Vuall

Creation

Vuall was created by writer John Ney Rieber and artist Peter Snejbjerg in The Books of Magic issue 5, in 1994.

Major Story Arcs

Vuall works for Sir Timothy Hunter as a governess for his Molly clones. In the future, she has been training one for more than three years.

In the current time, she seems to also work for Sir Timothy (who is now in dragon form) and/or Barbatos, who pretends to be Sir Timothy's servant. Molly, on earth, is tricked into wandering into a magical dollhouse. There, several pink tyrannosaurs kidnap her and bring her and the dollhouse to hell, where Vuall is waiting to train her to be a good wife for Sir Timothy--a good wife meaning stupid and sexy and controllable.

Vuall forces Molly to read stories, and if she disobeys at all, she chops off a piece her young wooden Narl friend, Crimple. The stories, like "Shrinking Violetta," are strange tales that enforce the qualities that she would like Molly to embody. This story is similar to one that a troll/demon named Toll makes Tim read at the same time.

Molly throws a book at her head, and Crimple pulls on the chains in her ears. Now that they have her in their control, they try to find a way to make her send them home, when the teen Tim Hunter appears. Tim and Molly kiss, and their love starts to melt the hell around them.

When they're not paying attention, Vuall tries to stab Crimple with a knitting needle, but Molly notices and kicks her.

They continue kissing, and their love remakes the whole space, and turns Vuall back into a young, beautiful woman in a magical sleep. They leave her there and try to find their friends.

Presumably Vuall's future self travels back in time with Sir Timothy, but it may be that she ultimately reverts to her old form and later serves his future self.