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Ishtar

**Ishtar**, goddess of love and war, is one of the most important deities of the Mesopotamian Pantheon. She is also known as **Inanna**, **Astarte** and **Astoreth**.

She is identified with the planet Venus. Her symbol is the eight-pointed star. Her animal is the lion.

Her consort is Tammuz, god of shepherds. Her sister is Ereshkigal, queen of the Underworld. She is rejected by Gilgamesh and swears revenge upon him.

**Wikipedia:** Inanna
Jackie Robinson

**Jackie Robinson** (1919 – 1972) was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball. On April 15, 1947, Robinson broke the color barrier in professional baseball when he debuted for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Despite facing racism and discrimination from fans, players, and even some of his own teammates, Robinson went on to have a successful career, winning Rookie of the Year in 1947 and earning six All-Star selections. He used his platform to advocate for civil rights and was a key figure in the fight for racial equality in America. Robinson's impact on baseball and American society is immeasurable, and he is widely regarded as one of the most important athletes in history.
Japan

**Japan** is an island nation in East Asia.

Medieval Japan is known for its samurai and ninjas. In modern times, kaiju, mecha and yakuza are encountered there. As TV Tropes notes:

> All Japanese are polite, superintelligent, great at technology, and Salarymen. They love *sake*, sleep in apartments the size of shoeboxes, and make fantastic electronics. They also know martial arts.
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## Places

Japan consists of four main islands, the two largest of which are Honshu and Hokkaido.

### Honshu

Tokyo

Kyoto

Osaka

Hiroshima

Fukushima

Mount Fuji

### Kyushu

Nagasaki

Mount Aso

## Individuals

Akira

Astro Boy

Basho (1644-1694)

Hikaru Genji

Hattori Hanzo (1542-1596)

Emperor Hirohito (1901-1989)

Hokusai (1760-1849)

Kato

Marie Kondo (born 1984)

Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998)

Emperor Meiji (1852-1912)

Yukio Mishima (1925-1970)

Hayao Miyazaki (born 1941)

Princess Mononoke

Mr. Moto

Haruki Murakami (born 1949)

Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645)

Yoko Ono (born 1933)

Ponyo

Sailor Moon

Sanjuro

Speed Racer

Hideki Tojo (1884-1948)

Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616)

Totoro

Ultraman

Isoruko Yamamoto (1884-1943)

Yubaba

Zatoichi

**TV Tropes:** Animeland

## Notes

1. ↑ TV Tropes, "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo."
Heretic

A **heretic** is a believer in **heresy**, a religion that runs contrary to the orthodox religion of their culture or region.

As they reject traditional teachings, heresies tend to be chaotic rather than lawful.

In the Dark Ages through the Renaissance, heresy is often punished with death, sometimes being burned at the stake. Groups like the Spanish Inquisition are mandated by the Catholic Church to root out heretics.

## Examples

Arians

Nestorians

Gnostics

Manichaeans

Ophites

Antinomians

Iconoclasts

Pelagians

Bogomils

Cathars

Free Spirits

**Wikipedia:** List of heresies in the Catholic Church
Miss Marple

**Miss Jane Marple** is an amateur detective who lives in the idyllic village of St. Mary Mead, England. A shrewd and astute spinster, she expertly unravels perplexing crimes using her wealth of life experience and uncanny understanding of human nature. Her cases are chronicled by writer Agatha Christie.
Jeff Bezos

**Jeff Bezos** (1964- ) is a billionaire, the founder and CEO of Amazon.com and the private space travel company Blue Origin, and the owner of the *Washington Post*.

Bezos is born January 12, 1964, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He grows up in Houston and Miami, and gets an engineering degree from Princeton. As CEO of Amazon, he lives in Seattle.
Horse

A **horse** is a hoofed mammal that has long been domesticated for use as a riding and draft animal (and sometimes for meat and milk). Ancestral and feral horses exist in the wild into modern times.

## Types

Appaloosa

Arabian Horse

Clydesdale

Mustang

Quarter Horse

Thoroughbred

## Relatives

Donkey

Pony

Mule

### Fantastic

Centaur

Hippogriff

Pegasus

## Individuals

The Black Stallion

Black Beauty

Clever Hans (1887-1916)

Bucephalus (355-326 BCE)

Man o' War

Mister Ed

Rocinante

Scout

Seabiscuit

Secretariat

Shadowfax

Silver

Trigger

## Links

**Wikipedia:** **Horse**

**Open Gaming Network (5E SRD):**

* Animal, Horse (Draft)
* Animal, Horse (Riding)
* Animal, Horse (Warhorse)
Howard Hughes

**Howard Hughes** (1905-1976) is an American billionaire, aviation magnate and film producer. Born on December 24, 1905, in Houston, Hughes gains prominence as a pioneering aviator, setting numerous aviation records in the 1930s, including for a round-the-world flight in 1938. He founds Hughes Aircraft and later buys TWA. During Wo

He ventures into the film industry, buying RKO and producing and directing successful movies. Hughes also plays a key role in the development of Las Vegas.

In his later years, he is famous for his reclusive lifestyle and obsessive-compulsive behavior. He dies on April 5, 1976, flying between Acapulco and Houston.
Jim Morrison

**Jim Morrison** (1943–1971), known as **Mr. Mojo Risin'** and the **Lizard King**, is an American rock musician, famous as as the lead vocalist of The Doors. Morrison's music with the Doors, a blend of rock, blues, and psychedelia is characterized by an underlying philosophical depth. He is noted for his charisma and unpredictable stage antics.

Born in Florida, he grows up in Virginia, Texas and California, and graduates from UCLA. He lives in Los Angeles' Venice Beach neighborhood while playing with The Doors. He dies at the age of 27 under mysterious circumstances in Paris, and is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery, though rumors persist that he is alive and well in Africa.
Minnesota

**Minnesota** is one of the United States, one of the Northwoods states in the Heartland. To the west of Minnesota are the Dakotas; Iowa is to the south. Wisconsin is Minnesota's eastern neighbor, with Lake Superior to the northeast. Canada is north of Minnesota.

