Necroscope Knowledge 2005

[Nathan]

This topic (http://www.brianlumley.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=24;t=000155) now closed (it is 2005, you know!) Refer to it for the rules if you're new.

I believe sdkdmd has the torch...

smile.gif

[ January 21, 2005, 12:13 PM: Message edited by: Nathan ]

[skinters]

no worries there nathan ....... its myfault there mate as im the newest amongst them exchange of words jus i think it merited me straying slightly off topic to reply to jade rose who seemed in aide of some assistence........and to DC who was under the illusion i was gonna get the drinks in for the next con ha haaaaa

i have read the rules nathan and right they are

[Nathan]

Dude! I wadn't sweatin' anyone... It was way past time for a new topic. I just noticed that both these games' thread titles stated the year!

We can't play in an outdated thread, my friend, no, no, no!

:cool:

[sdkdmd]

by BOTH these games N8 is referring to Lumlian knowledge n Necroknowledge, maybe you can give some of those Q a try

i'll be back

[Nathan]

Thanks for clarifying... I forget how complicated the board seems when you first see it. And that not everyone know WTF I'm talking about! grin.gif

I do appreciate you guys keepin' this game going and having fun doing it. It's kinda funny to watch sometimes because someone'll ask a stumper question that could easily be looked up in the old trivia threads! There's like ten of 'em back there in the attic somewhere. smile.gif

[Jade Rose]

So since you're officially shutting down the other thread does that mean it's gone, or are we continuing it here? I hope we're continuing as in the event that I ever get the chance I've got a good question(hehe, got smart and am making a list as I go through the books)SD if it's your go GIVE A QUESTION, would ya?

[sdkdmd]

skinters,this one is for you...if you hurry

Agursky was vamperized when he touched the vampire egg but the thing was locked up in a glass tank.
how was Agursky able to touch it??

DC,how about dinner too!

[skinters]

it climbed the feeder tube used to feed the leech and ended up in the container

[sdkdmd]

you got it skinters,your turn

[ January 23, 2005, 08:11 AM: Message edited by: sdkdmd ]

[Hubris]

Hey skinters where you at? You got a good one cooking up?

[skinters]

its not my turn mate ,i think sdkdmd was jus asking me a question on the side,as he said it was jus for me ha haaaa methinks its still his turn

[ January 24, 2005, 04:03 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[sdkdmd]

yes, it's your turn Skinters.

i choose a question from the section you choose your last question from to give you a chance to answer another one, i assumed thats about how far you were with the source, thats why it was for you. ;)
i didn't want to see you wait 50 questions,

[skinters]

ahhh your so kind alright try this .

faethor spoke in length to harry about his crusade
the year was 1204 and he was to meet Temujin.
by what name was Temujin later to become known as ?

[ January 24, 2005, 05:10 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[Hubris]

Genghis Khan, maybe?

[skinters]

ha haaaaa i like the way you answer like it was a guess 2 easy that 1 methinks

over 2 you hubris

[Hubris]

Khhhaaaaannnnn!!! *Shatner Style*

Ok. Who is forever riding on a Harley in the Mobius Continuim?

[ January 25, 2005, 09:18 AM: Message edited by: Hubris ]

[Helmet Head]

His handle was The Vampire and he was a Harley Davidson riding biker dude who died after a crash after he'd had to many bevies after an argument with his pillion pussy.

But did he have a real name???? ........ arrrrrrrggggggghhh I can't remember dam it

[skinters]

pillion pussy ha haaaaa

[sdkdmd]

PETE,HOW CAN YOU FORGET HIS NAME WAS PETE
HELLS ANGELS MEMBER
HE HELP HARRY RIDE HIS HARLEY TO STARSIDE

[Helmet Head]

BUGGGGGEEERRRR!!!!!

Unfair, I forgot his name was Pete because my name is Pete, isn't it obvious.

I'm appealing to Hubris that I should win that one as my answer was so laced with detail even though I didn't get his real name.

I know begging and pleading is un sightly but hey I like winning ;)

[sdkdmd]

ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR,OH AND NECROKNOWLEDGE tongue.gif

YOUR ANSWER WAS LACED WITH EVERY THING BUT THE ANSWER tongue.gif

JUST PLAYING AROUND,IT'S YOURS

[Helmet Head]

No no lets let Hubris decide, if he doesn't think I merit it then it's yours.

Although I may hold a grudge and knowbody likes grudges do they, just ask Sarah Michelle Geller...

[Hubris]

Well it looks like I have a hell'o decision on my hands. I hate to bring begrudging down on myself, but you got it sdkdmd! Sorry Helm, I know you had a lot of input on that one but I was looking for Pete.

[ January 25, 2005, 02:26 PM: Message edited by: Hubris ]

[sdkdmd]

He's not like you at all,Harry,A light in the darkness of death,that's what you are.

who said it?
Who were they talking about?

[Jade Rose]

KeananGormley. In reference to Dragosani and his necromantic abilities, and the subsequent LACK of similarity between them, as Harry in his innosencse sees them as being related.

[ January 25, 2005, 09:58 PM: Message edited by: Jade Rose ]

[sdkdmd]

your turn Jade

[Jade Rose]

Yay! I've been waiting and have had my question all wonderfully prepared for a while now. Just so you know, Sd, I'm sure that was meant to be something of a stumper, and it likely would have been except for the fact that I had just finished my re-read of Necroscope yesterday afternoon. So here goes my question.
After Ustinov's betrayal Borowitz is to present his case to a five judge panel, who were the judges on that panel?
To clear up any confusions that may arrive amongst you all I'm looking for the names AND positions (as both are clearly stated in the book).

