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* ShoutOut: To the titular character of ''Pickman's Model''.

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* ShoutOut: To the titular character of ''Pickman's Model''.
"Literature/PickmansModel".
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'''Inspector John Raymond LeGrasse''' – A New Orleans detective who has been working with Father Jackey since they first met.

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'''Inspector John Raymond LeGrasse''' [=LeGrasse=]''' – A New Orleans detective who has been working with Father Jackey since they first met.



'''Harley Warren''' – An anthropologist who has also worked with Jackey; he has spent the last ten years or so as a prisoner of a now-deceased bookseller, apparently as part of an undercover operation. He was recently rescued by LeGrasse.

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'''Harley Warren''' – An anthropologist who has also worked with Jackey; he has spent the last ten years or so as a prisoner of a now-deceased bookseller, apparently as part of an undercover operation. He was recently rescued by LeGrasse.
[=LeGrasse=].
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* HumanoidAbomination: Cuts off his own hand and grows it back in seconds.

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* HumanoidAbomination: Cuts off his own hand and grows it back in seconds.HumanoidAbomination

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* MonsterFromBeyondTheVeil: She's ''dead'', and [[http://lovecraftismissing.com/?p=7411 doesn't find it much of an impediment]]. Her ghost is full of tentacles.



* MadDoctor



* MadArtist

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* MadArtistMadArtist: [[http://lovecraftismissing.com/?p=7577 What a surprise.]]
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Many but not all are heavily inspired by characters of the same name in the fiction of HPLovecraft and his contemporaries, but are ''not necessarily'' exactly the same as their inspirations; such trivia will be mentioned as a ShoutOut.

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Many but not all are heavily inspired by characters of the same name in the fiction of HPLovecraft Creator/HPLovecraft and his contemporaries, but are ''not necessarily'' exactly the same as their inspirations; such trivia will be mentioned as a ShoutOut.



'''Win Battler''' - A young pulp writer from Tough Luck, Oklahoma. Having gone east to meet HPLovecraft - his fellow author of weird tales and friend-by-post - Win narrowly misses Lovecraft's disappearance from a locked room. [[spoiler:Has a tattoo on his upper back which cultists and an evil gelatinous baby have reacted against and attempted to remove.]]

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'''Win Battler''' - A young pulp writer from Tough Luck, Oklahoma. Having gone east to meet HPLovecraft Creator/HPLovecraft - his fellow author of weird tales and friend-by-post - Win narrowly misses Lovecraft's disappearance from a locked room. [[spoiler:Has a tattoo on his upper back which cultists and an evil gelatinous baby have reacted against and attempted to remove.]]



* ShoutOut: Dr. Muñoz appears in HPLovecraft's ''Cool Air'', where he is [[spoiler:undead, and has to treat himself with special chemicals and keep his environment well below mean temperature to keep himself from decomposing]].

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* ShoutOut: Dr. Muñoz appears in HPLovecraft's Creator/HPLovecraft's ''Cool Air'', where he is [[spoiler:undead, and has to treat himself with special chemicals and keep his environment well below mean temperature to keep himself from decomposing]].

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!Heroes

'''Win Battler'''

A young pulp writer from the Oklahoma panhandle. Having gone east to meet HPLovecraft - his fellow author of weird tales and friend-by-post - Win narrowly misses Lovecraft's disappearance from a locked room. [[spoiler:Has a tattoo on his upper back which cultists and an evil gelatinous baby have reacted against and attempted to remove.]]

'''Nan Mercy'''

Assistant Librarian at Brown University, in the special collections department. Her goals are unclear, but apparently have to do with gathering all the rare occult books on earth an building a big bonfire with them.

'''Father Munsford Jackey'''

A purported priest who fights the occult, with the help of the talents of various specialists. [[spoiler:He has been doing so since 1908, after being dragged in by associates of Erich Zann.]]

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!Heroes

!Main Characters

'''Win Battler'''

Battler''' - A young pulp writer from the Oklahoma panhandle.Tough Luck, Oklahoma. Having gone east to meet HPLovecraft - his fellow author of weird tales and friend-by-post - Win narrowly misses Lovecraft's disappearance from a locked room. [[spoiler:Has a tattoo on his upper back which cultists and an evil gelatinous baby have reacted against and attempted to remove.]]

