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Rusty Trombone

2012-06-11T01:43:25Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah: /* Real World Reference */

==Proposed Canon==

Rusty Trombone was a Shockamancer in service to Faq before its destruction. It appears that he is out of favor with many of the other inhabitants of Faq.

==Speculation==

If Shockamancy does indeed deal primarly with direct damage spells, Rusty's presence in a kingdom that promotes philosophy over martial capability may be why he is the lowliest caster in Faq.

==Real World Reference==

A Trombone is a musical instrument.
Rusty can refer to skills that atropy due to lack of use. If Rusty's skills are not put to use, then Rusty's Shockamancy may indeed be very rusty.

A "Rusty Trombone" is a somewhat unhygienic sex act. The fact that Rusty is not held in high regard might be connected.

Betsy Murgatroyd

2012-06-11T01:40:45Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah: Created page with "==Proposed Canon== Sister Betsy Murgatroyd was a Healomancer in service to Faq before its destruction. ==Speculation== ==Real World Reference== Betsy is a Healomancer. Heal..."

==Proposed Canon==

Sister Betsy Murgatroyd was a Healomancer in service to Faq before its destruction.

==Speculation==

==Real World Reference==

Betsy is a Healomancer. Healing powers coming from gods or Heaven is a well-known trope.

The phrases "Heavens to Betsy" and "Heavens to Murgatroyd" are both established expressions of surprise. The latter was first spoken in the 1944 film Meet the People, and became famous when used by the Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Snagglepuss. The former may have appeared in the late 19th century.

Orwell

2012-06-11T01:29:10Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah: /* Real World References */

=Proposed Canon=
Brother Orwell was [[Chief Caster|Chief]] [[Lookamancer]] to [[Faq]], during the time before the fall of the first Kingdom.[[IPTSF Text 28]]

He was involved in hiding Faq from other [[side]]s - particularly in planning movement of [[unit]]s entering and leaving the kingdom, together with [[Marie Lavraie]].

=Real World References=

'Orwell' is probably a reference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell George Orwell], a British author of the 1900's, known for stories such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four 1984], where the protagonist, and many others in the story were constantly observed by cameras, and a state security apparatus known as 'Big Brother'. The first reference to Orwell referred to him as "'big' Brother Orwell."

It is unlikely that Orwell is a reference to 'Orwell Engineering', which is a company that specializes in the production of precision machinery for the hot end of float glass production. There has not been mention of [[Eyemancy]], but it is possible that Lookamancy provides the framework for this. If this is possible, then the Lookamancer Orwell may create [[spell]]s to enhance vision, or [[Magic Item]]s, such lenses or eyeglasses to allow for long-distance sight, much as the [[bat]]s of [[Transylvito]] allow a [[unit]] to see occurrences in other [[hex]]es.

[[Category:Caster]]
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Proposed Canon]]
[[Category:Real World References]]

The Spamming of Erfwiki

2012-05-03T23:30:22Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

{{battle
|prev= ''none''
|conc= ''none''
|next= ''none''
|name= The Spamming of Erfwiki
|image=
|conflict=
|date= January-February, 2011
|place= [[Erfwiki]]
|result= ''Undetermined''
|side1= [[Erfwiki]]
|side2= Spambot
|commanders1= <big>Erfwiki</big>
*[[Erfwiki:Administrators|Administrator]] [[User:Miment|Miment]]
*[[Erfwiki:Administrators|Administrator]] [[User:Commander I. Heartly Noah|I. Heartly Noah]]
*[[Erfwiki:Administrators|Administrator]] [[User:Jorgath|Jorgath]]
*[[Erfwiki:Users|User]] [[User:Charles|Charles]]
*[[Erfwiki:Users|User]] [[User:No one in particular|NOIP]]
*[[Erfwiki:Users|User]] [[User:Cloudbreaker|Cloudbreaker]]
*[[Erfwiki:Users|User]] [[User:Tarrasque89|Tarrasque89]]
|commanders2= <big>Spambot</big>
*Spammer [[User talk:Vatcri|Vatcri]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Eaclasc|Eaclasc]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Nerfaye|Nerfaye]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Paloans|Paloans]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Grailasc|Grailasc]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Fidofore|Fidofore]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Obeddes|Obeddes]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Elvyyony|Elvyyony]]
*''You get the idea''
|forces1= <big>Erfwiki</big>
*Banhammer
**[[Special:Log/block|Blocking]]
**[[Special:Log/delete|Deleting]]
**[[Special:Log/protect|Protecting]]
*Spammer category
*Banned category
|forces2= <big>Spambot</big>
*Bot1
*Bot2
*Bot3
*Bot4
*Bot5
*Bot6
*Bot7
*Bot8
*Bot9
*''Probably MANY Others''
|casual1= <big>Erfwiki</big>
*[[Main Page]]
*[[Special:RecentChanges|Recent Changes]]
|casual2= <big>Spambot</big>
*Spammer [[User talk:Vatcri|Vatcri]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Eaclasc|Eaclasc]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Nerfaye|Nerfaye]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Paloans|Paloans]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Grailasc|Grailasc]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Fidofore|Fidofore]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Obeddes|Obeddes]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Elvyyony|Elvyyony]]
*''Many more''
*''Many spam pages''
}}

==Background==

On the 25th of January, 2011, [[User talk:Vatcri|User Vatcri]] created an account and then created the new wiki page "Employment In Tallahassee" with various links to external sites and much text.

With a single wielding of the mighty Banhammer [[User:Miment|Miment]] obliterated the page at 04:13 UTC on the 25 January 2011 and bannished the user.

==The First Wave==

Vatcri was shortly followed by [[User talk:Eaclasc|Eaclasc]] who performed the same action only to be met with the same retribution from Miment. Others came but were dealt with swiftly as the mighty [[Erfwiki:Administrators|Admin]] sought to stem the flow.

For a while he appeared successful and on the 26th of January, [[Erfwiki]] rested, seemingly having won the fight.

==The Full Assult==

On the 27th of January, 2011, Spammer [[User talk:Feodfer|Feodfer]] lead the second assult against the Wiki and was followed relentlessly by an army of Bots who sought to create more and more accounts with more and more Spam pages. At one point, even the [[Main Page]] came under attack by the Spammer [[User talk:Ingvosm|Ingvosm]] who replaced the content with the foul plague of Spam.

[[Erfwiki:Administrators|Administrator]] [[User:Miment|Miment]] fought valiantly against the onslaught with the help of [[Erfwiki:Users|User]] [[User:Charles|Charles]] and [[Erfwiki:Users|User]] [[User:No one in particular|NOIP]] who cleared and categorized users and spam pages alike, but it soon became evident that their fight was in vain.

===The Call for Aid===

Fighting a losing battle against the relentless Spambots, [[Erfwiki:Administrators|Administrator]] [[User:Miment|Miment]] and [[Erfwiki:Users|User]] [[User:Charles|Charles]] posted a [http://www.erfworld.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2067#p47740 plea for help] in the [[Erfworld]] forum, requesting further anti-spam tools to be installed into the [[Erfwiki]]. Charles also PMed [[Rob Balder]], CCing [[User:Harknell|Harknell]] who had been missing since the 8th of January, asking for aid in the battle. Requests were also made on the talk pages of both [[Titan]]s but it was [[Erfwiki:Administrators|Administrator]] [[User:Miment|Miment]] who successfully contacted Rob Balder in IRC who confirmed awareness of the issue and assured the loyal [[Tool]] that he was contacting Harknell with the news.
<pre>
[15:02] <RobTitan> Primary problem is with new pages being created, then?
[15:03] <Miment> Yes
[15:04] <Miment> Disabling new pages would be an OK temp fix, but requiring a proper captcha
on edits with new external links should stop basically any type of spam.
[15:07] <RobTitan> I will quote you on that directly to Harknell in this email I am composing.
</pre>

==There is Another==

As the Spambot's assult on [[Erfwiki]] died down the defenders sank with heavy hearts to lick their wounds and were made weary as they looked upon the mass of cleared spam pages that still required deletion. Its was then that [[Erfwiki:Administrators|Administrator]] [[User:Commander I. Heartly Noah|CIHN]] arrived on the scene in time to clear up the rubble. Stepping out from the lurkes he purged the cleared Spam pages without mercy, leaving naught but a log of deletions in his path and there was much rejoicing as the Spammer's category emptied of its contents.

== The Battle of Elviis-Death-Week ==
Lo, in the week of honoring the death of purported [[Titan]] Elviis, who walked into history one score and ten and four years past, a spammer didst appear bearing a name unlike other spammers previous. Zhangpan bore a name reversed from the honorable Pan Zhang who was a military general of the second century in the three kingdoms. This subterfuge temporarily bedazzled the guardians of the gates with the soon-to-be-dashed hope that Zhangpan would bring great glory to Erfwiki.
Several pages fell to Zhangpan's betrayal, but those denizens of Erfwiki who guarded the inner gates were not blinded by the reflected glory of Pan Zhang, and soon saw the actions of Zhangpan as what they were: wicked betrayal !

== The Clones of Herr Spam Auf Deutsch! ==
The spam wars grew quiet for nearly two score days, and then a trickle of clones of Herr Spam Auf Deutch did approach the gates of Erfwiki. Initially, they came in quietly, perusing the wares and partaking of the olde stories told by many. After a large influx in the peak of the month of the great party Oktoberfest, the eagle-eyed [[User:Abb3w]] identified them all as strikingly similar. They were not only all speakers of the grand language of warriors (German), by they all spoke of easy money through gambling and lower energy prices, in fact, they had came to Erfwiki to market their wares and perhaps increase their Google Rank! Rebuffed by Abb3w's quick work, the word must have filtered back to those still coming up the trade-route for their presence fell to a trickle once again. Will another horde come through, perhaps for the spookiest Hallow's Eve party? Only time will tell.

== March of the Spamsters, April Showers Flooding Mayflowers, the Coming of the Tarrasque, and the Arc of Noah in the Mayan Endyear ==

An lo in the time prior to the endyear of the Mayan fourth age, the bulwark of kitten-auth CAPTCHA did form a dike, and the mobs of spam-bots did fight against it. Like the futile dashings of a failed storm, their assaults didst wash against the dike, and made not even a dash of sound, nor a splash of sea-spray. The radio buttons of kitten-auth, adorned with web-comic images, proved an impenetrable barrier. Yea, and did the spam-bots rage, trying to decipher the radio-button festooned with [[Wanda]]'s portrait. Many were the bots which were sent into Erfwiki demesnes, each retrieving a mere scrap of information. But alas, in the asking of the question, especially that of a multiple-guess question, is encoded the possibility of success. The thousands of failed spam-bots finally delivered the list of all possible matches to their robotic overlords. A small crack in the dike, barely noticeable at first, but soon a raging flood of pages did ensue. Selling all manner of trinkets and information, none of which relevant to the Erfwiki folks, for the speculations and facts of Erfworld ne'er didst they provide. At this time, there was no garrison left to defend the wiki, and the spambots found no resistance. Suddenly, and without warning, the great and powerful [[User:Tarrasque89|Tarrasque]] stepped forward. In a guise much like its quarry, it approached unseen before tearing through their ranks with great speed and ferocity, and greater stamina and a singleminded purpose: Destroy and Consume. Simultaneously, [[Erfwiki:Administrators|Commander]] [[User:Commander I. Heartly Noah|I. Heartly Noah]] returned, after a long campaign in distant lands. Following in the wake of the Tarrasque, he put sword and fire to those left behind, alive and dead alike. Their flood of words, he purged. Their fake identities, false masks of genteel folk, did he rip asunder. As the showers of April spamsters tried to flood, the boat of Mayflowers was set by the glorious Commander. As of this tale, the battle rages on...

==TO BE CONTINUED==

Even now, the battle rages on between Spambot and [[Erfwiki]] as the Bots continue to create user accounts and Spam pages, but the [[Erfwiki:Administrators|Administrators]] and [[Erfwiki:Users|Users]] maintain vigilance as they await The Return of the [[ErfWiki:Bureaucrats|Bureaucrat]].

[[Category:Banon]]

The Spamming of Erfwiki

2012-05-03T23:30:01Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah: /* March of the Spamsters, April Showers Flooding Mayflowers, and the Arc of Noah in the Mayan Endyear */

{{battle
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|conc= ''none''
|next= ''none''
|name= The Spamming of Erfwiki
|image=
|conflict=
|date= January-February, 2011
|place= [[Erfwiki]]
|result= ''Undetermined''
|side1= [[Erfwiki]]
|side2= Spambot
|commanders1= <big>Erfwiki</big>
*[[Erfwiki:Administrators|Administrator]] [[User:Miment|Miment]]
*[[Erfwiki:Administrators|Administrator]] [[User:Commander I. Heartly Noah|I. Heartly Noah]]
*[[Erfwiki:Administrators|Administrator]] [[User:Jorgath|Jorgath]]
*[[Erfwiki:Users|User]] [[User:Charles|Charles]]
*[[Erfwiki:Users|User]] [[User:No one in particular|NOIP]]
*[[Erfwiki:Users|User]] [[User:Cloudbreaker|Cloudbreaker]]
*[[Erfwiki:Users|User]] [[User:User:Tarrasque89|Tarrasque89]]
|commanders2= <big>Spambot</big>
*Spammer [[User talk:Vatcri|Vatcri]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Eaclasc|Eaclasc]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Nerfaye|Nerfaye]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Paloans|Paloans]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Grailasc|Grailasc]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Fidofore|Fidofore]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Obeddes|Obeddes]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Elvyyony|Elvyyony]]
*''You get the idea''
|forces1= <big>Erfwiki</big>
*Banhammer
**[[Special:Log/block|Blocking]]
**[[Special:Log/delete|Deleting]]
**[[Special:Log/protect|Protecting]]
*Spammer category
*Banned category
|forces2= <big>Spambot</big>
*Bot1
*Bot2
*Bot3
*Bot4
*Bot5
*Bot6
*Bot7
*Bot8
*Bot9
*''Probably MANY Others''
|casual1= <big>Erfwiki</big>
*[[Main Page]]
*[[Special:RecentChanges|Recent Changes]]
|casual2= <big>Spambot</big>
*Spammer [[User talk:Vatcri|Vatcri]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Eaclasc|Eaclasc]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Nerfaye|Nerfaye]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Paloans|Paloans]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Grailasc|Grailasc]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Fidofore|Fidofore]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Obeddes|Obeddes]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Elvyyony|Elvyyony]]
*''Many more''
*''Many spam pages''
}}

==Background==

On the 25th of January, 2011, [[User talk:Vatcri|User Vatcri]] created an account and then created the new wiki page "Employment In Tallahassee" with various links to external sites and much text.

With a single wielding of the mighty Banhammer [[User:Miment|Miment]] obliterated the page at 04:13 UTC on the 25 January 2011 and bannished the user.

==The First Wave==

Vatcri was shortly followed by [[User talk:Eaclasc|Eaclasc]] who performed the same action only to be met with the same retribution from Miment. Others came but were dealt with swiftly as the mighty [[Erfwiki:Administrators|Admin]] sought to stem the flow.

For a while he appeared successful and on the 26th of January, [[Erfwiki]] rested, seemingly having won the fight.

==The Full Assult==

On the 27th of January, 2011, Spammer [[User talk:Feodfer|Feodfer]] lead the second assult against the Wiki and was followed relentlessly by an army of Bots who sought to create more and more accounts with more and more Spam pages. At one point, even the [[Main Page]] came under attack by the Spammer [[User talk:Ingvosm|Ingvosm]] who replaced the content with the foul plague of Spam.

[[Erfwiki:Administrators|Administrator]] [[User:Miment|Miment]] fought valiantly against the onslaught with the help of [[Erfwiki:Users|User]] [[User:Charles|Charles]] and [[Erfwiki:Users|User]] [[User:No one in particular|NOIP]] who cleared and categorized users and spam pages alike, but it soon became evident that their fight was in vain.

