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Marielda 05: War and Azaleas

## "War and Azaleas"

The members of The Six play out their downtime following their successful train heist, and begin to entangle themselves in the consequences of the criminal life.

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## Background

### Episode description

> For the baker, news of a brewing turf war is a good sign. Hungry fighters are mouths to feed, and so they tend to their ovens and wipe flour from their brows. For the smiths and armorers too, business goes up as neighbors and governesses double up on weapons kept behind doors and under desks, just in case, just in case. Fewer people play on the streets, but the music in pubs and cafes is louder than ever—a good fight deserves a little accompaniment. Flag-makers and seamstresses see a brief upturn in trade as symbols of gangs and factions are hastily embroidered onto collars and lapels. In Marielda’s language of flowers, the azalea has come to symbolise the moment where, just before entering the water, the diver takes one final, deep breath. They are blossoming early this year.
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## Cast

* Austin Walker (GM)
* Sylvia Clare (Aubrey)
* Ali Acampora (Castille)
* Andrew Lee Swan (Sige)
* Jack de Quidt (Ethan and Edmund Hitchcock)
Hanging Gardens of Maelgwyn

The **Hanging Gardens of Maelgwyn**, also known as **Maelgwyn Park**, are a landmark of Chrysanthemum Parish in Marielda, built upon the looming abyss of where the tower of the mages from the University once stood. They are named for Maelgwyn, the inspirational leader whose cult has grown since he disappeared during the Quiet Year.

In addition to the verdant flora, the Gardens are also home to various shops.
Master Latitude

**Master Latitude** was an agent of The Yellow House encountered by The Six during The Valentine Affair. He was a wolfboy with teeth, claws, and a big appetite, before being killed by Carolyn Fair-Play.

## Appearance

Master Latitude is a boy with very dark skin and tight curly hair who looks to be no more than 20 years old. When The Six encountered him during "The Valentine Affair", he wore a white short-sleeve dress shirt with brown trousers and red suspenders. He has yellow eyes, like other members of the Yellow House.

## Personality

Latitude is coy and lighthearted but blunt and short on manners both at the table and in conversation.
Marielda 13: The Killing of the King-God Samothes By The Traitor Prince Maelgwyn Pt. 3

## "The Killing of the King-God Samothes By The Traitor Prince Maelgwyn Pt. 3"

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## Background

### Episode description

> It was strange. Every morning you’d see The Black Slacks walking to work. By this point, the air would crackle around them, thick with rumours of another potential strike, another march. They’d walk in groups, or in pairs, or alone. Hands in pockets. They whistled. But not that morning. At first, it was as if they’d vanished. District management began to panic, sending runners to nearby factories to confirm reports: The Black Slacks had disappeared. No. Not disappeared. In The Southern Bucket, a woman in plain clothes finished her drink and stood up, and, with the brilliant rush of the sound of the chairs on stone, the rest of the pub stood up with her. They poured out into the street and mingled with the other citizens and on the other side of town a storehouse containing sleeping pala-din exploded. Men and women dessed like anybody else stepped out of the crowd and moved quickly to barricade Maddermarket Street. Another pala-din storehouse became flame, and the flow of foot traffic in the city suddenly became a march. The Black Slacks were everywhere, and the high sun pressed down, and today was the day. Today was the day.
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## Cast

* Austin Walker (GM)
* Jack de Quidt (Ethan and Edmund Hitchcock)
* Sylvia Clare (Aubrey)
* Ali Acampora (Castille)
* Andrew Lee Swan (Sige)
Lance Noble Orchid

## Orchid

> *This article is about the original Lance Noble Orchid. For his successor, see Rebecca.*
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**Lance Noble Orchid** was an officer of the Golden Lance assigned to Orchid Parish who formed a rivalry with Sige Coleburn.

## Personality

As the youngest and most inexperienced member of the Golden Lance, Orchid had a chip on his shoulder and constantly felt the need to prove himself, even before Sige stole his gun. He left his own jurisdiction more than any of the other Lance Nobles, and was generally insufferable.

## History

Orchid held a grudge against Sige after the scoundrel managed to steal his gun. He was at the Memoriam College orientation banquet the day of The Valentine Affair, but not in uniform. As the Black Slacks began brawling with pala-din, he was firing his gun at the protesters until Ethan Hitchcock blew a hole in the side of the building, throwing him to the ground, at which point Sige stole his gun a second time and knocked him out, leaving him to die in the burning building.

Orchid survives the fire, and later, arrives on the scene after a fire burns at the Yellow House. He wears Cabbot's collar, and stands at his side as he demands that the pala-din exorcise Yellow House of demons such as the ghost, Run For Your Life.
Espanarde

**Espanarde the Great and Eclectic** is a traveling illusionist.

## History

During the investigation of Gregalos's murder, Espanarde was in Velas acting as Kite Master of the High Sun Day celebrations on the North Beach and scheduled to give a performance called *The Holy Ascension of the Sun*.

Several months later, Espanarde was working in Rosemerrow at a cart in Westshore Fair during another Golden Lance investigation, this one pertaining to Gilbert Lutz's possible death. They provided Blake Bromley with the magic flash paper which they used during their escape from Lutz's apartment at the time of the disturbance.