]]
* AscendedFanboy

'''Nan Mercy'''

Mercy''' - Assistant Librarian at Brown University, in the special collections department. Her immediate goal is to recover pages of a rare book that were recently in Lovecraft's possession; her long-term goals are unclear, but apparently have to do with gathering all the rare occult books on earth an building a big bonfire with them.

'''Father Munsford Jackey'''

Jackey''' - A purported (purported) priest who fights the occult, with the help of the talents of various specialists. [[spoiler:He has been doing so since 1908, after being dragged in by associates of Erich Zann.]]
* BadassPreacher
* DeadpanSnarker
* GentlemanAndAScholar: His reason for involvement has everything to do with his involvement in a particular palaeontological discovery.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Kartophilus only recently realised how much of a threat he is to him.



'''Dr. Kartophilus''' (Count St. Germain, Melmoth)

His real name is unknown; all his aliases are names of fictional immortals. He himself is a powerful sorcerer, possibly immortal himself. His goal is vague, but near completion.

'''M. Powell Tobbin'''

Nan’s boss at the library, who is also the leader of a conspiracy involving Nan’s dead mother and possibly Nan’s pendant.

'''Dr. Muñoz'''

Head of the Morowbie-Jukes Asylum, suffering from what appears to be a terrible skin disease, who has allied himself with Count St. Germain. His reward is to be the gift of immortality. He is secretly plotting some alternative plan with Belvan Wendt.

'''Mummy'''

Nan’s psychotic mother who is now trapped in another dimension, and is possibly no longer human. It was recently revealed that she has some relationship with Tobbin.

'''Heeg'''

Kartophilus' butler.

'''Belvan Wendt'''

A wanna-be pulp writer whose actual allegiance is uncertain. He seems to be allied with St. Germain, Dr. Muñoz and M. Powell Tobbin, though the three are working against one another.


!Other


Kreskin – Assistant to Dr, Muñoz, who believes the soctor and St. Germain are working together.

Inspector John Raymond LeGrasse – A New Orleans detective who has been working with Father Jackey since they first met in 1

Harley Warren – An anthropologist who has also worked with Jackey; he has spent the last ten years or so as a prisoner of a now-deceased bookseller, apparently as part of an undercover operation. He was recently rescued by LeGrasse.

Walter Cow – Another of Jackey’s associates, the muscle of the group.

Eely Billings - He’s been with Jackey for almost 20 years, playing various roles, including working as an editor at Weird Tales to intercept stories of interest, many by H.P. Lovecraft.

Richard Upton Pickman -A painter of the macabre who disappeared some years ago. But his history with Nan goes back to her childhood.

Erich Zann – A composer whose music is valuable within occult circles, though the exact nature of that value has yet to be established. He is currently held captive by Kartophilus.

Auntie Gamwell – H.P. Lovecraft’s aunt, who lives in the same boarding house from which he disappeared.

Ma & Pa Battler- Win’s parents, salt of the earth types, who’ve scraped by in the tiny town of Tough Luck, Oklahoma

Milo Bowers – Son of the the granary foreman; a bully with an especial dislike of Win, and an especial fear of his father.

Mr. Bowers – Milo’s dad, and one of the local heads of Cthulhu worship in the small town.

Miss Hurter – A sweet little old lady who works with Bowers running the local cult.

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'''Dr. Kartophilus''' (Count St. Germain, Melmoth)

Melmoth) - His real name is unknown; all his aliases are names of fictional immortals. He himself is a powerful sorcerer, possibly immortal himself. His goal is vague, but near completion.

'''M. Powell Tobbin'''

'''Mummy''' - Nan’s boss at the library, psychotic mother who is also the leader of a conspiracy involving Nan’s dead mother now trapped in another dimension, and is possibly Nan’s pendant.

no longer human. It was recently revealed that she has some relationship with Tobbin.
* EvilMatriarch

'''Dr. Muñoz'''

Muñoz''' - Head of the Morowbie-Jukes Asylum, suffering from what appears to be a terrible skin disease, who has allied himself with Count St. Germain. His reward is to be the gift of immortality. He is secretly plotting some alternative plan with Belvan Wendt.

