Lantern in 1971.
Frog

A **frog** is a semiaquatic amphibian with a compact, tailless body and hind legs adapted for hopping. It is known for its ability to catch insects and other prey with its extendable tongue.

Some frogs are highly poisonous, particularly the poison dart frog.

The largest natural frogs, known as goliath frogs, are about a foot long. Much larger frogs are found in fantasy and science fiction settings, sometimes with needle-sharp teeth.

A terrestrial frog is known as a toad, distinguishable by its warty skin.

## Links

**Wikipedia:** Frog

**Open Gaming Network (5E SRD):** Animal, Frog
Fort

A **fort** is a structure built to provide a secure base for an army or other military force. It serves a function similar to what the castle does in Medieval times.

## US Forts

These are forts used by the US military, either historically or in the contemporary period.

* Fort Bragg, North Carolina
* Fort Hood, Texas
* Fort Meade, Maryland
* Fort Detrick, Maryland
* Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
* Fort Knox, Kentucky
* Fort Ticonderoga, New York
* Fort Sumter, South Carolina
* Fort McHenry, Maryland
* Fort Apache, Arizona

A camp is a military facility that may lack extensive fortification; the term is often used for military training centers.

* Camp Pendleton, California
* Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

Facilities that primarily serve naval or air forces are often known as bases or stations.

* Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland
* Norfolk Naval Station, Virginia
Flying Squirrel

A **flying squirrel** is a squirrel that glides from tree to tree with the help of flaps of skin between their front and rear paws. They are found in many forested areas, but are most commonly associated with Canada and the North Woods of the United States.

## Links

**Wikipedia:** Flying squirrel

**Open Gaming Network (Pathfinder SRD):** Squirrel, Flying
Jurassic

The **Jurassic Period** is a geologic time period, the middle third of the Age of Reptiles--lasting from 201 million years ago to 145 MYA. It is preceded by the Triassic Period and followed by the Cretaceous Period.

Unlike the Triassic, this period has plenty of "celebrity" dinosaurs--but still has something of an inferiority complex in regards to the Cretaceous.

## Fauna

Allosaurus

Brontosaurus

Brachiosaurus

Compsognathus

Diplodocus

Stegosaurus

Archaeopteryx

Ichthyosaur

Plesiosaur

Pterodactyl

## Timeline

**200 MYA** Pangaea breaks up, separated by the Tethys Sea into Gondwanaland (southern continents) and Laurasia (northern continents). Andes Mountains begin to form.

**190 MYA** Brontosaurs flourish until 170 MYA--Western North America

> (Referring to Brontosaurs as "Apatosaurs" in the Jurassic is a common *faux pas*, as their name will not be changed until millions of years into the future.)
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**165 MYA** Stegosaurs flourish until 150 MYA--Western North America

**165 MYA** Madagascar separates from Gondwanaland.

**160 MYA** Fungi from Yuggoth come to Earth...from Yuggoth.

**160 MYA** Atlantic Ocean begins to form as Eurasia separates from North America.

**150 MYA** Lemuria rises in the Indian Ocean.

**150 MYA** Evolution of Allosaurus--Western North America

**150 MYA** Evolution of Archaeopteryx, the first bird--present-day Germany

**Wikipedia:** Jurassic

*(Note: Here Be Dragons is a synthesis of fact and fiction.)*
Finn Mac Cool

**Finn Mac Cool** (**Fionn mac Cumhaill**) is a warrior and ranger from Ireland, the leader of the Fianna. His fortress was on the Hill of Allen. His wife was Saba; their son was Oisin, and their grandson Oscar.

He serves the king Cormac Mac Art; in his old age, he seeks to wed Cormac's daughter Grainne, but she loves Finn's follower Dermot of the Love Spot.

**Wikipedia:** Fionn mac Cumhaill
Heartland

The **Heartland**, also known as the **Midwest**, is a region of the United States in North America. To the west of the Heartland is the Wild West; to the south is Dixie. The Midatlantic Region is to the east, while to the north is Canada and the Great Lakes.

## Subregions

### Great Plains States

Dakotas

Nebraska

Kansas

### Northwoods

Minnesota

Wisconsin

Michigan

### North Midlands

Iowa

Illinois

Indiana

Ohio

### Ozarks

Missouri

(also includes Arkansas, not considered a Heartland state)
Fantastic Beast

**Fantastic beasts** are creatures that generally resemble animals, but for their size, intelligence or supernatural qualities. Some are hybrids combining different animal parts, or animal and human parts. Others are shapeshifters.

