| Biff Bombard |
Unruly school kid with too much free time on his hands, and a wild imagination. Favorite toy is the Quantum Eclipse Shutter
paintball marker. His parents are usually gone during the day, so he'll occasionally get babysat by Margo Birdsfoot. Met
Rufus in school, where they're in the same class. Partially succeeded in avoiding getting taken by Rafer Frost. However, on
130911 he voluntarily allows himself to be taken by Flimm in Rufus's place. On 140122, he is rescued by Margo, Twila and Rufus. |
| Rufus Cooper |
African-American kid. Studious, but very timid and unimaginative. His mother, Rebecca, works at Mikey's Big M, and his older
sister, Reinetta, acts as his babysitter; she plays volleyball. His second sister, Twila, is 3 years younger, and was abducted
by Rafer Frost a few days before Rafer unsuccessfully tries to get him and Biff. (Rafer leaves a yellow rubber ducky
in Twila's place, and a stuffed bear for Rufus.) While Flimm does successfully take Rufus on 130904, he's released when Biff
volunteers to take his place. Rufus turns out to be the one to primarily defeat Flimm by using the Aylosium dagger. He tries to
return to a normal life, but that's up-ended when one of the other characters is revealed to be aligned with Flimm. In the end,
he and Twila rescue Biff and things improve from there.
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| Margo Birdsfoot |
A young woman who lives a few houses down from Rufus. She occasionally babysits Biff, and also works at Wiseguy's Pizza
Parlor. Her father works out of town, so she has the house to herself. Her reptile collection includes Stretch
Armless, a boa constrictor, and Beezlebuf, the "pacman frog". Her boyfriend is Dobbs, who is not shown in the strip. She's a
fan of the Dave Matthews Band, and her key memory is of her father singing "Moonshadow" to her. Given the option, she'd be in
university now, halfway through a marine biology major. She previously made a cameo appearance in Derring-Do Dan. After Flimm is apparently defeated,
on 140101 she says that she's joined Brockleport Community College to get a marine biology degree, and that she's going to give her
menagerie to a zoo (Stretch Armless goes to Elijah and Dr. Periwether). She herself will be studying at the Republic of Kliiv under
Dr. James M. Haynes. |
| Goatsucker | (See "Non-Humans" below.) |
| Lucius Cole | (See "Helpers" below.) |
| Bill Watterson |
Bill is the creator of the Calvin and Hobbes newspaper comic. Within this universe, his son, Marvin James, was abducted
by Rafer Frost roughly 30 years prior, on Dec. 31. Melissa's memories were also taken, and Bill coped by channeling his
energies into making Calvin and Hobbes. Bill has given up on finding Rafer, and has mostly stopped talking to the
other three hunters. (Rafer left an orange stuffed tiger in Marvin's place.) Sphinx, one of the Watterson's cats,
strayed into the neighboring woods and was then seen being shoved in a bag in Slynderfell's ice cream factory. In the end, both
Sphinx and Marvin were rescued and returned to their home (131226). |
| Lucius Cole |
An African-American who lost his daughter, Regina, to Rafer. Lucius is a very hot-tempered, determined chaser, and will
sacrifice those around him to get at Rafer. He was found by Margo locked up in the ship of Jamie Jones on Lake Erie, where
the undead crew knew him as "Yellowjacket". He used to be the bass player for the band Roses and Revolutions
(along with Kory Merritt's brother) and had worked at an electric company. He's a fan of Dave Matthews and the
Bare Naked Ladies. Lucius is currently one of the main protagonists accompanying Margo. (There's no mention of
what toy Rafer left in Regina's place.) He is defeated by Flimm's vine monster on 130729, but rescued soon after. As of 131222,
he is off somewhere with Regina. |
| Jerry Nelson |
Former muppeteer working for Jim Henson. The real Jerry passed away in August, 2012, and the one in the story was in
poor health when last seen. Rafer took his daughter, Christine, but there's no mention of what toy was left in her place.
