💫sales channel

Title: 💫sales channel; Content:A non-comprehensive list of other transactions worth mentioning:

  * Merlin - Sold 12/31/21 for 69 ETH ($261,229.17 USD)
  * Punk Rock Arcanist Joey - Sold 12/30/21 for 42.069 ETH ($261,229.17 USD)
  * Headless Wizard - Sold 9/12/21 for 25 ETH ($86,159.50 USD)
  * Hedge Wizard Dotta of the Carnival - Sold 8/19/21 for 11 ETH ($35,032.14 USD)

## Stolen tokens etiquette[edit | edit source]

Like every NFT project, some cult token owners inevitably fall victim to scams and hacks. Stolen tokens may be flagged (and unable to be sold) on the Opensea marketplace and may have warning messages in listings on other marketplaces, including the Forgotten Market. Often, stolen tokens are listed for well below the natural floor price, making a complicated but tempting target even for considerate cult members.

Some informal guidelines and courtesies have been established in the Sales channel to help handle situations involving stolen tokens. These precedents encourage acting with compassion for the previous owner, while dealing with the practical realities of the situation.


💫sales channel

Title: 💫sales channel; Content:* As soon as uncharacteristic listings occur (based on the history of the owner, recent suspicious transfers, or the relative price point), members of sales chat will commonly reach out to potentially affected cult members. Often, stolen items can be identified and warnings shared in the channel, along with owner communication and recovery actions, even before flagging occurs.
  * Before purchasing a known stolen token on a marketplace, it is common practice to attempt to reach out to the former owner to determine if they are attempting to recover that particular token or there are any other extenuating circumstances.
  * While bots will likely attempt to flip (buying and then reselling for immediate profit) stolen assets, especially before any flags are implemented, a cult member doing so intentionally is strongly discouraged.
  * Stolen Wizard tokens may be creatively transformed by burning with the sacred flame to produce a Soul. This new token would not be flagged.
  * Sales Channel Heroes have set the tone for dealing with these messy situations by performing a number of good deeds, such as helping cult members recover stolen tokens, clearing flagged listings that artificially lowered the floor, or simply sharing wallet safety information regularly.

## Sales Channel Heroes[edit | edit source]

While the sales channel is the place for impartial (or very partial, but respectful) discussion of transactions and token economics, it is also the home of some of the most significant acts of kindness within the cult.

A non-comprehensive list of legendary actions:

  * On 7/14/22, brennen.eth recovered a stolen Wizard from the NFTX vault, burned it, then sent the resulting Soul to the original owner, as documented in the lore for Lich Despot Pandora of the Spike.
  * On 7/11/22, stephen returned Pari Vengeance of Snakes to the victim of a temporary marketplace glitch.


Meta Orb
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Meta Orb


BlackSand

Title: BlackSand; Content:Welcome to BlackSand! Visit the links below to learn more about what's happening in the city!

## History[edit | edit source]

  * The city that once was

## Entertainment[edit | edit source]

  * The BlackSand Tournament
  * BlackSand Racing


The Final Show

Title: The Final Show; Content:'The Final Show' by Ozzz. Hedge Wizard Dotta of the Carnival (6044) is featured with flames behind him, a Jewled Hummingbird to one shoulder and The World Egg to the other.

The Final Show was commissioned to mark the burning of Hedge Wizard Dotta of the Carnival (6044). This piece also marked the first collaboration between Ozzz and O.

O was commissioned to write lore for the burning.


Neutron Star Staff
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Neutron Star Staff

Title: Neutron Star Staff; Content:Neutron Star Staff
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Rune of Mars
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Rune of Mars

Title: Rune of Mars; Content:Rune of Mars
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Green Buckler
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Green Buckler

Title: Green Buckler; Content:Green Buckler
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Imperial Helmet
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Imperial Helmet

Title: Imperial Helmet; Content:Imperial Helmet
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Felis Skull
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Felis Skull

Title: Felis Skull; Content:Felis Skull
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Shroom Golem

Title: Shroom Golem; Content:Shroom Golem (Basic) by Stalomir

Shroom Golem is a card in the Runes Trading Card Game with a Potency of 6

### Lore[edit | edit source]

> The Toadstool tribes plant small mushroom totems made from stone in magical gardens in order to commemorate certain events and rites of passage. These magical gardens allow these totems to grow and eventually animate. The gentle giants roam the plains around the Toadstool communes mostly ignoring anyone they come into contact with, but if anything disturbs the meditative state of the area they will become... less passive.

— Giveahoot


Spandex Green
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Spandex Green

Title: Spandex Green; Content:Spandex Green
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Weird Wizz
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Weird Wizz

Title: Weird Wizz; Content:Weird Wizz
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Sakura Dress
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Sakura Dress

Title: Sakura Dress; Content:Sakura Dress
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The Sacred Flame

Title: The Sacred Flame; Content:A Sacred Flame required for dark magic.

> While the Burning is scheduled for 🎃 All Hallows' Eve 🎃, there is no urgency on that day as Flames do not extinguish until they are used. There is also no urgency because burning a Wizard is dark and unpredictable magic. With dark magic, there are no guarantees.

\- Official Forgotten Souls blogpost published 9/24/21

The Sacred Flame was the first airdropped token from Magic Machine for Forgotten Runes Wizard Cult holders. A total of 1112 were created as an ERC1155 token, and it is impossible for any more to be issued. First mentioned in Wizard Wednesday on Sep.22.2021, it allows holders to transform various tokens from the Forgotten Runes ecosystem via its burn mechanism. Currently, only Forgotten Souls and Gilded Weapons can be minted from sacrificing the Sacred Flame, though it's been demonstrated that further utility could be added by Magic Machine in the future.

## Contents

  * 1 Airdrop Criteria
  * 2 Trivia
  * 3 Contract Info
  * 4 Noteworthy Code Comments

## Airdrop Criteria[edit | edit source]

Dotta's methodology on the Sacred Flame snapshot.

> Below is the official, final list of accounts that will be airdropped a Sacred Flame. These addresses were generated from this Dune Analytics query. The intention of the query is to give a flame to addresses that:
>
>   * were one of the first 100 addresses to write in the Book of Lore or
>   * are one of the longest-holding Wizard addresses
>   * excluding Dotta & Elf
>

>
> That said, regardless of the above intentions, the query is the final say and decision maker of how the flames are distributed.


The Sacred Flame

Title: The Sacred Flame; Content:\- Dotta, 0-sacred-flames.md

The criteria for the airdrop was twofold, rewarding longest holders of the project as well as Wizards who made entries into the Book of Lore before the snapshot date. This method allowed for the most dedicated cult members to get rewarded, but also give an opportunity for new members to join in as well so long as they wrote lore entries, thus creating more incentive for cult members to try out the then newly released feature. Regardless of whether someone owned multiple Wizards or had multiple lore entries at the time of the snapshot, each wallet was limited to only receive 1 Sacred Flame. The criteria for the drop was large enough to distribute Sacred Flames to over half of all unique holders at the time.

Although the Sacred Flames were dropped well in advance, they were unable to be used until the Forgotten Souls burning contract was deployed on Halloween 2021.

## Trivia[edit | edit source]

  * Although 1112 Sacred Flames were distributed, at least 1 of them is known to be lost possibly forever in the NFTX Vault Contract due to it technically being eligible in the snapshot criteria. It is yet to be known if the NFTX developers can or are willing to update the contract to retrieve the trapped Flame.
  * New utility for the Sacred Flame was created almost a year later via the Warrior Forging event, partially as a response to about half of the flames remaining unused. Dotta commented he considers it a "personal challenge" to entice holders to use their flames.
  * Although it's currently the only token in the Infinity Veil collection, there have been suggestions from Magic Machine that it may be home to future tokens similar to the Sacred Flame.

## Contract Info[edit | edit source]

Network: Ethereum


The Sacred Flame

Title: The Sacred Flame; Content:## Contract Info[edit | edit source]

Network: Ethereum

Contract Address: 0x31158181b4b91a423bfdc758fc3bf8735711f9c5

Contract Name: ForgottenRunesInfinityVeil.sol


ForgottenRunesInfinityVeil.sol ASCII art
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The Sacred Flame


The Sacred Flame


// @@@@@@@@@@@@@@&&%%%##((((((((((((((###%%&&@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@&&%%%##((((((((((((((##%%%&&@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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# Noteworthy Code Comments[edit | edit source]

    // The known is finite, the unknown infinite;
    // we stand on an islet
    // in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability
    //
    // Forgotten Runes Wizard's Cult Infinity Veil

The Sacred Flame


The Spike

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

The Spike is located in the southwestern part of the known Runiverse. The Spike lies at the tip of the peninsula that is guarded by the Dread Tower.

The Spike

## Forgotten Runiverse Game[edit | edit source]

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


Buffkin Plains

Title: Buffkin Plains; Content:## Contents

  * 1 In the Runiverse
  * 2 Forgotten Runiverse Game
    * 2.1 Lore within the Buffkin Plains
      * 2.1.1 Drok's Hollow

## In the Runiverse[edit | edit source]

Buffkin Plains is located in the northwestern part of the known Runiverse. The plains lie west of Honor Mountain.

Buffkin Plains

## Forgotten Runiverse Game[edit | edit source]

Buffkin Plains is located at (x, y) in the game. To get there, head due northwest from the origin.

### Lore within the Buffkin Plains[edit | edit source]

The Buffkin Plains are at the far reaches of the Brown Wizard Delta.

###### Drok's Hollow[edit | edit source]

There is told to be a small coastal town named Drok's Hollow that is home to a simple community. A place where the farmers of the delta, the herders of the Buffkin Plains, and fishers of the sea come to trade, connect, and mingle.

Once per year, people travel from far and wide to attend the autumn harvest festival, known as "The Day of the Black Dawn" that remembers an ancient time when an evil beast rose up out of the ocean, blocking out the sunrise.

Now, villagers cover their windows of their homes and shops on the this day of remembrance. The festival serves as a harvest festival for merchants, farmers and mariners.

The local inn, run by an ancient Elf name Mags is believed to be the last living resident of Drok's Hollow who was there for the Day of the Black Dawn. Ask Mags if you want to learn more about it...


Grayling

Title: Grayling; Content:Grayling is a notable community member who is best known for making some amazing FRWC themed music. Grayling is one of the few FRWD DJ's and has made over a dozen songs for the cult!

Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xGrayling


0xAIArt

Title: 0xAIArt; Content:0xAIArt (twitter: [1]) is an AI platform that makes Generative AI design art and often creates art of Wizards


Resurrected Thylacine
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Resurrected Thylacine

Title: Resurrected Thylacine; Content:Resurrected Thylacine
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Kobold Heckler

Title: Kobold Heckler; Content:Kobold Heckler (Basic) by Ozzz

Kobold Heckler is a card in the Runes Trading Card Game with a Potency of 1

### Lore[edit | edit source]

> He lost his eye when a tavern cricket hopped on his face & he tried to stab it with a fork. Please don't be intimidated by him.

— Giveahoot


Cardinal Raptor
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Cardinal Raptor

Title: Cardinal Raptor; Content:Cardinal Raptor
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Rune of Protection
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Rune of Protection

Title: Rune of Protection; Content:Rune of Protection
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Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-07-06

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-07-06; Content:A view of the top of the Wizzypedia main page, circa July 2022.

## Contents

  * 1 Wizzypedia Goes Live
  * 2 Book of Lore Enhancements
  * 3 Elf Talk: How Magic Machine Uses Community-Owned Characters in Official Media
  * 4 TV Show Update
  * 5 Official Merch Update
  * 6 Community News
  * 7 Lore Reading

### Wizzypedia Goes Live[edit | edit source]

Wizzypedia is now live! Worked on primarily by Dotta and Magus Wazir, it is located at wizzypedia.forgottenrunes.com

The idea is to have a place to collect Runiverse lore, as well as info about community-created collections, projects, and historical happenings. This will facilitate onboarding on new members. In contrast, The Book of Lore remains as the spot for individual character stories. It is still in the process of being set up, but people interested in being editors can create accounts on the website. A new discord channel (#wizzypedia) has also been set up. I (Kel) personally am very excited to participate in this.

### Book of Lore Enhancements[edit | edit source]

There is a new “Search” feature for The Book of Lore! Niski was the lead developer for this feature. Now you can much more easily find entries for certain wizards, locations, or topics!

Adept Hadrien of the Rock (#1144) received a Magic Machine adaption in Issue 0 of the comic book that was a bit different from his community-created lore.

### Elf Talk: How Magic Machine Uses Community-Owned Characters in Official Media[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-07-06

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-07-06; Content:### Elf Talk: How Magic Machine Uses Community-Owned Characters in Official Media[edit | edit source]

Elf J Trul discussed the thought process about when and how to include community-owned characters in the official media. They are working with the comic book writers to strike an appropriate balance, for example. Elf doesn’t tell them which characters to use - they select based on what appeals to them, and what kind of characters they need for their story. Magic Machine can put suggestions in front of them, but the writer has the final say.

Elf’s tip: You don’t have to write long stories - it’s more important to write something memorable + easy to digest. Establishing the “core essence” of your wizard in the 1st entry, might be a good idea before they start their multi-novel adventure…

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

Derek Kolstad, the TV showrunner, recently submitted his Episode 1 script, and Elf was blown away. Bearsnake also talked about his impressions of the Episode 1 script. He found the opening to be “big and attention grabbing” - sounds like it’s epic in scope. However, the episode also has its quiet moments to contrast with the “wow” spots. Will be effective in grabbing any viewer’s attention, regardless of their previous knowledge of Forgotten Runes.

"Behold My Quantum Style" t-shirts were quickly sold out during their initial run.

Dotta speculated about how audiences might react to an NFT-based show. A lot of NFT shows feel like “class reunions” trying to fit in as many people’s characters as possible to satisfy holders. With the FRWC TV show, telling a great story comes first, and if they do their job right, people won’t care as much whose specific characters are featured. And with increasing amounts of holder projects, getting a character featured in 1 of those is possible too.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-07-06

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-07-06; Content:### Official Merch Update[edit | edit source]

Digital merch pass holders have been able to claim some merch today. They got access (via email) earlier than others, to honor their early signup. And a couple hours ago, the store was opened to all holders. Holders get 2 free items (while supplies last), but they must also add 1 paid item to their cart to qualify for that. A new holders-only channel was opened in the discord, where you can find the link for the free merch discount. Props to LachnessMonsta for organizing this.

### Community News[edit | edit source]

Original cucumber hotdog picture that started it all.

At 33 minutes past the hour, the Magic Machine team suddenly signed off and played the ending music for the WW. It appeared that we had a short session week, but then..."CHANNELING IN FROM THE CUCUMDOWNS, IT IS THE NIGHTMARE EXTRAVAGANZA CUCUMDOG WEDNESDAY!!!!" shouted Elf. Elf proceeded to “scold” several of the main instigators of this trend. If you don’t know what this is about…just mosy on down to the Discord, it'll become apparent very soon... There was a discussion among several cult members regarding their contributions to this trend, including an explanation from CheddaaBob about how and why he originally posted the picture that started it all. Listening is recommended depending on your feelings about the trend.

In non-cucumdog news, voting has opened on two new House of Wizards proposals! 1st proposal is a 3D short film by the Mafriends team. 2nd proposal is an adult-themed novel by crypt0natrix. [Note for historians: the 2nd proposal was withdrawn before the voting period completed, so there is no snapshot page for it.]

### Lore Reading[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-07-06

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-07-06; Content:### Lore Reading[edit | edit source]

The lore reading this week was also by crypt0natrix, about her wizard Diabolist Hobbs of the Valley (8362) (includes "impy shake" content and a very creative usage for the "Vial of Virgin's Blood" prop...)


Skull Spear
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Skull Spear

Title: Skull Spear; Content:Skull Spear
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Ghost Bat
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Ghost Bat


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2023-03-22

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2023-03-22; Content:Cosmic Birds gives the introduction this week and Elf also shouts out Nalgene, Tania, Feckless, Cheddaa Bob, and Jitcy, who are all gathered with him at the Bear Cave. The Wizards are all in high spirits after a night of !magic in LA.

## Contents

  * 1 Wizards On the Roof
    * 1.1 The Drink Menu
    * 1.2 Feckless' New Clothes
    * 1.3 Closing Thoughts On the Party
  * 2 Podcast With DeeZe & Redbeard
  * 3 The Orange Portal & Bullock's Blood and Guts
    * 3.1 ...And Never Came Back
    * 3.2 Ashes to Ashes, Guts to Guts
  * 4 3D Souls & Yes, Forgotten Runes
  * 5 Cult Questions
    * 5.1 Wen Next Forgotten Runes Meetup?
    * 5.2 Do 3D Kobolds Dream of Yellow Horns?
    * 5.3 Storm & Stress
  * 6 Battle For Goblin Town
    * 6.1 CheddaaBob Stickers & the Hall of Cats
  * 7 New Gallery Page
  * 8 Dotta Talks Bitcoin & Balaji
  * 9 Closing Announcement From BlackSand

## Wizards On the Roof[edit | edit source]

Drink Menu From the Forgotten Runes Party in LA

Much of the conversation concerns the LA event. As Dotta wasn't in attendance, Elf asks how his night went. He replies that it was great, and that he was in bed by the time Bear was tweeting that people were about to start showing up to the party.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2023-03-22

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2023-03-22; Content:Elf makes a nod to a midnight Spaces that he started under the influence of the night, and says he's glad it wasn't recorded, as he doesn't remember exactly what was said but is glad he didn't nuke the project. He asks the Wizards in the Bear Cave if anyone has any anecdotes they would like to share from the night before and tells of Eagletorium's live performance of the Hall of Cats Theme (feat. the infamous line performed by Bearsnake himself)

### The Drink Menu[edit | edit source]

Forgotten Runes Varsity Jacket

Tania shares an anecdote about the drink menu, as a particular cocktail was named "Go Peepee", which was comedic to hear people order as well as receive from the bartender throughout the night. On this topic, Elf is hesitant to share another anecdote, but does anyway.

An hour prior to the start of the event, the Hall of Cats drink, "Go Peepee" was named, "I Hate It Here". Elf didn't think that was a good vibe, and wanted to have it changed. Elf applauds Bearsnake's cool at having all of the menus reprinted an hour before the start of the party. Dotta says that Elf might get emotional sometimes, but he's rarely wrong. Elf points to the anecdote Tania shared about the name and says he thinks he made the right call.

### Feckless' New Clothes[edit | edit source]

In other shenanigans, Elf tells about Feckless procuring the display prototype Forgotten Runes varsity jacket that only says "Name" where a name would typically be. Elf says Feckless is still wearing the jacket and no one has told him to give it back, so he thinks it's his now.

### Closing Thoughts On the Party[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2023-03-22

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2023-03-22; Content:### Closing Thoughts On the Party[edit | edit source]

Elf also says the Cult has also disproven a pervasive stereotype about people who like video games and are interested in D&D, noting that he didn't "see the Simpson's Comic Book Guy" anywhere.

On the topic of people who he got to see at the event, Elf says Nyan Cat creator, PRGuitarman turned up for the party. Elf says overall, his takeaway from the night was that the state of the Forgotten Runes community is healthy, strong, and robust. He goes on to say that it was a real show of force in the midst of the bear market, banks crashing, and a monsoon in Los Angeles.

Jitcy commends LaCh, Nalgene, and Bear for creating an environment where everyone was able to feel comfortable having fun and being themselves. Dotta expresses his own FOMO from the night before recounting a Tweet from earlier in the day in which he had said that getting a Wizard feels less like buying an NFT and more like joining a group of friends.

## Podcast With DeeZe & Redbeard[edit | edit source]

Elf then speak briefly about visiting a mansion formerly occupied by Elvis to record a podcast with Bear, Jitcy, DeeZe and Redbeard, but the recording likely won't be out until June. He says he hopes a moment makes the video cut in which Bear and Deeze are both under blanket on a big couch and start giggling at the mention of Doodles founder, "Poopie".

## The Orange Portal & Bullock's Blood and Guts[edit | edit source]

Gary Enters the Orange Portal

Dotta then turns to talks about two Wizard burns that happened this week.

### ...And Never Came Back[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2023-03-22

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2023-03-22; Content:### ...And Never Came Back[edit | edit source]

The first is the Teleburn to BTC by 0xGrug of Enchanter Gary of Avalon, who "stepped through the orange portal and never came back." Dotta speaks to questions this raises about both token and holder. Rocktoshi joins the Teleburn discussion and suggests a whole Spaces on the technical aspects behind Teleburning. He praises Dotta for helping bridge BTC and ETH communities and interacting with both in interesting and intelligent ways.

