document_title: Sharon Raydor

question_text: who plays sharon's ex husband on major crimes

question_tokens: who plays sharon 's ex husband on major crimes

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text: Sharon Raydor

text: Biography and family[edit]

text: Sharon was estranged from her husband Jack (Tom Berenger), an attorney who moved to Las Vegas to gamble; by season three of Major Crimes, the two are divorced.[2][3] They have two grown children, Richard William "Ricky" and Emily Raydor. In "Down the Drain", Sharon adopts Rusty Beck (Graham Patrick Martin), the star witness against serial rapist/murderer Phillip Stroh (Billy Burke).[4]

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text: As of season 4, she is in a relationship with Andy Flynn, a lieutenant from her division. At the end of "Dead Drop", the two were engaged and they marry in “Sanctuary City, Part 5”.

text: In season 6, Sharon develops cardiomyopathy and her condition worsens over the course of the season. In "Conspiracy Theory, Part 4," Sharon's heart seizes when she yells at a murder suspect, resulting in her collapse and subsequent death when she can't be revived.

text: Service[edit]

text: Captain Raydor originally joined the police force as a way to put her husband through law school, with the intention that he would reciprocate. Those plans fell through, however, once she got pregnant and had kids, and then she and Jack separated. She came to realize as a police officer that she enjoyed enforcing the law a lot more than practicing it.[5]

text: A few months out of the police academy, then-patrol officer Raydor was involved in an officer-involved shooting. She attended mandatory counseling sessions afterwards, and although she thought she didn't want counseling, it turned out to be a good thing.[6] However, this incident did not result in her killing the suspect as she is stated not to have killed anyone until Dwight Darnell in Major Crimes "White Lies, Part 1".

text: In her first appearance, it is mentioned that a few years before Chief Johnson joined the force, then-Sergeant Raydor of Internal Affairs forced Lt. Provenza and his partner George Andrews (Beau Bridges) to attend sensitivity training.[7]

text: Force Investigation Division[edit]

text: As the Commanding Officer of the LAPD's Force Investigation Division, Captain Raydor is charged with investigation of officer-involved use of force and bound by federal oversight, which brings her into conflict with Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson of the Major Crimes Division, and the two soon develop an adversarial relationship.[8] Over time, they have gradually come to respect each other, and Raydor is instrumental in Brenda's candidacy for Chief of Police.[9][10] In one episode, Sharon states that she personally wrote most of the rules that the division used in its investigations.

text: In Season 7 of The Closer, Raydor is charged with auditing the Major Crimes Division in the wake of a civil suit filed against Chief Johnson and the LAPD by Turell Baylor's family.[11]

text: Major Crimes Division[edit]

text: After Chief Johnson's departure at the end of The Closer, Captain Raydor is named her successor as Commanding Officer of the Major Crimes Division, to the initial disappointment of Lt. Provenza.[12] Due to the LAPD's freeze on promotions (ostensibly), however, she is not promoted to Commander as she was promised by Chief Will Pope.[13]

text: Although a competent officer and administrator, the transition from Internal Affairs to Major Crimes left Sharon struggling to close the department’s highest-profile cases, while simultaneously trying to earn the trust and loyalty of the Major Crimes squad. Unlike Chief Johnson, Sharon’s approach to Major Crimes is not to arrest the defendant on the highest possible charge, but to get the perpetrator to plead out and go to jail, without the possibility of appeal. While this is Taylor's new policy, Sharon agrees with it as she wants to put the criminals away and keep them there.

text: However, Sharon has proved shrewd at the deal-making process and is good at getting a good sentence for the criminals or tricking them into confessing. In one instance, Sharon convinces DDA Rios to make a deal with a murderer on a burglary charge while not bringing up the murder and leave the rest up to her. Rios was reluctant as the man would only get four years in prison, but went along with Sharon's idea. After the man signed his deal, Sharon revealed that he had just confessed to stealing the murder weapon in one of his burglaries and that the murder scene matched his MO, entrapping him. The man panicked and confessed, claiming panic in the crime despite his lawyer's protests though no one believed him due to the brutality of the crime.

text: She also uses various tactics and tricks to get people to confess such as pretending they have evidence they don't, giving a time-limit on deals while the rest of the squad supposedly finds the needed incriminating evidence, e.g. calling in the suspect's brother-in-law to be her lawyer, then placing him in a room with cameras with his brother (the true culprit) and letting them argue; in one particular case, hanging a privacy sign on the interrogation room door, telling the witness and his friend that they wouldn't be watching when they really were.

text: Sharon tends to also make unusual concessions for suspects to get them to agree to their deals, such as allowing one man to go to his daughter's wedding after he confesses before sending him to prison - though she requires the squad to go with him to make sure he doesn't try to escape.

text: Sharon has also proven herself to be very good at finding little clues that can lead to the killer, something others might overlook. In one case, while searching for a man who had murdered three people and kidnapped three more, Sharon noted that the victims' cat was a frequent runaway but was always found. She realized the owners had two GPS locator chips embedded in the cat: one from before they entered the witness protection program and one after. Using this shrewd insight, Tao was able to identify the victims and from there the killer, allowing the Major Crimes squad and the Special Operations Bureau to locate the man and rescue his three hostages. Provenza later gives her credit for this action, telling Sharon that they would still be looking for the man if she hadn't thought of what she did.

text: In "Hindsight", the five-part miniseries of Major Crimes Season 4, Captain Raydor is offered the position of Chief of Security for the National Football League, but ultimately turns it down.[14]

text: In "White Lies, Part 1", Sharon kills serial killer Dwight Darnell in a courtroom shootout that costs the life of Russell Taylor. She is disturbed by the incident due to the fact that she feels no remorse for taking a life for the first time, but comes to peace with her actions after Dwight's mother, Wildred Darnell forgives her.

text: In the second half of season 5, Sharon is a contender for the rank of Assistant Chief after the murder of Russell Taylor despite her repeated assertions that she has no desire for the position. In "Shockwave, Part 2", Commander Leo Mason is promoted to the job to Sharon's relief. To her shock, Mason promotes Sharon to the rank of Commander, a promotion she had given up hope of ever getting. The now-Commander Raydor then sat down with Mason to discuss turning Major Crimes into something better. Mason also implied that Sharon will now have a lot more responsibility in the department.

text: In "Sanctuary City, Part 1", despite being a Commander, Sharon is shown to maintain many of the same duties she executed as a Captain, including continuing to lead Major Crimes. However, she now works closely with Assistant Chief Mason and has access to a lot more resources such as "a lot of dogs" and the ability to send a request for wiretaps through the Narcotics Division to speed things up.