## See also

* List of characters in the Autumn in Hieron Holiday Special
* List of characters in the Rosemerrow investigation
Ice Party

Throndir

Kodiak

Sunder Havelton

Auniq

Pala-din

Tabard

Andrew Lee Swan

**Ice Party** is the nickname given to the group of Hadrian, Fantasmo, and Throndir in *Autumn in Hieron* as they journey to investigate the Mark of the Erasure.

## Members

* Hadrian (Art Tebbel)
* The Great Fantasmo (Nick Scratch)
* Throndir (Andrew Lee Swan)
* Kodiak

## Episodes

1. "A Bad Trip"
2. "On the Tip of Your Tongue"
3. "Chekhov's Torture Elf"
4. "Knowledge and Ignorance"
5. "A Fire Hydrant of Divinity"
6. "Those Woods You Chose"
7. "Magic (Or Something) Is All Around Us"
8. "Do I Feel Followed?"
9. "Closing the Window"
10. "A Paladin is a Tool"
11. "Why Are You Here, Again?"
12. "A Choice About What You Believe"

## See also

* List of characters in the Ice Party arc
Shinonome Kazuya

Shinonome Kazuya is Shinonome Azuma's cousin. He does not have a major role in the story, and is the third of her extended family to be used as a reserve tank for Azuma and subsequently perish.

## Appearance

Kazuya has light colored, messy hair that appears to come from his mother's side, and has it shaved in the back. He seems to always be wearing t-shirts and shorts, and his nose is near always dripping, especially when he is crying. He wears some type of sandals, possibly crocs.

## Personality

Kazuya is a rude and cruel twelve year old that is constantly bullying Azuma. He has been known to steal her mail and hit her for eating his pudding when she swore to him she hadn't done so. Azuma also mentions after his death that he used to sneak up behind her and punch her when she sat on the couch, which she is relieved to never experience again.

He is naive, and doesn't know what the word death means, which is unusual for a twelve year old. When things don't go his way, he tends to burst into a snotty, teary tantrum until his mother arrives to punish Azuma, and then he laughs at her with snot still dripping from his face. His father says that he is still young, and that seeing how his mother treated Azuma affected his behavior, but he was a good and honest boy despite it.

His character description on the family profile states that he held a "strange affection" for Azuma, but it was not apparent to the rest of the family.
Ledman Lenova IV

**Ledman Adelbury McGillicuddy Johnson Johansen Maestro Abelton Alexander Quinton Carver Mason Brubaker Seagram Lenova IV,** also known as **Ledman Lenova IV**, is the grandfather of Lenny Lenova. The Ledman Adelbury McGillicuddy Johnson Johansen Maestro Abelton Alexander Quinton Carver Mason Brubaker Seagram Lenova Wing of the New Old Museum was named in his honor.

## See also

* List of characters in the first Mountain Party arc
Morbash

*Spring in Hieron*

**Morbash** is a talented but somewhat unsavory Archivist-Collector who works in retrieval for the New Archives.

## History

As a senior member among the Collectors, Morbash is a well-known public figure at the New Archives. During Lem King's time at the Archives he attended one of Morbash’s talks, and despite disagreeing with the subject matter he was starstruck and excited to see the talk. According to Lem, the Archive has a substantial collection of political essays debating the morality of Archivist-Collector practices, and a sizable portion of these deal specifically with Morbash’s doings.

When Lem fled the New Archives with a stolen violin, Morbash was assigned to pursue him and recover the instrument. More recently, Morbash extended an olive branch at the start of season three by offering clemency on the condition that Lem return the fiddle, retrieve several volumes of a gnoll dictionary from the New Old Museum, and care for a Velasian thyme plant. He is a traditionalist, opposed to attempts to trick the pattern using illusion magic.

Morbash was the de facto leader of many of the orcs who evacuated from the New Archives after the events at the end of *Winter in Hieron* and joined with Throndir, Ephrim and others to reestablish a settlement in the Last University. Morbash died during the difficult early years, as depicted through *Do Not Let Us Die In The Dark Night Of This Cold Winter*. He is buried in the university's graveyard.

 See also

* List of characters in the Boat Party arc
* List of characters in the *Autumn in Hieron* Holiday Special
* List of characters in the first Mountain Party arc
* List of characters in the second Mountain Party arc
Human

**Humans** in Hieron are pretty much what we're used to in our world. Like any other people of Hieron, they're not a monolith, and come in lots of different body types, backgrounds, and attitudes.

However, unlike in our world, sometimes humans in Hieron possess divine or magical powers, and sometimes people who appear to be human are themselves gods.
List of characters in the Eventide Party arc

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The following is a list of characters in the first arc of *Friends at the Table*, in which a group of adventurers investigate Eventide Island, believed to be the source of strange ocean activity.

## Expedition

### Captain Calhoun

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The Expedition Leader as appointed by the Velas City Council, Calhoun is captain of the ship that brings the adventurers most of the way to Eventide. When the others disembark into small boats to approach the island, Captain Calhoun remains in the ship to await their return.

### The Great Fantasmo

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The Great Fantasmo, the Wizard, is an old elf who once taught aspiring mages at the Lost University. Introverted and condescending, he is always keen to study spells and magical artifacts, and scorns opposing worldviews. Fantasmo was appointed to the unpaid role of Chief Consultant on the expedition to Eventide. He is played by Nick Scratch.

### Fero Feritas

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Fero Feritas, the Druid, is a frank and energetic halfling from Rosemerrow who left his hometown to live in the mountains near the New Archives and commune with the wilderness. He possesses the ability to speak with and transform into any animal whose essence he has studied. He is played by Keith J Carberry.

