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Charlie

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	When Parson first contacts Charlie via Thinkamancy{{erf\|1\|088}}, the mental picture in Parson's head (red jumpsuit, black background) is a duplicate of the "telepathy" used in the television series [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mork_%26_Mindy Mork & Mindy], when Mork is conversing with his superior, Orson.		When Parson first contacts Charlie via Thinkamancy{{erf\|1\|088}}, the mental picture in Parson's head (red jumpsuit, black background) is a duplicate of the "telepathy" used in the television series [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mork_%26_Mindy Mork & Mindy], when Mork is conversing with his superior, Orson.

-	His original title, the Wizard of Efbaum, is a reference to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.	+	His original title, the Wizard of Efbaum, is a reference to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The fact that he is a Carnymancer is a reference to how The Wizard of Oz was a circus performer and con man.

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Tramennis

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-	[[Category: Proposed Canon]]	+	[[Category:Proposed Canon]]
-		+	[[Category:Speculation]]
-		+	[[Category:Warlord]]
-	[[Category: Speculation]]	+

Parson Gotti

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	[[Category:Warlord]]		[[Category:Warlord]]
		+	[[Category:Caster]]
	[[Category:Parson's World]]		[[Category:Parson's World]]
	[[Category:Canon]]		[[Category:Canon]]
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Jetstone

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Current Characters:

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	*[[Prince]] [[Forthewin]] - Former [[Heir]], [[Croaking\|croaked]] prior to [[Ansom]] becoming heir		*[[Prince]] [[Forthewin]] - Former [[Heir]], [[Croaking\|croaked]] prior to [[Ansom]] becoming heir
	*[[Downer]], [[Warlord]], [[croaked]] by [[Captain Archer]].		*[[Downer]], [[Warlord]], [[croaked]] by [[Captain Archer]].
		+	*[[Ace Hardware]] - [[Dollamancer]], fell in final moments of the [[Siege of Spacerock\|Battle of Spacerock]]

	==Current Characters==		==Current Characters==

-	*[[~~Prince~~]] [[Tramennis]] - older brother of Prince Ossomer, ~~new~~ [[Chief Warlord]] after Ossomer and [[Heir]]	+	*[[King]] [[Tramennis]] - older brother of Prince Ossomer, was named [[Chief Warlord]] after Ossomer and [[Heir]], both on the day he became King.
	*[[Cubbins]] - [[Hat Magic\|Hat Magician]]		*[[Cubbins]] - [[Hat Magic\|Hat Magician]]
	*[[Pierce]] - [[Healomancer]]		*[[Pierce]] - [[Healomancer]]
-	*[[Ace Hardware]] - [[Dollamancer]]
	*[[Lloyd]] - [[Dittomancer]]		*[[Lloyd]] - [[Dittomancer]]
	*Captain [[Price]]		*Captain [[Price]]

Parson Gotti

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	\|class= [[Chief Warlord]], [[Caster]] (Unknown Discipline)		\|class= [[Chief Warlord]], [[Caster]] (Unknown Discipline)
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Siege of Spacerock

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	Jack chose to bring in a [[purple dwagon]]. Its sonic attack finished off Jetstone's remaining forces, but Jack lost control over it, had a [[fall]], and [[croaked]]. Enraged, Parson broke the king's back and asked him why he had switched capitals. The king explained that he had done it to avenge [[Ansom]] and protect Jetstone. He revealed that the capital switch was a trap, and that Charlie had come up with the idea. He gloated that the [[fire]] had gone to [[inferno]], leaving Parson with no chance to survive, and asked Parson to claim his prize. Parson threw Slately to a red dwagon, who crushed the King in its mouth.		Jack chose to bring in a [[purple dwagon]]. Its sonic attack finished off Jetstone's remaining forces, but Jack lost control over it, had a [[fall]], and [[croaked]]. Enraged, Parson broke the king's back and asked him why he had switched capitals. The king explained that he had done it to avenge [[Ansom]] and protect Jetstone. He revealed that the capital switch was a trap, and that Charlie had come up with the idea. He gloated that the [[fire]] had gone to [[inferno]], leaving Parson with no chance to survive, and asked Parson to claim his prize. Parson threw Slately to a red dwagon, who crushed the King in its mouth.

