Though rooted in factual biographical details of Gull's life, Moore admitted taking substantial fictional license: for example, the real-life Gull suffered a stroke ; Moore fictionalizes this event as a theophany, with Gull seeing " Jahbulon ", a Freemasonic figure, fundamentally altering Gull's world view and indirectly leading to the murders.

Though the alleged Hebrew original of the document is attributed to Nicodemus, the title Gospel of Nicodemus for this fictional account only appeared in mediaeval times, after the document had been substantially elaborated.

Though purely the speculation of author Vidal ( albeit after some consideration of the evidence and probability ), this ultimately fictional and unprovable plot device has been repeated as factual on the Internet and in less scholarly works.

Though he refers to many real events ( such as his writing of Ender's Game ), the short story is also completely fictional.

Though the judgment of outlawry is now obsolete ( even though it inspired the pro forma Outlawries Bill which is still to this day introduced in the British House of Commons during the State Opening of Parliament ), romanticised outlaws became stock characters in several fictional settings.

Though stories are often set in the United States of America, they are as often as not set in fictional cities, such as Gotham City or Metropolis.

Though she is usually human, she can also be of any other species, including fictional or folklore | folkloric species ; and even divine figures such as an angel or deity.

Though much of the plot was fictional, the film was a moving tribute to Chaney and helped boost his posthumous fame.

Though not fully official, the Hawks do honor the number 90, which belonged to Yasutake Kageura, a fictional character from Japanese Baseball manga Abu-san, in which he was depicted with the team in the Nankai Hawks era.

Though fictional, the Allied officers of Hogan's Heroes used a wire recorder to record a meeting in Kommandant Klink's office on a device that was disguised as a sewing box made of wooden thread spools.

Though he briefly retreated from the public spotlight and had all his commercial tie-ins and television appearances canceled and withdrawn, Inagaki made a comeback and starred in a 2004 drama about a fictional Japanese investment banker killed in the events of September 11.

Though he often agreed with the reformers, he looked upon them with the same cynical eye as his fictional Chicago everyman, Slats Grobnik.

Though fictional, Yashige is considered a precursor to modern Japanese notions of sexual morality, which dictates that ( gay ) male prostitutes are already past their prime at seventeen years of age.

Though much of the novel has to do with Vonnegut's own experiences during the firebombing of Dresden, Vonnegut continually points out the artificiality of the central narrative arc which contains obviously fictional elements such as aliens and time travel.

Though the series itself was produced in the Los Angeles area, the setting for the series was a fictional city referred to only by the initials LC, probably near Miami since in the show there are many references to a nearby Dade County which is Miami.

Though painted before the events of this novel, the fictional Degas sketch that alerts Irene Adler to Holmes ' existence was made in the same building as this work.

Though often called a dinosaur, the fictional Rhedosaurus has several differences from any true dinosaur species.

Though not a linguisitic expert himself and a unilingual English speaker, director Ken Kwapis wanted to create a language for the fictional Slavic country of Slovetzia.

Though the 93rd Rangers is fictional the 101st Airborne Division during the Vietnam War did have Ranger-Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol units.

Though Uncle Tom ’ s Cabin is fictional, the book addressed the notion of everyone being involved in the perpetuated cycle of chattel slavery, even women, people living in the north, and people who did not own slaves.

Though the word " ship " evolved from " relationship ", where and when it was first used to indicate involvement with fictional romance is unclear.

Though The Dillards were a tremendous influence on the main core of musicians who started Southern California's country rock movement in the late 1960s ( which further extended from that genre into today's country music ), their biggest claim to fame is playing the fictional bluegrass band " The Darlings " on The Andy Griffith Show, introducing many Americans to bluegrass who had never heard it.

Though at times appearing as cliched and simplistic, it is arguably one of the more positive fictional stock characters.

Though research is usually done when real languages are used on the show, the language heard on Selma's ham radio is fictional.

Though only a relatively short walk separated it from my own part of town, its character was wholly foreign to me.

Though his character is broader and more comically rounded than the don, he gives it a firmness and toughness -- a sort of peasant dignity -- too.

Though the coyote is the basis for the character of Wile E. Coyote in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies animated cartoons, especially about the Road Runner, coyotes have not been known as yet to attack greater roadrunners for prey.

Though Fascism adopted a number of positions designed to appeal to reactionaries, the Fascists sought to maintain Fascism's revolutionary character, with Angelo Oliviero Olivetti saying " Fascism would like to be conservative, but it will by being revolutionary.

Though it is on the left wing of Palestinian politics, its character is primarily nationalist rather than social democratic.

Though the thorn character ( whose appearance was usually similar to the modern " p ") was most common, the eth could equally be used.

Though an original character himself, many of Shang-Chi's supporting characters ( most notably Fu Manchu and Sir Denis Nayland Smith ) were Rohmer creations.

Though Bruce is a minor character, his battles and the events surrounding his war against England are catalogued.

Though strictly a commercial product, Peckinpah's creative touches abound throughout, most notably during the intricately-edited opening sequence when McQueen's character is suffering from the pressures of prison life.

Though it is most common, tries need not be keyed by character strings.

Though Thackeray does not settle definitively whether Becky murders Jos, such a development is in keeping with the overall trend of character development in the novel.

Though a minor character, he very notably arrests Fitz in " To Say I Love You " when he refuses to leave Judith alone after she has left him and gone to her parents ' house.

Though invisible, fate may be considered a leading character in the One Thousand and One Nights.

Though the animated character was never given a name, he is clearly based on Clouseau and the cartoons later appeared as part of the animated Pink Panther Show series.

Though Schimmelpenninck was a convinced federalist, he was a pliable character also.

Though collectors often focus on dōjinshi based on particular manga, any male character may become the subject of a yaoi dōjinshi, even characters from non-manga titles such as Harry Potter or The Lord of the Rings, or video games such as Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy, real people such as politicians, or personifications such as Hetalia: Axis Powers, or complementary items such as salt and pepper or peanut butter and jelly.

Though Burr's character is often said never to have lost a case, he did lose two murder cases in early episodes of the series, once when his client misled him and another time when his client was later cleared.

Though Nyarlathotep appears as a character in only four stories and two sonnets ( which is more than any other of Lovecraft's gods ), his name is mentioned frequently in other works.

Though his character of Barney Greenwald was supposed to be Jewish ( a fact made relevant in the book but not in the film ), Ferrer himself was not.

Though technically a merman, the character Rikuo in the Darkstalkers game series and his race bear a striking resemblance to the Gill-Man, and perhaps more so than any character in the game, remain very true to the source character, with Rikuo being from an area in Brazil near the Amazon.

Though there is no direct dialogue about his age, the character is visibly far younger than seventeen years.

Though Shooter had previously displayed no problems with the belief on the part of fans that the character Element Lad was gay when Shooter had been the writer on Legion of Super-Heroes, Alan Kistler reported in a 2012 Comic Book Resources article that at Marvel, Shooter had declared a policy that there were " no gays in the Marvel Universe.

Though Clarabelle is now very rarely seen in animation today, she is a character in Disney's Toontown Online.