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Wild West

The **Wild West** is a setting based in the American West, covering roughly the period from 1865 until 1900. Stories set in the Wild West dramatize the conflict between the indigenous Native American people and the colonial American culture, as well as conflicts within the settler culture involving rapacious oligarchs and antisocial outlaws. Meanwhile, the harsh Western environment poses a challenge to everyone.

## Locations

The Wild West can include all US states west of the Mississippi River. It may also includes the northern reaches of Mexico.

### Notable Towns

Abilene, Kansas

Carson City, Nevada

Deadwood, South Dakota

Dodge City, Kansas

Independence, Missouri

Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Laredo, Texas

Northfield, Minnesota

St. Joseph, Missouri

Shinbone, Colorado

Sundance, Colorado

Taos, New Mexico

Tombstone, Arizona

Wounded Knee, South Dakota

Yuma, Arizona

### Forts

Fort Apache, Arizona

Fort Bridger, Wyoming

Fort Kearney, Nebraska

Fort Laramie, Wyoming

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

Fort Smith, Arkansas

Fort Sumner, New Mexico

### Natural Features

Badlands, South Dakota

Black Hills, South Dakota

Death Valley, California

Grand Canyon, Arizona

Grand Teton, Wyoming

Monument Valley, Arizona

Mount Rushmore, South Dakota

Pikes Peak, Colorado

## Characters

### Native Americans

Black Elk (1863-1950)

Cochise (1815-1874)

Crazy Horse (1840-1877)

Geronimo (1829-1909)

Chief Joseph (1840-1904)

Little Big Man (1849-1970)

Red Cloud (1822-1909)

Sacagawea (1788-1812)

Chief Seattle (1786-1866)

Sitting Bull (1831-1890)

Tonto

### Frontiersmen

Calamity Jane (1852-1903)

Grizzly Adams (1812-1860)

Jim Bridger (1804-1881)

Kit Carson (1809-1868)

Buffalo Bill Cody (1846-1917)

Annie Oakley (1860-1926)

Zebulon Pike (1779-1813)

Brigham Young (1801-1877)

### Lawmen

Judge Roy Bean (1825-1903)

Rooster Cogburn (1825-1903)

Sheriff Matt Dillon

Wyatt Earp (1848-1929)

Pat Garrett (1850-1908)

Doc Holliday (1851-1887)

Wild Bill Hickok 1837-1876

Will Kane

Bat Masterson (1853-1921)

Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884)

### Gunslingers

Tom Doniphon

Jonah Hex

Lone Ranger

Magnificent Seven

Man With No Name

Bret Maverick

Paladin

### Outlaws

Billy the Kid (1859-1881)

Black Bart (1829-1888?)

Butch Cassidy (1866-1908?)

Robert Ford (1862-1892)

John Wesley Hardin (1853-1895)

Jesse James (1847-1882)

Belle Starr (1848-1889)

Sundance Kid (1867-1908?)

Liberty Valance

Josey Wales

Wild Bunch

Cole Younger (1844-1916)

### Cowboys

Ben Cartwright

Hopalong Cassidy

Tom Mix

Pecos Bill

### Military

Woodrow Call

George Armstrong Custer

Dances With Wolves

Augustus McRae

Phil Sheridan

### Other

Miss Kitty

Mrs. Miller

Dr. Quinn

Al Swearengen
Toon

**Toons** is a self-directed, sentient cartoon character able to manifests in reality in an exaggerated, stylized manner--often taking the form of a talking animal of some sort. There is no rational explanation for their existence; they are rather an intrusion of irrationality into reality, much as fabulous beasts were in olden times.

The source material for toons may be comic strips, comic books or animated cartoons. Merely having animated or comic book source material does not make one a toon, however; most comic book superheroes and anime characters are not toons, for example.

While toons may be encountered anywhere in the real world, there are concentrations of them in Toontown, a suburb of Los Angeles, and in Calisota, a breakaway state in Northern California.

## Humans

Betty Boop

Boris Badunov

Calvin

Charlie Brown

Dudley Dooright

Elmer Fudd

Fred Flintstone

George Jetson

Homer Simpson

Jessica Rabbit

Linus Van Pelt

Lucy Van Pelt

Mr. McGoo

Olive Oyl

Popeye the Sailor

Richie Rich

Yosemite Sam

## Animals

### Cats

Tom

Felix the Cat

Garfield

Pink Panther

Snagglepuss

Sylvester

Tigger

Top Cat

### Dogs

Deputy Dawg

Droopy

Goofy

Huckleberry Hound

Mr. Peabody

Snoopy

Underdog

Wile E. Coyote

### Rabbits

Bugs Bunny

Roger Rabbit

### Mice

Jerry

Mickey Mouse

Mighty Mouse

Minnie Mouse

Speedy Gonzalez

#### Other Mammals

Bullwinkle J. Moose

Chip

Dale

Magilla Gorilla

Peppy Le Pew

Pogo

Porky Pig

Rocky the Flying Squirrel

Quick-Draw McGraw

Tasmanian Devil

Wile E. Coyote

Yogi the Bear

## Birds

### Ducks

Daffy Duck

Daisy Duck

Donald Duck

Huey, Dewey and Louie

Scrooge McDuck

### Other Birds

Foghorn Leghorn

Road Runner

Tennessee Tuxedo

Tweety Bird

Woody Woodpecker

### Other Animals

Patrick Star

Spongebob Squarepants

Squidward

## Other

Casper the Friendly Ghost

Marvin the Martian
The Spirit (crimefighter)

**The Spirit** is the alter ego of **Denny Colt**, a rookie cop in New York City who becomes a masked avenger after the experiments of Dr. Cobra put him into a death-like state and he is mistakenly buried. He allows people to think that Colt is dead, using the Spirit identity full-time to fight criminals the law can't reach. He lives in a secret base below his empty grave in Wildwood Cemetery. He is most active in the 1940s.