===The Call for Aid===

Fighting a losing battle against the relentless Spambots, [[Erfwiki:Administrators|Administrator]] [[User:Miment|Miment]] and [[Erfwiki:Users|User]] [[User:Charles|Charles]] posted a [http://www.erfworld.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2067#p47740 plea for help] in the [[Erfworld]] forum, requesting further anti-spam tools to be installed into the [[Erfwiki]]. Charles also PMed [[Rob Balder]], CCing [[User:Harknell|Harknell]] who had been missing since the 8th of January, asking for aid in the battle. Requests were also made on the talk pages of both [[Titan]]s but it was [[Erfwiki:Administrators|Administrator]] [[User:Miment|Miment]] who successfully contacted Rob Balder in IRC who confirmed awareness of the issue and assured the loyal [[Tool]] that he was contacting Harknell with the news.
<pre>
[15:02] <RobTitan> Primary problem is with new pages being created, then?
[15:03] <Miment> Yes
[15:04] <Miment> Disabling new pages would be an OK temp fix, but requiring a proper captcha
on edits with new external links should stop basically any type of spam.
[15:07] <RobTitan> I will quote you on that directly to Harknell in this email I am composing.
</pre>

==There is Another==

As the Spambot's assult on [[Erfwiki]] died down the defenders sank with heavy hearts to lick their wounds and were made weary as they looked upon the mass of cleared spam pages that still required deletion. Its was then that [[Erfwiki:Administrators|Administrator]] [[User:Commander I. Heartly Noah|CIHN]] arrived on the scene in time to clear up the rubble. Stepping out from the lurkes he purged the cleared Spam pages without mercy, leaving naught but a log of deletions in his path and there was much rejoicing as the Spammer's category emptied of its contents.

== The Battle of Elviis-Death-Week ==
Lo, in the week of honoring the death of purported [[Titan]] Elviis, who walked into history one score and ten and four years past, a spammer didst appear bearing a name unlike other spammers previous. Zhangpan bore a name reversed from the honorable Pan Zhang who was a military general of the second century in the three kingdoms. This subterfuge temporarily bedazzled the guardians of the gates with the soon-to-be-dashed hope that Zhangpan would bring great glory to Erfwiki.
Several pages fell to Zhangpan's betrayal, but those denizens of Erfwiki who guarded the inner gates were not blinded by the reflected glory of Pan Zhang, and soon saw the actions of Zhangpan as what they were: wicked betrayal !

== The Clones of Herr Spam Auf Deutsch! ==
The spam wars grew quiet for nearly two score days, and then a trickle of clones of Herr Spam Auf Deutch did approach the gates of Erfwiki. Initially, they came in quietly, perusing the wares and partaking of the olde stories told by many. After a large influx in the peak of the month of the great party Oktoberfest, the eagle-eyed [[User:Abb3w]] identified them all as strikingly similar. They were not only all speakers of the grand language of warriors (German), by they all spoke of easy money through gambling and lower energy prices, in fact, they had came to Erfwiki to market their wares and perhaps increase their Google Rank! Rebuffed by Abb3w's quick work, the word must have filtered back to those still coming up the trade-route for their presence fell to a trickle once again. Will another horde come through, perhaps for the spookiest Hallow's Eve party? Only time will tell.

== March of the Spamsters, April Showers Flooding Mayflowers, the Coming of the Tarrasque, and the Arc of Noah in the Mayan Endyear ==

An lo in the time prior to the endyear of the Mayan fourth age, the bulwark of kitten-auth CAPTCHA did form a dike, and the mobs of spam-bots did fight against it. Like the futile dashings of a failed storm, their assaults didst wash against the dike, and made not even a dash of sound, nor a splash of sea-spray. The radio buttons of kitten-auth, adorned with web-comic images, proved an impenetrable barrier. Yea, and did the spam-bots rage, trying to decipher the radio-button festooned with [[Wanda]]'s portrait. Many were the bots which were sent into Erfwiki demesnes, each retrieving a mere scrap of information. But alas, in the asking of the question, especially that of a multiple-guess question, is encoded the possibility of success. The thousands of failed spam-bots finally delivered the list of all possible matches to their robotic overlords. A small crack in the dike, barely noticeable at first, but soon a raging flood of pages did ensue. Selling all manner of trinkets and information, none of which relevant to the Erfwiki folks, for the speculations and facts of Erfworld ne'er didst they provide. At this time, there was no garrison left to defend the wiki, and the spambots found no resistance. Suddenly, and without warning, the great and powerful [[User:Tarrasque89|Tarrasque]] stepped forward. In a guise much like its quarry, it approached unseen before tearing through their ranks with great speed and ferocity, and greater stamina and a singleminded purpose: Destroy and Consume. Simultaneously, [[Erfwiki:Administrators|Commander]] [[User:Commander I. Heartly Noah|I. Heartly Noah]] returned, after a long campaign in distant lands. Following in the wake of the Tarrasque, he put sword and fire to those left behind, alive and dead alike. Their flood of words, he purged. Their fake identities, false masks of genteel folk, did he rip asunder. As the showers of April spamsters tried to flood, the boat of Mayflowers was set by the glorious Commander. As of this tale, the battle rages on...

==TO BE CONTINUED==

Even now, the battle rages on between Spambot and [[Erfwiki]] as the Bots continue to create user accounts and Spam pages, but the [[Erfwiki:Administrators|Administrators]] and [[Erfwiki:Users|Users]] maintain vigilance as they await The Return of the [[ErfWiki:Bureaucrats|Bureaucrat]].

[[Category:Banon]]

The Spamming of Erfwiki

2012-05-03T23:29:16Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

{{battle
|prev= ''none''
|conc= ''none''
|next= ''none''
|name= The Spamming of Erfwiki
|image=
|conflict=
|date= January-February, 2011
|place= [[Erfwiki]]
|result= ''Undetermined''
|side1= [[Erfwiki]]
|side2= Spambot
|commanders1= <big>Erfwiki</big>
*[[Erfwiki:Administrators|Administrator]] [[User:Miment|Miment]]
*[[Erfwiki:Administrators|Administrator]] [[User:Commander I. Heartly Noah|I. Heartly Noah]]
*[[Erfwiki:Administrators|Administrator]] [[User:Jorgath|Jorgath]]
*[[Erfwiki:Users|User]] [[User:Charles|Charles]]
*[[Erfwiki:Users|User]] [[User:No one in particular|NOIP]]
*[[Erfwiki:Users|User]] [[User:Cloudbreaker|Cloudbreaker]]
*[[Erfwiki:Users|User]] [[User:User:Tarrasque89|Tarrasque89]]
|commanders2= <big>Spambot</big>
*Spammer [[User talk:Vatcri|Vatcri]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Eaclasc|Eaclasc]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Nerfaye|Nerfaye]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Paloans|Paloans]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Grailasc|Grailasc]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Fidofore|Fidofore]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Obeddes|Obeddes]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Elvyyony|Elvyyony]]
*''You get the idea''
|forces1= <big>Erfwiki</big>
*Banhammer
**[[Special:Log/block|Blocking]]
**[[Special:Log/delete|Deleting]]
**[[Special:Log/protect|Protecting]]
*Spammer category
*Banned category
|forces2= <big>Spambot</big>
*Bot1
*Bot2
*Bot3
*Bot4
*Bot5
*Bot6
*Bot7
*Bot8
*Bot9
*''Probably MANY Others''
|casual1= <big>Erfwiki</big>
*[[Main Page]]
*[[Special:RecentChanges|Recent Changes]]
|casual2= <big>Spambot</big>
*Spammer [[User talk:Vatcri|Vatcri]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Eaclasc|Eaclasc]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Nerfaye|Nerfaye]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Paloans|Paloans]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Grailasc|Grailasc]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Fidofore|Fidofore]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Obeddes|Obeddes]]
*Spammer [[User talk:Elvyyony|Elvyyony]]
*''Many more''
*''Many spam pages''
}}

==Background==

On the 25th of January, 2011, [[User talk:Vatcri|User Vatcri]] created an account and then created the new wiki page "Employment In Tallahassee" with various links to external sites and much text.

With a single wielding of the mighty Banhammer [[User:Miment|Miment]] obliterated the page at 04:13 UTC on the 25 January 2011 and bannished the user.

==The First Wave==

Vatcri was shortly followed by [[User talk:Eaclasc|Eaclasc]] who performed the same action only to be met with the same retribution from Miment. Others came but were dealt with swiftly as the mighty [[Erfwiki:Administrators|Admin]] sought to stem the flow.

For a while he appeared successful and on the 26th of January, [[Erfwiki]] rested, seemingly having won the fight.

==The Full Assult==

On the 27th of January, 2011, Spammer [[User talk:Feodfer|Feodfer]] lead the second assult against the Wiki and was followed relentlessly by an army of Bots who sought to create more and more accounts with more and more Spam pages. At one point, even the [[Main Page]] came under attack by the Spammer [[User talk:Ingvosm|Ingvosm]] who replaced the content with the foul plague of Spam.

[[Erfwiki:Administrators|Administrator]] [[User:Miment|Miment]] fought valiantly against the onslaught with the help of [[Erfwiki:Users|User]] [[User:Charles|Charles]] and [[Erfwiki:Users|User]] [[User:No one in particular|NOIP]] who cleared and categorized users and spam pages alike, but it soon became evident that their fight was in vain.

===The Call for Aid===

Fighting a losing battle against the relentless Spambots, [[Erfwiki:Administrators|Administrator]] [[User:Miment|Miment]] and [[Erfwiki:Users|User]] [[User:Charles|Charles]] posted a [http://www.erfworld.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2067#p47740 plea for help] in the [[Erfworld]] forum, requesting further anti-spam tools to be installed into the [[Erfwiki]]. Charles also PMed [[Rob Balder]], CCing [[User:Harknell|Harknell]] who had been missing since the 8th of January, asking for aid in the battle. Requests were also made on the talk pages of both [[Titan]]s but it was [[Erfwiki:Administrators|Administrator]] [[User:Miment|Miment]] who successfully contacted Rob Balder in IRC who confirmed awareness of the issue and assured the loyal [[Tool]] that he was contacting Harknell with the news.
<pre>
[15:02] <RobTitan> Primary problem is with new pages being created, then?
[15:03] <Miment> Yes
[15:04] <Miment> Disabling new pages would be an OK temp fix, but requiring a proper captcha
on edits with new external links should stop basically any type of spam.
[15:07] <RobTitan> I will quote you on that directly to Harknell in this email I am composing.
</pre>

==There is Another==

As the Spambot's assult on [[Erfwiki]] died down the defenders sank with heavy hearts to lick their wounds and were made weary as they looked upon the mass of cleared spam pages that still required deletion. Its was then that [[Erfwiki:Administrators|Administrator]] [[User:Commander I. Heartly Noah|CIHN]] arrived on the scene in time to clear up the rubble. Stepping out from the lurkes he purged the cleared Spam pages without mercy, leaving naught but a log of deletions in his path and there was much rejoicing as the Spammer's category emptied of its contents.

== The Battle of Elviis-Death-Week ==
Lo, in the week of honoring the death of purported [[Titan]] Elviis, who walked into history one score and ten and four years past, a spammer didst appear bearing a name unlike other spammers previous. Zhangpan bore a name reversed from the honorable Pan Zhang who was a military general of the second century in the three kingdoms. This subterfuge temporarily bedazzled the guardians of the gates with the soon-to-be-dashed hope that Zhangpan would bring great glory to Erfwiki.
Several pages fell to Zhangpan's betrayal, but those denizens of Erfwiki who guarded the inner gates were not blinded by the reflected glory of Pan Zhang, and soon saw the actions of Zhangpan as what they were: wicked betrayal !

== The Clones of Herr Spam Auf Deutsch! ==
The spam wars grew quiet for nearly two score days, and then a trickle of clones of Herr Spam Auf Deutch did approach the gates of Erfwiki. Initially, they came in quietly, perusing the wares and partaking of the olde stories told by many. After a large influx in the peak of the month of the great party Oktoberfest, the eagle-eyed [[User:Abb3w]] identified them all as strikingly similar. They were not only all speakers of the grand language of warriors (German), by they all spoke of easy money through gambling and lower energy prices, in fact, they had came to Erfwiki to market their wares and perhaps increase their Google Rank! Rebuffed by Abb3w's quick work, the word must have filtered back to those still coming up the trade-route for their presence fell to a trickle once again. Will another horde come through, perhaps for the spookiest Hallow's Eve party? Only time will tell.

== March of the Spamsters, April Showers Flooding Mayflowers, and the Arc of Noah in the Mayan Endyear ==

An lo in the time prior to the endyear of the Mayan fourth age, the bulwark of kitten-auth CAPTCHA did form a dike, and the mobs of spam-bots did fight against it. Like the futile dashings of a failed storm, their assaults didst wash against the dike, and made not even a dash of sound, nor a splash of sea-spray. The radio buttons of kitten-auth, adorned with web-comic images, proved an impenetrable barrier. Yea, and did the spam-bots rage, trying to decipher the radio-button festooned with [[Wanda]]'s portrait. Many were the bots which were sent into Erfwiki demesnes, each retrieving a mere scrap of information. But alas, in the asking of the question, especially that of a multiple-guess question, is encoded the possibility of success. The thousands of failed spam-bots finally delivered the list of all possible matches to their robotic overlords. A small crack in the dike, barely noticeable at first, but soon a raging flood of pages did ensue. Selling all manner of trinkets and information, none of which relevant to the Erfwiki folks, for the speculations and facts of Erfworld ne'er didst they provide. At this time, there was no garrison left to defend the wiki, and the spambots found no resistance. Suddenly, and without warning, the great and powerful [[User:User:Tarrasque89|Tarrasque]] stepped forward. In a guise much like its quarry, it approached unseen before tearing through their ranks with great speed and ferocity, and greater stamina and a singleminded purpose: Destroy and Consume. Simultaneously, [[Erfwiki:Administrators|Commander]] [[User:Commander I. Heartly Noah|I. Heartly Noah]] returned, after a long campaign in distant lands. Following in the wake of the Tarrasque, he put sword and fire to those left behind, alive and dead alike. Their flood of words, he purged. Their fake identities, false masks of genteel folk, did he rip asunder. As the showers of April spamsters tried to flood, the boat of Mayflowers was set by the glorious Commander. As of this tale, the battle rages on...

==TO BE CONTINUED==

Even now, the battle rages on between Spambot and [[Erfwiki]] as the Bots continue to create user accounts and Spam pages, but the [[Erfwiki:Administrators|Administrators]] and [[Erfwiki:Users|Users]] maintain vigilance as they await The Return of the [[ErfWiki:Bureaucrats|Bureaucrat]].

[[Category:Banon]]

User:Commander I. Heartly Noah

2012-05-02T18:32:27Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

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|race= [[Men]]
|faction= [[Special:ListUsers/sysop|AdMen]]
|tribe= Poleaxe
|class= [[Warlord]]
|level= 3
|move= 10
|hits= 8
|combat= 2
|defense= 3
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*Contributor since 2009
*Chose Username May 20, 2009
*Named Administrator September 20, 2010
*Nearly 10,000 individual edits large, small, and minor
*Hundreds of spammers banned and spam pages purged

==Fanon==

[[Commander]] I. Heartly Noah is a warlord of the wandering Poleaxe tribe. He's a popular figure but an uninspiring combat leader. His dance fighting abilities are rudimentary at best. He is, however, quick & agile and can navigate various terrain.

Noah is a thinker; a ponderer, a philosopher, a wonderer, a deducer, a fool. He is a diligent helper for the community, one as likely to posit his own opinion as to ask for others' or simply to get stuck in with the prevailing effort. His greatest nemesis is the Spammers, and he hunts them down with great vengeance. He was blessed by the [[Titans]] with special powers, and was a founding member of the [[Special:ListUsers/sysop|AdMen]], who are tasked with the defense of the Erfwiki.

Noah wields the dual tools of the Banhammer and Deletionism.

==Real World References==

The Poleaxe tribe is a play on the term "Polacks" for Polish people. Noah's actual surname is Polish.

Commander I. Heartly Noah sounds like "Commander? I hardly know her!" which is a take on a classic joke.

==Trivia==

Noah auditioned for every male character in the Book 1 Motion Comic.

User talk:Tarrasque89

2012-05-02T18:22:14Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah: Undo revision 64608 by Commander I. Heartly Noah (talk)

User talk:Tarrasque89

2012-05-02T18:21:27Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah: Reverted edits by Commander I. Heartly Noah (talk) to last revision by Abb3w

User talk:Tarrasque89

2012-05-02T18:06:27Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

Creating minimal user and talk pages for yourself is one possible way to make it easier to signal (at least until the bot catches on) that you're not a spammer; red links in the "recent changes" list page stand out more. [[User:Abb3w|Abb3w]] 23:55, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Nothing can stop the Tarrasque! - Commander I. Heartly Noah, April 29 2012

Hey Tarrasque - you're doing a great job, but please don't create User pages for spammers if there isn't one already, as it just adds a page to be deleted. Feel free to continue changing User pages filled with spam to the spam-alert thing, though. That's helpful if the page isn't deleted right away.

