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2011-12-01T17:26:18Z

MisterB777: just seemed to make sense to me. feel free to demote it to speculation if you want.

I was wondering if [[powerball]] was a spell or a magic item. I understand you think it is a spell. --[[User:Muzzafar|Muzzafar]] 15:42, 30 November 2011 (EST)

:Yeah, I wasn't sure at first, but I figured that, if Wanda could make one on the spot, at her low level in Book 0, it would seem to be a relatively low level spell like "hoboken". But yeah, just my interpretation at this point. Feel free to move it down to Speculation if you want. --[[User:MisterB777|MisterB777]] 12:26, 1 December 2011 (EST)

==Older Discussions==
Your moving some blatantly obvious stuff out of Speculation is appreciated. But as a procedural thing, going forward: usually, when an editor is convinced that a particular statement is canon, it goes in the "Proposed Canon" section, which is promoted to canon only by (or with the explicit approval of) Rob or Jamie. Thanks! [[User:Menlo Marseilles|Menlo Marseilles]] 00:43, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
:Yeah, just going to back MM up. Only Rob (so far) moves anything to "Canon". No one else is qualified.--[[User:Kreistor|Kreistor]] 04:39, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
::Ah, understood, thanks for the clarification on process. I'll make sure to use the "Proposed Canon" section going forward. BTW, do we have that sort of editing best practices written down anywhere? I don't see it in the [[Style Guidelines]] or [[ErfWiki:Community Portal]], and I'm sure I won't be the only person to get a little overzealous in promoting things from Speculation. --[[User:MisterB777|MisterB777]] 16:34, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
:::It's on the [[Main Page]], under "Rules". It took me a surprisingly long amount of time to find it, though... so I've added it to the Style Guidelines too, to increase visibility. [[User:Menlo Marseilles|Menlo Marseilles]] 17:05, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
::::Heh. Hidden in plain sight, I suppose. Thanks for adding the clarification to the Style Guide. Your addition makes it crystal clear. :) --[[User:MisterB777|MisterB777]] 17:30, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

== ...and... ==

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2011-11-30T18:59:35Z

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"Now here's an important thing, though," said [[Clay]], pointing at the die. "Where did those 4s come from?"

[[Wanda]] looked down at the little brown enchanted pyramid and shook her head. "From you. You [[spell|cast]] upon the die."

Clay grinned slyly. "So you're saying my [[juice]] had a physical effect on the way the die rolled."

"Yes."

"Yes and no," said Clay, grinning more broadly now. "It's not a direct effect, you see? The 4 is a Number. It had to come from somewhere."

Wanda put her hand on the workbench and stared at the dice some more. She could smell Clay's breath, and it wasn't good. More of the [[Signamancy]] of decay she had noticed on both Clay and [[Delphie]]. But she was tired of asking simple "why" questions. She was weary of learning, but still wanted to know. So, what could he mean...?

She folded her left hand over her right, on the edge of the workbench, still staring at the die. "The juice in your [[spell]] did not create the outcome, you are saying. Your spell did not create the 4. It...what?" What was the alternative? "Enabled it, somehow?"

"Honestly?" said Clay, "that's the nice way to say it. Whatt'm saying is that maybe that die would have come up 4s three times anyway. So maybe my spell did nothing at all, at least so far. That's why I say it'll roll high 'for a little while.' I don't know. But here's what I do know. And maybe it's kind of a secret of my discipline but I think it's important, and I wanna tell you."

He shifted in his seat. His feet were fidgeting, making the strained joints of the little stool squeak rhythmically. "[[Luckamancy]] doesn't create good outcomes, because that would undermine [[Mathamancy]] and [[Predictamancy]]. Mathamancy deals with real Numbers. If Luckamancy could just create Numbers out of juice, out of thin air, then every odds calculation would be off. Y'see?" Wanda thought she did. "So what Luckamancy actually does is steal Numbers from the world. Don't tell anybody that, okay?"

He paused, serious enough about this point to wait for Wanda to nod in agreement.

"Please. I'm really not supposed to talk about my work like this. But it's so interesting iddn't it?"

Wanda was not entirely sure she agreed. These were unfamiliar, esoteric concepts, and she had to admit that her eyes were glazing over from the overload. Clearly though, this [[magic]] was as complex and nuanced as her own discipline. She saw in Clay's face the same kind of illumination she recognized from her own journey of discovery. The things she had taught herself so far about [[Matter]] and [[Motion]] must have made her just as jubilant as Clay was about his dice and cards.

And this stuff Clay was excited about might even be more important, in the grand picture of the world. She should learn it, if she wanted to function as a warlord for her side. "Where do you steal the Numbers from?" she prompted.

"Well, the world," said Clay, looking a little less sure. "If you rolled all the D4s in the world a bunch of times, that one included," he said, pointing at the die, "you'd get an even mix of ones, twos, threes and fours. This little guy stole his roll from somewhere," he said, picking it up. "And I think the world is lazy, you know? I don't think it goes very far to steal good outcomes when I boost one of our [[warlord]]s, you know?"

Wanda frowned, "Would it steal from our enemies?" She could see this boosting the effectiveness of Luckamancy.

But Clay rolled his eyes with exasperation. "If only. That's the one thing it really doesn't do. In fact we sometimes see the opposite. The enemy rolls better than they should or," and here he looked really pained, "...or we roll worse."

Wanda was horrified, "What, it steals Numbers from us?!"

"Not all the time!" said Clay, putting up a hand defensively. "I mean, it depends. The net effect is still good for us, because we're picking the right battles to win. But yeah it can be really hard on the rest of our side, sometimes. Especially unled and unboosted units. We...lose more of those kind of battles than we should. That's another reason we're not exactly conquering [[Erfworld]] right now."

When he saw the look on her face, he seemed to realize just why Luckamancers are not supposed to talk about such things.

Wanda didn't even know what to say. She just stared down at the dice, her brow wrinkled in consternation. Was Clay hurting them as much as helping? Was he actually worse than useless? And it was Delphie making these decisions as to who would receive a boost at the cost of everyone else? Why would that not be [[Tommy]]'s call? Or [[Firebaugh|Father]]'s? It [[disband]]ing-well should be.

Perhaps fortunately, she did not have to say anything more to Clay. The doorknob turned at the other end of the room, and [[Lady Temple]] swept in. "Hello, dears!" Her voice was light and musical, but Wanda felt she could hear the edge of a dagger in it. Delphie's eyes fixed on the two of them together at the workbench for a moment, before she set down her satchel on the table.

Wanda instinctively moved a step away from Clay, who was rising with a grunt. "Uh, hey Delphie."

"Hello, Chief." said Wanda.

Delphie crossed the room like a breeze, talking the entire way. "Had a bit of a delay, talking business as I was with some peers. They're really so helpful at times, honestly. Hard to tear yourself away, sometimes, isn't it? Easy to talk a little more than you really should. Hello, Dear," she went up on tiptoe to kiss Clay. "You're in trouble."

"I know," said Clay.

"Don't go anywhere, Love." She touched him on the nose, and turned to Wanda. "Your quarters all right to talk?"

Wanda was expecting the suggestion to fall with the hidden weight of an [[order]]. It did.

One corner of her mouth curled up. "Yes, [[Chief Caster|Chief]]."

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2011-11-30T18:58:08Z

MisterB777: redirecting to Spacerock page, since it is a street in the city

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Spacerock

2011-11-30T18:56:59Z

MisterB777: /* Speculation */

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=Proposed Canon=
Spacerock is a level 5 city, and the [[capital]] [[city]] of [[Jetstone]]. It was formerly the capital of the Spacerock side, under the command of Spacerock the King, and at Spacerock the Battle fell to Jetstone who appropriated it as their new capital.

Unlike most cities, Spacerock does not have [[Tunnels]]. Rather, it has "an unusually ornate and well-defended [[Garrison]]. Its outer structure is not merely a wall, but a full twelve-story palace complex of rooms and chambers."

== Atrium ==
Also, instead of having an open [[Courtyard]] in its [[Garrison]], Spacerock's [[Courtyard]] is covered by "a vaulted roof of smoked glass panels." This area is referred to as the Atrium by [[Jetstone]] and covers the entire twelve-story height of the main garrison structure.[[LIAB Text 25]] The area above the atrium is dominated by the [[Tower of Jenga]].[[LIAB Text 47]]

=Speculation=

One of the major streets in Spacerock is called Mainway.

==Real World References==
The name of the faction, [[Jetstone]], seems to be a portmanteau of the names of the Hanna-Barbera cartoons [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jetsons The Jetsons] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flintstones The Flintstones]. The capital, Spacerock, is named according to the themes on the two shows. It might be meant as a portmanteau of something starting with "Space" and Bedrock, the city the Flintstones live in. Space rock is also a subgenre of rock music that emerged in the late 1960s music scene in Britain.

Spacerock is a close match to the movie Spaceballs[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaceballs] as many of the objects in the movie were refered to as Spaceballs: The (item) much like the various aspects of Spacerock are refered to as Spacerock the [[Side]], [[King]], [[City]], [[Battle]] etc..

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2011-11-30T18:54:40Z

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"As I have already [[Predictamancy|Predict]]ed, [[Firebaugh|my Lord]], [[Frenemy]] and [[Quisling]] won't maintain their [[alliance]] for many [[turn]]s longer. [[Clay]] has noticed indications that they may already be working against us, and certainly they will break alliance and attack us at the first opportunity they sense."

[[Delphie]] stood beside [[Wanda]], at a respectful few steps' distance before the grand desk in [[Firebaugh]]'s reception. The [[Chief]] was doing all of the talking. Firebaugh was seated, stern and upright, his fingers tented upon the ruddy chestnut desktop.

Wanda had seen her father the [[Overlord]] on only the one previous occasion, and he had used that occasion to express his disappointment that she existed. This time, he had risen and given her a respectful nod, calling her by name and somewhat perfunctorily congratulating her on her levels. But he seemed less than comfortable around her, all the same. His eyes stayed riveted on Lady Temple, and he barely spared Wanda a glance.

"That could come ''next'' turn, for all I can foresee," continued Delphie. At this, Firebaugh started forward and seemed about to ask a question, but Delphie kept her momentum. "...although I don't believe so," she hastened to add. "However. Whenever that betrayal comes, [[Goodminton]] shall be alone in this war, unless we have changed our allegiances preemptively."

Firebaugh leaned back a bit, but he was gripping the edge of the desk. "I have never yet broken an alliance."

"I know, Lord. But break it formally and peacefully, and there will be no shame of treachery upon it," said Delphie, patiently.

Firebaugh only scowled. "It's more complicated than you can imagine, [[Caster]]. You don't need to deal with these sorts of things. And be glad of it." He pulled an inkwell and sheet of parchment toward himself, dipped a black-tipped quill, and wrote something across the top of the page. "All right, then what are their terms?"

Delphie gave Wanda a quick glance, as if to confirm that she still stood in agreement. Wanda met the woman's eyes, but gave her no such reassurance, only a empty stare. She would give this woman nothing voluntarily. Delphie turned back to the Overlord, uneasily. "They offer a fifty-turn [[contract]] of alliance, bound by a severance penalty of ninety thousand [[Shmucker]]s. No cities exchanged."

Firebaugh's eyes widened. He did not write anything on the parchment. "That's much more than anyone should be offering us. Much more. [[Haffaton]] still has at least nine cities. What are they, scared?" He glanced at Wanda and his eyebrows went low, in thought. He placed the quill absently back into the inkwell. "Or greedy? Are they asking special considerations or remunerations? Is this even a genuine offer?"

Delphie reached into the satchel she had placed upon the carpet and produced a folded document. Wanda could see the unbroken [[Thinkamancy]] seal upon it. "They have tendered the offer formally, Lord," she said, holding it up. She cleared her throat. "And by way of remuneration, they are asking only for a single [[unit]]." She stepped forward, placed the paper upon the desk in front of him, and stepped back.

Firebaugh frowned, picking up the missive and touching the seal to break it. "[[Fritz]], I guess. Might have been easier if they'd asked for [[Hamfurter]] back. But... For this much breathing room, we could let him go I suppose. I--"

He stopped and read the paper again with full and silent concentration.

He glanced at Wanda, then looked at Delphie. "Does she know?"

"Yes, Lord. This is why I recalled her."

Firebaugh set the page down on the desk and lowered his head, looking at it but not reading. He pinched his lips and blew out a long, pensive sigh. "You must know," he said, and looked up at Wanda at last, "what you are worth to us."

Wanda straightened. "I have some idea, Lord."

In fact, she was not certain. With their recent gains in action, Tommy seemed more optimistic about Goodminton's future. But he had also said to expect a massive counter-offensive by Haffaton soon. Their army was three times the size of Goodminton's, and their production capabilities similarly daunting.

Still, she and [[Tommy]] were excited to be discovering together the strategic power of [[Croakamancy]] on the battlefield. On the night they took [[Frankburg]], he had held court at the dining table, boasting, "If we play it right, then right now Haffaton's cities are busy popping our future armies!" He raised his tankard in toast to the former defenders of the city, some of whom lined one wall of the mess hall. "To Wanda's fellows!" It was what the (now loudly cheering) [[knights]] and [[leadership]] called her [[uncroaked]] units. Wanda, more than a little inebriated on juniper ale, cupped her own tankard with both hands and grinned down into it with embarrassment. She silently [[order]]ed the line of uncroaked to bow in unison, which prompted more cheers and laughter.

Seated beside her on the bench, Tommy shook her shoulder fondly. He took the vessel from her hands, placed it upon the table. "You're doing excellent well, Wanda. Excellent well." She looked up at him drunkenly, flung her arms around him, and passed out. Later, she learned that he had carried her over his shoulder and returned her to her quarters, but that much of what she had consumed that evening did not make the full trip.

"I exchange letters with Tommy twice a turn," said Firebaugh to her. "At times, his enthusiasm for your talents knows no bounds. Twice now, he has talked of ''conquering'' Haffaton!" He said it with a bitter chuckle, and shook his head. "He's a good man, my son. And you..."

Firebaugh leaned forward, placing his elbows upon the desk. His eyes were skeptical, the lines around his mouth deep and straight. "Well, I suppose I don't understand you. I am impressed with your performance in the field, though. Tommy calls you 'sister,' but it is difficult yet for me to think of you as my 'daughter.' Magic is so strange to me, and your magic..." He made a face. "Particularly so. I had one of your uncroaked units brought in here. It's...unsettling. I don't like to think of Goodminton fielding such things, as the face that we show to other sides."

Wanda jerked her head back, to the barest degree. Perhaps nothing her father could have said would have stung her worse than this. She had gone into the field to show him that she could be a fighter, that she could be what Goodminton needed. And she was! Tommy thought so.

But now to find that it was a personal distaste for Croakamancy that kept him from considering her his "daughter?" Blood flowed to her face, a mechanism she understood down to the tissues and sinus cavities within her head, for Croakamancy was a beautiful art. She felt her eyelids getting hot, ducts and vessels dilating. She was just a speck of [[Matter]], herself, after all. Just a unit to be traded away.

"Twice a ''turn'', Father?" blurted Wanda. "Excuse me, ''Overlord''? So what are you asking me, then? Do I know what I am worth to you on the ''battlefield''? Yes!"

Firebaugh straightened, as Wanda stepped toward his desk. If he felt like disbanding her for insubordination, she didn't care. It wouldn't be any worse than any other means of disposing of her. "Tommy knows it. ''Haffaton'' knows it!" she stiff-arm pointed at the offer on his desk.

"Caster!" barked Delphie from behind her. "Calm yourself!"

For a mere moment, Wanda was close to turning around and striking Delphie. But that was an [[order]], and it did have an effect. Wanda instantly regained some of her composure.

She hadn't been ordered to shut up, though, and she simply continued in a lower tone of voice. "If Tommy thinks we can conquer Haffaton, and Haffaton considers me such an...asset, then perhaps that is because I ''am'' that important. That we ''could'' beat the enemy now, even as strong as they are."

"I don't Predict that, my Lord," said Delphie from behind her. The Chief's tone was soothing and calm, which sounded to have been affected by a great conscious effort.

"Of course you don't," spat Wanda. "It's not in your 'plan.' Lord, she has a ''plan''. Did you know about that?"

Firebaugh, whose eyes had been darting back and forth between the two casters, settled his gaze on Wanda. He seemed to be exercising conscious restraint as well. "What do you mean by that?"

"I mean that she ''lies'' to you, my Lord. She knew I would be a caster. She is steering Goodminton toward some--"

"Be silent!" ordered Delphie, and Wanda complied at once. "Lord, she is obviously distraught. And she is without certain critical understanding. If you let her continue to speak, she will cause ''ruin'' to Goodminton, this I Predict."

Firebaugh looked at Delphie with his head tilted in a skeptic's pout. "Have you? Have you lied to me, Lady Temple?"

Wanda mutely crossed her arms and looked at Delphie, who stood defiantly erect, her hands folded in front of her. "I have, Lord," admitted Delphie. Her tone was factual and unapologetic.

"Really," said Firebaugh. He seemed not angry, but curious. "For my own good, I suppose."

"That is correct, Lord."

He stroked his chin, considering her. "You've a rightly twisted idea of [[Duty]]."

Delphie kept her chin raised. "If you could foresee all that I do, you would see it as my only recourse, Lord."

Firebaugh smirked humorlessly. "Pity, then, that you've lied about what you see. Isn't it? I can't possibly see things your way now, can I?"

Delphie looked pained. "It is difficult, Lord, to--"

"Shut up," ordered Firebaugh softly. Delphie did. He held up his head and stared into the distance, as the fireplace hissed. After a few moments, it almost seemed he was ignoring them, wishing them both away.

Then he spoke again. "[[Magic]]," he said, in a weary voice, "is vexatious. Magic of all sorts. If Haffaton is afraid of you, Wanda, I can understand that. I am afraid of you. And you," he said to Delphie. "This war ought to be a game of generals and fighting men, of leaders. Swords. Knights. Bravery and sacrifice. Not...''tricks''. I'm quite weary of tricks."

He tapped the desk with an index finger, punctuating his words. "We've had ''[[Foolamancy]]'', tricking our eyes. We've faced ''[[Thinkamancy]]'', tricking our wills, our minds. We've gone against ''[[Hat Magic]]'' and ''[[Weirdomancy]]'' and ''[[Carnymancy]]'', the trickiest of the tricksters! A [[croaked]] body," he said to Wanda, "should go to the ''[[Titans]]'', having served and sacrificed. You shouldn't be tricking it into getting up and fighting against its comrades in arms."

Wanda could say nothing, but she could not stop herself from shaking her head. He was so terribly wrong...

He turned to Delphie. "And a [[Ruler]] should count on the the Duty and Loyalty and Obedience of his units. His ''choices'' should lead to the consequences he enjoys. Or endures! I've heard your mumbo jumbo about [[Fate]]. I don't like it any more than any other magic tricks!"

Delphie looked about as wounded as Wanda, to hear her work denounced. Whatever their differences, they shared a pride in their disciplines, and that pride was being bludgeoned ruthlessly at the moment.

Firebaugh fell silent again for a while. When he spoke, he sounded more conciliatory, resigned. "However. I must live in this world. I must rule a side. We are not popped in an ideal world."

