Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-03-30

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-03-30; Content:Early sample of some Runiverse game combat animations released by Bisonic, circa February 2022.

## Contents

  * 1 An Interview with Bisonic's Jeldor
  * 2 Warriors Updates
  * 3 Elf Becomes a Celebrity
  * 4 Other Cult News Items
  * 5 Lore Reading

### An Interview with Bisonic's Jeldor[edit | edit source]

Preview of some player housing design options, released by developer Bisonic circa April 2022.

We got a lot of new tidbits about the Runiverse game! Jeldor from Bisonic (Runiverse game studio) gave an update on the game. He says its heavily influenced by classic games like Everquest and Ultima Online, but with crypto on top. Those games had player-driven economies, but the game developers weren’t aligned with this activity, and took measures to shut it down. In the Runiverse, every resource is a token and every item is an NFT. Essentially, it uses blockchain tech to enhance what would already be a great game, and allows players to benefit from the time they are spending and the value they are creating in the game.

Gaming loops: In the game, you can go on encounters (including real-time multiplayer) to go on quests, fight monsters, level up and get items/resources. Wizards will have access first (to play in-game with your character), with Souls, Warriors etc. coming a bit later. The NFTs will basically be custom skins that you can use in game, but the levels won’t transfer with the NFTs (in a sale); that works separately. However, anyone can play with the generic character creator. The game is classless with levels, but the different abilities can be combined to create class archetypes.

Runiverse Land Sale details were later released by Bisonic.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-03-30

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-03-30; Content:Runiverse Land Sale details were later released by Bisonic.

2nd game loop: The land tokens give you ownership of land in the game, and this presents an additional gameplay aspect. There are many types of land and assets that you can build and acquire for your land. You can build a customized structure on the land, and other players can visit it. You could even pool resources with friends to build larger scale structures and communities. And you are free to trade all the resources in the game to help accomplish this. These are the two big loops in the game, although there will be others that will be revealed later. The game will be developing along with the players, and will be ongoing, to be a living creation.

In April 2022, the Forgotten Runes Twitter account announced the Top 20 vote-getters in the Honorary Warriors competition. A subset of these + Magic Machine selected recipients would receive custom-made Warriors.

Runiverse game art: Elf says the game artists have consulted with him on how best to combine ancient and modern elements in the environments. For example, there is a grounded fighter jet, overgrown with vines, in the world. Elf: "The art has such a great storytelling component. It reveals so much of the history, the people and their background, just through the set pieces in the landscape. It’s going to be so much fun to explore it all." The animations are being developed with emotes. Each character is up-rezzed from the original look, which allows for more secondary motions to hair, walk cycles, etc.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-03-30

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-03-30; Content:Runiverse land sale: The public land sale will allow you to have a unique minting experience, and then immediately be able to walk around on your land with other ppl in real time. Kel's Editorial note: I find the above to be refreshing in the NFT space, where typically you pay first, get the token, and then need to wait some period of time before you can do anything (possibly forever). Continued land sale info: There will be a special event at that time too, where you can go out into the world and search for something special, and people will be rewarded if they can locate all the items in the scavenger hunt. Elf: A lot of other land sales place the plots kind of randomly, or using an algorithm. But the Runiverse land plots are being hand-placed with purpose, to enhance the world-building and story elements of the game. This will lead to a better product, but it requires more time and more people (which Bisonic has elected to do). Land plots range from 8x8 all the way to 128x128 in size. Bigger is not always better, but it DOES give you more room to build. The plots do not come with structures, you need to use in-game resources to build up what you want. Jeldor: I’m excited about the city-building tools we are creating. On your plot of land, you can use a permission system to set conditions, so only members of your guild or group can perform different actions on your land.

### Warriors Updates[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-03-30

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-03-30; Content:### Warriors Updates[edit | edit source]

Elf, Dotta and Bearsnake had a discussion about the effects of adding Warriors to the community. Although there will be overlap, the sort of people who might be interested in representing themselves as a Warrior, might be different in some ways. Elf asked the community to lean in to any drama that comes from this new faction, and become shepherds to them rather than hiding away in our white towers, much as that might be attractive at times.

Sample of a pony walk-cycle (with Wizard)

The Warrior Honoraries contest was also made formal. Everyone could submit Warrior nominations until the deadline of April 1st, 3 PM PST. The top 20 nominees will appear in a poll, and the community will select a top 10 from those options. See the Discord announcements for further details. The honorary winners will be announced during the next Wizard Wednesday (WW).

### Elf Becomes a Celebrity[edit | edit source]

Elf made a few media appearances recently. He was on a Creatokia podcast talking about the project and decentralized world-building. He also interviewed with an indie film about NFTs, "Nifty", which will be released in Q3 2023. The movie is partly sponsored by Coinbase. Many other well-known NFT people will be in it, and many of them will remain anon (repped by their avatar). Elf will appear as himself.

### Other Cult News Items[edit | edit source]

In case you had heard about a special guest to today's WW and are wondering what happened, it's because that guest had to postpone until next week. The anticipation builds...


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-03-30

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-03-30; Content:Bearcave update: LachnessMonsta is visiting the Bearcave, and in a couple hours they will have a dinner with wizards attending NFT LA. At the same time, they are actively planning for NFT NYC, where wizards will have the opportunity to experience the Runivers "IRL".

Pony walkcycles will be available this Friday! Souls turnarounds and walkcycles are now in production, with the help of 0xCosmo.

Legend Maps is integrating Forgotten Runes wizards, the first project to have this honor!

In the FRWC Discord server, there was a moderator change - Arad has stepped down, and Jitcy has assumed the role. Many thanks for both for their various contributions to the Cult!

### Lore Reading[edit | edit source]

Lore readings this week were Zizzle reading about Shadow Mage Nixie of the Riviera (3467), and redrobot reading about Hydromancer Quddus of the Keep (723) and his unfortunate Sun Cat.


Games
Tools
Comics
Notable Cult Members

Main Page/Cult Content

Title: Main Page/Cult Content; Content:Games
Tools
Comics
Notable Cult Members


Zombie Bunny
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Zombie Bunny

Title: Zombie Bunny; Content:Zombie Bunny
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Null Goat (Runes Card)

Title: Null Goat (Runes Card); Content:Null Goat (Basic) by Ozzz

Null Goat is a card in the Runes Trading Card Game with a Potency of 5

### Lore[edit | edit source]

> Native to the BattleMage Mountains, Null Goats are a species of goat that have developed magic resistant skull & horns in order to fend off magic users that hunt in the mountains. Shepherds who also inhabit the area have begun domesticating the animals as they are fiercely loyal & excellent sentries.

— Giveahoot


Zimbala
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Zimbala


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-10-20

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-10-20; Content:Sanchan Saxena, VP of Product for Coinbase, demonstrates the Coinbase NFT platform in a video, which features Forgotten Runes Wizards prominently. (October 2021)

## Contents

  * 1 Dotta Speaks in Coinbase NFT Spaces
  * 2 TV Trailer Animation Update
  * 3 Forgotten Souls Update
  * 4 The Mysterious Disappearance of WAGMI-san
  * 5 Other Magic Machine Announcements
  * 6 Lore Reading

### Dotta Speaks in Coinbase NFT Spaces[edit | edit source]

Dotta shares the official press release announcing a deal between Magic Machine and Titmouse animation to create an animated TV series based on Forgotten Runes Wizard's Cult.

Dotta was part of a panel of NFT creators speaking in a Twitter Spaces of the inaugural partners for the Coinbase NFT platform. The project gained a lot of attention as a result.

Dotta said that it was fun to be part of the panel. He talked about how NFTs make derivative art more interesting. An analogy is plagiarism vs. citation, you can't just copy other's work, but you can cite it, and give them credit for the idea, while building on top of it. In software, open source software works because you can see who contributed specific code to the project, built on layers. In NFTs, you can have derivative projects. In the traditional art world, these projects are often frowned upon, but for NFTs you have cryptographic proof of the originals, and so the derivatives are tributes to those. Elf added that he doesn't think anyone has approached this concept in the fantasy world into Forgotten Runes.

### TV Trailer Animation Update[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-10-20

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-10-20; Content:### TV Trailer Animation Update[edit | edit source]

It was formally announced that Titmouse studio would be working with Forgotten Runes on a long-form animation show. Bearsnake said that this was a crucial step to developing an animated show, and that Titmouse has been responsible for various shows that have aired on major TV and streaming platforms. Elf said that this deal would not have been possible without Bearsnake's connections, and this type of thing is exactly why he was brought on as a founding member of the team.

Elf's goal for the writing is to use the Book of Lore as source material. This doesn't mean that the stories go in exactly as written, but more as inspiration for a larger narrative. Bearsnake said that a show-runner will be brought in to be in charge of the writer's room and work on the day-to-day work of the show's creation, helping to translate the Forgotten Runes IP in a television format. And he would love to find a way for financial benefits derived from the show, to be spread out to the community of holders. He acknowledged that this would be unprecedented in the world of entertainment, and as a result, getting the legal and regulatory aspects figured out will take time.

When asked about the target audience for the animation, Elf said he'd like it to be oriented more toward adult audiences. Bearsnake said he likes shows that can work for multiple audiences - appropriate for kids, but also has content that adults will appreciate. Elf said that something like TV-14/PG-13 equivalent might work.

Dotta clarified that the deal is to develop and pitch the show with Titmouse, it doesn't guarantee funding or a buyer. This process will take time, at least 18 months, so holders will need to be patient.

### Forgotten Souls Update[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-10-20

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-10-20; Content:### Forgotten Souls Update[edit | edit source]

The final aspects of the Forgotten Souls Burn event are being put together. Dr. Slurp was hired to create music and sounds for the burning process. Slurp came up and talked a little about his creative process.

Dotta said he will be in "programmer mode" for the next week or so to ensure that the event is ready by Halloween.

Elf mentioned that the Secret Tower on the website has been updated with some thematic visuals.

### The Mysterious Disappearance of WAGMI-san[edit | edit source]

LachnessMonsta came up and talked about some inter-project happenings between Forgotten Runes and 10KTF. Grailed 10KTF holders came into the discord on a "search for WAGMI-san." Some wizards played along with the role-playing, although WAGMI wasn't found in the Runiverse. The significance of these events was still cryptic at this point.

Madotsuki noted that this is a prototypical version of a game-like NFT experience.

### Other Magic Machine Announcements[edit | edit source]

  * Bearsnake said that the merch box is still in development, it has been delayed by supply chain issues. He expects it to be arriving at people's doors in late-November / early-December. He was cagey about the contents of the box for now. Dotta reassured people some some of the "major items" would be delivered later.
  * Walk-cycles are still in progress. Everyone involved is busy with other projects, and Elf is working on Souls art at the moment, but they will arrive eventually. But Elf is happy to see the Wizard turnarounds being used already.

