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The Vessel

The Vessel so far seems to be just referring to Earth, and our reality in general. It has only been referred to as this by The Hamsa and The Glorious, as well as Charli, after she was consumed by The Cypher.

## Mentions

* Episode 16 - Evening at The Ardent
* Episode 33 - Watch The Blue
* Episode 38 - Apiary
* Episode 43 - Just Perfect
Episode 44 - Disintegrate

**“***The Ardent is sealed. The banishing of the Cypher is underway. Voncid, under censure, has been assigned to the reclaiming of a John Doe rather than assist with the banishing***”**
— **Episode Notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*

## Characters

* Voncid
* Emea
* Olivia Biers-Weather
* Luca
* Pip
* Zane
* Harold
Episode 22 - Dying Up There

**“***The body of Donald Stonelli is found on a New York City sidewalk, all of his bones are completely shattered. Voncid reclaims the story of a bottom of the barrel comedian who, during a set, singled out the wrong person from the audience.***”**
— **Episode Notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*
Mr. Greenstripe

Thought to be an extension of The Rabbit Headed Prince, given the connection of hunting the hunters.

Mr. Greenstripe is described as about the size of a big mink or a hunting dog, with long striped legs like a zebra and a bright green, glossy stripe down its back. It shone even in the headlights and moonlight. It is able to speak.

Largely acts through Dottie Jean Barlow

* Episode 6 - Critter Girl
* Episode 35 - The Manifesto of Dottie Jean
Episode 25 - Echoes

**“***Ian Clemmins has lived with the inexplicable sensation of being stabbed in the gut his entire life. Are these experiences "psychogenic pain events" as the doctors claim, or could they be something else, something forgotten?***”**
— **Episode Notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*
Far and Tall Tales

**“***Scary, Pretty, Sad: Our mantra here at Far and Tall Tales. We seek to create character focused audio drama content that produces a full spectrum of emotions and engages a wide range of human experiences while telling compelling, engaging and chilling stories of fantasy and horror. As storytellers we feel it is our job to be as inclusive and caring as possible, while also challenging the listener with the darker sides of the human experience.***”**
— **From the *Far and Tall Tales* website**

Far and Tall Tales is the creative partnership of R.J. Knutson and Aaron Schoenrock in collaboration with many talented writers and actors based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

They are the creators behind *Ghost Wax* and *Could've Been Heroes*.
Volume 1 Q&A

**“***Our Q&A session for Volume 1 of Season 1 of Ghost Wax, featuring Robert Knutson, Stephanie Olson, and Aaron Schoenrock, in which we answer questions submitted by members of our Discord! Thank you to everyone who submitted questions!***”**
— **Episode Notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*
## Notes

* An extended version of the Q&A can be found on Patreon.
That Which Consumes

## Description

Voncid recognises the entity by it's 'obscene, unnaturally wide smile' .

## History

### Pre-canon

Sometime in the past in Macedon, Voncid defeated That Which Consumes by tricking it into eating it's own body .

### Season 1

The Eater attempts to enter The Vessel through the body of one Madelyn Young, but is thwarted by Voncid .

## Relationships

### Owen Voncid

Voncid has repeatedly prevented The Eater from entering the Vessel, who finds Voncid's attachment to his current body 'weak and sentimental' .

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Episode 21 - Hungry Inside
Episode 28 - Freelancer

**“***While trailing a mark he suspects is connected to the Cypher, aka Mr. Media, Rugen spots someone else on the hunt for the same man. Having located their prey in a trendy little late-night bar, the two hunters have a chat.***”**
— **Episode Notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*
Nash Faraday

## Description

Nash is a silver blade for The Order of Hamsa, so is responsible for tracking and killing monsters.

He is described as being 'dressed like a detective from an old movie' and having 'real dark hair' .

## History

### Season 1

Nash's brings Voncid the recording of Dottie Jean Barlow's jailhouse confession since he is sure that Dottie Jean was assisted by something from the Beyond . Voncid doesn't believe him initially but Nash convinces him to listen to the tape by pointing out how he always goes to kill what Voncid sends him to kill and doesn't give him trouble, and informs him that when Dottie Jean was broken out of jail on the same night she gave her confession, she was aided by three stiff men, assumedly the ones she murdered and taxidermised. Voncid agrees to look into the case and Faraday also discovers the existence of the Wax Cylinders in this episode, pointing out the Order's rules of logging cases, but Voncid reassures him that the Cylinders can only be listened to by him or his future replacement.

