The First Ride - Race Mechanics

Title: The First Ride - Race Mechanics; Content:The inaugural BlackSand Pony Race is a one-off, 7-day race that takes place between November 16th 2022 and November 23rd 2022.

Participation: Every pony holder is welcome to participate with 1 pony they hold.

Mechanics: Ponies’ performance in the race will be determined by a combination of two elements:

Votes from Twitter Poll:

  * A twitter poll will be launched including all participating ponies (in a thread, due to twitter limitation of 4 choices per poll)
  * Each pony will score 1 point per vote they get in the poll
  * Holders are encouraged to promote their pony on twitter and discord

Points from Treat Boost System:

  * Each holder will be able to secure boosts for their pony. Selected Treats from the Athenaeum collections can be used to redeem rolls. Different treats will grant different types of rolls (D6, D8 etc). See Treats Selection for details
  * To secure rolls, you will need to be holding the chosen treats in the same wallet as your pony at the start of a race
  * Your pony will gain points according to your rolls. The rolls will be conducted on Discord (mechanics tbd)
  * Each pony will be able to consume up to 3 treats per race. But if you roll 3 or more times (some treats may grant you more than 1 roll) your pony will be at risk of indigestion. You will need to roll 1 additional D4 to find out if your pony gets an indigestion. If you roll 1,2, or 3, your pony gets an indigestion and you lose 50% of your Twitter poll points

The race ends when the twitter poll closes. Rolls must happen before the poll closes to be counted.


The First Ride - Race Mechanics

Title: The First Ride - Race Mechanics; Content:The sum of the points you score from Twitter and from the Boost System will determine your pony’s final score and rank. The highest ranking ponies will win some great prizes!

### Treats Selection from the Forgotten Runes Athenaeum[edit | edit source]

The below treats from the Forgotten Runes Athenaeum have been selected as eligible for a special boost for the first pony race. Every pony holder is allowed to use a max of 3 TREATS per race; Any combination of the below is allowed. If a treat grants more than 1 roll, all the rolls must be used (e.g. if you feed 1 carrot to your pony, you need to roll 2 times). Remember, rolling 3 or more times can cause troubles.

  * Carrot (max 1x): "The most loved treat of any respectable pony." Grants 2x D6 rolls
  * Cognac or Rum (max 1x): "A drunk pony? Highly volatile results." Grants 1x D12 roll
  * Cucumber (max 1x): "Where do you put this?" Grants 3x D4 rolls
  * Hot Pepper (max 2x): "Apply on nostrils" Grants 1x D8 roll
  * A Gallon of Canaanite Milk: (max 1x): "Does this give superpowers?" Grants 1x D6 roll
  * Dead Fish or Dead Rat (max 2x*): "Why is this still moving!?" Grants 1x D6 roll
  * Cherry, Peach, Eggplant, Pumpkin (max 2x*): "This should be healthy" Grants 1x D4 roll


The First Ride - Race Mechanics

Title: The First Ride - Race Mechanics; Content:*Indicates that you can use any combination of the treats, but max 2x (e.g. you could use a Cherry and a Peach, or 2x Pumpkins, but no more)

Any other treat from the Forgotten Rune Athenaeum collection can be fed to your pony for 1 point (not 1 roll). It would still count towards to max of 3.

### Prizes[edit | edit source]

Amazing prizes await our brave ponies:

  * 1st place: 1x Nightmare Imp's Treat Box
  * 2nd place: 1x Nightmare Imp's Treat Box
  * 3rd place: 1x Nightmare Imp's Treat Box
  * Last place: 1x Nightmare Imp's Treat Box


Plague Rat
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Plague Rat

Title: Plague Rat; Content:Plague Rat
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Shield of Balance
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Shield of Balance

Title: Shield of Balance; Content:Shield of Balance
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Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-10-13

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-10-13; Content:FRWC was one of the initial featured Coinbase NFT partners, and a Wizard was represented on an early promotional image, circa October 2021.

## Contents

  * 1 Forgotten Runes is a Featured Coinbase NFT Partner!
  * 2 Advice: Put Your Wizard in the Book of Lore
  * 3 Updates About the Sacred Flames
  * 4 Forgotten Runes Website Update
  * 5 Cult Content Shoutouts
  * 6 Lore Reading

### Forgotten Runes is a Featured Coinbase NFT Partner![edit | edit source]

Forgotten Runes will be a “featured creator” at the Coinbase NFT platform, when it launches. This is courtesy of anonymous Coinbase employees who are also Wizard-holders.

Dotta: "It’s about time for OpenSea to have a real competitor." Elf: Coinbase has 68 million customers that will be exposed to Wizards. Compared to OpenSea, that has a couple hundred thousand." Dotta: We can’t make any claims about specifically what Coinbase will do, but it seems very likely that people using their platform will get exposure to Wizards.

Sacred Flame GIF that is attached to all Sacred Flame ERC-1155 tokens. Artwork by ElfJTrul.

### Advice: Put Your Wizard in the Book of Lore[edit | edit source]

Elf: Put your wizard in the Book of Lore, and this will serve as your "proof-of-lore." You can get whitelisted for extra “goodies”. Lachness made a really cool D&D-style character sheet. It can serve as a template for you to figure out your Wizard’s story. Find it in the web site blog post (how to access all the goodies).

### Updates About the Sacred Flames[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-10-13

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-10-13; Content:### Updates About the Sacred Flames[edit | edit source]

The FRWC team repeated the basics of the Sacred Flame drop and usage (see last week’s notes for the details). Burning order DOES matter. But no other hints were given.

Rarity outcomes - this will depend on what your fellow wizards burn. So it cannot be known beforehand. For example, if all the bell-holding wizards are burned, the outcome is different than if only one of them was burned. The background color also passes through the flame, and “something” happens.

Future utility for Sacred Flames besides the burning? On Discord, Dotta had said “the flames will be good for burning more than just wizards.” He meant it from a technical aspect, so other projects, in theory, could accept a flame token, and give something back. But there are no plans for anything like that currently by the Forgotten Runes team. So don’t keep it just because you think you could use it for something else in the future. Before you burn your Wizard, write your Wizard’s lore first. After your Wizard token is burned, you will no longer be able to write lore for them. You WILL be able to write Lore for your Soul, but what Lore could be written about a pile of dust?

Screenshot from the Kobold Run game, created by TheOneWhoRings circa October 2021.

### Forgotten Runes Website Update[edit | edit source]

Elf: We gave the website a revamp. Dotta and I wrote a bunch of new blog posts:

  * How to get access to all the goodies (GM generator, turnarounds, wizard portraits, etc.)
  * Post on decentralized world-building
  * Post on the principles of Forgotten Runes

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


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-10-13

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-10-13; Content:### Cult Content Shoutouts[edit | edit source]

  * Chuck K. for translating the new blog posts to Japanese
  * Magus Wazir for kobold run game.
  * Beervanger: Wizard Davos illustration.
  * Solokeep (Sage Solomon of the Keep): Psychedelic illustration
  * smolprotecc: Legend of Zelda meme
  * Forgotten Runes familiars re-imagined in a "neopets" style. Unnamed artist commissioned by Retired Yield Farmer.

Dotta: Multiple acts of generosity among wizards gifting flames.
  * Magus Tumbaj: Sorcerer’s Apprentice meme
  * Henboyd: Tavern scenes
  * Tikiteki.eth: 3D printed wizard
  * retiredyieldfarmer: Commissioned illustration of some of the familiars, looked like neopets

### Lore Reading[edit | edit source]

Sorcerer Milo from the Abyss (7163), and Sorcerer Ilyas of the Fey (8679), both as told by spz


Zombie Crow
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Zombie Crow

Title: Zombie Crow; Content:Zombie Crow
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Forgotten Runes Wizard's Cult Mint Day

Title: Forgotten Runes Wizard's Cult Mint Day; Content:At the moment of mint, members questioned if the project was a rug

The moment the website started working, folks loved the UI

Forgotten Runes Wizard's Cult was minted on June 30th 2021. The first public minting transaction happened at Ethereum block 12736300.


Anuran
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Anuran


Phosphorus Spear
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Phosphorus Spear

Title: Phosphorus Spear; Content:Phosphorus Spear
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Gargoyles of Calista's Citadel

Title: Gargoyles of Calista's Citadel; Content:Gargoyles of Calista's Citadel (Basic) by 1984pxls

Gargoyles of Calista's Citadel is a card in the Runes Trading Card Game with a Potency of 5

### Lore[edit | edit source]

> Sentries that come alive at night, on clear nights when fog from The Brine is tame their glowing yellow eyes can be seen from miles away.

— Giveahoot


3D Frog
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3D Frog


BlackSand: The City That Once Was

Title: BlackSand: The City That Once Was; Content:No results

“This has to work” Azazel thought. “BlackSand needs it; BlackSand deserves it.” It had been several years since Azazel had been commissioned by the Order of Historians to do something, anything about the city that once was. Yet nothing had worked. His efforts to attract farmers or merchants had been futile. Investors could not be convinced to fund new infrastructure. No citizens from nearby cities could be persuaded to move. It was all extremely infuriating.

Azazel was an historian, a shaman of the arts. His love for the history of BlackSand had pushed him to work day and night to try to bring the city back to its former glory. For BlackSand used to be one of the most glorious, rich and lavish cities the Runiverse had ever known. At a time when it wasn't yet known as BlackSand. A time when it was known as Imperium.

Located between the Salt Sea and the Mountains of Light, Imperium had been a flourishing hub of trade and culture. Merchants would bring their precious goods to the Imperium Port from lands far and wide. Scholars would travel to the City Keep to study ideas and philosophies. Pilgrims would journey to submit their offerings to the Temple of the True Gods. Wizards would convene in the Obsidian Tower to share their powerful magic and technological innovations. Art and music would spark from this melting pot of cultures, colliding in what felt like the pulsating heart of the entire Runiverse.

But it all abruptly came to an end. Azazel’s eyes swelled and watered every time he reminisced of that tragic day.

Imperium laid at the bottom of Sceena, the largest sleeping volcano in the Runiverse. Rich with resources, Sceena had been instrumental to the success of the city. But it also quickly became the very cause of its downfall.


BlackSand: The City That Once Was

Title: BlackSand: The City That Once Was; Content:One night, while Imperium quietly rested, Sceena suddenly erupted. Lava streamed down from its peak, flooding, burning and destroying everything on its path down to the Salt Sea’s shores.

No written report remains of that night. But the few stories that survived speak of inhumane screams of horror and pain as citizens succumbed to the unstoppable wrath of Sceena. For months walls of fires and smoke would rise from the incinerated land, making it impossible for anyone to aid the city.

In disbelief, Wizards from all lands tried to salvage the possible, conjuring their magic and deploying their technology. But nothing worked.

Nature had willed the end of Imperium, and Sceena had carried out the task.

Years later, Sceena’s rage finally stopped. Left was only black sand running all the way from the mountains to the seashores. Dusty, barren land that would be impossible to farm. Land that would bear no harvest or feed no cattle. Nothing left to remind the world of the glorious days of Imperium.