-	To undo the trap, Parson asked [[Stanley]] to switch Gobwin Knob's [[capital]] over to Spacerock. Stanley refused, and before Parson could make his case, the [[thinkagram]] was cut off. Believing the thinkagram had been cut off by Maggie's dwindling [[juice]], Parson attempted to send his message through by [[Eyebook]], transmitting that by switching capitals, it would open the portal and allow him to call Sizemore in to put out the fire. But then, Charlie finally revealed his hand. Believing Parson's [[Fate]] to have been sealed, Charlie proceeded to taunt him, saying, "I gave you a way out, Parson. You should have taken it." and urged Parson to cast the scroll Charlie sent him.	+	To undo the trap, Parson asked [[Stanley]] to switch Gobwin Knob's [[capital]] over to Spacerock. Stanley refused, and before Parson could make his case, the [[thinkagram]] was cut off. Believing the thinkagram had been cut off by Maggie's dwindling [[juice]], Parson attempted to send his message through by [[Eyebook]], transmitting that by switching capitals, it would open the portal and allow him to call Sizemore in to put out the fire. But then, Charlie finally revealed his hand. Believing Parson's [[Fate]] to have been sealed, Charlie proceeded to taunt him, saying, "I gave you a way out, Parson. You should have taken it." and urged Parson to cast the [[scroll]] Charlie sent him.
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		+	Parson began fiddling with his [[Mathamancy Bracer]] and discovered that in addition to being a [[warlord]], he was also a [[caster]] of some kind. It revealed a tiny, but non-[[zero]] chance of him casting a [[Dirtamancy]] spell to put out the fire. When asking it for the odds of casting the [[Carnymancy]] scroll Charlie sent him, the [[Titans]] used Carnymancy to tamper with it, making it say zero. But Charlie's Carnymancy allowed the true odds to flash for an instant: 98%. Feeling that he had no other choice, Parson opened the scroll, which in turn unlocked his power as a caster. But as he attempted to cast the spell, a wooden beam collapsed and left him [[incapacitated]].
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		+	After an existential moment with [[Zhopa]], Stanley came to realize that he actually ''did'' care about Parson. After some deliberation, he rushed to his [[throne]] to switch [[Gobwin Knob]]'s [[capital]] over to [[Spacerock]].

	==Notes==		==Notes==

Parson Gotti

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	=Canon=		=Canon=

-	'''Parson A. Gotti''', (born December 7, 1982 in Indianapolis, Indiana), or '''Lord Hamster''', is a human gamer, and author of the webcomic [http://hamstard.com/ Hamstard]. Originally from Earth, resident of the city of Columbus, Ohio, he was summoned to [[Erfworld]] by [[Wanda Firebaugh]] in 3 [[AW]], and appointed [[Chief Warlord]] under [[Stanley the Tool]] of [[Gobwin Knob]]. He was demoted to [[Warlord]] in 10 [[AW]], and re-promoted to a [[Chief Warlord]] again in Book 2, Page 32.	+	'''Parson A. Gotti''', (born December 7, 1982 in Indianapolis, Indiana), or '''Lord Hamster''', is a human gamer, and author of the webcomic [http://hamstard.com/ Hamstard]. Originally from Earth, resident of the city of Columbus, Ohio, he was summoned to [[Erfworld]] by [[Wanda Firebaugh]] in 3 [[AW]], and appointed [[Chief Warlord]] under [[Stanley the Tool]] of [[Gobwin Knob]]. He was demoted to [[Warlord]] in 10 [[AW]], and re-promoted to a [[Chief Warlord]] again in Book 2, Page 32. In [[LIAB Text 59]], it is revealed that Parson is also a [[caster]] and his abilities are unlocked.

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	===Parson the Signamancer===		===Parson the Signamancer===
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		+	Parson is confirmed to be a caster, but it is still unknown which discipline.