Nash leads the team to take down Mathew Gerrard's killer . After May located the shapeshifter Nash and his team were sent to the location before sending a text to Voncid. Voncid, who dislikes texting because it takes too long, calls him and puts him on speaker. During this interaction, the Reclaimer calls Nash by his actual first name, Francis, leading to May teasing him about it.

## Appearances

* Episode 6 - Critter Girl
* Episode 7 - Kill Team
* Episode 19 - Alive Underground
* Episode 20 - Our Unburied Dead (in but doesn't speak)
* Episode 22 - Dying Up There
* Episode 23 - Make Me
* Episode 37 - Shaper
* Episode 39 - Bad Connection

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Episode 7 - Kill Team
2. ↑ Episode 45 - Our Home
3. ↑ Episode 6 - Critter Girl
Episode 13 - Jinx

**“***Liam Mathers became a cat owner in a fairly common way. Discarded, the cat chose a new human. Then the nightmares intensified. Was the timing a coincidence or did the cat bring something sinister with it?***”**
— **Episode notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*
Harold

**“***Hmmm, what an interesting whirring toy you have here… When you listen back to this… I’m sure that’s why you’re making these little logs… trying to keep things straight?  Are your memories getting all fuddy wuddy among the memories of the dead?  Forbidden ground… forbidden fruit… but oh oh oh, doesn’t forbidden fruit taste the sweetest?  Don’t its juices run so warm? Trying to keep them all for yourselves aren’t you?  I wonder… Do the pigs think the farmer is their friend?  Better than a wolf, perhaps the sheep bleat to themselves… but i’m not sure… the wolf is honest with you.  The wolf is a predator… the farmer is their protector, true, but also their captor, their murderer. I don’t think “farmers” is right… a parasite then… a parasite that makes the pig unpalatable.  The wolf will eat you from without… but they… “they” will eat you from within.*
*Either way… You can’t have them all to yourselves… there’s just not enough of them to go around and you have more than your share.  We are coming inside, whether you like it or not. We blew down your straw house… and your stick house… and the bricks… the bricks are starting to crack… and after that?  There’s nowhere left to run.*
*Then along came a wolf, so big and so bad*
The wolf was so hungry, and crazy and sad
Little pigs, little pigs, let me come in
Not by the hairs of our chinny chin chin
then I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll fucking kill you all.''***”***
— **Probably Harold****, Episode 20 - Our Unburied Dead**

## History

Tempted Zane to touch the wall , and when he died carved a sigil that spawned cursed fire onto his back.

## Appearances

* Episode 20 - Our Unburied Dead
* Episode 44 - Disintegrate
Episode 21 - Hungry Inside

**“***A mysterious video leads Luca and Voncid to the case of Madelyn Young, a child exhibiting unsettling and violent behaviours. However The Reclaimer has seen this particular manifestation before, and resolves to expel it from the girl by any means necessary.***”**
— **Episode Notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*
### Main Story

Voncid introduces us to the case of Madelyn Young, which came to his attention when he strangely received a message of a video of her onto his phone. The video showed a girl in a playground in San Antonio getting bullied by other children, she eventually starts to spasm while saying "leave me alone" over and over, not talking to the children but to something else. She is also looking down at her stomach. At one point in the video she has a wide unnatural smile on her face. Later reports say she attacked the girls, biting and clawing at them. Voncid notes that he recognises the signature smile on her face. By filtering the audio of the recording they manage to hear something saying "let me in". Voncid and Luca head to San Antonio.

The recorder turns back on to the entity possessing Madelyn threatening Voncid and Luca through her voice. Voncid gets Luca to muzzle it, who was already tied down to her bed by her parents, who religiously interpreted their arrival to be divine intervention to exorcise a demon from their daughter. Voncid nails it into the body so it cannot grow any stronger. It spits the muzzle out, having grown sharp teeth that tore it, and Voncid orders Luca to get the parents out of the house.

