A quiet but sturdy theme, somewhat folklike in character, appears whenever the old monk speaks of the history he is recording or of his own past life:

No single morphological character appears to be diagnostic of the order Asparagales.

The novel thus appears to be told by an unnamed narrator who gathers information from what he has personally seen and heard regarding the epidemic, as well as from the diary of another character, Tarrou, who makes observations about the events he witnesses.

The character of Jane Marple in the first Miss Marple book, The Murder at the Vicarage, is markedly different from how she appears in later books.

The character of Jessica Fletcher is thought to be based on a combination of Miss Marple, Agatha Christie herself, and another Christie character, Ariadne Oliver, who often appears in the Hercule Poirot mysteries.

* The character of Absalom appears in Susannah Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell

* The character of Absalom appears in Michael Cook's The Head Guts and Sound Bone Dance

In modern literature, Aeneas appears in David Gemmell's Troy series as a main heroic character who goes by the name Helikaon.

Alfred appears as a character in the twelfth-or thirteenth-century poem The Owl and the Nightingale, where his wisdom and skill with proverbs is praised.

In the novel Ambrosius is a separate character from Arthur, or Artorius, who appears much later as a foe of Cerdic.

Anaxagoras appears as a character in The Ionia Sanction, by Gary Corby

In Harry Turtledove's Southern Victory Series of alternate history novels, the character Anthony Dresser appears to be based on Drexler.

A non-Japanese video game featuring a dream-eating tapir also exists., and in the Manga of Masashi Kishimoto Naruto, the late character Danzo Shimura is capable of summoning a giant Baku to aid him in battle ( unlike many modern representations, the Baku that appears in Naruto is very close to the original japanesse description of a Baku ).

A story similar in character, and obviously older in date, is the one alluded to in 2 Maccabees 1: 18 et seq according to which the relighting of the altar fire by Nehemiah was due to a miracle which occurred on the 25th of Kislev, and which appears to be given as the reason for the selection of the same date for the rededication of the altar by Judah Maccabee.

They also believe that the phrase Holy Spirit sometimes refers to God's character / mind, depending on the context in which the phrase appears, but reject the orthodox Christian view that we need strength, guidance and power from the Holy Spirit to live the Christian life, believing instead that the spirit a believer needs within themselves is the mind / character of God, which is developed in a believer by their reading of the Bible ( which, they believe, contains words God gave by his Spirit ) and trying to live by what it says during the events of their lives which God uses to help shape their character.

On occasion, the names of characters themselves actually seem to have been altered: the spelling of the name of Homer ’ s character Polydamas, Pouludamas, appears to be an alternative rendering of the metrically unviable Poludamas (“ subduer of many ”).

Another Summer of Night character, Dale's younger brother, Lawrence Stewart, appears as a minor character in Simmons ' thriller Darwin's Blade, while the adult Cordie Cooke appears in Fires of Eden.

The character later appears in the sequel story released first as a book, 2010: Odyssey Two and then as a movie, 2010: The Year We Make Contact.

Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare.

He appears on several Leon Russell recordings, credited as playing drums under the names " Teddy Jack Eddy " and " Sprunk ", a character he created when he was a cast member of a local television comedy show in Tulsa, Oklahoma, called The Uncanny Film Festival and Camp Meeting on station KTUL ( which starred fellow Tulsan Gailard Sartain as " Dr. Mazeppa Pompazoidi ").

For his skits on Uncanny Film Festival, Busey drew on his American Hero, belligerent, know-it-all character.

A mainstay in most X-Men titles, Iceman has been a main character in both Uncanny X-Men and the second volume of X-Men and was also featured in the Champions and New Defenders as a member.

Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Jim Lee, the character first appeared briefly in Uncanny X-Men Annual # 14 ( 1990 ), weeks before a more comprehensive appearance in Uncanny X-Men # 266 ( August 1990 ).

The character joined the X-Men and appeared in almost every issue of Uncanny X-Men until the team was split into two strike forces in Uncanny X-Men # 281 ; Gambit joined the X-Men " Blue " Team and co-starred in the adjectiveless X-Men title for a number of years.

Created by Whilce Portacio and Jim Lee, the character first appeared in Uncanny X-Men # 282 ( November 1991 ).

The character is forced to leave the team when his superpowers are damaged in battle in Uncanny X-Men # 119 ( March 1979 ), and remains an occasional supporting character for the team for several years.

* Jo ( comics ), a Marvel Comics character in The Uncanny X-Men

More than a year later, Marvel attempted to conclusively settle in-print ( but not in-story ) all lingering questions and complications regarding the character ; stating as confirmation that the Pryor that appeared in Uncanny X-Men, from 2008 to 2009, was indeed the original from the 1980s stories.

Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist / co-writer John Byrne, the character first appeared in Uncanny X-Men # 129 ( January 1979 ).

The character first appeared in Uncanny X-Men # 221 ( Sept. 1987 ) and was created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Marc Silvestri.

The character is an enemy of the X-Men and first appeared in Uncanny X-Men # 299 ( April 1993 ).

The character first appeared as an infant in Uncanny X-Men # 201 ( January 1986 ).

Issue # 6 ( Dec. 1993 ) confirmed the character to be Nathan Christopher Summers, the son of the X-Man Cyclops and Madelyne Pryor, who had been taken to the future in X-Factor # 68 ( July 1991 ), introduced by writer Chris Claremont, and appeared in Uncanny X-Men # 201 ( Jan. 1986 ).

An occasional cover artist on Uncanny X-Men ( drawing the first cover appearance of the character Gambit ) and X-Men Classic, Kubert later served as a fill-in penciller for Uncanny X-Men # 279-280 and # 288 before becoming the regular penciller on X-Men vol.

The character first appeared in Uncanny X-Men # 129 ( January 1980 ), and was created by writer Chris Claremont and artist / co-writer John Byrne.

* Emma Frost ( as the White Queen ) is a boss character in the video games The Uncanny X-Men ( 1989 ) for NES, X-Men: Madness in Murderworld ( 1989 ), and Konami's X-Men ( 1992 ).

The character has made many cameo appearances across the Marvel Universe since his debut, including Avengers, Uncanny X-Men, Hulk, Silver Surfer, Quasar, and Marvel Point One.

After a guest appearance in Uncanny X-Men # 167, the character appeared regularly in the title The New Mutants from its first issue, until its hundredth issue, at which point he continued to appear in its replacement title, X-Force.

The character subsequently appears in The Incredible Hulk Annual # 7 ( 1978 ), X-Factor # 13-14 ( February-March 1987 ), Power Pack # 36 ( April 1988 ), Marvel Comics Presents # 18-24 ( May-July 1989 ), The Uncanny X-Men # 246-247 ( July-August 1989 ), The Sensational She-Hulk # 30 ( August 1991 ), and Cyclops: Retribution # 1 ( January 1994 ).

Created by writer Chris Claremont and illustrator / co-writer John Byrne, the character first appeared in Uncanny X-Men # 117 ( January 1979 ) as a telepathic mutant named Amahl Farouk.

* Darwin ( comics ), a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe, associated with X-Men

Created by writer Stan Lee and artist / co-writer Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in X-Men vol.

Shawn Ashmore portrayed Iceman in the X-Men films, and voices the character in The Super Hero Squad Show.

He was a main character in the first volume of X-Factor, and a star in flashback stories when he was a teenager in X-Men: The Hidden Years and X-Men: First Class.

* Iceman appears in the episode of The Super Hero Squad Show titled " Mysterious Mayhem at Mutant Academy " with Shawn Ashmore reprising his role as the character from the live action X-Men movies.

* He also has appeared as a playable character in X-Men Legends voiced by Darren Scott.

* Iceman appears as a playable character in X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse voiced by James Arnold Taylor.

The character was present for much of the X-Men's history, and she was featured in all three X-Men animated series and several video games.

She is a playable character in X-Men Legends ( 2004 ), X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse ( 2005 ), Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 ( 2009 ), and Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds ( 2011 ), and appeared as an enemy in the first Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.

Although spun out of licensed properties, Shang-Chi is a Marvel-owned character and has been firmly established as a part of the Marvel Universe with guest appearances in numerous other titles, such as Marvel Team-Up, Marvel Knights and X-Men.

Chris Claremont, longtime writer of the X-Men comic book, has said that Begin was inspiration for the character Magneto.

* Jean Grey, aka Phoenix, aka Dark Phoenix, a character in the X-Men comic books

* A non-standard 10 ' tall Sentinel is a playable character in X-Men: Children of the Atom.

* In Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes, the same Sentinel from X-Men: Children of the Atom makes another appearance as a playable character.

* In X-Men: Next Dimension, Bastion is the main boss character, who is also unlockable as a playable character.

* Sebastian Shaw ( comics ), a character from the X-Men comic books by Marvel Comics

* Quicksilver-A long-running Avengers character and former foe of the X-Men, who possessed super speed and a difficult temperament.

The " all-new, all-different X-Men " were led by Cyclops from the original team and consisted of the newly created Colossus ( from the Soviet Union ), Nightcrawler ( from West Germany ), Storm ( from Kenya ), and Thunderbird ( a Native American from the Apache nation ), along with three previously introduced characters, Banshee ( from Ireland ), Sunfire ( from Japan ), and Wolverine ( from Canada ), who eventually became the breakout character on the team and, in terms of comic sales and appearances, the most popular X-Men character.