![Ichabod Crane is toast.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmVuFrRqF4tnxpgm9VRwf-hDVATvBy9HVDpAUx4m32RGLCUQf2zLrfopBr3Y9A8kGERqwoDoFNv2VtOJouwmqLa3dfS4UzCnSbd8JvykDUODOcbbi8nHVENpo_rOleRPA_fXlHM10C8p4P/s400/Knight-of-Autumn-Gate.jpg)
In Dreamblade this dude is the Knight of the Autumn Gate. That's a pretty cool title but to me he's the Bugbear King. I know he doesn't look anything like a bugbear, but at one time bugbears looked like him! The first illustration of a bugbear appeared in OD&D Supplement I: Greyhawk. Dig it:
![Bugbears and ghouls have friends? Who knew?](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKsB381ad_HRJTaRB6WWOyWrxFVJKUTucTmjo3vyfpexCiEnlwcRX-Sg6ofGTvlqmNYA3qWBizabRpvLwXFuE4iQ9EjC9UalO5vcIYXaf0HmBoXAW49HiSuUnjZF-d5dBbREawjC2zWuTh/s400/greyhawkbugbear.gif)
Pretty much every subsequent appearance of the bugbear since then has depicted the giant goblinoids we all know and loathe. Turns out the creepy jack-o-lantern dude above was the result of a miscommunication. Gary Gygax once explained over at Dragonsfoot. "The pumpkin-headed bugbear was an artist taking literally my description of the monster as having a head like a pumpkin, i.e large, round flat oval."
The pumpkin-head version of the bugbear survived in Runequest under the name Jack-o-bear, so you can actually find a few lead minis of this throwback design. But a prepainted plastic figure was just too cool to pass up. Especially with that flaming sword, awesome armor, and wicked grin.
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