Merchant stopped trading; Scholars migrated elsewhere. Pilgrims sought their gods in other, far lands. Wizards left. Imperium slowly vanished from the world map, leaving behind only its BlackSand.


Barbarian
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Barbarian


Lorthar Impaler of Monsters (4543)

Title: Lorthar Impaler of Monsters (4543); 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.


Zombie Rat
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Zombie Rat

Title: Zombie Rat; Content:Zombie Rat
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Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-06-01

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-06-01; Content:A tweet released by Bisonic that provided a hint about the upcoming Frog Hunt alpha event.

## Contents

  * 1 An Interview with Jeldor from Bisonic
  * 2 Land Sale Delayed
  * 3 1st Round of House of Wizards Proposals are Under Discussion
  * 4 Community News
  * 5 Lore Reading

### An Interview with Jeldor from Bisonic[edit | edit source]

Jeldor from Bisonic (developer for Runiverse game) attended today’s Wizard Wednesday. He reported that the team working on the Runiverse game now numbers over 30. A massive game world has been created, where multiple online players can roam and meet. The game world includes recognizable landmarks from the FRWC map. The initial trial release includes a substantial portion of the planned map, which is expansive. Some other areas won’t be joined to the world map yet, but you can “teleport” to set piece areas (for now). Bisonic wants to feature various different environments, with a day/night cycle. Elf also mentioned that he just delivered an expanded world map to the Bisonic team for further development. This bigger map will also be in the comic book + on the floor at the NFT NYC event!

Jeldor hinted that “the frogs are croaking in the Runiverse”, which is a hint about something that will be happening very soon. When the alpha version of the game releases, you can authenticate and appear with your wizard’s head and robe color in the Runiverse world! If you don’t own a wizard, you can still enter the game as a generic hooded and robed figure. Release date to be announced.

Bisonic's Runiverse Community Land Sale was postponed until later in 2022 (specific date TBA). Source: runiverse.world


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-06-01

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-06-01; Content:Runiverse work in progress: 4 vs. 4 real-time turn based battler system, gathering and crafting systems, armor/weapons objects and animations, and up-rezzing the NFT wizards. Wizard heads are completed; wizard bodies are in the works too, getting individual animations. There will be PvP battling & ranked matchmaking + competitive tournaments in the game. Jeldor talked about some of the forms of game progression - both individual (levels, crafting, land parcel development) & collective (development of cities and player-run services). Overall, Jeldor confirmed that the systems in the game are inspired by MMORPGs like Everquest, Ultima Online and World of Warcraft. Different systems take ideas from different previous titles. The overworld map is not instanced, but the dungeons are instanced to a party. What this means is that in the world map, is that you will be able to see and interact with other players. In the combat areas ("dungeons") you will have a private "instance" or copy, of the dungeon (so there aren't things like kill-stealing happening.

### Land Sale Delayed[edit | edit source]

Sharon let Litho the Frog have a voice on Twitter as well (circa June 2022)

The Runiverse game land sale was confirmed as delayed. The Runiverse game will be free-to-play, and the land sale was originally scheduled for June, but will not happen at this time anymore. However, the game development will continue as planned, and we’ll all be able to play an alpha/beta version of the game before the land sale opens.

### 1st Round of House of Wizards Proposals are Under Discussion[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-06-01

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-06-01; Content:### 1st Round of House of Wizards Proposals are Under Discussion[edit | edit source]

There were live discussions for many of the House of Wizard proposals with the person in charge of each one. Note that there wasn't enough time for all the proposal leaders to speak, so there will be more time given to this topic in the new Magic Machine Twitter spaces, which is called Coffee with Magic Machine, which takes place on Tuesdays at 11AM EST/8AM PST.

### Community News[edit | edit source]

Elf was noticeably sick, but wanted to come on and do shout-outs for the Cult Content that’s been coming out. Finally, the poster contest for the NFT NYC event was concluded, but there were so many great entries that MM delayed announcing a winner until next week.

### Lore Reading[edit | edit source]

Lore readings this week were NotherDimens reading about Chaos Mage Marceline of the Atheneum (660), and Sharon read another one of Litho’s Bedtime Stories, which featured the familiars of a few other wizards.


Skylord Rookery

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

Skylord Rookery is located in the central part of the known Runiverse. The Rookery lies at the southern tip of the range of mountains guarding the Secret Tower.

Skylord Rookery

## Forgotten Runiverse Game[edit | edit source]

Skylord Rookery is located at (x, y) in the game.


Red Tunic Armor
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Red Tunic Armor

Title: Red Tunic Armor; Content:Red Tunic Armor
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Corvid in Fedora
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Corvid in Fedora

Title: Corvid in Fedora; Content:Corvid in Fedora
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Wild Furgnome
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Wild Furgnome

Title: Wild Furgnome; Content:Wild Furgnome
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Pyromancer Duzzle (1964)

Title: Pyromancer Duzzle (1964); Content:He is a known associate of Magus Wazir of the Mount (6287) and owner of the Shroom Shack


Quantum Key
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Quantum Key

Title: Quantum Key; Content:Quantum Key
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Olympian
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Olympian


Title: The BlackSand Tournament I: Round I, Duel I; Content:## From Arvid Terror of Penguins[edit | edit source]

"BlackSand?!" Arvid hummed almost in disbelief. She never thought she would have ended up in such a god-forgotten place. “What a well fitting name for this dusty city” she laughed out while running by a small merchant cart and stealing a red apple. The poor merchant yelled in vain as Arvid jumped away and quickly disappeared around a dark corner. “So much fun!” she shouted with her usual wide smile, always so prone to turning into a loud laugh.

Arvid was a tall girl for her age, or at least that was what everyone told her. “And beautiful”, she chuckled. She came from the north, from a rich family of fishers that had built a mini empire by taming, training, and trading penguins. But she could not deal with the fish stench. “Definitely not”. From a young age she had been rebellious and never once wasted the chance to run around pretending to be a warrior from the stories she so dearly loved. Sometimes she even managed to steal a penguin or two to train with. “Penguin Punch” she shouted as she pumped her right fist in the air like she used to do when she was a kid.

Arvid was so invested in the idea of becoming a warrior that her mother funded her fighting lessons and bought her the shiny mail armor she wore. “Love you mummy” she smiled.

Her dream of being a warrior was what brought her to BlackSand. She happened to be with her older brother on a fishing trip near the city when a crow dropped news of the legendary BlackSand tournament. “Legendary my ass” she laughed. In fact, no one had ever heard of it and it indeed appeared to be the first time it was ever hosted. “At least I finally have my chance to fight.”


Title: The BlackSand Tournament I: Round I, Duel I; Content:While she had trained for years, she had never been in an actual fight. And, thanks to the Seven Sisters, her brother was too busy to keep tab on her whereabouts today. So as soon as she had a chance, she signed up for this duel thing.

Proudly wearing her plate helmet and holding her round shield, she trotted through the Main Street heading to the tournament arena. But calling it an arena was a big stretch. A few rows of bleachers on the right and a wooden fence on the left functioned as perimeter to the fighting area. The ground consisted of that annoying, black, granular sand that seemed to cover the entire town. “It feels cheap. But at least there is a crowd” she thought, as a few tens of people were taking their seats on the wooden bleachers. That weird Wizard with the round stony-looking face was calling everyone’s attention. He then proceeded to eloquently introduce the legendary tournament. After some scattered applause from the fans, he initiated the fight.

Arvid made her way to the center. It was time for her duel. The Tournament had allowed for a trial fight the day before, where she ended up surrendering to this Qamar person. But this time she was ready to fight.

On the other side of the small arena, her opponent ceremonially drew his sword. “What the heck, I forgot my sword again” Arvid murmured quietly, embarrassed. A loud snap followed, and her opponent’s sword magically lit on fire. The crowd cried with excitement and started clapping to the unexpected flaming sword.

Arvid’s eyes widened in shock: “ah fuck…”

## From Qamar Combatant the Rune Riders[edit | edit source]


Title: The BlackSand Tournament I: Round I, Duel I; Content:## From Qamar Combatant the Rune Riders[edit | edit source]

Qamar’s night had so far been quiet. For months now he had been stationed with the Mercenary Camp. A band of twenty-ish warriors camped in the East lands selling their swords to the best offer. But the past couple of weeks had been awfully calm.

So, for once, Qamar got excited when a black crow landed in the Camp with a message. The message promised gold coins to whomever won some sort of tournament in a city called BlackSand. “Gold coins? That’s all I need to know” Qamar grunted as he threw the fancy letter into the fire in front of him. “I will never get how these crows know where to drop stuff, oh well” But Qamar dismissed his own thoughts and resolved to get to sleep before starting his journey to this BlackGround or something city.

Qamar didn’t know much about that place. He had only heard some stories about a once glorious city in the West that was now totally gone. “Ah what a pity” Qamar sighed. He had never been curious about history. In fact, he had never really been curious about anything at all. At a young age he had been adopted by a jungle tribe of warriors. All he knew growing up was fighting. No more no less. “What else is there to do?” Qamar asked Feix, his loyal jaguar sitting next to him.


Title: The BlackSand Tournament I: Round I, Duel I; Content:The next morning, Qamar gathered his few belongings and headed out of the camp. After years of training, he was quite muscular, with thick arms and broad shoulders that made up for his relatively short body. Few fellow mercenaries waved their goodbyes as he crossed the camp wooden gates. “Maybe I should have told them about this” Qamar thought, but no use now. The majority of the camp had been summoned to what seemed like a potential war brewing far East.

A few weeks later, Qamar finally made it to BlackSand. He was surprised by how desolated it felt - he could only see a handful of people on the streets and only a few inns and shops. He decided to seek shelter for the night and inquire about the tournament early in the morrow.

In the morning he headed towards the arena people called the “Astral Plane.” As he approached the empty pit to sign up for the tournament, Qamar was approached by a wizard with a non-human head that looked like a round dark stone. He was holding a red feather and some parchment: “Your name?” the Wizard asked. “Qamar” he replied.

“Very well…” the wizard said “an Anuuah warrior I see!?” That comment left Qamar quite surprised “How does he know about my origins?” “You will be starting now” the wizard quickly instructed him, pointing him towards the middle of the fighting pit.

Waiting for Qamar was a tall, blond girl wearing a flamboyant armor. “Where’s her weapon?” Qamar observed. “This will be only a trial” the Wizard shouted. “You may now proceed.”


Title: The BlackSand Tournament I: Round I, Duel I; Content:“A trial?” Qamar hesitated as he reached the center of the pit. But that hesitation gave his opponent an opening. The girl punched him hard in the stomach to then land another punch straight to his face. After the initial shock, Qamar took a few steps back. Quickly drawing his sword, he hit his opponent on the head, knocking her out.

“Stop, stop now, she surrenders” the Wizard intervened. “Good skills Qamar. Come back tomorrow when we will officially commence the tournament.” Confused Qamar left.*“What…What is going on…was that a test?”