### Lore Reading[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-10-20

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-10-20; Content:### Lore Reading[edit | edit source]

The lore reading this week was from Shroomie reading about their Wizard, Illusionist Gaspard of the Oasis (9566)


Wrestler Giant
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Wrestler Giant

Title: Wrestler Giant; Content:Wrestler Giant
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Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2023-02-08

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2023-02-08; Content:Secret Tower Wizard Yoga Club, 3D Wizard Rigs At the Secret Tower

Immediately after the initial call, Elf reveals that the team is meeting in San Francisco to visit Bisonic, who are making the Forgotten Runiverse game. No more information is revealed about the game, and the discussion quickly turns to the new 3D Wizard models.

## Contents

  * 1 New 3D Rigs
  * 2 Runes TCG
    * 2.1 Leaps in the Runiverse
  * 3 BlackSand Mounts Mint
    * 3.1 The Horizontal Playing Field
  * 4 Ordinals
    * 4.1 The Shadow Hats
    * 4.2 Objections for Ordinals
  * 5 Battle for Goblin Town & Closing Notes

## New 3D Rigs[edit | edit source]

Elf shouts out Nightowlbirdman, Magus Wazir, Cheddabob, and Tabitha of the Marsh for the content they are making with the 3D models. He also mentions that this doubles as a test period for the rigs and notes a few issues with the current renders that the team wants to fix. Dotta also expresses excitement for the 3D models and the ability to participate with Wizards on multiple different platforms. Elf talks about the advantages of The Camera in 3D versus 2D models and discusses the cinematographic aspects of works composed with 3D models.

The team commends Waz for both creative and technical achievements and Elf also mentions a deepfake that Wazir made which appears to pit Elf against Joe Rogan on his eponymous talk show — says to look forward to more fun things.

## Runes TCG[edit | edit source]

### Leaps in the Runiverse[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2023-02-08

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2023-02-08; Content:### Leaps in the Runiverse[edit | edit source]

Giveahoot talks about Runes TCG and explains inspirations from within the community and touches on how 7 different artists brought life to the lore provided by the writers with their works on the cards. Elf says the Runiverse has taken a huge leap forward in the Runes TCG build. The two expound on the success of Runes and how it is grounded in art, lorebuilding, and the fun of actually opening the packs of cards.

Dotta and Madotsuki share pack opening experiences. Giveahoot talks about lorebuilding in the TCG and its connections to the Book of Lore.

Nano Voyager, a BlackSand Pony

## BlackSand Mounts Mint[edit | edit source]

### The Horizontal Playing Field[edit | edit source]

Elf uses this example of the Collaborative Legendarium at work to segue into news about BlackSand, whose mint for a collection of new Mounts opened on Feb. 08, 2023. Elf talks about the value of community-made collections like Runes and the BlackSand Mounts. He imagines a horizontal playing field where these types of quality tokens made by Cult members could be just as valuable as any that Magic Machine have distributed.

Legatus joins and expresses excitement for the mint. Bill Gains and Acideater join and also talk about working on the collection. Elf jokes that Acid is doing his style better than he does. Bill praises Legatus' project management skills:

"This is the culture we're here for."

## Ordinals[edit | edit source]

The Shadow Hats, Inscriptions 957-964, 966, 967 with metadata inscribed as #969

### The Shadow Hats[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2023-02-08

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2023-02-08; Content:### The Shadow Hats[edit | edit source]

Niski joins to discuss Ordinals and talks about the woes of the early tech along with some of the rarity standards for the new medium. Dotta says they are a breath of fresh air as a "reason to use your Bitcoin."

Elf says, "I just wanted to give Bitcoin some love...You just gotta respect it," and goes on to emphasize the importance of Bitcoin to the crypto community at large and states this was an opportunity to put Forgotten Runes on the Bitcoin Door. He then reveals the inspiration behind the Shadow Hats Collection is none other than Satoshi Nakamoto. Elf likens Satoshi to the ultimate black hat anon, though he says he doesn't know if the Shadow Hats are Black Hat Wizards, but wanted the Inscription on the Bitcoin Door to echo secrets of the Quantum Shadow.

> "I don't know if they're Black Hats...I don't even know if they're Wizards."

### Objections for Ordinals[edit | edit source]

Dotta speaks on the advantages of BTC maxis as "...providing a foundation you don't even know you're standing on." Madotsuki explains Ordinals are driving more developers to BTC and posits a theory of a digital cave where Ordinals will be the paintings first discovered at the cave's entrance years in the future, where the rest of the digital artifacts may be found deeper in the cave. Niski says Ordinals feel like BTC and ETH have been united in this common mission. Elf invites Ordinals haters to the floor, but has no takers. Dotta addresses concerns and notes a few "fair objections" like bloating the blockchain — but has a brief aside about pruning Taproot data as a potential solution.

## Battle for Goblin Town & Closing Notes[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2023-02-08

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2023-02-08; Content:## Battle for Goblin Town & Closing Notes[edit | edit source]

Dotta also gives a few updates for Battle for Goblin Town: "We're going to ship it as soon as we can finish the code." He also notes that there are around 20 contracts involved!

Elf closes the meeting by reiterating the importance of this time in Bitcoin's history and says, "We are bringing the aesthetics; we are bringing the culture; we are bringing the fun."


Quantum Sword
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Quantum Sword

Title: Quantum Sword; Content:Quantum Sword
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Red Ronin Armor
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Red Ronin Armor

Title: Red Ronin Armor; Content:Red Ronin Armor
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Main Page/Start Here

Title: Main Page/Start Here; Content:* A Guide to the Collections
  * Buyers Guide


Shade Spectre
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Shade Spectre

Title: Shade Spectre; Content:Shade Spectre
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Metabot
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Metabot


Rune of Souls
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Rune of Souls

Title: Rune of Souls; Content:Rune of Souls
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Dark Sister
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Dark Sister

Title: Dark Sister; Content:Dark Sister
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Alabaster Paladin Gear
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Alabaster Paladin Gear

Title: Alabaster Paladin Gear; Content:Alabaster Paladin Gear
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Blight Zombie
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Blight Zombie

Title: Blight Zombie; Content:Blight Zombie
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Goblet of Immortality
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Goblet of Immortality

Title: Goblet of Immortality; Content:Goblet of Immortality
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Excalibur
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Excalibur


The Secret Tower

Title: The Secret Tower; Content:The beginnings of the Secret Tower.

The Secret Tower

## Contents

  * 1 In the Runiverse
  * 2 Forgotten Runiverse Game
  * 3 Discord
  * 4 Seasonal Images

## In the Runiverse[edit | edit source]

The Secret Tower is located in the central part of the known Runiverse. Nestled in a range of mountains, the Secret Tower is flanked on the west by the body of water known as the Salt, and across the mountain ranges to its east lies Fur Gnome Wold.

The Secret Tower

## Forgotten Runiverse Game[edit | edit source]

The Secret Tower is located at (x, y) in the game.

## Discord[edit | edit source]

In some ways, the Secret Tower is the birthplace of the Cult. Known affectionately as #the-secret-tower, it is the first and oldest channel of the discord where Magic Machine raised the Forgotten Runes Cult. It is the place where cult members congregate to chat, discuss and debate matters pertaining to the cult's well-being and interests, and for sharing joys and sorrows. Cult members share memorable moments (both in real life and on-chain) here such as welcoming the birth of children, celebrating Christmas and other momentous occasions.

## Seasonal Images[edit | edit source]

  * The Secret Tower at Halloween

  * The Secret Tower at Christmas


Consumption Tattered
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Consumption Tattered

Title: Consumption Tattered; Content:Consumption Tattered
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Attack Drone
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Attack Drone

Title: Attack Drone; Content:Attack Drone
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Green Caped Traveller
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Green Caped Traveller

Title: Green Caped Traveller; Content:Green Caped Traveller
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The Grand Cultural Exchange

Title: The Grand Cultural Exchange; Content:> To the honourable diplomats of the partners of the desert kingdom,
>
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>  We are writing to you today to invite you to the most sacred of our traditional ceremonies, The Mercantile Sacrament. In the event that you are unfamiliar with our ways, the Mercantile Sacrament is a ceremony in which we offer up among the most sacred of our cultural artefacts as gifts for mutual exchange with those who The Barren Court considers friends of the desert. Held on the first day of the month of the Scarlet Moon, The Mercantile Sacrament is a time of great joy and celebration for our people, and we would be honoured to host you as our guests.
>
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>  If you would be open to bringing along a gift to represent your own proud culture to offer up to the sands, the following list includes some examples of traditional gifts we have received from allies and partners in previous such ceremonies. However, in the interest of respecting the varied and diverse peoples and creatures of the continent, we would be happy to work with you to accommodate any gift which does not fit neatly within these guidelines.
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>   * A gift representative of your culture. This will be a square image, video, audio, 3D models or a HTML page, and will be minted from the binding (ERC-1155) contract of the Mercantile Sacrament. The only condition being that we loosely ask it constitute a "gift" thematically, in the spirit of the sacred ceremony.
>   * A quote, word of wisdom, or rumours whispered on the winds (a sentence which we will use to generate a square image).
>   * Forgotten Runes NFTs, including but not limited to warriors, wizards, souls, ponies and spawns. It is typically not deemed appropriate for babies to attend the ceremony.
>   * ETH/USDC.
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The Grand Cultural Exchange

Title: The Grand Cultural Exchange; Content:>
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>  We look forward to hearing from the envoys of your kingdoms, and to welcoming you to our heartland in the wandering sands.
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> The Barren Court

To register for the Grand Cultural Exchange as a foreign envoy, click here.


Purple
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Purple


Ozzz of the Atelier

Title: Ozzz of the Atelier; Content:Ozzz of the Atelier (Basic) by Ozzz

Ozzz of the Atelier is a card in the Runes Trading Card Game with a Potency of 7

### Lore[edit | edit source]

> Ozzz of the Atelier is a wizard. A transformer of thought into form and revealer of light. The brush strokes and timings of his work as natural as magic. You can find him at The Atelier, where he plays with existence on the canvas, letting everything be as it is, beautiful and free.

— Giveahoot


Green Kite
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Green Kite

Title: Green Kite; Content:Green Kite
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HanbenP

Title: HanbenP; Content:HanbenP is a freelance NFT artist who is open to commissions through their Twitter. Hani often makes art for the Wizards, Shaman Eizo of the Tower and Shaman Beyna in the Shadows.


Armor of Air
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Armor of Air

Title: Armor of Air; Content:Armor of Air
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Red Chainsaw
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Red Chainsaw

Title: Red Chainsaw; Content:Red Chainsaw
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Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-08-24

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-08-24; Content:A response letter written by Kurt Vonnegut to high school students in 2006, shortly before he passed away. Magic Machine endorses the value of everyone making art in some capacity.

