Khrysalis

Actias NightOrb – Luna Moth (Actias Luna) / The Scorpions
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Actias_NightOrb
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Quest:Blackout
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_moth
https://adoptandshop.org/the-mysterious-connection-between-scorpions-and-moths/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpions_(band)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackout_(Scorpions_album)

Adele Dazeem – Idina Menzel (voice of Elsa in Disney’s Frozen) by way of John Travolta’s introduction at the 2014 Oscars
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Adele_Dazeem
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Ice_Angler
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Quest:Frozen_Sun
https://youtu.be/DK7gzArTI0w
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idina_Menzel
https://www.today.com/popculture/idina-menzel-reflects-john-travolta-messing-name-2014-oscars-rcna1960
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_(2013_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_(Frozen)
https://youtu.be/moSFlvxnbgk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_It_Go

Aemon Nighteyes – Aemon, the maester at Castle Black
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Aemon_NightEyes
https://vulcanstev.blog/2024/02/17/pop-culture-references-of-wizard101-khrysalis-gerodi-romo-and-aemon-nighteyes/
https://gameofthrones.fandom.com/wiki/Aemon

Archmagus Lorcan – Lorkhan, the Missing God from the Elder Scrolls
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Archmagus_Lorcan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Lorkhan

Avarik SavageCry – Ric Savage or Rick Savage
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Avarik_SavageCry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ric_Savage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Savage

Brendan DreamingCity – Michael Moorcock’s novella “The Dreaming City”, Elric of Melniboné’s first appearance
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Brendan_DreamingCity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elric_of_Melnibon%C3%A9
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_Champion

Bumbler Twenty-One & Bumbler Twenty-Four – Henchman 21 & Henchman 24 from the Venture Bros.
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Bumbler_Twenty-One
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Bumbler_Twenty-Four
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Quest:Reliving_Twenty-One
https://venturebrothers.fandom.com/wiki/Henchman_21
https://venturebrothers.fandom.com/wiki/Henchman_24
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Venture_Bros.

Carrier Hornet – USS Hornet (CV-8) and USS Hornet (CV-12)
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Carrier_Hornet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hornet_(CV-8)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hornet_(CV-12)

Chihooly GlassShaper – Dale Chihuly
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Chihooly_GlassShaper
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Quest:Heart_of_Glass
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Chihuly
https://youtu.be/WGU_4-5RaxU

Confused Phantom aka Allderan NoMoon – Star Wars planet Alderaan and the Death Star
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Confused_Phantom
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Allderan_NoMoon
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Alderaan
https://youtu.be/-FM5bksrImg

Desiccated Treebeard – Treebeard from Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Desiccated_Treebeard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treebeard

Dorian BrightEyes – “Total Eclipse of the Heart” by Bonnie Tyler and Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Dorian_BrightEyes
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Quest:How_I_Learned_to_Stop_Worrying
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Eclipse_of_the_Heart
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Strangelove
https://youtu.be/lcOxhH8N3Bo

Duran DuneFather – Duran Duran and their song “A View to a Kill”
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Duran_DuneFather
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/Quest:A_View_to_a_Curse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duran_Duran
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_View_to_a_Kill_(song)
https://youtu.be/Fp4CR2HcHLQ?si=KeGZcyW0GbBvjcFC

Dyvim WhiteHart – Dyvim Slorm or Dyvim Tvar of the Elric of Melniboné stories
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Dyvim_WhiteHart
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elric_of_Melnibon%C3%A9

Edwin the ArcaneArchitect – Edwin Lutyens
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Edwin_the_ArcaneArchitect
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Lutyens

Evandyr HalfEar & his minions – Evander Holyfield, Muhammed Ali, Rocky Balboa, & Mike Tyson
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Evandyr_HalfEar
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Quest:Friendly_Fight
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evander_Holyfield
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Balboa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Tyson

Ezekiel the Lucent – Ezekiel a Hebrew prophet
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Ezekiel_the_Lucent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezekiel

Geordi NightEyes – Geordi La Forge
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Geordi_NightEyes
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Geordi_La_Forge

Geordi, Romo, and Aemon Nighteyes – Three Blind Mice
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Geordi_NightEyes
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Romo_NightEyes
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Aemon_NightEyes
https://vulcanstev.blog/2023/07/14/pop-culture-references-of-wizard101-khrysalis-geordi-nighteyes/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Blind_Mice
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/26060/26060-h/26060-h.htm
https://youtu.be/fJR9ladarls
https://shrek.fandom.com/wiki/The_Three_Blind_Mice

Ghost Dog – Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai / Greavard “Ghost Dog” Pokémon
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Ghost_Dog_(Shadow)
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Ghost_Dog_(Gallery)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Dog:The_Way_of_the_Samurai https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Greavard(Pok%C3%A9mon)

Gluttonous Blatta – The Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal from The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Gluttonous_Blatta
https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Ravenous_Bugblatter_Beast_of_Traal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_(number)

Grimhilde IronSpear – Queen Grimhilde (The Evil Queen from Snow White) and Brunhilda the Valkyrie
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Grimhilde_IronSpear
https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Queen_Grimhilde
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunhild

Hanzo YellowEye – Scorpion, Hanzo Hasashi from the Mortal Kombat games
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Hanzo_YellowEye
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Kombat_Skorpion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Kombat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpion_(Mortal_Kombat)

Hoza – Hosea a Hebrew prophet
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Hoza
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Hosea

Inquisitor Ximenez – Cardinal Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros and the Spanish Inquisition and the Monty Python Spanish Inquisition sketch.
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Inquisitor_Ximenez
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Jim%C3%A9nez_de_Cisneros
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Inquisition
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spanish_Inquisition_(Monty_Python)
https://youtu.be/D5Df191WJ3o?si=YzKfsaIlwdLx_Tl0