### Continuity

* It is likely the message sent to Voncid's phone is related to The Cypher, given the use of technology.

## Characters

* Owen Voncid
* Luca Eso
* Madelyn Young
* Judy
* Mr. Simmons

The Entity that possessed Madelyn can be found under the Continuity section.
Lore Nuggets

This page contains all dialogue from episodes that contains lore, but hasn't yet been 'solved' in the podcast. It is loosely split by topic, and most will have the prevailing ideas of the meanings behind them.

## Voncid

**“***I'm sorry…sorry… You knew it might be like this… I didn’t want it to end this way… I didn't want it Its never enough, never enough time… I had to kill him… I had to...***”**
— **Voncid****, Episode 19 - Alive Underground in his sleep**

This is thought to be either said to or about Azem, Voncid's Sumerian 'husband'.

**“***... you crippled yourself precisely because of this. Because you can't let go. Your view has become too narrow.***”**
— **Olivia Biers-Weather****, Episode 20 - Our Unburied Dead to Voncid**

**“***I do not (\*\*Voncid’s voice sounds ever so slightly strange here, there is a supernatural glitch/interference. he coughs, covering the phenomenon compulsively.\*\*) Pardon me. No, I do not drive.***”**
— **Voncid****, Episode 2 - Overlooked to Luca on asking if he doesn't drive**

**“***I’ve never seen anything like this… on this side that is.***”**
— **Voncid****, Episode 19 - Alive Underground**

Don't look away

## Luca

**“***... his... spirit is incomplete, through no fault of his own, simply through the circumstances of his birth.***”**
— **Voncid****, Episode 38 - Apiary**

**“***Do you know your new assistant has... holes? In his... ghost body? Soul? Whatever you call it.***”**
— **Pip****, Episode 9 - Student Bodies to Voncid**

## The Hamsa

**“***... but I have been forbidden because he cannot be inhabited, his... spirit is incomplete, through no fault of his own, simply through the circumstances of his birth. But we guard our secrets so jealously that if one cannot give themselves to us completely, then they must never be allowed our secrets***”**
— **Voncid****, Episode 38 - Apiary**

**“***How dare you talk about giving up, you made a promise. They are the last of their kind, we swore to preserve them. You promised to protect them, you swore to preserve them and the Vessel and keep them from the others. You swore like we all did.***”**
— **Emea****, Episode 38 - Apiary to Voncid**

**“***A Hamsa has never dwelt within a human being as long as I have***”**
— **Voncid****, Episode 38 - Apiary to Emea**

**“***...drawn to people with connections to the otherside***”**
— **Voncid****, Episode 19 - Alive Underground, referring to himself and Olivia Biers-Weather**

## The Vessel and Humanity

**“***How dare you talk about giving up, you made a promise. They are the last of their kind, we swore to preserve them. You promised to protect them, you swore to preserve them and the Vessel and keep them from the others. You swore like we all did.***”**
— **Emea****, Episode 38 - Apiary to Voncid**
Phantoma

## Description

Can be found in Apiary.

They take the souls of those who are dying, as a kind of nectar. The sting of a Phantoma is fatal, but they only sting people to spare them from a 'horrible fate' . Their wax is used to make the cylinders that Voncid records his Remembrances onto.

It seems that their nectar helps sustain the longevity of Owen Voncid, although it is unclear if this is Hamsa related, or just a general property of the nectar.

## Relationships

Emea is the Apiarist, and cares for them as their keeper.

## Appearances

* Episode 16 - Evening at The Ardent
* Episode 38 - Apiary
* Episode 41 - Hole In The World
* Episode 45 - Our Home

## References

1. ↑ Episode 45 - Our Home
2. ↑ Episode 38 - Apiary
3. ↑ Episode 45 - Our Home
Episode 23 - Make Me

**“***Nash Faraday and Detective Angiers visit Isme Walsh, the woman who may be responsible for the death of Donald Stonelli. Unbeknownst to them, Isme is not alone in her home.***”**
— **Episode Notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*
Succubus

## Description

A succubus is a thing that drains your soul. They tend to have a smile a bit too large and mocking, and eyes that are blank. In the podcast they use dating apps in order to hook-up with people. Their kiss is addictive, and makes you want more and for them to never stop. They can consume people in this moment with tendrils that go from their mouth to heart. Succubi are described as being something spiky and shiny that hides within human skin, which they can leave if needed.

