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Note: Fifine's adventures are unfolding at a breakneck pace, and her world is a rich and complex one. As there is something new worthy of mention practically every week, this dictionary will likely always drag a little behind. Last updated: December 2nd, 2007 |
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Sources: BFB = Bammako's Fightings Belles, DFB = Drablavia's Fightings Belles, HFB = Horribles Fightings Belles, P = Photomaton, PO = Pretty Opposition, TSP = The Two-Seats Pyramid. Unspecified entries are from The Adventures of Fifine. |
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A-Senn. One of the fifty or so members of the human race left in the universe in the days of FIFINE. Like all other humans of that time, he is mostly brains and virtually immortal. Referred to as "Venerable", which might mean that he is the oldest of them all. [First appearance: page 233] See HOMO SAPIENS. |
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Aaron, Alice. One of Professor QUAMUS assistants during his EEWAZ-DRAOUN-BAYH-A-FUL dig. She narrowly escaped death with her boyfriend Denis ROOGA. [First appearance: page 36] Adytias. A SOLAR ERADICATOR class spaceship. |
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Airplanes. Aeronautical science has taken quite a different turn in Fifine's world, and aircrafts have a very distinctive look. See BANANZUPFLUG and MISS THINGUMMY. [First appearance: page 4] |
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Airport Guard. An elderly, pipe smoking, bespectacled mouse, whose misfortune it was to be watching the entrance of the main DRABLAVIAN airport on the night FIFINE and her friends tried to escape the country. [First appearance: page 128] |
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Akim. A handsome young squirrel, foster brother to ZZAIGG, who fell in love with FIFINE. Injured during SUNSCREEN's attack on Professor QUAMUS' encampment, he lost all memories of his former flame. [First appearance: page 16] Alexander Silverarm. A BABEL KNIGHT. |
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Andrew the Beautiful. A BABEL KNIGHT. Animah. A race of intelligent beings created by MAN, featuring a mix of human and EARTH animals characteristics. There were several separate versions, the ultimate - which ended up populating FIFINE's universe - was the Type Five. [First mention: page 226] |
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Archer. A high ranking DRABLAVIAN henchhorse of the mysterious Lord SIBERIUS. [First appearance: page 13] Atlantis. A fabled lost city, the location of which is known to FIFINE. [First mention: page 42] Axe of Drablavia. Title bestowed on General BARRAX by the former Kaiser of DRABLAVIA for twarting an assassination attempt against him. [First mention: page 86] |
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Babel, Tower of. A building of some kind, encountered by FIFINE during one of her many adventures. Possibly a leftover from the days of DABBEL. [First mention: page 20] |
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Babouin-la-fusée. [Rocket Baboon] The leader of a race of time-travelling cyborgs from an alternate future. He came back to the past as part of a scheme to conquer the universe, but his defeat at the hands of Paul HARGAULT erased his timeline. After many years of struggle, he eventually became Hargault's friend and ally. In 1909, he sold a robot to BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS for the purpose of killing the ZULU HUNTER, but was never paid at the time. [First appearance: page 90] |
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Baconmen. Described as being the best killers in the world, this all-pig nefarious association was still no match for Master BESERK. Probably sent at least once by Dr. OINK. [First appearance: page 77] |
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Balien, Georges-Etienne. A member of Master BESERK's team, with a somewhat excessive admiration for his leader. This ferret is a Rocket car pilot and president of the USA. The latter does not necessarily mean United States of America; but given the way things are in Fifine's world, it is still entirely possible. He has no compunction about kicking guys in the groin when fighting. [First appearance: page 47] |
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Bammako. A river in Africa, near which is a region where women greatly outnumber the men, and where FIFINE led an expedition in 1930 (BFB). Bananzupflug. A type of very large amphibious AIRPLANE that can also operate as a submarine. Loosely translated from German (or Drablavian?), the name means "Downward Flying Banana". It can fly over very long distances. See TRITON'S PLANE and Roland BLOODTHUNDER. [First appearance: page 140] |
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Bansheep. A sheep whose real name is Melissa Fetterolf. She has the powers of flight, intangibility and fright (PO). While apparently not an evil person per say, she nevertheless sided with the established government during the last DRABLAVIAN revolution. [First appearance: page 127] |
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Barra, Benita. The only known member of the SPHYNX tribe, something she was not aware of herself. A cold hearted killer, she was hired by BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS to execute Belzebuth BOUCHARD. She goes under the nickname of Miss Skin and may be currently living in Wyoming with Alexander ROYAL, with whom she fell in love. [First appearance: page 103] |
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Barrax, Joseph (General). A mangy old wolf, companion to FIFINE in most of her adventures and a complete rogue. Born in the village of SAINTE-CLAUDE, he had a rough childhood and ended up to be rather gross and vulgar. He has a deep hatred of skunks in general, brought upon by his captivity during the last war with OBVIUSK. Apparently sought by some as a war criminal, he often carries a crowbar as a cane. He has recently renewed with his old flame PALMA, and this may hopefully have a mellowing effect on his character. [First appearance: page 1] |
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Barrus, Joseph Ronaldo. The actual full name of General BARRAX. [First mention: page 88] Beautiful Darkness. The feline Queen and Goddess of the Chinese Pirates. A skilled and daring thief, she was first foe, then lover of the ZULU HUNTER. She has two magical servants called YIN and YANG, as well as a bodyguard named GRÉGOIRE and also leads a sect of blind killers. While she will go to some lenghts not to upset Zulu Hunter, you should not even think of crossing her in any way unless you get a kick out of dying an horrible and messy death. [First appearance: page 62] |
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Beserk (Master). A silver fox, father of FIFINE and OBSIDIAN. Described as Perfection Incarnate, he acquired his huge build following extensive training to atone for his perceived failure of preventing the murder of the Duchess of SERVIA, at a time when he was the sidekick of Paul HARGAULT. He now has amazing abilities, such as the TORNADO FIST, and is attended by his MIGHTY FELLOWS. A distant descendant of the first BABEL KNIGHT. [First appearance: page 43] |
