https://www.gregchivers.com/blog daily 0.75 2020-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1525294643398-JBL2GVKIUWJOYGBOBZ5I/big+cloud+sky.jpg Blog https://www.gregchivers.com/blog/2020/5/28/project-iceworm monthly 0.5 2020-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590663583000-E3K8RS643GNQSWTMH32A/the-thing-kurt-russell-1108x0-c-default.jpg Blog - Project Iceworm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590661646430-OWNZS8IN4WAKK31GV27S/iceworm+launch.PNG Blog - Project Iceworm A US Army illustration of a launch site for cut down two-stage versions of the Minuteman missile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590661810806-YFJ5PMV77ADYGRKF4AIH/Aerial_Picture_Of_Thule_Air_Base.jpg Blog - Project Iceworm Thule is still there, but it’s not a popular posting for USAF crews, and it costs a lot to run. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590662328740-RBEBDCVZ3R5SVF48A7UB/tunnels.jpg Blog - Project Iceworm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590662454244-N4WLCPR5MTCZFUSGI1CN/Camp_Century_layout_plan.png Blog - Project Iceworm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590662652244-94EN10LL6BK13L9MBL2E/reactor.png Blog - Project Iceworm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590662779414-VX67TXJJ4C66OFFEUI1W/Taku_glacier_firn_ice_sampling.png Blog - Project Iceworm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590662854381-ESSB2GR7A87ZMSVYC9IM/campcentury.jpg Blog - Project Iceworm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590662921993-HHH4Y0QIDJ3GOUVZNO1A/Atlas-B_ICBM.jpg Blog - Project Iceworm An early model Atlas takes off. A lot of them exploded on the launch pad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590663040998-M9JIJO8782IGOLIGKYR1/crane.PNG Blog - Project Iceworm Probably a heating cylinder associated with the power plant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590663260248-SFQN9HHZCFXVYG9DGDNP/thing.PNG Blog - Project Iceworm https://www.gregchivers.com/blog/2020/5/27/flight-of-the-penguin monthly 0.5 2020-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590572182976-SFAESRBPM7VG8MBAAUYG/celeste.PNG Blog - Flight of The Penguin I don’t know this particular ship, but anything that looks like that is going to be in trouble if a U-boat gets near it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590572561721-1PWNQANIKYG8OZHY0ZI9/president.jpg Blog - Flight of The Penguin HMS President, still in disguise a century later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590572690451-K0FEFBWTAW829JP0W8KQ/Mystery_Ship_trapping_German_Submarines.jpg Blog - Flight of The Penguin This picture is from a 1915 newspaper story headlined ‘Mystery Ship Trapping German Submarines’. Kind of a naval warfare variation on the ‘Man Bites Dog’ story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590572835932-7MSAOVZJ9I888XE4VS3G/Kruder.jpg Blog - Flight of The Penguin A dangerous man. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590572969202-DHKVW6WXK4GGLU2N2WEC/Pinguin_%28Indian_Ocean_1941%29.jpg Blog - Flight of The Penguin Pinguin in the Indian Ocean, a few days before she met her fate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590573130129-Z5XHH45TER4COZZU7ICQ/1280px-Allied_tanker_torpedoed.jpg Blog - Flight of The Penguin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590573282796-ID4OACQ4T2STIN7LUFM0/pelagos2.jpg Blog - Flight of The Penguin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590573402645-X1G3J71N2HZ2C8TIXH0S/52316366.Nymappe3Storstad2klav.jpg Blog - Flight of The Penguin They added rails at the stern to act as a mine delivery system - they slide off into the sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590573459596-OYWWRXIRWCLZ614X9AAH/HMAS_Australia_Oct_1937_SLV_straightened.jpg Blog - Flight of The Penguin This is actually HMS Cornwall’s sister ship, HMAS Australia, but as County class cruisers, they’re identical. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590573603558-117BUYYSQ4KLXQ8V70H8/sinking.jpg Blog - Flight of The Penguin https://www.gregchivers.com/blog/2020/5/26/who-dares-to-ask-why monthly 0.5 2020-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590478882145-4S4JFTHIJYMRV58JK5DU/sim+harris.jpg Blog - Who Dares Ask Why? Sim Harris, a BBC sound recordist, was in the embassy to pick up a visa when the terrorists struck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590481649325-VB2VULCMLA9TTSXOYVID/SAS-Assault-on-Iranian-Embassy.jpg Blog - Who Dares Ask Why? People hadn’t seen gear like this before - the gas masks and hoods, the accessorised MP5 SMG’s, and it’s all happening two weeks before the UK release of ‘The Empire Strikes Back’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590479448012-LIK9U1X6P6NTZOJ848OE/Locator_map_Iran_Khuzestan_Province.png Blog - Who Dares Ask Why? The exixtence of Arabistan (highlighted) is not universally accepted, even in the Arab world, but men were willing to die for its liberation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590479811368-NHDFOOBB7A6080AMZ1TW/iran+revolution.jpg Blog - Who Dares Ask Why? