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aerdrie faenya
0,10
*leax
636,4
ama*terasu*
878,6
*ngel
1246,19
anhur
2228,7
anshar
2673,6
ant
* ant
3027,4
anu
3248,5
*ape
3544,4
*rchon
3802,12
*shikaga *akauji
4542,18
*smodeus
5523,3
athame
5724,4
*athen*
5993,11
*lzebub
6686,3
balrog
6850,8
barbarian
7379,22
barbed devil
8579,2
bat
giant bat
8676,8
*bee
9209,5
*beetle
9522,5
blind io
9843,8
bone devil
10377,2
brigit
10496,10
bugbear
11135,16
*camaxtli
12120,7
*cat
kitten
12562,3
*centaur
12745,16
*erberus
kerberos
13821,7
chameleon
14252,11
*haro*n
14959,6
chih*sung*tzu
15344,1
*hromatic *ragon
tiamat
15366,14
cockatrice
16276,20
couatl
17565,9
cram*
18125,6
*crocodile
18493,4
*roesus
kroisos
18765,7
crom
19236,8
*yclops
19656,31
*ark *ne
20941,7
*emogorgon
21408,4
dispater
21639,2
djinn*
21726,8
*dog
pup*
22234,5
*dragon
*xoth
22560,10
dwarf*
23174,20
*arendil
*lwing
24496,18
eel
giant eel
25668,5
elbereth
25953,19
electric eel
26742,5
*elemental
27054,5
*elf*
*lvenking
27373,18
erevan ilesere
28479,9
erinyes
29023,2
ettin
29119,2
eye of the aethiopica
29251,7
floating eye
29718,7
fog cloud
30148,20
*eryon
30686,3
ghost
30845,9
*giant
giant humanoid
31357,6
gnome*
gnomish wizard
31720,12
goblin
32489,11
*oblin *ing
33222,9
gold
gold piece
zorkmid
33760,8
*golem
34250,2
gremlin
34389,3
grid bug
34564,3
gunyoki
34741,2
heart of ahriman
34856,4
hell hound*
35095,8
hermes
35624,18
hezrou
36715,2
*ippocrates
36833,24
hobbit
38325,9
hobgoblin
38938,23
hom*nculus
40287,7
horned devil
40750,2
*horsem*
*eath
*amine
hunger
*estilence
war
40847,25
huan*ti
42300,5
*u*h*eto*l
42621,6
humanoid
42983,4
human
arch*eologist
cave*man
healer
knight
*priest*
Arch Priest
rogue
samurai
wizard
student
chieftain
attendant
page
acolyte
thug
ninja
ronin
warrior
apprentice
nurse
shopkeeper
guard
*watch*
player
43262,7
ice devil
43693,3
iguana
43901,1
imp
43948,12
incubus
succubus
44640,4
ishtar
44858,18
issek
45969,6
jabberwock
vorpal*
46328,20
jackal
46975,6
jaguar
47341,4
*uiblex
*ubilex
47573,6
kabuto
47942,1
katana
47962,3
*Kop*
*kop*
48142,6
ki-rin
48539,7
King Arthur
*arthur
48963,21
*kobold*
50238,4
kos
50515,8
koto
50999,1
kraken
51018,8
*lady
offler
51503,24
lemure
52888,5
leocrotta
leu*otta
53195,7
leprechaun
53610,16
*lich
54671,7
lizard
55130,7
loki
55556,13
*long worm
worm tooth
crysknife
56399,6
*ord *arnarvon
56760,2
*ord *ato
56871,3
*ord *urt*
57068,11
lug*
57682,8
lurker*
58183,5
lycanthrope
*were*
58446,9
magic mirror of merlin
59006,3
mail d*emon
59192,2
ma*annan*
59291,6
manes
59680,4
marduk
59883,9
marilith
60497,5
*aster *ssassin
60787,20
master key of thievery
61741,5
*aster of *hieves
62043,10
*edusa
62703,5
*mimic
63035,10
mind flayer
63675,6
*inotaur*
64047,13
mit*ra*
64861,14
mithril*
65771,6
mitre of holiness
66122,4
*mold
shrieker
*fung*
66378,13
moloch
67228,15
mumak*
68120,8
*mummy
68611,7
*naga*
*naja*
69012,4
naginata
69267,16
nalfeshnee
70266,3
*alzok
70414,6
neanderthal*
70815,3
newt
71000,3
ninja-to
71154,1
Norn
*norn
71179,12
nunchaku
71968,1
*nymph
71988,8
odin
72502,21
ogre*
73793,15
*ooze
*pudding
*jelly
*cube
*blob
74761,3
oracle
delphi
p*thia
74969,6
orb of detection
75363,4
orb of fate
75627,7
*orc*
Uruk-hai
76095,14
orcrist
76999,11
*rcus
77696,3
osaku
77877,1
owlbear
77924,5
palantir of westernesse
78251,4
*elias
78508,3
*piercer
78674,7
pit fiend
79101,3
platinum yendorian express card
79299,6
poseido*n
79704,17
ptah
80700,8
*purple worm
81210,6
quadruped
81570,5
quantum mechanic
81886,2
quasit
82005,9
quetzalcoatl
82566,9
raiden
83158,9
rat
* rat
83740,2
rock mole
83848,13
rothe
84706,3
rust monster
84854,3
sake
85001,1
sasquatch
85023,4
sceptre of might
85241,5
scorpio*
85562,5
shad*
85861,10
*haman *arnov
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shan*lai*ching
86690,5
shito
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skeleton
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*snake
serpent
water moccasin
python
pit viper
cobra
87418,22
snickersnee
88891,6
*soldier
sergeant
lieutenant
captain
89120,7
solonor thelandira
89603,9
*spider
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staff of aesculapius
90363,4
*stalker
90642,3
sting
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susano*o
91483,5
*tail
91798,1
tanko
91857,1
tengu
91917,7
thoth
92349,17
*hoth *mon
93464,2
tiger
tigress
93601,6
titan
93966,10
tourist
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trapper
95610,4
*troll
olog-hai
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tsurugi
96772,5
tsurugi of muramasa
97102,5
*woflower
guide
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tyaa
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tyr
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*hulk
100179,5
*unicorn*
100468,18
valkyrie
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vampire
vampire lord
Vlad*
vlad*
102329,5
vampire bat
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*vortex
vortices
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vrock
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wakizashi
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warg
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water d*mon
104723,3
*wight
104873,23
winter wolf
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*izard of *alance
106512,5
*izard of *endor
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wolf
107432,5
wraith
*azgul
107723,15
xan
108740,11
xorn
109403,9
ya
109950,2
*eenoghu
110066,4
yellow light
freezing sphere
110344,1
yeti
110390,3
yugake
110576,3
yumi
110772,4
*zombie
110993,5
zruty
111259,2
.
111355,0
 	Aerdrie  Faenya is the elven goddess of air and weather. As a rain-
 	bringer, she is revered as a source of fertility.  She is, however,
 	perceived as a somewhat distant  goddess, and the fact that she  is
 	also revered by some aarakocra slightly diminishes the  strength of
 	elven  devotion to  her (as does  her definite  neutral tendency in
 	alignment). The goddess  herself takes  delight in  the freedom  of
 	the skies, the music  of wind instruments,  and (sometimes)  fairly
 	severe and  violent thunderstorms. She is  friendly to all  avians,
 	aarakocra, ki-rin, and lammasu.
 					 [ Monster Mythology, by TSR inc. ]
 	An Aleax,  according to the  AD&D Fiend Folio,  is a  creature that
 	looks exactly  like the character, and  is sent  by the character's
 	god to  punish alignment violations. Obviously  - and  luckily - in
 	Nethack this is not the case.
 	The Shinto sun goddess,  Amaterasu Omikami is the central figure of
 	Shintoism  and the  ancestral deity of  the imperial  house. One of
 	the daughters  of the  primordial god  Izanagi and said  to be  his
 	favourite offspring,  she was  born from his  left eye. She  is the
 	sibling of Susano-Wo, the storm god.
 				[ Encyclopedia of Gods, by Michael Jordan ]
 	He  answered and said unto  them, He that  soweth the  good seed is
 	the Son of man;
 	The field  is the  world; the  good seed  are the  children of  the
 	kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
 	The enemy that sowed them  is the devil; the harvest is the end  of
 	the world; and the reapers are the angels.
 	As therefore  the tares  are gathered  and burned in  the fire;  so
 	shall it be in the end of this world.
 	The Son of man  shall send forth his angels, and they  shall gather
 	out  of his  kingdom all  things  that  offend, and  them which  do
 	iniquity;
 	And shall cast them into a furnace of fire:  there shall be wailing
 	and gnashing of teeth.
 	   [...]
 	So shall  it be  at the  end of the  world: the  angels shall  come
 	forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
 	And  shall cast  them  into the  furnace of  fire:  there  shall be
 	wailing and gnashing of teeth.
 			       [ the Gospel after Matthew, 13:37-42,49-50 ]
 	An Egyptian  god of War and a  great hunter, few gods can match his
 	fury. Unlike many  gods of war, he is  a force for  good. The wrath
 	of Anhur is slow to come, but it is inescapable once earned.
 	Anhur  is a mighty figure with  four arms. He  is often seen with a
 	powerful lance  that requires both of  his right arms  to wield and
 	which  is tipped  with a  fragment  of the  sun.  He is  married to
 	Mehut, a lion-headed goddess.
 	A primordial Babylonian-Akkadian deity, Anshar is  mentioned in the
 	Babylonian  creation  epic  _Enuma  Elish_  as  one  of  a  pair of
 	offspring (with  Kishar)  of Lahmu  and  Lahamu,  and who  in  turn
 	created  Anu  Anshar  is  linked  with  heaven   whilst  Kishar  is
 	identified with earth.
 				[ Encyclopedia of Gods, by Michael Jordan ]
 	This giant variety of the ordinary  ant will fight just as fiercely
 	as its  small, distant  cousin. Various  varieties exist, and  they
 	are known  and  feared  for  the relentless  persecution  of  their
 	victims.
 	Anu was  the Babylonian  god of  the heavens,  the old,  unchanging
 	monarch of  the north  star. He was  the oldest  of the  Babylonian
 	gods, the father of all  gods, and the ruler of heaven and destiny.
 	Anu features strongly in  the _atiku_ festival in Babylon, Uruk and
 	other cities.
 	Four-handed, tailless,  mammal of  the  order of  Primates, of  the
 	sub-order  of _Anthropoidea_,  which of  all  mammals most  closely
 	resembles man (both in appearance and in behaviour).
 		      [ Van Dale's Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal ]
 	Archons are the primary  inhabitants of the Seven Heavens. The five
 	varieties of archon (Lantern, Hound,  Warden, Sword, and Tome) have
 	wholly different appearances.  The various types look like  spheres
 	of  light,   dog-faced  humanoids,   bear-like  humanoids,   winged
 	humanoids,  and hawk-like humanoids respectively. Although there is
 	a distinct  hierarchy among the varieties,  there is  no rivalry or
 	jealousy  there.  Each  has  his   role  to  fulfil  and   that  is
 	recognition enough for an archon.
 	However strange  and frightening  their  appearance, archons  never
 	seem evil. Rather, they appear  as beings at peace  with themselves
 	and their environment.
 				    [ Monstrous Compendium 8, by TSR inc. ]
 	Ashikaga  Takauji was  a medieval daimyo  of the  Minamoto clan who
 	joined forces with Emperor Go-Daigo to topple the Hojo regime.

 	On July 8, 1336,  he and his samurai entered Kyoto, forced Go-Daigo
 	to retire,  after which  he seized  power himself  and installed  a
 	puppet prince on the throne  (the current Japanese  imperial family
 	are  the   descendants  of  this   puppet  emperor  that   Ashikaga
 	installed).

 	Go-Daigo escaped,  though, wouldn't  admit to  have been  defeated,
 	and  opened a new "capital"  in Yoshino (south of  Kyoto), where he
 	and few  of his  descendants claimed  to be  running a  government,
 	known as  the "Southern Court". The  period between  1337 and 1392,
 	when Japan was ruled by two courts, is known as the Nambokucho.

