Cult-driven Projects

Title: Cult-driven Projects; Content:NOTE: cult project should in the future be created as their own pages and tagged with the "Cult Project" category instead of being listed here.

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

10,000 Forgotten Babies who found themselves in an orphanage that trains youngsters in the magical arts.

OpenSea Link

#### Wizard Nouns[edit | edit source]

In a parallel timeline, all wizards were nouns. Through an extensive and difficult process of experimentation and alchemy, a group of wizards in our timeline have opened a rift between these similar but different worlds. We present to you a smart contract that will summon the nounified version of your wizard through this rift.

OpenSea Link

  * Forgotten Market
  * Forgotten World's Minecraft
  * Billy's Gonna Get Ya
  * Moron Capital
  * Runes TCG


Soul Rune of Up Only
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Soul Rune of Up Only

Title: Soul Rune of Up Only; Content:Soul Rune of Up Only
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Robo Dog (Runes Card)

Title: Robo Dog (Runes Card); Content:Robo Dog (Basic) by Kokopelli

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

### Lore[edit | edit source]

> Robo Dogs are mechanical hounds that were created to serve as companions to warriors. They are incredibly loyal and possess advanced sensory systems that allow them to track and hunt down their targets with precision. They possess great strength and can withstand heavy damage in battle. Their metallic exteriors make them resistant to fire and electric attacks. These companionable creatures have a unique bond with their partners, and will go to any length to protect them.

— Giveahoot


Prism Armor
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Prism Armor

Title: Prism Armor; Content:Prism Armor
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Soul of Wooden Boy
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Soul of Wooden Boy

Title: Soul of Wooden Boy; Content:Soul of Wooden Boy
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Jade Sword
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Jade Sword

Title: Jade Sword; Content:Jade Sword
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The Great Burning

Title: The Great Burning; Content:The Great Burning began on All Hallows Eve 2021 and through it a Wizard and a Flame may be burned to receive a Forgotten Soul.

Burning happens in The Secret Tower ( scroll down to the door with flickering flames )

  * 1112 Wizards were airdropped Flames
  * Burn a Flame token + a Wizard token for a chance at a Forgotten Soul
  * You might receive the Ghost of your Wizard, something more powerful, or something "undesirable"
  * You’ll always get an NFT back, but there are no guarantees on what you will get, so there is a risk.
  * For the wizards concerned with rate of return, the risk of an “undesirable” result is roughly 1 in 10.
  * No time limit on using the flames.

## References[edit | edit source]

The Great Burning, The Sacred Flames, and the Infinity Veil [1]

The Burning of Hedge Wizard Muntjac of the Mountain [2]


Title: Fortune Teller Crackerjack of the Desert (6229); Content:> I will look upon them and despair.

Featured together with Sage Voidoth of the Ash (531) and Arcanist Dr. Death of the Ether (3220) in the Ouroboros storyboard published by Magic Machine.

Fortune Teller Crackerjack of the Desert as depicted in Ouroboros.


Broom on Fire
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Broom on Fire

Title: Broom on Fire; Content:Broom on Fire
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Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-11-16

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-11-16; Content:"Forgotten Runes is pioneering a 4th kind of world-builder. And at the moment, I'm going to call it, a living avatar. This is the creator who is also the creation; they literally own and embody the character that they develop for. This type of world-builder creates effortlessly because they are the creation." Elf quotation released alongside this Secret Tower 3D preview via Twitter. (November 2022)

This week, Elf returned after being out sick, along with Dotta and Bearsnake as usual. Tania del Rio was celebrating her birthday during this WW as well!

Magic Machine remarked on all the happenings re: FTX/Alameda/SBF. The info flow from social media was high during this time, with a lot of misinformation among it. Dotta remarked that our generation is having challenges with info processing in this age , but our descendants will do better.

## Contents

  * 1 Community Q&A
  * 2 Elf Comments of the Lord of the Rings "Web3 Experience"
  * 3 TV Show Update
  * 4 The Battle for Goblin Town, Explained
  * 5 Elf Lore Drop: Yellow Hat Wizards
  * 6 Community News & Cult Content Shout-outs

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

Will there be a Wizard hangout during the Miami Basel event? Bearsnake: Nothing scheduled just yet, but there will be a low-key time and place to gather one evening during that event for those that will be attending. Stay tuned for more details.

Warner Bros. released a "Lord of the Rings Web3 Movie Experience" in October 2022. Shown here is the home page for their experience web site. Elf was not impressed.

Sharon asked about favorite Thanksgiving foods:

Elf: Mashed potatoes.

Bearsnake and Dotta: Stuffing.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-11-16

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-11-16; Content:Elf: Mashed potatoes.

Bearsnake and Dotta: Stuffing.

Jitcy: Martinelli's (sparkling cider). I lead a weird lifestyle.

Elf’s thoughts on the landshark not being genned? Elf: I’m disappointed, and I blame Dotta 😝. Dotta recounted the situation how the landshark had very strict Pirate affinity requirements that never got fulfilled in the gen that was used.

### Elf Comments of the Lord of the Rings "Web3 Experience"[edit | edit source]

Bisonic shared a preview of some of the different tent styles aligning to the various Color Wizard Hat factions. (November 2022)

Next, Elf wanted to comment on the Lord of the Rings Web3 experience. This was on Twitter, and was the target of a lot of derision and mockery. It seemed to have been created by outsiders without a firm grasp of the industry. This demonstrates how traditional media companies will have trouble adapting their existing IP for web3. They mainly just see the volume of sales, but are unaware of the tech, the community, and the novel creative forms. If you think about the hypothetical of creating a 10K LOTR character NFT collection, it wouldn’t work, because the franchise's value comes from the original beloved characters; they can’t create a bunch of new ones at scale. What this means, is that we are early in this game. If media companies want to partake, they will need to create their own new media property from the ground up, or they buy some NFT-native project that has proven success (the latter is more likely). They can’t scale up something they already own (the fans won’t like it). Conclusion: Elf sees no threat from these legacy media companies, they aren’t even in the race.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-11-16

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-11-16; Content:Dotta assured the Cult that this is NOT implying that MM sees a sale to a Disney or similar company as an exit strategy. The goal is not to be acquired by Disney or Warner Bros., it is to become a new, Web3-native media giant, embodying the Web3 ethos.

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

Magic Machine had a call with Derek Kolstad in the past week, and it went well. Derek is creating the broad story structure and characters, and Elf is filling in a lot of the details, in terms of providing locations, more characters, and other lore details into the framework.

Dotta released a preview for one of the hexagon resource animations, for the upcoming real-time resource collection and building game, Battle for Goblintown. (November 2022)

Dotta added that Elf has made a giant graph using Figma about the relationships of the characters in the Runiverse for Derek to use as a reference. It includes about 100 different characters. Elf said that like Game of Thrones, there is no singular protagonist for the whole show. No Harry Potter-like central figure. Elf is also matching existing characters to archetypes that Derek requested. Bearsnake added that these documents are crucial to the dev process, since we don’t have novels to use as source material.

Elf: I observe everything that goes on around the Cult, and I weave stories around that. The Runiverse is a reflection of our real world, the discussions happening in Discord and Twitter every day.

### The Battle for Goblin Town, Explained[edit | edit source]

Next, it's a big update on Wizard Catan, the on-chain resource collection, building and trading game that Dotta has been working on!


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-11-16

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-11-16; Content:Dotta: This game is called “The Battle for Goblintown” and is set in Goblintown. There will be a greenpaper released with every detail, but I can give the overall concept now. The game is inspired by the board game, “Settlers of Catan”, maybe more so the Cities and Knights variant because your Wizards and Warriors will appear in the game too. Catan is a hex-grid game. On a table-top, the grid is relatively small, but in this game, the grid is massive to accommodate every player. Everyone has their own account, tied to their wallet. Built items will reflect in your wallet as non-transferable tokens, but there will also be resources, which are NFTs. On the grid, you can build settlements, and generate resources. The 5 resource types are: sticks, shards, slime, chickens, and kobold koolaid. You’ll earn these resources from the buildings, and you can buy/sell/trade resources as NFTs, or use them in game. You also can build roads, and you need to connect your settlements with the roads. The settlements/roads cannot be unbuilt, and they are tied to your account. These constructions are strategic - you can surround, or be surrounded by, others.

Yellow Wizard Haven is the epicenter for the values of fun and the pursuit of happiness.

There will also be a thief component (like Catan), but in this game, they are the Beasts. The Beast Masters will have a token they can use in the game. The Beast can move into a settlement and steal resources. They will take their cut of resources over time. To drive the Beasts away, you can create a Band of Wizards & Warriors that group together to fight. The Bands can attack/defend different roads, & each other, as well.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-11-16

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-11-16; Content:The pricing mechanics will be using some of the tech from Art Gobblers. A variable rate Dutch auction (VRDA) will target specific resource emission rate over time. If resources are created ahead or behind schedule, the rate is dynamically self-adjusting. Dotta acknowledged that these crypto games typically always blow up at some point. He can’t guarantee it won’t happen with this game, but he enjoys the challenge of trying to design something that can endure over time.

Christmas time was the original delivery goal for this game, but at this point, January is a more realistic time frame. Elf said that Dotta had wanted to create a game like this for the longest time (1 year ago). Dotta had been playing Wolf Game and other similar on-chain games, and wanted to build his version of it. He loves idle clicker games also. Elf and Bearsnake agreed to let him, as long as the Runiverse lore was integrated.

The Athenaeum items (Treats) may be helpful for providing boosts to attack or defense of different items in the game. More details and specifics to come. Partner collection holders who participated in the trick or treat event will receive at least enough resources to create one settlement. Warrior-holders will get more resources than partners, and Wizard-holders will receive even more resources than that.

At the Yellow Wizard Haven, wizards focus on creating good times, and use chronomancy to make those times extend as long as needed.

Regarding txn costs: Creating a building costs about as much as doing a Uniswap trade. But Dotta thinks it will encourage more play if the game is on Arbitrum (a layer 2 chain). Bridging mainnet tokens to Arbitrum will take some effort, but Dotta believes ppl will do it.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-11-16

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-11-16; Content:In-game lore: Elf wanted to talk about why this is set in Goblin Town. Basically, it’s meant to reflect the real world, and we are definitely in the middle of Goblin Town right now. In the Runiverse, Goblin Town is a large settlement full of degens, criminal rings, goblins, zombies, & a host of other unsavory characters. But you can still find rare acts of courage, virtue, and kindness. In the game, you are competing to become gang lords of Goblin Town. With Wolf Game and others, you get the sense that it’s degen central. And to some extent, this game will be as well, but there should be genuine fun for non-degens as well. And fun is the antidote to the bear market blues.

Meepledad's stash of Treasure Trove boxes, ready to ship.