He looked down at the treaty proposal, scanning it again. He shook his head at it. "I really don't want this," he said. He looked up. "I have to tell you Wanda. I've very much enjoyed receiving the news of our success." He looked up at her and smiled weakly. "When you took back [[Goodfinger]], I actually, ''literally'' danced a jig. Right on that rug where you're standing."

Wanda tentatively returned the smile. It was rewarded. Firebaugh made a helpless gesture with his palms as if to ask "what am I to do, in such a world?" He smiled more openly at her. "Wanda," he said, "speak. Please."

"I love Croakamancy," said Wanda. "I am sorry that you think ill of it, but I do love it." Firebaugh nodded, by which she understood him to indicate his respectful disagreement. "And I love using it for Goodminton, because I also love Goodminton, and my brother Tommy."

The absence of an "and you, Father" hung in the air for a moment.

"I don't believe I popped here as a chip to trade," she said, stepping up to the desk and putting the fingertips of one hand upon it. "But if that is the case, I don't believe I ''care''. I just want to fight for my side. I like that Haffaton is afraid of me. I ''like'' it." She smiled a white-toothed smile, pretty and predatory. "Oh, Father...don't ''you''?"

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Before she left Firebaugh's reception, he had called Wanda "daughter" and embraced her. And more than that, he had called her "[[Chief Caster|Chief]]."

"I'll want you shoring up the air defenses on the [[tower]]," said Wanda as she descended the stairs behind Delphie. "And Clay making [[scroll]]s. Every turn, until I change that order, or Father does."

Delphie's turned her sunken, haunted eyes back to Wanda, and nodded her assent.

"Neither of you is to go to the [[Magic Kingdom]] without permission, either," Wanda added, as they reached the base of the tower and stopped. From here, Wanda would be heading to the stables and Delphie to the [[dungeon]]. "And you're to report any contact with enemy units to Father or to me, immediately."

The Predictamancer nodded again, distantly.

"You have permission to speak."

Delphie cleared her throat. "You have doomed us all," she said simply.

Wanda looked into Delphie's wrinkled eyes for a moment. Wanda had no doubt she believed what she was saying. But no branch of magic was so strong it could not be defeated on the battlefield. If Predictamancy were infallible, only sides with Predictamancers would be left by now. Wanda wanted to fight a war, and she and her father believed that should be enough, even against "Fate."

She licked her lips. "You have your orders, Caster. You're dismissed."

It was Wanda who turned and left the scene first. She wanted to use the remainder of the turn on a fresh [[mount]], heading back toward the action, and needed to hurry. Delphie stood there, her hand upon the railing.

"When it happens," she called after Wanda "don't [[uncroak]] my body! Your father was right; you are an ''abomination''!

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To [[Wanda]]’s knowledge, [[Tommy Firebaugh|Tommy]] had not ordered [[Delphie Temple|Lady Temple]] to accompany her to meet the Overlord. But Delphie gave no indication of needing such an order. She led the way up the main steps.

[[Goodminton]] was a squat [[Level]] 4 citadel of barrel turrets and square [[tower]]s, perched atop a sizable hill in the shadow of craggy mountains. Most of the surrounding hills were blanketed in snow, which fell in perpetuity from permanent cloud banks, but the city streets were bone dry. A frigid wind was the only weather the capital had to endure.

[[Minnow Tower]] earned the designation “tower” by being a somewhat taller gray rectangle than those that comprised the rest of the [[Garrison]]. Its top was manned with archers and an impressive set of ballistas, but Wanda could see that it was otherwise poorly hung with air defense spells. Up in the airspace, only a few [[flying rod]]s and [[larrybird]]s patrolled. There were no flying mounts in the sky.

“That tower? Pathetic for [[bonus|spell bonus]]es,” explained Delphie, when Wanda asked about the defenses. “Hardly worth climbing up it to cast.”

“What if the enemy attacks by air?” Wanda asked, squinting at a sunny patch in the mostly cloudy sky.

Delphie made a dismissive noise. “Then the plan is we’ll embed with the leadership on the ground. Let ‘em land, fight it out in the [[courtyard]] and [[dungeon]].”

“Will that work?”

Delphie shrugged, as if it didn’t matter. “Good as anything else.”

Unlike the airspace, the Garrison and city were thickly populated. Seasoned infantry and heavy units patrolled and trained on the streets and parapets. Wanda saw vicious war beasts in iron chains or in cages: [[pokedaemons]], a [[fruit brute]], and a foul-tempered [[pedobear]]. A line of [[quarter horse]]s faced a line of [[nickel horse]]s in the open courtyard. Stalwart [[knight]]s led alternating charges at one another on [[Quarter horse|quarterback]], then on [[Nickel horse|nickelback]].

Goodminton might be worn down, but it still seemed eager to fight.

Overlord Firebaugh maintained his quarters, private office, and public reception on the floor above the war room. As they climbed flight after flight of steps, Wanda became increasingly unsatisfied with Delphie’s reply about air defense.

Two floors short of their destination, she stopped at a landing. “Lady Temple.”

Delphie stopped a couple of steps up the next staircase and turned around. “Mm? Yes, dear.”

“You are a [[Predictamancer]]?”

Delphie arched an eyebrow warily. “Course. [[Adept-class]], [[Level]] 4. Why?”

“As a Predictamancer, then,” asked Wanda, her tone carefully even, “will the plan to embed the casters with the ground units succeed against an air assault?”

Delphie frowned and put her hands to her hips. “Did I say, ‘[[Mathamancer]]?’ I’m not even a [[Warlord]]. Now how would you expect me to judge the battle-worthiness of a defense plan for a [[capital]] fight?” Her plastic smile had returned to her lips. Her voice was high and tense. “I mean, it would depend on the enemy forces, wouldn’t it? Do you want to break that down for me, Warlord Wanda? Or would you care to rephrase the question?”

Wanda looked at Delphie very carefully, for several long moments. The woman’s jaw was jutting out, her mouth tightly closed. “Yes, I would, Chief Predictamancer,” said Wanda. “My question is will this city be attacked by air?”

Delphie kept her lips together, but her eyes widened. She took in a deep breath through her nose. “Eventually.”

“And will we successfully defend ourselves?”

Delphie searched Wanda’s face for something, but didn’t seem to find it. “I can’t say,” she stated flatly.

Wanda crossed her arms, shivering slightly in the cold brick stairwell. She nodded. “All right.”

“It’s a complicated subject, Wanda. Predictamancy... You know, dear? There are rules we don’t discuss. About...what we don’t discuss.” She smiled weakly.

“I understand,” said Wanda, even though she did not. She walked up the staircase, brushing by Delphie.

“[[Fate]] has a plan for you. I do as well,” said Delphie behind her. “I will explain what I can, but you’d do well to trust me.”

They climbed the rest of the stairs in silence.

Tommy raised an eyebrow at Delphie’s presence, but shrugged and led them in to Firebaugh’s reception.

He sat behind a grand chestnut desk with brass fittings, covered in stacks of books, rolled-up maps, and stationery. A small trio of burning logs crackled behind him, lost in the cave of an enormous, sooty hearth. He sat with unbent posture in a high-backed chair of ruddy leather and stained wood.

[[Firebaugh]] and the chair resembled one another to a fair degree. He was worn, but steadfast. He lacked Tommy’s powerful build or Wanda’s sculpted beauty, but his features were stately, and there was a family resemblance. His scalp was bald, the wispy hair he had was gray. But his eyes had the same cold blue fire that Wanda had seen in her own reflection.

He did not rise, but looked at them each in turn, settling on Wanda for a lingering gaze. Wanda wondered if she ought to bow, as Delphie was doing. But Tommy did not, and she decided that lowering her eyes to gaze at the carpet beneath her boots would suffice.

The reception had a picture window, but the thick velvet curtains were drawn. Only the glow of the fireplace and a bluish [[powerball]] above the desk illuminated the room. Firebaugh folded his hands.

"Well you were right, [[Atomic]]," said the Overlord, not taking his eyes from Wanda. "She's lovely." Wanda looked up at him.

Tommy smiled, and Delphie grinned brightly and drew herself up as if ready to say something proud. But Lord Firebaugh was not smiling, and so Wanda only kept her mouth closed and blushed under his close scrutiny. His gaze did not relent.

Distantly, wistfully, he added, "Our [[fate|doom]] is really lovely."

[[Category:Page Annotation/IPTSF|002]]

Spell

2011-11-30T18:51:37Z

MisterB777: /* Known Spells */ rewriting Hoboken

{{magic101}}
=Proposed Canon=
A Spell is a [[Magic|magical]] process that allows a [[Caster]] to alter the world. The Caster formulates a desire to achieve a result, using some combination of spoken words, materials, and hand gestures. The desired result then occurs.

This either expends a certain amount of the caster's limited amount of [[juice]] for that day, or can be cast for free from a [[scroll]].

For example, consider the "Veil" Spell. The [[Caster]] desires one thing to look like another -- a [[dwagon]] may look like a [[doombat]]{{Erf|1|115}}, a blimp{{Erf|1|081}}, a parade balloon{{Erf|1|089}}, or a tree{{Erf|1|144}}. The [[Caster]] then speaks a word "Crypsis"{{Erf|1|114}}. The target then appears to look like another thing.

Spells belong to different [[Magic#Disciplines|Disciplines]]. For instance, a spell that involves rock golems would belong to the [[Dirtamancy]] Discipline. A spell that involves the mind would belong to [[Thinkamancy]]. There are 24 Disciplines, and each Discipline has a limited number of spells.

==Casting Spells==
Spells almost always require the [[Caster]] to speak a word or phrase,{{Erf|1|133}} called a [[list of trigger words|trigger word]]{{Erf|1|009}}.

Physical movements are often not necessary, except where the spell is a projected ray, or where a material component is necessary. In this case of a ray, the effect typically projects from an index finger pointed at the desired target.{{Erf|1|069}} , For a material component, the act involves drawing the material from wherever it is stored appears necessary, and directing the material component toward the target may also be required.{{Erf|1|038}}

Material components have rarely appeared in the comic. Some spells manipulate matter (often from the Classes that use the Matter Element), which must be present because it is the target of the spell. These materials are not consumed in the casting of the spell. (Ie. A [[Golem|Crap Golem]] is made out of crap, which [[Sizemore]] obtains from the cesspit.{{Erf|1|053}}) [[Wanda Firebaugh]] casts a [[Thinkamancy]] spell on the [[Hobgobwin]] knight that utilizes both material and motive components (in the form of tossing a handful of sand into the knight's face): this spell also has no verbal component.{{Erf|1|038}}

Apparently, a caster can only cast spells when it is his or her side's turn. The exception to this rule is when units from an an enemy side are in the same hex as the caster. Thus, in Book 1 Parson notes that his dwagons cannot be veiled to hide from Jillian's force, because it is not Gobwin Nob's turn. On the other hand, in Book 2 Jack ''can'' veil his dwagons on Jetstone's turn, because they are in the same hex as the Spacerock garrison.

==Known Spells==
''Main Article: [[Known spells]]''
*Air defenses of Gobwin Knob
**Type of magic unknown (possibly [[Shockmancy]])
**Fired with the words "ABACABB, GOURANGA, IDCLIP, XYZZY, UUDDLRLRBASS, AYBABTU, AGGRO."{{Erf|1|095}}
*[[Archon]] magic attack spell
**"Leverage", "Synergy", and "Paradigm" are used to designate what may be either three separate attacks or three versions of the same attack, or three components of the same attack (unlikely) {{Erf|1|069}}
**[[Archons]] are also capable of making firework-like displays (limited Natural Foolamancy)
*Displacement
**[[Foolamancy]]
*Golem healing spell
**Cast by a [[Dirtamancer]]
**Uses the key word "Pozzolana".{{Erf|1|112}}
*Mass Uncroaking
**Cast by a [[Croakamancer]] ([[Wanda Firebaugh]])
**Uses the key word "Trioxin".{{Erf|1|116}}
*Message [[Hat Magic|hat]] spell
**Useable by non-mancers
**"Hoffa" sends a message
**"Livingston" receives the message{{Erf|1|010}}
*Mind Control spell {{erf|1|084}}
** different from Suggestion Spell
*Perfect Warlord summon
**[[Scroll]] created by [[predictamancer|Predictamancers]] and [[findamancer|Findamancers]]{{Erf|1|005}}
**Cast using a [[Findamancer]]{{Erf|1|006}} (or someone who can do [[Findamancy]])
**Concluded using the word "Scruby"{{Erf|1|017}}
**[[Wanda Firebaugh|Wanda]] later refers to it as a [[Findamancy]]/[[Lookamancy]] spell{{Erf|1|036}}
*Shockamancy attack spell
**[[Shockamancy]] scroll, owned by [[Wanda Firebaugh|Wanda]] but cast by [[Sizemore Rockwell|Sizemore]]
**Uses the words "Lemonparty, Tubgirl, Meatspin, Goatse" and has the sound effect "NSFW"{{Erf|1|126}}
*Suggestion spell {{erf|1|084}}
**[[Thinkamancy]] spell, cast using a scroll by [[Wanda Firebaugh|Wanda]]{{Erf|1|30}}
**Made the caster's eyes glow gold
**A simpler, but weaker version may have been used on [[Mung]] after the interrogation{{Erf|1|038}}
*Cure Tiredness spell
**Thinkamancy spell, cast by [[Maggie]].
**Triggered by the word "Ephedra"{{Erf|1|104|4}}
*[[Thinkagram]] (spell)
**A message passed by a [[Thinkamancer]]
**May be through a rectangle made by the Thinkamancer's fingers{{Erf|1|091}}, or by touching the subject (in the case of contacting Charlescomm){{Erf|1|090}}
*Stun spell
**A basic offensive spell known by most casters at the time they pop
**Cast by [[Maggie]] in the dungeon at a [[FoxMUD]] [[warlord]] and [[Wanda]] against a [[Haffaton]] [[scout]].{{ref| [[IPTSF Text 5]]}}
**Uses the key word "Hoboken".{{Erf|1|133}}
*Veil Units spell
**Cast by a [[Foolamancer]].
**At least once uses the key word "Crypsis".{{Erf|1|114}}
*Baffle spell
**The Foghat spell creates fog to "baffle", probably intended to reduce chances of being hit/found by attackers/spotters [[LIAB 36:3]].
* Force a side's Turn to (unwillingly) finish spell (a Turnamancy spell)
**Cast by [[turnamancer]] [[Vanna]], apparently linked with thinkamancer Charlie of Charlescomm
**The key word is "Kingworld."
*The Cure spell
**[[Healomancy]] spell cast using a scroll by [[Jack Snipe]].
**Uses the key words "Lol Tolhurst Michael Dempsey Robert Smith". [[LIAB 50:10]]

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

Known spells

2011-11-30T18:48:43Z

MisterB777: new line for Hoboken

{{magic101}}
=Proposed Canon=

This is a list of all [[spell]]s that have been shown or said to exist in [[Erfworld]] and their associated disciplines and effects.

Please note that although this article contains mostly proposed cannon, its likely it is always going to be a work in progress.

{| border="1" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:left"
|-
| Name || [[Magic|Discipline]]s || Keywords || Effects (if known) 
|-
| Air defenses spell of [[Gobwin Knob]] || (possibly [[Shockmancy]] it is likely that it is more then one spell cast previously with the trigger words used by Wanda) || Fired with the words "[[ABACABB]], [[GOURANGA]], [[IDCLIP]], [[XYZZY]], [[UUDDLRLRBASS]], [[AYBABTU]], [[AGGRO]]."{{erf|01|095}} || Air units destroyed
|-
| Magic attack by Archons || Various || "Leverage", "Synergy", and "Paradigm" are used to designate what may be either three separate attacks or three versions of the same attack {{erf|01|069}} || Deals large amount of damage to targets.
|-
| Golem healing || [[Dirtamancy]] and [[Dollamancy]] || "[[Pozzolana]]" for Dirtamancy created golems || Heals Golem units {{erf|01|112}}
|-
| Mass Uncroaking || [[Croakamancy]] || "[[Trioxin]]" {{erf|01|116}} || Creates large number of uncroaked units.
|-
| Message hat (use) spell || (probably natural [[Hat Magic]]) || "[[Hoffa]]" sends a message, "[[Livingston]]" receives the message {{erf|01|010}}, Hat is useable by non-casters, there may be specific keywords for different hats || Send/receve simple written messages through (connected) Hats.
|-
| Perfect Warlord summoning || [[Findamancy]] and [[Lookamancy]] possibly a link see [[Summon Perfect Warlord Spell]] for more details || Concluded using the word "[[Scruby]]]" {{erf|01|017}} || Summons [[Parson]]
|-
| Shockamancy damage attack (no. 1) || [[Shockamancy]] || Uses the words "[[Lemonparty]], [[Tubgirl]], [[Meatspin]], [[Goatse]]" and has the sound effect "NSFW" {{erf|01|126}} || Destroys/[[croak]]s large number of troops
|-
| Suggestion spell || [[Thinkamancy]] || None? Is cast using a scroll by [[Wanda]] {{erf|01|030}} || Made the caster's eyes glow gold, "suggestion" effects on target
|-
| Cure tiredness spell || [[Thinkamancy]] (?) || "Ephedra" {{erf|01|104|04}} || Cures tiredness and lethargy in target
|-
| Thinkagrams (group of spells) || [[Thinkamancy]] (and possibly others) || May be through a rectangle made by the [[Thinkamancer]]'s fingers {{erf|01|091}}, or by touching the subject (in the case of contacting [[Charlescomm]]) {{erf|01|090}} || Send complex messages with audio and or visual to a target
|-
| Veils (group of spells) || [[Foolamancy]] || Various || Changes appearance of a/multiple [[unit|unit/s]] or area/s in some way for conceal or deception
|-
| Veil no. 1 "Crypsis". || [[Foolamancy]] || Uses the key word "Crypsis". {{erf|01|114}} || Veils unit from attack/ sporting makes targeting by ranged attack harder.
|-
| Veil no. 2 "Baffle (no. 1): Foghat" || [[Foolamancy]] || Foghat ||[[LIAB 36:3]] This spell creates a simple fog cloud that seems to be there simply to help conceal units. Its described as a "Cheap baffle" suggesting there are many more types of veils and more in-depth versions of a baffle then this.
|-
| Veil no. 3 "Flash" || [[Foolamancy]] and/or [[Shockamancy]] || Flashing [[LIAB 6:11]] || Creates a distraction from an attacking force being sent from an adjacent Hex.
|-
| Veil no. 4 Distort units appearance || [[Foolamancy]] || Not shown || Veils a units appearance so they appear as if they are another unit as long as that other unit has same general size, may also be a "baffle".
|-
| Speed up unit production || [[Turnamancy]] || Unknown || Reduces number of turns required to pop a unit, or increase the number of units that pop per turn. Production rate increase appears to be 50%. Presumably cast by turnamancer [[Vanna]]
|-
| End turn spell || [[Turnamancy]] / [[Thinkamancy]] link || Kingworld || Ends turn of side chosen. Cast by turnamancer [[Vanna]], apparently linked with thinkamancer [[Charlie]] of Charlescomm
|-
| Volcano Uncroaking || [[Thinkamancy]]/ [[Dirtamancy]] / [[Croakamancy]] link || None || Uncroaks volcano deals massive damage see [[Volcano Uncroaking]] for more detail.
|-
| Duplicate ranged attacks spell || [[Dittomancy]] || Possibly requires doubled spell words or double speech || Duplicates ranged attacks.
|-
| Cause a unit/s to "turn" or change sides || [[Turnamancy]] || Unknown || Causes a unit/s [[side]] and often loyalty to diminish or change depending on strength of spell or caster.
|-
| Shockmancy traps || [[Shockamancy]] || Unknown || Traps designed to shock, damage or trap units
|-
| Dirtamancy traps || [[Dirtamancy]] || Various || Traps of various types, can cause damage, collapse of tunnel and possibly capture or disablement of units.
|-
| Stun spell || [[Shockamancy] || Various || There is a mass stun spell which makes sound effect "Shock Treatment" [[LIAB 7:8]] and a single unit stun spell uses the key word "Hoboken". {{Erf|01|133}}
|-
| Basic offensive spell (Hoboken) || All || Hoboken || A single unit stun spell uses the key word "Hoboken". {{Erf|01|133}} Wanda suggests that all casters know it at the time they pop.{{ref| IPTSF Text 5}}
|-
| Predict future events (possibly a group of spells) || [[Predictamancy]] || Unknown, may require the Predictamancy to say "I Predict it" || Predicts a future event or events.
|-
| Create Doll spells || [[Dollamancy]] || Unknown || Creates a [[Doll]], [[Scarecrow]], [[Moll]].
|-
| Create Cloth golem || [[Dollamancy]] || Unknown || Creates a [[Golem|Cloth Golem]].
|-
| Create "Accessories" || [[Dollamancy]] possibly others || Unknown || Speculatively it creates a [[Magic Item]] or bestows magic like properties on a item, with a specific function or functions in mind, i.e. increase range, dismount target/s, carry huge amount of food, etc.
|-
| Transfer [[Shmucker]]s into [[Gem]]s || [[Moneymancy]] || Unknown || Self explanatory.
|-
| Convert [[Shmucker]]s into [[Unit]]s {{WoT|6051503}}|| [[Moneymancy]] || Unknown || Self explanatory.
|-
| Create scroll || All || None until scroll is used || Stores a spell or raw magic of a particular sort, i.e. [[Healomancy]] or [[Shockamancy]] for later use, its likely it costs turn/s to make scrolls of varying power and usefulness.
|-
| Powerball || All || Unknown || Apparently a very basic spell that creates a floating ball of light. Since [[Wanda]] laments not having the [[juice]] to create one in [[IPTSF Text 5]], and there is one floating in the office of Overlord [[Firebaugh]] in [[IPTSF Text 3]], thus created before Wanda popped, it seems to be a spell that most casters can do regardless of discipline.
|-
| Repair/upgrade city || [[Dirtamancy]] / [[Thinkamancy]] link || Unkown || Repairs damage or upgrades a city in reduced time and or reduced cost to simply paying smuckers.
|-
| Create Dirtamantic golem || [[Dirtamancy]] || Various || Targeted dirt creates a dirt golem
|-
| Heal target unit / Cure spell || [[Healomancy]] || [Lol?] Tolhurst, Michael Dempsey, and Robert Smith (i.e. members of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_cure The Cure] || It is unknown how much power a "Cure" spell holds, in many RPG's a Cure spell is specific to the targeted units wound level, i.e. light, medium, heavy, or the targeted units type. There is still much to be revealed about Healomancy and its powers.
|-
|}
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Powerball