[skinters]

georg krisich : party central commitee
oliver bellekhoyza, karl dyannov :junior cabinet ministers
yuri andropov K.G.B
and leonid brezhenevs personal representitive ,a namless cipher
not sure if the last 1 is right as you were looking for 5 names also ? ..not sure if the ciphers name was mentioned anywhere else in the book as i couldnt be arsed to look ha haaaaaa

p.s ive jus this second come in here to check if my answer is worthy ,if it is and its my turn please dont think im ignoring any1 coz im on my way to being entoxicated ......or in the words of my fathers .....pissed outta my skull

[ January 26, 2005, 02:36 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[skinters]

[ January 26, 2005, 07:20 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[Jade Rose]

You've got it, Skinters. It's you're go round agian. No the last was never named, but you did do what I wanted you to and tell me who he did work for. YAY for Skinters who kind of read my mind. All I have to know is, did you know it or did you look it up? But yes, you're turn to give her a whirl.

[skinters]

what ? me look the answer up ha haaaaa yeah im afraid so .... ive got a twenty second attention span theres no way id remember all em names, i mean youd have to have a photographic memory and my brain is like a sieve.i did remember borowitz having to go in front of the panel

ok easy 1 ....what wamphyri lord suffered with leprosy

ill dig out a harder question next time ,i got 1 helova hangover

[ January 27, 2005, 09:57 AM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[Hubris]

Well there were more than just one, but since I know what book your on.......Dramal Doombody.

[skinters]

right thats it im going to read the entire series ,and come back with a stumper .......ill be back in 6 months ha haaaa

you in the hotseat hubris

[Hubris]

This one has probably been asked in the past but I'm not N8 and don't care to check. So...


Name everyone to have the Killing Eye.


Answer could be a spoiler for some of you...

[ January 27, 2005, 10:34 AM: Message edited by: Hubris ]

[sdkdmd]

Eygor Killglance
Spiro Killglance
Wran the Rage
Max Batu

[Hubris]

Ohhh, I'm sorry sdkdmd. One of those didn't have it and your missing one.

[Nathan]

Wran, no.

The rest are true, as well as Nathan.

:cool:

And I was just hinting that some of the answers could be found in other, older threads. smile.gif

[Hubris]

You got it N8.

I just didn't know if it had been asked before, but if anyone did know it would be the Lord of Olden Posts.

[Nathan]

I don't think that one has, at least not in that particular wording...

Anyway, sh*t, now I gotta come up with a question... let's see... how 'bout one combining both Lumlian and Necroscope Knowledge...?

There's a young man in Return of the Deep Ones who does odd jobs around the place for the narrator. He ends up quite dead. His name is the same as one of Harry's best friends.

Name him.

This is one I've asked before so Tops is ejected from the game for this question! grin.gif

[skinters]

jimmy ?

[Jade Rose]

Rather then have a fit and yell at you that THAT'S not fair... I'll just take a wild jump of the deepend and say Darcy.

[sdkdmd]

graham lane

[Nathan]

grin.gif

You got it, sdkdmd. Nice job. smile.gif

[sdkdmd]

who was johnny found's first [human] victim and [why or when] I guess it could be asked either way

[ January 28, 2005, 07:57 AM: Message edited by: sdkdmd ]

[Jade Rose]

Penny Sanderson.

[Radu]

Um..wasn't it a cat and some other small animals?

[sdkdmd]

Radu,I hope the question is more clear

Jade,try again

[Hubris]

The daughter of his foster parents because she caught him with the massacred cat? Crap, I can't remember her name. Do I need the name?

[sdkdmd]

thats just fine
your turn Hubris

[Hubris]

Mikhail Volkonsky, who was he?

[Jade Rose]

Was he the man who rented rooms to boarders down in romania. The one with the daughter that Dragosani needed help with handling?

[kenny]

Jimmy Collins?

[kenny]

Well Don't feel a right idiot, l've just posted an answer to a question on the previous page(it was wrong by the way). Haven't been in for a couple of days, must keep tabs on what is happening, will check out the site every day from now on DOOOOOHHH.

[sdkdmd]

construction worker who blew up the ruins of faethors castle

[skinters]

yo kenny i had to laugh when i saw your answer ,coz it be the same 1 i gave on the opposite page
and yeah it was soooo wrong

[ January 29, 2005, 12:27 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[Hubris]

Right oh sdkdmd. On to you man.

[sdkdmd]

who did the covers of the first 5 necroscopes [paper backs]

[skinters]

bob eggleton

[Hubris]

George Underwood?

[kenny]

I'm with Hurbis, George Underwood

[skinters]

ahhhh shhit im with them 2 ha haaaaaaaaa
pffft bob eggleton every1 knows it wasnt him

[ January 31, 2005, 06:36 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[sdkdmd]

skinters,you got one but you missed two

Hubris,you got one but you missed two

who's going to come up with the third one???

[ February 01, 2005, 07:11 AM: Message edited by: sdkdmd ]

[Jade Rose]

Was Dennis Nolan the third? Or was it was Alan Hood?(heh, saw this name reading another post area in reference to a Necroscope cover, so I'm not sure exactly where it comes from, but I'm allowed to try at least. Worst that's gonna happen is I'm wrong. ^_^)

[ January 31, 2005, 08:50 PM: Message edited by: Jade Rose ]

[skinters]

graham potts ? carol russo ?

[ February 01, 2005, 05:09 AM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[sdkdmd]

Jade you got one but you missed two

three people came up with one name each
i need all three names

[skinters]

hows this

bob eggleton
dennis nolan
george underwood....or

bob eggleton
alan hood
george underwood,ha haaaaaa

the only thing i could find on alan hood is that he was a trumpet instructor ha haaaa...theres also an author who goes by the name of dennis nolan...

yo sdkdmd .....this question of yours has made me grin

[ February 01, 2005, 11:20 AM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[sdkdmd]

OK... OK we got bob, george and......alan,who did the first[original]necroscope.

Skinters you named all three,your turn.

there's a pic somewhere in here

[skinters]

alright i feel a bit shy asking this question coz i got help from jade , and hubris , cheers drinks are on me

alright easy 1 ...who was bubba

[Jade Rose]

Errr.... I can't remember the anser, nor would book to look in. Now don't feel bad about stealing from me. It's all fair and all the nonsense. As to the idea of buying drinks, I get the idea you mean the alcholic variety, and I'm not old enough for those.

