Characters Created by Mr. David R. Dorrycott

From November 1935 C.E. to Present

Spontoon Island created by Mr. Ken Fletcher

Used with Permission

UPDATE:

March 10^th, 2006 C.E. Various typos. Added characters. Added data.

Originally created because I got tired of wandering through 600 plus pages of text trying to figure out who was what species or how their name was spelt.

Okay readers, for those who care here is a fairly (but not all) inclusive listing of the characters I have created for Spontoon Island for my use. Mr. Simon Barber has permission to use these characters. I never have, do not currently have and never will have any Public Domain works or characters. Occasionally I have been known to give away a character. Due to previous misunderstandings about character availability and to insure that such a problem never occurs again, if you feel that you would like to use one of my creations ask first.

Mr. Ken Fletcher, owner of Spontoon Island Website, has requested that the Brotherhood of the Boneless not be written anywhere near Spontoon Island. I respect his request, I ask you to do so as well should you want to write about them. Only one hard rule applies regarding writing about them, they can never be destroyed.

Notice: Often I write what I call tossoffs. These are often ‘what if’ stories that I have little or no intention of using in Spontoon, or anywhere else. They can run from a page to fifty pages, depending upon my mood at the time. Everything listed in TOSSOFFS is 100% Non-Cannon. Rarely Tossoffs find their way into Cannon material, usually re-written, but only after everyone involved agrees.

Thank you.

PRIMARY CHARACTERS:

Oharu Wei

Annette Riverstone

Helen Maggy Whitehall

Elizabeth Kathleen Brighton-Sapohatan (formally Sandy Doecan)

SECONDARY CHARACTERS:

Nikki Ibarra Lily Benevedo

Lady Tsukiyama

Kjellfrid

Malou

Characters on Spontoon & Related Islands;

Character names in italics are dead by August 1936.

Anything in BOLD is usually a Ship, Group or Business name.

Nightmares are Not Always Dreams (NANAD) was set in Late September to Late November, 1935.