User:RenfroeGreenfield435

2012-04-29T20:11:48Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah: Created page with "You are being watched as a potential spammer. You posted a page under your own name and wrote Merry Christmas on it. You have done nothing else so far, so I'm not banning you ye..."

You are being watched as a potential spammer.

You posted a page under your own name and wrote Merry Christmas on it. You have done nothing else so far, so I'm not banning you yet, but I am deleting the page you made. - CIHN

User talk:Tarrasque89

2012-04-29T20:06:32Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

User:Danielkaplan123

2012-04-28T14:50:02Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah: Undo revision 63386 by 85.229.38.237 (talk)

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|faction= [[Special:ListUsers/sysop|Unknown]]
|tribe= The Lost 13th
|class= Fan
|level= -1
|move= 0 (Couch based only)
|special= Zen, Unix, 80s New Wave
|eyebook= Cap'n.20
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==Stuff==

User Profile Icon: Calahan's - The Moment of a Thinkamancy Link

*Contributor since June 16, 2009
*First Contribution: Vurp winning the Knife Fight, June 16, 2009. (Vurp vs Mario Brothers/Mario Puzo of Transylvito)
*Added this login name in 2009. I was formerly known as 69.255.117.79, but still go by it sometimes because it's catchy.
*Made a few hundred additions since then either under DanielKaplan123 or 69.255.117.79
*Primary additions of Parson The Hippiemancy, Flowerpower, Signamancy, Parson the Signamancer, Date-a-mancy, Natural Magic (Love as Thinkamancy debate and Stuff as Natural Foolamancy).

==Fanon==

The 13th refers to the lost 13th tribe of Israel, a play on Jewish name and my general direction sense (should I ever leave my couch.)

User:Danielkaplan123

2012-04-28T14:49:15Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah: Reverted edits by DraaxetowerSNfcZ (talk) to last revision by 85.229.38.237

User:Commander I. Heartly Noah

2012-04-28T14:49:09Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah: Reverted edits by DraaxetowerSNfcZ (talk) to last revision by Commander I. Heartly Noah

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|level= 3
|move= 10
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|combat= 2
|defense= 3
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*Contributor since 2009
*Chose Username May 20, 2009
*Named Administrator September 20, 2010
*Over 8500 individual edits large, small, and minor

==Fanon==

[[Commander]] I. Heartly Noah is a warlord of the wandering Poleaxe tribe. He's a popular figure but an uninspiring combat leader. His dance fighting abilities are rudimentary at best. He is, however, quick & agile and can navigate various terrain.

Noah is a thinker; a ponderer, a philosopher, a wonderer, a deducer, a fool. He is a diligent helper for the community, one as likely to posit his own opinion as to ask for others' or simply to get stuck in with the prevailing effort. His greatest nemesis is the Spammers, and he hunts them down with great vengeance. He was blessed by the [[Titans]] with special powers, and was a founding member of the [[Special:ListUsers/sysop|AdMen]], who are tasked with the defense of the Erfwiki.

Noah wields the dual tools of the Banhammer and Deletionism.

==Real World References==

The Poleaxe tribe is a play on the term "Polacks" for Polish people. Noah's actual surname is Polish.

Commander I. Heartly Noah sounds like "Commander? I hardly know her!" which is a take on a classic joke.

==Trivia==

Noah auditioned for every male character in the Book 1 Motion Comic.

Ad Council

2012-04-28T05:18:47Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah: /* Fanon */

=Proposed Canon=
A [[Side]] that fought against [[Jetstone]], ultimately losing the campaign.
It existed within one thousand eight hundred, fifteen turns before [[AW]] 75. [[LIAB Text 50]]

== Unit Types ==
* [[Woodsy Owl]]
* [[Red Defender]]

== Cities ==
* [[Smokeybear]]

=Speculation=
Since the Ad Council historically promoted the Rosie the Riveter fictional character, to promote the employment of women during World War II, as well as the famous "loose lips might sink ships" campaign, a historic scene might have some allusions to these campaigns. Likewise McGruff the Crime Dog was a part of another campaign of the Ad Council and may be seen in the future as a [[unit]] type or a [[City]]. The publicity around Nancy Reagans War against drugs included the "just say no" campaign with Ad Council producing PSAs about frying eggs and brains. It's not clear how a campaign "Friends don't let friends drive drunk" can be tied into the Erf story, but it wouldn't be surprising if [[Balder]] does so in some way. If the Ad Council's name is significant as more than a reference, it could indicate either that it was actually an alliance of sides like the [[Royal Crown Coalition]] rather than a single side, or that the side was governed as some form of oligarchic republic (perhaps with the [[Overlord]] selected by a council of senior warlords and casters), rather than a monarchy or dictatorship as most sides are. It is unknown how the rules for such a side would work in practice, if it is possible at all.

=Real World References=
The name of the side is a reference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_Council Ad Council], an American non-profit organization that distributes public service announcements on behalf of various sponsors.

=Fanon=
Casters:
*[[Rosie]]: [[Dollamancer]]
*McGruff: [[Lookamancer]]/[[Findamancer]]

[[Category:Proposed Canon]]
[[Category:Speculation]]
[[Category:Fanon]]
[[Category:Side]]
[[Category:Capital Side]]
[[Category:Real World References]]

IPTSF Text 6

2012-04-28T05:17:50Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

{{pager int|Text 6|IPTSF}}

The tent flap rustled, but did not open. “[[Wanda]]! Breakfast!”

Wanda stirred in the wagon. “Yes, [[Chief Warlord|Chief]]. I’m coming.”

She’d awakened when the bugle called start of day, but drifted back into a catnap. Nothing had changed; the [[turn]] had not started and she had no [[juice]] yet. [[Goodminton]] took its turn with its allies [[Quisling]] and [[Frenemy]], as part of the second turn in the [[battlespace]]. [[Haffaton]] was unallied, and took its turn at dawn.

The body of the [[scout]] would have depopped at dawn, had they not moved it out of the [[hex]] where it was [[croak]]ed. Claimed as a [[Spoils|spoil]] for Goodminton, it would only decay a bit when they started their turn later in the morning. Wanda wanted to be with the body when that happened, so that she could study the process. Her life was full of firsts, but the firsts within [[Croakamancy|her discipline]] were the ones that most held her interest.

No provisions popped for her, since they had supplies and a chuck wagon. She planned to eat as quickly as possible, get her orders, and return to the tent. But when she emerged into the gray sunlight, the camp was in disarray. [[Tommy]] and the other three [[warlord]]s had a captain of the guard surrounded, hearing his urgent report. [[Mount]]s were hurriedly being led forth, including her [[sawhorse]].

“Wanda!” shouted Tommy to her. He whistled sharply and pointed to her mount, then turned back to the soldier with a question.

:::::::---

The leadership stack backtracked up the road to the trailing edge of the hex, meeting up with a stack of survivors on the other side of the barrier. Haffaton, the soldiers said, had attacked them from out of the hills. It was a force of about twenty mid-[[level]] [[firemen]], and one level 4 warlord. They burned the four [[Siege Tower|siege towers]] and one of the three [[battery charger]]s before the unled Goodminton units finally overwhelmed them.

“It’s my fault,” said Tommy bitterly. “I should have left [[leadership]] in the middle of the column.”

“But we scouted that [[hex]] they came from,” said [[Pom Fritz]], a beefy man with a red beard and a single red eyebrow over his buggy green eyes. He was Goodminton’s highest-level warlord, and Tommy considered him a close friend and second in command. He jammed the handle of his great axe into the mud at his feet, placed both hands on the eye, and leaned on it in dismay. “We scouted this whole road three hexes deep. We were right to expect an attack from the fore.”

“Obviously not,” muttered Tommy. “They must have gone around. Or...come from farther afield than we scouted.”

“In this country?” said Fritz. “Hard to imagine either. Yon hexes cost six move apiece for infantry, where they ‘re passable at all.”

“Well, they got through ''somehow'',” said Tommy, “and they certainly did their job. They haven’t left us enough [[siege]] to take [[Goodfinger]]’s gate, by my guess. Titans.”

Although she understood the seriousness of the blow to the battle plan, Wanda kept looking back up the road. Her scout was about to decay, and it didn’t seem as if she could do very much here. Haffaton was still on its turn, and Tommy wasn’t letting her away from his protection. She knew better than to ask.

Within half an hour, Goodminton’s turn started without further incident. They entered the trailing hex, and very quickly had their answer. The Haffaton firemen had been armed with pickaxes and shovels. This was a [[Mine|mining]] squad. Scouts were dispatched, and they found a hidden tunnel in the mountain in the adjacent hex. The enemy must have been hiding underground for several turns, waiting to thwart their inevitable move on Goodfinger.

Wanda walked among the fallen, now unconcerned about the one body she’d held vigil over. This scene was a massacre: twenty-two enemy [[Digging|sap]]s, an enemy warlord, and forty-three of their own infantry.

She could feel them each, sense the skulls and the hearts and the spines. Standing among so many bodies was like finding a purse of so many gems. It was a heady, greedy, giddy feel. Oh, she was a lucky woman.

“Wanda? What can you do with them?”

The last time she’d noticed her brother, he had been talking quietly with his warlords. But now he was suddenly standing at her shoulder, looking down with her at the enemy warlord. She smiled up at him, but her face fell, to see his. He looked devastated. Guilty. His warlords stood off at a respectful distance, pretending to care for weapons or groom their mounts.

“Well, I have a choice, big brother,” she said softly. “This is a warlord. If I [[uncroak]] him, he would benefit from all of my attention, and all of the juice I can spare. The more carefully I cast, the fewer mistakes I might make, and the more he will retain of the power he had in life. I believe I could make him last as long as ten or twelve turns, and retain about half his levels and leadership. But I still might make a mistake.”

Tommy nodded. “I’m familiar with those.”

She gave him the blush he had failed to elicit with his ballad yesterday. “I could do better, if I were not so inexperienced.”

Wanda truly was embarrassed for being so weak. She could sense how far short of [[Croakamancy]]’s potential she would come when she did cast this spell. She had so little juice, and terribly little confidence to use it well enough. She suddenly felt as if that powerful woman only existed there in her bedroom mirror, and that she had left her back in the city. She wanted to fly home to see her, but her boots stayed planted on the road.

“What are our other choices?” asked Tommy distantly.

“I could concentrate on uncroaking more than one unit,” said Wanda, “diluting the effects, but giving us more units. Or I could attempt to mass uncroak every unit in the hex.”

Tommy looked at her sharply. “You could do that?”

She shook her head at him, very slowly. “Tommy... I-I don’t know. I feel it might be too much for me. A disaster. I could become overwhelmed. Maybe we wouldn’t get any units at all out of it. But if I succeeded, then the uncroaked units I create probably would not last more than a turn. Even the warlord.”

Her brother nodded again. “Wanda, do you understand what they did to us? We can’t take that city with only two siege. We’ll have to turn around and march for home.”

“I can’t uncroak the siege towers,” she said, apologetically. “So...the warlord, then?”

Something like a very small smile played around Tommy’s lips. He turned and took a few steps over to a fallen enemy fireman, bent down, and picked up his pickaxe. He held it up to her. “Bit of ‘boring warlord stuff’ here, but perhaps you should get interested, if you want to be a field commander. Siege towers are ''items'', not [[unit]]s. They pop as equipment like armor. Like this axe. When you pop a siege tower, you get 8 digger units and a rolling tower. They’re like portable shelters, see? You put your units with the [[digging]] special on them, and they dig into city walls.” He shook the pickaxe in the air. “Our croaked guys and their croaked guys here all have the digging special, right?”

Wanda nodded.

“Well, then they can dig through walls,” he said, his smile getting a little less tentative. “I normally wouldn’t send valuable diggers into battle without a tower to shelter them from city defenses; they’d get wiped out fast. Losses are usually too unacceptable to do that. But if we’ve got a whole bunch of diggers and a warlord that’ll only last one turn ''anyway''...”

:::::::---

Wanda’s scout was the only of her uncroaked units to survive the battle, and she spent another night with him. His only night. He stood sentry at the foot of her bed in her temporary quarters in Goodfinger’s [[garrison]]. He leaned and limped and shed pieces here and there. She laughed, and loved him for how crude he was.

For she was already level 2, and could do better.

This city was littered with enemy fallen. Tomorrow morning, she would have the chance to do much better than she had with this funny little bit of [[Matter]].

“Dance,” she ordered the scout, sending it gyrating spastically into walls and furniture. She giggled helplessly into her pillow.

[[Category:Page Annotation/IPTSF|006]]

User:Danielkaplan123

2012-04-28T05:16:08Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

Stack

2012-04-28T05:14:33Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah: /* Speculation */

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=Proposed cannon=

A stack is set of [[units]] from allied [[sides]] that is formed to create a combat advantage. Each unit in a stack can receive bonuses from other units in the stack, such as, but not limited to [[leadership]], [[spell]] and [[artifact]] bonuses. As units are added to a stack they add to a stack bonus which maxes out at 8 units, however a stack can be larger then 8. A stack bonus should not be confused with [[hex]] bonuses that apply to all units within a hex.
The advantage may be for attack or defense, although it is known that you can stack for stealth purposes as well. {{ref| LIAB Text 50}}

=Speculation=

Hexes seem to have a maximum number of units or stacks that can exist within them. [[Column]]s seem to form because there are too many units to fit within a single [[Hex]].

The three-hex [[Column]] that retook [[Warchalking]] for [[Gobwin Knob]] contained twelve stacks {{ref | [[First_Intermission_33]]}}, so the limit may be four or five allied stacks per hex.

It could also be that it was simply more efficient for the stacks to be separated, as their move stat was so different that, rather than slow down the fastest units to have them all arrive at the same time.

It is unknown why everyone doesn't just form massive superstacks to maximize bonuses; even if the stack bonus maxes at eight units, it seems that stack-range bonuses, such as the high stack-range component of Leadership, should be spread to as many units as possible (this strategy is touched upon in [[TBFGK 113]]). Also, stacks of nine or more units would have a buffer for their stack bonus, delaying the reduction of the bonus as the stack begins to lose units. Possible explanations include:

:Perhaps the limit on maximum stack size prevents it. [[TBFGK_58:2|This reference]] to a "max stack" appears to suggest this.

:Perhaps the bonuses only apply to the first eight units in the Stack.

:Perhaps each Stack can make a single 'attack', and anything beyond the first eight units isn't counted at all - thus, while it would provide spare durability, you can maximize your damage output by keeping the stacks as small as possible with the maximum bonuses. This would include the assumption would presumably be that you can reconsolidate your stacks quickly as they suffer attrition.

:Perhaps the bonuses actually decrease if a stack exceeds an optimum size.

Assuming Stanley took a max-stack to flee Gobwin Knob here {{erf|1|077}}, the size for a max stack appears to be no less than 30 units:

* 3 x Knights +
* 1 x Stanley +
* 1 x Jack +
* 24 x (Group B) dwagons (assuming they all lived, minus the three killed by Ansom) +
* 1 x Stanley's Red dwagon +
* An unknown number of reserve dwagons.

An unled stack must attack if an enemy comes within range. A led stack can choose whether or not to attack by the command of the [[leadership]] unit in the stack.

[[Category:Erfworld Mechanics]]
[[Category:Proposed Canon]]

Motion

2012-04-28T05:12:07Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah: /* Speculation */

__TOC__
[[Category:Erfworld_Mechanics]]
[[Category:Magic]]
[[Category:Proposed Canon]]
[[Category:Speculation]]

== Canon ==
'''Motion''' is one of the three [[Magic_Elements|Elements]] of [[Magic]], along with [[Life]] and [[Matter]]

{{Template:Magic_Elements_Chart/Motion}}

It is the sole element of [[Spookism]], and also influences [[Eyemancy]], [[Naughtymancy]], and [[Stagemancy]].

[[Category:Erfworld_Mechanics]][[Category:Magic]]

== Proposed Canon ==

==Speculation==
'''Motion''' may refer to change, with the impact that:

[[Turnamancy]] changes [[turn]] order or duration, [[unit]] (or [[city]]) production rate, and [[side]] [[loyalty]];

[[Dollamancy]] changes [[Loyalty]] (through raiments), creates items that change stats, and changes inanimate materials into living units.

[[Foolamancy]] changes perceived [[unit]] information and [[Stats]],

[[Thinkamancy]] changes unit loyalty and knowledge,

[[Lookamancy]] changes knowledge of [[hex]] location,

[[Shockamancy]] changes [[unit]] [[hits]],

[[Croakamancy]] changes [[croaked]] [[unit]]s back into active ones, and

[[Retconjuration]] changes the rules themselves.