### Ashes to Ashes, Guts to Guts[edit | edit source]

The second burn of the week that Dotta speaks about is of Battle Mage Bullock's Conjurer Axis of Atlantis. Battle Mage Bullock tried for nearly a year to obtain the Wizard, and finally secured it for 3.6 ETH. However, upon burning, it was reduced to a Pile of Blood and Guts.

"That hurts," says Elf. He also says he has never felt more compelled to create a resurrection mechanism than since the Goblin King himself was burned.

## 3D Souls & Yes, Forgotten Runes[edit | edit source]

Elf uses this to segue into a discussion about the 3D Souls models, of which he says the Blood and Guts are included. He also says the Souls heads are now 100% complete and the process is moving along faster than the Wizards. Dotta then speaks about the announcement for 3D models as a way to reintroduce these Forgotten Runes collections to collectors who prefer 3D assets to pixel art.

Dotta also brings up the "Forgotten Runes" Twitter chain that Bearsnake started and how organic the wave seemed. Elf mentions "Forgotten Runes" was trending on Twitter and reiterates this is just another show of strength for the community.

## Cult Questions[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2023-03-22

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2023-03-22; Content:## Cult Questions[edit | edit source]

Kobold Crochet Amigurumi by Tania Del Rio

### Wen Next Forgotten Runes Meetup?[edit | edit source]

The floor opens up for Cult questions, of which Legatus has the first: Wen next Forgotten Runes meetup. Unfortunately the answer is inconclusive. "Maybe NFT NYC, but we're not making any promises," is heard from somewhere in the Bear Cave.

### Do 3D Kobolds Dream of Yellow Horns?[edit | edit source]

Elf is asked if the 3D models of Kobolds have ears or horns, to which he says the 3D Kobolds are modeled off Tania del Rio's crochet depiction. He ruminates on an option for switching ears for horns at a later time.

### Storm & Stress[edit | edit source]

Elf confirms the Durm and Strang trait is a reference to the Sturm und Drang literary movement. He is also asked if the Faustian head is an ally or enemy, to which he replies: "It's an association."

## Battle For Goblin Town[edit | edit source]

After the conclusion of cult questions, Dotta talks about the progression of Battle for Goblin Town. He says he will be bringing in some more help to get it over the line faster, and speaks about Goblin Crate airdrop structure that he and Niski have been working on this week.

### CheddaaBob Stickers & the Hall of Cats[edit | edit source]

CheddaaBob talks about Hall of Cats stickers that he made for the event, and Elf says he feels like he is in a one-man war against the goings-on of the Hall. Dotta replies that he has it muted, which is met with laughter. No one present in the Bear Cave wants to talk about it.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2023-03-22

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2023-03-22; Content:## New Gallery Page[edit | edit source]

Dotta speaks about Cosmo, Niski, and the team working on a new Gallery page to show off the collections on the official website. Elf says it is a fundamental component of the website that has been missing and expresses excitement for the new feature.

## Dotta Talks Bitcoin & Balaji[edit | edit source]

The Bit Signal

Dotta asks if anyone would like to discuss to the current events surrounding Bitcoin. Elf asks "Is BTC going to $1M in 90 days."

Dotta thinks this is more of a way for Balaji to bring attention to himself to talk more about the hyperinflation narrative. Dotta recommends the book "The Sovereign Individual" and speaks to directional correctness of Balaji's "No handshakes" before the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this hypothesis, Dotta says the catalyst for a large move to BTC is that it would be the only "hard money" left. He notes the possibility of Bitcoin will finally have its moment as it was intended in its creation, post-2008 financial crisis.

Dotta closes these thoughts by saying in the long term, he believes ETH will out-perform BTC, but that if BTC fulfills its purpose, it will be in a moment like this. As it stands, he believes ETH will be under more attack than BTC because of staking services and the like. Dotta says that BTC wouldn't stand for restrictions that pragmatic ETH maxis may go along with. Long term, Dotta believes ETH will surpass BTC on a time horizon in years. But asks everyone to think: How will you position yourself for times of serious inflation? During this discussion, Dotta's audio is intermittently lost with regular frequency.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2023-03-22

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2023-03-22; Content:Elf claims Illuminatus heads are censoring him. He also jokes that it is "clear" that this is a attempt to Teleburn all Wizards to BTC. Dotta says he could if he had to.

Madotsuki brings up the Wells notice that Coinbase received from SEC and Dotta says that it, "seems quite bad," while continuing to experience audio interference.

## Closing Announcement From BlackSand[edit | edit source]

Ghost Eater Kobold of the Technochrome on Race Winner Digital Runner (BlackSand Mounts #866)

As Elf suggests to keep the vibes high, Legatus rounds out the meeting by stepping up to announce that tadmajor won this week's BlackSand pony race.


Kanabo
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Kanabo


BrainDrain
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BrainDrain

Title: BrainDrain; Content:BrainDrain
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Frog Master Marsh

Title: Frog Master Marsh; Content:## In the Runiverse[edit | edit source]

Frog Master Marsh is located in the central eastern part of the known Runiverse. It lies at the nexus of three forests: Hedge Wizard Wood, the Fey and the Thorn.

Frog Master Marsh

## Forgotten Runiverse Game[edit | edit source]

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


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Phoenix Feather

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Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-21

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-21; Content:DeeZe, the host of this Twitter Spaces, received an honorary Wizard, 3D Wizz DeeZe, based on his iconic Cryptopunks avatar.

Editor's Note: This is not a formal Wizard Wednesday \- those began the following week. However, Elf and Dotta held a joint Twitter spaces with DeeZe during this Wednesday where they talked about the project. This was a big moment in the very earliest weeks of the project, so it is included here as the "prequel" to Wizard Wednesday. The Spaces lasted about 1 hour 40 minutes, and was in a different format than a typical Wizard Wednesday - the entry will reflect his.

## Contents

  * 1 The Cult Assembles at a DeeZe Spaces
  * 2 Beginning with the Basics
  * 3 Behind the Design of the Wizards
  * 4 On Decentralized World-Building
  * 5 The Forgotten Runes Team's Involvement in World-Building
  * 6 Discussions on a Potential FRWC Game
  * 7 Hints of the Souls
  * 8 On "Influencer Honorary Wizards"
  * 9 Reminiscence on the Original Wizard Mint
  * 10 On the Road Map (V1)
  * 11 Technical Q&A
  * 12 How to Find Your Inner Wizard

### The Cult Assembles at a DeeZe Spaces[edit | edit source]

Every wizard uses affinity to help collect a set of cohesive traits. Void Disciple Samael of the Brambles (#1221) is a 4/5 affinity wizard that was listed on the "floor" on September 2, 2022.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-21

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-21; Content:Dotta acknowledges that he needs to choose a wizard for his profile picture eventually, but for now he represents himself with a puppet pic. He wanted the Dotta custom wizard to go to the community. Elf recognizes a lot of wizard-holders from the #FRWC discord on the call. Some of them were brought up to speak as well.

### Beginning with the Basics[edit | edit source]

The founders started by describing the core concepts of Forgotten Runes. Elf: The "Forgotten Runes" have actually been forgotten by the world, and the Wizard's mission is to remind them. I view Dotta as a wizard, he built a "spellbook" that literally summons wizard. Artists, poets, writers use words and images to bring concepts and visions to life. A wizard puts his mark on the world, puts his rune on the door.

Dotta: Some of the concepts I talk about will be known to the Wizards community, but might be new to people not familiar with them. It's important to understand that it's not about how rare your wizard is in some pre-determined rank. What is special about FRWC is the concept of affinity. If you generate 10K random combinations of traits for wizards, you will get some funny combinations, but not necessarily good. We want every wizard to be good. In our generator, we used affinity to get better wizards. For example, we might make "water affinity" wizards contain traits that would make sense for them.

Elf: The end result is that the collection feels more cohesive, each wizard has a unity in its look. As a result, each wizard feels like they have a story behind them. The parts are put together in a meaningful way.


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Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-21; Content:Dotta: The names play into it as well. Instead of just using numbers, we have a descriptive name for each one. And the names and images are all coded on-chain. Even if IPFS goes away, you can recreate the wizards from the on-chain data. Owen from 0xmons helped us understand how to achieve this. Large files can't be stored directly on-chain. So projects like Punks create a hash, and store that on-chain. This helps with the validity of the image, but not the image itself. IPFS can help store the images. But the IPFS service is not infallible, it could always fail. And it doesn't have the persistence guarantee of the Ethereum blockchain. The wizard images are 50x50 pixels, scaled up. We store on IPFS as a mirror for compatibility. But we also fit the image data in the blockchain transaction so it is permanently recorded. (Simplified explanation of what Dotta said).

Magus Devon of the Quantum Downs was one of the first Wizards to distinguish themselves, thanks to the lore and commissioning efforts of Madotsuki.

Dotta: We created an NFT called the Decoder crystal, which contains a code you can run, which downloads the data from Ethereum and recreates the wizards from scratch. You can find the Decoder in our OpenSea profile.

### Behind the Design of the Wizards[edit | edit source]

Elf: We chose pixel art because it is minimal, not a lot of details. Your imagination is allowed to fill all the gaps in information. That's been a guiding ethos for this whole project, and it has a lot of depth and mystery, by design. An NFT is more than just a crypto token, it has an aesthetic component. Rarity tools is great, and we have a community-built tool as well. But we are trying to push things beyond quantitative-based rankings.


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Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-21; Content:### On Decentralized World-Building[edit | edit source]

Dotta: We designed the characters to have stories to tell. We have found many wizard-holders are very eager to tell their wizards' stories. For example Madotsuki's stories, Lorepunk's poems, and fan art. So we are creating the Book of Lore to help the community tell the story of FRWC. The stories don't have to be logically consistent. Take for example the Spiderman franchise, with multiple retellings. However differently than Spiderman, we want to have a decentralized media property, an anti-Disney.

Elf: Right now, Disney is buying up every media property available. And every time, they kind of ruin it. Some of it is good, some not. But ultimately, the corporate machine takes the magic out of it. Spin-offs, merchandise, creativity-by-committee, for the purpose of profit. We have a cast of 10K characters, with about 2K wizard holders, who are empowered to create. Madotsuki and his wife, Margaret, Sharkchild, all are doing great things. And each contribution benefits the whole community. This is the most exciting thing for me.

Kid Hastings: I think the guild concept is really great too.

Dotta: I think the people who have chosen to participate in the guilds have found it fun and interesting. We don't have clear answers yet on funding models, for now it's a labor of love for people who love to tell these stories.

An expanded version of the Runiverse world map, which first appeared in Issue #0 of the Magic Machine comic book, circa June 2022.

