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House Aubergine

**House Aubergine** was one of the great drag houses in the Age of Queens. It was known for its great works improving life for people around the world.

## Herstory

Their house was based out of a glittering pink palace. They had a large theater where they held performances and auditioned new members. Applicants had to undergo four Trials: Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve, and Talent.

The forces of the shady side came for the house, corrupting elder member, Madame Lepus. She retreated into the Shady Pines forest. When they next auditioned new members, they sent the foursome, Erika Klash, KaiKai Bee Michaels, Kitty Powers, and Pollo del Mar, to go into the forest and take back her wig, a source of her power. Fellow house member Melba von Toast asks them to try and get her to come back to the light side. The applicants manage to dispel the shade from their elder, and bring her back, earning their place in the house.

Among the many great works of the house was working at Camp Crystal Lake. One year, a team of queens including Erika, Kitty, Pollo, and Rock M. Sakura managed to locate a lost camper who had turned into a monster and rescue him and other campers.

Overcoming the forces of Shade again, the team of Erika, KaiKai, Kitty, and Pollo triumphed at the Cornball competition, despite interference by corrupted members of House Effluvia.

At the end of the Age, members of the house left for Fire Island along with other houses, and established the Glamazons within the city of Glamalala. Memorials to the house's members line the outer edges of the Glamazon countryside and their treasured songs are still played at festivals.

## Notable Members

Elder Members:

* Mama (Leader)
* Madame Lepus
* Melba von Toast

Novices:

* Erika Klash - half-orc fighter
* KaiKai Bee Michaels - high elf wizard
* Kitty Powers - half-elf bard
* Pollo del Mar - goliath barbarian
* Rock M. Sakura - half-elf sorceress

### Notable Accomplishments

* Staffing Camp Crystal Light Summer Camp
* Winners of the Cornball Competition

****House Aubergine****: Erika Klash - KaiKai Bee Michaels - Kitty Powers - Pollo del Mar - Rock M. Sakura
**Haus of Geek**: Fox E Kim - Jo Mama - Lucy Stoole
**Tuckernauts**: Kamaree Williams - Nocturna Lee Mission - The Other Jeannie Retelle - Utica Queen
**Others**: BenDeLaCreme - Bosco - Old Witch
Jambos

**Jambos *(Ang. Jambu)*** - Deszczoskrzydły brat Glorii.

## Historia

Jambosa spotykamy w "Ukrytym Królestwie". Prowadzi przydział "Nauka latania w koronach drzew" i opowiada Glorii o zwyczajach plemienia. Potem wyrusza przez tunel do Królestwa Lodu i przebiera się za Pingwina ( jego cytaty są na tej stronie: /link\ ) razem z Glorią przebraną za Zamieć. Wraca z Namorzynem do lasu i ponownie pojawia się w zawodach o koronę w konkurencji "Latanie w koronach drzew". Nie udaje mu się wygrać, ponieważ leniwce zrzucają lianę, w której się zaplątuje. Potem w "Najjaśniejszej Nocy" wypowiada się na temat liczenia do dwudziestu.

## Wygląd

Jambos lubi przybierać barwy jaskrawego różu. Ten kolor razi oczy. Gloria uważa, że Jambos zna tylko dwa nastroje - szczęście i przygnębienie.

## Charakter

Jambos jest energiczny, roztrzepany i nieco niepoważny. Nie jest ciekawy świata poza lasem deszczowym. Jest zawsze radosny i nie przyjmuje do wiadomości faktu istnienia okrutnych smoków. Z tego powodu prawdopodobnie nie byłby w stanie wykonać nawet najprostszego zadania poprawnie. Uwielbia hamak. Bardzo podoba mu się w wiosce Deszczoskrzydłych i nie potrafi wyobrazić sobie innego życia.

## Galeria

Jambos autorstwa Wodospad z DeszczoskrzydłychScena z Ukrytego Królestwa autorstwa Wodospad z Deszczoskrzydłych
Queens of Adventure (podcast)

**Queens of Adventure** is a podcast featuring Drag Queens playing Dungeons and Dragons. It is created by Matt Baume and James Morris and produced out of Seattle, Washington.

## Overview

The podcast features primarily an ongoing story line of real world drag queens portraying fictionalized versions of their own characters through a fantasy realm. The world is loosely based off of Dungeons & Dragons lore, but with a lot of its own lore mixed in. Episodes of the podcast come out biweekly. Bonus episodes, which feature other casts, other adventures, and behind the scenes content, comes out monthly to listeners who have supported the show via Kickstarter and Patreon.

## Herstory

Matt and James have explained that they wanted to do a podcast featuring drag queens and dungeons and dragons for several years, but were not sure how to integrate the two cohesively initially, as drag includes so much performance and visual components not able to be used in a podcast. They asked themselves the question: How do we incorporate live show elements to this show? The answer they came up with was, initially, to leave it as a live show.

In Summer 2017, they reached out to local performers to come up with a group of queens who might be amenable to their idea. On August 31st, 2017, the first live show was performed at the Timbre Room in Seattle. The show proved to be a success and more shows were scheduled in October and December of that year. In between, the cast got together to record trial episodes that explored character backstories further and tested whether the format could work.

March 2nd, 2018, Matt and James launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a first season with a goal of $3000. By the campaign's end they had received pledges totaling over $10,000. In May, they released the first four live shows and interstitial shows as Season Zero. Then, on May 30th, 2019, the first episode of Season One was released.

