all known by several other aliases: Den (first) a.k.a. Mal, Uncle Dan, Daniel Norman. First appeared in Neverwhere the Movie. Den (second) a.k.a. David Ellis Norman, Dav. First appeared in Grim Wit No.2. Kil a.k.a. the Queen, the Red Queen. First appeared (as the Queen) in Neverwhere the Movie. Kath a.k.a. Katherine Wells. First appeared in Heavy Metal No.4. The main secondary recurring characters are: Zeg, an evil wizard/warlord. Father of Scon. First appeared in Heavy Metal No.13. Zomuk, Zeg's demon slave. First appeared in Fantagor No.4. Pucca, Zeg's slave cook. Mate of Mal. First appeared in Children of Fire No.2. Gel, the simian humanoid leader of a revolt against the Red Queen. First appeared in Neverwhere the Movie. Scon, son of Zeg, also a wizard/warlord. First appeared in Heavy Metal No.55. Sienna, an Indian girl with mental powers. She has a giant lizard named Pthalo. First appeared in Grim Wit No.2. Zandor and Wyn, blue humanoid father and daughter. First appeared in Heavy Metal No.65. Queen Ryllia, the human/fish hybrid queen of Ichthya, an underwater city. First appeared in Den No.5. Chronology of the stories Den's adventures follow a complex and sometimes contradictory course of events. Some of the chapters of the story have been told in extended flashbacks, dreams, and visions. This is the order of the stories so far. There are three large gaps between the stories with adventures that have yet to be told. Possible prequel: "For the Love of a Daemon" (Fantagor No.4, 1972). A sorcerer named Vermian and his demon slave Zomuk live in a castle and kidnap a voluptuous girl named Merya to sacrifice to the dark god Uhluhtc. At the end, Vermian is killed by Zomuk. Den 3: Children of Fire (1989). The planet Zomere is inhabited by an eusocial species similar to humans but oviparous. A breeding queen rules them. Females are non-sexual muscular warriors called Kils or workers called Works, and males are called Mals. After an attack by giant spiders the dying queen sends a Kil, a pre-queen simply named "Kil", to found a new colony in Dremurth (Neverwhere) bringing with her Mals, Works, and eggs to seek the "Magic Scepter" (the Locnar). The ship crashes and only Kil and a skeletal Mal (named "Mal", who will become the first Den) survive. Their only remaining egg produces a human baby, the second Den. Once they land they meet Zeg,