Legendary Creatures (all letters)

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Legendary creatures for no reason<

Letter	Main Candidate	Secondary
A	Alp	Antaeus
B	Banshee	Basilisk
C	Centaur	Chukwa, Chimera
D	Dragon
E	Elf	Encantado
F	Firebird	Faun, Fairy
G	Garuda	Gorgon, Goblin, Gnome, Griffin
H	Hydra	Hippocamp, Hesperides
I	Incubus	Imp, Irin, Inugami
J	Jinn
K	Kraken	Kinnara, Kobold
L	Lilith	Lindworm
M	Mermaid	Mogwai, Manticore, Mandrake, Minotaur
N	Numen	Nawao
O	Ogre	Ouroboros
P	Pegasus	Phoenix
Q	Qilin	Quetzalcoatl
R	Rompo	Revenant
S	Sphinx	Siren, Sandman
T	Titan	Thunderbird
U	Unicorn
V	Vampire	Valkyrie
W	Werewolf	Wyvern
X	Xana
Y	Yale
Z	Zombie

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Letter	Main Candidate	Secondary	Comments
A	Augustus		First official emperor
B	Brutus		Killer of Caesar
C	Caesar		First unofficial emperor
D	Diocletian		Ruled over the Empire at its largest extent
E	Eusebius		First chronicler of the Christian Church
F	Flavius	Fabius	Both are names of gentes, the aristocratic families of Rome
G	Germanicus		Father of crazy Caligula
H	Hadrianus		Roman emperor, usually spelled Hadrian in English
I	Irenaeus		Church theologian
J	Julius		Name of the gens to which Caesar belonged
K	–
L	Livius		Name of a gens, made famous by the historian that goes by its name
M	Marcus		Common name (see Marcus Aurelius and Marcus Antonius) derived from Mars
N	Nero		Emperor famous for burning down Rome
O	Octavius		Common name, for the eight-born
P	Pompeius		Another gens, made famous by several Romans (Pompey)
Q	Quintus		Common name, for the fifth-born
R	Romulus		The founder of Rome
S	Scipio	Sextus, Septimus	A gens made famous by the winner against Carthage
T	Titus	Traianus	Early Roman emperor
U	Ulpius		Gens to which the emperor Trajan belonged
V	Valens		Late emperor, captured by the Persians
W	–
X	–
Y	–
Z	–

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