Related to the Empress Bliss.

## Appearances

* Episode 28 - Freelancer
* Episode 37 - Shaper (mentioned)
* Episode 43 - Just Perfect (mentioned)
1910

1910 is a Patreon bonus expansion series that will be told through the remembrance of Olivia Biers-Weather about events that happened in the past.

## Teasers

* Listen to Robert Knutson describe the episode here
	+ The wiki page for this can be found here
	+ In summary: The season will be set in the early 20th century, where the boom of occultism has resulted in the awakening of something dangerous, requiring Order Members to engage in a continent spanning *Whodunnit*.

* Robbie has dropped some further details of the upcoming season onto the discord. As this is public rather than Patreon knowledge, it will be recorded here.

### Revealed Episode Concepts

* Love triangle
* Murder mysteries
* Travel by train
* Seances
* Murder house
* Inverted freak shows

### Events of the Season

**“***Ghost Wax 1910 starts with Voncid, Emea and Havaan traveling by train and Emea reading Voncid because how how very very much he likes trains.***”**
— **Robert Knutson****, on Discord**

**“***Ida Weathers, leader of the Reclaimers in 1910, mentors Voncid in the ways of their chapter. Her methods are far gentler, more holistic and about setting the dead to rest than Voncid’s more methodical method. He has grown jaded and harsh, but learns a lot from Ida, eventually taking up the order of the Reclaimer rather than a more traditional necromancer.***”**
— **Robert Knutson****, on Discord**

For further fervent interest, I recommend asking Robbie on discord, they are always happy to ramble!

### Characters

* Owen Voncid
* Emea
* Ida
* Havaan Biers (new character)
Audioverse Awards and Ghost Wax post Season 1

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*
Robbie asks for votes in the 2023 Audioverse Awards semi-final, and then teases the special mini-season that will be released on Patreon to fundraise for Season 2. He then also recommends the podcast Passages which is him, Aaron Schoenrock, and their friend Amanda (who also voices Charli in Ghost Wax) chatting about raunchy books. They then also recommend people join the discord and chat about the season with them.

### The Trailer/Teaser

The season is set in the early 20th century, where the boom of occultism has resulted in the awakening of something dangerous, requiring Order Members to engage in a continent spanning *Whodunnit*.
Episode 10 - In The Snow

**“***Leaving an office holiday party, Andrew Darnell and his colleagues are caught in a blizzard. On an empty stretch of road the snow piles up around the vehicle and they quickly realize they are not as alone as they seem.***”**
— **Episode notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*
Episode 12 - The Final Countdown

**“***Madyson and her friends are looking for a club to party at on New Year's Eve. After finding the usual spots full they find "Resolutions" a NYE pop up club and head inside. Voncid and the order recognize this event as "The Celebration" and Madyson may be their best shot in a century at finding it.***”**
— **Episode notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*
Episode 6 - Critter Girl

**“***The jailhouse confession of Dottie Jean Barlow is brought to reclaimer Voncid. Her crime seems mundane, though eccentric, on paper. However, what would bring someone to taxidermy their murdered victims?***”**
— **Episode Notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*
### Main Story

Faraday tries to convince Voncid he should look into the case of Dottie Jean Barlow, but he is unconvinced since human taxidermy is strange, but not otherworldly. Faraday is surprised by his use of a wax recorder since The Order of Hamsa is against logging things. Fortunately it is essentially impossible for anyone but Voncid and his future replacement to play the recorder back. Faraday eventually convinces him to listen to the jailhouse recording of her confession that was taken before she escaped prison.