text: In "Sanctuary City, Part 3", Sharon displays increasing signs of illness before suddenly collapsing while yelling at two FBI agents. In "Sanctuary City, Part 4", Sharon is rushed to the hospital where she is diagnosed with cardiomyopathy. While its in the early stages, Sharon's fears over dying and leaving Andy alone causes her to attempt to call off the wedding. However, Andy convinces her to go through with it anyway and they agree to postpone their honeymoon until she is doing better.

text: Awards and decorations[edit]

text: The following are the medals and service awards fictionally worn by Captain Raydor, as seen in "Repeat Offender".[15]

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LAPD Meritorious Unit Citation

LAPD Police Medal for Heroism

LAPD Human Relations Medal

LAPD Police Life-Saving Medal

LAPD Police Meritorious Service Medal

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text: Relationships[edit]

text: Lieutenant Provenza[edit]

text: Sharon, who was disliked by the squad due to her time in Internal Affairs and her policy of deal-making, clashed with Provenza almost immediately. This is partly due to the fact that command of the Major Crimes squad had supposedly been promised to him before Raydor was hired. She has trouble at first due to barely outranking him, but she manages to come to an understanding with Provenza that gives them a good working relationship - he is usually in charge out in the field, but she is in charge in the Murder Room.

text: By the end of the first season of Major Crimes, Provenza comes to identify with Raydor's own frustrations. He at one point berates Rusty for inconsiderate comments that left her nearly in tears because even he could tell how much she cared for the boy despite his dislike of Sharon. Over time, Raydor comes to rely on Provenza heavily in cases and he grows to respect her; they eventually become good friends, mutually offering each other support in difficult situations. Provenza goes from calling Sharon "Captain" all the time to occasionally addressing her by her first name, particularly in situations where she needs reassurance. On one occasion, when Sanchez was wounded while taking down a dangerous suspect, Provenza recognized that the situation would greatly bother Sharon despite Sanchez's wound being minor. In this case, Provenza tells Sharon to take comfort in the fact that it was her unexpected insight that allowed them to locate a very dangerous criminal and rescue his three hostages alive, including two young children.

text: In "Intersection", the changes to their relationship are most evident when Sharon suggests that Provenza will take over Major Crimes for her if she gets promoted to Assistant Chief. Through the episode, Provenza is shown to be horrified by the thought of anyone else getting the Assistant Chief job and tells Sharon he is deeply grateful for her confidence in him. Showing her affection for Provenza, Sharon goes as far to hug him and call Provenza "Louie" for the first time rather than "Lieutenant."

text: In "Sanctuary City, Part 4", after Sharon's collapse, Provenza loses his temper over the idea that her yelling at two FBI agents beforehand contributed and is clearly one of the people most worried about Sharon.

text: In "Conspiracy Theory, Part 3", Provenza is deeply worried about Sharon's condition after learning the seriousness of it and becomes emotional while trying to convince Sharon to take a leave of absence. Following her death in "Conspiracy Theory, Part 4", Provenza has to sit down and be comforted by Camila Paige who takes his hand.

text: Lieutenant Andy Flynn[edit]

text: After taking control of the division, Sharon's biggest relationship change is with Lieutenant Andy Flynn. While like everyone else, he doesn't like her due to her time in Internal Affairs, he grows to respect her decisions as both a colleague and a friend.

text: Sharon convinces Andy to attend his daughter Nicole's wedding in Season 2; he originally avoided the event as he didn't want to walk his daughter down the aisle with her stepfather. This marked a change in their relationship - they started having dinners together, eventually going to the Nutcracker with Nicole's family. However, the two were not officially together and denied that they were anything more than friends for more than two years.

text: In "Acting Out", Nicole revealed that she thought they were in a relationship when they were not; Rusty pointed out how many "not dates" they went on and the two seemed stunned to realize Rusty was right. When Sharon asked him about it, he pointedly told her that they were "not dating" several times a month.

text: In season 4, the two went out for their first official date. They eventually reveal their relationship to Assistant Chief Taylor, telling him that they are "old-fashioned dating" with Flynn commenting that it was "so old fashioned [he's] surprised [they] don't have a chaperone".[16] When Flynn was facing dangerous surgery, he told Provenza that if he didn't survive, he wanted Provenza to tell Sharon that Flynn loved her. Sharon later had Flynn move in with them while he was recovering from his surgery though he moved out once he could live on his own again.

text: In season 5, Sharon and Flynn begin house hunting together. After the first disastrous attempt, they live together in Sharon's condo. Flynn later proposes to Sharon with Rusty's help, a proposal that she accepts. With the help of her children, both Sharon and Flynn are able to get annulments of their previous marriages in the eyes of the Catholic Church so that they can marry each other in the Catholic Church.

text: After being diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, Sharon considers calling off the wedding out of fear of dying and leaving Flynn alone. However, he is more determined than ever to marry her following the news and convinces Sharon to change her mind.

text: Rusty Beck[edit]

text: Shortly after taking over the Major Crimes Division, Sharon discovered that murder witness Rusty Beck needed a secure foster home that he wouldn't run away from and took him in herself. The two had a rocky start with Rusty insisting on sleeping on her couch and that he was only staying until they found his missing mother. However, after Sharon started to lay down the law when she got tired of his antics, the two came to an understanding that resulted in Rusty behaving more. Sharon also relies on the squad to help her with Rusty, particularly Buzz and Provenza. Sharon quickly grows fond of the boy and gets upset when his mother seems about to return to his life and purposefully stays out of the situation so she won't cause conflict and is reluctant about informing Rusty of the identification of his father who she is suspicious of. After her suspicions prove right and Rusty's father hits him after purposefully ignoring him and being late, Sharon, while initially very angry, takes rational steps to remove him from Rusty's life forever with the squad backing her up. She is able to force him to sign away his parental rights or face child abuse charges and Rusty remains with Sharon.

text: Following the situation with Rusty's father, Sharon and Rusty grow closer and she fights to keep from sending him into witness protection after he gets threatening letters. At the same time, Rusty hides most of the letters from her out of fear of her reaction and being forced to leave Sharon, as she gives him stability for the first time in his life. After the letters are revealed, Sharon accepts constraining restrictions to protect him and makes a deal with him to allow him to help catch the letter writer. Rusty agrees to her conditions because he has grown to love her too and she is now being threatened. After the writer, Wade Weller, is killed by Provenza, Rusty breaks down and admits he's gay to Sharon, thinking she'll reject him and he shouldn't stay with her. Instead Sharon, who'd suspected but never pressed Rusty for information he wasn't willing to give, accepts him for who he is and brings him home.