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Biology. Most inhabitants of Fifine's world appear to be mammals, with a small sprinkling of reptiles. Aside from the fur or scales, the facial features and the tail, these beings are very close to HOMO SAPIENS in physical appearance and have been genetically engineered in the past by Man (see ANIMAH). They often have longer hair on their head, five-fingered hands and actual feet instead of paws. Females have breasts, sometimes plenty of it. The majority of people appear to be purebred versions of a given species; but this may be a cultural bias rather than a physical necessity, as we know of such hybrids as a fennec-tiger (FAREEDAT) and a tiger-skunk (ZZAIGG). BIRDS are apparently dumb and sometimes used as mounts or seen as PETS. Aside from INSECTS and fish, also non sentients, there have been as yet no examples of other life forms. |
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Birds. While many of the birds found in Fifine's world are identical or very similar to those of our own, there appear to be a number of quite different species. Most remarkable amongst those are creatures such as DODO and the GRIFFANG. See also PETS. |
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Birgit. See Birgit SCHONESSCHWARZEBIER. |
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Blackrabbit (Dr.). A rabbit doctor who answered the call after Professor PROTON was struck by the thief who took the HOMO SAPIENS skull. [First appearance: page 4] Blood Sisters. The three vengeful daughters of a criminal arrested by PHAT WOF LINK. Their names are, from the oldest to the youngest: YELLOW CLOUD, BLUE RIVER, and WHITE MOUNTAIN. [First appearance: page 152] |
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Bloodthunder, Roland. A DRABLAVIAN fox airplane pilot, very fond of his BANANZUPFLUG and women in general. As well, a frequent participant to the Fifine Web Forum. [First appearance: page 134] |
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Blue River. The middle kid of the BLOOD SISTERS. While she does have a crush on PHAT WOF LINK, she is devoted to family first and would settle to worship his ashes. [First appearance: page 153] |
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Blue Streak. A very fast DRABLAVIAN SUPERBEING, with the rather dangerous - for him - habit of not looking where he is going. [First appearance: page 129] Bobbi the Tall. A BABEL KNIGHT. |
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Bouchard, Belzebuth. A goat war criminal, secretly - according to BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS - the most powerful man in DRABLAVIA. Or at least he used to be, before being shot by Benita BARRA. [First (and last) appearance: page 103] Bouleme. An African king who was holding TCHUCHURPAH for ransom (BFB) |
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Brain Impulse Galvanoscope Hat. A curious device, apparently self-aware and steam-powered. What, if any, advantage is really confers to its wearer is open to debate. [First appearance: page 99] Brain Power. By his own admission, a lousy superhero, wearer of the BRAIN IMPULSE GALVANOSCOPE HAT. [First appearance: page 99] |
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Bralthar, Gilles. A cybernetized bulldog who attacked the car in which FIFINE and her friends were leaving DRABLAVIA. Despite the apparent crudeness of his implants, he is nevertheless enormously strong but was still no match for BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS. He apparently likes babies, if only from a culinary point of view. [First appearance: page 121] |
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Budwig. Grandson of Captain PETZI. The sort of education he is getting from his grandsire would definitely put hair on his chest if he was not already a furry. [First appearance: page 195] |
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Burkel, Bobby. A diminutive - he is a mouse after all - member of Master BESERK's team. He manages to combine the unlikely functions of human (?!) cannonball and orchestra conductor. Bitting people's ankles is at least one of his fighting techniques. [First appearance: page 46] |
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Caligulae Raptor. A mysterious and frightening woman, possibly the daughter of a Zulu witch doctor and who claims to be the biological mother of FIFINE. She has carved a cruel empire in the middle of Africa and wants to expand even more. She is also the mother of OBSIDIAN, DOUMBAWA and other children that she sometimes kills for no apparent reason, obviously knows a thing or two about magic and scares even Lord SIBERIUS. [First appearance: page 178] Cameos. Fifine's universe is apparently somehow more or less connected to a variety of other realms, and many of its inhabitants are strongly reminiscent of beings found in distant worlds. |
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Carrier, John. A ninja writer kangaroo, member of Master BESERK's team. Son of IRON ROO. He is quick to blast anybody pointed out to him as an evildoer with his force glove, without bothering to check the veracity of the claim first. [First appearance: page 47] |
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Castor, Placide. An ever smiling beaver, member of Master BESERK's team. He is also a nuclear biologist and a nocturnal polyglot - whatever those things are. When fighting, his motto is "When surrounded by strangers, knocked everyone out and then wake up your friends" (English is not his first language). [First appearance: page 47] |
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Charles the Proud. A BABEL KNIGHT. Cheetah Sisters. Three Cairo, EGYPT, female police furs, named respectively Cheetah, Seethah and Ceetah (P), they share a strong family resemblance and questionable morals. [First appearance: page 5] |
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Cobra Zhan. Nicknamed "The Glass Snake". Never actually seen, but his fortress was destroyed by a crashing UFO. It is in those ruins that FIFINE was discovered by Caroline GOUPIL as a kit. [First mention: page 16] |
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Color Blind. A leopard DRABLAVIAN SUPERBEING crime fighter. He may not be aware of his unusual colouration. [First appearance: page 102] |
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Comments, Kitty. A DRABLAVIAN radio announcer, who would probably remain cheerful when announcing the End of the World and then follow up with a Word From Our Sponsor [First appearance: page 145] |
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Commissionner. A rather fat and flabby dog (although the latter characteristic may be normal for his breed), in charge of police in Cairo. Given that he had to deal with the likes of the CHEETAH SISTERS and Not Ambassador SCHWARTZ, it is sad that he did not have much time to enjoy his retirement. [First appearance: page 7] |