## Individuals

Minnehaha

Paul Bunyan

Lou Grant

Mary Richards

Ted Baxter

Angus MacGyver

Marge Gunderson

Garrison Keillor

Prince

Jesse Ventura
Julius Caesar

**Julius Caesar** (100 – 44 BCE) is a general and politician from Rome. Though never officially claiming the title, he is considered the first Emperor of the Roman Empire. He was the lover of Cleopatra and the adoptive father of Augustus Caesar. He was assassinated by a large group of Roman citizens, including Brutus.

**Wikipedia:** Julius Caesar
Jean Grey

**Jean Grey** (born c. 1947) is a mutant superhero with powerful telepathic and telekinetic abilities. She is one of the first members of the X-Men, joining the team in 1963. Her original code name, **Marvel Girl**, reflects her exceptional psychic talents. Along with Scott Summers, with whom she has a longstanding romantic connection, she is a bridge between the original "old X-Men" and the new team formed in 1975.

After an accident in space in 1976, Grey merges with the cosmic entity known as the Phoenix Force, which amplifies her powers exponentially and gives her the new codename of **Phoenix**. Under the influence of the Hellfire Club, she succumbs to the dark side of the force, and takes on the persona **Dark Phoenix**. In this phase, she destroys a planet, and his brought to justice by an interstellar empire, finally dying on the Moon in 1980.

## External Links

**Wikipedia:** Jean Grey

**Marvel Database:** Jean Grey (Earth-616)
Midas

**Midas** is a king of Phrygia, famous for asking Dionysus to grant him the ability to turn anything he touches into gold--a gift he soon comes to regret after transforming his daughter Zoe. He also serves as a judge in a music contest between Apollo and the satyr Marsyas; when Apollo disagrees with his verdict, he awards him the ears of a donkey.

Midas is the son of King Gordias.

**Wikipedia:** Midas
Mesoamerica

**Mesoamerica** is a region of North America--or, by some reckonings, a separate subcontinent attached to North America. To the west of Mesoamerica is the Pacific Ocean; to the south is South America, attached to it via Panama. To the southeast is the Caribbean, to the northeast the Gulf of Mexico. To the north is the United States.

Mesoamerica is divid
Long John Silver

**Long John Silver** is a pirate, noted for his peg leg, his parrot companion and his catchphrase "Shiver me timbers!" In his youth, he served as quartermaster for the dread pirate Captain James Flint, and later accompanies Jim Hawkins on an expedition to recover Flint's treasure from Treasure Island. For a time he is the proprietor of the Spy Glass Inn in Bristol.

**Wikipedia:** Long John Silver
Leaning Tower of Pisa

The **Leaning Tower of Pisa** is a tower in Pisa, Italy, a famous landmark due to its decided slant. Built over two centuries, from 1173 to 1372, it was tilting even before it was completed, due to the soft ground it stands on. Galileo Galilei took advantage of the structure's lean to experiment with gravity by dropping lead weights from its upper levels in 1589.

**Coordinates:** 43° 43′ 23″ N, 10° 23′ 47″ E

**Wikipedia:** Leaning Tower of Pisa
Indiana Jones

**Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones** (b. 1899) is an archaeologist, explorer and rogue. He teaches in Connecticut while not fighting Nazis or searching the world for artifacts like the Ark of the Covenant or the Holy Grail.

## Associates

Marion Ravenwood

Henry Jones, Sr.

Sallah

Short Round

Rene Belloq

**The Raider:** Indiana Jones Timeline
Janis Joplin

**Janis Joplin** (1943–1970) is an American rock musician, known for her powerful, blues-inspired vocals. Born in Port Arthur, Texas, she attends the University of Texas at Austin before dropping out and hitchhiking to San Francisco in 1963. She rises to fame in the late 1960s as the lead singer of the psychedelic-acid rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company (1966-69), and later as a solo artist. Joplin's raw, emotional style of singing on songs like "Piece of My Heart," "Me and Bobby McGee" and "Summertime" makes her one of the premier voices of the counterculture era. Her career is cut short by her untimely death from a drug overdose in Los Angeles at the age of 27.
Jan Hus

**Jan Hus** (c. 1369–1415) is a Bohemian religious thinker and reformer during the Renaissance who plays a significant role in the Protestant Reformation. Inspired by the ideas of John Wycliffe, Hus advocates for religious reform within the Catholic Church. He challenges the practices of indulgences and questions the authority of the Pope. Hus's preaching and writings find widespread support among the Czech population, leading to his excommunication and eventual execution for heresy. His martyrdom sparks a powerful religious and national movement in Bohemia and serves as a precursor to the broader Reformation in Europe.
Idiomatic characters

**Idiomatic characters** are people who appear in popular expressions--whether or not they are based on actual individuals, historical or fictional.

## Examples

Alibi Ike

Big Bertha

Chatty Cathy

Clever Dick

Dapper Dan

Deadeye Dick

Debbie Downer

Doubting Thomas

Dumb Dora

Even Steven

Gentleman Jim

Gloomy Gus

Good-Time Charley

Great Scott

Handy Andy

Jack of All Trades

Joe Blow (aka Average Joe)

Joe Cool

Johnny Come Lately

Johnny on the Spot

Lazy Susan

Mrs. Grundy

Nervous Nellie

Nosy Parker

Plain Jane

Peeping Tom (Coventry, 11th Century)

Ready Freddy

Shrinking Violet

Silent Sam

Silly Billy

Slim Jim

Sloppy Joe

Smart Alec (New York City, 1840s)

Sneaky Pete

Typhoid Mary

**The Phrase Finder:** A list of phrases about peoples' names
Hermes

**Hermes**--known to the Romans as **Mercury**--is the Olympian god of messengers, commerce, thieves and gamblers. The son of Zeus and the titan Maia, he appears as a young man with winged hat, winged sandals and a staff entwined with serpents known as the Caduceus.

His birthplace was Mount Cyllene in Arcadia.