The Spirit's nemesis is The Octopus. He has an ally in Commissioner Dolan of the NYPD, and a kid sidekick, Ebony White. He often finds himself entangled with beautiful women, including federal agent Silk Satin, master thief Sand Saref, femme fatale P'gell and Ellen Dolan, the commissioner's daughter.

**Wikipedia:** Spirit (comics character)
Washington DC

**Washington DC** is the capital of the United States. It is located in territory removed from Maryland, across the Potomac River from Virginia.

Founded: 1791

## Places

White House

Capitol

Supreme Court

J. Edgar Hoover Building

Foggy Bottom

The Mint

The National Mall

Washington Monument

Lincoln Memorial

Jefferson Memorial

Vietnam Memorial

Smithsonian Institution

Watergate Hotel

Ford's Theater

## Individuals

See Presidents of the United States

See First Ladies of the United States

See United States Senators

See United States Representatives

See Supreme Court Justices

Frederick Douglass (1818-1895)

John Wilkes Booth (1838-1865)

Klaatu

Martin Luther King (1929-1968)

Regan MacNeil (b. 1961)

Father Merrin

Father Karras

Bob Woodward (1943- )

Carl Bernstein (1944- )

Murphy Brown

Deep Throat

John Hinckley (1955- )

Fox Mulder (b. 1961)

Dana Scully (b. 1964)

Claire Starling

**Wikipedia:** Washington, DC
William Tell

**William Tell** (c. 1280-1354) is a Swiss ranger and rebel. A famous archer, in 1307 he is forced by the tyrant Albrecht Gessler to shoot an apple off his son's head in the town of Altdorf--later using his crossbow to assassinate that same tyrant.

Tell is born in Bürglen and escapes the tyrant's clutches on Lake Lucerne. It is at Küssnacht that he brings the tyrant to justice.

**Wikipedia:** William Tell
Thomas Edison

**Thomas Alva Edison** ( 1847 – 1931) is an inventor from the United States. Born in Ohio and raised in Michigan, he establishes his main lab in Menlo Park, New Jersey. He invents or helps to invent the light bulb, the phonograph, the movie camera and the battery. He has a long-running rivalry with Nikola Tesla.
Thomas Becket

**Thomas Becket** (1119-1170) is a highly revered cleric in Gothic England. Born in London, he rises to become the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Chancellor of England under King Henry II. Becket's unwavering commitment to the church and his defense of ecclesiastical rights bring him into conflict with the king. His assassination at Canterbury Cathedral in 1170 solidifies his reputation as a saint and leads to his canonization by the Catholic Church.
Typhon

**Typhon** is a gargantuan, firebreathing giant with snakes for legs who temporarily dethrones the Olympian gods. The son of Gaia and Tartarus, he was conceived by Gaia to punish her grandchildren gods for killing the giants. Defeated by Zeus' thunderbolts, Typhon is imprisoned beneath Mount Aetna.

Typhon fathered numerous monsters on the she-thing Echidna, including Cerberus, the Hydra, the Chimera, and possibly the Sphinx and the Nemean Lion.

Typhon may be considered a sort of Ancient Greek kaiju.

**Wikipedia:** Typhon
Time

**Time** is the phenomenon that keeps everything from happening at once.

## A Brief History of Time

#### Prehistoric

Elder Days

* Jedi Era

Paleozoic (541-252 MYA)

* Cambrian (541-485 MYA)
* Ordovician (485-444 MYA)
* Silurian (444-419 MYA)
* Devonian (419-359 MYA)
* Carboniferous (359-299 MYA)
* Permian (299-252 MYA)

Mesozoic: Age of Reptiles (252-66 MYA)

* Triassic (252-201 MYA)
* Jurassic (201-145 MYA)
* Cretaceous (145-66 MYA)

Cenozoic: Age of Mammals (66 MYA-Present)

* Tertiary

* Pleistocene

\* Four Ages

\* Hyborian Age

====Historic Era (5560 BCE-??)====

Ancient Times (5560 BCE-474 CE)

* Antediluvian Age (5560-3350 BCE)
* Age of Bronze (3350-1460 BCE)
* Age of Heroes (1460-1158 BCE)
* Age of Iron (1158-31 BCE)
* Age of Empire (31 BCE-474 CE)

Middle Ages (474-1300)

* Dark Ages (474-1000)
* Gothic Era (1000-1300)

Olden Times (1300-1788)

* The Renaissance (1300-1492)
* Age of Exploration (1492-1600)
* Baroque Era (1600-1700)
* The Enlightenment (1700-1788)

Yesteryear (1789-1913)

* Romantic Era (1789-1836)
* Victorian Era (1837-1860)
* Slaveholders' Rebellion (1860-1865)
* Gilded Age (1865-1890)
* Steampunk Era (1890-1913)

Modern Times (1914-1974)

* The Great War (1914-1918)
* Jazz Age (1919-1928)
* Great Depression (1928-1938)
* World War II (1939-1945)
* Atomic Age (1946-1963)
* Age of Aquarius (1964-1974)

Contemporary (1975-??)

* New Wave (1975-1989)
* Generation X (1990-1999)
* End Times (1999-??)

Future History

**Wikipedia:** Geologic Time Scale

**Wikipedia:** List of Time Periods
Time Travel

**Time travel** is the ability to visit the past and the future, usually with the ability to return to the present. The device time travelers use for their temporal voyages is called a time machine.

Time travelers usually take care to not change the past in order to avoid a time paradox. (What you really don't want to do is to go back and kill your grandfather before he plays his role in your family tree.) Sometimes, however, changing the past is the point of time travel, as with attempts to go back and kill Adolf Hitler as a baby. Some versions of time travel merely create an alternate universe, leaving the present the traveler returns to unchanged.

## Individuals

HG Wells

Emmett Brown

Marty McFly

Biff Tannen

The Doctor

Hermione Granger

The Terminator

T-1000

Kyle Reese

Sam Beckett

Ted Logan

Bill S. Preston

Donnie Darko

Billy Pilgrim

Hank Morgan

Merlin
Wererat

**Wererats** are shapeshifting lycanthropes who can take the form of human or rat--and often have a hybrid human/rat form. Unlike other lycanthropes, they tend to transform into their animal form when the moon is dark rather than full. They typically inhabit crowded cities with large rat populations.