### The Forgotten Runes Team's Involvement in World-Building[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-21

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-21; Content:Dotta: We are having some early conversations with external parties around telling much bigger stories in the form of games or other media. So we will be involved in the story-telling as well.

Elf: I am working on some of the meta-narrative, for example the piece of the world map that I released. I'm trying to guide the decentralized story-telling as best I can. But it will certainly take a life of its own. I'm planning to expand the map more eventually. I'm writing some meta-narrative lore. For example, many wizards look similar besides the color of their hat. The existing map has some color-based placed names, but not all of them, where are those others? I'm envisioning some differing factions that will be interacting in some way.

Dotta: We are inspired by Tolkien's world-building. The modern spin on it is to open up the building to everyone in the age of social media. We want to build these wizard characters in such a way that wizard-holders have some commercial rights on top of your wizard.

Elf: Other NFT projects typically have one "character" with a bunch of different costumes. But we have 150 different character "races", and I want to write out more about each of these, where they come from. But if your wizard deviates from that meta-narrative, that's totally fine. We want to give people full creativity over their wizard. We chose to display a full-body character over a portrait. It may have hurt us in the short-term since it doesn't fit the profile picture as well. But we did this to show details that can aid in the storytelling.

Dotta: We want to provide assets for the wizards that aids in utility. We have indefinite plans to help you "walk around with your wizard" in some kind of metaverse.

The Forgotten Souls were included in the original Forgotten Runes roadmap.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-21

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-21; Content:The Forgotten Souls were included in the original Forgotten Runes roadmap.

### Discussions on a Potential FRWC Game[edit | edit source]

Kid Hastings: In a possible game, do you see the rarer traits translating to a higher power/level, or is that more aesthetic and the wizards are all more balanced?

Elf: It would be cool to translate rarer items into special powers, but those decisions are further down the road. It would be cool to enter the game with the item in your minted wizard, and potentially gain others, or other familiars, in the game.

Dotta: We will work to keep things balanced in a way that is fun. Some wizards don't have runes or items, which could be a factor as well.

### Hints of the Souls[edit | edit source]

Dotta: There will be an opportunity for people to sacrifice their wizards, if they so choose. Some people may receive a powerful ghost, and some may not. Sacrifice is not something to be taken lightly.

Elf: There will definitely be an element of risk to this, a reward is not assured. Our ideal is that the "ugly" wizards will get burned (although there are no ugly wizards :)

Dotta: The art (for Forgotten Souls) will be new, but could be related to the existing traits.

Gremplin would eventually burn their honorary wizard with a Sacred Flame and receive "The Ghost of Gremplin."

### On "Influencer Honorary Wizards"[edit | edit source]

Kid Hastings: I noticed you made customized wizards for influencers. What kind of feedback did you get from them?


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-21

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-21; Content:Dotta: Elf and I have been around for a while, in the industry. Myself on the development side, and Elf with art/NFTs. But one of the recommendations we got is to reach out to influencers and offer to create a wizard for them to help publicize the project. No obligation on their part to do anything specific. We got about 30 responses, and of the people who got wizards, we got many different responses. Some like DeeZe made it their profile pic for a while, while others didn't do anything. I can understand how some feel it's unfair because the custom traits are the "most rare."

Elf: We also made some custom wizards for some of our earliest, most passionate supporters, even if they didn't have a big following. So I wanted to mention that. We had some totally custom wizards, but we also have some custom wizard heads that made it into the collections, like gremplin and artchick.

Dotta: We never let in a wizard that we didn't feel was part of the universe.

Elf: Would I have done anything differently? We are going to do a small retcon, which means adjusting certain bits of information after the fact. But as far as the influencers, they were helpful to come up with some designs.

Dotta: I would do it again, we needed to get on the map in a crowded NFT space.

Deeze: I saw some influencers sold theirs, but mine is 420.69 ETH, basically I'm not planning on selling :)

DeMar: One thing you notice with the custom wizards, none of them have max affinity. So in the custom ranking in wizards.guide, which incorporates affinity & names, not just trait rarity, those wizards might not be at the top.

Kid Hastings: How did the influencers get their wizards, from a technical perspective?


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-21

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-21; Content:Kid Hastings: How did the influencers get their wizards, from a technical perspective?

Dotta: We minted the first 80 the day before the sale. 30 for community members / influencers, 50 for Elf and myself. I can understand that people felt bad because those were all low serial numbers.

The Secret Tower, as depicted on the Forgotten Runes website (circa September 2022). The original FRWC minting experience featured beautiful artwork and a fun, interactive experience.

Elf: The reason we kept so many is that we are still giving out wizards in contests, and to give to professional contacts and various other reasons. I kept the goat in my PFP and a couple others, but that's it. Satoshi still has $1 million bitcoins, so we did a bit better than him :)

### Reminiscence on the Original Wizard Mint[edit | edit source]

Elf (In reply to a question about greatest challenges): Two days before launch, so many things were going wrong with the website. Testing it with different devices, browsers, was stressful. The day of, a cavalry of beta testers came in like the Riders of Rohan and we launched. We put a lot of love into the summoning process. We were excited when we got the website experience to work.

Kid Hastings: Did you run into any issues with people not understanding how to mint on the website?

Elf: I saw a few people confused, and I worried that people would want a more straight-forward interface. But 95% of the comments were positive. People seemed to understand how to do it.

Kid Hastings: I liked how you had to figure it out, and made the overall experience more rewarding and unique.

Elf: Someone actually gave us 80 ETH by mistake, and we had to reimburse them shortly before minting. They tried to interact directly with the smart contract.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-21

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-21; Content:dotta: One of my favorite pastimes last year has been looking at yield farms with no/bad interface, and being one of the only people benefitting from them through directly interacting with the contract.

### On the Road Map (V1)[edit | edit source]

dotta: Going back to the road map, we created it due to pressure from people pre-mint. People accusing us of a cash grab. We had a list of things we wanted to do, so we gave in and created a published road map.

The cover to the Book of Lore, created by Ozzz. The Book of Lore is a keystone to the concept of decentralized world-building. You do not have to be a professional artist or writer to contribute to your character's lore.

Elf: We are now a month into this project, and I actually want to update the roadmap because there is so much we want to do.

dotta: I don't think we will drop 10K Warriors now. But looking at the world map, I want to populate it with more types of characters to flesh it out. It makes sense for those characters to be NFTs, but in conjunction with other initiatives and with the right timing.

Elf: If we do warriors or other characters, it won't just be "10K of this". The wizards will always be the core, any other characters would be connected to some type of additional idea, but the wizards will always be first.

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

Amir.KG: Have you considered moving this to another blockchain, in terms of expanding the accessibility of it?

dotta: Things are moving so fast right now. I think a game that would require more frequent blockchain interactions would be on an L2, using a bridge contract. But I don't see us launching the core ownership in another blockchain in the near term.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-21

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-21; Content:lee: You could bridge the ERC721 to another chain.

dotta: From a collector's perspective, the provenance of the wizards and other NFT characters will be on Ethereum. If people want to bridge their tokens to another chain using their own contracts, they can do so.

dotta (in response to question about Dark Forest's implementation): they are able to store the location of your rocket on-chain, which is cool. zk-SNARKs allows for fog of war, providing limited visibility to the players, while validating their everyone follows the rules. [Some more discussion of different crypto implementations for on-chain games followed.]

dotta: When you have a game, you want to decentralize ownership rights to game items, characters. In terms of things like the map and wizard locations, it's going to be slow and maybe not as fun unless it's more centralized. It's a set of tradeoffs.

### How to Find Your Inner Wizard[edit | edit source]

rubbertoe: One concern I have is that building the wizard is something we can do, but I'm concerned that I'm going to butcher the character, and the over-arching story won't be cohesive. Any high-level guidance on the rules or laws of the universe, some guiderails to help us?

Elf: If you aren't a creative artist, that's OK, you can hold your wizard and contribute in other ways. That's the beauty of decentralized IP.

dotta: We have a call in 20 minutes with professional storytellers to help us create the meta-narrative. Dotta also mentioned the idea of grants to support creators who can't afford commissions.

rubbertoe: What's your stance on NSFW content? I have a cryptoempress custom wizard that might align with that...


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-21

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-21; Content:dotta: We are building into the Book of Lore a way to "strike from the lore" things anathema to the community. But there will also be a way to mark content as "NSFW". That way children, for example, can go through the Book of Lore with the NSFW stuff filtered out. The whole of wizards won't be contained in SFW, we recognize that, but we want this courtesy flag so the content will be appropriate to different situations.


Guardian Shield
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Guardian Shield

Title: Guardian Shield; Content:Guardian Shield
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Reaping Hook
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Reaping Hook

Title: Reaping Hook; Content:Reaping Hook
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Redirect to:

  * Merlin

Merlin (community member)

Title: Merlin (community member); Content:Redirect to:

  * Merlin


Green Amazonian Jumpsuit
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Green Amazonian Jumpsuit

Title: Green Amazonian Jumpsuit; Content:Green Amazonian Jumpsuit
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Bag of Cataclysm
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Bag of Cataclysm

Title: Bag of Cataclysm; Content:Bag of Cataclysm
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Paranormal Phantasm
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Paranormal Phantasm

Title: Paranormal Phantasm; Content:Paranormal Phantasm
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Skull Crab

Title: Skull Crab; Content:Skull Crab is a card in the Runes Trading Card Game with a Potency of 2

Skull Crab (Basic) by Wise Sam

Skull Crab (Alternate) by Wise Sam

### Lore[edit | edit source]

> Beach crabs near desolate areas take up shelter in long dead wizards and warriors floating in from the ocean or that have been killed in-land.

— ZayLaSoul


Charred Bone Stave
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Charred Bone Stave

Title: Charred Bone Stave; Content:Charred Bone Stave
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Null Goat

Title: Null Goat; Content:Null Goat
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Originally conceptualized by Giveahoot on 11/19/2021, the Null Goat was made into an actual companion in the Runiverse within the Warriors collection. They are said to be native to the BattleMage Mountains, and are described by Giveahoot as a species of goat that have developed magic resistant skull & horns in order to fend off magic users that hunt in the mountains. Shepherds who also inhabit the area are said to have begun domesticating the animals as they are fiercely loyal & excellent sentries.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-09-01

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-09-01; Content:Bearsnake's first ever post with his Forgotten Runes Twitter account, circa July 2021. Note that the wizard is different from the one commonly associated with Bearsnake later on.