2011-11-30T18:41:49Z

MisterB777: helps if I spell it right... get it? "Spell" it right? I crack myself up... ;)

#REDIRECT [[Known spells]]

Powerball

2011-11-30T18:40:46Z

MisterB777: redirecting to Known Spells

#REDIRECT [[Known Spells]]

Known spells

2011-11-30T18:39:36Z

MisterB777: /* Proposed Canon */ powerball!

{{magic101}}
=Proposed Canon=

This is a list of all [[spell]]s that have been shown or said to exist in [[Erfworld]] and their associated disciplines and effects.

Please note that although this article contains mostly proposed cannon, its likely it is always going to be a work in progress.

{| border="1" style="background:white; color:black; text-align:left"
|-
| Name || [[Magic|Discipline]]s || Keywords || Effects (if known) 
|-
| Air defenses spell of [[Gobwin Knob]] || (possibly [[Shockmancy]] it is likely that it is more then one spell cast previously with the trigger words used by Wanda) || Fired with the words "[[ABACABB]], [[GOURANGA]], [[IDCLIP]], [[XYZZY]], [[UUDDLRLRBASS]], [[AYBABTU]], [[AGGRO]]."{{erf|01|095}} || Air units destroyed
|-
| Magic attack by Archons || Various || "Leverage", "Synergy", and "Paradigm" are used to designate what may be either three separate attacks or three versions of the same attack {{erf|01|069}} || Deals large amount of damage to targets.
|-
| Golem healing || [[Dirtamancy]] and [[Dollamancy]] || "[[Pozzolana]]" for Dirtamancy created golems || Heals Golem units {{erf|01|112}}
|-
| Mass Uncroaking || [[Croakamancy]] || "[[Trioxin]]" {{erf|01|116}} || Creates large number of uncroaked units.
|-
| Message hat (use) spell || (probably natural [[Hat Magic]]) || "[[Hoffa]]" sends a message, "[[Livingston]]" receives the message {{erf|01|010}}, Hat is useable by non-casters, there may be specific keywords for different hats || Send/receve simple written messages through (connected) Hats.
|-
| Perfect Warlord summoning || [[Findamancy]] and [[Lookamancy]] possibly a link see [[Summon Perfect Warlord Spell]] for more details || Concluded using the word "[[Scruby]]]" {{erf|01|017}} || Summons [[Parson]]
|-
| Shockamancy damage attack (no. 1) || [[Shockamancy]] || Uses the words "[[Lemonparty]], [[Tubgirl]], [[Meatspin]], [[Goatse]]" and has the sound effect "NSFW" {{erf|01|126}} || Destroys/[[croak]]s large number of troops
|-
| Suggestion spell || [[Thinkamancy]] || None? Is cast using a scroll by [[Wanda]] {{erf|01|030}} || Made the caster's eyes glow gold, "suggestion" effects on target
|-
| Cure tiredness spell || [[Thinkamancy]] (?) || "Ephedra" {{erf|01|104|04}} || Cures tiredness and lethargy in target
|-
| Thinkagrams (group of spells) || [[Thinkamancy]] (and possibly others) || May be through a rectangle made by the [[Thinkamancer]]'s fingers {{erf|01|091}}, or by touching the subject (in the case of contacting [[Charlescomm]]) {{erf|01|090}} || Send complex messages with audio and or visual to a target
|-
| Veils (group of spells) || [[Foolamancy]] || Various || Changes appearance of a/multiple [[unit|unit/s]] or area/s in some way for conceal or deception
|-
| Veil no. 1 "Crypsis". || [[Foolamancy]] || Uses the key word "Crypsis". {{erf|01|114}} || Veils unit from attack/ sporting makes targeting by ranged attack harder.
|-
| Veil no. 2 "Baffle (no. 1): Foghat" || [[Foolamancy]] || Foghat ||[[LIAB 36:3]] This spell creates a simple fog cloud that seems to be there simply to help conceal units. Its described as a "Cheap baffle" suggesting there are many more types of veils and more in-depth versions of a baffle then this.
|-
| Veil no. 3 "Flash" || [[Foolamancy]] and/or [[Shockamancy]] || Flashing [[LIAB 6:11]] || Creates a distraction from an attacking force being sent from an adjacent Hex.
|-
| Veil no. 4 Distort units appearance || [[Foolamancy]] || Not shown || Veils a units appearance so they appear as if they are another unit as long as that other unit has same general size, may also be a "baffle".
|-
| Speed up unit production || [[Turnamancy]] || Unknown || Reduces number of turns required to pop a unit, or increase the number of units that pop per turn. Production rate increase appears to be 50%. Presumably cast by turnamancer [[Vanna]]
|-
| End turn spell || [[Turnamancy]] / [[Thinkamancy]] link || Kingworld || Ends turn of side chosen. Cast by turnamancer [[Vanna]], apparently linked with thinkamancer [[Charlie]] of Charlescomm
|-
| Volcano Uncroaking || [[Thinkamancy]]/ [[Dirtamancy]] / [[Croakamancy]] link || None || Uncroaks volcano deals massive damage see [[Volcano Uncroaking]] for more detail.
|-
| Duplicate ranged attacks spell || [[Dittomancy]] || Possibly requires doubled spell words or double speech || Duplicates ranged attacks.
|-
| Cause a unit/s to "turn" or change sides || [[Turnamancy]] || Unknown || Causes a unit/s [[side]] and often loyalty to diminish or change depending on strength of spell or caster.
|-
| Shockmancy traps || [[Shockamancy]] || Unknown || Traps designed to shock, damage or trap units
|-
| Dirtamancy traps || [[Dirtamancy]] || Various || Traps of various types, can cause damage, collapse of tunnel and possibly capture or disablement of units.
|-
| Stun spells (group of spells) || [[Shockamancy]] and possible [[Thinkamancy]] || Various || There is a mass stun spell which makes sound effect "Shock Treatment" [[LIAB 7:8]] and a single unit stun spell uses the key word "Hoboken". {{Erf|01|133}}
|-
| Predict future events (possibly a group of spells) || [[Predictamancy]] || Unknown, may require the Predictamancy to say "I Predict it" || Predicts a future event or events.
|-
| Create Doll spells || [[Dollamancy]] || Unknown || Creates a [[Doll]], [[Scarecrow]], [[Moll]].
|-
| Create Cloth golem || [[Dollamancy]] || Unknown || Creates a [[Golem|Cloth Golem]].
|-
| Create "Accessories" || [[Dollamancy]] possibly others || Unknown || Speculatively it creates a [[Magic Item]] or bestows magic like properties on a item, with a specific function or functions in mind, i.e. increase range, dismount target/s, carry huge amount of food, etc.
|-
| Transfer [[Shmucker]]s into [[Gem]]s || [[Moneymancy]] || Unknown || Self explanatory.
|-
| Convert [[Shmucker]]s into [[Unit]]s {{WoT|6051503}}|| [[Moneymancy]] || Unknown || Self explanatory.
|-
| Create scroll || All || None until scroll is used || Stores a spell or raw magic of a particular sort, i.e. [[Healomancy]] or [[Shockamancy]] for later use, its likely it costs turn/s to make scrolls of varying power and usefulness.
|-
| Powerball || All || Unknown || Apparently a very basic spell that creates a floating ball of light. Since [[Wanda]] laments not having the [[juice]] to create one in [[IPTSF Text 5]], and there is one floating in the office of Overlord [[Firebaugh]] in [[IPTSF Text 3]], thus created before Wanda popped, it seems to be a spell that most casters can do regardless of discipline.
|-
| Repair/upgrade city || [[Dirtamancy]] / [[Thinkamancy]] link || Unkown || Repairs damage or upgrades a city in reduced time and or reduced cost to simply paying smuckers.
|-
| Create Dirtamantic golem || [[Dirtamancy]] || Various || Targeted dirt creates a dirt golem
|-
| Heal target unit / Cure spell || [[Healomancy]] || [Lol?] Tolhurst, Michael Dempsey, and Robert Smith (i.e. members of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_cure The Cure] || It is unknown how much power a "Cure" spell holds, in many RPG's a Cure spell is specific to the targeted units wound level, i.e. light, medium, heavy, or the targeted units type. There is still much to be revealed about Healomancy and its powers.
|-
|}
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[[Category:Proposed Canon]]

Bawdy Elves

2011-11-30T18:31:29Z

MisterB777: stub

{{stub}}

=Proposed Canon=

First Appearance: IPTSF Text 5

Bawdy Elves are an [[Elf]] brand.

=Speculation=

Virtually nothing is known about this elf brand except that they were known to the troops of [[Goodminton]]. However, from the tone of the marching [[Music#Battle_Songs_of_the_Goodminton-Haffaton_Conflict|song]] sung by [[Tommy Firebaugh]], they may be an elf brand associated with [[nookie]] and other such behaviors.

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[[Category:Natural Allies]]

IPTSF Text 7

2011-11-30T18:29:57Z

MisterB777: fixing red link

{{pager int|Text 7|IPTSF}}

[[Wanda]] did not return to the [[city]] of [[Goodminton]] until she was eighteen [[turn]]s old. She rode her familiar [[sawhorse]], which she now called [[Funnyface]], surrounded by a [[stack]] of [[uncroaked]] [[stabber]]s and one ghastly-looking [[knight]] on his last turn before complete decay. She returned through her [[capital]]’s gates as a [[Level]] 3 [[Croakamancer]] (still [[Novice class]]).

Her traveling companions were among several hundred [[unit]]s she had animated so far, including four enemy [[warlord]]s. She had been wounded in action once by crossbow. She had slain a [[copycat]] with her own staff, and landed the [[croak]]ing blow on an enemy [[roastbeast]]. She had helped her side take back the outposts of [[Frankburg]] and [[Hamfurter]].

And in the middle of all of it, she had been called home from the action by her [[Chief Caster|Chief]] [[Predictamancer]]. She was less than enthused to be here.

In her quarters, Wanda changed out of her muddy blue robes into an interesting bit of [[raiment]] she had found in [[Goodfinger]]. It was a suit in [[Haffaton]]’s livery of black with white trim, but it also sported stylized decorations of little pink flowers. On the exterior, it was satin, but the bulk of it was made of a thick, quilted cotton. It was cut for a feminine build like her own, and its design was almost mockingly martial, with ornamental braids and epaulets.

Wanda had no idea who might have owned this outfit previously. [[Tommy]] did not recognize it, nor had they felled any female commanders at Goodfinger. Upon claiming it, she’d imposed Goodminton’s livery on it by natural [[Dollamancy]], reluctantly changing the black to slate blue. But on a whim, she kept just one of the pink flowers, offset in a patch of white. She and the Wanda in the mirror liked these garments very much.

She wanted to see [[Firebaugh|her father]], but it had been [[Delphie]] who’d [[order]]ed her home. So she put on a pair of fleece-lined leather slippers and padded her way down the dungeon hallway.

[[Clay Dice]] answered her knock, looking as if he had just awakened from a nap. His baggy linen tunic was stained with jam from breakfast. “Oh hey.” He held the door open only to the width of his head. He looked at her outfit, head to foot. “She’s still in the [[Magic Kingdom]].”

There was something instantly infuriating about being told that. Wanda didn’t like Delphie or Clay very much. Fresh from the action as she was, it seemed to Wanda that the other two [[caster]]s should both be doing more for their side. The fact that Delphie wasn’t here and Clay didn’t care seemed... typical. But she knew better than to show her annoyance. “Does she know I have arrived?”

“Yeah,” said Clay. “She’s a [[Predictamancer]].” He drew in a long sniff, long enough for it to turn into a snort in the back of his throat. He swallowed. “She’ll be back any minute.”

The plan not to display her annoyance was not quite surviving contact with the enemy. “Predictamancers don’t know everything, Clay.”

He met her eyes, but with his chin down and face hanging, looking beaten. “No. Just everything that matters.”

She cleared her throat. “So should I wait? Or is there time for me to see the [[Overlord]]?”

Clay looked as if he were nearing the maximum number of sentences he’d counted on having to speak today. “She’ll be back any minute,” he said, recycling one of them.

She considered turning around and just marching through the [[portal]]. Wanda had seen the Magic Kingdom only briefly, on the night before she rode out with the army. It looked busy and confusing, and she didn’t trust her ability to find Delphie there. “Very well, I’ll wait,” she said. When that didn’t elicit a response immediately, she added, “Here.”

“Yeah, all right,” said Clay. He opened the door and left it open, walking into the room. He kept his back to her as she entered. At the far end of the room, he settled onto the wooden stool at his workbench.

There was a small fire in the fireplace, and Wanda sat on a cushion on the hearth. For a minute or so, there was only the pop of the wood. But she had been wanting to understand something, and this seemed like an opportunity to ask.

“Clay.”

“Mm.” He was fiddling with a figurine, like the ones used to mark the forces on the map table. Perhaps he [[fabricate]]d those. He did seem to be painting it with a little brush. In retrospect, the jam stains were probably purple paint.

“Delphie tells you what to cast, doesn’t she? What battles to affect. What units to...what, bless?”

“Yeah,” he said, not looking up. “I just say ‘boost.’”

“And you can alter the outcome of a battle, by casting ahead of time. You boost up a unit’s luck by a lot, or a whole side’s luck by a little?”

Clay sniffed again. “Yeah, kind of. Or jinx the enemy. [[Battle]]s are hard, though. [[Side]]s are harder. Units are pretty easy. I boost our warlords all the time.”

“Did you boost me?”

Clay turned his head and glanced at her out of the corner of his eye. “Not yet,” he said with a crooked smile. “She doesn’t want me to.”

Wanda narrowed her eyes. “Hm? Why not?”

The [[Luckamancer]] turned away and dipped his tiny paintbrush. “Says you don’t need it. You’re the one unit on this whole side that doesn’t need any of my help. S’what she says about you. You got some kinda [[Fate]] crap on you.”

Out on the campaign trail, Wanda had talked to her brother about Delphie, trying to understand the woman’s role in the command structure. It was clear that Tommy and her father both held Delphie in something like awe, and left her free to do nearly anything she thought was the “right thing” in terms of casting. Goodminton’s battle plans simply dealt with warlords and conventional units. Tommy expected that the casters at home would do their best to support the army’s efforts as they saw fit, and left it at that.

Because of these conversations, Wanda had almost come to the conclusion that Delphie was playing a bullying and bluffing game. The Chief and the Overlord acted as if all things magical were too mysterious for them to ever understand, and that must be exactly how Delphie wanted it. She wanted to be seen as wise and mysterious and not to be questioned. Her lover was cowed, her superiors were deferential, and she had tried to put Wanda in the same position with this nonsense about “Fate” and “a role to play.”

In fact, she planned to tell her father that. While she was here, she wanted to tell him that Delphie knew they would pop a caster. That she lied. It was something he ought to know.

But if the “Fate” talk was only so much manipulative nonsense, would she have told Clay the same thing? Why? He didn’t care.

“Clay,” said Wanda after a minute or so, “If you can do these kinds of things for us, why wasn’t Goodminton winning when I [[pop]]ped?”

He surprised her by slamming the figurine to the wooden workbench and whirling around on his stool. “How ‘bout ‘cause we’re fightin’ five other sides? Huh? How good you think I’m s’posed to be? Do you even know what Luckamancy does?”

Wanda blinked. “Three other sides.”

“Yeah, right.”

“There are three enemy sides in the battlespace,” insisted Wanda.

Clay only shook his head at her. “Plus our ‘[[ally|allies]].’ If you can call ‘em that.”

“They’re working against us?”

“I heard you got ambushed a few times,” said Clay, with a bit of a sneer.

“Yes, by Haffaton,” said Wanda. They’d faced three surprise strikes, counting the early attack on their siege. The third of these was when she had taken the crossbow bolt to her leg. Funnyface had taken two more for her.

“Heard they knew just where to hit us. Heard they might’ve been going after you, personally.”

“Casters in the field are always considered targets,” said Wanda. “Are you saying our allies are passing intelligence to Haffaton?”

