Ghyll:Bobby Shwarmph

dibbed by Bast Res Novae

Bobby "Robert" Schwarmph putatively edits "Aliens Everyywhere" magazine, but hasn't been seen or heard from by credible sources since -4/7/22, after he apparently went into seclusion for reasons only known to him at this writing. Research reveals all of Schwarmph'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, and burns seared his throat, leaving him scarred and speachless. 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 his factfinding trip to the Alezan ruins near his home.

Schwarmph has been accused of using his popular tabloid to promote subliminal conspiracy memes against his political adversaries, but not even his most strident critics seems to remember what evidence they had against him on this point. Few of them remain in office or retain any semblance of their former importance, so their names probably aren't worth mentioning here. He is a member of the Brotherhood of Light, which rejects modern auro-sociology as heresy, and holds that light is electromagnetic radiation with little or no bearing on human behavior.

Schwarmph's adoptive brother, Edward, is rumored to be his son by actress Izadora Gutschtup (or an Alezanian, depending on the rumormonger). Records involving the younger Schwarmph's parentage/origin remain sealed by the courts. The brilliant but eccentric recluse is scheduled to produce an anthology called "Aliens, Anywhere?" with the Academy of Conspiracy Theologists this fall. Drafts of the preface released to a few select figures of note for comment are highly sought after among the academics, the public, and the press, but highly controlled by Schwarmph. One purported draft, with forged "certificate of authenticity" was recently debunked by a sharp-eyed scholar at the Aerensplay Bazaar. The vendor was reportedly asking 4,900 Queztones for the faked luminous text.

(tentative draft entry. pending further research. comments welcomed!)