## Magical Creatures

Basilisks

Dragons

Firebirds

Gargoyles

Hydras

Phoenixes

Thunderbirds

Unicorns

## Outsiders

Angels

Demons

Devils

Elementals

Genies

## Hybrids

Centaurs

Chimerae

Cockatrices

Gryphons

Harpies

Hippogryphs

Jackelopes

Lamiae

Manticores

Medusae

Merfolk

Minotaurs

Nagas

Pegasi

Satyrs

Sirens

Sphinxes

## Shapeshifters

Jackalweres

Selkies

Swanmaidens

Werewolves

Werebears

Wereboars

Wererats

Weretigers

## Giant Creatures

Just about any animal can be found in giant form. Some of the more commonly encountered include:

Giant Ants

Giant Apes

Giant Bears

Giant Dogs

Giant Rats

Giant Scorpions

Giant Spiders

Giant Whales

Rocs

Giant creatures of a sufficiently large scale are considered kaiju.

## Wonder Animals

Any sort of animals may in theory display the unnatural intelligence and communications skills found in the wonder animal, but some of the most common forms are:

Talking Dogs

Talking Horses

Talking Owls

## Sea Monsters

Kraken

Sea Serpents
Georgia (state)

**Georgia**, known as the **Peach State**, is located in the Southern region of the United States. It became a state on January 2, 1788. The capital and largest city is Atlanta. Georgia is notable for agricultural products like peaches, peanuts and pecans.

Georgia is the home of historical figures like Martin Luther King and Jimmy Carter, and iconic characters like Scarlet O'Hara, Rhett Butler, Ben Matlock, Susan Sugarbaker and the Dukes of Hazzard.
Helen of Troy

**Helen of Troy**, the most beautiful woman of the ancient world, is the queen of Sparta, wife of Menelaus; her abduction by Paris is the cause of the Trojan War. She is the daughter of Zeus and Leda, and the sister of Castor, Pollux and Clytemnestra.

**Wikipedia:** Helen of Troy

**Greek Mythology Wiki:** Helen of Troy
Flail

The **flail** is a medieval weapon that consists of a ball and chain attached to a handle. The ball may or may not have spikes, or it could be more cylindrical, like the farm tool from which it takes its name. It can also have two or more balls attached to the handle. It is a weapon favored by clerics and barbarians.

**Wikipedia:** Flail (weapon)
Hippolyta

**Hippolyta**, queen of the Amazons, is a demigod and a barbarian. She is the daughter of Ares and the previous Amazon queen; her sister succeeds her as queen of the Amazons.

Obtaining her girdle is one of the labors of Hercules; he is assisted by Theseus, who falls in love with Hippolyta and takes her back to Athens to marry her. The Amazons wage war upon Athens in retaliation. She has one son with Theseus, Hippolytus.

Though rumored to have been killed following both her encounter with Hercules and her marriage to Theseus, Hippolyta survives to lead the Amazons to Paradise Island. She is still leading the tribe in the 20th century, when she becomes the mother of Diana with Zeus.

**Wikipedia:** Hippolyta
Jack Kerouac

**Jack Kerouac** (1922 – 1969) was an American novelist and poet, and a leading figure in the Beat Generation literary movement of the 1950s. His most famous work, "On the Road," was published in 1957 and is considered a seminal work of the Beat movement. Kerouac's writing style, which he called "spontaneous prose," emphasized the free-flowing and stream-of-consciousness nature of his thoughts and experiences. He was known for his unconventional lifestyle and drug use, and his work often dealt with themes of freedom, spirituality, and the search for meaning in a rapidly changing world. Kerouac's impact on American literature and culture is significant, and his work continues to inspire and influence writers and artists today.
Jackalwere

A **jackalwere** is a shapeshifter, a jackal who can take the form of a human or a human/jackal hybrid. (Unlike most lycanthropes, a jackalwere is an animal who can take the form of a human, rather than the other way around.) They are found in Africa, particularly Aegypt, and in India. They are known for their treachery.
James Bond

**James Bond** (b. 1920) is a spy and an assassin for the British government. His code number is 007; the 00 signifies that he has been given a "license to kill."

Bond's control at MI6 is known as M. The weaponsmaster who gives him an array of lethal spy gadgets is called Q. His secretary is Miss Moneypenny.

Bond has few friends, among whom is the CIA agent Felix Leiter, the French intelligence agent Rene Mathis and the Japanese secret service chief Tiger Tanaka.

## Bond Girls

Bond has been involved with many women, most of whom he has treated more or less badly. A few of these include:

Vesper Lynd

Tiffany Case

Tatiana Romanova

Honeychile Rider

Pussy Galore

Domino Vitali

Kissy Suzuki

## Bond Villains

Some of the adversaries Bond has encountered include:

Le Chiffre

Hugo Drax

Rosa Klebb

Dr. Julius No

Auric Goldfinger

Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Paco Scaramanga

Mr. Big

**Wikipedia:** James Bond (literary character)

**007 Wiki:** James Bond

**Writeups.org:** James Bond (Literary version)
Herbert Hoover

**Herbert Hoover** (1874–1964), the 31st president of the United States, holds office from 1929 to 1933. A Republican from California, Hoover serves as secretary of commerce under Warren Harding before defeating Democrat Al Smith in the 1928 presidential election.

