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Nancy: In Bizarro land Nancy was one of the students who fought the vampires with Giles. She was killed shortly after the arrival of Cordelia.

Nevlacon, The Orbs of: two red orbs that imbue their possessor with strength and invulnerability. The Trio stole them from their demon owners. Warren used the orbs to beat up Frankie and Xander in a bar. He then used them to try and rob a security van, but Buffy foiled his plan and smashed the orbs. See also jetpacks.

Newman, Miss Grace: teacher at Sunnydale High School in 1955. Had an affair with one of her students, James Stanley. He shot and killed her on the night of the Sadie Hawkins Dance when she tried to break up with him. In 1998 their spirits began to possess people and re-enact the tragedy. See also Miss Frank.

Newman, Kathy: Buffy’s first roommate at UC Sunnydale. Kathy was obsessively neat and loved pop music. She was actually a 3,000-year-old Mok-tagar demon who had fled her own dimension to escape her controlling father, Taparrich. Kathy tried to steal Buffy’s soul using The Ritual of Mok-tagar. Taparrich eventually tracked her to the college and took her home.

Niblet: Spike’s pet name for Dawn.

Nigerian mask: Joyce brought it home from a collection at the gallery, and used it to decorate her bedroom. It held the power of a zombie demon called Ova Mubani. At night the mask’s eyes glowed red and it reanimated the dead. If a zombie put the mask on it then became the demon incarnate. See also Pat.

Norman Pfister: see The Bug Man.

North Western University: one of the universities to which Buffy got accepted.

Nurse Greenleigh: see School Nurse, The.