CHARACTERS…

In Order of Appearance…

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-Xoo Xoox- People call him Warlord/the Warlord-

He is a Xxo, (Humans sometimes call them the Giant Broccoli)

He is the dishwasher at the saloon

He has an interesting history, but you will just have to wait for it

8 feet tall to start of top tentacles, but closer to 12 feet to tips of tentacles

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-Candybar Venezuela-

She is human

Waitress at the saloon

She fiercely loves the warlord

She is both sweet and warm, as her name implies

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– Baan Veen Var Steen- People call him the Prince, or ‘your Highness’-

(Translates to Baan, Prince of the house of Steen)

He is of the Tribes of Taaleem, (Humans call them Bats, or Trexes)

Host/greeter at the saloon

Rufus’s friend, comes to poker nights

Fat and pop-eyed…huge prince Charles ears

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-Meen Veel Var Steen- People call him the Baron-

(Translates to Meen, Baron of the house of Steen)

He is a Bat, or a Trex

Head waiter at the saloon

Rufus’s friend, comes to poker nights

He is older, scales and eyes duller…he is thin

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-Rufus Blacke- (Name is pronounced ‘Black’, always called Blake or Blackie by those who don’t know him yet)

He is human

He is the custodian at the ‘Saloon at the Edge of Everywhere’

He is the host of poker nights

Cynical, sarcastic

Basically a nice guy

Problem with authority…strange things seem to happen around him

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-The Qualm-

They are empathic, can’t actually read minds, just pick up emotions

Group personality, always in mental contact with one another

Beautiful, veil-like floating bodies, faces like a bowl of spaghetti

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-Professor Fernando Finalis-

He is human

People call him the Professor

*Found memory stone…access to all historic info*

Historian, writing history of everything but Earth

Moved to Hub, center of everything

Sweet old guy, has hair like a clown

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-Ned Perkins-

He is human

Owner of the saloon, and head bartender

Crusty old varmint, but nice enough in his own way

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-A Shann-

He is a Shann, (Humans call them Giant Flying Pickles)

He is the first alien visitor to Earth

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-Oxo Xxoxo- People call him Ox-

He is an Xxo

He is the bouncer at the saloon

He comes to poker nights, but Rufus doesn’t like him that much

Very competitive…must dominate

Trying to move up, get a promotion…uses military type planning

Can’t hold his liquor… a little bit of a jerk

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-Jimmy Dolittle-

He is a human

Rufus’s friend, comes to poker nights

Left freighter when he found that the cabin boy was supposed to serve more than just breakfast to the captain

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-Ssseeeet-

He is a Muccassim, (Humans call them Slugs)

He has no hands, and cannot speak…because he is a giant slug…

Rufus’s friend, comes to poker nights

He has three Helper-Friends;

1. –Mr. Toad-

Brain-Friend; one and a half feet tall, bright blue, looks like a toad…does the remembering and the talking for Ssseeeet

2.  –Frodo-

Hand-Friend; 3 feet tall, bright red, hairless, four arms, no tail, looks like a monkey…does the work that requires hands for Ssseeeet

3. –Gollum-

Scout-Friend; 3 feet tall, thin, pale green, huge luminous eyes…helps Ssseeeet run errands, find things, etc.

They all come to poker nights, part of the job

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-VarnTa-

He is a Stleeb, (Humans call them Dick-heads, but try not to)

It is not easy going through life with a penis sticking out of the top of your head!

Rufus’s friend, comes to poker nights

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-Mof-

He is a Tarry

He is head cook at the saloon

He was burned, but it’s hard to tell

Orange, fat, bald, looks like Buddha, 5 feet tall

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-Ken Bower-

He is human

Piano player in the saloon

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-The Reporters-

Floating globes, record and broadcast news, events

May be a life form, may be a machine

I know they do not actually appear in the story yet, but the description is here

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-Asa-

He is human

Ships purser off Disney space liner, Disney Star

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-A Velox-

He is a Velox, (Humans call them Whalepedes)

They are huge… big, sticky tongues

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-Molly-

She is human

Brave child, she escaped from the hijacked ship…and the pirates!

She kicks Rufus in the nuts

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-Winsse-

He is a Wasp Whip, (a name Rufus made up)

He sure knows how to make an entrance

He has recently taken up piracy

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-Alice Mendelbaum- (Rufus calls her ‘Aurora boring Alice’)-

She is human

Old retired Jewish lady from New York, Regular in saloon

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-The Warlord- (Not the old Warlord, the new one)-

He is a Xxo

Offspring of the Warlord, he inherited the title of Warlord from the Warlord, who used to be the Warlord, get it?

Very young, still learning

Natural warrior, tactician

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-Beeltee-

He is a Wasp Whip

He is the Captain of the pirates

He is bigger than the other juvenile delinquents

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-Gup-

He is a Morlan from Morla

He is a comm tech, techno genius

Blue, short, ear holes, sideways boney forehead ridge, generic old Star Trek alien

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-Oratee-

He is a Wasp Whip, second in command of the pirates

Squished by a giant Whalepede’s tongue?

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-Sarloo-

He is a Wasp Whip

Regular pirate

Squished by a giant Whalepede tongue?

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-Captain Janet Browne-

She is human

She is the Captain of the U. S. S. S. Obama (United States Space Ship)

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-Jeetar-

He is a Wasp Whip

He is just a lowly pirate crew member…with a Saturday night special

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