[JenB]

That sounds like what you get if you combine a Dark Lord with a former Smeagol :)

Oooh, ooh! Dark Lord! "Dark Lord of Derkholm", Dianna Wynne Jones. Technically, it's a young adult novel. It's also a brilliant piece... sendup of a lot of the fantasy genre. She's got a book called "Tough Guide to Fantasyland" that is one of my two references when writing a fantasy story - mostly on what's cliched beyond all reason. (The other is the Evil Overlord's List, you know that, sure?)

[Fedora]

No, don't know those, either :) (I guess I'm barred from the next GenCon now, in addition to having my geek credentials revoked earlier today :) I was just talking about combining the Dark Lord Sauron with "Gollum" to get "Sarum" :) Guess I'd better brush up on my Dark Lords. . .

Hey, I bet I know at least one Dark Lord you don't :) Ever heard of Baron Karza?