## Contents

  * 1 Magic Machine Likes Kurt Vonnegut
  * 2 Wizard Affinity Data is Now on OpenSea!
  * 3 Community News
    * 3.1 Forgotten Runes Board Game
    * 3.2 Treasure Trove is Released
    * 3.3 Moron Global - Wizard Waifu Content Conclusion
  * 4 Code Name: Binary Star
  * 5 Heroes of Cumberland Launches

### Magic Machine Likes Kurt Vonnegut[edit | edit source]

This is the first of our Wizard Wednesdays (WW) with no Elf, who is on vacation at an undisclosed location. Dotta opened by mentioning a Kurt Vonnegut anecdote that went viral on social media this week (and first shared in the Wizard discord by giveahoot). Vonnegut gave a thoughtful response to a student letter urging people to create for its own sake. Dotta proceeded to share the concept of Universal Shapes, basically 6 basic story plots that were presented by Vonnegut in the 90s.

### Wizard Affinity Data is Now on OpenSea![edit | edit source]

The first big Magic Machine (MM) news of this week is that Wizard affinity data is now available on OpenSea! This was one of the innovative aspects of the original Wizard collection, a measure of cohesiveness among the traits of the collection. At first, Dotta decided to not include it in the trait data on OpenSea. But due to challenges with new entrants discovering affinity, Magic Machine has decided to bring them to OpenSea (as it was already present for the Souls and Warriors collections).


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-08-24

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-08-24; Content:Dotta said that when you look at Wizards with 100% affinity, they “sing” because the traits were designed to fit together. He admitted that 100% affinity wizards are his favorites among the collection. He proceeded to explain the concept of affinities a little further. There is an Affinity name, a # of traits, and a percentage of traits (number of traits in the same affinity compared to total traits). (Note: There is a Youtube video explaining affinities from HighTac.

A prototype of a Forgotten Runes-themed board game in development, shared by brennen.eth via Twitter, circa August 2022.

### Community News[edit | edit source]

#### Forgotten Runes Board Game[edit | edit source]

The main focus this week was on community projects. We started with Brennen, who is developing a Forgotten Runes strategic board game. Brennen has been developing and designing board games for 10 years. He enjoys working within the limits of physical board games (as opposed to developing code, which is his day job). Brennen has previously developed Raid, a Viking-themed card game, and is about to release Seven Sails, a pirate-themed game. As a result of his experiences, he became a game consultant for a game publishing company. Through this role, he met faison (spelling may be incorrect), who had the original concept for the Runes game (although it didn’t have that theme at the time).


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-08-24

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-08-24; Content:He describes it as a mixture of Monopoly and a diplomatic-themed game like Game of Thrones. The objective is to build a tower, and lately, brennen and faison have worked to fit the mechanics to the Forgotten Runes theme. There has already been some alpha testing done using Tabletopia. A physical prototype has been created as well, and this will help the team further refine the game. Once the House of Wizards DAO re-opens proposals, brennen plans to submit a proposal to pay community members to provide lore and art assets for the game. As a Nouns-holder, brennen is a believer in the process. He thinks that the game can be a good way to get FRWC into the mainstream. Brennen plans to include 8 Wizards, 8 Warriors, and 8 Souls in the game, so there is a possibility to get one of your characters into it also. The Nightmare Imp Beast is already planned for inclusion.

An upcoming casual dice-and-card game in development from Solopop, shared via Twitter, circa August 2022.

#### Treasure Trove is Released[edit | edit source]

We moved to MeepleDad talking about Treasure Trove. The objective of this project is to collect physical Forgotten Runes creations from a variety of community members into one loot box. Then shipping can be coordinated for all of them at once. Items in the box include Wizard cards (7-suit deck with FRWC ranks) from MeepleDad (with art from ArtisRock), and the Spell Runes dice & card game (PvP-Yahtzee-RPG) from SoloPop (Dr. Poplovski), and physical Runes trading cards, among other items.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-08-24

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-08-24; Content:Solopop(lovski) explained the gameplay and mechanics of the Spell Runes game, and described it as a mixture of random chance and strategic play to attract a casual gaming audience. Giveahoot mentioned that card artwork for the Runes TCG is in progress, and it is looking amazing.

MeepleDad will use Sushi’s Miso service to sell Treasure Trove, which will be open over the next week. There will be prizes for the largest donors, including poems from Lorepunk. The team needs to sell $25K to have enough scale to ship. Prices range from $250-$1500.

#### Moron Global - Wizard Waifu Content Conclusion[edit | edit source]

The Moron Global team chimed in, saying that they will commercialize the winning artwork from the Wizard Waifus contest into upcoming merch lines.

### Code Name: Binary Star[edit | edit source]

A montage of Heroes of Cumberland derivative NFTs, released during the initial mint (August 2022). Art by maxwell (fecklessmage).

Dotta chimed in at this point that Magic Machine loves these initiatives, and wants to facilitate even more creation. Sometimes bringing a design or idea to life is difficult for those without experience in it. MM has started a new project, codenamed “Binary Star” which means two stars locked in each other’s gravity, which is how MM wants to support token-holders in their creation.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-08-24

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-08-24; Content:The concept is that you (as a FRWC token holder) can log into a tool with Web3 authentication, and then designate which rights you approve to be used for your characters. You’ll also be able to connect with vendors to bring your FRWC IP-related idea to life. It will be a long-term project, but MM wants to commit to this. Dotta said, “what good are IP rights if you cannot even commercialize them?” Bearsnake said that this tool will be built for the FRWC community first, but could eventually be used by other projects too. Dotta said that this fits into the idea that merchandising forms a lion’s share of many of the top-grossing media franchises of all time. Magic Machine wants the commercialized IP rights to drive most of the value to token-holders, not necessarily the tokens themselves.

Bearsnake mentioned that MM signed with a licensing agent, which has helped them multiply the amount of initiatives currently in the works. This person represents some of the biggest IP in the world, and is able to open similar doors for Forgotten Runes. He reminded the listeners that the two ways to typically build big media franchises are video games, and TV/film. Forgotten Runes is doing both.

Madotsuki mentioned that a trivia event will be running on the Runiverse discord, and winners can win some t-shirts from the latest Magic Machine merch line. He mentioned that he predicts that there will be a moment in the future when things will click for the general population, when they realize how FRWC token-holders are able to commercialize their characters in this globally recognized franchise.

### Heroes of Cumberland Launches[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-08-24

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-08-24; Content:### Heroes of Cumberland Launches[edit | edit source]

We next opened the mint for the Heroes of Cumberland derivative project, created by maxwell (fecklessmage). Mint price is 0.0333 per token, with a free mint for lore writers. The tokens have individual names, and there are a varied assortment of cucumdog and related character traits.

Dotta closed by doing some Cult Content shoutouts - check out the mentioned pieces here.


Disgusting Revenant
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Disgusting Revenant

Title: Disgusting Revenant; Content:Disgusting Revenant
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Spike Cleaver of Kobolds (13395)

Title: Spike Cleaver of Kobolds (13395); Content:### This warrior has been scarified in Burning of the 13 Warriors (2022).[edit | edit source]

They will rest forever in the Ethereum burn address, where it is impossible to be recovered.


Green Elven Cloak
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Green Elven Cloak

Title: Green Elven Cloak; Content:Green Elven Cloak
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Majestic Epic Gear
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Majestic Epic Gear

Title: Majestic Epic Gear; Content:Majestic Epic Gear
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Street Punk with Red Camo
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Street Punk with Red Camo

Title: Street Punk with Red Camo; Content:Street Punk with Red Camo
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Green Asp
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Green Asp


Main Page/Heads

Title: Main Page/Heads; Content:*   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *

See all heads...


Lich Marquis
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Lich Marquis

Title: Lich Marquis; Content:Lich Marquis
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Topaz Slime
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Topaz Slime

Title: Topaz Slime; Content:Topaz Slime
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Wizards (Runiverse)

Title: Wizards (Runiverse); Content:There are 7 dominant political factions in the world of Forgotten Runes, which are generally (but not always) denoted by hat color. They are Red, Yellow, Brown, Green, Blue, Purple, and White. (It is worth noting that just because a Wizard may have a certain color hat, it does not necessarily mean they fall into one of these factions.)

Read more about the factions here This article details Runiverse specific aspects of the Wizards. For meta-information regarding the Wizards, see the main article.

Forgotten Runes Wizard's Cult
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A Forgotten Runes wizard

## Contents

  * 1 Politics
    * 1.1 Red Hats
    * 1.2 Yellow Hats
    * 1.3 Brown Hats
    * 1.4 Green Hats
    * 1.5 Blue Hats
    * 1.6 Purple Hats
    * 1.7 White Hats

## Politics[edit | edit source]

There are 7 dominant political factions in the world of Forgotten Runes, which are generally (but not always) denoted by hat color. They are Red, Yellow, Brown, Green, Blue, Purple, and White. (It is worth noting that just because a Wizard may have a certain color hat, it does not necessarily mean they fall into one of these factions.)

#### Red Hats[edit | edit source]

Based in Red Wizard Capital, these oligarchs are cosmopolitan, elitist, and generally wealthy. They seem to be constantly engaged in complex political intrigue, and often leverage their financial might to achieve their goals.

Strengths: Cunning, strategic, politically powerful. Very wealthy and influential.

Weaknesses: Elitist and snobby, not well liked by other classes. They are often materialistic and wealth obsessed.

#### Yellow Hats[edit | edit source]


Wizards (Runiverse)

Title: Wizards (Runiverse); Content:#### Yellow Hats[edit | edit source]

The Yellow Hats party all day and night in Chronomancer’s Riviera. Hot, sexy, and seemingly young, they manipulate time itself to achieve these shallow ends. They have not a care in the world, even as the Quantum Shadow itself looms on their borders. Lucky for them, Battlemage Mountains seem an impenetrable protection as for their debaucherous partying.

Strengths: Vitality, stamina, energetic, carefree, happy and joyful

Weaknesses: Shallow, unfocused, debaucherous, and unwise.

#### Brown Hats[edit | edit source]

Rugged, blue-collar, and provincial, the Brown Hat Wizards are good-natured and love simple living. Traditional with devotion to family, they use magic for everyday practical tasks, like housekeeping, farming, and hunting. Rarely seen in the cities, Brown hats generally live in the countryside. You can find them, however, occasionally enjoying a beer in the local tavern with good friends. A little known secret about Brown hats is that their hat color used to be Orange, but rustic country living has faded and tarnished their bright colors to an earthy brown.

Strengths: Good commonsense. Loyal to family and friends. Always well-prepared and very dependable.

Weaknesses: Often overly simplistic and can be a bit xenophobic. Resistant to change.

#### Green Hats[edit | edit source]

Earth loving hippies, they love plants, animals, and the natural world. Their brand of magic pulls from deep in the Earth, and is far older than the Quantum Shadow. They are well-grounded and stable.