Rafer attempted to abduct Rufus and Biff a second time while in Jerry's cabin, leaving a muppet yip-yip doll on the floor
for him, but Jerry woke up from Rafer's induced deep sleep and smashed Frost over the head with an acoustic guitar, defeating
him. As of 131226, he's on the Sesame Street set with Christine. |
| Dr. Emilee Emeline Periwether |
The craziest and least-focused of the group, Periwether has a doctorate in Environmental Studies with a minor in Fisheries
Management from Brockleport C.C. Her brother, Elijah, two years older than her, was Taken by Rafer at age 10 (no mention of
the toy left in his place). She has spent the most amount of time researching Takers, and she's the one that has coined the
term "Allseers" (see below) to refer to the beings from outside of our dimension. She's an acquaintance of the Mushpits, but
not really a close one. She tells Margo that maybe one reason people remember those Taken by Flimm/Rafer Frost is that Allseers
like the Mushpits messed with the minds of potential victims in order to make it easier to track Flimm's whereabouts. A sign of
this tampering is her dream of hummingbirds, and possibly Biff's belief that he was experimented on by aliens. Her ability to
be in the right place at the right time turns out to be a little too suspcious and she's eventually revealed to have known where
Flimm was for several years. She's become enthralled with the whole "Allseers" thing, and has been working to keep both the
Mushpits and Flimm to herself. After trying to assault Rufus and Margo with an umbrella knife, she's defeated by Elijah and
Stretch Armless at Margo's house. Eventually, she collapses and begs Elijah for forgiveness (140115). |
| Goatsucker |
A female chupacabra that gets captured and leashed by Margo while attempting to steal a sheep from a farm. She claims
to have grown up in a desert before coming to the woods near Brockleport. Says that as a child, she was told stories of
Takers to keep her in line. Dislikes being around people or being indoors, but does like frozen rats. She's come to
be very loyal to Rufus, and tolerates Margo. Is currently one of the protagonists. She's lost one ear to L'Omino, and was
assassinated by the West Bleekport Gang on 130520. Was last seen tied to a pole over the door of the Slynderfell ice cream
factory. |
| Emmet and Mrs. Mushpit |
An elderly couple living on the outskirts of town, who are actually the earthly manifestations of two of the Allseers
(see below) trying to capture and punish the Takers (see below). So far, Mrs. Mushpit hasn't been given a first name,
and is the more irritable and bossy of the two. Emmet is powerful, but more petty - he's the one that took the Aylosium
trinkets and turned the purified metal into a dagger, then demanded to be the one that weilds the dagger himself.
Periwether tells Margo that the Mushpits have deteriorated far from what they were like when she first met them. After making the
dagger, the disappear from the story. After Flimm is defeated, we're told that they fixed the memories that had been Taken by Flimm
before returning to their original "home" outside of our universe (140123). |
| C. Percival Trullus |
An opportunistic little troll that has appeared previously in
No Room, No Story.
He will sell his services to the highest bidder, does nothing for free, and traffics in stolen Oscar trophies. Trullus
lives under a bridge at the outskirts of Brockleport, and is familiar with several of the Takers, including Jennie
Greenteeth and L'Onimo. He's credited as having bootlegged Bill Watterson's products and created "Pissing Calvin".
Goatsucker accuses him of being closely tied all of the Takers, and he admits to acting as their eyes and ears. He has at
least one finger dislocated or broken by Goatsucker, and then further mangled by Lucius. |
| Leeshkin Slynderfell |
Owner and sole propriator of The
Slynderfell Cavalcade of Gustatory Glory ice cream factory, which is featured fairly
heavily in No Room, No Story. His
family came from outside our solar system, but Leeshkin has been on earth for longer than his detractors have been alive.
He is married to Oggalulu. His factory uses bits and pieces of dogs, cats and unicorns as ingredients in his ice creams,
which are a parody of Ben and Jerry's. One of those cats is Sphinx, Bill Watterson's missing calico. Eventually,
he's shown to have a strong connection to Flimm. When Flimm is defeated, Slynderfell acts like his plug has been pulled. He later
shows up in the Springshire Home for the Mentally Flogged (140124) along with Rafer Frost. |
Jenny
Jamie
L'Omino
Gevaudan's Beast
The Piper
Baba Yaga
Flimm |
(See Takers, below.) |
| Heckbender |
One of the creatures inhabiting Halfrock Swamp.
Heckbender was the feature antagonist in Kory's first LSOS story.
It eats pretty much anything it finds in the swamp, but is partial to children, which it stores in a cave for consumption when the weather turns cold.
In this sense, there seems to be a connection between it and the Takers. Trullus implies that Heckbender knows where Flimm is, making Heckbender
The One that Flimm fears might rat him out to the Mushpits. Heckbender actually has something of a romantic streak, and is entraced by the stories
from the books he's kept from his previous victims. He has only the one book he was able to save from the attack by the villagers in the first story -
The Giver, by Lois Lowry. Since Goatsucker can't read, Heckbender recites The Giver from memory for her.