### Elf Lore Drop: Yellow Hat Wizards[edit | edit source]

From here we moved into another Elf lore drop: The Yellow Hat Wizards! Yellow Hats have taken the aspiration of humanity to relax and have fun, and have built an entire community around it. Life, liberty, & the pursuit of happiness are in full display at the Chronomancer’s Riviera. Many ppl are not able to “relax by the beach” until they’re too old to enjoy it. So the Yellow Wizards use time manipulation to stay young, & let parties last as long as they'd like. We in this world can also experience the manipulation of time. Machine-tracked time is different from time in our heads. Nostalgia and hope are manifestations of past and future time. And mindfulness can help us live fully in the present and extend time. What good is the money of Reds, tech of the Blues, or the conservation of Greens, if you don’t take the time to enjoy it? No good at all, if you're a Yellow.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-11-16

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-11-16; Content:### Community News & Cult Content Shout-outs[edit | edit source]

MeepleDad came up, and talked about the Treasure Trove merch box. It contains an assortment of games, gaming items, and other FRWC-themed items, and the products have been manufactured and are at MeepleDad’s house, ready to ship. People who already pledged will get theirs, of course, but if you order soon, you should still be able to receive one in time for Christmas.

Cult Content Shout-outs:


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-11-16

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-11-16; Content:Cult Content Shout-outs:

  * Sharkchild made a meme post with his goblin warrior crew chastising goblintown (the NFT project) for buying goblin brains. Elf praised how it incorporated FWRC characters, a Beast, an Athenaeum item, and even another NFT project to world-build.
  * Loxley Labs, Retired Yield Farmer's project, has it’s own Twitter account, and is dropping artwork previews that look great.
  * Joan Danger of Riffraff had another commission coming out, this time with a street wear outfit. And we got to see the other side of her shield...
  * Runes is making progress - many more cards are being created. Additionally, a dedicated play hour was set for Thursdays at 8PM EST / 5 PM PST (US time).
  * MehsterBrown is making dolls of various Wizards. MB also did a “baby shark” parody with the land shark.
  * Henboyd released a commissioned illustration of a rabbit holding a knife!
  * Emma continues to make many highly-acclaimed Runiverse film posters.
  * BlackSand has released a pony racing community event. (They also have a fighting tournament that is ongoing).
  * Dotta re-explained the Lorb to Elf. It was created by nifty miner, who came up and talked about the Cabinet of Curiosities, which is a magical item workshop. The Lorb is one of the creations of Magus Impy of the Toadstools, but there may be others in the future.


Ranseur
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Ranseur


Hambone
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Hambone


List of Templates

Title: List of Templates; Content:Here is a list of helpful templates:

## Cargo[edit | edit source]

  * Template:TokenProperties
  * Template:TokenPropertyGallery

## Token Helpers[edit | edit source]

  * Template:WizardInfobox

Link to a Wizard/Soul/Warrior with:

  * Template:WizardLink
  * Template:SoulLink
  * Template:WarriorLink


Kelt
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Kelt


Trick Or Treater

Title: Trick Or Treater; Content:Trick or Treater (Basic) by Wise Sam

Trick Or Treater is a card in the Runes Trading Card Game with a Potency of 3

### Lore[edit | edit source]

> “I really hope I get a Bread Friend..."

Trick or Treater (Alternate) by Wise Sam

— Wise Sam

### Miscellany[edit | edit source]

Wise Sam's artwork for Trick Or Treater references Moonbirds, one of the NFT communities that joined Forgotten Runes in the 2022 Trick or Treat Event, where Wizards, Warriors, Souls, and Friends traveled through the Vampyre Mist to knock on the Nightmare Imp's door on Halloween to receive a Trick or a Treat.


Amaryllis Fey Sword
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Amaryllis Fey Sword

Title: Amaryllis Fey Sword; Content:Amaryllis Fey Sword
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Magus Wazir

Cosplay


Flesh Eating Plant
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Flesh Eating Plant

Title: Flesh Eating Plant; Content:Flesh Eating Plant
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Golden Soul Reaper
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Golden Soul Reaper

Title: Golden Soul Reaper; Content:Golden Soul Reaper
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Jewled Hummingbird
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Jewled Hummingbird

Title: Jewled Hummingbird; Content:Jewled Hummingbird
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Water Elemental Shield
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Water Elemental Shield

Title: Water Elemental Shield; Content:Water Elemental Shield
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Lady of the Mountain
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Lady of the Mountain

Title: Lady of the Mountain; Content:Lady of the Mountain
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Bugbear Chieftain

Title: Bugbear Chieftain; Content:Bugbear chieftain, Beast #2.

The Bugbear Chieftain is Beast #2 of the Forgotten Beasts (Season 1) and was summoned into the Runiverse on the 14th of April 08:44:25 PM UTC, block 14585759 of the Ethereum network.

Bugbear Chieftain was successfully auctioned for 50.05 eth (approximately USD 151,239.09) to jailwarden.eth. The initial bid began at 1 eth. The bidding process took 24 hours and 33 minutes across 13 bids from block 14579122 to block 14585759 and involved 9 separate wallets. See the Gate to the Seventh Realm (Implementation).

## Trivia[edit | edit source]

  * Bugbear Chieftain was referenced in the Forgotten Souls collection long before the Beast Summoning event via the Bugbear's Flame: the Discombobulation Spell prop.


Wicked Wizard
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Wicked Wizard

Title: Wicked Wizard; Content:Wicked Wizard
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Red Amazonian Jumpsuit
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Red Amazonian Jumpsuit

Title: Red Amazonian Jumpsuit; Content:Red Amazonian Jumpsuit
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Thopter

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

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

### Lore[edit | edit source]

> The most basic trinket, it's a Blue Mage's first assignment in engineering school. Thopters aren't particularly useful for anything, but if they're imbued with a bit of magic they are able to perform basic tasks such as hanging clothes or pestering younger siblings.

— Giveahoot


Tanker Heater Shield
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Tanker Heater Shield

Title: Tanker Heater Shield; Content:Tanker Heater Shield
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Koopling
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Koopling


Dead Rat

Title: Dead Rat; Content:Dead Rat from the Forgotten Runes Athenaeum

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

### Rarity[edit | edit source]

The Nightmare Imp gave out 170 total Dead Rats.


Jintao

Title: Jintao; Content:Jintao disclosing wizards.guide.

Jintao is a long-standing member of the cult who is noted for creating the first Forgotten Runes identity explorer at https://wizards.guide. He is also known for his work in Decentralised Finance (DeFi) side of cryptoeconomics.

## Creating wizards.guide[edit | edit source]

Jintao had successfully interrogated the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) that hosted the decentralised data for the original Forgotten Wizards collection and compiled one of the first amalgamated data structures for the then freshly minted project. He subsequently put together the cult's first explorer on the 2nd of July 2021 at https://wizards.guide/ (repo), just two days after the initial launch.


Wooden Shield
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Wooden Shield

Title: Wooden Shield; Content:Wooden Shield
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Kobold Captain Gear
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Kobold Captain Gear

Title: Kobold Captain Gear; Content:Kobold Captain Gear
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Lake of Lanterns

Title: Lake of Lanterns; Content:## In the Runiverse[edit | edit source]

The Lake of Lanterns is a body of water located in the southeastern part of the known Runiverse. The Lake lies northwest from the Bamboo Forests and north of the Spirit Villa.

Lake of Lanterns

## Forgotten Runiverse Game[edit | edit source]

The Lake of Lanterns is located at (x, y) in the game. To get there, head due southeast from the origin.


Swamp Witch

Title: Swamp Witch; Content:Swamp Witch
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Most of us have heard about swamps and most likely also about witches in the common sense and the world humans live in. And it is a common mistake to think you know what a swamp witch is, purely by combining the meanings of those two nouns. As always the combination is more - much more - than the sum of its parts. And this record is here to elaborate on this. Written by absolute authorities on the subject: Druid Enigma of the Valley (3676) and Witch Tabitha of the Marsh (6154): Of course, as the reader might have guessed - Swamp Witches.

But let's start at the beginning and distinguish a little about these two nouns.

### The Swamp[edit | edit source]

We must first start by telling you that The Swamp \- (perhaps you followed the link above on swamps and by that, were fooled) has nothing to do with the garden variety swamp that you find all over planet earth (less and less though due to a warming period that dries most of them up over there) No, The Swamp (that is the main Swamp) is a wet land located in the Runiverse fairly central around the Frog Master Marsh reaching into The Fey, the Hedge Wizard Wood, the Carnival Pass and The Thorn - areas yet to be discovered and described properly by others.

Suffice it to say that arms of The Swamp reach into each of those - sometimes more and sometimes less - depending on the alignment of the stars and the runes that describe them. But also depending on the mood of the creatures living in the swamp, combined.


Swamp Witch

Title: Swamp Witch; Content:There are additional swampy areas in the Runiverse (that may be listed and described in times to come) all over the Runiverse. Simply wherever a Swamp Witch has settled. Now, who came first - the Swamp or the Swamp Witch in that area is to be determined, as the Swamp Witch has the power to turn dry land into wetland in the right circumstances. Why else would she be called "Swamp Witch"??

#### History of the Swamp[edit | edit source]

The origins of the swamp go back several million revolutions around the sun and before The Swamp, was the great sea, that at this point withdrew back to Kelpies Bay. Back in the day many large sea monsters lived in that area, passed, sank to the floor and lie there now below the swamp in the sediment.

#### Contents of the Swamp[edit | edit source]

The Swamp these days is mostly made of water, fertile soil, many lakes, ponds, small stream and a very important ingredient called love, by the creatures that dwell and live there. The love is what makes the Swamp special and is the foundation for its special brand of !magic (sometimes also called "Emmagic"). But there are also earthly riches to be found below the waters, the moors and the bog. Many adventurers that came to find those riches were pulled below, never to return which in turn means that one can say that part of the swamp probably consists of human matter too.

The flora and fauna (described below) is unique in all the Runiverse and combinations of plants and the fruits of this place mixed with the love make the magic of this place - its secrets only known to the Swamp Witch.

#### Fauna of the Swamp[edit | edit source]

Lorem Ipsum

#### Flora of the Swamp[edit | edit source]

Lorem Ipsum

#### Creatures of the Swamp[edit | edit source]


Swamp Witch

Title: Swamp Witch; Content:Lorem Ipsum

#### Creatures of the Swamp[edit | edit source]

There are precisely 121 Swamp Witches that roam the Runiverse and not all of them live in the main swamp anymore and have settled in other swamp like areas.

There are (also precisely) 233 magical beings that have their origin in the marshes from where the main swamp grows.

A few ponies have found their way here as well, mostly as company to the wizards living there.

Also a few Souls call the Swamp their home and - just as all creatures they are welcome in The Swamp - as long as they follow the rules.

Of the 8 discovered beasts of the Runiverse none of them has its origin in the Swamp, nor does it dwell there.

### The Swamp Witch[edit | edit source]

The Swamp Witch has adapted to its surroundings and is green for the most part. Green Hair, Yellow-Green Body and Purple eyes.