text: With Rusty turning eighteen, Sharon decides to adopt him for legal reasons, as well as the fact that she considers him her son. Rusty agrees to the idea and as a result, Sharon divorces her estranged husband Jack after being separated for over twenty years after he refuses to accept the adoption without money. During this time, she also has to deal with the return of Rusty's mother, Sharon Beck who ends up in a rehabilitation center but immediately goes back to drinking. Sharon later learns Sharon Beck had pressed Rusty to work on the streets to get her bail money and ensures she goes to jail for a year, in order to protect Rusty, that will be extended to seven if she misbehaves. Shortly afterwards, Sharon officially adopts Rusty, though he keeps his own last name. After some tension between Rusty and her biological son Ricky, Sharon's children accept Rusty into the family as well.

text: Sharon sends him to college for journalism and agrees to allow Rusty to live his life, despite her fears when Phillip Stroh escapes prison and she wants a restrictive protection detail for Rusty. She gets undercover officers to follow him around secretly for awhile afterwards, but after seeing the outcome of the case of an overprotective mother, she backs off and calls off the undercover officer. She later follows the advice of Judge Grove and stops looking over Rusty's shoulder as he works on his Identity blog and lets him work without her supervision.

text: After Rusty successfully identifies Alice as Mariana Wallace, Raydor informs her brother Gus of her death and helps coordinate things with dealing with the aftermath of her being identified. Raydor attends Mariana's funeral with the rest of the team, and comforts Rusty on his feelings of having a lack of closure on everything. When Rusty starts avoiding Gus over the fact that he's now doing a story on Mariana's killer, Sharon heavily berates him for how he's treating Gus like he's expendable. While Rusty attempts to make what he did right, his actions backfire as Sharon knew they would resulting in Gus being angry at him and Rusty having to testify in another murder trial. However, Sharon is shown to be proud of how Rusty ultimately repairs things, stating that she's glad Rusty asks her to have Gus over for Christmas when he has no one else and has been going through a very difficult time. She is also indicated to have pulled some strings to get Rusty into a better college as Judge Grove quotes something Rusty said to Sharon when he helps Rusty transfer from Santa Monica City College to UCLA. However, Judge Grove refuses to confirm if Sharon was behind his actions or not.

text: In the second half of season 4, Rusty starts calling Sharon "Mom" more often than not when before, even after the adoption, it was usually just "Sharon" except as a joke. In Hindsight, Part 3, when Sharon is talking about Rusty's biological mother, Rusty hugs her and tells Sharon "you're my mom", stunning her. Even Rusty's biological mother, Sharon Beck notes how good Sharon Raydor is to her son and tells him that Sharon Raydor is a much better mother to him than she ever was.

text: Death[edit]

text: After a long battle with her heart condition, towards the end of episode 9, during season 6 of Major Crimes, Sharon Raydor passes away in the hospital.


document_title: List of The Neverending Story characters

question_text: name of the dragon in never ending story

question_tokens: name of the dragon in never ending story

text: List of The Neverending Story characters

text: Bastian Balthazar Bux[edit]

text:
Bastian Balthazar Bux

First appearance
The Neverending Story

Created by
Michael Ende

Portrayed by
Barret Oliver (1st film)
Jonathan Brandis (2nd film)
Jason James Richter (3rd film)
Christopher Bell
Mark Rendall

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Species
Human

Gender
Male

text: Bastian Balthazar Bux is the main protagonist of the story. Bastian is a shy and bookish boy around 12 years old who is neglected by his father, who is still mourning the sudden death of his wife (she died of an unspecified illness). He is a dreamer, who is shunned by other children due to his immense imagination. During a visit to an antique bookstore, he steals a curious-looking book titled The Neverending Story, and upon reading it he finds himself literally drawn into the story.

text: Halfway through the book, Bastian becomes a character in The Neverending Story, in a world called Fantastica ("Fantasia" in the films, which is closer to the German original "Phantásien"). He is bestowed the magical amulet AURYN, which allows his wishes to be granted. As the story progresses, Bastian slowly loses his memories of the real world as his wishes carry him throughout Fantastica and change him into a completely different person. Deluded by the witch Xayide, Bastian moves to the Ivory Tower and tries to have himself proclaimed Emperor. The ceremony is interrupted by Atreyu, who is nearly killed by Bastian.

text: Eventually, Bastian realizes that he is beginning to lose himself, and starts a desperate last-ditch quest for his one true desire. In the end he forgets even his name, but with the help of Falkor and Atreyu, who promise to finish the stories he started, he manages to return to the human world with the capability of loving, which was his deepest (and thereto unknown) desire, and bringing to his father the Water of Life, curing him of his melancholy. Bastian and Coreander exchange tales of their adventures in Fantastica, and Coreander reveals that a person can return to Fantastica as many times as they can think of new names for the benevolent Childlike Empress, and predicts Bastian will show others the way to Fantastica.

text: He has been portrayed by five different actors:

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1984: Barret Oliver in The NeverEnding Story.
1990: Jonathan Brandis in The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter.(J. Michael Haney, Jr. as Young Bastian)
1994: Jason James Richter in The NeverEnding Story III.
1996: Christopher Bell provided the voice of the character in The Neverending Story animated series.
2001: Mark Rendall in Tales from the Neverending Story

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text: Atreyu[edit]

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Atreyu

First appearance
The Neverending Story

Created by
Michael Ende

Portrayed by
Noah Hathaway (1st film)
Kenny Morrison (2nd film)
Dominic Zamprogna (Animated series)
Tyler Hynes (TV series)

Information

Species
Greenskin warrior

Gender
Male

text: Atreyu (German: Atréju) is the secondary protagonist of the story. He is the protagonist of the mysterious book that Bastian reads. To the readership, Atreyu is a metafictional character, existing fictionally and within the reality of the book itself. He is described as having green skin and blue hair.

text: He is a young warrior from the Grassy Plains (in German, "The Grassy Sea"). His parents were killed by a Purple Buffalo soon after he was born, and his entire village raised him; wherefore his name means "son of all" in his native language. He is summoned by the Childlike Empress to save the land of Fantasia by finding a cure for her illness, and given AURYN, an amulet that makes whoever wears it the Childlike Empress' herald. During the quest to find a cure, he meets Falkor the luckdragon, who becomes his steed after the death of his horse 'Artax'. Bastian, reading Atreyu's story in the real world, experiences everything Atreyu does; this proves Fantasia's solution and the Empress' cure, in bringing Bastian to Fantastica to give the Empress a new name.

text: Atreyu features largely in the second half of the novel, as Bastian travels Fantasia far and wide as its savior. They quickly become friends, but as Bastian continues to use AURYN, he becomes arrogant and gradually loses his memory. When Bastian has lost even his name, Atreyu and Falkor offer favorable testimony to the powers in AURYN, who allow Bastian's return to the human world. With their friendship restored, Atreyu promises to finish the stories Bastian has begun in Fantastica.

text: In the 1984 film version, the character of Atreyu is played by Noah Hathaway. His skin is not olive green as described in the book; though it was attempted to do this through makeup, it never made it to the final production.[1] As such, his people were called the 'Plains People' instead of Greenskins.

