This is an attempt to capture for reference a character paper snapshot of the character Joseph Wade Kondor, a major character in the Multiverser novels who debuts in Verse Three, Chapter One and returns in Old Verses New.  He does not appear in For Better or Verse, but is mentioned by the other characters often enough to warrant including those references here, and he returns in Spy Verses, Garden of Versers, Versers Versus Versers, and In Verse Proportion.  This character sheet includes everything that is confirmed about him, plus a few extrapolations, in those seven books, and thus represents him as he is at the end of the last, the eighth Multiverser novel.

The picture was dug up on the Internet as an approximate image of him; it's not completely accurate, but it will suffice.

To assist the referee, most entries include at least one coded reference to a chapter or chapters in which the item is mentioned; thus by cross-referencing with the story you can determine the details.  The chapters are identified by which character's story is being told, and thus most of those here begin with "Ko"; this is followed by a three-digit number indicating the chapter number for that character, not the chapter number for the book.  Thus if you want to find the first reference to his cybernetic eye, you read here that it appears in Ko003, and on the index page for the first novel you search for the text "Kondor 3" and that will take you to the link for that chapter.  Obviously the chapters beginning "Ha" are Lauren's story, and thus "Hastings", those beginning "Sl" are Bob's story, "Slade", those beginning "Br" are Derek's story, "Brown", "Be" is "Beam", and "Ta" is "Takano", Tommy's chapters.

• The first novel ends with Kondor 41, Slade 42, and Hastings 43.
• The second contains Kondor 42 through 96, Hastings 44 through 95, and Brown 1 through 55.
• The third consists of Hastings 96 through 136, Slade 43 through 92, and Brown 56 through 96.
• The fourth Kondor 97 through 136, Brown 97 through 160, and Slade 93 through 135.
• The fifth Kondor 137 through 154, Hastings 137 through 172, Slade 136 through 154, Brown 161 through 178, and Beam 1 through 41.
• The sixth Kondor 155 through 171, Hastings 173 through 184, Slade 155 through 167, Brown 179 through 195, Beam 42 through 54, and Takano 1 through 12.
• The seventh Hastings 186 through 232, Takano 13 through 59, and Beam 56 through through 117.
• This eighth book contains Kondor 172 through 222, Slade 168 through 213, and Brown 196 through 245.

Joseph Wade Kondor Ko001 Ko059 Br045

A.K.A.:  Kondor Ko001

A.K.A.:  Jo-Suede Candor, by the people of the Vorgo world, who didn't get his name right Ko021 Ko058 Ko059

A.K.A.:  Joe Ko063, by Lauren Hastings Ha037 and Bob Slade Sl037 and friends Ko046 and Vorgo Mystery co-workers Ko077, by self Ko177 Ko188 Ko198

A.K.A.:  Joseph Ko048 by Captain John Ko068 by Professor Merrick

A.K.A.:  Joseph Kondor Ko073 by N.I.B. agents, Leah Ko205.

A.K.A.:  Doctor Joseph Wade Kondor by Vorgo Mystery management Ko082 Sl093 Doctor Kondor by Slade at Twin River Valley Ko136 Ko138 Sl155 or Doctor Ko169

A.K.A.:  Joe Kondor by Slade to Shella Ko098

A.K.A.:  Sire by Shella Ko098 or M’lord Sl112 or Doctor Kondor Ko132

A.K.A.:  Captain Joseph Wade Kondor, to Colonel Roberts Ko116 Sl155

A.K.A.:  +Hero of the Realm, the Twin Rivers Caliphate Ha180

A.K.A.:  Captain, by Zeke Ko172

A.K.A.:  Thrice-honored hero of the realms, and Honored one, by Mohammed Ko177 Ko178 and Leah Ko181 Ko183 Ko198 Ko209

A.K.A.:  Thrice-honored Doctor Kondor, and Honored Doctor, by Amir of the Southern River Bend Ko180

A.K.A.:  ‘M’lord, by Leah, to which he objects Ko183

A.K.A.:  Thrice-honored hero of the realm Captain Doctor Joseph Wade Kondor, by the Caliph at his wedding Ko185