**Wikipedia:** Hermes
John Carter

**John Carter** is a human from Virginia who becomes a warlord on Mars. A veteran of the American Civil War who fought on the side of the Confederacy, he becomes a prospector in Arizona after the war and is transported to Mars during an attack by Apaches.

He marries the Red Martian princess Dejah Thoris and becomes a close friend and ally of the Green Martian chief Tars Tarkas. His home on Mars is the city of Helium.

Carter is apparently immortal, though his adventures prior to the Civil War are unknown.

**Wikipedia:** John Carter of Mars

**Encyclopedia Barsoomia:** John Carter
Detective

**Detectives** are a class of people who solve crimes by investigation and deduction. They come in three basic types: police detectives, private detectives and amateur detectives.

Detectives are often rogues or fighters. They are noted for their high intelligence and wisdom. They often are known for charisma and toughness as well--and may be agile and strong as well.

## Police Detectives

Police detectives are a type of cop.

Tony Baretta

Charlie Chan

Inspector Clouseau

Lieutenant Columbo

Theo Kojak

Inspector Lestrade

Steve McGarrett

Adrian Monk

Dick Tracy

Joe Friday

Andy Sipowicz

Jimmy McNulty

John Luther

## Private Detectives

Often known as private eyes.

Blue Moon Investigations

Nick Charles

Charlie's Angels

Bulldog Drummond

Dirk Gently

Peter Gunn

Mike Hammer

Sherlock Holmes

Thomas Magnum

Joe Mannix

Philip Marlowe

Hercule Poirot

Jim Rockford

John Shaft

Sam Spade

Remington Steele

VI Warshawski

Nero Wolfe

Travis McGee

Benoit Blanc

## Amateur Detectives

Solving crimes as a hobby rather than a profession.

Father Brown

Encyclopedia Brown

Nora Charles

Nancy Drew

C. Auguste Dupin

Jessica Fletcher

Miss Marple

Veronica Mars

Ellery Queen

Easy Rawlins

Lord Peter Wimsey

**Wikipedia:** Detective
Landmark

**Landmarks** are prominent features of the landscape--natural or built--that instantly tell you where you are.

## Europe

Big Ben

Tower Bridge

London Eye

Stonehenge

White Cliffs of Dover

Eiffel Tower

Arc de Triomphe

The Louvre

Colosseum

Leaning Tower of Pisa

Parthenon

Brandenburg Gate

St. Basil's Cathedral

Kremlin

## Asia

Taj Mahal

Great Wall of China

Forbidden City

Mount Fuji

Angkor Wat

Mecca

Al Aqsa Mosque

Burj Khalifa

## Africa

Pyramids

Sphinx

Mount Kilimanjaro

Victoria Falls

## North America

Statue of Liberty

Empire State Building

Brooklyn Bridge

Washington Monument

White House

Capitol Building

Lincoln Memorial

Pentagon

Niagara Falls

Gateway Arch

Mount Rushmore

Hollywood Sign

Golden Gate Bridge

Grand Canyon

Chichen Itza

## South America

Machu Picchu

Christ the Redeemer

Nazca Lines

Angel Falls

Iguazu Falls

## Australia

Uluru

Sydney Opera House
Manticore

The **manticore** is a fantastic beast, a hybrid monster with the head of a human, the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion; it can use its tail to shoot venomous spines like a porcupine. It has three rows of teeth with which it eats its victims whole; its name means "man-eater" in Persian.

In ancient times, the manticore is found in Persia and India; during the Dark Ages, it expands its territory into Europe, but is rare or extinct by the time of the Renaissance.

**Wikipedia:** Manticore
Lemuel Gulliver

**Dr. Lemuel Gulliver** was a physician and an explorer from Britain, famous for his voyages to extraordinary places around the Earth. His accounts provide some of the best information about such places as Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa and Houyhnhnm.

## Timeline

1699: Gulliver travels to Lilliput.

1700: Gulliver returns to England.

1703: Gulliver travels to Brobdingnag, returns to England.

1706: Gulliver travels to Laputa.

1710: Gulliver returns to England, travels to Houyhnhnm.

1715: Gulliver returns to England--for good.
Mad Scientist

**Mad scientists** are a class of scientists or inventors defined not by their lack of mental health (though it's often questionable), but by their ability to achieve irreplicable results--creating inventions or making discoveries that more mundane researchers will not be able to duplicate for decades or even centuries...if then.

## Individuals

Victor Frankenstein

Henry Frankenstein

Captain Nemo

Doctor Moreau

Doctor Cavor

Nikola Tesla

Emmett Brown

Lex Luthor

Otto Octavius

Doctor No

Reed Richards
Merfolk

**Merfolk** are a kind of sea people, appearing human from the waist up but having the tail of a fish. They are found in the oceans of the world, and are sometimes spotted in fresh water as well.

Female merfolk--which are far more often encountered--are known as **mermaids**, while the males are called **mermen**.

Some mermaids have the ability to take human form while on dry land. Water often makes them revert to their true form.

## Locations

Atlantic Ocean

North Sea

Mediterranean Sea

Caribbean Sea

Pacific Ocean

Indian Ocean

Persian Gulf

## Individuals

King Triton

Ariel

Madison
Michigan

**Michigan** is one of the United States, found in the North Woods of the Midwest.

To the northwest of Michigan is Wisconsin, with Lake Michigan to the west. Southwest is Indiana, south is Ohio, southeast are Lake Erie and Ontario. Lake Huron is to the east, with Ontario (again) to the northeast. Northwards is Lake Superior.

The capital of Michigan is Lansing; its largest city is Detroit, known for its once-booming auto industry.

## Individuals

Henry Ford

Charles Lindbergh

Ted Nugent

Stevie Wonder

Madonna

**Wikipedia:** Michigan
Knights Templar

The **Knights Templar** are an order of knights formed in 1119 in the Holy Land and suppressed by the king of France in 1307. Also known as the **Order of Solomon's Temple**, they became wealthy and powerful through their participation in the Crusades.