'''Mummy'''

Nan’s psychotic mother who is now trapped in another dimension, and is possibly no longer human. It was recently revealed that she has some relationship with Tobbin.

'''Heeg'''

Kartophilus' butler.

'''Belvan Wendt'''

A wanna-be pulp writer whose actual allegiance is uncertain. He seems to be allied with St. Germain,
Wendt.
* ShoutOut:
Dr. Muñoz appears in HPLovecraft's ''Cool Air'', where he is [[spoiler:undead, and M. has to treat himself with special chemicals and keep his environment well below mean temperature to keep himself from decomposing]].
** He also refers briefly to Herbert West - another Lovecraft character who experimented with [[spoiler:the undead]].

'''M.
Powell Tobbin, though Tobbin''' - Nan’s boss at the three are working against one another.


!Other


Kreskin – Assistant to Dr, Muñoz,
library, who believes the soctor and St. Germain are working together.

Inspector John Raymond LeGrasse – A New Orleans detective who has been working with Father Jackey since they first met in 1

Harley Warren – An anthropologist who has
is also worked with Jackey; he has spent the last ten years or so as a prisoner leader of a now-deceased bookseller, apparently as part of an undercover operation. He was recently rescued by LeGrasse.

Walter Cow – Another of Jackey’s associates, the muscle
conspiracy involving Nan’s dead mother and possibly Nan’s pendant.

!Supporting Characters

'''Ma & Pa Battler''' - Win’s parents, salt
of the group.

Eely Billings
earth types, who’ve scraped by in the tiny town of Tough Luck, Oklahoma

'''Eely Billings'''
- He’s been with Jackey for almost 20 years, playing various roles, including working as an editor at Weird Tales to intercept stories of interest, many by H.P. Lovecraft.

Richard Upton Pickman -A painter of the macabre who disappeared some years ago. But his history with Nan goes back to her childhood.

Erich Zann
'''Milo Bowers''' – A composer whose music is valuable within occult circles, though Tough Luck resident and son of the exact nature the granary foreman; a bully with an especial dislike of that value has yet to be established. He is currently held captive by Kartophilus.

Auntie Gamwell
Win, and an especial fear of his father.

'''Mr. Bowers''' – Milo’s dad, [[spoiler:one of the local heads of Cthulhu worship]] in Tough Luck.

'''Walter Cow''' – Another of Jackey’s associates, the muscle of the group.
* CulturedBadass: "Like Solomon."

'''Auntie Gamwell'''
– H.P. Lovecraft’s aunt, who lives in the same boarding house from which he disappeared.

Ma & Pa Battler- Win’s parents, salt of the earth types, who’ve scraped by in the tiny town of Tough Luck, Oklahoma

Milo Bowers – Son of the the granary foreman; a bully with an especial dislike of Win,
'''Heeg''' - Kartophilus' butler.
* HumanoidAbomination: Cuts off his own hand
and an especial fear of grows it back in seconds.
* ShoutOut: "Tentacles", and
his father.

Mr. Bowers – Milo’s dad, and one of the local heads of Cthulhu worship
general build, suggests he's [[spoiler:a shoggoth in the small town.

Miss Hurter
human form.]]

'''Miss Hurter'''
– A sweet little old lady who works with Bowers running [[spoiler:running the local cult.cult]].

'''Kreskin''' – Assistant to Dr, Muñoz, who believes he and Kartophilus are working together.

'''Inspector John Raymond LeGrasse''' – A New Orleans detective who has been working with Father Jackey since they first met.

'''Richard Upton Pickman''' - A painter of the macabre who disappeared some years ago. But his history with Nan goes back to her childhood.
* MadArtist
* NightmareFetishist
* ShoutOut: To the titular character of ''Pickman's Model''.

'''Harley Warren''' – An anthropologist who has also worked with Jackey; he has spent the last ten years or so as a prisoner of a now-deceased bookseller, apparently as part of an undercover operation. He was recently rescued by LeGrasse.

'''Belvan Wendt''' - A wanna-be pulp writer whose actual allegiance is uncertain. He seems to be allied with St. Germain, Dr. Muñoz and M. Powell Tobbin, though the three are working against one another.

