Fate Unknown
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This file will contain all the people that Ryan and his followers have encountered throughout the series that it wasn't clear if they were killed, managed to survive, or were never heard from again.
Scale: The leader of a mutant band. He attempted to
attack Trader’s convoy. After suffering a sound defeat at
the hands of Traders well armed and skilled men, he and the
survivors beat a hasty retreat back to his camp. Here, he is
about to rape Krysty Wroth
when he is attacked by one of his Stickie followers. He is not seen from again.
Cort Strasser: The head of security in the ville of Mocsin. He ambushed and killed nearly everyone in
Trader’s convoy by attacking it using nerve gas he obtained
from an enigmatic man called "The Magus", or "The
Warlock". After attempting to use Ryan to disarm the boobie
traps located on Traders remaining War Wagons, the tables are turned and he is forced to
flee for his life. It is assumed that he attempted to follow War
Wag One into the darks
after leading a second attack on the only surviving vehicle, but
his fate from this point on is unknown. He is tall and gaunt,
wearing all black clothing. His head had a fringe of dark hair at
the back but was otherwise bald except for a moustache on his
lip. His skin is yellowish, the flesh over his face drawn tight,
making him look skeletal. He is encountered once again in Pony
Soldiers.
Abe: One of the gunners on War Wag one. After
leaving war wag one in the hands of a man named Cohn, he was one
of the ten that went the rest of the way on foot to see if they
could discover this hidden Redoubt located in the darks. After getting past the killer
fog known as Cerberus, they are attacked by a tribe of Indians.
He takes an arrow through the throat and Ryan is forced to leave
him behind. He survived, and meets up with the band in Moon Fate.
Trader: After losing all but war wag one to Cort
Strasser’s treachery, Trader leads his surviving men into
the Darks. He is dying from rad cancer of the stomach. One night,
after the crew of war wag one make camp, he picks up his armalite
and disappears into the forest. He is last seen meeting a Indian.
Cohn: After heading deep into the darks, Ryan leaves
him in charge of the remaining crew of war wag one. He gives Cohn
strict orders that if Ryan and the other nine in his band do not
return within 100 hours, that Cohn is to assume the mantle of
leadership and leave the darks.
Major Zimyanin: The leader of a patrol of Russian
soldiers who were hot on the trail of the Narodniki, a band of bandits and marauders. After
finally catching up to the group only to see nearly all of them
killed when J.B. Dix
destroys an ancient dam, he confronts Ryan and his band. They
negotiate a deal on who gets to kill the surviving prisoners.
After which, Zimyanin attempts to claim Alaska for Russia, but
Ryan’s band refuse, pointing at a dummy missile, threatening
to use it against the soldiers. He takes the bluff and returns to
Russia with his soldiers. Hi is only 5’.7" in height,
appears to be about thirty years old, and has a thick drooping
moustache. Otherwise he is totally bald. He wore a gray uniform
of thick material, as well as long boots of tanned hide. He also
wore a fur hat with a silver star in the center of it. He is
encountered once again in Red Holocaust.
Jak Lauren’s People: After winning the battle against Baron Tourment, Jak’s people begin to rebuild their
lives, finally free of Tourment’s iron fisted rule. Jak,
knowing only how to kill, feels that his usefulness to them is at
an end. He joins Ryan’s band and leaves his people to carve
out a new life for themselves.
Harry Bochco AKA Pecker: This old man at one time
had been the dog handler in Front Royal, Ryan Cawdor’s home. Ryan met up with this old
man in the ville of Moudongue in
Louisiana, he relates the story of Front Royal, updating Ryan on
what happened ever since the fateful night he lost his eye to his
eldest brother and was forced to flee for his life. What happened
to the old man after Ryan and his band left is never revealed.
Nathan Freeman Cawdor. Ryan Cawdor's nephew. Ryan
and his friends met this young man just after entering the lands
surrounding Front Royal. Nathan Freeman Cawdor is the son of
Morgan and mutant woman named Guenuma. Because of his heritage,
he is a partial doomie. After
Ryan killed his brother and Harvey's
family, Ryan places Nathan
as the new baron of Front Royal.
It turns out that after suffering his defeat at the
hands of Ryan Cawdor, he left the ville and made his way through
the Deathlands until he came across Fort security. Here he quickly took over as the leader of this
rag tag group of mercies. He whipped these men into a decent fighting force
and waged a war against the Drowned Squaw Apache Tribe. Much to his surprise and delight, he
discovered that Ryan, his hated enemy had somehow made it to New
Mexico. After capturing him, he actually offers to let Ryan and
his band join him and become the most powerful Barons in all of
the Deathlands. With the help of Jak Lauren, he escapes, leading
Strasser and the Pony Soldiers back to the Canyon, where the
soldiers are wiped out. Once again, Strasser is able to escape,
but only barely. He is encountered one last time in Latitude
Zero, where he finally is killed by Ryan Cawdor.
