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 TS Writer's Spelling Guide

This is a spelling guide for fanfic writers of words specifically related to The Sentinel. The spellings are taken from props, episode credits, and closed captioning. Please let us know (tslibrary@yahoo.com) if you have any suggestions for additions. {See links page for information and other helpful sites.}

Terms

• sentinel (not sentinal) -- whether or not this is capitalized is up to the writer
• shaman (not shamen or shamman)
• guide (used only by Brackett in Rogue)
• Enqueri -- Jim's Chopec-given name (Warriors); spelling from closed captioning
• Chopec -- Peruvian tribe that took Jim in
• Quechua -- language Chopec spoke (Quechua Language Page)
• Chief (not Cheif) -- main nickname Jim uses for Blair (it's "i" *before* "e"!); note that this shouldn't really be used *as* a name, i.e., "I have to talk to the Chief" (meaning Blair); Jim never referred to Blair as "Chief" to someone else

Main Cast

• James (Jim) Ellison -- detective in Major Crime, former covert ops Army Ranger; middle name was shown as "Joseph" on a prop, his police ID {see Nightowl's Nest}
• Blair Sandburg (not Sandberg) -- anthropology graduate student working on his Ph.D., partnered with Jim as an official "observer"; no middle name or initial ever given
• Simon Banks -- captain of Major Crime
• Carolyn Plummer -- lieutenant, Major Crime forensics expert, Jim's ex-wife, appeared in first season (Switchman to Rogue) before "moving to San Francisco" (as mentioned in Light My Fire); even though "Caro" shows up quite often in fanfic as a nickname, it never appeared in an episode.
• Megan Connor (or Conner, but not Connar) -- Australian inspector who joins Major Crime through an officer exchange program, appeared end of third season (starting with Foreign Exchange) and fourth season (her last name was spelled with an "o" in the original press releases and appears to be spelled with an "e" on the envelope at the end of Foreign Exchange)

Selected Supporting Cast

• Banks, Daryl (not Darryl or Darrell) -- Simon's teenage son (Siege, Flight, Four Point Shot); spelling from press releases
• Banks, Joan -- Simon's ex-wife, mentioned by name in Hear No Evil
• Brown, Henri "H" -- recurring Major Crime detective {first name given in credits as both Henry and Henri}
• Burton, Richard (the explorer, not the actor) -- the author of Blair's original source material
• Carasco, Maya -- daughter of drug lord and who Blair falls for (Love and Guns, Second Chance)
• Chang, Serena (aka Baxter, Serena) -- recurring fornesics worker (Deep Water, Secret, Smart Alec, Pennies From Heaven, His Brother's Keeper, fourth season episodes)
• Ellison, Grace -- Jim's mother; this is the name William used over the phone in Remembrance; on a prop in the Remembrance photo album (the wedding photo of Jim and Carolyn), her name is listed as "Mary Margaret"; however, spoken canon usually overrules written
• Ellison, Steven -- (not Stephen) Jim's younger brother (His Brother's Keeper, Remembrance); spelling from closed captioning
• Ellison, William -- Jim's father (Remembrance); name taken from prop in the Remembrance photo album (the wedding photo of Jim and Carolyn)
• Incacha (not Inchacha or Inchaca) -- Chopec shaman who guided Jim during his time in Peru (Warriors, Sentinel Too, part 2)
• Irwin, Sheila -- IA investigator (Deep Water, Hear No Evil)
• Kelso, Jack -- Blair's friend from Rogue and Secret, former FBI agent
• Matthews, Governor -- governor (a woman) of Washington (mentioned and seen in Siege only) {name from credits}
• Mulroney, Frank -- recurring FBI agent (Inside Man, Red Ice)
• Pendergrast, Jack -- Jim's former partner in Major Crime (Deep Water)
• Rafe (not Ryf) -- recurring Major Crime detective. The actor's name is spelled Ryf; the character's name is spelled Rafe. There has never been another name given for him, first or last; it is *assumed* that Rafe is his last name.
• Rhonda -- Simon's secretary (Siege, Flight, Warriors, Vendetta); no last name given
• Samantha -- forensics tech who Blair dated (Light My Fire, Vanishing Act); no last name given
• Sandburg, Naomi -- Blair's mother (Spart Parts, Private Eyes, The Sentinel by Blair Sandburg)
• Taggert, Joel (also spelled Taggart in some episode credits) -- recurring Major Crime detective and resident bomb expert
• Warren, Chief of Police (Blind Man's Bluff) -- mentioned only; never seen
• Welles, Cassie -- forensics expert (Dead Certain, Breaking Ground, Mirror Image)
• Wolf, Dan -- forenics ME (Red Ice, Dead Certain, Mirror Image, Remembrance); spelling from credits
• Wong, Sally -- William's housekeeper who helped raise Jim and Steven (Remembrance); last name given in credits