 	That "government" disappeared, naturally, after a  few generations,
 	and Ashikaga's  Muromachi regime lasted for  a long  time. The last
 	Ashikaga daimyo in power was the 14th descendant of Takauji.
 	It is  said that  Asmodeus is the  overlord over  all of hell.  His
 	appearance, unlike  many other  demons and devils,  is human  apart
 	from his horns and tail. He can freeze flesh with a touch.
 	The consecrated  ritual knife  of a  Wiccan initiate  (one of  four
 	basic  tools,  together  with  the  wand,  chalice  and  pentacle).
 	Traditionally, the athame is  a double-edged, black-handled, cross-
 	hilted dagger of between six and eighteen inches length.
 	Athena, the  Greek goddess of war and peace, the peaceful arts, and
 	wisdom.  Patron defender of many Greek cities, Athens in particular
 	(then called Pallas Athena),  she is a major  goddess of the  Greek
 	pantheon  and, according to Hesiod, the daughter  of Metis (Wisdom)
 	and Zeus, born fully  armed from his head. A goddess of  battle and
 	allegedly  a snake  goddess,  she is  a deity  who also  stands for
 	discipline against  the more unruly conduct  of such  as Hermes and
 	Poseidon.
 	Her  symbol is the Aegis,  the skin of  a sacrificial  goat. She is
 	also associated with ship-building and domestic crafts.
 		      [ after the Encyclopedia of Gods, by Michael Jordan ]
 	Baalzebub has been  known as the lord of  the flies. His bite drips
 	poison, and  a  mere glance  into his  eyes  can  stun the  hapless
 	invader of his realm.
 	... It  came to the edge  of the fire  and the light faded  as if a
 	cloud  had bent over it.  Then with a  rush it  leaped the fissure.
 	The  flames roared up  to greet  it, and  wreathed about it;  and a
 	black  smoke swirled  in the air.  Its streaming  mane kindled, and
 	blazed  behind it. In its  right hand was  a blade  like a stabbing
 	tongue of fire;  in its left it  held a  whip of many thongs.  "Ai,
 	ai!" wailed Legolas. "A Balrog! A Balrog is come!"
 			  [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
 	Hrun the  Barbarian crept  soundlessly along  the corridors,  which
 	were lit  with a  light so  violet that  it was  almost black.  his
 	earlier  confusion was  gone. This was obviously  a magical temple,
 	and that explained everything.
 	   ...
 	Observe Hrun,  as he leaps  cat-footed across  a suspicious  tunnel
 	mouth. Even in this violet light his skin gleams  coppery. There is
 	much  gold about his person, in  the form of anklets and wristlets,
 	but otherwise  he is naked except  for a  leopardskin loincloth. He
 	took  that in the  steaming forests  of Howondaland,  after killing
 	its owner with his teeth.
 	In his right hand  he carried the magical black sword  Kring, which
 	was  forged  from a  thunderbolt  and has  a  soul  but suffers  no
 	scabbard. Hrun  had  stolen it  only  three  days before  from  the
 	impregnable  palace  of the  Archmandrite of  B'Ituni,  and  he was
 	already regretting it. It was beginning to get on his nerves.
 	"I tell you  it went down that last  passage on the  right," hissed
 	Kring in a voice like the scrape of a blade over stone.
 	"Be silent!"
 	"All I said was -"
 	"Shut up!"
 				[ The colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett ]
 	Barbed  devils lack  any real  special abilities,  though  they are
 	quite difficult to kill.
 	A bat, flitting in the darkness outside, took the  wrong turn as it
 	made its nightly  rounds and came in  through the window which  had
 	been left  healthfully open. It then  proceeded to  circle the room
 	in the  aimless  fat-headed  fashion habitual  with  bats, who  are
 	notoriously  among  the   less  intellectually   gifted  of   God's
 	creatures.  Show me a  bat, says  the old proverb,  and I will show
 	you something that ought to be in some kind of a home.
 			      [ A Pelican at Blandings, by P.G. Wodehouse ]
 	This giant variety of  its useful normal cousin normally appears in
 	small groups, looking for raw  material to produce the  royal jelly
 	needed to  feed their  queen. At  rare occasions,  one may  stumble
 	upon a  bee-hive, in which  the queen is  being well provided  for,
 	and guarded against intruders.
 	Beetle: common name for  the insects with sings shaped like shields
 	(_Coleoptera_), one  of the ten  sub-species into which the insects
 	are divided,  characterized  by  the  shields (the  front  pair  of
 	wings) under which the back-wings are folded.
 		      [ Van Dale's Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal ]
 	On this particular day Blind Io, by dint of  constant vigilance the
 	chief of the gods, sat with his chin on  his hand and looked at the
 	gaming board  on the red marble table in front of him. Blind Io had
 	got his  name because,  where his  eyes sockets  should have  been,
 	there were nothing but two areas of blank skin.  His eyes, of which
 	he had  an impressively large number,  led a semi-independent  life
 	of their own. Several were currently hovering above the table.
 				[ The colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett ]
 	Bone devils attack with  weapons and with a great hooked tail which
 	causes a loss of strength to those they sting.
 	Brigit (Brigid, Bride, Banfile),  which means the  Exalted One, was
 	the Celtic  (continental Europe and  Irish) fertility goddess.  She
 	was originally celebrated on  1 February in the festival of Imbolc,
 	which  coincided with  the beginning of  lactation in  ewes and was
 	regarded in Scotland as the date on  which Brigit deposed the blue-
 	faced hag of winter. The  Christian calendar adopted the  same date
 	for the Feast of  St. Brigit. There  is no record that  a Christian
 	saint ever actually existed,  but in Irish mythology she became the
 	midwife to the Virgin Mary.
 				[ Encyclopedia of Gods, by Michael Jordan ]
 	Bugbears are giant, hairy  cousins of goblins who frequent the same
 	areas  as  their smaller  relatives.  Bugbears are  large and  very
 	muscular, standing 7' tall.  Their hides range from light yellow to
 	yellow brown  and their  thick coarse  hair varies  in colour  from
 	brown  to  brick  red.  Though  vaguely   humanoid  in  appearance,
 	bugbears seem to contain the  blood of some large  carnivore. Their
 	eyes recall  those of  some savage  bestial animal, being  greenish
 	white with  red pupils, while their  ears are  wedge shaped, rising
 	from the  top of  their heads. A  bugbear's mouth  is full of  long
 	sharp fangs.
 	Bugbears have two main goals  in life: survival and  treasure. They
 	are  superb  carnivores,  winnowing  out  the   weak  and  careless
 	adventurer, monster, and animal. Goblins  are always on  their toes
 	when  bugbears are present, for  the weak or  stupid quickly end up
 	in the stewpot.
 					 [ Monstrous Manual, by TSR, Inc. ]
 	A  classical  Mesoamerican  Aztec  god,  also  known  as  Mixcoatl-
 	Camaxtli  (the Cloud Serpent),  Camaxtli is  the god of  war. He is
 	also a  deity of hunting and  fire who received  human sacrifice of
 	captured   prisoners.   According  to   tradition,   the   sun  god
 	Tezcatlipoca  transformed  himself  into Mixcoatl-Camaxtli  to make
 	fire by twirling the sacred fire sticks.
 				[ Encyclopedia of Gods, by Michael Jordan ]
 	Well-known quadruped domestic  animal from the family of  predatory
 	felines  (_Felis ochreata  domestica_), with  a  thick, soft  pelt;
 	often kept as a pet, to catch mice, etc.
 	Of  all the  monsters  put together  by  the Greek  imagination the
 	Centaurs (Kentauroi) constituted  a class in themselves. Despite  a
 	strong  streak  of  sensuality  in  their   make-up,  their  normal
 	behaviour was  moral,  and they  took  a  kindly thought  of  man's
 	welfare. The attempted outrage  of Nessos on Deianeira, and that of
 	the whole tribe  of Centaurs  on the  Lapith women,  are more  than
 	offset by the hospitality of Pholos  and by the wisdom of  Cheiron,
 	physician,  prophet,   lyrist,  and  the  instructor  of  Achilles.
 	Further,  the Centaurs  were peculiar  in that  their nature, which
 	united the  body of  a horse  with  the trunk  and head  of a  man,
 	involved an unthinkable  duplication of vital organs and  important
 	members. So  grotesque a combination  seems almost un-Greek.  These
 	strange creatures were said to  live in the caves and clefts of the
 	mountains,  myths associating  them especially  with  the hills  of
 	Thessaly and the range of Erymanthos.
 			    [ Mythology of all races, Vol. 1, pp. 270-271 ]
 	Cerberus,  or Kerberos  in  Greek, was  the three-headed  dog  that
 	guarded the  Gate  of  Hell. He  allowed  any dead  to  enter,  and
 	likewise  prevented them  all to leave  ever again.  He was subdued
 	only twice: once when  Orpheus put him asleep by playing bewitching
 	music on his lyre, and the other  time when Hercules confronted him
 	and took him  to the world of the  living (as his twelfth and  last
 	labour).
 	1.  Name of  a family  (_Chameleonidae_) and  race  (_Chameleo_) of
 	scaly lizards, especially  the _Chameleo vulgaris_ species, with  a
 	short neck, claws, a grasping  tail, a long, extendable  tongue and
 	mutually independent  moving eyes. When it  is scared  or angry, it
 	inflates itself and its  transparent skin shows its blood: the skin
 	first appears  greenish, then darker and  finally spotted red;  the
 	final  colour  depends on  the  background  colour as  well,  hence
 	(figurative)  the  implication  of  fickleness,  unreliability.  2.
 	[Capitalized:]   a   constellation   of  the   southern  hemisphere
 	(Chameleo).
 		      [ Van Dale's Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal ]
 	When  an ancient Greek died, his soul went to the nether world: the
 	Hades. To reach the nether world, the souls had  to cross the Styx,
 	the  river that separated  the living and the  dead. The Styx could
 	be crossed by ferry,  whose shabby ferryman, stricken in years, was
 	called  Charon. The deceased's next-of-kin would place a coin under
 	his tongue, to pay the ferryman.
 	A Chinese rain god.
 	Avaricious,  supremely vain,  and  profoundly Lawful  Evil,  Tiamat
 	proclaims  herself  the   creator  of  all  evil  dragonkind,   and
 	certainly many evil dragons  revere her as their creator and patron
 	deity.  She  infests the  uppermost  of  the  Nine  Hells with  her
 	consorts,  each a  Great Wyrm  of different  colour -  one red, one
 	white, one green, one blue, and one black.
 	Tiamat's Avatar appears  as a gigantic five-headed dragon with  one
 	head of  each of  the chromatic  (evil) dragon  types. Each  head's
 	colour  runs the length  of the  neck and into  the forepart of het
 	body  as stripes,  gradually blending  to  three  stripes of  grey,
 	blue-green,  and  purple  over her  back  and  hind-quarters,  then
 	merging into a muddy dark  brown tail. Her underbelly and  legs are
 	greenish white fading into her upper body colours.
 					 [ Monster Mythology, by TSR inc. ]
 	Once in  a great while,  when the positions of  the stars are  just
 	right, a seven-year-old rooster will  lay an egg. Then,  along will
 	come  a snake, to coil around the egg, or a toad, to squat upon the
 	egg, keeping it warm and helping it to hatch.  When it hatches, out
 	comes a  creature called basilisk, or  cockatrice, the most  deadly
 	of all creatures. A  single glance from its yellow, piercing toad's
 	eyes will  kill both  man and  beast. Its  power of  destruction is
 	said to be  so great  that sometimes simply  to hear  its hiss  can
 	prove  fatal.  Its  breath  is  so  venomous  that  it  causes  all
 	vegetation to wither.
 	There is, however, one creature which can withstand the  basilisk's
 	deadly gaze, and this is the  weasel. No one knows why  this is so,
 	but  although the  fierce  weasel can  slay  the basilisk,  it will
 	itself be  killed in  the struggle.  Perhaps the  weasel knows  the
 	basilisk's fatal weakness: if it ever sees  its own reflection in a
 	mirror it  will  perish instantly.  But  even  a dead  basilisk  is
 	dangerous, for  it is said that  merely touching  its lifeless body
 	can cause a person to sicken and die.
 				       [ Mythical Beasts, by Deirdre Headon
 			       (The Leprechaun Library) and other sources ]
 	The couatl  are feathered serpents of myth and lore. It is believed
 	that  they are  distant relatives  of dragons,  though this remains
 	unproven.  So rare  as to be  considered legendary,  the couatl are
 	some  of the  most beautiful creatures  in existence.  A couatl has
 	the body of  a long serpent and  feathered wings the colour of  the
 	rainbow. Occasionally  sent as  messengers from  the gods to  their
 	erring servants,  a couatl  will always  seek to  punish those  who
 	deserve it.
 			     [ 2nd ed. Monstrous Compendium, by TSR, Inc. ]
 	If you  want to know what cram is, I can only say that I don't know
 	the recipe;  but it  is  biscuitish,  keeps good  indefinitely,  is
 	supposed  to be  sustaining,  and  is certainly  not  entertaining,
 	being in fact very uninteresting  except as a chewing  exercise. It
 	was made by the Lake-men for long journeys.
 					   [ The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien]
 	A  big animal  with  the appearance  of  a lizard,  constituting an
 	order of the  reptiles (_Loricata_ or _Crocodylia_), the  crocodile
 	is a large,  dangerous predator native  to tropical and subtropical
 	climes. It spends most of its time in large areas of water.
 	Croesus (in  Greek: Kroisos), the wealthy  last king  of Lydia; his
 	empire  was destroyed  when  he attacked  Cyrus  in 549,  after the
 	oracle of Delphi (q.v.) had told him: "if you  attack the Persians,
 	you  will  destroy  a mighty  empire".  Herodotus  relates  of  his
 	legendary conversation  with Solon  of Athens,  who impressed  upon
 	him that  being rich  does not imply  being happy  and that no  one
 	should be considered fortunate before his death.
 	Warily Conan scanned his  surroundings, all of his senses alert for
 	signs of  possible danger.  Off in the  distance, he could  see the
 	familiar shapes of the Camp of the Duali Tribe.
 	Suddenly, the  hairs on  his neck stand  on end  as he detects  the
 	aura  of evil  magic in the  air. Without  thought, he  readies his
 	weapon, and mutters under his breath:

