Ghost of the English Language

Ghost of the English Language (#800) Level 14 Astral Spirit (NPC)

Ghost of the English Language (#800), the Level 14 Astral Spirit (NPC), is an official ingame character endorsed by the game admins. Armed with his trusty fez of etymology and Alpha-mail pants, the spirit runs The Altar of Literacy, barring people from the chat channels until they have proven themselves literate.

Due the spectral nature of the ghost, he is apparantly unable to sport a true tattoo, though he used to sport an Accordion Thief tattoo, he now has a broken image for his emblem. When questioned, the Ghost would say:

"We are still uncertain how best to display a tattoo upon a spectral entity such as myself."

Notes

• The Ghost of the English Language's player number (#800) looks remarkably like the word "Boo".
• The Ghost has now elected to make his terrarium private, blocking viewers from seeing the two familiars inside of it. When questioned about it, the Ghost would say:

"Alas, my recent pets escaped me, and I have no body with which to retrieve them. I think my ambition of a menagerie was ill-considered."

• His tattoo is a broken image called "class8.gif". There is no 8th class.

Ghost of the English Language: Your mortal eyes are not capable of distinguishing my tattoo properly.

• At some times, the Ghost will join the chat. On April 1st, 2006 he was seen in numerous chat channels speaking Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and possible other languages. It is assumed this was a joke on the part of the person controlling him.

• On July 22, 2006, the Ghost came into /normal looking for something. He said it was his assistant whose name was Dylan or Charlie or Jack. He was also said to once be Willy and Red. A few minutes later, the ghost said "There he is!", and a Spirit Hobo appeared in his profile. The Hobo's name switched between Dylan, Charlie, Red, Willy, and Jack.

• On September 19, 2006, the Ghost embarked on a new mission to discipline wannabee pirates in chat. Details and reasons still remain mysterious. The ghost has recently exploded like the green ghost from Ghostbusters.

References

• The account was created on April 23, 1616, the same day that William Shakespeare died.
• The Ghost's familiar (Byron, the Ghost Pickle on a Stick) refers to the famous romantic poet, George Byron. However, when questioned about it, he claimed it was actually named after a famous pickle maker.
• The Ghost's terrariumed familiar, (simov, the Killer Bee), reads as "Asimov" if you include the Killer Bee's image. This is a reference to Isaac Asimov, a famous sci-fi author and astronomer.
• He also has an Angry Goat familiar by the name of Cervantes, referring to Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, who was a Spanish novelist, poet and playwright. Miguel de Cervantes also died on April 23, 1616.