###  Hadrian

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Hadrian, the Paladin, is a human from Velas who is a devout follower of Samothes and member of the Order of Eternal Princes. Soldier and priest, Hadrian carries himself with divine authority, and his physical prowess is augmented by holy powers. Hadrian is played by Art Tebbel.

###  Hella Varal

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Hella Varal, the Fighter, is a stern human from Ordenna who wields an ancient sword and addresses problems through violence. She is played by Ali Acampora.

### Lem King

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Lem King, the Bard, is a charming orc who stole a violin from the New Archives and is now on the run. He can use his instrument to produce pattern magic effects. He is played by Jack de Quidt.

## Love letters

* Chief of halfling migrants to Velas
* Captain Brandish
* Komodo dragon

## Island dwellers

* Human-faced cormorants
* Skeleton painter
* Rivallo
* Brutus
* Calithane
Gilbert Lutz

Finnitel Quincy (partner)

**Gilbert Greene Byrd White Merrow Henderson Lenova Tevilton Bachman Brayer Slayton Showman Carolina Quincy Lutz**, also known as **Gilbert Lutz**, was the Chancellor of Rosemerrow.

## Personality

Lutz was personable and outgoing, and bristled at receiving too much preferential treatment despite the importance of his position. Friends considered him a reformer, though his enemies painted him as a revolutionary. However, the wrath exacted on his behalf on the Belgrave family indicates that his kindliness should not be treated as a given.

## Life

Due to a plot on his life from the Belgrave dynasty, Lutz was forced to begin his chancellorship in exile.

At the request of Adaire, Lutz sent the Withered Root Mercenary Company, led by Venture Captain Balion Whythe, to aid in the protection of Old Man's Chin from the armies of Ordenna. Shortly thereafter, Lutz seemed to have been killed in his home under mysterious circumstances, though an investigation revealed he had been spirited away to The Study by Arrell.

 Origin

Lutz's (main) surname is an homage to friend of the show Michael Lutz, who tweeted out a picture that inspired the name of Orth Godlove, a character in *COUNTER/Weight*.

 See also

* List of characters in the first Forest Party arc
* List of characters in the Rosemerrow investigation

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/austin\_walker/status/834551835516088321
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/WarrenIsDead/status/600066475366490113
Callowkeen

**Callowkeen** is a Gnoll member of the Golden Lance. He is working with Maria Velasinha and Marisol Sweetwater to create a survival guide for citizens of Hieron. He is a watercolorist and the in-fiction artist of some of the postcards created by Janine Hawkins as Patreon rewards.

## Appearance

Callowkeen is a gnoll with bat-like wings that make him look like a flying fox. He wears big round glasses.
Mothkin

**Mothkin** are a people of Hieron who, much as their name would imply, resemble large moths. They have been seen to live in symbiosis with weavers and the Weaver King in the village of Old Man's Chin.

## Attributes

Mothkin are capable of flight and, like many moths, generally nocturnal. A strong mothkin can carry another person a great distance while in flight.

## Appearance

Mothkin have dusty spotted wings which, when not in flight, are draped down from their shoulders to mid-thigh or lower and resemble a cloak. The colors and patterns on their wings may vary. They have brown chitinous skin, bare brown legs, and wrinkly, hard throats. Their faces have have large compound eyes, antennae, and chittering mandibles. The two claws on their feet somewhat resemble tabi.
Hedy Braum (human)

## Hedy Braum

> *This article is about the human. For the weaver, see Hedy Braum (weaver).*
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**Hedy Braum** is a charismatic young woman from Marielda's Canopy Row who persuaded a group to go search the southwestern forest for wood during spring of the Quiet Year. When the group returned, she had disappeared, but they denied her having been with them.

That autumn, people started finding the bodies of those who had disappeared in the woods, including Hedy's.
List of characters in the Winter in Hieron Holiday Special

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The following is a list of characters who appear in the *Winter in Hieron* Holiday Special, set in a Marielda shopping district.

## Player characters

### Major characters

* County Sans-Soleil
* Lilith R'ion
* Remembrance Cobb
* Tisk Silpa
* Walligan Upchurch

### Minor characters

* Claret Holiday
* Clipper
* Danny
* Hazel
* Red Jack

## Others

* Ace
* Sige Coleburn
* Silas Everpenny
* Juno Eveningeyre
Holiday Special

The **Holiday Special** is an annual *Friends at the Table* tradition of episodes in late December and early January which use rules from games other than the main format of the current season, and generally take place at a different spot in the chronology.

## *Autumn in Hieron*

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The season one holiday special was a two-episode story where the adventurers were deputized by the Golden Lance to investigate the murder of Gregalos in Velas on High Sun Day. The rules for the special were loosely based on *Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective*, but players were also able to use the abilities their characters possessed within *Dungeon World*. Although the season was ongoing and both groups were still in the middle of their quests at the time this special was recorded and released, it is set at the conclusion of *Autumn in Hieron*, after both parties return to Velas.

## *Winter in Hieron*

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The holiday special from *Friends at the Table's* third season had the cast use the rules of *Follow* to play out a story (as told to the Forest Party by Red Jack) of a group of Marielda shopkeepers from long ago, shortly after the events of the *Marielda* interlude.

