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The [[:Image:Ellen.jpg|symbol for Ellen]] is described as a hammer surrounded by four stars. In [[Interview:iStory follow up|an interview]], digital writer [[Tom Inkel]] explained that the symbol consists of a vertical hammer with stars at diagonals. "It looks a bit like the Shoo Fly or Bear's Claw patterns that people used to put on quilts to signal slaves using the Underground Railroad during the Civil War." In an email, he further clarified that the layout should be a "blocky hammer with a square of stars...The symbol was never actually made into a quilt, it just bears similarities to the Civil War quilts. Most of the time, the fugitives just drew it like scratches on the wall, like the symbols drifters would use to mark the houses of people according to their generosity." |
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Additionally, there was originally a scrapped idea for fans to upload an artist's rendering of the symbol. This was to be part of a larger project which assigned tasks to fans to submit art based on a detail mentioned in the story, and the best art would have appeared in future chapters. |
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==Trivia== |
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* The name "Ellen" is derived from [[Linda Niles]]'s initials, L. N. |
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Revision as of 01:46, 29 May 2009
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| Purpose: | To help evolved humans escape being captured. |
| First appearance | The Agent |
| Known leader: | Leona Mills |
| Known members: | Victor and Valerie |
Ellen is the name given for the underground railway used to smuggle evolved humans away from danger.
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Symbol
The symbol for Ellen is described as a hammer surrounded by four stars. In an interview, digital writer Tom Inkel explained that the symbol consists of a vertical hammer with stars at diagonals. "It looks a bit like the Shoo Fly or Bear's Claw patterns that people used to put on quilts to signal slaves using the Underground Railroad during the Civil War." In an email, he further clarified that the layout should be a "blocky hammer with a square of stars...The symbol was never actually made into a quilt, it just bears similarities to the Civil War quilts. Most of the time, the fugitives just drew it like scratches on the wall, like the symbols drifters would use to mark the houses of people according to their generosity."
Additionally, there was originally a scrapped idea for fans to upload an artist's rendering of the symbol. This was to be part of a larger project which assigned tasks to fans to submit art based on a detail mentioned in the story, and the best art would have appeared in future chapters.
Trivia
- The name "Ellen" is derived from Linda Niles's initials, L. N.