Strengths: Strong and durable, Long lifespans, stable. They can communicate with plants and animals.


Wizards (Runiverse)

Title: Wizards (Runiverse); Content:Weakness: Somewhat eco-facist, prioritizing the lives of plants and animals over humans. They can be slow to action, and are a bit aloof to the affairs of the human world.

#### Blue Hats[edit | edit source]

Academics who love libraries and learning, their Blue Wizard Bastion is home to the world's largest library. These Wizards are most comfortable with technology (even though most consider technology inferior to magic).

Strengths: Highly intelligent, well-learned, if anyone can build tech that would challenge magic, it would be them.

Weakness: Overly intellectual, Ivory Tower type of academic. Have tons of knowledge but rarely apply it to the real world.

#### Purple Hats[edit | edit source]

The quintessential Wizards. They are extremely talented in all sorts of magic, particularly the deep magic of the cosmos. Their magic is complex, powerful, and esoteric, much of it coming from the Psychic Leap itself. But because of this deep affinity for magic, the magic often controls them rather than the other way around. They are often perceived as clumsy and even goofy. Their spells are often loud, explosive, and colorful. Their spell books are incomprehensible and their houses are often chaotic. You never know if a Purple Wizard is very powerful or has simply lost his mind. Perhaps a bit of both.

Strengths: They are unpredictable, probably powerful, seemingly wise, in possession of great secrets and lore.

Weaknesses: They are unpredictable, chaotic, unorganized, having their rationality permanently altered by exposure to the Psychic Leap.

#### White Hats[edit | edit source]


Wizards (Runiverse)

Title: Wizards (Runiverse); Content:#### White Hats[edit | edit source]

Detached, empty, Zen-like sages who sit quietly and meditate for days on end. The White Hats hide their power level, but it is suspected to be very high. Their magic is subtle, quiet, and unassuming. They never show off, and nobody knows the source of their power. Some believe them to be extremely powerful and some believe they have no magical power at all. But whatever the case, the White Hats operate in secret.

Strengths: Guarded, calm, secretive, possess deep wisdom.

Weakness: Aloof, unfriendly, unemotional, and unapproachable.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-09-22

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-09-22; Content:TheOneWhoRings (Magus Wazir) posts "No Floor on Lore" in September 2021. This would evolve into the sayings, "Lore Not Floor" & "Lore AND Floor" later on.

TheOneWhoRings (Magus Wazir) shares a preview of a game in development, and says it is not official. This prompts a response from Dotta. (September 2021)

## Contents

  * 1 Book of Lore is Live!
  * 2 Ours Over Official
  * 3 Tips on Writing Lore
  * 4 Forgotten Souls Update
  * 5 Lachness Goes Fulltime
  * 6 Lore Reading

### Book of Lore is Live![edit | edit source]

Legendariums of the past are dusty tomes; meanwhile the Book of Lore is hot of the press. The Book of Lore contract + frontend went live today! Where it was once capped, you should be able to upload any size page. You can edit your Wizard's entry, but you’ll have to pay a gas fee. Once you transfer your Wizard, it becomes immutable.

Don’t look at the floor, look at the lore. The Forgotten Runes team will be looking at the Book of Lore not only for stories, but to distinguish who they give priority to for airdrops and minting. There’s something neat about the Book of Lore, in that it is an on-chain record of participation! Those who write lore is a good way to distinguish flippers from longer-term community members.

### Ours Over Official[edit | edit source]

In response to his Twitter post this week, Dotta casts of this idea of things being “official” or not.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-09-22

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-09-22; Content:Dotta posts some of the core tenets of Forgotten Runes in response to TheOneWhoRings saying his game in development is "not official". Circa September 2021.

Dotta: You don’t need an official intermediary to label what is canon and what is not, preventing you from dwelling close to this universe. Legendariums of the past are nothing more than dusty tomes these days. LoTR is locked away and guarded under an estate, and the fellowship has left Middle Earth. JK Rowling’s quill has run dry. The marketing tactics are in place and in torchlit tunnels, an endless trove of goblins push revenue into her vault at Gringott’s, and any new writing could upset this flow of money, so her book is closed. Mickey Mouse has become Moloch. He is devouring, desiring, and destroying any book they can get their hands on. Disney has become a dragon that gathers every prince and princess, and hides them away in a tower. This dragon sits on a large pile of gold in front of the doors to a library of intellectual property rights, whose books are all closed. Today, a new book opens! It is owned by the living! It is a book that is open and cannot be shut! It is a book guarded by a smart contract that allows any person to scribe, so long as they hold a Wizard!

### Tips on Writing Lore[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-09-22

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-09-22; Content:### Tips on Writing Lore[edit | edit source]

Don't wait on Elf to build the world for you \- if you see a location that appeals to you, write about it. Maybe it could be incorporated onto a piece of work in the future! Places like Xanadu and Avalon that are borrowed from other myths are in the collection because there’s lore already behind these ideas out there in the ether. They’ve already been so heavily drawn upon, you just need to find them and do some digging. These myths that recycle through the ages are archetypal in nature because they play on certain dimensions of psychology that ubiquitous to the human experience. For example, El Dorado, where you find a city of gold appeals to the sense of adventure, wonder, success, and treasure hunting. These things cross cultures because they appeal to our fundamental desires.

When constructing your own Wizard’s lore, what stories are gonna stand the rest of time? It’s certainly not overpowering them, rather, it's giving them a sense of humanity. Look into the literature of Joseph Campbell’s monomyth for further inspiration.

### Forgotten Souls Update[edit | edit source]

Burning wizards is dark chaotic magic. Burning your Wizard does NOT guarantee you an upgrade. Some may receive Souls, some might receive something powerful, and some might revive something worse than before.

One of the panels from the storyboard, "Ouroboros," which released at this time. Fortune Teller Crackerjack of the Desert shuffles a deck of cards.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-09-22

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-09-22; Content:The burn mechanism will come in the form of an airdrop called “The Sacred Flame.” The main component of the plan is to airdrop in order of longest held wizards since the summoning. For example, if on the day of the mint, you summoned 50 Wizards, sold 30, and now hold 20, you would receive one “Sacred Flame”. If you minted one Wizard and held it this whole time, you would receive 1 “Sacred Flame” as well. The Forgotten Runes team believes this is fair in terms of longevity and wallet size. The core team's wallets will be excluded from receiving Sacred Flames. They are ready to be airdropped, the team is just waiting for gas to decrease (editor's note: During this period of time, the Ethereum network had consistently high gas fees that lasted for months). Should arrive sometime within the next two weeks.

The burn goes live no later than Halloween! To prevent a gas war, you can choose to burn any of your Wizards at any time, be it right away, or 5 years from now. In order to obtain extras you would have to buy them off of a secondary market.

### Lachness Goes Fulltime[edit | edit source]

LachnessMonsta officially became a full time Wizard! If you haven’t noticed, she’s been active in the Discord and reorganized the categories and channels.

### Lore Reading[edit | edit source]

Elf shared lore behind Holy Arcanist Illuminus of the Heavens (0). Hedge Wizard Ursula of the Steppe (4564) shared her lore.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-08-31

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-08-31; Content:Elf greets the Cult from his trip to South Africa (August-September 2022)

This week, we have Dotta, Bearsnake, and Cosmo from the Magic Machine (MM) team on Wizard Wednesday. Elf is on the 2nd week of his vacation, which was revealed to be in South Africa!

## Contents

  * 1 Derivative Forgotten Runes Project Shout-outs
  * 2 Dynamic NFTs - A Follow-up Discussion
  * 3 Update on the Locks
  * 4 TV Show Update
  * 5 "Can't Be Evil" IP Rights and the Liquidity Black Hole
  * 6 Community News

### Derivative Forgotten Runes Project Shout-outs[edit | edit source]

The Barren Court released its Desert Bestiary in late August 2022. This was an opportunity for holders of Barren Court-eligible Warriors to acquire a new familiar that fit the Barren Court setting in The Sands.

Dotta and Bearsnake were excited about minting their Heroes of Cumberland NFTs this past week. Dotta also shouted out The Barren Court, and their new line of desert familiars. Dotta said that this is actually an example of dynamic NFTs, since the desert familiar may in some cases replace the original familiar.

### Dynamic NFTs - A Follow-up Discussion[edit | edit source]

Dotta still thinks that allowing people to customize their tokens into something they like is something worth exploring. Bearsnake said that as long as the original NFT is respected, it’s an exciting area.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-08-31

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-08-31; Content:Dotta said that new ideas in this area will be presented soon, and he understands that the idea of consent is important. During the Great Burning event, the team made efforts to tell about the mechanics and the risks involved. Dotta agreed that he definitely does NOT support changing token artwork with no prior warning or consent.

BiII Gains talked about the “Baked Bill Mystic,” which was an Axie Infinity character he acquired, which had rare “Mystic” traits. They were intended to be special (only 1100 out of what is now 12 million Axies) and are a collector’s item. It had a special look, and Bill even commissioned artwork for it. However, when a new game was released, they changed the artwork for the Axies, which ruined the look of this rare Axie. This caused Bill to lose attachment to the token, and he decided to put it up for sale the next time he needed liquidity. It’s a cautionary tale.

### Update on the Locks[edit | edit source]

Heroes of Cumberland was open for minting in late Summer 2022. Honorary heroes were given to select community members, such as artist Tania del Rio.

You will be able to melt the Locks to the Gate to the 7th Realm to upgrade your Warrior! If you have a Lock + a Sacred Flame, you will be able to burn the two of them on the FRWC website, select a Warrior (they must have a weapon trait), and upgrade their weapon to something rare. Dotta said that the powered-up weapon art looks fantastic, and this will immutably change the Warrior to get a rare weapon. It will change the metadata of the existing Warrior. There are only 42 Locks at the moment, but a small number of different “golden items” may be issued later.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-08-31

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-08-31; Content:Both Cosmo & Elf worked on the artwork, and it adds a “new element” to the collection. Cosmo said that there are 128 Warrior weapons, and he had to help create potential artwork for all of them to account for all possibilities. So most of the artwork will go unseen.

Dotta mentioned that the Spell used in the Lock's creation, and the type of Lock (standard or Quantum) will affect what the resulting weapon looks like. Each weapon+spell+lock type combo results in a pre-defined weapon. There is no “undesirable” mechanic - the results are stable.

Dotta acknowledges that this activity can only be completed by a small subsection of holders, but should be a very interesting development for Locks and Flame owners. Bearsnake is interested to see what the market for these items will look like.

