From the Gourd of Xanth

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The Gourd is the headquarters of the Night Stallion where nightmares are made.

Contents 1 Night Stallion 2 Mares 2.1 Mare Crisium 2.2 Mare Frigoris 2.3 Mare Imbrium 2.4 Mare Juana 2.5 Mare Nectaris 2.6 Mare Vaporus 3 Bones family 3.1 Marrow Bones 3.2 Grac'l Skeleton 3.3 Picka Bone 3.4 Joy'nt

[edit] Night Stallion

He rules the nightmare land inside the Gourd. Also known as Trojan and The Horse of Another Color. He does not leave the Gourd himself, except for the Trail of Roxanna Roc and in Swell Foop, but sends the Night Mares to deliver nightmares to dreamers. Smash Ogre fought with him to regain his soul in Ogre, Ogre after trading it for Tandy's, which she had lost by trickery earlier.

[edit] Mares

The Mares deliver bad dreams to the deserving.

[edit] Mare Crisium

[edit] Mare Frigoris

[edit] Mare Imbrium

She was introduced in Ogre, Ogre and was the main character in Night Mare. She was the last of the Nextwave Kings. After her death she reemerged as a Day Mare. She becomes a tree nymph in Faun & Games.

[edit] Mare Juana

[edit] Mare Nectaris

In Isle of View, Chex Centaur was forced by the demon/cloud Fracto to land on Mare Nectaris' section of the moon. Mare Nectaris and Night Stallion helped Chex escape by crafting a dream so sweet that it disgusted Fracto.

[edit] Mare Vaporus

[edit] Bones family

[edit] Marrow Bones

Marrow is an animated skeleton who first appeared in Vale of the Vole, where he helped to defeat the demons who mangled the curves of the Kiss-Me-River. Marrow was a main character in Heaven Cent, acting as Dolph's official adult companion. In that novel, he meets his future wife, Grac'l Skeleton.

[edit] Grac'l Skeleton

Grac'l is a skeleton from the realm of the gourd. Friend to Marrow, she helps Dor find Electra in his quest.

[edit] Picka Bone

[edit] Joy'nt

v • d • e Xanth series by Piers Anthony First trilogy A Spell for Chameleon • The Source of Magic • Castle Roogna • Centaur Aisle • Ogre, Ogre • Night Mare • Dragon on a Pedestal • Crewel Lye • Golem in the Gears • Vale of the Vole • Heaven Cent • Man from Mundania • Isle of View • Question Quest • The Color of Her Panties • Demons Don't Dream • Harpy Thyme • Geis of the Gargoyle • Roc and a Hard Place • Yon Ill Wind • Faun & Games • Zombie Lover • Xone of Contention • The Dastard • Swell Foop • Up in a Heaval • Cube Route Second trilogy Currant Events • Pet Peeve • Stork Naked • Air Apparent Characters List of Xanth characters • Magicians • Family of Merlin • Family of Ebnez • Family of Humfrey • Centaur family • Goblin family • Gourd • Mundanes • Other characters Geography of Xanth • Companions of Xanth • Letters to Jenny