Benevedo, Nikki Ibarra Lily	Female. Mare. About 27 years old. Lesbian. Songmark graduate, second class. Owns half of Kart-Tombs Charter Flights. Extremely Dominate. Has a crush on Oharu. Member of ‘The Committee.’ Very long term business visa. Marries Malou in TOURIST TRADE (a non-cannon non-released story.) Also known as The Red Lily. Fillypino.
Brighton-Sapohatan, Elizabeth Kathleen	Female. Bobcat. Half owner (by inheritance) Of the Bar Everything ranch, Denver Colorado. In her guise as ‘Sandy Doecan,’ A Mata Hari style agent for Spontoon, she was Oharu’s contact. An American half-bred (Cipanguan/Whitefur.) Age around 26, Female, Semi-Straight (anything for the information.) With her cover completely blown ‘Sandy’ dies while Elizabeth ‘Arrives.’ Foster daughter of one rather secretive Ferret belonging to Simon Barber. Marries Simon’s character Albert Sapohatan. American-Spontoon.
Brown, Mark	Male. Fox. Married to a ratel. Of German decent, original surname Isbraun. One of Spontoon’s best actors. Pilot. Speaks English, Spontoon and German. Not so good with English. Native Spontoon.
Chaiki	Female. Vixen. About 17 years old in 1935. Wife of Cipangu agent who ‘accidently drowned.’ Has not been seen since. Fate currently unknown. She may actually be alive, but I wouldn’t bet any serious shells on that. Still one never knows on Spontoon. Japanese.
Conchita	Female. Mixtexa Hairless. Female. About 19 years old. Part of crew on Peppers Delight. Attacked by unknown creature while swimming several miles offshore of the islands. Mixtexa.
Conroy, Teresa	Female. Otter. Student at S.I.T.H.S. American.
Dassher, Jacob	Male. Border collie. About 37 years old. Second ‘in command’ of the English Consulate. Polite, rather handsome. Highly intelligent. English.
Dia-Kura	Female. Feline, Calico. Priestess on Meeting Island who has taken non-sexual interest in Helen Whitehall and her son. She helped Helen work through the worst of her madness. Native Spontoon.
Dal, Avonaco	Male. Hound. Around 40. Extreme sense of humor (not interested in practical jokes.) In charge of Communications for the Spontoon Intelligence Agency. Native Spontoon.
Evers	Male. Hound, common. Around 50 years old. Contact man for an otter cloth peddler on Eastern Island. Native Spontoon.
Farrson, Lord	Male. About 65 years old. ‘Old Stovepipe’ for his predilection to wearing high topped hats. In charge of the English Consulate. Not playing with a full deck. English.
Garner, Albert Fennigen, Esquire	White Tailed Deer. ‘Enforcer of Prussian Justice.’ Uses a female skunk as his assistant. Said assistant is an ex-Prussian athlete for the 1932 Olympics (swimming) who is kept in control by a combination of drugs and hypnotism. P. Callie’s actual duty to locate local young ladies or men whom she then drugs. They are then usually instructed by Garner to kill a specific target, then themselves. To date is has been a highly effective plan with over eleven ‘expatriates’ liquidated. Note, the drug used does not allow short termed memory to be sent to long term memory. Once P. Callie is removed from the drug her last memory will be of a meal while held in solitary confinement. Nothing else. She will have lost several years of her life, forever. Moldavian.
Girarad, Dalphas Filiberht Oberon	Male. Brittany Spaniel. About 35 years old. Homosexual. Dapper German agent that contacted Oharu for her ‘special art.’ Works as a courier for the Japanese on occasion. Exceptionally dangerous. French.
Fumiyo	Female. Vixen. About 15 years old. Assistant to the Miko Urako. Native Cipangu-Spontoon.
Grankvist, Blossom	Female. Housecat. About 22 years old. Heterosexual. Beginning writer. Married American writer Harcourt Fenton Swordfire (see Rictor, Boguslaw.) Moved to America with husband. Spontoon.
Guzemon, Doctor Leopard.	Male. Effeminate. Owns a large share in Kanaka & Muumuu Coconut Wine. Native Spontoon.
Hanson, Robert	Male. Brown Bear. About 21 years old. Related to owner of Peppers Delight. Attacked by unknown creature while swimming several miles offshore of the islands. Deceased. American.
Harkness, Samuel	Main villain in the Mary Wrightwood novels. Heros are Donald and George (who are fey in truth.) N/A.
Hawkins, Carter	Alias for Two Red Stones. Native American.
Himee, Hinatea	(see Lolo)
Hoffman, Elsia	Female. German Spitzmäuse (mouse.) Bi-sexual. About 33 years old. Native Guide, private eye, part time secret agent, general nosy character. Very competent. Member of ‘The Committee.’ Native Spontoon.
Emperor for Life Bubba Joe Bob Willy Two Toes Junior	Male. Ram. Maybe 30? Ruler of South Thomas Island.
Heartford, Alice K.	Female. hedgehog. Married. Works as Executive Secretary at the English Consulate on Spontoon. Husband works in “ the ultra do not admit it exists secret area.” English.
Hokes, Captain Sherman	Male. Bloodhound, around late twenties. American Naval officer, Personnel. Stationed at Guam, bought drug from Doctor A.F. Garner. American.
Mr. H’shoshon	Male. Groundhog. About 40 years old. Portly, a solicitor land & lease agent based on Meeting Island. Deals with mid-to high value equipment as well. Completely legal. Has three wives (all live together.) Helen Whitehall’s solicitor (lawyer.) Native Spontoon.
Huakava	Female. Panther. Very old, sexuality never mentioned. Spontoon High Priestess. Has taken Oharu as her last student. Dies in October, 1936. Selects Saimmi Hoele’toemi as her replacement in October, 1936. Saimmi is Mr. Simon Barber’s character. Native Spontoon.
Illie Fishhunter	Female. Arctic Fox. About 29 years of age. Professional body-guard/assassin. Only speaks Cantonese. Native. Kitnapped from Spontoon Island & enslaved around 1912 at the age of five years. Extremely deadly. Apparently has ‘talent’ as well. Speaks only Cantonese as of March 1936. Re-learning her native language slowly (she has trouble with learning new languages.). Native Spontoon.
Kildar, Oscar	Male. Mastiff. About 45 years old. Lawyer for Helen Whitehall vs her brother in law. Loves to pull strings and shaft the opposition. Native Spontoon.
Kjellfrid	Female. Rabbit. About 45 years old. Heterosexual. Mr Sapohatan’s Private secretary & ex-sister in-law. Plain looking, married, mentioned children, nothing more. Scandinavian decent as is husband (who’s name will never be mentioned.) Member of ‘The Committee.’ Native Spontoon.
Leela	Female. Dormouse. S.I.T.H.S. student learning Hula. Native Spontoon.
Leokau	Female. Otter. About 20 years old. Heterosexual. Priestess in training. Never equal to Saimmi. Was exposed to scarlet fever in mothers womb, thus has minor brain dysfunction. She cannot become angry. In fact all but the most gentle emotions are denied her. Has a husband and at least one child. Native Spontoon.
Landers, Lieutenant	Male. About 20 years old. Helldiver Squadron leader off the American CV RANGER. Fooled by Sandy Doecan & Annette Riverstone.American.
Lolo (Hinatea Himee)	Female. A ‘tiny’ gerbille Student at S.I.T.H.S. in one of Mrs. Whitehall’s classes. Shows promise as a teacher, often used as a teachers assistant by Helen or to cover a class when Helen has to leave for a short period of time. Native Spontoon.
Martin	Male. Crow. Principle of S.I.T.H.S. Old school hard liner in regards to punishment. “Twenty wacks, that‘ll learn ‘em.” Native Spontoon.
McGee, Butterfly	Female. Wife, Generic Bovine, about 45 years old. Runs the McGee Resort on Casino Island. Hides a secret. Native Spontoon.
McGee, Taza	Male. Husband, Buffalo Wolf, about fifty. Fisherman, part time Casino bouncer. Native Spontoon.
McGee Children
Reiko McGee	12 year old daughter. Spontoon.
Paul McGee	11 year old son Spontoon.
?? McGee	9 year old son Spontoon.
?? McGee	7 year old son Spontoon.
Rainbow McGee	5 year old daughter (twin) Spontoon.
Sunrise McGee	5 year old daughter (twin) Spontoon.