 	   "By Crom, there will be blood spilt today."
 	And after he had milked his cattle swiftly,
 	he again took hold of two of my men
 	and had them as his supper.
 	Then I went, with a tub of red wine,
 	to stand before the Cyclops, saying:
 	"A drop of wine after all this human meat,
 	so you can taste the delicious wine
 	that is stored in our ship, Cyclops."
 	He took the tub and emptied it.
 	He appreciated the priceless wine that much
 	that he promptly asked me for a second tub.
 	"Give it", he said, "and give me your name as well".
 	   ...
 	Thrice I filled the tub,
 	and after the wine had clouded his mind,
 	I said to him, in a tone as sweet as honey:
 	"You have asked my name, Cyclops? Well,
 	my name is very well known. I'll give it to you,
 	if you give me the gift you promised me as a guest.
 	My name is Nobody. All call me thus:
 	my father and my mother and my friends."
 	Ruthlessly he answered to this:
 	"Nobody, I will eat you last of all;
 	your host of friends will completely precede you.
 	That will be my present to you, my friend."
 	And after these words he fell down backwards,
 	restrained by the all-restrainer Hupnos.
 	His monstrous neck sild into the dust;
 	the red wine squirted from his throat;
 	the drunk vomited lumps of human flesh.
 				 [ the Ulysses, chapter epsilon, by Homer ]
 	...  But he ruled rather  by force and  fear, if  they might avail;
 	and those who perceived  his shadow spreading over the world called
 	him the Dark  Lord and named him  the Enemy; and he gathered  again
 	under his government  all the  evil things of  the days of  Morgoth
 	that  remained on earth  or beneath  it, and  the Orcs were  at his
 	command and multiplied like flies. Thus the Black Years began ...
 				    [ The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
 	Demogorgon, the prince of demons,  wallows in filth and  can spread
 	a quickly fatal illness to  his victims while rending them. He is a
 	mighty spellcaster, and  he can drain  the life  of mortals with  a
 	touch of his tail.
 	Dispater  is  an arch-devil  who  rules the  city of  Dis. He  is a
 	powerful mage.
 	The djinn are genies from  the elemental plane of Air. There, among
 	their kind,  they  have  their own  societies.  They are  sometimes
 	encountered on earth and may even be summoned here  to perform some
 	service  for powerful  wizards. These  often leave  them  about for
 	later service,  safely tucked away  in a flask or  lamp. Once in  a
 	while, such a tool  is found by  a lucky rogue, and some  djinn are
 	known  to be so grateful when released  that they might grant their
 	rescuer a wish.
 	A domestic animal,  the _tame  dog_ (_canis familiaris_), of  which
 	numerous races exist. The male is  called dog, while the female  is
 	called bitch.  Because of its known loyalty to  men and kindness to
 	children, it  is the world's most  popular domestic  animal. It can
 	easily be trained to perform various tasks.
 	In the  West the  dragon was  the natural  enemy  of man.  Although
 	preferring to live in bleak  and desolate regions, whenever  it was
 	seen among  men it  left in  its wake  a trail  of destruction  and
 	disease.  Yet  any  attempt  to  slay  this  beast  was  a perilous
 	undertaking. For  the dragon's assailant  had to  contend not  only
 	with clouds  of sulphurous  fumes pouring  from its  fire-breathing
 	nostrils, but  also  with the  thrashings  of  its tail,  the  most
 	deadly part of its serpent-like body.
 				       [ Mythical Beasts, by Deirdre Headon
 						 (The Leprechaun Library) ]
 	Dwarfs have  faces  like  men (ugly  men,  with wrinkled,  leathery
 	skins), but are generally either flat-footed,  duck-footed, or have
 	feet pointing backwards. They are  of the earth, earthy,  living in
 	the  darkest of caverns and venturing forth only with the cloaks by
 	which they  can make  themselves invisible, and other  disguised as
 	toads.  Miners often  come  across  them, and  sometimes  establish
 	reasonably close relations  with them. ...  The miners  of Cornwall
 	were always delighted to  hear a bucca busily mining away,  for all
 	dwarfs have an infallible nose for precious metals.
 	Among other  things, dwarfs are rightly  valued for  their skill as
 	blacksmiths  and  jewellers:  they  made  Odin   his  famous  spear
 	Gungnir,  and  Thor  his   hammer;  for  Freya   they  designed   a
 	magnificent necklace,  and for  Frey a  golden boar.  And in  their
 	spare time  they are  excellent bakers.  Ironically, despite  their
 	odd  feet, they are particularly fond of dancing. They can also see
 	into the  future,  and consequently  are excellent  meteorologists.
 	The can be free with presents to  people they like, and a  dwarfish
 	gift  is likely to turn to gold in the  hand. But on the whole they
 	are a snappish lot.
 			       [ The Immortals, by Derek and Julia Parker ]
 	Bright  Earendil was  then lord of  the people  that dwelt  nigh to
 	Sirion's  mouths; and he took to wife Elwing the fair, and she bore
 	to him Elrond and Elros, who are called the Half-elven. ...
 	Then Earendil, first of  living Men, landed on the immortal shores;
 	and he  spoke there to Elwing and  to those that were with him, and
 	they were three  mariners who had sailed  all the seas beside  him:
 	Falathar, Erellont,  and Aerandir  were their  names. And  Earendil
 	said to them: "Here none but myself  shall set foot, lest you  fall
 	under the wrath of the Valar. But  that peril I will take on myself
 	alone, for the sake of the Two Kindreds."
 	But Elwing  answered: "Then would our  paths be  sundered for ever;
 	but  all thy perils  I will  take on  myself also." And  she leaped
 	into  the  white  foam  and  ran  towards  him;  but  Earendil  was
 	sorrowful, for he  feared the anger of the  Lords of the  West upon
 	any of Middle-earth that should  dare to pass the leaguer  of Aman.
 	And  there they  bade farewell to  the companions  of their voyage,
 	and were taken from them for ever.
 				    [ The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
 	Fish, shaped like a serpent (_Anguilla anguilla_). The  female lays
 	its eggs somewhere upstream, whence  the offspring swims to  a warm
 	sea  to mate. From there,  they return to  their place  of birth to
 	lay eggs.
 		      [ Van Dale's Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal ]
 	... Even as they  stepped over the threshold  a single clear  voice
 	rose in song.

 	   A Elbereth Gilthoniel,
 	   silivren penna miriel
 	   o menel aglar elenath!
 	   Na-chaered palan-diriel
 	   o galadhremmin ennorath,
 	   Faluinos, le linnathon
 	   nef aear, si nef aearon!

 	Frodo halted for a  moment, looking back. Elrond  was in his  chair
 	and the  fire was  on his  face like summer-light  upon the  trees.
 	Near him sat the Lady Arwen. ...
 	He stood still enchanted, while  the sweet syllables of  the elvish
 	song fell like clear  jewels of blended  word and melody. "It  is a
 	song to  Elbereth," said  Bilbo. "They  will sing  that, and  other
 	songs of the Blessed Realm, many times tonight. Come on!"
 			  [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
 	South-American   fish  (_Gymnotus  electricus_),  living  in  fresh
 	water. Shaped like a serpent, it can  grow up to 2 metres. This eel
 	is known  for its  electrical organ  which enables  it to  paralyse
 	creatures up to the size of a horse.
 		      [ Van Dale's Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal ]
 	Elementals are manifestations of the basic nature of the  universe.
 	There  are four  known forms of  elementals: air,  fire, water, and
 	earth.  Some mystics  have postulated  the  necessity  for a  fifth
 	type, the  spirit elemental, but none  have ever been  encountered,
 	at least on this plane of existence.
 	The Elves  sat round the fire upon the grass or upon the sawn rings
 	of  old trunks.  Some went  to  and fro  bearing cups  and  pouring
 	drinks; others brought food on heaped plates and dishes.
 	"This  is poor fare," they said to the hobbits; "for we are lodging
 	in the greenwood far from our halls. If ever you  are our guests at
 	home, we will treat you better."
 	"It seems to me good enough for a birthday-party," said Frodo.
 	Pippin afterwards recalled little  of either food or drink, for his
 	mind was  filled with the  light upon the elf-faces,  and the sound
 	of  voices so various  and so  beautiful that  he felt in  a waking
 	dream. ...
 	Sam could never describe  in words, nor picture clearly to himself,
 	what  he felt  or thought  that night,  though it  remained in  his
 	memory as one  of the chief events of his life. The nearest he ever
 	got was to say:  "Well, sir, if  I could grow apples  like that,  I
 	would call myself a gardener. But it  was the singing that went  to
 	my heart, if you know what I mean."
 			  [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
 	Erevan  is a fickle,  unpredictable elven  deity who specializes in
 	shapechanging. He  is a  woodland lover  and  always wearing  green
 	somewhere about his person, but he is  a god of thieves and  rogues
 	too, and has a definite weakness for fine wines.  Erevan is revered
 	by some  members of  the small  sylvan races,  such as sprites  and
 	pixies. He is  a trickster god in some  ways, but Erevan  really is
 	utterly  unpredictable.  He  simply  has  a  primary  love  causing
 	mischief.
 					 [ Monster Mythology, by TSR inc. ]
 	These female-seeming devils  attack hand to  hand and  poison their
 	unwary victims as well.
 	The  two-headed giant,  or  ettin, is  a vicious  and unpredictable
 	hunter that stalks by night and eats any meat it can catch.
 	This is  a powerful  amulet  of ESP.  In addition  to its  standard
 	powers,  it  regenerates  the  energy  of anyone  who  carries  it,
 	allowing them to cast spells more  often. It also reduces any spell
 	damage to  the person  who carries  it by half,  and protects  from
 	magic  missiles.  Finally,  when  invoked  it  has   the  power  to
 	instantly  open a portal to any other area of the dungeon, allowing
 	its invoker to travel quickly between areas.
 	Floating  eyes,  not  surprisingly,  are  large,  floating eyeballs
 	which  drift about  the  dungeon. Though  not  dangerous in  and of
 	themselves, their power to paralyse  those who gaze at  their large
 	eye  in combat is  widely feared.  Many are the  tales of those who
 	struck  a floating  eye, were paralysed  by its  mystic powers, and
 	then  nibbled to  death by some  other creature  that lurked around
 	nearby.
 	The fog comes
 	on little cat feet.

 	It sits looking
 	over harbor and city
 	on silent haunches
 	and then moves on.
 						  [ Fog, by Carl Sandburg ]

 	Open the door now.
 	Go roll up the collar of your coat
 	To walk in the changing scarf of mist.
 	Tell your sins here to the pearl fog
 	And know for once a deepening night
 	Strange as the half-meanings
 	Alurk in a wise woman's mousey eyes.
 	Yes, tell your sins
 	and know how careless a pearl fog is
 	Of the laws you have broken.
 					    [ Pearl Fog, by Carl Sandburg ]
 	Geryon is an arch-devil sometimes called the Wild Beast,  attacking
 	with his claws  and poison sting.  His ranking in Hell  is rumoured
 	to be quite low.
 	   ...
 	The souls  of the perished  dead gathered to the  place, up out  of
 	Erebos,  brides,  and   young  unmarried  men,  and  long-suffering
 	elders, virgins, tender and with  the sorrows of young  hearts upon
 	them, and many fighting men  killed in battle, stabbed  with brazen
 	spears, still  carrying their  bloody armour upon them.  These came
 	swarming around my pit  from every direction  with inhuman clamour,
 	and green fear took hold of me.
 				  [ the Ulysses, chapter lambda, by Homer ]
 	Giants have always walked the earth, though they are rare  in these
 	times. They range in size  from little over nine feet to a towering
 	twenty feet or  more. The larger ones use huge boulders as weapons,
 	hurling them  over large  distances. All  types of  giants share  a
 	love for  men - roasted, boiled, or fried.  Their table manners are
 	legendary.
 	...  And then a  gnome came  by, carrying  a bundle, an  old fellow
 	three times  as large  as an  imp and  wearing clothes  of a  sort,
 	especially a  hat. And  he was  clearly just as  frightened as  the
 	imps though he could  not go so  fast. Ramon Alonzo saw  that there
 	must  be some  great trouble that  was vexing  magical things; and,
 	since gnomes speak the  language of men, and will  answer if spoken
 	to gently,  he raised his hat, and asked of the gnome his name. The
 	gnome  did not  stop  his hasty  shuffle a  moment  as  he answered
 	"Alaraba" and grabbed the rim of his hat but forgot to doff it.
 	"What is the trouble, Alaraba?" said Ramon Alonzo.
 	"White magic. Run!" said the gnome ...
 				[ The Charwoman's Shadow, by Lord Dunsany ]
 	Goblins are bipeds, with hideous, monkey-like  faces. Due to  their
 	pointy  jaws their  skull looks  like that  of a baboon.  Males and
 	females are hardly distinguishable.  Both may grow up to 1.5 metres
 	and have  a  thin, fluffily  hairy  skin,  ranging in  colour  from
 	reddish  to greyish  brown. Since this  thin skin  does not provide
 	enough protection, they like  to dress in sleazy apparels they have
 	captured.  Goblins  are  sneaky,  stupid  cowards:  an   especially
 	unpleasant combination of  character traits. They live together  in
 	large  groups in deserted  houses, ruins,  and caverns because they
 	are too lazy to build anything of their own.
 			   [ het Boek van de Regels; Het Oog des Meesters ]
 	The Great Goblin gave a truly  awful howl of rage when he looked at
 	it,  and  all  his  soldiers  gnashed  their  teeth,  clashed their
 	shields,  and stamped. They knew  the sword at  once. It had killed
 	hundreds of goblins  in its time, when  the fair elves  of Gondolin
 	hunted them in  the hills or  did battle before  their walls.  They
 	had  called it Orcrist,  Goblin-cleaver, but  the goblins called it
 	simply Biter.  They hated it  and hated worse any  one that carried
 	it.
 					  [ The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
 	A metal  of characteristic yellow colour,  the most precious  metal
 	used  as a  common commercial medium  of exchange.  Symbol, Au; at.
 	no. 79; at. wt. 197.2. It is the most malleable and  ductile of all
 	metals, and very heavy (sp. gr., 19.3).  It is quite unalterable by
 	heat,  moisture, and  most  corrosive  agents, and  therefore  well
 	suited for its use in coin and jewelry.
 				   [ Webster's New International Dictionary
 				  of the English Language, Second Edition ]
 	These creatures, not quite living but not  really nonliving either,
 	are created from inanimate materials by powerful mages or priests.
 	The gremlin is a highly intelligent  and completely evil  creature.
 	It lives to  torment other creatures and  will go to  great lengths
 	to inflict pain or cause injury.
 	These  electrically  based   creatures  are  not  native  to   this
 	universe.  They appear to  come from  a world whose  laws of motion
 	are radically different from ours.
 	The samurai's last  meal before battle. It  was usually made up  of
 	cooked chestnuts, dried seaweed, and sake.
 	This  luckstone  has  been  passed  down  from  ancient  times.  In
 	addition to its standard powers  of a luckstone, it  grants stealth
 	to  anyone who  carries it.  When invoked,  it grants the  power of
 	levitation to the invoker.
 	Hell  hounds  are  fire-breathing canines  from  another  plane  of
 	existence brought here in the service of  evil beings. A hell hound
 	resembles  a large  hound with rust-red  of red-brown  fur and red,
 	glowing eyes.  The markings, teeth, and  tongue are  soot black. It
 	stands two to three feet high at  the shoulder, and has a  distinct
 	odour  of smoke and  sulphur. The  baying sounds  it makes  have an
 	eerie, hollow tone that send a shiver through any who hear them.
 					 [ Monstrous Manual, by TSR, Inc. ]
 	Hermes. Messenger and  herald of the  Olympians. Being  required to
 	do a  great deal of  travelling and  speaking in public,  he became
 	the  god of  eloquence, travellers, merchants, and  thieves. He was
 	one of  the  most energetic  of  the  Greek gods,  a  Machiavellian
 	character  full of  trickery and  sexual  vigour. Like  other Greek
 	gods, he  is endowed with  not-inconsiderable sexual prowess  which
 	he  directs towards  countryside  nymphs  and with  which  he  also
 	maintains a healthy and  thriving population of sheep and goats! He
 	is  a god  of boundaries, guardian  of graves  and patron  deity of
 	shepherds.
 	He  is usually  depicted  as a  handsome  young man  wearing winged
 	golden  sandals and holding  a magical herald's staff consisting of
 	intertwined  serpents, the  kerykeion.  He  is reputedly  the  only
 	being able to  find his way to the  underworld ferry of  Charon and
 	back again.
 	He is  said to  have invented  among other things  the lyre,  Pan's
 	Pipes,   numbers,   the  alphabet,   weights   and   measures,  and
 	sacrifices.
 	"Hezrou" is the common name for the type II demon.  It is among the
 	weaker of demons, but still quite formidable.
 	Hippocrates of Kos.  Famous physicist and most important  physician
 	of the antiquity (460-370  b.C.). A "Corpus  Hippocratum" has  been
 	preserved,  encompassing  over  50  discourses on  various  medical
 	topics. It has proven to  be impossible to trace the real source of
 	these  discourses,  though.   They  originate   from  the   medical
 	faculties of Kos  and Knidos. Perhaps half  a dozen or so has  been
 	drawn  up  by  Hippocrates proper,  among  other  things  an  essay
 	entitled _Epidemics, a Prognosis_  and _On Air, Earth and Place_ in
 	which he  handled  the effects  that  the  environs have  on  men's
 	health.
 	His works  show his scientific  orientation and  methods, since  he
 	pressed   the  importance   of   the  relation   cause-result,  and
 	subsequently  the significance  of careful  observation of  medical
 	facts.  To  his  contemporary colleagues  and  those  of  centuries
 	afterwards, Hippocrates  was a model  of the perfect  practitioner:
 	earnest and reserved.
 	Even  literary relevance of his work is not to be neglected: it was
 	drafted  in  clear,  Ionic  prose.  There  exist  a  collection  of
 	_Aphorisms_ as well  that is  attributed to  Hippocrates. His  name
 	has  been passed  down the  ages through  "Hippocrates'  Oath", the
 	oath  taken by  all young  physicians, thus  accepting the  general
 	ethics of their profession.
 				      [ XYZ van de Grieks-Romeinse oudheid,
 				  by G.H. Halsberghe and Guido Halsberghe ]
 	Hobbits  are an unobtrusive  but very ancient people, more numerous
 	formerly than  they are today;  for they love  peace and quiet  and
 	good tilled earth:  a well-ordered and well-farmed countryside  was
 	their favourite haunt.  They do not and did  not understand or like
 	machines more complicated than a forge-bellows, a  water-mill, or a
 	handloom, although  they were  skilful with tools. Even  in ancient
 	days they were,  as a rule, shy of "the Big Folk", as they call us,
 	and now they avoid us with dismay and are becoming hard to find.
 			  [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
 	Hobgoblin.  Used by  the  Puritans and  in  later times  for wicked
 	goblin spirits,  as in  Bunyan's "Hobgoblin nor  foul friend",  but
 	its more correct  use is  for the friendly  spirits of the  brownie
 	type. In "A midsummer  night's dream" a fairy says to Shakespeare's
 	Puck:
 	   Those that Hobgoblin call you, and sweet Puck,
 	   You do their work, and they shall have good luck:
 	   Are you not he?
 	and obviously Puck would not  wish to be called a hobgoblin if that
 	was an ill-omened word.
 	Hobgoblins  are,  on  the whole,  good-humoured  and  ready  to  be
 	helpful,  but  fond of  practical  joking,  and  like  most of  the
 	fairies rather nasty people to  annoy. Boggarts hover on  the verge
 	of hobgoblindom. Bogles are just  over the edge. One  Hob mentioned
 	by  Henderson,  was  Hob Headless  who  haunted  the  road  between
 	Hurworth and  Neasham, but could not  cross the  little river Kent,
 	which  flowed into  the Tess.  He was  exorcised and  laid  under a
 	large stone  by the roadside  for ninety-nine years  and a day.  If
 	anyone was  so unwary as to sit  on that stone,  he would be unable
 	to  quit it  for  ever.  The ninety-nine  years  is nearly  up,  so
 	trouble may  soon be  heard of  on  the road  between Hurworth  and
 	Neasham.
 			   [ A Dictionary of Fairies, by Katharine Briggs ]
 	Homunculi  are  small  mystical beings  created  by  magicians  for
 	spying and other  special tasks. The  average homunculus is vaguely
 	humanoid  in  form.  It  is  18  inches  tall,  and  its  greenish,
 	reptilian skin  may have spots or  warts. They  have leathery, bat-
 	like wings with a  span of 24 inches and  a mouth filled with long,
 	pointed teeth that can inject a potent sleeping venom.
 			     [ 2nd ed. Monstrous Compendium, by TSR, Inc. ]
 	Horned  devils lack  any real  special abilities,  though they  are
 	quite difficult to kill.
 	[Pestilence:] And I saw when the Lamb opened one  of the seals, and
 	I heard, as it were  the noise of  thunder, one of the four  beasts
 	saying, Come and see.
 	And I saw, and behold  a white horse: and he that  sat on him had a
 	bow; and a crown was  given unto him: and he went forth conquering,
 	and to conquer.
 	[War:] And when he  had opened the second seal, I heard  the second
 	beast say, Come and see.
 	And  there went out another horse that was red: and power was given
 	to him  that sat  thereon to take  peace from  the earth, and  that
 	they should kill one another:  and there was given unto him a great
 	sword.
 	[Famine:] And when he had opened the third seal,  I heard the third
 	beast say, Come  and see. And I beheld,  and lo a black horse;  and
 	he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
 	And  I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure
 	of  wheat for a penny,  and three measures  of barley  for a penny;
 	and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
 	[Death:] And when he had opened the fourth seal,  I heard the voice
 	of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
 	And I  looked, and behold  a pale horse: and  his name  that sat on
 	him was  Death, and  Hell followed  with him. And  power was  given
 	unto them over  the fourth part of the  earth, to kill  with sword,
 	and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
 					     [ Revelations of John, 6:1-8 ]
 	The first of the  five mythical Chinese emperors, Huan Ti  is known
 	as the  yellow emperor. He rules  the _moving_  heavens, as opposed
 	to  the _dark_  heavens. He  is  an  inventor, said  to have  given
 	mankind among  other things the wheel,  armour and  the compass. He
 	is the god of fortune telling and war.
 	Huehuetotl,  or  Huhetotl,  which  means  Old God,  was  the  Aztec
 	(classical Mesoamerican)  god of fire.  He is generally  associated
 	with paternalism and one of  the group classed as  the Xiuhtecuhtli
 	complex.  His is  known to  send his  minions to  wreck  havoc upon
 	ordinary humans.
 		      [ after the Encyclopedia of Gods, by Michael Jordan ]
 	Humanoids are all  approximately the size  of a  human, and may  be
 	mistaken for  one  at a  distance. They  are  usually  of a  tribal
 	nature,  and will  fiercely defend  their  lairs. Usually  hostile,
 	they may even band together to raid and pillage human settlements.
 	These strange  creatures live mostly on  the surface  of the earth,
 	gathering together in societies of various  forms, but occasionally
 	a stray  will descend into  the depths and commit  mayhem among the
 	dungeon residents  who, naturally,  often resent  the intrusion  of
 	such beasts.  They are capable of  using weapons and  magic, and it
 	is even  rumoured that  the Wizard of  Yendor is  a member of  this
 	species.
 	Ice devils are  large semi-insectoid creatures, who are equally  at
 	home in the fires of Hell and the cold of Limbo,  and who can cause
 	the traveller to feel the latter with just a touch of their tail.
 	A big, fleet footed lizard with strong jaws.
 	... imps ... little  creatures of two  feet high that could  gambol
 	and jump prodigiously; ...
 				[ The Charwoman's Shadow, by Lord Dunsany ]