ZayLaSoul asked whether this would affect all the 1/1 ultrarare Souls being minted. Dotta answered that yes it is possible, but wouldn’t give a hard answer because it depends on a number of factors that are currently unknown. Overall, there will be fewer potential Souls. Dotta reminded us that when people stopped using Flames, he took it as a personal challenge. His goal is for 100% of Sacred Flames to be used (minus those stuck in smart contract addresses and not recoverable). Lorepunk asked if lore-wise, the locks are burned or melted. Dotta said that they are melted, and only the Sacred Flame can melt this metal. Dotta chatted w/ ZayLaSoul and Madotsuki about different potential mechanics for tokens, such as wrapping tokens to temporarily update its traits. Dotta referenced MoonCats for having interesting token mechanics. Bill Gains mentioned the possibility of using soul-bound tokens.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-08-31

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-08-31; Content:House of Retired Yield Farmer (RYF) was commissioned by RYF, and created by an unnamed partner (as of August 2022). It showcases many of RYF's Forgotten Runes characters.

### TV Show Update[edit | edit source]

MM is working with Derek Kolstad on scripts, stories, and choosing FRWC characters for main and supporting roles. Derek is looking to stay within the collective world that’s being built. Bearsnake hopes that they will be able to provide more substantive announcements around the show soon. Bearsnake said that originally, a 60-minute show was the idea, but a lot of distributors mentioned that typically, anime is created in 30-minute episodes. So MM has decided to change to a 30-minute format to better fit the expectations of the potential distributors, and also maintain quality while reducing the amount of animation minutes that need to be funded at start-up (meaning a lower price tag for the funder(s).

### "Can't Be Evil" IP Rights and the Liquidity Black Hole[edit | edit source]

Next, Dotta mentioned A16Z’s “can’t be evil” IP rights. These provide a protection for collectors that prevents the founders from taking away rights.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-08-31

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-08-31; Content:Retired Yield Farmer (RYF) came up next. RYF released a thread this week, with a new art piece featuring many of his characters as well as an explanation why Forgotten Runes is unique. RYF talked about the “DeFi liquidity black hole”. The protocols are designed so that a feedback loop is created; more users generate more fees, which generates more liquidity, which leads to greater incentives for more people to join the pool. In theory, a virtuous cycle. Similarly, as more people start creating stories & side projects with their FRWC characters, it creates more value, Magic Machine can include prominent characters in its big media, even more attention comes, and growth blossoms over time in an exponential curve.

Dotta said that he wishes he could commission “every artist in the world” to create art for Forgotten Runes. Even Dotta’s daughter entered the “Summer Kids Art Contest,” and got a lot of nice comments from several community members, which may encourage her to do more.

RYF said that one of his business partners created the art that he's been showing off. The project was conceptualized almost a year ago, but the ambitious portion started this March, and more people have joined his team. RYF was cagey about providing details, but he hopes to show something tangible in the coming months, with more previews in the coming weeks. Other wizard-holders will get a chance to join the fun later.

### Community News[edit | edit source]

RYF also announced that a new House of Wizards Ministry of Art window will open on September 1st, and will close on September 30th. 10 ETH is available (max 2 ETH possible for any single project). There is a Notion page where you can access the Google Form application.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-08-31

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-08-31; Content:MeepleDad came up and praised the Writing Contest that was open to non-holders - this brought in new creators into the Cult. He also talked about Treasure Trove - a fundraiser for a “loot box” type offering with creations designed by various Cult members. A few additional items got unlocked by large commitments from certain Cult members. Samikitty and BARONVONFANCY’s “secret item” will now be included, as well as a Gigas Chad dice sack, and the polyhedral dice set. And every contributor will get a double box, no matter what - the idea is to give away loot boxes to friends who might be interested in Forgotten Runes.

Lorepunk came back up and mentioned that “Chimera”, a song by her and spz, is now available on Youtube. She reminded us that they want to create a 5-song EP, and a proposal is planned once House of Wizards re-opens. Anyone who wants to offer additional/matching funds to whatever is in the proposal, can reach out to her, spz, or Tad, who is assisting with this effort. She finished with a new acapella version of a song about what it means to be a Warrior.


The Slime Pits

Title: The Slime Pits; Content:## In the Runiverse[edit | edit source]

The Slime Pits is located in the southwestern part of the known Runiverse. The Slime Pits lie within the Nightmare Dominion.

The Slime Pits

## Forgotten Runiverse Game[edit | edit source]

The Slime Pits is located at (x, y) in the game. To get there, head due southwest from the origin.


Illuminatus
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Illuminatus

Title: Illuminatus; Content:Illuminatus
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Marsh Girl
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Marsh Girl

Title: Marsh Girl; Content:Marsh Girl
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Rune of Steel
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Rune of Steel

Title: Rune of Steel; Content:Rune of Steel
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Daniela Ilustra

Title: Daniela Ilustra; Content:Daniela Ilustra is a traditional illustrator within the Forgotten Runes Cult. She is currently active and is still creating art for those in the Cult. Daniela accepts commissions through her twitter.

Twitter: [1]


Polarpuff

Title: Polarpuff; Content:Polarpuff (Basic) by Ozzz

Polarpuff is a card in the Runes Trading Card Game with a Potency of 2

### Lore[edit | edit source]

> Polarpuffs are adorable, solitary creatures that inhabit the coldest corners of the Runiverse. With their round, fluffy bodies and bluish-white coloring, they are perfectly adapted to life on the ice. They get their name from the fact that when they feel threatened, they puff up to twice their size and begin floating like a balloon. As they inflate, hundreds of razor-sharp spines that were previously hidden under their dense fur come out, turning them into a giant pin-cushion. The spines that they sometimes shed are considered a great treasure for any wizard to find, as they are so sharp, they can be used for anything from weaponry to sewing.

— Cosmic

Polarpuff (Alternate) by Ozzz


Basic Bro
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Basic Bro


Yellow Cleric
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Yellow Cleric

Title: Yellow Cleric; Content:Yellow Cleric
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Joy Staff
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Joy Staff


Ethereal Vest
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Ethereal Vest

Title: Ethereal Vest; Content:Ethereal Vest
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Pirate Sword
---

Pirate Sword

Title: Pirate Sword; Content:Pirate Sword
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Ethereal Sash
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Ethereal Sash

Title: Ethereal Sash; Content:Ethereal Sash
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Avalon

Title: Avalon; Content:## In the Runiverse[edit | edit source]

Avalon is located in the northeastern part of the known Runiverse. It is a city lying within the Elysian Fields, west of White Wizard Tower.

Avalon

## Forgotten Runiverse Game[edit | edit source]

Avalon is located at (x, y) in the game. To get there, head due west from the origin.


Battle Penguin

Title: Battle Penguin; Content:Battle Penguin
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Battle Penguins are a rare companion in the Warriors collection, with only 27 warriors owning one as a companion. The "Penguins" Affiliation Group seems to refer to these creatures.

Some Warriors such as Arvid Terror of Penguins (12794) wish to hunt, harm, or terrorize Battle Penguins. Some Battle Penguins live in Penguin Capital where they are given protection from such threats.

Wanted poster for Battle Penguins in Arvid Terror of Penguins (12794)'s lore.


Hag
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Hag


Cerulean Ceratopsian
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Cerulean Ceratopsian

Title: Cerulean Ceratopsian; Content:Cerulean Ceratopsian
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Wuwindaa

Title: Wuwindaa; Content:Wuwindaa, also known as Maui, is an artist inside the Cult who illustrates beautiful Cult Content often. She currently takes commissions through her twitter!

Twitter [1]


Forgotten Runes Comics

Title: Forgotten Runes Comics; Content:## Issues[edit | edit source]

  * Forgotten Runes Wizard's Cult Comic Issue 0


Akkadian
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Akkadian


The Unicorn Gardens

Title: The Unicorn Gardens; Content:## In the Runiverse[edit | edit source]

The Unicorn Gardens is located in the eastern part of the known Runiverse. The Gardens, or more properly the fields, lie just outside of the Forest of the Imps.

The Unicorn Gardens

## Forgotten Runiverse Game[edit | edit source]

The Unicorn Gardens is located at (x, y) in the game. To get there, head due west from the origin.


Red Aspis
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Red Aspis


Sapphire Slime
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Sapphire Slime

Title: Sapphire Slime; Content:Sapphire Slime
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Red Priestess
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Red Priestess

Title: Red Priestess; Content:Red Priestess
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Dream Master

Title: Dream Master; Content:### Preamble...[edit | edit source]

The Forgotten Runes Wizard's Cult "Dream Master" is a character head in the original 10,000 Wizard collection.

The Dream Masters (DM) have a token gated channel in the FRWC Discord (#dream-masters) where DMs organize and establish their Lore.

DMs have a shared document for collecting ideas, traits, context and stories that come directly from the DM in the book of lore.

Dream Master
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# The Origin of The Dream Master:[edit | edit source]

#### Legend has it…[edit | edit source]

  * There have always been DMs as long as there has been recorded history. There are tales of them being amongst the first inhabitants of the runiverse.
  * There are DMs in each realm! Each realm has a group of DMs that help protect the realm.
  * DMs have an old language that predates history but use common tongue to talk
  * Peaceful DMs don’t kill but there’s a really powerful rogue DM outside of DM who is a killer and exiled or some shit

# The Characteristics of the Dream Master:[edit | edit source]

#### Traits[edit | edit source]

  * Dream Masters do not sleep
  * Intellectual, extremely logical, critical thinkers
  * Not very good at being hands on
  * Quiet observers


Goblin
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Goblin


Chroma Crystal

Title: Chroma Crystal; Content:A supremely powerful item. In the hands of a novice, it divides light into a full color spectrum. But in the hands of a master, this crystal can split any kind of singularity into elemental components.

Chroma Crystal
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MarcoFine

Title: MarcoFine; Content:Marcofine is a notable active artist within the Cult. Marco is fairly new to the cult but has started one of the best Cult Content galleries with his Recovered Runes. Marco is open to commissions through his Twitter.

Twitter: [1]


Phantasmal body of the Void
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Phantasmal body of the Void

Title: Phantasmal body of the Void; Content:Phantasmal body of the Void
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Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-02-23

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-02-23; Content:A screenshot of the Forgotten Market home page, taken August 2022.

Dotta acknowledges the success of the Forgotten Babies Wizard Orphanage project, circa March 2022. Proceeds from the mint were donated to the House of Wizards DAO.

## Contents

  * 1 Two Notable Community-Led Projects are Released!
    * 1.1 Forgotten Market
    * 1.2 Forgotten Babies Wizard Orphanage
  * 2 Magic Machine Updates
    * 2.1 Comments on Allowlists/Mintlists
    * 2.2 TV Show Trailer Update
    * 2.3 Live Event News
    * 2.4 Book of Lore Survey Results

### Two Notable Community-Led Projects are Released![edit | edit source]

#### Forgotten Market[edit | edit source]

Led by volunteer developer TV, the Forgotten Market is a wizard marketplace with a new interface - for example, hover over a Wizard to see their walk cycle! Wizard details page includes information on traits, affinities, map location and lore. This marketplace allows you to filter by affinities and whether the wizard has lore or not. You can list directly in this marketplace to contribute fees to the emerging House of Wizards, but this market also aggregates listings from other popular NFT marketplaces.