The following day seemed to be a much bigger deal. As Qamar re-entered the pit, tens of people were in the crowd waiting for the fight. “Things getting serious now.”

Shortly after, that same wizard he saw the day before, “was it Azazef or something?”, shouted some fancy words and announced the start of the duel.

It felt so good to fight again. “Let’s do this right." Qamar drew his sword with his right hand and in an instant the blade lit on fire. The crowd roared with excitement. “Let’s fight” Qamar yelled.

## From Shaman Azazel of the Astral Plane[edit | edit source]

“Let the inaugural duel of the BlackSand Tournament commence” Azazel announced ceremonially. “And so it finally begins” he thought with relief.

The warrior named Qamar immediately drew his sword, which quickly lit on fire. The crowd went wild.

The warrior named Arvid looked shocked at the mere sight of the flaming sword. However, she quickly regained her exposure and started charging with her shield firmly held in front of her. But Qamar seemed to be expecting it. With a swift move to his right he avoided the enemy’s charge.

The crowd clapped and cheered!


Title: The BlackSand Tournament I: Round I, Duel I; Content:The crowd clapped and cheered!

Arvid recollected herself and this time threw a kick to her opponent. Surprising him. Her kick hit his face and cut his left cheek.

Arvid kicked again and hit Qamar’s torso, but this time with limited damage. Qamar then swung his sword, looking for an opening, but Arvid lifted her shield at the last second to prevent the hit. She then jumped back a few feet to recover her defensive stance, and to put some space between herself and that burning blade.

It was Qamar’s turn to attack. He lifted his sword high with both hands and charged at his opponent. He then swiftly swung the sword down with all his strength, aiming at Arvid’s right shoulder. But she anticipated the move, once again raising her shield in defense. The sword hit with a loud, clanging sound. Arvid managed to parry, but that was a heavy hit.

The flames of the burning blade jumped onto the shield, lighting it on fire. Arvid gasped and screamed with surprise. The heat of the flames quickly forced her to throw her shield to the ground.

Qamar didn’t wait a second. With another swift move he aimed his next swing to Arvid’s left leg. Defenseless, Arvid had to jump flat on the ground, barely evading the attack.

This time Qamar paused, giving Arvid’s an opportunity to stand back up. But as she was standing, Arvid grabbed a fist of sand and threw it at Qamar’s face, blinding him for a moment. Qamar also lost balance and Arvid took the chance to threw a strong hook to his jaw, pushing him to the ground. The crowd gasped in surprise as Qamar fell and dropped his sword.


Title: The BlackSand Tournament I: Round I, Duel I; Content:Arvid immediately jumped on Qamar, aiming a few more punches to his head. But Qamar was quick to respond and firmly grabbed her wrists stopping her attacks. He then pushed her away gaining enough space and time to stand up. He quickly run back to his sword before Arvid could. At the same time Arvid headed to her shield that was now laying on the ground, flames extinguished. However, the shield was still scorching hot. In desperation, she hurled the shield towards Qamar, hoping to cause some damage. But she missed, eliciting some laughs from the crowd.

Qamar, now seemingly upset at the trickery of his opponent, took the opportunity to charge again. This time holding his flaming sword only with his right hand. He swung, but missed as Arivd lunged to the right. But he then caught Arvid’s next kick with his free hand. In shock, Arvid lost balance and started to fall to her left. But before she could react, Qamar swung his sword hard and hit Arivd’s helmet with the sword pommel. A loud snap echoed as the crowd held their breath. Arvid gasped after the hard hit and immediately lost consciousness. Qamar let go of her left foot, as she dropped to the ground.

“What a fight” someone from the crowd shouted and a loud cheers followed from the bleachers. “Qamar! Qamar! Qamar!” they chanted.

Qamar stood proud; that fight was over. He had won.

“Congratulations to Qamar Combatant the Rune Riders” Azazel shouted. “May your name be remembered as the first champion of a BlackSand fight” he concluded as the crowd exploded in claps and cheers.


Mutant Snapping Turtle
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Mutant Snapping Turtle

Title: Mutant Snapping Turtle; Content:Mutant Snapping Turtle
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Red Wizard Capital

Title: Red Wizard Capital; Content:## In the Runiverse[edit | edit source]

Red Wizard Capital is located in the central region of the known Runiverse. It lies on the west coast of the known continent due east from Kobold's Crossroad, on the eastern shores of the Salt.

Red Wizard Capital

## Forgotten Runiverse Game[edit | edit source]

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


Book of Names

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

Book of Names 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]

The Nightmare Imp gave out 110 total Books of Names.


Rune of Infinity
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Rune of Infinity

Title: Rune of Infinity; Content:Rune of Infinity
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Robe of Shadow
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Robe of Shadow

Title: Robe of Shadow; Content:Robe of Shadow
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Burning of the 13 Warriors (2022)

Title: Burning of the 13 Warriors (2022); Content:The Burning of the 13 Warriors was an event held on July 27th, 2022 on Discord in the 💫sales channel (src) where community members sent 13 Warriors to the burn address (first tx)

This event is not to be confused with The Great Burning (2021) in which Wizards were burned using The Sacred Flame. These were manually sent to the Ethereum burn address and thus are forever unrecoverable.

The event was initiated by Retired Yield Farmer who said:

> "I will never forgive the warriors for what they did to our wizard floor. Every warrior I own is going straight into the sacred fire." src

Some would argue that SeeMikeDraw was the one who seeded that thought:

The first Warrior burned was Henry Dispatcher of the Docks (1009) src followed by Titan Swashbuckler of the Ruins (11648).

> Goodbye, Titan Swashbuckler of the Ruins. You were with us far too long

The first two burnings were followed by an additional 11 burnings where Warriors were sent either to the burn address or the contract itself (resulting in those Warriors being irrevocably trapped).

The Kobold Horde, always enamored by pyrotechnics, mob mentality, and an at times a confused sense of justice utilized the confusion to take care of one of their most ruthless criminals, Spike Cleaver of Kobolds (13395). To shouts of "No one makes a Kobold bleed it's own blood!" Ghost Eater Kobold of the Technochrome (55) (aka Tadmajor) quickly erected a pyre and spent Spike to the flames of the burn address trapping him so not even his soul could cause future harm to the Horde.

## Burned Warriors[edit | edit source]


Burning of the 13 Warriors (2022)

Title: Burning of the 13 Warriors (2022); Content:## Burned Warriors[edit | edit source]

  * Henry Dispatcher of the Docks (1009)
  * Lucy Cad of the Elysian Fields (3194)
  * Lorthar Impaler of Monsters (4543)
  * Murph Slaughterer of Komodi (9383)
  * Sandy Mincer of the Pavillion (9404)
  * Callan Slasher of the Savannah (10076)
  * Nix Eradicator of the Road (10077)
  * Ayo Cutter of the Back Alley (10078)
  * Gilbert Shaver of Brigands (10079)
  * Rock Basher of Brigands (10080)
  * Titan Swashbuckler of the Ruins (11648)
  * Spike Cleaver of Kobolds (13395)


Runes Trading Card Game

Title: Runes Trading Card Game; Content:Runes is a trading card game set in the Land of Forgotten Runes, the world being realized by the Forgotten Runes Wizard Cult team & community.

At its most basic level - Runes is a 1v1 card game where players will use cards, represented as NFTs, that they’ve collected through playing the game or exclusive gifts.

At its most advanced level - Runes is a complete multimedia experience where social, gameplay, and creator cultures collide. It is a malleable portal that gives players the tools they need to transport themselves & friends (or strangers) into a setting of their choosing.

Runes Card Game

Official Website

Twitter

View the List of Runes Trading Cards here.

## Lore[edit | edit source]

### Runes Origin Story[edit | edit source]


Runes Trading Card Game

Title: Runes Trading Card Game; Content:> Although no one knows with certainty where the game was first played, Runes is a cordial practice that supposedly originates from The Tavern, a now infamous establishment that is tucked away in a remote Brown Hat village.
>
> While The Tavern today is more or less formally known as such - this is not a name it chose for itself, rather its patrons chose for it. For years and years The Tavern didn’t have a name as it didn’t need one, seeing as it is a place with no equal. Brown Hatters from the region would need just say “The Tavern” and anyone who knew, knew. The Tavern is a simple structure with simple offerings, but all those who visit it can recognize its unique wonder even if they can’t quite articulate why. Long wooden tables that stretch across a large singular room, while obviously worn from years of service, somehow seem more well equipped to perform than ever. The interior of the walls are decorated with weathered tools of various trades, as it is tradition for tradesmen far & wide to retire their most prized possessions in this sacred place so they can energize the next generation of laborers. The bartenders, masters of a friendly yet unassuming dance - are able to make all feel welcome, from the social butterflies to the distant recluse. And the beer... oh the beer. One sip of the house nectar & whatever ails you is cured. People have tried to replicate the recipe as it isn’t a secret, yet not one single attempt has been able to yield something as good. This is why one only need say “The Tavern”.
>


Runes Trading Card Game

Title: Runes Trading Card Game; Content:>
> And as for Runes, the story goes that the game finds its roots in the childhood game Tic-Tac-Toe. One day as some tavern-goers were trying to make a row of 3, a particularly “happy” player slammed a wooden disk down on the table & chipped an opponent’s piece. To the inebriated this action was obviously way more satisfying than a gentle placement of an item, so the game then briefly transformed into a gauntlet of bashing & bludgeoning. But after one too many spilled pints & shattered mugs, the barkeeps decided to yet again evolve the game to keep the newly found fun, but lose the barbarism. And that is the birth of Runes that we know today. Now players strategically place cards on a grid while only figuratively bashing & bludgeoning - with the goal of controlling the most cards by the end of the game.
>
> Since its inception, the world of Forgotten Runes has embraced Runes as its own, bringing it into bars & homes & other places of gathering all over. Regional, national, and international tournaments dub grand masters & champions. Some individual cards being more famous than kings & queens. Yet it’s something that wizards & non-wizards alike, of all ages & cultures & hats, can enjoy.
>
> Lands far and wide have their own unique rules that they overlay on-top of the foundational ones, some additions being tame and others quite imaginative. No rule or variation however causes the game to lose sight of its purpose: Players engage in a battle of wits, but more importantly a bonding of souls.


