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 *  Arts and Letters  Works of art, literature, and scholarship belonging to the world of Girl Genius.
 * Heterodyne stories The popular fiction of Girl Genius' Europa, Heterodyne stories feature the adventures of Bill and Barry (and their allies and enemies. While the first stories were ostensibly based on the actual facts, there is by now a whole slew based on legend and outright fabrication. Bill and Barry aren't just historical figures, they're characters. Many of these works are performed as plays.
 * Music Music, musicians, and how they affect the world of Agatha Heterodyne.


 *  Characters  Characters in the Girl Genius universe.
 * Characters by Residence Exactly what it says on the box: Categories that list characters based on where they live or have lived. Or unlive. 
 * Characters from Beetleburg Characters who live, have lived, or originated in Beetleburg.
 * Characters from England Characters who hail from the Sunken Isle.
 * Itinerant Characters For the many, many characters in a long-term state of lacking a fixed address. 
 * Characters from Mechanicsburg As it says: characters (including constructs) who hang their hat (except for Jägermonsters, who never hang their hats) in Mechanicsburg.
 * Castle Heterodyne inmates Not all the residents of Mechanicsburg consider it home, particularly the ones who are not there by choice. Those sentenced to a term in Castle Heterodyne are categorized here. Many of the incarcerated characters don't have proper names (yet), but in some cases, for example Veilhat, they have unique (to put it mildly) distinguishing features that let us keep track of them.
 * Heterodyne Although the Heterodynes best known to history are evidently those that have served as the head of the family, termed "The Heterodyne", any proper member of the family (by blood, marriage, or adoption; not fealty or ownership) may be a member of this category. 
 * Heterodyne minions Heterodyne minions are those who serve House Heterodyne or its individual members. For some, it's a traditional family calling; for others, they just get dragged along in the wake.
 * Agatha's minions Characters in the service of Agatha Heterodyne, specifically. This includes those who are loyal to House Heterodyne in general, and have already accepted her as the new head thereof. It does not include those who are loyal to House Heterodyne and may accept her at some point in the future.
 * Jägermonsters Jägermonsters  named in the story. Most are on the side of the Good Guys; one... isn't.
 * Wild Jägers A subset of Jägerkin. Also, a real bunch of characters. 
 * Von Mekkhan Members of the von Mekkhan family.
 * Heterodyne stories The popular fiction of Girl Genius' Europa, Heterodyne stories feature the adventures of Bill and Barry (and their allies and enemies). While the first stories were ostensibly based on the actual facts, there is by now a whole slew based on legend and outright fabrication. Bill and Barry aren't just historical figures, they're characters. Many of these works are performed as plays.
 * Skifandrians Characters originating from the Lost Kingdom of Skifander. Very few are known, of course, as it is Lost.
 * Characters from Sturmhalten As it says: characters who reside above or below ground in Sturmhalten.
 * Sturmvoraus Sturmvoraus is the family name of the ruling Princes of Sturmhalten.
 * Sturmvoraus minions House Sturmvoraus, as is appropriate to their position and duties, have many minions, some of which have been mentioned specifically.
 * Sturmhalten commoners These people are potentially, if not almost certainly, revenants due to their being, apparently, normal human beings among the common population of Sturmhalten. See also: Category_talk:Sturmhalten commoners for more discussion.
 * Characters from Castle Wulfenbach Characters (or groups) who reside on, or have been long-term residents on the floating city, the Castle Wulfenbach.
 * Characters by Story A supercategory to make the Category tree easier to navigate. This will include the categories dealing with characters as sorted by story/canon location. 
 * Cast Lists by Volume The articles below contain a list of all characters who have appeared in each published volume, along with notable pages and special notes on their appearances. Well, that's the idea anyway. Please help out by checking these articles for accuracy and making your own edits!
 * Characters in "Agatha Heterodyne and the Electric Coffin" "Agatha Heterodyne and the Electric Coffin" was a short story featuring Agatha which was included in the first collected volume of her adventurers to provide an illustration of the confident heroine she would become as the story developed.
 * Characters in "Fan Fiction" "Fan Fiction" is a holiday interlude and a rare guest-writer appearance. Characters showing up there are categorized here. 