 	An "imp"  is an  off-shoot or  cutting. Thus  an "ymp  tree" was  a
 	grafted tree, or  one grown  from a cutting,  not from seed.  "Imp"
 	properly means  a  small devil,  an  off-shoot  of Satan,  but  the
 	distinction between  goblins or bogles and  imps from  hell is hard
 	to make, and many  in the Celtic  countries as well as  the English
 	Puritans regarded all  fairies as devils.  The fairies of tradition
 	often hover uneasily between the ghostly and the diabolic state.
 			   [ A dictionary of Fairies, by Katharine Briggs ]
 	The incubus and succubus  are male and female versions of  the same
 	demon, one who  lies with a human for  its own purposes, usually to
 	the detriment of the  mortals who are unwise in their dealings with
 	them.
 	Ishtar  (the  star  of  heaven)  is  the  Mesopotamian  goddess  of
 	fertility and  war. She is usually  depicted with  wings and weapon
 	cases at her  shoulders, carrying a ceremonial double-headed  mace-
 	scimitar embellished  with lion heads, frequently being accompanied
 	by a lion. She is symbolized by an eight-pointed star.
 				[ Encyclopedia of Gods, by Michael Jordan ]

 	She was  capricious in love, wilful and imperious in action. As the
 	mother  goddess,  Ishtar  was  moved  to  pity  and  sorrow  at the
 	suffering of the earthly children  and at the hardships  imposed by
 	pestilence and flood; but she was cruel and callous  as the goddess
 	of love,  her rites  being celebrated  with such  licentiousness by
 	her followers  that the name  of Ishtar and of  the centres of  her
 	worship became  synonymous with wickedness  and immorality. As  the
 	goddess of war  she was so terrible that  even the gods trembled at
 	the while warlike people sang her praises.
 		   [ The Encyclopaedia of Myths and Legends of All Nations,
 			      by Herbert Spencer Robinson and Knox Wilson ]
 	Issek of the  Jug appears  as a tall  man with  twisted wrists  and
 	ankles. Issek  is  said to  give  enduring  power to  anyone  under
 	torture. Torture can  be loosely defined  and includes  such things
 	as a wife  who constantly  shouts at her  husband or  a little  boy
 	being picked on by a larger bully.
 					 [ Legends and Lore, by TSR, inc. ]
 	"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
 	   The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
 	Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
 	   The frumious Bandersnatch!"

 	He took his vorpal sword in hand;
 	   Long time the manxome foe he sought -
 	So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
 	   And stood awhile in thought.

 	And, as in uffish thought he stood,
 	   The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
 	Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
 	   And burbled as it came!