*Winter in Hieron*: "Homes and Promises" · "Pits and Ladders"
Mountain Party

The Great Fantasmo

Ephrim

Devar van der Dawes

Nick Scratch

Sylvia Clare

**Mountain Party** is the nickname given to the group of Lem, Fero, Ephrim and Fantasmo in *Winter in Hieron*. Tweets from @Friends\_Table about their episodes include the ⛰️ or 🏔️ emoji.

## Members

* Lem King (Jack de Quidt)
* Fero Feritas (Keith J Carberry)
* Ephrim (Sylvia Clare)
* The Great Fantasmo (Nick Scratch)
* Throndir (Andrew Lee Swan)
* Kodiak

## Episodes

### Part one

1. "A Museum in the Distance"
2. "A Combination of Notes"
3. "All Violence, All Brains"
4. "The Meeting House"

### Part two

1. "Undelivered Resignations"
2. "Make The Spring Last Forever"
3. "The Shield of Our Will‎"
4. "Make the Library Smile"
5. "Twenty Two Brown Birds"
6. "A Good Metaphor"
7. "Slow Justice"

## Notes

1. ↑ Lem switches to the Forest Party between "Twenty Two Brown Birds" and "A Good Metaphor".
2. ↑ Fantasmo is only present for the first part of the season, leaving the party after "The Meeting House".
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Throndir and Kodiak join the Forest Party at the beginning of "A Shattering Note".

## See also

* List of characters in the first Mountain Party arc
* List of characters in the second Mountain Party arc
Obelus

**Obelus**, or the **Bright One**, is a fallen star.

## Appearance

Obelus is a glowing winged figure. Their light, bright but not blinding, does not seem to illuminate anything around them. Their face seems carved but unfinished, "like the faces of Mount Rushmore, in that the task of making this thing's face was so big that you could only ever get pretty close".

When met in Rosemerrow by Hadrian and Ephrim during the investigation surrounding Gilbert Lutz's disappearance, they wore robes of a bright yellow that are hard to distinguish from their flesh and held a scroll which seemed to be of infinite length, with no visible beginning or end.

## See also

* List of characters in the Rosemerrow investigation
Kel Carolina

**Kel Carolina** is Gilbert Lutz's right hand in the realm of Rosemerrow politics, working in the Lutz Lower House.

## Appearance

Unlike many orcs, they bear no signs of association with the New Archives and have lived in Rosemerrow their whole life. They wear a suit with navy blue slacks and a matching vest over a teal short-sleeve dress shirt.

## Personality

When meeting with the deputies investigating Lutz's death, Kel seemed weary but professional, and spoke with a warm, if mournful, tone.

 See also

* List of characters in the Rosemerrow investigation
Keith J Carberry

*Winter in Hieron*

*Spring in Hieron*

Clipper

**Keith J Carberry** is a member of *Friends at the Table* and all-around funny guy who plays the character of Fero. He also produced the first season and played the characters of Walligan and Clipper in the Winter in Hieron Holiday Special.

Aside from *Friends at the Table*, Keith does Let's Plays with Kylie Churchill at Run Button (which you can support at ContentBurger.biz), hosts the comedy podcast *How Are You Today?*, plays music at FuckDads.com, and posts photos and videos of the adorable neighborhood cat Squiggle on Twitter.

## External links

* Run Button
* How Are You Today?
* ContentBurger.biz
* FuckDads.com
Helianthus

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**Helianthus** may refer to:

* Helianthus Parish, a neighborhood of Marielda also known as Hell's Parish
* Lance Noble Helianthus, the Golden Lance officer in charge of keeping order in Helianthus Parish
Iris Parish

**Iris Parish** is a manufacturing district in southeast Marielda.

## History

### The Quiet Year

What later became Iris Parish more or less came into being during autumn of the Quiet Year when Samothes created a series of factory plants in which people can configure metal stamps to create a variety of useful goods. Cobbins quickly took to the factories, while the humans of the city unfortunately began supplying them with child labor.

### Later history

Mainly consisting of factories and warehouses, few people actually live in Iris, with most workers commuting from Helianthus or Emberboro. Those who do live in the district, such as Castille, generally inhabit studios and loft spaces.

The district's skyline is dominated by a massive church of Samothes. A monolithic white obelisk, glossy and unadorned, it covers a city block and towers high above the factories.

Lance Noble Iris, the Golden Lance's officer in the parish, is an old man who likes candy.
Marielda

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**Marielda** may refer to:

* Marielda, a pre-Erasure city off Hieron's southern coast
* *Marielda*, an interlude season of *Friends at the Table* set in the titular city
* *Marielda: Friends At The Table Soundtrack, The Interlude*, the soundtrack to the interlude season.
	+ "Marielda", the season's theme song
* Lance Sovereign Marielda, the title given to the leader of the Golden Lance in Marielda.
Gnoll

**Gnolls** are a large, hyena-like people who mainly live in the woods outside of Rosemerrow. While their current lifestyle in the wild is based on subsistence, they maintain that they once had a society with greater access to resources and technology before the halflings took it from them.

## Abilities

Gnolls are physically gifted, and may range from eight to fifteen feet tall. They have a strong sense of smell, and have been shown to be able to pinpoint Fantasmo even when he is invisible. They can move much more quickly through the city of Rosemerrow than halflings or humans.