text: The character also makes a return appearance in The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter, played by Kenny Morrison. In the 1995 animated show, Atreyu and his people are, as in the original novel, green-skinned; but this version of Atreyu has a younger sister named Saiya, and his outward appearance has been patterned after Noah Hathaway from the first movie.

text: In the 2001 Hallmark Channel mini-series, Tales from the Neverending Story, he is portrayed by Tyler Hynes and the character's people are called the Woodland People. He is shown to have a romantic relationship with a young aviatrix called "Fly Girl", and to be something of a village innocent.

text: Atreyu in popular culture[edit]

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The American metalcore band, Atreyu, took its name from this character from The Neverending Story.
Atreyu and Artax inspired Listener's song "Failing is Not Just for Failures".
In Comedy Central's Workaholics season 5 episode 10 (Trivia Pursuits), Adam and Blake argue over who gets to be Atreyu when deciding on their costumes for an upcoming 1980s trivia contest against three Asian men who are also street racers.

text: Carl Conrad Coreander[edit]

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Carl Conrad Coreander

First appearance
The Neverending Story

Created by
Michael Ende

Portrayed by
Thomas Hill
John Dunn-Hill
Freddie Jones

Information

Species
Human

Gender
Male

Occupation
Book shop owner

text: Carl Conrad Coreander (Karl Konrad Koreander in German) is a cantankerous bookseller, and the name of his bookstore makes for the first words in the novel, the heading of the prologue being "skooB dlO srednaeroC darnoC lraC", the store name when viewed through the window from the inside outwards. Bastian finds the Neverending Story in his store. While Coreander is distracted by a telephone call, Bastian steals it and takes it to school with him.

text: In the end, the novel makes it clear that Mr. Coreander is one of the few humans who has been to Fantastica and returned. He and Bastian come to a better understanding and share telling the stories of their adventures to one another. Both he and Bastian share the oddity of triple letter initials, an insight into their mutual connection to Fantastica.

text: Coreander is portrayed by Thomas Hill in the first film, and was the only actor who reprised his role in the second film; however, in the third film, he is played by Freddie Jones. In the television series, Tales from the Neverending Story, he functions in a double role as a wizard in Fantasia wherein he is called "the Curiosity".

text: The Childlike Empress[edit]

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Childlike Empress

First appearance
The Neverending Story

Created by
Michael Ende

Portrayed by
Tami Stronach
Alexandra Johnes
Julie Cox
Audrey Gardiner
Lisa Yamanaka

Information

Aliases
Moon Child, Golden-Eyed Commander of Wishes

Species
Fantastican

Gender
Female

Occupation
Goddess of Fantasy

text: The Childlike Empress (Die Kindliche Kaiserin in German) is the mysterious and benevolent monarch of Fantastica, who resides in the capital called Ivory Tower in the heart of the realm. Although she is nominally the ruler of Fantastica, she rarely interacts with the outside world. Should she die, Fantastica and all Fantasticans would cease to exist.

text: The amulet known as the 'AURYN' is her emblem, and those who wear it are her representatives. As explained by Morla the Aged One, her lifetime is not measured in years or in time ("she is much older than the oldest inhabitants of Fantastica, or rather, she is ageless"), but by names, which only the imagination of a human child can give her. When she begins to need a new name, she begins to fade away, causing the Nothing to appear in Fantastica. She sends Atreyu on the Great Quest, which brings Bastian Balthazar Bux to Fantastica, and Bastian gives her the name of 'Moon Child' (Mondenkind in German), which restores Fantastica and begins the second half of the novel.

text: Her description is that of an indescribably beautiful young girl, appearing no older than ten, yet much older than the oldest Fantasticans. Her hair is snow-white, as is her gown, and her eyes are the color of gold, earning her the title "Golden-Eyed Commander of Wishes" (Goldäugige Gebieterin der Wünsche in German).

text: The role was portrayed by Tami Stronach in Wolfgang Petersen's 1984 adaptation, by Alexandra Johnes in The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990) and by Julie Cox (apparently as an adolescent) in The NeverEnding Story III (1994). In the films, her hair is dark, rather than white, and in the first film, she is dressed like a bride.

text: In the 2001 television series Tales from the Neverending Story, the Empress, again depicted with dark hair, was played by Audrey Gardiner.

text: The Empress was also featured in an animated Neverending Story television series (episodes of which were edited into a film), in which she had golden hair and wore a green gown. Her voice was provided by Lisa Yamanaka.

text: Engywook and Urgl[edit]

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Engywook and Urgl

First appearance
The Neverending Story

Created by
Michael Ende

Portrayed by
Sydney Bromley (1st film)
Tony Robinson (3rd film)
Patricia Hayes (1st film)
Moya Brady (3rd film)

Information

Species
Fantasian Gnomes

Occupation
Engywook: Researcher of the Southern Oracle
Urgl: Housewife

text: Engywook (Engywuck in German) and his wife Urgl, called in German the "Zweisiedler" (neologism from "Einsiedler" hermit; roughly "doublitarian") are a quarrelsome pair of gnomes who live close to the Southern Oracle. Engywook is a research scientist who has studied the Southern Oracle and her three gates for most of his life, but has never entered any. His wife Urgl often gets in his way while brewing potions in a large cauldron, for healing wounded people. Engywook can observe the Riddle Gate, also known as the Sphinxes, from his telescope on a hilltop overlooking the first gate. In the book, Urgl removes poison from Atreyu and Engywook instructs him about the three gates that lead to the Southern Oracle. This scene is portrayed in the 1984 film, Engywook played by Sydney Bromley, and Urgl played by Patricia Hayes.

text: In the third film of the series, Engywook, played by Tony Robinson, and Urgl, played by Moya Brady, have moved to a forest and still argue continuously. The house is stepped on by Bastian during his return trip to Fantasia, although it is then completely destroyed by the Nasties. The two go with Bastian, Falkor, and Bark Troll to find the Empress for help, but are stranded on Earth and arrive in Alaska, where they mail themselves to the others and return home, their house rebuilt.

text: Falkor the Luckdragon[edit]

text:
Falkor

"Side view Falkor", an original prop used by Bavaria Film Studios

First appearance
The Neverending Story

Created by
Michael Ende

Portrayed by
Alan Oppenheimer (1st film)
Donald Arthur (2nd film)
William Hootkins (3rd film)

Information

Species
Luckdragon

Gender
Male

text: Falkor (Fuchur in German) is a companion of Atreyu and Bastian. He is the only luckdragon to appear, although five others are mentioned in passing. He helps Atreyu find a cure for the Empress after escaping the web of Ygramul the Many.