 	One, two! One, two! And through and through
 	   The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
 	He left it dead, and with its head
 	   He went galumphing back.
 					  [ Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll ]
 	Jackals are  timid scavengers  that run  from the  threat of  other
 	predators. When attacking, the jackal  darts in to bite  its victim
 	and quickly  retreats to a  safe distance. If more  than one jackal
 	is  trying to down  an animal,  they attack in  a haphazard fashion
 	with little or no coordination of effort.
 					 [ Monstrous Manual, by TSR, Inc. ]
 	Large, flesh-eating animal of  the cat family, of Central and South
 	America. This feline predator (_Panthera onca_)  is sometimes, less
 	correctly, called panther.
 		      [ Van Dale's Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal ]
 	Little is known about  the Faceless Lord, even the correct spelling
 	of his  name. He does not have a  physical form as  we know it, and
 	those who  have peered  into his  realm  claim he  is a  slime-like
 	creature  who   swallows  other   creatures  alive,   spits  acidic
 	secretions, and causes disease in  his victims which can  be almost
 	instantly fatal.
 	A samurai helmet.
 	The katana  is a long, single-edged  samurai sword  with a slightly
 	curved blade.  Its  long  handle is  designed  to allow  it  to  be
 	wielded with either one or two hands.
 	The  typical  policeman of  1920's  movies,  the Keystone  Kop  was
 	modeled  like  the  English "bobby",  with  a  long  brass-buttoned
 	overcoat, carrying long nightsticks that  he (more often  than not)
 	whapped himself with, rather  than anyone else.  The Keystone  Kops
 	were very slapstick-like,  relying on speed and numbers to  achieve
 	their comedy, rather than sophisticated wit.
 	The ki-rin  is a  noble creature that  roams the  sky in search  of
 	good deeds  to reward or malefactors  to punish.  The ki-rin's coat
 	is covered with  luminous golden scales like  a sunrise on  a clear
 	morning. The thick  mane and tail are  a darker gold. The horn  and
 	hooves are gold tinged with pink. The  eyes are a deep violet.  The
 	ki-rin has a melodious voice.
 					 [ Monstrous Manual, by TSR, Inc. ]
 	Ector took both his  sons to the church before which the  anvil had
 	been placed.  There, standing before the  anvil, he commanded  Kay:
 	"Put the sword  back into the steel if  you really think the throne
 	is yours!". But  the sword glanced off  the steel. "Now it is  your
 	turn", Ector said facing Arthur.
 	The  young man  lifted the  sword and  thrust with  both  arms; the
 	blade whizzed through  the air with a  flash and drilled the  metal
 	as  if it were mere  butter. Ector and  Kay dropped  to their knees
 	before Arthur.
 	"Why, father  and brother, do you  bow for me?",  Arthur asked with
 	wonder in his voice. "Because now I know for sure  that you are the
 	king, not only  by birth but also by  law", Ector said. "You are no
 	son  of mine  nor  are you  Kay's  brother. Immediately  after your
 	birth, Merlin the Wise brought you to  me to be raised safely.  And
 	though  it was me that named you Arthur when you were baptised, you
 	are  really  the  son  of  brave  king  Uther  Pendragon  and queen
 	Igraine..."
 	And  after  these  words,  the  lord  rose  and  went  to  see  the
 	archbishop to impart to him what had passed.
 				      [ Van Gouden Tijden Zingen de Harpen,
 		   by Vladimir Hulpach, Emanuel Frynta, and Vackav Cibula ]
 	The race of kobolds are reputed to  be an artificial creation of  a
 	master wizard  (demi-god?). They are about  3' tall  with a vaguely
 	dog-like face.  They bear a violent dislike  of the Elven race, and
 	will go out of their way to cause trouble for Elves at any time.
 	Kos  is a northern barbarian  god who loves battle  and bold deeds.
 	He is the  god of  dooms because he  brings trouble  to anyone  who
 	doesn't live  up to  his strict codes  of honour and  action. These
 	codes and the interest of the god  apply to all facets of  the hard
 	life of the northern barbarians.  Kos is just as interested  in the
 	building of  a safe and sturdy long house as he is in the sharpness
 	of a warrior's axe.
 					 [ Legends and Lore, by TSR, inc. ]
 	A Japanese harp.
 	Out from  the water  a long sinuous  tentacle had  crawled; it  was
 	pale-green  and luminous  and  wet. Its  fingered  end had  hold of
 	Frodo's foot,  and  was dragging  him into  the water.  Sam on  his
 	knees was now slashing at it with a knife.
 	The arm let  go of Frodo,  and Sam pulled him away,  crying out for
 	help. Twenty others arms  came rippling out. The dark water boiled,
 	and there was a hideous stench.
 			  [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
 	Blind Io  took up  the dice-box,  which was a  skull whose  various
 	orifices had  been stoppered with rubies,  and with  several of his
 	eyes on the Lady he rolled three fives.
 	She  smiled. This  was the  nature  of the  Lady's eyes:  they were
 	bright green, lacking iris or pupil, and they glowed from within.
 	The room was  silent as  she scrabbled in  her box  of pieces  and,
 	from the very bottom,  produced a couple  that she set down  on the
 	board with  two decisive  clicks. The rest  of the players,  as one
 	God, craned forward to peer at them.
 	"A wenegade  wiffard  and fome  fort  of  clerk," said  Offler  the
 	Crocodile  God, hindered  as usual  by his  tusks. "Well,  weally!"
 	With  one claw  he pushed  a  pile of  bone-white tokens  into  the
 	centre of the table.
 	The Lady nodded  slightly. She picked  up the dice-cup and  held it
 	as steady as  a rock, yet all the  Gods could hear the three  cubes
 	rattling about inside. And then  she sent them bouncing  across the
 	table.
 	A six. A three. A five.
 	Something  was  happening to  the five,  however.  Battered  by the
 	chance  collision of  several billion  molecules,  the die  flipped
 	onto a point, spun gently and came down a seven.
 	Blind Io picked up the cube and counted the sides.
 	"Come _on_," he said wearily, "Play fair."
 				[ The Colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett ]
 	The Baatzetu  are the primary inhabitants  of the  Nine Hells. They
 	are  divided into  greater,  lesser and  least.  The lemure  are so
 	lowly, they don't even qualify  as "least" in the  baatzetu scheme.
 	They are the very bottom baatzetu in station.
 				    [ Monstrous Compendium 8, by TSR inc. ]
 	... the leucrocotta,  a wild beast of extraordinary swiftness,  the
 	size of the wild ass, with the legs of a Stag,  the neck, tail, and
 	breast of a lion,  the head of a badger,  a cloven hoof,  the mouth
 	slit up as  far as  the ears, and  one continuous  bone instead  of
 	teeth; it is  said, too,  that this  animal can  imitate the  human
 	voice.
 			   [ Curious Creatures in Zoology, by John Ashton ]
 	The Irish Leprechaun is the  Faeries' shoemaker and is  known under
 	various names  in different parts of  Ireland: Cluricaune in  Cork,
 	Lurican in Kerry, Lurikeen in Kildare and Lurigadaun  in Tipperary.
 	Although he  works for the  Faeries, the Leprechaun  is not  of the
 	same  species.  He  is  small,  has  dark  skin  and  wears strange
 	clothes. His  nature has  something of  the manic-depressive  about
 	it: first he is  quite happy, whistling merrily as he nails  a sole
 	on to a shoe; a few minutes later,  he is sullen and morose,  drunk
 	on his home-made heather  ale. The Leprechaun's two great loves are
 	tobacco and whiskey, and  he is a first-rate con-man, impossible to
 	out-fox. No one,  no matter how clever,  has ever managed to  cheat
 	him out of  his hidden  pot of gold or  his magic shilling.  At the
 	last  minute he always  thinks of  some way to  divert his captor's
 	attention and vanishes in the twinkling of an eye.
 				      [ A Field Guide to the Little People,
 				    by Nancy Arrowsmith and George Moorse ]
 	Once  in a great while, an evil master wizard or priest will manage
 	through use of  great magics to extend  his or her life far  beyond
 	the  normal span  of  a  human. The  usual  effect  of this  is  to
 	transform  the human,  over time, into  an undead  of great magical
 	power.  A Lich  hates life in  any form;  even a touch  from one of
 	these  creatures will cause a numbing  cold in the victim. They all
 	possess the capability to use magic.
 	1.  A  sub-order  (_Lacertilia_ or  _Sauria_)  of  the  long-tailed
 	creeping animals,  especially of  the family  of the  _Lacertidae_.
 	There are three major kinds: the ordinary lizard  (Lacerta agilis),
 	the wall-lizard (L.  muralis), and the  small lizard (L. vivipara).
 	2.  [Capitalized:]  a  constellation  of  the  northern  hemisphere
 	(Lacerta).
 		      [ Van Dale's Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal ]
 	Loki, or Lopt, is described  in Snorri's _Edda_ as  being "pleasing
 	and handsome in appearance,  evil in character, and very capricious
 	in behaviour". He is the son of the giant Farbauti and of Laufey.
 	Loki  is the  Norse god  of cunning,  evil, thieves,  and fire.  He
 	hated the  other gods  and wanted  to ruin  them and overthrow  the
 	universe. He committed many  murders. As a thief, he stole Freyja's
 	necklace,  Thor's belt  and gauntlets of  power, and  the apples of
 	youth.
 	Able to  shapechange at will,  he is said  to have impersonated  at
 	various  times a mare, flea, fly, falcon, seal and an old crone. As
 	a mare he  gave birth to  Odin's horse Sleipnir. He  also allegedly
 	sired  the serpent  of Midgard,  the mistress  of the  netherworld,
 	Hel, and the wolf Fenrir which will devour the sun at Ragnarok.
 	[The crysknife] is manufactured  in two forms from teeth taken from
 	dead  sandworms.  The  two  forms  are "fixed"  and  "unfixed."  An
 	unfixed  knife requires  proximity  to  a human  body's  electrical
 	field  to prevent  disintegration.  Fixed  knives are  treated  for
 	storage. All are about 20 centimetres long.
 						 [ Dune, by Frank Herbert ]
 	Lord Carnarvon  was the  financial  patron  of Howard  Carter,  the
 	discoverer of King Tutanchamon's tomb.
 	Lord Sato  is the  family  head of  the  Taro  Clan, and  a  mighty
 	daimyo.  He  is a  loyal  servant of  the Emperor,  and will  go do
 	everything in his power to further the imperial cause.
 	The dwarfs,  whose father was  Ivaldr, lived in  the very heart  of
 	the hills.
 	   ...
 	At the other end  of the ladder  were the giants, who  stole summer
 	and brought winter in its place.  They lived in Jotumheim. Some  of
 	the  giants  were  Hrungnir, who  was  killed  by Thor;  Hresvelgr,
 	living in the far north, who produced winds and  tempests by simply
 	moving  his  wings;  and  Surtr,  a  southern  giant,  who  guarded
 	Muspelheim, the fire-land, with his flaming sword.
 		   [ The Encyclopaedia of Myths and Legends of All Nations,
 			      by Herbert Spencer Robinson and Knox Wilson ]
 	Lugh,  or Lug,  was the  sun god  of the  Irish Celts.  One of  his
 	weapons was a rod-sling  which worshippers sometimes saw in the sky
 	as a rainbow. As a tribal god,  he was particularly skilled in  the
 	use  of his  massive,  invincible spear,  which  fought on  its own
 	accord. One of  his epithets is  _lamfhada_ (of the  long arm).  He
 	was a  young and apparently more  attractive deity  than Dagda, the
 	father of the gods. Being  able to shapeshift, his  name translates
 	as lynx.
 	The lurker is a carnivorous  scavenger found in caves,  its greyish
 	belly textured like stone. The lurker typically  attaches itself to
 	a ceiling,  where it is very  difficult to  detect, unless actually
 	prodded.
 					 [ Monstrous Manual, by TSR, Inc. ]
 	Lycanthropes are  humans who can  transform themselves to  resemble
 	normal animals or  monsters. True  lycanthropes are  those to  whom
 	lycanthropy is a genetic trait:  they breed with other lycanthropes
 	and produce  baby lycanthropes. Only  true lycanthropes can  infect
 	others  with  lycanthropy.  Infected lycanthropes  are  those whose
 	lycanthropy results  from being  wounded by  a true  lycanthrope. A
 	slain  lycanthrope always  reverts  to  its natural  humanoid  form
 	after having been killed.
 					 [ Monstrous Manual, by TSR, Inc. ]
 	This powerful  mirror was  created by  Merlin, the  druid, in  ages
 	past when trees  sang and rocks  danced. It protects all  who carry
 	it from magic missiles, and gives them ESP.
 	It is  rumoured  that these  strange  creatures  can be  harmed  by
 	domesticated canines only.
 	Normally called Manannan,  Ler's son  was the  patron of  merchants
 	and sailors. Manannan  had a sword  which never  failed to slay,  a
 	boat  which propelled  itself wherever  its owner  wished, a  horse
 	which was swifter  than the wind, and  magic armour which no  sword
 	could  pierce.  He later  became god  of the  sea beneath  which he
 	lived in Tir na nOc, the underworld.
 	Manes are the most pathetic  beings that wander the lower layers of
 	the  Abyss. These creatures are  as vast and endless  as the layers
 	themselves.
 				    [ Monstrous Compendium 8, by TSR inc. ]
 	First  insisting  on   recognition  as  supreme  commander,  Marduk
 	defeated the  Dragon, cut  her body  in two,  and  from it  created
 	heaven and  earth, peopling  the world  with human  beings who  not
 	unnaturally  showed intense  gratitude for  their  lives. The  gods
 	were  also properly  grateful, invested  him with many  titles, and
 	eventually permitted themselves to be  embodied in him, so  that he
 	became supreme  god, plotting the whole  course of  known life from
 	the paths of the planets to the daily events in the lives of men.
 			       [ The Immortals, by Derek and Julia Parker ]
 	The marilith,  a type  V demon, has a  torso shaped like  that of a
 	human female, and the lower body of a great  snake. It has multiple
 	arms,  and can  freely  attack  with  all  of  them.  Since  it  is
 	intelligent enough  to use weapons, this  means it  can cause great
 	damage.
 	He  strolled down  the stairs, followed  by a  number of assassins.
 	When he  was directly in front of Ymor he said:  "I've come for the
 	tourist."
 	   ...
 	"One  step more and you'll leave  here with fewer eyeballs than you
 	came with," said the  thiefmaster. "So sit  down and have a  drink,
 	Zlorf, and  let's talk about this  sensibly. _I_ thought  we had an
 	agreement.  You don't  rob - I  don't kill.  Not for  payment, that
 	is," he added after a pause.
 	Zlorf took the preferred beer.
 	"So?" he said.  "I'll kill him. Then you  rob him. Is he that funny
 	looking one over there?"
 	"Yes."
 	Zlorf stared  at Twoflower,  who grinned  at him.  He shrugged.  He
 	seldom wasted time  wondering why people wanted other people  dead.
 	It was just a living.
 	"Who is your client, may I ask?" said Ymor.
 	Zlorf  held  up  a  hand.  "Please!"  he  protested.  "Professional
 	etiquette."
 				[ The Colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett ]
 	This  skeleton key  was fashioned  in ages  past and  imbued with a
 	powerful magic which  allows it to open any locks. When carried, it
 	grants  its  owner  warning,  teleport  control,  and  reduces  all
 	physical damage by half.  Finally, when invoked, it has the ability
 	to disarm any trap.
 	There was a  flutter of wings at the  window. Ymor shifted his bulk
 	out of  the chair and  crossed the room, coming  back with a  large
 	raven. After  he'd unfastened the message  capsule from  its leg it
 	flew  up to  join  its fellows  lurking  among the  rafters. Withel
 	regarded  it without love.  Ymor's ravens were notoriously loyal to
 	their master,  to the extent that  Withel's one  attempt to promote
 	himself to  the rank  of greatest  thief in  Ankh-Morpork had  cost
 	their  master's right  hand man  his left  eye. But  not his  life,
 	however. Ymor never grudged a man his ambitions.
 				[ The Colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett ]
 	This hideous creature from ancient  Greek myth was the doom of many
 	a valiant adventurer. It is  said that one gaze from its eyes could
 	turn a man to  stone. One bite from the nest of snakes  which crown
 	its head  could  cause instant  death. The  only way  to kill  this
 	monstrosity is to turn its gaze back upon itself.
 	Mimics are magically-created creatures with a  hard rock-like outer
 	shell  that  protects  their soft  inner  organs. Mimics  can alter
 	their forms and pigmentation;  they use this talent to lure victims
 	into  close range, where they attempt to feed on them. They usually
 	appear in the shape of treasure chests.
 	Mimics were  originally created  by wizards  to protect  themselves
 	from treasure hunters. A good meal (one  or two humans) can sustain
 	them for weeks. Mimics pose  as stonework, doors,  statues, stairs,
 	chests, or other common items made from stone, wood, and metal.
 					 [ Monstrous Manual, by TSR, Inc. ]
 	This  creature has  a humanoid body,  but has  tentacles around its
 	covered mouth  and  only three  long  fingers  on each  hand.  Mind
 	flayers  are telepathic,  and love  to  devour intelligent  beings,
 	especially humans.  If they hit their  victim with  a tentacle, the
 	mind flayer will  slowly drain  it of all intelligence,  eventually
 	killing the victim.
 	Every year, king Aegeus of Athens was to send  seven boys and seven
 	girls to Crete,  to do penance  for the fact that  the son  of king
 	Minos of Crete  had died in Athens. None  of these adolescents ever
 	returned:  upon  arrival  on   Crete,  Minos  sent  them  into  the
 	Labyrinth,  a maze that no  one was ever  able to  leave. Here they
 	were  to be eaten by the minotaur. The minotaur or minotauros was a
 	monster,  half man  and half bull,  the result  of queen Pasiphae's
 	unnatural love for  a bull that had appeared  from the sea.  Out of
 	shame,  king Minos  had Daedalus build  the Labyrinth,  to hide the
 	minotaur in.
 	Eventually prince  Theseus volunteered  to sail to Crete.  With the
 	help  of princess  Ariadne  he managed  to  kill the  minotaur, and
 	escape from the Labyrinth.
 	Originating  in India (Mitra),  Mithra is  a god  of light  who was
 	translated  into the attendant of the god  Ahura Mazda in the light
 	religion of  Persia; from this  he was adopted  as the Roman  deity
 	Mithras.  He  is  not  generally  regarded  as  a  sky  god  but  a
 	personification  of  the  fertilizing power  of  warm,  light  air.
 	According to  the _Avesta_, he possesses  10,000 eyes  and ears and
 	rides in a chariot drawn by white horses.
 	Mithra, according  to Zarathustra,  is concerned  with the  endless
 	battle between  light and dark forces:  he represents  truth. He is
 	responsible  for  the  keeping  of  oaths  and  contracts.   He  is
 	attributed with the creation  of both plants and animals. His chief
 	adversary is Ahriman, the power of darkness.
 		   [ The Encyclopaedia of Myths and Legends of All Nations,
 			      by Herbert Spencer Robinson and Knox Wilson ]
 	_Mithril_!  All folk  desired it. It  could be  beaten like copper,
 	and polished like glass; and the Dwarves could make  of it a metal,
 	light and yet  harder than tempered steel.  Its beauty was  like to
 	that of common silver, but the beauty  of _mithril_ did not tarnish
 	or grow dim.
 			  [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
 	This helm of brilliance performs  all of the normal functions  of a
 	helm of brilliance, but also has  the ability to protect anyone who
 	carries it  from fire. When  invoked, it boosts  the energy of  the
 	invoker, allowing them to cast more spells.
 	Fungi are simple  plants that lack chlorophyll, true stems,  roots,
 	and  leaves.  They  are incapable  of  photosynthesis  and live  as
 	parasites or  saprophytes. Ordinary  fungi are  well known  to man:
 	molds,  yeast,  mildew,  mushrooms,  and  puffballs.  These  plants
 	include both  useful and harmful varieties.  Ordinary fungi do  not
 	attack or defend themselves, but  they are prolific and  can spread
 	where  unwanted.  Adventurers  who  have lost  rations  to  mold or
 	clothing to mildew have had unpleasant encounters with fungi.
 	Molds are a variety  of spore-producing fungi that form in decaying
 	food or in warm,  moist places. These fungi  usually have a  woolly
 	or  furry texture.  While most molds  are harmless,  there are some
 	that pose a deadly threat to adventurers.
 					 [ Monstrous Manual, by TSR, Inc. ]
 	And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
 	Again,  thou shalt say to  the children of Israel,  Whosoever he be
 	of the  children of  Israel, or  of the strangers  that sojourn  in
 	Israel, that  giveth any of  his seed unto Molech;  he shall surely
 	be  put to  death: the  people of  the land  shall  stone him  with
 	stones.
 	And I will set my  face against that man, and will cut him off from
 	among his people;  because he hath given  of his seed unto  Molech,
 	to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
 	And if the  people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the
 	man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:
 	Then I will set my face against  that man, and against his  family,
 	and will  cut him  off, and  all that go  a whoring  after him,  to
 	commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
 						      [ Leviticus, 20:1-5 ]
 	... the Mumak  of Harad was indeed  a beast  of vast bulk, and  the
 	like of him  does not walk now in  Middle-Earth; his kin  that live
 	still  in latter days are but memories of his girth and majesty. On
 	he  came, ...  his great legs  like trees,  enormous sail-like ears
 	spread out,  long  snout upraised  like  a  huge serpent  about  to
 	strike, his small red  eyes raging. His upturned hornlike tusks ...
 	dripped with blood.
 				      [ The Two Towers, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
 	Mummies are corpses native to dry desert areas, where the dead  are
 	entombed by a precess  known as mummification. When their tombs are
 	disturbed,  the corpses become  animated into a weird unlife state,
 	whose  unholy hatred  of life causes  them to  attack living things
 	without mercy. Mummies  are usually  clothed in  rotting strips  of
 	linen.
 					 [ Monstrous Manual, by TSR, Inc. ]
 	The  naga is a mystical creature  with the body  of a snake and the
 	head of a  man or woman. They  will fiercely protect the  territory
 	they  consider their own.  Some nagas  can be forced  to serve as a
 	guardian by a spell caster of great power.
 	A  Japanese pole-arm, fitted with a curved  single-edged blade. The
 	blades ranged in  length from two to  four feet, mounted on  shafts
 	about four to five feet long. The  naginata were cut with a  series
 	of short grooves near  to the tang,  above which the back  edge was
 	thinned, but not sharpened,  so that the greater part  of the blade
 	was a  flattened diamond  shape in  section. Seen  in profile,  the
 	curve  is  slight or  non-existent  near  the tang,  becoming  more
 	pronounced towards the point.