McMaster, Katherine	Female. Dalmatian. About 29 years old. Hetrosexual. Songmark graduate, second class. Owns controlling half of Kart-Tombs Charter Flights as she is native. Buddhist. Native Spontoon.
Miller, Rabbi Hirsh	Male. Mink. About sixty or more. Chief Jewish leader in Spontoon. Hebrew.
Montrose, Herbert K.	Male. Grey Owl. About 50 years old. Lawyer. Extremely Honest. Prefers to deal in Euro vs Euro cases (where he can milk his client.) Native Spontoon
Moro	Male. Wolf. About forty. Water Taxi pilot and special agent for a certain ferret. Has for some unknown reason decided that oharu Wei is his special project (not love or sex.) Amerindian tribe decent. Spontoon.
Natasha	Female. Hound. About 34 years old. Spontoon priestess. Native Spontoon.
O’Tool, Katrina Lt.	Female. Badger. About 28. Police Administrator (not officer) assigned to von Toews. Spontoon.
Passan, Dr. Doctor	Porcupine. Male. Grey from age. Has been ‘About to retire’ for so long people can’t remember. Native Spontoon.
Patricia	Female. Prairie Dog. Heterosexual. About 18 years old. Songmark First year that stumbles onto Oharu after enraging Red Dorm (ref: Simon Barber.) 1936/1937 Songmark School Year. Story was a Tossoff that was accidently released too far. Will be folded into later chapters. Released to Mr. Simon Barber, Feb. 2006. United Moaru Chiefdoms.
Polychronopoulos, Henrika	Female. Skunk. 21 year old. Second year Songmark girl captured by trickery on Krupmark Island. Sold to Kuo Han to be broken into slavery. Purchased by Oharu and returned to Songmark. Greek.
Ray, Tasha Lee	Female. Haliaeetus leucocephalus (eagle.) About 30 years old. Air Traffic Controller. Heterosexual (maybe) and very (very) open minded about partners, as long as they are pilots. Unmarried. Member of ‘The Committee.’ Native Spontoon.
Reeds, Captain Alicia	Code name used by Sandy Doecan. Code name has, now been retired. N/A
Rewa	Female, a grandmother. Hired by Helen Whitehall to be her son’s nanny while she is at work teaching, or otherwise called away and unable to take her son with her. Native Spontoon.
Rictor, Boguslaw	Male. Rabbit. About 36. Tourist. Writer of the Mary Wrightwood adventures, in the style of Linda Carlton / Nancy Drew. From Logansport, Indiana. American. aka Bog aka Harcourt Fenton Swordfire
Riverstone, Doctor Annette Patricia	Female. Otter. Around 25 years old. Bi-Sexual. Half blackfur. Former Pan Am Air Hostess (Flight Attendant) American. Medical Doctor, floats between hospitals, clinics and dragging her mangey carcass from village to village. Came up with the idea to turn the DUCK she arrived on into an Air Ambulance. Given Asylum on Spontoon from American Government (falsely accused of being a spy.) American.
Rousseau, Phil	Male. Fox. About mid-50's. Works for the Spontoon Intelligence Agency. Native Spontoon.
Shirane, Fumiyo	Female. Red Fox. About 16. Assistant to the Spontoon Miko Urako. Of Cipangu stock is a born native.
Shiva	Female. Star nosed mole. About 55. Works for the Allthing. Spontoon.
Silvertow, Ille	Female. Mephiti (skunk). Age about 60. Owner of a legal cargo warehouse and shipping company called SILVERTOW STORAGE. Part time hack writer. Ille is one of those few who come up with many of the crazy myths and rituals tourists believe are real. Part of ‘The Committee.’ Native Spontoon.
S.P.Q.R.	Spontoon Private Quixotic Rescue. A single American DUCK amphibious aircraft painted lavender on the top, blood red on the bottom. Marked with Red Cross Medical Symbols. Official owned by Annette Riverstone. Used by entire medical community for emergency flights only.
Two Red Stones	Male. Cougar, around 29 years old. USN Intel Officer posing as Embassy Marine. Native Apache. Actually an American Secret Agent, ex-Marine. Native American.
Steinhauer, Major	Character in the Mary Wrightwood novels. Love interest. N/A
Toews, Antonius von	Male. Schnauzer. 53 Years old. Ex-Prussian Military Intelligence run out by political changes. Never married. Denied by family 9though mainly for those same political reasons.) Hates Hitler. Jovial attitude in most cases, ignores the standard Prussian mold unless it suits him. Long term Spontoon resident. Prussian.
Underwood, Miss P. Callie	Female. Skunk. Exceptionally small (4'11") she was one of Prussia’s proposed 1932 Olympic contenders for diving (swimming.) Vocally against the revolution (Hitler) but considered too important to liquidate, she was placed into Doctor A.F. Garner’s care ‘for experimentation.’ P. Callie turned out to be an excellent subject, falling so deeply under the Doctors control that she publically renounced her previous statements and shot her best friend to death in public ‘as an example to the people that weakness cannot be permitted.’ She is Garner’s ‘assistant.’ Prussian.
Urako	Female. Vixen. Around 17 years old. Heterosexual. Miko for Spontoon Island Shinto Shrine on Casino Island. NOTE: Miko’s are not romantically or sexually active. Upon becoming such, they are no longer Miko’s. It is an extremely serious life change. Native Spontoon.
Viper, Becky	Female. Lynx. About 32 years old. Lesbian, dominate. Part owner of The Double Lotus with her four ‘life companions.’ Usually the bartender for The Double Lotus (TDL copyright Mr. Simon Barber.) Native Spontoon.
Vundebund, Elisha	Female. Poodle. About 57 years old. Extremely high society, extremely rich. Lost over three million dollars worth of jewels (and all her clothing) when she fell off U.S.S. Moonsprite in 1933 enroute to Spontoon Island. American.
Wallsome, Jaco	Male. Fox. Second in charge to Elizabeth Sapohatan. Native Spontoon.
Wazuka	Female. Vixen. About 5 years old. Potential candidate for Miko on Spontoon Island. Native Spontoon.
Wei, Oharu	Female. Mouse, around 27 years old. Lesbian. My Main Character Martial Art is Yawara MisogiTraining. Learning to be an Island Priestess. Non-combative (physically.) Cipanguan (Japanese.) Dark walnut colored fur with golden highlights in private areas. Birth name Eizawa(Eizawa Oharu) took name of Osui (Filth) upon arriving upon Spontoon. Was given the name Wei by the Natives of No Island. Wei means Fresh Breeze. Sometimes called Kahuna Wei. Has Arrived. Cipangu-Spontoon.
Whitehall Antonius James	Male. Bulldog. Son to Killian Whitehall and Helen Whitehall. Born May 20^th, 1936 after a long, dangerous labor (he was much too large for his mother to birth normally.) Native Spontoon.
Whitehall, Helen Maggy Sneed	Female. Half Afgan, half Pine Marten (Cat Crainn). Age around 27 years old. Bi-Sexual but has sworn off men in honor of her now dead husband. Mother to Killian Whitehall’s only legitimently known child, Antonius James Whitehall, a son. Phd in Palenotology. Teaches at S.I.T.H.S. Killian Whitehall’s widow (see Nightmares are not always dreams.) Extremely well off, founder and soul owner of Aviation Airways, a fact only weekly magazine about all things regarding aviation, with a heavy leaning to true (verifiable) stories. Maiden name Sneed. From a ranch in Wyoming. Southern Baptist. Considered Arrived though not officially. Maiden name was Doctor Helen Maggy Sneed, Phd (Palenotology.) Given asylum from Brotherhood of the Boneless. American.
Wilfred	Male. Hedgehog. ‘Ancient.’ Butler at the English Consulate. English. He knows things.
Wrightwood, Mary	Female. Vixen. Maybe 20? Fictional Character created by Boguslaw Rictor in the vein of Nancy Drew, Perils of Pauline and Linda Carlton. Always in trouble, always barely getting out of it. A series of at least twenty books published by 1936. Written on average one every two months. N/A
Yoana	Female. Rabbit. About 30 years old. Died of influenza around 1931. Kjellfrid’s younger sister. Married to Mr. Sapohatan (Simon Barber’s character.) Left no children. Native Spontoon.