#### Swamp Witches in the Book of Lore[edit | edit source]

  * Druid Enigma of the Valley (#3676)
  * Witch Tabitha of the Marsh (#6154)
  * Witch Florah of the Mountain
  * Adept Sabina of the Riviera (Soul)
  * Alchemist Hestia of the Hall
  * Mystic Carmilla of Arcadia
  * Witch Imeena of the Veil
  * Alchemist Rita of the Wood
  * Adept Enigma of the Mist
  * Hedge Wizard Lilith of the Hall
  * Witch Lamia of the Hills (Soul)
  * Magus Hecate of the Astral Plane
  * Sage Keziah of the Grotto
  * Witch Keziah of the Keep
  * Shaman Rowena of the River
  * Cosmic Mage Drusilla of the Moors (Soul)


Bill Gains

Title: Bill Gains; Content:Bill Gains is a prominent Community Member who has been active in organizing events, such as WizStock 2022, and creating and commissioning art. Bill Gains was one of the few members who received their own Warrior Honoraries and now represents Theodore Puppet of the Quantapony (15507)

Twitter: [1]


Hyena
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Hyena


Meta Skull
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Meta Skull

Title: Meta Skull; Content:Meta Skull
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Chakram
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Chakram


Dotta

Title: Dotta; Content:Dotta is one of the founders of the Forgotten Runes media franchise, and a founding member of Magic Machine. He was responsible for creating the smart contracts used in the minting of the various Forgotten Runes collections, among other things.

## The Great Dotta Burning[edit | edit source]

The Great Dotta Burning on YouTube


KaBoomerGang

Title: KaBoomerGang; Content:KaBoomerGang is a group inside the Runiverse, the KaBoomerGang has made some amazing Cult Content since their formation. The Gang still makes art but does not take commissions.

Twitter:[1]


Master of Spots Hunter: Doomsday

Title: Master of Spots Hunter: Doomsday; Content:'Master of Spots Hunter: Doomsday' by Ozzz. The artwork depicts Master of Spots Hunter (19) fighting off a horde of Kobold attackers.

Master of Spots Hunter: Doomsday was commissioned by Fiskantes after the record purchase of Master of Spots Hunter (19). In the piece the wizard is depicted fighting off a horde of Kobold's with a meat cleaver alongside his White Dog familiar. The piece was confirmed by Fiskantes on twitter to be inspired by the cover art for the game 'Doom', drawn by Don Ivan Punchatz.


Sage Voidoth of the Ash (531)

Title: Sage Voidoth of the Ash (531); Content:Featured together with Fortune Teller Crackerjack of the Desert (6229) and Arcanist Dr. Death of the Ether (3220) in the Ouroboros storyboard published by Magic Machine.

Sage Voidoth of the Ash as depicted in the Ouroboros storyboard.


Onyx Panther
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Onyx Panther

Title: Onyx Panther; Content:Onyx Panther
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Hummingbird Skeleton
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Hummingbird Skeleton

Title: Hummingbird Skeleton; Content:Hummingbird Skeleton
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Yellow Viking Helm
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Yellow Viking Helm

Title: Yellow Viking Helm; Content:Yellow Viking Helm
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Ghost Snail
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Ghost Snail

Title: Ghost Snail; Content:Ghost Snail
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Main Page/Factions

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

Read more about the factions here


Cloud Champion
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Cloud Champion

Title: Cloud Champion; Content:Cloud Champion
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Floral Master
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Floral Master

Title: Floral Master; Content:Floral Master
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Main Page/Characters

Title: Main Page/Characters; Content:Wizards |  Warriors |  Souls |  Ponies |  Beasts |  Spawns
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Blue Ring

Title: Blue Ring; Content:Blue Ring from the Forgotten Runes Athenaeum

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

### Rarity[edit | edit source]

The Nightmare Imp gave out 3 Total Blue Rings.


Calista's Citadel

Title: Calista's Citadel; Content:## In the Runiverse[edit | edit source]

Calista's Citadel is located in the central region of the known Runiverse. It lies on the west coast of the known continent due southeast from Kobold's Crossroad in between Red Wizard Capital and Alessar's Keep, on the eastern shores of the Brine.

Calista's Citadel

## Forgotten Runiverse Game[edit | edit source]

Calista's Citadel is located at (x, y) in the game. To get there, head due south from the origin.


Black Bomb
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Black Bomb

Title: Black Bomb; Content:Black Bomb
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Cool Guy
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Cool Guy


Blood Horn Helm
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Blood Horn Helm

Title: Blood Horn Helm; Content:Blood Horn Helm
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Purple Knight
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Purple Knight

Title: Purple Knight; Content:Purple Knight
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Soul Rune of Venus
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Soul Rune of Venus

Title: Soul Rune of Venus; Content:Soul Rune of Venus
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Kobold Attorney

Title: Kobold Attorney; Content:Kobold Attorney (Alternate) by Kokopelli

Kobold Attorney (Basic) by Kokopelli

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

### Lore[edit | edit source]

> LAWYER: “Now sir, I'm sure you are an intelligent and honest man— “ WITNESS: “Thank you. If I weren't under oath, I'd return the compliment.“

— R3ptar


Rune of Up Only
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Rune of Up Only

Title: Rune of Up Only; Content:Rune of Up Only
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The Heretic

Title: The Heretic; Content:The Heretic drawing runes on a wall in blood while accompanied by his familiar, Fellheart. Artist: Robson Michel.

The Heretic is a villainous Wicked Wizard named Sorcerer Aldus of the Morning Star (6491).

## Contents

  * 1 Lore
    * 1.1 Overview
    * 1.2 Alias
    * 1.3 Appearance
    * 1.4 Skills
    * 1.5 Affinity

## Lore[edit | edit source]

### Overview[edit | edit source]

Although his psyche is always damaged in some way, The Heretic and his legions have accomplished unparalleled feats of black magic prior to their downfall. However, some experts claim signs point to a resurgence of The Heretic and his dark forces.

### Alias[edit | edit source]

Aldus the Black

### Appearance[edit | edit source]

The Heretic wears a black, disheveled robe and a purple wizard hat. He has green skin and has been seen both with and without a white beard. A shadowy human skull never leaves his side, with XIII carved into the frontal bone — representing Death in the tarot Major Arcana. The Heretic is often accompanied by his large black wolf named Fellheart.

### Skills[edit | edit source]

The Heretic is a master of the black arts. These include: necromancy, blood magic and soul transference. The magical acts committed by him are considered profane and cruel. Furthermore, to augment his black magic, The Heretic smears fresh blood in the shape of runes which activate by moonlight to become powerful conduits.

### Affinity[edit | edit source]


The Heretic

Title: The Heretic; Content:### Affinity[edit | edit source]

Sorcerer Aldus of the Morning Star (6491) is one of 14 wizards in the collection that have dual 4/4 affinities. Aldus has 100% of his traits in both Darkness and Wraith affinities.


Jarl Raider
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Jarl Raider

Title: Jarl Raider; Content:Jarl Raider
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Golden Caduceus
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Golden Caduceus

Title: Golden Caduceus; Content:Golden Caduceus
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Rose Yoga
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Rose Yoga


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-28

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-28; Content:Various Magic Machine and community-made graphics have been created to announce and celebrate Wizard Wednesday. This pixel-art version is from Ozzz.

## Contents

  * 1 Editor's Note
  * 2 Existence of a 3rd Executive Member is Revealed
  * 3 The First Clues About Forgotten Souls
  * 4 Dotta Talks NFT Drops
  * 5 Discussion on the Potential of NFTs in Genaral, and Forgotten Runes in Particular
  * 6 Contests
  * 7 Additional Updates from the Forgotten Runes Team
  * 8 Community Updates
  * 9 ...Things Get Weird on the Discord Broadcast

### Editor's Note[edit | edit source]

Welcome! You've arrived at the recap for the 1st ever Forgotten Runes Wizard Wednesday! This was the first time that the original project founders, Elf and Dotta, decided to hold a live Twitter spaces every Wednesday to provide updates and hold discussions with the Forgotten Runes community. At this stage, the team was also holding live contest drawings and mini-updates every Friday. As a result, this "recap" incorporates the information from the Twitter space, as well as the mini-updates from the Fridays before and after this session. After this, the team settled into a regular schedule of providing information only on Wednesdays.

An early Wizard Wednesday graphic created by the Forgotten Runes core team, shared August 2021.

### Existence of a 3rd Executive Member is Revealed[edit | edit source]

A new executive position is being added to the core FRWC team. The person wasn't revealed by name, but they are someone that has a lot of connections in the entertainment industry, and has already secured meetings with VIPs in that industry.

### The First Clues About Forgotten Souls[edit | edit source]


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-28

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-28; Content:### The First Clues About Forgotten Souls[edit | edit source]

Wizard-holders are getting excited about the upcoming Forgotten Souls burn event. During the AMA we received a few more tidbits about this as well. At most, up to around 1000 wizards will be eligible to be burned (not the exact number - this will never be revealed). This will result in a certain number of Forgotten Souls characters, but less than the number of Wizards burned. The Forgotten Souls event does not have a firm deadline, but the guesstimate was towards the end of August. The devs will release more specific information as we get closer to the event.

### Dotta Talks NFT Drops[edit | edit source]

Image included in Dotta's Twitter thread from July 2021. An illustration of impatient minters immediately claiming a rug.

dotta: My opinion on stealth drops - not recommended. As project creators, your investors expect you to hype the project and get it started on a strong note, and silent drops don't really do that. You set yourself up for a lot of risk if it doesn't sell out. From a creator's perspective, some whales are OK because they are signaling commitment to your project and you can get feedback from them. But at the same time, if your project is limited to a small amount of whales, you can't build a community. I was actually worried about a mega-whale buying up a majority of the wizards and re-selling them on secondary - but luckily it didn't happen to us. But there wasn't anything in our smart contract to prevent that.

(In response to how he will handle the wizard burning event): We are still thinking about how to do it. Don't hold me to it, but it might be a phased approach by block number based on the wizards' runes (or lack of rune). Not finalized though.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-28

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-28; Content:The tweeted video of the minting page shows a bug - if you resize the window as the page loads, the cat and the wolf go off the screen. Dotta didn't confirm or deny that there are easter eggs on the website. But they do say it is a work in progress, the website will constantly be changing.

### Discussion on the Potential of NFTs in Genaral, and Forgotten Runes in Particular[edit | edit source]

dotta: The narrative with Stoner Cats is that NFTs are a new way for Hollywood to kickstart their projects. It drives me nuts - I think they are not seeing the whole picture. It's about more than fundraising - it's about decentralizing the IP rights. NFTs are not only about owning a character, in a certain sense you are that character - it becomes part of your identity on social media and games. If you see your wizard in a show, it's like you're part of that show.

Kid Hastings: True, Stoner Cats had a chance to provide a fraction of their royalties to the NFT token holders, but they didn't do that. They capitalized on this animal PFP craze, but they missed the full potential.