## Contents

  * 1 Book of Lore is in Development!
  * 2 Bearsnake Joins the Forgotten Runes Team!
  * 3 Forgotten Runes Merch Box is Announced
  * 4 The FRWC Team's Thoughts on Loot
  * 5 Official Lore Drop - 4 Colors of Wizard Hats Explained
    * 5.1 Purple
    * 5.2 Green
    * 5.3 Brown
    * 5.4 White
  * 6 Two Surprises!
    * 6.1 Surprise 1
    * 6.2 Surprise 2
  * 7 LachnessMonsta Update
  * 8 Additional Team Updates (Bite-Sized)
  * 9 Cult Content Shoutouts
  * 10 Lore Reading

### Book of Lore is in Development![edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-09-01

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-09-01; Content:### Book of Lore is in Development![edit | edit source]

The Book of Lore is a tool where any Wizard owner will be able to come and add songs, images, and animations into an online book, where every wizard has a page. This is a way where everyone can come together to create lore about their wizards and store it permanently. Dotta: said that the team will add a visual indicator to show which Wizards have lore, and which do not. They aim to co-create (with the community) a legendarium of stories and characters, and this is one of the things that sets FRWC apart from typical PFP NFTs. Dotta added that only the Wizard owner can add lore for that wizard, and even if you sell the Wizard, the original lore cannot be re-written as it will be written on-chain. This will be an immutable record for the story of the wizards. The coding guild is still helping with this. Niski is helping a lot, but could use one more React developer. 20 people have already reached out based on a Tweet that was sent out, but dotta is still looking. Elf said that based on a preview Dotta showed him recently, the Book of Lore is looking super cool.

### Bearsnake Joins the Forgotten Runes Team![edit | edit source]

Elf introduced Bearsnake as the third executive member of the FRWC team. He is helping open doors in Hollywood and leading up a great merch strategy.

After the Loot project took off in Late Summer/Fall 2021, the FRWC Coding Guild created a project, Spells (for Wizards and Other Adventurers) based off the concept. An example (Spirit Shroud) is pictured here.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-09-01

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-09-01; Content:Bearsnake: Hello all wizards, I really couldn’t be more excited about this opportunity and world. I’ve been fortunate to experience a few times something that became special. But I think there is something so unique about this space, and this project in particular. The wizards are a piece of IP that happens to be expressed on the blockchain first, but that doesn’t mean it stops there. I'm super happy to partner with Elf and dotta, I’ve known Elf for over 10 years and we’ve worked together before, big fan. Equally as impressed with dotta, as I’ve gotten to know him over the past few months. The NFT hype cycle is reaching a peak, based on the signs that are out there. Silicon Valley and Hollywood are paying attention. And I’m not so much opening doors in Hollywood, more so helping wizards get expressed through various forms of media, and I know a few people who can make it happen faster and easier. I believe this is a 100 year project, and I plan on my kids being into wizards and participating in it someday.

### Forgotten Runes Merch Box is Announced[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-09-01

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-09-01; Content:### Forgotten Runes Merch Box is Announced[edit | edit source]

Bearsnake: As far as merchandising, it’s more than t-shirts and hats. We have a whole special delivery thing planned, and we’re towards the end of design and into manufacturing, you guys are going to be pumped. We have a great trusted partner with this, and it will have great designs. Also, this will be the last time we make this particular item of merch. We will put out a form in the next day or two to see who will want this. I think every wizard will want at least one, and it will just be for wizard-holders. Think of it as a “wizard basket”. Elf: There will be surprises inside of it, you won’t know everything that will be in there, at Forgotten Runes we like mystery and surprises. dotta: In the form, I will ask, whether you just want to buy it, or possibly have an NFT in the middle. I don’t want to play too many games with it, but at the end we ARE in the NFT space. Interested to hear people’s thoughts.

### The FRWC Team's Thoughts on Loot[edit | edit source]

dotta: Loot is a project by Dom, who was previously the inventor of Vine, and has worked on other interesting projects. As I’m sure you’ve seen on Twitter, it’s a smart contract that generates a list of fantasy-based items, like amulet, sword, divine robe. And the robe actually has a ridiculous floor price. It’s doing so well because of its simplicity. It was almost an NFT game primitive, actually a free mint that you can build on top of. We see wizards as an avatar primitive. For example, one of the first pixel NFTs with walk-cycles, any game that supports sprite sheets can include wizards.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-09-01

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-09-01; Content:dotta: Anyone with coding experience can build on top of Loot very quickly, and we’ve already seen some projects built on top. It is really fun; it represents what we love about crypto. Similarly, we used pixel art because anyone, children on up, can build on the art. And Loot is a similar concept for programmers.

Elf: Is there an art component to it? dotta: No art in the base layer, just white text on black background, in an SVG format (vector file). But even the text is so memeable. Just so good.

### Official Lore Drop - 4 Colors of Wizard Hats Explained[edit | edit source]

The FRWC team promising a lore drop about several of the color hat wizard factions in the next Wizard Wednesday. In the second half of 2021, such lore drops were a major drawing point for the weekly meetings.

This week Elf talked about the purple, green, brown, and white hat wizards.

#### Purple[edit | edit source]

Quintessential wizards. Talented in all areas of magic, especially around the cosmos. Much of their power comes from the Psychic Leap. Sometimes the magic controls them. Spells are often loud, explosive, colorful, and unpredictable. Their houses are often unorganized. Many times, it’s hard to tell if they are powerful or they’ve just lost their minds.

Strengths: Powerful, unpredictable, probably wise, know a lot of lore.

Weaknesses: Warped minds, chaotic.

Note: We don’t know where they live yet.

#### Green[edit | edit source]

The hippies of the wizarding community. They love the natural world. Their magic is old, older than the Quantum Shadow itself. They have become one with nature, and have great stability of mind.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-09-01

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-09-01; Content:Strengths: Very stable, long lifespans, can communicate with plants and animals

Weaknesses: Ecofascists, Slow to action, aloof, care more about plants and animals than people.

#### Brown[edit | edit source]

Rough and rowdy, prefer simple living. Love tradition and their families. Like farming, hunting, clean living. They enjoy a beer in the tavern with good friends in smaller towns. Like green hats, pumpkinheads, mushroom heads. Dislike kobolds.

Strengths: Reliable, loyal.

FRWC tweeting about it's cross-promotion with Avime, an NFT project that launched in Fall 2021.

Weaknesses: Resistant to change, somewhat xenophobic.

#### White[edit | edit source]

Zenlike mages who meditate for days on end. Suspected high power level. They never show off, unassuming. No one knows the source of their power, and some doubt whether they are actually powerful. They operate in secret. Strengths: Guarded, calm, secretive, deep wisdom.

Weaknesses: Unemotional, aloof, unapproachable.

Next week: Magic system explained!!! Elf: Remember that your wizard does not need to devoutly adhere to their faction’s attributes. Your wizards are individuals, and they may have their reasons for behaving differently for what is typical to their area/faction.

### Two Surprises![edit | edit source]

#### Surprise 1[edit | edit source]

Elf: This has not been discussed before. "The gate to the 7th realm on the map, will be opened in the future." Madotsuki: Do some wizards have the key to the 7th realm? Elf: Yes they do. This is not on the official roadmap, but it will be a major surprise!


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-09-01

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-09-01; Content:#### Surprise 2[edit | edit source]

One of the first graffiti artworks created was for Hedge Wizard Lenora of the Realm in Austin, Texas, circa August 2021.

Dotta: The coding guild (aranair, niski, tv) is ready to release wizard spell Loot. Wizard spells are coming to Ethereum (transaction in progress during call). This loot drop is reserved for wizard holders. Go to the UI on Etherscan to mint wizard loot. Each wizard has one reserved for them. So look forward to it later this afternoon! Elf: is this limited time to redeem? dotta: If you own a wizard, you will be able to mint the Loot with the corresponding wizard number, at any time. Not aware of a time limit. This is not an official FRWC project, this is all coding guild. It’s a set of spells that they came up with, won’t spoil the rest!

### LachnessMonsta Update[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-09-01

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-09-01; Content:### LachnessMonsta Update[edit | edit source]

Elf: Lachness will run our contests going forward. Lachness: Thanks to everyone helping build our social channels and having fun with the wizards. Next contest is with Avime (@AvimeNFT). They are anime-inspired NFTs, that live on the blockchain just like Forgotten Runes. Three Avime will be given away, look for the tweet, we will announce the winner in roughly 24 hours. Madotsuki: Winners will get their Avime on Friday or Saturday. We were inspired by MMO RPGs, loved the customization options in those games. That we’re aware of, this is the first customizable, anime-style NFTs. You mint 6 traits, and you are able to trade, buy, sell one or more of the traits, and then mix and match them into a customizable fused profile picture. Planning an expansion pack in Season 2 with additional traits (fantasy/isekai theme). dotta: I’m going to try and mint some. Elf: Can’t wait to see Avimes walking side by side with wizards in the metaverses.

### Additional Team Updates (Bite-Sized)[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-09-01

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-09-01; Content:### Additional Team Updates (Bite-Sized)[edit | edit source]

  * The team has received help from Ozzz, tad, goodboygoodtimes, and ymcrypt on walkcycles (this is to help animate all the pixel wizards, so they can walk around other metaverses. Possibly Treeverse and a few others, as well as the Official Forgotten Runes metaverse). DM Elf if you want to join.
  * Regarding DMs to the founders: Elf said that if he doesn't get back to your DM, please don’t take it personally, he gets so many, like 100+ per day. Elf: I'm doing the best I can. I am actually paying a friend to run errands for IRL stuff. But ultimately a good thing, because there is so much going on.
  * The first known Wizard-themed t-shirt was shared by chemical imbalance in August 2021.

Murals: 1 coming up in Miami, LA, Oakland, and a 2nd one in Austin. FRWC team had sent out a form previously to see where wizards are located. They sent out another form to get updated locations. Also the website has instructions on how to commission your own mural. zaylasoul: Reach out to me if you have a good thematic cannabis potion wizard, I’m planning to paint a mural on the side of the dispensary where I work.
  * Regarding a Twitter poll contest vs. fvckrender. Elf: We did not win the contest against them, but we got very close against a big artist with 60K followers. But fvckrender the artist actually bought some wizards and shouted us out, which was great. We exchanged some DMs with them about a collab. Nothing confirmed yet, but you never know.