 * Characters in "Revenge of the Weasel Queen" Like it says. "Revenge of the Weasel Queen" is one of those little interludes in the story that allow the Professors  Foglio to take a break from the almost-certainly-true main story.  Characters showing up there are categorized here; some are unique to the interlude, others aren't.
 * Constructs All creatures created by Mad Science are considered constructs. There are many different kinds, made by many different Sparks. These are the ones we know something about.
 * Jägermonsters Jägermonsters  named in the story. Most are on the side of the Good Guys; one... isn't.
 * Wild Jägers A subset of Jägerkin. Also, a real bunch of characters. 
 * Monsters Monster is as monster does. This category is reserved for that particular subset of the Constructs category that, by their behavior, demonstrate themselves to be, well, monstrous.  Note that Jägermonsters are not members of this category, names notwithstanding; Jägers are downright soft and cuddly compared to some of the things appearing here.
 * Families Some of Europa's families have had a disproportionate amount influence on the world. Or, seeing as most of the important families regularly produce strong sparks, the only thing disproportionate has been their level of Madness.
 * Heterodyne Although the Heterodynes best known to history are evidently those that have served as the head of the family, termed "The Heterodyne", any proper member of the family (by blood, marriage, or adoption; not fealty or ownership) may be a member of this category. 
 * Heterodyne minions Heterodyne minions are those who serve House Heterodyne or its individual members. For some, it's a traditional family calling; for others, they just get dragged along in the wake.
 * Agatha's minions Characters in the service of Agatha Heterodyne, specifically. This includes those who are loyal to House Heterodyne in general, and have already accepted her as the new head thereof. It does not include those who are loyal to House Heterodyne and may accept her at some point in the future.
 * Jägermonsters Jägermonsters  named in the story. Most are on the side of the Good Guys; one... isn't.
 * Wild Jägers A subset of Jägerkin. Also, a real bunch of characters. 
 * Von Mekkhan Members of the von Mekkhan family.
 * Heterodyne stories The popular fiction of Girl Genius' Europa, Heterodyne stories feature the adventures of Bill and Barry (and their allies and enemies). While the first stories were ostensibly based on the actual facts, there is by now a whole slew based on legend and outright fabrication. Bill and Barry aren't just historical figures, they're characters. Many of these works are performed as plays.
 * Mongfish Family of Villains, it seems. At least, last generation's Mongfish were. This generation seems to be turning out more positively. 
 * Mongfish minions Although we only know of those bound to Lucrezia Mongfish, it seems likely that as history unfolds in the retelling, this category will increase.
 * Geisterdamen If you can tell one Geister from another, you can put them in a group.
 * Sturmvoraus Sturmvoraus is the family name of the ruling Princes of Sturmhalten.
 * Sturmvoraus minions House Sturmvoraus, as is appropriate to their position and duties, have many minions, some of which have been mentioned specifically.
 * Valois Valois is a name of French origin belonging to a royal family line of at least a few centuries' duration in western Europa. The best-known member is Andronicus Valois, the Storm King.  Tarvek Sturmvoraus is the current Valois heir through his mother, according to him and the Knights of Jove.
 * Storm King Conspiracy The Storm King Conspiracy comprises several families, groups and orders all working to re-establish the Valois crown in place of Baron Klaus Wulfenbach's rule over lands formerly held by the Storm King and the Heterodynes.
 * Knights of Jove Exactly what it says.
 * Mongfish Family of Villains, it seems. At least, last generation's Mongfish were. This generation seems to be turning out more positively. 
 * Mongfish minions Although we only know of those bound to Lucrezia Mongfish, it seems likely that as history unfolds in the retelling, this category will increase.
 * Geisterdamen If you can tell one Geister from another, you can put them in a group.
 * Valois minions House Valois has a wide variety of followers to do its bidding.
 * Smoke Knights The Smoke Knights are a cadet branch of the Valois trained in ninja-like techniques to serve their cousins.
 * Von Mekkhan Members of the von Mekkhan family.
 * Wulfenbach Wulfenbach is the name of a family of Transylvanian minor nobility with a great amount of Sparky ability.
 * Characters from Castle Wulfenbach Characters (or groups) who reside on, or have been long-term residents on the floating city, the Castle Wulfenbach.