Enchanter Orbus: I love wizards because it's like you get to own the pixel fantasy characters that you played with as a kid. It's the first time I've felt like you can do something like that.

The Forgotten Runes team, which later organized into Magic Machine, further demonstrated their ethos when they included Magus Wazir in the TV trailer in 2022.

dotta: Our characters will exist in our own lore, but also in many metaverses. It's not hard to imagine (although not specified in our current roadmap) 3D versions, voxel versions, of the characters. As well as other manifestations in games and shows.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-28

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-28; Content:Elf: The NFT space facilitates collaborations, easier to do than in traditional media.

Some interesting discussion about the nature of intellectual property in the age of NFTs. Is it more accurate to consider them just property? ZayLaSoul related to this with the term "phygital" - the blending of the physical and digital property.

SMB: I'm interested in the concept of the ego extension of the avatar, a person belonging to the community, and how the value of the avatar relates to the status of that community. Sometimes I've seen ppl adjust their avatars as the market value of certain projects goes up.

Elf: I expect some wizards to rise up to legendary status based on their achievements in games, or their development of excellent lore. You can build up your wizard as much or as little as you want, because the legendary wizards will lift everyone up to some extent.

Remixr: Zezima was at the top of leaderboard in the Runescape MMO. His skills were way higher than anyone else, he must have put in so much work. It became almost mythical to meet him in any server.

One of the contest winners, Shaman Jay of El Dorado, had their wizard illustrated by Bread (Sweetbread) as a prize, circa August 2021.

Elf: Yes, I see some wizards becoming like Zezima, except with their unique character instead of a standardized one. But I see our value being more cultural than purely monetary.

dotta: We talk a lot about the decentralized story-building, allowing additions to lore for your character. But we will also provide some centralized throughline as well. We support the artists in our community, but anyone can be a part of the community and benefit.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-28

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-28; Content:(In response to a question about the "proof of art" mechanic): dotta: We have artists that have been creating stories, poems, artwork, pixel animations. The Book of Lore is essentially a way that you can attach your own lore NFTs to wizards.

Elf: My dream is that in a few years we will have a gigantic digital tome with all the wizards' lore. Even those of you that don't consider yourselves artists, you might surprise yourself. Not every contribution has to be professional, and I hope the Book of Lore reflects that.

### Contests[edit | edit source]

At this point in time, the Forgotten Runes team was holding weekly contests to drive engagement with the project. The three contests held around the week's of this Wizard Wednesday were:

  * 3D Art Contest (winners received 3D models of their Wizards from Trevor Jones)
  * Digital Art Contest (winners received digital art of their Wizards from bread)
  * Ethermore Contest (winners received free tokens from the Ethermore NFT project)

### Additional Updates from the Forgotten Runes Team[edit | edit source]

  * "Eminem" and "Flora" joined one of the earliest Discord community chats held by the Forgotten Runes team (which was accidentally set to "Public Broadcast"). They claimed to be British teenagers who wanted to become Wizards. Although many in the early FRWC community wanted to help them (including Elf and Dotta, who considered giving them free Wizard tokens), they ultimately proved to lack the maturity for the community at that time. Perhaps they will return one day.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-28

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-28; Content:Alert: There is going to be an airdropped turnaround for each wizard! Basically, you will be able to see images of your wizard from every angle. Eventually, a studio will take these images to allow your wizard to walk (more info to be released later). Elf has the heads in the front view almost finished. Very excited to share this. The spritesheets can be used in other metaverses, as well as anything developed by FRWC itself. And they are still open to suggestions for the best term for these add-ons
  * Dotta released a Twitter thread around how to prepare effective airdrops
  * Elf: We're collaborating with bunch of other projects. For example, Ethermore here. Also, NFT Dungeon, so there may be a future contest with them. If there are other collabs you want us to do, let us know.
  * Other ongoing initiatives, such as the street art, stickers/merch, and Book of Lore, are all still in progress as well.

### Community Updates[edit | edit source]

  * Wizard poet Lorepunk has made about 30 wizard poems already. The process will be streamlined - so far Elf has made some custom art for each poem but it's not scalable.

### ...Things Get Weird on the Discord Broadcast[edit | edit source]

Towards the end of the final Discord AMA (before the team started holding Twitter Spaces), we also got questions from curious people from outside the community - Elf had accidentally set the Discord chat to "public". We got questions like "What is an NFT?", "What spells do you recommend?", and "Can I play my ukelele?" Some members of the team and community, such as Elf and foxwizard, handled this unexpected turn of events with aplomb. Kind of an unexpected bonus to witness this, to be honest, although some may have been caught off-guard.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-28

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2021-07-28; Content:Dotta and Elf really wanted the British teens (Eminem + friend) to be converted wizards, but it was not to be.


Forest of the Imps

Title: Forest of the Imps; Content:## In the Runiverse[edit | edit source]

The Forest of the Imps is located in the eastern part of the known Runiverse. It lies due south from the Goat Grasslands and homes the Ghoulish Boglands on its western side.

Forest of the Imps

## Forgotten Runiverse Game[edit | edit source]

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


Wolf Dungeon

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

Wolf Dungeon is located in the southern part of the known Runiverse. It is bordered to the south by a range of unnamed mountains. To its east lies the Hall of Cats.

Wolf Dungeon

## Forgotten Runiverse Game[edit | edit source]

Wolf Dungeon is located at (x, y) in the game. To get there, head due south from the origin.


Book of Roses

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

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

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

The Nightmare Imp gave out 38 total Books of Roses.


Silver Goat
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Silver Goat

Title: Silver Goat; Content:Silver Goat
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Evil One
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Evil One


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-07-20

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-07-20; Content:Web3 social media influencer Cagyjan shows off a Quantum Style t-shirt (JUL-12-2022)

## Contents

  * 1 Magic Machine Announcements
  * 2 Philosophy and the Forgotten Runes with Elf J Trul
  * 3 Cult Content Highlights
  * 4 Community News
  * 5 Lore Reading

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

Today, we started with various announcements. Magic Machine (MM) will have a booth with Bliss On Tap (comic book publisher) + a street team at San Diego Comic-Con starting tomorrow. Their booth number is #5533, in case you are attending and want to say hi. Also, on Friday, from 11AM-2PM Pacific, Reilly Brown (Issue #0 cover artist) will sign copies of the comic book.

Speaking of the comic, Issue 1 is in production - the script is written! Cult members will get this issue for free as well. Reilly Brown has completed the cover for this issue, and some wizard-holders may recognize some of the characters on it…

Merch update: There is now a link to FRWC official merch on the website. The store is live and available on an ongoing basis (although some items are currently sold out). MM has big plans for merch going forward, including more apparel + other custom products. Bearsnake acknowledged the mix-up regarding missing comic books in the orders, and asked everyone to “bear” with them as the issues are resolved. The Quantum Style t-shirt has gotten visibility outside the core Cult. The comic book has also increased visibility.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-07-20

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-07-20; Content:Wizzypedia update: Elf shouted out Smolprotecc on their efforts in Wizzypedia (for example, the article on The Gate to the 7th Realm). Elf has also made his adjustments to the Eternal Rose page, but they are very minor, to provide the appropriate context to the lore. Dotta also shouted out Madotsuki, giveahoot, and Kel for their contributions. Elf emphasized the importance of this effort - both for knowledge preservation as the Cult grows, and for historical, archival purposes.

Spiderman has character guidelines to help the various portrayals stay true to the "platonic ideal" of the character.

The pitch deck: Elf and dotta talked a little more about refining it. The sheer amount of projects that MM is engaged with, in addition to all the community projects, makes it very hard to condense the slides into something manageable. They like the term, “speed-running a franchise” because it encapsulates the broad range of activities going on simultaneously, as well as the fast pace.

### Philosophy and the Forgotten Runes with Elf J Trul[edit | edit source]

Elf gave a talk on The Cave of the Platonic Shadow. This location on the map is a reference to Plato’s Cave, where people trapped in a cave are basing their perception of reality on some 2D shadows projected on the wall of the cave. After escaping the cave, they learn the truth of the real, 3D world. Elf likes the theme of this journey towards truth, starting with the shadows on the wall (eg. the Runes on the Door).


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-07-20

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-07-20; Content:Plato also developed the theory of forms, where the physical objects in the world are reflections of the "platonic" ideal, the non-physical essence of the object. In Forgotten Runes there are questions about how to observe canon and align the disparate stories we all create. In Elf’s opinion, it’s crucial to communicate the core essence of the character first and foremost. The details add flavor & are important to the individual stories. In the meta-narrative though, MM will utilize the intrinsic essence of these characters. Even between the Runiverse game & the official TV show, the details of the locations, for example the Great Owl Obelisk, may be interpreted differently by each, but the essence is constant.

Dotta chimed in about the example of Spiderman’s leaked character guidelines, which defines the immutable aspects of Spiderman, while leaving all other details open to specific interpretations. Madotsuki gave another example - Harley Quinn. Elf mentioned the Ninja Turtles. And Nosferatu talked about the different interpretations of his character as well, and how Moron Global is providing their own memetic spin to it. Don Juan de Salvia talked about how in Mesopotanian mythology, many of the “characters” (gods) have core archetypal characteristics.

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

Elf shouted out the Arthur Mercenary of Feral Untamed's teasers, which includes mysterious live video segments. Gank Collectibles is running a contest this week as well, to win some FRWC merch.

Heroes of Cumberland teasers have also been appearing recently.

A new Runiverse location is born.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-07-20

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-07-20; Content:A new Runiverse location is born.

A pixel art rendition of the Penguin Capital was released by Bread, on behalf of Madotsuki’s warrior Fuyumi Champion of Penguins (15502). Mado described a little more about this area and Fuyumi’s story. And there may be bandit penguins as well.

Merlin's tree.io weekly Cult Content page was shared in Discord, which contains many of the pieces that were discussed. (Note: I helped collect a lot of the featured pieces 😀)

### Community News[edit | edit source]

Merlin also talked about the Forgotten Worlds launch (forgottenworlds.xyz). There is a contest to celebrate the launch, with a Warrior as a prize. Although Minecraft issued an announcement today that shut down integrations of NFTs, Merlin stated that this only hampers a small portion of the planned experience, and the core game will move forward.

Medium Apollo of the Cosmos is the mascot for the Runes Trading Card Game

Elf shouted out a recent 10KTF video, where Wagmi-san was fighting a Kaiju, but wizards (among others) came to help him out.

Dotta shouted out Sharkchild's (aka Enchanter Orbus) horror books, which are available for purchase.

Job posting: There is a Magic Machine opening for a financial controller. Contact Dotta to apply if interested, as he is wrangling the team's accounts at the moment.

### Lore Reading[edit | edit source]

Giveahoot read lore about the Runes trading card game. He identified one of Qeshmar’s wizards, Medium Apollo of the Cosmos (9846), that fits the needed lore, and they worked together to commission Ozzz to make an illustration to go with the lore.


