| abstract | - Men in Grey is considered to be one of the tougher amateur league game scenarios.
- The Men in Grey, also known as the Grey Gentlemen, are the antagonists of the German novel Momo by Michael Ende. They also appear in the cartoon series and the live action movie based on the book. They are a race of paranormal parasites described as time thieves. Though their number is huge and they are a deadly threat to all that makes human existence worthwhile, no humans ever become aware of them, except for the little girl Momo, some other children and a few of their adult friends. As for the origins of the Men in Grey, it is simply stated that they came into being because humans allowed them to do so. It is said that people would also be able to destroy them (presumably by denying them time), but since humanity is almost completely ignorant of them, they can carry on their sinister vampiric existence. Their near-human appearance is said to be a disguise only (not necessarily implying that they have a different "true" form, but simply that this is the shape most useful to them). They look like grey-skinned, bald men, dressed in grey clothes, and wearing grey bowler hats. For a very good reason, they are also incessantly smoking little grey cigars, ever lighting a new one with the butt of the former. The size of their organization is not stated, but there are hints that they at one point numbered in the thousands, and pretty much dominated an unnamed human city (apparently in Italy, since Momo's friends all have Italian names). Even then, most humans never became aware of the paranormal invaders.
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