Recurring characters in the Hercule Poirot stories Recurring characters in the Hercule Poirot stories This page details the other fictional characters created by Agatha Christie in her stories about the Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. Hastings first meets Poirot during his years as a private detective in Europe. Almost immediately after they both arrive in England, he becomes Poirot's partner, and appears in many of the novels and stories. Poirot's view of Hastings was of a man with plenty of imagination but not a great deal of brains. Hastings was capable of great bravery when the going got tough, facing death unflinchingly when confronted by the "Big Four"
Recurring elements in the Final Fantasy series titles, although they remain unconnected in a narrative sense. A recurring animal in "Final Fantasy" is the Chocobo, a galliform bird that regularly acts as a means of transport for characters. The Chocobo was created by Ishii for "Final Fantasy II" from designs created during development of the first "Final Fantasy", and have appeared in every mainline "Final Fantasy" title since then. A second recurring race are the Moogles, whose Japanese name is "Mōguri", a portmanteau of the words "mogura" (mole) and "kōmori" (bat); while frequently seen minding stores or assuming some other background role, they have also appeared as