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<h2 id="characters">Characters</h2> <p>The characters all draw heavily on <a href="/facts/Mythology/kG8UTfem">mythology</a>, especially the <a href="/facts/Folklore/hcBN8qcd">folklore</a> from north west Europe. They include: </p> <ul><li>Jack Capelthwaite is a family man just getting on with his life but his old life is going to catch up with him as Capelthwaite is a shapeshifting monster, a <a href="/facts/Bogeyman/aWGNoCp2">bogeyman</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Black_Shuck/F5JYa1P9">Black Shuck</a> is the leader of the gang and his name comes from the East Anglian version of the <a href="/facts/Black_dog_(ghost)/7Il1c6vY">black dog</a></li> <li>Hedley Kow, a form of <a href="/facts/Elf/7GB9V6qp">Elf</a> or <a href="/facts/Hobgoblin/SKFD2aYK">Hobgoblin</a> <a href="http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/efft/efft48.htm">[1]</a>, shown in the story as a shapeshifting monster</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jenny_Greenteeth/P4hhF5P1">Jenny Greenteeth</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Struwwelpeter/USuNb32f">Peter Struwwel</a>, a character from a 19th-century German children's picture book authored by Heinrich Hoffman</li> <li>The Tailor, a bogeyman from <i>The Story of Little Suck-a-Thumb</i> from the same book</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bloody_Bones/VB5o5uea">Tommy Rawhead</a> is an Irish hobgoblin with a taste for children</li> <li><a href="/facts/Black_Annis/eIBTVaHW">Black Annis</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Cailleach/Bed0Xjjh">Cailleach Bheur</a></li> <li>Dando the Huntsman, a Cornish priest connected with ideas of the <a href="/facts/Wild_Hunt/3d30YHv0">Wild Hunt</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20020316120054/http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/folklore/dando.html">[2]</a></li> <li>Bucco-Boo, a kind of <a href="/facts/Bogeyman/aWGNoCp2">Bogeyman</a> (presumably the name coming via bugaboo)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mujina/LGxQb6j9">Mujina</a> is a Japanese bogeyman, that can take on the form seen in the series, a faceless ghost</li> <li>Horndon Worm was a <a href="/facts/European_dragon/C0eDJujn">dragon</a> from <a href="/facts/East_Horndon/qAbSCXQY">East Horndon</a> who was killed by <a href="/facts/James_Tyrrell/p0yyxv60">James Tyrrell</a> (who also appears in the series) using mirror polished armour <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060902100012/http://www.foolishpeople.com/foolishpeople/2005/11/british_dragon_.html">[3]</a></li></ul> <h2 id="appearances">Appearances</h2> <p>Each episode of London Falling is given an individual title: </p> <ul><li><i>Part 1: City Folk</i> (in <i>2000AD</i> #1491)</li> <li><i>Part 2: Loredogs</i> (in <i>2000AD</i> #1492)</li> <li><i>Part 3: Let Me Take You By The Hand</i> (in <i>2000AD</i> #1493)</li> <li><i>Part 4: That Go Bump</i> (in <i>2000AD</i> #1494)</li> <li><i>Part 5: Smoke and Mirrors</i> (in <i>2000AD</i> #1495)</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/English_folklore/npMR7JBj">English folklore</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.2000adonline.com/?zone=thrill&page=profiles&choice=london">2000 AD profile</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.2000adonline.com/?zone=fan&page=messagethread&choice=17454">Discussion on the mythology in the series</a></li></ul>