However [[Changemancy]] not being in this element poses a problem, unless it only changes [[matter]] into other matter.

Woodsy Owl

2012-04-28T05:11:05Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah: /* Speculation */

=Speculation=
A Woodsy Owl is a [[unit]]. Its appearance and stats are not known yet.

A Woodsy Owl is likely to be one of the unit types used by [[Ad Council]].

A Woodsy Owl probably has a sonic attack, in the form of a "Hoot". Perhaps it cleans the adversary by sonically causing their weapons to disappear.

=Real World References=
"Woodsy the Owl" is part of an anti-pollution campaign by the real World Ad Council, with the slogan "Give a Hoot, don't pollute".

[[Category:Unit]]
[[Category:Speculation]]
[[Category:Real World References]]

LIAB 46:1/Description

2012-04-28T05:10:08Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

<noinclude>{{subpage}}[[Category:Frame Contents]]</noinclude>
A [[Jetstone]] [[warlord]] is in the room where [[Cubbins]] and [[Ace Hardware]] are talking. [[King]] [[Slately]] and [[Prince]] [[Tramennis]] enter the room through a double doored entrance from a room where three [[unipegataur]]s are standing at attention.

User:Commander I. Heartly Noah

2012-04-28T01:50:29Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

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|faction= [[Special:ListUsers/sysop|AdMen]]
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|level= 3
|move= 10
|hits= 8
|combat= 2
|defense= 3
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*Contributor since 2009
*Chose Username May 20, 2009
*Named Administrator September 20, 2010
*Over 8500 individual edits large, small, and minor

==Fanon==

[[Commander]] I. Heartly Noah is a warlord of the wandering Poleaxe tribe. He's a popular figure but an uninspiring combat leader. His dance fighting abilities are rudimentary at best. He is, however, quick & agile and can navigate various terrain.

Noah is a thinker; a ponderer, a philosopher, a wonderer, a deducer, a fool. He is a diligent helper for the community, one as likely to posit his own opinion as to ask for others' or simply to get stuck in with the prevailing effort. His greatest nemesis is the Spammers, and he hunts them down with great vengeance. He was blessed by the [[Titans]] with special powers, and was a founding member of the [[Special:ListUsers/sysop|AdMen]], who are tasked with the defense of the Erfwiki.

Noah wields the dual tools of the Banhammer and Deletionism.

==Real World References==

The Poleaxe tribe is a play on the term "Polacks" for Polish people. Noah's actual surname is Polish.

Commander I. Heartly Noah sounds like "Commander? I hardly know her!" which is a take on a classic joke.

==Trivia==

Noah auditioned for every male character in the Book 1 Motion Comic.

LIAB Text 40

2011-03-30T19:54:07Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

{{pager int|Text 40|LIAB}}
In a string of dull days, this one surely looked to be just another.

Headmaster [[Isaac]] puttered around in his little park, adjusting and measuring. A cloud passed and the late-morning light shone down, causing his oddly shaped apparatuses to cast still odder shadows on the grass. Not for the first time, he considered marking out each one as a sundial to indicate his meeting times and appointments. But he would probably just forget which piece was for which event.

His work kept him occupied, but what had happened to the war? The real war. What had happened to the sense that events were in motion to change everything?

No-one spoke of it lately.

He supposed it was much like any other plan or scheme or Big Idea hatched here in the [[Magic Kingdom]]. The sideless and the helpless would talk excitedly for a while, then their plans would evaporate, never even to be mentioned again.

But Isaac's work, his search for reliable facts, did move slowly forward. Was that any different from the schemes of [[Predictamancy|Predictamancers]]? He hoped so, but he didn't trust his own judgment of it.

A few of the [[Great Minds that Think Alike|Great Minds]] lingered nearby, occasionally using the equipment with hesitation. But Isaac was aware that this place usually stood empty when he was not here. He himself was the attraction, even among other [[Master-class|Mastermind]]s. They all had something they wanted to converse with him about, but they knew to keep their distance lest they disturb his thoughts.

Their constant attention left him somehow lonely, yet desperate for time alone. A paradox. Hm.

Wasn't everything, though? At the finest or grossest level of detail, everything seemed to be opposed to itself. A counter-force for every force, a reaction to every action. Opposite, and perhaps equal. He suspected it might be a law of Erfworld, but there was not enough evidence.

He dropped at once to the ground and sat on dry grass, cross-legged. For a number of minutes, he simply sat there beside a springmount and tried to work out how he could prove (or more likely disprove) such a thing.

It was a hard problem. Reliable facts were so difficult to come by! But he came up with a few promising lines of inquiry before his mind inevitably wandered away, drawn along the humming and tinkling vibrations of the world's [[Grandiocosmic Strings|strings]].

He found himself staring up at the springmount, wondering if he should get up and tune it again. This one was modeled on a [[gwiffon]], made of [[Thinkamancy]]-polarized [[Stuff]] and imprinted with [[Signamancy]] in bright yellow. It was centered on a single strong coil of steel anchored deeply into the ground.

The mount shape was neither fanciful nor accidental. One used this instrument as a surrogate mount, climbing upon it and building up a physical oscillation of the proper frequency to detect and study the Thinkamancy of orders. The intent of a [[commander]] in issuing an order to a non-speaking unit, or of a [[Ruler]] in issuing an order to a remote field unit, was one of the most interesting forms of natural Thinkamancy, Isaac felt. He really should log more time on the device.

He looked around the park. Nearly all of the machines he had built here worked on similar principles. [[G Strings|G-strings]] vibrated on different frequencies, and would cancel or amplify each other across predictable distances. Before Isaac had built these devices, a Thinkamancer had to walk around until his head was in a place of amplification, then hold still.

But staying within one node deprived the observer of important perspective, much in the way that closing one eye caused a loss of depth perception, or covering an ear made it hard to tell the direction of a sound. It had already been known that two linked Thinkamancers standing in different nodes could detect and send far better than any one caster. Isaac had figured out that one caster switching rapidly between nodes had a similar effect.

And so he created a pendulum seat for a caster to swing back and forth between nodes.{{ref|swing}} This worked very well for certain frequencies, but the nodes of amplification were not always aligned parallel with the ground. So he devised a simple lever and fulcrum of the proper length, to allow access to nodes which were separated vertically.{{ref|seesaw}} This required two casters to operate.

...going in equal and opposite directions. Hm.

He stood up, glancing up the hill to the great [[Temple of the Thinkamancers|Temple]]. It was also made of polarized Stuff, designed long ago (and modified more recently) as a refuge. Cosmic vibrations couldn't penetrate it.

So whatever [[Charlie]] could send wouldn't make it into the Temple. And whatever was sent from within could not be heard from without. The Temple was perhaps their greatest defense against Titanic powers the rest of Erfworld couldn't even imagine.

Isaac sighed wistfully, and walked toward the chute-and-ladder.{{ref|slide}} The existence of the [[Arkendish]] troubled him not only as a Thinkamancer; it bothered him as a natural philosopher. As he struggled to find answers about Erfworld's nature through observation, there sat the Arkendish, the greatest instrument of observation there could ever be.

If only Charlie were one of the Great Minds. If only he Thought Alike.

Isaac climbed the ladder. He would go up, then come down. Equal and opposite actions. He had been an object at rest for too long now. Today, he would take some form of action.

At the top and bottom of the smooth inclined plane were nodes of intuition. One did not get more than a quick glimpse between the two, but that usually would suffice. If not, one could always climb the ladder again. This apparatus had a personal effect on the operator, giving him a glance at his own Fate and perhaps a vague insight or focus or warning.

Isaac put his arms up and slid.

At the bottom, he tumbled into the grass with a fleeting understanding...and a profound foreboding. He had the feeling that he had just glimpsed some kind of terrible finality. Was it his own?

He didn't think so. It seemed greater than that. And there was a string to follow to its source...

[[Maggie]]'s. He plucked it.

He did not need to look up the cipher she used, as he had devised it himself. The message was clear enough as well, although it could have used a timestamp...

He stood up and thinkshouted, "Temple meeting! Now!"

As he ran, he considered whether this was his "action" or its "reaction." Things did seem opposite, but not at all equal. His feet pounded the grass, then the gravel path. His breaths came hard and heavy as he scampered up the hill. A reaction greater than its action was coming, he'd intuited. An avalanche from a pebble, a line of falling blocks, an inferno from a spark. Some other cosmic principle than paradox was in play here. But what could it be?

He couldn't so much as guess.

His sole reliable fact here was that the day was no longer looking dull.

==Notes==
#{{note|swing}} A swing.
#{{note|seesaw}} A seesaw.
#{{note|slide}} A slide.

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Master-class

2011-03-30T19:53:13Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

=Speculation=
Master-class is a rating of the power level of a [[Caster]].{{erf|1|127}}

The term suggests that a certain [[level]] has been attained by the [[caster]].

Individual schools of magic may have their own titles (such as [[Grand Abbie]], the rank held by [[Janis]]) in addition to the generic designation. The relationship between such titles and the general proficiency level implied by "Master-class caster" is still unclear.

Mastermind is a term for Master-class Thinkamancer.

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LIAB Text 13

2011-03-30T19:49:30Z

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It all required an ordered brain.

[[Gobwin Knob]]'s side now spanned fifteen [[city|cities]], and about 9400 units. Among these were over eight thousand speaking units, any one of whom could request [[Maggie]]'s attention via intense concentration. Similarly, she could reach out to these units herself, to relay orders or request status. Scouting units in all directions, some of them hundreds of [[hex]]es away, passed along terrain and encounter information to her as they moved. And with [[Archons]] out there in the field, she had other, primitive [[Thinkamancer]]s to manage as well.

Some (mercifully subconscious) part of Maggie's mind was always sorting and prioritizing the incoming and outgoing messages, making little decisions which added up to bigger ones.

That was at the quietest of times. Before and during a major battle, it was more than she could fully process, more than she had the [[juice]] for. However structured and competent her mind might be, she was still only an Adept class Thinkamancer. Even a Mastermind would be taxed under these conditions.

Ah, even so. One did one's best.

Her primary concern at the moment was juice. This battle and this turn would represent (at best) only half the day's likely demand on her services. Even if it all went swimmingly and [[Chief Warlord]] [[Ansom]] seized his former [[capital]] with ease, there was a long day yet ahead.

Gobwin Knob's natural spot in the [[turn]] order came fairly early, before all nearby sides except [[Charlescomm]] and [[Transylvito]]. Transylvito was allied with the [[Royal Crown Coalition|Coalition]], so it currently took its turn with [[Jetstone]]. Today, Gobwin Knob's turn had begun at dawn, which meant Charlescomm was either absent from the battlespace or allied with a side that took its turn later.

The upshot of all of that was that all other enemy sides would take their turns before she could regain her juice. A Coalition counterstrike was nearly inevitable, so juice conservation was in order.

She was conserving now, but that worried her too. She had entirely too little idea what was happening.

The strike force was definitely in the city, but there had been no word from them for more than twenty minutes. She spent a tiny bit of juice to confirm the existence and status of the major units there, but did not open a [[Thinkagram]]. At least one Archon was supposed to send a full picture Thinkagram, once the engagement began. But it appeared that...

That subconscious part of her brain poked her in the ribs. She checked the Chief Warlord's location again.

"Oh dear," she whispered, very quietly.

[[Parson]] heard her. "What's going on?" he asked. The Situation Room had been silent for several minutes, ever since a brief discussion between [[Stanley]] and Parson about the color scheme of the tactical figurines had ended snappishly.

Maggie cleared her throat. "I don't know, [[Lord Hamster]]." Her [[Duty]] here was slightly vague. Clearly both Lord Stanley and Lord Parson would ''want'' to know that Ansom was not among the attackers. She particularly didn't care to mislead Parson any more than necessary. But if she told them, they would certainly give her orders which would involve spending more juice.

Even under a [[Ruler]] like Stanley, decisions on the battlefield were usually left to the field [[Commander]]s. If Ansom didn't want to lead this attack, that was his prerogative.

But it was decidedly odd, after that business at the bridge.

Yes, entirely ''too''.

"I think," she said evenly and carefully, "that there may be an irregularity with the battle plan."

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Sack

2011-03-30T19:47:22Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

==Proposed Canon==
When a [[city]] falls into the hands of an enemy [[side]], the conquering side can choose to sack the city, reducing it below level 1 so that it no longer functions as a city. The resulting site is similar to [[ruins]] and can randomly pop [[Barbarian]] [[unit]]s, [[gem]]s, and [[Magic Item]]s. The city site may be claimed by any [[side]] and [[rebuild|rebuilt]].

Sacking may be a form of [[Natural Magic#Natural Dirtamancy|Natural Dirtamancy]] available only to Rulers, and implementable by Warlords they authorize to use it.

The side doing the sacking gains an immediate increase in their treasury.

[[Kona]], a Level 3 city, yielded 20,000 shmuckers when Faq sacked it, while [[Progrock]] gave 40,000. This would seem to indicate that each level of a city doubles the gain from sacking, unless there are modifiers that haven't been mentioned yet.

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Progrock

2011-03-30T19:45:30Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

==Proposed Canon==
The [[city]] of Progrock was conquered by [[Gobwin Knob]] and rebuilt by [[Sizemore]] at some point after the [[Battle for Gobwin Knob]]. It was [[sack]]ed by Queen [[Jillian]] of [[Faq]] in 75 [[AW]].

Possibly a Level 4 city. When [[sack]]ed, it gave 40,000 [[shmuckers]], whereas when [[Kona]] was sacked, it only gave 20,000. Since it is unlikely that Progrock was a Level 5, this would indicate that it was either a Level 4 or there are modifiers to sacking which we are unaware of.

==Real World References==
The name is a shortened version of "progressive rock".

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User talk:152.131.9.69

2011-03-30T19:43:34Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

Hello! Since you've been on such a link-spree lately, I thought I should mention a few of things: First, there's a number of redirects already made, so "Ansom" takes you to "Prince Ansom", "Eyemancer" takes you to "Eyemancy", that sort of thing. Saves the hassle of going '''[ [ wanda firebaugh | Wanda ] ]''' when you can just go '''[ [ Wanda ] ]''', right?

Second, it's not really necessary to link ''every'' instance of something in an article. Or, for that matter, in a sentence. Seriously, if Jetstone is mentioned, two other words are said, and then Jetstone is mentioned again, you only have to link the first one.

Lastly, unless you're planning on making the page, you might want to keep from linking to non-existant pages.

Oh, and if you see spammer pages, feel free to replace the content with [ [ category:spammer ] ], and tag them in their talk page with the same thing. Helps the admins know who to ban, you see.

Aside from all that, here's your complimentary fruit basket, thanks for lending a hand getting our wiki on, and here's looking forward to more Erf! -- [[User:No one in particular|No one in particular]] 01:37, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Hey, new guy - your enthusiasm is great and all, but please don't presume to declare what I am and am not doing with my limited time - let alone what I should be doing. I have deleted more spam and banned more spammers than anyone except Miment, and beyond that I have made thousands of updates on this wiki. If I delete redirects, it's because they're unnecessary and unused. Make redirects as needed, not for no purpose. Don't link to pages that don't exist, and don't make a page just to fulfill a link. The "minor character" pages I deleted were merely copies of another page - two of a group of five, inexplicably - characters that were barely mentioned, and you repeated information of the larger character that could not be corroborated for them. Wait for more information before making unnecessary pages. [[User:Commander I. Heartly Noah|CIHN]]

Hilary

2011-03-29T07:10:56Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah: Reverted edits by 152.131.9.69 (Talk) to last version by Wrecan

=Proposed Canon=
''"Please hold for Charlie."''

'''Strengths:''' Resilient, Cool Under Pressure, Tough, Committed to Charlie

'''Weaknesses:''' ?

'''First Appearance:''' [[LIAB Text 18]]

[[Hilary]] is an [[Archon]] serving [[Charlescomm]]. During the [[Battle of the Expository Bridge]], she and five others (Brittany, Miley, Paris, Avril, and Lindsay) were dispatched to spy on [[Haggar]]'s [[column]] and to report their findings back to the [[capital]], while [[Arkendish]] communications were blacked out.

It was a dangerous assignment, their [[veil]] was blown upon the start of Haggar's turn and three of the Archons were [[croaked]]. Hilary immediately flew to the ground and surrendered once they were discovered but her partner was not as lucky. She was tortured by Prince [[Sammy]] and his retinue, sustaining a broken leg, injured [[eyes|eye]], and other sundry harm but did not reveal anything about her mission or [[Charlie|Charlie's]] plans. Fortunately, when it looked like things were about to get very bad for her, Charlie resumed communication (he ended his [[Caster link]] with [[Vanna]]) and asked Hilary to open a [[thinkagram]] so he could "negotiate" with Sammy.

