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==Literary comment==
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The Great Grey Mossy is based on the titular White Whale from ''[[Moby-Dick]]''.
   
 
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Great Gray Mossy
Fictional Character
Chicxulub Asteroid Missed
POD: 66 million years ago
Appearance(s): "The Quest for the Great Gray Mossy"
Type of Appearance: Direct
Species: Mossy

The Great Gray Mossy was a mossy that had achieved a legendary status among hunters. It was abnormally large, particularly smart, and extremely aggressive. Many had tried to hunt him, but he survived, routinely taking harpoons in stride while charging and attacking his hunters.[1]

One such hunter was Captain Baja. The Great Gray Mossy attacked the ship upon which a young Baja was serving. Baja's face was scarred, and the Great Grey Mossy ate his tail. After Baja was rescued, a blacksmith seared the wound shut,[2] and Baja wore a prosthetic made of mossy bone.[3] Vowing revenge, Baja spent the remainder of his life on a quest for the Great Grey Mossy. He captained the Queepahd at the end of his life.[4]

Literary comment

The Great Grey Mossy is based on the titular White Whale from Moby-Dick.

References

  1. Analog, Vol. CXXXX, Nos 1 & 2, January/February, 2020, pgs. 57.
  2. Ibid., pgs. 57.
  3. Ibid. pg. 55.
  4. Ibid.