Flaming Rose
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Flaming Rose

Title: Flaming Rose; Content:Flaming Rose
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Joey Billboard
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Joey Billboard

Title: Joey Billboard; Content:Joey Billboard
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Locations/FeaturedLocations

Title: Locations/FeaturedLocations; Content:Redirect to:

  * Template:Locations/FeaturedLocations


Brown Tunic
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Brown Tunic

Title: Brown Tunic; Content:Brown Tunic
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MMMaize

Title: MMMaize; Content:mmmaize is an active artist within the Cult. Mmmaize owns the Wizard, Diviner Pezo of the Dunes (3730) and creates most of their Cult Content based around this Wizard!

To see what mmmaize has drawn and created, head to their Twitter: [1]


Orange Harem Pants
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Orange Harem Pants

Title: Orange Harem Pants; Content:Orange Harem Pants
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Jungle Boomerang
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Jungle Boomerang

Title: Jungle Boomerang; Content:Jungle Boomerang
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Iconiks

Title: Iconiks; Content:Iconiks are a collection by Dotta that serve as tributes and trophies for breakout Forgotten Runes characters. The genesis piece of this collection was an open edition for the Magus Devon Iconik.


Ghost Torch
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Ghost Torch

Title: Ghost Torch; Content:Ghost Torch
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Crone
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Crone


Ethereal Shoulder Cape
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Ethereal Shoulder Cape

Title: Ethereal Shoulder Cape; Content:Ethereal Shoulder Cape
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Nude
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Nude


Lich Baron
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Lich Baron

Title: Lich Baron; Content:Lich Baron
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Battle Bikini
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Battle Bikini

Title: Battle Bikini; Content:Battle Bikini
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Tiger Eye Dragon Sword
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Tiger Eye Dragon Sword

Title: Tiger Eye Dragon Sword; Content:Tiger Eye Dragon Sword
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Warrior Honoraries

Title: Warrior Honoraries; Content:The community members voted to receive and honorary Warriors are:

  * Jitcy Jarek Speaker of Death (15506)
  * TheOneWhoRings KN-1GT Guardian of the Flame (15517)
  * TV TV Master of Ceremonies (15509)
  * Dr. Slurp Dr. Slurp Synthesizer of Sound (15510)
  * ZayLaSoul LeoKnightas Beast of Blades (15512)
  * Bill Gains Theodore Puppet of the Quantapony (15507)
  * Ozzz Georgios Striker of Courage (15514)
  * Madotsuki Fuyumi Champion of Penguins (15502)
  * Panico Panico Horror of Dusk (15519)
  * acideater Salty Sloane Invader of Islands (15516)
  * Busy Wizzy Bambam Bambam the Degenerate (15508)
  * Spz Magnus Arbiter of Just Cause (15503)
  * Tadmajor Tad Defender of Light (15511)
  * Sweetbread Rin Bludgeoner of Boulders (15501)
  * Lorepunk Corvus Wanderer of Sorrow (15513)
  * Slickchick Nourga Breaker of Chains (15504)
  * Cryptonatrix Natrix Tamer of Beasts (15505)
  * 0xsharon Kathleen Protector of the Woodlands (15515)
  * Tania Del Rio Tanja Devourer of Shadows (15518)


North Island MMA Pants
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North Island MMA Pants

Title: North Island MMA Pants; Content:North Island MMA Pants
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Chrysopoeia Bot
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Chrysopoeia Bot

Title: Chrysopoeia Bot; Content:Chrysopoeia Bot
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Shield of the Skull
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Shield of the Skull

Title: Shield of the Skull; Content:Shield of the Skull
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Wraith Devout
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Wraith Devout

Title: Wraith Devout; Content:Wraith Devout
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Nightmare Imp

Title: Nightmare Imp; Content:Nightmare imp, Beast #6.

The Nightmare Imp is Beast #6 of the Forgotten Beasts (Season 1) and was summoned into the Runiverse on the 18th of April 10:12:09 PM UTC, block 14611746 of the Ethereum network.

The Nightmare Imp was successfully auctioned for 84 eth (approximately USD 256,720.80) to panico.eth. The initial bid began at 0.001 eth. The bidding process took 23 hours and 43 minutes across 16 bids from block 14605361 to block 14611685 and involved 16 separate wallets. This auction had the most number of unique bidders. See the Gate to the Seventh Realm (Implementation).


Black
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Black


LeggoGreggo
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LeggoGreggo

Title: LeggoGreggo; Content:LeggoGreggo
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Baby Wizards

Title: Baby Wizards; Content:Baby Wizards are the tokens associated with the Forgotten Babies Wizard Orphanage


Kushite
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Kushite


Wildman
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Wildman


Equatorial Keikogi
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Equatorial Keikogi

Title: Equatorial Keikogi; Content:Equatorial Keikogi
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Dream Knight
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Dream Knight

Title: Dream Knight; Content:Dream Knight
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Fur Gnome
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Fur Gnome


Blue Longsword
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Blue Longsword

Title: Blue Longsword; Content:Blue Longsword
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The Wild

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

The Wild is located in the central part of the known Runiverse.

The Wild

## Forgotten Runiverse Game[edit | edit source]

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


Hedge Wizard Wood

Title: Hedge Wizard Wood; Content:## In the Runiverse[edit | edit source]

Hedge Wizard Wood is located in the central part of the known Runiverse. It is part of the trio of forests located in the central Runiverse, the other two being The Fey and The Thorn.

Hedge Wizard Wood

## Forgotten Runiverse Game[edit | edit source]

Hedge Wizard Wood is located at (x, y) in the game.


0xsharon

Title: 0xsharon; Content:Redirect to:

  * Sharon (community member)


Mjolnir
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Mjolnir


Treasure Trove

Title: Treasure Trove; Content:The Treasure Trove community merch project is a collection of real world object dreamt up by the cult to put wonderful things into the hands of the community.

The box features:

  * Runes TCG Starter Decks
  * Spell Runes Board Game
  * Wizard Cards deck
  * Winter Care merch package
  * Chad's Sack of Collectibles
  * Runiverse Game Mat
  * Accessories box
  * And more!

This project was grass roots built, with collaborators banding together to overcome the hurdles of product manufacturing and shipping to a global community.

### Crowd Funding[edit | edit source]

This project was initially crowd funded by the community using the Miso platform on Sushi and (with a little help from some friends met the required funding goal to get the project off the ground.

Some of the top donors received special bonuses in the Wizard Cards such as having their characters features on the jokers of the deck. The top 3 were:

  * 1of1works.
  * Magic Machine
  * 0xJiro

### Ongoing Sales[edit | edit source]

Treasure Troves can still be ordered today using the address forms for - Paypal orders or Crypto orders or simply by messaging MeepleDad for more info.

### Prizes[edit | edit source]

Look for your chance to win a Treasure Trove!

Black Sand Pony Races \- Race 4 will give away Treasure Troves to a few speedy ponies!


Stellar Staff
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Stellar Staff

Title: Stellar Staff; Content:Stellar Staff
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Battery

Title: Battery; Content:Battery from the Forgotten Runes Athenaeum

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

### Rarity[edit | edit source]

The Nightmare Imp gave out 48 total Batteries.


Angelic Robe
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Angelic Robe

Title: Angelic Robe; Content:Angelic Robe
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Black Wraith
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Black Wraith

Title: Black Wraith; Content:Black Wraith
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Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-01-12

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-01-12; Content:Forgotten Runes appeared in the mainstream publication Business Insider, as part of an article on Wave Financial, an accredited investment fund that has purchased Wizards and other prominent NFT projects. (January 2022)

Elf kicked off the Wizard Wednesday by thanking all the Cult members who stuck with the project and participated during the launch year (2021). After six months, all the activity and conviction is starting to pay off - Forgotten Runes appeared in Business Insider, as part of the first fully regulated NFT investment fund.

Forgotten Runes got a lot of press attention during the beginning of 2022, including an article from the Bankless publication (January 2022).

## Contents

  * 1 Q&A Session
  * 2 Elf Talks Pixel Art Aesthetics
  * 3 Sick Burn of Week
  * 4 Lore Reading
  * 5 Cult Content Shoutouts

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


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-01-12

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-01-12; Content:* Is the map that Elf made for all 7 Realms, or just one? Elf: The map I made, is a very small portion of the overall Runiverse world, maybe 25% of what will eventually be released. Dotta: We will reveal more of the map as more of the story is released.
  * Can you share more about Magic Machine and the team? Dotta: MM is myself, Elf, and Bearsnake, and we are equal partners. We also have people collaborating with us, such as the lawyers. No employees yet, but we think that will change this year. Elf and I used to collaborate on a mobile game, and Elf and Bearsnake have previously worked together as well. Elf: All of us are very experienced in our respective fields. I've been in entertainment development for 10 years, and my partners have been involved in their industries for at least that long. Contrast that to a lot of the inexperienced teams you often see in the NFT space.
  * Any more details about the land sale and the Runiverse game? Dotta: Details TBD, but we will take care of Wizard-holders. Lore-writers will be favored, but not those with "airdrop lore". Overall, participating members don't need to worry about getting whitelisted. Originally we were trying to target Feb. 22nd for the sale, but we no longer think that will happen, because we want land-owners to be able to "walk around" in their plots. And that won't be ready until maybe March.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-01-12

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-01-12; Content:* Regarding the game. Dotta: The idea is to have three types of tokens. Land ownership will be represented by NFTs. Same goes for unique items, weapons, armor, etc. And resources will be ERC-20 tokens. This provides for a lot of gameplay options in terms of the in-game economy. The ERC-20 tokens will not be designed as governance or investment tokens - the model will have uncapped supply, with capital controls. So if there is too much of a certain resource in the economy, the team will be able to reduce the generation of that resource. And resources cannot be bought with real-life money - you need to play the game or create something in-game to get the resources.
  * Will Warriors have familiars too? Elf: We are still deciding this. I'm leaning towards yes, but they won't be called familiars. More so, an animal companion. Dotta: My intuition is that Warriors won't drop until after the land sale. But of course, we'll let you know if this changes.
  * How did the Great Burning event come to fruition? Dotta: We had noticed that many collections had such an emphasis on floors. We had a story to tell, but we also wanted to have a mechanism to "burn" the commonest Wizards, and make them more interesting. This was planned even before the initial mint. Dotta revealed that his dad came up with the idea of the "undesirable" results of the burn. Elf: The element of risk really spiced up the event.
  * Will Ponies be in the Runiverse? Answer: Not in the alpha release, but yes the idea is to eventually get them in the game as mounts that allow you to travel faster in the game.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-01-12

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-01-12; Content:* Will there ever be a retrieval/resurrection of burned Wizards? I am sad that The Goblin King (1986) (eg. David Bowie) got burned. Elf: Not sure there will ever be anything, but never say never.
  * Acrylic announced as archivist for MM. Eventually, one goal is to create a physical anthology book for the Book of Lore. Nalgene announced as someone helping to coordinate artists for commissions.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-01-12

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-01-12; Content:### Elf Talks Pixel Art Aesthetics[edit | edit source]

ZayLaSoul wanted to share the (accidental) burning of his car! (January 2022)

Elf wanted to discuss why he chose the pixel art style for the Forgotten Runes collections. He gave a brief history of painting - at the beginning, painting was evaluated based on how closely it matched reality. Then in the 19th century, the camera came on the scene, which was able to create realistic images with the click of a button. The art world was rocked, and they went into an existential crisis, because portraying reality could be done better by the camera. But then, painters started using the paint in different ways, developing impressionism, cubism, surrealism, etc. Painting became more about respecting the medium of paint itself. It's not about hiding the paint, it's about celebrating the textures, colors, and brush strokes of the paint. Eventually you take it all the way to abstract expressionism.