Characters Not On (or originally on) Spontoon Island;

Rear Admiral Hiroaki Abe	Male. About 50 years old. In overall command of IJN Tone and IJN Chikuma. Cipangu.
Ah-lam	Male. Ratel. About 50 years old. Pirate. DOA on Cranium Island. Macao Pirate. Unknown.
Taisa (Colonel) Akimoto Heiji	Male, About 40 years old. IJN Navy Intelligence officer that selected Oharu for Spontoon. DOA. Cipangu.
Biff Armstrong	Doberman. Male. About 37. American bit-part actor who stayed on Spontoon, acting as an ‘explorer.’ Actually an act to get favors from female tourists. DOA Cranium Island. American.
Atsuko	Rabbit. Female. About 23 years old. Personal Maid for Lady Tsukiyama. Cipangu
Billy Mongoose.	Male. About 70 years old. Alcoholic customs agent at Toonabo, Mildendo Island. Milendo Island.
Bunrakuken	Male. About 38 years old. Ships stoker for the Burat Maru. Murdered on Tilamooka Island. Cipangu.
‘Commander, The’	Bulldog. Male. About 51 years old. Commander of GR team, widower. Ultra-Nationalist. Died on Eastern Island while attempting to murder Molly Procyk (Simon Barber’s character.) American.
Deckard	Male. About 32 years old. Pilot. One of the group Sandy Doecan was navigator for. Known as Deck. Sweden.
Eddy	Cocker Spaniel. Male. About 16 years old. Works for Pan American Airlines on Midway Island. Energetic, friendly. Guam.
Floral and Marley	ref: Laurel and Hardy. American
Flumbulger, Doctor	Male, Groundhog. Zoologist, grey furred. Tillimook.
Francine	Female. Pan Am Air Hostess stationed in Hawaii for the Clipper aircraft. American.
Albert Flintstine	Fox. Male. Late 40's. Pan Am lawyer in Ohau, Hawaii. Dapper. Views business in a rather odd light ‘Let them know everything, it blows over much more quickly that way.’ American.
Major William Forrester	Panther. Male. About 42 years old. Naval Officer USN, Hickam Field Security. American.
Georgette	Female. Works in the Miami (Florida) main office of Pan American Airways. Contact for the lawyer Albert Flintstine.American.
Captain Shiba Granite	Female. About 49 years old. Half owner of the private freighter Three Moons (crew own other half.) Part time slaver, whatever puts silver in her pocket. No morals. Originally mentioned (unnamed) by Mr. Simon Barber. Unknown.
General Harper	Bulldog. Male. About 51 years old. British Naval Officer. Reassigned by The Major from Hawaii to the Falkland Islands. British.
Major Thomas William Hawkins	Bulldog. Male. About 42 years old. Of the Royal Hampshire. ‘The Major.’ Saved Annette and Oharu’s life on Big Island (Hawaii.) Claims to be retired, ared upon Spontoon Island interested in several people, Amelia Bourne-Phipps (Mr. Simon Barbers Character) being one of them. British.
Kathleen Tiddles Hightower	Otter. Female. About twenty five years old. Flight Attendant for Pan American Airways. Actually a very successful US Navy intelligence agent. Very smart, very deadly, very good actress. She can fool a star nosed mole. American.
Hikaru	Seamstress in Oahu. Works for the Hilton Hotel. Hawaiian.
HiYung	Porcine. Male. 60's. Member Brotherhood of the Boneless. Killed in a duel by Killian Whitehall. DOA NANAD. Chinese/Korean.
Horace	Male. 60's? Scientist on Cranium Island. Creates energy generating devices seen only in Science Fiction. Successfully tapped and drained the fragment on Cranium Island of all its power, though there was a great deal of leakage. Unknown.
Whitehall-Hunter, Elizabeth	Female. Bi-sexual. 33. Artist who befriended Oharu while the mouse was still a Miko (though wavering heavily.) Lives on Tahng Island, Tilamooka with her husband. Tilamooka.
Huntley, Louise	Female. Vixen (fox.) About 29. News reporter for the San Frisco Eclectic Examined. American.
Ambassador Ischinger	Doberman. Male. About 60 years old. German Ambassador to Hawaii. German.
Jacob	Male. About 50 years old. One of the group Sandy Doecan was navigator for. Canadian.
Doctor Johansson	Ring Tail. Male. About 70. Mad Scientist on Cranium Island. Works with Mind Control and Mind Exchange (and anything else he can dream up involving fiddling with a subjects brain.) Swedish.
The Kaaloa family.	NeNe (a type of Goose, known as the Hawaiian Goose.) Two adults, three children. Hawaiian.
KakalinaKaaloa	NeNe Female. About 17 years old. Female, involved in the Ohau Goddard Club (OGC.) Hawaiian.