It is likely that Charlie managed to get her released as part of the deal/blackmail arrangement he forced Sammy to agree to, her current assignment and whereabouts are unknown.

=Real World References=
She is likely named for Hilary Duff, as her spy group consists of archons named after six young female starlets, five of them singers.

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Transylvito

2011-03-29T07:08:54Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah: /* Conflict With Carpudlians */

[[File:Transylvito_livery.png|thumb|300px|Transylvito's [[livery]]]]
=Proposed Canon=

==Side==

Transylvito is a vampire, mafia, and greaser themed [[Side]] of [[Erfworld]] ruled by [[Ruler]] [[Don King]]. They are currently closely allied to [[Faq]]. They include [[Transylvito Vampire|Vampires]] and [[Men]] as their sentient populace. Its [[Chief Warlord]] is [[Caesar Borgata]], but a new [[Royal]] [[Heir]] is in production.
The symbol of their side is a red and black bat emblem.

Transylvito was part of the first [[Royal Crown Coalition]] during the [[Battle for Gobwin Knob]]. Their closest ally at the time was [[Unaroyal]]. At the beginning of the Battle, their troop contribution (29) consisted only of the [[Warlord]] [[Vinny Doombats]] and some [[Doombat]]s, which were used primarily for short recon.
Later, Transylvito sent stronger forces (more than 300 doombats and 10 warlords, including [[Chief Warlord]] [[Caesar Borgata]]) to create a trap for [[Stanley the Tool]] at a choke point in the mountains leading to the [[Kingdom of Faq]].
The trap succeeded in preventing Stanley from reaching Faq, but did not kill him, thanks in part to the efforts of [[Jack Snipe]].
Despite the numerous vampiric themes Transylvito units have shown no indicators of being classified as uncroaked.

===Location===
''Main article: [[Erfworld Geography]]''

The allied [[Kingdom of Faq]] is located slightly to the north of Transylvito. The space of Faq was sometimes accidently crossed by Transylvito troops.
Transylvito is also close to the hostile [[Carpudlian]]s and [[Jitterati]], with an ongoing border skirmish over the Carpudlian city of [[Carport]].

==Capital==

The name of the [[capital]] of the Transylvito side is also Transylvito.

===Appearance===
The city of Transylvito is built atop [[Mount Mofo]]. It is mainly accessible by air, but there is an old aqueduct trail leading up the mountain, which has a high move penalty. As Transylvito thus has little to fear from ground-based attacks, it has a flimsy outer wall, described as being more decorative than useful. Due to this fact, Transylvito is a Level 4 city. However, its garrison zone is described as being "bigger and taller than some Level Fives, with their walls and all."{{blog|2009|07|summer-updates-017}} This suggests that Transylvito is very large indeed.

Transylvito's defenses are composed mainly of highly defended towers, built with air battles in mind. The ornamental outer wall was never intended to be highly defensive, and with good reason: there hasn't been a serious ground assault on Transylvito in thousands of turns.

The architecture of Transylvito is described as being rather ominous, fitting with the mafia/vampire theme of the side.

<blockquote>"Transylvito was a city that looked like you didn't want to mess with it... The black walls, marble columns and iron towers reached right up out of the black-streaked granite of the imposing Mount Mofo. Everywhere you looked, there was something sharp, something hard, something that could croak you."</blockquote>

===City Zones===
The city of Transylvito is formed of at least three [[City#City Zones|Zone]]s: Outer Walls, Airspace, and Garrison. Due to the presence of towers for air defense{{blog|2009|7|summer-updates-017}} it is likely that there are one or more Tower areas as well, perhaps as part of the Garrison, Outer Walls, or both.

==Cities==
*Transylvito -- Level 4, Capital.
*[[Aqua Velva]] -- Level 2, Port.
*[[Chocula]] -- Level 2
*[[Blackula]] -- Level ?, ??
*[[Vitalis]] -- Level ?, ??
*[[Duckula]] -- Level ?, ??

==Significant Characters==
*[[Don King]] - [[Ruler]], [[King]]
*[[Caesar Borgata]] - [[Chief Warlord]]
*[[Vinny Doombats]] - [[Warlord]]
*[[Bunny]] - [[Thinkamancer]]
*[[Benjamin]] - [[Moneymancer]]
*[[Leather Valese]] - [[Warlord]]
*[[Dewy Tulips]] - [[Warlord]]
*[[Al Frappacino]] - Regent [[Warlord]] of Aqua Velva. Raises fish, including one ill-fated one named Wanda.
*[[King County]] - [[Ruler]], [[King]], Deceased
*[[Broadway Tony]] - [[Warlord]], Deceased
*New [[Heir of Transylvito|royal heir]], to be [[pop]]ped later.
===Troops===
*[[Humanoid]]s
**[[Transylvito Vampire|Vampire]] [[Warlords]] and [[Casters]]
**[[Men]]
**Guard Goyles
***[[Goyles]]
***[[Goyles#Skanks|Skanks]]
*[[Non-humanoid]]s
**[[Doombat]]s
**[[Thunderbird]]s
**[[Firebird]]s
*Non-living
**[[Doll]]s
**[[Moll]]s
**[[Scarecrow]]s
*Mechanical
**[[Galleon]]s ([[Aqua Velva]])

==Transylvito Combat==

Transylvito's only observed method of combat consisted of using the weak, massable [[Doombats]] at the forefront of any assault, with [[Warlords]] providing special bonuses that dramatically increase the [[Doombats]]' fighting power.

Each [[Warlord]] 'packs' bats that receive their [[Leadership]] bonuses. [[Chief Warlord]] [[Caesar Borgata]] provides an additional effect to all bats in his current hex, as well as a high-level [[Leadership]] bonus to bats under his command. Transylvito formations are relatively unique in [[Erfworld]], as most of them are well over the eight-unit stack bonus. (Sometimes more than 100 bats in the same stack) Transylvito [[Warlords]] offer greater bonuses to [[Doombats]] than the eight-unit stack bonus do. (Though they receive the eight-unit bonus anyway)

Before the fight with [[Stanley the Tool]], Vinny explained that [[Doombat|doombats]] led by a [[Warlord]] are as strong as basic infantry thanks to the Warlord's [[Leadership]] [[Combat#Combat_Bonuses|bonus]]. With the [[Chief Warlord]] in the same hex, the doombats gain half of that Leadership bonus as well, so are as strong as advanced infantry. The doombats in the [[Stack]] of the Chief Warlord, gaining his full bonus, are equivalent to heavy [[Units]].

Transylvito units have also been observed dance fighting with lyrics and costumes resembling characters from the musical [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Story West Side Story]. In [[TBFGK_99:10]], Vinny imagines a battle with Vampires and Archons dancefighting in ballroom style pairs against Stanley's dwagons. The proposed strategy never occurred because Charlie's price was too high.

The capital city of Transylvito is defended mainly against airspace attack, using [[Doll]]s, [[Moll]]s, and [[Men]], probably on the ground, and Guard Goyles of both the [[Goyles|Goyle]] and [[Goyles#Skanks|Skank]] variety, aside from the [[Warlord]]s and [[Caster]]s with their [[Doombat]]s. It is (as of yet) unknown how combat in Transylvito airspace would progress.

==Conflict With Carpudlians==
Transylvito has an ongoing turf war with the [[Carpudlian]]s. The primary battleground is the [[city]] of [[Carport]], which is regularly taken by Transylvito, and then [[sack]]ed, unless the Carpudlians pay a ransom, in which case the Transylvitans leave it, relatively unharmed. In this way, they have a sort of protection racket with the Carpudlians. The Carpudlian [[capital]] of [[Carpool]] is considered too expensive a prospect for [[conquering]].

=Real World References=

*The name ''Transylvito'' appears to be a combination of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transylvania Transylvania] and Vito. The former is a Province of Romania where the vampire Dracula has his castle in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula novel of that name]. The latter is the first name of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vito_Corleone Vito Corleone], New York-based head of the Corleone family of the Sicilian Mafia in the film [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfather ''The Godfather''] (and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfather_%28novel%29 novel on which it is based]).
*The bat emblem of Transylvito resembles the logo of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacardi_rum Bacardi rum], which also shows a black bat rousant in a red circle. The Bacardi version has more detail on the bat but is otherwise similar.
*Four Transylvito warlords sang "campfire tunes" in Summer Update 15 that are thinly disguised 1950s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doo-wop doo-wop] songs: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Darlin Little Darlin], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh-Boom Sh-Boom], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Go_with_Me Come and(sic) Go with Me], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Angel Erf Angel].

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Carpool

2011-03-29T07:08:26Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

=Proposed Canon=
Carpool is the [[Capital]] [[city]] of the [[Carpudlian]]s.

= Known Carpudlians =
Carpool has a [[Shockmancer]]

==Real World References==
This triangular pun refers to the city {{ref|Liverpool}}, the ride-sharing arrangement {{ref|WikiCarpool}}, and the medical syndrome.{{ref|CarpalTunnel}} Note that Liverpool, also a port city, has 2 major tunnels.

==Notes==
#{{note|Liverpool}}[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool Liverpool (UK)] and its people, called "Liverpudlians".
#{{note|WikiCarpool}}See Wikipedia article on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpool Carpool].
#{{note|CarpalTunnel}}See Wikipedia article on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpal_tunnel carpal tunnel syndrome].

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Carport

2011-03-29T07:08:09Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

=Proposed Canon=
Carport is a [[city]] run by the [[Carpudlian]]s.

It is southwest of the [[Kingdom of Faq]].

It is regularly attacked by [[Transylvito]], who will [[sack]] it or leave it unharmed for a ransom. They never [[claiming a City|claim]] it.

The last time Transylvito attacked, Carport had heavy air defenses. Caesar was well aware of this when his forces attacked [[Chocula]], and indeed, the Carpudlians had an even stronger anti-air defense there.

==Speculation==
The Carputians have so far chosen to disregard the growing threat posed by [[Gobwin Knob]] in order to attack their traditional enemies in [[Transylvito]]. This may prove to be a fatal strategic blunder.

==Real World References==
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carport

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Shmucker

2011-03-29T07:07:47Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah: /* Value */

=Proposed Canon=

The Shmucker is the primary currency of [[Erfworld]]. To date, the other units of currency and barter that have been mentioned are [[Rand]]s, [[Coin]]s and [[Gem]]s; no exchange rates have been indicated.

Shmuckers that belong to a [[Side]] are stored in the Side's [[treasury]]. Shmuckers that belong to a [[Warlord]] or [[Caster]] are stored in a personal [[purse]]. It is implied that in both cases Shmuckers are not stored as physical objects (e.g. [[coin]]s), but rather as symbolical means of exchange.

==Value==

What follows is a list of prices and values that have been mentioned in the comic, ordered by value:

* The [[Spell]] to [[Summon Perfect Warlord Spell|summon]] [[Parson]] cost a base of 350,000 for the [[Scroll]] itself and an additional but optional 150,000 for the casting and support plan, a total of 500,000{{erf|1|005}} Shmuckers. Stanley considered this an outrageous sum, and the larger figure was literally [[Gobwin Knob]]'s entire [[treasury]]{{erf|1|006}} at the start of the [[Battle for Gobwin Knob]]. Coincidentally, Sizemore speculates that the [[Mathamancy Bracer]] would fetch a half-million Shmuckers from a mathamancy-reliant overlord. {{erf|1|054}}

* [[Charlie]] tried to charge [[Don King]] 250,000 per turn to ally himself with [[Transylvito]] in order to ambush [[Stanley]] on his way to [[Kingdom of Faq|Faq]].{{erf|1|107}} The price was exorbitantly high, and designed to make Don King reluctant to pay.

* [[Caesar Borgata]] quoted [[Don King]] claiming that 250,000 shmuckers was the extra money that would be needed for [[Transylvito]] to take [[Carpool]] from the [[Carpudlian]]s. {{blog|2009|07|summer-updates-011}}

* The expense of designating [[Prince]] [[Tramennis]] as [[Jetstone]]'s [[heir]] is estimated at around 165,000 (or slightly less), as calculated based on [[Charlie]]'s offer of 5,000 per [[Decrypted]] [[Archon]] destroyed and a bonus of 25,000 for capturing one and returning it to him alive.

* [[Dewy Tulips]] claimed that the [[Carpudlian]]s paid about 40,000 Shmuckers to ransom the city of [[Carport]] to avoid it being sacked. {{blog|2009|07|summer-updates-011}}

* Sacking the Level 3 City of [[Kona]] earned [[Faq]] almost 20,000 Shmuckers.{{blog|2009|10|summer-updates-049}}

* The upper limit of the [[purse]] of a level 10 [[Warlord]] or [[Caster]] is 10,000. Since few [[unit]]s achieve this level or higher, this is roughly the upper limit that one unit could have (outside of [[gem]]s).

* [[Jillian]] argues that 2,500 Shmuckers for [[Charlie]]'s [[Thinkagram]]{{erf|1|051}} service is far from a "nominal" fee as advertised by one of the [[Archon]]s. [[Webinar]] mentions that the fee is "for two-way". A presumably one-way Thinkagram to [[Ansom]] cost her 1700 Shmuckers, which was almost her entire [[purse]].{{erf|1|083}}

* [[Parson|Parson's]] [[upkeep]] is "over 1,000 Shmuckers per turn"{{erf|1|039}}. Stanley seems to regard this as annoyingly expensive, but not utterly outrageous.

* The [[Upkeep]] of the weakest [[Archon]]s are 200 Shmuckers per [[turn]]. The most powerful [[Archons]] can cost close to 500 Shmuckers per turn. Since [[Charlie]] has over 600 Archons, his [[Archon]] fleet has a total upkeep cost is somewhere between 120,000 Shmuckers to 300,000 Shmuckers per turn.

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Moneymancy

2011-03-29T07:07:16Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

==Canon==
{{MagicSchool
|Clevermancy
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==Proposed Canon==
Moneymancy is a magic that has uses outside of the art of an individual moneymancer. Sides use moneymancy to convert shmuckers into units and construction. It may also be involved in the automatic transfer of funds when sides make deals with one another. As we have not seen evidence that treasuries are tangible, existing things, moneymancy may simply be involved in the moving of funds to and from the abstract pocket in which the treasury exists.

==Information==
Moneymancy is one of the three disciplines of the [[Magic]] class [[Clevermancy]]; it is aligned with the axis of [[Numbers]].{{erf|1|038a|Parson's Klog #2}}

===Abilities===
* [[Natural Allies]] can use moneymancy to convert [[shmucker]]s directly to units{{WoT|6051503}}. This is likely important because units probably have no cost to create otherwise. Instead of Shmuckers, they take time. Moneymancy seems to circumvent the time needed via a direct infusion of Shmuckers.
* Moneymancers are able to convert shmuckers into [[gem]]s. This is significant as gems are able to be converted directly into shmuckers by a [[caster]], [[warlord]], or [[ruler]], but not the other way around. This would allow a [[side]] to squirrel away funds so that they were available if needed, but not in the [[treasury]] in case of capture.
* Construction of buildings, up to and including cities like [[Gobwin Knob]], can be accomplished through moneymancy.

===Known Moneymancers===
[[Benjamin]], [[Don King]]'s friend and adviser.

{{Fanon
|creator= [[User: Moridain|Moridain]]
}}
[[Tonald Drump]] is a well known Moneymancer, a Master level caster of great skill.

==Speculation==
* Moneymancy may be able to predict the monetary cost of an action. [[Benjamin]] has been quoted as saying that exterminating a [[Transylvitian]] enemy,the [[Carpudlian]]s, would be too expensive.
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Side

2011-03-29T07:06:00Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

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[[File:Capital_Sides.JPG|thumb|Center|300px|The Capital Sides of the [[Royal Crown Coalition]], from [http://www.erfworld.com/book-1-archive/?px=%2F086.jpg Page 86] ]]
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=Proposed Canon=

A Side is a group of characters and [[Units]] involved in the conflict in [[Erfworld]] and is led by a single [[Ruler]], which is a King or Queen if the Unit is [[Royal]], or an [[Overlord]] if not. The Side includes all Units, [[City|cities]], and [[Movement|terrain]] under the leadership of that Ruler.

There is a distinction between [[Capital_Side|capital sides]] and [[Natural_Allies|other sides]]{{erf|1|086}}.