Runes Trading Card Game

Title: Runes Trading Card Game; Content:### Up for a game? The lore behind the free beginner cards.[edit | edit source]


Runes Trading Card Game

Title: Runes Trading Card Game; Content:> Runes is an ancient art, a game that to most seems to have always existed. There are a select few who remember its birth, but they keep this story to themselves as to not taint what the game has become.
>
> Medium Apollo of the Cosmos is not one of these ancient wizards, but he knows the most important thing about Runes: it binds. The bonds created through shared experiences are some of the most powerful spells in the Runiverse. People sit down to play a game, but little do they know they are performing magic. They enchant the other, they enchant themselves.
>
> An invitation to play and the acceptance. Sealed with a nod, handshake, a smile...
>
> Presenting yourself to another, coexisting in the same space. Vulnerable...
>
> The flipping through the cards as you find your hand to play with...
>
> The positioning of the board, in between the two players. A bridge...
>
> Placing the cards on the board, allowing a story to unfold. A story within a story...
>
> The resolution of the game, the acknowledgment of the victor. A celebration...
>
> And the departure. Separate but now tethered by magic.
>


Runes Trading Card Game

Title: Runes Trading Card Game; Content:>
> And the departure. Separate but now tethered by magic.
>
> Apollo knows this magic all too well. Growing up, he played Runes with some of his best friends in various basements, kitchen tables, and local card shops. They spent countless hours sparring, laughing, bonding. As Apollo grew up, naturally him & his friends played less as responsibilities blossomed. But this didn’t sit right with him. What Runes gave him & his friends growing up was lacking in the world around him. People walked past each other without recognizing anyone. They occupied the same space without really coexisting. They interacted but those interactions were shallow, without meaning. And when they parted ways, nothing persisted to bind them.
>
> Feeling the weight of a world without magic, he walked to a park him and his friends would frequently play cards in during the hot summers. He sat down & with his head in hands, found himself lost and asking himself a question he didn't know the answer to. As he lifted his head, hoping to see the answer in the Cosmos above him he was greeted by a little girl standing next to the table.
>
> Girl: Up for a game?
>
> She reached out to him, and in her hand was a small pile of Runes cards. He accepted.
>
> She gleefully sat down and placed the board in between them. The two played dozens of games. He flipped through the cards that he knew all too well but felt like he hadn’t seen in an eternity. They laughed and cheered each other on. He felt that feeling. The magic that he was missing.
>
> Girl: Apollo, the world needs people to bring it together. You don’t have to live in a world without magic.
>
> Apollo: But how?
>


Runes Trading Card Game

Title: Runes Trading Card Game; Content:>
> Apollo: But how?
>
> The little girl smirked. She took a card out of a chest pocket and placed it face down on the table.
>
> Girl: You know what to do!
>
> A light breeze started to blow just hard enough to push the card off of the table. Apollo bent down to pick up it up & when he finally rose she was gone.
>
> He looked at the card & on it he found an image of himself. She was right, Apollo knew what he had to do. He traveled back to his childhood home & gathered all of the Runes cards that him and his friends used to play with.
>
> Now, whenever someone is looking for respite, craving a connection, or needing a touch of fun, Apollo is there with cards in hand.
>
> Apollo: Up for a game?


Runes Trading Card Game

Title: Runes Trading Card Game; Content:Medium Apollo of the Cosmos handing someone their first deck of cards


Bush Spear
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Bush Spear

Title: Bush Spear; Content:Bush Spear
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Left Hand

Title: Left Hand; Content:Left Hand of the Heretic. Artist: malevolent.eth

“Left Hand” is a term for artwork referencing the Left Hand of the Heretic. Often used to sow chaos and fear, the art depicts a left hand as a lit candle of black wax accompanied by a skull with the Roman numerals XIII carved into the frontal bone. Public display of the Left Hand symbolizes support for The Heretic.

### Origin[edit | edit source]

Left Hand of the Heretic is the position held by the necromancer, Wraith Knight Bayard of the Worms (7088), within the dark faction of Sorcerer Aldus of the Morning Star (6491). On many occasions, artwork displaying the Left Hand was graffitied across various locations of a city in the days leading up to an invasion by The Heretic’s legions. It is rumored that prior to battle, Bayard sent his Worms ahead into a targeted region to mark the walls in public view with the Left Hand as both a fear tactic and a method to rally sympathizers to their campaign. Although The Heretic’s legions fell and Bayard is presumed dead, reports of vandalism in which the Left Hand is displayed still persist throughout the Runiverse. Some experts claim the increased sightings of the Left Hand suggests a resurgence of The Heretic and his dark forces, but these claims have yet to be confirmed.

### Meaning[edit | edit source]

The black left hand symbolizes the contrarian nature of necromancy, with the five fingers as lit candles representing the five points of a magical circle (four elements plus the soul). The skull references The Heretic’s magical item of a shadowy skull with XIII carved into the frontal bone, representing Death in the tarot Major Arcana.


Azure Raptor
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Azure Raptor

Title: Azure Raptor; Content:Azure Raptor
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Tundra Wear
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Tundra Wear

Title: Tundra Wear; Content:Tundra Wear
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Souls

Title: Souls; Content:Forgotten Runes Souls
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A Forgotten Runes soul

The Souls are the second collection in the Runiverse and are created by turning Wizards into Souls. They are considered equivalent to Wizards, if not more prestigious due to rarity. They are defined to hold the same rights and priorities as the main Wizards collection. Currently, 642 souls exist (from a possible total of 1,112) in total. Each Soul has a head and a body and may have one of these traits: a familiar, a prop, and a rune. The original blog post outlines the intention of the Souls collection.

## Contents

  * 1 Mechanic
    * 1.1 Burn Order
  * 2 Trait Transmutations
    * 2.1 Legendary Souls
    * 2.2 Burning Special Wizards
    * 2.3 Undesirables
  * 3 History
  * 4 Blockchain
  * 5 In the Runiverse
  * 6 Trivia
  * 7 Traits
    * 7.1 List of Soul Heads
    * 7.2 List of Soul Bodies
    * 7.3 List of Soul Familiars
    * 7.4 List of Soul Props
    * 7.5 List of Soul Runes
  * 8 Resources

## Mechanic[edit | edit source]


Souls

Title: Souls; Content:## Mechanic[edit | edit source]

A Soul is acquired by submitting a Forgotten Wizard into the Sacred Flame, burning the Wizard (and the Flame token) in exchange for the Soul. The Soul is often, but not always, a transposition of the original Wizard's traits into an undead form. The transmutation of the original trait into a Soul trait is never guaranteed. There are also several other potential outcomes: (i) the Wizard is transmuted into a Unique Soul wholly independent of its traits, often considered a 1/1 Soul, and (ii) the Wizard is transmuted into one of the Undesirables (for example, a coffin, an urn or a tulip). The resulting Forgotten Soul will retain the same token ID as the original Wizard that was burned to create it.

Upon burning, a blockchain transaction is initiated in which both the Wizard and Sacred Flame tokens used are sent to the Ethereum burn address where they are forever irretrievable. On completion, one final entry for the sacrificed Wizard is automatically uploaded into the Book of Lore. The final entry includes a record of the Ethereum block number in which the Wizard was sacrificed, an image of the Soul they have transmuted into, and a link to the Soul's Book of Lore page. Any Wizard burned will no longer be able to create future entries into the Book of Lore as their original self. However, they can create Book of Lore entries as the Soul they have become.

### Burn Order[edit | edit source]

Aside from the token ID inherited from the original Wizard, each Soul has a Burn Order property denoting the order in which it was burned within the Souls collection (starting at 0 with Lich Marquis Lumos (8500)). The Decoder Crystal, accessed from the doorway on the bottom right of the Secret Tower on the Forgotten Runes website, keeps track of the current Burn Order.


Souls

Title: Souls; Content:## Trait Transmutations[edit | edit source]

In the event that a burned Wizard does not result in a Legendary Soul or Undesirable, each trait is transmuted into one of several possible Soul traits drawn from an eligible pool of possible transmutations for the given Wizard trait. It is possible for a trait to be transmuted into no trait. While the collection remains incomplete, knowledge of all possible outcomes for each individual trait is still not fully known. ElfJTrul and Dotta have stated that there are no plans to reveal unrevealed or unused Soul assets even if all Sacred Flames have been used. The Burn Log created by community member TV keeps track of the outcome of every Wizard burn and allows Wizard owners to view the possible pool of known outcomes for each trait for their Burn candidate.

Familiars that pass through the Sacred Flame seem to have 3 possible outcomes; becoming either a zombie, ghost, or skeleton version of what they previously were. An exception to this is the Ember Frog, which seems to always become a Blaze Frog upon successful burn. There are still rare familiars such as the Astral Snail who haven't been successfully burned enough times to know whether or not more permutations of them exist in the Souls collection. Wizards without a Familiar have a chance of gaining a Thylacine,Resurrected Dodo, or Resurrected Smilodon Kitten. Wizards without a Rune have a chance to gain the collection exclusive Rune of Souls.

  * Resurrected Dodo

  * Resurrected Thylacine

  * Resurrected Smilodon Kitten

  * Rune of Souls

### Legendary Souls[edit | edit source]

Legendary Souls are special 1/1 Souls that are summoned based on Burn Order. A Legendary Soul will override all of the traits and rarities of the preceding Wizard as the complement of the Soul's traits are pre-generated.


Souls

Title: Souls; Content:Starting on October 19th, the official Forgotten Runes Twitter used silhouettes of Legendary Souls as teasers. All but one of these silhouettes have been minted and revealed.

> Twitter

There are currently 14 Legendary Souls revealed, and according to Dotta there are more than 2 left uncovered. All Legendary Souls can be easily viewed on the Forgotten Market here.

  * Bloody Mary (133)
  * Toru the Video Ghost (181)
  * Glitch Poltergeist is here... (474)
  * Zombie King of the Undead (1704)
  * The Lich Emperor Supreme (4235)
  * Marie Laveau (5659)
  * White Lady (6283)
  * Grim Reaper (7274)
  * The Most Hideous Revenant (7910)
  * Flying Dutchman (8288)
  * Nosferatu (8792)
  * Ghoul of Insatiable Blood Lust (9807)

### Burning Special Wizards[edit | edit source]

Warning has been given by Magic Machine of the risks involved with burning Wizards, especially in regards to those with rare traits or perfect affinity. Burning a rare or special Wizard does not guarantee a rare outcome, and some one of a kind traits have transmuted into traits found elsewhere in the Soul's collection. However, there have been two cases in which burning of Honorary Wizards had resulted in special souls adorned with halos; The Great and Magical UserGnome (28) and Hedge Wizard Dotta of the Carnival (6044). It is worth noting that most Honorary Wizards burned have received no special transmutation when converted into a Soul.


Souls

Title: Souls; Content:* Lewd Revenant Edge Arcanist Artchick (10)
  * The Ghost of Gremplin (28)
  * Golden Lich LeggoMyGreggo (29)
  * No results
  * Angelic Dotta (6044)

### Undesirables[edit | edit source]

Each burn has an approximate 10 percent chance of returning an Undesirable rather than a Soul. An Undesirable transmutes the Wizard in entirety into a single object, for example, a Tulip on a Grave or the famed Jelly Donut. The Undesirable NFT then is comprised of the object and a background, instead of having a prototypical head, body, and other traits of a typical Soul. The transmutation of a Wizard into an Undesirable rather than a Soul is considered a risk mechanic; for example, the burning of a Wizard with rare components carries expectation of a rare Souls counterpart - if the Wizard becomes an Undesirable, that rarity is not realized.