text: The original name "Fuchur" is derived from Japanese "Fukuryuu" (福竜 or 福龍, "lucky dragon").[citation needed] It was changed in the English translation because the pronunciation of the original name is similar to that of the agentive form of an English expletive. Personality wise, Falkor is optimistic, friendly, dignified, helpful and wise, trying to help Bastian remember to "never give up and good luck will find you."

text: Falkor has an elongated body with rudimentary paws and pink scales and hairs that appear white in dull light. His head is described less precisely, though his eyes are given the colour of rubies. In the illustrations of the German novel, he appears much like an oriental dragon or his appearance is of a dog (Goldendoodle); whereas a cover for the book by Dan Craig illustrated Falkor as lion-like; and in the 1984 film adaptation of the novel, as well as its sequels, Falkor has canine features upon a white furred body and is pleased by affectionate scratchings behind his ear. Luckdragons possess neither an immense physical strength, nor great magical talents, though they can exhale fire, which is blue, as when Falkor fights Ygramul. Their only distinctive ability that sets them apart is incredible luck in everything they do, as shown when Falkor locates and rescues his companion after being lost in a violent, blinding storm. When in flight, a luckdragon is in constant motion. Luckdragons never stop drawing air and heat through their scales, which makes eating unnecessary and makes submersion in water deadly to them. Luckdragons are capable of sleeping while flying, and prefer to occupy as much open space as possible.

text: In the first film, Falkor is voiced by Alan Oppenheimer. In the second film, Falkor is voiced by an uncredited Donald Arthur. In the third film, Falkor is performed by Gord Robertson and voiced by William Hootkins. Bavaria Film Studios retains a "side view Falkor" which tourists can climb and ride. The prop is the last remaining version of Falkor from the original film, and was used for blue-screen side angle shots.

text: Gmork[edit]

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Gmork

Gmork, as he appears in the 1984 motion picture.

First appearance
The Neverending Story

Created by
Michael Ende

Portrayed by
Alan Oppenheimer (speaking;uncredited),
Frank Welker (growling effects;uncredited)
Edward Yankie (TV)
Don Francks (cartoon)

Information

Species
Wolf

text: Gmork is one of the main villains of the story. He is the servant of the power behind the Nothing. His appearance in the book is that of a large, wolf-like creature with night-black fur and capable of human speech; but the film gives him blue-black fur and luminous green cat-like eyes, as well as more fangs than an ordinary wolf would have. In Latin Spanish dubbing, Gmork is alternatively (and erroneously) known as "La Nada", "The Nothing".

text: Gmork's primary mission in the Neverending Story is to kill the young warrior Atreyu. He, and other dual-natured creatures like him, are able to travel between worlds, changing into a Fantastican or a human depending upon the world, in appearance only. Atreyu finally meets Gmork in Spook City, where he is chained, and Atreyu employs the name 'Nobody' to hide his identity in shame of his failure to complete his quest. Gmork confesses that he has been hunting a boy sent on a quest by the Childlike Empress to find her a new name, but lost him early on. He then met the Princess of Darkness, Gaya, who upon hearing of his mission to help the Nothing, chained Gmork with an unbreakable chain (reminiscent of Fenrir in Nordic mythology) and leapt into the Nothing, leaving him to starve. Gmork explains to Atreyu the nature of the Nothing, and that a Fantastican who enters it, must become a 'lie' in the human world. Eventually, Gmork reveals the name of the boy he is pursuing, and Atreyu reveals his identity, which causes Gmork to laugh until he finally succumbs to starvation. As Atreyu approaches the dead wolf, the carcass grabs Atreyu in its jaws, which, ironically, prevents Atreyu from succumbing to the overpowering urge exerted by the Nothing to throw himself into it. He is freed from Gmork's grip by Falkor, who escapes with him to the Ivory Tower.

text: In the film, Gmork almost manages to kill Atreyu in the Swamps of Sadness, but Atreyu is saved by Falkor. Their meeting in Spook City occurs in the film as well, where Gmork attacks Atreyu, impaling himself on an improvised stone knife held by the young warrior.

text: Grograman[edit]

text:
Grograman

First appearance
The Neverending Story

Created by
Michael Ende

Portrayed by
Gary Crawford (cartoon)

Information

Aliases
The Many Colored Death

Species
Lion

Occupation
Guardian of the Desert of Colors

text: Grograman, known as The Many Colored Death (Graógramán, der Bunte Tod in German), is the guardian of Goab, the Desert of Colors, which exists in a symbiosis with Perilin the Night Forest. He appears in the form of a huge lion, who changes colors to suit the color of sand under his feet, and changes all life around him into sand. Grograman turns into an obsidian statue at night to allow the growth of Perilin.

text: Grograman is the first creature Bastian meets upon his arrival in Fantastica (if the Childlike Empress is to be excluded); Bastian is protected from the effect of Grograman's death aura by AURYN, and is thus the first living being ever to make friends with him. Grograman is the first one who teaches Bastian something of the nature of Fantastica, and he gives Bastian his magic (and seemingly intelligent) sword, Sikanda. One night, Bastian is called away; he promises to return, but is ultimately unable to keep his promise (the story states, however, that one day someone would fulfill the promise in Bastian's name).

text: In the animated series, Grograman burns down Perilin to protect Fantastica from being overrun by its roots and branches. He is later captured by Xayide and freed by Bastian.

text: Morla[edit]

text:
Morla

First appearance
The Neverending Story

Created by
Michael Ende

Portrayed by
Robert Jadah (film)
Pam Hyatt (cartoon)

Information

Aliases
The Ancient One

Species
Giant Turtle

text: Morla, known as The Ancient One (Die Uralte Morla in German), is a giant turtle who, because of their size, is mistaken for a mountain. They live in the Swamps of Sadness, which might be either the cause or the result of their melancholy mindset: as the oldest living Fantastican (after the Childlike Empress and the Old Man of Wandering Mountain, who are both ageless) they have grown indifferent to the fate of Fantastica and their own survival. Reluctantly, they inform Atreyu that the Empress needs a new name and they point Atreyu to the Southern Oracle. Morla speaks in the 'royal we' or nosism.

text: In the film they have allergies to youth (Atreyu) and sneeze violently in its presence. Here, they know nothing about the illness of the Empress, but they send Atreyu directly to the Southern Oracle.

text: The Old Man of Wandering Mountain[edit]

text:
The Old Man of Wandering Mountain

First appearance
The Neverending Story

Created by
Michael Ende

Information

Occupation
Chronicler

text: The Old Man of Wandering Mountain (Der Alte vom Wandernden Berge in German) is an elderly chronicler whose chronicle contains all events in Fantastica. He lives alone in an egg-shaped home on top of the Wandering Mountain, which can be found only by chance or fate.