'''Erich Zann''' – A composer whose music is valuable within occult circles. The exact nature of that value has yet to be established, but it has been shown to grant visions and defend against magical intrusions. He is currently held captive by Kartophilus.
* BarrierMaiden
* MadArtist
* ShoutOut: ''The Music of Erich Zann'' has him living in an apartment in the Rue d'Auseil, whose window looks over a wall into... [[EldritchLocation elsewhere]].
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Characters in Webcomic/LovecraftIsMissing.

Many but not all are heavily inspired by characters of the same name in the fiction of HPLovecraft and his contemporaries, but are ''not necessarily'' exactly the same as their inspirations; such trivia will be mentioned as a ShoutOut.

%% The Dramatis Personae page for the webcomic is here: http://lovecraftismissing.com/?p=6642

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!Heroes

'''Win Battler'''

A young pulp writer from the Oklahoma panhandle. Having gone east to meet HPLovecraft - his fellow author of weird tales and friend-by-post - Win narrowly misses Lovecraft's disappearance from a locked room. [[spoiler:Has a tattoo on his upper back which cultists and an evil gelatinous baby have reacted against and attempted to remove.]]

'''Nan Mercy'''

Assistant Librarian at Brown University, in the special collections department. Her goals are unclear, but apparently have to do with gathering all the rare occult books on earth an building a big bonfire with them.

'''Father Munsford Jackey'''

A purported priest who fights the occult, with the help of the talents of various specialists. [[spoiler:He has been doing so since 1908, after being dragged in by associates of Erich Zann.]]

!Villains

'''Dr. Kartophilus''' (Count St. Germain, Melmoth)

His real name is unknown; all his aliases are names of fictional immortals. He himself is a powerful sorcerer, possibly immortal himself. His goal is vague, but near completion.

'''M. Powell Tobbin'''

Nan’s boss at the library, who is also the leader of a conspiracy involving Nan’s dead mother and possibly Nan’s pendant.

'''Dr. Muñoz'''

Head of the Morowbie-Jukes Asylum, suffering from what appears to be a terrible skin disease, who has allied himself with Count St. Germain. His reward is to be the gift of immortality. He is secretly plotting some alternative plan with Belvan Wendt.

'''Mummy'''

Nan’s psychotic mother who is now trapped in another dimension, and is possibly no longer human. It was recently revealed that she has some relationship with Tobbin.

'''Heeg'''

Kartophilus' butler.

'''Belvan Wendt'''

A wanna-be pulp writer whose actual allegiance is uncertain. He seems to be allied with St. Germain, Dr. Muñoz and M. Powell Tobbin, though the three are working against one another.


!Other


Kreskin – Assistant to Dr, Muñoz, who believes the soctor and St. Germain are working together.

Inspector John Raymond LeGrasse – A New Orleans detective who has been working with Father Jackey since they first met in 1

Harley Warren – An anthropologist who has also worked with Jackey; he has spent the last ten years or so as a prisoner of a now-deceased bookseller, apparently as part of an undercover operation. He was recently rescued by LeGrasse.

Walter Cow – Another of Jackey’s associates, the muscle of the group.

Eely Billings - He’s been with Jackey for almost 20 years, playing various roles, including working as an editor at Weird Tales to intercept stories of interest, many by H.P. Lovecraft.

Richard Upton Pickman -A painter of the macabre who disappeared some years ago. But his history with Nan goes back to her childhood.

Erich Zann – A composer whose music is valuable within occult circles, though the exact nature of that value has yet to be established. He is currently held captive by Kartophilus.

Auntie Gamwell – H.P. Lovecraft’s aunt, who lives in the same boarding house from which he disappeared.

Ma & Pa Battler- Win’s parents, salt of the earth types, who’ve scraped by in the tiny town of Tough Luck, Oklahoma

Milo Bowers – Son of the the granary foreman; a bully with an especial dislike of Win, and an especial fear of his father.

Mr. Bowers – Milo’s dad, and one of the local heads of Cthulhu worship in the small town.

Miss Hurter – A sweet little old lady who works with Bowers running the local cult.

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