These undesirables range from common results such as Ashpiles, and rarer outcomes that are seemingly one of a kind such as No results. Currently, these are the groups of uncovered Undesirables:

  * Piles
  * Coffins
  * Flowers on Graves
  * Ectoplasm
  * Jelly Donuts
  * Urns
  * Orbs
  * Void

## History[edit | edit source]

The burning of Wizards was first included in the Roadmap v1. The first burns occurred on All Hallows Eve 2021 in a cluster of sacrifices known as The Great Burning.

## Blockchain[edit | edit source]


Souls

Title: Souls; Content:## Blockchain[edit | edit source]

The Forgotten Souls contract was created on the 29th of October, 1402h UTC at address 0x251b5f14a825c537ff788604ea1b58e49b70726f. The initial contract cost 0.808 ETH to deploy (at the time, USD 995.53). Unlike most of the other collections, the Souls contract does not have a line of lore. The contract's ERC712 token name is SOULS. The first summon of the Forgotten Souls occurred on the 31st of October, 1547h UTC.

## In the Runiverse[edit | edit source]

The first descriptions of the Souls and their hierarchies are given by ElfJTrul in Wizard Wednesday, Episode 14. The descriptions below are paraphrased from his descriptions:

Liches are the aristocracy of the undead, the gentry of the nightmare dominion. They take great pride in their noble titles. They are power-hungry leaders of the undead world. They maintain their power through political intrigue and corruption, but if that does not suffice, they send out their army of wraiths.

Wraiths are cursed warriors of the undead armies. The captains, the knights, the deacons and the devouts form the ranks of the wraiths. These are mortal enemies of the warriors of the Runiverse and they appear to be immortal to the usual methods of death-dealing.

Zombies are the mindless, rotting wanderers anchored to the earthly plane. They are neither dead nor alive but are forever hungry.


Souls

Title: Souls; Content:Revenants are zombie-like with increased awareness and sentience. These are beings who are enslaved to their own vices with a gluttony for blood and flesh. Some consider the Revenants as a Lich underclass, but there are rumours of Revenants ascending to Lichhood.

Ghouls are beings of unparalleled debauchery who engorge themselves with reckless abandon, drunk on improprietary and wanton ways. They are so vulgar and disgusting that they are not fit to inhabit Goblin Town.

Spectres are souls who wander the earthly plane but also occupy more amorphous dimensions, other spirit planes. They are generally formed from substances like shade, ectoplasm, and ether.

Phantasms are like Spectres but live wholly on the immaterial plane. It is speculated that they are creatures of the Void itself and disconnected from the affairs of the living.

Poltergeists are beings that live in the Machine realm. Technology in the Runiverse is often occupied by these beings, and glitches are considered "kissed by a poltergeist".

## Trivia[edit | edit source]


Souls

Title: Souls; Content:## Trivia[edit | edit source]

  * Cult members have long recognized that most Forgotten Runes collections have special mints reserved for particular token IDs. Although a Soul's token ID is inherited from the Wizard burned to create it, Burn Order was used by Magic Machine instead to reserve Legendary mints. As a result, there was much anticipation for a Souls#Legendary Souls to manifest from the 666th Sacred Flame sacrifice. The expectation that burn 666 would yield this result was further supported by the lack of new Legendary Soul mints in over 7 months (with White Lady (6283) resulting from burn #565), leading to many holders of Sacred Flames to hold off on burning in hopes of minting the soul tied to burn #666. However, burn #666 did not spawn any special result, and instead it was burn #652 that spawned the 14th Legendary Soul, No results. On Wizard Wednesday Ep.48 it was noted that Dotta and ElfJTrul thought #666 was too obvious of a special burn, and likely to be [MeV'd] as a result so opted to not reserve a special result for it.

  * The only instance in which a The World Egg was burned was in The Burning of Dotta. The resulting burn however transmuted Hedge Wizard Dotta of the Carnival (6044) into a Special Soul, which seemingly had a pre-determined outcome. Angelic Dotta (6044)'s prop is a Banshee's Harp instead of a successfully transmuted The World Egg. To this day, nobody but Dotta and ElfJTrul know what outcome a successful The World Egg burn yields.

  * Hedge Wizard Dotta of the Carnival (6044)'s Jewled Hummingbird familiar has completely vanished upon burn, making it the only burn to have resulted in a Wizard losing their familiar entirely.


Souls

Title: Souls; Content:* Although each background in the collection has a face, the artwork is usually covered by their traits and draw attention away from it. However, Undesirables often show the face clearly because their images tend to be smaller. Many assume that only Undesirables have faces in the background, but almost every single token in the collection has one. Ironically, the only token to not feature a face in the background is an Undesirable - Total Void of Absolute Nothingness. Despite having Death as its background, it's impossible to make out through the void.