Episodes continued biweekly since then, and has seen the cast explore the setting of Fire Island, an island tied to the legacy of the Legendary Queens of the past which has found itself under Siege by a Kracken. Along the way, two additional queens joined the main cast.

Live shows have continued, including some in San Francisco and at conventions. These, along with other recordings, were released to financial backers as Bonus Episodes. In August 2020, a second Kickstarter campaign was launched to raise funds to bring the show to the midwest. Based on this campaign, live shows were recorded in Chicago and Minneapolis. With these live shows, enough bonus material existed to be too difficult to release quickly. To address this, and to bring these episodes to more listeners, in March 2020 a 2nd podcast was released: Queens of Adventure Legends.

## Where to Find It

The podcast can be found at the show's website: https://queensofadventure.com/

It can also be found in most major podcast platforms, including:

* Apple Podcasts

* Spotify
* Google Play
* Stitcher
* Overcast
* Subscribe on Android
Lucy Stoole

Promotional Art of Lucy Stoole

> "*Seems everyone had a bit too much of the gigglebush tonight.*"
> ― Lucy Stoole
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**Lucy Stoole** is a dwarf wizard and drag adventurer and a member of the Haus of Geek.

## Herstory

At some unknown point in her life, Lucy Stoole became a member of the drag adventurer collective known as the Haus of Geek.

### Fall Faerie Festival

One year, Lucy and her fellow Haus of Geek members Fox E Kim and Jo Mama were hired to perform in the Fall Faerie Festival. After their number, Queen Titania tasked the trio with a quest: To fetch the last Pumpkin Spice of the season before Winter arrived.

Lucy used her vehicle proficiency to try and find a vehicle for the group, but only found three skateboards. Regardless, she pressed forward. As the group progressed, Lucy proved to be easily amused by the various fey beings they met.

Her arcane knowledge afforded her a repertoire of songs that she tried to use to charm and befriend various animals and magical beings, sometimes successfully. Despite her easy going, friendly demeanor, when the group was attacked by a giant scarecrow she finished it off with one spell.

After successfully acquiring the spice, Lucy was awarded one wish by Queen Titania. Her friendly and outgoing nature led to her wishing to have sex with all consenting fey at the festival.

## Character Sheet

Lucy Stoole is a hill dwarf wizard of the school of abjuration.

#### Equipment/Items

* Scroll of Cucci's Hideous Laughter
* Brewing Equipment

#### Spells

* Charm Person
* Invisibility
* Ray of Sickness
* Invisible Helper

## Behind the Queens

Lucy Stoole is a drag queen from Chicago. She was initially going to appear in a live show in May 2018 prior to the show's cancellation. In October 2019 she was able to officially join the show.

She was awarded Best Drag Performer in Chicago in the Chicago Nightlife Awards in 2016, and was the emcee of the first Chicago is a Drag festival in Summer 2019. OUT Magazine named her, along with Chicago cast sister Jo Mama, one of their Hot 100 for 2020 due to her activism, including leading the "Drag March for Change" as part of the Black Lives Matter movement, and calling for changes in the Chicago drag community.

You can find her website at lucystoole.com

Lucy Stoole on Instagram.

**House Aubergine**: Erika Klash - KaiKai Bee Michaels - Kitty Powers - Pollo del Mar - Rock M. Sakura
**Haus of Geek**: Fox E Kim - Jo Mama - **Lucy Stoole**
**Tuckernauts**: Kamaree Williams - Nocturna Lee Mission - The Other Jeannie Retelle - Utica Queen
**Others**: BenDeLaCreme - Bosco - Old Witch
Glamadrome

The **Glamadrome** is a large performance venue located in the city of Glamalala on Fire Island.

The central area of the glamadrome features a large glass floor with small holes throughout that allow mists to rise up from a large pool of water underneath. Complex magic spells in the Glamadrome allow for images to be projected onto the mist creating realistic images, and wall of force spells, known sometimes as the fourth wall, allow those images to have the illusion of being physical and tangible. This allows for virtually any kind of performance needed.

The venue serves two primary purposes for the citizens of the city. First, it is used for large scale purposes. During the annual Founders Day celebration, the Glamadrome hosts elaborate, interpretive recreations of the history of the city.

An important ritual in the life of Glamazons, the Coming Out Ceremony or Glah-mitzvah, can be performed here, where participants use the space to show who they truly are. For this purpose they will often call up theater spaces from the Great Houses, such as the House of Wunderbred.

Lastly, when enough people are interested in becoming Butch Queens, the space can be used for training. The projections can call up a large variety of historical scenarios from the days of the Great Houses to put trainees through. In some cases, trainees may even do better than the historical records.

Attached to the Glamadrome are dormitory facilities for trainees and trainers, such as Remoulade.

## Behind the Queens

The Glamadrome bears strong similarities to (and is called out on this in show) both the Holodek in Star Trek, and the Danger Room from various X-Men franchises.
Agatha Crustie

**Agatha Crustie** is a tourist and amateur detective who traveled aboard he SS Salty Starfish and befriended Booty and the Hofish.

## Herstory

While traveling to Fire Island, Agatha watched a performance by Booty and the Hofish on board the SS Salty Starfish, while reading a mystery novel by Jessica Feltcher. After the show, during a meet and greet, someone cast a spell of darkness and stole the queen's Ice Scepter, a valuable artifact.

The queens were delayed in searching for it by an attack by seaspawn on the deck. After it was safe, she offered to help them locate her staff. Using her persuasive powers, she convinced Captain Zeta Jones to give them a peek at the crew manifest, and she determined three possible candidates to interview: Apollonia Dumont, Father Andson, and Herman Friday. The queens insight told them she was trustworthy, and she impressed them by showing she knew Draglish, the secret language of drag queens.