	It has been speculated that Parson may be a [[Signamancer]], based on a variety of factors: [[Charlie]]'s hints that he can probably cast from [[scroll]]s, Signamancy being Fate-aligned Hippiemancy, [[Janis]]'s claim that he is a Hippiemancer, and perhaps the nature of Signamancy itself{{blog\|2009\|9\|summer-updates-037}} which meshes very well with Parson's ''ability'' to come up with new powerful (described as 'disturbing') game-changing strategies in [[Erfworld]]'s reality. It is possible that [[Janis]]'s claim is based on Parson's true nature, that is he is a gamer as opposed to and in addition to being a playing piece in a world bound by game like rules. Paradoxically as both an outsider and an expert, the ''significance'' of many aspects of Erfworld are quite clear to Parson in that he ''naturally'' looks to what everything in Erfworld ''signifies'' not what they "are".		It has been speculated that Parson may be a [[Signamancer]], based on a variety of factors: [[Charlie]]'s hints that he can probably cast from [[scroll]]s, Signamancy being Fate-aligned Hippiemancy, [[Janis]]'s claim that he is a Hippiemancer, and perhaps the nature of Signamancy itself{{blog\|2009\|9\|summer-updates-037}} which meshes very well with Parson's ''ability'' to come up with new powerful (described as 'disturbing') game-changing strategies in [[Erfworld]]'s reality. It is possible that [[Janis]]'s claim is based on Parson's true nature, that is he is a gamer as opposed to and in addition to being a playing piece in a world bound by game like rules. Paradoxically as both an outsider and an expert, the ''significance'' of many aspects of Erfworld are quite clear to Parson in that he ''naturally'' looks to what everything in Erfworld ''signifies'' not what they "are".
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	Finally, this perhaps explains many of Parsons relationships. He appears most comfortable in relationships with casters, Bogroll a notable exception. For example, his two closest companions in Erfworld are both casters; Maggie, who repeatedly notes he is a very different sort of warlord, and Sizemore, who stated very early on that he had a deep interest in all kinds of magic. It is possible that Sizemore's interest in Parson could be a subconscious reflection of this. Parson's comfort with them appeared most significant during a drunken Signamantic(?) conversation about the nature of time in Erfworld. [http://www.erfworld.com/summer-update-2009-archive/?px=%2FE029_JoeZuniga_DrunkTime.jpg] Last but not least, Signamancy would explain why he understands much of Jack's, the Foolamancer's, ''cloaked'' speech. As a Signamancer he would ''naturally'' be able to see clearly to a Foolamancer's ''cloaked'' meaning.		Finally, this perhaps explains many of Parsons relationships. He appears most comfortable in relationships with casters, Bogroll a notable exception. For example, his two closest companions in Erfworld are both casters; Maggie, who repeatedly notes he is a very different sort of warlord, and Sizemore, who stated very early on that he had a deep interest in all kinds of magic. It is possible that Sizemore's interest in Parson could be a subconscious reflection of this. Parson's comfort with them appeared most significant during a drunken Signamantic(?) conversation about the nature of time in Erfworld. [http://www.erfworld.com/summer-update-2009-archive/?px=%2FE029_JoeZuniga_DrunkTime.jpg] Last but not least, Signamancy would explain why he understands much of Jack's, the Foolamancer's, ''cloaked'' speech. As a Signamancer he would ''naturally'' be able to see clearly to a Foolamancer's ''cloaked'' meaning.
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		+	Most significantly, in [[LIAB Text 59]], the page which reveals Parson's casting ability, it states that Parson can now understand some of the things behind what he can see. It might just be referring to his new senses as a general caster, but it could also be referring to the basic power of Signamancy.

	===How was Parson able to get into the Magic Kingdom?===		===How was Parson able to get into the Magic Kingdom?===

Charlie

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	*One calculation on the odds of Gobwin Knob still standing after at the end of the current [[turn]].{{erf\|1\|105}}		*One calculation on the odds of Gobwin Knob still standing after at the end of the current [[turn]].{{erf\|1\|105}}
	*One calculation on the odds that forfeiting the eight remaining calculations would be a fair exchange for learning [[decrypted\|why the Archon units lost at Gobwin Knob now fight for Stanley]]. The calculation (a 4.14% chance of the exchange being worth it) led Charlie to refuse the deal. This calculation backfired: it taught Parson how to use his bracer to perform sophisticated calculations (and meta-calculations) on abstract future events.{{blog\|2009\|10\|summer-updates-039}}		*One calculation on the odds that forfeiting the eight remaining calculations would be a fair exchange for learning [[decrypted\|why the Archon units lost at Gobwin Knob now fight for Stanley]]. The calculation (a 4.14% chance of the exchange being worth it) led Charlie to refuse the deal. This calculation backfired: it taught Parson how to use his bracer to perform sophisticated calculations (and meta-calculations) on abstract future events.{{blog\|2009\|10\|summer-updates-039}}
-	*One calculation on the odds that Parson is capable of casting a [[scroll]].{{ref\|[[LIAB 108]]}}	+	*One calculation on the odds that Parson is capable of casting the [[Carnymancy]] [[scroll]] Charlie gave him.{{ref\|[[LIAB 108]]}} In this case, the bracer gave glitched results. The [[Titan]]s' [[Carnymancy]] tampered with the bracer, giving a chance of [[zero]], so as to dissuade Parson from taking the option. But Charlie's Carnymancy fought against it, allowing the true odds to flash briefly. The bracer revealed that Parson is indeed a caster and had a 98% chance of successfully casting the scroll.