## Traits[edit | edit source]

### List of Soul Heads[edit | edit source]

  * Angelic Dotta

  * Anuran Skull

  * Blight Zombie

  * Blood Eater Revenant

  * Braindrain Skull

  * Canaanite Skull

  * Captian of the Namesake

  * Channel 1 Poltergeist

  * Channel 3 Poltergeist

  * Consumption Zombie

  * Corvid Skull

  * Count Orlok

  * Death Shroom

  * Disgusting Revenant

  * Ecto Spectre

  * Eldritch Horror

  * Ethereal Spectre

  * Evil One's Skull

  * Eyeball Fireball

  * Felis Skull

  * Furgnome Ghost

  * Gangrene Zombie

  * Ghost Flame

  * Ghost Pumpkin

  * Ghoul of Bloodlust

  * Ghoul of Shade

  * Ghoul of Sickness

  * Glitched Poltergeist

  * Golden Lich

  * Gouged Revenant

  * Gremplin Ghost

  * Grim Reaper's Skull

  * Holy Spectre

  * Horned Phantasm

  * Houngan Death Lord

  * Hue Skeleton

  * Hunter Skull


Souls

Title: Souls; Content:* Houngan Death Lord

  * Hue Skeleton

  * Hunter Skull

  * Imp Skull

  * Jane Doe

  * King of the Dead

  * Kobold Skull

  * Lewd Revenant

  * Lich Baron

  * Lich Cyborog

  * Lich Despot

  * Lich Duke

  * Lich Emperor

  * Lich Marquis

  * Marie Laveau

  * Mary Tudor

  * Pale Ghoul

  * Paranormal Phantasm

  * Phantasm of the Veil

  * Phantasm of the Void

  * Putrid Zombie

  * Rotten Revenant

  * Salacious Ghoul

  * Shade Spectre

  * Soul of Wooden Boy

  * Toru

  * Transcendent Illuminatus

  * Veggie Ghost

  * Wild Zombie

  * Wolfkin Skull

  * Wraith Captain

  * Wraith Deacon

  * Wraith Devout

  * Wraith Knight

### List of Soul Bodies[edit | edit source]

  * Angelic Robe

  * Blight Rags

  * Blight Tattered

  * Blood Gorged Vulgarity

  * Burned Gold Skeleton

  * Caped Ethereal Jumpsuit

  * Carnal Body of Death

  * Carnal Body of Shade

  * Carnal Body of Sickness

  * Carnal Body Salaciousness

  * Channel 1 Robe

  * Channel 3 Robe

  * Consumption Rags

  * Consumption Tattered

  * Corporeal Body

  * Dark Mantle

  * Decaying Skeleton

  * Disgusting Decayed Body

  * Ecto Spectral Body

  * Emerald Zombie

  * Ethereal Aristocrat


Souls

Title: Souls; Content:* Ecto Spectral Body

  * Emerald Zombie

  * Ethereal Aristocrat

  * Ethereal Cleric Robe

  * Ethereal Elven Cloak

  * Ethereal Jumpsuit with Hip Pouch

  * Ethereal Sash

  * Ethereal Shoulder Cape

  * Ethereal Spectral Body

  * Ethereal Swashbuckling Gear

  * Ethereal Tunic

  * Ethereal Vest

  * Fortune Telling Robes

  * Gangrene Rags

  * Gangrene Tattered

  * Glitched Poltergeist

  * Gotchic Frock

  * Holy Spectral Body

  * Houppelande

  * Lascivious Body of Sickness

  * Lascivious Body Salaciousness

  * Lascivious Body Shade

  * Mischief Suit

  * Paranormal Phantasmal Body

  * Phantasm Sash

  * Phantasmal body of the Veil

  * Phantasmal body of the Void

  * Putrid Rags

  * Reaper Robe

  * Red Death Cape

  * Regal Decay

  * Regal Undead

  * Shade Spectral Body

  * Skeleton

  * Skeleton in Red Boots

  * Skeleton in Spandex

  * Skeleton with Sash

  * Skipper Ghost

  * Supreme Emperor Lich Armor

  * Technicolor Skeleton

  * Undead Swashbuckler

  * Vile Skeleton

  * White Chiffon

  * Wight Cape

### List of Soul Familiars[edit | edit source]

  * Bat Skeleton

  * Blaze Frog

  * Bunny Skeleton

  * Cockatrice Skeleton

  * Crow Skeleton

  * Fox Skeleton

  * Ghost Bat

  * Ghost Bunny


Souls

Title: Souls; Content:* Crow Skeleton

  * Fox Skeleton

  * Ghost Bat

  * Ghost Bunny

  * Ghost Cockatrice

  * Ghost Crow

  * Ghost Fox

  * Ghost Frog

  * Ghost Hummingbird

  * Ghost Monkey

  * Ghost Owl

  * Ghost Rat

  * Ghost Slime

  * Ghost Snail

  * Ghost Snake

  * Ghost Wolf

  * Hummingbird Skeleton

  * Ladybug Ghost

  * Python

  * Resurrected Dodo

  * Resurrected Smilodon Kitten

  * Resurrected Thylacine

  * Skeleton Cat

  * Skeleton Dog

  * Skeleton Frog

  * Skeleton Monkey

  * Skeleton Owl

  * Skeleton Rat

  * Skeleton Snake

  * Wolf Skeleton

  * Zombie Bunny

  * Zombie Cat

  * Zombie Crow

  * Zombie Fox

  * Zombie Monkey

  * Zombie Rat

  * Zombie Wolf

### List of Soul Props[edit | edit source]

  * A Big Magic Stick with Ether Fire

  * A dumb stick... on fire

  * Anti Hourglass

  * Bag of Cataclysm

  * Banshee's Bell

  * Banshee's Harp

  * Basilisk's Hiss: the Heat Spell

  * Black Sun Staff

  * Blood Moon Staff

  * Book of Dark Magic

  * Broom on Fire

  * Bugbear's Flame: the Discombobulation Spell

  * Candle of Clairvoyance

  * Charred Bone Stave

  * Charred Pipe

  * Cockatrice hatchling

  * Death Adder Rod

  * Death Crook

  * Death Shroom

  * Devil's Goblet

  * Double Phoenix Feather

  * Dragon hatchling


Souls

Title: Souls; Content:* Devil's Goblet

  * Double Phoenix Feather

  * Dragon hatchling

  * Dryad's Decay: the Rafflesia Spell

  * Dwarve's Heart: the Diamond Spell

  * Empty Mug of Ale

  * Entropy Staff

  * Ether Staff 2.0

  * Fire Stone Staff

  * Flaming Rose

  * Forever Sparkler

  * Fresh Brains

  * Ghost Torch

  * Ghoul Stone Staff

  * Golden Caduceus

  * Hamlet's Skull

  * Howl of Cerberus: the Black Flame Spell

  * Inverted Horseshoe

  * Joker Card

  * Marie's Candle

  * Mary's Torch

  * Medusa's Eye

  * Mystic Ice Cream melted

  * Neutron Star Staff

  * Nixie's Lament: the Rain Spell

  * Odin's Despair: the Dark Cloud Spell

  * Penumbra Potion

  * Pixie's Dance: the Razzle Spell

  * Platypus hatchling

  * Poison Apple

  * Quantum Key

  * Quartz Orbuculum

  * Reaping Hook

  * Rusted Cutlass

  * Seraphim's Touch: the Life Spell

  * Skeleton Key

  * Soul Reaper Scythe

  * Spectre Stone Staff

  * Sulfer Spear

  * The Everlasting Supreme Love Spell

  * Trapped Soul Staff

  * Underworld Peyote

  * Vile of Vomit

  * Wand of Conquest

  * White Skull

### List of Soul Runes[edit | edit source]

  * Rune of Souls

  * Soul Rune of Air

  * Soul Rune of Brass

  * Soul Rune of Brimstone

  * Soul Rune of Cinnabar


Souls

Title: Souls; Content:* Soul Rune of Brimstone

  * Soul Rune of Cinnabar

  * Soul Rune of Down

  * Soul Rune of Earth

  * Soul Rune of Fire

  * Soul Rune of Infinity

  * Soul Rune of Jupiter

  * Soul Rune of Lime

  * Soul Rune of Mars

  * Soul Rune of Mercury

  * Soul Rune of Neptune

  * Soul Rune of Omega

  * Soul Rune of Pluto

  * Soul Rune of Saturn

  * Soul Rune of Sigma

  * Soul Rune of Steel

  * Soul Rune of Sun

  * Soul Rune of Up Only

  * Soul Rune of Uranus

  * Soul Rune of Venus

  * Soul Rune of Water

## Resources[edit | edit source]

  * List of burned wizards and their results.
  * Burn Frequency Google Sheet


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Title: Pantheum Vidalis; Content:Pantheum Vidalis —latin for Vidal's Pantheon— is a temple built to cradle the sculptural works of Vidal Chaos Agent Of Worlds.


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The First Ride - Race Lore

Title: The First Ride - Race Lore; Content:Pony races by MehsterBrown

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“That could work, Azazel” Archmagus Crowley replied. Battle Mage Hothor also gave a thumbs up in approval. The three members of the Council of Mages were meeting in Azazel’s quarters, discussing new ways to attract visitors and merchants to the city. The BlackSand Tournament had been a great success so far, and participants were about to move to the second round of duels. The Council had even managed to recruit a renown trainer to provide sparring sessions to the remaining contestants: the famous Samual Dueler of the Flowers.

But now Azazel had come up with another idea: pony racing. The logistics seemed challenging, but he believed it could be worth a try. “This will work! BlackSand Pony Racing will become a pillar of Runiverse entertainment” Azazel followed with conviction.

The three wizards spent the following weeks sending messages across the Runiverse to gather interest and arrange the ponies’ arrival to BlackSand. To everyone’s surprise, thirty-six ponies signed up to compete.

As ponies and their owners started arriving, the city quickly adapted. New pubs and inns opened up to satisfy the demand. The doors of the Black Stable opened for the first time to host the magnificent steeds. More visitors and merchants came to visit and to witness the very first pony race in the Runiverse.

## Contents

  * 1 Racing Day #1 - The First Ride
  * 2 Racing Day #2 - The Promise of Riches
  * 3 Racing Day #3 - The Feeding
  * 4 Racing Day #4 - The Traveler’s Blessing
  * 5 Racing Day #5 - The Kobold’s Gambit
  * 6 Racing Day #6 - Pony Art, Stories, and Movies
  * 7 Racing Day #7 - The Final Lap


The First Ride - Race Lore

Title: The First Ride - Race Lore; Content:### Racing Day #1 - The First Ride[edit | edit source]

Finally, after weeks of preparation, everything was ready. The race had been carefully planned: it would take a total of 7 days. The ponies would first run laps across the city, to then venture out towards the near mountains through the woods. In the last stretch, they would turn towards the shore and run on the black sand of the city beach to reach the finishing line. Azazel was overly excited.

Images of the first body shop in BlackSand, featuring Conker the Stupendous (#67)

He knew a seven-day race would be quite demanding, so the instructed the city Attendants to prepare refreshment stations along the race path. Pony owners could decide to feed their pony some treats and re-invigorate their energy. Carrots, eggplants, pumpkins and much more were made available. “Why is there a bottle of rum there?” Azezel thought as he spotted some liquor bottles at the first refreshment station, located right at race start. The crowd was filled with excitement as Azazel approached the starting grid. The ponies looked marvelous and eager to race. Some even had special fits tailored by the new Body Shop in town.

Everything was perfect: “May the inaugural BlackSand Pony Racing commence. Welcome to the First Ride!”

The first day of racing saw a pony sprint all the way to the front from Lane C: Hell Pony the Stupendous. In his beautiful racing fit, he had conquered the crowd, who cheered him all the way to first place. Two other ponies were closely following: Periwinkle the Precious and Ponyzilla the Quick.

### Racing Day #2 - The Promise of Riches[edit | edit source]


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Title: The First Ride - Race Lore; Content:### Racing Day #2 - The Promise of Riches[edit | edit source]

The second day of racing started with an incredible announcement that got the crowd extremely excited. The Council of Mages revealed that they would award treasure boxes to winning (and losing…) ponies. Legends said that those boxes had been purchased by BlackSand from the Nightmare Imp, and that they could potentially carry invaluable items and riches.

Ponies kept racing hard and something new pushed a new contender to the top of the race. The first official Campaign Manager in BlackSand emerged:

Eon Render of Light (14384)


The First Ride - Race Lore

Title: The First Ride - Race Lore; Content:> Eon had never been to BlackSand before. She was SO excited to be there! A new city, so many places, and most of all, new ANIMALS to see in this unique corner of the Runiverse! She brought her binoculars for wildlife viewing, and her trusty hyena Veggie. He had an incredible sense of smell and could sniff out new species that she hadn’t seen before.
>
> As a raver-chick, famous for throwing her legendary Quantum Raves, she was excited about the massive after-party being planned for after Day 1 of the pony race (ponies are known throughout the Runiverse for being real party animals).
>
> As she was contemplating what her and Veggie were going to wear for the party, she suddenly caught sight of a HARPY EAGLE! This elusive and incredible bird was on her bucket list of birds to see. She started running with her binocs to her eyes when she crashed right into something large and furry and fell over.
>
> “Oh my god, I am so sorry…” she started apologizing, when she heard a voice say “are you okay?” and looked up to the most beautiful and kindly pony looking down at her. He helped her to her feet and introduced himself as Dover the Bold. He was so gracious, she instantly had a good feeling about him. She asked “Do you know where the pony afterparty is tonight?” He said “yes, but you’re too late to get on the guest list”. When he saw how bummed she was, he immediately offered her and Veggie a ride and said he’d use his connections to get her in.
>
> One of the campaign flyers found across BlackSand during the race
>


The First Ride - Race Lore

Title: The First Ride - Race Lore; Content:>
> One of the campaign flyers found across BlackSand during the race
>
> She was struck by his generosity and friendliness. “Wow! What a pony!” she thought. He must’ve been owned by a great wizard (he was, as it turns out: @taniadelrio). As they rode there, he explained that he was enrolled in the big race, but that he wasn’t ahead in the polls. She wanted to help him! She said “Look, I come from a far off solar system called Ornithia, but back home, I’ve actually represented some birds as their campaign manager. Do you want my help?”
>
> She was hired on the spot! Her job was to find wizards willing to cheer and support Dover, to make sure they voted for him, and maximize their chance of winning the race.
>
> The race had already started and a lot of wizards in the crowd had already chosen their favorite pony to support. Decisive, Eon quickly nodded and started running towards the city center with Veggie trotting by her side. Waving back she yelled “Don’t you worry, I got this!” “How I am I supposed to find more supporters now? This city looks empty…” She thought, but she was not easily intimidated by any task, no matter how difficult it seemed to be.
>
> So she campaigned. She jumped from tavern to tavern and from inn to inn. She did what she did best, made campaign flyers and memes, and promoted the biggest party of the season.
>


The First Ride - Race Lore

Title: The First Ride - Race Lore; Content:>
> That’s right, she threw a Quantum Rave in Dover’s honor. At the party, she chanted Dover’s story for everyone to hear. More and more wizards joined. They danced to her beats. At one point, while she was doing a glow-stick show (they don’t call her Render of Light for nothing!) the whole audience started chanting “DOVER! DOVER!” She began to hope. “He really could win this thing”, she thought…
>
> by Cosmic Nightjar


The First Ride - Race Lore

Title: The First Ride - Race Lore; Content:Hell Pony the Stupendous managed to maintain a narrow lead. But now Periwinkle the Precious was joined by Dover the Bold and Vitalik the Strong in second place.

### Racing Day #3 - The Feeding[edit | edit source]

Ponyzilla the Quick and Crew, by Pablo Ast

After two full days of racing, ponies started to get hungry and demanded their treats.

Before the race, pony owners had been allowed to register crews and buy treats to support the ponies throughout the race. So, as soon as the ponies finished their second lap around the city, the crews rushed to the refreshment stations to prepare the treats.

It turned into chaos...

When the racing ponies reached the stations, each crew tried to get to and feed theirs as fast as possible:

  * Some crews started throwing pumpkins, cherries, and peaches to their ponies, often missing
  * A crew tried to quickly feed a massive carrot to Hippo the Lazy to then push him right back to the race. More than half of the carrot fell back to the floor. Hippo still hungry…

  * Klondike the Dependable after she enjoyed 1 too many treats

Other crews tried their luck with hot peppers. What could go wrong? They sprinkled the ponies’ nostrils with the spice. Some ponies, reinvigorated, started galloping even fasters. Some others had to stop as they began sneezing on their crew


The First Ride - Race Lore

Title: The First Ride - Race Lore; Content:* The bravest crews tried to re-fuel their ponies with cognac and rum. Results were spectacular. Some ponies sprinted ahead thanks to their new liquid courage. Others awkwardly spit most of the liquors to the floor. Notably, Hell Pony the Stupendous straight up just spilled the bottle. Things caught on fire and crews started screaming and running for their life.

  * One of the ponies seemed more interested in eating than racing: Klondike the Dependable. She ate what looked like a dead fish and after a couple of steps she fell down on the road, not looking too good. Indigestion....