 * Wulfenbach minions Not minions of just any old Wulfenbach, but in context, minions of good old Baron Klaus Wulfenbach himself (or, in some cases, his son Gilgamesh). A move to treat this category as a synonym of Category:Villains has met with threats of world-wide rampaging annihilation on the part of the members of the Klaus Defence League.  (Note, however, that the KDL are not considered Wulfenbach minions, occupying a different universe than the Baron does, i.e., ours.)
 * Legendary Characters These characters all have a number of stories told about them, many of which are not necessarily so. Characters in this category may have any of their exploits, and in some cases even their existence, seriously questioned for veracity. 
 * The Old Guard Before the events of the comic, there were even more adventures. Not only did there seem to be some fascinating history there, a lot of the characters doing the adventuring seem to have been friends.
 * Living Impaired Characters Those characters, who by age, misfortune or other circumstances are no longer considered "among the living".  Remember, there are no such things' as vampires.
 * Main Characters The lead players in our merry tale of continental mayhem.  The contents are likely to vary as history unfolds.
 * Master Payne's Performers Performers, crew, and other characters associated with Master Payne's Circus of Adventure.
 * Minions Minions are characters who have a Sparky master (or mistress; this is Girl Genius, after all). Many constructs have a loyalty imperative to their creator built in, and ordinary people may hold loyalties for any number of reasons including having succumbed to their strange charisma, but beyond those cases this term is ill-defined &mdash; opinions vary on whether disobedient servants, or someone who has no real choice in whom to serve, ought to qualify. For more discussion, see the relevant Forum.
 * Executive minions The non-sparks who are, nevertheless, in charge of something.
 * Heterodyne minions Heterodyne minions are those who serve House Heterodyne or its individual members. For some, it's a traditional family calling; for others, they just get dragged along in the wake.
 * Agatha's minions Characters in the service of Agatha Heterodyne, specifically. This includes those who are loyal to House Heterodyne in general, and have already accepted her as the new head thereof. It does not include those who are loyal to House Heterodyne and may accept her at some point in the future.
 * Jägermonsters Jägermonsters  named in the story. Most are on the side of the Good Guys; one... isn't.
 * Wild Jägers A subset of Jägerkin. Also, a real bunch of characters. 
 * Von Mekkhan Members of the von Mekkhan family.
 * Mongfish minions Although we only know of those bound to Lucrezia Mongfish, it seems likely that as history unfolds in the retelling, this category will increase.
 * Geisterdamen If you can tell one Geister from another, you can put them in a group.
 * Sturmvoraus minions House Sturmvoraus, as is appropriate to their position and duties, have many minions, some of which have been mentioned specifically.
 * Valois minions House Valois has a wide variety of followers to do its bidding.
 * Smoke Knights The Smoke Knights are a cadet branch of the Valois trained in ninja-like techniques to serve their cousins.
 * Wulfenbach minions Not minions of just any old Wulfenbach, but in context, minions of good old Baron Klaus Wulfenbach himself (or, in some cases, his son Gilgamesh). A move to treat this category as a synonym of Category:Villains has met with threats of world-wide rampaging annihilation on the part of the members of the Klaus Defence League.  (Note, however, that the KDL are not considered Wulfenbach minions, occupying a different universe than the Baron does, i.e., ours.)
 * Revenants Individuals who are infected by slaver wasps and are thus under the control of the Other are termed revenants.
 * Sturmhalten commoners These people are potentially, if not almost certainly, revenants due to their being, apparently, normal human beings among the common population of Sturmhalten. See also: Category_talk:Sturmhalten commoners for more discussion.
 * Royalty Members or heads of royal families.
 * Sturmvoraus Sturmvoraus is the family name of the ruling Princes of Sturmhalten.
 * Sturmvoraus minions House Sturmvoraus, as is appropriate to their position and duties, have many minions, some of which have been mentioned specifically.
 * Valois Valois is a name of French origin belonging to a royal family line of at least a few centuries' duration in western Europa. The best-known member is Andronicus Valois, the Storm King.  Tarvek Sturmvoraus is the current Valois heir through his mother, according to him and the Knights of Jove.
 * Storm King Conspiracy The Storm King Conspiracy comprises several families, groups and orders all working to re-establish the Valois crown in place of Baron Klaus Wulfenbach's rule over lands formerly held by the Storm King and the Heterodynes.