[Helmet Head]

Bubba?????????

I haven't got a clue about this one, I dont recall anyone from the Necroscope books who was called Bubba...

[DC 1]

Only Bubba I remember was a mummy

[skinters]

i thought jade might have got this 1 as she started reading the necro series again

alright a lil clue bubba was around the time dragosani found the cruciform hills

i dont know ,you ask a non wamphyri question and all
hell breaks loose ha haaaaaaa

[ February 02, 2005, 03:15 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[sdkdmd]

a dog when Dragosani was a kid

[sdkdmd]

A PIC OF THE ORIGINAL NECROSCOPE BOOK BY ALAN HOOD
Originally posted by TOPS
http://www.shearer.org.uk/images/necro1.jpg

[ February 02, 2005, 04:35 PM: Message edited by: sdkdmd ]

[skinters]

your turn sdkdmd me ol mate

first time ive seen that original cover

[Jade Rose]

Darn! It was the only one I didn't check, as I don't actually own that one. I re-read it, yet, but as the copy was a library book I'd have to return it. But furthermore, my girlfriend took it.... Plus it's going to be awhile. We're starting on senior thesis for English(bleh).

[sdkdmd]

She is "at one with the Earth"

Who is she?

[Hubris]

Millicent Cleary(sp?)

[sdkdmd]

Try again smile.gif

[Jade Rose]

Anna Marie English...

[sdkdmd]

good answer Jade

[Jade Rose]

I'm around, I've got to look for a good question now though! It's just, I knew where to find the answer to that one and had to go put it up. So now that I have it let me find you a good one... I should be back in the VERY near future...

[Jade Rose]

What event marked the rising of Lord Nestor's necromantic abilities?

[Canker]

Hmmmmm........ let me see..........
That would be when he laid his hand upon the vampire thrall "Carmen's" forehead and said "Farewell".
She then replied to him that there would be no goodbye but that she would RISE.
grin.gif

[Jade Rose]

Very well Canker, you may now have your go at asking a question.

[Canker]

Which one of the Wamphryi Lords or Lady met up with Nathan as he re-enetered Starside from the "Hell-lander" Gate?

[Tchernobog]

Hm, could it be Gorvi the Guile?

[ February 08, 2005, 10:48 AM: Message edited by: Tchernobog ]

[Hubris]

Devataki Skullguise?

[Canker]

Tchernobog............. You are correct!
It was Gorvo the Guile and the meeting cost him two flyers and two thralls, not to mention a greatly wounded warrior.

All yours!

[Tchernobog]

;)

Okay, here we go:
Name at least three of Petais's relatives.

[ February 08, 2005, 05:26 PM: Message edited by: Tchernobog ]

[DC 1]

Rogei, Ekhou and Amlya

[Tchernobog]

Damn, that's correct.

Your turn.

[DC 1]

When were the Lost Years written?

[Jade Rose]

Okay: Lost years is copyrighted '95. First printing in November(with the first mass market edition being in July or'96). Resurgance is copyrighted '96 . First printing in November(with the first mass market edition being in July of '97)
I hope this is what your looking for.

[DC 1]

Sort of.

You can find the info on the site. I was looking for a specific time in the masters life when he wrote the books.

[skinters]

Necroscope: the Lost Years, in two volumes, took two years and two months to write. (Jan. '94-March '96.
and was written partly to the fact that a lot of eagle eyed fans had noticed a gap in the chronology between WAMPHYRI! and SOURCE ,where harry was concerned

[ February 11, 2005, 12:21 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[DC 1]

Now that be the answer I was looking for

Over to you

[skinters]

who was grigor zirra ?

sorry my questions aint got much depth and a bit easy ,jus wit 3 kids running around here not easy to dig out a goodun ...and when they asleep its necro time ;) .....jus started deadspeak ,things are getting very intresting indeed grin.gif

[ February 12, 2005, 08:35 AM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[sdkdmd]

leader of the zirra,in service to ferenczy,faethor and janos

[skinters]

aye he was first of the szgany kings leader of the zirras ....on to you sdkdmd ;)

[sdkdmd]

When did Alec Kyles FIRST come across Harry's name?

[Jade Rose]

Well, it depends he first heard it from Keenan Gormly during a word association game. However in "writing" he came across it first in a precognative vision.

[sdkdmd]

either answer was good enough.

i didn't think anyone would come up with the word game. nice job
i wasn't even sure if anyone would remember that the next time was in a vision.

[Jade Rose]

So I suprirsed you. Fun. I only just re-read it under a month ago so it's still fresh in my mind. Plus I think I just pick up on odd deatils sometimes when I read.
While I'm sure my question is gonig to be insanely easy, I can't resist answering when I know what the answer is. I've only just began re-reading and it got put on hold for school. So pardon the fact that I'm bubling about but well: I am trying. So my question.
"That crazy man. He tried to fill me full of lead! Hah! Me, a heap of bones. And so I-"
"You filled him with silver."
Who's quote is that (really looking more for the first part than the second person but since the line was thusly broken up I typed it that way for you all)

[skinters]

im guessing faethor ferenczy ?
ha haaaa am i insanely wrong grin.gif

[ February 15, 2005, 08:05 AM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[hocopepa]

That's Dead Eddy, that is. And Harry.

[skinters]

ha haaaa trust me to get an easyun wrong blush.gif does dead eddy come in after the first 4 necro as ive jus started deadspeak not seen his name be4

[ February 15, 2005, 04:20 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[Jade Rose]

Yes Hocopepa that was Dead Eddy and Harry. So It's your go.
Sints, Dead Eddy is one of the short stories in Weird Heroes. So you're okay, you haven't gotten there yet. And don't feel too bad I sometimes miss the easy ones too, and I've read them all.

[hocopepa]

ok, how many necromancers (not necroscopes) have there been and what were their names?