## Notable gnolls

* Mother Glory
* Steadystep
* Chatterchin
* Prince Clapperclaw
List of characters in the second Mountain Party arc

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The following is a list of characters involved with the *Winter in Hieron* arc in which the Mountain Party travels from Rosemerrow toward the New Archives.

## Travelers

* Lem King (Jack de Quidt)
* Fero Feritas (Keith J Carberry)
* Ephrim (Sylvia Clare)
* Alonzo Victor Devaraux "Devar" van der Dawes
* Tyler
* Walter
* Horse

## Countryside

* Jeremy
* Highwater
* Church leader
* Corsica Neue
* Fentil Orenia

## New Archives

* Receptionist
* Maintenance worker
* Jean Kurr
* Morbash
* Uklan Tel
* Sunder Havelton
* Gantel Lor van der Dawes

## Others

* Kall Fer
* Emmanuel Aracia La Salle
* Samothes
* Galenica

## See also

* List of characters in the first Mountain Party arc
Gentle The-Night-You-Were-Born

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**Gentle The-Night-You-Were-Born** was a faculty member at Memoriam College who was proctoring (or "envigilating") for their entrance exams the week of The Valentine Affair. He was sick and skipped the banquet to get to bed early, but was woken by Edmund Hitchcock, who introduced himself as Professor Hectares and asked to borrow a map, ostensibly to show Prelate Silas the way to the bathroom.

## Appearance

Gentle wears a pair of pince-nez glasses. At the time Hitchcock woke him, he was in a nightcap and gown.
Iris

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**Iris** may refer to:

* Iris Parish, a neighborhood of Marielda
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Halfling

**Halflings** are a humanoid people living in Hieron, particularly in the various districts of Rosemerrow. Named for their diminutive size, modern-day halflings are seen as easygoing folk but were once more warlike and violent. They may also have been poisonous at one time. They have had complex and strained relations with their gnoll neighbors.
Lack House

The **Lack House** is a location in The Buoy where people can go to meditate and reflect on their lack.

## Layout

Visitors to the Lack House, which is open at all hours, queue in two separate lines; one to a small garden and the other going inside. Those who enter the garden are able to think about and envision what they believe their lack to be, and consider what their life would be like without it. Those who enter the building are led to a small private room where they can think and learn with certainty what their lack truly is.
Mark of the Erasure

The **Mark of the Erasure**, also known as the **Mark of Erasure**, is a region in the northwestern part of Hieron. As its name suggests, it bears signs of impact from the Erasure cataclysm. Because details of the cataclysm are hitherto ambiguous, so too is the Mark's exact nature.

## Algid Pinelands

The **Algid Pinelands**, which surround the Mark of the Erasure, are cold and snowy in a way the local climate shouldn't be, and become colder and more inhospitable the closer one gets to its center. Goblin societies here known as the Nameless were once ravaged by word eaters. The snow elf village of Auniq is located here.

## The Tower of Samot

At the center of the Mark of the Erasure is the ruins of a once-massive tower of Samot. Paradoxically, weather at the very center is balmy and warm compared to the raging snows that surround it. The various parts of the ruins are gateways to alternate worlds.

In the Tower of Severea map room, this tower was marked with a green plumbob crystal.

Kindrali reveals that the Tower of Samot was built as part of a massive military-driven industrialization effort, likely to do with Samot's war with Samothes and Samot's research towards the Heat and the Dark. It encompassed an entire city within a single tower. There, mages researched alternate futures, several of which are visited by Ice Party in the ruins of the tower.

The mirror in the Tower of Samot is one of five artifacts of power.

## Denizens

The area, whilst thought uninhabitable by much of Hieron, is home to the snow elves, goblins, owlbears, various flora and fauna, and at least one breed of dog.

## The Mark of the Erasure

Clues throughout the series indicate that the Mark of the Erasure is linked to the creation of Ordenna. This is later confirmed: mages from the Tower of Samot used the land around the tower in one of their numerous experiments researching the Heat and the Dark, causing an immense magical incident that transferred the land from there to the northwest of Hieron, creating the islands of Ordenna and destroying the tower. The experiment also imbued the land with the Dark, resulting in the creation of Ordennan Steel.
Lilith R'ion

Art by Ems Blau

Golden Lance

**Lilith R'ion** is a hustler living in Marielda. She sells elven artifacts and "elven artifacts", and wants to be wealthy. She is a friend and associate of Sige Coleburn, and one of the shopkeepers in the *Winter in Hieron* Holiday Special. After leaving Marielda, she and Claret Holiday formed a splinter version of the Golden Lance.

## Appearance

Lilith has the pointy ears of an elf, except hers curl up into horns and curl around the back of her head.

She has a cut above one eye and is built like an MMA fighter; big in a lithe sort of way.