After the interviews, she was present when the queens accused the thief, Father Andson. Shortly after the ship was attacked by a Kracken and sunk. Agatha's fate is unknown, although likely she perished along with most of the rest of the crew and passengers.

## Behind the Queens

* Agatha Crustie is based off of a combination of detective story novelist Agatha Christie, her character Miss Marple, and Jessica Fletcher (the source of the author Crustie was reading) from Murder She Wrote - both characters played by Angela Lansbury.
* In addition to being a character in the show, Agatha Crustie is the drag persona of DM Matt. He donned dragged as the character for the first time a year and a half after the live show, in a special live stream on youtube, where the professional queens did Matt's makeup.
Seaspawn

**Seaspawn** are a breed of monsters, linked to the Kracken and the Kracken Priest. They are undead creatures, of humanoids brought back to life infused mystically with pieces of sea life. Their forms are varied, and their weapons and abilities go along with the changes to their forms.

Booty and the Hofish first encountered them aboard the SS Salty Starfish before the Kracken sank the ship. They have been a frequent enemy throughout the group's adventures on Fire Island, most commonly attacking the Golden Palace casino.

As they are created from people who died at sea, or were dragged under water during an attack, many of them are people that defenders of the island know. One of them resembles a woman Booty and the Hofish met on the Salty Starfish: Apollonia Dumont. Their friend and ally Gnomi Malone was also partially turned into a seaspawn, given a crab claw.

Seaspawn variations include:

* Squid - covered in squid-like tentacles, able to spit black ink. Nicknamed 'Trish'
* Electric Eel - crackling with electricity
* Fish-head -
* Shark - has a fin on its back
* Puffer fish - able to inflate a skin sack and float into the air - also can fire poison quills
* Crab legs - also has crab claws

The spawn have limited intelligence and cannot speak common. They are able to do some higher thinking as one was able to not only identify what a bottle of wine was, but also turn it into a Molotov cocktail and operate a lighter to ignite the weapon.
Carol

**Carol** is a Horned Devil from the Nine Hells, initially charged with a mission to defeat the Kracken.

## Herstory

After the Kracken was freed from its Water Plane prison, the underlings of Archdevil Judy were set to work to destroy it once and for all. Carol was assigned oversight with a plan to lure the Kracken into the center of the Glama Archipelago, and use magmen to blow up the islands, killing, or at least resealing, their boss's ancient foe inside a mass of hardened magma.

Carol delegated the tasks to Barb, a barbed devil who served under them. Barb, not wanting to do all the hard work and receive none of the credit, began to hatch other schemes. After forming a partial alliance with a group of HOGs on the island, including tiefling Butylene O'Kipple, Barb told Carol of the summit between the HOGs and the Glamazons. Carol attacked it with a group of infernal beings including a Nightmare, but was quickly beaten up by the allies. Carol called for help from Barb, who appeared and refused. In anger, Carol called their boss, Bernadette, a pit fiend. Bernadette heard Carol and Barb's sides, and supporting evidence from Butylene and others, and determined Barb was better qualified to run the operation alongside the Glamazons and HOGs. Bernadette dragged Carol back to the Nine Hells.

## Behind the Queens

* Like most devils introduced in the series so far, Carol is named for a famous Broadway diva.
Cher

> "*We're going to do some wisdom saving throws to see who can possibly resist Cher. The answer, of course, is nobody.*"
> ― DM Matt
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**Cher,** also known as Aphroheidi and the Dark Lady, is an enigmatic goddess in the world of Queens of Adventure, who descended to the world in a clam shell, and is a figure of worship for many. She, like all water gods, is connected to the primal water force of the world.

Born as Cherilyn, five thousand years ago, she first took the stage name Bonnie Joe Mason before becoming best known only as Cher. Her best friends were an imagined pair of lumberjacks. She ran away from home as a child by stealing a horse, but later called her mother to come get her. A few years later she was imprisoned for stealing a horseless carriage. She once owned a cat named Mr Bigs, and has a collection of elephants. Among her many trials and tribulations, Cher once survived crashing a flying birdless carriage she was controlling.

Three thousand years ago, she was one of many goddesses whom people would paint murals of, astride or next to large animals, on the side of carts and vans.

Devoutees are known to pray to her via song and dance. They keep their heads shaved so they can wear wigs, much like their goddess.

One of her clerics, Fraya Love, found her connection to her goddess severed, and set out on a journey to find herself, her connection, and her powers. On this journey she entered the Wigsnatch competition alongside three other queens. Due to her shaken faith, she struggled in a challenge based around religious knowledge of Cher.

A few weeks later, Fraya underwent a series of trials beneath the legendary House of Wunderbred, found a locket in a dumpster. This item was forged for the leaders of the house in ages past to channel divine power. After Fraya prayed to her goddess to summon some of her powers, Cher made herself known through the locket to help heal and empower Fraya and her companions to defeat the shady magics of Lady Edith Wunderbred and her shade monsters.

Fraya would routinely call upon Cher throughout her travels, adventures, and performances. When a ship Fraya and companions were on sank, Cher spoke to them saying, "I got you, babes," and guided their unconscious bodies to beneficial locations on Fire Island.