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| Phintesmo Blyme and the West Bleekport Gang |
Phintesmo and the WBP are villians, murders and thieves that figured heavily in
No Story, No Room, and had a cameo appearance in
Derring-Do Dan, the Adventure Man. While they are ruthless and blood-thirsty,
working in The Bogey as "Problematic Persons Management" (assassins), they usually get out-tricked when in the spotlight. Last contracted to
capture or eliminate Goatsucker. (They choose to kill her, instead.) They disappear after getting their payment from Slynderfell.
The gang consists of the leader Phintesmo, the 8-legged Skabcraw, gar-faced Shmeevil, eel-necked Sleurth and helmet-headed Grulmet.
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| Jenny Greenteeth |
Hag who drowns children that swim in rivers. Also known as: Peg Prowler, River Mumma, Pondweed Winnie.
| Currently: | Still in a river within walking distance of the Watterson house. |
| Aylosium: | Necklace, which she gave to Margo. |
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| Jamie Jones |
Master of the Great Lakes, and younger brother to the more famous Davy Jones. Suffers a major inferiority complex. Commands
the crew of the ill-fated Edmund Fitzgerald. His main nemesis is the great sturgeon, G'urgeon.
| Animal: | His body is comprised of various fish and lake creatures. |
| Currently: | On the Great Lakes. |
| Aylosium: | Key, given to Margo by one of the crew. |
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| L'Omino |
Italian for "little man", L'Omino is the coachman from the original Pinocchio tale. He runs the Happy Land of Toys and
Pleasure, where he manipulates people's DNA to turn them into animals which he then sells to circuses or butchershops.
He's defeated by the animals still in his livery.
| Currently: | Presumed killed. |
| Aylosium: | Whip handle, given to Rufus by one of the donkeys. |
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| Gevaudan's Beast |
A combination of a werewolf with the big bad wolf of Red Riding Hood fame, but pretty quickly defeated by Margo.
| Animal: | He's a werewolf. |
| Currently: | Killed by Lucius. |
| Aylosium: | Walking cane, taken by Lucius and given to Margo. |
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| The Piper |
A variant of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, the Piper uses a fife to enthrall his victims in illusions consisting
of their most important memories. In the case of Margo, it was her father singing "Moonshadow", for Lucius, it was Regina.
At the same time, he attracts hordes of rats. If he's feeling murderous, he guides his victims into a lake or pond to drown.
He had been working with the Witch, but was defeated by Goatsucker.
| Animal: | He looks like a big, skinny rat, due to drawing in the energies of the rats he's drowned. |
| Currently: | Killed by some of the rats. |
| Aylosium: | Fife, taken by Goatsucker and given to Margo. |
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| Baba Yaga |
A mash-up of the Witch from Hansel and Gretel, and the Slavic Baba Yaga character. She lived in a delapitated house covered
in rotting candy along with the Piper. The house has chicken legs, and Baba flies around in a big mortar and pestle. Her
"teeth" are actually metal screws placed into her gums. She eats children roasted in her oven, but just wanted to capture
Rufus and Biff to find out how they'd managed to thwart Flimm so many times. She escapes death at the hands of Lucius and
walks away from the house while dragging her mortar.
| Currently: | Whereabouts unknown. |
| Aylosium: | Screw tooth, given to Margo. |
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| Flimm |
Flimm is the exception in the group. He's the strongest Taker because he doesn't have a body. While staying non-corporeal
would normally make him easier to find by the other Allseers, Flimm has managed to keep himself hidden by using human
puppets like Rafer Frost to do his bidding. Referred to as The Taker of Memories, Flimm doesn't eat his victims immediately.
Instead, he prefers to savor their life energies slowly over a long period of time. When confronted by Rufus and Biff, he tries Taking Rufus,
but Biff volunteers in his place. This show of selflessness is enough to turn Flimm vulnerable to Rufus' Aylosium dagger, which pierces Flimm's
core, and he shoots, screaming, out of his cave to go hide in the trunk of the car used as Rufus' and Biff's hideout. He's finally bashed by
Twila's lacrosse stick, and he seeps into the ground, leaving Biff behind him.
| Currently: | As of 140121, he had seeped into the ground near Biff and Rufus' hideout. |
| Aylosium: | "Doesn't use the stuff." |
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