 * Knights of Jove Exactly what it says.
 * Mongfish Family of Villains, it seems. At least, last generation's Mongfish were. This generation seems to be turning out more positively. 
 * Mongfish minions Although we only know of those bound to Lucrezia Mongfish, it seems likely that as history unfolds in the retelling, this category will increase.
 * Geisterdamen If you can tell one Geister from another, you can put them in a group.
 * Valois minions House Valois has a wide variety of followers to do its bidding.
 * Smoke Knights The Smoke Knights are a cadet branch of the Valois trained in ninja-like techniques to serve their cousins.
 * Sparks Characters who have the "Spark" of mad genius, and therefore are called Sparks.  It is a title with... mixed... connotations.
 * TPU faculty Current and former faculty (and staff) of Transylvania Polygnostic University, which article has a listing of their positions as well.
 * Undepicted characters These characters have been mentioned one or more times but have not been depicted, especially not in the canon, or if they have, the depiction has not been identified, leaving the reader ignorant.  The lack of depiction may or may not be significant.
 * Villains Evildoers and opponents in the 'verse. 


 *  Chronology  The history of Girl Genius is complex. These articles may help keep the order of events straight. 
 * Page-by-Page Discussions of individual comic pages.  Note: discussion titles are automatically created via links from the Chronology pages. 


 *  Community  Fans of Girl Genius are a gregarious and affable bunch. They enjoy fizzy drinks (preferrably with little umbrellas), fun science experiments requiring a broad interpretation of ethics, and have a highly developed, sophisticated sense of humor
 * Wikia Forums The category is for pages relating to the Forum.
 * Fan Theories Woo-hoo! Tinfoil for everybody!
 * Fan Theories/Origins Theories dealing specifically with origins, mainly of characters. 
 * Help desk This is a list of topics from the help desk. For other sources of help, please see the help category.
 * Forum:Page-by-Page Forums: Index > Page-by-Page View recent changes for this forum 
 * Watercooler This is a list of topics from the Watercooler.
 * Fan Communities Fan communities, especially the venerable Yahoo! group, provide editors for this wiki and some of the Madder discussions and content. 
 * Girl Genius Yahoo! Group These articles have something to say about the Yahoo! Girl Genius mailing list (usually, beyond merely referring to it). 


 *  Geography  Girl Genius is set on an alternate Earth. The geography is more or less the same, apart from the political and occasionally physical Spark-related redrawings of the map.
 * Buildings Family castles (airborne or non-airborne), landmarks, ruins, significant rooms and the like.
 * Cities and Towns Municipalities, from East Kruminney up to the glory that is Paris.
 * Countries Areas of independent rule, including those overseen by the Baron's Peace, from baronies to kingdoms and all possible variations between.


 *  Help  See also: Help:Contents
 * Disambiguation pages This is a list of all disambiguation pages within the wiki. See also Special:disambiguations for all pages that link to these pages (and likely need to have a link fixed).
 * Help desk This is a list of topics from the help desk.  For other sources of help, please see the help category.
 * Polls To make a new poll for the main page, create a new article in this category using an existing poll as an example, then replace the old poll name with the new one on the main page. Make sure the current poll has had sufficient time on the main page so that everyone may have a chance to respond. Discuss polls in the Watercooler forum or on the talk page for this category.


 *  Inventions  Anything created by a Sparky mind, including Devices, Constructs and Clanks - and that which can't be as neatly categorized. 
 * Clanks Mechanical beings of various states of self-consciousness. 
 * Constructs All creatures created by Mad Science are considered constructs. There are many different kinds, made by many different Sparks. These are the ones we know something about.
 * Jägermonsters Jägermonsters  named in the story. Most are on the side of the Good Guys; one... isn't.
 * Wild Jägers A subset of Jägerkin. Also, a real bunch of characters. 
 * Monsters Monster is as monster does. This category is reserved for that particular subset of the Constructs category that, by their behavior, demonstrate themselves to be, well, monstrous.  Note that Jägermonsters are not members of this category, names notwithstanding; Jägers are downright soft and cuddly compared to some of the things appearing here.
