Characters
The identification of the main characters of the series is complicated because they often change their name, drastically change morphologies, have identical doubles (also both Dens have the same name), and either forget, or do not acknowledge, previous encounters. Most problematically they also radically change personalities and relationships between the chapters in the story. An extreme case is Kil, who is consecutively portrayed as a noble sexless warrior, a maternal caretaker of an embryo, a lustful lover, a deposed queen with magical powers, an evil witch who engages in human sacrifice, a ruthless tyrant who burns down a city, a fraudulent heroic adventurer, etc. According to Corben, this is due to Kil's psychotic schizophrenia.
The protagonists are basically two identical men — Den (the first) and Den (the second) — and two identical women — Kil and Kath. They are all known by several other aliases:
- Den (first) a.k.a. Mal, Uncle Dan, Daniel Norman. First appeared in Neverwhere the Movie.
- Den (second) a.k.a. David Ellis Norman, Dav. First appeared in Grim Wit No.2.
- Kil a.k.a. the Queen, the Red Queen. First appeared (as the Queen) in Neverwhere the Movie.
- Kath a.k.a. Katherine Wells. First appeared in Heavy Metal No.4.
The main secondary recurring characters are:
- Zeg, an evil wizard/warlord. Father of Scon. First appeared in Heavy Metal No.13.
- Zomuk, Zeg's demon slave. First appeared in Fantagor No.4.
- Pucca, Zeg's slave cook. Mate of Mal. First appeared in Children of Fire No.2.
- Gel, the simian humanoid leader of a revolt against the Red Queen. First appeared in Neverwhere the Movie.
- Scon, son of Zeg, also a wizard/warlord. First appeared in Heavy Metal No.55.
- Sienna, an Indian girl with mental powers. She has a giant lizard named Pthalo. First appeared in Grim Wit No.2.
- Zandor and Wyn, blue humanoid father and daughter. First appeared in Heavy Metal No.65.
- Queen Ryllia, the human/fish hybrid queen of Ichthya, an underwater city. First appeared in Den No.5.
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