**Wikipedia:** Wererat
Thomas More

**Sir Thomas More** (1478 – 1535) is an English politician and author who serves as an advisor to Henry VIII until he is executed for refusing to recognize Henry's authority over the Church of England. After his death he becomes a saint.

His chief rival is Thomas Cromwell. He is the first European to write about the nation of Utopia.

**Wikipedia:** Thomas More
Tiger

**Tigers** are a species of feline carnivore found in Asia.

The largest cat, the orange-and-black striped tiger is found in modern times in India, China and Siberia. Formerly their range extended to Asia Minor, Central Asia and Southeast Asia. Their preferred habitat is forest, though they can also survive at high elevations and in wetlands. They sometimes develop a taste for human flesh.

## Types

The **Bengal tiger** is a particularly large and ferocious subspecies found in India.

The **Siberian tiger** is found in Siberia. Unlike its real-world counterpart, the HBD Siberian tiger is white with black stripes.

The **Liger** is a hybrid between a lion and a tiger. Larger than either of their parents, they are bred for their skills in magic.

Sabertooth tigers are an extinct carnivorous feline that is not closely related to present-day tigers.

## Links

**Wikipedia:** Tiger

**Open Gaming Network (5E SRD):** Animal, Tiger
Wild Children

**Wild children** , also known as **feral children**, are humans, lost or abandoned in infancy, who are raised in the wilderness by wild animals. They typically have extraordinary strength, agility and/or toughness, and often have the ability to communicate with animals.

## Individuals

Romulus

Remus

Tarzan

Mowgli

The Feral Kid

**Wikipedia:** Feral child
Thomas Jefferson

**Thomas Jefferson** (1743-1826) was a rebel leader during the American Revolution and the third president of the United States. He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.

A native of Virginia, he had an estate called Monticello, which was sustained by numerous slaves. By one of these, Sally Hemings, he had numerous children.

Considered one of the leading intellects of the 13 Colonies, Jefferson was an inventor and an architect, with interests in linguistics, philosophy and paleontology.

Before becoming president, Jefferson served as George Washington's secretary of State and John Adams' vice president. As president, he negotiated the Lousiana Purchase from France and dispatched Lewis and Clark to explore it. His vice president, Aaron Burr, killed former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in a duel.

**Wikipedia:** Thomas Jefferson
Vitruvius

**Vitruvius** (80 BC-15 BC) is a Roman architect, engineer and writer who lived during the first century BC, at the beginning of the Age of Empire. He is known for his influential treatise *De Architectura*, which explores the principles of architecture, engineering, and urban planning. His writings on the ideal human proportion inspire Leonardo da Vinci's *Vetruvian Man*.
Zenn-La

**Zenn-La** is a planet in the Deneb system, most famous as the home world of Norrin Radd, the Silver Surfer. Radd saves Zenn-La, a technologically advanced utopia, from destruction by the planet-devouring Galactus, by agreeing to become the Silver Surfer and serve as Galactus' herald. When the Surfer betrays his master to save Earth, Galactus returns to Zenn-La and strips the planet of its life essence.

Zenn-La is also the home of Radd's lover Shalla Bal.
Tom Swift

**Tom Swift** (born c. 1894) is an American inventor who creates a remarkable series of ahead-of-their-time contraptions, starting when he is a teenager. He is based in Shopton, New York, on the shores of Lake Carlopa (also known as Lake George).

He has a son, Tom Swift Jr., born c. 1936, whose inventions are if anything even more astonishing.
Tralfamadore

**Tralfamadore** is a planet in the Lesser Magellanic Cloud whose inhabitants perceive all moments in time as happening simultaneously. These aliens, Tralfamadorians, resemble plumbers' helpers, with a suction-cup foot and a thin shaft-like body, surmounted by a hand with an eye in its palm. The Tralfamadorians kidnap World War II vet Billy Pilgrim and keep him in a sort of zoo, only releasing him when he accepts their philosophy of time.

Tralfamadore is featured in the stories of science fiction writer Kilgore Trout.
Wight

A **Wight** (or **Barrow-Wight**) is an undead corpse reanimated by a malevolent spirit. They are frequently found in burial mounds, especially in Britain, Germany, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe.

Wights are typically corporeal and self-willed, but do not reflect the personality of the living human whose corpse they possess.

The creatures accidentally released by Ash Williams via the *Necronomicon*, referred to as the **Evil Dead** or **Deadites**, were probably wights.

**Wikipedia:** Barrow-wight
Xanadu

**Xanadu** is a city in China where Kublai Khan builds a pleasure dome in 1256; it serves as his summer capital. Marco Polo visits the emperor there in 1275.

Below the city runs the River Alph, which flows through immense ice caves to a underground sea.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge has a dream about Xanadu in 1797, his recording of which is interrupted by the Person From Porlock.

**Coordinates:** 42.359722, 116.179167

**Wikipedia:** Shangdu

**Poetry Foundation:** Kubla Khan
Thirty Years' War

The **Thirty Years' War** (1618-1648) is a devastating war that primarily takes place in the Holy Roman Empire, involving numerous European states and their allies. It pits the Hapsburg Empire, Spain and Bavaria against an alliance that included the Dutch Republic, Sweden, Denmark/Norway, Prussia, Bohemia and Transylvania. Later France, Sweden and the Dutch are arrayed against Spain and the Holy Roman Empire.

The war's causes are multifaceted, including religious tensions, political rivalries and territorial disputes. The war results in significant loss of life and property. It ends with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, which establishes the principle of religious tolerance and reshapes the map of Europe.

Notable figures involved in the conflict include Cardinal Richelieu of France and Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.
Undead

The **Undead** are creatures, often monsters, who are the reanimated bodies or disembodied spirits of the dead--usually but not necessarily human.

