Flandon Sweeg
primary character in The Slug Named Grendel, Flandon Sweeg was a starship captain who was up to his ears in debt. He was a dangerous, dishonorable man who commanded his ship through fear rather than through comradery. He planned to capture the legendary space slug Grendel and sell it off, hoping to make enough credits to pay off his debtors ans reatin a huge fortune. Flandon, his starship Darkfire, and his crew were all lost in the Borkeen Belt.