While on Fire Island, Fraya met another devotee to Cher, the warforged Paladin Cher Noble, and they became friends and allies. Cher Noble occasionally turned to Fraya for religious guidance.
L002 Pax West 2018

DM Matt, Harlotte, Arson, Old Witch - photo by DM Matt

> "*Stop trying to make fletch arrows happen!*"
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At the **PAX West 2018** convention, Queens of Adventure hosted a live show panel. The episode was recorded, but the audio quality was poor and unsalvageable, making it unreleasable. It is the second live show to be lost.

## Synopsis

Not much is known of this show. It involved three queens facing off against the extra-dimensional entity in the form of a Giant Baby who put them through a series of trials.

### Characters

#### Party

* Arson Nicki - drow warlock
* Harlotte O'Scara - human rogue
* Old Witch - half-elf sorceress (debut)

## Behind the Queens

* This the first and only appearance to date of Old Queen. This makes her the second one-show queen whose episode is lost, after Rock M Sakura.
* This show continues the trend of shows at convention panels feature the queens encountering the Giant Floating Baby in the World of Wonders.

**Greetings From Fire Island**: Ch1 - Ch2 - Ch3 - **The Show Must Go On**: Ch1 - Ch2 - Ch3 - Ch4
**Operation Watersport**: Ch1 - Ch2 - Ch3 - Ch4 - Ch5 - Ch6 - Ch7 - **Trials**: Ch1 - Ch2 - Ch3 - Ch4
**Ghosts of the Coast**: Ch1 - Ch2 - Ch3 - **The Devil's Due**: Ch1 - Ch2 - Ch3 - Ch4
**Special**: The Story So Far
**The Beautiful Place**: Ch1 - Ch2 - Ch3 - Ch4 - Ch5 - Ch6 - **A Dance in the Dark**: Ch1 - Ch2 - Ch3 - Ch4
**Drama in the Deep**: Ch1 - Ch2 - Ch3 - Ch4 - Ch5 - Ch6 - **Whispers From the Heart**: Ch1 - Ch2 - Ch3 - Ch4 - Ch5 - Ch6
**Danger Rangers!**: Ch1 - Ch2 - Ch3 - Ch4 - Ch5 - Ch6
**Mist Connections**: Ch1 - Ch2
**Unreleased**
Lost: Camp Crystal Light - **Pax West 2018** --  vs the Lizard People
Live Shows: Seattle Style -- Minneapolis Style
Bernadette

**Bernadette** is a Pit Fiend, and devilish supervisor.

## Herstory

Bernadette has risen through the ranks of the Nine Hells to the rank of Pit Fiend, in servitude to the Archdevil Judy.

They were summoned to Fire Island by their underling, Carol, who had been assigned the task of preparing the island chain to be destroyed to defeat the Kracken, Judy's longtime adversary.

Carol had been in battle with a group of Glamazons and HOGs, and had called for help from their underling, Barb, who had refused to help. Carol asked their boss for help, and Barb challenged for Carol's position.

Bernadette heard arguments from Carol and from Barb, who claimed to be doing all the hard work, and better work, than Carol had been tasked to do. Butylene O'Kipple supported the claim, convincing Bernadette to side with Barb.

The pit fiend left, taking Carol with them, but warning Barb that if he didn't succeed, Judy would come and take over.

## Behind the Queens

* Like the other devils, Bernadette is named after a Broadway diva: Bernadette Peters.
Kracken Priest

> "*It's basically a lot of tentacles in a trench coat.*"
> ― Fraya Love
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The **Kracken Priest** is a creature that serves its master, the Kracken. Their bodies are masses of sea creature pieces. They can command elemental powers, and channel the power of the Kracken through altars in order to do their bidding, including creating and controlling undead seaspawn.

A Kracken Priest worked in a submarine cave off the coast of Fire Island during the Siege of the Kracken.

## Herstory

Who this Kracken Priest was before becoming a fish monster is not known. One theory states he was Father Andson, the new rector for the town of Watersport, who was involved in the theft of the Ice Scepter on board the SS Salty Starfish before the Kracken sunk the ship. If so, he was anointed as the Kracken Priest that very night, the full moon.

He was assigned the task of finding a way into the Ziggurat on the central island of the archipelago, and retrieving the powerful artifact inside. To this end, he raised the dead from shipwrecks on the seafloor into seaspawn, and sent them against the residents of the island, dragging anyone they can get their hands or claws or tentacles on into the water and before the priest to become more seaspawn. Those who seem to possess knowledge or skills he might need he will allow to live, so long as they assist him. He partially transformed one prisoner, Gnomi Malone, to motivate the researcher into completing his work researching how to fulfill the Kracken's goal.

The priest's attacks on the island drained him, and he rested between assaults in a rune covered seashell embedded in an idol of the Kracken. He rose at high tides to dispatch his forces.

A group of prisoners, including Booty and the Hofish, orchestrated an escape. While all Kracken Priests build their lairs differently, they usually have similar chambers in similar arrangements. Using this knowledge, the prisoners found the Altar Chamber and escaped through a tunnel to the surface, while Booty and the Hofish and a few others remained to destroy the altar, and slay the priest.

The death blow impaled the Kracken Priest's Heart on a spear, which the group took with them, as it radiated with power.

According to Dampthroat, another servant of the Kracken, their Master intends to create a new Kracken Priest at the next full moon, from one of the 'candidates' around the island.
BenDeLaCreme

BenDeLaCreme at DragCon - photo courtesy of DM Matt

**BenDeLaCreme** is a half-elf drag queen adventurer of mysterious origin. Skilled as a sorceress, she was summoned by an extra-dimensional being to participate in a drag competition.