==Capital sides==

Capital sides (as the name implies) have [[capital]]s and are governed by a [[Ruler]]. A capital side can also own [[city|cities]] other than the capital. If the [[Ruler]] of a city is a [[Royal]], the city may produce Noble and Royal [[Units]]. Royal sides sometimes split off into new sides.{{erf|1|079a|Parson's Klog #9}}

===Known capital sides:===

* [[Carpudlian]]s
* '''[[Charlescomm]]'''
* [[Dagwood]]
* '''[[Faq]]''' (destroyed by [[Gobwin Knob]]), now reestablished by [[Jillian]] under the protection of [[Transylvito]]
* [[Foxmud]]
* '''[[Gobwin Knob]]'''
* [[Haggar]]
* [[Hobbittm]]
* [[Hyatt]]
* '''[[Jetstone]]'''
* [[Jitterati]]
* [[Milquetoast]] (destroyed by [[Gobwin Knob]]){{erf|1|034}}
* [[Napster]] (destroyed)
* [[Sofa King]]
* '''[[Transylvito]]'''
* [[Unaroyal]] (self destructed to prevent further [[decrypt| decryption]] by Gobwin Knob) {{blog|2009|10|summer-updates-043}}

==Other sides==

Non-capital sides (also referred to as [[Natural_Allies|natural allies]]) have no capital, no cities, no royals.{{erf|1|079a|Parson's Klog #9}} They do, however, have their own treasuries and can form long semi-permanent alliances. If there is a way for Natural Allies to become a Capital Side, it has not been stated in the comic.

===Known natural allies Sides:===

* [[Daemons]]
* [[Elves]]
** [[Altruist Elves]] (used to be natural allies to [[Jetstone]])
** [[Eager Elves]]
** [[Lofty Elves]]
** [[Luckless Elves]]
** [[Schlemiel Elves]]
** [[Shady Elves]]
** [[Superfluous Elves]]
** [[Tardy Elves]]
** [[Woodsy Elves]]
* [[Giant]]s
** [[Western Giants]] (natural allies to [[Faq]], formerly [[Jitterati]])
* [[Gobwins]] (used to be natural allies to [[Gobwin Knob]])
* [[Hobgobwins]] (natural allies to [[Gobwin Knob]])
* [[Marbits]] (seem to be former natural allies to [[Jetstone]])
* [[Witches]]
** [[Sand Witches]] (natural allies to [[Dagwood]])
** [[Man Witches]] (natural allies to [[Dagwood]])

==Barbarians==

It does not seem that [[Barbarians]] are a single side; rather, "Barbarian" is a catch all term used to describe [[Units]] without a side or neutral cities without a [[Ruler]]. If Rulers or their [[Heir]]s lose their capital they become [[Barbarians]]. All of the permanent inhabitants of the [[Magic Kingdom]] are [[Barbarian]] [[Casters]].

[[Barbarians]] have to rely on either [[Farm|farming]], [[Wildlife|hunting]], or [[mercenary]] work to pay [[upkeep]] of their [[Units]]. They can form alliances with [[Capital_Sides|capital sides]].

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First Intermission 11

2011-03-29T07:05:39Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

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'''Turns since TBfGK: 1'''

Only four of the [[Transylvito Vampire|Transylvitian]] [[warlord]]s were actually headed back to the [[capital]]: [[Caesar Borgata|Caesar]], [[Vinny Doombats|Vinny]], [[Dewy Tulips]] and [[Leather Valese]]. A few [[hex]]es west of the pass, the rest of the gap fight survivors split off on other orders. Some had [[city|cities]] to manage, two were headed southwest to take back [[Carport]] from the [[Carpudlian]]s.

"That is a turf fight we are never gonna settle. Until [[Don King]] decides to go fer [[Carpool]] itself," said [[Leather Valese|Leather]], wagging his finger at the air and looking to Caesar for affirmation.

Caesar flew along, stone-faced, staring at the alpine meadow ahead. "Bring it up with him," Caesar challenged. "And I'll tell you what he'll say. '[[Benjamin]] tells me it's too expensive.'" His airy-voiced impression of their sovereign was just barely on the respectful side. "Don King'll tell ya to go out and bring him back a quarter million [[Shmuckers]] from someplace and you can lead the fight yourself. Me, I've stopped asking."

They entered the meadow hex. Clear.

"We do make a lotta money off Carport," said [[Dewy Tulips|Dewy]]. She was flying beside Caesar, sticking very close to him except for occasional one-hex scouting hops. These had very little tactical use to the group, but they meant that Caesar got to watch her wiggle her butt, so they had tactical value to Dewy. "What'd they pay us to pull out and not sack it last time? Forty grand? Easy money. No risk." Transylvito had been taking Carport and sacking or ransoming it every dozen turns for as long as most of them had been alive.

Vinny was of the opinion that "no risk" was optimistic. One of these days, Carpool was gonna load up that city with something nasty and veiled, and bite their faces off. But he kept his mouth shut. It was just good to listen to home politics again.

They flew in a single [[stack]]. No need to discuss why. Their guest would have to break stack before breaking [[alliance]] if she wanted to bolt, and that would at least give them warning.

Not that she was showing any signs of it. She'd spoken three words, of one syllable each, during the entire trip so far. Her eyes and cheeks had gone sunken, hollow. Too deep inside her own head to be looking for an opportunity to break free.

Vinny hoped.

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Chocula

2011-03-29T07:02:41Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

=Proposed Canon=
'''Chocula''' is a Level Two [[Transylvito]] [[city]] a short distance from [[Blackula]]. [[Caesar]] states that Chocula is five [[turn]]s flight from the [[Transylvito]] [[capital]].

See the [[Battle of Chocula]] for details on the fighting that took place there.

== Architecture and Appearance ==

The wall enclosing the city is a speckled brown sandstone. The buildings within the city are composed of clay brick and timber with a thatch roof overhead. As a level two city, Chocula had a modest [[City_Zones#Garrison|garrison]] with a [[City_Zones#Tower|tower]] and [[City_Zones#Courtyard|courtyard]].

== Battle to Retake Chocula ==

[[Carpool]] realized that with [[Transylvito]] stuck in a growing war, they did not have the resources to push them around anymore. [[Vinny]] had worried earlier that [[Carpool]] would eventually put something nasty into the city and take [[Transylvito]] by surprise when they came to reconquer it.

This is exactly what they did in [[Carport]] about 40 turns after TBfGK, when they attacked the city by water and then followed that with a massive air defense buildup of [[archer]]s, spell defenses and [[air heads]]. The [[Transylvito]] flying units attacked and lost two [[warlords]]. Carpool decided to try the same tactic in Chocula. They built up a significant force of archers and the [[Carpool]] [[Shockmancer]] spelled up the [[City_Zones#Tower|tower]] to make sure any flying unit that attacked would be [[croak]]ed.

[[Transylvito]] lacked sufficient resources for an attack in force on Chocula, but [[Don King]] ordered it to be retaken anyway. [[Caesar Borgata]] was sent with [[Broadway Tony]] and a small force of [[bat]]s, [[bird]]s, two [[Battle Bear]]s, and some [[goyles]]. [[Caesar]] suspected the [[Carpudlian]s] had a nasty trap waitng for them like they did in [[Carport]]. He broke with the usual [[Transylvito]] battle plan of attacking by air and instead focused on what little ground siege he had and used the rest of his air forces to provide him cover while he attacked the gates. With Caesar's strategy of avoiding an attack on the tower and the sacrifice of [[Broadway Tony]] and most of their force, [[Transylvito]] was narrowly able to retake the city. [[Caesar]] was badly wounded in the attack but he was able to take 200 prisoners.

=Real World References=
''Count Chocula'' was the first in a series of monster-themed cereals released by General Mills, beginning in 1971. However, the "snap! crackle! pop!" sound it made as it burnt are characteristic of Kellogg's ''Rice Crispies''. Count Chocula is a pun on the vampire Count Dracula.

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Air heads

2011-03-29T07:02:18Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

=Speculation=
Air Heads are a [[Carpudlian]] [[flying unit]], used in the air defense of [[Carport]].

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Shmucker

2011-03-29T07:01:54Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah: /* Value */

=Proposed Canon=

The Shmucker is the primary currency of [[Erfworld]]. To date, the other units of currency and barter that have been mentioned are [[Rand]]s, [[Coin]]s and [[Gem]]s; no exchange rates have been indicated.

Shmuckers that belong to a [[Side]] are stored in the Side's [[treasury]]. Shmuckers that belong to a [[Warlord]] or [[Caster]] are stored in a personal [[purse]]. It is implied that in both cases Shmuckers are not stored as physical objects (e.g. [[coin]]s), but rather as symbolical means of exchange.

==Value==

What follows is a list of prices and values that have been mentioned in the comic, ordered by value:

* The [[Spell]] to [[Summon Perfect Warlord Spell|summon]] [[Parson]] cost a base of 350,000 for the [[Scroll]] itself and an additional but optional 150,000 for the casting and support plan, a total of 500,000{{erf|1|005}} Shmuckers. Stanley considered this an outrageous sum, and the larger figure was literally [[Gobwin Knob]]'s entire [[treasury]]{{erf|1|006}} at the start of the [[Battle for Gobwin Knob]]. Coincidentally, Sizemore speculates that the [[Mathamancy Bracer]] would fetch a half-million Shmuckers from a mathamancy-reliant overlord. {{erf|1|054}}

* [[Charlie]] tried to charge [[Don King]] 250,000 per turn to ally himself with [[Transylvito]] in order to ambush [[Stanley]] on his way to [[Kingdom of Faq|Faq]].{{erf|1|107}} The price was exorbitantly high, and designed to make Don King reluctant to pay.

* [[Caesar Borgata]] quoted [[Don King]] claiming that 250,000 shmuckers was the extra money that would be needed for [[Transylvito]] to take [[Carpool]] from the [[Carpudlians]]. {{blog|2009|07|summer-updates-011}}

* The expense of designating [[Prince]] [[Tramennis]] as [[Jetstone]]'s [[heir]] is estimated at around 165,000 (or slightly less), as calculated based on [[Charlie]]'s offer of 5,000 per [[Decrypted]] [[Archon]] destroyed and a bonus of 25,000 for capturing one and returning it to him alive.

* [[Dewy Tulips]] claimed that the [[Carpudlian]]s paid about 40,000 Shmuckers to ransom the city of [[Carport]] to avoid it being sacked. {{blog|2009|07|summer-updates-011}}

* Sacking the Level 3 City of [[Kona]] earned [[Faq]] almost 20,000 Shmuckers.{{blog|2009|10|summer-updates-049}}

* The upper limit of the [[purse]] of a level 10 [[Warlord]] or [[Caster]] is 10,000. Since few [[unit]]s achieve this level or higher, this is roughly the upper limit that one unit could have (outside of [[gem]]s).

* [[Jillian]] argues that 2,500 Shmuckers for [[Charlie]]'s [[Thinkagram]]{{erf|1|051}} service is far from a "nominal" fee as advertised by one of the [[Archon]]s. [[Webinar]] mentions that the fee is "for two-way". A presumably one-way Thinkagram to [[Ansom]] cost her 1700 Shmuckers, which was almost her entire [[purse]].{{erf|1|083}}

* [[Parson|Parson's]] [[upkeep]] is "over 1,000 Shmuckers per turn"{{erf|1|039}}. Stanley seems to regard this as annoyingly expensive, but not utterly outrageous.

* The [[Upkeep]] of the weakest [[Archon]]s are 200 Shmuckers per [[turn]]. The most powerful [[Archons]] can cost close to 500 Shmuckers per turn. Since [[Charlie]] has over 600 Archons, his [[Archon]] fleet has a total upkeep cost is somewhere between 120,000 Shmuckers to 300,000 Shmuckers per turn.

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Faq (side)

2011-03-29T07:01:32Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah: /* Location */

[[File:faq crest.png|thumb|right|400px|[[Raiment|Livery]] of the Kingdom of Faq]]
''Faq redirects here. For other uses, see [[Faq (disambiguation)]]''

=Proposed Canon=
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The Kingdom of Faq is a [[Capital Side]] in [[Erfworld]]. It was [[sack]]ed by [[Stanley]], but has been [[rebuild|rebuilt]] by Queen [[Jillian]] using funds provided by [[Transylvito]].{{blog|2009|09|summer-updates-037}} It is now a member of the [[Royal Crown Coalition]] II. [[Vinny Doombats|Count Vinny Doombats]] is the liaison between Faq and [[Transylvito]]; he has since become Jillian's lover. Jillian has formed a secret alliance with [[Charlie]] who helped arrange for the [[Western Giants]] to become Faq's [[Natural Allies]]. Since the fall of [[Unaroyal]], [[Don King]] has been sending substantial resources to Faq at the cost of his own Kingdom, leaving its own borders vulnerable and repeatedly invaded against the objections of his [[Chief Warlord]] [[Caesar Borgata]].

Faq consists of a [[Capital]] of the [[City of Faq|same name]] with two subordinate cities. It also has significant natural resources available as [[farm]]s and [[mine]]s. Faq's cities can produce [[Royal]]s, [[Noble]] [[Warlords]], [[Knight]]s, [[Infantry]], [[Gwiffon]]s and [[Megalogwiff]]s. The rate at which new [[units]] are being produced has been substantially increased by [[Vanna]].

Faq is surrounded with [[mountain]]s on all sides.{{erf|1|082}} Some [[tunnels]] pass through these mountains. Much of the mountain [[Terrain Type|terrain]] is of the "Impassable Mountain" variety which provides a small number of choke points; this makes it much easier to defend Faq against a numerically superior army. There is at least one pass through the mountains, called the [[Faq Gap]]. A [[Water#Known Types of Water Hexes|river]] flows through the Kingdom of Faq.

[[King Banhammer]] was the last [[Ruler]] of Faq prior to its fall. [[Jillian Zamussels]] was his [[lineage|daughter]] and a [[heir]] to the throne.

==Former Inhabitants==

* [[King Banhammer]] -- [[Royal]] [[Ruler]], Deceased
* [[noble|Lady]] [[Wanda Firebaugh]] -- [[Croakamancer]], currently employed by Lord [[Stanley the Tool]]
* [[Jack Snipe]] -- [[Foolamancer]], currently employed by [[Stanley the Tool]]
* [[Marie Lavraie]] -- [[Predictamancer]], living in the [[Magic Kingdom]]

==Current Inhabitants==

* [[King|Queen]] [[Jillian Zamussels]] -- former [[Royal]] [[Warlord]] and [[Heir]], former [[Barbarian]] [[mercenary]], current [[Ruler]]
* [[Vinny Doombats]], Count of [[Duckula]], [[Transylvito]] Liaison to [[Faq]], lover of [[Queen]] [[Jillian]].
* [[Chief Warlord]] [[Duncan Scone]] -- [[Level]] 6, Formerly [[Jitterati]]. [[Captured]] by [[Faq]] in 51 [[AW]].
* [[Vanna]] -- [[Turnamancer]] Formerly employed by [[Unaroyal]]. Joins [[Faq]] in 41 [[AW]].
* [[Bobtail]] -- [[Warlord]] [[Level]] 2.
* [[Belzon]] -- [[Warlord]]
* [[DeTrop]] -- [[Warlord]] [[Level]] 1
* Two other newly created [[Noble]] [[Warlord]]s, one of which is [[level]] 2, possibly named Danny or Dave.
* [[Royal]] [[Heir]] likely to be popped in 81 [[AW]].
* [[Western Giants]]

==Location==
:''Main article: [[Erfworld Geography]]''

Faq is located in the vicinity of the Kingdom of [[Transylvito]]. [[Transylvito]] [[unit]]s passed by Faq (although not seeing it) periodically.{{erf|1|138}} It is located deep within the High Mountains, nearly impassible except for fliers and tunnelers.{{erf|1|099}}

It is northeast of [[Carport]] of the [[Carpudlian]] [[side]].

[[Transylvito]] is to the south of Faq, with [[Jitterati]] to the northwest and [[Gobwin Knob]] to the east.

==Cities==
(In 27 [[AW]])

*[[City of Faq|Faq]] -- Level 4, Capital. The city of Faq has unusual defenses, which seem specifically designed to defend against [[Dwagon]] attacks.
*[[Otoh]] -- Level 2, farming
*[[Kibo]] -- Level 2, farming

===City of Faq===
:''Main Article: ''[[City of Faq]]''

From {{blog|2009|09|summer-updates-037|inline=yes}}:
:"It was circular, sharp, and shining.