 * Devices Mechanical things, particularly those made by a Spark, other than Clanks, which get their own  category.  Constructs, Sparky things with biological rather than mechanical origins, also get their own category (Category:Constructs, reasonably enough).
 * Airships Lighter-than-air craft are an important means of transportation, both military and civilian. Heavier-than-air craft are a recent and so far minor development.
 * Non-Airship Vehicles Whether it has gyro wheels, piston legs, a tar-sealed hull, a spinning screw-bore bow or a just pair of axels with iron-tyred wagon-wheels, it gets referenced here as long as it doesn't primarily float in the air as well.
 * Tools Tools are to Sparks as paintbrushes were to Van Gogh: a means of preposterously creative self-expression, tinged with more than a little bit of madness. Herein are categorized some of the offbeat tools appearing in the story.
 * Weapons Means of dealing death and destruction, or worse. Some weapons are  devices (i.e., mechanically-based), while others are  constructs (i.e., biologically-based).  One could probably make a case that Jägermonsters are weapons (after all, they're constructs), but that would probably be pushing it, so Jägers have a  category of their own.  Many but not all Clanks are weapons.
 * Pharmaceuticals Preparations intended to treat a disordered condition rather than meet a natural need. 


 *  Lists  Articles whose main content is lists of information. These tend to be great reference-book-like material, if a bit dry. 
 * Cast Lists by Volume The articles below contain a list of all characters who have appeared in each published volume, along with notable pages and special notes on their appearances. Well, that's the idea anyway. Please help out by checking these articles for accuracy and making your own edits! 


 *  Meta  Content breaking the fourth wall, including analyses and deconstructions. Also, categories and articles about that which relates to Girl Genius as a published work, and the wiki itself.  See also Help:Contents and the Help desk forum for more technical assistance.
 * Antidisambiguation This category contains REDIRECT pages that are intentionally created with titles that are a  common name of some well-known entity.  These common names are presumed always to refer to the redirect target, or else they would be disambiguation pages rather than REDIRECT.  For instance, so far "Agatha" — especially unqualified — in the Girl Genius universe always refers to "Agatha Heterodyne", likewise "Klaus" and "the Baron" with respect to Baron Klaus Wulfenbach.  If they were categorized (with the same categories as their targets), these pages would also have the effect of creating permuted index partial entries in the respective categories, but this has been determined to be undesirable.  If future events render one of the names below ambiguous (for instance, if a [ Jäger] named [ Boris] shows up) please convert it (i.e., convert  ) to a disambiguation page.
 * Articles with "Mad" counterparts Articles on this wiki sometimes have a Mad counterpart. These articles contain all theories, reasonable and wild, on a particular subject, as well as links to outside sources and topics of discussion. See Baron Klaus Wulfenbach/Mad for one example.
 * Articles with unsourced statements This category contains articles in need of sources to verify statements made. To add a page to this category, add    following the statement in question. 
 * Candidates for speedy deletion The failed experiments listed below have all been sentenced to a quick and painless death. If you want to save one, fill out Form 23L9-B (in triplicate) on the corresponding talk page.  See Template:Delete for how to move items to this list.
 * Featured Projects This is a list of all present and past projects that have featured on the main page. To suggest a new project, edit the talk page for this category. New projects must be added manually to the main page.
 * Dangerous Experiments These articles require editing for content. They may need checks for spelling, grammar, or speculative statements.  They are included in this category automatically when tagged with the    template.
 * Articles with mad theories Articles in this category contain fan theory and speculation which should be moved to another location. See the article on Speculation for suggestions. To add articles to this category, use: Template:Mad
 * Disambiguation pages This is a list of all disambiguation pages within the wiki. See also Special:disambiguations for all pages that link to these pages (and likely need to have a link fixed).
 * Fan Terminology Fan terminology comes about during discussion in the various fora such as the Yahoo! group, the LiveJournal page echo and here when a person or item becomes significant in the story but is not canonically labelled.  In order to avoid such awkwardness as "Lucrezia after she was downloaded into a clank head and attached to Anevka's body", portmanteau names such as "Lunevka" are coined.
 * Featured Projects This is a list of all present and past projects that have featured on the main page. To suggest a new project, edit the talk page for this category. New projects must be added manually to the main page. 
 * Wikia Forums The category is for pages relating to the Forum.