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Crystal skull. An artifact hidden inside the head of the DJAH-KHOB-KUUR-TZH-BE-RGH statue. There is a strange inscription on the back can be decyphered as magnetic pole coordinates leading to SIAM. Unknown to most, it actually acts as a pickup device, designated as Unit 23, beaming sights and sounds to the MAIN UNIT. [First appearance: page 105] |
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Cubic Laser. An device discovered by FIFINE in the TWO SEATED PYRAMID. By the will of HORUS DEMEURE, it confers protection against the unliving, including MUMMIES. [First appearance: page 29] Cult of Darwin, The. Althought she had many adventures, this is the first story of FIFINE published in our universe. See HENBÉ. |
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Dabbel. A tyrant in the very early history of Fifine's world, who ruled by virtue of having seized command of the SHIMEGI. While his mind was wiped by R-HEYLIA, he somehow retained the code words allowing control of the ship and they found their way to his distant descendant, Lord SIBERIUS. [First mention: page 230, first appearance: page 232] |
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Dai Inthanon. A location in SIAM where FIFINE deducted that the TEMPLE OF MAN should be hidden. Only crumbling ruins can actually be found there, but they hide a teleporter leading to the SHIMEGI. [First mention: page 163] Daik Phat Rhat The very buffed ferret Chief of Police of Bangkok, in SIAM. He is also something of a sourpuss, but then he has to contend with the likes of PHAT WOF LINK, a king who plays golf on his forehead and a wife who pours boiling tea on his groin... [First appearance: page 156] |
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Damnoen Saduak. The great floating market of Bangkok, in SIAM. [First mention: page 152] Daniel, Jacques. A cat bartender in BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS's establishment, with an uncanny skill for anticipating people's desires. [First appearance: page 101] Darwin, Cult of. A secret fur orgnisation devoted to the worship of MAN and the domination of the world. Currently led by Lord SIBERIUS. [First mention: page 3] |
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Dew, Emilien. An artist, nephew of Dr. Samaritan DEW, and whose face is not the only thing that has gone to the dogs! To say that he is a crackpot would be putting it mildly. [First appearance: page 59] |
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Dew, Samaritan (Dr.). An elderly Great Dane, uncle of Emilien DEW and who apparently once had a thing going with Professor PROTON. He was in charge of transfering the archeological treasures pillaged by General BARRAX in the EEWAZ-DRAOUN-BAYH-A-FUL temple, but lost them to BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS. [First appearance: page 62] |
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Djah-Khob-Kuur-tzh-be-Rgh. "The man disguised as a beast". The statue of a tailless wolf - an unusual feature in Fifine's world - that became animated when it's riddle was solved. The CRYSTAL SKULL was hidden in its head. [First appearance: page 92] |
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DNA Temple. An ancient structure built long ago by HOMO SAPIENS, hidden behind the hidden tomb of EEWAZ-DRAOUN-BAYH-A-FUL and guarded by MUMMIES. Not much remained of it after FIFINE's visit, but it was hardly her fault. See also CRYSTAL SKULL. [First appearance: page 92] |
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Dodo. FIFINE's pet Raphus cucullatus. This species of BIRD became extinct on our Earth in 1681, but it may still be viable in the world of Fifine. [First appearance: page 1] Dos Sentados. A small town in Mexico, where the TWO SEATS PYRAMID used to be. The name actually means "two seats". (TSP) |
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Doumbawa. One of CALIGULAE RAPTOR's older children, killed by his mother for his defiance and now haunting the dreams of his younger brother OBSIDIAN. [First appearance (in a dream): page 191] |
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Drab (Major). See MAJOR DRAB. Drablavia. An aptly named totalitarian country, dominated by wolves and recently ran by Colonel OBLIK. One can wonder what the place was like before he took over after FIFINE helped liberating it. Homeland of BARRAX, MANFRED and PAMELA. Skunks are considered second class citizens there (see OBVIUSK) and its national anthem is called "I am Drab! You are dead!". Phonetically, the local language bears an uncanny ressemblance to French, but English is widely used as well. This territory also seems to harbour an exceptionnaly large number of SUPERBEINGS. [First mention: page 21] |
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Duchess of Servia. A noblefemfur whose murder Master BESERK was unable to prevent. Her death started a World War in Fifine's universe (see HISTORY). [First mention: page 119] |
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Earth. The third planet of the Solar System. There is a high probability that you, the reader of these lines, live on it. In our distant future it will become a somewhat dull place, covered with rolling fields of a plant that will look like a cross between a poppy and a patato [Page 225]. Earth Mark II. A world created by MAN for the ANIMAH. Mostly based on the original Earth, it had some creative touches introduced by its designer, R-HEYLIA, such as NAKED ISLAND. [First mention: page 228] |
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Eewaz-draoun-bayh-a-ful. An ancient Egyptian pharao in Fifine's world. A beagle, if his sarcophagus is a good likeness. The access to the DNA TEMPLE was hidden in his remarkably decorated tomb and his living mummy was quite pissed at missing a chance to be displayed at the Smithsonian's. [First mention: page 22] See also SUNSCREEN. Egypt. A country in Fifine's universe, apparently more or less similar to that of our own, if one is willing to disregard minor details such as furry people, two-headed queens and ancient giant robots running around. See CHEETAH SISTERS, COMMISSIONNER, DJAH-KHOB-KUUR-TZH-BE-RGH, DNA TEMPLE, EEWAZ-DRAOUN-BAYH-A-FUL, FAREEDAT, GABAL, ISEP, KING RAMSES RESTAURANT, MAHFOUZA, MUMMIES, MÛT, NABIL, PHAMOTET, SMOKING CAMEL, SUNSCREEN, YA-BINT-AL-HAWA and ZEBRA BOY. Eric the Fearless. A BABEL KNIGHT. |
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Fareedat. Daughter of GABAL and MAHFOUZA. [First appearance: page 39] Fetterolf, Melissa. See BANSHEEP. |
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Fifine. Her actual name is Zéphyrifine (DFB), but she is known wide and far under the pet name of Fifine, which more or less translates as "Nicy Nice". Her unofficial middle name is Adventure (P) and she is a fiery as her pelt (aside from a dark-coloured patch somewhere). We know that her father is Master BESERK, but there is some sort of dark secret surrounding her mother, who may be CALIGULAE RAPTOR. She was found as a kit in the ruins of COBRA ZHAN's fortress by Caroline GOUPIL and raised in good part by PAMELA. While she is very clever, she does have an unfortunate tendency to jump first and think later. But no matter what, she does have a heart of gold. Author of The SECRET OF MAN. [First appearance: page 1] |