Cuchillo Oro. The chief of the Drowned Squaw Apache
Tribe. He wished to go and take is daughter with him and travel
with Ryan and the band as they used the gateways to explore the
Deathlands. But after the group of friends witnessed the brutal
torture of the four Pony Soldiers, they sneak out before everyone
wakes up.
Steps Lightly Moon. The daughter of Chief Cuchillo
Oro. She fell in love with young Jak Laruen, who was named Eyes
of Wolf by the tribe. She wished to marry him, and to prove
herself and her love, she took his virginity. Jak was not sure
how he felt towards her, be it lust or possibly love. Maybe
someday they will have a chance to meet once again and find out.
Man who's eyes see
more, AKA Donfil More.
Ryan and he are both taken captive by the captain of a whaling
ship. During the time on the ship, Donfil discovered that he had
a taste for the life. After destroying the evil Captain Pyra Quadde and being rescued by J.B. and the rest of
their friends, he decides to stay behind and live the life as a
whaler.
Carla Peterson. The daughter of Edgar Brennan, the Baron of Snakefish. She took a liking to J.B. and tried to
get their help in overthrowing the Motes.
After the ville is destroyed in a firestorm ignited when Ryan and
his friends blew up the gas refinery, her Father, Uncle and
cousin are all killed. Taking Zombies motorcycle, she Heads north to the ville of
Champmanston, located on the Missouri river, where she plans to
stay with her sister. She give J.B. and the group an invitation
to stop by and visit if they are ever up around there. She was a
little average height, in her Early Thirties. She wore her black
hair down to her shoulders and it was held in place with a purple
comb. She wore a black jacket over a cream blouse, as well as
pale fawn riding breeches tucked into knee high polished black
leather boots. She is the first woman in the series that J.B. was
ever intimate with.
Riddler. The last surviving member of the Last Hero's. Ryan allows him to live and leave the
burning ruins of Snakefish as payment for his warning them about
what the Mote's had planned to do with Carla and her uncle. The
big man rode off north on his motorcycle. Riddler was the fattest
and the oldest of the bikers.
Major Commissar Zimyanin. After discovering
themselves in the heart of mother Russia, Ryan's band attracts
the attention of Zimyanin. After following their exploites for
several days, he and a band of his soldiers finally encounter the
band of friends. He chases them right into the gateway and is
forced to jump with them. In the first redoubt they jump to, the
Major is forced out into a control room where he encounters some
sort of huge mutant, which is never truly seen. Several shots are
heard and a scream but it is not revealed if he is killed or not.
This takes place at the end of Red Equinox, and the beginning of
Northstar Rising. He is encountered for a final time in Chill
Factor, where he is killed.
Erik Stonebiter
This toothless man takes over the role of leader after Jorund
Thoraldson is killed by
Ryan Cawdor. He never wanted things to turn out the way they did
and readily agrees to allow Ryan and his group to pass. Mildred
warns him that they must move the ville at least fifty miles up
the coast if they wish to survive. Even then many of the ville's
people will end up dying from Radiation poisoning.
Sharona Carson.
The wife of Alias Carson. After the destruction and the death of her husband
she encounters Ryan and convinces him to allow her to leave
unmolested. She and Ryan had sex twice during the time they were
together in the ville, and it is revealed that as she is driving
away to the north, she is carrying his child. She dies of Rad
Cancer in 2093.
Major Seth Ward
and the survivors of the wagon train. After over half the people
are killed, including the Reverend Vare, Ryan and his band leave
the survivors, facing open hostility and hatred, as they blame
the friends for the deaths. Did they ever make it to their
promised land? We may never know. Out of over one hundred, nearly
seventy of the people were killed in the small ruined ville of
Salvation.
Harry Stanton. The king of the underworld. After Ryan
stole his LAV 26 Ryan
was kind enough to leave the weapons behind so they could return
to his territory. Did he make it or not?
Harold and Dorina Lord. These two survivors who were
held prisoner by Charlie take over a homestead near Jak and
Christina. What ever happened to them?
The survivors of Charlies Stickie ville. A number of
women and children survived the leper attack, and Charlie left
several older male Stickies to watch over them. However, Charlie
was killed two months later, and he was ragged and starving. What
happened?
