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Octarus: member of The Order of Teraka. Has one eye. Looks like a Hell’s Angel who has lost his bike! One of three hired by Spike to eliminate The Slayer. Tried to assassinate Buffy at a skating rink, but she killed him by kicking him in the throat with her skate. See also The Bug Man and Patrice.

Olaf: Anya’s boyfriend when she was human. He cheated on her and she turned him into a troll as penance. Olaf came to enjoy being a troll, but was trapped inside a crystal by some witches. He stayed imprisoned until Willow and Anya accidentally let him out. Willow later banished him to a troll dimension. See also troll hammer.

Old Man Coltenbach: see Coltenbach, Old Man.

Old Ones, The: name for the demons who used to inhabit the Earth before human beings.

Olivia: old friend of Giles’s from England, and temporarily his lover. Olivia knew Giles in his ‘Ripper’ days. She came to stay with him for a while when Buffy started college.

Olvicon, The Legend of: legend of a pure demon that was killed by a volcanic eruption. Also known as the Legend of Olukai.

Orb of Thesala: spirit ball for the rituals of the undead. Looks like a little ‘crystal ball’. Jenny Calendar bought one to use in the Ritual of Restoration. Most of the orbs are now sold as paperweights, as the liturgy on how to use them has been lost for years. See also Transliteration Annuls for the Rituals of the Undead.

Orbs of Nevlacon, The: see Nevlacon, The Orbs of.

Order of Teraka: see Teraka, The Order of.

Orlando: One of the Knights of Byzantium. Ended up in a mental ward after being brain sucked by Glory. There he encountered Dawn, and told her she needed to be killed. Orlando was freed from the mental ward by some of the other knights, but was later stabbed to death by Dante Chevalier.

Osborne, Daniel: see Oz.

Osiris, The Urn of: Anya got the last known urn on ebay from a dessert gnome in Cairo. Willow needed it to perform the resurrection ritual on Buffy.

O’Toole, Jack: killed in a drive-by shooting, but his Grandfather brought him back as a zombie within ten minutes. Reanimated three of his dead friends, Parker, Bob and Dickie, and wanted to initiate Xander into their gang by killing him! Xander single-handedly stopped them from blowing up the school. Jack was eaten by werewolf Oz. See also Katie.

Ovu Mobani: A zombie demon whose power was in its eyes. Literally translated it means ‘evil eye’. See also Nigerian mask and Pat.

Owen Thurman: see Thurman, Owen.

Oz: Real name Daniel Osborne, Oz is a man of few words, but uber cool. Played lead guitar in the band ‘Dingoes Ate My Baby’. Became part of the Scooby Gang after seeing Buffy dust a vamp at her 17th birthday party. He had gone there on a first date with Willow. Oz became a werewolf after being bitten on the finger by his infant cousin Geordie. Afraid that he would harm Willow, Oz eventually broke off his passionate romance with her. He traveled the world searching for a way to control his werewolf side, but by the time he found it Willow was happily involved with Tara. Oz was kidnapped and tortured by The Initiative before leaving Sunnydale again, as they mistakenly believed him to have killed Willis. He escaped with the aid of Riley and the Scoobies. In Bizarro land, he was one of a small group who fought the vampires. See also werewolf cure.