DUKE KROST

Real Name: Unrevealed;
    Krost may or may not be his surname

Identity/Class: Alternate Reality (Reality-39719) Extradimensional/Alien World/ and/or Extraterrestrial (Pandrakon)

Occupation: Hunter, fisher, at least

Group Membership: The Krosts

Affiliations: His snark;
    formerly Nomi U'det

Enemies: Spyke Jones, Nomi U'det;
    presumably other members of the royal families on Squall or elsewhere

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: The Duke of Krost

Base of Operations: Unrevealed;
    formerly his snark within the oceans of Pandrakon;
    he was presumably transported there from Squall or Earth

First Appearance: Spyke#3 (September, 1993)

Powers/Abilities: Duke Krost accumulated some lifebulb energy presumably via human sacrifice. He contained within him a gate to the world of Vera, which was accessed via his death. It also allowed him to briefly project his astral self after his physical death.

    He lived aboard a snark, a giant shark-like creature that he had built into living quarters and used to catch food.

History:
(Spyke#3 (fb) - BTS) - Pandrakon was one a beautiful world with divisions between the land and sea, with abundant fish and fruit from trees. The Krosts, one of the royal families on the world of Squall, discovered Pandrakon and started developing gates, snatching native children for conversion. The Impariels learned of Pandrakon and broke the Krost boycott and set up their own beachhead.

    A full war broke out with the two sides using powerful world-destroying machines, and one of the sides used a weapon to destroy the sun.

    Eventually, the planet was left a world without fresh air, and beings could only survive by capturing a snark (a giant shark-like creature), lobotomizing and taking control of it, and using bionic implants to give it a number of living spaces.

    The Duke of Krost occasionally encountered Nomi U'det, who also lived there within her own snark, and he established a standing offer where he traded her food in return for sex.

    At some point, the Duke either traveled to Earth or encountered someone (or multiple beings) from Earth. He acquired a Grateful Dead t-shirt and a Chicago Cubs hat. He also wore cut off shorts and high-top sneakers that looked very terrestrial.

    He acquired some life energies, referred to as a lifebulb, presumably by sacrificing others

Spyke#3) - Nomi located the Duke's snark. Knowing that he might attack if he knew someone was with her, she had Spyke stay hidden. From his snark, the Duke greeted Nomi, telling her that he had found a batch of camids and asked how she had been, and she told him that she had not had much luck and that she may join him for dinner if the offer was still open. Considering this divine, he invited her over, noting that he might even have something for her snark...and maybe even some wine.

    Nomi told him she was coming over, but Spyke instead swam into the Duke's snark. As the Duke prepared to greet her, Spyke caught him offguard, kicking him in the chest and causing him to drop his knife and then stabbing him in the chest. The Duke's death opened a gate to Vera to which Spyke was transported. Regretting having damaged the shirt, Spyke took the Duke's hat before vanishing.

    Manifesting an image of himself on Vera via his lifebulb, the Duke informed Spyke that the seeming paradise he was seeing initially was just a trick. He further advised Spyke that he should use the energy Spyke had stolen from him and the others he had killed. Telling Spyke that the hat looked good on him, the Duke waved goodbye and vanished, after which Spyke found himself alone in a frozen wasteland.

Comments: Created by Mike Baron and Bill Reinhold as part of the creator-owned Epic Imprint.

    Duke Krost did not seem to resent Spyke for having killed him.

    Spyke had made a big deal about not wanting to kill innocent people, but he had no qualms about killing Duke Krost, whom he barely knew. Trading food for sex doesn't seem like much of a crime in a hostile environment. I guess he may have taken part in destroying Pandrakon's environment, and he presumably slew people to gain their life energies and to be transported to other worlds.

    Earth-39719 Beings from Squall and other realms sought to conquer Earth, accessing various dimensions by slaying a being containing a gate, opposed by Spyke Jones and his allies. Spyke #1 (!993)

    This profile was completed 05/26/2025, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25^th anniversary's celebratory event.

Profile by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
The Duke of Krost should be distinguished from:

• DUKE BLEYS - see SYM. Alias used while posing as advisor to Magik/Sefton while allied with the malevolent entity inadvertently created by her--Magik II#2
  
• DUKE STRATOSPHERE of Earth-928 circa 2099 A.D. ( ) – Avalon Five, legendary net-glider, rides Chaos--Doom 2099#6
• other "Duke" or "Krost" characters, groups, items, events, races or places...

• SNARK race - aka [ZN'RX] extraterrestrial race, ruled by clans. Reptilian bipeds, large tails--Power Pack I#1
• SNARKS - varying race of creatures--Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark
• other "Snark" characters, groups, items, races or places

Snarks are large shark-like sea creatures on the world Pandrakon     Following a war between the Krosts and another family, the planet was left a world without fresh air, and beings could only survive by capturing a snark (a giant shark-like creature), lobotomizing and taking control of it, and using bionic implants to give it a number of living spaces. The Duke of Krost used one, and Nomi U'det allegedly claimed the last one --

First posted: 09/11/2026
Last updated: 05/26/2025

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