When it comes to pixel art, Elf had a large exploratory phase to figure out with style of pixel art to use. He felt that the style used in FRWC had a certain "truth" to it. It is as low-res as possible, while still communicating the impression of the character. Every single pixel is crucial to the design (especially the small familiars). And the poses are somewhat stiff by design - he didn't want to give them to much personality in the image, because he wants the owners to give that to them. He views this as a "creative primitive".

Dotta added that many people see the Wizards are "retro" or "nostalgic". But Dotta doesn't think it's defined as "retro" - pixel art is still relevant today, and will always be used. Elf agreed, as long as we have a digital world, it will be relevant.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-01-12

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-01-12; Content:### Sick Burn of Week[edit | edit source]

An illustration of Runecaster Gee of the Citadel, released by Dotta in the Forgotten Runes Discord during his son's lore reading during Wizard Wednesday. (January 2022)

ZayLaSoul had a "special burn" when he ignored his car's "check engine" light for a while. He eventually went to a gas station to buy oil, but when he came out, it was burning next to the gas pump! Luckily, the fire got put out before the situation could escalate.

When asked, ZayLaSoul said is mainly observing Hedge Wizard Ixar of the Villa (5775)'s special event. There is a Discord server that needs a certain number of people to join before the mystery can proceed.

### Lore Reading[edit | edit source]

We had a very special lore reading this week - Dotta's son Gee came up to read his lore about Runecaster Gee of the Citadel (74).

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

  * Hunters gotta Hunt \- by Terp and DieCrypto
  * Henboyd's Druid Merlon of Dreams and Bun-Bun commissions.
  * Kumo53 - Animation showing the wonders of Reflections in the Runiverse
  * Adept Jackdaw - Crypts and Caverns map interpretation
  * Joe Flaherty - Battlemage Robert of the Mount commission
  * PSA from Dr. Wagmi \- made by TheOneWhoRings. Elf mentioned giving them a production budget and letting them run with it.


Asphodel Meadows

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

Asphodel Meadows is located in the eastern part of the known Runiverse. The Bloodfalls lies due east of the Meadows.

Asphodel Meadows

## Forgotten Runiverse Game[edit | edit source]

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


Blood Moon Staff
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Blood Moon Staff

Title: Blood Moon Staff; Content:Blood Moon Staff
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Superalloy Bot
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Superalloy Bot

Title: Superalloy Bot; Content:Superalloy Bot
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Skipper Ghost
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Skipper Ghost

Title: Skipper Ghost; Content:Skipper Ghost
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Hermit
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Hermit


Dane Axe
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Dane Axe


Rune of Sun
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Rune of Sun

Title: Rune of Sun; Content:Rune of Sun
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Mug of Ale

Title: Mug of Ale; Content:A popular drink among all folk of the Runiverse, Brown Hat Wizards in particular are known to imbibe. Most Wizards can handle their drink, and barmen across the land are happy to serve them, but tales of drunken Wizard bar fights have prompted some pubs to invoke a strict 3 mug limit on Wizard-kind.

Mug of Ale
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Clairaamm

Title: Clairaamm; Content:Clairmaamm is an active artist within the Forgotten Runes Cult. Claire often illustrates Cult Content for Cult members and is open for Commissions through her Twitter.

Twitter: [1]]


Gladiator Helmet
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Gladiator Helmet

Title: Gladiator Helmet; Content:Gladiator Helmet
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Green Knight
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Green Knight

Title: Green Knight; Content:Green Knight
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The Salt

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

The Salt is a large body of water in the known Runiverse. It adjoins the Brine at its southern reach, and importantly contains the Alchemist's Archipelago.

The Salt

## Forgotten Runiverse Game[edit | edit source]

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


Redirect to:

  * Bread (Sweetbread)

Bread

Title: Bread; Content:Redirect to:

  * Bread (Sweetbread)


The Everlasting Supreme Love Spell
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The Everlasting Supreme Love Spell

Title: The Everlasting Supreme Love Spell; Content:The Everlasting Supreme Love Spell
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Rune of Venus
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Rune of Venus

Title: Rune of Venus; Content:Rune of Venus
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Owlkin

Title: Owlkin; Content:Owklin are an ancient race of humanoid owl beings that are descendants of the Great Owl.

Owlkin are known to exist by nearly all, but because they generally live reclusive lives, many in the Runiverse have never seen one in person. Some Owlkin have been able to integrate into cities where they can blend into the masses & retreat if needed. Owlkin are rarely found in small towns where accountability is high.

## Contents

  * 1 Owlkin Description
    * 1.1 Owlkin physical gifts:
    * 1.2 Owlkin magical gifts:
    * 1.3 Typical flaws of Owlkin:
    * 1.4 Owlkin Alignment

## Owlkin Description[edit | edit source]

Owlkin have innate abilities that make them excellent Wizards and Warriors alike.

### Owlkin physical gifts:[edit | edit source]

  * Agility/dexterity fighting styles
  * Aerial masters
  * Perfect stealth while flying

### Owlkin magical gifts:[edit | edit source]

  * Descendants of a magical god
  * Wise beyond their years
  * Extremely knowledgeable
  * Dedication to their craft

### Typical flaws of Owlkin:[edit | edit source]

  * Reclusive
    * Owlkin tend to live entirely on their own.
  * Elitist
    * Given their potent innate abilities & age as a race, they tend to think very highly of themselves relative to other races in the Runiverse.
  * Manipulative
    * Owls are predators by nature & will use their superior knowledge and sometimes sinister motivations to manipulate others into doing their bidding.

### Owlkin Alignment[edit | edit source]

Owlkin are known to span the entire alignment matrix however their tendencies are:


Owlkin

Title: Owlkin; Content:Owlkin are known to span the entire alignment matrix however their tendencies are:

  * Not “Good”
  * Lawful

They don’t tend to be “Good” since their level of altruism is very low. It isn’t impossible for them to sacrifice or work for the greater good, but their sense of altruism (if they have any) will usually come from serving a higher power vs serving their peers or the public.

Their lawfulness comes from their logical reasoning & belief that things happen for reasons. Their obedience to authority usually isn’t directed at societal constructs but more towards schools of thought & what they deem to be universal truths & understandings.


Winter Warrior
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Winter Warrior

Title: Winter Warrior; Content:Winter Warrior
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Grassland Ceratopsian
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Grassland Ceratopsian

Title: Grassland Ceratopsian; Content:Grassland Ceratopsian
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Furgnome Mercenary
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Furgnome Mercenary

Title: Furgnome Mercenary; Content:Furgnome Mercenary
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Tundra Robe
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Tundra Robe

Title: Tundra Robe; Content:Tundra Robe
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Prisma Helm
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Prisma Helm

Title: Prisma Helm; Content:Prisma Helm
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Gilbert Shaver of Brigands (10079)

Title: Gilbert Shaver of Brigands (10079); Content:### This warrior has been scarified in Burning of the 13 Warriors (2022).[edit | edit source]

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


Seer
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Seer


Impy Shake

Title: Impy Shake; Content:Impy Shake
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The Impy Shake is an infamous animated emoji originally originating from 💫sales channel which has spawned numerous other Forgotten Runes Memes. It depicts a generic Imp shaking and is said to have been originally been based on Magus Impy of El Dorado (4769).


Ghost Orb
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Ghost Orb


Slingshot
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Slingshot


Ickleelk

Title: Ickleelk; Content:Ickleelk is a Watercolor artist within the Forgotten Runes Community, Ickleelk has made painted several pieces of Cult Content during her time in the Cult. She is open for commissions through her Twitter.

Twitter: [1]


Brown Harem Pants
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Brown Harem Pants

Title: Brown Harem Pants; Content:Brown Harem Pants
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Title: Forgotten Runes Wizard's Cult Trailer (2022); Content:Still from the Forgotten Runes Wizard's Cult TV trailer.

On May 4 2022, Magic Machine, in collaboration with animation studio Titmouse Inc., released a 100-second trailer for a planned flagship television show for the Forgotten Runes franchise.

Watch the trailer on Youtube

## History[edit | edit source]

During the Wizard Wednesday that occurred on August 18 2021, Elf first announced that the initial animation project completed by a then-unnamed animation studio would be a 60-second animated TV trailer. The trailer was planned as a story-telling vehicle that could also be used to pitch a proposed TV show to distributors.

On September 8th 2021, Dotta held an informal Discord poll to determine whether the community would be interested in minted frames from the trailer, sold as an NFT at auction to provide funding to Magic Machine. Although a majority of responders voted "Yes," so far these have not materialized. On the same day, during Wizard Wednesday Dotta revealed that the trailer's production would cost between $100-200K. Elf talked about his process for writing the script and choosing which wizards would appear in the trailer - he determines what kind of wizard he needs first, then browses the collection to find one that fits.

On October 20th, 2021, Magic Machine announced that the Titmouse Inc. animation studio would be producing the TV trailer (and eventual show). This generated a lot of excitement among the community, since Titmouse has created numerous well-received animated shows that have been released on major streaming platforms.

On October 27th, 2021, during Wizard Wednesday, Elf announced that Titmouse had recently delivered a final cut of the animation, but that the trailer's production would be extended by two weeks because he demands exceptional quality from all Magic Machine content. Elf's goal was to replace a masterpiece that would stand the test of time.


Title: Forgotten Runes Wizard's Cult Trailer (2022); Content:On November 11th, 2021, Dotta revealed that the schedule for the trailer release was January 2022. On January 5th 2022, Dotta updated the estimated release to early March.

Starting in late January 2022, Magic Machine started releasing preview stills and snippets of animation from the trailer. On February 23rd, Dotta confirmed that the trailer would be released prior to the Forgotten Runes Warriors Guild collection drop.

On March 3rd 2022, Elf confirmed that the visuals for the trailer were completed, and sound was 95% done. On March 23rd, Bearsnake confirmed that the trailer was 100% complete, but would wait for the right moment to be released in the run-up to the Warriors mint, as part of the marketing plan. As a result, the actual trailer release would not occur until May 2022.