The last grand master of the Knights Templar, Jacques de Molay, is executed in 1314. He and his brother knights were accused of worshiping the demon Baphomet.

There are rumors that they have survived into modern times as a secret society, operating through such groups as the Freemasons and the Bavarian Illuminati.

**Wikipedia:** Knights Templar
Luck

"Lord if it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all."

--Lightnin' Slim

**Luck** is the tendency to obtain results that are not explainable by the laws of averages. Luck may be good or bad, but someone is said to be lucky if their luck is good, and unlucky if their luck is bad.

Particular objects and actions are thought to be lucky or unlucky:

## Lucky

Rabbit's Foot

Four-Leaf Clover

Horseshow

## Unlucky

Black Cat

Broken Mirrors

Walking Under Ladders

Luck is associated with Chaos. Lady Luck, previously known as Tyche or Fortuna, is the modern deity of luck.

**Wikipedia:** Luck
Land of the Lotus-Eaters

The **Land of the Lotus-Eaters** is an island in the Mediterranean whose inhabitants eat the fruit of the lotus plant, a drug that makes one forget all cares. Odysseus visits there in his wanderings and has to force some of his sailors, who had eaten the lotus, back to their ships.

The Land of the Lotus-Eaters is identified with the island of **Djerba**, off the coast of Tunisia.

**Coordinates:** 33.783333, 10.883333

**Wikipedia:** Lotus-eaters
Magnificent Seven

**The Magnificent Seven** are a group of American gunfighters in the Wild West who come together to defend the Mexican border village of Ixcatlan from bandits, led by the outlaw Calvera.

## The Seven

* Chris Adams, a Cajun gunslinger, leader of the seven
* Harry Luck, a cynical fortune seeker, Adams' friend
* Vin Tanner, an easy-going gambler, down on his luck
* Bernardo O'Reilly, a brawny Irish/Mexican, the professional in need of money
* Lee, a dapper yet traumatized veteran
* Britt, a deadly knife-thrower, an enigmatic loner
* Chico, a hot-blooded peasant youth
Lich

A **lich** is an undead mage who has used their arcane powers to extend their existence at the cost of their mortal flesh. They typically resemble cloaked skeletons, but unlike skeletons they are self-willed and retain some vestiges of their living personality.

## Links

**Wikipedia:** Lich

**TV Tropes:** Our Liches Are Different
Library

A **library** is a structure that houses a collection of books and other information media, usually open to the public. People who work in libraries are librarians.

## Famous Libraries

Library of Alexandria

Vatican Library

Bibliothèque National

Bodleian Library

British Museum

Library of Congress

New York Public Library

Boston Athenaeum

## Notable Librarians

Melvil Dewey

Jorge Luis Borges

Beverly Cleary

Henry Armitage

Marian the Librarian
Landshark

The **landshark**, also known as a **bulette**, is a ferocious burrowing monster that rises above ground to attack prey; they are particularly fond of horses and hobbits. A dorsal fin-like crest can sometimes be seen emerging from the ground before an attack. They are first cataloged by Gary Gygax.

**Wikipedia:** Bulette
Mesopotamian Pantheon

The **Mesopotamian pantheon** is the loose collection of deities worshiped in Mesopotamia.

## Deities

Marduk = Rulership (son of Enlil)

Anu  = Sky

Enlil  = Air

Enki (Ea) = Water/Creativity

Ishtar = Love/War

Tammuz = Plants (husband of Ishtar)

Ereshkigal = Goddess of Underworld  (sister of Ishtar)

Nergal = God of Plague/War (husband of Erishkigal)

* Adad (or Hadad) - storm and rain god
* Ashur or Enlil - god of air, head of the Assyrian and Sumerian pantheon
* Anu or An - god of heaven and the sky, lord of constellations, and father of the gods
* Dagan or Dagon - god of fertility
* Enki or Ea - god of the Abzu, crafts, water, intelligence, mischief and creation and divine ruler of the Earth and its humans
* Nabu - god of wisdom and writing
* Nanshe - goddess of prophecy, fertility and fish
* Ninhursag or Mami, Belet-Ili, Ki, Ninmah, Nintu, or Aruru - earth and mother goddess
* Ninlil - goddess of the air; consort of Enlil
* Ninurta - champion of the gods, the epitome of youthful vigor, and god of agriculture
* Shamash or Utu - god of the sun, arbiter of justice and patron of travelers
* Sin or Nanna - god of the moon
Merlin

**Merlin** (in Welsh **Myrddin**) was the greatest wizard of Britain during the Dark Ages. His father was an Incubus; as a result of his unusual heritage, he experienced time backwards. As a youth he confronted King Vortigern; later he helped King Uther Pendragon trick Ygraine into sleeping with him, thus ensuring the conception of Arthur. Merlin served as Arthur's tutor and mentor, and later as his chief advisor. He was tricked and eternally imprisoned by the Lady of the Lake.

## **External Links**

**Wikipedia:** Merlin

**Quondam et Futurus:** Merlin
Milton Friedman

**Milton Friedman** (1912-2006) is an American economist, a prominent advocate of monetarism and free-market capitalism. Born in Brooklyn, he is a professor at the University of Chicago from 1946 to 1977, and is then a researcher at Stanford University's Hoover Institution until his death in 2006. He wins the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1976 for his research on the relationship between money supply and inflation. His ideas influence economic policy in the latter half of the 20th century.
Menelaus

**Menelaus**, a warrior and king of Sparta in ancient Greece, is the husband of Helen of Troy, and the aggrieved party on whose behalf the Trojan War is launched. When Troy falls--with Menelaus one of the Greeks hiding in the Trojan Horse--he plans to kill Helen for her infidelity, but at the sight of her beauty he instantly forgives her.

Menelaus is the son of Atreus and the brother of Agamemnon.