text: The Old Man appears in the story when the Childlike Empress is forced to use drastic measures to make Bastian fulfill his part in the story. As she approaches his mountain, the Old Man tries to dissuade her from entering, to the point of insulting her. On her request, the Old Man reads from his chronicle (starting with Bastian entering the book shop). As he reads, all events happen again and as they happen again he writes them down again, beginning a vicious circle of eternal repetition which finally drives Bastian into calling out the Empress' new name.

text: The Old Man does not ultimately appear in the first film, and his appearance in the third film differs drastically from the book. He possesses the Great Book, which can seemingly write the future on its own accord. He dwells in a hidden crystal cave where he can see outside events using a "magic mirror". He is visited by the Childlike Empress and her guard Big Head, who remain with him until the end of the Nastie crisis. In this film, he grovels before the Empress and sees it as an honor that the monarch would visit him.

text: Pyornkrachzark and the other messengers[edit]

text:
Pyornkrachzark

First appearance
The Neverending Story

Created by
Michael Ende

Information

Aliases
Rockbiter

Species
Rockbiter

Occupation
Messenger

text: The beginning of the novel as well as the film introduces a travelling party consisting of messengers: Gluckuk (Ückück in German), a tiny man (Winzling) riding a racing snail (in the film he is ultimately called Teeny Weeny and portrayed by Deep Roy), a Nighthob (Nachtalb) named Whooshwoozool (Wúschwusul) who rides on a bat, Pyornkrachzark (Pjörnrachzarck), a Rockbiter riding a stone vehicle, and Blubb, a will-o'-the-wisp. All four are sent by their respective people to the Ivory Tower to ask the Childlike Empress for help against the Nothing's destructive forces. In the film Blubb is ultimately not featured, and his actions are also given to the Rockbiter.

text: Among the messengers, Pyornkrachzark, more commonly known as "Rock Biter" (in German Felsenbeisser) is the most famous. He is a large creature made completely of stone. The Rockbiter species are named due to their diet of rocks and earth-based materials. The Rockbiter seen in the film particularly has a liking for limestone.

text: In the novel, the Rockbiter only appears early in the novel; whereas in the film he ultimately reappears, encountered by Atreyu. He has lost faith in himself after failing to save his travelling companions from the Nothing, and advises Atreyu to flee.

text: In the second and third films, Rock Biter's wife appears in the third film and his son appears in the second and third. Rock Biter Junior is the same size as a human, and is rather gluttonous and playful. He is sent to Earth during a wish overload caused by Bastian, Falkor, Bark Troll, Engywook, and Urgl; whereupon he is saved from falling to his death by Falkor and they are reunited with Bastian. Rock Biter and his wife nearly split due to the absence of their son and the further effects of the Nasties, who are in possession of the book and AURYN; but the family are reunited at the end of the film. Rock Biter also sings a rather corrupt version of Born To Be Wild by Steppenwolf.

text: The Southern Oracle[edit]

text:
Southern Oracle

First appearance
The Neverending Story

Created by
Michael Ende

Information

Aliases
Uyulala; The Voice of Still

Occupation
Oracle

text: The Southern Oracle, also named Uyulala (Uyulála in German), is a mysterious and all-knowing oracle guarded by three magical gates. She is depicted as a disembodied, continuous female voice who speaks in - and can only understand - rhymed speech and otherwise sings ceaselessly to maintain her existence.

text: The ancient, giant turtle Morla tells Atreyu that Uyulala is the only one who knows who can give the Childlike Empress a new name and prevent her from dying; and with the help of Ygramul's poison, Atreyu transports himself near the oracle instantly. There he learns from the gnome Engywook, that to speak with Uyulala he must pass through the three gates:

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The first gate is the Great Riddle Gate, which consists of two Sphinxes who face one another. Those caught between their gaze are frozen on the spot and doomed to remain until they solve every riddle in the world, or until they die.
The second gate is the Magic Mirror Gate, which is a large, circular, moon-like mirror, which reflects the absolute truest nature of the observer. This often frightens people into retreat or hysteria; but the observer, to pass this gate, must walk through its reflection.
The third gate is the No-Key Gate, which is a keyless door and physically indestructible, but responsive to a person's will. Only by losing the desire to enter may one get it to open.

text: Once past, Atreyu learns the reason why the Childlike Empress is ill, and what he must find in order to restore her health. Uyulala is then quiet and the Southern Oracle with its three gates is silently destroyed by the Nothing. Passing through the first two gates causes Atreyu to first lose all fear (the Great Riddle Gate), and then all memory of himself (the Magic Mirror Gate). This allows him to open the No-Key Gate, whereat Bastian's voice keeps the now empty-minded Atreyu from wandering.

text: The film version of the Southern Oracle shares the generalities; but the first gate judges whether the person attempting to pass through it "feels his own worth"; if the person is doubtful of its ability to pass through safely, the two Sphinxes incinerate the visitor. The second gate is a mirror much like the book's description, located in a snowy wilderness; and there is ultimately no third gate (which, as the third gate would have stood for the precise contrary of "felling one's own worth", somewhat turns the message to the contrary). The Oracle itself is ultimately two blue glowing Sphinxes exactly like the yellow sphinxes at the first gate, and also speaks in prose. As with the book, the Oracle crumbles and dies after revealing the cure for the Childlike Empress' condition.

text: In Tales from the Neverending Story, a hero must pass through the Riddle Gate, which tests his confidence in himself. He must then answer a riddle and pass through a mirror that displays the necessary thing he needs. In the case of Atreyu, he lands in a library owned by the wizard nicknamed "the Curiosity", who teaches him to read. Thereafter he passes through a glass door on which the name Uyulala is inscribed, to find the Oracle much as she is described in the book.

text: In The Neverending Story cartoon series, the Southern Oracle is depicted as two sphinxes facing each other and are voiced by Ellen Ray Hennessy.

text: Xayide[edit]

text:
Xayide

First appearance
The Neverending Story

Created by
Michael Ende

Portrayed by
Clarissa Burt (film)
Victoria Sanchez (TV series)
Janet Laine-Green (cartoon)

Information

Aliases
Mistress of Horok Castle

Species
Fantastican

Gender
Female

Occupation
Sorceress

text: Xayide (Xayíde in German) is one of the main villains of the story. She is an evil sorceress who appears later in the book after Bastian enters the world of Fantastica. Xayide lives in a castle shaped like a hand, called “Horok, the Seeing Hand”, because its multitude of windows appear like human eyes. Xayide's most striking physical feature are her heterochromatic red and green eyes. She has the ability to control anything empty, and thus she employs as guards empty suits of plate armour.

text: She presents to Bastian a warm and worshipping exterior, in hope to herself replace the Childlike Empress as ruler of Fantastica. Realizing she cannot defeat Bastian by force, she persuades him to invade the Ivory Tower. After losing Bastian, she is crushed to death by her iron minions who resist her waning magic. The book's chapters follow an alphabetical order pattern of the first word; thus her name serves well for the difficult "X" word in Chapter 24, where she meets her demise.