	===Charlie's Rules===		===Charlie's Rules===

Caster

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	==Using Magic==		==Using Magic==
	A caster seems to automatically know some of the spells available to him. He can also learn spells from other casters <sup>[[IPTSF Text 23]]</sup> or work them out through experimentation. The potency of a caster's spells increases with his level <sup>[[IPTSF Text 20]]</sup>. To cast a spell a caster expends some of his [[juice]] <sup>[[TBFGK 104]]</sup>. Since the amount of juice a caster has is limited, the amount of magic a caster can perform during one turn is also limited <sup>[[TBFGK 90]]</sup>.		A caster seems to automatically know some of the spells available to him. He can also learn spells from other casters <sup>[[IPTSF Text 23]]</sup> or work them out through experimentation. The potency of a caster's spells increases with his level <sup>[[IPTSF Text 20]]</sup>. To cast a spell a caster expends some of his [[juice]] <sup>[[TBFGK 104]]</sup>. Since the amount of juice a caster has is limited, the amount of magic a caster can perform during one turn is also limited <sup>[[TBFGK 90]]</sup>.
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		+	All casters have extra senses. One for magic in general, and one related to their discipline. For example, all casters are able to gain an innate understanding of the magic that lies behind a [[scroll]].<sup>[[LIAB Text 59]]</sup> But only [[Thinkamancer]]s have an innate sense for the vibrations of a [[G-String]].<sup>[[LIAB Text 38]]</sup>

	Casters can use [[scroll]]s to cast spells without expending juice. Scrolls also allow a caster access to disciplines and spells that she does not know <sup>[[TBFGK 126]]</sup>. It is unknown if there are restrictions on the disciplines or spells that can be made into scrolls.		Casters can use [[scroll]]s to cast spells without expending juice. Scrolls also allow a caster access to disciplines and spells that she does not know <sup>[[TBFGK 126]]</sup>. It is unknown if there are restrictions on the disciplines or spells that can be made into scrolls.

-	Some casters know (and can cast) spells outside their discipline. The talent for this differs strongly between casters, from (almost) none ([[Sizemore Rockwell]]) to quite a lot ([[Wanda Firebaugh]]) <sup>[[TBFGK 13]]</sup>. The ability to cast spells outside one's discipline ~~may be (partly) level-~~dependent <sup>[[IPTSF Text 19]]</sup>. There may be restrictions on the disciplines or spells accessible in this way. It is unknown whether a caster can attain Adept or Master rank, with the associated benefits, in a discipline that he does not belong to.	+	Some casters know (and can cast) spells outside their discipline. The talent for this differs strongly between casters, from (almost) none ([[Sizemore Rockwell]]) to quite a lot ([[Wanda Firebaugh]]) <sup>[[TBFGK 13]]</sup>. The ability to cast spells outside one's discipline is dependent on level<sup>[[IPTSF Text 19]]</sup>, current casting [[bonus]]es, and familiarity with the discipline. There may be restrictions on the disciplines or spells accessible in this way. It is unknown whether a caster can attain Adept or Master rank, with the associated benefits, in a discipline that he does not belong to.

-	Casters can also create [[Magic_Item\|magic items]] <sup>[[LIAB 69]]</sup>. No particulars about the creation process have been revealed.	+	Casters can also create [[Magic_Item\|magic items]] <sup>[[LIAB 69]]</sup>. No particulars about the creation process have been revealed, although [[Ace]] has been shown chanting spells over items that were previously non-magical.

	==Commander==		==Commander==

Parson Gotti

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