This is a great way to better display more of the Wizards' depth, because they are more than a JPEG! TV thanked Mephistopheles, Peter from the Reservoir protocol, Niski, Pyromancer Peppy, spz, PVK, Bill Gains, and youngwhizzie (animations) for help with the marketplace.

#### Forgotten Babies Wizard Orphanage[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-02-23

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-02-23; Content:#### Forgotten Babies Wizard Orphanage[edit | edit source]

The Forgotten Babies Wizard Orphanage is a new derivative collection that was released this week. Pixel wizard babies, based on the original art, but with new traits and combinations. There was an issue during presale mint with funds failing to go to a House of Wizards multi-sig gnosis vault, but Mephistopheles found a solution and public minting will continue in phases. Project headed by wizard power couple Bill Gains and acideater.

Many of the Wizard-holders who attended ETH Denver 2022 appeared in this art piece by Ozzz.

### Magic Machine Updates[edit | edit source]

#### Comments on Allowlists/Mintlists[edit | edit source]

The Magic Machine team has been getting offers from projects for getting Wizards on Allowlists. Everything ranging from Tubby Cats down to total scams. Dr. Slurp volunteered to lead a community screening for mintlist proposals. The FRWC team recognizes that presenting mintlists to its holders is sort of an unspoken endorsement no matter what disclaimers are given, so this screening will help filter through them a bit. Holders should keep an eye on the #alpha channel for further info.

#### TV Show Trailer Update[edit | edit source]

The Forgotten Runes TV show will help spread the messages of the Cult to a wider audience. The story will contain many of the core themes the team wants to communicate. Bearsnake talked about the process of selling & creating a multi-season show, from a business & strategic standpoint. The TV show trailer is fully animated, now in sound production. The plan is to release the trailer just a few days before the Forgotten Warriors Guild collection drops. And the Warriors drop will help fund production of the full show.

#### Live Event News[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-02-23

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-02-23; Content:#### Live Event News[edit | edit source]

LachnessMonsta was the team representative at the ETH Denver conference. She was able to explore the city and met the Wizards poster team! FRWC posters were visible throughout the city (not only downtown). She was able to meet with many wizard-holders for dinner (and wine provided by Bitvargen). The dinner was co-organized by Bambam. It felt like Wizzie Discord IRL, and the conversations were great, much lore-sharing was had. The next event will be NFT NYC on June 23rd, with plans for a wizard pop-up restaurant and free distribution of the comic book. Elf and Bearsnake confirmed that they would attend this one!

#### Book of Lore Survey Results[edit | edit source]

Magic Machine has been discussing the results for a few weeks. There were 322 full responses, with 30 mins as the average time for completion. The results have been published publicly.


Northern Barbarian
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Northern Barbarian

Title: Northern Barbarian; Content:Northern Barbarian
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Brown Longsword
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Brown Longsword

Title: Brown Longsword; Content:Brown Longsword
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Seven Tailed Kitsune

Title: Seven Tailed Kitsune; Content:Seven-tailed Kitsune, Beast #7.

The Seven-tailed Kitsune is Beast #7 of the Forgotten Beasts (Season 1) and was summoned into the Runiverse on the 19th of April 10:13:18 PM UTC, block 14618182 of the Ethereum network.

The Seven-tailed Kitsune was successfully auctioned for 66.66 eth (approximately USD 206,813.98) to 0x8D12B8c3bEf358d1901d891a74FA801aBa2b79B0. The initial bid began at 0.3 eth. The bidding process took 23 hours and 25 minutes across 12 bids from block 14611748 to block 14618034 and involved 11 separate wallets. This auction was notable for an unusual bid raise on the prior high bid by the same bidder by a substantial amount (+50.69 eth, approximately USD 157,226.74). See the Gate to the Seventh Realm (Implementation).


Indigo Mendicant
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Indigo Mendicant

Title: Indigo Mendicant; Content:Indigo Mendicant
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Leo
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Leo


Blue Lined Coveralls
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Blue Lined Coveralls

Title: Blue Lined Coveralls; Content:Blue Lined Coveralls
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Wise Sam

Title: Wise Sam; Content:A wild Wise Sam has appeared

Wise Sam is an artist and community member. Of note is that Wise Sam was the first person to join the Forgotten Runes Discord server right after Dotta. Wise Sam typically presents as a variant of his namesake wizard Wise Sam (76).

He is the creator of of the Shroom Shack.


Zombie Wolf
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Zombie Wolf

Title: Zombie Wolf; Content:Zombie Wolf
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Hue Master Pass Guardian
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Hue Master Pass Guardian

Title: Hue Master Pass Guardian; Content:Hue Master Pass Guardian
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Raptor Caye

Title: Raptor Caye; Content:## In the Runiverse[edit | edit source]

Raptor Caye is located in the eastern part of the known Runiverse. The caye lies east from Obsidian City and on the coast of the eastern sea.

Raptor Caye

## Forgotten Runiverse Game[edit | edit source]

Raptor Caye is located at (x, y) in the game. To get there, head due southeast from the origin.


O

Title: O; Content:O jumping into Discord.

O espousing the first rendition of Like Wizard, Buy Wizard.

Previously known as oOoOoOo, O is a long-time member and moderator of the cult. He is notable for having coined the Ethos Like Wizard, Buy Wizard amongst his other varied contributions and dedication to the cult.


Skeleton in Red Boots
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Skeleton in Red Boots

Title: Skeleton in Red Boots; Content:Skeleton in Red Boots
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Purple Mantle Robe
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Purple Mantle Robe

Title: Purple Mantle Robe; Content:Purple Mantle Robe
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Gilded Dragon Pike
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Gilded Dragon Pike

Title: Gilded Dragon Pike; Content:Gilded Dragon Pike
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Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-12-15

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-12-15; Content:Magic Machine formally announces its partnership with Bisonic, a game studio, to create an MMORPG based on the Runiverse. (December 2021)

## Contents

  * 1 Runiverse Game Partnership with Bisonic Announced
  * 2 Coinbase includes Forgotten Runes in their Newsletter
  * 3 The Inaugural Forgotten Runes Merch Box is Revealed!
  * 4 Lore Reading

### Runiverse Game Partnership with Bisonic Announced[edit | edit source]

Magic Machine formally announced its partnership with game studio Bisonic. A website for the game was launched, and a land sale was announced for Q1 2022. This was the culmination of a lot of negotiations and legal proceedings, and MM is happy to finally be able to announce it. Dotta mentioned that he and Elf had originally met to co-create mobile games. They built a game that was fairly successful, but when it came to Forgotten Runes, they realized that they needed to work with a larger, professional team.

This was the initial animation shared for the Runiverse game, in development from Bisonic. (December 2021)

Elf was excited to share the initial battle animation that showcased the talents of their art team. Bearsnake believes that the Bisonic team is aligned with MM on the core concepts of FRWC. Bisonic has staff that has worked on many well-known and esteemed video games in the past, including Elder Scrolls Online, Diablo, Overwatch, World of Warcraft, Far Cry 3, Rainbow 6 Siege, Batman Arkham Origins, Killer Instinct, Street Fighter and more.

In response to a question about how FRWC holders would benefit in the game, Dotta said that many options are on the table, but those decisions haven't been made yet. But he wants to make sure Wizard-holders are taken care of.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-12-15

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-12-15; Content:Lorepunk asked about what a "create-to-earn" mechanic might look like in the game. To help answer this question, Jeldor, Co-founder of Bisonic, came to speak. Jeldor grew up playing popular MMORPGs like Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies, and he wants some of the better experiences from those games to inspire the Runiverse game. Jeldor said that "create-to-earn" does NOT mean a "Second Life" sandbox experience, where the players have to build everything. There will be established locations, enemies, and quests. But players will be able to own their land, build a house according to their preferences, or even build a guild hall on a larger piece of land. You will be able to build economic engines on their land, such as forges and shops. Over time, Jeldor hopes that the cities will be built up into epicenters of creation and collaboration. Elf added that he believes there will be room for artisanal creation. Jeldor said that you will have tools to create portraits in game, for example, that can later be sold in-game and displayed in someone's house. It could also extend to in-game books and poetry readings.

Dotta talked a little bit about tokenomics. The idea is that all the items in the game are resources, essentially tokens of some sort, that can be traded or sold for in-game economic beneift. There is a lot to be developed in this area, but it should be one of the innovative aspects of the game. Jeldor hopes that this will be the economic engine that drives growth.

Excerpt from the Coinbase newsletter that featured FRWC, among other prominent projects.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-12-15

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-12-15; Content:Excerpt from the Coinbase newsletter that featured FRWC, among other prominent projects.

In response to a question about character classes and how characters develop in the game, Jeldor acknowledged that the battle animation preview seems to indicate multiple classes. The idea for the encounters is to have them happen in real-time, often with parties of multiple players. There will be a class-less system, but you will be able to assign abilities to your character that will allow them to act like a variety of classes. There will be also be specialization of abilities available. This allows you to easily create "hybrid-class" type of character, if you wish. This is intended to provide a high level of flexibility in the character development system, which will facilitate the inclusion of additional characters like the Warriors later on. The dungeons will be designed for 4 players, and there will be 4 vs. 4 "player vs. player" as well.

There was an audience question about the cost to play the game. Dotta acknowledge that Layer 1 gas fees could ramp up expenses. The land sale will be on L1 Ethereum, but something like zksync or starknet L2s would be used for the actual game transactions. At the same time, part of the game will be off-chain as well. Some of the in-game tokens won't be crypto right away, they will be stored off-chain and you may be able to "check them out" if you want/need to trade them outside of the game.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-12-15

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-12-15; Content:Dotta also clarified that you don't need to own a FRWC character to play, free stock characters will be available to create and play. The idea is to make the game accessible for everyone and have a wide audience, although Wizard ownership should become aspirational to many players. Jeldor confirmed that it should be possible to play for free, create something, and earn your way to the aspects of the game that cost some type of resource/currency.

Magic Machine released an image of their 2021 holiday merch box. Additional visual previews of the contents were also released. (December 2021).