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


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-09-01

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-09-01; Content:### Cult Content Shoutouts[edit | edit source]

  * wise sam and Dr. Slurp \- Video promoting The Coven faction. If you own a Hag or Swamp Witch, you can join!
  * Ozzz released more excellent art pieces.
    1. Wizard holding a rose in the winter.
    2. Master of Spots Hunter, scene in his den with the results of a kobold hunt
  * Chemicalinbalance with excellent memes, last supper with wizards. Also first t-shirt with a wizard on it.
  * Madotsuki - new Magus Devon illustration made by sweetbread in the Avime style. Also a new character, the “Angel of the Marsh” received a great illustration + story. Finally, Mado became a new Sage (eg. moderator) for the FRWC community!
  * Ogsmarkload: Tenzuyama of the Cosmos fan art
  * Elden14 (aka Bread(baguette): Has been making a bunch of awesome memes in our Discord, go check it out!
  * MagusTumbaj: Amazing Minecraft wizard, first one we’ve seen.
  * Snick: Super talented glass artist, will be making a physical wizard likeness for a contest winner.

### Lore Reading[edit | edit source]

Edward talked about their wizard, David of Xanadu (4689). Check out the recording for the full story! Also includes some info about Edward’s personal journey with the project, different from many other NFTs.


coming soon

Round


Merlin

Title: Merlin; Content:Merlin (formerly known as grandpasut) is a notable member of the Forgotten Runes community. He is most well known in three areas:

  1. Purchaser of various prominent Forgotten Runes characters, including his namesake wizard, Merlin (540).
  2. Founder of Forgotten Runes Worlds, and Minecraft-based playable depiction of the Runiverse.
  3. Founder of tree.io, a community content curation tool.


The House

Title: The House; Content:'The House' by Ozzz. Sorcerer Qaid of the Sun (6776) is seen overlooking a house in a village where he is said to have met The Past Masters.

The first feature of Qaid of the Sun, the Sorcerer, visiting the Past Masters. This work preceded Ozzz's first official commission for a Forgotten Runes piece of art from Arad.


Runeball Captain

Title: Runeball Captain; Content:Runeball Captain (Basic) by Kokopelli

Runeball Captain is a card in the Runes Trading Card Game with a Potency of 6

### Lore[edit | edit source]

> “It’s everything he has done: came from poverty, conquered wealth. It’s everything he does. Asks for nothing, gives back everything. It’s everything he will do. Will leave no one behind, will carry all to glory. He’s the Captain. And you are not ready for it.” - the Runiverse Daily

— Giveahoot


Blood Suit
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Blood Suit

Title: Blood Suit; Content:Blood Suit
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Black Goat
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Black Goat

Title: Black Goat; Content:Black Goat
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Success in Forgotten Runes

Title: Success in Forgotten Runes; Content:As mentioned in our weekly Cult meeting, Wizard Wednesday, success at Forgotten Runes means earnest creation. The only thing the cult asks is to create in earnest. And you might ask why? Why are we creating?

Because of stories. If science tell you what the world is, stories tell you how to be. Stories are what let us understand our history, our families, our familiars, ourselves. Stories help you understand what path you should take and what consequences or rewards might be on the other side.

Create in earnest. Whatever the medium. That's what we're going to prioritize when we do airdrops and we'll get more sophisticated as we go.

Forgotten Runes exists to ease suffering, create joy, and bring order to chaos by telling stories of the characters in the Runiverse.

So it's not about the airdrops. The airdrops are providing storytelling resources to the storytellers. If you want to succeed in the cult, tell stories.


Redirect to:

  * Frog Master Marsh

Frog Master March

Title: Frog Master March; Content:Redirect to:

  * Frog Master Marsh


Gold Lamellar
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Gold Lamellar

Title: Gold Lamellar; Content:Gold Lamellar
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Soul Rune of Neptune
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Soul Rune of Neptune

Title: Soul Rune of Neptune; Content:Soul Rune of Neptune
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Rune of Omega
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Rune of Omega

Title: Rune of Omega; Content:Rune of Omega
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Gold Skeleton
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Gold Skeleton

Title: Gold Skeleton; Content:Gold Skeleton
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Street Hoodlum
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Street Hoodlum

Title: Street Hoodlum; Content:Street Hoodlum
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Canyon Wurm

Title: Canyon Wurm; Content:Canyon Wurm (Basic) by 1984pxls

Canyon Wurm (Alternate) by 1984pxls

Canyon Wurm is a card in the Runes Trading Card Game with a Potency of 7

### Lore[edit | edit source]

> Weaving through the areas around Honor Mountain are canyons as wide as cities & as deep as a wizard's thoughts. Some geologists think that these were created by things like erosion and tectonic shifts, but those who were here long before the birth of science know that these natural wonders were the product of colossal wurms that carved through the crust of the Runiverse. The wurms haven't been seen in centuries however, it is believed they have buried deep beneath the surface to hibernate in preparation for another carving.

— Giveahoot


Cannabis Potion

Title: Cannabis Potion; Content:There are several strains of Cannabis potion, which are made from a variety of cannabis plants. Generally known for relaxing properties, these potions can also inspire creativity, calmness, and meditative states. Purple, Green, and Yellow hats are particularly fond of Cannabis potions, (for their own unique reasons of course.)

Cannabis Potion
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Yellow Buckler
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Yellow Buckler

Title: Yellow Buckler; Content:Yellow Buckler
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Guardian Helm
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Guardian Helm

Title: Guardian Helm; Content:Guardian Helm
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Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-09-21

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-09-21; Content:Alchemist's Mjolnir was forged during Wizard Wednesday, SEP 21 2022, by Merlin.

## Contents

  * 1 An Interview with Dan Sickles (Documentary Film-maker)
  * 2 3D Models Update
  * 3 Forgotten Runes Derivatives News
  * 4 Other Magic Machine News:
  * 5 Q&A Time
  * 6 Cult Content Shoutouts

### An Interview with Dan Sickles (Documentary Film-maker)[edit | edit source]

This week we had a special guest: Dan Sickles. Dan is a filmmaker who is creating “NEW HERE”, a documentary about NFTs that includes an interview with Elf. Dan talked about his journey into making a film about this topic.

In the past, he has often created films about concepts that are scary and/or foreign to mainstream audiences. Over the past 6 months, he conducted over 90 interviews to collect an oral history of how this space was built, and where it’s headed. He discussed the concepts he wants to get across with Elf, Dotta, and Bearsnake. Recommended listening if you want a preview of the topics and themes the film will cover.

Magic Machine released this preview of 3D modeled Wizard heads via Twitter (September 2022)

The film is currently independent during its creation to avoid influence by outside parties, and there will be an allowlist signup available for its own NFT collection in the #alpha channel of the Discord. The NFT collection features traits taken from the collections of the artists who participated, including Elf.

### 3D Models Update[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-09-21

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-09-21; Content:### 3D Models Update[edit | edit source]

FrogEater, who was hired to work on the models, was a guest this week. Frogeater was found during the Cal Arts portfolio day. He said he has been interested in digital art, Web3, and their possibilities. When Elf gave a talk at Cal Arts, he followed up.

Elf: If you would like a rig of your 3D Wizard, DM me (need knowledge of 3D software tools like Blender or Maya); this is for early adopters, but eventually you won’t need these skills to use your Wizard’s 3D models. Magic Machine is extremely excited for 3D Cult Content.

Forgotten Runes released a preview of the cover art for Issue #1 of the comic book (Issue #0 was released earlier in 2022). (September 2022)

### Forgotten Runes Derivatives News[edit | edit source]

Bill Gains had a couple pieces of news. Cultcontent.wtf will be a repository for a lot of the Forgotten Runes derivative projects that have been released. It was created by Bill Gains and partners. It also has tools for creators/artists to set up their own mints. There are future plans to further develop the Atheneum (place to write lore for Babies/Cucumdogs). Also, the Forgotten Punk derivative collection will launch on this platform.

“Forgotten Babies' adventure to the farm” will also launch very soon. Finally, anyone who wants to collaborate on a community-made Halloween costume asset pack, reach out to Bill.

### Other Magic Machine News:[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-09-21

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-09-21; Content:### Other Magic Machine News:[edit | edit source]

  * The Rings of Power / House of the Dragon discussion was pushed to the following week to make time for the interview with Dan. But it is still planned.
  * Dotta and Elf appeared on the Bad Crypto Podcast this past week.
  * Dotta also appeared on Hard Fork Gaming's podcast. Hard Fork Gaming had done an “introduction to Forgotten Runes” video previously.
  * News around specific Fall token events will be communicated in further publicity spots. The FRWC team expects to be on “We Do A Little Pod” with DeeZe sometime in the future, where some hints may be dropped.
  * Comic book update: Issue #1 is still being drawn, and Issue #2 has been scripted. Bearsnake is rumored to have a prominent comic book publisher lined up for further distribution, but deal is not finalized, so the name cannot be revealed yet.

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

  * Details of Halloween event? Elf: Cannot give details yet; it will be unique and original. Dotta: The event will be on our website, on Halloween Day. Everyone will have a fair chance to participate, as long as you hold a token, but Souls will have a privileged position.
  * Will there be a "Big Bad" revealed in the next comic? Elf: Issue #1 has a villain, not sure if they are a “Big Bad.”
  * Wen Forgotten Runes NES cartridge? Bearsnake: In time, who knows what could be possible? Elf: I want to do it, but it’s not a top priority.

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


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-09-21

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-09-21; Content:### Cult Content Shoutouts[edit | edit source]

  * Elf cookies were baked by EverydayRunes.
  * Tania del Rio shares a process video for drawing her honorary warrior.
  * Tad worked with Tania, coloring some of her previously created comic book pages!
  * Ozzz came out with another painting \- it gave Elf "Manet vibes."
  * Cosmic Birds of Ornithia made a lettuce swamp witch that was then eaten by a rabbit.
  * Wise Sam with some creative drawings.
  * Cosmic Mage Adrienne, with another Joan Danger commission.
  * TheOneWhoRings (Magus Wazir): Started McWazir’s (twitter thread) this week. Also established the concept of Runeball, a Forgotten Rune sport.
  * Emma made a Legend of Zelda derivative (“it’s dangerous to go alone”)
  * Magus Ixar of the Hills commissioned Daniela Ilustra for a great illustration.


Crystal Skull

Title: Crystal Skull; Content:Crystal Skulls are found all over the world, from various cultures and time periods. Their purpose is as ambiguous as their origins, ranging from decorative to paranormal.