**Wikipedia:** Menelaus
Luke Skywalker

*“I have a very bad feeling about this.”*

**Luke Skywalker** (19 BBY-34 ABY) is a Jedi master and a pivotal figure in the Rebel Alliance's fight against the Galactic Empire. Born on the desert planet Tatooine, he rises from a humble moisture farmer to a Jedi Knight and hero of the Rebel Alliance. Luke's training under Obi-Wan Kenobi, and later Yoda, honed his Jedi skills. He played a crucial role in the downfall of the Empire, redeeming his father, Darth Vader, in the process. His infatuation with Leia Organa is thwarted when she turns out to be his sister.

Skywalker's closest friends include the pilot Han Solo and the droids C3-P0 and R2-D2.

**Wookieepedia:** Luke Skywalker
Land That Time Forgot

The **Land That Time Forgot** is an island in the Pacific Ocean (or possibly the Southern Ocean) inhabited by prehistoric creatures. It is called **Caspak** by its human residents, and **Caprona** by the European who first encountered it.

Approximately 180 miles from north to south and 130 miles east/west, it is roughly the size of Sardinia. It is ringed by high barrier cliffs. An inner sea is connected to the ocean by an underwater passageway.

## Fauna

The prehistoric creatures of the island include dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus, Allosaurus, Ceratosaurus, Diplodocus, Stegosaurus, Triceratops and Styracosaurus; giant reptiles like Dimetrodon; and otherwise-extinct mammals like Aurochs, cave bears,
spotted lions, sabretooths, hyenodons, mastodons, mammoths and Woolly rhinoceros. The skies are dominated by *Pteranodons*
and Pterodactyls.

The inner sea is inhabited by prehistoric marine creatures like Dunkleosteus, Mosasaurs and Plesiosaurs.

**Coordinates:** 126 E, 42 S

**Wikipedia:** Caprona (island)
Leprechaun

A **leprechaun** is a pixie-like faerie with considerable magical powers, with particular skill at at illusions. Almost always solitary, they are very fond of practical jokes. They have red hair and wear green suits, and hide their pots of gold at the ends of rainbows. Strongly associated with Ireland.

**Wikipedia:** Leprechaun
Libya

**Libya** is a land and nation in North Africa. Its terrain is largely desert, part of the Sahara.

To the north of Libya is the Mediterranean Sea. To the east is Aegypt. Southeast of Libya is Sudan, south is Chad and southwest is Niger. Algeria is to the west of Libya, and Tunisia to the northwest.

Tripoli is the capital and main city of Libya. Another prominent city is Benghazi.

**Wikipedia:** Libya
Iowa

**Iowa** is one of the United States, part of the Heartland. Northwest of Iowa is South Dakota, and to the west in Nebraska. Missouri is to the south, Illinois to the southeast and Wisconsin to the northeast. Minnesota is north of Iowa.

## Places

Cedar Rapids

Des Moines

Field of Dreams

Madison County

River City

## Individuals

Henry Hill

James T. Kirk
Maine

**Maine** is a state of the United States in the New England region. To its south and east are the Atlantic Ocean, to its west is New Hampshire, and to its north is Canada.

### Individuals

Barnabas Collins

Carrie White

Cujo

Jessica Fletcher

Paul Bunyan

Pennywise

Stephen King

## Places

### Real

Portland

Bangor

Bar Harbor

Acadia

Kennebunkport

Orgonon

Chesuncook

### Imaginary

Castle Rock

Derry

Shawshank

Collinsport

Cabot Cove

Sunnybrook Farm

Golden Pond

Jerusalem's Lot

## External Links

**Wikipedia:** Maine

**World of Strange Maps:** Map of Maine -- Stephen King's Version

Fictional Maps: Stephen King's Maine
Midgard Serpent

**Jörmungandr**, the **Midgard Serpent**, is a gigantic sea serpent, found in the Atlantic Ocean and possibly other oceans. This sea monster is reputed to encircle the world, though this is possibly an exaggeration. It is the child of Loki and the giant Angrboda, and the sibling of Hela and Fenris Ulf. It is destined to kill and be killed by Thor at Ragnarok.

**Wikipedia:** Jörmungandr
Lee Harvey Oswald

**Lee Harvey Oswald** (1939-1963) is an assassin who kills John F Kennedy--or maybe a patsy blamed for the crime. If he is the assassin, he is either part of a conspiracy or the original lone gunman. A veteran of the Marines, he lives in New Orleans, Russia and finally Dallas.

**Wikipedia:** Lee Harvey Oswald
Lois Lane

**Lois Lane** is a reporter who works for the *Daily Planet* in Metropolis. Her boss is Perry White. She is involved in a love triangle with Superman and Clark Kent.

She is already an established reporter when Kent comes to work at the *Daily Planet* in 1938.

## External Links

**Wikipedia:** Lois Lane

**DC Database:** Lois Lane
Milky Way

The **Milky Way** is a spiral galaxy in the Virgo Supercluster, containing at least 200 billion stars. It formed about 13 billion years ago. Its Orion Arm contains the Solar System and nearly all stars visible from Earth.

Astronomers on Earth have divided the Milky Way into 88 constellations and grouped those constellations into eight quadrants. Stars in a constellation may be separated by great distances from one another, but they are in the same general direction from Earth.

Only the more notable constellations are included in the following lists.

## NQ1

### Orion

Rigel

Betelgeuse

Orion's Belt

Orion Nebula

Horsehead Nebula

Ultraman Homeworld (Messier 78)

### Taurus (The Bull)

Aldebaran

Pleiades

Crab Nebula

## NQ2

### Gemini (The Twins)

Castor

Pollux

Tribble Homeworld (Iota Geminorum IV)

### Ursa Major (The Big Dipper)

Mizar

Kzin Homeworld (61 Ursae Majoris)

## NQ4

### Cygnus

Deneb

Cygnus X-1

Delphinus

### Lyra (The Lyre)

Vega

Ring Nebula

## SQ1

### Cetus

Tau Ceti

Khan's Exile (Alpha Ceti V-VI)

### Eridanus

Vulcan (40 Eridani A)

Epsilon Eridani (Master Chief)

## SQ3

### Ophiuchus

Barnard's Star

Harkonnen Homeworld (36 Ophiuchi)

## SQ4

### Sagittarius

Pern

Trantor

Gallifrey
Masterminds

**Masterminds** are a class of criminal who plan and direct crimes, often the hidden hand behind a vast criminal empire. The head of a gang of mobsters is often a mastermind.