A.K.A.:  Sir, by Zilpah Ko207

A.K.A.:  Choe, by the Parakeet People Sl206

WEAKNESSES:
Atheist, will not recognize existence of magic.
Nervous about cemeteries and places where the dead are kept; says it's a reminder of his own mortality, but knows that's not true.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
Height:  Near 6' Ko001 Ko043 Ko090 Taller than Zeke Ko128
Weight: 
Current Hair Style:  Army Short
Hair Color:  Brown/Black Ko001 Ko043
Age:  Young Ko001 About 19 or 20 Ha037 near Slade’s age who is older than 21 Sl037 was 20 Br045 older than 17 Ha116
Eye Color:  Brown Ko001 Ko043
Facial Hair:  Unshaven Ko001
Birthmarks, Tatoos, or other unusual markings: 
Other Description:  Black Ko001 well-muscled Ko001 Ko043

SKILLS:

TECH

PSI

MAG

BOD

Equipment

Known Exclusions

World List
Stage 3 Ko097 Ko116

1. NagaWorld:  killed by unidentified attacker in glass city Ko190
2. Mary Piper Space:  killed by grenade blast Ko105 Ko190
3. Sherwood Forest:  killed by arrow to throat Ko105 Ko190
4. Quest for the Vorgo:  killed by attacking undead Ko105 Ko190
5. Parakeet Valley:  killed by spear thrust Ha044 Ko105 Ko131 Ko190 Ko190
6. Mary Piper Sea:  Killed in sinking ship by explosion Ko056 Ko105 Ko190
7. Vorgo Mystery:  Ko057 killed by exploding experimental kinetic artillery blaster Ko084 Ko105 Ko190
8. Terranova Habitat Ko085 killed by vacuum. Ko105 Ko131 Ha174 Ko190
9. Race War:  Ko097 killed by stray artillery Sl115 Ko116 Sl137 Ko190
10. Fort Porthos:  Ko116 killed by exploding bomb Ko124 Ko137 Ko190
11. Twin River Valley a.k.a. Fantasy Arabia:  Ko125 Ko172 Ko190 killed by swordsmen Ko212
12. Parakeet Industrial Revolution Ko212 Sl204

Identified Characteristics

Personal History

Joseph Wade Kondor was a bachelor, a U. S. Soldier, a medic, versed out by some type of military experiment. In NagaWorld, he was killed by a giant spider; he didn't get a good look at it beyond shooting it. His stay in NagaWorld was probably short; there is no evidence he saw anything other than the spiders in the glass city. His Uncle Ty was a hunter and a woodsman, first mentioned in Sherwood Forest. He had an Uncle Whit who used witticisms and proverbs, first mentioned while he was seeking the Vorgo. He doesn't often curse or swear; his mother washed his mouth out with soap for doing so, and he remembers.

Enlisted at 18 Ko155. Versed out at 20 Ko155 because of army electronics experiment using scriff, about the year 2000 Ko085.

In Mary Piper (beta) he was able to hide among the crew for some time by borrowing some clothes and pretending to be one of them. When caught, he used the "strange woman in a bar" explanation for his presence. Following an accident, his left eye was replaced by a Meritronics Cybereye. The controls for it are on the inside of his left forearm. He can adjust the range of the rod-like sensors to receive light at a wider or narrower range of frequencies, and adjust each of three sets of cone-like sensors to almost any radio frequency, perceiving these as red, blue, and green. He is teetotal, avoiding alcohol and any other substance which affects his mind more than caffeine. In the end, he caught a grenade so that a friend, Walters, would not be hit by the blast. It was during that event that he began to realize how precious the lives of indigs were.

He has an Aunt Zakiya, in her mid-thirties, younger than his mother, who tried to get him to go to church, and made good chocolate chip cookies. She always told him magic was dangerous Ha181. Uncle Ty taught him to shoot and gave him his first gun, and also taught him about hunting. Uncle Whitney, his grandfather's brother, is married to Aunt Mary. There was lots of extended family and friends around.

He was named for his grandfather Ko059

Joined by Lieutenant Ezekiel “Zeke” Smith leaving Fort Porthos Ko137

He was approached for an arranged marriage Ko177 to the sister Leah of the Amir of the Southwest Amirate, Mohammed Ko181, and impressed by her rational way of selecting him for a husband Ko181 he agrees Ko183 and marries her Ko185.  He recognizes thereafter that he is part of her family Ko199.  Leah was killed in a Coptic ambush Ko212 and he blames himself for her death Sl205

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