## Herstory

DeLa was summoned from an unknown place in time and space to the World of Wonder by a Giant Floating Baby. There she was put in competition against other drag adventurers to determine who was the best queen of all time.

Rather than give into the being's rules, DeLa and the other queens worked together over and over again. DeLa was particularly against following the rules, as when tasked with pruning a topiary bear, she chose instead to give her dagger to the bear so it could trim itself.

In the end, the dimensional being was impressed by the Queen's teamwork, and was shown the true power of drag and sent the Queens back to where they came from.

## Behind the Queens

BenDeLa is a Seattle based drag queen and burlesque performer. She is best known as a contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race, having placed 5th in Season 6 and earning the title of Miss Congeniality, and placing 6th in All-Stars Season 3 after earning the most wins of the season and choosing to leave the competition. She is the narrator of the web series *Capitol Hill* and has starred in several touring shows including *Terminally Delightful**.***

BenDeLaCreme on Instagram

House Aubergine: Erika Klash - KaiKai Bee Michaels - Kitty Powers - Pollo del Mar - Rock M. Sakura
Others: **BenDeLaCreme** - Old Witch
Silvercheeks

**Silvercheeks** is a recurring name for villains within the Queens of Adventure universe. Both are wealthy men who exploit marginalized communities.

## Herstory

### Yacht Club

A man named Humphrey Silvercheeks bought a stretch of beach that had once, many years earlier, been home to a group of legendary Surf Queens. The queens had defeated a Yacht Club that had once tried to take the land from them. Humphrey wished to restart the Yacht Club and finish what they started.

On the last day before he was due to become owner, the descendants of the Surf Queens held one last Surf Queens Memorial Weenie Roast, and hired drag adventurers Bootie and the Hofish to perform. After Humphrey came to gloat, the queens sent him packing by embarrassing him with soiled clothing. They then went looking for a lost treasure of the Surf Queens. When they returned with the artifact, a driftwood sculpture of a surfing poodle, Humphrey revealed he wanted them to find it as the poodle controlled a Sand Golem. He activated it and had it attack the beach. The adventurers and the beach partiers defeated the golem with the help of the spirits of the Surf Queens and the beach was declared a Herstorical Landmark. Humphrey left in defeat, but not before being doused in beach water by water genasi Fraya Love.

### Greenharbor

Lord Silvercheeks was the ruler of the town of Greenharbor. He lived in opulence in a fort above the town, although much of the day to day ruling was done by his corrupt Sheriff. Silvercheeks hated magic and banned it from the community, even though a large number of its members were magically gifted.

A trio of drag adventurers, Orcika, Illusia, and Rock M Sakura, joined forces with the citizens in rebelling. The trio raided the fort, and attacked Silvercheeks. However, Sheriff Leer used this opportunity to try and seize complete power. The queens defeated the Sheriff as well, and both corrupt leaders were taken into custody. The town then changed its name to Rainbowharbor.

## Behind the Queens

It is possible that both Silvercheeks are related. However, both adventures are considered to be in alternate continuity and may not exist in the same reality. Mostly this is just a fun recurring element.
KaiKai Bee Michaels

Promotional art by Justin Hall

> "*I'm a mage, so, I'll put a spell on you. Because you're mine.*"
> ― KaiKai Bee Michaels
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**KaiKai Bee Michaels** is a High-Elf Wizard, and a member of the legendary drag house Aubergine. She and her house sisters were known for their great works, their heroic exploits, and their crown-worthy competitions.

## History

### Pre-Show

Nothing is known of KaiKai's past before joining House Aubergine.

### House Aubergine

   KaiKai was one of four queens who auditioned to be members of the legendary House Aubergine. They were tasked for their Trial of Nerve to head into the Shady Pines to retrieve the wig of Madame Lepus, a former member of House Aubergine who had gone to the Shady side. She called upon her owl familiar to help scout through the forest at the outset of their quest. In the end, she and her fellow queens convinced Madame Lepus to return to the true ways of drag and returned with them. KaiKai was accepted into the house.

At the annual Cornball competition, KaiKai faced off against a team from House Effluvia who used shade to try and win the competition. Utilizing the power of true drag, KaiKai and her team were triumphant over House Effluvia.

### Later Career

It is unknown how long KaiKai remained with House Aubergine, or what her eventual fate is.

### Alternate Continuity

In another continuity, KaiKai was known as Illusia. She accompanied her fellow queens Rock M Sakura and Orcika to the town of Greenharbor. Upon learning of the suffering of the town, she and her friends helped rally the town to overthrow the government and liberate oppressed magic users. The town was renamed Rainbowharbor, KaiKai's suggestion.

## Character Sheet

#### Spells

* Find Familiar
* Firebolt
* Dancing Lights
* Minor Illusion
* Detect Magic

## Behind the Queen

KaiKai Bee Michaels is a San Francisco based Drag Queen and Cosplayer. She can be seen regularly at the Oasis bar in San Francisco, and at WooWoo's Cirq-Us at San Jose's Renegades.

KaiKai also appeared on DM Matt's other podcast, Sewers of Paris, in episode 179.

In September 2020 she participated in, and won, the Fierce and Fun Drag Competition on Instagram. In 2023 she won the High Princx Pageant in San Francisco.

KaiKai Bee Michaels on Instagram.