 	"With his naginata he  killed five, but  with the sixth it  snapped
 	asunder  in the midst  and, flinging  it away,  he drew  his sword,
 	wielding it  in the zigzag  style, the interlacing, cross, reversed
 	dragonfly, waterwheel,  and eight-sides-at-once  styles of  fencing
 	and cutting down  eight men; but as he  brought down the ninth with
 	a mighty blow on the helmet, the blade snapped at the hilt."
 		  [ Story of Tsutsui no Jomio Meishu, from Tales of Heike ]
 	Not only do these demons, which are of type  IV, do physical damage
 	with their claws and bite, but they  are capable of using magic  as
 	well.
 	Nalzok   is  Moloch's   cunning   and  unfailingly   loyal   battle
 	lieutenant, to whom he  trusts the command of warfare when  he does
 	not wish to exercise it himself. Nalzok is a  major demon, known to
 	command  the undead.  He is hungry  for power,  and secretly covets
 	Moloch's position. Moloch doesn't trust  him, but, trusting his own
 	power enough, chooses to take no action for now.
 	Neanderthal.  1.  Valley  between  Duesseldorf  and   Elberfeld  in
 	Germany, where  an ancient skull of  a prehistoric  race was found.
 	2. Human(oid) of the race mentioned above.
 	(kinds  of) small animal, like  a lizard, which spends  most of its
 	time in the water.
 		       [ Oxford's Student's Dictionary of Current English ]
 	A Japanese broadsword.
 	The  Norns were  the three Norse  Fates, or the  goddesses of fate.
 	Female  giants, they  brought the wonderful  Golden Age  to an end.
 	They cast lots  over the cradle of  every child that was born,  and
 	placed gifts  in the cradle. Their  names were  Urda, Verdandi, and
 	Skuld, representing the past,  the present and the future. Urda and
 	Verdandi  were kindly  disposed, but  Skuld was  cruel and  savage.
 	Their  tasks were to sew the web of fate,  to water the sacred ash,
 	Yggdrasil, and  to keep it in good condition by placing fresh earth
 	around it daily. In  her fury, Skuld often spoiled the work  of her
 	sisters by tearing the web to shreds.
 		   [ The Encyclopaedia of Myths and Legends of All Nations,
 			      by Herbert Spencer Robinson and Knox Wilson ]
 	A Japanese flail.
 	A  female  creature  from  Roman  and Greek  mythology,  the  nymph
 	occupied  rivers, forests, ponds,  etc. A  nymph's beauty is beyond
 	words: an ever-young woman  with sleek figure and long, thick hair,
 	radiant skin  and  perfect teeth,  full  lips  and gentle  eyes.  A
 	nymph's scent is delightful, and  her long robe glows,  hemmed with
 	golden  threads and  embroidered  with  rainbow hues  of  unearthly
 	magnificence. A  nymph's demeanour  is graceful  and charming,  her
 	mind quick and witty.
 	Odin. Also  called Sigtyr  (god of Victory), Val-father  (father of
 	the  slain), One-Eyed,  Hanga-god (god  of  the Hanged),  Farma-god
 	(god of  cargoes), Hapta-god (god of  prisoners), and  Othin. He is
 	the prime god of the Norsemen: god  of war and victory, wisdom  and
 	prophecy, poetry, the dead, air and wind, hospitality, and magic.
 	As the  god of  war and victory,  Odin is  ruler of the  Valkyries,
 	warrior-maidens who lived in the  halls of Valhalla in  Asgard, the
 	hall  of dead  heroes where he  held his  court. These  chosen ones
 	will defend the realm  of the gods against the Frost Giants  on the
 	final day of reckoning, Ragnarok.
 	As  god of the wind, Odin rides through the air on his eight-footed
 	horse,  Sleipnir, wielding Gungner, his spear, normally accompanied
 	by  his ravens,  Hugin and  Munin,  who he  would  also use  as his
 	spies.
 	As a god of hospitality, he enjoyed visiting the  earth in disguise
 	to  see how people were  behaving and to  see how  they would treat
 	him, not knowing who he was.
 	Odin is usually represented as a one-eyed wise old  man with a long
 	white beard and  a wide-brimmed  hat (he gave  one of  his eyes  to
 	Mimir, the guardian  of the well of wisdom  in Hel, in exchange for
 	a draught of knowledge).
 	Any one who has once met a  gluttonous, nude, angry ogre, will  not
 	easily  forget this encounter - if he survives it at all. Both male
 	and  female ogres  can easily grow  as tall as  three metres. Build
 	and facial expression would remind one of a Neanderthal.
 	Its  small, pointy,  keen  teeth  are striking.  Since  ogres avoid
 	direct sunlight,  their  ragged, unfurry  skin  is  as white  as  a
 	sheet.  They enjoy  coating their body  with lard  and usually wear
 	nothing but a loin-cloth.  An elf would smell its rancid  stench at
 	ten metres distance.
 	Ogres are  solitary creatures:  very  rarely  one may  encounter  a
 	female with two or three  young. They are the only  real carnivores
 	among   the  humanoids,   and   its  favourite   meal  is   -   not
 	surprisingly  -  human  flesh. They  sometimes  ally  with orcs  or
 	goblins, but only when they anticipate a good meaty meal.
 			   [ het Boek van de Regels; Het Oog des Meesters ]
 	These giant amoeboid creatures look like nothing  more than puddles
 	of  slime, but they both live and move, feeding on metal or wood as
 	well as the occasional dungeon explorer to supplement their diet.
 	The oracle of Delphi:  a priestess of Apolloon, known  by the Greek
 	as the Puthia. Seated on a tripod  above a chasm, stupefied by  its
 	sulphurous  vapours, she  emitted  incoherent  sounds, which  other
 	priests translated into predictions (usually in rhyme).  One of her
 	most famous oracles was given to Croesus (q.v.).
 		      [ Van Dale's Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal ]
 	This Orb is a crystal ball  of exceptional powers. When carried, it
 	grants ESP, limits damage  done by spells to half what  it normally
 	would  be,  and  protects  the carrier  from  magic  missiles. When
 	invoked, it allows the carrier to become invisible.
 	Some  say that  Odin  himself created  this ancient  crystal  ball,
 	although  others  argue  that Loki  created  it  and forged  Odin's
 	signature on the  bottom. In any case,  it is a powerful  artifact.
 	Anyone who  carries  it is  granted the  gift of  warning, and  all
 	damage,  spell and  physical  alike, is  reduced  by half.  It also
 	gives luck to  whoever uses it.  Finally, when  invoked it has  the
 	power to teleport the invoker between levels.
 	Orcs,  bipeds  with  a humanoid  appearance,  are  related  to  the
 	goblins,  but much  bigger and more  dangerous. The  average orc is
 	only moderately intelligent, has broad, muscled  shoulders, a short
 	neck, a  sloping forehead and a thick, dark,  fur. Their lower eye-
 	teeth  are pointing  forward, like a  boar's ones.  Female orcs are
 	more  lightly built  and bare-chested.  Not  needing any  clothing,
 	they do like to dress in variegated apparels.
 	Suspicious by nature, orcs live  in tribes or hordes. They  tend to
 	live  underground  as  well  as  above  ground  (but  they  dislike
 	sunlight).  Orcs can  use all weapons,  tools and  armours that are
 	used  by men.  Since they  don't have  the talent to  fashion these
 	themselves, they  are constantly hunting for them. There is nothing
 	a horde of orcs cannot use.
 			   [ het Boek van de Regels; Het Oog des Meesters ]
 	Elrond knew all  about runes of every  kind. That day he looked  at
 	the swords  they had  brought from the  trolls' lair, and  he said:
 	"These are  not troll-make. They are old swords, very old swords of
 	the High Elves of the West, my kin. They were made in Gondolin  for
 	the  Goblin-wars. They  must  have come  from  a dragon's  hoard or
 	goblin  plunder, for dragons  and goblins  destroyed that city many
 	ages ago. This, Thorin, the runes name Orcrist,  the Goblin-cleaver
 	in the ancient  tongue of Gondolin;  it was  a famous blade.  This,
 	Gandalf, was Glamdring, Foe-hammer that  the king of  Gondolin once
 	wore. Keep them well!"
 					  [ The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
 	Orcus,  Prince of the Undead, has a rams head and a poison stinger.
 	He is  most feared, though, for  his powerful  magic abilities. His
 	wand causes death to those he chooses.
 	The osaku is a small tool for picking locks.
 	Owlbears are probably the crossbred  creation of a demented wizard;
 	given  the lethality of this creation, it  is quite likely that the
 	wizard  who created  them is  no longer  alive. As  the name  might
 	already  suggest, owlbears  are a cross  between a giant  owl and a
 	bear. The are covered with fur and feathers.
 	The elves  of long  ago created  this powerful  crystal ball.  When
 	carried,  it  grants  ESP, regeneration,  and  reduces  all  damage
 	caused by  spells to one-half  of what it  would normally be.  When
 	invoked, it tames creatures in its vicinity.
 	Pelias  is a  compassionate man, proficient  in the  ways of magic,
 	seeking to fight  the ways of evil. To  this cause, he has recently
 	joined the Duali Tribe.
 	Ye Piercer  doth look like unto a  stalactyte, and hangeth from the
 	roofs of caves and  caverns. Unto the height of a man,  and thicker
 	than a man's thigh do  they grow, and in groups do they hang.  If a
 	creature  doth pass beneath them,  they will by its  heat and noise
 	perceive it,  and fall upon it to kill and devour it, though in any
 	other way they move but exceeding slow.
 						  [ the Bestiary of Xygag ]
 	Pit fiends  are  among the  more  powerful  of devils,  capable  of
 	attacking twice with weapons as  well as grabbing and  crushing the
 	life out of those unwary enough to enter their domains.
 	This is an  ancient artifact  made of  an unknown  material. It  is
 	rectangular  in shape,  very thin,  and  inscribed with  unreadable
 	ancient runes. When carried, if grants the  one who carries it ESP,
 	and reduces  all physical damage  done to the  carrier by half.  It
 	also  protects from magic  missile attacks.  Finally, its  power is
 	such that when invoked, it can charge other objects.
 	Poseido(o)n, lord of the seas  and father of rivers  and fountains,
 	was the  son of  Chronos and  Rhea, brother of  Zeus, Hades,  Hera,
 	Hestia and Demeter.  His rank of ruler of  the waves he received by
 	lot at  the Council  Meeting of the  Gods, at  which Zeus took  the
 	upper world for himself  and gave dominion over the  lower world to
 	Hades.
 	Poseidon is associated  in many ways  with horses and  thus is  the
 	god of  horses. He taught man how to ride and  manage the animal he
 	invented and  is looked upon as  the originator  and guardian deity
 	of horse races.
 	His  symbol is  the familiar  trident  or three-pronged  spear with
 	which  he can  split rocks, cause  or quell  storms, and  shake the
 	earth, a  power which  makes him  the god of  earthquakes as  well.
 	Physically, he is shown as a strong and powerful ruler,  every inch
 	a king.
 		   [ The Encyclopaedia of Myths and Legends of All Nations,
 			      by Herbert Spencer Robinson and Knox Wilson ]
 	Known under  various other  names (Nu,  Neph, Cenubis,  Amen-Kneph,
 	Khery-Bakef),  Ptah is the creator god  and god of craftsmen. He is
 	usually depicted  as wearing a closely  fitting robe  with only his
 	hands  free.  His  most distinctive  features  are  the  invariable
 	skull-cap exposing only his face  and ears, and the _was_ or rod of
 	domination which he holds,  consisting of a staff surmounted by the
 	_ankh_  symbol of  life. He is  otherwise symbolized  by his sacred
 	animal, the bull.
 	A gargantuan  version of the  harmless rain-worm,  the purple  worm
 	poses  a huge  threat to  the ordinary  adventurer. It is  known to
 	swallow  whole and  digest its victims  within only  a few minutes.
 	These  worms  are  always  on  guard,  sensitive  to  the  minutest
 	vibrations  in the  earth, but  may also  be  awakened by  a remote
 	shriek.
 	The  woodlands and  other  regions are  inhabited by  multitudes of
 	four-legged creatures  which  cannot  be  simply  classified.  They
 	might not have fiery  breath or deadly stings, but adventurers have
 	nevertheless  met  their  end numerous  times  due  to  the  claws,
 	hooves, or bites of such animals.
 	These  creatures are not native to this universe; they seem to have
 	strangely derived powers, and unknown motives.
 	Quasits are the chaotic counterparts  to imps. Like imps,  they are
 	diminutive creatures of an  evil nature who roam the world  and act
 	as familiars for evil wizards and priests. The average quasit is  a
 	2-inch high humanoid with leathery, bat-like wings,  a barbed tail,
 	and  sharp, twisted horns. Its  skin is a  dark red,  and its horns
 	and  jagged teeth  are a gleaming  white. They  are rumoured  to be
 	able to assume the forms  of animals, and to have a toxic venom  on
 	their claws.
 			     [ 2nd ed. Monstrous Compendium, by TSR, Inc. ]
 	Quetzalcoatl,  or the  feathered serpent, is  one of  the four suns
 	which are manifestations of  the Aztec sun  god Tezcatlipoca.  Some
 	of  his other names  are White Tezcatlipoca, Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli,
 	and  nine-wind.  The heroic  creator  of  the  Aztecs,  he is  also
 	identified  as the  god  of  the wind.  According  to one  of  many
 	traditions  he fashioned mankind  from his  own blood  and provided
 	food by  turning himself  into an  ant so as  to steal  a grain  of
 	maize which the ants had hidden inside a mountain.
 				[ Encyclopedia of Gods, by Michael Jordan ]
 	Raiden  is  the god  of  thunder  and the  patron  of fletchers.  A
 	constant  companion  of  Susanoo's he  loves  nothing  better  than
 	beating his drums  while the storm  god rages. When  he wishes,  he
 	can  beat these drums  so loudly  that they act  as drums of panic.
 	Raiden is fond of eating human flesh, and receives  a meal any time
 	a  man is slain by an arrow. He can send a lightning bolt to attack
 	any  being  on earth.  In  his  true  form,  Raiden has  a  horned,
 	grotesque head and long, vicious looking claws.
 					 [ Legends and Lore, by TSR, inc. ]
 	Rats are long-tailed rodents. They are  aggressive, omnivorous, and
 	adaptable, often carrying diseases.
 	The  rock  mole  is the  size  of  a small  dog.  It  is  a rodent,
 	distantly related to beavers; it is hairless, with a huge head  and
 	large spadelike teeth. Most  specimens have six legs, but some have
 	eight and a few rare creatures have  ten. The creature's hide is  a
 	very light yellow -  almost colourless - and resembles very pliable
 	leather. Its  brown eyes  are very  small and  set close  together,
 	each being  heavily protected  by surrounding  ridges of bone.  Its
 	jaws  are unusually large, allowing it to eat through rock and hard
 	metal with ease,  including the equipment which unwary  adventurers
 	have left about the dungeon floor.  Often, a single rock mole  will
 	be able to leave  a dungeon a  maze of chewed-out corridors  by the
 	time it is located and slain.
 			     [ 2nd ed. Monstrous Compendium, by TSR, Inc. ]
 	The rothe (pronounced roth-AY) is  a musk ox-like creature  with an
 	aversion to light. It prefers  to live underground near  lichen and
 	moss.
 	These strange creatures live on a diet of metals.  They will turn a
 	suit of armour  into so  much useless rusted  scrap in  no time  at
 	all.
 	Japanese rice wine.
 	An  ape-like humanoid  native to  densely  forested mountains,  the
 	sasquatch is  also known as "bigfoot".  Normally benign and  rarely
 	seen, this creature  is reputed to be  a relative of the  ferocious
 	yeti.
 	This quarterstaff was created aeons  ago in some unknown  cave, and
 	has been passed down from  generation to generation of  cavemen. It
 	is a very mighty  quarterstaff indeed, and in addition will protect
 	anyone who carries it  from magic missile attacks. When invoked, it
 	causes conflict in the area around it.
 	A   sub-species  of  the  spider   (_Scorpionidae_),  the  scorpion
 	distinguishes itself from them by having a  lower body that ends in
 	a  long, jointed  tail  tapering to  a  poisonous sting.  They have
 	eight legs and pincers.
 		      [ Van Dale's Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal ]
 	Shades  are  shadowy,  undead creatures,  with  a  chilling  touch.
 	According to most knowledgeable  sages, shadows appear to have been
 	magically created, perhaps as  part of some ancient curse laid upon
 	some  long-dead  enemy. The  curse  affects only  humanoids, so  it
 	would  seen that  it affects  the  soul or  spirit. When  a shade's
 	victim is  slain, the majority  of his  essence is  shifted to  the
 	Negative  Material plane.  Only  a  shadow  of  their  former  self
 	remains on the Prime Material plane, and  the transformation always
 	renders the victim both terribly insane and undeniable evil.
 					 [ Monstrous Manual, by TSR, Inc. ]
 	Making his  quarters in the Caves  of the  Ancestors, Shaman Karnov
 	unceasingly tries  to shield his  neanderthal people from  Tiamat's
 	minions' harassments.
 	The  chinese god of  Mountains and  Seas, also  the name of  an old
 	book (also Shan Hai Tjing), the  book of mountains and seas,  which
 	handles about  the monster  Kung Kung  trying to  seize power  from
 	Yao, the fourth emperor.
 				       [ Spectrum Atlas van de Mythologie ]
 	A Japanese stabbing knife.
 	Skeletons  are  magically  operated  undead  monsters,  created  as
 	guardians or warriors by  powerful evil magic users. They appear to