Clay turned around and faced his workbench. “Yeah they’d have to be. C’mere,” he said, gesturing. Wanda stood up and walked to his bench.

“I’munna show you how Luckamancy works. These are dice. That’s my name and that’s my game.” He held up a pile of oddly regular shapes.

Wanda would have said that all dice were square, but she could see that these worked the same, only for different numbers of faces. She nodded. He put the pile of dice on the bench, and picked up two triangular ones, in brown and gold. “Two level 1 [[infantry]]. They fight.” He rolled the dice, and indicated the numbers at the bottom of each. “Four. Three. Gold guy wins. You got it?”

Wanda nodded again. Clay was saying that he had just simulated a battle, in its simplest form. Some part of her instinctively studied the brown die, assessing the difficulty of uncroaking the fallen unit. Silly.

“Okay, now let’s boost the brown guy,” said Clay. He picked it up and pinched it, and Wanda could see a tiny spark of juice at his fingertips. “He’ll roll high now, for a little while.”

Clay picked up the dice and rolled them. Both came up 4. “Heh. Gold guy gets to live one more round. That happens. But...” He rolled them again. The brown die was a 4, the gold one showed 2. “And he’s [[croaked]] now.”

Clay turned on his stool, pointing to the dice. “That’s the world, Wanda. That’s all the combat in the world. You fight, I fight, it goes down like that.”

Something about it struck Wanda as terribly wrong. “The [[Titans]]... play dice? And we must do what the dice say? We flourish or perish at random?”

Clay was shaking his head. “No, no...I think it’s the opposite.” He smiled, as someone who was speaking on a topic of great familiarity. “The dice describe the world. They don’t determine it. A [[Mathamancer]] can tell you how many dice will be rolled, how many [[hit points|points]]’ll be lost when you’re wounded. He’ll tell you what’ll probably happen, and possibly happen, and what can’t happen. But your choices still make it happen.”

“Choices? How are there any choices, if you can...do that?” She indicated the 4 on the brown die.

“That guy,” said Clay, pointing at the same thing, “made excellent choices. He parried that first 4. Then he counterstruck! Slice!”

Wanda shook her head. “He didn’t choose it at all. You boosted him to a 4.”

“I boosted his roll to a 4! I changed his odds, chose a way to describe the outcome of his choices. You see?” He picked up the dice and showed them to her. “The dice are not the guy, okay? In this case the guy is imaginary, and the dice are representing him. But this is real life,” he said, making a circle in the air with his index finger, “and you are not the dice. Okay? In real life, you are real, but the dice are imaginary. The dice that describe your choices. Mathamancy describes those, and Luckamancy affects those.”

Wanda only teetered on the edge of understanding this concept. But the suddenly talkative Clay swept onward. “We were losing,” he said, grabbing a varied handful of dice, “because if we’re the brown guy, this is what we’re up against.” He rolled everything. The lone enchanted die came up a 4 again, but the rest of the dice came up 1, 2, 4, a pair of 5s, an 8, and even a 16 on the die that was almost round.

“You’re good. You’re boosted,” said Clay.“By Fate I guess...but you’re not invincible.”

He got a look of concern, as if he were only connecting the concepts to reality now himself. “And you’re only, you know...one die. You should be careful.”

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A smile, a word, a step, a smile. Smile-smile-smile. As [[Marie Lavraie|Marie]] talked, her bright white teeth flashed out from within the deep brown of her face, punctuating her sentences like code from a signal lamp.

"This is ''soch'' an im-POA-tant turn, [[Sizemore]]. I told [[Janis|Jonnis]] that ''days'' ago, didn't I, honnay?" Her voice lilted playfully high. "Dint I tell you?" She reached in front of Sizemore to touch Janis' sleeve, where Janis was holding Sizemore's left hand.

Sizemore's right hand was dragging his [[Magic_Item#Erfmover_spade|Erfmover spade]] behind him, silently digging his [[Warlord]]'s tunnel below as they walked. If Janis or Marie could tell he was using it, they were not letting on. He wasn't paying much attention to them, though. He was fully grounded.

Touching the spade to the grass of [[Portal Park]] put Sizemore directly in touch with Erfworld. He sensed the physical world in deep, primal ways which he found difficult to convey to other casters. Even [[Changemancer]]s and [[Dittomancer]]s would stare at him blankly when he described it, though they too practiced forms of [[Stuffamancy]].

"Everyone's [[Fate]] turns this turn," said Marie, much more quietly, but still smiling. "Big changes. Everything changes. Your side's [[turn]] changed, its [[Fate]], too maybe. Maybe, we'll see."

He could feel the ground feeling ''him'', pulling him down, pushing up on the soles of his feet as he lifted each leg to walk. In the soil below, rocks sat immersed in the cold mud. Their whole surface touched it, in all dimensions at once. Sizemore could feel this contact as if the pebbles were his own toes and fingers.

"Shouldn't you know?" he asked, absently. The conversation was less real than the displacement of dirt, the Stuffmancy of constructing beams and lights, packing the tunnel floor solid. But some part of him couldn't help being curious. [[Predictamancer]]s were hard to talk to about their discipline. This was a rare chance.

"Oh I should," said Marie. "Yes. But turns like this, they come up time to time and everything afta is cloudy. Something has to get decided today, Sizemore. Fate will go fowad from there."

Sizemore's mind slid away, down below his feet, to his other self. The strata, the stresses, the peace of land at rest, he understood them that way: as if they were parts of his own body. The ground could be comfortable and sedate, like a tired person feels when lying on onsic a soft mattress. Or it could be awkward, unsustainable, like a man trying to lean on a jagged stump, or sleep upside down on a stone staircase. The land in the [[Magic Kingdom]] was deeply, permanently at rest.

"You mean someone has to [[croak]]," he murmured.

This body analogy described something he had always intuited about the land. But only since his link with the [[Wanda|Lady Firebaugh]] did he think of it consciously. His entire mental frame for visualizing his discipline had been reworked on that day. A hundred turns later, he was still reconsidering the fundamentals of his craft.

"Yes," said Marie, tilting her head ''of course''. "Prohbably lots of someones. We want to make shohwa that none of those someones is [[Parson|your boss]], you know."

Between the [[Volcano Uncroaking|volcano link-up]] and his three recent [[level]]s (two from traps and combat, one from all of the [[city]] rebuilding), Sizemore was now a greater [[Dirtamancer]] than he ever imagined he could become. He had not actually crossed the threshold to [[Master class]], but that could happen any time a [[caster]] gained powerful new insight into his discipline or major class. The body analogy wasn't quite enough to push him past that mark; he was still missing something. But for the first time in his life, he felt pretty sure that he would get there.

"Or you," said Janis, squeezing his hand. He looked up. They were almost to the enemy [[portal]], he should start forming stairs soon. One more square-set. Janis was smiling at him. "Don't want to lose you either, Sizemore."

"That's right," said Marie brightly. "We want to help, you see. Help with your errand, pahaps. Help in otha ways, I don't know. You tell me. What's your boss planning to do today, Dirtamancer Rockwell?"

In one last box the dirt dissipated, or became timbers holding up the grass. On to the second set of stairs now, not even looking at Marie to answer the question.

"Don't know and can't say, of course."

Sizemore cut his first step. The blue of [[Spacerock]]'s portal colored the grass just in front of them. The trap door would be trickiest. Unless he could get Janis and Marie to step to the side, they would probably feel him making it.

"Sizemore, we're here to help," said Janis softly. She released his hand and put hers gently on his shoulder.

"I'm glad. I believe you," he said, sparing a glance to let his friend, his spiritual guide know he meant it. "But I can't make that call." Three more steps, neatly cut.

They had stopped at the Spacerock portal now. Sizemore kept looking down at his feet. The two women stared at him in silence for an uncomfortably long time as he did his best not to reveal that he was working, but it was tricky to manage. Janis looked at the portal for a number of seconds, then started and gasped.

"He didn't order you ''through'', did he? You're not going through this portal...!

"No," sighed Sizemore. He did not look up at all.

"No," echoed Marie. "''Not'' you, is it? Your boss, though."

He was sure he flinched a little, but Sizemore said nothing. Seeing no way around it, he went ahead and constructed the trapdoor. The vibrations underfoot were unmistakable.

He looked up at last.

Marie met his eyes, but her face was turned away, her mouth twisted into a dot. Janis' look begged him to deny what she was thinking. He shrugged.

The women then turned to one other.

"That... That ''would'' change everything," said Janis, in an awed whisper.

Marie's voice went soft and low, but her eyes still smiled. "Dint I tell you."
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To [[Wanda]]’s knowledge, [[Tommy Firebaugh|Tommy]] had not ordered [[Delphie Temple|Lady Temple]] to accompany her to meet the Overlord. But Delphie gave no indication of needing such an order. She led the way up the main steps.

[[Goodminton]] was a squat [[Level]] 4 citadel of barrel turrets and square [[tower]]s, perched atop a sizable hill in the shadow of craggy mountains. Most of the surrounding hills were blanketed in snow, which fell in perpetuity from permanent cloud banks, but the city streets were bone dry. A frigid wind was the only weather the capital had to endure.

[[Minnow Tower]] earned the designation “tower” by being a somewhat taller gray rectangle than those that comprised the rest of the [[Garrison]]. Its top was manned with archers and an impressive set of ballistas, but Wanda could see that it was otherwise poorly hung with air defense spells. Up in the airspace, only a few [[flying rod]]s and [[larrybird]]s patrolled. There were no flying mounts in the sky.

“That tower? Pathetic for [[bonus|spell bonus]]es,” explained Delphie, when Wanda asked about the defenses. “Hardly worth climbing up it to cast.”

“What if the enemy attacks by air?” Wanda asked, squinting at a sunny patch in the mostly cloudy sky.

Delphie made a dismissive noise. “Then the plan is we’ll embed with the leadership on the ground. Let ‘em land, fight it out in the [[courtyard]] and [[dungeon]].”

“Will that work?”

Delphie shrugged, as if it didn’t matter. “Good as anything else.”

Unlike the airspace, the Garrison and city were thickly populated. Seasoned infantry and heavy units patrolled and trained on the streets and parapets. Wanda saw vicious war beasts in iron chains or in cages: [[pokedaemons]], a [[fruit brute]], and a foul-tempered [[pedobear]]. A line of [[quarter horse]]s faced a line of [[nickel horse]]s in the open courtyard. Stalwart [[knight]]s led alternating charges at one another on [[Quarter horse|quarterback]], then on [[Nickel horse|nickelback]].

Goodminton might be worn down, but it still seemed eager to fight.

Overlord Firebaugh maintained his quarters, private office, and public reception on the floor above the war room. As they climbed flight after flight of steps, Wanda became increasingly unsatisfied with Delphie’s reply about air defense.

Two floors short of their destination, she stopped at a landing. “Lady Temple.”

Delphie stopped a couple of steps up the next staircase and turned around. “Mm? Yes, dear.”

“You are a [[Predictamancer]]?”

Delphie arched an eyebrow warily. “Course. [[Adept-class]], [[Level]] 4. Why?”

“As a Predictamancer, then,” asked Wanda, her tone carefully even, “will the plan to embed the casters with the ground units succeed against an air assault?”

Delphie frowned and put her hands to her hips. “Did I say, ‘[[Mathamancer]]?’ I’m not even a [[Warlord]]. Now how would you expect me to judge the battle-worthiness of a defense plan for a [[capital]] fight?” Her plastic smile had returned to her lips. Her voice was high and tense. “I mean, it would depend on the enemy forces, wouldn’t it? Do you want to break that down for me, Warlord Wanda? Or would you care to rephrase the question?”

Wanda looked at Delphie very carefully, for several long moments. The woman’s jaw was jutting out, her mouth tightly closed. “Yes, I would, Chief Predictamancer,” said Wanda. “My question is will this city be attacked by air?”

Delphie kept her lips together, but her eyes widened. She took in a deep breath through her nose. “Eventually.”

“And will we successfully defend ourselves?”

Delphie searched Wanda’s face for something, but didn’t seem to find it. “I can’t say,” she stated flatly.

Wanda crossed her arms, shivering slightly in the cold brick stairwell. She nodded. “All right.”

“It’s a complicated subject, Wanda. Predictamancy... You know, dear? There are rules we don’t discuss. About...what we don’t discuss.” She smiled weakly.

“I understand,” said Wanda, even though she did not. She walked up the staircase, brushing by Delphie.

“[[Fate]] has a plan for you. I do as well,” said Delphie behind her. “I will explain what I can, but you’d do well to trust me.”

They climbed the rest of the stairs in silence.

Tommy raised an eyebrow at Delphie’s presence, but shrugged and led them in to Firebaugh’s reception.

He sat behind a grand [[chestnut]] desk with [[brass]] fittings, covered in stacks of books, rolled-up maps, and stationery. A small trio of burning logs crackled behind him, lost in the cave of an enormous, sooty hearth. He sat with unbent posture in a high-backed chair of ruddy leather and stained wood.

[[Firebaugh]] and the chair resembled one another to a fair degree. He was worn, but steadfast. He lacked Tommy’s powerful build or Wanda’s sculpted beauty, but his features were stately, and there was a family resemblance. His scalp was bald, the wispy hair he had was gray. But his eyes had the same cold blue fire that Wanda had seen in her own reflection.

He did not rise, but looked at them each in turn, settling on Wanda for a lingering gaze. Wanda wondered if she ought to bow, as Delphie was doing. But Tommy did not, and she decided that lowering her eyes to gaze at the carpet beneath her boots would suffice.

The reception had a picture window, but the thick velvet curtains were drawn. Only the glow of the fireplace and a bluish [[powerball]] above the desk illuminated the room. Firebaugh folded his hands.

"Well you were right, [[Atomic]]," said the Overlord, not taking his eyes from Wanda. "She's lovely." Wanda looked up at him.

Tommy smiled, and Delphie grinned brightly and drew herself up as if ready to say something proud. But Lord Firebaugh was not smiling, and so Wanda only kept her mouth closed and blushed under his close scrutiny. His gaze did not relent.

Distantly, wistfully, he added, "Our [[fate|doom]] is really lovely."

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Quarterhorse

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Quarter horse

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=Speculation=

Quarterhorses are [[Mount]] [[Unit]]s in service to [[Goodminton]] - together with [[Nickelhorse]]s. Their appearence and abilities are yet unknown.

=Real World References=
Quarterhorse may be a reference to a breed of horses known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Quarter_Horse quarter horse].

Together with nickelhorse, their names may be references to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_(United_States_coin) 25-cent (quarter)] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_(United_States_coin) 5-cent (nickel)] coins.

In Goodminton, [[Wanda]] observed how "stalwart knights led alternating charges at one another on quarterback, then on nickelback". This may be a reference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarterback quarterback] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelback_(American_football) nickelback] - player positions in American football.

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Nickelhorse

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Nickel horse

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=Speculation=

Nickelhorses are [[Mount]] [[Unit]]s in service to [[Goodminton]] - together with [[Quarterhorse]]s. Their appearence and abilities are yet unknown.

=Real World References=

Together with quarterhorse, their names may be references to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_(United_States_coin) 25-cent (quarter)] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_(United_States_coin) 5-cent (nickel)] coins.

In Goodminton, [[Wanda]] observed how "stalwart knights led alternating charges at one another on quarterback, then on nickelback". This may be a reference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarterback quarterback] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelback_(American_football) nickelback] - player positions in American football.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelback Nickelback] is a Canadian hard rock band.

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Bawdy Elves

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=Proposed Canon=

First Appearance: IPTSF Text 5

Bawdy Elves are an [[Elf]] brand.

=Speculation=

Virtually nothing is known about this elf brand except that they were known to the troops of [[Goodminton]]. However, from the tone of the marching [[Music#Battle_Songs_of_the_Goodminton-Haffaton_Conflict|song]] sung by [[Tommy Firebaugh]], they may be an elf brand associated with [[nookie]] and other such behaviors.

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Bawdy elves

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Bawdy Elves

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Atomic

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Raiment

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=Proposed Canon=

Raiment is clothing worn by units. It is created by [[Dollamancy]], of the natural variety as well as by [[Dollamancer]] [[spell]]s. A Dollamancer or a [[Unit]] with natural Dollamancy, like a [[Twoll]], can design raiment. Every unit is [[pop]]ped with a single outfit of clothing, and must be provided additional raiment if they are to change clothes. [[Ken]], a [[Dollamancer]] from the [[Magic Kingdom]] was responsible for [[Maggie]]'s new raiment. It is possible that at least one of the [[Archons]] of [[Gobwin Knob]] has the ability as they all seem to have at least two raiments each (standard and sleepwear)

Raiment colors are frequently used to identify the units of a side. In the real world, uniforms and livery are generally associated with the heraldry of their ruling lord. In Erfworld, in addition to particular colors of raiment, units also often bear a device representing their [[Ruler]], [[Chief Warlord]], or [[Caster]], depending on the circumstances of their creation. This device is called [[Livery]].

==Known Raiment Designs==

*[[Gobwin Knob]]
**Classic: Red and Black
**[[Hamstard]]([[Uncroaked]]): White and Black, Blue Jeans, w/ Hamstard Livery
**[[Knights In Stanley's Service]]: Black and Metal, White War Paint
**New Look: Black, Red, and Gold
**[[Decrypted]]: Black, Red, (Puce?), w/ Skull/flower Livery

*[[Jetstone]]
**Classic: Gold/Yellow and Brown, w/Radish Livery
**Ansom's Finest: Silver/White and Brown, w/Radish Livery
**Dittomancer's Archers: Silver and Gold, w/Radish Livery
**Princes' Retinue: All Gold, Red Capes, w/Radish Livery

*[[Unaroyal]]
**Classic: Red and Orange

*[[Hobbittm]]
**Classic: Blue and Light Blue

*[[Transylvito]]
**Classic: Black, Red, and White

*[[Marbits]]
**Classic: Green and Light Green

*[[Sofa King]]
**Classic: Orange and Purple

*[[Foxmud]]
**Classic: Purple and Pink

*[[Charlescomm]]
**Classic: Light Blue Flight Attendant
**[[Dance-Fighting]]: Red, White, and Blue Sock-Hop

*[[Kingdom of Faq|Faq]]
**Classic: Green and Dark Green, Eastern Inspired (robes, samurai armor)
**Jillian's: [[LIAB_26:1|Cyan and Blue]]
**Duncan's: Silver and White

*[[Haggar]]
**Classic: Silver and Dark Red with gold accents

*[[Goodminton]]
**Classic: Slate Blue with Brass Buttons

*[[Haffaton]]
**Classic: Black with White Trim

==Livery==

A Livery is a symbol of a particular [[Commander]]. When that commander creates units (via spell, such as [[Uncroaked]], or via [[pop]]ping, the commander can choose the desired livery. When units pop at a city, the Ruler chooses the livery. {{blog|2009|08|summer-updates-025}} These are commonly referred to as crests, and sometimes as emblems.