Crystal Skull
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East Sider
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East Sider

Title: East Sider; Content:East Sider
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Blue Medieval Livery
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Blue Medieval Livery

Title: Blue Medieval Livery; Content:Blue Medieval Livery
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Avalonian
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Avalonian


Cockatrice Skeleton
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Cockatrice Skeleton

Title: Cockatrice Skeleton; Content:Cockatrice Skeleton
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Kobold Grunt
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Kobold Grunt

Title: Kobold Grunt; Content:Kobold Grunt
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Firebrand
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Firebrand


Wizard Honoraries

Title: Wizard Honoraries; Content:* Rogue Mage Andy (7)
  * Bunny Wizard Bernardo (8)
  * Prismatic Magi Braindraind (9)
  * Edge Arcanist Artchick (10)
  * Crow Master Claire Sliver (11)
  * The Wizard Empress (12)
  * 3D Wizz DeeZe (13)
  * Cat Wizard El Crypto Ball (14)
  * Arcanist EyesTeethFlesh (15)
  * Supa Wizz 9272 (72)
  * Master Ape Gfunk (17)
  * Cartomancer Fiskantes (18)
  * Master of Spots Hunter (19)
  * Punk Rock Arcanist Joey (20)
  * Loop Master Loopify (21)
  * Necromancer ManuelDaMoon (22)
  * Alien Arcanist Marlo of the Cosmos (23)
  * Philosopher Nietzsche of the Mountain (24)
  * Necromancer Nikita (25)
  * Fortune Master Oxelrod (26)
  * Great Old One 0xmon (27)
  * The Great and Magical UserGnome (28)
  * Necromancer LeggoMyGreggo (29)
  * Great Old One Andolini (30)


Blue Coveralls
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Blue Coveralls

Title: Blue Coveralls; Content:Blue Coveralls
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Ghoul of Bloodlust
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Ghoul of Bloodlust

Title: Ghoul of Bloodlust; Content:Ghoul of Bloodlust
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List of Companions

Title: List of Companions; Content:## Wizard Familiars[edit | edit source]

  * 3D Frog

  * Albino Rat

  * Ancient Sphinx

  * Astral Snail

  * Aura Wolf

  * Bengal Cat

  * Bliss Cat

  * Blue Rat

  * Crackerjack Crow

  * Dirt Rabbit

  * Ember Frog

  * Emerald Slime

  * Field Dog

  * Forever Bat

  * Fox Trickster

  * Giant Ladybug

  * Golden Toad

  * Golden Viper

  * Great Owl

  * Green Asp

  * Jewled Hummingbird

  * Lucky Black Cat

  * Merlin's Monkey

  * Mesozoic Cockatrice

  * Onyx Wolf

  * Pink Butterfly

  * Pink Footed Crow

  * Plague Rat

  * Psychic Rabbit

  * Rain Toucan

  * Red Mamba

  * Sapphire Slime

  * Skramps

  * Sun Cat

  * Swamp Bullfrog

  * Topaz Slime

  * White Dog

## Warrior Companions[edit | edit source]

  * Albino Cobra

  * Ash Raptor

  * Attack Drone

  * Aurelian Rhinoceros Beetle

  * Azure Raptor

  * Battle Penguin

  * Black Goat

  * Buffkin

  * Cardinal Raptor

  * Cerulean Ceratopsian

  * Crimson Jaguar

  * Demon Hound

  * Dirt Pig

  * Duck

  * Eagle of Halcyon

  * Field Hound

  * Garuda's Griffin

  * Gigas Hornet

  * Golden Jaguar

  * Grassland Ceratopsian

  * Greater Cassowary

  * Grey Wolf

  * Hamadryas Baboon

  * Harpy Eagle


List of Companions

Title: List of Companions; Content:* Grey Wolf

  * Hamadryas Baboon

  * Harpy Eagle

  * Hyena

  * Magpie

  * Man o' War

  * Mutant Snapping Turtle

  * Nastyass Honey Badger

  * Night Wolf

  * Northern Lynx

  * Null Goat

  * Obsidian Raptor

  * Old World Mandrill

  * Onyx Panther

  * Orchid Rhinoceros Beetle

  * Quantum Peacock

  * Rattlesnake

  * Robo Dog

  * Royal Razorback

  * Sable Cobra

  * Sand Cobra

  * Scarlet Macaw

  * Scarlet Swine

  * Silver Goat

  * Spectacled Falcon

  * Styxian Boar

  * Ultramarine Rhinoceros Beetle

  * Valley Manticore

  * Wild Eagle

  * Woodland Wolverine


Street Punk Goblin
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Street Punk Goblin

Title: Street Punk Goblin; Content:Street Punk Goblin
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Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-09-07

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-09-07; Content:Cult members working with the Dreammaster Bot to generate wizard images, circa September 2022.

## Contents

  * 1 The Dreammaster Bot Appears
  * 2 Derivative Project Shoutouts
  * 3 Q&A Section
  * 4 Elf in South Africa
  * 5 10KTF and "Renting" Wizards
  * 6 Additional Magic Machine Updates
  * 7 Cult Content Shout-outs
  * 8 Airdrops are Coming This Fall
  * 9 Elf's TEDx Talked is Released

### The Dreammaster Bot Appears[edit | edit source]

This week, Elf is back from his vacation to South Africa. At the start, Dotta shouted out TheOneWhoRings (Magus Wazir) for releasing a Stable Diffusion “Dreammaster” bot and Twitter account. You can enter prompts for your Wizard in the Discord bot and receive AI-generated results! The bot is also auto-generating visuals and posting them on the Twitter account.

After getting through community shout-outs (see below) Elf expanded on his thoughts on this. This bot not only automates the visual-creation aspect, but even the prompt aspect, and essentially allows you to see this bot’s dreams. It is another change in this era of AI-development, and Elf wonders and is excited to see how the remaining slivers of our humanity will be discovered and embraced.

### Derivative Project Shoutouts[edit | edit source]

Elf has been getting back into the swing of things and getting caught up on both Magic Machine (MM) and community-led initiatives. He shouted out the Heroes of Cumberland, and called them “beautiful.” The mint for this collection is still open.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-09-07

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-09-07; Content:Dotta shouted out The Barren Court and its desert familiars. Elf next shouted out Crucifore's I David project, Pantheon Vitalis by Taro. Followed by FeralUntamed “Choose Your Own Adventure” Twitter games. And Snoopdoug's summer kid’s art contest. Several cult-members’ children (as well as Cult-members who are minors) have already entered.

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

In September 2022, a 10KTF project "mission" required ownership of certain project tokens to participate. "Group 1" included Forgotten Runes Wizards and Souls.

Pony minting? Dotta plans to mint out the remaining un-minted Ponies, and within the next 2-3 months there will be some type of contest to distribute these roughly 100 Ponies.

How can a Cult member be most helpful for Magic Machine's short and long-term goals? Dotta said that the one thing to do is to continue to create in earnest, using whatever art form you wish to pursue. That doesn’t change during a bear market. Dotta also mentioned longer-form content - the need for some “main characters” that a wider casual audience can latch onto and follow on longer narratives.

Elf urged people to “world-build,” but acknowledged that this could mean so many things. Elf thought that alternate forms of content could be something to try. Illustrations and short stories are great, but he also gets excited by novel mediums that he has seen like clay sculptures, pixel animations, knitting, a Twitter game, etc.

Dotta mentioned songs as another great area of Cult Content. Bearsnake rehashed the idea of the Forgotten Runes franchise - having the community develop their characters, and having the cream of the crop rise to the top and get adopted in Magic Machine’s media franchises.

### Elf in South Africa[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-09-07

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-09-07; Content:### Elf in South Africa[edit | edit source]

Although the trend originated elsewhere, the Forgotten Runes social media team participated in the trend starting in early September 2022.

Elf said that one of his passions has always been animals - he used to live in Costa Rica with frequent visits to the rainforest, and this is his second trip to Africa. He visited Kruger Park, which is enormous. It contains a lot of the popular megafauna (elephants, lions, giraffes, etc.), but also countless birds, small mammals, and antelopes - you see something new every day. Elf saw so many species of antelope, all with different appearances and roles in the ecosystem, and these antelopes may even have generated some ideas for the Runiverse... It was very inspiring to spend time in this special location.

Elf mentioned that you can self-guide in the park, and that there are often elephant “encounters”, where they taunt and throw things at you - they are capable of crushing a car. A giraffe also kicked at the car at one point. Elf didn't want to use up the whole Wizard Wednesday telling travel stories, but he will have more time to recount his experiences in South Africa during a Twitter Spaces next week.

### 10KTF and "Renting" Wizards[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-09-07

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-09-07; Content:### 10KTF and "Renting" Wizards[edit | edit source]

10KTF has some missions that are gated to certain collections, including Forgotten Runes. Some 10KTF holders came over to the FRWC Discord and requested to “rent” people’s wizards for the quest. Madotsuki came up and explained a new service that allows you to “rent” your NFT by temporarily providing access to a “warm wallet” and its contents. Mado couldn’t see any risk involved after a first glance, but it’s still a very new phenomenon, and he personally wouldn’t delegate his Wizard to anyone just because it’s so new. He recommends being polite to the requesters, but don’t feel pressured to work with them. Be very careful about these requests, there could be phishers among the legitimate requesters. Ask in the FRWC security Discord channel if unsure about anything.

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

  * A crocheted Kobold head by Tania del Rio, shared September 2022. Elf mentioned that he loves to see Cult Content like this, which explores new mediums, although he disputed some of the messaging about the Kobold's color.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-09-07

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-09-07; Content:The Lock & Weapon forging event will be happening soon, but no specific date set yet. If you own a golden Lock and a Sacred Flame, you can use these to create a special weapon for your Warrior. Further details are available in last week’s recap.
  * Swordtember: This is an art campaign that MM & community members have referenced. Madotsuki says it seems to be an artist campaign unrelated to FRWC in particular, but which the Cult can participate in. Bearsnake added that there will be a “Witchtober” next month.
  * Frogeater: This is a new 3D artist hired by MM. He is a specialist that will assist Molly with the 3D wizard models. He may come onto a future WW to introduce himself.
  * MM acknowledged again that they’re aware that the 3D models have taken a lot longer than originally expected. At one point, they had to decide whether to backtrack and take more time for a better model, or just continue with their current path, and chose the former.
  * Regarding the Forgotten Soul walk-cycles, these have actually been implemented twice as well. There is an internal team working on these, and they should be ready within two months.