Hoover's presidency is defined by the onset of the Great Depression, which begins shortly after he took office. His efforts to combat the economic crisis are criticized as ineffective, while his Smoot-Hawley Tariff worsened the global economic downturn.
Jonathan Harker

**Jonathan Harker** is a British solicitor from Exeter who becomes entangled in Count Dracula's attempt to conquer England. In the midst of the conflict with the vampire, he marries his fiancee, Mina Murray.

Harker is sent by his employee to Transylvania in 1893 to assist Dracula with his real estate transactions. He becomes a prisoner at Castle Dracula, where he is attacked by Dracula's brides. He manages to escape and is married to Mina.

**Dracula Wiki:** Jonathan Harker
Henry the Navigator

**Prince Henry the Navigator** (1394–1460) is a Portuguese prince of the Renaissance who advances maritime exploration. His support for voyages along the African coast sparks the Age of Exploration. His villa on the Sangres peninsula becomes a school for exploration, with a team of cartographers and an observatory.
Hercule Poirot

**Hercule Poirot** (1864-1974) is a Belgian detective, known for his brilliant analytical mind and meticulous attention to detail. His elegant and refined approach to solving mysteries is documented by author Agatha Christie.

## Timeline

* **1864:** Hercule Poirot born near Spa in Belgium.
* **1893:** Poirot joins the Belgian secret service.
* **1904:** Poirot works for the Belgian police.
* **1926:** Poirot solves the murder of Roger Ackroyd.
* **1932:** Poirot solves a murder on the Orient Express.
* **1938:** Poirot investigates a death on the Nile.
* **1974:** Poirot's last case.

## External Links

**Wikipedia:** Hercule Poirot

**Wold Newton Universe:** The Chronology of Hercule Poirot
Holy Land: Points of Interest

**Points of interest in Israel/Palestine** and surrounding areas.

## Cities/Villages

Afqa (Adonis ) [34.06787, 35.8925]

Al-Jura (Job ) [31.67559, 34.58221]

Beersheba (Abraham ) [31.24388, 34.78447]

Bethany (Lazarus, Martha) [31.7716, 35.26211]

Bethel [31.92563, 35.23927]

Bethlehem (David, Jesus ) [31.70305, 35.19555]

Bethsaida (Feeding the Multitudes) [32.91028, 35.63059]

Byblos [34.12345, 35.65029]

Caesarea (Pontius Pilate) [32.51901, 34.90454]

Cana [31.77937, 35.24019]

Capernaum (Peter, Andrew, John, James and Matthew) [32.88111, 35.575]

Chorazin (Anti-Christ ) [32.91011, 35.55122]

Ein Kerem (John the Baptist ) [31.56694, 35.63361]

Endor (Witch of Endor) [32.64074, 35.37691]

Gaza (Samson ) [31.52425, 34.4458]

Gitta (Simon Magus) [31.93332, 34.86665]

Gomorrah [31.13158, 35.52939]

Hebron [31.52456, 35.11087]

Jaffa/Joppa (Andromeda, Jonah) [32.05551, 34.75112]

Jericho (Joshua) [31.83703, 35.44053]

Jerusalem

Jezreel (Jezebel) [32.55773, 35.3276]

Machaerus (John the Baptist) [31.56694, 35.63361]

Magdala (Mary Magdalene) [32.83625, 35.4991]

Nazareth (Jesus) [32.70222, 35.29777]

Ophrah (Gideon) [32.18839, 35.16655]

Qumran (Dead Sea Scrolls) [31.74125, 35.45897]

Shechem/Nablus [32.20305, 35.31111]

Shiloh (Samuel ) [32.05555, 35.28952]

Sidon [33.55734, 35.37228]

Sodom (Lot ) [31.25392, 35.53418]

Tishbe (Elijah ) [31.83837, 35.5667]

Tyre (Europa, Cadmus, Jezebel) [33.26888, 35.21638]

## Structures

Gethsemene [31.77937, 35.24019]

Masada [32.6823, 35.59765]

Temple of Solomon [31.77801, 35.23508]

## Landforms

Mount Carmel (Elijah) [32.73241, 35.07453]

Valley of Elah (Goliath) [31.69027, 34.95214]

Mount Eremos (Sermon on the Mount) [32.87346, 35.54953]

Golgotha (Jesus ) [31.77849, 35.22959]

Cedars of Lebanon [34.24359, 36.04893]

Plain of Megiddo/Armageddon [32.5858, 35.18311]

Mount Moriah (Abraham) [32.19944, 35.27277]

Mount of Olives [31.78272, 35.25062]

Mount of Temptation [31.97051, 35.37563]

Mount Sinai (Moses ) [28.53849, 33.97384]

Mount Zion [31.77166, 35.22861]

## Bodies of Water

Pool of Bethesda [31.78138, 35.23583]

The Dead Sea

Jordan River

Sea of Galilee

## Maps

The Promised Land

The Holy Land
India

**India** is a subcontinent and nation in Asia. In the Contemporary Era, the nation shares the subcontinent with the nations of Pakistan and Bangladesh.