In response to questions about partnerships between the Runiverse game and other games or metaverses, Dotta said it required a multi-layered answer. He sees the value of providing extensibility via an SDK, but doesn't want to include it too early, because the core game experience should be able to stand on its own. And the Wizard walk-cycles (and eventually, 3D models) will allow for Forgotten Runes integration with a wide variety of other projects and efforts. That being said, Dotta said that Magic Machine is open to creating special skins for certain partner communities. Like for example, Cool Cats holders could use a blue Felis wizard skin. But it needs to fit into the Runiverse world and lore.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-12-15

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-12-15; Content:In response to a question about whether Wizard types or locations would provide priority to land in certain areas, Magic Machine were clear that this wouldn't be the case. You would pay a flat price for a certain-sized plot, in a random location. Larger plots (eg. city-sized) would be sold in an auction. After you purchase the land, you will find out where it is on the map, you will be able to access and walk around your plot, and you will be able to trade for the location that you want on the secondary NFT market. Elf mentioned that it will be fun to try and get land that matches your character and personality, in contrast to some other sandbox metaverses, which sell plots on a uniform grid with no geography. Dotta mentioned that there will be incentives to be active with your land plots, they don't want a lot of squatters sitting on empty land for speculation purposes.

Jeldor ended by talking about the cities - they are intended to have different specialty industries, just like actual cities. You'll need to travel to different cities to get the best equipment or crafting skill in certain categories. Other cities might specialize in live entertainment events and fighting tournaments.

### Coinbase includes Forgotten Runes in their Newsletter[edit | edit source]

The Coinbase newsletter is sent to hundreds of thousands of its user. In the latest edition, Coinbase featured its various partners for its Coinbase NFT platform, and FRWC was among them. Elf said that he had been waiting for this moment for a little while, and it was gratifying to finally see it happen.

### The Inaugural Forgotten Runes Merch Box is Revealed![edit | edit source]

Magic Machine released previews of its holiday merch box, including pictures and descriptions of everything that's in the box. Dotta asked people to consider buying it based on what is shown, and not to speculate because they think there might be hidden goodies inside.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-12-15

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-12-15; Content:LachnessMonsta attested to the high quality of all the items in the box. Bearsnake encouraged people to make unboxing videos when they receive them. When asked why they didn't increase supply so that everyone who wanted could get one, Bearsnake replied that MM needed to ensure they didn't over-extend, and that there will be more merch coming.

### Lore Reading[edit | edit source]

The lore reading this week was for Scryer Rodolfo of the Reach (9058), read enthusiastically by ChartCinema.


Gigas Hornet (Runes Card)

Title: Gigas Hornet (Runes Card); Content:Gigas Hornet (Basic) by Stalomir

Gigas Hornet is a card in the Runes Trading Card Game with a Potency of 7

### Lore[edit | edit source]

> When it comes to a Gigas Hornet, their stinger is the least of your worries.

— Giveahoot


Rune of Power
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Rune of Power

Title: Rune of Power; Content:Rune of Power
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Iron Hammer
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Iron Hammer

Title: Iron Hammer; Content:Iron Hammer
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Toxin Shield
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Toxin Shield

Title: Toxin Shield; Content:Toxin Shield
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Purple Yoga
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Purple Yoga

Title: Purple Yoga; Content:Purple Yoga
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Book of Spirits

Title: Book of Spirits; Content:Book of Spirits from the Forgotten Runes Athenaeum

Book of Spirits is a Treat given in the 2022 Halloween Trick or Treat Event, where Wizards, Warriors, Souls, and Friends traveled through the Vampyre Mist to knock on the Nightmare Imp's door to receive a Trick or a Treat.

### Rarity[edit | edit source][edit | edit source][edit | edit source]

The Nightmare Imp gave out 9 total Books of Spirits.


Supreme Emperor Lich Armor
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Supreme Emperor Lich Armor

Title: Supreme Emperor Lich Armor; Content:Supreme Emperor Lich Armor
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Feyling

Title: Feyling; Content:Feyling (Basic) by 1984pxls

Feyling is a card in the Runes Trading Card Game with a Potency of 3

### Lore[edit | edit source]

> Saplings of The Forest Maker, Feylings grow from the ground that The Forest Maker has recently touched and are fed by moonlight like other plants are fed by sunlight. During full moons it's said that you can watch Feylings sprout out of the ground instantly as The Forest Maker roams The Fey.

— Jitcy


Forgotten Man
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Forgotten Man

Title: Forgotten Man; Content:Forgotten Man
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Blue Valkyrie Armor
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Blue Valkyrie Armor

Title: Blue Valkyrie Armor; Content:Blue Valkyrie Armor
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Jitcy

Title: Jitcy; Content:## Overview[edit | edit source]

Jitcy is a Magic Machine employee, and notable kobold ( Ghost Eater Trollin of the Fey #1246 ) focused on community relationships and Chief Vibe Manager. He is also a member of The Forgotten Council. Once tried to take a break from the discord server but couldn't do it.

Hosts Coffee with Magic Machine with LaChnessMonster.

## Honorary Warrior[edit | edit source]

In May 2022, the Forgotten Runes community voted for Jitcy to receive an Honorary Warrior. Jitcy selected Jarek Speaker of Death (15506) as their custom warrior.

## Profiles[edit | edit source]

Discord: Jitcy#1246

Twitter

Forgotten.market


Gold Chain
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Gold Chain

Title: Gold Chain; Content:Gold Chain
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Two Crows Bazaar

Title: Two Crows Bazaar; Content:Two Crows Bazaar (Basic) by Ozzz

Two Crows Bazaar is a card in the Runes Trading Card Game with a Potency of 6

### Lore[edit | edit source]

> To and fro, where next only the crows know... https://www.forgottenrunes.com/lore/wizards/2724/0

Two Crows Bazaar (Alternate) by Ozzz

— Two Crows


Witch Tabitha of the Marsh (6154)

Title: Witch Tabitha of the Marsh (6154); Content:Tabitha of the Marsh came to live (not life) in the Runiverse as id 6154 on June 30th 2021. Her tale can be read in her dedicated in the book of lore and some more stories can be found on her website.

Tabitha had three puppeteers from the world of men. looksraredoteth , WasserZombie and the current is kurisuhiwa who posseses her since October 2021. While asleep until around October 25th 2021 she is now an active member in the community of wizards and warriors and in her own european time zone where she tweets happily about his an that and actively participates in discussions in the Forgotten Runes Discord Server

Before appearing in the Runiverse, Tabitha was a witch of old throughout the ages and the story can be read in the Book of lore.

Tabitha is a creature that lives in and for nature and is protector of all that lives. From early in her life in the time of the roman empire she helped the helpless and fought the frivolous in many adventures.

Within the Runiverse she is friends to many witches, wizards and even some warriors.

### Adventures[edit | edit source]

#### Rescue of Sylvia of the Rose[edit | edit source]

In an adventure that started a while ago she helped the Order of the Eternal Rose to try and rescue one of their own and the story is yet to finish

#### The wizards hat[edit | edit source]

Early on Tabitha, while sitting in her swamp boat rowing away through the marshes - found a hat in the mud. A song tells about this.

#### Dungeons under the Hedge Wizards Wood[edit | edit source]

#### The Sphinx isle beyond the Tavern[edit | edit source]

#### Book of lore entries[edit | edit source]


Witch Tabitha of the Marsh (6154)

Title: Witch Tabitha of the Marsh (6154); Content:#### Book of lore entries[edit | edit source]

  1. The Lore of Witch Tabitha of the Marsh - https://www.forgottenrunes.com/lore/wizards/6154/0
  2. The awakening of Tabitha by the Bell - https://www.forgottenrunes.com/lore/wizards/6154/2

### Media[edit | edit source]

#### Website[edit | edit source]

Tabitha has her own website that features information about

  * herself,
  * her family and friends in the runiverse
  * the Runiverse
  * the podcast "Tales from the Tavern"
  * additional Lore
  * and more to come

It can be found at https://tabitha.wtf

#### Social Media[edit | edit source]

You can follow Tabitha on Twitter and Instagram

### Events and Appearances[edit | edit source]

#### NFT.NYC[edit | edit source]

Tabitha visited New York in June 2022 to visit the NFT.NYC and here foremost the first (annual) FRWC Gathering in the Runiverse as well as the fabulous Teshimi Yacht Party.


Dark Assassin Tunic
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Dark Assassin Tunic

Title: Dark Assassin Tunic; Content:Dark Assassin Tunic
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Spiked Helm
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Spiked Helm

Title: Spiked Helm; Content:Spiked Helm
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Yellow Road Spandex
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Yellow Road Spandex

Title: Yellow Road Spandex; Content:Yellow Road Spandex
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Moorish Girl
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Moorish Girl

Title: Moorish Girl; Content:Moorish Girl
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Death Bomb
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Death Bomb

Title: Death Bomb; Content:Death Bomb
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Fire Stone Staff
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Fire Stone Staff

Title: Fire Stone Staff; Content:Fire Stone Staff
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Chronodancer

Title: Chronodancer; Content:Chronodancer (Basic) by Bread

Chronodancer is a card in the Runes Trading Card Game with a Potency of 4

### Lore[edit | edit source]

> A dance that can make time fly by or everything stop. Movement that is ageless, timeless. Patterns and shapes that fast forward and rewind. Beware when watching a Chronodancer at play, any sense of time you think you might have should not be trusted.

— Giveahoot


White Dog
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White Dog


Meriotic Warrior
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Meriotic Warrior

Title: Meriotic Warrior; Content:Meriotic Warrior
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Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-12-01

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-12-01; Content:WorldWideWebb3, a 2D metaverse NFT project, announced the Thirsty Wizard pub as an exclusive, token-gated space for Wizard-holders to hang out using their walk-cycle enabled avatars. (November 2021)

## Contents

  * 1 Wizards Hanging Out at the Thirsty Wizard
  * 2 Comic Book Update & The Process of Decentralized World-Building
  * 3 DonutDAO update
  * 4 Q&A
  * 5 Elf on life imitating art, and art imitating life
  * 6 Cult Content Shoutouts
  * 7 Lore Reading

### Wizards Hanging Out at the Thirsty Wizard[edit | edit source]

Elf and Dotta opened by commenting how they enjoy hanging out in WorldWideWebb3's Thirsty Wizard Pub. That project recently released its land sale, and the Magic Machine founding members purchased some apartments.

### Comic Book Update & The Process of Decentralized World-Building[edit | edit source]

Elf said that MM is still in the process of assembling the artist/writing team for the comic. A story arc has been created, that spans 5-10 issues. Elf said that the purpose of this media property is to world-build. So instead of focusing on just a handful of wizards and developing them, it will be more of anthology style - Elf gave the example of the Black Mirror show on Netflix.

TheOneWhoRings is a popular and deserving example of how extensive character-building efforts can pay off, in this case for Magus Wazir. (November 2021)


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-12-01

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-12-01; Content:Generally, Elf sees MM as being in charge of world-building, and the community is in charge of character-building. There can be overlap (and is), but these are the general roles Elf sees. Elf wants characters from the Book of Lore to appear in MM's stories. In some cases, it might only be a reference in conversation or a couple of panels, but still, they would be part of this shared world that's portrayed in the media. Comics are faster to produce than TV shows or games, so this will likely be the first major world-building vehicle that is released.