The Scientists of the Mark Tomwun's Institute of
Peaceful Oceanographic Research. After the defeat of the pirates
at the hands of Ryan and his band, they are left behind, as a
huge Tsunami rushes its way towards land, triggered by the
combination of an eruption and quakes. The odds of the scientists
surviving the Tsunami are slim, but you never know.
A young woman named Dorthy goes with the group to be
with Michael, after her ville, Quindley is destroyed. During the process of the
jump, she is so terrified that she somehow manages to get up and
open the doorway to the gateway and leave. Did she manage to make
it out?
A travelling show
run by Ellie Kissoon and her three daughters Julie, Nell, and
Katie. These four lovely ladies joined up with Ryan and J.B. for
a couple of days while they were travelling in the same
direction. In a stop over in the ville of Wetherill Springs. Some
of the local buffalo hunters cause trouble, and end up getting
killed during a show. They lose their tiger, but that's all. The
four really want Ryan and J.B. to stay with them, but because of
their former leader, and their loyalties to Krysty and Mildred.
They part ways.
A woman named
Susan 'Sukie' Smith met Doc Tanner as he was off 'finding'
himself while Ryan and J.B. were looking for their former leader.
They became intimate with each other and Doc found himself
falling in love with the woman. He even forgave her when she
revealed (after Trader forced her to) that she hid a note that
Krysty left behind for either him, or Ryan to find. But she is
still allowed to go with them as they jump out of New Mexico. In
the last moments of the jump, she panics and leaves the chamber.
All that was found was the heel of her boot.
The surviving
staff of the Crichton institute. Ryan and his band killed a lot
of people, including several prominent scientists on their way
out. They also caused considerable damage to the building itself.
What happened to the survivors? There were quite a few people
left alive.
The Baron Weyman
and his son Jamie. After the brushwooders are destroyed and Jamie
is rescued by Ryan and his band. The ville was quite weak, and
any determined band could potentially take it over without much
difficulty.
Straub. Where did
he go after the final encounter with Trader and Abe. Did he
survive? For more information see Deserving dead, specifically
the entries located for Circle Thrice.
The ville that was
led by Itzcoatl. Did they survive after the deaths of their
leader and so many of their warriors?
Mildred shot
Elrick Cornileus through both eyes, knocking him over a cliff
into a river. He is a genetically engineered vampire and can
regenerate from nearly any wound. It is not known if the shots
killed him, or if he survived.
The Magus survived
the attack on his and Wolfram's mining camp by hiding in a hidden
bear's den just outside the gates of the base. Wolfram is dead,
but he survived.
The military
personnel inside the Mount Rushmore facility. These men and women
have survived for nearly a century, using organ replacement and
cybernetics. Between Ryan and Mildred they are able to cause
severe damage to the huge cooling plant inside the base, which
the men and women rely on to keep them alive. When the group jump
out of the base, the surviving men and women are frantically
trying to repair the damage that was done.
The leader of the
Helskel community, Lars Hellstrom is left alive, enraged outside
the redoubt. He vows to hunt Ryan down and kill him slowly for
betraying him and not helping him get at the technology that is
buried deep inside the mountain.
A group of
soldiers from White Sands. They are lead by a man known as Major
Drake Burroughs. He and his men underwent a process known as they
Calypso Project which made them ageless and immune to disease,
but they can still be killed. They tried to get Ryan to join
their band, but when he refused Burroughs sent a squad to take
them out. The squad, lead by a Sgt. Conte make a pact with Ryan
to help him destroy the genetically engineered plant that was
about to release a mutated bubonic plague into the food chain.
Once the threat was eliminated, they went their separate ways,
Conte letting Ryan know that if they ever met again he would
continue to try and kill him.
Long Johnson. This
pirate, who happened to be bisexual, was encountered by Doc
Tanner in a playhouse known as the Globe in New London. He tried
to kill Doc, swearing to get vengeance on him and his family for
what happened with Operation Chronos. He and his crew escape on
their ship before Doc and press the matter.
The people of
Wildroot, including the young man named Tarragon. When the book
was ending, the ville of Celts was under siege by the people of
New London, lead by Blackjack Gehrig. What happened to them? Were
they wiped out? Taken as slaves? What?
Kaa. This huge
bald mutant with a third eye is caught in the midst of a jump
when the nuke that JB planted inside the control room detonates.
He is caught in the nothing that lies between the gateways, in a
continuos loop. The huge mutant controlled the Stickie army using
his psionic ability granted from his third eye. He sought to
marry Krysty, as he thought that she was the woman destined to be
his mate, but after throwing off the effects of the bad jump, she
sees him for what he truly is an rejects him.