One of Earth's most populous nations, India also has one of the oldest civilizations.

## Regions

India is a complex land with many regions. Some of the best-known outside of India include:

Punjab

Kashmir

Bengal

Malabar

## Cities

Delhi (New Delhi)

Bombay (Mumbai)

Bangalore

Hyderabad

Goa

Bhopal

Agra

## Individuals

Rama

Sita

Krishna

Arjuna

Buddha (c 560 – c 460 BCE)

Ashoka (c 269 BCE to 232 BCE)

Guru Nanak (1469-1539)

Akbar (1542 – 1605)

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)

Gunga Din

Mowgli

Nemo (1826-1868)

Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948)

Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964)

Mother Teresa (1910-1997)

Indira Gandhi (1917 – 1984)

Ravi Shankar (1920 – 2012)

Satyajit Ray (1921-1992)

Salman Rushdie

Narendra Modi (1950 – )

## Creatures

Tigers

Bears

Panthers

Wolves

Elephants

Rhinos

Poisonous Snakes

### Fantastic Beasts:

Manticores

Nagas

Rakshasa

Unicorns

**Wikipedia:** Indian subcontinent
Hybrid

**Hybrids** are fantastic beasts and/or monsters that combine human and animal parts, or parts of different animals.

## Types

Buraq

Capricorn

Cecaelia

Centaurs

Chimerae

Coatl

Cockatrices

Gryphons

Harpies

Hippogryphs

Ichthyocentaurs

Jackelopes

Lamiae

Leotaurs

Manticores

Medusae

Merfolk

Merlions

Minotaurs

Nagas

Owlbears

Pegasi

Peryton

Satyrs

Scorpionfolk

Shedu

Sirens

Sphinxes

**Wikipedia:** Hybrid beasts in folklore

**Mythology Wiki:** Centaur variants
Historian

A **historian** is an expert who studies history. They are usually writers, sometimes teachers.

## Examples

* Herodotus (483-425 BC)
* Thucydides (460-400 BC)
* Strabo (64 BC - 24 AD)
* Livy (59 BCE-17 CE)
* Josephus (37 AD - 100 AD)
* Tacitus (56-120 AD)
* Venerable Bede (672-735)
* Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)
* Oswald Spengler (1880-1936)
* Howard Zinn (1922-2010)

**Wikipedia:** Historian
Godric Gryffindor

**Godric Gryffindor** is one of the bravest and most powerful wizards of Dark Age Britain. He is noted for his prowess in magical dueling, but also has formidable mundane skills in hand-to-hand combat, wielding a goblin-wrought sword with inlaid rubies that is known in later eras as Godric's Sword.

In 990 AD in Scotland, he founds the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry with Salazar Slytherin, Helga Hufflepuff and Rowena Ravenclaw.; the house of Gryffindor is named for him. His enchanted hat becomes the Sorting Hat that is used to direct students to their proper houses.

**Harry Potter Wiki:** Godric Gryffindor
Imhotep

**Imhotep** was a high priest of Ancient Egypt who was cursed in 1290 BC to be a living mummy for daring to love the Princess Ankh-es-en-amon. In 1921 AD, he is freed from his sarcophagus by archeologists, and assumes the identity of **Ardeth Bey**, Egyptologist, in order to pursue the reincarnation of his beloved princess.
Hermione Granger

**Hermione Granger** (b. September 19, 1979) is a muggle-born witch who attends the Hogwarts School from 1991 until 1997, in the same class with Harry Potter and Ron Weasley, who are her closest friends. She is known as the smartest student in her class, and is considered to be among the most intelligent Hogwarts graduates ever. She dates and eventually marries Weasley.

After graduating from Hogwarts, Granger pursues a career at the Ministry of Magic, eventually becoming Minister of Magic.
Kansas City

**Kansas City** is a city that straddles the Missouri/Kansas state line; the larger part of the city is in Missouri, and is the largest city in that state. The city is located on the Missouri River, where it's met by the Kansas River.

The city is noted for Kansas City jazz and Kansas City-style barbecue.

