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*'''Beaker''' : Refers to a glass object used for measuring and holding fluids in a laboratory setting (after all, they are mad scientists).
*'''[[Loki Beaker]]''' (Nervous' adoptive father): The god of mischief and trickery in Old Norse (Viking) mythology; growing progressively evil, he kills Balder, and is bound until Ragnarok, the end of the world.
*'''[[Circe Beaker]]''' (Nervous' adoptive mother): In Greek mythology, Circe is a Queen goddess (or sometimes a nymph, witchWitch Goddess, enchantress or sorceress) living on the island of Aeaea. In "The Odyssey," Circe turned Odysseus' men into swine.
*'''[[Nervous Subject]]''' (Olive's son, Loki and Circe's adoptive son): Speaks for itself.
For Nervous Subject's biological mother, please look under the Specter category.
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*The only thing I'd like to point out is the old Norse and Scandinavian mythology names.
*'''Salamis''' -- Salamis was a name of a nymph in Greek mythology.
*'''[[Xanthos Salamis]]''' (Circe's father): Xanthos was the name of a city in ancient Lycia, the site of present day Kınık, Turkey, and of the river on which the city is situated. In early sources, "Xanthos" is used synonymously for Lycia as a whole, "Xanthos" Greek name meaning Yellow.
*'''[[Grainne Salamis]]''' (Circe mother): Means ''grain''.
*'''[[Andros Salamis]]''' (Circe's paternal grandfather): An island of the Cyclades, Greece.
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