## Individuals

Professor Moriarty

Dr Miguelito Loveless

Fu Manchu

Fantomas

Doctor Mabuse

Dr. No

Auric Goldfinger

Ernst Blofeld

Thomas Crown

Danny Ocean

Keyser Soze

Vito Corleone

The Kingpin

Lex Luthor

Michael Corleone
History

**History** is the period in time covered by an unbroken written record. The historical era began about 7,600 years ago, following the Stone Age. It continues up to the present day, and is followed by Future History.

The period before history is covered in Geologic Time.

## Ancient Times

The Ancient era begins about 5,560 BCE and lasts until 474 CE. It is an era characterized by the rise of great civilizations and the open intervention of gods in mortal affairs. The introduction of bronze and then iron weapons transforms combat, as does the invention of the chariot. Monsters are plentiful, but demigods and other heroes step up to push them back to the fringe.

* 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

The Middle Ages start in 474 CE and last until 1300. The fall of Rome ushers in an epoch where civilization faces a variety of threats, human and otherwise. Armored knights rise as a decisive military factor. Gods play less of a direct role in earthly affairs, but exert influence through powerful clerics. Advances in magical technologies make this a golden age for wizardry.

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

## Olden Times

From 1300 until 1789, rationality and science are on the rise, though religion and magic both have plenty of fight left in them. Fantastic beasts increasingly become things encountered in exotic lands. The introduction of gunpowder from China deemphasizes the lone champion in favor of mass warfare--and allows European expansion to dominate the globe.

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

## Yesteryear

From 1789 until 1913, an industrializing world means that miracles are increasingly technological in nature. Monsters more and more are the kind that walk among us.

* Romantic Era (1789-1836)
* Victorian Era (1837-1860)
* War Between the States (1860-1865)
* Gilded Age (1865-1890)
* Gaslight Era (1890-1913)

## Modern Times

The years from 1914 until 1974 see the world transformed by scientific leaps spurred by two devastating world wars and an apocalypse-threatening Cold War. As the century grinds on, titanic monsters are either awakened or created by scientific accident, aliens increasingly find Earth of interest--and a new breed of superheroes steps forth to meet the many threats facing humanity.

* 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 Period

By 1975, the pieces of the current world were beginning to fall in place, with the first stirrings of the cybernetic revolution.

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

## Future

There is not one history ahead of us, but many paths we can take--for better or worse.

* Future History (....)

**Wikipedia:** History of the world
Lucy Ricardo

**Lucy Ricardo** is a spirited housewife in 1950s New York City with a penchant for comedic mishaps. She aspires to be a performer and often finds herself entangled in schemes to break into show business. Lucy is married to Ricky Ricardo, a Cuban bandleader; they live on the Upper East Side at 623 East 68th Street, in Apartment 4A.

Lucy's best friend and partner-in-crime is Ethel Mertz, with whom she engages in various misadventures.
Little Richard

**Little Richard** (1932-2020), born **Richard Wayne Penniman** in Macon, Georgia, is a rock and roll musician, playing a pivotal role in the formation of the genre with hits like "Tutti Frutti," "Good Golly Miss Molly" and "Long Tall Sally." He is known for his flamboyant and energetic performance style.
John Rambo

**John Rambo** (born 1947) is an American special forces soldier in the Vietnam War. He has a violent encounter with police in Washington State, and is later is used by the US as a covert agent in Viet Nam and Afghanistan.

Born in Bowie, Arizona, to a German father and a Navajo mother, Rambo joins the US Army in 1964 and is deployed to Viet Nam in 1966. He receives special forces training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in 1967, under the direction of Colonel Samuel Trautman. He is redeployed to Viet Nam, where he fights as part of a commando patrol from 1969-1974. He is captured and held as a prisoner of war in North Viet Nam from November 1971 until May 1972, when he manages to escape.

As a Viet Nam vet, Rambo suffers from post-traumatic stress syndrome. A homeless wanderer, he comes to the town of Hope, Washington, where he is abused by a sadistic sheriff and his deputies. Rambo uses his guerrilla skills to escape arrest and evade recapture, eventually killing one deputy in self-defense. He is persuaded by Trautman to surrender and is sentenced to prison.

In 1985, Rambo is released from prison to take part in a covert mission to investigate reports of American prisoners of war still held in Viet Nam. Pardoned by President Reagan, he relocates to Thailand.

He takes part in another mission in Afghanistan in 1988, rescuing the captured Trautman and fighting Soviet forces alongside the Mujahideen.
Lord Peter Wimsey

**Lord Peter Wimsey** (b. 1890) is an aristocrat and amateur detective in Britain in the 1920s and 1930s. A charming gentleman, he employs his intelligence and wit to solve mysteries in the upper echelons of British society. Wimsey's adventures are chronicled by writer Dorothy Sayers.

Son of the Duke of Denver, Wimsey's ancestral home is Bredon Hall, east of the village of Denver in Norfolk.
Martin Luther King

**Martin Luther King** (1929 – 1968) was an African-American civil rights leader based in Atlanta. In 1963, he is jailed in Birmingham, and speaks of his dream in Washington DC. He leads a march in 1965 from Selma to Montgomery. He is assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.

**Wikipedia:** Martin Luther King Jr.
Metropolis

**Metropolis** is the largest city in Delaware, located about halfway down the Atlantic coast. It is best known as the home base of Superman; it's also the headquarters of Lex Luthor's Lexcorp. Metropolis's newspaper is the *Daily Planet*.

## Individuals

Clark Kent

Lois Lane

Lex Luthor

Jimmy Olsen

Perry White

## External Links

**Coordinates:** 39° 3′ N, 75° 24′ W

**Wikipedia:** Metropolis (comics)

**DC Database:** Metropolis
Kronos

**Kronos**, known to the Romans as **Saturn**, is the ruler of the Titans, with mastery over time. He is the son of Gaea and Ouranos, and husband to his sister Rhea. He castrates Ouranos with his Scythe, and becomes ruler of the Titans.