 * Fan Theories Woo-hoo! Tinfoil for everybody!
 * Fan Theories/Origins Theories dealing specifically with origins, mainly of characters. 
 * Help desk This is a list of topics from the help desk. For other sources of help, please see the help category.
 * Forum:Page-by-Page Forums: Index > Page-by-Page View recent changes for this forum 
 * Watercooler This is a list of topics from the Watercooler.
 * Images All images should be contained within a subcategory, if possible. 
 * Bestiary Images Images of all creepy crawlies, constructs, and creatures that wouldn't otherwise belong in another category, such as Characters. 
 * Character Portraits Image category for pictures for the Category:Characters. 
 * Device Images Images for articles under Devices, and subcategories, should go here. 
 * GFDL images Images other than those belonging to Studio Foglio, or any other entity, and released under the GNU Free Documentation License.
 * Geographical Images Images belonging to articles in the Geography category.
 * Heraldry The Heraldry of Girl Genius seems to center around the sigils of each ruling house, although some more standard Coats of Arms are seen as well. 
 * Secret Blueprints Images Illustrations from the Secret Blueprints.
 * Images for Site Design Images for use in layout and design of the wiki itself. 
 * Sketches The Professora has intermittently shared copies of the many, many random sketches lying about in Studio files. She has warned that most of them were for self-amusement and to take any inferrences drawn from them with a copious amount of salt.  However, in some cases, these might be the only depictions we have of some mentioned characters, or unique takes on their look in development, and are definitely worth a look.
 * User Images All images for use within the User: namespace should be put in this category. As with all other images on this wiki, please observe copyrights and Wikia rules.
 * Motifs The story includes several recurring devices, or motifs.
 * Abstractions Concepts or ideas that are important in the world of Girl Genius. 
 * Language This category includes both pages on languages in the context of the canon, and in-depth discussions of the Foglios' use of language as a meta issue.
 * Religion Although the Professors have avoided addressing religion directly in the story, due to the potential volatility of the subject, some sort of metaphysical structure - or the lack of one - is a vital part of any culture. Since Agatha's world is parallel to post-Renaissance Europe, some echoes of religious influence will crop up now and then.  This category attempts to collect those for further pondering.
 * Geisterdamen If you can tell one Geister from another, you can put them in a group.
 * Greek Mythology What the really dead white male poets wrote about. (As opposed to Norse mythology, where it is the dead really white male poets... Which leave the Levantine et al. to be dead white really male...)
 * Levantine Mythology Da Levant iz a nize, peazeful region of the vurlt vit nize, peazeful deities und stories. Here iz some reverences.
 * Norse Mythology Kaja Foglio has some Norse (or at least Scandinavian?) blood and an interest in the traditional culture, such as the mythology, which shows through from time to time. 
 * Comestibles "Food" that has appeared, whether central to the plot or included merely for atmosphere.
 * Poor ideas Even smart people produce the occasional epic fail. See also .
 * Outside World Things relevant to the story, but not part of it. This is the category for fan sites, forums, livejournals, and information on the books themselves.
 * Comic Technical Technical notes we have gathered about general details and the process behind the comic. 
 * Fan Communities Fan communities, especially the venerable Yahoo! group, provide editors for this wiki and some of the Madder discussions and content. 
 * Girl Genius Yahoo! Group These articles have something to say about the Yahoo! Girl Genius mailing list (usually, beyond merely referring to it). 
 * O-ta-ku Pages that discuss connections to the so-called "select Asian subculture". 
 * Published Work These articles pertain to anything related to Girl Genius that's been printed on dead trees. 
 * Short Story and Radio Theater breaks Some of the daily installments in Girl Genius are not part of the actual story, and therefore are of uncertain "canon." Some are described as a "Short Story break," others as a "Radio Theater break."  Content from these interludes is categorized here.
 * Characters in "Agatha Heterodyne and the Electric Coffin" "Agatha Heterodyne and the Electric Coffin" was a short story featuring Agatha which was included in the first collected volume of her adventurers to provide an illustration of the confident heroine she would become as the story developed.
 * Characters in "Fan Fiction" "Fan Fiction" is a holiday interlude and a rare guest-writer appearance. Characters showing up there are categorized here.