## Types

**Banshees** are undead faerie spirits, commonly encountered in Ireland and other Celtic lands, whose uncanny wailing foretells an imminent death.

Crawling Claws are disembodied animated hands, usually bent on strangling the living.

**Ghosts** are generally come in several distinct varieties:

* **Apparitions** are noncorporeal images of the dead that lack free will or the ability to interact with the living.
* **Hauntings** are ghostly manifestations that do not take human form, but instead take the form of unexplained noises, slamming doors, cold spots, etc. Similar to a poltergeist, but spookier and less destructive.
* **Phantoms** are noncorporeal spirits that resemble their living selves. They retain their identity from life but may or may not be aware that they are dead.
* **Shades** are undead shadows, lacking personality or identity but often retaining a fierce hatred of the living.
* **Spectres** are noncorporeal spirits that resemble translucent, sometimes whitish or greenish versions of their living selves. They typically remember their mortal identity, but this is often overshadowed by a ghostly personality--whether malevolent, romantic or comic.
* **Spooks** are your standard Halloween ghosts--an animated sheet with holes for eyes and mouth. They typically have little personality or identity, and are generally more mischievous than malevolent.
* **Wraiths** exist between corporeality and noncorporeality, with skull-like upper bodies and cloaks that trail off in a smoke-like fashion. Their identities are subsumed by an all-consuming hatred of the living.

**Ghouls** are undead creatures who eat the flesh of the living and the dead indiscriminately.

**Liches** are powerful mages who have obtained immortality at the cost of their living status.

**Mummies** are dried, preserved corpses typically reanimated by a curse.

**Revenants** are reanimated corpses compelled to seek revenge or complete some unfinished task.

**Screaming Skulls** are skulls possessed by evil spirits. When they are winged, they are known as Death's Heads.

**Skeletons** are bones (human are otherwise) animated by an undead spirit.

**Vampires** are undead creatures compelled to suck the blood of the living.

**Wights** are corpses reanimated by malevolent spirits.

**Will o' Wisps** are balls of light, possibly representing undead spirits, that appear in wetlands and other treacherous territories to mislead the unwary.

**Zombies** are reanimated corpses, generally motivated by a mindless hunger for living flesh.
Winged Sandals

The **Winged Sandals** (known to the Romans as the **Talaria**) are a pair of artifacts belonging to Hermes that allow him to fly across the world, delivering messages for the Olympians. They are created for him by Hephaestus. He lends them to Perseus to help him slay the gorgon Medusa.

**Wikipedia:** Talaria
Tarzan

**Tarzan**, born **Lord John Greystoke**, was raised by apes as a wild child in Africa and became lord of the jungle. He is known for his great strength, his ability to speak with animals and his skill at swinging on vines.

His mate is Jane Porter, an American explorer. Among their several animal companions is Cheetah, a chimpanzee.
Woodrow Wilson

**Woodrow Wilson** (1856–1924), the 28th president of the United States, holds office from 1913 to 1921. A Democrat from New Jersey, Wilson is governor of that state when he defeats William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt in the 1912 election. Wilson earlier served as president of Princeton University.

Wilson enacts some progressive policies, including the Federal Reserve Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act, while also advocating for women's suffrage. But Wilson was also a white supremacist who segregated the federal government and encouraged the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan.

Wilson leads the nation into World War I  against Germany alongside Britain and France, and afterwards plays a pivotal role in shaping the Treaty of Versailles. He is unable to convince the US Senate to bring the United States into the League of Nations.

Wilson is Incapacitated by a stroke in September 1919, and his first lady Edith Wilson serves as de facto president for the remainder of his term.
Underground

The **Underground** is the dark and mysterious realm that lies below the surface of the Earth. There are found bizarre creatures, ancient secrets, treacherous dangers and fabulous riches.

There are several types of habitat in the Underground, including:

* Burrows
* Caverns
* Sewers
* Dungeons
* Catacombs
* Tombs
* Temples
* Labyrinths
* Lava Caves

## Fauna

### Natural

Some of the natural creatures typically found underground include:

Bats

Cave Fish

Centipedes

Rats

Roaches

Spiders

### Fantastic

Fantastic creatures typically found underground include:

Giant Centipedes

Giant Pillbugs

Giant Rats

Giant Roaches

Giant Spiders

Morlocks

## Flora

Fungi

Lichen

Mold

Moss
Wyoming

**Wyoming** is a state in the United States, one of the Mountain States in the American West. To the west of Wyoming  is Idaho, with Utah to the southwest; Colorado is to the south. Nebraska is to the southeast, and the Dakotas to the northeast. Montana is north of Wyoming.

Most of Yellowstone is in the northwest corner of Wyoming. Other points of interested include the Grand Teton mountain and Devils Tower.

**Wikipedia:** Wyoming
Wetland

**Wetlands** are a kind of terrain that is somewhere in between dry land and open water. Types of wetland include **swamps**, **marshes** and **bogs**.

## Famous Swamps

Everglades

Okefenokee Swamp

Atchafalaya Basin

Great Dismal Swamp

Mekong Delta

## Flora

Cypress

Mangrove

Spanish Moss

## Fauna

### Temperate

Beaver

Fish

Leech

Panther

Snake

Turtle

### Tropical

Crocodile

Fish

Hippo

Snake

Turtle

**Wikipedia:** Wetland
The Rolling Stones

The **Rolling Stones** are a rock band from England, formed in London in 1962 as an R&B tribute band. Its original members are Mick Jagger on lead vocals; Keith Richards on guitar and vocals; Brian Jones on guitar, harmonica, and various other instruments; Bill Wyman on bass guitar; and Charlie Watts on drums.

The Stones release their first album in April 1964, and have their first major hit, "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," in September 1965. By *Aftermath*, released in April 1966, their albums consist entirely of Jagger/Richards compositions, including "Paint It Black" and "Under My Thumb."

