Textual identity is not textual authority. “Catalogue primary/default” selects the default catalogue representation; it does not mean that this wording is automatically Howard’s most authoritative text.
Characters in this exact text
ChimeraChimeraMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: First Passage p. 247DrakeDrake — historical seafarer invoked in the pirate-era backstoryMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: First Passage p. 221GoruGoru — priest/shaman of the BogondiOn Page61 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: First Passage p. 223HengistHengist — early English/Saxon figure invoked in historical comparisonMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: First Passage p. 262HydraHydra — mythological many-headed monster invoked by comparisonMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: First Passage p. 247KurobaKuroba — chief of the BogondiOn Page4 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: First Passage p. 249LogaLoga — Bogondi manOn Page3 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: First Passage p. 235MedusaMedusa — mythological Gorgon invoked by comparisonMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: First Passage p. 247N’LongaN'Longa — West Coast witch-man and Solomon Kane's blood-brotherMentioned4 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: First Passage p. 236N’YasunnaN’Yasunna — legendary white stranger of Bogondi tradition, identified as JasonMentioned4 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: First Passage p. 246NayelaNayela — young Bogondi womanOn Page3 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: First Passage p. 236PanPan — mythological deity invoked by comparisonMentioned6 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: First Passage p. 221Solomon KaneSolomon Kane — English Puritan wanderer, swordsman and avengerOn Page168 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: First Passage p. 218akaana that rent himthe akaana slain by Solomon Kane — individual winged akaana that mauls Kane and is killed by himMentioned2 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: First Passage p. 235
Surviving manuscript evidence
The records below describe surviving physical typescripts, carbons, manuscript material and documentary catalogue evidence for this exact textual state. TSS numbers identify physical catalogue units; they are not story or draft IDs.
Draft 1 — surviving Howard typescriptHoward typescript
Extent33 pagesCompletenessComplete
Physical extent: 33 pages / 33 TSS catalogue units
TSS: 63314–63346
Original typescript (OT).
Additional documentary notes
- Untitled Witness: The spreadsheet records this surviving witness as untitled. (witness level)
- Unnumbered Pages: The spreadsheet records the witness/pages as unnumbered. (witness level)
- Penciled Heading: The spreadsheet records a penciled Chapter 1 title on the surviving typescript. (witness level)
- Surviving Last Page Only: The spreadsheet identifies the surviving sheet as the last page of this draft. (witness level)
Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Wings in the Night (d1) · TSS 63314–63346 · spreadsheet rows 19339–19371