text: Xayide is portrayed by actress and model Clarissa Burt in The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter, which is loosely based upon the second half of the novel. In the adaption, she is the personified avatar of an entity similar to the Nothing, called 'the Emptiness', which is born of the dying imagination of the collective human species. In both media she gives Bastian the belt Ghemmal, which turns its wearer invisible and was intended to spy on Atreyu. She meets her end in the film when Bastian uses his last wish to give her a sense of compassion, whereupon she destroys herself to amend the damage done by her.

text: In the miniseries Tales from the Neverending Story, Xayide is portrayed as the Childlike Empress' sister and the ruler of a 'Dark City'.

text: In The Neverending Story cartoon, Xayide is the main antagonist of the series.

text: Ygramul[edit]

text:
Ygramul

First appearance
The Neverending Story

Created by
Michael Ende

Portrayed by
Marilyn Lightstone (cartoon)

Information

Aliases
The Many

Species
Insect Hive

text: Ygramul, or The Many (Ygramul, die Viele in German), is a creature that lives in the land of Dead Mountains.

text: Ygramul is portrayed as a shapeshifter, who often takes form of a large spider and builds webs to catch its prey. The creature is actually composed of many little hornet-like insects who share a single hive mind. Ygramul's poison is deadly and kills within one hour, but grants the victim the ability to teleport to any location within the land of Fantastica before succumbing to its effects.

text: In the book, this poison is the means by which Atreyu travels to the home of Engywook and Urgl, near the Southern Oracle. At this point in the story Falkor the luckdragon is introduced; he is caught in Ygramul's web, and also uses the power of Ygramul's poison to follow Atreyu. The lingering effects of the poison are nursed out of the two by Urgl, while Engywook, a scholar of the Southern Oracle, instructs Atreyu on the challenges he is to encounter within the Oracle's demesne.

text: In The Neverending Story cartoon series, Ygramul is shown in her spider form. In "To Save Falkor," Bastian encountered Ygramul in the Dead Mountains while looking for a cure for Falkor's illness.

text: Other characters[edit]

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Bastian's Dad - (portrayed by Gerald McRaney in the first film, John Wesley Shipp in the second film, and Kevin McNulty in the third film) Bastian's father is described to have grown distant from his son after the death of his wife, although this changes when he and Bastian are reunited at the end of the book. In the second film, Bastian's father is given the first name Barney Bux and follows Bastian's journey by reading the book and reunited with his son at the conclusion of the film. In the third film, he appears to have no memories of reading the book. He marries a woman named Jane and thus gains a new family, along with a daughter named Nicole who plays a main role in the third film.
Bark Troll - A walking tree making no appearance in the original book. He is loosely based on three characters of a species called bark trolls, that appeared briefly to advise Atreyu about the Nothing. In the third film he befriends Bastian and joins him against the Nasties, but lands on Earth, where he comes across a logging shipment and hitches a ride to Bastian's house, disguised as a log and a garden plant. He develops a difficult friendship with Rock Biter Junior in the process. In The Neverending Story cartoon, Bark Troll is a supporting character and a friend of Bastian.
Cairon (Caíron in German) - Herald of the Childlike Empress and in-between bearer of AURYN, who passed it to Atreyu. In the book he appears as a black elderly centaur (his lower half with the striped pattern of a zebra). In the first film, he ultimately appears as a humanoid Merman (performed by Moses Gunn). By his name and status of a centaur and physician, Cairon is an allusion to the mythological Greek Chiron.
Dame Eyola (Dame Aiuóla) - A plant taking the form of a motherly woman who lives in the House of Change, who cares for Bastian.
The Four Heroes - Four swordsmen who appear in the second half of the novel, said to be the bravest and strongest warriors in all of Fantastica, who participate in a tournament in the Silver City of Amarganth. One is identified as Hero Hynreck (or Huunreck), who is infatuated with Princess Oglamar; the other three, Hykrion, Hysbald and Hydorn, accompany Bastian on his journey and swear allegiance to him. They are often portrayed as cheerful beings, but when Bastian decides to make himself an emperor, they get drunk and become useless. They survive the battle against Atreyu's rebellion but lose track of Bastian, and go their separate ways to look for him. Note: The Four Swordsmen do not appear in any adaptation (film and television series) of the book, though the dragon Smerg (featured in the second film) is created by Bastian (in the novel) for Hynreck to slay. Although not apparently appearing in any adaptation of the novel, there is a scene in the first film, which shows a character with "close" resemblance to the Four Swordsmen; namely an unnamed knight who (unsuccessfully) tries to pass the ′′′Sphinx Gate′′′ (since this is a scene not present in the novel, one might suspect that this is an indirect "reference" to the Four Swordsmen).
Ilwan (Illuán) - A blue genie with a bird's beak in place of his nose and mouth. Ilwan became one of Bastian's closest servants, but was killed during the battle for the Ivory Tower.
Nimbly - A bird-like creature in the second film and does not exist as a character in the book. He is Xayide's spy, who encourages Bastian to use up his memories wishing, but later has a change of heart. In the book, there is a species called Nimblies, who are rabbit-like creatures with feathers instead of fur.
Querquobad, the Silver Sage (Quérquobad der Silbergreis) - The ruler of the silver ship city of Amarganth, which was built by the Acharis and swims on a lake made by their tears.
The Shadow Goblin - A character in the animated series who is a master thief of Fantasia along with his flying rat henchman Vermin. The Shadow Goblin and Vermin want nothing more than to become the richest people in Fantasia, although Vermin usually only cares about food. Vermin's job is to spy all over Fantasia for something worth stealing, and the Shadow Goblin is the one who steals it.
Shexper/Shakespeare - Mentioned in Chapter XVIII (18) when Hykrion, Hysbald, and Hydorn sing a song ("When that I was a little tiny boy, With Hey, Ho, the wind and the rain..."). They mention that that song was sung by one called "Shexper", which is a mispronunciation of the name "Shakespeare", which alludes to the possibility that the real Shakespeare once visited Fantasia the same way Bastian did.
Threehead: A three-headed knight who is Xayide's servant in the animated series. Each head represents a part Threehead's personality and pop up depending on his mood. The blue-haired head is his happiness and loyalty, the red-haired head is his sadness and fear, while the green-haired head is his anger and pure evil. This character is based on a figure from the novel named Four-Quarters Troll (Vier-Vierteltroll) or Temperamentling, who becomes a member of Bastian's entourage.
Yikka (Jicha) - A female mule who acts as Bastian's steed during the second half of the novel. She is quite faithful to him, but under Xayide's influence Bastian allows her to leave his side to start a family with an attractive male pegasus.
Yor - The picture miner of Yor's Minroud, a mine from which he excavates dream pictures (which make up the soil of Fantastica), who helps Bastian find his lost dream.