His children are Hades, Poseidon, Hestia, Demeter, Hera and Zeus; he swallows all but Zeus, who is smuggled away and replaced with a stone by Rhea.

**Wikipedia:** Cronos
Michael

The **Archangel Michael** (sometimes known as **St. Michael**) is perhaps the most powerful of all angels, the leader of the Heavenly Host. He is the archenemy of Satan, who takes on the form of a dragon to fight him. Michael uses a sword in battle.

Michael also conveys souls across the River Jordan, as in the song "Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore."

**Wikipedia:** Michael (archangel)
Miskatonic University

**Miskatonic University** is a college in Arkham, Massachusetts. It is a major center for the study of the Elder Gods. Its library has a large collection of forbidden books.

## Characters

### Faculty

Albert Wilmarth

Henry Armitage

William Dyer

Wingate Peaslee

### Students

Herbert West

Asenath Waite

Edward Derby

Walter Gilman

**HP Lovecraft Wiki:** Miskatonic University
Minotaur

**Minotaurs** are monstrous creatures with a bull's head on a human body. They were originally found in Crete, but were later encountered throughout the Greek and Roman worlds. They are exceedingly fond of labyrinths.

The original Minotaur is the offspring of Queen Pasiphae and the Cretan Bull. He is slain by Theseus with the help of Ariadne.

**Wikipedia:** Minotaur
Lara Croft

**Lara Croft** (b. 1968), known as the **Tomb Raider**, is an archaeologist and adventurer. She is born at Croft Manor in England, and attends school in Switzerland. She has traveled the world over in search of artifacts, including Aegypt, Cambodia, China, Greece, Peru and Rome.

**Lara Croft Wiki:** Lara Croft (original timeline)
Laputa

**Laputa**, known as the **Castle in the Sky**, is a floating island over the North Pacific, inhabited by distracted (male) intellectuals and their neglected wives. It is circular and four and a half miles in diameter. It is visited by Lemuel Gulliver on his travels in 1707.

**Coordinates:** 46 N 183 E

**Wikipedia:** Laputa
Minneapolis

**Minneapolis** is the largest city in Minnesota, and the first major city on the Mississippi River. It is close to the state capital, St. Paul, Minnesota, with the two referred to as the Twin Cities.

It is home to General Mills, the musician Prince and the journalist Mary Richards.

## External Links

**Coordinates:** 44°58′55″N 93°16′09″W

**Wikipedia:** Minneapolis
Level

**Level** is a measure of the relative power, ability of characters. Typically one increases in level as one accumulates experience and training. Level is analogous to rank as a recognition of advancement, but while rank reflects power or status conferred by an institution, level reflects an inherent increase in power.

Level is rarely quantified outside of a role-playing game context, but often times the central conflict in a story is decided by which character has a higher level.

**Wikipedia:** Experience point

**TV Tropes:** Character Level
Lucy Westenra

**Lucy Westenra** (1874-1893) is a vampire, first bitten by Count Dracula in Whitby, England, in August 1893, and turned the following month in London. She is then destroyed by Abraham Van Helsing.

Westenra is a close friend of Mina Murray. When she is turned, she is engaged to Arthur Holmwood; Dr. John Seward and Quincey Morris also ask her to marry them.

**Wikipedia:** Lucy Westenra

**Dracula Wiki:** Lucy Westenra
Leia Organa

*“Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi--you’re my only hope.”*

**Princess Leia Organa** is a princess and diplomat from Alderaan, and a general in the Rebel Alliance. Known for her intelligence and diplomatic skills, and her determination to fight the tyranny of the Galactic Empire. She has always had a strong attraction to Han Solo, whom she eventually marries and has her son Kylo Ren with. But she also had a flirtation with Luke Skywalker before learning that he was her brother.

**Wookieepedia:** Leia Skywalker Organa Solo
Mace

A **mace** is a blunt weapon used in hand-to-hand combat. It usually consists of a wooden shaft topped with a metal head suitable for bashing. It is favored by clerics, particularly those whose vows forbid them to use edged weapons.

A mace with spikes is known as a morningstar.

**Wikipedia:** Mace (bludgeon)
Locust

A **locust** is a flying insect, a kind of grasshopper that arrives in huge swarms known as plagues, eating all vegetation in their path. They are particularly associated with hills, plains and desert habitats.

They appear on every continent except Antarctica; they are particularly known for appearing in North Africa and the Middle East. Other places they are sometimes seen are West Africa, India, Australia, and North America's Great Plains and Southwestern Desert.

**Wikipedia:** Locust
Knights of Malta

The **Knights of Malta** are an order of knights founded in Jerusalem in 1099 as the **Knights Hospitaller**. They are based on the island of Malta from 1530 until 1798.

When Emperor Charles V of Spain grants the order the use of Malta as a headquarters, he requires only that they pay him the tribute of a single falcon annually. In 1539, they make for him a jeweled statue, known as the Maltese Falcon, which is captured by pirates and has been sought after ever since.

**Wikipedia:** Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

The **Mausoleum at Halicarnassus**, built in 350 BCE, is the tomb of Mausolus, a satrap of the Persian Empire, and one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Halicanassus is the capital of Caria, a small kingdom in Asia Minor ruled by Persia.

The Mausoleum is destroyed by a series of earthquakes by the 15th century CE, making it the longest surviving Wonders except for the Great Pyramid. Its name survives as the common name for above-ground tombs.

**Coordinates:** 37° 2′ 16.44″ N, 27° 25′ 26.76″ E

**Wikipedia:** Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Leonardo Fibonacci

**Leonardo Fibonacci** (1170-1250) is a mathematician from Pisa, Italy. He is remembered for writing about the Fibonacci sequence (1+1=2, 1+2=3, 2+3=5, 3+5=8, etc.), but his greater contribution is popularizing the replacement of Roman numerals with the Arabic system in Europe.