===Known Liveries===

{|border="1"
|+'''Liveries of Individual Sides'''
|-
|width="100pt"| [[File:Jetstone_crest.jpg|100px]]
||[[Jetstone]] - the radish, frequently shown with gold wings (possibly when worn by royalty)
|-
|width="100pt"| {{crop|270|200|322|290|First_Intermission_3.jpg}}
||[[Gobwin Knob]] - [[Stanley]] the Tool, conqueror, in front of a star and rays. Designed by [[Maggie]] when the Knob was rebuilt.
|-
|width="100pt"| [[File:Faq_crest.png|100px]]
||[[Faq]] - a stylized, flying blue [[gwiffon]] or [[megalogwiff]]
|-
|width="100pt"| [[File:Transylvito_livery.png|100px]]
||[[Transylvito]] - a bat on a red field
|-
|'''No image yet'''
||[[Haggar]] - a circular crest featuring a representation of their [[City of Haggar|capital]]- a tan lighthouse tower and harbor, with the red sun rising over the waves against a yellow sky
|-
|'''No image yet'''
||[[Unaroyal]] - a black torus with white lettering, on a red and orange field
|-
|'''No image yet'''
||[[Jitterati]] - a circular green crest, on a white field
|-
|width="100pt"| [[File:Goodminton_crest.JPG‎|100px]]
||[[Goodminton]] - a shuttlecock with a halo, the background should be slate blue
|}

{|border="1"
|+'''Liveries of Individual Commanders'''
|-
|width="100pt"| [[File:Wanda_livery.png|100px]]
||[[Wanda Firebaugh]] - the flowered skull on a black field; Wanda took this livery for all of her [[decrypted]] units.
|-
|width="100pt"| [[File:Parson_livery.png|100px]]
||[[Parson Gotti]] - [[Hamstard]] affronté, on a white field with two pizza stains
|-
|width="100pt"| {{crop|10|70|80|120|ManpowerAfterWarchaulking.png}}
||[[Manpower the Temporary]] - three concentric red circles on a black field (reminiscent of a target)
|-
|width="100pt"| {{crop|13|660|83|710|TBFGK_27.jpg}}
||[[Lady Phat-Singh]] - a red circle with a concentric ring, in the center of a red cross (i.e. crosshairs), on a black field
|-
|width="100pt"| {{crop|130|645|180|735|TBFGK_27.jpg}}
||[[Archduke Ferdinand]] - a white outline with an ellipse and circle in the center (reminiscent of a gun target) on a black field
|-
|'''No image yet'''
||[[Sir Leeroy Jenkins]] - a white outline of a foot with a toe tag on a black field
|}

=Speculation=

Extra raiments are carried in the Unit's [[Inventory]].

It's possible that certain raiments gives bonuses to certain stats, which would explain [[Wanda's Wardrobe|Wanda's constant change in clothing]] as she dresses for each specific occasion (be it a torturing, a battle, or a seduction). This may have been confirmed by Vinny's explanation of his and Jillian's "Grease" costumes as preparation for dance fighting.

[[Dollamancy|Dollamancer]] [[Holly Shortcake]] wore a disguise; this is likely special raiment she made that had properties similar to a simple veil.

=Real World References=

The Jetstone radish may be a reference to Super Mario Bros. 2.

The Haggar Lighthouse is almost certainly a reference to Sammy Hagar's Cabo Wabo Cantina's logo

Transylvito's bat is strikingly similar to the Bacardi logo

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Raiment

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MisterB777: /* Known Liveries */ adding Goodminton

=Proposed Canon=

Raiment is clothing worn by units. It is created by [[Dollamancy]], of the natural variety as well as by [[Dollamancer]] [[spell]]s. A Dollamancer or a [[Unit]] with natural Dollamancy, like a [[Twoll]], can design raiment. Every unit is [[pop]]ped with a single outfit of clothing, and must be provided additional raiment if they are to change clothes. [[Ken]], a [[Dollamancer]] from the [[Magic Kingdom]] was responsible for [[Maggie]]'s new raiment. It is possible that at least one of the [[Archons]] of [[Gobwin Knob]] has the ability as they all seem to have at least two raiments each (standard and sleepwear)

Raiment colors are frequently used to identify the units of a side. In the real world, uniforms and livery are generally associated with the heraldry of their ruling lord. In Erfworld, in addition to particular colors of raiment, units also often bear a device representing their [[Ruler]], [[Chief Warlord]], or [[Caster]], depending on the circumstances of their creation. This device is called [[Livery]].

==Known Raiment Designs==

*[[Gobwin Knob]]
**Classic: Red and Black
**[[Hamstard]]([[Uncroaked]]): White and Black, Blue Jeans, w/ Hamstard Livery
**[[Knights In Stanley's Service]]: Black and Metal, White War Paint
**New Look: Black, Red, and Gold
**[[Decrypted]]: Black, Red, (Puce?), w/ Skull/flower Livery

*[[Jetstone]]
**Classic: Gold/Yellow and Brown, w/Radish Livery
**Ansom's Finest: Silver/White and Brown, w/Radish Livery
**Dittomancer's Archers: Silver and Gold, w/Radish Livery
**Princes' Retinue: All Gold, Red Capes, w/Radish Livery

*[[Unaroyal]]
**Classic: Red and Orange

*[[Hobbittm]]
**Classic: Blue and Light Blue

*[[Transylvito]]
**Classic: Black, Red, and White

*[[Marbits]]
**Classic: Green and Light Green

*[[Sofa King]]
**Classic: Orange and Purple

*[[Foxmud]]
**Classic: Purple and Pink

*[[Charlescomm]]
**Classic: Light Blue Flight Attendant
**[[Dance-Fighting]]: Red, White, and Blue Sock-Hop

*[[Kingdom of Faq|Faq]]
**Classic: Green and Dark Green, Eastern Inspired (robes, samurai armor)
**Jillian's: [[LIAB_26:1|Cyan and Blue]]
**Duncan's: Silver and White

*[[Haggar]]
**Classic: Silver and Dark Red with gold accents

==Livery==

A Livery is a symbol of a particular [[Commander]]. When that commander creates units (via spell, such as [[Uncroaked]], or via [[pop]]ping, the commander can choose the desired livery. When units pop at a city, the Ruler chooses the livery. {{blog|2009|08|summer-updates-025}} These are commonly referred to as crests, and sometimes as emblems.

===Known Liveries===

{|border="1"
|+'''Liveries of Individual Sides'''
|-
|width="100pt"| [[File:Jetstone_crest.jpg|100px]]
||[[Jetstone]] - the radish, frequently shown with gold wings (possibly when worn by royalty)
|-
|width="100pt"| {{crop|270|200|322|290|First_Intermission_3.jpg}}
||[[Gobwin Knob]] - [[Stanley]] the Tool, conqueror, in front of a star and rays. Designed by [[Maggie]] when the Knob was rebuilt.
|-
|width="100pt"| [[File:Faq_crest.png|100px]]
||[[Faq]] - a stylized, flying blue [[gwiffon]] or [[megalogwiff]]
|-
|width="100pt"| [[File:Transylvito_livery.png|100px]]
||[[Transylvito]] - a bat on a red field
|-
|'''No image yet'''
||[[Haggar]] - a circular crest featuring a representation of their [[City of Haggar|capital]]- a tan lighthouse tower and harbor, with the red sun rising over the waves against a yellow sky
|-
|'''No image yet'''
||[[Unaroyal]] - a black torus with white lettering, on a red and orange field
|-
|'''No image yet'''
||[[Jitterati]] - a circular green crest, on a white field
|-
|width="100pt"| [[File:Goodminton_crest.JPG‎|100px]]
||[[Goodminton]] - a shuttlecock with a halo, the background should be slate blue
|}

{|border="1"
|+'''Liveries of Individual Commanders'''
|-
|width="100pt"| [[File:Wanda_livery.png|100px]]
||[[Wanda Firebaugh]] - the flowered skull on a black field; Wanda took this livery for all of her [[decrypted]] units.
|-
|width="100pt"| [[File:Parson_livery.png|100px]]
||[[Parson Gotti]] - [[Hamstard]] affronté, on a white field with two pizza stains
|-
|width="100pt"| {{crop|10|70|80|120|ManpowerAfterWarchaulking.png}}
||[[Manpower the Temporary]] - three concentric red circles on a black field (reminiscent of a target)
|-
|width="100pt"| {{crop|13|660|83|710|TBFGK_27.jpg}}
||[[Lady Phat-Singh]] - a red circle with a concentric ring, in the center of a red cross (i.e. crosshairs), on a black field
|-
|width="100pt"| {{crop|130|645|180|735|TBFGK_27.jpg}}
||[[Archduke Ferdinand]] - a white outline with an ellipse and circle in the center (reminiscent of a gun target) on a black field
|-
|'''No image yet'''
||[[Sir Leeroy Jenkins]] - a white outline of a foot with a toe tag on a black field
|}

=Speculation=

Extra raiments are carried in the Unit's [[Inventory]].

It's possible that certain raiments gives bonuses to certain stats, which would explain [[Wanda's Wardrobe|Wanda's constant change in clothing]] as she dresses for each specific occasion (be it a torturing, a battle, or a seduction). This may have been confirmed by Vinny's explanation of his and Jillian's "Grease" costumes as preparation for dance fighting.

[[Dollamancy|Dollamancer]] [[Holly Shortcake]] wore a disguise; this is likely special raiment she made that had properties similar to a simple veil.

=Real World References=

The Jetstone radish may be a reference to Super Mario Bros. 2.

The Haggar Lighthouse is almost certainly a reference to Sammy Hagar's Cabo Wabo Cantina's logo

Transylvito's bat is strikingly similar to the Bacardi logo

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[[Category:Proposed Canon]]
[[Category:Speculation]]
[[Category:Livery]]

Chillaxe

2011-11-30T00:31:12Z

MisterB777: redirecting to the Magic Item page

#REDIRECT [[Magic_Item#Chillaxe]]

Magic Item

2011-11-30T00:30:13Z

MisterB777: adding chillaxe under speculation

{{Magic101}}
=Proposed Canon=

A Magic Item is an item that is both magical and made by a mortal. An item with magical powers created by the [[Titans]] is called an [[Artifact]].{{erf|1|035}}

==Known Magic Items==

===[[Eyebook|Eyebooks]]===

[[Stanley the Tool]] and his main subordinates ([[Wanda Firebaugh]], [[Sizemore Rockwell]], and [[Parson Gotti]]) carry [[eyebook]]s. They resemble ordinary hardback books, of variable size (see below). They were created by Stanley's trio of [[link]]ed casters, using the three disciplines of Eyemancy ([[Lookamancy]], [[Thinkamancy]], and [[Foolamancy]]). Once created, they function under their own power, and continued to do so after the trio was unlinked.

An eyebook is able to transcribe messages from the user's thoughts and send them to another user's Eyebook. Parson also uses his to keep a journal (called a "Klog", derived from "boo''k log''", in the same way that a real-world term "blog" is derived from "we''b log''"). Eyebooks also have the ability to change size, conveniently shrinking to be easily carried and growing to a size suitable for the user. This is not a power unique to them, however.

The name is a play on the iBook type of laptop computer.

[[Charlie]] is able to communicate with [[Parson]] via his Eyebook, which no-one at [[Gobwin Knob]] believes should be possible. On learning this, [[Parson]] wonders whether [[Charlie]] is also able to eavesdrop on other Eyebook communications and read his Klog.

===[[Eyemancer Table]]===
During the [[Battle for Gobwin Knob]], Stanley's forces utilized an [[Eyemancer Table]] created by the same linked casters that made the [[Eyebook]]s. The table's primary functions allowed [[Gobwin Knob]] to observe enemy troop deployments and direct their own troops from a secure, central location, with a greater degree of clarity, speed, detail, and accuracy than the maps and sand tables combined with scouts or independent Lookamancers employed by all other sides.

===Flying Carpet===

[[Prince Ansom]] has a flying carpet. It resembles a conventional carpet, either rolled up (which is Ansom's usual style of riding) or spread out. The type of magic it uses has not been specified.

The carpet can carry at least two riders.

===Message Hats===

[[Jetstone]] has at least one pair of message hats. They resemble top hats. Presumably, they use Hat Magic, but this has not been specified. 
Stanley and Wanda communicate with them after the Battle of Gobwin Knob {{blog|2009|09|summer-updates-035}}; [[Queen Bea]] of [[Unaroyal]] used one to communicate with [[Don King]] {{blog|2009|09|summer-updates-043}}.

A written message may be placed into the sending hat and transmitted to the receiving hat which rumbles to alert the owner. These particular hats only work in one direction; however, other hats capable of two-way communication may exist. (Upon being given the sending hat of the pair, [[Jillian Zamussels]] asked if it was "dual use" and was told that it was "abjuration only". This appears to imply that the former term describes a two-way hat and the latter describes a one-way sending hat.) Jillian used what may have been two-way hats to communicate with Count Vinny. [[First Intermission 48]]

According to 1.10, "Hoffa" is the magic word to transmit the message (after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hoffa#Disappearance a Teamster leader who famously disappeared]), "Livingston" is the magic word to retrieve a message (after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Livingstone#Stanley_meeting an explorer who was famously found]).

King [[Slately]] of Jetstone uses his crown as a message hat to initiate communication with [[Don King]]. The command word is "Pinochet" (possibly because [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinochet#Suppression_of_opposition General Pinochet of Chile was famous for making opponents of his regime "disappear"]).[[LIAB Text 42]]

===3D Glasses===

[[Parson|Parson's]] [[3D Glasses]] were discovered in his first [[Stupid Meal]]{{erf|1|040a}}. They grant him one of the abilities normally associated with [[Commander]]s native to [[Erfworld]]: when worn, they allow [[Parson]] to view the stats of a [[Unit]] such as [[Move]], [[Hit]], [[Attack]], and [[Defense]], as well as any Natural Abilities of the Unit. They also allow [[Parson]] to see the name of a Unit, which is not an innate ability of [[Warlord]]s and [[Casters]].

===Mathamancy Bracer===

A [[Mathamancy Bracer|plastic bracer]] that arrived in Parson's second [[Stupid Meal]]. With a neat little groove for his calculator watch to fit into. Apparently a powerful [[Mathamancy]] based item (or possibly an [[Artifact]]{{erf|1|054}}) of great interest to [[Mathamancy]] dependent or interested factions like [[CharlesComm]]{{erf|1|103}}{{erf|1|105}}. Able to calculate probabilities for both concrete questions based on known information (such as the likelihood of winning a battle) and abstract ones based on unknowables (such as whether knowing a given piece of information will turn out to be worth the cost of acquiring it).

===The Sword of Ruthlessness===

[[Parson's Sword]] arrived in his [[Stupid Meal|Stupid Meals]] - one part per day for three consecutive days. According to the [[Luckamancy]] Charms cereal box{{erf|1|106}}, the sword is the final item necessary to turn [[Parson]] into the "[[Perfect Warlord]]" that the [[Summon Perfect Warlord Spell|Summoning Spell]] intended him to be. (The other items being his [[3D Glasses]] and [[Mathamancy Bracer]]). Stated abilities include [[Leadership]], [[Combat]] and [[Ruthlessness]].

==="Magic Dust"===

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[[Wanda Firebaugh]] appears to use yellow dust with magical properties to change the memories of the hobgobwin Mung.{{erf|1|038}} This may have been a spell cast with a visual effect or physical component.
Similar Magic Dust is used by [[Maggie]] when she influences [[Stanley]] to appoint [[Parson]] to [[Chief Warlord]]. While it is drawn from her purse, it is unclear whether it is a magic item or simply how her [[Thinkamancy]] manifests in this instance, but in both cases the applied effect of is a magical "suggestion".

===Bracer Blaster===

Prince [[Ossomer]] of [[Gobwin Knob]], (formerly [[Jetstone]]), carries a bracer created by [[Ace Hardware]] that, when the word "Tesla" is uttered, fires a "teleforce" ray (force beam action that really lights up!) that was powerful enough to knock [[Ansom]] off of his carpet.{{ref| [[LIAB 8]]}}

===Laurel of Napster===

The Laurel of [[Napster]][[LIAB Text 11]] was created thousands of [[turn]]s ago by a three-way [[caster link]] between a [[Thinkamancer]], [[Hat Magician]] and [[Date-a-mancer]]. The Laurel, while not providing specific numbers, gives the user intuitive knowledge about the probable outcome of a given fight between two combatants. It is possible that the laurel provides concrete numbers when used by a genuine Date-a-mancer or [[Mathamancer]]. It is currently in the possession of [[Chief Warlord]] [[Duncan Scone]] of [[Faq]].

The Laurel of Napster is a reference to the [[Real World]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napster Napster], the file sharing software turned pay site that allowed users to share music by matching them to each other.

===Staff of Suckage===

Used originally by [[Wanda]] {{ref | [[TBFGK_119]]}}, equipped by [[Parson]] in preparation for his 50-yard dash through the [[Magic Kingdom]] into [[Spacerock]]. This staff prevents spells being cast on the wielder, as seen when Wanda's mount is croaked but the same spell barrage bounces off her. {{ref | [[TBFGK_121]]}}
The staff may not nullify all magic, as Parson worries that he could still be incapacitated by the Thinkamancers at Portal Park.

=Speculation=

Magic equipment worn on the head, such as Parsons 3D glasses and Message Hats, may have their powers increased by [[Hat Magic]], or they may only be able to be created by Hat Magic.

===Chillaxe===

Dame [[Olive Branch]] of [[Haffaton]], is a [[Florist]] that carries a musical instrument called a "chillaxe". It is not entirely clear whether this item is a true magic item, or simply a tool that Olive Branch uses to affect her spell, though it is certainly possible.{{ref| [[IPTSF Text 12]]}}

==See Also==
*[[Scroll]]
*[[Artifact]]
*[[Arkentool]]

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[[Category:Speculation]]
[[Category:Magic]]
[[Category:Magic Items]]

Music

2011-11-30T00:25:18Z

MisterB777: major re-org... updated some stuff in the Proposed Canon and gave the Goodminton-Haffaton conflict its own section

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|{{crop|365|760|680|980|TBFGK_7.jpg}}
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|A horn being played at nightfall by a [[Royal Crown Coalition]] unit.
|}

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=Proposed Canon=

{| style="border:1px solid darkgray;text-align:center;width:280px" align="left"
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|{{crop|6|20|266|264|TBFGK_94.jpg}}
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|A [[gobwin]] sentry warns of an advancing squadron of flyers.
|}

Music plays a role in the cultural and social interactions of several different groups in [[Erfworld]]. Several different [[sides]] have been shown singing and playing various musical instruments, including at least two types of horns. {{erf|1|007}} {{erf|1|094}} Further, these sides have employed music in a variety of ways, from simple forms of calls and tunes to announce the end or start of a turn or the sighting of an enemy or friendly unit, to complex magical light and sound shows to accompany and enhance mass dance-fighting maneuvers.

==In Dance-fighting==

Music can play a role in coordinating troops in battle during [[dance-fighting]]. For instance, in the [[Battle for Gobwin Knob]], [[units]] that were engaged in dance-fighting either performed their own songs, as in the case of [[Transylvito]]{{erf|1|111}}, or music was generated magically, as was the case when Charlie's [[Archon]]s created a beat for the [[Royal Crown Coalition]] forces to follow in the courtyard of [[Gobwin Knob]].{{erf|1|128}}

Lord [[Stanley]] can also generate music using the [[Arkenhammer]] to aid in dance-fighting. Called "[[Rock|Rocking Out]]," the Arkenhammer creates a supporting drum beat, backing guitars and a full Rock light show to accompany the user's virtual guitar solo, which is played on the Arkentool itself. {{blog|2009|09|summer-updates-035}} This tactic was used by Stanley to aid his knights in fighting Transylvito.{{erf|1|111}} Stanley claims that the Rock created by the Arkenhammer is of [[Titans|Titanic]] origin, and suggests that employing it is better than regular dance-fighting.