**House Aubergine**: Erika Klash - **KaiKai Bee Michaels** - Kitty Powers - Pollo del Mar - Rock M. Sakura
**Haus of Geek**: Fox E Kim - Jo Mama - Lucy Stoole
**Tuckernauts**: Kamaree Williams - Nocturna Lee Mission - The Other Jeannie Retelle - Utica Queen
**Others**: BenDeLaCreme - Bosco - Old Witch
Ellen

> "*I would never devulge my level... but I'm a level five.*"
> ― Ellen
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**Ellen** is a Glamazon cleric of the life domain, and an ally of Booty and the Hofish. She is also the daughter of Grand Inquirer Rigo Cayliss.

Throughout her life, she broke the rules of Glamazon society and went through rebeautification. Eventually, she went out to investigate the rise of seaspawn attacks on the island and their connection to ancient legends of a war between a Kracken and an Archdevil. She discovered the Kracken had escaped the otherworldly plane it had been sealed in and was attacking the island.

Her quest led her to be captured by the Seaspawn and taken to the Kracken Priest's lair in the water outside Fire Island. There she found prisoners from the Golden Palace casino. She shared her knowledge with Patrick, another researcher, until more prisoners came, Booty and the Hofish. She recognized their garments as prison outfits of her people, but asked them no questions about what happened. Her cleric skills helped to heal the party and helped them in their battle against the Kracken Priest. After he was slayed, she journeyed with the others to the surface.

Once free, she joined the other escapees in returning to the Golden Palace. On the way they stopped to acquire a ghost light, which needed a battery. As the battery was near a glama bird, she was asked to retrieve it as the others were forbidden by law from interfering with the bird.

That night, she was invited to join a council at the Golden Palace to help Belfry Ramshackle prepare a proposal for Mutual Defense with the Glamazons. She agreed to offer her knowledge the next day at the summit, explaining the legends of the Kracken vs Archdevil conflict. Her father Rigo was the head of the Glamazon contingent and displeased with her presence with the HOGs, and took her home with him, where she would undergo rebeautification. The party tried to protest this, but she shrugged it off having been through it before.

## Behind the Queens

Ellen was named by backer Lamont Du Pont, whose name was also used for another character, Lamont Du Pont IV.
Lost Mines of Phandelver

**The Lost Mines of Phandelver** is a Dungeons and Dragons campaign, designed for new players. It was the basis of the table play for two Queens of Adventure bonus episodes, and it was the first time an official Dungeons and Dragons story was used in the podcast.

## Background

The Lost Mines of Phandelver was released by Wizards of the Coast in July of 2014 as part of the Starter Set to introduce players to the game, and remains in the starter set to this day.

In the adventure, a dwarf, Gundren Rockseeker, hires the players to help him in verifying the existence of a legendary mine where magical artifacts were enchanted. The players go to the town of Phandalin, where many forces are interested in this mine, and many sidequests can be undertaken before the party finds the mine. Known as Wave Echo Cave, the mine features many possible avenues for exploration and encounters.

The module can take only a few game sessions, or fill up a year, depending on how comprehensively a party wants to explore. It is designed for characters of level 1 through 5.

### Cragmaw Kerfuffle

After guiding Fraya Love and Arson Nicki through the process of leveling up to Level 5, DMs Matt and James ran them through the first part of the campaign, where the party discovers that Gundren and his friend Sildar Halwinter have been captured by a gang of goblins led by the bugbear, Klarg. The queens and their npc companion, Conchita Best, effect a rescue through the gang's hideout. Along the way they manage to turn Blek, one of the goblins, into an undead servant they name Mr. S.

### Release the Meat

In the second part of the adventure, Fraya, Arson, Gundren, and Sildar reach the town of Phandalin, and say goodbye to Conchita. They discover Irene Dubois there, who joins their cause. The adventure jumps straight to the Lost Mine, where the group encounters Mormesk the Wraith, who guards a treasure. He agrees to give it to them if they defeat a being known as the Spectator, guarding the Forge of Spells. After convincing the Spectator to leave the caves, they acquire a mystical green flame and a glowing mace. The mace terrifies Mormesk, who opens a passage that he claims leads to deeper treasures. He laughs as the passage closes behind the queens.

## Behind the Queens

Both parts of the adventure to date were played at recording sessions where the entire core group was not available, and the adventures followed immediately after Behind the Queens recordings. The Behind the Queens segment was included in Cragmaw Kerfuffle, but was released separately, a month before Release the Meat, in The Fur Hole.

It is unknown if there will be any further segments of the module played with the Queens.
Lolth

> "*Wherefore art thou, Spider-Goddess?*"
> ― Arson Nicki
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**Lolth** is an ancient spider deity, worshiped by the Drow of the Underdark. She was sealed away in ancient times, but more recently it is believed she has broken free.

## Herstory

In the Age of Gods, Lolthwas worshiped by the Drow of the Underdark across the Realm. It is believed that she, and many of the other Old Gods, were sealed away. The reasons for her being sealed are unknown.

In the early years after the Age of Queens, a group of Drow living in an Underdark city beneath Fire Island, went to the surface and befriended the Glamazon population they found there, and helped defend their city. In exchange, the Glamazons taught them about beauty and the ancient art of Drag. According to legends, Lolth was unhappy with this, and she cursed these drow to become driders, monstrous creatures half elf and half giant spider. The rest of the drow, were ordered deeper under the surface of the planet. The driders were driven mad by their curse and had to be sealed away beneath the undercity. This legend raises doubts about whether Lolth was truly sealed away or if some intermediary force assisted her in cursing the Drag Drow.

In the modern age, during a summit held by the Glamazons and their Honored Outside Guests, Glamazon Cleric Ellen suggested in a presentation that many of the Old Gods, including Lolth, may be breaking free. What evidence Ellen had for Lolth in particular was not made apparent.