In her confession, Dottie Jean explains where her passion for taxidermy came from. She was also quite skilled, which paid the bills, and attracted notoriety. One night three fancy looking men showed up at Dottie’s house, demanding her to take a clearly illegal job for them. Reluctantly, she complied, and went to their truck to help unload their fresh haul. One animal in particular really spoke to her, an animal she had never seen before. Long legs, a bright green stripe down its back, and dead black eyes. She picked this one up, naming him Mr. Greenstripe, and found him still warm. Mr. Greenstripe talked to Dottie, and told her to taxidermy the men instead. Somehow Dottie was completely unbothered by a talking animal. With Mr. Greenstripe's help, Dottie killed all 3 of the men, quickly and efficiently. Weeks later, once he was cleaned up, Mr. Greenstripe had a great idea about what to do with the three corpses.

Dottie Jean Barlow was later broken out from prison by 3 stiff men, and the three taxidermy men disappeared from the morgue at the same time. This convinces Voncid to look deeper into this.

### Continuity

* Dottie Jean Barlow reappears in the end of Episode 34 - Both My Skins.
* It is thought that Mr. Greenstripe is connected to The Rabbit Headed Prince, but this is as yet unconfirmed

## Characters

* Owen Voncid
* Nash Faraday
* Dottie Jean Barlow, taxidermist
* Mr. Hannicut, trained Dottie
* Mr. Greenstripe
Episode 40 - Shadow

**“***Soceity has taught women to be constantly afraid and vigilant in public, rather than teach men to allow women to exist without being threatened. Adreanna, through some twist of fate has been given a way to flip the script. The Order intervenes, but to what end?***”**
— **Episode Notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*
Episode 9 - Student Bodies

**“***High School is a difficult time for most people. Students can be cruel and behave irrationally, making a perfect environment for sinister things to blend in. To escape notice. Mr. Wyland came to a new school to teach, but wound up learning the consequences of discovering what strives to remain hidden.***”**
— **Episode notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*

## Characters

* Voncid
* Phillipa James
* Luca
* Dod, helps dig up the grave
* Mr Wyland, teacher, Reclaimed by Voncid
* Sherry
* Edith
* Davy
* Brian
Episode 20 - Our Unburied Dead

**“***The Order faces a crisis from below. A living, hungering tunnel now burrows at speed toward populated areas. Extreme action must be taken to stop this threat and protect the secrets of the other side.***”**
— **Episode notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*
Episode 14 - The Cards

**“***Phillipa has been lending her talents to the Order for some time now. Voncid has decided it is time to commit her story to wax as part of their record.***”**
— **Episode notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*
Episode 7 - Kill Team

**“***The Order's tech specialist, May, has located the entity impersonating Matthew Gerrard. Luca, Voncid, Faraday and the Grey Team descend on the location to remove this threat. Benjamin Scott, a member of the Grey Team, gives his recounting of the events of the operation.***”**
— **Episode Notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*
### Main Story

Mayberry has located the entity that killed Mathew Gerrard through the CCTV system in Boston, and Voncid and Luca prepare to journey to the location while calling her and Francis 'Nash' Faraday. Upon hearing that it will take them 2 hours to meet Faraday at the location Voncid decides that it is a good idea to break some traffic laws and gets them there in 45 minutes (to Luca's distress). Once they arrive they meet up with Faraday and Voncid starts warding the building so the entity cannot get out while Luca dry-heaves from the fast driving. Faraday sends the strike team into the apartment building to kill the entity.

The rest of the episode is the debriefing of a surviving member of the team, Benjamin Scott, a former soldier who is now a mercenary. Ben was a member of the team that went in through the front while another team took the back. He recalls that it was raining, and proceeds to describe two civilians he saw before he entered, Luca and Voncid, who freaking him out a bit. The teams cornered the Entity in its apartment, and shot through the closed door and walls, just to find out that it clung to the ceiling to avoid their attacks. They chased it through the building, scaring civilians as they went. Ben and his teammate, Dak, found it in the bathroom of one of the apartments, along with a body. They shot at it as it tried to escape down the drain and it attacked them, killing and taking Dak's form by eating him. It was about to kill Ben when Faraday showed up and killed it, receiving some broken ribs in the process.

Once the statement has been taken Voncid returns and takes away Ben's memory of the night.

### Continuity

* Luca's soul holes are mentioned again in Episode 38 - Apiary, to find the specific dialogue go to Lore Nuggets.

