Ghyll:Bobby Shwarmph

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Robert "Bobby" Schwarmph putatively edits "Aliens Anywhere" magazine, but hasn't been seen or heard from by credible sources since -4/7/22, after which he apparently went into seclusion for reasons only known to him at this writing. Research reveals all of Scharmph's known personal and business matters have been handled by Iddy Ezzard after that date. Folktown Records #419 reported he may-- or may not-- have been the victim of a freak ball lightning accident which created burn scars deforming his entire face. The article also hints he may have been the victim of foul play. However, interviews with former associates indicate Schwarmph was driven into plain old alcohol addiction after a vaguely documented incident during a factfinding trip to the () ruins. A short time before he slipped off the social radar, he was quoted as saying (). Schwarmph has been accused of using his extraordinarily popular tabloid to promote subliminal conspiracy memes against political adversaries, but not even his most strident xritics seems to remember what evidence they had. He is a member of the Brotherhood of Light, which rejects modern auro-sociology a scientific heresy, and holds that light is a electromagnetic radiaion with no bearing on human behavior. The mysterious Schwarmph's adoptive brother, Edward, is rumored to be his son by actress Izadora Gutschtup, or a (). Records involving the younger Schwarmph's parentage/origin remain sealed by the courts. The brilliant but ececcentric recluse is scheduled to produce an anthology of "Aliens Anywhere" conspiracy theories with the Academy of Conspiracy Theorists press this fall, and drafts of the preface are in high demand among the celeprity press. One purported draft, with forged "certificate of authenticity" was recently debunked by a sharp-eyed scholar at the Arensplay Bazaar. The vendor was asking 4,900 Queztones for the faked luminous text.

(tentative draft entry. pending further research)