## See also

* List of characters in the *Winter in Hieron* Holiday Special

*Winter in Hieron*: "Homes and Promises" · "Pits and Ladders"
Hieron: The Months of Autumn Pt 2

## Episode description

> For a long, long time in Hieron, it was autumn. Crisp branches snapped under foot. Still lakes caught the reds, yellows, and oranges of the leaves overhead, stuck eternally between life and death. The waves taunted children and elder alike, a step too cold for all but the bravest of swimmers. And there was laughter, and planning, and good food. People would stand around bonfires--out on the beaches of Velas, in the communal pits of Rosemerrow--and trade stories. Old stories, the kind passed down from parent to child. They bent in new directions with each telling, but they never fully changed. They were trust worthy and familiar, but like a poor cider, dead on the tongue. But it is winter now. Snow has arrived in Velas, and it is time for cold tongues to learn new words.
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## Cast

* Austin Walker (GM)
* Ali Acampora (Hella Varal)
* Jack de Quidt (Lem King)
* Keith J Carberry (Fero Feritas)
* Art Tebbel (Hadrian)
* Nick Scratch (The Great Fantasmo)
* Andrew Lee Swan (Throndir)
Gloria Lake

**Dr. Gloria Lake** is a vampire agent of the Golden Lance and partner to Lance Noble Victoria Solomon.

## Personality

Lake is more of a rationalist than her partner Solomon, and is suspicious of things that are not countable or verifiable.

Her case notes do not hesitate to make her opinions known. She hates it in Rosemerrow.

## Origin

Lake is somewhat analogous to Sherlock Holmes's partner, Dr. John Watson.

 See also

* List of characters in the *Autumn in Hieron* Holiday Special
* List of characters in the Rosemerrow investigation
Gun

**Guns**, in Hieron, are most often magical ranged weapons which discharge blasts of material energy. Invented by Samothes, they are the trademark of the Golden Lance.

## History

Guns were first seen at the end of the Quiet Year, when a regiment of pala-din armed with the weapons fought off the armies of Samot invading Marielda.

> *Instead of holding spears, they carried long arms, wood and metal and fire. They held these weapons tight to their shoulders and flung the sun's own light, made material, at the occupying army. The rays of fire burst through Samot's men, and in their indiscriminate dedication to victory, the pala-din harmed nearly as many of Tamsyn's remaining soldiers as it did the invaders.*
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By the time of The Six, fifteen years later, these arms had become the calling card of the sheriffs of the Golden Lance, though occasionally (by design or by accident) they made their way into the hands of civilians such as Sige Coleburn and the future Lance Noble Helianthus.

Either before or after the invention of these magical guns by Samothes, guns more akin to those of the real world were also in use by the armies of Marielda. This can be seen when Hitchcock uses a small derringer during "The Killing of the King-God Samothes By The Traitor Prince Maelgwyn".

Later on, in post-Erasure days, guns are still seen in use by Golden Lance officers Victoria Solomon and Gloria Lake. Whether these weapons are pre-Erasure artifacts or if guns are still in production somewhere in the world is unknown.

## Properties

Guns shoot long bolts of blazing sunlight made tangible which burn their targets into ash. As magical weapons, they are capable of harming ghosts.

Much like guns of the real world, guns of Hieron come in a variety of shapes and sizes, such as rifles, long-barreled pistols, and sawed-off shotguns.
Memoriam College (The Buoy)

> *This article is about the institution in The Buoy. For the one in Marielda, see Memoriam College (Marielda).*
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**The Rector and College of the Last Living Spirits, In Memoriam, For Their Service Awarded the Grace and Wisdom of Our Protector, the Dark Son of Originality**; also known as **Memoriam College and the Cathedral of the Dark Son**; are a combined university and cathedral in the southeastern section of The Buoy dedicated to the worship of the Dark Son.
Mother Glory

Mother Glory with Lem and Fero (Art by Natalie Riess)

**Mother Glory** is a leader of the gnolls living near Rosemerrow. While initially hostile toward the Mountain Party, she eventually forms a bond with them, and appreciates Fero's support for the gnolls.

## Appearance

At fifteen feet tall, Mother Glory is large even for a gnoll. Her snout is heavily scarred and missing part of its fur and skin. She looks dangerous, and she is.

She wears a beaded necklace which she sometimes fiddles with while thinking; this could be a concentration technique or something similar to Lem's abacus jewelry.

 See also

* List of characters in the first Mountain Party arc
* List of characters in the Rosemerrow investigation
Gregalos

**Gregalos**, also known as **Greggy**, is a member of the Disciples of Fantasmo who enlisted the Boat Party to visit a tower south of Velas in the area near Rosemerrow. Unfortunately for him, not only did the Boat Party never make it there, but he was murdered the night before High Sun Day at the bequest of Prelate Lucius. The season one holiday special follows the investigation of his murder.

 See also

* List of characters in the Boat Party arc
* List of characters in the *Autumn in Hieron* Holiday Special
Marisol Sweetwater

**Marisol Sweetwater** is the editor-in-chief of The Rosemerrow Current, the first post-Erasure newspaper outside of Nacre.

## Appearance

Marisol is a 4'10" halfling. Her hands are sometimes covered in ink and grease from printing presses.

## Personality

Marisol is bubbly and can come off as excited but agitated during a deadline crunch. She gives off the air of a person who doesn't sit at a desk often. Her views on gnolls are as regrettable as those of most halflings in Rosemerrow.

## See also

* List of characters in the Rosemerrow investigation
Kindrali

Word eater posing as Kindrali (Art by Jennifer Doyle)

**Kindrali** was a deity worshiped by goblins who fell victim to a word eater later defeated by the Ice Party. Many of his memories have been passed on to Throndir, which he can access through his "Kindrali's Chosen" move. During *Marielda*, Kindrali was briefly seen in attendance at the palace of Samothes on High Sun Day, as part of the entourage representing Samol.

## Appearance

Kindrali is a large ogre-like figure with grey skin and a bald head.