[ February 17, 2005, 08:25 PM: Message edited by: hocopepa ]

[Jade Rose]

Boris Dragosani, Yulian Bodescu, Lord Nestor Lichloathe, Thibor Ferenczy, Janos Ferenczy, Johnny Found.... err I think that's it. So that'd be a final count of six.

[hocopepa]

yep, that looks like all of them, well done and your turn...

[Jade Rose]

Cool. I got it, and that without going through my books! Well, got my new question here, and it's in the CORRECT forum this time. I should defineatly not multi-task as I tried to post this is the music board becuase I forgot which area I was looking at (I type them on word then copy and paste so that in theory my spelling isn't totally horrible).
Which of the vampires distinguishes himself by transmuting his fingers into a penis? What woman is he trying to please by doing this?

[skinters]

hey jade looks like you may have got a lil stumper with that 1 ha haaaaaa
or the question is a blusher more than a stumper and nobody wants to answer it grin.gif

is this vampire in deadspeak hope so tongue.gif

[Jade Rose]

No, Skints it's not in Deadspeak, Sorry. I don't know why it'd be making people blush though! I'll give it another day or two before I go telling which book it's out of. I must admit however I thought it would be easy as I'm just kind of opening a book and looking for something that would be a suitable obscure detail. But, if I land with another quesiton Skints, I'll be sure to ask out of books you're read, to give you an equal shot at getting one.

[Hubris]

Is it one of the Franceszci(sp?) twins pleasing the restaurant owner's daughter?

[Jade Rose]

Close, very close. But I'm not giving you the cake just yet. Names! They're in there, now you'll just have to find them.

[Canker]

Francisco grin.gif tongue.gif

[skinters]

you alright jade with the questions as you were thx ;) ...it gives the seniors here with your questions a bit more of a work out than i can at the moment , less time on the net and more time reading methinks grin.gif

[ February 23, 2005, 11:07 AM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[Jade Rose]

Okay, Skints. I didn't think it was hard question though... This is one of the few memorable moments from lost years. Might as well say it, already given away.
Canker, close but no cake for you either! You only asnwered half the question.

[sdkdmd]

Francesco
Julietta Sclafani

[Jade Rose]

Okay, Sd, you took the cake. Poor Spencer, he was so close, and he was going to look it up too. Well now it's your go then Sd. Sorry Spence.. maybe next time.

[Hubris]

Ahhh...crap. I did look it up last night. I knew exactly where to find it too. But oh well.

[joeann2005]

hi there everyone. i've just registered to this site after alot of hassle! i've been reading brian's books for years & think he's the best thing since sliced bread. i must have read every necroscope book at least 20 times. i hope to god they don't make a film as they will just make a mess of it. important things will be missed where as pointless bits will be highlighted. as it is in a word of mouth situation.

[skinters]

hi there anne visit the necroscope movie threads to air you views on that id like to hear them .
also visit the gate and introduce yourself there so every1 can give you a proper welcome

p.s by the way i only had 1 peep welcome me sobs
but hey you a female so you get a lot of attention ha haaaa .only kidding guys grin.gif hope you have happy times here anne good crowd here ;)

[ February 24, 2005, 02:50 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[sdkdmd]

while Boris was staying with his aunt and two cousins they...entertained a man, what was his name?

[skinters]

dmitri.....enjoyed reading about him ,but hey im perverted so ...i jus enjoyed the way brian wrote that particular scene,dont think it will make the final cut of the film to be honest grin.gif

[ February 24, 2005, 03:47 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[kenny]

Welcome to the best web site there is Anne. Thank God i'm not the only Lumlian in Bonny Scotland,
Welcome on board and happy surfing

[Jade Rose]

Skint's you're fine, honest! Do you realize that the whole reason I read Necroscope was because of two scenes in the opening of the first book. The one with Boris ripping that body to shreds and Harry spying on his teachers. That's all it took for me to decide to go on and of course I found it wonderful...
And even though this isn't the right place to do it, yes Anne welcome among us. You should go to the gate then you'll get a proper welcoming from everyone, or not everyone but more than you'll get in here. Techincally speaking, when we don't go off on side tangent converstaions, this is more or less necroscope trivia. And anyone who knows the anwer is welcome to give answering a go. And yes, have fun.

[sdkdmd]

that would be his name skinters

[skinters]

ok

when reading the source, i noticed that brian had used a certain phrase 3 times, and to me it stuck out a mile, and i had to double check past pages that i had read to make sure that the phrase was indeed used to describe certain acts in the book.
a clue to the answer can be found with 1 of brians hobbies,and think the phrase was inspired by it.......what was the phrase ?
me and the wife are out for a few drinks tonight so ill stumble back in have a quick look in here and if theres no answer ill give out an easy clue so whoever reads the clue first gets it ....well thas the type of guy i am grin.gif

[ February 26, 2005, 07:03 AM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[skinters]

looks like every1ns all 2 excited by getting they books shirts and caps uh ? ;)

[Jade Rose]

Or we're lost. You mentioned a hint Skints, I think we may need it.

[skinters]

ok dont know how many have had a crack at my question but as promised heres the easy clue if you have source check pages 20 , 85 for the answer ....was thinking my question was a lil on the silly side but when you find the answer check out the about page on this site to do with brians hobbies and youll realise what i was trying to do ........and how in fact this question i soooo bloody brilliant ha haaaaaaa ...........well i thought so grin.gif

[skinters]

by the way i did say the phrase was used 3 times and i know it is 3 jus couldnt find it somewhere at the end of source .......promise ;)

ok found the third time the phrase was used so its on page 20, 85, 332..........now this is way 2 easy ;)
i didnt intend for this question to be an awkward stumper jus someting ive i wondered did any1 else notice it while reading source

[ February 28, 2005, 06:26 AM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[DC 1]

"Flopped about like a speared fish" is hopefully what you are after

[ March 01, 2005, 03:38 PM: Message edited by: DC ]

[skinters]

thank you thank you thank you

i thought my question was gonna be dragged into starside and left for tha trogs to p**s on

i know now that i was a bit ambitious with the original question and wish i had put it another way, coz i think its a lil intresting how brian used the phrase , and was surelly inspired by his hobby of spear fishing,and found it unusuall it being used as frequent as it was ....also finding it intresting that he chose greece to introduce jianni lazarides AKA janos ferenczy as its more or less his second home .

anyways DC on to you fella ;) ya deserve ya Newcastle Brown Ale

[ March 01, 2005, 04:40 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[DC 1]

What secret thing do thyre siblings do when parted?