Villains

• Barnes, Alex (aka Alicia Bannister) -- evil female sentinel, kills Blair (Sentinel Too, parts 1 and 2)
• Brackett, Lee -- rogue CIA agent, knows about Jim's sentinel abilities, coined the term "guide" for Blair (Rogue)
• Chapel, Warren-- serial killer at Conover (Mirror Image)
• Edwards, Chancellor -- Rainier University's female chancellor (Murder 101, The Sentinel by Blair Sandburg)
• Kincaid, Garrett -- redneck leader of a militia group, takes Blair and Daryl hostage twice (Siege, Four Point Shot)
• Lash, David -- serial killer who kidnaps Blair (Cypher)
• Quinn, Dawson -- killed a rookie cop special to Jim, kidnaps Simon (Survival)
• Zeller, Klaus - recurring German assassin, nicknamed "the Iceman." (Iceman, The Sentinel by Blair Sandburg)

Places

• Hargrove Hall, Room 211 -- location of Blair's office at Rainier University (room number given in Smart Alec)
• loft, the - Jim and Blair's apartment (852 Prospect #307, Cascade, Washington); street number given in Secret; number seen on door in several episodes
• Major Crime -- Jim's department (this is what is written on the door of the bullpen); exact floor location has never been verified -- see Nightowl's Nest under Background Information | Cascade PD
• Rainier University (not Ranier, Rainer, Rayneer) -- the university Blair attends

Vehicles

• Chrysler -- Simon's car (credited on Nightowl's Nest) at least up until the new silver car in Foreign Exchange; anyone know the exact model?
• Corvair -- gray, 1962 model, license 743 SFU; Blair's first car (up to Smart Alec)
• Dodge Intrepids -- blue and gray Cascade PD cars (credited on Nightowl's Nest)
• Expedition (not Explorer) -- blue Ford sports utility vehicle which Jim drove from Second Chance to Warriors; same license as F-150
• F-150 -- teal Ford truck which Jim drove from Siege to Spare Parts; license 804 GDT
• Ford Ranger -- 1969 blue and white pickup which Jim drove from Three Point Shot to The Sentinel by Blair Sandburg; same license as F-150
• Volvo -- green, Blair's second car (first appeared in Sleeping Beauty); same license as Corvair

Miscellaneous terms

• Jags, the -- Cascade's fictitious NBA basketball team (Three Point Shot, Four Point Shot); Jim is often seen wearing a black Jags baseball cap
• jaguar, black -- mystical representation of Jim's sentinel abilities; Jim's spirit guide (Flight, Warriors, Sentinel Too)
• jaguar, spotted -- mystical representation of Alex, the evil female sentinel in Sentinel Too
• panther -- see jaguar, black (the cat is officially a jaguar, not a panther, although Jim uses the word panther in Flight)
• wolf -- gray wolf, mystical representation of Blair, Blair's spirit guide (Sentinel Too)