On April 6th 2022, Kristian Nairn was confirmed as the person doing voice-over narration for the trailer. Nairn is most well-known for playing the part of Hodor in the Game of Thrones television show, but is also a producer and DJ. Additionally, community member Sharkchild (Orbus) would play the voice of the Sacred Key Master (777) in the trailer.

On May 4th, the trailer was released on Youtube. Within 2 months, it had accrued over 875K views.

## Additional References[edit | edit source]

Twitter analysis thread on the TV trailer (written by Kel 1/1)


Pyromancer Duzzle of the Shroom Shack

Title: Pyromancer Duzzle of the Shroom Shack; Content:Pyromancer Duzzle of the Shroom Shack (Basic) by Wise Sam

Pyromancer Duzzle of the Shroom Shack is a card in the Runes Trading Card Game with a Potency of 6

### Lore[edit | edit source]

> The shroom shack is a restaurant established by alchemist duzzle the great-grandfather of pyromancer duzzle who is the current owner of The shroom shack. The shroom shack's menu consists solely of dishes made from and with mushrooms such as, Portobello ice cream, or White Button breakfast cereal. The supplier for the shroom shack is Bob the bearded who resides in the fey. You can find the shroom shack 1964 west tower, goblin town.

— Wise Sam


Bone Club
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Bone Club


Rune of Pluto
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Rune of Pluto

Title: Rune of Pluto; Content:Rune of Pluto
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Nightshade Potion

Title: Nightshade Potion; Content:Generally associated with the darker arcane arts, nightshade is often used as poison. In smaller doses, however, this potion can be a powerful hallucinogen or sleep inducer. Certain practitioners, like Necromancers, often use nightshade to communicate with demons.

Nightshade Potion
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Ozzz

Title: Ozzz; Content:'Sungazing in the Sun' featuring Sorcerer Qaid of the Sun. Ozzz's first piece of Forgotten Runes art.

Ozzz is one of the most prolific artist community members in the Forgotten Runes universe and part of the art collective Mafriends. Ozzz was first known for his renditions of settings and backgrounds for wizards that begun with 'Sungazing in the Sun', featuring his own wizard Sorcerer Qaid of the Sun (6776), in August 2021. Since then he has gone on to produce commissioned work for a number of characters in a varying styles and create the cover for The Book of Lore.

In June 2021 Ozzz and Mafriends began a lore-driven art project set in the Forgotten Runes universe under the title 'The Atelier of Ozzz' in collaboration with O.

## Contents

  * 1 Works
    * 1.1 Early Work
    * 1.2 The Book of Lore
    * 1.3 Non-Pixel Art
    * 1.4 The Atelier of Ozzz
  * 2 List of Selected Works
  * 3 In Lore

## Works[edit | edit source]

Ozzz is a multi-talented artist that has been exploring the medium, making use of the expression agnosticism the Forgotten Runes IP allows. This means that Ozz has created commissioned works for community members and characters in multiple styles. Many of his works are pixel-art but his exploration has also drawn him into other forms of work with some regularity. Ozzz has created artworks for wider use such as general backgrounds, Wizard Wednesday promotional art, and The Book of Lore. Most recently deciding to deepen his works ability to deepen world lore through 'The Atelier of Ozzz'.

### Early Work[edit | edit source]


Ozzz

Title: Ozzz; Content:### Early Work[edit | edit source]

'The Ghost Kitchen' featuring Ghost Eater Bathsheba of the Toadstools. Art by Ozzz.

On August 16th 2021 Ozzz first shared 'Sungazing in the Sun' featuring Sorcerer Qaid of the Sun (6776). This was a pixel-art piece shared on twitter and was the first Forgotten Runes derivative Ozzz created. This was quickly followed up by 'The Ghost Kitchen' featuring Ghost Eater Bathsheba of the Toadstools (6725) and 'Home of the Hunter' featuring Master of Spots Hunter (19) in the following 2 weeks. Before the end of the 2021 Ozzz had created over twenty pieces of derivative art featuring over twenty characters.

Early into his creating for the Forgotten Runes community Ozzz also delivered general purpose backgrounds and a Wizard Wednesday promotional piece.

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

The original artwork for the The Book of Lore was created by ElfJTrul and released on September 23rd 2021. This original cover was replaced by a cover created by Ozzz released on Janueary 19th 2022.

> "I'll just say it looks one thousand times better than the Book of Lore cover I did!" - ElfJTrul, Wizard Wednesday Ep. 23, 19th January 2022, 5:50s

Depiction of Witch Florah of the Mountain by Ozzz

### Non-Pixel Art[edit | edit source]


Ozzz

Title: Ozzz; Content:### Non-Pixel Art[edit | edit source]

Whilst much of the work produced by Ozzz in the first weeks was pixel-art his creations span multiple styles. He has since showcased work in a number of styles. Notable works include; 'Purity' featuring Witch Florah of the Mountain (512) [commissioned by Smolprotecc], 'MYTHOS' featuring Adept Hadrien of the Rock (1144), and a comic strip featuring Shadow Mage Hagar of the Realm (7804).

### The Atelier of Ozzz[edit | edit source]

In June of 2022 Ozzz began a new project in collaboration with Mafriends and O called 'The Atelier of Ozzz'. The project is lore-driven with commissioned pieces offered to 'guests' of The Atelier. The first session was won for 0.4ETH by Warder. The character chosen by Warder to visit The Atelier was Sage Atlas of the Steppe (4784) and led to the work; 'On the move'.

The Atelier has a gift tradition that means all guests leave and receive a gift. Sage Atlas of the Steppe received 'Antique Craftmanship'.

## List of Selected Works[edit | edit source]

Ozzz has created many works for a range of characters and events. Below is a sample of some of the 'unmissable' works.

  * Sungazing in the Sun (August 2021)
  * The House (August 2021)
  * Home of the Hunter (August 2021) - "Home of the Hunter": the one Arad commissioned
  * The Final Show (March 2021)
  * Last Wizard Wednesday (March 2022)
  * MYTHOS (April 2022)
  * Master of Spots Hunter: Doomsday (May 2022)


Ozzz

Title: Ozzz; Content:## In Lore[edit | edit source]

As part of 'The Atelier of Ozzz', Ozzz is also a character in the Forgotten Runes universe. A disciple to Sorcerer Qaid of the Sun (6776), Ozzz receives guests and continues the traditions of The Atelier.


Pink Butterfly
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Pink Butterfly

Title: Pink Butterfly; Content:Pink Butterfly
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Cyber Wolfkin
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Cyber Wolfkin

Title: Cyber Wolfkin; Content:Cyber Wolfkin
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Daughter of the Brine
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Daughter of the Brine

Title: Daughter of the Brine; Content:Daughter of the Brine
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Aristocrat Green
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Aristocrat Green

Title: Aristocrat Green; Content:Aristocrat Green
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Soul Rune of Mars
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Soul Rune of Mars

Title: Soul Rune of Mars; Content:Soul Rune of Mars
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Murmillo Gear
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Murmillo Gear

Title: Murmillo Gear; Content:Murmillo Gear
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Purple Wizard Pavilion

Title: Purple Wizard Pavilion; Content:## In the Runiverse[edit | edit source]

Purple Wizard Pavilion is located in the central part of the known Runiverse. The Pavilion lies on the island within the Salt where the The Court of Chaos Magic resides.

Purple Wizard Pavilion

## Forgotten Runiverse Game[edit | edit source]

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


YoungWizzie

Title: YoungWizzie; Content:YoungWhizzie is a community member who has been active for a long time within the community. YoungWhizzie was on the team of Forgotten Babies Wizard Orphanage and created the Walkcycles for the project.


Horse Head
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Horse Head

Title: Horse Head; Content:Horse Head
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Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-12-14

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-12-14; Content:Bearsnake reveals two versions of planned Chimera Cub plushies. (December 2022)

This week, Elf, Dotta and Bearsnake were joined by Jitcy as representatives of Magic Machine on Wizard Wednesday. We started with some Q&A.

## Contents

  * 1 Community Q&A and Assorted Updates
  * 2 Magic Machine Visits Rug Radio
  * 3 Goblins Together Strong: Forgotten Runes Collabs with Goblintown
  * 4 Lore Drop: Purple Hat Wizards
  * 5 Cult Content Shout-outs

### Community Q&A and Assorted Updates[edit | edit source]

  * Are more mount-sized animals possible? Elf was open to it. Dotta said that the existing familiars and Beasts are differently sized, and mountable-sized versions of those creatures + new ones would be cool. But no additional character tokens will be released anytime soon.
  * Will MM take a break for the holidays? They might take Christmas and New Year’s, but that’s pretty much it.
  * Jitcy performs a scientific investigation into the kobold's official coloring. (December 2022)


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-12-14

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-12-14; Content:What are the team’s biggest lessons learned in 2022? Dotta: Definitely learned how to read the market better. Elf: I regret letting CheddaaBob into the Cult because it resulted in cucumdogs. Bearsnake: I support you Cheddaa! Dotta: Also, I learned how to treat people more fairly, and around being a “Cult leader”. Acting in a way that is helpful, moderating when I should but also letting people have their space. Sharing information, and effective communication within & outside the MM team. In that area, Bearsnake actually revealed the Chimera plushie with only a few seconds advance notice to the rest of the team, as an example.
  * Bearsnake: I want to get better at focusing on things at the right time. We want to provide value to the Cult and the people that believe in us. We are already working all the time, but maybe just continuing to improve the way we work. Elf: We will put out an infographic at the end of the year with all that we accomplished. We may include lessons learned as well.
  * What parties are planned for next year? Elf: Nothing planned at the moment. Dotta: We probably won’t do a huge party like this year. Bearsnake: NFT LA and NYC moved up their dates to March & April, which doesn’t give us a lot of time, but LA has a venue called the Magic Castle, which could be a possibility for a meetup. And I would like to make it in the West Coast, since this year was the East Coast.
  * What color are kobolds? Elf: We aren’t gonna get into it again. But Jitcy, what color are kobolds? Jitcy: I answered on Twitter that it was a combination of green and yellow.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-12-14

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-12-14; Content:* The Magic Machine founding trio are featured guests on Rug Radio (December 14, 2022). Bearsnake gets top billing.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-12-14

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-12-14; Content:Why no elven traits in the collection? Elf: When I was coming up with the ideas in the collection, I felt elves were overplayed in the fantasy genre. But there IS an elven cloak trait, so that implies that there ARE elves in the Runiverse. I won’t say much more for now.
  * Comic book update: Issue #1 (the second comic book; first was Issue #0) is officially finished. Reilly Brown, the illustrator, has signed up for 9 more issues, and is already working on the next one. Bearsnake is extremely close to a publishing deal for Issues #1+.
  * Where is the best place to learn more about FRWC? (from a newcomer) Elf: The website is a good resource, our Twitter timeline, asking questions in the Discord. The website is being upgraded so that it’s easier to use. Wizzypedia also has a lot of lore on the Runiverse.