After the mayhem created by what will be remembered as the “Feeding”, a new star emerged: Milo the Odd took the lead of the race; Hell Pony the Stupendous kept in second with Dover the Bold solidifying his third place.

### Racing Day #4 - The Traveler’s Blessing[edit | edit source]

In the fourth day of racing, all ponies had to turn away from the city and run into the woods towards the nearby mountains. Few amongst the crowd managed to keep up, but those who did, claimed to have witnessed something magical. A traveler with a deer-looking head approached the most exhausted ponies. He would whisper in their ears and re-invigorate their strength in a magical phenomenon that became known as the "Traveler’s Blessing."

The Kobold's Gambit by Emma

### Racing Day #5 - The Kobold’s Gambit[edit | edit source]


The First Ride - Race Lore

Title: The First Ride - Race Lore; Content:### Racing Day #5 - The Kobold’s Gambit[edit | edit source]

As they reached the mountain path that was supposed to lead them back to the city, the ponies were approached by a Kobold. After days of racing the ponies were tired, hungry, thirsty, and quite vulnerable to temptation. A sneaky, suspicious figure, the Kobold tried to lure them to his cave, promising delicious treats and a possible shortcut back to BlackSand.

It turned out that the Kobold was not to be trusted. He took advantage of most of the ponies who entertained his offers. Some of the ponies got lost in the woods, others just felt too tired and decided to start racing backwards. Only a few got lucky and managed to find an escape and run forward.

The unbelievable deception of the Kobold and his Gambit would be later on recounted in an award winning TV series by Emma.

### Racing Day #6 - Pony Art, Stories, and Movies[edit | edit source]

With the ponies out of sight in the middle of the woods, art, stories, and movies about them started to proliferate. Painters shared beautiful art pieces, historians shared fantastic stories, and film makers premiered amazing documentaries on the life of their beloved ponies.

  * Art flourished during BlackSand Pony Racing, as artists from lands far and wide brought to live the incredible actions of our beloved ponies
  * Dover the Bold (#465) by taniadelrio

  * Milo the Odd (#110) by Daniela_ilustra

  * Amalthea the Last (#17)

Poems were sung!


The First Ride - Race Lore

Title: The First Ride - Race Lore; Content:* Amalthea the Last (#17)

Poems were sung!

> spikehorse my name
>
> am in a race
>
> pls me to win
>
> with least disgrace
>
> i has a horn
>
> right on my face if you see tip
>
> pls give me space!
>
> by lorepunk, on Periwinkle the Precious

### Racing Day #7 - The Final Lap[edit | edit source]

On the seventh day, the brave ponies finally re-appeared from the woods on their way back from the mountain. They rushed towards the last stretch of the race on the sandy beach. They all look exhausted, yet beautiful in their joy for racing.

After their adventure in the woods, their order and positions were totally different. And the race for the top was neck to neck! The crowd started cheering for their favorite ponies. It was loud. Chants emerged to encourage them towards the finish line. The ponies finally rushed in: Galloping on the black sand. Neighing to the sunset. Racing to their best!

And in a concert of claps and cheers, the winner of the first ever pony race in the Runiverse crossed the finishing line. Fireworks blasted off, music started playing, the crowd went insane!

Hell Pony the Stupendous was the first ever BlackSand Pony Racing winner! In close second came Sammy the Wondrous, in third Bluebell the Perfect. Last, but still very happy was Pony of Air.

Azazel took it all in. It was incredible. They had made it. It was done. The First Ride was complete. BlackSand had made history. Again.


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Title: Forgotten Runiverse Game; Content:Game developers Bisonic are developing a full massive multiplayer online game based on the Forgotten Runes franchise.


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Quantum Ouroboros

Title: Quantum Ouroboros; Content:Quantum Ouroboros, Beast 0.

> The Quantum Ouroboros is independent of time and space, maintaining providence through its agnostic connection to the material plane. Immutable, unbroken, and eternal, the two holy dragons are forever linked in acts of creation and destruction. \- ElfJTrul

Official Ouroboros blogpost

The Quantum Ouroboros is a special Beast released separately from the other seven in the Season 1 collection. While the others were released from the Gate to the Seventh Realm unlocking event, The Quantum Ouroboros was reserved for a special auction hosted on famed Christie's Arthouse as part of their Cartography of The Mind curated NFT sale. A total of $1,569,960 USD was raised in total from all the NFTs sold under this event, and were donated to Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) which specializes in the research and advocacy of psychedelic usage for the treatment of mental health.

## Contents

  * 1 Auction
  * 2 Traits
  * 3 Lore
  * 4 Trivia
  * 5 Additional images

## Auction[edit | edit source]

The official Christie's auction page for the Quantum Ouroboros was estimated by curators to have a valuation of $35,000 USD prior to the auction's opening. Auctions held on Christie's platform are held in USD, contrary to the [The Gate to the Seventh Realm#Implementation|Gate to the Seventh Realm]] auctions for other Beasts which were denominated in ETH. Many commenters in the Discord noted that the valuation given by Christie's curators when converted to ETH would make it the cheapest of all other Beasts auction in Season 1.


Quantum Ouroboros

Title: Quantum Ouroboros; Content:Despite the estimated value given by Christie's curators, the auction received a total of 23 bids before closing at $138,600 USD by a bid from realizeorigin. The auction opened on 21 June 2022 and ran for 7 days, ending on 28 June 2022, unlike other Beast auctions which ran for just 24 hours (with extensions for bids placed within the final 15 minutes of an auction ending).

## Traits[edit | edit source]

  * Holy Order Alpha: Creation
  * Holy Order Omega: Destruction
  * Sacrament: Spacetime
  * Species: Holy Dragon

## Lore[edit | edit source]

The Quantum Ouroboros is independent of time and space, maintaining providence through its agnostic connection to the material plane. Immutable, unbroken, and eternal, the two holy dragons are forever linked in acts of creation and destruction.

## Trivia[edit | edit source]


Quantum Ouroboros

Title: Quantum Ouroboros; Content:## Trivia[edit | edit source]

  * By looking at the source code of the Forgotten Beasts contract, cult members made note that although the auctions initiated by the opening of the Gate to The Seventh Realm started with Chaos Chimera (token ID 1) and ended with Seven Tailed Kitsune (token ID 7), the Beast count actually begins at ID 0. This lead to speculation as to whether or not there was more than the initial 7 Beasts released from the event before the Quantum Ouroboros was officially revealed.
  * The Quantum Ouroboros is the only Beast from Season 1 to be animated.
  * The Quantum Ouroboros is the only Beast from Season 1 to lack any Beast Spawn.
  * The Quantum Ouroboros seems to have been referenced as early as 16 August 2021 on Twitter through the Ouroboros storyboard published by Magic Machine. There are 2 panels depicting a pair of Mesozoic Cockatrice familiars circling one another and biting each other's tails.

Arcanist Dr. Death of the Ether (3220) and Sage Voidoth of the Ash (531)'s Mesozoic Cockatrice familiars referencing an Ouroboros.

## Additional images[edit | edit source]

  * Quantum Ouroboros as depicted by Artxie

  * Quantum Ouroboros on display in Times Square NYC.


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Beasts

Title: Beasts; Content:Forgotten Runes Season 1 Beasts

## Season 1[edit | edit source]

Season 1 Beasts were summoned into the Runiverse via the Gate to the Seventh Realm. See the Gate to the Seventh Realm (Implementation) for discussion around the summoning of Beasts.

> And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. \- R of ForgottenRunesBeasts

Season 1 Beasts number eight in total:

  * Beast #0 - Quantum Ouroboros
  * Beast #1 - Chaos Chimera
  * Beast #2 - Bugbear Chieftain
  * Beast #3 - Triple Crowned Cockatrice
  * Beast #4 - Salt Kelpie
  * Beast #5 - Gigas Chad
  * Beast #6 - Nightmare Imp
  * Beast #7 - Seven Tailed Kitsune


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Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-05-25

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-05-25; Content:The merch box from the 2021 holiday season was Magic Machine's first foray into merchandising.

## Contents

  * 1 Where in the World is Magic Machine?
  * 2 Merchandising and Forgotten Runes
  * 3 Forgotten Runes NFT License Agreement Released
  * 4 Upcoming Events at NFT NYC
  * 5 The Complicated Relationship between Artists and NFTs
  * 6 The First-Ever Set of House of Wizards Proposals
  * 7 Elf Returns from his TED Talk

### Where in the World is Magic Machine?[edit | edit source]

Elf was not at the beginning of today’s Wizard Wednesday, because he is giving a TED talk! Bearsnake was at a merch convention in Las Vegas. Dotta and new team member Jitcy hosted today.

### Merchandising and Forgotten Runes[edit | edit source]

The FRWC License Agreement for NFT Holders was made public in May 2022. This is the header for the license agreement page on the official website.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-05-25

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-05-25; Content:Dotta opened by talking about the Hello Kitty (HK) franchise (which is a grail franchise many NFT projects aspire to match). Dotta mentioned that HK didn’t start as a game or movie - it started as a humble coin purse in 1975. They built their empire on merch, and the media adaptations didn’t come until the 90’s. Dotta can visualize key FRWC characters being very successful in the merch realm, especially if the show gets released on a major platform. Dotta’s wife reminded him that Strawberry Shortcake and the Care Bears started as greeting cards, and later gained popularity and became wider media properties. He sees some parallels with FRWC, a family of NFT collections looking to become something bigger. The challenge he sees is that there are so many FRWC characters, so you have to focus on a few types for merchandising lines. Kobolds were recognized as a sub-group that has a head start in this area.

### Forgotten Runes NFT License Agreement Released[edit | edit source]

The official legal terms for the IP rights were released shortly before the Warriors collection opened for minting. Dotta discussed how Harry Potter has a large fanfic community but they have no commercial outlet. FRWC wants to give holders more rights, but CC0 doesn’t fit, because he sees that as unlimited supply. At the same time, he doesn’t want large corps to grab too many tokens that grant unlimited, exclusive rights, because that would allow them to keep all revenues without giving back to the FRWC community.

Twitter announcement for the official Forgotten Runes poster contest prior to NFT NYC in 2022. The contest was successful in drawing additional artists to the Cult.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-05-25

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-05-25; Content:With FRWC, you can create any derivative NON-commercial works you want, with any characters. You don’t have to hold the tokens to do this. However, if you DO hold a token for a Forgotten Runes character, you have a COMMERCIAL right to the image + the character you create. You don’t owe any royalties for up to $5 million of revenues; above that, there are royalties that are paid to Magic Machine (MM). It is 20% by default, but it’s negotiable with MM (for example, a merchandising business may not have 20% margins, and MM recognizes that).

Dotta confirmed that you can even create a derivative NFT collection based on your character(s)! These rights are non-exclusive, however; MM reserves the right to use any of the characters for their media (comic book, TV show, game, books, etc.) If you really have an issue with MM using your characters, you can talk with them directly to request that they not use them.