 	have  no  ligaments  or musculature  which  would  allow  movement.
 	Instead,  the  (usually   humanoid)  bones  are  magically   joined
 	together  when the  skeleton  is created.  They  have no  eyes, nor
 	internal organs, and one can usually see right through them.
 	Now the serpent was more subtil than  any beast of the field  which
 	the Lord  God had made. And he  said unto the  woman, Yea, hath God
 	said, Ye shall not  eat of every tree of the garden? And  the woman
 	said unto the  serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the
 	garden:  But of the fruit of the tree which  is in the midst of the
 	garden, God  hath said, Ye  shall not eat of  it, neither shall  ye
 	touch it, lest  ye die.  And the serpent  said unto  the woman,  Ye
 	shall not surely  die: For  God doth know  that in the  day ye  eat
 	thereof, then your eyes  shall be opened, and ye shall be  as gods,
 	knowing  good and evil. And  when the woman  saw that  the tree was
 	good for food,  and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to
 	be  desired to make  one wise,  she took of  the fruit thereof, and
 	did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
 	And the  Lord God said unto the  woman, What is this that thou hast
 	done? And the  woman said, The serpent beguiled  me, and I did eat.
 	And  the Lord  God said  unto the  serpent, Because thou  hast done
 	this, thou art  cursed above all  cattle, and above every  beast of
 	the field; upon thy  belly shalt thou  go, and dust shalt  thou eat
 	all the  days of thy  life: And I will put  enmity between thee and
 	the woman, and between thy seed and  her seed; it shall bruise  thy
 	head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
 						   [ Genesis, 3:1-6,13-15 ]
 	Ah, never shall I forget the cry,
 	   or the shriek that shrieked he,
 	As I gnashed my teeth, and from my sheath
 	   I drew my Snickersnee!
 	- Koko, Lord high executioner of Titipu
 					[ The Mikado, by Sir W.S. Gilbert ]
 	The  soldiers of Yendor  are well-trained  in the art  of war, many
 	trained by the Wizard  himself. Some say the soldiers are explorers
 	who  were unfortunate  enough  to be  captured,  and put  under the
 	Wizard's spell.  Those who have  survived encounters with  soldiers
 	say  they travel  together in  platoons, and  are fierce  fighters.
 	Because  of the load of their combat gear, however, one can usually
 	run away from them, and doing so is considered a wise thing.
 	Solonor  Thelandira  is  the elven  god  of  hunting,  archery, and
 	survival in  wild and  harsh places.  In his latter  aspect, he  is
 	worshipped by no few  elven fighters, in addition to those rangers,
 	hunters,  and  woodsmen  who  revere  him.  Solonor  has a  primary
 	concern with  the integrity  of nature,  with  the balance  between
 	exploitation and agriculture on  the one hand and fallow, wild, and
 	undeveloped  terrains on  the other.  His skills of  bowmanship are
 	said to be unequalled by any being.
 					 [ Monster Mythology, by TSR inc. ]
 	Spiders are  aggressive predators,  living above as  well as  below
 	ground.  They have eight legs,  and many spin webs  for the capture
 	of other creatures as food. Most are poisonous.
 	This staff is  considered sacred to all healers,  as it truly holds
 	the powers of  life an death.  When wielded,  it protects its  user
 	from all life draining attacks,  and additionally gives him  or her
 	the power of regeneration. When invoked, it will heal the invoker.
 	The  invisible stalker  is a creature  from the  elemental plane of
 	Air. For  the benefit of  the reader,  a detailed ASCII  drawing of
 	this creature is provided below:
 	There was  the usual  dim grey  light of the  forest-day about  him
 	when  he came to  his senses.  The spider lay  dead beside him, and
 	his sword-blade  was  stained  black. Somehow  the  killing of  the
 	giant  spider, all alone  and by  himself in  the dark  without the
 	help of the wizard  or the dwarves or of  anyone else, made a great
 	difference  to Mr.  Baggins. He felt  a different  person, and much
 	fiercer and bolder  in spite of an empty  stomach, as he  wiped his
 	sword on the grass and put it back into its sheath.
 	"I will  give you  a name," he  said to it,  "and I shall  call you
 	Sting."
 					  [ The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
 	The Shinto chthonic and weather god and brother of the sun  goddess
 	Amaterasu, he  was born from the nose of the primordial creator god
 	izanagi and  represents the physical, material  world. He has  been
 	expelled from heaven and taken up residence on earth.
 				[ Encyclopedia of Gods, by Michael Jordan ]
 	They say that cutting a worm in two may cut it into two.
 	Samurai plate armour of the Yamato period (300-710 A.D.).
 	The tengu  was the  most troublesome  creature of Japanese  legend.
 	Part bird  and part  man, with  red beak  for a  nose and  flashing
 	eyes, the tengu was  notorious for stirring up feuds and prolonging
 	enmity  between  families.  Indeed,  the  belligerent  tengus  were
 	supposed to have been man's first instructors in the use of arms.
 				       [ Mythical Beasts, by Deirdre Headon
 						 (The Leprechaun Library) ]
 	The Egyptian god of the moon and wisdom, Thoth  is the parton deity
 	of  scribes and  of knowledge,  including  scientific, medical  and
 	mathematic  writing, and is  said to have given  mankind the art of
 	hieroglyphic writing. Hi is  important as a mediator and counsellor
 	amongst  the  gods and  is  the  scribe  of  the Heliopolis  Ennead
 	pantheon. According to mythology, he  was born from the head of the
 	god Seth.  He may  be depicted in  human form with  the head  of an
 	ibis, wholly as an ibis, or as  a seated baboon sometimes with  its
 	torso covered  in feathers. His  attributes include  a crown  which
 	consists of a crescent moon surmounted by a moon disc.
 	Thoth  is  generally  regarded  as  a  benign  deity.  He  is  also
 	scrupulously fair and is responsible  not only for entering  in the
 	record the souls who pass to afterlife, but of  adjudicating in the
 	Hall of the Two Truths.  The Pyramid Texts reveal a violent side of
 	his  nature by  which he decapitates  the adversaries  of truth and
 	wrenches out their hearts.
 				[ Encyclopedia of Gods, by Michael Jordan ]
 	Thoth Amon is an evil wizard from Robert E.  Howard's Conan series.
 	He was one of the far eastern wizards that had it out for Conan.
 	1. A  well-known tropical predator (_Felis  tigris_): a feline.  It
 	has a yellowish skin with  darker spots or stripes.  2. Figurative:
 	_a  paper  tiger_, something  that is  meant to  scare, but  has no
 	really scaring  effect whatsoever  (after  a  statement by  Mao  Ze
 	Dong, August 1946).
 		      [ Van Dale's Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal ]
 	Gaea, mother earth, arose from the Chaos and gave  birth to Uranus,
 	heaven, who became  her consort. Uranus  hated all  their children,
 	because he  feared they  might challenge his  own authority.  Those
 	children, the Titans, the Gigantes and the Cyclopes,  were banished
 	to the nether  world. Their enraged  mother eventually released the
 	youngest titan, Chronos  (time), and encouraged him to castrate his
 	father and rule  in his place. Later, he  too was challenged by his
 	own son, Zeus, and he and his fellow titans  were ousted from mount
 	Olympus.
 				    [ Greek Mythology, by Richard Patrick ]
 	The road from Ankh-Morpork  to Chrim is high, white and  winding, a
 	thirty-league  stretch  of  potholes  and  half-buried  rocks  that
 	spirals  around  mountains  and  dips into  cool  green  valleys of
 	citrus trees, crosses liana-webbed gorges on  creaking rope bridges
 	and is generally more picturesque than useful.
 	Picturesque.  That was  a new word  to Rincewind  the wizard (BMgc,
 	Unseen University [failed]). It was  one of a number he had  picked
 	up since  leaving the  charred  ruins of  Ankh-Morpork. Quaint  was
 	another  one.  Picturesque   meant  -  he  decided  after   careful
 	observation of the scenery  that inspired Twoflower to use the word
 	-  that the  landscape was horribly precipitous.  Quaint, when used
 	to  describe the  occasional  village  through which  they  passed,
 	meant fever-ridden and tumbledown.
 	Twoflower was  a tourist,  the first  ever seen  on the  discworld.
 	Tourist, Rincewind had decided, meant "idiot".
 				[ The Colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett ]
 	The trapper is found  only in caves  and other dark places.  It can
 	alter its shape to be  almost undetectable. When prey  wanders upon
 	a trapper, its edges rise up and wrap around the victim.
 					 [ Monstrous Manual, by TSR, Inc. ]
 	Trolls may  be classified somewhere between humans and giants. They
 	can  grow as tall as 4  metres and are very raggedly built. As they
 	age,  their grey-brownish,  leathery skin  can  become very  thick,
 	almost like  bark. Trolls like  to dress up  in animal furs;  their
 	grey,  felt-like hairs of the head  and beard often reach far below
 	the  shoulders.  They  prefer  living   in  holes,  but   are  also
 	encountered  in forests  and under  bridges. They  lead  a solitary
 	life,  are often out of temper, and  have a tendency to melancholy.
 	It is rumoured that when  they grow older (somewhere  between their
 	170-est and 230-est year), they  develop a certain sense  of humour
 	and may  be  entertained  by crude  jokes. None  the  less, even  a
 	benignant troll should be  approached with care. To a troll, "pity"
 	is a four-letter-word.
 			   [ het Boek van de Regels; Het Oog des Meesters ]
 	The tsurugi, also known as the long samurai sword, is an  extremely
 	sharp, two-handed  blade favoured  by the  samurai. It  is made  of
 	hardened  steel,  and  is manufactured  using  a  special  process,
 	causing it to never  rust. The tsurugi  is rumoured to be  so sharp
 	that it can occasionally cut opponents in half!
 	This most  ancient  of swords  has  been  passed down  through  the
 	leadership of  the Samurai  legions for  hundreds of  years. It  is
 	said to grant luck to its wielder,  but its main power is  terrible
 	to behold. It has the capability to cut in half  any creature it is
 	wielded against, instantly killing that creature.
 	"Rincewind!"
 	Twoflower sprang  off the  bed. The wizard  jumped back,  wrenching
 	his features into a smile.
 	"My dear chap, right  on time! We'll just have lunch, and  than I'm
 	sure  you've   got  a  wonderful   programme  lined   up  for  this
 	afternoon!"
 	"Er -"
 	"That's great!"
 	Rincewind took a deep  breath. "Look," he  said desperately, "let's
 	eat somewhere else. There's been a bit of a fight down below."
 	"A tavern brawl? Why didn't you wake me up?"
 	"Well, you see, I - _what_?"
 	"I  thought I made myself clear this  morning, Rincewind. I want to
 	see  genuine Morporkian  life - the  slave market,  the Whore Pits,
 	the  Temple of  Small  Gods, the  Beggar's  Guild... and  a genuine
 	tavern  brawl."  A  faint note  of  suspicion  entered  Twoflower's
 	voice. "You  _do_ have them, don't  you? You  know, people swinging
 	on chandelier, swordfights over the  table, the sort of  thing Hrun
 	the Barbarian  and the Weasel are  always getting  involved in. You
 	know - _excitement_."
 				[ The Colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett ]
 	Tyaa is a  force of  evil and chaos.  She chooses  to manifest  her
 	powers through the actions of  malicious birds. She has  created an
 	offshoot of the  raven that is both  smarter and stronger than  its
 	ancestral  cousin. It  should be noted  that, while  she prefers to
 	employ the Birds  of Tyaa,  she is perfectly  capable of using  any
 	carnivorous bird  to do her  will on  Nehwon. The city  of Lankhmar
 	has always been her  favourite because she has the most worshippers
 	in this place.
 	Tyaa's  cult  has been  banned  in  Lankhmar  because  of its  evil
 	teachings  and  ways. This  has  only  caused  the  movement to  go
 	underground and to other  cities. There are several large caches of
 	diamonds  and  jewels   hidden  in  several  abandoned  manors   in
 	Lankhmar. The high priestess of  the cult knows of  these locations
 	and will use these riches to support the cult and make it grow.
 					 [ Legends and Lore, by TSR, inc. ]
 	Tyr (also known as Tiwaz, Ziu or Saxnot), the son of Odin, was  the
 	god  of  war  and   athletic  activities.  Tyr  was  a  shining  or
 	glistening  god. His Anglo-Saxon  name was Tiw or  Tiu, and the day
 	set apart for him, Tiwes daeg, gives us our Tuesday.
 	Tyr's right hand was  bitten off in a terrific  struggle by Fenrir,
 	one of Loki's offspring, a monster  wolf. In the last and  greatest
 	battle  (Ragnarok), Tyr  killed -  and was  killed by  -  Garm, the
 	hell-hound guarding the Gnipa Cave.
 	Wrestlers, fighters, runners  and other athletes  called on Tyr for
 	aid.
 		   [ The Encyclopaedia of Myths and Legends of All Nations,
 			      by Herbert Spencer Robinson and Knox Wilson ]
 	Umber  hulks are  powerful subterranean  predators whose  iron-like
 	claws allow  them to burrow through solid  stone in search of prey.
 	They are  tremendously strong: muscles  bulge beneath their  thick,
 	scaly hides  and  their powerful  arms  and  legs all  carry  great
 	claws.
 	Men have always sought  the elusive unicorn, for the single twisted
 	horn  which  projected  from  its  forehead  was  thought  to  be a
 	powerful talisman. It was said  that the unicorn had simply  to dip
 	the tip of its horn in a  muddy pool for the water to  become pure.
 	Men also  believed that to  drink from this  horn was a  protection
 	against all sickness, and that if the  horn was ground to a  powder
 	it  would act as  an antidote  to all poisons.  Less than 200 years
 	ago in France,  the horn  of a unicorn  was used  in a ceremony  to
 	test the royal food for poison.
 	Although  only the size  of a  small horse,  the unicorn is  a very
 	fierce beast, capable of killing  an elephant with a  single thrust
 	from  its horn.  Its  fleetness of  foot  also makes  this solitary
 	creature  difficult  to  capture.  However,  it  can  be tamed  and
 	captured by  a maiden. Made  gentle by the sight  of a virgin,  the
 	unicorn  can be  lured to  lay its  head in  her lap,  and in  this
 	docile mood, the maiden may secure it with a golden rope.
 				       [ Mythical Beasts, by Deirdre Headon
 						 (The Leprechaun Library) ]
 	The  Valkyries  were  the  thirteen  choosers  of  the  slain,  the
 	beautiful warrior-maids of Odin who  rode through the air  and over
 	the sea. They watched  the progress of the battle and  selected the
 	heroes  who  were to  fall  fighting.  After  they  were dead,  the
 	maidens rewarded  the heroes  by kissing  them and  then led  their
 	souls  to Valhalla,  where the warriors  lived happily  in an ideal
 	existence, drinking and eating without restraint  and fighting over
 	again the battles  in which  they died and  in which  they had  won
 	their deathless fame.
 		   [ The Encyclopaedia of Myths and Legends of All Nations,
 			      by Herbert Spencer Robinson and Knox Wilson ]
 	The  Oxford English Dictionary is quite unequivocal: _vampire_ - "a
 	preternatural  being of  a malignant  nature  (in the  original and
 	usual form  of the belief, a  reanimated corpse),  supposed to seek
 	nourishment, or do harm,  by sucking the blood of sleeping persons.
 	..."
 	Where normal bats (and even their  giant counterparts) usually  are
 	nothing but  annoying pests, the vampire  bat can  pose a dangerous
 	threat to the unsuspecting adventurer.  As its name implies,  it is
 	quite fond of uncovered necks and loves to pet them.
 	Swirling  clouds  of  pure elemental  energies,  the  vortices  are
 	thought  to  be  related  to  the  larger  elementals.  Though  the
 	vortices do no damage  when touched, they are noted for  being able
 	to envelop unwary travellers.  The hapless fool thus swallowed by a
 	vortex will soon perish  from exposure to the element the vortex is
 	composed of.
 	The vrock is  one of the weaker forms  of demon, being only a  type
 	I.  It resembles a cross  between a human  being and  a vulture and
 	does physical damage  by biting and by using  the claws on both its
 	arms and feet.
 	The samurai warrior  traditionally wears two swords; the  wakizashi
 	is the shorter of the two. See also katana.
 	Suddenly Aragorn  leapt  to his  feet.  "How  the wind  howls!"  he
 	cried. "It  is howling with wolf-voices.  The Wargs  have come west
 	of the Mountains!"
 	"Need  we wait until morning then?" said Gandalf. "It is as I said.
 	The hunt  is up! Even if we live to see the dawn, who now will wish
 	to journey south by night with the wild wolves on his trail?"
 	"How far is Moria?" asked Boromir.
 	"There was  a door south-west of  Caradhras, some  fifteen miles as
 	the crow  flies,  and maybe  twenty  as  the wolf  runs,"  answered
 	Gandalf grimly.
 	"Then let  us start as soon  as it is  light tomorrow, if we  can,"
 	said Boromir. "The wolf that one hears  is worse than the orc  that
 	one fears."
 	"True!"  said Aragorn,  loosening his  sword  in  its sheath.  "But
 	where the warg howls, there also the orc prowls."
 			  [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]