==In Other Forms of Magic==

Music can be a factor, and potentially a catalyst, in different forms of magic. Prince [[Tramennis]] noted that music has a strong relationship to [[Rhyme-o-mancy]], both natural and otherwise, but but seems to transcend that relationship.{{ref| [[LIAB Text 15]]}} A song and the music from an stringed musical instrument called a [[chillaxe]] were also the catalyst for a [[Flower Power]] incantation in the Battle of [[Kiloton]].{{ref| [[IPTSF Text 12]]}} [[Jack]] has been shown to generate music via [[Foolamancy]], as he did during a celebration at Gobwin Knob.{{ref| [[First Intermission 7]]}} Thus, it appears up to this point that music is a highly versatile and powerful tool that can be bent to many different types of magical practices.

=Speculation=

==Battle Songs of the Battle for Gobwin Knob==
The following are excerpts from battle songs performed during the [[Battle for Gobwin Knob]]. These songs may or may not have been composed specifically for the conflict, but represent the types of music that units on the various [[side]]s found useful either in dance-fighting, or simply to boost morale.

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from an untitled Transylvitian dancefighting song'''{{erf|1|111}}
|-
| ''performed a cappella with snapping fingers used for rhythm''
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|470|515|800|750|TBFGK_111.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
Crazy! 
Go! 
Cool! 
When you're a bat, 
you're a bat all the way! 
From you first startin' stat, 
til the turn you decay! 
Da DOO da-doo-dooooo... 
Da DOO da-doo-doo doo DOOooooo... 
|}

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from an untitled, anti-Jetstone song from Gobwin Knob'''{{erf|1|101}}
|-
| ''Possibly written by [[Parson Gotti]]''
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|180|750|530|1000|TBFGK_101.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
Oh the mighty men of Jetstone, 
Their testes have not yet grown! 
Their king stays home and gets stoned, 
While the prince goes out and gets pwned! 
 
And the men from Transylvito 
Are hung just like mosquitos! 
To protect their little egos 
They put burritos in their Speedos! 
|}

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from an untitled, celebratory song from the Royal Crown Coalition camp'''{{erf|1|052}}
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|0|25|280|270|TBFGK_52.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
YUB NUB, EEE CHOP YUB NUB! 
TOE MEET ''TOE PEE'' CHEE KEENE...{{ref|Yub}} 
|}

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from an untitled Gobwin Knob dancefighting song'''{{erf|1|111}}
|-
| ''performed by Stanley in a call and answer with his Knights with '' 
''accompaniment from the Arkenhammer (Knights responses shown '' 
''in parentheses)'' 
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|470|750|800|1000|TBFGK_111.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
Stand up! 
You don't have to be afraid! 
(Yes, Tool!) 
How do I love it? 
(I love it LOUD!) 
Your lightning's all I need. 
|}

==Battle Songs of the Goodminton-Haffaton Conflict==

'''Chorus from a "bawdy" trail Rhyme-o-mancy song of [[Goodminton]]'''[[IPTSF Text 5]] 
''performed by [[Wanda]] and [[Tommy Firebaugh]]'' 

Around the world, I seen the girls 
Who offered me their rump, 
I’ve hobbled a [[Gobwin]] and spoiled a [[Goyle]], 
And even deflowered a [[Gump]]. 
 
I’ve tapped a [[Twoll]] in the honey hole, 
But nothin’ can compare 
To a Bawdy [[Elf]] what gives herself 
Widd’er ankles in the air! 
Her ankles in the air! 

'''Excerpt from a [[Hippiemancy]] song of [[Haffaton]] at the Battle of [[Kiloton]] with [[chillaxe]] accompaniment'''[[IPTSF Text 12]] 
''performed by [[Olive Branch]]'' 

You're marchin' off to war - man you don't wanna go, 
You ask your Chief "Please?" but he still says "No!" 
You missed two battles and broke the One Rule. 
And your warlord leads the army like you're some kinda tool! 
 
You gotta fight! 
For your right! 
To paaaarley! 

==Transylvitian Folk Music==

The following is a list of known folk songs of [[Transylvito]].{{blog|2009|07|summer-updates-015}}

* ''Little Darlin' ''
* ''Sh-Boom''
* ''Come and Go With Me''
* ''Erf Angel''

==Other Songs Heard in Erfworld==

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from a song overheard in the [[Magic Kingdom|Glade of the Hippiemancers]]'''{{erf|1|011}}
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|5|85|315|250|TBFGK_11-2.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
It's blowin' peace and freedom! 
It's blowin' equaliteee! 
|}

==Real World References==

The Transylvitian dancefighting song is a modified version of the Jet's theme song and the song "Cool" from the musical [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055614/ "West Side Story"].

The lyrics to the song overheard in the Glade of the Hippiemancers are from the song [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310281/ "A Mighty Wind"] from the movie of the same name which is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockumentary mockumentary] about folk music.

The song being played in the Royal Crown Coalition war camp is the Ewok Celebration song from Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.[http://tribute4tasha.50megs.com/ewok_song.html]

The song performed by Stanley and his Knights is a conflation (with some ad lib) of the lyrics from KISS's "I Love it Loud" and "Shock Me."

The song performed by Dame [[Olive Branch]] of [[Haffaton]] at the Battle of Kiloton is a parody of the Beastie Boys' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%28You_Gotta%29_Fight_for_Your_Right_%28To_Party!%29 (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)!]

=Notes=

#{{note|Yub}} In the original panel, the second, third and forth words of the second line of the song are obscured. The version that is listed here has reconstructed those missing words (shown in italics) based on the Real World source of the song (in native Ewok).

[[Category:Erfworld Culture]]
[[Category:Proposed Canon]]
[[Category:Speculation]]
[[Category:Real World References]]

Music

2011-11-29T19:47:16Z

MisterB777: /* Other Songs Heard in Erfworld */ some formatting

{| style="border:1px solid darkgray;text-align:center;width:320px" align="right"
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|{{crop|365|760|680|980|TBFGK_7.jpg}}
|-
|A horn being played at nightfall by a [[Royal Crown Coalition]] unit.
|}

__TOC__

=Proposed Canon=

{| style="border:1px solid darkgray;text-align:center;width:280px" align="left"
|-
|{{crop|6|20|266|264|TBFGK_94.jpg}}
|-
|A [[gobwin]] sentry warns of an advancing squadron of flyers.
|}

Music plays a role in the cultural and social interactions of several different groups in [[Erfworld]]. Several different [[sides]] have been shown singing and playing various musical instruments, including at least two types of horns. {{erf|1|007}} {{erf|1|094}}

Music also plays a role in coordinating troops in battle during [[dance-fighting]]. For instance, in the [[Battle for Gobwin Knob]], [[units]] that were engaged in dance-fighting either performed their own songs, as in the case of [[Transylvito]]{{erf|1|111}}, or music was generated magically, as was the case when Charlie's [[Archon]]s created a beat for the [[Royal Crown Coalition]] forces to follow in the courtyard of [[Gobwin Knob]].{{erf|1|128}}

Lord [[Stanley]] can also generate music using the [[Arkenhammer]] to aid in dance-fighting. Called "[[Rock|Rocking Out]]," the Arkenhammer creates a supporting drum beat, backing guitars and a full Rock light show to accompany the user's virtual guitar solo, which is played on the Arkentool itself. {{blog|2009|09|summer-updates-035}} This tactic was used by Stanley to aid his knights in fighting Transylvito.{{erf|1|111}} Stanley claims that the Rock created by the Arkenhammer is of [[Titans|Titanic]] origin, and suggests that employing it is better than regular dance-fighting.

=Speculation=

==Transylvitian Folk Music==

The following is a list of known folk songs of [[Transylvito]].{{blog|2009|07|summer-updates-015}}

* ''Little Darlin' ''
* ''Sh-Boom''
* ''Come and Go With Me''
* ''Erf Angel''

==Battle Songs of the Battle for Gobwin Knob==
The following are excerpts from battle songs performed during the [[Battle for Gobwin Knob]]. These songs may or may not have been composed specifically for the conflict, but represent the types of music that units on the various [[side]]s found useful either in dance-fighting, or simply to boost morale.

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from an untitled Transylvitian dancefighting song'''{{erf|1|111}}
|-
| ''performed a cappella with snapping fingers used for rhythm''
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|470|515|800|750|TBFGK_111.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
Crazy! 
Go! 
Cool! 
When you're a bat, 
you're a bat all the way! 
From you first startin' stat, 
til the turn you decay! 
Da DOO da-doo-dooooo... 
Da DOO da-doo-doo doo DOOooooo... 
|}

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from an untitled, anti-Jetstone song from Gobwin Knob'''{{erf|1|101}}
|-
| ''Possibly written by [[Parson Gotti]]''
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|180|750|530|1000|TBFGK_101.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
Oh the mighty men of Jetstone, 
Their testes have not yet grown! 
Their king stays home and gets stoned, 
While the prince goes out and gets pwned! 
 
And the men from Transylvito 
Are hung just like mosquitos! 
To protect their little egos 
They put burritos in their Speedos! 
|}

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from an untitled, celebratory song from the Royal Crown Coalition camp'''{{erf|1|052}}
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|0|25|280|270|TBFGK_52.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
YUB NUB, EEE CHOP YUB NUB! 
TOE MEET ''TOE PEE'' CHEE KEENE...{{ref|Yub}} 
|}

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from an untitled Gobwin Knob dancefighting song'''{{erf|1|111}}
|-
| ''performed by Stanley in a call and answer with his Knights with '' 
''accompaniment from the Arkenhammer (Knights responses shown '' 
''in parentheses)'' 
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|470|750|800|1000|TBFGK_111.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
Stand up! 
You don't have to be afraid! 
(Yes, Tool!) 
How do I love it? 
(I love it LOUD!) 
Your lightning's all I need. 
|}

==Other Songs Heard in Erfworld==

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from a song overheard in the [[Magic Kingdom|Glade of the Hippiemancers]]'''{{erf|1|011}}
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|5|85|315|250|TBFGK_11-2.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
It's blowin' peace and freedom! 
It's blowin' equaliteee! 
|}

'''Chorus from a "bawdy" trail Rhyme-o-mancy song of [[Goodminton]]'''[[IPTSF Text 5]] 
''performed by [[Wanda]] and [[Tommy Firebaugh]]'' 

Around the world, I seen the girls 
Who offered me their rump, 
I’ve hobbled a [[Gobwin]] and spoiled a [[Goyle]], 
And even deflowered a [[Gump]]. 
 
I’ve tapped a [[Twoll]] in the honey hole, 
But nothin’ can compare 
To a Bawdy [[Elf]] what gives herself 
Widd’er ankles in the air! 
Her ankles in the air! 

'''Excerpt from a [[Hippiemancy]] song of [[Haffaton]] at the Battle of [[Kiloton]] with [[chillaxe]] accompaniment'''[[IPTSF Text 12]] 
''performed by [[Olive Branch]]'' 

You're marchin' off to war - man you don't wanna go, 
You ask your Chief "Please?" but he still says "No!" 
You missed two battles and broke the One Rule. 
And your warlord leads the army like you're some kinda tool! 
 
You gotta fight! 
For your right! 
To paaaarley! 

==Real World References==

The Transylvitian dancefighting song is a modified version of the Jet's theme song and the song "Cool" from the musical [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055614/ "West Side Story"].

The lyrics to the song overheard in the Glade of the Hippiemancers are from the song [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310281/ "A Mighty Wind"] from the movie of the same name which is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockumentary mockumentary] about folk music.

The song being played in the Royal Crown Coalition war camp is the Ewok Celebration song from Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.[http://tribute4tasha.50megs.com/ewok_song.html]

The song performed by Stanley and his Knights is a conflation (with some ad lib) of the lyrics from KISS's "I Love it Loud" and "Shock Me."

The song performed by Dame [[Olive Branch]] of [[Haffaton]] at the Battle of Kiloton is a parody of the Beastie Boys' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%28You_Gotta%29_Fight_for_Your_Right_%28To_Party!%29 (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)!]

=Notes=

#{{note|Yub}} In the original panel, the second, third and forth words of the second line of the song are obscured. The version that is listed here has reconstructed those missing words (shown in italics) based on the Real World source of the song (in native Ewok).

[[Category:Erfworld Culture]]
[[Category:Proposed Canon]]
[[Category:Speculation]]
[[Category:Real World References]]

Music

2011-11-29T19:43:09Z

MisterB777: /* Real World References */ real world reference

{| style="border:1px solid darkgray;text-align:center;width:320px" align="right"
|-
|{{crop|365|760|680|980|TBFGK_7.jpg}}
|-
|A horn being played at nightfall by a [[Royal Crown Coalition]] unit.
|}

__TOC__

=Proposed Canon=

{| style="border:1px solid darkgray;text-align:center;width:280px" align="left"
|-
|{{crop|6|20|266|264|TBFGK_94.jpg}}
|-
|A [[gobwin]] sentry warns of an advancing squadron of flyers.
|}

Music plays a role in the cultural and social interactions of several different groups in [[Erfworld]]. Several different [[sides]] have been shown singing and playing various musical instruments, including at least two types of horns. {{erf|1|007}} {{erf|1|094}}

Music also plays a role in coordinating troops in battle during [[dance-fighting]]. For instance, in the [[Battle for Gobwin Knob]], [[units]] that were engaged in dance-fighting either performed their own songs, as in the case of [[Transylvito]]{{erf|1|111}}, or music was generated magically, as was the case when Charlie's [[Archon]]s created a beat for the [[Royal Crown Coalition]] forces to follow in the courtyard of [[Gobwin Knob]].{{erf|1|128}}

Lord [[Stanley]] can also generate music using the [[Arkenhammer]] to aid in dance-fighting. Called "[[Rock|Rocking Out]]," the Arkenhammer creates a supporting drum beat, backing guitars and a full Rock light show to accompany the user's virtual guitar solo, which is played on the Arkentool itself. {{blog|2009|09|summer-updates-035}} This tactic was used by Stanley to aid his knights in fighting Transylvito.{{erf|1|111}} Stanley claims that the Rock created by the Arkenhammer is of [[Titans|Titanic]] origin, and suggests that employing it is better than regular dance-fighting.

=Speculation=

==Transylvitian Folk Music==

The following is a list of known folk songs of [[Transylvito]].{{blog|2009|07|summer-updates-015}}

* ''Little Darlin' ''
* ''Sh-Boom''
* ''Come and Go With Me''
* ''Erf Angel''

==Battle Songs of the Battle for Gobwin Knob==
The following are excerpts from battle songs performed during the [[Battle for Gobwin Knob]]. These songs may or may not have been composed specifically for the conflict, but represent the types of music that units on the various [[side]]s found useful either in dance-fighting, or simply to boost morale.

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from an untitled Transylvitian dancefighting song'''{{erf|1|111}}
|-
| ''performed a cappella with snapping fingers used for rhythm''
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|470|515|800|750|TBFGK_111.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
Crazy! 
Go! 
Cool! 
When you're a bat, 
you're a bat all the way! 
From you first startin' stat, 
til the turn you decay! 
Da DOO da-doo-dooooo... 
Da DOO da-doo-doo doo DOOooooo... 
|}

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from an untitled, anti-Jetstone song from Gobwin Knob'''{{erf|1|101}}
|-
| ''Possibly written by [[Parson Gotti]]''
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|180|750|530|1000|TBFGK_101.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
Oh the mighty men of Jetstone, 
Their testes have not yet grown! 
Their king stays home and gets stoned, 
While the prince goes out and gets pwned! 
 
And the men from Transylvito 
Are hung just like mosquitos! 
To protect their little egos 
They put burritos in their Speedos! 
|}

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from an untitled, celebratory song from the Royal Crown Coalition camp'''{{erf|1|052}}
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|0|25|280|270|TBFGK_52.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
YUB NUB, EEE CHOP YUB NUB! 
TOE MEET ''TOE PEE'' CHEE KEENE...{{ref|Yub}} 
|}

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from an untitled Gobwin Knob dancefighting song'''{{erf|1|111}}
|-
| ''performed by Stanley in a call and answer with his Knights with '' 
''accompaniment from the Arkenhammer (Knights responses shown '' 
''in parentheses)'' 
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|470|750|800|1000|TBFGK_111.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
Stand up! 
You don't have to be afraid! 
(Yes, Tool!) 
How do I love it? 
(I love it LOUD!) 
Your lightning's all I need. 
|}

==Other Songs Heard in Erfworld==

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from a song overheard in the [[Magic Kingdom|Glade of the Hippiemancers]]'''{{erf|1|011}}
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|5|85|315|250|TBFGK_11-2.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
It's blowin' peace and freedom! 
It's blowin' equaliteee! 
|}

'''Chorus from a "bawdy" trail Rhyme-o-mancy song of [[Goodminton]]'''[[IPTSF Text 5]]

Around the world, I seen the girls 
Who offered me their rump, 
I’ve hobbled a [[Gobwin]] and spoiled a [[Goyle]], 
And even deflowered a [[Gump]]. 
 
I’ve tapped a [[Twoll]] in the honey hole, 
But nothin’ can compare 
To a Bawdy [[Elf]] what gives herself 
Widd’er ankles in the air! 
Her ankles in the air! 

'''Excerpt from a [[Hippiemancy]] song of [[Haffaton]] at the Battle of [[Kiloton]] with [[chillaxe]] accompaniment'''[[IPTSF Text 12]]

You're marchin' off to war - man you don't wanna go, 
You ask your Chief "Please?" but he still says "No!" 
You missed two battles and broke the One Rule. 
And your warlord leads the army like you're some kinda tool! 

You gotta fight! 
For your right! 
To paaaarley! 

==Real World References==

The Transylvitian dancefighting song is a modified version of the Jet's theme song and the song "Cool" from the musical [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055614/ "West Side Story"].

The lyrics to the song overheard in the Glade of the Hippiemancers are from the song [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310281/ "A Mighty Wind"] from the movie of the same name which is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockumentary mockumentary] about folk music.

The song being played in the Royal Crown Coalition war camp is the Ewok Celebration song from Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.[http://tribute4tasha.50megs.com/ewok_song.html]

The song performed by Stanley and his Knights is a conflation (with some ad lib) of the lyrics from KISS's "I Love it Loud" and "Shock Me."

The song performed by Dame [[Olive Branch]] of [[Haffaton]] at the Battle of Kiloton is a parody of the Beastie Boys' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%28You_Gotta%29_Fight_for_Your_Right_%28To_Party!%29 (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)!]

=Notes=

#{{note|Yub}} In the original panel, the second, third and forth words of the second line of the song are obscured. The version that is listed here has reconstructed those missing words (shown in italics) based on the Real World source of the song (in native Ewok).