**Wikipedia:** Fibonacci
Lighthouse of Alexandria

AThe **Lighthouse of Alexandria** is a landmark in Alexandria, a lighthouse that marks the harbor. Built between 284-246 BCE and more than 300 feet tall, it is one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Damaged by earthquakes between 956 and 1323 CE, it is abandoned and finally dismantled in 1480.

**Coordinates:** 31°12′50″N 29°53′08″E

**Wikipedia:** Lighthouse of Alexandria
Paul Oilson

Paul Oilson (born September 5, 1936) is a former CARCA racer in the 1970's and is Peter's grandfather. He had a decent career from 1968 to 1978. Paul had a sad career ending crash in the 1978 Michigan 200. He is sponsored by Sprint and is a 1970 Chevrolet Nova. A fun fact about him is that his grandson Peter was born one day after his 45th birthday.
Malcolm

**Malcolm** (1031-1093) is a King of Scotland during the Gothic Era. He inherits the throne from his father, King Duncan, but must first defeat the usurper Macbeth to secure the throne, which he does in 1057-58. His life and reign are intertwined with the events portrayed in Shakespeare's play *Macbeth*.
Martian Manhunter

**J'onn J'onnz**, known as the **Martian Manhunter**, is a shapeshifting alien from Mars, the last of his species, living on Earth. At first he takes on a human guise, calling himself **John Jones** and working as private detective; later he operates openly as a superhero. He is a founding member of the Justice League.

Aside from shapeshifting, J'onnz's superpowers include super strength, super speed, invulnerability, regeneration, flight, telepathy, telekinesis, invisibility, heat vision and phasing.

J'onnz has lived at various times in Gotham City, New York City and Denver, Colorado.

## External Links

**Wikipedia:** Martian Manhunter

**DC Database:** J'onn J'onnz (New Earth)
Lady Macbeth

**Gruoch** (born 1015), known as **Lady Macbeth**, is the wife of King Macbeth and the the Queen Consort of Scotland during the Gothic Era, known for her ambitious and manipulative nature. Lady Macbeth is a strong-willed and influential character, urging her husband to seize power and commit heinous acts to maintain their rule. The story of Lady Macbeth is famously portrayed in William Shakespeare's tragedy *Macbeth*.
Knight

**Knights** are warriors, found mainly in the Middle Ages, who are skilled in fighting on horseback and while wearing armor. Knighthood is an honor conferred upon a warrior by a monarch or other authority, entitling them to bear the title "Sir." They are supposed to adhere to a code of chivalry; some are more faithful to it than others.

Knights who are devoted to a holy mission are sometimes paladins.

## Orders

Knights often belong to orders:

Knights of the Round Table.

Twelve Peers

Knights Templar

Knights of Malta

Teutonic Knights

## Individuals

Sir Lancelot

Sir Gawain

Sir Galahad

Sir Perceval

Sir Bedevere

Sir Kay

Lohengrin

Roland

Oliver

El Cid (1043-1099)

Ivanhoe

Joan of Arc

Don Quixote

Alexander Nevsky (1220-1263)

William Wallace (1272-1305)

**Wikipedia:** Knight
Lerna

**Lerna** is a marsh in the Peloponnese of Ancient Greece. It is famous as the home of the Lernaean Hydra, the mother of all hydras, who is killed by Hercules in his second labor. Also found there is the giant crab known as Cancer, who attacked Hercules during that labor.

There is an entrance to Hades at Lerna.

**Coordinates:** 37° 33′ 0″ N, 22° 43′ 0″ E

**Wikipedia:** Lerna
Mexico

**Mexico** is a nation in North America, part of Latin America. To the west of Mexico is the Pacific Ocean, to the south is Central America. The Caribbean is southeast of Mexico, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. North of Mexico is the United States, separating along much of the border by the Rio Grande.

The capital and major city of Mexico is Mexico City. Other important cities include Guadalajara, Tijuana, Ciudad Juarez, Cancun and Acapulco.

## People

Montezuma (1466-1420)

Hernan Cortes (1485-1547)

La Malinche (1500 – 1529)

Cuauhtémoc (1497-1525)

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (1794-1876)

Benito Juarez (1806-1872)

Porfirio Diaz (1830-1915)

Pancho Villa  (1878-1923)

Emiliano Zapata (1879-1919)

Diego Rivera (1886-1957)

Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)

El Chapo Guzmán (1957- )

**Wikipedia:** Mexico
Lake

A **lake** is a body of water surrounded by land. They are usually fresh water, though salt lakes exist. A small lake is called a **pond**.

## Examples

### North America

Lake Superior

Lake Huron

Lake Michigan

Lake Erie

Lake Ontario

Great Bear Lake

Great Slave Lake

Great Salt Lake

Lake of the Woods

Lake Champlain

Crater Lake

Lake Tahoe

Lake Mead

Lake of the Ozarks

Lake Wobegon

### Europe

Lake Geneva

Lake Como

Loch Ness

Loch Lomond

### Africa

Lake Victoria

Lake Malawi

Lake Tanganyika

### Asia

Lake Baikal

Sea of Galilee

Dead Sea

**Wikipedia:** Lake
Malcolm X

*"If you aren't careful, the newspapers will have you* *hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing."*

**Malcolm X** (1925 – 1965), born **Malcolm Little** and later named **El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz**, is an African American activist and Muslim cleric. Leading the life of a rogue known as **Detroit Red**, He converts to Islam in prison in 1948. He is an advocate of Black defense "by any means necessary"; when John Kennedy is assassinated in 1963, he calls it a case of "chickens coming home to roost." He himself is assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem in 1965.
Mali

**Mali** is an empire in West Africa from 1235 to 1670, famous for its wealth because of its control of the trans-Sahara trade routes. Its capital is at Timbuktu. It is founded by Sundiata, and its most famous ruler is Mansa Musa.

**Mali** is also the name of a modern post-colonial African nation that covers some of the same territory.

**Wikipedia:** Mali Empire