 	Wargs are  an offspring of  dire wolf  stock that  have attained  a
 	degree  of intelligence  and a tendency  toward evil.  Wargs have a
 	primitive language and often serve as mounts of goblins.
 					 [ Monstrous Manual, by TSR, Inc. ]
 	Although their brethren are usually found  elsewhere, a few  demons
 	prefer  the cold  waters  of  the Dungeon  of  Doom  above life  in
 	Hell...
 	"Sam!" he  called. "Pippin! Merry! come  along! Why  don't you keep
 	up?"
 	   ...
 	"Where are you?" he cried again, both angry and afraid.
 	"Here!"  said a voice,  deep and  cold, that seemed  to come out of
 	the ground. "I am waiting for you!"
 	"No!" said Frodo; but  he did not run away.  His knees gave, and he
 	fell  on the  ground.  Nothing happened,  and  there was  no sound.
 	Trembling he  looked up, in  time to see a tall  dark figure like a
 	shadow against  the stars.  It leaned  over him.  He thought  there
 	were two eyes,  very cold though lit with  a pale light that seemed
 	to  come from some remote distance. Then a grip stronger and colder
 	than  iron  seized him.  The  icy  touch froze  his  bones, and  he
 	remembered no more.

 	When  he came  to  himself again,  for  a  moment he  could  recall
 	nothing  except a sense of dread. Then suddenly he knew that he was
 	imprisoned, caught hopelessly;  he was in  a barrow. A Barrow-wight
 	had  taken him,  and  he was  probably  already under  the dreadful
 	spells  of the Barrow-wights about which whispered  tales spoke. He
 	dared not move, but lay as he  found himself: flat on his back upon
 	a cold stone with his hands on his breast.
 			  [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
 	The most dangerous member of  the species, the winter wolf is known
 	for  its great  size  and foul  disposition.  Living only  in chill
 	regions, they can unleash  a stream of frost from their  lungs. The
 	winter wolf is beautiful, with  glistening white or silver  fur and
 	eyes of pale blue or silver.
 					 [ Monstrous Manual, by TSR, Inc. ]
 	The Wizard  of  Balance holds  office  in  his hidden  tower,  only
 	reachable  by magical  means, where he teaches  his apprentices the
 	enigmatic skills of  occultism. He considers  himself a guardian of
 	the  equilibrium of  the  universe,  and goes  out  of  his way  to
 	promote stability.
 	No one  knows how  old this  mighty wizard  is, or  from whence  he
 	came. It is known  that, having lived  a span far greater  than any
 	normal  man's, he  grew weary of  lesser mortals;  and so, spurning
 	all human  company, he  forsook the dwellings  of men  and went  to
 	live  in  the depths  of  the Earth.  He took  with him  a dreadful
 	artifact, the Book of  the Dead, which is said to hold  great power
 	indeed. Many have  sought to find the wizard  and his treasure, but
 	none  have found  him and  lived to  tell the tale.  Woe be  to the
 	incautious adventurer who disturbs this mighty sorcerer!
 	The wolf is a  very active, cunning carnivore, capable of surviving
 	in nearly every  climate. Shrouded in  mystery and  suspicion, they
 	are viewed as vicious  killers that slaughter men and animals alike
 	tor the lack of better things to do.
 					 [ Monstrous Manual, by TSR, Inc. ]
 	Immediately, though  everything else  remained as  before, dim  and
 	dark, the shapes became  terribly clear. He was able to see beneath
 	their black wrappings. There  were five tall  figures: two standing
 	on  the lip  of the  dell, three  advancing. In  their white  faces
 	burned keen and merciless  eyes; under their mantles were long grey
 	robes;  upon  their grey  hairs  were  helms  of  silver; in  their
 	haggard hands were  swords of  steel. Their  eyes fell  on him  and
 	pierced  him, as  they rushed towards  him. Desperate,  he drew his
 	own sword,  and it seemed to  him that it  flickered red, as if  it
 	was a firebrand.  Two of the figures  halted. The third was  taller
 	than  the others: his hair  was long and  gleaming and  on his helm
 	was a crown. In one hand  he held a long sword, and in the other  a
 	knife; both the knife  and the hand that held it glowed with a pale
 	light. He sprang forward and bore down on Frodo.
 			  [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
 	They sent their  friend the  mosquito [xan] ahead  of them to  find
 	out what lay ahead. "Since  you are the one who  sucks the blood of
 	men  walking along  paths," they told  the mosquito,  "go and sting
 	the men of  Xibalba." The mosquito flew down  the dark road  to the
 	Underworld. Entering the house of the Lords of Death,  he stung the
 	first person that he saw...
 	The mosquito stung  this man as well, and  when he yelled,  the man
 	next  to him  asked,  "Gathered Blood,  what's  wrong?" So  he flew
 	along the row stinging  all the seated men until he knew  the names
 	of all twelve.
 			       [ Popul Vuh, as translated by Ralph Nelson ]
 	The  xorn are natives to  the elemental plane  of Earth. The xorn's
 	body is  made of a  pebbly, stone-like  material. It  has a  large,
 	powerful mouth  on top  of its head  with three  long arms,  tipped
 	with sharp  talons,  symmetrically  positioned  every  120  degrees
 	around it. Between the arms  are large, stone-lidded eyes  that see
 	in all directions. At  its base are  three thick, short legs,  each
 	directly beneath an eye.  The whole body is designed for burrowing,
 	mouth first.
 					 [ Monstrous Manual, by TSR, Inc. ]
 	The arrow of choice  of the samurai,  ya are made of  very straight
 	bamboo, and are tipped with hardened steel.
 	Yeenoghu, the demon lord of  gnolls, still exists although  all his
 	followers  have been  wiped off  the face  of the  earth. He  casts
 	magic projectiles at those close to him,  and a mere gaze into  his
 	piercing eyes may hopelessly confuse the battle-weary adventurer.
 	"I'd rather blow myself up than be killed!"
 	An  ape-like humanoid  native to  inaccessible  mountain tops,  the
 	yeti is also known as "the  abominable snowman". Whether or not the
 	title "man" is appropriate remains unknown.
 	Japanese  leather  archery  gloves.  Gloves  made   for  use  while
 	practising had  thumbs reinforced with horn. Those worn into battle
 	had thumbs reinforced with a double layer of leather.
 	The  samurai is  highly trained  with a  special type  of bow,  the
 	yumi. Like the  ya, the yumi is  made of bamboo. With the  yumi-ya,
 	the bow  and arrow, the samurai is an extremely accurate and deadly
 	warrior.
 	The zombi...  is a  soulless human  corpse, still  dead, but  taken
 	from the grave and endowed  by sorcery with a  mechanical semblance
 	of life, -  it is a  dead body  which is made  to walk and act  and
 	move as if it were alive.
 							  [ W.B. Seabrook ]
 	The zruty are wild  and gigantic beings, living in the wildernesses
 	of the Tatra mountains.