## See also

* List of characters in the Ice Party arc
List of characters in the Boat Party arc

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The following is a list of characters from the *Autumn in Hieron* arc in which the Boat Party sails south from Velas with plans to visit a tower near Rosemerrow before being attacked by the pirates of the *Kingdom Come* and traveling to the forgotten city of Nacre.

## Adventurers

### Hella Varal

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Hella Varal, the Fighter, is a stern human from Ordenna who wields an ancient sword and addresses problems through violence. She is played by Ali Acampora.

### Lem King

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Lem King, the Bard, is a charming orc who stole a violin from the New Archives and is now on the run. He can use his instrument to produce pattern magic effects. He is played by Jack de Quidt.

### Fero Feritas

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Fero Feritas, the Druid, is a frank and energetic halfling from Rosemerrow who left his hometown to live in the mountains near the New Archives and commune with the wilderness. He possesses the ability to speak with and transform into any animal whose essence he has studied. He is played by Keith J Carberry.

## Velas

* Gregalos
* Morbash
* Captain Calhoun
* Pushy partygoer

## *Kingdom Come*

* Captain Brandish
* Ginny
* Emmanuel Aracia La Salle
* Logan

## Nacre

* Adelaide Tristé
* Giovanni
* Ted
* Tristero
* Ventaro Doce
* Vincenzo
* Veneer
Maelgwyn's Faithful

**Maelgwyn's Faithful** is a sect of the Church of Samothes in Marielda that believes Maelgwyn, a prominent and pious community member who disappeared near the end of the Quiet Year, to be a holy figure.

## Beliefs and practices

The Faithful believe Maelgwyn to be an aspect of Samothes, his son, or blessed in some other way, and await his return.

They believe that the Dark comes first, and then the Heat.

Many members of Maelgwyn's Faithful have long hyphenated names (e.g. Hard-Work-Safe-House, Carolyn Fair-Play-is-a-Fool's-Game, Gentle The-Night-You-Were-Born) akin to names used in some 16th and 17th century Puritan communities.

## Influence

In the years after Maelgwyn's disappearance, the sect became increasingly prominent within Marielda, with major political influence due to its popularity, especially among the affluent and well-connected. Their power continued to grow after Maelgwyn's release from the Memoriam College vault, as the power of the city's older institutions began to dwindle and rumors of Maelgwyn's presence spread through the streets.

Though most heavily based in Orchid Parish, the Faithful have a growing presence in Chrysanthemum, and were able to get the Hanging Gardens of Maelgwyn named after him.

## External links

* "A Boy Named Humiliation: Some Wacky, Cruel, and Bizarre Puritan Names" on Slate
* *Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature* on The Public Domain Review
List of plants

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The following is a list of plants known to exist in Hieron.

* Apple
* Azalea
* Chrysanthemum
* Coconut
* Coffee plant
* Cypress
* Dandelion (aka lion's tooth or wind blossoms)
* Fig
* Flax
* Grape
* Halfling pipeleaf
* Helianthus
* Iris
* Laurel
* Orange
* Orchid
* Peach
* Pear
* Potato
* Quince
* Tomato
* Tulip
* Velasian thyme
* Violet
* Wheat
Highwater

**Highwater** is a spy who defected from the Cult of the Dark Sun to follow Ephrim.

## History

Highwater was sent to tail Ephrim as he left Rosemerrow, keeping an eye on his movements and killing him if he got in their way. Ephrim was able to get the drop on her one night, interrogating her about her mission. Seeing that she was more impressed with his power than committed to the cause, he realized that he could sway her with his inner fire. Having convinced her to follow him, Ephrim sent Highwater to return to her church and tell them that he was dead, before coming to find him if possible and giving him information on their next move.

After the establishment of the Last University as a settlement for refugees, Highwater worked as Ephrim's retainer, notable for being the one who had served him the longest.

## See also

* List of characters in the second Mountain Party arc
List of characters in the first Forest Party arc

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The following is a list of characters involved with the *Winter in Hieron* arc in which the Forest Party travels to Twinbrook, learns of the town's relationship with the nearby settlement of Old Man's Chin, and eventually decides to protect the latter from the Commission of Smoke and Steel.

## Travelers

### Adaire

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Adaire, the Thief, is a human cartographer with criminal ties. Generally mistrustful of authority, she professes an interest in mutually beneficial deals, but generally acts on her own interests. Adaire is played by Janine Hawkins.

### Hadrian

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Hadrian, the Paladin, is a human from Velas who is a devout follower of Samothes and member of the Order of Eternal Princes. Soldier and priest, Hadrian carries himself with divine authority, and his physical prowess is augmented by holy powers. Hadrian is played by Art Tebbel.

### Hella Varal

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Hella Varal, the Fighter, is a stern and angsty human from Ordenna who wields an ancient sword and addresses problems through violence. She is played by Ali Acampora.

### Throndir

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Throndir, the Ranger, is a snow elf from the settlement of Auniq, near the Mark of the Erasure. Having spent much of his life in the wilderness with only Kodiak by his side, Throndir is a skilled marksman and an expert at surviving in the wild. He is played by Andrew Lee Swan.

### Kodiak

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Kodiak is a large dog and Throndir's trusty companion.

### Solomon Cider-Brew

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Solomon "Sol" Cider-Brew is a merchant who has hired the Forest Party to escort his cart from Velas through Twinbrook to Rosemerrow.