text: Fantasian creatures[edit]

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text: The following are a list of creatures featured in the different media appearances of "The Neverending Story":

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Acharis (Acharai) - The Acharis are a race of worm-like creatures so ashamed by their own ugliness that they hide underground and constantly cry. Their acidic tears eat away the soil around them, allowing them to mine Fantastican silver (the only element which is impervious to their tears), which they use to construct beautiful buildings. Bastian pities them and transforms them into the Shlamoofs (Schlamuffen): anarchist, clown-faced flying creatures who destroy all of the work they did as Acharis. They pursue Bastian and demand that he becomes their leader, but they are driven off by Atreyu and Falkor — unfortunately too late before their screaming destroys the fragile picture of his father that Bastian previously excavated from Yor's Minroud.
Four Winds Giants - Four giants who guard the winds of Fantastica. They constantly fight with each other, which causes the separation of Atreyu and Falkor in the novel. The four of them by name are: Lirr, the black North Wind, Sheerek (compare with sirocco), the sulfur-yellow South Wind, Baureo (compare with Boreas), the leaden-gray East Wind, and Mayestril (compare with mistral), the fiery-red West Wind. Uncharacteristically silenced by the power of the AURYN, it is through the Wind Giants that Atreyu learns that Fantastica has no boundary. In the film, they are ultimately replaced by the Nothing.
Greenskins (Grünhäute) - Also known as the Grass People (Grasleute), these are Atreyu's people, a folk of hunters and gatherers with a culture and lifestyle very similar to the North American Plain Indians. As their name implies, their skin is of an olive-green hue, and their hair is blueish-black. Their home is the Grassy Sea, a vast prairie in an undisclosed part of Fantastica bordered by the Silver Mountains range.
Iceheads (Eisbolde in German, a merging of the words "ice" and "kobold") - A race of creatures which reside in the Mountains of Fate, where the Childlike Empress encounters the Old Man of Wandering Mountain. They are described as giant humanoids covered in (or made of) ice who move so slow that a single footstep takes years to complete. As a result, they are fairly isolated even from their own kind, and more so from any other living creature in Fantastica.
Nighthobs (Nachtalb) - The Nighthobs are a race of nocturnal humanoids that live in the southern regions of Fantastica. They have sharp features, wild hair, and wear drab clothing. Nighthobs are known to employ large bats that they fly much like a hang glider. The most notable of the Nighthobs was Vooshvazool, who was sent on the mission to the Ivory Tower.
Rockbiters (Felsenbeißer) - The Rockbiters (or Rockchewers in the book) are large rock creatures that eat rocks and delight in different geological varieties. Rockbiters are often seen riding stone bicycles. Despite their gargantuan size and intimidating appearance, Rockbiters are generally kind and concerned with the well-being of Fantasticans smaller than themselves.
Sassafranians (Sassafranier) - A race of human-like people from the novel who are born elderly. Their physical age regresses as they advance in years, and they die when they reach infancy state.
Tinys (Winzlinge) - A race of tiny people that ride on Racing Snails. They are quite sophisticated, but due to their size they live in trees, erecting entire villages whose dwellings are connected by a huge number of ladders, slides and stairways.
Unlucky the Rabbit (Unlucky the Rabbit) - Large rabbits that are often victims of Rock Biter's bikes. These are original characters from the third film.
Yskálnari - A race of humanoid people living at the edge of a sea of mist, which can be navigated only by boats fashioned from special reeds, which are propelled by willpower (achieved by the Yskálnari through ritual singing). Commonly also called Mist Sailors, their name actually means The Conjoined Ones (Die Gemeinsamen). While Bastian joins them for a while during his quest for the Waters of Life, he discovers that the Yskálnari have no concept of individualism. In the animated series, the Yskálnari are depicted as identical-looking seal-like humanoids manning conventional wooden ships which can navigate the Mist Sea.

text: The following creatures appear in the first film in the Childlike Empress' throne room and are unnamed[2]:

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Big-Headed Rock Creatures - A race of creatures made of rock that have big heads that are present when Cairon mentions the Childlike Empress' illness.
Bird Humans - A race of bird-headed humans that are present when Cairon mentions the Childlike Empress' illness.
Elephant-Headed Creature - A humanoid elephant that is present when Cairon mentions the Childlike Empress' illness.
Four-Faced People - A race of humans who have four faces. They are present when Cairon mentions the Childlike Empress' illness.
Monkey-Headed Creature - A creature with a monkey head that is present when Cairon mentions the Childlike Empress' illness.
Palm-Topped Creatures - A race of humanoids with palm tree-like growths on top of their heads that are present when Cairon mentions the Childlike Empress' illness.
Three-Headed Creature - A creature that has an unspecified head, a wolf head, and a goat head that is present when Cairon mentions the Childlike Empress' illness.
Two-Faced People - A race of humans with two faces that have two noses, two mouths, and three eyes. They are present when Cairon mentions the Childlike Empress' illness.


document_title: Workingmen's Party of the United States

question_text: what was the purpose for the creation of the workingmen's party

question_tokens: what was the purpose for the creation of the workingmen 's party

text: Workingmen's Party of the United States

text: Organizational history[edit]

text: Formation[edit]

text: The WPUS was formed in 1876, when a congress of socialists from around the United States met in Philadelphia in an attempt to unify their political power. Seven societies sent representatives, and within four days the party was formed under the name of the Workingmen's Party of the United States. The party, composed mostly of foreign-born laborers, represented a collection of socialist ideas from different groups, most notably followers of Karl Marx and Ferdinand Lassalle. The Lassallean faction believed in forming a Socialist political party to advance their agenda incrementally through the electoral process. Marxian Socialists, however, opposed to reformism believed in forming a Socialist party as an instrument of organization of the proletariat to propagate consciousness leading to an ultimate revolutionary seizing of state power. They championed strong trade unions, strikes, and boycotts to develop class consciousness through class conflict. [1]

text: The party at first had little influence over any politics in the United States on a national or local level. Much like the International Workingmen's Association before it, the WPUS was widely viewed as socialistic. However, during the railroad strikes during the summer of 1877, the party, led by the charismatic and well-spoken American Albert Parsons, showed some of its power by rallying support for the striking railroad workers.[2]

text: Although the WPUS was largely unsuccessful in the strikes it helped lead, on August 6, 1878 the party had managed to gain enough popularity to capture 5 out of 7 seats in Kentucky state legislature. As news spread around the country of the success of the WPUS, more "Workingmen's Parties" formed in cities around the country, some chartered by the WPUS and some not.

text: Termination[edit]

text: The end of the Workingmen's Party of the United States came in December 1878, when it reformed as the Socialist Labor Party.