The Stones serve as a dark counterpart to The Beatles, exemplified by their album of dark psychedelia, *Their Satanic Majesties Request*, released in December 1967. *Beggars Banquet*, which appears in December 1968, features the hit "Sympathy for the Devil."

On June 8, 1969, Jones announces his departure from the band. A month later, on July 3, he is found dead in his swimming pool in East Sussex.

*Let It Bleed*, including the harrowing track "Gimme Shelter," comes out in November 1969. The next month, on December 6, the Stones put on a free concert in Altamont, California, where the Hell's Angels providing security stab a concert-goer to death.

*Sticky Fingers*, released in April 1971, is their first studio album without Jones. It includes the hits "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses."

*Exile on Main Street*, recorded on the French Riviera and released in May 1972, is often considered their masterpiece, featuring a mix of rock, blues and country influences.

Later Stones albums include *Some Girls* (June 1978), with the disco-influenced "Miss You," and *Tattoo You* (August 1981), featuring "Start Me Up."
Valkyrie

**Valkyries** are outsiders, supernatural female warriors from the plane of Asgard. They fly invisibly over battlefields, selecting the most valiant of the slain to bring back to Valhalla to join Odin's army in preparation for Ragnarok.

The most famous individual valkyrie is Brunhilda, lover of Siegfried.

**Wikipedia:** Valkyrie
Wisdom

**Wisdom** is an attribute that attempts to measure mental willpower, intuition, common sense, perceptiveness and spiritual awareness. It is contrasted with intelligence, which reflects the ability to reason and learn factual information; one may have a high wisdom and low intelligence, or vice versa.

## Examples

Characters noted for very high wisdom include:

Balthazar, Caspar and Melchior

Buddha

Gandhi

Martin Luther King

Solomon

Yoda
The Terminator

*"I'll be back."*

**The Terminator** is a T-800 hunter-killer android sent from the future to kill Sarah Connor before she becomes the mother of John Connor, the leader of the human resistance to the AI overlord Skynet. The first T-800, sent from 2029, is destroyed by Kyle Reese, who also comes from the future to defend Sarah Connor--though remnants of this android are reverse-engineered to create the technology that becomes Skynet.

Another reprogrammed T-800 is sent by John Connor to 1995 to defend his future self from the T-1000 Terminator.

## External Links

**Wikipedia:** Terminator (character)

**Terminator Wiki:** Notable T-800 Terminators
Troll

**Trolls** are grotesque giant-like creatures found in Scandinavia. They live in wild settings like forests, mountains and caves. There numbers diminish sharply after medieval times, and are hardly to be found in the contemporary era.

They are frequently malicious, with a taste for human flesh. According to Gygax, they quickly heal damage inflicted on them. Some trolls are turned to stone by the Sun.

Troll-like creatures who are smaller than humans are known as trollkins.

**Wikipedia:** Troll

**TV Tropes:** All Trolls Are Different
Werebear

**A** **Werebear** is a lycanthrope, a shapeshifter able to change from human to bear form. Some of the Viking berserkers of ancient and Medieval Scandinavia were werebears. Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest also had legends of people who could transform into bears.

## Individuals

Beorn

Callisto

Arcas

**Wikipedia:** Werebear
Ulysses S. Grant

**Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885)** is the commanding general of the Union Army during the War Between the States, and later is the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. As a military leader, Grant is noted for his strategic brilliance. Elected as a Republican, His presidency aims to enforce the civil rights of African Americans in the South during Reconstruction, but his administration is marred by corruption scandals.
Three Wise Men

The **Three Wise Men** or **Three Kings** are a group of magi from the East who visit Jesus in Bethlehem at the time of his birth, having discerned from the Star of Bethlehem that a king of the Jews had been born. They alert King Herod to Jesus' existence before bringing the child gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.

The magi are:

* Caspar
* Balthazar
* Melchior

**Wikipedia:** Biblical Magi
X-Men

The **X-Men** are a group of mutant superheroes, formed in 1963 by Charles Xavier and dedicated to promoting equal rights and peaceful coexistence between mutants and humans. They are based at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters in Salem Center, Westchester County, New York.

The X-Men are often in conflict with Magneto and his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, who maintain that mutants should dominate and eventually replace humans. The X-Men are threatened by the Sentinels, advanced robots designed to exterminate mutants.

## Timeline

**1963:** The X-Men are formed by Charles Xavier. The original members include Scott Summers (Cyclops), Hank McCoy (The Beast), Warren Worthington (Angel) and Bobby Drake (Iceman), soon joined by Jean Grey (Marvel Girl).

**1965:** The X-Men are attacked by the Sentinels for the first time.

**1975:** New X-Men are recruited to rescue the original team, who are trapped on the mutant island Krakoa. The new members include Logan (Wolverine), Ororo Monroe (Storm), Piotr Rasputin (Colossus) and Kurt Wagner (Nightcrawler). These mutants plus Summers and Grey form the nucleus of a new team.

**1976:** Grey becomes fused with the Phoenix Force.

**1980:** Grey loses control of the Phoenix Force, becomes Dark Phoenix and destroys a planet. She is subsequently killed on the Moon. Kitty Pryde joins the team.

**1983:** Xavier forms the New Mutants. Rogue joins the X-Men.

## External Links

**Wikipedia:** X-Men

**Marvel Database:** X-Men (Earth-616)

**Comics Back Issues:** Timeline of Events in X-Men Comics
Trojan War

The **Trojan War** was a war between the city-state of Troy and the heroes of Greece. The cause of war was the abduction of Helen, queen of Sparta, by Prince Paris of Troy.

The war lasted for 10 years, until the Greeks tricked the Trojans into taking the Trojan Horse, a wooden statue in which Greece's top warriors were hiding, into their city.

## Individuals

### Troy

Priam

Hector

Paris

Cassandra

Helen of Troy

### Greece

Agamemnon

Menelaus

Achilles

Odysseus

Ajax

Diomedes

Patroclus

Nestor

Neoptolemus

**Wikipedia:** Trojan War

**Historum:** Rank Heroes of Trojan War
Typhoid Mary

**"Typhoid" Mary Mallon** (1869-1938) is a cook notorious for infecting others with typhoid. She is born in Ireland and moves to New York City, where she contracts typhoid and causes numerous outbreaks among families she works for. In 1915 she is confined for the rest of her life to an island in New York Harbor.