## Behind the Queens

Lolth, unlike most deities in Queens of Adventure, is an actual character in Dungeons and Dragons, and is the goddess of the Drow as she is in the podcast, as well as leader of the Drow pantheon, and Queen of the Demonwebs plane of reality.
Whiskey Pickleback

> "*I poured them a Pink Pussy but in fact they wanted a Blow Job.*"
> ― Whiskey
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**Whiskey Pickleback** is a drag queen and monster fighter who appeared during the Minimum Rage series in the One Shot podcast. She is a Lip Sync Assassin and a bartender at the Electric Flames drag bar.

## Herstory

For a time, Whiskey worked at the Library, a drag club in Downtown, where she became a fierce lip sync assassin. For unknown reasons she left Library (with a tab) and began working as a bartender at Electric Flames.

The night of the annual Miss Northwest Sparkplug Continental At-Large Plus Pageant (Flames), the current Mother of Electric Flames sent Whiskey and her colleagues Bootsy and Bunny a copy of a book filled with sea magic and toxic masculinity. Immediately a hooded figure showed up demanding the book. When he was denied, all the booze in the bar turned to sea water.

Needing more information, Whiskey took the book to the Library and consulted her former colleague Miss Mable. She told Whiskey the book was a Dicronomicon, a deadly and dangerous book, and taught her a ritual to keep the book's powers contained.

Upon returning to the club to prepare for the pageant, Whiskey began to hand out drink tickets and make first rounds (with newly restocked alcohol) for the contestants when burly and color washed out sailors began to storm the bar. Recalling Mabel's lessons on purifying songs, Whiskey began a series of performances directly on top of the bar, along with other pageant queens. Though it exhausted her nearly to the point of defeat, she pushed through, going temporarily blind in one eye after being hit with a beer bottle. Ultimately, channeling magic through flames that erupted on the bar, she pushed back the sailors and a tentacled monster that tried to emerge into the bar.

After the pageant, Mother sent a message thanking the queens for protecting the book, which she took back. Whiskey would go on to do a three month residency at Library, one night a week, in order to pay off her debt.

## Character Sheet

**CLASS:** Lip Sync Assassin: Hearty-2  Brainy-3  Savvy-3

**TALENTS:** Strutting, Twerking, Reading

**ITEM:** Boombox (for lip syncs). White lifted pick up truck with a bumper sticker that reads "One in the pink; fist in the stink."

**ABILITY:**

* Spell casting: On a failed save she can reroll with her Savvy.

**LOOK:**  Short shorts, stripper heals, and a shredder tank top.

## Behind the Queens

Whiskey is the third alternate character created by Fraya Love, and the first one to appear in multiple episodes, although not in the main feed of Queens of Adventure. Fraya herself has worked as a bartender, and may have based her character's job on that experience.

**The Party**: Bunsen "Bunny" Burner - Bootsy - **Whiskey Pickleback**
**Other**: Downtown - Electric Flames - One Shot Podcast - Interview with James D'Amato
Melba von Toast

**Melba von Toast** is a dwarf cleric and drag queen of high standing within House Aubergine.

It is unknown how long Melba has been a member of the House, only that she has been around long enough to have known fellow house queen Madame Lepus well. When she learned that her house sister had fallen to the shady sign, and a team of novice queens were being dispatched to Shady Pines forest to retrieve Lepus's wig, she ran to meet the party. Melba provided them with a snow globe she said would have the power to remind Lepus who she was, and entrusted it to KaiKai Bee Michaels. The artifact proved instrumental to breaking the hold of shade over Madame Lepus.

After an incident where house queens worked at Camp Crystal Light and defeated a powerful enchantress who was stealing campers, Melba became caretaker of a mole the team took from the dark magic user. The mole, nicknamed D'Arcy the house elf by its rescuers, became somewhat of a team mascot.

Melba acted as the team's dresser, showing off her seamstress skills, during the next Cornball, an annual interhouse drag competition. When rival House Effluvia summoned a Drag Golem to attack the festival, Melba's advanced skills led her to institute a plan where she set up a powerful song to break the shady magic's power, but it required the combined efforts of all the drag houses to enact the ritual.
Slaggbottom Cove

**Slaggbottom Cove** is a region of Fire Island, and home to a number of tourist attractions and resorts run by Honored Outside Guests (HOGs) of the Glamazons. It is found along the southern edge of the island and directly west of the Radiant Rise mountains.

## Herstory

Little is known of the history of Slaggbottom Cove. It's name implies a connection to the volcanic nature of the island, as slag refers to leftover material in metal refining and volcanic processes. The name is likely connected with the Slaggevue Temple which was built in this area of the island.

Under the Treaty of Fire Island, this region was included in the western part of the island granted to the HOGs for tourism. A number of venues and attractions could be found here, including the Golden Palace casino, which was renovated from the old Temple.

In recent years, stewardship of the Golden Palace and many of the Slaggbottom Cove attractions was transferred to Belfry du Ramshackle of Sknorf.

During the Siege of the Kracken, this area became a constant battlefield against twice daily attacks from seaspawn, as well as a gathering point for survivors from the HOG side of the island.