Kension	Male. About 50 yeas old. Star Nosed Mole. Monk dropped off with twin sister chipmunk nuns at Krupmark. (Or were they really of a religious order?)
Ki	Male. Young boy that took over Oharu’s stall when she left the temple in Cipangu. Cipangu.
Kanonier Knopf	Doberman. Male. About 23 years old. One of the four German military ‘aids’ sent to kill Oharu, Annette and Kathleen on Oahu. They failed. German.
Babbet Marie LeBatelier	Female. French Poodle. Killian Whitehall’s first true love. Was eight months pregnant when died. Killed in Hun heavy artillery barrage in later part of the Great War. Killian couldn’t even find her street afterwards. French.
Sheen & Chi Li	Female. Panda sisters. Around 30 years old. You name it. Servants of Brotherhood of the Boneless. Ran off to West China with Sying at end of NANAD. At least one is carrying Killian Whitehall’s child. Perhaps both. Chinese.
Lien aka Furball	Female. Siamese. Around 19 years old. Captain Granite’s latest ‘Ships Cat.’ Mentally & emotionally shattered by now. Chinese.
Ruth Ester Leibowitz	Female. Mink. Heterosexual. Around 24 years old. Helen Whitehall’s best friend and assistant. Murdered and ‘processed’ by Madam Xiùme in China. NANAD. Jewish American.
Malou	Female. Saimese .About 25 years old. Lesbian by choice ( a rareity.) Currently lived in Macao. She is the woman Nikki supposable sold to Kou Han. Rescued by Nikki, Mark and Oharu. Very much in love with the mare. Speaks Cantonese and some Spontoon. Chinese
Mark/Franklin	Male. Bulldog. About 33 years old. Grunt & Communications Expert for GR Team, unmarried. American.
Miguel Gomez	Male. Human. About 12 years old. Treated by Annette Riverstone for a burned hand (boiling water.) Note; Humans are exceptionally rare (dying out) in my version of this world. Hawaiian.
Mrs. Gomez	Female. Human. About 30 years old. Husband is a fisherman. Brought her twelve year old son Miguel to Annette Riverstone for treatment in Hawaii. Hawaiian
Professor Jural Jenkins	Male. Mink. About 59. Rational, with rare moments of enlightened insanity. Cranium Island Mad Scientist. He works with plants. His theory that intelligent mobile plants are the future rulers of Earth. His American wife Suzanne was eaten alive by one of his giant Venus Flytraps while he was away, his only son discovered ‘The Guardian’ and was.. Absorbed. His eldest daughter is missing, presumed by him to be dead as well. Only his youngest daughter Sarah survives. If you could call madness survival. German.
Megan Jenkins	Female. Mink. About 27. Archeologist. Prisoner of her younger sister Sarah. Locked in what was either a tomb or Holy Chamber (rather large.) She is deathly afraid of both her sister and father. The only surviving Jenkins family member not in some way changed by the creatures of the ancient temple they live in. Has made a study of the carvings she has access too and learned ‘things.’ American.
Sarah Jenkins	Female Mink. About 23. Scientist on Cranium Island, prefers animal biology, specifically sea life. Her younger brother Bill was eaten as she watched by some kind of Guardian within the temple complex they have taken over. Her mother was later eaten by one of her fathers giant Venus Flytraps, again in front of her. Locked her older sister in a hidden chamber to protect her from their father after her mothers death. Quite insane, though hers is a very logical insanity, thus exceptionally dangerous. American.
Markham's	Couple. Agents of Sandy Doecan in Hawaii. No other data.
Bartholomew Matthews	Male. Rabbit. Mid 50's. Heterosexual. Pan Am. Top Manager (CEO) on Ohau, Hawaii. Married (Ellen, wife in Boston.) Not a happy marriage. He keeps hoping she will file for a divorce. Enamored with Annette’s friend Kathleen and Susy White, his paw-selected bat secretary. Specist vs Moles, mice and the like (but strangely not bats.) American.
Professor Merker	Male. Archeologist. About 80 years old. Crazy about lost civilizations like Atlantis, Mu, Lemur and the Seven Rainbow Cities of Antarctica. Died of heart attack on site in the summer of 1935. British.
Captain Edger ‘Bill’ Merryman	Male. Husky. About 29 years old. Naval Officer USN Hickam Field Security. American.
Miller	Male. ‘Empath’ Alice/Diane claimed could control anyone. Note; ‘Empath’ is one who has very delicate control of their ability to scent and release scents. Able to instill fear or love by adjusting their own scent. Rarer than Humans. American.
Mina	Female. About 20 years old. Secretary to Taisa (Colonel) Akimoto Heiji. Cipangu.
Mindy	Female. House Cat. About 26 years old. One of the group Sandy Doecan was navigator for. Canadian.
Unteroffizer Nieman	Male. German Shepard. Leader of the Germans sent to kill Oharu, Annette and Kathleen on Oahu. He failed. German.
GeneralPanahi	Male. Meercat. About 57 years old. In Hawaii to secretly meet with British and American representatives regarding a mutual defense pack with his country (Persia.) Official (secret) representative of ruling Persian Government. Wife was attacked on the China Clipper en-route to join him. Saved by Oharu. Persian.
Mrs. Shariat Panahi	Female. Meercat. About 28 years old. Mother of twin boys (about 6 years old.) Wife to an important military officer, General Panahi. Was attacked on the China Clipper by Oberst Unruh and badly injured. Expected to recover fully. Persian.
Ensign Parker	Male. Dalmatian. About 19 years old. Assistant to Bill Merryman in Naval Intelligence. Transferred ‘elsewhere’ due to lack of imagination (Little America?) American.
Patterson	Male. About 21 years old. Secondary navigator of the group Sandy Doecan was navigator for. Scotland.
Obergefreiter Pfrommer	Male. Doberman. About 24 years old. One of the four sent to kill Oharu, Annette and Kathleen on Oahu. Only survivor, crippled for life. German.
Pion	Male. Chinese Warlord killed by Sying in NANAD for his two aircraft. Chinese.
Potterman, General Williak	Male. Army officer mentioned by Mrs. Lynette Harkens. American.
Amelia Reinholst	Female. Captains the Sea Fairy. Tramp freighter.
Alice/Diane Ester Reiss	Female. Racoon. About 33 years old. Interrogator for GR team, married, husband is Jewish. Highly Homophobic. American.
Robert	Male. About 38 years old. One of the group Sandy Doecan was navigator for. French.
Roger	Male. About 22 years old. Customs agent at the international airport on Ohau. American.
Saggath	Male. Age ? Species ? Brotherhood of the Boneless. Hunts in Western Australia, mainly Roo’s. Unknown.
Schwarzkopf, Pfalzgrafin	Vixen. Female. Around 22 when hung during the Great War. Very upper society. Spy. Prussian.
Shaiming	Male. About nineteen years old. Traitor. Macao National. Chinese.
Shazeer	Female. Fennec. Around 22 years old. Sying’s great love. Servant of Brotherhood of the Boneless. Ran off to West China with Sying at end of NANAD. Carrying Killian Whitehall’s Child. Chinese.
Doctor Shi	Male. Goat. About 50 years old. Member Brotherhood of the Boneless. ‘He fell down the stairs and broke his neck’ Sying said. Chinese.
Nesbeit Sincere	Male. About 37 years old. Action Adventure movie star, quite popular. Very handsome. Has rather interesting contacts in Germany. Once married to Annette Riverstone. American.
Sying	Male. Bull. Member Brotherhood of the Boneless. Lives in China. Runs various ‘farms.’ Helped Killian, Helen & Illie escape China. Chinese.
Susy White	Female. Pipistrelle bat. Age 20. Bright red fur. Secretary to Bartholomew Matthews. Scottish.
Takana	Female. Rabbit. Sandy Doecan (aka Elizabeth Brighton) mother. Died a little after childbirth from complications. American.
Takana	Female. Rabbit. Age unknown (elderly). Painter who also creates maps for the temple Oharu served. Was known by Oharu while the mouse was still a Miko. Cipangu.
Titto	Female. About 19. Cranium Island servant of Sarah who was ‘experimented’ upon. Nothing will attack her now, even her own mother is deathly afraid of her. Her eyes glow a deep gold all the time. Only Sarah is completely comfortable around her. Titto is secretly completely in love with Sarah (much as Oharu is with Molly), else she would have killed her a very long time ago. Kills by draining life force, which makes her stronger for a short period of time. She must ‘eat madness’ once a month. This returns the victim to sanity for a period of five to seven days. Very talented artist (great at making ‘ancient maps.’) Cranium Island Native.
Tullio	Male. Pot Bellied Pig. About 40 years old. Speaks Italian and fair German. Purchasing agent for an unnamed lioness who loves the Blood Hunt. Offered 5,000 English pounds for Nikki. Has a male Lemur assistant. Italian.
Lady Tsukiyama	Female. Mouse Age 27 A military advisor to His Imperial Majesty Akihito. Oharu’s missing oldest sister. Extremely intelligent & well versed in Military/Government matters. Attempted suicide after arranging the deaths of all those involved in her sisters defilement. Stopped by the Emperor in person. Japanese/Cipangu.
Ulani	Female. Hound. S.I.T.H.S. student learning Hula. Native Spontoon.
Oberst Unruh	Porcine. Male. About 40 years old. Involved in an assault on the China Clipper, stopped by Oharu. Served in WWI as a sniper. Killed by his own people. German Military agent. German
Vidhyalakshmi	Female. Mongoose. S.I.T.H.S. student studying Hula. Native Spontoon.
Wallsome, Jaco	Male. Fox. Around fifty. Works for the Spontoon Intelligence Agency. Native Spontoon.
Wambenger, Latakia	Female. Marsupial Mouse. Heterosexual. About 49 years old. Australian Abroginie female. Wiradjuri clan. Very deadly. Hawaiian.
Wambenger, Justin	Male. Pack Rat. Hetrosexual. About 57 years old. Native Hawaiian, Insurgent Master Spy. Master aircraft mechanic & metal fabricator. Has a really strange sense of humor. Excellent mechanic, horrible shot. He could ‘Miss the barn wall from inside, with a scattergun. At two paces.’ Hawaiian.
Whitehall, Killian James	Male. Bulldog. Age about 40. Attempted to break the Boneless story. Long time field reporter for the London Thymes and others. Started reporting at the beginning of The Great War. Somehow involved with Inspector Stagg (in the past.) Occasionally used the name Captain Samuel Wilde Parker. Of the 1^st Middlesex Regiment. Buddhist. Dies of a brain tumor in Nightmares are not always Dreams in November, 1935. British.
Whitehall, Willy	Female. Bulldog. About 35 years old. Adventuress. Killian’s only sister. British.
Wolten, Annie	Female. Captains the Bright Whale. Tramp freighter. Australian.
Worst, Kapitanleutnant von	Fox. Male. About 23 years old. Arranged the death of Oberst Unruh. German.
Xiùme, Madam	Russian wolfhound. Female. Bi-sexual. Vicious. Member Brotherhood of the Boneless. Thanks to Killian’s actions she was accidently ‘processed.’ Russian/Chinese.