Sisoka and the
Wolf Soldiers. After destroying Touch the Sky and his followers,
then forcing Ryan and his band to leave are left to repair the
damage caused during the fighting. She assumed the mantle of
Guardian of the valley. When Ryan and his people leave, they are
told that they are not allowed to return, ever.
The villagers of
Amicus. The battle against the Red Cadre cost the ville over a
third of their adult population, but the threat presented by the
land pirates was eliminated. They were then left to rebuild the
ruins of their town and try to start over again.
At the end of the
book, Poseidon is still alive but trapped in the wreckage of his
nuclear submarine deep in the depths of the ocean. Does he die,
or does he somehow find a way to escape?
Krysty kills
Alpha, and his daughter, Nefron claims the title of Queen,
ordering her people to allow Krysty and the others to leave the
ville unmolested. What happened after that? Is she able to hold
onto her control of the city and it's people?
Administrator
Morgan. This man ran the Freedom mall. He was honest, and fair,
but soon found himself out of a job when a group of Stickies led
by a disfigured man named Lester Johnson attack and destroy the
mall. He helps Ryan and his friends leave, then takes his own
weapons and heads out into the Deathlands to find a new life for
himself.
Doc Kirkland. He
managed to survive the firefight instigated by Ryan and his band,
and even managed to escape getting killed when Handsome Wyatt and
his travelling circus entered the ville. But at the same time the
townsfolk of Hazard discovered that the so called plague he had
been using as a method of controlling the people was nothing more
than a hoax, and that he had anyone who tried to leave the ville
injected with it
Handsome Wyatt.
This former member of Traders Convoy, upon discovering that Ryan
and J.B. were in the town of Hazard, decided to extract revenge
for the loss of his thumb when he was kicked out of Traders
convoy for theft. His people get caught in the firefight going on
between Ryan's band and Kirklands sec men. During the battle Ryan
shoots Wyatt in the hand. Wyatt's group chase Ryan's all the way
to the hidden canyon where the redoubt was located.
Tinker Philips and
his family. The deformed man had been a virtual prisoner in his
own home for years ever since Kirkland took control of Harzard.
Dud he and his family come through the firefight intact?
Aunt Maim. This
woman was the owner of the hotel in Hazard. She had been brutally
mutilated by Kirkland. During the siege, Ryan and J.B. planted
explosives around her hotel to help them escape. They blow the
charges but did the crippled woman and her ward manage to escape
or not?
Chief Harlan. This
leader of an Inuit tribe found that they were trapped on an
iceberg which was slowly starting to sink below the surface of
the ocean. His Tribe made a temporary alliance with Ryan and the
band so that they could attack and wipe out a generations old
foe, the Russians. The attack went over well, the descendants of
the Russian sailors were wiped out and the Inuit secured the life
boats just as the berg was beginning to sink. Did they all make
it?
Dr. Silas
Jaamaisvous. The doctor wasn't really a bad man, he was just more
interested in making it back to his own time. He used Dr. Tanner
as his test subject to make sure that the time trawling device
worked properly. The destination control computer was damaged in
the fight against Doc and instead of being transported back to
the past, into the late nineties, he found himself sent far back
into the past, to the eighteen hundreds where he meets Emily
Tanner.
The Children of
the rock. The settlement of Hopeville suffers a major earthquake
and is nearly totally wiped out. As the survivors attempt to
salvage what they can, Ryan Cawdor shoots and kills their leader,
Joshua Wolfe. Without a leader, and without a home, survival for
this group is slim. To make matters worse the radiation leaking
redoubt nearby is throwing out more of the deadly unseen poison
and anyone staying in the area for more than a couple of days is
sure to die. Did any of them manage to leave and survive?
Traders first War Captain. A man
named Poet. He had been with Trader for several years and was at the time Ryan
and J.B. had joined, Traders most trusted Advisor. He could see in the
young Ryan that the one eyed man coveted his position. He didn't hold
anything against Ryan for it either. After the disaster at Lake Virtue,
Ryan wanted to kill the man, but he convinced Ryan that he was not the source of
the other man's internal Demons. After they all got out of the situation,
what ever happened to him?
A young boy named Guy-ito.
He got Ryan's Panga in exchange for leading them through the ville to where they
could find their friends. After the ville was destroyed Ryan found his
Panga but there was no sign of the young man. Did he somehow survive the
destruction of the Virtue lake refinery?
Created on 07/14/97
Updated on 07/14/99