If anyone's interested, it's actually named after [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apep"]Apep - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:Apep_1.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a7/Apep_1.jpg/220px-Apep_1.jpg"@@AMEPARAM@@en/thumb/a/a7/Apep_1.jpg/220px-Apep_1.jpg[/ame], an Egyptian snake-demon who was regarded as a pretty undesirable character.