 * Characters in "Revenge of the Weasel Queen" Like it says. "Revenge of the Weasel Queen" is one of those little interludes in the story that allow the Professors  Foglio to take a break from the almost-certainly-true main story.  Characters showing up there are categorized here; some are unique to the interlude, others aren't.
 * The Works Data from The Works cards. Pages are placed directly in this category if no (nonredirected) article in the Wiki exactly matches the "Card Name".
 * The Works:Circus Magician Cards in The Works including Circus Magician in the "details". It is used only for Master Payne.
 * The Works:Clock Cards in The Works including Clock in the "details".
 * The Works:Construct Cards in The Works including Construct in the "details". 
 * The Works:Constructs Cards in The Works including Constructs in the "details".
 * The Works:Dependable Cards in The Works including Dependable in the "details".
 * The Works:Giant Cards in The Works including Giant in the "details".
 * The Works:Hero Cards in The Works including Hero in the "details".
 * The Works:Legend Cards in The Works including Legend in the "details".
 * The Works:Machine Cards in The Works including Machine in the "details".
 * The Works:Machines Cards in The Works including Machines in the "details".
 * The Works:Mad Cards in The Works including Mad in the "details".
 * The Works:Mechanic Cards in The Works including Mechanic in the "details".
 * The Works:Mysterious Entity Cards in The Works including Mysterious Entity in the "details".
 * The Works:Pests Cards in The Works including Pests in the "details".
 * The Works:Princess Cards in The Works including Princess in the "details".
 * The Works:Queen Cards in The Works including Queen in the "details".
 * The Works:Sidekick Cards in The Works including Sidekick in the "details".
 * The Works:Soldier Cards in The Works including Soldier in the "details".
 * The Works:Spark Cards in The Works including Spark in the "details".
 * The Works:Spy Cards in The Works including Spy in the "details".
 * The Works:Vampire Hunter Cards in The Works including Vampire Hunter in the "details".
 * The Works:Villain Cards in The Works including Villain in the "details".
 * Pages with too many expensive parser function calls A page is automatically placed in this category when the wiki software notices the page is expensive to render.  Pages are currently in this category because of the "page-by-page forum" links. Page creation involves checking whether the page exists to determine whether to use a "Create" or "Join" link. 
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 *  Organizations  Groups public and secret within the world of Mad Science. 
 * Families Some of Europa's families have had a disproportionate amount influence on the world. Or, seeing as most of the important families regularly produce strong sparks, the only thing disproportionate has been their level of Madness.
 * Heterodyne Although the Heterodynes best known to history are evidently those that have served as the head of the family, termed "The Heterodyne", any proper member of the family (by blood, marriage, or adoption; not fealty or ownership) may be a member of this category. 
 * Heterodyne minions Heterodyne minions are those who serve House Heterodyne or its individual members. For some, it's a traditional family calling; for others, they just get dragged along in the wake.
 * Agatha's minions Characters in the service of Agatha Heterodyne, specifically. This includes those who are loyal to House Heterodyne in general, and have already accepted her as the new head thereof. It does not include those who are loyal to House Heterodyne and may accept her at some point in the future.
 * Jägermonsters Jägermonsters  named in the story. Most are on the side of the Good Guys; one... isn't.
 * Wild Jägers A subset of Jägerkin. Also, a real bunch of characters. 
 * Von Mekkhan Members of the von Mekkhan family.
 * Heterodyne stories The popular fiction of Girl Genius' Europa, Heterodyne stories feature the adventures of Bill and Barry (and their allies and enemies). While the first stories were ostensibly based on the actual facts, there is by now a whole slew based on legend and outright fabrication. Bill and Barry aren't just historical figures, they're characters. Many of these works are performed as plays.
 * Mongfish Family of Villains, it seems. At least, last generation's Mongfish were. This generation seems to be turning out more positively. 
 * Mongfish minions Although we only know of those bound to Lucrezia Mongfish, it seems likely that as history unfolds in the retelling, this category will increase.
 * Geisterdamen If you can tell one Geister from another, you can put them in a group.
 * Sturmvoraus Sturmvoraus is the family name of the ruling Princes of Sturmhalten.
 * Sturmvoraus minions House Sturmvoraus, as is appropriate to their position and duties, have many minions, some of which have been mentioned specifically.