### Cult Content Shout-outs[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-09-07

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-09-07; Content:### Cult Content Shout-outs[edit | edit source]

  * Henry Boyd's weekly Tavern image promoting Wizard Wednesday on Twitter, which has been going out for months.
  * A plate painted by Samikitty with a number of familiars on it.
  * Tania del Rio ’s knitted kobold head, with the slogan #TeamGreen, which Elf disputed. He pointed out that kobolds are the same hue as the Yellow Hat wizards.
  * Related to the above, Dotta shared an article in Discord explaining how some languages have more words for the yellow-green part of the color spectrum.
  * Tabitha of the Marsh with a stained glass style visual for Swordtember.
  * Emmaleigh with MTG cards incorporating wizards. The card text is realistic for the game, with good flavor text as well.
  * Maui has been putting out a lot of wonderful illustrations.
  * Retired Yield Farmer commissioned a new portrait of the seven-tailed Kitsune.
  * The Baby Wizards orphanage location has been revealed between the Elysian Fields and Rabbit Lake.
  * Lourdes Ariste was introduced to Forgotten Runes and made a goblin warrior illustration.
  * Chuck K. with a new portrait of their wizard.
  * Two Crows new hat - “Two Crows Ate My Duck”
  * For more Cult content, see this collage.
  * Screenshot from Elf's TEDx talk, which he gave in May 2022. It was released in late August 2022.

Fun fact: Dotta claimed that Bearsnake stopped a potential robbery at the local coffee shop. More details next week…

### Airdrops are Coming This Fall[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-09-07

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-09-07; Content:### Airdrops are Coming This Fall[edit | edit source]

About Dotta’s "airdrop comment" in Discord. He had announced in Sales chat that there were airdrops planned. These will occur during next two months - one for September, and one for October. These will be broad airdrops, not requiring lore-writing. He thinks that people will have fun with them. There may even be another one in November. Bearsnake said he’s excited about collaboration with other communities. Continue to expect different mechanics for each one.

### Elf's TEDx Talked is Released[edit | edit source]

Elf’s closing surprise; his TED talk has been released! Elf asked people to give it a like/comment, since it hasn’t received much attention up until now (it was actually released in late August). This is the first time that Elf has publicly doxxed his face online as well. He was proud to say that he finished the talk, which runs about 10 minutes, in one take.


Rune of Saturn
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Rune of Saturn

Title: Rune of Saturn; Content:Rune of Saturn
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Main Page

Title: Main Page; Content:Welcome to the Wizzypedia, the official source of documentation for the Forgotten Runes World and it's community. We call it the Runiverse.
from Calista's Citadel to the Canaanite Wizards and everything in-between. Whereas The Book of Lore is a canonical source of narrative stories attached to a Wizard or Warrior, Wizzypedia is more factual and describes people, places, and things in the Runiverse and in our world. Welcome.

### Getting Started with The Runiverse[edit | edit source]

Start Here

  * A Guide to the Collections
  * Buyers Guide

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Creating Art and Lore

The Book of Lore
A Guide to Decentralized Lore Creation

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Cult Content

Games
Tools
Comics
Notable Cult Members

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#### The World[edit | edit source]

Locations

  * The Secret Tower
  * Shroom Shack
  * Two Crows' Bazaar
  * The Quantum Shadow
  * Hue Master's Pass
  * Fur Gnome Wold
  * The Toadstools

See all locations...

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Characters

|  Wizards |  Warriors |  Souls |  Ponies |  Beasts |  Spawns
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Factions

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

Read more about the factions here

### Traits[edit | edit source]

Heads


Main Page

Title: Main Page; Content:### Traits[edit | edit source]

Heads

  *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *

See all heads...

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Items

  *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *

See all items...

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Familiars

  *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *

See all companions...

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### Map of the Runiverse[edit | edit source]

To view a location's page, simply click on that location's name on the map

### Featured Locations[edit | edit source]

  * The Secret Tower

  * Shroom Shack

  * Two Crows' Bazaar

  * The Quantum Shadow

  * Hue Master's Pass

  * Penguin Capital

  * Blue Wizard Bastion

## Wizard Wednesday[edit | edit source]

Wizard Wednesday by Ozzz

Wizard Wednesday is a weekly podcast/cult meeting put on by the Magic Machine team. If you're looking to know what's new with Forgotten Runes, the alpha is given on Wizard Wednesday.

Usually led by Dotta, ElfJTrul, and Bearsnake, the discussions will range from progress reports, game updates, show updates, events, upcoming mints, DAO votes, etc.


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Title: Main Page; Content:Hosted every Wednesday at 2 PM PST/5 PM EST on Twitter Spaces from the @forgottenrunes Twitter account.

Audio podcast recording of Season 2 (June 2022 - Current) can be found on the Cult Community Cast

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  * Map
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  * The Great Burning (2021)
  * The Sacred Flame
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  * Wizard Wednesday
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  * Success in Forgotten Runes
  * The Book of Lore
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  * Wizard Honoraries
  * The Gate to the Seventh Realm
  * Forgotten Runes Wizard's Cult Trailer (2022)
  * Enter the Runiverse NFT NYC 2022
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  * Notable Community Members
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  * Retired Yield Farmer
  * Moron Capital
  * Billy's Gonna Get Ya
  * Runes Trading Card Game
  * Runiverse Game Frog Hunt Art Contest
  * Cucumdog
  * Fur Gnomes
  * Impy Shake
  * Coding Guild
  * Cult Community Cast

## References[edit | edit source]


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  * List of Lists
  * List of Heads
  * List of Wizard Items
  * List of Undesirables
  * List of Companions
  * List of Warrior Weapons
  * List of Warrior Shields
  * List of Runes
  * List of Locations
  * List of Races

## Contributing[edit | edit source]

  * Help Wanted


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Mandinka


The Sacred Pillars

Title: The Sacred Pillars; Content:## In the Runiverse[edit | edit source]

The Sacred Pillars is located in the central part of the known Runiverse. The pillars are located among the peaks of the mountain ranges north of Dream Master Lake.

The Sacred Pillars

## Forgotten Runiverse Game[edit | edit source]

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


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Aurelian Rhinoceros Beetle

Title: Aurelian Rhinoceros Beetle; Content:Aurelian Rhinoceros Beetle
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AstroYon

Title: AstroYon; Content:AstroYon, also known as PabloAstro is a notable artist within the Cult, he has been apart of the major community-led project ForgottenPunks. He is also known for making Cult Content regularly.

Twitter: [1]


Canaanite

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  * Typical Canaanite village, Grasslands, before The Great Hunt. Canaanites were living secluded from the rest of the population, keeping their culture and beliefs to themselves

  * Typical Canaanite village, Dry lands, before The Great Hunt

  * Typical Canaanite village, Great Plains, before The Great Hunt. Canaanite Idols can be seen roaming the land.

  * Canaanite Idol, revered as a deity by the old tribes. Canaanites believe they are direct descendants, explaining their attunement to magic

  * Depiction of a Canaanite Idol creating the Universe, a belief shared within the oldest Canaanite tribes

  * Depiction of a Canaanite Idol creating the Universe

## The Great Hunt[edit | edit source]

The Great Hunt is the event that led to the extermination of Canaanite idols and subsequent war against the various Canaanite tribes inhabiting the land. The Hunt was finally ended when the Milk Guild was created as a branch of the Merchant's Guild, granting them immunity by law.

  * Brewmaster coming into contact and experimenting with a Canaanite Idol

  * As Canaanite Idol meat was found to provide magical powers to those who would eat it, rich clans started to hunt them and organize eating parties

  * After discovering that cheaper and more sustainable Canaanite Milk would compete with the Big Potion Industry's products, it was believed that they made a pact to fund the Canaanite meat lobby

  * Anti-Canaanite propaganda was painted and distributed by Big Potion in order to rally the population against falsely represented pagan practices, meant to scare them

  * Propaganda showing a Canaanite Idol destroying a city

  * Propaganda showing a Canaanite Idol destroying a city


Canaanite

Title: Canaanite; Content:* Propaganda showing a Canaanite Idol destroying a city

  * Canaanite Idols being eradicated during the Great Hunt

  * Last known Canaanite Idol being exterminated during the Great Hunt

  * Once Idols were gone, the Meat industry started to focus on Canaanites. More supply meant cheaper products. The rich class could now exclusively eat Cananite meat, often wearing their horns, falsely believing it would give them more power

  * Canaanite meat advertisement poster. A propaganda campaign was started to portray Canaanites as both bloodthirsty beasts, and delicious guilt-free food

  * Canaanite meat processing factory

  * Canaanite meat processing line

  * Propaganda poster depicting Canaanites as eating children

  * Propaganda poster

  * Propaganda posters were even depicting Canaanite children as being evil

  * Initially, futile attemps were made to try and compare how Canaanite Milk would be a much more sustainable source than its meat

  * Slain Canaanites, hung in the streets of the Citadel and positionned like sitting dogs in order to make them appear as more animalistic than humanoids

  * Canaanite Idols trophies, proudly displayed in the Big Potion HQ before such displays were banned

  * Canaanite village being destroyed by Big Potion militia

  * Big Potion executive overlooking the destruction of a city that was helping Canaanites hide

  * Big Potion propaganda falsely representing Canaanite Milk being used for dark rituals

  * Big Potion propaganda perpetrating the conspiracy that drinking Canaanite Milk would eventually transform you

  * Big Potion trying to replicate the effects of Canaanite milk

  * Potions were often sold on the same shelves as Canaanite skulls


Canaanite

Title: Canaanite; Content:* Potions were often sold on the same shelves as Canaanite skulls

  * Potions and Canaanite skulls, a marketing ploy to try and associate potion effects with Canaanite magical power

  * Canaanite skull trophies were at a point so numerous, that they were selling for less than a loaf of bread

  * Canaanite found in a study tank during a Big Potion HQ raid

  * Big Potion executive admiring his trophies

  * As Canaanites became lone nomads, some had to bond with familiars as they have an innate desire for companionship. This led to the attunement of their magical powers.

  * Chased from his village, a canaanite traveling with friendly merchants

  * Canaanite hiding with homeless urchins within the sewers of the Citadel

  * Traveler discovering the magical benefits of Canaanite milk

  * Troup of Canaanites pitching the benefits of their milk in a local tavern

  * Canaanites negociating for the right to form a sub-guild of the Merchants Guild, which would grant them Realm protection by law

  * Canaanite presenting the Merchants Guild protection treaty to Big Potion executives

  * Canaanite's baby orphanage celebrating their long-due era of peace. A Lot of Canaanites were made orphans after the Great Hunt


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Fur Barbarian

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