She is an idiomatic character.
Tower

A **tower** is a free-standing structure that is considerably taller than it is wide. Towers are generally unoccupied, but sometimes the term is used to describe skyscrapers used as apartment buildings or offices.

## Examples

Barad-Dur

Orthanc

Leaning Tower of Pisa

Eiffel Tower

Big Ben

CN Tower

Space Needle

**Wikipedia:** Tower
Wizard

**Wizards** are mages who use research and study to master the arcane arts. They are consider one of the adventuring classes.

The Gygaxian tradition distinguishes between wizards, warlocks and sorcerers--different sorts of mages depending on how they gain their powers. It's not clear that mages of legend or literature ever use the terminology in this way, but they do seem to describe actual archetypes.

## Wizards

Gandalf

Saruman

Circe

Medea

Witch of Endor (witch)

Simon Magus

Merlin

Tim the Magician (sorcerer?)

Morgana Le Fay

Baba Yaga (witch)

Malificent (witch?)

Godric Griffindor (10th C-11th C)

Rowena Ravenclaw  (10th C-11th C)

Helga Hufflepuff  (10th C-11th C)

Salazar Slytherin  (10th C-11th C)

Albertus Magnus (1200-1280)

John Faust (1480–1540) (warlock?)

John Dee (1527-1609) (warlock?)

Edward Kelley (1555-1597) (warlock?)

Prospero

Albus Dumbledore (1881-1997)

Lord Voldemort (1926-1981, 1995-1998)

Aleister Crowley (1875-1947)

Samantha Stevens (witch)

Severus Snape (1960-1998)

Sabrina Spellman (witch)

Steven Strange

Harry Potter (1980- )

Ron Weasley (1980- )

Hermione Granger (1979- )

Ginny Weasley (1981- )

Alex Russo
Warrior

**Warriors** are a class of fighters who specialize in hand-to-hand combat, though they may be proficient with manual missile weapons as well. They rely chiefly on strength, but also need endurance and dexterity. Typical weapons include the sword and the spear. They usually wear some form of armor, but short of full plate, and often carry a shield. They are most commonly found in ancient times.

## Individuals

Gilgamesh

Hercules (possibly a barbarian?)

Theseus

Bellerophon

Achilles

Ajax

Odysseus (also a rogue)

Hector

Aeneas

Samson

David

## Related

Knights are similar to warriors, but typically wear more armor, are proficient in fighting from horseback and have a well-developed code of honor.

Barbarians are warriors from less "civilized" cultures, typically wear less armor and rely more on raw strength.

Rangers are warriors who are specialized for wilderness adventures, with heightened proficiency in missile weapons and woodcraft skills.

Gladiators are warriors who fight for sport.
Wraith

**Wraiths**are a kind of ghost, an undead spirit that exists between corporeality and noncorporeality, with skeletal upper bodies that trail off in a smoke-like fashion. They frequently wear hooded cloaks. Their identities are subsumed by an all-consuming hatred of the living.

They are found throughout the world--usually in graveyards and other charnel environments--but may be particularly common in Scotland.

**Nazgul** and **dementors** may both be classified as wraiths.

**Monster Wiki:** Wraith
Ygraine

**Ygraine** is the mother of Arthur Pendragon, tricked by Arthur's father Uther Pendragon into sleeping with him with the magical help of the wizard Merlin. Later she is Uther's wife and queen.

By her first husband, Gorlois, Ygraine is the mother of Morgause, wife of King Lot and mother of Gawain, Mordred and their brothers, and of Morgana le Fey.

**Quondam et Futurus:** Ygerne
World Creatures

A list of creatures from around the world, both natural and fantastic, listed by region and habitat:

## North America

### Arctic

Arctic Fox

Lemming

Polar Bear

Musk Ox

Wolverine

### Eastern Woodlands

Black Bear

Moose

Panther

Wolf

Black Bear

Raccoon

Deer

Opossum

Skunk

### Great Plains

Antelope

Bison

Coyote

Elk

Panther

Rattlesnake

Skunk

Wolf

### Western

Elk

Grizzly Bear

Rattlesnake

Skunk

### Southwestern Desert

Antelope

Coyote

Rattlesnake

Scorpion

Wolf

### Southeastern Swamp

Alligator

Black Bear

Panther

Snake

## South America

### Amazon

Anaconda

Jaguar

Sloth

Tapir

### Andes

Black Bear

Llama

Panther

### Pampas

Flightless Bird

Llama

Skunk

## Europe

### Scandinavian

Brown Bear

Dragon

Dwarf

Troll

Wolf

### European Temperate

Brown Bear

Deer

Dragon

Gargoyle

Giant

Lynx

Ogre

Unicorn

Wild Boar

Wolf

## Africa

### Sahara

Antelope

Baboon

Cheetah

Cobra

Ostrich

Scorpion

### African Jungle

Antelope

Chimpanzee

Gorilla

Hippo

Leopard

Python

### Savannah

Anteater

Antelope

Baboon

Buffalo

Cheetah

Elephant

Giraffe

Lion

Porcupine

Rhino

Zebra

## Asia

### Siberian

Siberian Tiger

Wolf

### Gobi

Wild Horse

Wolf

### Himalayan

Snow Leopard

Yak

Yeti

### Asian Jungle

Constrictor Snake

Orangutan

Tapir

Tiger

## Australia

### Australian Jungle

Crocodile

Platypus

Snake

Scorpion

Spider

Tasmanian Devil

Wombat

### Outback

Dingo

Kangaroo

Scorpion

Snake

Spider
Unicorn

**Unicorns** are fantastic beasts, horse-like animals with a single spiral horn on their foreheads. A unicorn is not exactly a horse with a horn; their hooves are cloven, they have beards like goats and their tails resembles that of a lion.

