In one universe, Dwain Carter and his sister Karolyn Carter were 21st century descendants of Randolph Carter who carried on his legacy of opposing Nyarlathotep. This translated into them trying to gather all Shining Trapezohedra, of which there were at least four. Having learned that the “damn fourth Shining Trapezohedron” was in Manhattan, the siblings were on their way there when they learned thanks to the Multidimensional Finders Service that the gem was being held by Nyarlathotep himself, who was waiting for them. Changing course, they were permitted by Yog-Sothoth to take refuge in Kadath, which apparently put them beyond the reach of Nyarlathotep. (PROSE: Who Laws the Lawyers?)
Behind the scenes
In her author's comments for Who Laws the Lawyers?, Delilah H. Smith pointed out that the etymology of Dwain's name equated it with “Shadow”, thus doubling the joke of the line about “that damn fourth Shining Trapezohedron”, a reference to a meme related to the Sonic the Hedgehod franchise and featuring Shadow the Hedgehog.
| Randolph Carter is a recurring protagonist in Lovecraft’s stories, in at least one of which Nyarlathotep was the antagonist. I figured it’s like ninety years after Randolph’s adventures, so let’s give him some descendants instead. “Karolyn” just sprang to my mind randomly; “Dwain” is one possible anglicization of the Irish name “Dubhán”, which has the ultimate definition of “little dark one”. In other words, he’s “Shadow the Carter”, as in “where’s that DAMN fourth Chaos Emerald?” Dwain “The Shadow” Carter. (I didn’t actually know about Li'l Wayne, so I had to change the spelling from what I originally had …) Being that this story is released as Creative Commons 0, you don’t need any permission to use Karolyn or Shadow Carter.
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