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Description Dr. Hannibal Lecter - (SILENCE OF THE LAMBS by Thomas Harris), formerly a respected forensics psychiatrist; a sociopathic, psychopathic and cannibalistic serial killer.
OTHER CHARACTERS:
  • Clarice Starling, an FBI Academy student assigned to interview the incarcerated Lecter.
  • Jack Crawford, the Behavioral Sciences Unit chief and Clarice's mentor.
  • Jame" Buffalo Bill" Gumb, a serial killer who slaughters overweight women and makes "woman suits" out of their flayed flesh.
  • Dr. Frederick Chilton, the administrator of the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane.
LOCATIONS:
  • The Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane
OBJECTS:
  • Unknown
The Caretaker - (THE TELL-TALE HEART by Edgar Allan Poe), the unnamed narrator of the story; a man who goes insane and murders an old man on cold blood because of his "vulture" eye.
OTHER CHARACTERS:
  • The Old Man, an elderly individual the Caretaker lives with who has a wide, clouded, vulture-like eye, which unnerves the Caretaker enough to murder him.
  • The three police officers, the policeman who arrive at the Caretaker's house to investigate a scream heard by a neighbor.
LOCATIONS:
  • The Caretaker's house
OBJECTS:
  • Lantern
  • Bonesaw
The Childlike Empress - (THE NEVERENDING STORY by Michael Ende), the monarch of Fantastica who, as the name implies, bears the stark resemblance to a young adolescent girl. Originally nameless, she is desperate need of one or else she will fade away and Fantastica and all its inhabitants will cease to exist.
OTHER CHARACTERS:
  • Bastian Balthazar Bux, a shy and bookish boy who happens upon the book, The Neverending Story, and soon becomes a character of it.
  • Atreyu, the main protagonist of the book who is a young, intrepid adventurer and warrior who was summoned by the Empress to save her from her illness.
  • Engywook and Urgl, a pair of quarrelsome gnomes. Engywook is a researcher of the Southern Oracle while his wife, Urgl gets in his way.
  • Falkor, a loyal luck dragon who comes to assist Atreyu and Bastian on their quest.
  • G'mork, a servant of the Manipulators behind the Nothing who is a wolf-like creature.
  • Morla the Ancient One, a giant turtle living in the Swamps of Sadness who is the oldest Fantastican alive.
  • The Old Man of Wandering Mountain, an elderly chronicler whose chronicle contains all events in Fantastica.
  • The Southern Oracle, a mysterious, all-knowing oracle that is guarded by three magical gates.
  • Carl Conrad Coreander, the cantankerous owner of the store Bastian stole the book from.
  • Pyornkrachzark, a giant rock chewer who lives on a diet of rocks.
  • The Nothing, the dark power destroying all of Fantastica created from humans' lack of imagination and reluctance to read books.
LOCATIONS:
  • Fantastica
    • The Ivory Tower
    • Goab the Desert of Colors
    • The Swamps of Sadness
    • Perilin the Night Forest
    • Moldymoor
    • Mountains of Death
    • Sphinx Gate
    • Magic Mirror Gate
    • The Sea of Possibilities
    • Spook City
    • Silver City
    • Horok Castle
    • The Wandering Castle
    • The Crystal Cave
OBJECTS:
  • The Auryn
  • The Neverending Story book
Rüdiger von Schlotterstein - (THE LITTLE VAMPIRE/DER KLEINE VAMPIR by Anne Sommer-Bodenburg), the second youngest of the Schlotterstein vampire clan who befriends a human boy named Anton.
OTHER CHARACTERS:
  • Anton Bohnsack, a 9-year old boy with an affinity towards horror stories, especially vampires.
  • Anna von Schlotterstein, Rüdiger's younger sister who develops a crush on Anton.
  • Lumpi der Starke, Rüdiger's older brother.
  • Aunt Dorothee von Schlotterstein-Seifenschwein, Rüdiger's aunt.
  • Uncle Theodor von Seifenschwein, Rüdiger's uncle.
  • Robert and Helga Bohnsack, Anton's parents.
  • Hans-Heinrich Geiermeier, the keeper of an old cemetery and a dedicated vampire hunter.
  • Wolf-Rüdiger Schnuppermaul, a Stuttgart gardener and Geiermeier's assistant.
  • Dr. Jürgen Schwartenfeger, a psychologist.
LOCATIONS:
  • Germany
OBJECTS:
  • Unknown
The Little Prince - (THE LITTLE PRINCE/LE PETIT PRINCE by Antione de Saint-Exupéry), an innocent young boy who ventures across the universe, learning many life lessons along the way.
OTHER CHARACTERS:
  • The Narrator, a war pilot who crash-lands in the Sahara Desert where he meets the Prince.
  • The Rose, a coquettish flower.
  • The Fox, a knowledgable fox whom the Prince asks to tame.
  • The Snake, a snake that sends the Prince to heaven by biting him.
  • The King
  • The Vain Man
  • The Drunkard
  • The Businessman
  • The Lamplighter
  • The Geographer
  • The Railway Switchman
  • The Salesclerk
LOCATIONS:
  • Earth
    • The Sahara Desert
  • Space
    • Asteroid B-612
    • Asteroid 325
    • Asteroid 326
    • Asteroid 327
    • Asteroid 328
    • Asteroid 329
OBJECTS:
  • Biplane
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