Jennyfer HartSong – Jennifer Hart from the American TV series Hart to Hart
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Jennyfer_HartSong
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_to_Hart

Jhae and Bawb AskewedView – Jay and Silent Bob
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Jhae_AskewedView
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Bawb_AskewedView
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Quest:A_Voice_for_the_Silent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_and_Silent_Bob
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View_Askew_Productions

Jhaelen SmokeRider – “Bullet with Butterfly Wings” by The Smashing Pumpkins
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Jhaelen_SmokeRider
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smashing_Pumpkins
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet_with_Butterfly_Wings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-r-V0uK4u0

King Alric FateSailor – Elric of Melniboné
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:King_Alric_FateSailor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elric_of_Melnibon%C3%A9
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sailor_on_the_Seas_of_Fate

Kravenly the Hunter – Kraven the Hunter and General Zaroff from “The Most Dangerous Game”
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Kravenly_the_Hunter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraven_the_Hunter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Dangerous_Game

Ozzric – Ozric Tentacles, Smashing Pumpkins, Butternut Squash
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Ozzric
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Quest:Rat_in_a_Cage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozric_Tentacles
https://youtu.be/1EJRPrzfNcU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smashing_Pumpkins
https://youtu.be/8-r-V0uK4u0
https://www.facebook.com/butternutsquashband/

Ozzy – “Ozzy” Osbourne
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Ozzy_(Khrysalis)
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Quest:Bats,_Man!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozzy_Osbourne
https://www.madmagazine.com/blog/2013/01/24/a-mad-tribute-to-the-original-batmobile

Papa Jacobo – Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Papa_Jacobo
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Quest:The_Rarest_Egg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Roach
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Resort_(song)
https://youtu.be/j0lSpNtjPM8

Prester the BlazingWind – Prester John
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Prester_the_Blazingwind
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prester_John
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prester_John_(comics)

Robb BurrowBuilder – Bob the Builder and Robert Geoffrey Burrow MBE
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Robb_BurrowBuilder
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_the_Builder
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Burrow

Romo Nighteyes – Romo Blinds
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Romo_NightEyes
https://vulcanstev.blog/2024/02/17/pop-culture-references-of-wizard101-khrysalis-gerodi-romo-and-aemon-nighteyes/
https://www.romo.com/
https://www.grahamsandersoninteriors.com/roman-blinds/romo

Roze the MouseHunter – The Rose of the Elric of Melniboné stories
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Roze_the_MouseHunter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elric_of_Melnibon%C3%A9
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_Champion

Saul the OneWhoKnows – James Morgan “Jimmy” McGill, aka Saul Goodman from Breaking Bad
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Saul_the_OneWhoKnows
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Goodman

Stinger Bell – Stringer Bell from The Wire
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Stinger_Bell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stringer_Bell

Taylor Coleridge – Samuel Taylor Coleridge and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Taylor_Coleridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rime_of_the_Ancient_Mariner
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43997/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-text-of-1834

Thunder Snake – AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck”
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Thunder_Snake
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/Quest:Sun_Storm
https://youtu.be/v2AC41dglnM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderstruck_(song)

Tristam YoungBlood and Isolde TrueGrace – Tristan and Isolde from the Arthurian Legends
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Tristam_YoungBlood
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Isolde_TrueGrace
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_and_Iseult

Yadullah – Abdulla al-Hadj
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Yadullah
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdulla_al-Hadj

Zarozinia the DeathSong – Zarozinia, Elric of Melniboné’s wife
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Zarozinia_the_DeathSong
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elric_of_Melnibon%C3%A9
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_Champion

Zed – Zeds Dead, a Canadian EDM group and Zed from Pulp Fiction
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Zed
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/Quest:Zed%27s_Dead,_Baby
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeds_Dead
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_Fiction
https://youtu.be/5lL1ypndnWA

Zelda the PhantomKnight – Princess Zelda from the Legend of Zelda video game series
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Zelda_the_PhantomKnight
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Zelda

Zelonious the BlueMonk – Thelonious Sphere Monk
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Zelonious_the_BlueMonk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelonious_Monk
https://youtu.be/FRUWtrgTpcs

Z’ur Grush – The Zerg Rush, a battle tactic from Starcraft
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Z%27ur_Grush
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/zerg-rush
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarCraft_(video_game)
https://youtu.be/jNMocWgp9oE

Zurellia the ChitinSmasher – Whiterun Guard from Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Zurellia_the_ChitinSmasher
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_V:_Skyrim
https://youtu.be/ZMp3TMpNHBc

Cool Facts and Puns
Khrysalis is a play on the word Chrysalis (noun), the hardened outer protective layer of a pupa or a protecting covering.

Detention Block AA-23 In the quest, Detention Block, sugar gliders are being held prisoner in detention block AA-23. Political prisoners were held in detention block AA on the Death Star and Princess Leia was held in AA-23.

Allan GhostDust – Allan and his unique quest were introduced on December 12th, 2013, after a boy named Allan visited Kingsisle through the Make-a-Wish program.

K’Tor Jorrel – It has been suggested to me by more than one person that this NPC was inspired by Captain Carter. Which Captain Carter? Not enough information to say.

Lord Ombra – Valencian minion to Archmagus Lorcan, trained in Shadow magic and servant of Morganthe. “Ombra” means “Shadow” in Italian. (Thank you Ashley D.)

Spiders are guarding the “Way of Ungol” – Ungoliant is the mother spirit of spiders in Middle Earth lore (Thank you Ashley D.)