## Twinbrook

* Gason
* Lardwulf
* Lesser Regent Rowena Lee

## Ordennan soldiers

* Tavira Shal
* Avora Gental
* Maria
* Porto Porlo Pinta
* Stornras Glasseye

## Old Man's Chin

* Ace
* Anther
* Frond
* Foliage
* Red Jack
* Rosette
* Sprig
* Weaver King

## Others

* Gilbert Lutz
* Gnik
* Exarch Alyosha
* Arrell

## See also

* Forest Party
* List of characters in the second Forest Party arc
Hazel

**Hazel** is a weaver orangemonger who sells her fruit in Red House outside of Remembrance Cobb's butcher shop.

## Appearance

Hazel is somewhat small for a weaver, described as "shrub-sized", with narrow shoulders.

## See also

* List of characters in the *Winter in Hieron* Holiday Special

*Winter in Hieron*: "Homes and Promises" · "Pits and Ladders"
Isaac Adelton

## Isaac Adleton

**Isaac Adelton** is an illusionist who once studied under Fantasmo.

## History

Adelton, a halfling of about 40, is a former student of Fantasmo and even was a research assistant under him, but not a particularly good one. Aside from magic, he was also interested in archaeology and history. He never graduated and left for Rosemerrow, where he began working with Lenny Lenova and the New Old Museum.

At the museum, Adelton used illusion magic to make primitive tools and boxes appear to be examples of fine halfling craftsmanship. Word of this ruse, exposed after being dispelled by Fantasmo, led to the Schism of the New Archives.

In the aftermath of Gilbert Lutz's apparent death, Adelton was captured by the Ordennans occupying Knoll Hollow. However, while in their custody, he was transported into the Study by Arrell, where he remained for some time.

After exiting the Study, Adelton joined a group of bandits residing in the New Archives. He encountered and briefly fought Hella, Lem and Fero, who apprehended him and took him to the Last University. He was held captive and interrogated before being allowed to leave. His whereabouts are currently being tracked by Lem.

 See also

* List of characters in the first Mountain Party arc
* List of characters in the Rosemerrow investigation
List of characters in the Ice Party arc

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The following is a list of characters involved with the arc in which the Ice Party travels to investigate the Mark of the Erasure.

## Adventurers

### Hadrian

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Hadrian, the Paladin, is a human from Velas who is a devout follower of Samothes and member of the Order of Eternal Princes. Soldier and priest, Hadrian carries himself with divine authority, and his physical prowess is augmented by holy powers. Hadrian is played by Art Tebbel.

### The Great Fantasmo

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The Great Fantasmo, the Wizard, is an old elf who once taught aspiring mages at the Lost University. Introverted and condescending, he is always keen to study spells and magical artifacts, and scorns opposing worldviews. Fantasmo is played by Nick Scratch.

### Throndir

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Throndir, the Ranger, is a snow elf from the settlement of Auniq, near the Mark of the Erasure. Having spent much of his life in the wilderness with only Kodiak by his side, Throndir is a skilled marksman and an expert at surviving in the wild. He is played by Andrew Lee Swan.

### Kodiak

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Kodiak is a large dog and Throndir's trusty companion.

## Wilderness

* Mee Kosh
* Kindrali's impostor

## Auniq

* Belador
* Thelian

## Mark of the Erasure

* Sunder Havelton
* Uklan Tel
* Tabard Alon
* Hella Varal (alternate universe)

## A Doomed God in the Past of the Ruins

* Samot
* The Wolf
* The God of Wolves
Memoriam College

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**Memoriam College** may refer to:

* The Rector and College of the Last Living Spirits, in Memoriam, For Their Service Awarded the Grace and Wisdom of Our Proctor, Originality Alive; a college in Marielda
* The Rector and College of the Last Living Spirits, In Memoriam, For Their Service Awarded the Grace and Wisdom of Our Protector, the Dark Son of Originality; a college and cathedral in The Buoy
High Sun Day

> *This article is about the yearly event. For the song of the same name, see Marielda: Friends At The Table Soundtrack, The Interlude. For the day of the week, see Sunday.*
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**High Sun Day**, also known as the **Day of High Sun**, **Sun Day**, or the **Long Day**, is a major holiday in Hieron on the last day of the year. It is the longest day of the year, with 20 hours of daylight.

## Occurrence

The space between each Day of High Sun (and, consequently, the length of a year) is not entirely consistent; rather, although the week in which it occurs can be predicted, observation is required during that week to see on which day the sun rises early enough.

The Day of High Sun is always considered to be a Sunday, resetting the week no matter what day came before it.
Mitta Parr

**Mitta Parr** is a snow elf exile from Auniq with criminal ties.

## History

The party's investigation during the *Autumn in Hieron* holiday special revealed that Mitta had been hired by Ordenna to break Therat Saal out of prison. However, Throndir recognized her desperation and empathized with her as a fellow Auniq exile, and through his intercession she was able to escape Velas.

Between seasons, Mitta contacted Throndir and asked him to take part in the peace negotiations between goblins and snow elves, which he did.

Mitta resurfaced during the investigation of Gilbert Lutz's murder in Rosemerrow, where she had moved after leaving Velas. Adaire was able to recognize her underworld connections and got her to pass on information about Blake Bromley's whereabouts.

 See also

* List of characters in the *Autumn in Hieron* Holiday Special
* List of characters in the Rosemerrow investigation