:The outer "walls" were useless against siege, even worse than Transylvito's. They consisted of a ring of stone teeth with a reflective coating of tin, inward-curving towers that terminated in spoon-like roosts for gwiffons and megalogwiffs. There was no gate. Vinny simply flew between these pillars and entered the city. A horn somewhere announced him as an arriving allied unit.

:The garrison was a set of six more teeth, much taller, fortified with solid walls that joined them like webbing. Three of these walls had gated archways, adorned with Gothic patterns in wrought iron and stone.

:At the center of the garrison rose a tower constructed with all the ferocity of Jillian's imagination. It was shaped something like a white marble palm tree. The trunk was a twist of six massive columns, tapering slightly as they reached straight upward. The top of the tower was a miniature fortress, a bristle of glass and hard spikes, with ledges and platforms where many dozens of flyers could land, or hundreds of defenders could lurk."

==History==

===The Peaceful Kingdom===
[[King Banhammer]] sought a peaceful, non-violent existence for his Kingdom, and so avoided combat that put his nation at risk. He relied heavily on the use of [[magic]] and had multiple [[Caster|Casters]], including a [[Predictamancy|Predictamancer]] ([[Marie Lavraie]]){{erf|1|082}}, a [[Croakamancer]] ([[Wanda Firebaugh]]), and a [[Foolamancy|Foolamancer]] ([[Jack Snipe]]){{erf|1|107}}.

When enemy [[unit]]s appeared nearby (usually passing through his territory unaware a nation existed there), [[Marie Lavraie]] was able to lay out the route the force would follow, allowing [[Jack Snipe|Jack]] to [[Veil]] one [[City]] at a time; thus, he managed to keep the location of Faq hidden until [[Wanda Firebaugh|Wanda]] revealed the existence of [[Faq]] to [[Stanley]].
When [[King Banhammer]] was informed by [[Marie Lavraie]] that [[Faq]] would someday fall, his response was to [[pop]] his [[heir]], Princess [[Jillian]]. [[Jillian]] was [[pop]]ped sometime before 625 [[BW]].

===Mercenary Work===

Although the kingdom had [[mine]]s and [[farm]]s, [[King Banhammer]] found it necessary to send its [[unit]]s to do [[mercenary]] work, in order to supplement the [[treasury]].{{erf|1|082}} [[Jillian]] assumed command over these mercenaries after she had problems with [[King Banhammer]]. Her employment as a mercenary provided her with combat experience that helped her reach a relatively high [[level]].

===Fall of Faq===

[[Marie Lavraie]] gave [[Wanda]] a second [[Predictamancy|Prediction]]: that she would one day attune to an [[Arkentool]]. This would lead her to desperate measures in finding her destiny. She eventually learned of [[Stanley the Plaid]], a [[Warlord]] in the service of [[King Saline IV]] at the time, who had attuned to the [[Arkenhammer]]. Thinking to take this [[Arkentool]] from him, she conspired with Stanley to bring him to Faq. Her intent was to see Stanley die in the attack on her side. Her plan failed because [[Stanley]] unexpectedly acquired a large number of [[Dwagon]]s during his journey from [[Gobwin Knob]] to Faq. Because he had a far larger force than he'd originally planned to use, Stanley succeeded in destroying and pillaging Faq, ending the side. [[Wanda]] and [[Jack]] survived this disaster by agreeing to serve under [[Stanley]], while [[Marie Lavraie]] became a [[Barbarian]] caster in the [[Magic Kingdom]]. At the time of [[Stanley]]'s attack, [[Jillian]] and at least some of her mercenaries were in the field. Faq's fall turned [[Jillian]] and the troops with her into a [[Barbarian]] force. Jillian's troops were later killed in battle with [[Witches]] and Jillian remains the only known former Faq Unit that is not a [[caster]].

===The New Kingdom===

The restored Kingdom of Faq has been profoundly influenced by each of the three main survivors on the Royal Side of the Battle of Gobwin Knob: [[Jillian]], [[Charlie]], and [[Vinny]]. Without [[Vinny]]'s efforts to encourage cooperation between [[Jillian]] and [[Don King]], it is unlikely that [[Transylvito]] would have provided the resources needed to first rebuild Faq and than rapidly expand its forces. Without the advice and financial support provided to [[Jillian]] by both [[Charlie]] and [[Transylvito]], Faq could not have developed as it has.
Between the three of them, these architects of Faq have a far better understanding of the personalities and abilities of the leaders of [[Gobwin Knob]] than anyone else on the [[Royal]] [[side]]. No one besides [[Charlie]] even begins to understand what [[Parson]] is capable of, and no one has the length of experience with both [[Wanda]] and [[Jack]] that [[Jillian]] has.
As the magnitude of the threat posed by [[Gobwin Knob]] grows ever more apparent, the question of how [[Gobwin Knob]] can be stopped will be asked with greater and greater frequency. Natural [[Signamancy]] suggests that the answer will be found in Faq.

===War in [[Jetstone]]===

When a [[Gobwin Knob]] army led by [[Wanda]] and [[Ansom]] invades [[Jetstone]] in 75 [[AW]], [[Jillian]] leads a Faqian force in [[Jetstone]]'s defense. According to Ossomer,{{ref| LIAB 10}} Jillian's force includes:

* 26 [[Gwiffon]]s
* 6 [[Megalogwiff]]s (on [[LIAB 24]], however, it appears that there are at least 10 Megalogwiffs, suggesting that Ossomer might have been wrong, or that Jillian upgraded at least four (if that's possible))
* 1 [[Chief Warlord]] [[Duncan Scone]]
* 1 [[Warlord]] [[Bobtail]]
* 1 [[Warlord]] [[Belzon]]
* 1 [[Warlord]] [[DeTrop]]
* 1 [[Caster]] [[Vanna]]

Jillian's forces are significantly less powerful than [[Wanda]]'s flying force of Dwagons and Archons. Instead of entering into a direct conflict with Wanda, Jillian changed the tactical situation in Jetstone's favor by having Vanna (while linked to [[Charlie]]), end [[Gobwin Knob]]'s [[turn]] before [[Wanda]] could take advantage of her superior strength and position. Jillian then captured [[Ansom]], (which made it easier for Jetstone to destroy Gobwin Knob's ground troops), before leaving to attack the cities held by Gobwin Knob which lay between Jetstone and Faq. She [[sack]]ed [[Progrock]], and thereby gained 40,000 [[Shmucker]]s, after [[capturing]] [[Stanley]]'s living [[unit]]s and [[croaking]] [[Wanda]]'s [[decrypt]]ed.

==Livery==

Under Banhammer, the livery of Faq was green, Far Eastern styled clothing.

Under Jillian, the livery is now silver and white.

==Natural Allies==
[[Charlie]] gave [[Jillian]] the idea of making a deal between Faq and the [[Western Giants]], who were allied with [[Jitterati]]. During Jillian's attack on [[Valdez]], under the cover of a [[Parley]], the Giants switched sides to Faq.

Given their willingness to change [[sides]], Jillian may want to be careful, as this could cause problems later, since [[Parson]] or [[Charlie]] could offer them a new contract.

Western Giants are a perfect natural ally for Faq, as though they are [[heavy Unit|heavies]], they are mountain-capable, and may be able to cross through the [[Faq Gap|gap]] on their own.

=Speculation=

Faq currently produces the same types of [[units]] which it formerly produced under [[King Banhammer]]. However, if [[Stanley]] rather than [[Jillian]] had [[rebuild|rebuilt]] Faq, it would probably have produced the same [[units]] which were produced by [[Gobwin Knob]]. If [[Caesar]] had rebuilt Faq, it would probably have produced the same units as [[Transylvito]].

Because Faq's terrain makes it well suited for defense, it may be that Don envisions Faq becoming a defensive fortress where he or his [[Royal]] [[Heir]] can survive, even if Stanley destroys [[Transylvito]].
Jillian and Don are still unaware that [[Stanley the Tool]] has a growing army of fliers that includes [[Dwagons]] and [[Archons]] that could threaten [[Transylvito]]. But since [[Stanley]] has attacked [[Transylvito]] in the past, [[Don King]] may believe he will attack again soon. If he decides that [[Transylvito]] is about to fall to [[Stanley]], Don could conceivably adopt Stanley's escape plan, and send his [[Heir]], with the remaining flying [[Transylvito Vampire|Vampire]]s, [[Goyles]], and [[Doombats]] to Faq. Once there, they would become [[Barbarian|Mercenaries]], whom Jillian could hire.

==Faqian Philosophy==

Under [[King Banhammer]], Faq was devoted to the study of philosophy. {{erf|1|082}}
There may have been a correlation between the names of the towns and the style of philosophy practiced there. Philosophers in the capital sought to answer Frequently Asked Questions. Philosophers in Kibo were very critical of other philosopher's reasoning, deriding it as Knowledge In, Boop Out. Philosophers in Otoh, On The Other Hand, saw value on the arguments of both Faq and Kibo.

In the future, Faqian philosophy may develop in directions pleasing to Queen [[Jillian]]. For example, both the institution of [[Royal]]ty and the [[Arkentools]] were created by the [[Titans]]. This suggests they may both have a role to play in the Titan's Plan. According to this line of reasoning, [[Stanley]]'s great crime is to attempt to use one aspect of the Titan's Plan, the Arkentools, to destroy another aspect, Royalty. The rejection of the Arkentools by the members of the [[Royal Crown Coalition]] is equally objectionable. Jillian's efforts to combine the powers of Royalty and the Arkentools, by allying with [[Charlie]], and possibly by attempting to persuade [[Wanda]] to return to Faq with the [[Arkenpliers]], represents the true will of the [[Titans]].

==Natural Allies==

Faq could be attacked by ground units through a system of [[Tunnels]]. They would benefit from a force of tunnel fighters. Two possible types of unit which could fill these roles are [[Marbit]]s and [[Gobwin]]s. Given the problems [[Stanley]] is having finding [[Gobwin]]s, it's possible that [[Charlie]] has helped [[Jillian]] forge an alliance with the [[Gobwins]]. There has been no reference to such an arrangement as yet, however. [[Parson]] has noted an unusual number of [[Marbits]] in the absence of the Gobwins which may indicate that Charlie has employed Marbit's as his own Natural Allies and is using them to wipe out the randomly popping Gobwin tribes before [[Gobwin Knob]] can find and recruit them. Whether he would be doing that to help Faq or just to undermine Gobwin Knob is purely speculative.

==The Royal Heir==

Since 41 [[AW]], the production capability of the City of [[Faq]] has been used to create a new [[Royal]] [[Heir]]. What might that Heir be like?

# Caster-Royal: New [[sides]] normally produce at least one new [[Caster]] instead of a [[Warlord]], but [[Faq]] has not done so. And the Heir may be affected by the way in which [[Turnamancer]] [[Vanna]] is using her magic to accelerate the Heir's development. Can a [[Royal]] also be a Caster? If so, he might be a [[Healomancer]], given that "Castor Oil" is a medicinal drug. Given Castor Oil's use as a laxative, [[Dirtamancer]] is also possible, and very useful given Faq's mountainous surroundings.
# Philosopher-Prince: Faq has a tradition of philosophy. Might [[Jillian]]'s child be like her Father in this way?
# Warrior Princess: She's just like her Mom.
# Transylvito Princess: [[Vinny]] is [[Jillian]]'s lover. Does that make him the Princess' father?

=Real World References=

The name is a pun on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAQ FAQ].
There are a lot of [[Frequently Asked Questions]] about Erfworld; fortunately, there have been many answers, or the name wouldn't work out too well.

Faq is also a pun on "The Eternal Questions," such as 'Who am I?', 'What do I want?', 'What is my purpose for being?', 'Is there an afterlife?', 'What is my role in society?', etc.

Western Giants seem to be based on the San Francisco Giants baseball team.
Faq's ensign is similar to that of Indonesia's national airline, Garuda Indonesia.

=See Also=
*[[Jillian Zamussels]]: Queen of Faq
*[[Transylvito]]: Allied side. Funded Jillian's reconstruction of Faq
*[[Charlescomm]]: Allied side. Funded recruitment of [[Vanna]].

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Transylvito

2011-03-29T07:00:39Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

[[File:Transylvito_livery.png|thumb|300px|Transylvito's [[livery]]]]
=Proposed Canon=

==Side==

Transylvito is a vampire, mafia, and greaser themed [[Side]] of [[Erfworld]] ruled by [[Ruler]] [[Don King]]. They are currently closely allied to [[Faq]]. They include [[Transylvito Vampire|Vampires]] and [[Men]] as their sentient populace. Its [[Chief Warlord]] is [[Caesar Borgata]], but a new [[Royal]] [[Heir]] is in production.
The symbol of their side is a red and black bat emblem.

Transylvito was part of the first [[Royal Crown Coalition]] during the [[Battle for Gobwin Knob]]. Their closest ally at the time was [[Unaroyal]]. At the beginning of the Battle, their troop contribution (29) consisted only of the [[Warlord]] [[Vinny Doombats]] and some [[Doombat]]s, which were used primarily for short recon.
Later, Transylvito sent stronger forces (more than 300 doombats and 10 warlords, including [[Chief Warlord]] [[Caesar Borgata]]) to create a trap for [[Stanley the Tool]] at a choke point in the mountains leading to the [[Kingdom of Faq]].
The trap succeeded in preventing Stanley from reaching Faq, but did not kill him, thanks in part to the efforts of [[Jack Snipe]].
Despite the numerous vampiric themes Transylvito units have shown no indicators of being classified as uncroaked.

===Location===
''Main article: [[Erfworld Geography]]''

The allied [[Kingdom of Faq]] is located slightly to the north of Transylvito. The space of Faq was sometimes accidently crossed by Transylvito troops.
Transylvito is also close to the hostile [[Carpudlian]]s and [[Jitterati]], with an ongoing border skirmish over the Carpudlian city of [[Carport]].

==Capital==

The name of the [[capital]] of the Transylvito side is also Transylvito.

===Appearance===
The city of Transylvito is built atop [[Mount Mofo]]. It is mainly accessible by air, but there is an old aqueduct trail leading up the mountain, which has a high move penalty. As Transylvito thus has little to fear from ground-based attacks, it has a flimsy outer wall, described as being more decorative than useful. Due to this fact, Transylvito is a Level 4 city. However, its garrison zone is described as being "bigger and taller than some Level Fives, with their walls and all."{{blog|2009|07|summer-updates-017}} This suggests that Transylvito is very large indeed.

Transylvito's defenses are composed mainly of highly defended towers, built with air battles in mind. The ornamental outer wall was never intended to be highly defensive, and with good reason: there hasn't been a serious ground assault on Transylvito in thousands of turns.

The architecture of Transylvito is described as being rather ominous, fitting with the mafia/vampire theme of the side.

<blockquote>"Transylvito was a city that looked like you didn't want to mess with it... The black walls, marble columns and iron towers reached right up out of the black-streaked granite of the imposing Mount Mofo. Everywhere you looked, there was something sharp, something hard, something that could croak you."</blockquote>

===City Zones===
The city of Transylvito is formed of at least three [[City#City Zones|Zone]]s: Outer Walls, Airspace, and Garrison. Due to the presence of towers for air defense{{blog|2009|7|summer-updates-017}} it is likely that there are one or more Tower areas as well, perhaps as part of the Garrison, Outer Walls, or both.

==Cities==
*Transylvito -- Level 4, Capital.
*[[Aqua Velva]] -- Level 2, Port.
*[[Chocula]] -- Level 2
*[[Blackula]] -- Level ?, ??
*[[Vitalis]] -- Level ?, ??
*[[Duckula]] -- Level ?, ??

==Significant Characters==
*[[Don King]] - [[Ruler]], [[King]]
*[[Caesar Borgata]] - [[Chief Warlord]]
*[[Vinny Doombats]] - [[Warlord]]
*[[Bunny]] - [[Thinkamancer]]
*[[Benjamin]] - [[Moneymancer]]
*[[Leather Valese]] - [[Warlord]]
*[[Dewy Tulips]] - [[Warlord]]
*[[Al Frappacino]] - Regent [[Warlord]] of Aqua Velva. Raises fish, including one ill-fated one named Wanda.
*[[King County]] - [[Ruler]], [[King]], Deceased
*[[Broadway Tony]] - [[Warlord]], Deceased
*New [[Heir of Transylvito|royal heir]], to be [[pop]]ped later.
===Troops===
*[[Humanoid]]s
**[[Transylvito Vampire|Vampire]] [[Warlords]] and [[Casters]]
**[[Men]]
**Guard Goyles
***[[Goyles]]
***[[Goyles#Skanks|Skanks]]
*[[Non-humanoid]]s
**[[Doombat]]s
**[[Thunderbird]]s
**[[Firebird]]s
*Non-living
**[[Doll]]s
**[[Moll]]s
**[[Scarecrow]]s
*Mechanical
**[[Galleon]]s ([[Aqua Velva]])

==Transylvito Combat==

Transylvito's only observed method of combat consisted of using the weak, massable [[Doombats]] at the forefront of any assault, with [[Warlords]] providing special bonuses that dramatically increase the [[Doombats]]' fighting power.