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Fishtor. The Cosmic Fish from whom MERLAN derives his powers. Little is known about this being, save that he/she/it has bones. [First mention: page 130] François the Brave. A BABEL KNIGHT. Furnation Geographic. A periodical in Fifine's world. Probably full of pictures of native women wearing nothing but their fur. [First mention: page 11] Fuschia Dog. A DRABLAVIAN superpowered individual, who would probably clash with COLOR BLIND. [First mention: page 93] |
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Gabal. A huge mustached tiger, husband of MAHFOUZA and father of FAREEDAT. [First appearance: page 37] |
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Gabinjas. A race of aliens of our distant future, who tried several times to invade EARTH, without success. They had impressive warships and their savagery was legendary, but their thousand year old empire was eradicated by MAN in response to their attempt to kidnap R-HEYLIA. All trace of their existence was removed, and only their memory remained. [First appearance: page 226] |
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Ghislain. Dr. DEW's monkey buttler. He compensates for his small stature by manipulating a large puppet over his head. [First appearance: page 59] Ghislain the Mute. A BABEL KNIGHT. |
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Gohp. While this sniveling servant of Lord SIBERIUS is actually a frog, he is definitely a toady as far as his relationship with his master is concerned. Not surprisingly, nobody likes him. He eventually ended up working at BIRGIT's inn. [First appearance: page 164] |
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Goupil, Caroline. A famous adventurer reporter, and FIFINE's adoptive mother. It is fortitious that she should have inherited a patronym such as Goupil (the Old French word for "fox"), as she and both her parents are all snow leopards. Her family owns a rather nice château somewhere in France, bought by Fifine with the reward money from the capture of the TRITON brothers. [First appearance: page 9] |
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Goupil, Mammy. The matriach of the GOUPIL family, mother of Caroline (see above). A sweet little old snow leopard lady, at least at first glance, and an excellent cook. [First appearance: page 151] |
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Greace. A country in Fifine's world. [First mention: page 64] Grégoire. [Gregor? Gregory?] A huge reptilian of some sort, possibly a tusked turtle, bouncer/chauffeur/bodyguard to BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS. Very loyal, he would not dare die without permission from his mistress... [First appearance: page 66] |
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Gregoiry the Wise. A BABEL KNIGHT. Griffang. A huge animal found in the mountain region of SIAM in Fifine's world. Despite being four-footed, it has talons and a beak, so it may be some kind of strangely evolved BIRD. [First appearance: page 204] |
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Gustaff. One of the DRABLAVIAN soldiers driving General BARRAX and Professor PROTON to their execution. Ran into Master BESERK on the way. He is often paired with LUDVIG, and both seem to have a knack for drawing dangerous assignments. [First appearance: page 73] |
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Halberd. Constance Whitley, one of many DRABLAVIAN SUPERBEINGS. She draws her powers from her Cosmic Helmet & Halberd and this feline is completely batty (PO). Among other delusions, she is sure that she will marry Master BESERK. [First appearance: page 90] |
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Hargault, Paul. While apparently not having any super powers, this bear has been fighting crime for a long time. The distinctive costume he wore in his younger days was remarkably similar to that of Bobino, a popular children show host on the national Canadian French language television network. He has unfortunately gotten somewhat fat and slovenly in his old age, but still has some of his former spark. Today, he runs a vaudeville theater in DRABLAVIA with his former arch-enemy, BABOUIN-LA-FUSÉE. [First mention: page 69, first actual appearance: page 82] |
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Harou Velu. Chief of the VELU tribe (BFB) Hartoh-Mason, Captain Tali. A DRABLAVIAN officer serving directly under OBLIK. The beautiful and deadly foster child of Mitchell Marmel, she is rumored to have had a somewhat wayward past. [First appearance: page 116] Heavy Inn. An establishment in Bangkok, SIAM, ran by TOH TON TAYNNA and where FIFINE and Birgit SCHONESSCHWARZEBIER stayed and where abducted from. [First mention: page 164] See also PHOT THIN. Helios. A SOLAR ERADICATOR class spaceship. |
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Henbé. An artist, whose real name is Normand Bilodeau, chronicler of the adventures of FIFINE. See The CULT OF DARWIN. Hill Gates Motel. A dilapidated establishment in an undisclosed location, site of a portal to a dimension populated by monsters of all sorts, visited by FIFINE and Professor QUAMUS in 1927 (HFB). |
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History. According to the calendars in Fifine's world, the year is currently 1926, but the history of her universe only broadly mirrors that of our own. For instance, this version of Earth has known at least three World Wars already, and the one that started in 1913 was sparkled by the death of the DUCHESS OF SERVIA rather than by the assassination of Archiduke François Ferdinand of Serbia. The fact that this world is populated by anthropomorphic animals rather than humans apparently had only a minor effect in the way its history unfolded. Except in such odd places as DRABLAVIA, OBVIUSK and SIAM, the various species appear to be spread more or less evenly accross the globe, without much regard for their natural dispersion in our world. Fifine's Earth has had its own Ancient EGYPT and currently has a France, Tibet and United States, as well as a furry version of ATLANTIS. It has been revealed that all history before the Middle Ages is in fact a fabrication put together by MAN. See also The LEGEND OF FIFINE. |
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Homo Sapiens. In Fifine's world, man is a mythical creature who taught all other beings how to walk and talk. A skull discovered by Professor QUAMUS, the DNA TEMPLE, the statue of DJAH-KHOB-KUUR-TZH-BE-RGH and the CRYSTAL SKULL were seen as evidence of his actual existence but, although Man truly did exist, those clues were actually clever fakes dating back to the days of DABBEL. The Cult of DARWIN worships Man and, according to Dr. Samaritan DEW, all zombies, monsters and aliens in the world are actually humans in disguise (an incorrect assumption, it turned out). [First mention: page 3] In truth, approximately one thousand years before Fifine's time, the human race had dwindled to about fifty highly evolved individuals who created the ANIMAHs for companionship and later left them to explore other universes. When they came back briefly, they had become huge brains with incredible mental powers. See A-SENN and R-HEYLIA. Hortmage. Actual name of the PRETZEL VENDOR. He may have a distant relative among the YARDS. Horus Demeure. A name invoked in association with the CUBIC LASER Although the ethymology suggests an egyptian origin, the latter device was found in a Mexican pyramid. [First mention: page 29] Hudson, Victorien (Lord). Real life name of the ZULU HUNTER. [Page 73] Huitzilopochtli. A SOLAR ERADICATOR class spaceship. |