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590480008825-WXHPI2DJL0BYVIS2HOIH/london+2.jpg Blog - Who Dares Ask Why? PC Trevor Lock, seen here leaning out of the window, later played a key role in the embassy assault. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590480967936-HI5GR9UU2D0BO3YS3OWV/stretcher.jpg Blog - Who Dares Ask Why? Lavasani’s body was thrown out of the front door. Volunteer officers went to collect it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590481743903-1BBVB7LHFZ8DA02C15FA/burning+legs.jpg Blog - Who Dares Ask Why? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590481889493-YLQ40Y0A3JKXCYL5U0R6/hostages.jpg Blog - Who Dares Ask Why? Only one hostage was killed during the assault, and two wounded. The SAS had estimated eight deaths as a likely outcome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590482484978-D0EN30DAK70HYGPHQFQH/fozi2.png Blog - Who Dares Ask Why? The Sun did an expose of him, revealing his current name and likeness, so it’s actually relativaly easy to find pictures of him as he is now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590483494332-P2VB9742YHTH2R6GACFF/war.png Blog - Who Dares Ask Why? https://www.gregchivers.com/blog/2020/5/25/all-he-needs-is-love monthly 0.5 2020-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590405644130-YYB376GP950RCA3I46VW/zab.jpg Blog - All He Needs Is Love https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590405746941-OCT0QU13E7JFWRDY087Y/Zabibah_and_the_King.jpg Blog - All He Needs Is Love https://www.gregchivers.com/blog/2020/5/24/lockdown-for-beginners monthly 0.5 2020-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590347566603-D0QUURFGF75BE5S6HLRK/nixon.jpg Blog - Lockdown For Beginners The handshake from the Tricky Dick had to wait. NASA also had to argue hard to keep him from having dinner with the astronauts before they set off. He didn’t buy into the whole quarantine thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590347853879-SUJ4UT6LCZMFWAX5PGHY/apollo+11+wives.jpg Blog - Lockdown For Beginners This ‘face-to-face’ with the Apollo families happened in Hawaii, hence the flower garlands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590348082403-EJCNT2RU3TLTNAM9EINF/Apollo-11-1-Practice-recovery-edited.jpg Blog - Lockdown For Beginners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590348621583-9LG4ODE8F5K27Q8Q5YN7/1200px-Apollo_11_Mobile_Quarantine_Facility_unloaded_from_C-141.jpg Blog - Lockdown For Beginners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590349030949-DOGMQX17W5ZFLF9PN72Y/apollo%2B11%2Bsuits.jpg Blog - Lockdown For Beginners This is actually the guys getting into the trailer on board Hornet, but it was the best pic of the suits, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590348929059-MFLY6RF0ZRLBCUC2QF9R/armstrong+cake.jpg Blog - Lockdown For Beginners Neil Armstrong had to celebrate his 39th birthday with a random assortment of doctors and scientists, but he doesn’t look to unhappy about it. The cake is vanilla. https://www.gregchivers.com/blog/2020/5/23/when-capitalism-goes-bananas monthly 0.5 2020-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590220397371-J9TB0EW9PRJAYWPWYNZ3/guatemala.PNG Blog - Capitalism Goes Bananas Antigua, the former Spanish colonial capital of Guatemala. Today, it’s a tourist destination. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590220612620-ALX9CHMJC8EJYVR136W9/ufc.PNG Blog - Capitalism Goes Bananas In theory, United Fruit was supposed to provide infrastructure in exchange for land. In practice, no. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590220752983-IBYUDHXPQP16FD09A3PR/guatemala+revolution+2.PNG Blog - Capitalism Goes Bananas Tell me these guys aren’t the coolest looking revolutionaries you’ve ever seen. They’re standing in the square outside the cathedral in Guatemala City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590220943581-P5GOVKKIWX17DIR6MJBR/ufc+2.PNG Blog - Capitalism Goes Bananas ‘Investment in infrastructure’ = donkeys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590221162415-GWCJDOPPRREXPIIHFTJP/red+menace+2.PNG Blog - Capitalism Goes Bananas The number of Communists in the US was tiny, but hey, let’s make a feature film about an imaginary threat anyway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590221411513-TJG2PJT50M7K76N71QZD/jf+dulles.PNG Blog - Capitalism Goes Bananas Eisenhower with John Foster Dulles. I genuinely don’t think Ike was malevolent, but he didn’t realise how unscrupulous so many of the people around him were. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590221753300-93WDWMQ3OQ8XL54BGLV9/p47.PNG Blog - Capitalism Goes Bananas The P47 Thunderbolt was obselete by 1954, but that doesn’t matter when the enemy has no planes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590221922267-1LF8V6GJL8CIGT5EJG1Z/bay+of+pigs.PNG Blog - Capitalism Goes Bananas Prisoners after the failed ‘Bay of Pigs’ invasion of Cuba. If Guatemala hadn’t happened first, they’d never have tried it. For better or worse, the Cubans were a tougher proposition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590222113909-7BEENTJ7WRSAO0QIDWJG/chiquita.PNG Blog - Capitalism Goes Bananas https://www.gregchivers.com/blog/2020/5/22/theres-a-nuclear-reactor-on-the-moon monthly 0.5 2020-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590141875828-VH60U94CANGU14NSTISZ/Putting_the_Plutonium_238_fuel_into_the_SNAP_27.jpg Blog - There's a Nuclear Reactor On The Moon Alan putting in the plutonium, as you do… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590142045789-QNYW1TB6OF7LUCE2X3Y9/snap-27.PNG Blog - There's a Nuclear Reactor On The Moon This is the SNAP-27 generator they assembled. Technically, I shouldn’t call it ‘a reactor’, because it uses atomic decay (rather than a reaction) to generate heat. It still counts in my book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590142311185-AGMWT6WIX4PK8D985GRP/Apollo_12_and_Surveyor_7135.jpg Blog - There's a Nuclear Reactor On The Moon The landing site for Apollo 12 was chosen to be within walking distance of Surveyor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590142464536-DPGAY7W2U7XIHOMVHFBI/strep.jpg Blog - There's a Nuclear Reactor On The Moon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590142548216-5H6BK30YJHUKNKJEB2KT/Apollo12Bean.jpg Blog - There's a Nuclear Reactor On The Moon This is a still image from Apollo 12’s Hasselblad cameras, but I imagine the moment before Alan fried the TV camera looked something like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1590142909097-BPBLBGJUXY0FW15O9CG4/1280px-Alan_Bean_photo_at_NASM_by_Matthew_Bisanz.jpg Blog - There's a Nuclear Reactor On The Moon https://www.gregchivers.com/blog/2020/2/9/a-whole-new-world monthly 0.5 2020-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1581239267142-RUZCYEMR43YA43P6V47G/jafar.jpg Blog - A Whole New World History does not record whether he really had a parrot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1581240848920-R8FI57MZUESOLZ3SAA4P/Ferdinand_Keller_-_Scheherazade_und_Sultan_Schariar_%281880%29.jpg Blog - A Whole New World Shahryar looking distinctly hipster, Scheherazade rocking the pre-Raphaelite vibe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1581239624212-ZH94M2IB6C090Y3BKU7K/Abbasids850.png Blog - A Whole New World https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1581239767771-0OSW5JPT0GGKWNZO2KLW/Harun-Charlemagne.jpg Blog - A Whole New World Emissaries from the Frankish emperor Charlemagne pay tribute to Harun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1581239991626-1C7YFZC3GG78WVMI5PIP/yahya.jpg Blog - A Whole New World Yahya the Barmakid holds court. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1581240116461-VRQ9EEKLNZLBYAB3E8OB/Hallaj.jpg Blog - A Whole New World An honourable death was one in which no blood was shed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1581240305561-ZJKT8ILKNFKEJI1V4XSP/2060708-GenieJafar.jpg Blog - A Whole New World Phenomenal cosmic power! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1581240686707-DFGKW8RHL8FEQ4CRK4P1/HamAladdinReal.jpg Blog - A Whole New World A whole new world, built on the lies of your father, the mass murderer. https://www.gregchivers.com/blog/2020/2/8/assassins monthly 0.5 2020-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1581149691271-UMRRU99JUBMC7B0R04BF/Marco-Polo2.jpg Blog - Assassins! This rather lovely mosaic of Marco Polo is in the Palazzo Doria-Tursi in Genoa, Italy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1581150053586-LXDIJC5BLM4CSCZ1HGDI/1200px-Seljuk_Empire_locator_map.svg.png Blog - Assassins! The Nizari bases were enclaves rather than contiguous territory. They were spread between the south-west corner of the Caspian sea, and north-east of the Mediterranean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1581150847104-AEIPKXJU6QN8JOTJY7SM/Old+man+of+the+mountain.jpg Blog - Assassins! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1581152057601-TTWZRWBWHMAMP5TK1JP1/Assassination_of_Nizam_al-Mulk.jpg Blog - Assassins! This 14th century illustration shows the murder of a Seljuk emperor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1581153015178-B03FTEXN0C4ZA42HKZ9Q/800px-Assassins2-alamut.jpg Blog - Assassins! The Mongol army assaults Alamut. Note camel in foreground. They’re originally from central Asia (& later imported to Egypt) so their inclusion in a Mongol army shouldn’t be a surprise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1581152395874-621PZJW2TKACNW5TPOFD/RudkhanCastle.JPG Blog - Assassins! All that remains: the rubble of a Nizari castle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1581152587271-LJATTKO7X2L2DU4F4G13/aga+khan.jpg Blog - Assassins! A billion dollars, and your family outlived the Mongol empire. No wonder he looks happy. https://www.gregchivers.com/blog/2020/2/7/lost-in-the-museum monthly 0.5 2020-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1581064276351-IRXELP1HSZPGI23OTSBT/backroom-at-the-smithsonian-natural-history-museum.jpg Blog - Lost In The Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1581065358092-Y0747SCMP70TZ4SBTMFE/museum-storage-pic.jpg Blog - Lost In The Museum Where do you keep your native American canoes? Next to the Burmese temple dog statues, obviously. This is Chicago’s Field Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1581065874040-3CLF214BS91PSEPU3XDK/larco+museum.jpg Blog - Lost In The Museum Is it possible to have too many terracotta heads? Ask the guys at the Larco museum in Lima, Peru https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1581065952746-9DTSDHKXW535C4IO087X/bovington.PNG Blog - Lost In The Museum When you run a tank museum, storage is definitely an issue. This is Bovington, in Dorset, England. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1581066054934-H2UTE3LV4CV0I9ROO92A/BE_MAS_1.jpg Blog - Lost In The Museum Some museums adopt elegant high-tech solutions to make their storage facilities accessible to the public. This is the Museum an der Strom in Antwerp, Belgium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1581066100424-VT3F5HIZ21V9QUW3XB9H/BE-MessyShelves-7-9-13-400x284.jpg Blog - Lost In The Museum But when a museum is strapped for cash, as many are, things can get a little out of hand. https://www.gregchivers.com/blog/2020/2/6/iraqs-vanished-world monthly 0.5 2020-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1580978494798-H1PFKT4952ZX595XZDDQ/marsh+arabs.PNG Blog - Iraq's Vanished World https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1580978666365-JN6K5MGZZEYBLP9FXL6O/reeds.jpeg Blog - Iraq's Vanished World https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1580980559646-WIFR127ZHWBL90MQUBDJ/mudhif1.jpg Blog - Iraq's Vanished World https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1580979458684-BTVLP59QLE7GHAXRX6Y1/marshes.PNG Blog - Iraq's Vanished World Today the great rivers pass through 34 dams before they reach the sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1580979782167-5EXJJA8OSW4DID2ZS81A/2200.jpg Blog - Iraq's Vanished World https://www.gregchivers.com/blog/2020/2/5/the-realish-battle-of-endor monthly 0.5 2020-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1580890887060-FOAFHSAD59G2WQPKPYQF/no+ewoks.jpg Blog - The Real(ish) Battle of Endor Personally, I’m ambivalent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1580891023532-UY4B1VUK8MH69QL1ISD9/Ancient_Galilee.jpg Blog - The Real(ish) Battle of Endor This map of ancient Galilee is basically just educated guesswork. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1580891315248-4A9C9XL2UZRXXKT5KFPG/JSC_the_battle_of_Jericho.png Blog - The Real(ish) Battle of Endor And the walls came tumbling down… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1580891795102-GBLN7PO7XC523UV2MWNL/Witch_of_Endor_%28Martynov%29_detail.jpg Blog - The Real(ish) Battle of Endor “The Endorian Sorceress Causes the Shade of Samuel" (Martynov, Dmitry Nikiforovich, 1857) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1580892109485-9ZNV5CTL4Y5ME7VWGGRP/summoning+4.jpg Blog - The Real(ish) Battle of Endor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1580893230431-Y6CL7EDSWM4JT8V7HPLV/summoning+6.png Blog - The Real(ish) Battle of Endor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1580892136658-JKXR18C0QWE4ACDRGJMV/summoning+3.jpg Blog - The Real(ish) Battle of Endor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1580892158545-LTZ529JUZTJNMQ1MLZ2I/summoning+5.jpg Blog - The Real(ish) Battle of Endor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ae758c82487fd333bd93327/1580892704650-YAGRA6HSUW45GY0Q6O1E/800px-Elie_Marcuse_saul.jpg Blog - The Real(ish) Battle of Endor The handsome young guy behind Saul is David. 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