### Magic Machine Visits Rug Radio[edit | edit source]

The MM team next discussed their experience earlier today on Rug Radio with Farokh. They were impressed by how frequently Farokh puts out shows, and some of his production, in terms of theme songs and a soundboard.

Services like PartyDAO allows the wider public to share ownership and management of high-value digital assets.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-12-14

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-12-14; Content:Services like PartyDAO allows the wider public to share ownership and management of high-value digital assets.

Elf: During Farokh’s show, I touched on the idea that intellectual property (IP) is an asset that has limitless value. And I’d like to expand on that concept here. Many assets have material and tangible use, and a value that is fairly well defined. IP doesn’t have obvious and direct utility, but it’s potentially the most valuable asset on earth, that is hard to valuate. For example, Dracula comes from the vampire archetype, and it’s limitless what you can do with that. So many forms of media and merchandise are built on top of the Dracula concept. And even if the culture moves past Dracula, derivatives (eg. other forms and types of vampires) can extend its lifespan. IP represents ideas that are connected to the soul, and this can outperform any other asset on the planet. Forgotten Runes builds on soul-bound archetypes. The lore for your characters has existed since the beginning of time, & you are bringing it out into visibility.

Another concept swimming in my head is that what makes assets valuable is scarcity. With material assets, scarcity has a big role in the valuation. But with immaterial assets like IP, the more there is of it, the more valuable it is. Ideas that permeate the collective consciousness, gain ever more power. Under this theory, creating even more characters that people can own could work out, given an ever-expanding audience a chance to own a part of it.

Dotta: This plays into the concepts of memes. Now that we have social media, those who control the memes, control the will of the people This is one reason we hired TheOneWhoRings, because we recognize the importance of memes for Forgotten Runes.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-12-14

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-12-14; Content:Bearsnake: Getting people opportunities to join the Forgotten Runes ecosystem is important. There are definitely tokenomics considerations, but the scenario might change once the video game and TV show are out, where you might have an “apprentice tier.” This tier would allow a large amount of creators to work their way up to owning a Wizard. And we'll have other ways for fans to get involved as well.

The Battle for Goblintown Twitter account was active in promoting the game prior to launch, using many of the tactics popular among the NFT degen crowd. (December 2022)

Dotta: Niski and Magus Wazir tried out prtyDAO for a bit. It is a single-purpose multisig that allows you to share NFTs with your friends. You have shared governance control over an NFT, so that you can collectively do things like write in the Book of Lore. The UI is very user-friendly and easy to use. And I think this could be a future use-case for crypto and NFTs, where shared ownership of tokens is common-place.

Directted (Bridge) chimed in here and mentioned that the conversion of holder lore to monetizable IP is a big open question of the project. Centralized IP created by MM has legal precedence for monetization, but the community-sourced lore is a new Web3 concept.

Dotta: During the Spaces this morning, we went over the “ABCs” of Forgotten Runes. People are continuously surprised with everything we have going on. I guess we have to continue speaking on these Spaces and getting people to be aware.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-12-14

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-12-14; Content:Bearsnake: I’ll keep looking for opportunities for us to talk to the wider NFT community, and doing plenty of publicity in front of our releases. In Miami, I saw great response from the movers and shakers of the industry whenever I announced myself as a member of the Forgotten Runes team. We are adapting and preparing for the next phase of this space’s growth.

Dotta: Responding to Bridge’s comment, the idea is that you create the Lore for the pure joy and art of it. And IP is trying to monetize something that you’ve created. Binary Star is our internal project whose mission is “turn your Lore into IP”. Binary Star has taken a back seat to The Battle for Goblin Town at the moment, we still have that in our portfolio of upcoming projects.

### Goblins Together Strong: Forgotten Runes Collabs with Goblintown[edit | edit source]

Elf: Speaking of The Battle for Goblintown, we had come up with this concept early this year. When Goblintown.wtf came out, we were initially worried that people would think we copied them. But we have been talking with their team, they are really cool, and I’m delighted in the way this cross-pollination and collaboration has played out with them.

Dotta: The idea of “Goblintown” existed even before our game idea. We just didn’t want them to feel like we were intruding in their space. But they turned out to be good people, and they weren’t upset at all.

Elf: Goblintown has done a great job at building a distinct culture (which was reflected in their Miami party), we do too, and so our partnership has a lot of potential.


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-12-14

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-12-14; Content:Bearsnake: I’m loving the responses, energy, and engagement with The Battle for Goblintown Twitter account. Great job Jitcy and LachnessMonsta on that. And we have a lot more planned in that area before we launch that game in January.

### Lore Drop: Purple Hat Wizards[edit | edit source]

Microwave Impaler of Machines with its newly forged weapon.

Elf: I love this archetype the most, even if I don’t identify with them personally. They are very talented with magic, especially magic of the cosmos. Their heads aren’t attached to reality. Their magic is very ingrained, meaning that they didn’t necessarily train or learn it - they were born with it. A lot of times, they don’t know how to control their powers perfectly. Might be the most overpowered Wizards.

The Psychic Leap is a hotspot for Purple Hat wizards, although they have their pavilion on an island in the Western seas. Their magic often controls them, because they have completely given themselves over to it, in contrast to the White and Blue hats. Purples often let pure chaos wash over them and consume them. Often considered to be clumsy and silly, with flashy spells. Their homes are often messy, their handwriting terrible. You never know if they are extremely powerful, or have just lost their minds. You might see them on street corners, raving about something incomprehensible.

Examples: Good ones include Merlin (as depicted in the Sword in the Stone Disney film). But this can take a dark turn - a dark version is Darth Vader. Also Akira from the anime/manga.

This completes all the deep-dives on the Color Hat wizards. Elf hinted that he might cover the Hue Hats next week.

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


Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-12-14

Title: Wizard Wednesday Recap, 2022-12-14; Content:### Cult Content Shout-outs[edit | edit source]

  * We start with a fast-forwarded TV show trailer by Magus Wazir (uploaded in Discord).
  * Acideater released pixel art of a pirate ship.
  * People are starting to receive their Treasure Trove boxes IRL. These were assembled and coordinated by MeepleDad.
  * i4nzits made a beautiful 3D model of Ozzz painting.
  * Samikitty made a kobold mug (and hewed to the official MM stance on Kobold coloring).
  * qeshmar used a golden nugget to forge a golden weapon for his golden robot (Microwave Impaler of Machines (12438)).
  * Belial Attacker of Wizards commissioned a bloody piece from Daniela Illustra.
  * Cosmic Birds made a fire meme about Tony Montana shouting, “Say hello to my little bread friend!”
  * Elf commissioned femiki to create an illustration for his Wizard.
  * Emma came up to talk about enigmashut.com \- a place to collect all of her Wizard's artwork and lore.
  * Colormaster tweeted a teaser, “We have something cool coming next week.”
  * Dr. Solo Poplovski came up and mentioned that in the Treasure Trove boxes, there is a missing card with a QR code to spellrunes.com, which has the rules to the Spell Runes game. It will be mailed to box purchasers, but you can look at the website for rules until then.
  * Jitcy mentioned that Wizard and Warrior holders can claim a free Beacon asset.
  * Tabitha of the Marsh translated Issue #0 of the comic book to German. If anyone wants it, DM Tabitha or a member of Magic Machine to get a digital copy of it.


Kabuki
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Kabuki


Joyeuse
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Joyeuse


Commando Fatigues
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Commando Fatigues

Title: Commando Fatigues; Content:Commando Fatigues
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Red Suit
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Red Suit


Nightmare

Title: Nightmare; Content:Nightmare (Basic) by1984pxls

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

### Lore[edit | edit source]

> One of the most terrifying creatures in the Runiverse, they are the mounts of Dream Masters who are dark practitioners of nightmare magic.

— ZayLaSoul


Lich Cyborog
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Lich Cyborog

Title: Lich Cyborog; Content:Lich Cyborog
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Dapper Formal
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Dapper Formal

Title: Dapper Formal; Content:Dapper Formal
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Colloidal Silver Man
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Colloidal Silver Man

Title: Colloidal Silver Man; Content:Colloidal Silver Man
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Scarlet Swine
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Scarlet Swine

Title: Scarlet Swine; Content:Scarlet Swine
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Grape Jelly Donut
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Grape Jelly Donut

Title: Grape Jelly Donut; Content:Grape Jelly Donut
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Green Knight Helm
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Green Knight Helm

Title: Green Knight Helm; Content:Green Knight Helm
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Lascivious Body of Sickness
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Lascivious Body of Sickness

Title: Lascivious Body of Sickness; Content:Lascivious Body of Sickness
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Ghost Flame
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Ghost Flame

Title: Ghost Flame; Content:Ghost Flame
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Phantasmal body of the Veil
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Phantasmal body of the Veil

Title: Phantasmal body of the Veil; Content:Phantasmal body of the Veil
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Dominion Plate Armor
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Dominion Plate Armor

Title: Dominion Plate Armor; Content:Dominion Plate Armor
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Sword of Babylon
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Sword of Babylon

Title: Sword of Babylon; Content:Sword of Babylon
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Green Lined Coveralls
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Green Lined Coveralls

Title: Green Lined Coveralls; Content:Green Lined Coveralls
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Soul Rune of Brimstone
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Soul Rune of Brimstone

Title: Soul Rune of Brimstone; Content:Soul Rune of Brimstone
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Buyers Guide

Title: Buyers Guide; Content:## Contents

  * 1 What is this?
  * 2 Picking an archetype
    * 2.1 Warriors
    * 2.2 Wizards
    * 2.3 Souls
  * 3 Deciding what to buy
    * 3.1 Overall Rarity
    * 3.2 Name
    * 3.3 Affinity

# What is this?[edit | edit source]

Welcome traveler. If you're here then chances are you've been looking at the various Forgotten Runes collections and are befuddled by your options. At its core, Forgotten Runes is a project focusing on decentralized worldbuilding, using the various collections as characters within the Runiverse to build deep and expansive Lore together. All tokens are encoded on-chain \- meaning their images and data are all permanently embedded into the Ethereum blockchain. they This guide will help walk you through deciding what these tokens are used for, what to look for when buying any of them, and what the future of the project has in store!

The tokens in Forgotten Runes aren't intended to strictly be collections of profile pictures; each token is intended to represent an entire character in the Forgotten Runiverse. They're what are known as "creative primitives", a starting template to spark imagination and creativity. It's the reason these characters are imbued with an actual title, name, and location rather than just an ID number. The fact that they are given entire bodies, items, pets, and are low fidelity pixel art is no mistake. Care was put into giving collectors just enough information to work with as a skeleton, but give enough room to expand on top of with few limitations. In a way you can consider them to be tabletop miniatures to build stories around. Holding any of these tokens allows you exclusive access to creating entries for that character in the Book of Lore, where all entries are recorded as on-chain entries.