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Incredibull. A SUPERBEING of enormous size, involved in the rather confusing fight that took place at the DRABLAVIAN airport during FIFINE's escape from that country. He was on the government side, we think. Last seen stranded on NAKED ISLAND, where he must be quite an impressive sight. [First appearance: page 130] |
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Insects. In Fifine's world, they are non-sentient and can reach an enormous size. Sometimes used as guardians in some places. [First appearance: page 174] Iron Roo. Father of John CARRIER. Isep, Doktor. An EGYPTIAN character in The LEGEND OF FIFINE. |
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Jack. A crewfur of the ship MARY, killed by a SOMMIE poison dart. [First mention: page 204] John the Ugly. A BABEL KNIGHT. Josée the Sweet. A BABEL KNIGHT. |
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Kang. A finely muscled boastful feline, but evil to the core and rather stupid. He has horrible taste in clothes and spends much of his time running away from Master BESERK. [First appearance: page 43] Kerman, Nannie. See MORE BUNNY. |
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King Ramses restaurant. An eating establishment in Cairo, where FIFINE ran accross her adoptive mother. [First appearance: page 9] Kom Thai Ssa. A soup salesman in DAMNOEN SADUAK. [First appearance: page 152]
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Kratha. A big siamese rabbit, husband of PHOT THIN. A guard on Lord SIBERIUS' estate, he was instrumental in the abduction of FIFINE from the HEAVY INN, but later repented. [First appearance: page 169] |
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Last War, The. The ultimate conflict fought by MAN. Waged with the help of SOLAR ERADICATORs against the GABINJAS, who were utterly externinated. [First mention: page 227]
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Lazy King, The. An elderly martial art practicionner, so lazy that he spent many years perfecting a fighting technique requiring as little effort as possible. He taught his skills to Master BESERK. [First appearance: page 115]
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Leblanc, Dr. Millew. A distinguished-looking small white dog who greeted FIFINE after her teleportation to the SHIMEGI. Born in 1751, he was still in good health in 1926 thanks to the controlled environment of the ship and the fact that his dormant NUBOTS had been activated. He opted to accompany R-HEYLIA in her explorations rather than return to EARTH. [First appearance: page 207] Legend of Fifine (The). A short story, written by fan Gregg G. Guydish, AKA as The Dark Ferret and that raises interesting questions regarding cyclic history. LINK TO STORY. |
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Liberatad Fifine Hospital. A DRABLAVIAN healing establishment, named after FIFINE in honour of her role in liberating the country. [First appearance: page 55] Little Moon. The blind urang-outang butler of the GOUPIL family. While he receives a full salary and is free to leave whenever he wants, he is very devoted to his employers, having been saved from a native sacrifice by FIFINE. [First appearance: page 151] |
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Llysa (Princess). A deposed DRABLAVIAN noblechipmonkwoman, head of a revolutionary cell against the tyranny of Colonel OBLIK. [First appearance: page 111] |
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Ludvig. One of a pair of DRABLAVIAN soldiers bringing General BARRAX and Professor PROTON to be executed. Fortunately, Master BESERK intervened. His feelings for his colleague GUSTAFF are open to interpretation. [First appearance: page 73] |
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Machine gun. In Fifine's world, it exists in portable form as an experimental weapon only, although some rudimentary models appear to be already available on the black market (page 11). BARRAX's expeditionary corp already had some and lost one in EEWAZ-DRAOUN-BAYH-A-FUL's tomb (page 56). [First appearance: page 11, second appearance: page 28, third appearance: page 124] Madelaine the Pure. A BABEL KNIGHT. |
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Mahfouza. A fennec fox, wife of GABAL and mother of FAREEDAT. Servant of Queen YA-BINT-AL-HAWA. [First appearance: page 37] Main Unit. The central computer of the SHIMEGI. It can perform 200 guadrillion operations per nanosecond. You do not want to know how very fast that is. [First mention: page 163] |
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Major Drab. A DRABLAVIAN SUPERBEING, powers still unknown, who dresses in the distinctive military style of his country. He tends to react without thinking, has little initiative and follows orders to the letter. He also wears stripped boxer shorts. [First appearance: page 89] Man. See HOMO SAPIENS. Aside from it's strictly technical meaning, the term also designs males of any sentient species. |
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Manfred. Last name unknown. A childhood friend of BARRAX and PAMELA, he eventually married the latter. Well educated, he was promised to a bright future. But being a skunk living in DRABLAVIA, he was beaten by a mob and died of his injuries after the last war with OBVIUSK. [First appearance: page 83] |
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Mary. A ship, captained by PETZI, hired by Lord SIBERIUS to find the TEMPLE OF MAN in the jungle of SIAM. [First appearance: page 183] See also JACK and STAN. Mathiew the Strong. A BABEL KNIGHT. Melskunk. A lingerie shop near the airport of the capital city of DRABLAVIA. [First appearance: page 146] |
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Merlan the Magician. A DRABLAVIAN enchanter, on the side of the VIGILANTES, and who often invokes the name of FISHTOR. "Merlan" is French for the type of fish known as whiting in English. [First appearance: page 130] |
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Mighty Fellows of Master Beserk. A group of talented - but somewhat odd - individuals who accompany Master BESERK in his quest for justice. [First appearance: page 83] Mika. A playful ferret girl living in DOS SENTADOS. She knew all the ways in and out of the TWO SEATS PYRAMID. (TSP) |
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Miss Thingummy. Captain RATTRAP's AIRPLANE. It has a long operational range and easily made the trip between EGYPT and DRABLAVIA [First appearance: page 19] |
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Moon Crusader. One of many DRABLAVIAN SUPERBEING. He has sidekicks called Selenites. [First appearance: page 102] |
