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John Conrad

A modern man who thought he had exhausted life's thrills until he was drawn into a Master's occult web and an ancient evil's designs.

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Also known as Conrad

First appearance: skull face

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Conrad narrates from the wreckage of a London morning, remembering how he fell into the orbit of Kathulos and the strange drug that binds him. He is the hunted turned witness, dependent on John Gordon's rescue and on…

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Character Web

22 connections

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NANalunaMFMoll FarrellCACanoolGOGoratOJOld John GrimlanJCJohn Conrad

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  • Romantic
  • Other

Character groups

  • Sea Monsters and Lost Races
  • Occult Scholars and Witches
  • Diverse Supernatural and Lost World Figures

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Story tension across the book.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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See John Conrad in skull face
See John Conrad in skull face