Each [[Warlord]] 'packs' bats that receive their [[Leadership]] bonuses. [[Chief Warlord]] [[Caesar Borgata]] provides an additional effect to all bats in his current hex, as well as a high-level [[Leadership]] bonus to bats under his command. Transylvito formations are relatively unique in [[Erfworld]], as most of them are well over the eight-unit stack bonus. (Sometimes more than 100 bats in the same stack) Transylvito [[Warlords]] offer greater bonuses to [[Doombats]] than the eight-unit stack bonus do. (Though they receive the eight-unit bonus anyway)

Before the fight with [[Stanley the Tool]], Vinny explained that [[Doombat|doombats]] led by a [[Warlord]] are as strong as basic infantry thanks to the Warlord's [[Leadership]] [[Combat#Combat_Bonuses|bonus]]. With the [[Chief Warlord]] in the same hex, the doombats gain half of that Leadership bonus as well, so are as strong as advanced infantry. The doombats in the [[Stack]] of the Chief Warlord, gaining his full bonus, are equivalent to heavy [[Units]].

Transylvito units have also been observed dance fighting with lyrics and costumes resembling characters from the musical [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Side_Story West Side Story]. In [[TBFGK_99:10]], Vinny imagines a battle with Vampires and Archons dancefighting in ballroom style pairs against Stanley's dwagons. The proposed strategy never occurred because Charlie's price was too high.

The capital city of Transylvito is defended mainly against airspace attack, using [[Doll]]s, [[Moll]]s, and [[Men]], probably on the ground, and Guard Goyles of both the [[Goyles|Goyle]] and [[Goyles#Skanks|Skank]] variety, aside from the [[Warlord]]s and [[Caster]]s with their [[Doombat]]s. It is (as of yet) unknown how combat in Transylvito airspace would progress.

==Conflict With Carpudlians==
Transylvito has an ongoing turf war with the [[Carpudlians]]. The primary battleground is the [[city]] of [[Carport]], which is regularly taken by Transylvito, and then [[sack]]ed, unless the Carpudlians pay a ransom, in which case the Transylvitans leave it, relatively unharmed. In this way, they have a sort of protection racket with the Carpudlians. The Carpudlian [[capital]] of [[Carpool]] is considered too expensive a prospect for [[conquering]].

=Real World References=

*The name ''Transylvito'' appears to be a combination of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transylvania Transylvania] and Vito. The former is a Province of Romania where the vampire Dracula has his castle in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula novel of that name]. The latter is the first name of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vito_Corleone Vito Corleone], New York-based head of the Corleone family of the Sicilian Mafia in the film [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfather ''The Godfather''] (and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfather_%28novel%29 novel on which it is based]).
*The bat emblem of Transylvito resembles the logo of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacardi_rum Bacardi rum], which also shows a black bat rousant in a red circle. The Bacardi version has more detail on the bat but is otherwise similar.
*Four Transylvito warlords sang "campfire tunes" in Summer Update 15 that are thinly disguised 1950s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doo-wop doo-wop] songs: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Darlin Little Darlin], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh-Boom Sh-Boom], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Go_with_Me Come and(sic) Go with Me], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Angel Erf Angel].

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Carpudlian

2011-03-29T06:59:47Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

=Proposed Canon=
The Carpudlians are a [[capital side]] who are in an ongoing conflict with [[Transylvito]]. Like [[Jitterati]], they have so far chosen to disregard the growing threat posed by [[Gobwin Knob]] in order to attack their traditional enemies in [[Transylvito]]. This may prove to be a fatal strategic blunder.

They are one of two known sides (the other being Transylvito) to use water based assaults. They used this tactic to re-take [[Carport]]. They also have significant investments in air forces, archers, and spell defenses.

==Carpudlian Cities==
*[[Carpool]] ([[Capital]])
*[[Carport]]

==Units==
An unnamed [[Shockmancer]].

=Speculation=
[[King Slately]] of [[Jetstone]] and/or [[Don King]] of [[Transylvito]] may have warned them of [[Stanley]] and tried to persuade them to join the [[Royal Crown Coalition]]. But they evidently do not see [[Gobwin Knob]] as a really serious threat, and so have chosen to attack their traditional enemies in [[Transylvito]]. They may have a [[Foolamancer]].

==Real World References==
Carpudlian is a reference to Liverpudlian, the term for denizens of Liverpool, England.

It is also likely a reference to the Carpathian mountains, a range which forms the boundary of Transylvania within Romania, and historically a notoriously troublesome region.

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LIAB Text 1

2011-03-29T06:57:59Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

{{pager int|Text 1|LIAB}}

[[Sizemore Rockwell|Sizemore]]'s sandaled feet slapped along on the paving stones of a little walkway, shaded by aromatic pines. He had once laid down these stones himself, and he eyed them with some professional satisfaction as he went along. At the end of the pavement, he frowned at a spot where the squares were sinking into the softer ground. Drawing his index finger over the pathway's edge, he spent a little [[juice]] to fix it. Then he brushed the pine needles away, and continued on the dirt path that led into the [[Glade of the Hippiemancers]].

There was a lot for Sizemore to do around here. The [[Florist]]s always needed him in their gardens, always wanted his advice about soil, always smiled when he could visit.

This place, at least, was still a warm refuge.

Smiles and warm welcomes used to be standard almost everywhere he went in the [[Magic Kingdom]]. [[Dirtamancy]] was among the most rare and useful disciplines here. Everyone needed a wall built, a garden tilled, a well dug, a foundation excavated. There were no [[city]] sites; construction was a manual industry. [[Caster]]s used [[Rand]]s, a barter credit for exchanging goods and services, so as not to give [[Moneymancer]]s all of the power. But though he usually took only the minimum Rands for his services that the other Caster would accept, he couldn't help becoming a filthy rich rock star here. Everyone knew him, or knew of him.

Until recently, everyone liked him, too.

Outside politics didn't usually matter much in the Magic Kingdom. All of the permanent residents were [[Barbarian]]s. Most didn't give a newt turd about [[warlord]] matters, unless it might lead to some work. But attunement of two [[Arkentool]]s on the same [[side]] had caught the notice of quite a few [[Casters]]. And what [[Wanda|Lady Firebaugh]] was doing with hers was causing real alarm.

The theoretical consensus was that she was extending [[Croakamancy]] to the [[Life]] axis. Sizemore was inclined to agree, but after getting roughed up by [[Stagemancy|Stagemancers]] in a few discussions, he had stopped participating in the debate. He didn't need fingers pointing at him. And he was tired of answering for Lady Firebaugh, who had not been to the Magic Kingdom since she claimed the [[Arkenpliers]].

Nobody here liked what was going on. Nobody liked the unchecked power and growth of [[Gobwin Knob]], and the kinds of things [[Chief Warlord|Lord]] [[Ansom]] was saying out there were not helping matters. Holy quests, one world side... These things were getting repeated and distorted, and Sizemore didn't know half of what was going on or being said.

He only knew that he was scowled at more and more, every time he returned here. He knew there were places he was unwelcome. He would not live forever, whatever happened. He worried that these friendships he had lost would never be repaired. What could he do? He imagined being friendless and hated at the end of his life.

But as his thoughts reached their darkest, he stepped through the trees into warm sunlight. And over near the gazebo, the more powerful warmth of [[Janis]]' smile. He straightened his new jacket, and half ran toward her for a world-righting hug.

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Talk:Campfire

2011-03-29T06:55:41Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

Uhm... why does this page exist? Are we writing a dictionary? It's just a campfire. It provides heat. It cooks food. It needs wood for fuel. So why does this page exist? --[[User:Kreistor|Kreistor]] 00:36, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

It's not like it's just air (weather?) or the ground (terrain type) or wildlife (non-unit animals) or anything. This is something that gets made by units, presumably. It has existed in cities and in the field. Characters have made note of its absence. It cooks food - when most food comes pre-prepared. Can anyone make a fire? What benefits does it offer? What cost? Do you not heal fully in the field without one? If in the mountains without one, do you lose hits to the cold? We know a city just poofs 5 levels for Shmuckers, but we don't know how fires work. Why not have this page? [[User:Commander I. Heartly Noah|Commander I. Heartly Noah]]

:The following is a recent edit that I culled as being too 1st-person and questioning. It's really discussion material.

::"...It also implies some way to start a fire, either magic or flint that can be struck to create sparks and catch kindling on fire. One clear difficulty with a fire is that most of Erfworld is very digital. Things are on or off, existing or not existing. Fire in the [[Real World]] is a continuous process, converting wood to heat and ashes. Especially if only magic of some sort starts a fire, it can probably be in only certain sizes. Since I seem to recall pictures of buildings on fire, one of those sizes should be a large as a house. I wonder if [[dwagons]] start the same kind of fire as is used to start a campfire?"

Campfire

2011-03-29T06:54:20Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

==Speculation==
It seems that Erfworlders can build campfires. This also implies the existence of Wood as a resource.

The [[Royal Crown Coalition]] and [[Gobwin Knob]] have had temporary fires in the field/Courtyard. [[Jillian]] noted the lack of a fire on her trip with the [[Transylvito|Transylvitians]]. Food has been seen cooking on some of them.

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Rhyme-o-mancy

2011-03-29T06:46:07Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

==Canon==
{{MagicSchool
|Stagemancy
}}

=Proposed Canon=
==Information==
Rhyme-o-mancy is one of the three disciplines of the [[Magic]] class [[Stagemancy]]; it is aligned with the axis of [[Numbers]].{{erf|1|038a|Parson's Klog #2}}

*[[Tramennis]] has stated a relationship between Rhyme-o-mancy and [[music]], which might imply a link to [[dance fighting]].

==Abilities==
*As yet unknown.

==Known Rhyme-o-mancers==
As of yet, no known Rhyme-o-mancer has been introduced.

==Speculation==
We have so far seen one apparent example of direct Rhyme-o-mancy, a short but complex poem on the subject of [[Transylvito]], [[Don King]], and [[Queen]] [[Jillian]].{{blog|2010|10|book-2-–-text-updates-034}} It describes the side's current situation, and casts the Don's recent actions negatively. But the final lines seem to indicate that the poem is actually a spell: "Perchance he enchants, he incants, he cancels the antsy with a rant in Rhyme-o-mancy." Based on that wording, we may speculate that this spell is intended to allay the fears of the Don's followers. If it "cancels the antsy" it may improve [[loyalty]] and [[morale]], or at least stop negative gossip.

The poem is accompanied by a picture of [[Benjamin]] in the court of [[Transylvito]], standing somewhat apart from the Don and his warlords. Benjamin is most likely a [[Moneymancer]], who has the ability to cast outside his discipline. It should be noted that Benjamin Franklin, who he physically resembles, was a noted polymath. His Rhyme-o-mancy abilities may partly explain why Transylvitian forces are generally good at [[dance fighting]].

Another possible example of Rhyme-o-mancy may be the rhyming that troops do during [[dance fighting]]. Dance fighting may be some form of Natural [[Stagemancy]].

There are two other times in the comic where rhyming takes place, although these neither of these has obvious magical effects. The first example occurs the night before the final battle for [[Gobwin Knob]], when the troops in the courtyard sing a song insulting [[Jetstone]] and [[Transylvito]].{{erf|1|101}} Its only effect seems to be angering [[Prince Ansom]] and many other [[RCC|coalition]] members.

The second time is when [[Wanda]] attacks [[Ansom]] when he is alone on top of the wall. {{erf|1|119}} She seems to be speaking mostly to herself-- a personal call to arms, perhaps-- but it may also be a form of intimidation, as the last line finishes just as she attacks Ansom.

*If [[dance-fighting]] and [[music]] ARE related, then possible applications could be allowing [[Warlord]]s to be popped/promoted with dance-fighting as an ability, making magic items that grant it, leading a dance fight themselves (possibly for a whole army or side while under a [[Thinkamancy]] link?). They might also be able to "[[Rock]]" as [[Stanley]] called it, though that would probably show up at higher levels of [[caster]].

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Campfire

2011-03-29T06:43:27Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

==Speculation==
It seems that Erfworlders can build campfires. This also implies the existence of [[Wood]], and presumably [[Trees]] as the source of wood. It also implies some way to start a fire, either magic or flint that can be struck to create sparks and catch kindling on fire. One clear difficulty with a fire is that most of Erfworld is very digital. Things are on or off, existing or not existing. Fire in the [[Real World]] is a continuous process, converting wood to heat and ashes. Especially if only magic of some sort starts a fire, it can probably be in only certain sizes. Since I seem to recall pictures of buildings on fire, one of those sizes should be a large as a house. I wonder if [[dwagons]] start the same kind of fire as is used to start a campfire ?

The [[Royal Crown Coalition]] and [[Gobwin Knob]] have had temporary fires in the field/Courtyard. [[Jillian]] noted the lack of a fire on her trip with the [[Transylvito|Transylvitians]]. Food has been seen cooking on some of them.

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Campfire

2011-03-29T06:43:07Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

==Speculation==
It seems that Erfworlders can build campfires. This also implies the existence of [[Wood]], and presumably [[Trees]] as the source of wood. It also implies some way to start a fire, either magic or flint that can be struck to create sparks and catch kindling on fire. One clear difficulty with a fire is that most of Erfworld is very digital. Things are on or off, existing or not existing. Fire in the [[Real World]] is a continuous process, converting wood to heat and ashes. Especially if only magic of some sort starts a fire, it can probably be in only certain sizes. Since I seem to recall pictures of buildings on fire, one of those sizes should be a large as a house. I wonder if [[dwagons]] start the same kind of fire as is used to start a campfire ?

The [[Rpyal Crown Coalition]] and [[Gobwin Knob]] have had temporary fires in the field/Courtyard. [[Jillian]] noted the lack of a fire on her trip with the [[Transylvito|Transylvitians]]. Food has been seen cooking on some of them.

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Foolamancy

2011-03-29T06:41:57Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah: /* Abilities */

=Canon=
{{MagicSchool
|Eyemancy
}}

=Proposed Canon=

Foolamancy is one of the three disciplines of the [[Magic]] class [[Eyemancy]]; it is aligned with the axis of [[Numbers]].{{erf|1|038a|Parson's Klog #2}}

==Abilities==
*[[Veil]]ing [[Unit]]s or even Cities 
*Can create large scale illusions and sounds at high volume levels, as when [[Jack Snipe]] creates a gigantic projection of Stanley and "plays" martial music during the celebration of [[Stanley]]'s return to [[Gobwin Knob]].
* can detect veiled units such as [[archon]]s ([[LIAB Text 6]])
===Known Spells===
*Displacement: The [[caster]] makes a [[stack]] invisible, and creates a holographic projection of that stack some distance away. The image behaves as the stack, and reveals the stack just as it is, with no changes, so enemies can see the strength and composition, as well as the action, of the stack, but are misled as to its location.{{erf|2|7}}

*Baffle: The stack(s) are visually obscured, but may still be targeted. It's unclear how much of a defense bonus this gives, but would make it difficult or impossible to target individual units.{{erf|2|36}}

==Known Foolamancers==
[[Jack Snipe]]: in service to [[Gobwin Knob]] and previously [[Faq]]. 

=Speculation=

It is suggested that chances to see through a veil are determined by the number of units veiled multiplied by the number of warlords looking. In Page 107{{Erf|1|107}} there are 11 warlords looking for "30 or so" units giving around 300 chances. A direct multiplication would give 330 chances for that particular stack to find 30 veiled units.

Another explanation for "330 chances" is that each warlord rolls once against each veiled unit that it might see. If the roll is a success, that warlord sees that unit. The chances of winning that roll would therefore still be unknown.

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LIAB 57:7/Text

2011-03-26T07:10:57Z

Commander I. Heartly Noah:

<noinclude>{{subpage}}[[Category:Frame Contents]]</noinclude>
'''[[Janis]]:''' This is the [[Predictamancer]] I mentioned. My friend, Marie Lavraie.

'''[[Sizemore]]:''' Oh. Hello.

'''[[Marie Lavraie]]:''' Sizemore Rockwell.

Hud so ''motch'' about you, you know. So motch.