[Jade Rose]

Don't they cut off a lock of hair and give it to the other one to keep?

[Hubris]

Yeah, pubic hair!

[skinters]

ha haaaa no shit ,serious ....i mean not saying jades answers not correct but didnt know a lock of pubic hair qualified,in the sense it usually comes from the head grin.gif

[ March 02, 2005, 10:24 AM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[DC 1]

The correct answer is a locket with a lock of pubic hair.

I am going to let Jade Rose have the question as her answer was close enough.

[Jade Rose]

Janos Ferenczy's wish is to rise up from the ashes of his undeath and be living again. What are the characteristics that must be met of a being in order that he may again have possession of life(or rather undeath as it were in his case)?

[Helmet Head]

I'm not sure I understand your question Jade???

Do you mean that the person he has to inhabit has to be blood of his blood and that he would no that they were flesh of his flesh by the obvious mutation in his hands???

And that he would have to lure them into a trap which would trigger the ashes in his urn through blood, to form back into the leach and enter his victim???

And that his victim was George Vulupe a decendent of Janos

[ March 03, 2005, 11:38 AM: Message edited by: The Helm ]

[skinters]

thas what i was thinking when i first saw the question .....but think knowing jade she has something more devious in mind ;)

[Jade Rose]

Now, I thought it was a good question. Am I really that BAD with my question's Skints. Honestly, I'm trying to give out good questions, and sometimes I think it's stuff that's absolutely basic yet you all complain. As to a devious mind, I have two younger brothers and for years was the only girl in a group of guys. I had to learn to defend myself somehow... and what's wrong with having a good mind anyway! I'm kind of a writer so I'm laying the blame down there. Ha!
And yes Helm, you've got it. You gave more than I asked for even! I wasn't looking for the leech resurection, though I guess that's what it was. AHH... MUST reread soon(as soon as I finish thesis reading that is!) and that it was Vulpe. I searched over the book trying to find him. Grr. So, since you got the hand disfiguration and the descendent and that his blood was needed and that's what I was looking for, you've got it. Hey, with bonus points!

[skinters]

naaaa wot makes you think i was implying your question was bad , ;)no1 complaining here ,look at the confusion my last question created and it is indeed hard to find a good 1 for me i was jus thinking along the same lines as helm,not the not understanding the question part just the answer he gave . but at the same time thought it cant be that ..coz the funny thing is ive only jus read that part of janos coming alive again or as you put undead grin.gif

[ March 03, 2005, 07:09 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[Jade Rose]

Ahhh, okay. It's actually been awhile since I've read the books. I read Necrosocpe not to long ago but then we got this confounded stupid senior thesis bullcrap that's so seriously kicking my butt right now. Of course I can't resist my computer when my brother steals my room so thusly I end up in his room which has the computer and I get distracted... like now. And okay, if you say my questions aren't bad. As to your last one, it would have been okay if your hint helped me. BUT there was NOTHING the same between those two pages, so I figure you must not be using Tor books like I am...

[skinters]

well considering you aint read the books for so long you have a sharp memory there ;) ,and as for my question having nothing the same between the clues of the pages i gave ,if you have a copy of source you will see there is a certain phrase used ,which was "flopped about like a speared fish" albiet it wasnt used word for word each time and was answered by DC ,which you can find on pages 20, 85, and 332 ;)

The reason why that un stood out as a question from me is that it ties in with brians hobby of spear fishing which can be found on the about page on the site, and think he quite like the phrase

as for not using Tor books . do you refer to the publisher tom doherty ,who did the U.S versions ;) and if the phrase "flopped like a speared fish was left out or replaced,thas quite interesting

yo jade that confounded bullshit thesis your on ,they do say a change is as good as a rest dont let em get the better of you ;) grin.gif .....peace

[ March 04, 2005, 01:36 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[Hubris]

I couldn't find anything about that on pgs.20, 85, & 332 of the US novels.

[skinters]

ok TOR published the U.S necros and i was enlightened by what jade said

and as DC is from the uk and i presume he has the uk version , i find it intresting the wording has been changed ,and if that is indeed the case why do us brits get fish flopping and you U.S guys dont grin.gif

source uk version on page 20 it says : simonov tried to bring his gun to bear .Useless-there was no feeling in his hand ,which (flopped like a speared fish )

page 85 : The left side of the soldiers head was caved in and the hooks of the gauntlet caught in the broken bones of his skull. The intruder held him upright for a moment,(flopping uselessley like a speared fish )

page 332 : The finial was the eyetooth of the creature whose massive jaw formed the throne;it entered the traitors mouth and came out at the top of his skull,so that he kneeled there and (flopped about like a speared fish.)

so where the above phrases begin and end instead of getting speared like a flopped fish ,what are you U.S guys getting, ? jus a full stop and on to the next paragraph ?

anyways as a certain mr holmes would say its elementary my dear watson....or maybe not ;)

on to you helm

[ March 04, 2005, 01:57 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[Helmet Head]

Who came back through the gate in the source even though technically he shouldn't of been allowed as he'd already passed the other way???

And for a bonus how was this made possible???

[skinters]

Karl Vyotsky

and it was made possible coz shaithis fused Karls body with an egg,and other ingredients to create a warrior of all warriors,and where the physics of the gate were concerned it wasnt him at all

[ March 04, 2005, 10:55 AM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[Helmet Head]

Correct my skint friend over to you...

