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Default Re: Original source of Doom Horrors?

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Originally Posted by janthony View Post
Quite a few of their references to have mythical sources, such as Koschei the Deathless and Baba Yaga for Bogarus's National Heroes. However Alexei the Patriarch does not, nor do many of the other characters. I'm pretty sure Percival the Pocket Knight doesn't exist anywhere, nor the Headless halfling type of thing.
Alexei the patriarch is based off of the Russian Orthodox Church and the skopty cults. Not a specific character but certainly based off of Russian culture.
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