Jossed = Joss Whedon? [Buffy on the brain as always]

Summary much appreciated, since I don't know if this critter will make it to Sasuga (they do get the regular HtY). It is really good to know that the author of YnM hasn't dropped off the face of the earth.

Mob name? Somehow, Hermes "The Historian" Trismegistus doesn't quite have that "Talk or I start slicing fingers" ring to it... (and LOL, how did you come to pick Hermes Trismegistus anyway?)