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More Bunny. One of the more curvatious of the DRABLAVIAN SUPERBEINGS. Unlike MAJOR DRAB - on whom she has a major crush - she does have the ability to think for herself. She also has the power of multiplication, and her real name is Nannie Kerman (PO). [First appearance: page 89] |
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Muerte (Senorita). [Miss Death] A blue-coloured animated skeletton, part of Master BESERK's entourage. This is apparently an illusion, and beings who are pure of heart can see her true appearance, which is actually quite pleasing (P). She has the power to teleport several people at once very far away, but litlle else is known about her at this time. [First appearance: page 77] |
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Mummies. Undead guardians of the DNA TEMPLE, left behind by HOMO SAPIENS to protect their secrets. Quite progressive in nature, they saw nothing wrong with using a MACHINE GUN left behind by a previous DRABLAVIAN expedition led by BARRAX. See also CUBIC LASER. [First appearance: page 28] |
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Museum of Art and Science. A DRABLAVIAN institution where FIFINE unveiled her book The SECRET OF MAN to a mostly empty room. [First appearance: page 243] |
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Museum guard. A rather jaded fur who, working as he does in Professor PROTON's establishment, must have seen quite a few odd things during his career. [First appearance: page 2] Mût. A location in Egypt, near which an HOMO SAPIENS cranium was found. [page 3] |
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Nabil. A philosophical camel hanging around Professor QUAMUS' encampment. [First appearance: page 20] |
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Nadja the Corsair. An actress, performing in Paul HARGAULT's vaudeville theater. A friend and colleague of PALMA, she helped FIFINE and eventually hooked with BRAIN POWER. [First appearance: page 79] |
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Naked Island. An island where both BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS and the ZULU HUNTER were shipwrecked together when they were still ennemies. It looks like a rather pleasant place, but because of a curse it is not possible to wear clothes there. Professor QUAMUS did extensive research on the topic, just before a boat full of cheerleaders crashed on its shores. It is also to that location that Senorita MUERTE teleported several combattants (and the PRETZEL VENDOR) during the infamous Drablavian Airport Fight. [First appearance: page 74] It was later revealed that the island was a personnal creation of R-HEYLIA and was in fact a child's prank. [Page 228]. Nathala the Loud. A BABEL KNIGHT. |
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Nubots. Nano-machines present in a dormant state in all ANIMAHS. When active, they maintain and repair the body with a high level of efficiency, allowing a person to live for centuries. They do not, however, make one immortal. [First mention: Page 238] See BABEL KNIGHTS and Dr. LEBLANC. |
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Oath of Foxes (Secret). The whole thing rhymes quite nicely in French, and means more or less: Smart, quick, such is our portrait. Against Ysengrin, well beyond nations. Our adversary, much trouble will bring upon himself. The strenght of Goupils is in our union. |
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Oblik (Colonel). Until recently, the dictator of DRABLAVIA. Apparently a lean wolf, perhaps a coyote and certainly a traitorous back stabbing bastard of a tyrant. He obviously had no illusion about how popular he really was and his suitcases had been ready for a long time when the revolution came. [First appearance: page 55] |
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Obsidian. Son of CALIGULAE RAPTOR and apparently Master BESERK, and twin brother of FIFINE as well. Big, strong and, at least at first glance, not very nice. This might however be a false impression. He was brother to DOUMBAWA and mentionned at least one other sister, both killed by their mother. His left forearm is bare, having been burned as punishement by the same not-so-loving mother. He eventually settled with BIRGIT. [First appearance: page 177] |
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Obviusk. A country that shares a border with DRABLAVIA and with whom it has been frequently at war. Dominated by skunks. [page 84] Oink (Doctor). An evildoer with an ax to grind with Master BESERK. He is not above hiring BACONMEN to do his dirty work. [First mention: page 77] Ookalah. A VELU female native warrior, part of the BAMMAKO Expedition (BFB). |
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Paja. As of 1926, the recently named King of SIAM in Fifine's universe and one of her old classmates. Somewhat - ahem - chubby, he has a great many children. [First mention: page 151] |
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Palma. Born in the village of SAINTE-CLAUDE, she was a childhood friend of BARRAX who moved to France after the war. There, she found employment as nanny for the GOUPIL family and helped raised FIFINE. She later went into show business and achieved fame under the name of "The Monarch of the Female Wrestlers". Recently, she renewed with Barrax, retired and passed on her title to her friend NADJA. [First appearance: page 75] Pandascovich, Rebecca. The panda photographer for the BAMMAKO Expedition (BFB). |
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Petang. A lynx guide who took FIFINE's party inside the TWO SEATS PYRAMID (TSP). Pets. In Fifine's world, most of the non-sentient creatures of note appear to be BIRDS, which makes them one of the few possible choices as pets. FIFINE herself has DODO, and NADJA keeps an oddly couloured toucan-like feathered friend (Page 98). |
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Petzi. The captain of the ship MARY. He seems a jolly and harmless sort of person at first, but is actually quite handy with a gun and has no qualm whatsoever about killing his employers if they give him the slightest trouble, as long as they have paid in advance. Grandfather of BUDWIG. [First appearance: page 182] |
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Phamotet the Third. Supposedly an ancient EGYPTIAN pharao. A statuette to his likeness was found by Professor QUAMUS on the site of EEWAZ-DRAOUN-BAYH-A-FUL's tomb. [First appearance: page 45] |
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Phat Wof Link. A police officer in Bangkok. Quite talented in many ways, he would be a very fine law enforcer if not for some regrettable shortcomings. Known wide and far as "Three Hands" by the ladies, he reports to DAIK PHAT RHAT, much to the latter's dismay. [First appearance: page 152] |
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Phot Thin. Waitress at the HEAVY INN, wife of KRATHA. [First appearance: page 166] |