MISC: NON-CHARACTER DATA:

Spontoon:	Is	Description
Great Stone Glen	Place	Where Oharu lives and worships. On Main Island, the original waterfall’s cascade pool. Now dry other than a small side stream. This change occurred due to the Great Ritual that went all pear shaped. Otherwise known as The Great Mistake.
Odin’s Eye	Aircraft	Japanese built Junkers Ju 86D. Originally a ten passenger aircraft. One of two stolen by the Chinese warlord Pion (later stolen from him) it was converted to a cargo aircraft. Sold to Songmark School by Helen Whitehall in 1936.
Peppers Delight	Yacht	Private Yacht belonging to a very rich, very influential high society American bear who was never named and could be anyone.
Bright Wale	Ship	Tramp Steamer captained by Annie Wolten.
Sea Fairy	Ship	Tramp Steamer captained by Amelia Reinholst.
Parrys	Bar/Restaurant	A semi-safe place, a small eating establishment that catered to madmen flyers and adventurous tourists. Its decor is broken aircraft parts, signed photographs of pilots (many now dead) and the occasional Huntress. Usually safe for the average person. Its claim to fame was a very bribable Head Waiter. An ancient Russian aristocrat who’s neck was very much wanted by both White and red Russians. One simply did not play double agent as badly as he had, and not make a few enemies. Yet he was trustworthy, once bribed he stayed bribed.
The Committee	Group	A group of five women with either powerful connections or powerful in their own right. They are a vigilante group some say, a womans last hope most others say. When a woman has been injured and no court will or can help her (say Molly Procyk for example) they will do their best to see that the guilty party receives justice (by the courts.) They work within the law, but are quite happy to trick a target into breaking some other law (by story, rumor, false news report etc) if they have too. Known by the Allthing, they are considered an unofficial arm of the law. An example would be to convince a criminal that a certain action, though dangerous, would give them huge returns. Say, stealing a certain red crystal from a rather badly guarded museum? They never force anyone to do anything, they never act physically. Getting on their bad side is really NOT a good idea. If you plan of staying around Spontoon that is.
Yellow Lance	Bar	Gay bar on Casino Island. Single story, upper scale. Slightly more ornate and outgoing than the Double Lotus. Has an open patio in front to allow patrons to eat, drink and watch the traffic (designed along a typical French Café.) No back rooms.