Unicorns are extremely and intelligent and possess a strong moral sense. They can only be tamed by virgins.

The horn of a unicorn is proof against poison.

Unicorns are traditionally found in India, the Middle East and parts of Europe, including France and Britain. Unicorns in China and neighboring countries are known as Ki-Rin.

A winged unicorn is sometimes referred to as an **alicorn** or **pegacorn**.

**Wikipedia:** Unicorn

**Unicorn Wiki**
Vortigern

**Vortigern** is a monarch of Dark Age Britain. An evil king, he gives the Saxons the land of Kent in exchange for being allowed to marry Rowena, the daughter of the Saxon chieftain. His downfall is predicted by Merlin. He is succeeded by Uther Pendragon.

**Wikipedia:** Vortigern

**Quondam et Futurus:** Vortigern
Troy

**Troy** , also known as **Ilium**, is a city in Asia Minor, positioned to guard the approach to the Bosphorus. Its 10-year struggle with the cities of Greece is known as the Trojan War--a conflict that results in the burning of Troy.

Long thought to be a legend, Troy's existence is proven by the archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, following clues in the epics of Homer.

## Individuals

Ganymede

Priam

Anchises

Hector

Paris

Cassandra

Aeneas

**Coordinates:** 39° 57′ 27″ N, 26° 14′ 20″ E

**Wikipedia:** Troy
Tony Baretta

**Anthony "Tony" Baretta** is an unorthodox plain-clothes police detective based in Newark, New Jersey in the 1970s. He lives in the run-down King Edward Hotel with his pet cockatoo Fred. He is a master of disguise.

Catchphrases: "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time"; "And dat's the name of dat tune."

**Wikipedia:** Baretta
Veronica Lodge

**Veronica Lodge** is an American youth, a student from Riverdale, Massachusetts. The daughter of a wealthy family, she is sometimes romantically involved with Archie Andrews, but often seen with his rival Reggie Mantle. Meanwhile, she has a rivalrous friendship with Betty Cooper.

**Archie Comics Wiki:** Veronica Lodge
William McKinley

**William McKinley** (1843–1901), the 25th president of the United States, serves from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. A Republican from Ohio, McKinley defeats William Jennings Bryan in the election of 1896.

McKinley's presidency was marked by economic prosperity and the birth of the American Empire. He led the nation through the Spanish-American War, resulting in the acquisition of territories like Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines. He also annexes the Republic of Hawaii.

McKinley's assassination by anarchist Leon Czolgosz leads to Vice President Theodore Roosevelt assuming the presidency.

For a time the tallest mountain in North America, Denali, is renamed Mount McKinley.
Virgin Mary

The **Virgin Mary** is a saint, born in Nazareth, who became pregnant via the Holy Spirit and gave birth to Jesus of Nazareth in Bethlehem. She herself was immaculately conceived.

Her husband is Saint Joseph, and her cousin Saint Elizabeth. After Jesus' death, she was looked after by Saint John the Evangelist.

She did not die but was taken bodily into Heaven.

**Wikipedia:** Mary, mother of Jesus
Titanic

The ***Titanic*** is a ship that on April 14, 1912, during its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City strikes an iceberg and sinks to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Considered unsinkable until it sinks, the ocean liner lacks sufficient lifeboats; only 710 of the 2,224 passengers and crew members aboard are saved.

**Coordinates:** 41° 43′ 57″ N, 49° 56′ 49″ W

**Wikipedia:** RMS *Titanic*
This Is Not a Pipe

***The Treachery of Images***, known as ***This Is Not a Pipe***, is a surrealist artwork painted by René Magritte in 1929. The painting features a realistic depiction of a pipe accompanied by the French statement "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" ("This is not a pipe"). Magritte's intent is to challenge the relationship between images and reality, highlighting the distinction between an object and its representation. The painting invites viewers to question the nature of representation and the limitations of language. It is held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles, California.
Wisconsin

**Wisconsin** is one of the United States, one of the Northwoods states in the Heartland. To the west of Wisconsin is Minnesota, with Iowa to the southwest. Illinois is its southern neighbor, while Lake Michigan lies to the east. The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is northeast of Wisconsin, while Lake Superior is to the northwest.

## Characters

Joe McCarthy (1908-1957)

Robert La Follette (1855-1925)

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Richie Cunningham and friends
Vega

**Vega** is a blue-white main-sequence star in the Milky Way galaxy, located in the constellation Lyra. It is one of the brightest stars in Earth's sky and forms a prominent triangle with Altair and Deneb. Vega is about 25 light years away from the Solar System.

The home planet of the superhero known as Starfire is in the Vega system.
Three Musketeers

The **Three Musketeers** are a group of soldiers and swashbucklers in Paris. They are Athos, Aramis and Porthos--and they are joined by D'Artagnan, sometimes counted as a fourth Musketeer. They are joined together by 1623; their biggest adventures start in 1625.

The lives of the Musketeers are most famously chronicled by Alexandre Dumas, who published their history in 1844.

**Wikipedia:** The Three Musketeers
Whale

**Whales** are large, highly intelligent sea mammals. They are so highly adapted for marine life that they are unable to survive on land. They are found in all of Earth's oceans. They are closely related to dolphins.

## Types

Blue Whales

Sperm Whales

Humpback Whales

Orca (Killer Whales)

Narwhal

Beluga Whales

## Individuals

Moby Dick

Monstro

Shamu

Willy

Blackfish

**Wikipedia:** Whale
Weather

**Weather** is the condition of the atmosphere -- including temperature, precipitation, wind , clouds , humidity -- in a particular time and place. The longer-term state of the atmosphere is known as climate . An intense, sometimes dangerous weather event is a storm .

## Types of Weather

Hot

Cold

Rain

Snow

Fog

Lightning

Tornado

Wind

Sunny

Cloudy

Muggy
Thief of Baghdad

**Ahmed**, known as the **Thief of Baghdad**, is a thief in Baghdad who marries the daughter of the Caliph. He has a magic rope and a cloak of invisibility that aid him in his escapades.