[[Category:Erfworld Culture]]
[[Category:Proposed Canon]]
[[Category:Speculation]]
[[Category:Real World References]]

Music

2011-11-29T19:37:33Z

MisterB777: /* Other Songs Heard in Erfworld */

{| style="border:1px solid darkgray;text-align:center;width:320px" align="right"
|-
|{{crop|365|760|680|980|TBFGK_7.jpg}}
|-
|A horn being played at nightfall by a [[Royal Crown Coalition]] unit.
|}

__TOC__

=Proposed Canon=

{| style="border:1px solid darkgray;text-align:center;width:280px" align="left"
|-
|{{crop|6|20|266|264|TBFGK_94.jpg}}
|-
|A [[gobwin]] sentry warns of an advancing squadron of flyers.
|}

Music plays a role in the cultural and social interactions of several different groups in [[Erfworld]]. Several different [[sides]] have been shown singing and playing various musical instruments, including at least two types of horns. {{erf|1|007}} {{erf|1|094}}

Music also plays a role in coordinating troops in battle during [[dance-fighting]]. For instance, in the [[Battle for Gobwin Knob]], [[units]] that were engaged in dance-fighting either performed their own songs, as in the case of [[Transylvito]]{{erf|1|111}}, or music was generated magically, as was the case when Charlie's [[Archon]]s created a beat for the [[Royal Crown Coalition]] forces to follow in the courtyard of [[Gobwin Knob]].{{erf|1|128}}

Lord [[Stanley]] can also generate music using the [[Arkenhammer]] to aid in dance-fighting. Called "[[Rock|Rocking Out]]," the Arkenhammer creates a supporting drum beat, backing guitars and a full Rock light show to accompany the user's virtual guitar solo, which is played on the Arkentool itself. {{blog|2009|09|summer-updates-035}} This tactic was used by Stanley to aid his knights in fighting Transylvito.{{erf|1|111}} Stanley claims that the Rock created by the Arkenhammer is of [[Titans|Titanic]] origin, and suggests that employing it is better than regular dance-fighting.

=Speculation=

==Transylvitian Folk Music==

The following is a list of known folk songs of [[Transylvito]].{{blog|2009|07|summer-updates-015}}

* ''Little Darlin' ''
* ''Sh-Boom''
* ''Come and Go With Me''
* ''Erf Angel''

==Battle Songs of the Battle for Gobwin Knob==
The following are excerpts from battle songs performed during the [[Battle for Gobwin Knob]]. These songs may or may not have been composed specifically for the conflict, but represent the types of music that units on the various [[side]]s found useful either in dance-fighting, or simply to boost morale.

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from an untitled Transylvitian dancefighting song'''{{erf|1|111}}
|-
| ''performed a cappella with snapping fingers used for rhythm''
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|470|515|800|750|TBFGK_111.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
Crazy! 
Go! 
Cool! 
When you're a bat, 
you're a bat all the way! 
From you first startin' stat, 
til the turn you decay! 
Da DOO da-doo-dooooo... 
Da DOO da-doo-doo doo DOOooooo... 
|}

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from an untitled, anti-Jetstone song from Gobwin Knob'''{{erf|1|101}}
|-
| ''Possibly written by [[Parson Gotti]]''
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|180|750|530|1000|TBFGK_101.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
Oh the mighty men of Jetstone, 
Their testes have not yet grown! 
Their king stays home and gets stoned, 
While the prince goes out and gets pwned! 
 
And the men from Transylvito 
Are hung just like mosquitos! 
To protect their little egos 
They put burritos in their Speedos! 
|}

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from an untitled, celebratory song from the Royal Crown Coalition camp'''{{erf|1|052}}
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|0|25|280|270|TBFGK_52.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
YUB NUB, EEE CHOP YUB NUB! 
TOE MEET ''TOE PEE'' CHEE KEENE...{{ref|Yub}} 
|}

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from an untitled Gobwin Knob dancefighting song'''{{erf|1|111}}
|-
| ''performed by Stanley in a call and answer with his Knights with '' 
''accompaniment from the Arkenhammer (Knights responses shown '' 
''in parentheses)'' 
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|470|750|800|1000|TBFGK_111.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
Stand up! 
You don't have to be afraid! 
(Yes, Tool!) 
How do I love it? 
(I love it LOUD!) 
Your lightning's all I need. 
|}

==Other Songs Heard in Erfworld==

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from a song overheard in the [[Magic Kingdom|Glade of the Hippiemancers]]'''{{erf|1|011}}
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|5|85|315|250|TBFGK_11-2.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
It's blowin' peace and freedom! 
It's blowin' equaliteee! 
|}

'''Chorus from a "bawdy" trail Rhyme-o-mancy song of [[Goodminton]]'''[[IPTSF Text 5]]

Around the world, I seen the girls 
Who offered me their rump, 
I’ve hobbled a [[Gobwin]] and spoiled a [[Goyle]], 
And even deflowered a [[Gump]]. 
 
I’ve tapped a [[Twoll]] in the honey hole, 
But nothin’ can compare 
To a Bawdy [[Elf]] what gives herself 
Widd’er ankles in the air! 
Her ankles in the air! 

'''Excerpt from a [[Hippiemancy]] song of [[Haffaton]] at the Battle of [[Kiloton]] with [[chillaxe]] accompaniment'''[[IPTSF Text 12]]

You're marchin' off to war - man you don't wanna go, 
You ask your Chief "Please?" but he still says "No!" 
You missed two battles and broke the One Rule. 
And your warlord leads the army like you're some kinda tool! 

You gotta fight! 
For your right! 
To paaaarley! 

==Real World References==

The Transylvitian dancefighting song is a modified version of the Jet's theme song and the song "Cool" from the musical [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055614/ "West Side Story"].

The lyrics to the song overheard in the Glade of the Hippiemancers are from the song [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310281/ "A Mighty Wind"] from the movie of the same name which is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockumentary mockumentary] about folk music.

The song being played in the Royal Crown Coalition war camp is the Ewok Celebration song from Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.[http://tribute4tasha.50megs.com/ewok_song.html]

The song performed by Stanley and his Knights is a conflation (with some ad lib) of the lyrics from KISS's "I Love it Loud" and "Shock Me."

=Notes=

#{{note|Yub}} In the original panel, the second, third and forth words of the second line of the song are obscured. The version that is listed here has reconstructed those missing words (shown in italics) based on the Real World source of the song (in native Ewok).

[[Category:Erfworld Culture]]
[[Category:Proposed Canon]]
[[Category:Speculation]]
[[Category:Real World References]]

Music

2011-11-29T19:35:43Z

MisterB777: /* Other Songs Heard in Erfworld */

{| style="border:1px solid darkgray;text-align:center;width:320px" align="right"
|-
|{{crop|365|760|680|980|TBFGK_7.jpg}}
|-
|A horn being played at nightfall by a [[Royal Crown Coalition]] unit.
|}

__TOC__

=Proposed Canon=

{| style="border:1px solid darkgray;text-align:center;width:280px" align="left"
|-
|{{crop|6|20|266|264|TBFGK_94.jpg}}
|-
|A [[gobwin]] sentry warns of an advancing squadron of flyers.
|}

Music plays a role in the cultural and social interactions of several different groups in [[Erfworld]]. Several different [[sides]] have been shown singing and playing various musical instruments, including at least two types of horns. {{erf|1|007}} {{erf|1|094}}

Music also plays a role in coordinating troops in battle during [[dance-fighting]]. For instance, in the [[Battle for Gobwin Knob]], [[units]] that were engaged in dance-fighting either performed their own songs, as in the case of [[Transylvito]]{{erf|1|111}}, or music was generated magically, as was the case when Charlie's [[Archon]]s created a beat for the [[Royal Crown Coalition]] forces to follow in the courtyard of [[Gobwin Knob]].{{erf|1|128}}

Lord [[Stanley]] can also generate music using the [[Arkenhammer]] to aid in dance-fighting. Called "[[Rock|Rocking Out]]," the Arkenhammer creates a supporting drum beat, backing guitars and a full Rock light show to accompany the user's virtual guitar solo, which is played on the Arkentool itself. {{blog|2009|09|summer-updates-035}} This tactic was used by Stanley to aid his knights in fighting Transylvito.{{erf|1|111}} Stanley claims that the Rock created by the Arkenhammer is of [[Titans|Titanic]] origin, and suggests that employing it is better than regular dance-fighting.

=Speculation=

==Transylvitian Folk Music==

The following is a list of known folk songs of [[Transylvito]].{{blog|2009|07|summer-updates-015}}

* ''Little Darlin' ''
* ''Sh-Boom''
* ''Come and Go With Me''
* ''Erf Angel''

==Battle Songs of the Battle for Gobwin Knob==
The following are excerpts from battle songs performed during the [[Battle for Gobwin Knob]]. These songs may or may not have been composed specifically for the conflict, but represent the types of music that units on the various [[side]]s found useful either in dance-fighting, or simply to boost morale.

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from an untitled Transylvitian dancefighting song'''{{erf|1|111}}
|-
| ''performed a cappella with snapping fingers used for rhythm''
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|470|515|800|750|TBFGK_111.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
Crazy! 
Go! 
Cool! 
When you're a bat, 
you're a bat all the way! 
From you first startin' stat, 
til the turn you decay! 
Da DOO da-doo-dooooo... 
Da DOO da-doo-doo doo DOOooooo... 
|}

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from an untitled, anti-Jetstone song from Gobwin Knob'''{{erf|1|101}}
|-
| ''Possibly written by [[Parson Gotti]]''
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|180|750|530|1000|TBFGK_101.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
Oh the mighty men of Jetstone, 
Their testes have not yet grown! 
Their king stays home and gets stoned, 
While the prince goes out and gets pwned! 
 
And the men from Transylvito 
Are hung just like mosquitos! 
To protect their little egos 
They put burritos in their Speedos! 
|}

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from an untitled, celebratory song from the Royal Crown Coalition camp'''{{erf|1|052}}
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|0|25|280|270|TBFGK_52.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
YUB NUB, EEE CHOP YUB NUB! 
TOE MEET ''TOE PEE'' CHEE KEENE...{{ref|Yub}} 
|}

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from an untitled Gobwin Knob dancefighting song'''{{erf|1|111}}
|-
| ''performed by Stanley in a call and answer with his Knights with '' 
''accompaniment from the Arkenhammer (Knights responses shown '' 
''in parentheses)'' 
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|470|750|800|1000|TBFGK_111.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
Stand up! 
You don't have to be afraid! 
(Yes, Tool!) 
How do I love it? 
(I love it LOUD!) 
Your lightning's all I need. 
|}

==Other Songs Heard in Erfworld==

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from a song overheard in the [[Magic Kingdom|Glade of the Hippiemancers]]'''{{erf|1|011}}
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|5|85|315|250|TBFGK_11-2.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
It's blowin' peace and freedom! 
It's blowin' equaliteee! 
|}

'''Chorus from a "bawdy" trail Rhyme-o-mancy song of [[Goodminton]]'''[[IPTSF Text 5]]

Around the world, I seen the girls 
Who offered me their rump, 
I’ve hobbled a [[Gobwin]] and spoiled a [[Goyle]], 
And even deflowered a [[Gump]]. 
 
I’ve tapped a [[Twoll]] in the honey hole, 
But nothin’ can compare 
To a Bawdy [[Elf]] what gives herself 
Widd’er ankles in the air! 
Her ankles in the air! 

'''Excerpt from a [[Hippiemancy]] song of [[Haffaton]] at the Battle of [[Kiloton]]'''[[IPTSF Text 12]]

You're marchin' off to war - man you don't wanna go, 
You ask your Chief "Please?" but he still says "No!" 
You missed two battles and broke the One Rule. 
And your warlord leads the army like you're some kinda tool! 

You gotta fight! 
For your right! 
To paaaarley! 

==Real World References==

The Transylvitian dancefighting song is a modified version of the Jet's theme song and the song "Cool" from the musical [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055614/ "West Side Story"].

The lyrics to the song overheard in the Glade of the Hippiemancers are from the song [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310281/ "A Mighty Wind"] from the movie of the same name which is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockumentary mockumentary] about folk music.

The song being played in the Royal Crown Coalition war camp is the Ewok Celebration song from Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.[http://tribute4tasha.50megs.com/ewok_song.html]

The song performed by Stanley and his Knights is a conflation (with some ad lib) of the lyrics from KISS's "I Love it Loud" and "Shock Me."

=Notes=

#{{note|Yub}} In the original panel, the second, third and forth words of the second line of the song are obscured. The version that is listed here has reconstructed those missing words (shown in italics) based on the Real World source of the song (in native Ewok).

[[Category:Erfworld Culture]]
[[Category:Proposed Canon]]
[[Category:Speculation]]
[[Category:Real World References]]

Goyle

2011-11-09T17:54:46Z

MisterB777: redirect

#REDIRECT [[Goyles]]

Music

2011-11-09T17:54:20Z

MisterB777: /* Other Songs Heard in Erfworld */ fixing link

{| style="border:1px solid darkgray;text-align:center;width:320px" align="right"
|-
|{{crop|365|760|680|980|TBFGK_7.jpg}}
|-
|A horn being played at nightfall by a [[Royal Crown Coalition]] unit.
|}

__TOC__

=Proposed Canon=

{| style="border:1px solid darkgray;text-align:center;width:280px" align="left"
|-
|{{crop|6|20|266|264|TBFGK_94.jpg}}
|-
|A [[gobwin]] sentry warns of an advancing squadron of flyers.
|}

Music plays a role in the cultural and social interactions of several different groups in [[Erfworld]]. Several different [[sides]] have been shown singing and playing various musical instruments, including at least two types of horns. {{erf|1|007}} {{erf|1|094}}

Music also plays a role in coordinating troops in battle during [[dance-fighting]]. For instance, in the [[Battle for Gobwin Knob]], [[units]] that were engaged in dance-fighting either performed their own songs, as in the case of [[Transylvito]]{{erf|1|111}}, or music was generated magically, as was the case when Charlie's [[Archon]]s created a beat for the [[Royal Crown Coalition]] forces to follow in the courtyard of [[Gobwin Knob]].{{erf|1|128}}

Lord [[Stanley]] can also generate music using the [[Arkenhammer]] to aid in dance-fighting. Called "[[Rock|Rocking Out]]," the Arkenhammer creates a supporting drum beat, backing guitars and a full Rock light show to accompany the user's virtual guitar solo, which is played on the Arkentool itself. {{blog|2009|09|summer-updates-035}} This tactic was used by Stanley to aid his knights in fighting Transylvito.{{erf|1|111}} Stanley claims that the Rock created by the Arkenhammer is of [[Titans|Titanic]] origin, and suggests that employing it is better than regular dance-fighting.

=Speculation=

==Transylvitian Folk Music==

The following is a list of known folk songs of [[Transylvito]].{{blog|2009|07|summer-updates-015}}

* ''Little Darlin' ''
* ''Sh-Boom''
* ''Come and Go With Me''
* ''Erf Angel''

==Battle Songs of the Battle for Gobwin Knob==
The following are excerpts from battle songs performed during the [[Battle for Gobwin Knob]]. These songs may or may not have been composed specifically for the conflict, but represent the types of music that units on the various [[side]]s found useful either in dance-fighting, or simply to boost morale.

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from an untitled Transylvitian dancefighting song'''{{erf|1|111}}
|-
| ''performed a cappella with snapping fingers used for rhythm''
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|470|515|800|750|TBFGK_111.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
Crazy! 
Go! 
Cool! 
When you're a bat, 
you're a bat all the way! 
From you first startin' stat, 
til the turn you decay! 
Da DOO da-doo-dooooo... 
Da DOO da-doo-doo doo DOOooooo... 
|}

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from an untitled, anti-Jetstone song from Gobwin Knob'''{{erf|1|101}}
|-
| ''Possibly written by [[Parson Gotti]]''
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|180|750|530|1000|TBFGK_101.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
Oh the mighty men of Jetstone, 
Their testes have not yet grown! 
Their king stays home and gets stoned, 
While the prince goes out and gets pwned! 
 
And the men from Transylvito 
Are hung just like mosquitos! 
To protect their little egos 
They put burritos in their Speedos! 
|}

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from an untitled, celebratory song from the Royal Crown Coalition camp'''{{erf|1|052}}
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|0|25|280|270|TBFGK_52.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
YUB NUB, EEE CHOP YUB NUB! 
TOE MEET ''TOE PEE'' CHEE KEENE...{{ref|Yub}} 
|}

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from an untitled Gobwin Knob dancefighting song'''{{erf|1|111}}
|-
| ''performed by Stanley in a call and answer with his Knights with '' 
''accompaniment from the Arkenhammer (Knights responses shown '' 
''in parentheses)'' 
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|470|750|800|1000|TBFGK_111.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
Stand up! 
You don't have to be afraid! 
(Yes, Tool!) 
How do I love it? 
(I love it LOUD!) 
Your lightning's all I need. 
|}

==Other Songs Heard in Erfworld==

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from a song overheard in the [[Magic Kingdom|Glade of the Hippiemancers]]'''{{erf|1|011}}
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|5|85|315|250|TBFGK_11-2.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
It's blowin' peace and freedom! 
It's blowin' equaliteee! 
|}

'''Chorus from a "bawdy" trail Rhyme-o-mancy song of [[Goodminton]]'''[[IPTSF Text 5]]

Around the world, I seen the girls 
Who offered me their rump, 
I’ve hobbled a [[Gobwin]] and spoiled a [[Goyle]], 
And even deflowered a [[Gump]]. 
 
I’ve tapped a [[Twoll]] in the honey hole, 
But nothin’ can compare 
To a Bawdy [[Elf]] what gives herself 
Widd’er ankles in the air! 
Her ankles in the air! 

==Real World References==

The Transylvitian dancefighting song is a modified version of the Jet's theme song and the song "Cool" from the musical [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055614/ "West Side Story"].

The lyrics to the song overheard in the Glade of the Hippiemancers are from the song [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310281/ "A Mighty Wind"] from the movie of the same name which is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockumentary mockumentary] about folk music.

The song being played in the Royal Crown Coalition war camp is the Ewok Celebration song from Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.[http://tribute4tasha.50megs.com/ewok_song.html]

The song performed by Stanley and his Knights is a conflation (with some ad lib) of the lyrics from KISS's "I Love it Loud" and "Shock Me."

=Notes=

#{{note|Yub}} In the original panel, the second, third and forth words of the second line of the song are obscured. The version that is listed here has reconstructed those missing words (shown in italics) based on the Real World source of the song (in native Ewok).

[[Category:Erfworld Culture]]
[[Category:Proposed Canon]]
[[Category:Speculation]]
[[Category:Real World References]]

Music

2011-11-09T17:53:14Z

MisterB777: /* Other Songs Heard in Erfworld */ new song

{| style="border:1px solid darkgray;text-align:center;width:320px" align="right"
|-
|{{crop|365|760|680|980|TBFGK_7.jpg}}
|-
|A horn being played at nightfall by a [[Royal Crown Coalition]] unit.
|}

__TOC__

=Proposed Canon=

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|-
|{{crop|6|20|266|264|TBFGK_94.jpg}}
|-
|A [[gobwin]] sentry warns of an advancing squadron of flyers.
|}

Music plays a role in the cultural and social interactions of several different groups in [[Erfworld]]. Several different [[sides]] have been shown singing and playing various musical instruments, including at least two types of horns. {{erf|1|007}} {{erf|1|094}}

Music also plays a role in coordinating troops in battle during [[dance-fighting]]. For instance, in the [[Battle for Gobwin Knob]], [[units]] that were engaged in dance-fighting either performed their own songs, as in the case of [[Transylvito]]{{erf|1|111}}, or music was generated magically, as was the case when Charlie's [[Archon]]s created a beat for the [[Royal Crown Coalition]] forces to follow in the courtyard of [[Gobwin Knob]].{{erf|1|128}}

Lord [[Stanley]] can also generate music using the [[Arkenhammer]] to aid in dance-fighting. Called "[[Rock|Rocking Out]]," the Arkenhammer creates a supporting drum beat, backing guitars and a full Rock light show to accompany the user's virtual guitar solo, which is played on the Arkentool itself. {{blog|2009|09|summer-updates-035}} This tactic was used by Stanley to aid his knights in fighting Transylvito.{{erf|1|111}} Stanley claims that the Rock created by the Arkenhammer is of [[Titans|Titanic]] origin, and suggests that employing it is better than regular dance-fighting.

