The Other Preternatural creatures or elements who do not fit into the other areas and have less attention in the series.

Demons

to be continued...

Dragons

Dragons do exist, but they are not native to North America. The Quetzalcoatl Draconus Giganticus was believed to be extinct until Anita met up with one in Santa Fe, New Mexico. They have six limbs (four legs and a set of wings). They have blue/green colored scales that are iridescent and shimmer in the light and a white underbelly. The wings are similar in color - iridescent on the outside, white underneath. A fringe of feathers surrounds its face like a peacock and it has large wide eyes which take up most of its face. The Quetzalcoatl Draconus Giganticus is sometimes classified as a subspecies of a dragon, and sometimes as a subspecies of gargoyle, although often they are classified in a group of their own. The only one mentioned directly in the Anita series is in Obsidian Butterfly.

Edjo, The Snake God

Edjo was a massive Egyptian cobra, who was worshiped by the Egyptians as a god. This royal serpent was cared for and sacrificed to, in her day. She was kept in a basket over ten foot tall and twenty foot wide, her body is thicker than a telephone pole and banded with grey-black and creamy white rings. Her head is a foot and a half across when her hood is down. She was the longest snake in the world, so she is over 33 feet long.

Gargoyles

In The Lunatic Cafe, page 55, gargoyles are described as carrion eaters with the nearest grouping located in Kentucky. It is possible that they will attack a man, but it happens rarely. In France, there are three species reported that are either bigger than a human or human sized.

Ghosts

There are several different types of ghost, but the two most common are the spirits of the dead left behind when they should of moved on, and the psychic impressions of strong emotions that have soaked into buildings, leaving only a cold chill, a sound or sometimes an image.

Ghosts Spots

• St Louis City Hospital (psychic imprints)

Legends

Click here to learn more about the legends mentioned in the Anitaverse.

Merfolk

Mermaids (and their male counterparts) exist within the Anitaverse. Merfolk with a power similar to the ardeur are known as sirens. Sirens have the power to "roll" the minds of people in a similar fashion to vampires. Due to their potential power over other merfolk, sirens are traditionally slain by merfolk before they can become a danger.

Master Vampire of the City of Cape Cod, Samuel has merfolk as his animal to call, and his wife Leucothea is the last living siren. Their three sons, Sampson and the twins Thomas and Cristos, may have the potential to be sirens if they can be brought into their power.

Trolls

• Lesser Smokey mountain troll

A small North American species, usually between three and a half feet to around five feet tall. Diet consists mostly of plants but occasionally carrion or insects. They walk as humans do, the only other primate species to do so, and are covered in black colored "fur."

• Greater Smokey mountain troll

A large aggressive and carnivorous species of troll, ranging from eight to twelve feet tall. They were hunted to extinction, because they had been fond of pulling trees up by their roots, beating people to death with them, and then eating the marrow out of their bones.

• North American cave troll

In Blue Moon we learn that one member of the the smallest troll species in North America, (named Peter) was attempted to be converted into Christianity, by a human named Simon Barkley. A scientific journal in 1910 had been published with the information that some trolls had buried their dead with personal artifacts. The newspapers expanded on that information, proclaiming that the trolls mentioned must believe in an afterlife.

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