Hawaii	Is	Description
Burnt Coconut	Hotel	Small hotel across from the Split Palms. As for the name, guess.
Fennigins Fresh Fish	Fish Packing	Run by five Mississippian males who somehow (stoned out of their minds) traveled from Biloxi Mississippi to Oahu Hawaii in a shrimp boat. Read them as well... Beatniks comes to mind.
Grass Skirt	Nightclub	Upper class nightclub with a certain reputation (anything for a price, other than children. You want it? It costs, cash only.) Somewhere in or around Honolulu.
Paula Paula	Company	Inter-Island Transport company working out of Molokai, Hawaii as far North as Midway Island.
Split Palm Resort	Resort	A low-middle class tourist resort. Famous for the four lightning spit palm trees (still living) in its front. In Kualoa Point, Oahu. On Dendrobium Lane.
Wambenger Engineering	Converted Copra warehouse.	A base for Hawaiian island and Aircraft repair / construction. One of the native Hawaiian insurgents intelligence & supply bases. 93 Naupaka Street.

Misc-Other	Is	Description
Burat Maru	Ship	Cipangu Merchant that brought Oharu near Spontoon. Blown up and sunk.
Three Moons	Ship	Freighter Molly Procyk stowed away upon.
Three Duces Engineering	Aircraft repair company	on St. James. Fairly good.
USS Gummy Rose	Ship	Sugar Freighter running from Hawaii to San Dago and back. Quietly owns by America’s espionage community. One could be cut to pieces upon its deck in daylight, or towed behind as shark bate and no record of anything, much less your having ever stepped aboard its deck would ever be found.
The London Illustrated Political Progress Weekly	weekly rag	One of the many publications Killian Whitehall wrote for.
South Thomas Island	independent island	‘An out of the way little spit of land known more for its laid back party hardy attitude than high technology.’ West South West of Spontoon.
San Frisco Eclectic Examined	daily newspaper	American Newspaper concentrating upon the Occult and Mad Scientists. Heavy readership (much as the New York Thymes.) Reporter Louise Huntley was sent to Cranium Island under the personal protection of one Biff Armstrong (insert belly laugh here.)
Barker Island	independent island	A sandy spit of thieves and traders. West of Spontoon.
Brotherhood of the Boneless	cult	A world-wide collection of fur and exotic materials traders. Basically they are poachers of intelligent furs, rendering them for their component parts then selling them on the black market. They do not deal in slaves, only ‘product.’ In one form or fashion they have been around as long as China has had civilization. Most likely longer. At least three ‘Houses’ are so far mentioned. One in New Jersey, America, one in Berlin, Germany and one in Qiqihar, China. They do not exist in or around Spontoon and in fact have warned their members off since the excellent work of one detective. Ken Fletcher OFFICIALLY prefers that this group does not make any further appearance upon Spontoon Island. Please honor his wishes.
Mettiewin Goldshark Mayfly	Film studio	ref: Metro Golden Mayer
Mark Seven Orscalator	machine	A very large, extremely complex machine to be found on Cranium Island. A finicky, fragile machine. Yet when working it is able to re-code a subjects DNA, somewhat controllably. Usually. Maybe. Well, it has worked right once. Honest. We think.
Messing with the Tourists Minds	culture	Is considered a HIGH ART on Spontoon.
Pair of Dice Island	independent island	Very small island, maybe 300 inhabitants, somewhere West of Spontoon.

Religious Observances & Labels

Subject to Editing

I am playing fast and loose with every religion, even my own. I have neither the time nor inclination to more than touch on each religious belief, unlike I did in the 70's during my personal travels. Since I cannot give good credence to everyone, I treat my own belief (Athenic) the same way. Thus in many ways it can truthfully be said that -I Make Things Up.-

Religion in and itself on Spontoon Island is a mix of many many customs, though ‘The Big Three’ are not any of those so used. TBT are Judaism, Christianity and Islam (JCI.) These religions have no place in the customs or lives of native Spontoon, other than a pawful (perhaps sixty at most) of natives who have rejected their nations religious beliefs. The CORE of Spontoon’s religion is Polynesian. To that have been grafted parts of other ancient religious beliefs, but only where the two agree. Oharu is using her Shinto Temple training to create needed sections of missing parts of Spontoon’s ancient ways. This is much the same as a writer creating new material to bridge missing sections of a book. Her efforts will meld, they will never be as the original beliefs were.

Labels	Explanation
Honored Mother	Refers to any Priestess. Most commonly spoken by a native to any Priestess. Term of respect Note: Oharu dislikes being referred to as anything but Oharu or Priestess in Training, though her wishes are not always respected in this. Especially should another Priestess be near,or any tourist.
Honored Great Mother	Refers to the Spontoon High Priestess alone. Term of respect
Great One or Great Mother	How a Priestess refers to all High Priestess’s who ever have been. Are. Ever will be. There is only one High Priestess at a time.
Daughter	How the High Priestess refers to those Priestess’s under her guidance.
Sister	How one Priestess refers to another.
Nine Great Anchors	The Great Anchor is Sacred Island.Within Songmark grounds is found the Womans Anchor.Somewhere on Moon Island, or under the waters near it, is the Mens Anchor. Great Stone Glen is the Anchor of Honor. Of the other five Anchors, nothing is known. Yet.
The Great Mistake or The Great Ritual	Originally created by Mr. Simon Barber. Used with permission. Long before the people of Spontoon arrived, long before nearly three hundred priestess’s freely set their souls into slavery in order to make these islands inhabitable there was another race. An ancient race, a reptilian race that had already forgotten much before the first Neanderthal looked about him in wonder. This race, in its foolishness, its decadence, decided to create a Paradise. A place where none died, none aged, none became ill. A place where evil in any form could not exist. To do this they used the already existing Nine Anchors. They preformed a year long ritual, one involving their whole being, involving ever one who lived on the island, even the youngest child. They created a special Tiki, a Tiki meant to hold forever the darkness, madness, ill fortune that surrounded them. They almost succeeded. Almost