## External Links

**Coordinates:** 39°05′59″N 94°34′42″W

Wikipedia: Kansas City, Missouri
Josephus

**Flavius Josephus** (37 AD - 100 AD) is a Jewish historian in the Age of Empire who writes extensively about the history of the Jewish people and the Roman Empire. He is best known for his work *The Jewish War*, which recounts the Jewish revolt against the Empire in 66-70 AD.

Born in Jerusalem to a wealthy and prominent family, after the destruction of the city in 70 AD he moves to Rome, where he writes his most famous works.
Hoofed Mammal

**Hoofed mammals** are the sort of mammals that have hoofs, naturally. They are native to all continents save Australia and Antarctica, and include many of the most important domestic animals. They are overwhelmingly herbivores and often travel in herds.

## Odd-Toed

Horses

Rhinoceroses

Tapirs

Zebra

## Even-Toed

Camels (including Llamas)

Pigs

Hippopotami

Deer

Cattle (including Buffalo)

Antelope

Sheep

Goats

Giraffe (and Okapi)

**Wikipedia:** Ungulate
James Monroe

**James Monroe** (1758–1831), the fifth president of the United States, serves two terms from 1817 to 1825. A member of the Democratic-Republican Party, he succeeds James Madison. His presidency is known as the "Era of Good Feelings," a time of relative domestic tranquility and one-party rule. Monroe is remembered for the Monroe Doctrine, which warned European powers against further colonization in the Americas. His administration oversaw the acquisition of Florida from Spain and the Missouri Compromise, which allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state.
Hippocampus

A **hippocampus** is a hybrid marine creature with the head and front legs of a horse and the body of a long, powerful fish. They are chiefly found in the waters of the Mediterranean in ancient times. They are prized as underwater steeds.

## Links

**Wikipedia:** Hippocampus (mythology)

**Open Gaming Network (5E SRD):** Hippocampus
Jay Gatsby

**Jay Gatsby** (1890-1922), born **James Gatz** in North Dakota, is a millionaire bootlegger and socialite in the Jazz Age. He throws lavish parties at his mansion in West Egg, Long Island.

Gatsby is in love with Daisy Buchanan, wife of millionaire Thomas Buchanan. His closest friend is Daisy's cousin Nick Carraway. He is connected to organized crime through the Jewish gambler Meyer Wolfsheim.

**Wikipedia:** Jay Gatsby
Johnny Appleseed

**John Chapman** (1775-1845), better known as **Johnny Appleseed**, was a folk hero, a mystic and wanderer who planted apple trees wherever he went in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. He went barefoot in all kinds of weather and wore a cookpot for a hat. He traveled with a wolf whose injuries he had treated.

**Wikipedia:** Johnny Appleseed
Hydra

**Hydras** are Fantastic Beasts, multiheaded snake-like monsters that dwell in swamps. Their heads often regenerate and indeed multiply when severed.

In Ancient Times, hydras are found in Greece, where the original hydra is killed by Hercules.

## Links

**Wikipedia:** Lernaean Hydra

**TV Tropes:** Our Hydras Are Different
Forest

**Forests** are a terrain found on Earth characterized by widespread trees. They occur on lands from the subarctic to the tropics. Insufficient rainfall prevents the growth of forests, as does excessive altitude and intensive logging by humans.

## Notable Forests

Sherwood Forest

Black Forest

Forest of Arden

Broceliande

Taiga

Amazon Rainforest

Congo Rainforest

North Woods

**Wikipedia:** Forest
Jacob

**Jacob**, later known as **Israel**, was a patriarch of the Israelites who lived in Canaan during the Age of Bronze. The son of Isaac and Rebecca, he tricked his twin brother Esau out of his birthright.

Jacob was married to two daughters of his uncle Laban, Leah and Rachel. By Rachel he was the father of Joseph and Benjamin; Leah's sons with him included Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulon, and a daughter, Dinah.

Jacob was noted as a trickster. He is also known for a vision he had of angels ascending to Heaven on Jacob's Ladder, and for wrestling with an angel, possibly Jehovah in disguise.
Jesus

**Jesus** (-4 BC-29 AD) is a prophet who lives in Judaea during the time of the Roman Empire; his story and teachings are the basis of the Christian religion. His followers believe him to be a deity, the son and avatar of Jehovah. They refer to him as **Jesus Christ**, meaning **Jesus the Messiah**; he is also known as **Jesus of Nazareth**.

Jesus is the son of the Virgin Mary, who conceived him miraculously via the Holy Spirit; his adoptive father was Saint Joseph. His birthplace was Bethlehem, where his parents went to be counted in a census; because there was no room in the inn, he was born in a manger in a stable. Angels announced his birth to local shepherds; the Three Wise Men came from the East bearing gifts, guided by the Star of Bethlehem.