[skinters]

sandra ,harrys women in deadspeak
what was her front for her work within E-Branch ?
and im not talking about her breasts here guys ;)

and as ive never asked a bonus question ,sandra`s talent was neophyte telepath ,meaning what ?

[ March 04, 2005, 01:48 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[sdkdmd]

i know she was used for police work.
harry at first was a job for her,
she was part of a...team? to help harry get back his powers back.
she read mines and/or dreams.

bonus- beginner

[ March 04, 2005, 03:25 PM: Message edited by: sdkdmd ]

[skinters]

you got the bonus part there sd .....but to carry the torch im looking for what sandra did as far as harry was concerned

[ March 04, 2005, 04:07 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[Hubris]

She kept him at bay physically and releived tension!?

[Hubris]

E-Branch's own whore of sorts?

[Hubris]

Haha I like how you have (uk only) in your fav quote now skints.

[skinters]

yeah ha haaaa thought that was a nice touch if i may say so myself grin.gif hubris yo got sex on the brain

[ March 04, 2005, 06:03 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[DC 1]

She was a fashion designer ?

with big boobs smile.gif

[skinters]

ha haaa yeah she was a fashion designer , + big boobs ,should have used that for a bonus question

trust a geordie to get that un ;)

on with you

[ March 05, 2005, 02:31 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[DC 1]

Wamphyri use a gas central heating system in their stacks.

What are the 2 sources of gas used ?

[sdkdmd]

gasbeast were used to heat the aeries by producing mathane.
they were also used as bombs.
a second type of gas or heating system??
i do not remember

[DC 1]

Well you may only have half a point.

Maybe someone else knows the full answer as explained by a Greek beauty to her future husband.

[skinters]

when you say the source of the gas do you mean how the gas is produced ....like cattle produce methane granted so ill go with :

coarse grasses , and grain, with which the gas beasts fed upon

[ March 06, 2005, 12:58 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[DC 1]

The gas is produed 2 ways as described in the book.
One way has already been given.

[skinters]

methane by way of gas beast
and also extracted from a refuse pit which contains remains of meals and bodily wastes etc. ?

[ March 06, 2005, 06:07 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[DC 1]

That be the ones

All yours

[skinters]

harry leaves greece for Ploiesti to barter with faethor , and was issued a passport . What cover did he travel under , and by what name ?

[ March 07, 2005, 04:26 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[sdkdmd]

hari kiokis /antiques dealer

[skinters]

i did jus change my question around coz id originaly said which book the question was from and decided to leave it out ha haaa ,(not that it would have made it any more difficult ) but you swooped in and got the answer

on to you sd ;)

[ March 07, 2005, 04:35 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[sdkdmd]

what could Max Batu "drink until it came out his ears"

give name and discription

[skinters]

slivovitz the drink , discription, pure plum brandy

na zdravlje

[ March 07, 2005, 06:05 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[sdkdmd]

ok, next question

[skinters]

ok , grigor zirra`s daughter ,name her and how she died

[Helmet Head]

My minds a bit cloudy on this one and I'm not sure I'm getting the right girl here.

Was it Marilena the girl Faethor fell for and had Janos with???

Faethor cleved her head in two by accident while in a blind rage at Janos for sticking it to his own mummy...

[sdkdmd]

"The Helm" beat me to it :(

[skinters]

your go helm .....*laughing@ sticking it to his own mummy grin.gif

unlucky there sd ;)

[ March 08, 2005, 03:12 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[skinters]

pssst ...yo helm its your go my friend

[sdkdmd]

im sorry to say we might have lost a member, "The Helm", disappeared, not seen or heard from, two days, gone, will be officially declared missing tomorrow 3:08 PM EST. :(

[skinters]

sd when i first glimsed your post ,i am sorry to say we might have lost a member i feared the worse,scared tha shit outta me

its ok ,ill organise a search party ;)

[Helmet Head]

Right I'm really starting to run out of ideas as far as questions go so from now on I'm only going to be asking cryptic questions.

Hopefully they will make sense and be pretty easy to get...

Q: Who got to the other side of a mirror and found a way home???

[Helmet Head]

Think outside the box here people....

[Exsanguinator]

Only thing that comes to mind is Harry & the others who went through the grey hole and came back again...

[DC 1]

Alice smile.gif

[Helmet Head]

Very funny DC...

I think I'm just confusing people here, your not meant to take the question in the literal sense. It's not the way the questions phrased thats the important part, the clue to the question is in there but u should break it up.

Who got to the other side of a mirror...(a person doesn't have to walk through a mirror to get to the other side, if one side of the mirror is the front whats on the other side???...) and found a way home??? (a clue perhaps???...)

[sdkdmd]

is it one of those two way mirror? :confused:

[Jade Rose]

Hmm.. I'm sure this isn't right and that I'm looking at this the wrong way here, but I'll throw it out there on the off chance. Would it have been Anna Marie English who found a home in starside's earth, which is kind of a mirror to ours via the lake and the gate? I don't know... this whole thinking outside the box thing isn't working well for me...

[Hubris]

Only thing that comes to mind(and even that is shady) is Harry after catching an image of a mirror in a precog glimpse. And inverting his mobius door to absord a bomb blast.

[skinters]

ok im going for mobius himself coz hes always out there buzzing around the planets and maybe he got lost

ok ok i know .....not the most popular of answers

[ March 14, 2005, 06:35 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[Helmet Head]

Right it seems I'm just confusing people here, so I'll try and make it super simple.

The other side of a mirror (if the front is one side then the other is surely the back)

So somebody has found/seen/been given or BEEN SAVED by a mirror and on the back is a clue/pointer as to how he/she/them/anybody might possibbly get home (maybe it's a train ticket you just never know???) grin.gif

[Jade Rose]

Okay, I don't remember this. Going to thusly assume then it comes from the Lost years, which I didn't read as they were the last things I got and uninteresting to me out of sequence as they were. So I'm blindly stabbing and saying Harry Keogh?