Observances	Explanation
Morning Song	A prayer, sometimes with accompanying music and Hula, to greet the rising sun. Called after False Dawn, timed to begin as the first true rays of sunlight appear.
Evening Song	Not exactly an opposite to the morning song, though its last words should fade as the last suns rays fade. It says not goodbye to the setting sun, instead bidding the sun a safe journey until its return in the morning. It is NEVER sung at a funeral.
To choose a High Priestess	This is done only by the currently living High Priestess. Should no High Priestess be alive, those spirits on Sacred Island will make the choice. A Priestess is elevated into this position (the only religious position on Spontoon for females other than Priestess) not by age, beauty, seniority, but by the single choice of she who is High Priestess. She decides, in her own way, who will replace her. A High Priestess is replaced ONLY upon death. For no other reason. Note: Oharu considers herself less than the least Priestess. Mainly because she is not a Spontoon native. She is trying to avoid any conflict among all other Priestess’s. Unknown to Oharu, she has been accepted fully by all Priestess’s on Spontoon and is considered equal to them.
Purifying/Renewing a Shrine	In its most basic format, this is a short prayer to the Spirit that inhabits each shrine, cleaning up the previous days flowers and offerings (with certain special offerings moved to within the shrine itself) replacing the old flowers or plants with new ones, then a final prayer. As to the exact prayer, each shrine has a slightly different one. Those shrines or Holy Places from Before have vastly different prayers. At no time is there ever a sacrifice of any living thing, or dead animal.
Spirits/Ghosts	Ghosts, as most people understand them, do NOT exist on Spontoon Island. Although it is true that a spirit may linger for some time, it cannot move from place to place or have contact with more than a single person. Usually this is a loved one, occasionally a friend. Never someone who did not know of it in life. Spirits are souls or emissaries of the Gods who have come to inhabit a static object. All shrines have Spirits (or Kami as Oharu refers to them.) There are many places where spirits from Before are still resident. As to why they remain, this is a mystery that will be solved by some far future Priestess. It is rumored that the Wild Priests know, however they speak in questions most of the time and never speak of these things. One Spirit cannot inhabit a place already holding another spirit. The one, and only exception to this rule is Sacred island. As to how many spirits inhabit Sacred Island, this is unknowable. No one is able to step upon Sacred Island without these spirits knowing. All who remain overnight (sundown to sunup) are tested. Those who fail this test are never seen again. Again there is one exception, those Priestess in Training who have come to discover if they will be accepted. In this case, failing means the loss, forever, of their abilities to speak with the spirits, or even detect them. How Wild Priests determine their own ‘pass/fail’ is unknown. This too they never speak of. Sometimes a life is shortened early. When this occurs the spirit may remain, awaiting a rebirth. When one mates after the death of a loved one, friend or family member in the expectation of giving birth from that mating, it is called ‘Opening the Door’ (ref: Mr. Simon Barber.) This is done freely, with love, never hate or greed. Any child born because of this mating is given a name linked to the one who now inhabits that body. Though anyone may be reborn in this way, most prefer not to as they have lived a full life.
A Priestess’s Place	Becoming a Priestess does not cause one to give up ones family. In truth, family is needed by all Priestess’s. For most of their time is filled with helping others. Though they are often given gifts, a families support is a great aid to any Priestess. Only the High Priestess has no family. She wears no family symbol, calls no one mother. Yet, in an odd way, the entire island is her family. Is not to rule, but to Guide. A Priestess exists to remember the rituals, dances, blessings. To act as Mother, Sister even Councillor to anyone who needs them, and asks for them. They remember the ancient laws but never enforce them. They tend the Shrines that observers may have a comfortable place to visit. A Priestess usually owns little, for she is more involved in helping others than herself. At no time may any Priestess stand between anyone and the Gods. They Guide, they never lead. A Priestess is not a whore, she does not lay with anyone who wants her. In truth, many Priestess’s remain celibate much of their lives. They simply have no interest, or do not wish to be influenced by such coupling. Yet some marry and have families. A Priestess sings the rituals, blesses the fields, the boats, marriage and death. Only a Priestess may teach those who wish to become Priestess’s. They also teach those who would become Wild Priests, only the first year of their training. A Priestess may not lie, yet she may twist or retain the truth. No Priestess is better than any other. Though ones Gifts may be more than another, they are balanced in other things. A Priestess does not expect anything for her service, her service alone is all the return she needs. Though it is true that most Priestess’s accept gifts of food, clothing or money, it is never expected. All prefer to work in the fields, help with a catch, clean or otherwise preform tasks for the things they need. There are some Priestess’s who survive only upon what they themselves create (Dia-Kura, a Meeting Island Priestess, is a prime example of this. She owns nothing but a single cheap red cloth underclothing and has no real home.)

Language Notes

Only in the area of Language am I making any serious attempt to be correct.

Cipangu
	Kamidana	Shrines for home or business
	Kagami	mirror/stand
	Shinki set	food offering dishes
	Ozen	tray
	Omamori	protective amulets
	saseko, gaishou, ho-a, pansuke	Whore
	saten, kissa, chamise, chaya	Tea House
	iee	No
	hai	Yes
	Nisou	Priestess
	Miko	Temple Maiden (today basically a maid. Not in Oharu’s time.)

Russian
	da	Yes
	Nichevo	In (this) cannot be helped
	nyet	No
	Pravda	Truth
	Pozdravlyayu	Congratulations
	Comrade	Sucker (okay, not really but it should.)
	Zdraustvuyte	Hello. (Polite/Formal.)
	za vashe zdorov'ye	To Your Health. (Toast.)

Tagalog
	Maganda	Pretty, beautiful. The first female in Philippine myth

English
	Sorry, I do not know any English words. I only know American ones.