When MM starts getting revenues from their media properties, they want to give royalties back. However, from a regulatory perspective, it’s very difficult to re-invent how royalties work and get royalties back to individual holders. But MM is not giving up on this matter and will continue to innovate in this area. Some other projects are also promising individual royalties right away, but they may be based overseas or not be fully aware of the regulatory environment.

### Upcoming Events at NFT NYC[edit | edit source]

LachnessMonsta and Jitcy are creating a map of various events going on in the city during NFT NYC, that visiting wizards and warriors may want to attend. Anyone interested in hosting/organizing an outing, get in touch with them! There is a poster art contest for the event, that is currently open! There will be a cosplay contest at the event as well.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-05-25

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-05-25; Content:### The Complicated Relationship between Artists and NFTs[edit | edit source]

Dotta talked about jmw327 and their big entry into NFTs. Dotta saw jmw’s post, went to the Foundation platform, and made a bid for 5 ETH to make a statement (this was worth around $10K USD at the time, a bid which was the same as what the artist claimed was their previous yearly earnings from art). And others were also inspired, so eventually the piece sold for 20 ETH (around $40K USD at the time)! MM put out an open job offer to jmw if they want it.

### The First-Ever Set of House of Wizards Proposals[edit | edit source]

Elf and Dotta meet in person on a sunny California beach, circa May 2022. Image courtesy of Magic Machine.

Voting on the opening set of House of Wizards DAO proposals will occur in two weeks! These proposals will be up for a vote:

  * Monday Magic Memos: Led by Henry Boyd, this is a weekly recap news show about all wizard community happenings. The request is for a video editor to help put together the videos.
  * The Professor’s Library: Led by O, interactive multimedia series to teach new people about cult concepts, and later on key security topics for people new to NFTs.
  * Black Letter of the Lich by CyberwaffleH (300-page novel)
  * Legends of the Forgotten Runes - The Shadow Keep by derekthesphinx (120K word novel)

### Elf Returns from his TED Talk[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-05-25

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-05-25; Content:### Elf Returns from his TED Talk[edit | edit source]

Part-way through WW, Elf jumped in directly after his TED talk, where he talked about decentralized world-building. He said it went well, and that he mentioned a few community-owned wizards during the talk. Elf also did an interview with Bonzo that was an hour long. The video should be released on Saturday/Sunday (depending on your time zone), and no spoilers were provided! Finally, last week Elf, dotta, and bearsnake met in person, all at the same time, for the first time, along with other members of Magic Machine. A lot of brainstorming, talks and planning occurred, plus some in-person team-building. We also learned a fun fact - Elf found out he enjoys drinking milkshakes on the beach.


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Title: Codenino; Content:Codenino is a prominent Cult Member, Codenino is known to the Cult as Wraith Captain Angus and has made several different pieces of Cult Content during his time in the Cult.

Twitter: [1]


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Manticore Valley

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

Manticore Valley is located in the eastern part of the known Runiverse. It is bordered by the mountain ranges that house Mount Titan.

Manticore Valley

## Forgotten Runiverse Game[edit | edit source]

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


💫sales channel

Title: 💫sales channel; Content:The 💫sales channel is channel in the Forgotten Runes Discord. The channel was originally a place for a bot to post each sale and allow discussion about the sales but has since become a cultural epicenter of the cult.

💫sales channel is a common place for cult members to discuss prices unlike 🔆the-secret-tower channel where principles like Lore not Floor are the guideline.

Chatter in the channel is often fueled by these closely related channels:

  * new-listings \- Here, a Listings Bot posts each time a Wizard, Warrior, or Soul is listed for sale on a marketplace
  * trading-room \- This is where solicitations to buy, sell, or trade are posted
  * live-burn-chat \- The primary place to discuss burns (transforming a Wizard token into a Soul via The Sacred Flame) as they are happening or for future coordinated planning. The "Great Burning Witness" bot posts in this channel whenever a new Soul appears.

## Contents

  * 1 Memes and historical events
    * 1.1 Memes
    * 1.2 Quotes
    * 1.3 Events
  * 2 Common terms
  * 3 Preferences and valuations
    * 3.1 Value between collections
    * 3.2 Affinity
    * 3.3 Common collector targets
  * 4 Noteworthy Sales
    * 4.1 Wizard Sales
  * 5 Stolen tokens etiquette
  * 6 Sales Channel Heroes

## Memes and historical events[edit | edit source]

💫sales channel is also the source of many cultural memes that spread to the rest of the cult, in addition to quotes and in-jokes that take hold within the channel.


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Title: 💫sales channel; Content:Likewise, some significant events have arisen from conversation within the channel. Also, it is sometimes where lore-based or trait-based groups gain traction to become their own channels (like "The Goblin Pits").

### Memes[edit | edit source]

  * Impy Shake
  * Cucumdog

### Quotes[edit | edit source]

  * "I would have paid more for this" \- Catchphrase of sales channel regular blockomoco
  * "U better deserve it!" \- Phrase included in a charming, but persistent, sales pitch by the former seller of Gal Impaler of the Grass

### Events[edit | edit source]

  * The unofficial warrior burn, during which Warrior tokens were sent to the burn address and thus destroyed by several shales channel participants, led by Retired Yield Farmer on June 27th, 2022

## Common terms[edit | edit source]

💫sales channel fosters an ever-evolving lingo to describe things like token characteristics and common behaviors or simply to serve as recognizable reactions or invocations.


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Title: 💫sales channel; Content:* !magic \- Often posted in the sales channel as a message in succession by cult members in between sales and more substantial conversation. It is believed by some to help manifest the next sale.
  * Stink bid \- A marketplace bid on a token that may be below subjective valuation according to sales channel consensus and likely the current owner of the token. These bids may be equal parts encouraged, apologized for, celebrated, discouraged, and ultimately may be effective in generating a sale.
  * "# trait" (as in "4 trait" or "4T") - This is shorthand for how many traits the token has. For example, a Warrior with no Rune or Companion is considered a "4 trait Warrior." Backgrounds are not included in this trait count.
  * "#/#" (as in 4/4 or 5/6) - This is shorthand for representing affinity as a fraction, where the numerator (first number) is the number of traits in the affinity and the denominator (second number) is the number of traits the token has. For example, a warrior who doesn't have a rune has 5 total traits (again, backgrounds are not included for trait counts) and if 4 of those traits are attuned to the Forest affinity, then it would be considered "4/5".

## Preferences and valuations[edit | edit source]


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Title: 💫sales channel; Content:## Preferences and valuations[edit | edit source]

"Like wizard, buy wizard!" (or some variation) is the most likely refrain from sales channel regulars whenever a prospective buyer asks for advice on which token to purchase. This saying embodies the unique and esoteric nature of valuing cult tokens, which are subject to a wide range of factors and personal preferences. While rarer traits can command a premium, many otherwise standard cult tokens are valued highly just for storytelling potential from an individual's inspiration. Tokens may also be valued based on overall aesthetics, in terms of multiple traits working together towards a theme or the absence of clashing traits making it "clean." The bottom line is that, despite some common patterns and universal acknowledgment of rarity, the desirability and pricing for cult tokens is abnormally subjective and complex.

### Value between collections[edit | edit source]

Cult members vary on preferences for Wizards versus Warriors (and other official collection tokens), with many holding some ratio of each. Tokens from the different collections provide a different number of votes in the House of Wizards DAO.

The different collection sizes also seem to play a part in valuation, but relative scarcity is only one potential factor. As TV explained in the sales channel, Wizards seem to hold "a premium over warriors for being og, smaller collection size, and being magic" (7/11/22). Souls and Ponies are likewise smaller collections, usually with higher relative valuations, although speculation about possible additional future utility may contribute to the premium.

The official collections (produced by Magic Machine) are:


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Title: 💫sales channel; Content:The official collections (produced by Magic Machine) are:

Collection | Size | DAO weight
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Wizards  | Began as 10,000 tokens, but is deflationary down to 8888 due to burning  | 2 DAO votes per
Warriors  | 16,000 tokens  | 1 DAO vote
Souls  | Maximum of 1112 tokens  | 8 votes
Ponies  | 567 tokens created  | 4 votes
Flames  | 1112 ERC-1155 tokens were distributed  | No DAO weight
Beasts  | 8 total tokens auctioned in the first season  | 50 votes per
Locks  | 42 total (generated from opening the Gate to the Seventh Realm)  | No votes
Spawn  | 294 total (42 per associated Beast)  | No votes

Additionally, the Forgotten Market lists several community-built collections.

### Affinity[edit | edit source]

Affinity has always been and continues to be a major discussion topic in the sales channel. The concept of affinities was originally used behind the scenes by Magic Machine for the creation of the Wizards collection to ensure some level of cohesiveness in overall aesthetics for each token, resulting from intentional trait combinations. Once discovered by the cult, this concept was brought to the forefront, with potential buyers developing a variety of preferences towards different levels and types of affinities.


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Title: 💫sales channel; Content:Historically, researchers and prospective buyers in the sales chat would reference the Wizards.guide site, created by Jintao, and the script to query listings with "Max Affinity" (all traits on a Wizard attuned to the same affinity) on the Opensea marketplace, created by TV. Forgotten.market now explicitly shows affinity details alongside the metadata for traits (or at least the primary affinity details). In addition to the general greater shared understanding and appreciation of affinities across the cult, the inclusion of primary affinity details more directly in Warrior metadata shown across all marketplaces made it a prominent factor in valuation of tokens in that collection from the beginning.

### Common collector targets[edit | edit source]

NOTE: Common is used quite loosely here since these preferences can wax and wane in popularity. Also, many cult members fall into their own unique collecting niche.


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Title: 💫sales channel; Content:* Particular affinities by type (such as legendary affinities based on rarity) or attunement level (such as maximum or minimum affinity, full attunement, etc.).
  * Particular names - Different values could be assigned based on the relative uniqueness of a name or simply the subjective desirability of combinations. Additionally, quirks of the name generator (such as a Wizard's name, title, or origin not being present at all) could command a premium. Historically, a FRWC Name Rarity spreadsheet was created and shared to assess scarcity.
  * Rare or semi-rare traits with established and active lore or culture. Heads, considered by some to be the primary trait for classification, have occasionally led to subgroups within the cult (such as Kobolds, Corvids, Goblins).
  * For Wizards and Souls, rare familiars or props often fetch a specific premium regardless of the rest of the traits. The same premium can occur for Warriors with rare companions or weapons.
  * Mathematical rarities - such as there being only one Warrior who has a rune but no weapon and no shield
  * Multiple tokens that fall into a "set" often of matching characteristics, such as traits or name elements (i.e. a cult member building a collection of Wizards with "Cape in the Wind" bodies or a collection of Warriors with "of Wizards" as the name affiliation)

## Noteworthy Sales[edit | edit source]

Historical sales are often referenced in the sales channel and can sometimes help establish the current floor or ceiling for a collection or a subset of tokens with certain characteristics.

### Wizard Sales[edit | edit source]

The top sale in both ETH and USD (based on conversion at the time) terms is for the Master of Spots Hunter, sold on 1/21/22 for 100 ETH ($268,059.00 USD).