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Pretzel Vendor. A fearless DRABLAVIAN business person, who offers his wares in the most unexpected places and times. He has a brother who does not share the same impressive dentition. While it is not actually mentionned in the strip, his name is Hortmage. He may have a distant relative amongst one of the YARD tribes. [First appearance: page 65] |
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Proton, Nimbus (Professor). Short, green, bulletproof and with a yellow butterfly tatoo on his thigh, he was already old when he first met FIFINE as a little girl in 1913 (DFB) and his fondness for children is apparently quite pure and genuine. His knowledge seems universal, and he is apparently equally at ease in fields as diverse as physics, medecine and archeology. He is actually a tortoise, but the matter of his sexuality is a subject probably best left unbreached. He once had a very close relationship with Doctor Samaritan DEW and is a kleptomaniac. Generally mild and slow, he has demonstrated both extreme anger and speed when properly motivated or eaten garlic. [First appearance: page 1] |
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Quamus (Professor). This scholarly koala is a distant cousin of FIFINE and, for some reason, irresistible to females, wether alive or undead. This might explain why he is sometimes seen carrying a whip, as he does not appear to be the sort to beat his workers. He excavated the tomb of EEWAZ-DRAOUN-BAYH-A-FUL, is the author of The major reference book on angular pre-ambrigulag masonry (802 pages, no illustrations...) (HFB) and did extensive research on the curse of NAKED ISLAND. [First appearance: page 20] See also Alice AARON and Denis ROOGA. |
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R-Heylia. The last child of MAN born on EARTH in our distant future. A creative person, just a bit mischevious, she designed FIFINE's EARTH, including NAKED ISLAND. She may be a descendant of AURÉLIA. [First appearance: page 224]
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Rattrap (Captain). An aircraft pilot who operates in the viscinity of MÛT. His plane is called the MISS THINGUMY. [First appearance: page 34] Red Isabel. A BABEL KNIGHT. Richard the Just. A BABEL KNIGHT. Robin the Smart. A BABEL KNIGHT. |
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Rocket Baboon. See BABOUIN-LA-FUSÉE. Rooga, Denis. A kangaroo archeologist, assistant to Professor QUAMUS and boyfriend of Alice AARON. [First appearance: page 36] |
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Royal, Alexander. A dog anthro(furro?)pologist, fascinated by Benita BARRA's looks. [First appearance: page 106] |
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Safia. A female soldier, of the 44th Native Battalion, assigned to the BAMMAKO Expedition (BFB). |
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Sainte-Claude. The native town of BARRAX, MANFRED and PALMA, located in DRABLAVIA. [First mention: page 44] Saturnin the Bold. A BABEL KNIGHT. Schonesschwarzebier, Birgit. A beautiful - at least in her own opinion - female spy. She was fired from her job by the Cult of DARWIN and is apparently better suited as a waitress. (P) She eventually developped a close relationship with OBSIDIAN. Close association with her does explain why pandas are scarce... [First recognizable appearance: page 13] |
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Schwartz (Ambassador), Not. A rather shady character first encountered in Cairo, and whom I would not trust with the time of day. Anything he says is highly doubtful. He's had dealings with Master BESERK in the past and would rather not do anything to cross him. [First appearance: page 7] |
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Secret of Man!, The. A book written by FIFINE after the CULT OF DARWIN affair. Published by Mr. ST-PIERRE, it sadly attracted very little attention and its sales were rather dismal. [First appearance: page 243] Servia. A country, probably in Europe, where a World War sparked in 1913 after the murder of its DUCHESS. [First mention: page 119] Shadowgate. The means, probably occult in nature, by which YIN and YANG can teleport people. [First mention: page 124] |
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Shimegi. A SOLAR ERADICATOR class spaceship, reachable from FIFINE's EARTH by way of a teleporter located at DAI INTHANON. Abode of Dr. Millew LEBLANC., there was a link to MAN hidden in its center. [First appearance: page 208] |
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Siam. A Far East country in Fifine's universe, where she was led by a clue engraved on the CRYSTAL SKULL. The royal family is made up of siamese cats, and that species seems to form the bulk of the population, at least in the capital city. In our world, the former name of Thailand until 1939. [First mention: page 150] See also BLOOD SISTERS, DAI INTHANON, DAIK PHAT RHAT, DAMNOEN SADUAK, GRIFFANG, KRATHA, PAJA, PHAT WOF LINK, PHOT THIN, SOMMIES, TOH TON TAYNNA and YARDS. |
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Siberius (Lord). Former traiturous counsellor to ZZAIGG's grandfather. Later a mysterious and shadowy figure, leader of the Cult of DARWIN and no doubt brewing some nefarious plot. ARCHER and GOHP report to him. A descendant of the tyrant DABBEL, he died a happy death, beleiving himself the emperor of the world. [First mention: page 13, first appearance: page 163] |
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Simius IV. A SUPERBEING of some kind, living in DRABLAVIA. [First mention: page 101] |
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Smoking Camel. A companion to NABIL. Sphynx. A tribe of naturally hairless cats. It was thought that they had all perished in the Krakatoa explosion of 1883, until ROYAL found Benita BARRA. |
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Solar Eradicators. A class of giant ships created by MAN for their LAST WAR. Enormously powerful, they could vaporise entire solar systems. There were five of them, of different design, all named after various Sun gods of ancient human mythology: the SHIMEGI, the Adytias, the Helios, the Huitzilopochtli and the Tsohanoai. Each was crewed by one MAN and three thousand Type Four ANIMAH. [First appearance: page 227] |
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Sommies. One of the YARDS tribes. Very uncharacteristic in Fifine's world, they are all bats and can actually fly! They do not like outsiders, especially living ones, and ferociously attack visitors with darts tipped with a deadly poison based on fermented bamboo. It is little wonder that the access to the fabled TEMPLE OF MAN, located in their area of SIAM, remains out of bound to the outside world. [First appearance: page 194] Stan. A crewfur of the ship MARY, killed by a SOMMIE poison dart. [First mention: page 204] |
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St-Pierre (Mr.). A DRABLAVIAN editor who had the misfortune of publishing The SECRET OF MAN!, which seemed like a good idea at the time. [First appearance: page 243] |
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Sunscreen. The avatar of Pharao EEWAZ-DRAOUN-BAYH-A-FUL and, yes, it is a giant robot. Tamed by Master BESERK, he became Professor QUAMUS' assistant. [First appearance: page 49] |
