Freddie Kroaker, the Arcane Toad – Freddy Krueger
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Robert Fredrick Murleybohn, better known as Freddie Kroaker or the Arcane Toad, is a member of the Cabal who traveled with Judge Veg when the latter went back to his homeworld of Wallaru following his experiences inside a Cavity. Veg and Kroaker did the Walkabout together with the intent of entering the Dreaming but only made it to the Great Barrier in the Eucalyptus Forest before being turned away by the Drovers. Kroaker managed to find his own way into the Dreaming. He then used his newfound power and influence to corrupt the minds of Wallaruans.
Freddie intended to use their anger and prejudices to recreate and bring to life a Juggernaut Crab, which he would then use to destroy the Great Barrier, drown the Spiral in the Dreaming, and restore the First World. His plans were thwarted when your Wizard and their allies entered the Dreaming themselves and fought and defeated Freddie as the Juggernaut Crab was being imbued with power. After Kroaker’s defeat, his creation known as Malus still lived within the Nightmare, fostering hatred and prejudices in the minds of Wallaruans once more and threatening to not only ruin negotiations but spark a civil war. The Wizard, being the only one capable of resisting Malus’s influence, traveled into the Nightmare and ultimately defeated him, bringing Wallaru back to a peaceful state.
“All we are is a collection of dreams. If they die… well… we get washed away with them.“
― Freddie Kroaker
Freddie Kroaker: “You’re here. And just in time. At last, my true dream is complete.”
Judge Veg: “Freddie, what have you made?”
Freddie Kroaker: “I recreated one of the lost creatures, dried up and depleted with the Dreaming… the one-time scourge of Wallaru’s depths… …The Juggernaut Crab! Soon, it will live, imbued with the hatreds of Wallaru that I have fostered, the Malus of generations, a living battering ram of toxic soul stuff! With it, I will tear down the Great Barrier and flood all the Spiral in the Dreaming. Then, truly, at long last, we will be unified in mind and possibility. We will be the First World REBORN!”
A Nightmare on Elm Street is an American supernatural slasher media franchise consisting of nine films, a television series, novels, comic books, and various other media. The franchise began with the film A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), written and directed by Wes Craven. The overall plot of the franchise centers around the fictional character Freddy Krueger, the apparition of a former child killer who was burned alive by the vengeful parents of his victims, who returns from the grave to terrorize and kill the teenage residents of the fictional Springwood, Ohio in their dreams. Craven returned to the franchise to co-script the second sequel, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), and to write and direct Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994). The films collectively grossed $472 million at the box office worldwide.
Freddy Krueger is a fictional character and the antagonist of the A Nightmare on Elm Street horror film franchise. Created by Wes Craven, he made his debut in Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) as the malevolent spirit of a child killer who had been burned to death by his victims’ parents after evading prison. Krueger goes on to murder his victims in their dreams, causing their deaths in the real world as well. In the dream world, he is a powerful force and seemingly invulnerable. However, whenever Freddy is pulled back into the real world, he has normal human vulnerabilities and can be destroyed. He is commonly identified by his burned, disfigured face, dirty red-and-green-striped sweater and brown fedora, and trademark metal-clawed, brown leather, right hand glove. This glove was the product of Krueger’s own imagination, having welded the blades himself before using it to murder many of his victims, both in the real and dream worlds. Over the course of the film series, Freddy has battled several reoccurring survivors including Nancy Thompson and Alice Johnson. The character was consistently portrayed by Robert Englund in the original film series as well as in the television spin-off Freddy’s Nightmares. The reboot portrays him as an undead groundskeeper accused of molesting the students.
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