[Helmet Head]

Little Clue here for you Jade, in relative terms of space and time I'm on about the book that proceeds the final Lost Years book, but only if you go along with the time line!!! ;)

[skinters]

yo wait

i jus need to read

deadspawn,blood brothers,the last aerie,bloodwars,and both the lost years,.....then ill be with ya grin.gif

[Helmet Head]

I think you'll find skinters my old mate that in the time line you have already passed and read this particular book.

The Lost Years is set in between Wamphyri and the SOURCE!!!! wink wink nudge nudge say no more ;)

[Hubris]

Harry Jr.

[skinters]

of course like you say if the timeline was followed then the answer would be in invaders...? but only if you follow the timeline.
and as you highlighted source ,my single brain cell says the answer is there

am i digging a bigger hole for my self coz youve given us everything bar the actual answer which by the way needs stamping on my head the way things are going grin.gif ...hubris looks a good un harry jr

[ March 16, 2005, 12:44 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[sdkdmd]

i would have to agree with Hubris. Harry Jr

is the Mobius continuum the mirror which brough him to sunside / starside The Dweller's home?

[skinters]

is it Harry jr .........the suspense is killing me, hope it lasts

[Jade Rose]

Helm, your hint in NO way helps me. Major Problem being: Amy didn't read the books in order, but rather started at the beginning and ended at the end and read everything else as I came across them in as close to order as I could get to. Timeline and Lumley haven't yet come together. I'm going to read them in order when I get around to re-reading them(which could be awhile.) But I thank you for the trying and it seems that the others have figured it out.

[Helmet Head]

Skinters if you follow the time line the books are set thus...

Necroscope
Wamphyri
Lost Years 1+2
The Source ;)
Deadspeak
Deadspawn
The Touch grin.gif
Blood Brothers
The Last Aerie
Blood Wars
Invaders
Defiliers
Avengers...

[Helmet Head]

Sd your so close and on the right track but who in the book comes accros it first and finds a clue as to how he/she/them might get back home???

No more clues people this is way to easy and the answer lies within all of my previous posts on this question, it's far to easy and I can not beleive someone aint got it yet...

[ March 17, 2005, 04:46 AM: Message edited by: The Helm ]

[sdkdmd]

how about Zak & Jazz they went both ways

[Helmet Head]

SD give me the person and why and you'll have the honours my friend your so close right now...

[Helmet Head]

And the answer aint Zek...or the Dweller but they are both linked to the question.

I need an answer and a reason here folks otherwise I'm going to have to spill it and pass it on to the person who came the closest...

[ March 17, 2005, 11:14 AM: Message edited by: The Helm ]

[skinters]

ok , jazz finds something that takes them home ?
jus cant get my head around it even with the answer being right there as you say ....if im right about jazz finding whatever ,i always thought that the dweller jus returned them home.... and they didnt have to find a way home by themselves

ahhh im clutching at straws and aint got a clue ha haaaa

give sd 1 last crack at it

[ March 17, 2005, 12:25 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[sdkdmd]

Jazz was captured, forced through the gate with Vyotsky, met Zek and wolf, fough in the garden, sent home by the dweller along with Zek and Wolf.

thats all i have right now.

[ March 17, 2005, 04:24 PM: Message edited by: sdkdmd ]

[Red Willow]

jazz, he found the mirrors Harry jr had given the travellers which had a German address on the back?

[Hubris]

Ohhh...crap didn't even think of that Red. That sounds like it.

[Helmet Head]

Well done Red my dear I can always count on you, that's exactly right Jazz saw that the mirrors were from our Earth and new that if he could find the Dweller he could get home...

Your turn Red...

(p.s. been wondering if my question and clues were a bit obscure and hard to get as they seem dead obvious to me but I know the answer as well which always helps, what did you think???)

[sdkdmd]

i was starting to wonder myself.

nice going Red

[skinters]

im still thinking .........what was the question again ? grin.gif

all this tells me what ive always known,yo cant beat the ladies when it comes to cryptic clues ;)

[ March 18, 2005, 12:54 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[Jade Rose]

Don't be so sure on that one Skints my dear. I'm a lady and I was as stumped as you all are were, heck you lot got closer to it than I did. It just happens that this time around Willow got it in it's entirety before anyone else did that's all... everyone has their strenths and weakness...
Okay, done with that. Good job Willow for getting it for us. Now, what's our new question?

[sdkdmd]

another missing comrade? Red Willow, where has she gone?
Well, i guess its up to The Helm to keep it going

[skinters]

not sure willow thinks she might have got it right,after seeing us all struggle with helms poser
or willow might be looking for a cryptic question grin.gif i hope not as im going to see the possibilities of starting a cryptic necroscope knowledge thread grin.gif

[ March 21, 2005, 07:39 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[Red Willow]

apologies people, travelling home for easter got in the way. Nothing cryptic or even particularly hard as my brain is tired.
What is Jazz's full (English) name?

[skinters]

michael jason simmons

[Red Willow]

and the beat goes on...
(or y'know-yep, that's right please proceed with the questioning!)

[skinters]

ok red ;)

janos called a warrior with his necromantic skills.
his name ?

[nightshade]

Bodrogk the Thracian chief and also his wife.

(I gots to think of a good'un)

[ March 22, 2005, 05:44 PM: Message edited by: nightshade ]

[skinters]

ok all yours .....take a deep breath ;)

[nightshade]

There were three beings that assured Keogh's departure from Earth, what were their names?

[nightshade]

Ok, either this is too cryptic or no one's paying attention. I vote for the former, but who knows. Tell me if you need a clue.

[skinters]

nightshade,rest easy ....those in the know will notice your question and if not soon will ;)

[Helmet Head]

Pete The Vampire who rode him screaming into Starside on a Harley

Zek who gave him shelter before he made his dash

Ben Trask who still had enough beleif in Harry to let him go

That's the only answer I can come up with...