## Attractions

Tourist attractions on this part of the island include:

* The Banana Hammock Cabana
* Bob's Meaty Pop Shack
* Clam-Destined: Sloppy Seafood
* Fashions by Ogg
* Glideaway Hideaway Parasailing Tours
* The Golden Palace - casino and resort, formerly the Slaggevue Temple
* Hello Horses! Seahorse Tours
* Putt-Putt in the Butt - Erotic Adventure Golf
* Scurvy Pete's Pirate Pavillion
* Snail Trails Wilderness Expeditions
* The Soiled Sailor Discount Baths
* The Three Fingers Inn
* Tubs of Fun
* Zippity-Do-Me - Zipline Speed Dating

## Behind the Queens

The name of this area was first revealed on Discord, in a copy of the Treaty shared with fans after it was shown to the players in March of the HOGs. It was first revealed in story when the players were challenged with identifying the real treaty in Use Your Illusion.
Avernus

**Avernus** is the name of the first of the Nine Hells. It is a setting in D&D and was the location of the two Queens of Adventure: Legends crossovers with the NeoScum podcast.

## Background

Avernus is the closest region of Hell to the mortal plane, and borders the river Styx. As such it is a natural place for souls to arrive after their deaths. Although sometimes mortals will arrive still alive. The region is ruled by various factions who collect soul coins, made from mortal souls, which are the primary currency in the hells.

The region is ruled over by Zariel, Lord of the First.

## Herstory

As mentioned, mortals would occasionally wash up on the shores of the River Styx still alive. The ferryman, upon encountering them, would offer to escort them back across to the mortal planes, at the price of one soul coin per passenger. He would direct them to likely locations in the realm where they might find coins, although he did not typically expect them to return.

The first known group to arrive consisted of Butylene O'Kipple, Fraya Love, Tech Wizard, and Zenith, two pairs of friends from different realms. They were directed to the Hellwasp nests. The group crossed the landscape, convincing one of the guardians of the Hellwasp bile to help them into the nest. There the group rescued Oriol, a captured celestial, and became allies with Apocrita, a hellwasp pupae with visions of queenhood. Together they managed to steal enough coins and help Apocrita stage a coup against the current Hellwasp Queen on her Bone Throne. The battle brought down the nest. Returning to the ferryman, they declined to remain in Hell as warlords after the ferryman suggested it, and crossed the river home.

The second known group consisted of Amon Duul the Third, Arson Nicki, Dak Rambo (and his hog Xanadu), Fox E Kim, and Pox. They were directed to the Citadel of Princeps Kovic, a chain devil. On their trek to the Citadel, they witnessed the Princeps return atop of war machine carrying the bone throne. The party scaled the outer walls and encountered the severed head of a previous mortal who had arrived in Avernus: Aloysius. They helped him get back to his body in the vault where Kovic kept his soul coins. However, Aloysius's head rolled into the throne room, leading to a fight. The group managed to carjack the war machine and rode away to the ferryman. They too declined his suggestion they stay on as warlords, and returned to their respective worlds.

## Appearances

The four crossover episodes first appeared as two bonus episodes.

## Behind the Queens

The choice to use Avernus as the setting for the crossovers may have had to do with the recent release of "Descent Into Avernus", a D&D expansion book. DM Matt had attended a D&D event, "The Descent" in Los Angeles a few months before the recording.
Pomeranian

A **Pomeranian,** named Skippy, and alternatively Kali Ma,has appeared frequently throughout the Queens of Adventure series. It was associated with the House of Wunderbred, and through unknown means has traveled to Fire Island.

### House of Wunderbred

A training illusion used by the Glamazons of Fire Island featured a version of the Pomeranian with white fur from the Age of Queens, owned by Edith Wunderbred, one of the heads of the House of Wunderbred. She said its name was Skippy, and its only skill was sniffing out its favorite snack, peanut butter.

Centuries later, Lady Edith kept a Pomeranian with her as she interviewed a new group of entertainers hired to perform for her at Wundrerbred Manor. This pomeranian had orange fur. When the performers, after being put through a set of trials and fights, by Edith, managed to channel the power of Cher to counteract the shady magic of Lady Edith, the house began to collapse and Edith was knocked out. The Pomeranian looked up at the party, specifically Butlyene O'Kipple and Harlotte O'Scara, as if asking them with its eyes to help its master. It nipped Butylene before Harlotte picked it up, thinking to steal the dog for herself.

When her friends were trapped clinging to the side of a massive abyss that opened in the manor's lobby floor, Harlotte threw the dog into the pit, hoping the sacrifice would save her friends. A blast of hot air sent them to safety. Harlotte, perhaps amused by this situation, perhaps traumatized, would reference it again and again.

### Fire Island

After a shipwreck, Harlotte O'Scare awoke on Fire Island alone on a beach. She was quickly found by the Pomeranian who brought her a mango before leading her into the jungle until the thief found Ranger Richard of the Glamazons who escorted her to safety. As Harlotte was reunited with her friends near the Golden Palace, the Pomeranian, unseen, watched from a nearby hilltop and nodded.

The dog would show up again and again across the island, either being seen or heard by the queens. It's nature and motivation are currently unknown.

## Behind the Queens

* It is unclear whether Skippy the Pomeranian, seen during the Glamazon training illusion, was the exact same Pomeranian Harlotte threw into the abyss, or the same as the one she saw on Fire Island. Certainly no ordinary dog could survive that long, although evidence suggests Lady Edith had extended her lifespan. There is also the issue of fur color. The simulation pomeranian had white fur. It is possible the simulation was at least partially factually inaccurate, as it was from a story from centuries ago, or that the dog's fur could have changed color if magic was in fact used on the dog to extend its lifespan. This might also explain how it survived the abyss.
* The dog being the first thing someone on a desert island sees upon waking up after a crash is similar to the opening scene of the tv show Lost. Hopefully, unlike the dog from Lost, the appearances of the Pomeranian will one day be explained.