King Herod, alerted to the birth of a future king, orders the killing of all boy children under the age of two near Bethlehem; warned by an angel, Joseph flees with his family to Aegypt, returning after Herod's death.

Jesus is brought up in Nazareth, learning carpentry from his step-father.

**Wikipedia:** Jesus
Hestia

**Hestia**, known as **Vesta** to the Romans, is the Greek goddess of the hearth and home. She is the daughter of Kronos and Rhea, and the sister of Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter and Hades.

Originally counted as one of the 12 Olympian deities, she gives up her place when Zeus insists that Dionysus be included in the pantheon, so as to avoid having an unlucky 13 gods. In Rome, however, she is still considered one of the first 12.

Her priestesses in Rome are known as the Vestal Virgins.

## External Links

**Wikipedia:** Hestia

**Greek Mythology Wiki:** Hestia
Ireland

**Ireland** is part of the British Isles, a large island in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Europe. To its east, across the Irish Sea, is Britain.

## Provinces

Ireland is traditionally divided into four provinces: Connacht in the west, Munster in the southwest, Leinster in the southeast and Ulster in the north. Meath, in the center, makes for a fifth province.

## Creatures

Ireland is noted for its absence of snakes--driven out by Saint Patrick--and in fact has few reptilian creatures of any kind.

Banshee

Bugbears

Devil

Elf

Ghost

Giants

Leprechauns

Little People

Pixies

Goblins

Vampires

## Characters

Maeve

Cu Chullain

Finn Mac Cool

Niall of the Nine Hostages (361-452)

Saint Patrick (387 – c.460)

Brian Boru (941-1014)

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)

James Joyce (1882 – 1941)

Michael Collins (1890-1922)

Bono (1960- )

Sinead O'Connor (1966- )

Bob Geldof

Oscar Wilde

George Bernard Shaw

Samuel Beckett

CS Lewis

Leopold Bloom

Molly Bloom

Stephen Daedalus

Darby O’Gill

Angel

## Places of Interest

Dublin

Belfast

Galway

Cork

Limerick

Waterford

Kilkenny

Derry

Killarney

Shannon

Armagh

Dundalk

Blarney

Wexford

Tara

Newgrange

Giant's Causeway

Emain Macha

Rathcroghan (Maeve)

Benbulben

Tory Island

Aran Islands

River Shannon

River Liffey

Cliffs of Moher

Clonmacnoise

Skellig Michael

Barrytown

Dublin:

Trinity College

**Emerald Isle:** The Chronicles of Irish Legend

**Legendary Tours:** Dates in Irish Myth and Legend

**TV Tropes:** Oireland
Joseph Stalin

**Joseph Stalin** (1878 – 1953) is the Communist dictator of the Soviet Union (1924 – 1953). He was born in Georgia. He participated in the Russian Revolution with Vladimir Lenin, who distrusted him. His chief rival was Leon Trotsky, whom he first exiled to Mexico and then later had assassinated.

He is responsible for millions of deaths, including many who died in an engineered famine in Ukraine.
Hernando de Soto

**Hernando de Soto** (1500-1542) is a Spanish conquistador who explored North America from 1539–1542.

de Soto sails from Spain via Cuba to Florida, and explores what will later be the states of Georgia, South and North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas. He is the first European to cross the Mississippi River. He later dies on the banks of the Mississippi.

After aiding Pizarro in his conquest of Peru,
Horror

**Horror** is a genre focused on creating a feeling of fear. Typical elements in horror include killers and supernatural monsters. Horror may be expressed through any medium, though it is particularly associated with literature and film.

## Horror Writers

Mary Shelley

Edgar Allan Poe

Bram Stoker

HP Lovecraft

Stephen King

## Horror Directors

Alfred Hitchcock

George Romero

John Carpenter
Juliet

**Juliet Capulet** (1578-1591) is a youth of Verona, Italy. She is the lover of Romeo Montague, despite the enmity of their two families. A botched attempt to fake her death so she can run away with Romeo results in both of them committing suicide.

Their tragedy is almost immediately turned into a hit play by William Shakespeare.

## What If...?

...the plot to fake their deaths was successful, and Shakespeare's play is part of the cover story?

**Wikipedia:** Juliet
Centaur

**Centaurs** are hybrid fantastic beasts, part human and part horse: They have a human body from the waist up fused with the body of a horse below the neck--giving them two human arms and four horse legs.

They are most common in Ancient Times, found mainly in Greece and Italy. Some have survived into the Modern Era, however--for example, some are still found in the vicinity of Hogwarts in Scotland.