[nightshade]

Ok, this is definately too cryptic.

And I can't even think of a hint that doesn't give it away too easy.

Hint: The existance of these three beings was enough to create the need for him to leave.

[Hubris]

Trevor Jordan, Penny Sanderson, and a small dog?

[sdkdmd]

crpytic ? a shot in the dark.

Borowitz, Thibor, Dragosani

[ March 24, 2005, 04:42 PM: Message edited by: sdkdmd ]

[skinters]

everyones gone cryptic mad all of a sudden ...helm what have you started ha haaaaaa grin.gif ;)

harry jnr
mobius
and a small dog grin.gif

[ March 24, 2005, 05:38 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[nightshade]

Hubris, since you're the closest (Paddy is the dog's name) you got it.

I know, it was a crappy question. Sorry 'bout that. First try and everything.

[Hubris]

No, it was a good question. Just these cryptic ones are exactly that...cryptic.

Ok, what Szgany woman could heal with her touch?

[skinters]

the only 1 that comes to mind but not sure if she was a healer

marilena ?

[Canker]

The one that comes to mind was Lord Malinari's (spelling) mother.
She was a healer that could cure with her touch but when she was made a Lady her touch worked in reverse and drained her victims the same way.
Hence Malinari's ability to suck information from someone by touching them

[skinters]

ive not got that far yet then bloody knew it ha haaaaa

[ March 25, 2005, 01:00 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[Hubris]

I need a name.

[sdkdmd]

Illula Malin

[Hubris]

That's her. Your go sd.

[sdkdmd]

"PUT NO CROSS ON ME,YOU TREACHEROUS CHRISTIAN DOG!"

who said it and what were the circumstances

[skinters]

yulian bodescu said it

and the circumstance was he was about to be christened,but was not having any grin.gif

[ March 28, 2005, 01:37 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[sdkdmd]

yes sir, it's yours

[skinters]

alrighty

shaithis had once been a common traveller.

who vampirized him ?

[Helmet Head]

Woe woe woe I'll think you'll find that although it seemed like it was Yulian Bodescu who said that, I'm almost certain that it was in fact Thibor through Yulian...

I'm probably just being contensious and argumentative with this one as I'd have to go home and look up the answer for the other question and I'm in work so can't.
It's probably one of them kinda things in the books thats up for your own interpratation and we would probably have to ask Brian what the true answer is.

[ March 29, 2005, 07:04 AM: Message edited by: The Helm ]

[Helmet Head]

Shaidar Shagispawn???

[skinters]

yeah see where your at there helm .At that part of the book it isnt mentioned by brian that it is thibor working through yulian at the christening.

my own thoughts are that every vampire has whithin him remanants of the one he was infected by and yulians vampire which being a faint part of thibor was acting on instinct,and hence the PUT NO CROSS ON ME YOU TREACHEROUS CHRISTIAN DOG .......yes open to interpretation i suppose ;)

by the way helm are you sure your not WAMPHYRI! ,as they to seem to be arguementative ha haaaaaaa ,see what sd makes of it after reading our posts .

anyways its your turn ....it was indeed shaidar shaigispawn who infected shiathis......or was it grin.gif

[ March 29, 2005, 10:19 AM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[Helmet Head]

It's just that number 1 Yulian is a baby and can't talk...

2 although he is infected with vampyrism from before his birth he in no way is Wamphyri then and doesn't blosom in to his true self until much later in life...

And finally 3 "PUT NO CROSS ON ME YOU TREACHEROUS CHRISTIAN DOG" doesn't sound like something a mere infant would say (no matter how evil) and sounds more like something somebody from a much earlier era would say, an ex warlord perhaps...

No matter it don't really matter I just like to argue these little things between us as I like it grin.gif

I shall return with a question in due course...

[skinters]

you like to argue ?..aye then you ARE WAMPYHRI! grin.gif

your right yulian was a baby and couldnt talk,maybe he would have uttered the words himself if he could ,and maybe his telapathy was at work ?

and yes "PUT NO CROSS ON ME YOU TREACHEROUS CHRISTIAN DOG might have indeed past the lips of thibor in his time.

as you say no matter, let us put our differences to one side and help me enjoy the blood of this plump traveller grin.gif


(p.s another WAMPHYRI! trait is to always have the last word )

[ March 29, 2005, 10:55 AM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[sdkdmd]

details details...

no one actually said it, it was all in the vicars mind, the statment, the hallucination, if thats what you want to call it.[ horns coming out of the babies head, jaw elongated, viper's tongue]. it started when the vicar put the holy water on his head and then the sign of the cross.
it very well could have been Thibor speaking through the baby, but it does'nt say that it was.
the end result, he was never truly christened.

It's just that number 1 Yulian is a baby and can't talk

so the baby never really spoke

2 although he is infected with vampyrism from before his birth he in no way is Wamphyri then and doesn't blosom in to his true self until much later in life...

i think the vamphyri was developed enough to have some control [nine + months]

And finally 3 "PUT NO CROSS ON ME YOU TREACHEROUS CHRISTIAN DOG" doesn't sound like something a mere infant would say (no matter how evil) and sounds more like something somebody from a much earlier era would say, an ex warlord perhaps...

it wasn't the mere infant who said it,it was the vamphryi, if not tribor himself

but who knows, Brian knows

[ March 29, 2005, 02:32 PM: Message edited by: sdkdmd ]

[skinters]

*sings* oh why are we waiting hope its nothing cryptic. grin.gif

[ March 30, 2005, 01:27 PM: Message edited by: skinters ]

[Helmet Head]

Who was the LAST of the Ferenczy's????


(Sneakily grins as writing this ;) ) Yulian never had a leach back then so it couldn't of been the influence of his vampyric talents and I stand firm by the fact that I think it must of been Thibor through the infant, after all he was to be his vessel once he could lure the wayward scamp back to the cruciform hills... grin.gif