Ahmed has a young associate named **Abu** who is also referred to as the Thief of Baghdad.

**Wikipedia:** The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)
Virginia

**Virginia** is one of the United States in North America, part of Dixie and one of the original Thirteen Colonies. To the west and northwest of Virginia is West Virginia, with Kentucky and Tennessee to the southwest. The Carolinas are south of Virginia, and Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. Maryland is northeast.

## Places

Roanoke

Jamestown

Williamsburg

Mount Vernon

Monticello

Yorktown

Richmond

Appomattox

## Individuals

Pocahontas (1596-1617)

John Smith (1580-1631)

George Washington (1732-1799)

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

Nat Turner (1800-1831)

Robert E Lee (1807-1870)

Jefferson Davis (1808-1889)

Stonewall Jackson (1824-1863)

John-Boy Walton (b. 1916)

Donnie Darko (1972-1988)

**Wikipedia:** Virginia
Twelve Peers

The **Twelve Peers**, or **Twelve Paladins**, are an order of knights who follow the Emperor Charlemagne of the Holy Roman Empire.

The list of Peers varies from source to source; here are some of the most notable.

1. Roland (d. 778)--Charlemagne's nephew
2. Oliver (d. 778)
3. Duke Namo of Bavaria
4. Renaud de Montaubon
5. Bradamante, a female knight, sister of Renault
6. Ruggiero the Saracen
7. Huon of Bordeaux
8. Ogier the Dane
9. Astolfo of England
10. Archbishop Turpin (d. 800)--bishop of Riems
11. Malagigi the Enchanter
12. Ganelon the Traitor

## Gallery

RolandOliverDuke NamoRenaud de MontaubonBradamanteRuggieroHuon of BordeauxOgier the DaneAstolfo of EnglandTurpinMalagigiGanelon
Wind God

**Wind gods**, known to the Greeks as **Anemoi**, are supernatural creatures who personify and control particular winds. They can take the form of anthropomorphic clouds, or of giant winged humans. They may have a connection to air elementals and the Elemental Plane of Air.

The most famous winds are Boreas, the North Wind, and Zephyr, the West Wind, but there are named winds for all eight compass points.

**Wikipedia:** Anemoi
Yoda

*"Do--or do not do. There is no try."*

**Master Yoda** (896 BBY-4 ABY) is a Jedi Master in the Far Away Galaxy, with his home on Dagobah. Though initially appearing as a foolish and powerless creatures, through his wisdom and Force skills he becomes an indispensable mentor to Luke Skywalker.

**Wookieepedia:** Yoda
Wonder Woman

**Diana**, princess of Themiscyra, is an immortal Amazon and a superhero known as **Wonder Woman** who uses the alias **Diana Prince**. She is a member of the Justice Society, and later of the Justice League.

She has a Lasso of Truth, Bracelets of Submission and an Invisible Jet.

The daughter of the Amazon Queen Hippolyta, Diana leaves Themiscyra when US Army pilot Steve Trevor crashlands on the island in 1941. She travels to "Man's World" to help Trevor fight the Nazis in World War II.

She fights numerous supervillains over the years, including Cheetah, Giganta and Doctor Psycho. She also has enmities with the war god Ares and the sorceress Circe.

## External Links

**Wikipedia:** Wonder Woman

**DC Database:** Wonder Woman
Vulcan (planet)

**Vulcan** is a hot, arid planet located in the 40 Eridani star system, the homeworld of the Vulcan people. It is known for its harsh desert landscapes and rugged mountain ranges.

The unforgiving ecosystem of Vulcan shaped the worldview of the Vulcan people, who are noted for their strict adherence to logic and suppression of emotions. Vulcan's ancient culture is steeped in tradition, focusing on philosophy, science and rigorous mental disciplines.

The Romulan people also originated on Vulcan before emigrating to Romulus.

The planet has played a pivotal role in galactic peace, with Vulcans being founding members of the United Federation of Planets.

## External Link

**Wikipedia:** Vulcan (Star Trek)

**Memory Alpha:** Ni'Var
United States

The **United States** is a nation in North America. To the west of the United States is the Pacific Ocean, to the south is Mexico, to the east is the Atlantic Ocean and to the north is Canada. Politically part of the US but geographically separated are Alaska and Hawaii. Puerto Rico, along with some islands in the Pacific Ocean, are formal colonies of the United States.

The major language of the United States is English, followed by Spanish. Many other languages are spoken by immigrant groups and Native American populations.

The capital of the United States is Washington, DC. The major city is New York City.

## Regions

The contiguous United States can be divided into various overlapping regions:

* American Northeast

* New England

(Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island)

* Midatlantic

(New York State, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware)

* Dixie

(West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida)

* Heartland

(Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kansas, Missouri)

* American West

(Washington State, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, California, Nevada, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico)

The contiguous United States can also be divided, very roughly, by terrain:

* Eastern Woodlands
* Great Plains
* Rocky Mountains
* Southwestern Desert

## States

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois

Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana

Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania

Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

**TV Tropes:** Eagle Land
Vampire

**Vampires** are undead creatures that drink the blood of the living. They are usually corporeal but can sometimes turn themselves into vapor, or take the form of an animal (most often a bat). They are found in virtually every part of the inhabited world.

Vampires are typically repelled by garlic and crosses -- the latter phobia extending in many cases to other holy symbols. Vampires often may not cross running water or enter a home without invitation. They are killed by a stake through the heart (though taking the stake out of their now-skeletal chest will often bring them back).

## Individuals

Dracula (1431-1476-1893?)

Elizabeth Bathory

Lord Ruthven

Lucy Westenra

Barnabas Collins

Carmilla

Francis Varney

Angel

Spike

Blade

Lestat

Edward Cullen

Bella Swann

Vampirella

Blacula

Orlok

The Night Stalker

**Wikipedia:** Vampire