## Individuals

Cheiron

Nessus

**Wikipedia:** Centaur

**TV Tropes:** Our Centaurs Are Different
Italy

**Italy** is a nation in Southern Europe. It is mainly located on a peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea, which surrounds it on three sides. To the northwest of Italy is France, to the north is Switzerland and to the northeast are the Balkans.

The islands of Sicily and Sardinia are considered part of Italy, as well as smaller islands like Capri and Elba.

## Places

### Regions

Piedmont

Lombardy

Tuscany

Southern Italy

### Cities

Rome

Florence

Venice

Milan

Naples

Bologna

Pisa

Verona

Padua

### Islands

Sicily

Sardinia

Capri

Elba

### Other Places

Castle of Otranto

Assissi

## Individuals

### Ancient

Augustus Caesar

Caligula

Cato

Cicero

Claudius

Constantine

Hadrian

Julius Caesar

Marcus Aurelius

Mark Anthony

Nero

Ovid

Saint Peter

Remus

Romulus

Spartacus

Trajan

Virgil

### Renaissance

Dante Alighieri (1265–1321), poet and writer .

Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375), writer.

Sandro Botticelli (c. 1445 – 1510), painter.

John Cabot (c. 1450 – 1499) explorer

Caravaggio

Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) explorer

Galileo

Iago

Juliet Capulet

Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), polymath

Machiavelli

Michelangelo

Count Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463–1494), philosopher.

Othello

Francesco Petrarch (1304–1374), poet

Romeo Montague

Amerigo Vespucci (c. 1454 – 1512) – explorer

### Modern

Silvio Berlusconi

Frederico Fellini

**TV Tropes:** Olive Garden
Jimmy McNulty

**Detective James "Jimmy" McNulty** is a homicide detective with the Baltimore Police Department in the 2000s. A brilliant but rebellious investigator, he navigates the complex web of crime and corruption in Baltimore. He is known for his unorthodox methods and unyielding commitment to exposing the truth.
Empire State Building

The **Empire State Building** is a landmark skyscraper located in Manhattan in New York City. Its 102 stories are completed in 1931, and for many years it is the tallest building in the world.

It is noteworthy as the site of King Kong's final battle, as well as for housing the offices of Doc Savage.

**Wikipedia:** Empire State Building
Hotel

**Hotels** are establishments that provide temporary housing for travelers. Hotels in the contemporary sense date to the Romantic Era; prior to that, their function is served by inns or taverns.

## Famous Hotels

Beverly Hills Hotel

Chelsea Hotel

Claridge's

The Plaza

The Ritz

Ritz-Carlton

Savoy Hotel

Waldorf Astoria

Watergate Hotel

### Literary Hotels

Bates Motel

Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Continental

Fawlty Towers

Grand Budapest Hotel

Great Northern Hotel

The Hostel

Hot L Baltimore

Hotel California

Hotel New Hampshire

Overlook Hotel

Prancing Pony
Isis

**Isis** is the goddess of magic of the Egyptian pantheon; she also represents life, fertility and motherhood. She is the great-granddaughter of Ra, and the sister of Osiris, Set and Nephthys. With Osiris she is the mother of Horus.

When Set murders and dismembers Osiris, Isis collects the pieces and restores him to life.

The main temple to Isis was on the island of Philae.

**Wikipedia:** Isis
Clark Kent

**Clark Kent**, born **Kal-El**, is a journalist based in Metropolis, Delaware, who is secretly the superhero **Superman**, known as the **Man of Steel**. An alien from Krypton, he survived that planet's destruction when his father Jor-El sent him in a rocket to Earth. He landed near Smallville, Kansas, where he was raised as a human by Martha and Jonathan Kent, who taught him to conceal his origin and powers.

Those powers--which manifest under Earth's yellow Sun--include super strength, invulnerability, flight, heat vision and heightened senses. As a Kryptonian, Kent is vulnerable to kryptonite; he can also be defeated by magic.

As a teenager, he began using his superpowers to right wrongs as **Superboy**--who traveled into the 30th century to join the Legion of Superheroes. As an adult, he moved to Metropolis and became a reporter with the *Daily Planet*--working alongside Lois Lane, who would become attracted to Superman (but not Kent). Other colleagues there include editor Perry White and copy kid (later reporter) Jimmy Olsen.

Superman's enemies include Lex Luthor, Braniac, Mister Mxyzptlk and General Zod, another survivor of Krypton. Kara Zor-El, Kal-El's cousin, also escaped Krypton's destruction and fights evil on Earth as Supergirl. Superman has a sometimes contentious friendship with Batman.

When not living in human disguise in Metropolis, Superman has a secret headquarters in the Arctic regions of Canada called the Fortress of Solitude.

## External Links

**Wikipedia:** Superman

**Superman Wiki:** Superman

**DC Database:** Superman
Kansas

**Kansas** is one of the United States of North America, one of the Great Plains states of the Heartland. West of Kansas is Colorado, Oklahoma is to the south, Missouri is east and Nebraska north.