=Speculation=

==Transylvitian Folk Music==

The following is a list of known folk songs of [[Transylvito]].{{blog|2009|07|summer-updates-015}}

* ''Little Darlin' ''
* ''Sh-Boom''
* ''Come and Go With Me''
* ''Erf Angel''

==Battle Songs of the Battle for Gobwin Knob==
The following are excerpts from battle songs performed during the [[Battle for Gobwin Knob]]. These songs may or may not have been composed specifically for the conflict, but represent the types of music that units on the various [[side]]s found useful either in dance-fighting, or simply to boost morale.

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from an untitled Transylvitian dancefighting song'''{{erf|1|111}}
|-
| ''performed a cappella with snapping fingers used for rhythm''
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|470|515|800|750|TBFGK_111.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
Crazy! 
Go! 
Cool! 
When you're a bat, 
you're a bat all the way! 
From you first startin' stat, 
til the turn you decay! 
Da DOO da-doo-dooooo... 
Da DOO da-doo-doo doo DOOooooo... 
|}

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from an untitled, anti-Jetstone song from Gobwin Knob'''{{erf|1|101}}
|-
| ''Possibly written by [[Parson Gotti]]''
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|180|750|530|1000|TBFGK_101.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
Oh the mighty men of Jetstone, 
Their testes have not yet grown! 
Their king stays home and gets stoned, 
While the prince goes out and gets pwned! 
 
And the men from Transylvito 
Are hung just like mosquitos! 
To protect their little egos 
They put burritos in their Speedos! 
|}

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from an untitled, celebratory song from the Royal Crown Coalition camp'''{{erf|1|052}}
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|0|25|280|270|TBFGK_52.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
YUB NUB, EEE CHOP YUB NUB! 
TOE MEET ''TOE PEE'' CHEE KEENE...{{ref|Yub}} 
|}

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from an untitled Gobwin Knob dancefighting song'''{{erf|1|111}}
|-
| ''performed by Stanley in a call and answer with his Knights with '' 
''accompaniment from the Arkenhammer (Knights responses shown '' 
''in parentheses)'' 
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|470|750|800|1000|TBFGK_111.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
Stand up! 
You don't have to be afraid! 
(Yes, Tool!) 
How do I love it? 
(I love it LOUD!) 
Your lightning's all I need. 
|}

==Other Songs Heard in Erfworld==

{|
|-
| '''Excerpt from a song overheard in the [[Magic Kingdom|Glade of the Hippiemancers]]'''{{erf|1|011}}
| rowspan="2" width="302"| {{crop|5|85|315|250|TBFGK_11-2.jpg}}
|-valign="top"
|
It's blowin' peace and freedom! 
It's blowin' equaliteee! 
|}

'''Chorus from a "bawdy" trail Rhyme-o-mancy song of [[Goodminton]]'''[[IPTSF Text 5]]

Around the world, I seen the girls 
Who offered me their rump, 
I’ve hobbled a [[Gobwin]] and spoiled a [[Goyle]], 
And even deflowered a ppGump]]. 
 
I’ve tapped a [[Twoll]] in the honey hole, 
But nothin’ can compare 
To a Bawdy [[Elf]] what gives herself 
Widd’er ankles in the air! 
Her ankles in the air! 

==Real World References==

The Transylvitian dancefighting song is a modified version of the Jet's theme song and the song "Cool" from the musical [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055614/ "West Side Story"].

The lyrics to the song overheard in the Glade of the Hippiemancers are from the song [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310281/ "A Mighty Wind"] from the movie of the same name which is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockumentary mockumentary] about folk music.

The song being played in the Royal Crown Coalition war camp is the Ewok Celebration song from Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.[http://tribute4tasha.50megs.com/ewok_song.html]

The song performed by Stanley and his Knights is a conflation (with some ad lib) of the lyrics from KISS's "I Love it Loud" and "Shock Me."

=Notes=

#{{note|Yub}} In the original panel, the second, third and forth words of the second line of the song are obscured. The version that is listed here has reconstructed those missing words (shown in italics) based on the Real World source of the song (in native Ewok).

[[Category:Erfworld Culture]]
[[Category:Proposed Canon]]
[[Category:Speculation]]
[[Category:Real World References]]

Clay Dice

2011-11-08T18:26:15Z

MisterB777: some proposed canon

{{Stats
|name= Clay Dice
|race= [[Men]]
|tribe=
|faction= [[Goodminton]]
|class= [[Caster]] ([[Luckamancer]])
|level= 3
|move=
|hits=
|combat=
|defense=
|special=
|eyebook=
|booksound=
}}

=Proposed Canon=
Clay Dice is the Luckamancer of [[Goodminton]], one of three casters controlled by the [[side]] at the time that [[Wanda]] was popped. Clay Dice is described as a quiet unit with a "sullen, barrel-gutted man in black leather pants and a too-small white linen shirt." [[IPTSF Text 2]] It is intimated that he has a relationship with [[Delphi]].

=Real World References=

Presumably, Clay Dice named after the comedian [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Dice_Clay Andrew Dice Clay].

Being a Luckamancer, his name is also likely a reference to a dice, the plural of die, an item rolled to generate random numbers.

{{stub|Character}}

Goodminton

2011-11-03T19:01:34Z

MisterB777: real world references

=Proposed Canon=

Goodminton is described as a winter dominion, ruled by [[Overlord Firebaugh]]. The side's livery is slate blue with brass buttons.

==Inhabitants==

*[[Overlord Firebaugh]] - The side's [[Ruler]]
*[[Tommy|Atomic "Tommy" Firebaugh]] - The side's [[Chief Warlord]]
*[[Wanda Firebaugh]] - [[Croakamancer]]
*[[Delphie Temple]] - Chief [[Predictamancer]]
*[[Clay Dice]] - [[Luckamancer]]
*Fritz

==Cities==

*Goodminton
*One other city.

=Speculation=
==Real World References==

"Goodminton" can refer to a version of the racquet game Badminton whereby, instead of trying to force the other team to miss the birdie, the goal is to keep the birdie in play as long as possible. This may be a bit of foreshadowing, indicating that the most important thing that this side could accomplish is to keep a particular unit (or birdie) like [[Wanda]] in play, even if it means that it cannot win the standard version of the "game" (i.e. war in Erfworld).

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

Croatan Tribe

2011-11-03T18:52:49Z

MisterB777: /* Proposed Canon */

=Proposed Canon=
The Croatan Tribe is nearly lost, with [[Wanda Firebaugh]] being the only known surviving member.

[[Wanda]] originally belonged to a the [[Goodminton]] [[side]], not Faq. Other historical members of this tribe include the [[Overlord]] [[Firebaugh]], her father, and [[Tommy Firebaugh|Atomic "Tommy" Firebaugh]], her brother.

==Real World References==
The real [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatan Croatan tribe] is a part of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Island Roanoke Island] mystery.

[[Category:Erfworld Culture]]
[[Category:Proposed Canon]]
[[Category:Speculation]]
[[Category:Real World References]]

User:MisterB777

2011-11-02T17:19:19Z

MisterB777:

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{{Stats
|name= Mister B
|race= [[Men]]
|faction= Barbarian (Magic Kingdom)
|class= [[Caster]] ([[Changemancer]])
|level= 4
|eyebook= EyeB4Eee
|booksound= *scribble*
}}
}}

Ah, the noble user page. Well, this is as good a place to start as any.

Mr. B is a California-based writer and editor (hence, [[Changemancer]], though he has been known to dabble in [[Rhyme-o-mancy]] on occasion). His specialties include the restructuring of words and phrases and slaying of grammatical daemons.

== Recent Campaigns ==

* IPTSF - Got the new templates for Book Zero pulled together. (2 November 2011)
* Getting Cultured - working to improve the categorization and content of pages in the [[:Category:Erfworld Culture|Erfworld Culture]] category (3 November 2010 - present)
* Herding Cats - categorized almost everything on the Uncategorized Pages page (3 November to 7 November 2011)
* Hail Caesar - replacing misspelled versions of Caesar's name (3 November 2011)
* Verb tension - fixing verb tense agreement within sentences/paragraphs/sections (seriously, you can't have both the present and past tense in the same sentence, folks). (16 July to 31 July 2011)
* Help pages - pulled over most of the needed Help pages from MediaWiki and made a few edits in order to avoid creep and such (19 June 2011)
* Klog Kleaning - Systematically going through the Klog texts and making spelling corrections (3 June to 5 June)
* "teh" - eradicated 1 June 2009

{{ErfWiki:Society for Titanic Faith and Understanding/Template:Stfu Member}}

Clay Dice

2011-11-02T17:16:54Z

MisterB777: another stub

{{Stats
|name= Clay Dice
|race= [[Men]]
|tribe=
|faction= [[Goodminton]]
|class= [[Caster]] ([[Luckamancer]])
|level= 3
|move=
|hits=
|combat=
|defense=
|special=
|eyebook=
|booksound=
}}

{{stub}}

Delphie Temple

2011-11-02T17:16:40Z

MisterB777: typo

{{Stats
|name= Delphie Temple
|race= [[Men]]
|tribe=
|faction= [[Goodminton]]
|class= [[Caster]] ([[Predictamancer]])
|level=
|move=
|hits=
|combat=
|defense=
|special=
|eyebook=
|booksound=
}}

{{stub}}

Delphie Temple

2011-11-02T17:15:51Z

MisterB777: makin' a stub

{{Stats
|name= Delphi Temple
|race= [[Men]]
|tribe=
|faction= [[Goodminton]]
|class= [[Caster]] ([[Predictamancer]])
|level=
|move=
|hits=
|combat=
|defense=
|special=
|eyebook=
|booksound=
}}

{{stub}}

Firebaugh

2011-11-02T17:14:54Z

MisterB777:

{{Stats
|name= Firebaugh
|race= [[Men]]
|tribe= [[Croatan Tribe|Croatan]] (lost tribe)
|faction= [[Goodminton]]
|class= [[Overlord]]
|level=
|move=
|hits=
|combat=
|defense=
|special=
|eyebook=
|booksound=
}}

{{stub}}

IPTSF Text 1

2011-11-02T17:13:40Z

MisterB777: fixing a bad link

{{pager int|Text 1|IPTSF}}

[[Life]] is all [[Numbers]].

Ask any [[Mathamancer]]; they know. To live is to stand on one side of an equation, which must equal zero in the end. There is a price, a cost in Numbers, to be paid for staying alive.

Zero is a balance, an equilibrium. Zero is a flat country, neither far away nor near. You can travel there any time, at the cost of your life. And perhaps, if someone were to pay the price to the exact number, you could even return again.

That Mathamancers often say such things, and nod to one another soberly, is thought to be why they tend to keep to their own company. No-one knows what to say to them. Each discipline of magic has its own special insight into cosmic truths. Few casters doubted what was said of the Numbers Axis, but even fewer understood.

Not consciously, anyway.

One day in the country of zero, someone paid a price. Somewhere in the great, infinite sheet of balance, a peak rose up.

Peaceful zeros became ones. Fives. Forty-eights. Agitated hundred-and-twelves. Angry sixty-three-seventy-nines.

The thousands piled up, far above the plane of equilibrium. The numbers rose as a column, into the millions and billions and more, a silver thread stretching up and away from the peace below.

This thread was being drawn up by the system of the world. [[Thinkamancers]] knew it as a "Grandiocosmic string." Its numbers were being shaped and guided by the firmament, by what magic theorists called the [[Erf]] Axis.

For when the price was paid, it was [[Erfworld]] which processed the transaction. The world would produce the unit that was called for...more or less. There was the matter of the [[Fate]] Axis as well, and this unit was turning out to be very special. This unit would be worth far more than the buyer had paid for.

That was no violation of Numbers, though. It simply meant that this unit carried a balance due. And though it was an astronomically high figure, someone would pay.

Zero always called, and someone would have to pay.

---

Units belonging to a side always pop in cities. Within those cities, units tend to pop where they are needed: archers to the outer walls, heavies to the stables and courtyards, etc. This particular unit popped in the war room of Minnow Tower, in the capital city of [[Goodminton]].

Her mind was overcome by first sensations. She suddenly wore matte black leather boots, with buckles. She just as suddenly had feet within them. Those feet took her weight. She needed to inhale, and did: her first living breath. A little damp and chilly, she thought. She blinked her first blink, and continued breathing through her nostrils. She smelled damp timbers and brick dust. Parchment and ink. Hardwood smoke. She touched the cloth of her robe with...these fingers, on this hand that was hers.

The garment was soft, thick, woolen, heavy. Also ugly. Slate blue with brass buttons. Goodminton’s livery. Her side was a winter dominion. She knew these things. She recognized without remembering.

The unit began to unfasten the buttons. She wanted to take off the robe and look at her body, touch it. She felt she must be beautiful, that her [[Signamancy]] would teach her much about herself.

Then she heard her first distinct sound: the clearing of a human throat.

Her [[Chief Warlord]] had been standing in her field of view the entire time. Not every shape in the room had meaning yet. The room was large, and contained many things. But yes, there he was, beside the cluttered...table? Map table. He was wearing a wool cloak in the same shade of blue, lined with starfox fur. His face was hairy, but friendly. A white smile nested in a patch of coal-black beard.

“I was expecting a brother,” he said. His voice had the husky weight of a hunter’s horn.

She refastened one of the three buttons she had undone and tilted her head, meeting his blue eyes. She should try speaking words now.

“I’ve never expected...a thing,” she said, wondering at the sound coming from her mouth.

“You’re a [[caster]]!” said the Chief, losing the reins of his smile as it broadened into a wide grin. He stepped closer to her, hands upon hips, elbows tenting his cloak. He was built like a siege tower. “My sister, the caster. How bizarre! I mean I should be furious. I bet Father will be. What’s your name? What kind of caster are you?”

“I’m [[Wanda]].” She said it definitively, although she didn’t really know her own name until she stated it aloud. “Lady Wanda Firebaugh. I am a [[Croakamancer]].” This, too, she knew only as she said it, but it felt abidingly true. She could animate the husks of the once-living. Yes, she could.

The Chief’s smile dimmed like a lantern and died.

“Oh that’ll be interesting,” he said thoughtfully. He licked his lips, looking away at the map table. “Croakamancer. Father will be interested in that, I can tell you. [[Titans]]...” He seemed to ponder the implications against the busy strategic situation represented on the table.

Wanda followed his gaze there. It looked messy, but it was a meticulous sort of mess. At least five colors of unit markers were in play. No, six. Slate blue was among the most meager in number. The arrangement of hexes and pieces was actually a neat representation of a mess in reality.

“Well!” he said suddenly, clapping his hands, “welcome home to Goodminton, Wanda! I’m [[Atomic Firebaugh|Tommy Firebaugh]], short for ‘Atomic.’ Father is simply [[Firebaugh|Overlord Firebaugh]], of course.” He looked as if he couldn’t decide whether or not to embrace her. His hands stayed on his hips.

“That’s the whole family any more, I’m afraid.” His face darkened. “We’ll need to get you in front of Father right away. But I wonder if it couldn’t wait until you’ve met the other casters. I’m surprised you popped here and not with [[Temple|Lady Temple]], actually..."

Wanda had been glancing around the room, identifying objects as he spoke. When Tommy fell silent, she returned her gaze to him apologetically. Yes, Chief Warlord as well as brother. Respect and attention due.

He heaved a great breath and smiled once more. “Anyway. That’s the good news, though. We have two casters, besides you. And a number of good [[warlords]], although we were sort of hoping you’d be more of an axe-wielding berserker type, you know. We could use it about now.” He indicated the battle map. “As you can see. Just the two [[cities]] left. Still have [[Alliance|allies]], but they’re sort of looking at us like the last slice of cake, you know?”

Wanda wasn’t sure she fully understood the implications of the map, but her brother’s chipper tone kept falling off to awkward silence. It dawned on her that the grace and the burden of being a living person might not be hers for very long. Zero was already calling her back.

“Croakamancer,” said Tommy again, looking her up and down. He shook his head as he turned for the grand doors. “Titans...”

Atomic Firebaugh

2011-11-02T17:12:20Z

MisterB777: redirect

#REDIRECT [[Tommy Firebaugh]]

Tommy

2011-11-02T17:11:33Z

MisterB777: Redirected page to Tommy Firebaugh

#REDIRECT [[Tommy Firebaugh]]

Overlord Firebaugh

2011-11-02T17:10:59Z

MisterB777: creating a redirect, as it seems likely that this charactor has just one name "Firebaugh", just as Slately, Stanley and Charlie all do

#REDIRECT [[Firebaugh]]

Firebaugh

2011-11-02T17:09:35Z

MisterB777: Created page with "{{Stats |name= Firebaugh |race= Men |tribe= Croatan (lost tribe) |faction= Goodminton |class= Overlord |level= 8 |move= |hits= |combat= ..."

{{Stats
|name= Firebaugh
|race= [[Men]]
|tribe= [[Croatan Tribe|Croatan]] (lost tribe)
|faction= [[Goodminton]]
|class= [[Overlord]]
|level= 8
|move=
|hits=
|combat=
|defense=
|special=
|eyebook=
|booksound=
}}

{{stub}}

Tommy Firebaugh

2011-11-02T17:08:42Z

MisterB777: creating a stub

{{Stats
|name= Atomic "Tommy" Firebaugh
|race= [[Men]]
|tribe= [[Croatan Tribe|Croatan]] (lost tribe)
|faction= [[Goodminton]]
|class= [[Chief Warlord]]
|level=
|move=
|hits=
|combat=
|defense=
|special=
|eyebook=
|booksound=
}}

{{stub}}

Croatan Tribe

2011-11-02T17:06:49Z

MisterB777: updating with Goodminton characters

=Proposed Canon=
The Croatan Tribe is nearly lost, with [[Wanda Firebaugh]] being the only known surviving member.

[[Wanda]] originally belonged to a the Goodminton [[side]], not Faq. Other historical members of this tribe include the [[Overlord]] [[Firebaugh]], her father, and [[Tommy Firebaugh|Atomic "Tommy" Firebaugh]], her brother.

==Real World References==
The real [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatan Croatan tribe] is a part of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Island Roanoke Island] mystery.

[[Category:Erfworld Culture]]
[[Category:Proposed Canon]]
[[Category:Speculation]]
[[Category:Real World References]]

File:IPTSF Text 2.jpg

2011-11-02T17:03:25Z

MisterB777: placeholder

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