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Tali. See Captain Tali HARTOH-MASON. Tamoue. A female soldier, part of the 81st North Zouave Unit, assigned to the BAMMAKO Expedition (BFB). Tchuchurpah. A diminutive surricate amazon from the BAMMAKO region. |
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Technology. Generally less advanced in Fifine's world than in our own. Its inhabitants have no disposable cameras, nor muzak in their elevators. MACHINE GUNS are only experimental, but rifles with laser sights are known. Henry WARHAM is supposedly cook on the space shuttle, but this may not refer to an actual spaceship. The design of the AIRPLANES is certainly quite remarkable. Some devices, like the BRAIN IMPULSE GALVANOSCOPE HAT, are unknown in our universe but furry cloning techniques appear to have been perfected. There are also examples of a higher science, such as SUNSCREEN, left behind by HOMO SAPIENS. |
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Temple of Man. A legendary place that was thought hidden at DAI INTHANON, somewhere in SIAM, but turned out to be located in the spaceship SHIMEGI. See MAN. Toh Ton Taynna. Proprietor of the HEAVY INN, where FIFINE and Birgit stayed upon arriving in SIAM, and from which they were abducted. A lady of rare refinement and delicate constitution... [First appearance: page 164] |
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Tornado Fist. A devastating fighting technique used by Master BESERK. [First occurence: page 47] This ability to generate a whirlwind appears to be at least partially genetic, as FIFINE was able to produce one - much to her surprise - with no training at all [page 126]. It seems that the energy is gathered by one hand and released through the other. |
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Toucan Man ("The Incredible"). A flying reptilian SUPERBEING who used to work for OBLIK in DRABLAVIA. Something of a mercenary, he has a sinister sense of humour. His first name may possibly be Robin. [First appearance: page 142] |
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Triton's Plane (Fifine and). An adventure of FIFINE, one of many that we are yet to get acquainted with. It involves a BANANZUPFLUG and criminal Triton brothers. Fifine used the reward for their capture to buy her grandparents a countryside château in France. [First mention: page 140] Tsohanoai. A SOLAR ERADICATOR class spaceship. |
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Two Seats Pyramid. A mysterious building located in DOS SENTADOS, Mexico, with labyrinthine corridors and weird furniture. This is where FIFINE found the CUBIC LASER. The whole thing melted down after an ancient trap was accidently triggered. See also MIKA and PETANG (TSP). This story has been related by an author named Pastangum. |
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Ualah. A VELU female native warrior, part of the BAMMAKO Expedition (BFB). Unit 23. See CRYSTAL SKULL. Urban Jim. A VIGILANTE type DRABLAVIAN crusader. He is an athletic lion and smells very bad, possibly because he grew up in the sewers and still lives there. [First mention: page 94] |
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Velu. An African tribe living near the BAMMAKO river. See OOKALAH and UALAH (BFB). It may be a coincidence, but velu means "hairy", in French. Vigilantes. A loose association of DRABLAVIAN SUPERBEINGS, opposed to the tyranny of OBLIK. [First mention: page 130] |
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Wandering Volcano. A powerful menace, yet to be unveiled and a source of much concern for Master BESERK. [First mention: page 77] Warham, Henry. Fleet admiral and cook on the space shuttle. A member of Master BESERK's team, this pig (well, he IS) has no qualms about picking on children. [First appearance: page 47] |
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White Mountain. Aptly named, she is the youngest - and by far the largest - of the BLOOD SISTERS. [First appearance: page 155] Whitley, Constance. See HALBERD. |
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Ya-Bint-Al-Hawa. Two wolf bitches who share the same body. Together, they are known as the Queen of the Desert and referred to as "Her Majesties". They have a tatoo on their back that looks very much like the second half of a treasure map that begins on General BARRAX's own backside. The head with the veil appeared to have fallen in love with Professor PROTON, while the crowned head found Master BESERK quite yummy. [First appearance: page 36] |
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Yards. A generic term to describe the various tribes from the mountains of Northern SIAM. The name is derived from the French word montagnards, which means "mountaineers". There are thirty or so tribes overall, and while they generally have a bad reputation, not all of them are hostile. A group from one of the less friendly tribes had the misfortune of tampering with one of Professor PROTON's work-in-progress, and were last seen drifting in the night sky... One member in that party bears a strong ressemblance to HORTMAGE. [First appearance: page 189] See also SOMMIES. |
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Yellow Cloud. The eldest of the BLOOD SISTERS. Somewhat diminutive in stature, she makes up for it by being quite a vindicative hellcat. [First appearance: page 152] |
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Yin and Yang. Chinese magical creatures who live - quite litteraly - in BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS' shadow. They can teleport people for at least a short distance through a SHADOWGATE. [First appearance: page 97] Ysengrin. A wolf, he personifies brute force, as opposed to cleverness. A character from Le roman de Renart, a 14th Century novel so popular that it gave rise to the modern French word for "fox". [First mention: page 37] |
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Zebra boy. An urchin found around Professor QUAMUS' encampment. [First appearance: page 20] |
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Zulu Hunter. A mysterious lynx crimefighter, whose real name is Lord Victorien Hudson. Very strong and knowledgable in the ways of the jungle, he can come and go in a cloud of smoke. The eye he wears as a pendant is actually his own, and confers him powers of visual illusion. For a long time time he was the bitter opponent of BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS, but eventually fell in love with her. [First appearance: page 63] |
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Zzaigg. A skunk who owes her curiously striped fur to the fact that her grandfather was a siberian tiger. She still speaks with a tibetan accent. Feared lost during SUNSCREEN's attack on Professor QUAMUS' encampment, she resurfaced on board the spaceship SHIMEGI, where it was revealed that she was actually a BABEL KNIGHT. Zzaigg bears a remarkable ressemblance to one famous Miss Zumbrowki, a resident of another universe better known as Zig Zag. [First appearance: page 4] |
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