Elf talked a bit about working at Nickelodeon. His manager at the time emphasized creating strong characters, because that will drive forward the stories - you just need to plug in the characters into different situations, and the stories will write themselves, because you know how the characters will react. Strong characters are also a cash cow, because they are good for merchandising. A lot of resources are spent on the production process, and Elf has learned that it can be a nightmare. The studio's success is dependent on the creator's output, so they have a lot of opinions, generally on the conservative side ("here is what has worked in the past.")

In Forgotten Runes, a creative ecosystem has been formed, which allows for strong characters to emerge. As MM media comes out, the audience might respond strongly to certain characters or story points, and the community can branch off of that in their lore. And this lore can then make its way back into MM media in the future. Breakout characters can also emerge - sometimes, what starts as a secondary character gains traction, and suddenly becomes legendary and gets featured more prominently. This process often happens very slowly in traditional media, but in a decentralized world-building framework, the process can be accelerated.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-12-01

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-12-01; Content:Dotta said that he'd love to have a creative writing professional to host lore-building workshops for the Cult, where members collective develop their characters and get feedback.

### DonutDAO update[edit | edit source]

Dotta talked about ongoing discussions around a DAO. He began by explaining the concept, where there is a multi-sig wallet holding funds, and proposals for funding that are voted upon by the community. For Forgotten Runes, the DAO would help fund creative projects. Dotta recently met with Mephistopheles, and discussed what this might look like in practice.

The Forgotten Runes website changed to a wintry appearance starting in December 2021.

Meph came up, and invited anyone in the community to join the discussion by commenting within the DonutDAO channel within the Discord. Dotta suggested having a 10-person multi-sig wallet, and using the existing NFTs to define votes per holder. Eventually, accomplished artists could be hired to create artworks, and the work could be auctioned off as an NFT. The auction-winner gets more voting rights in the DAO, and the proceeds are split between the artist and the DAO. Dotta then described different potential paid roles in the DAO. For example, a "whipmaster" could manage wizard commissions and proposals, and get compensated for their time.

### Q&A[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-12-01

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-12-01; Content:### Q&A[edit | edit source]

  * Regarding exclusive holder content for the Runiverse game: The deal with the developer is still ongoing. The game cannot only be for FRWC holders, there aren't enough to support it economically. There will be stock characters that non-holders can use to play the game. However, there will be benefits for holders; the hope is that non-holders will see the benefits and aspire to buy a Wizard or other character.
  * On royalties for holders: So far, there are no royalties coming in, only costs going out. Magic Machine is paying studios, artists, and writers for things like the TV trailer and comic book. The DAO may be a place to receive some funds. Royalties to individual holders would require KYC.
  * On the process of Wizard selection for MM media: At the beginning, it will be what stands out to Elf and the team. Eventually, he would love to have all 10K Wizards show up in some form, somewhere. The comics won't be adapted full Book of Lore stories. But there is a character directory being compiled by LachnessMonsta, and this can be referenced for the comic book and show in the future.
  * Regarding process on Elf's meta-lore project: Elf is writing about every prop and location in the collection.
  * Book of Lore update: Niski has a test version of the editing feature deployed; it should be available soon.

### Elf on life imitating art, and art imitating life[edit | edit source]

Elf talked about how Bread was one of the first people to begin making derivative art. One of them was a .gif of Augerer Gwendolin using the DJ turntables. This helped Elf see that Runiverse definitely has technology as well as magic. He wants the Runiverse to reflect the IRL world as well.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-12-01

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-12-01; Content:When creating Lore, Elf recommends that you speak the truth that you see. His biggest inspiration is reality itself. Elf knows of friends or family members who have gotten involved with Forgotten Runes. they had previously not shown interest in creative endeavors, but now that they own the characters, they are showing interest in creating stories for their Wizards. Dotta chimed in that his parents and kids are both really into Wizards also. He never had another job where his family was this involved in it.

Bearsnake mentioned that Dotta's garage is like the ultimate craft station - a perfect setup for kids. And it's great when you can enjoy something together with your family.

### Cult Content Shoutouts[edit | edit source]

  * The Wizard Nouns project is open for minting, but it closes on Friday. There is still plenty of supply, but limited time!

### Lore Reading[edit | edit source]

wonder0xweird read lore about their Wizard, Chaos Mage Marceline of the Atheneum (660)


Zapbender

Title: Zapbender; Content:Zapbender (Basic) by Ozzz

Zapbender is a card in the Runes Trading Card Game with a Potency of 2

### Lore[edit | edit source]

> Zapbenders are mysterious, fully aquatic creatures, named for their ability to emit bolts of electricity from their external gills. They use these electrical signals primarily to communicate with one another underwater in a light-based language, and are responsible for the frequent lightning flashes that can be seen in most freshwater habitats in the Runiverse (most notably, the Lake of Lanterns, where they have their largest population). While they are friendly and peaceful by nature, when threatened, they can produce a voltage high enough to seriously maim (even kill) a wizard. Very few zapbenders have ever been captured against their will, but when befriended, they can make for a powerful ally.

— Cosmic


Discord Bots

Title: Discord Bots; Content:The Discord has a variety of bots. To use them, join the `#wiz-bots` channel in Discord

For example, let's use Adept Carly of the Wood (32) who's id number is 32. To make her say GM, type:

`!gm` and the wizard id number like this:

`!gm 32`

And you'll get this:

GM Generator

## All Commands[edit | edit source]

Here are all the commands currently available:

`!gm wizid` (An image of your Wizard saying GM)

`!pic wizid` (Original Wizard NFT artwork)

`!mug wizid` (Mugshot of wizard with randomized background and frame)

`!walk wizid` (Animated Wizard walk cycle)

`!fam wizid` (Animated Wizard and familiar walk cycle right)

`!famr wizid` (Animated Wizard and familiar walk cycle left)

`!walkfam wizid` (Animated familiar walk cycle)

`!mount wizid ponyid` (Mount a wizard on a Pony)

`!rip wizid` (In memorandum)

`!lore wizid` (Link to wizard lore)

`!flame` (Sacred Flame info)

`!d20` (Roll 20 sided dice)

`!dice` (Roll any-sided dice)

`!ponywalk ponyid` (show a pony walking)

`!ponyride wizid ponyid` (see a wiz riding a pony)

`!sponyride soulid ponyid` (see a soul riding a pony)

`!say wizid any phrase` (see Wizard saying something)


Discord Bots

Title: Discord Bots; Content:`!say wizid any phrase` (see Wizard saying something)

## The Dream Master (AI Generation Bot)[edit | edit source]

For Wizards use:

!dream wizid (optional: -style stylename)

For Warriors use:

!dreamw wizid (optional: -style stylename)

### Style list[edit | edit source]


Discord Bots

Title: Discord Bots; Content:* !dream wizid -style anime
  * !dream wizid -style anime2
  * !dream wizid -style anime3
  * !dream wizid -style botw
  * !dream wizid -style ocarina
  * !dream wizid -style ghibli
  * !dream wizid -style monet
  * !dream wizid -style celvector
  * !dream wizid -style sailormoon
  * !dream wizid -style statue
  * !dream wizid -style marblestatue
  * !dream wizid -style pixel
  * !dream wizid -style skyrim
  * !dream wizid -style darksouls
  * !dream wizid -style morrowind
  * !dream wizid -style oblivion
  * !dream wizid -style papermario
  * !dream wizid -style gta
  * !dream wizid -style minecraft
  * !dream wizid -style halflife
  * !dream wizid -style fortnite
  * !dream wizid -style overwatch
  * !dream wizid -style leagueoflegends
  * !dream wizid -style dota
  * !dream wizid -style starcraft
  * !dream wizid -style wow
  * !dream wizid -style car
  * !dream wizid -style potato
  * !dream wizid -style metalgearsolid
  * !dream wizid -style supersmash
  * !dream wizid -style melee
  * !dream wizid -style cyberpunk


Discord Bots

Title: Discord Bots; Content:* !dream wizid -style cyberpunk
  * !dream wizid -style cyberpunk2077
  * !dream wizid -style animalcrossing


Skeleton Frog
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Skeleton Frog

Title: Skeleton Frog; Content:Skeleton Frog
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Shield of the Moon
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Shield of the Moon

Title: Shield of the Moon; Content:Shield of the Moon
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Obsidian City

Title: Obsidian City; Content:## In the Runiverse[edit | edit source]

Obsidian City is located in the eastern part of the known Runiverse. The city lies on the eastern coast of the known continent, southwards from Halcyon Sanctum and west of Raptor Caye.

Obsidian City

## Forgotten Runiverse Game[edit | edit source]

Obsidian City is located at (x, y) in the game. To get there, head due east from the origin.


Venus Fly Trap
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Venus Fly Trap

Title: Venus Fly Trap; Content:Venus Fly Trap
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Crucifore

Title: Crucifore; Content:Crucifore is a Cult Member who is best known for his work on the Comic Series Hail Draconis. This comic series featured Wizards on some of the comic covers.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/crucifore


Labyrinthian
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Labyrinthian

Title: Labyrinthian; Content:Labyrinthian
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Blue Kite
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Blue Kite


Grey Wolf
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Grey Wolf


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2023-03-01

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2023-03-01; Content:The Hall of Cats anthem by Eagletorium once again fanfares the beginning of Wizard Wednesday. However, this time, it is as an homage to the enigmatic feline channel that was deleted earlier today (though it appears to have already resurfaced).

## Contents

  * 1 Elf Wins Baby Dotta Wizard
  * 2 Cult Questions
    * 2.1 The Hall of Cats and The Wolf Dungeon
    * 2.2 A Balance of Power
    * 2.3 Upcoming Illuminatus Lore and The Quantum Shadow
    * 2.4 Changes to the Book of Lore
  * 3 Second Runes TCG Tournament
  * 4 Wizard Cameo in Raoul Pal Video
  * 5 Nifty League
  * 6 Special Guest: Comic Artist Reilly Brown
    * 6.1 Modern-Day Folklore
    * 6.2 Words Vs. Illustrations
    * 6.3 Transmutation of Creative Primitives
      * 6.3.1 From Pixel to Page
    * 6.4 The Hypothetical Island
  * 7 Sharon's Story and Closing Comments of Cult Content

## Elf Wins Baby Dotta Wizard[edit | edit source]

BlackSand's Fundraising Graphic Featuring the Baby Dotta Wizard

Elf reveals that he had the winning bid for the Baby Dotta Wizard in the BlackSand fundraising auction. (As a sidenote: The funds raised in the 3-day auction helped a fellow Wizard access emergency medical care. They have since undergone operation and are in recovery.)

Dotta briefly speculates about potential Lore of a Baby Dotta raised by Elf before the team pivots to Cult Questions.

## Cult Questions[edit | edit source]

The Hall of Cats and Wolf Dungeon On the Runiverse Map