 * Valois Valois is a name of French origin belonging to a royal family line of at least a few centuries' duration in western Europa. The best-known member is Andronicus Valois, the Storm King.  Tarvek Sturmvoraus is the current Valois heir through his mother, according to him and the Knights of Jove.
 * Storm King Conspiracy The Storm King Conspiracy comprises several families, groups and orders all working to re-establish the Valois crown in place of Baron Klaus Wulfenbach's rule over lands formerly held by the Storm King and the Heterodynes.
 * Knights of Jove Exactly what it says.
 * Mongfish Family of Villains, it seems. At least, last generation's Mongfish were. This generation seems to be turning out more positively. 
 * Mongfish minions Although we only know of those bound to Lucrezia Mongfish, it seems likely that as history unfolds in the retelling, this category will increase.
 * Geisterdamen If you can tell one Geister from another, you can put them in a group.
 * Valois minions House Valois has a wide variety of followers to do its bidding.
 * Smoke Knights The Smoke Knights are a cadet branch of the Valois trained in ninja-like techniques to serve their cousins.
 * Von Mekkhan Members of the von Mekkhan family.
 * Wulfenbach Wulfenbach is the name of a family of Transylvanian minor nobility with a great amount of Sparky ability.
 * Characters from Castle Wulfenbach Characters (or groups) who reside on, or have been long-term residents on the floating city, the Castle Wulfenbach.
 * Wulfenbach minions Not minions of just any old Wulfenbach, but in context, minions of good old Baron Klaus Wulfenbach himself (or, in some cases, his son Gilgamesh). A move to treat this category as a synonym of Category:Villains has met with threats of world-wide rampaging annihilation on the part of the members of the Klaus Defence League.  (Note, however, that the KDL are not considered Wulfenbach minions, occupying a different universe than the Baron does, i.e., ours.)
 * Geisterdamen If you can tell one Geister from another, you can put them in a group.
 * Government Governmental bodies of the Girl Genius universe.
 * Royalty Members or heads of royal families.
 * Sturmvoraus Sturmvoraus is the family name of the ruling Princes of Sturmhalten.
 * Sturmvoraus minions House Sturmvoraus, as is appropriate to their position and duties, have many minions, some of which have been mentioned specifically.
 * Valois Valois is a name of French origin belonging to a royal family line of at least a few centuries' duration in western Europa. The best-known member is Andronicus Valois, the Storm King.  Tarvek Sturmvoraus is the current Valois heir through his mother, according to him and the Knights of Jove.
 * Storm King Conspiracy The Storm King Conspiracy comprises several families, groups and orders all working to re-establish the Valois crown in place of Baron Klaus Wulfenbach's rule over lands formerly held by the Storm King and the Heterodynes.
 * Knights of Jove Exactly what it says.
 * Mongfish Family of Villains, it seems. At least, last generation's Mongfish were. This generation seems to be turning out more positively. 
 * Mongfish minions Although we only know of those bound to Lucrezia Mongfish, it seems likely that as history unfolds in the retelling, this category will increase.
 * Geisterdamen If you can tell one Geister from another, you can put them in a group.
 * Valois minions House Valois has a wide variety of followers to do its bidding.
 * Smoke Knights The Smoke Knights are a cadet branch of the Valois trained in ninja-like techniques to serve their cousins.
 * Knights of Jove Exactly what it says.
 * Master Payne's Circus of Adventure People, places and things -- lots of things -- connected with the Circus.  See the subcategory Category:Master Payne's Performers for the people who actually do stuff on stage, etc.
 * Master Payne's Performers Performers, crew, and other characters associated with Master Payne's Circus of Adventure.
 * Storm King Conspiracy The Storm King Conspiracy comprises several families, groups and orders all working to re-establish the Valois crown in place of Baron Klaus Wulfenbach's rule over lands formerly held by the Storm King and the Heterodynes.
 * Knights of Jove Exactly what it says.
 * Mongfish Family of Villains, it seems. At least, last generation's Mongfish were. This generation seems to be turning out more positively. 
 * Mongfish minions Although we only know of those bound to Lucrezia Mongfish, it seems likely that as history unfolds in the retelling, this category will increase.
 * Geisterdamen If you can tell one Geister from another, you can put them in a group.