## Places

Abilene

Dodge City

Smallville

Topeka

## Individuals

Matt Dillon

Robert Dole

Wyatt Erp

Dorothy Gale

John Wesley Hardin

Wild Bill Hickok

Laura Ingalls

Jonathan Kent

Martha Kent

Bat Masterson
John Maynard Keynes

*"In the long run, we are all dead."*

**John Maynard Keynes** (1883-1946) is a British economist, famous for his groundbreaking ideas in macroeconomics. His *General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money* (1936) advocates for government intervention in the economy to manage recessions and stabilize economic growth. Keynesianism is a dominant school of economic thought in the 20th century.
Herod

**Herod the Great** (72-1 BC) is king of Judea at the time of the birth of Jesus. Tipped off by the Three Wise Men that a boy destined for kingship had been born, he orders the murder of all males under the age of two, in a massacre known as the Slaughter of the Innocents. Mary and Joseph flee with Jesus to Aegypt, only returning after Herod's death.
Jane Austen

**Jane Austen** (1775-1817) is an author from Britain, considered one of the greatest novelists of the English language. Her books are largely concerned with domestic life in England.

## People

Elizabeth Bennett

Jane Bennett

William Darcy

Elinor Dashwood

Marianne Dashwood

Fanny Price

Emma Woodhouse

Catherine Morland

Anne Elliot

## Places

Northanger Abbey

Mansfield Park

Pemberley

**Jane Austen Society:** Maps of the Novels
John Cabot

**John Cabot** (1450-1509) was an explorer, the first European to travel to North America during the Age of Exploration.

Born **Giovanni Caboto** in Genoa, he grew up in Venice and lived in Spain before moving to London in 1495. He was licensed to explore the New World on behalf of England, sailing from Bristol in 1497 and making landfall in Newfoundland. He made another voyage in 1498, where he explored the east coast of what was later the United States.
Henry Frankenstein

**Doctor** **Henry Frankenstein** is a mad scientist who creates and reanimates the creature known as Frankenstein's Monster. A baron, his laboratory is in Castle Frankenstein in Goldstadt, Bavaria, his ancestral home.

Henry is the descendant of Victor Frankenstein, who earlier experimented with reanimation. Henry's assistant is Igor.

With the aid of Dr. Septimus Pretorius, he later creates the Bride of Frankenstein in an unsuccessful attempt to provide his monster with a mate.

Frankenstein's wife is Elizabeth Frankenstein; their sons Wolf and Ludwig successively carry on his work. Henry's grandson is Frederick Frankenstein.

## External Links

**Universal Monsters Wiki:** Henry Frankenstein

**Children of the Night:** MONSTAAH Timeline

**Wold Newton Universe:** The House of Frankenstein
Indiana

**Indiana** is a state in the United States, part of the Midwest region. To the north of Indiana is Michigan; to the east is Ohio. To the south, across the Ohio River, is Kentucky. Illinois is to the west, and Lake Michigan is to the northwest.

## People

Johnny Appleseed

William Henry Harrison

Hoagy Carmichael

Michael Jackson

David Letterman

Dan Quayle

Colonel Sanders

Kurt Vonnegut

Leslie Knope and colleagues

Eleven Hopper and friends

Kimmy Schmidt

## Places

Indianapolis

Gary

Pawnee

Hawkins

**Wikipedia:** Indiana
Jonah

**Jonah** (780-740 BCE) is a Hebrew prophet who lives in the 8th century BCE. Told by Jehovah to go to Nineveh to preach against that city's wickedness, he instead sails from Jaffa in hopes of going to Tarshish (Sardinia?). A storm almost sinks his ship and he is thrown overboard to save it; he is swallowed by a whale and is spit out after three days. He eventually goes to Nineveh and convinces the city to repent, leading to Jehovah sparing it--much to Jonah's dismay.

**Wikipedia:** Jonah
Huon of Bordeaux

**Huon** **of Bordeaux** is duke of Bordeaux in Dark Age France, one of Charlemagne's Twelve Peers. He accidentally kills Charlemagne's son Charlot, and as penance is forced to travel to Babylon to perform a series of seemingly impossible tasks. He accomplishes the tasks with the aid of the fairy king Oberon and marries Esclarmonde, the daughter of the Emir of Babylon.

Huon possesses a magic horn.
Inspector Clouseau

**Inspector Jacques Clouseau**, a bumbling yet surprisingly effective police detective, navigates the colorful streets of 1970s Paris. With his comical mishaps and unpredictable methods, he manages to solve intricate mysteries that confound his more conventional colleagues, including the theft of the Pink Panther diamond.