From _Gruswald's Encyclopedia of the Occult_ volume 11, Ly-Mor (Isham Gruswald; Oxford, England; Oxford University Press; 1964)MEDALLION OF ZULO: One ...f a set of an estimated fifty transformative devices created for self-defense by the M'barduu tribe of Central Africa in the ninth century.The expanding Islamic empire of Timbuktu began to encroach on M'barduu territories circa 870. The tribe was recovering from a generation-long war, and its warrior class was decimated. A tribal shaman whose. The other ladies giggled.“OK, who would be the best as Elphaba? They must be fourteen or older. I want everyone’s opinion ... Jennifer?”“Either Joan Prefontayne or Shirley Wicks,” she said more quickly than I expected.“Ally?”She thought about it for a while, and said, “Joan would be good ... yeah, Joan is my choice.”“Katie, who do you pick?” I said.“I think Shirley has a better voice, but Joan would bring her attitude with her. You need that ... I pick Joan.”“Ms. Janice Forrester, what do you. In a flash, the girl lunged forward on the ground, wrapping her arms around Scott’s ankles. “Brave American, I ask your pity!” she said, her English clearly heard even through her tears. “I seek asylum with your leaders! Please!”Moved by her emotional plea, Scott knelt down and gently helped the girl to her feet, tilting her head to look him in the eyes as he did so. He made sure to give a warm smile for her, letting her know that he would do her no harm. Once she was up, he saw the bump. "Come with me then," Julia takes my hand and leads me into the bathroom.She sits me down on the toilet with the seat and lid down. Then Juliatakes a bag of various make-up stuff off the top of the little cabinetand sits on the edge of the bath.She makes me hold still while she chooses various different potions andapplies them to my face. She keeps up a running commentary on what she isusing, but most of it goes in one ear and out the other. I notice she isfocusing a lot on my eyes. It is.