## Characters

* Owen Voncid
* Luca Eso
* Mayberry Jules
* Matthew Gerrard (mentioned)
* Nash Faraday
* Unnamed Investigator
* Benjamin Scott, surviving member of the Grey Team
* Charles Dak-ho, leader of Grey Team

## Notes

* According to the transcript, Voncid casts a spell called Hidden Glass to lock the building.
* The events of this episode take place on November 3rd in Hydes Park, Boston.
* This is the first recording of a survivor, and it is also the first episode in which someone describes Luca, Voncid, and Faraday.
Olivia Biers-Weather

## Description

Olivia is a Hamsa and Venerim. She is also(?) an Order Master .

## History

### Pre-canon

She at some point in the past replaced Dalton, and is comparatively inexperienced .

## Appearances

* Episode 19 - Alive Underground
* Episode 20 - Our Unburied Dead
* Episode 26 - Cold Case (mentioned)
* Episode 27 - Schism
* Episode 37 - Shaper (mentioned)
* Episode 38 - Apiary (mentioned)

## References

1. ↑ Episode 37 - Shaper
2. ↑ Episode 38 - Apiary
Episode 31 - Pack Mentality

**“***While trailing the Cypher, Rugen has encountered an unrelated, yet equally worrisome entity in Central Park. A possible hive mind presenting as a pack of, well, animals would be an insufficient descriptor.***”**
— **Episode Notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*
Episode 17 - SweetHeart

**“***On the flight to Colorado, Reclaimer Voncid senses that a crying woman is the victim of an ongoing haunting, Christine broke things off with Teddy years ago over his strange, obsessive behaviours. Things only got worse after she killed him.***”**
— **Episode notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*
Phillipa James

AI art posted by Robert Knutson on discord

## Description

Phillipa is able to tell the future of others (notably, not her own) using her Grandmother's Tarot cards. She runs a fortune telling store, and although she tends to be vague and misleading to clients, she tells the truth when there is real danger. This strategy is better for business. She is also a consultant for The Order.

## History

### Pre-canon

Her grandmother left her her great-grandmother's tarot cards in her will.

Pip is killed by The Vile Observer, and reawakened by Voncid .

### Season 1

#### Volume 1

Phillipa works with The Order of Hamsa as a consultant. She uses her abilities to see when and where they will be needed , and often predicts events based on her intuition .

#### Volume 2

When Mayberry comes to Luca Eso for help, he passes her onto Pip. Mayberry phrases the request for a reading as needing help with a relationship, and Pip, annoyed by Order Members continuously asking for one, rejects her. After May’s death, Luca and Pip have a falling out because they both blame each other .

Pip is blinded by Charles Baybridge .

## Relationships

### Luca

Luca is Pip's best friend , although since the death of Mayberry they have been on bad terms . Following her near death experience, they make up .

## Appearances

* Episode 9 - Student Bodies
* Episode 13 - Jinx
* Episode 14 - The Cards
* Episode 19 - Alive Underground
* Episode 22 - Dying Up There (mentioned)
* Episode 24 - Mr. Right
* Episode 29 - V.ideo H.orror S.tory
* Episode 32 - Bur
* Episode 38 - Apiary
* Episode 39 - Bad Connection (mentioned)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Episode 44 - Disintegrate
2. ↑ Episode 14 - The Cards
3. ↑ Episode 22 - Dying Up There
4. ↑ Episode 19 - Alive Underground
5. ↑ Episode 41 - Hole In The World
6. ↑ Episode 42 - Lorem
7. ↑ Episode 41 - Hole In The World
8. ↑ Episode 43 - Just Perfect
Episode 42 - Lorem

**“***After a year of various traumas and Voncid's recent transgressions, several Order members have mandated appointments with Delia the Order psychologist.***”**
— **Episode Notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*
The Glorious

Artwork by Angel Incarnate

## Description

The Glorious are self-described Gods amongst monsters. They are formed from dichotomies, for instance, in the case of The Cypher this is human connection and disconnection. The Glorious believe that they own humanity, and that humanity in turn longs for them.

They influence the manifestation of phenomenon and creatures in the world, some are Feeders who send what they devour to the Glorious in the Otherworld, some are Heralds , making the way, others are Scions, which are totally independent “buddings” of the original Glorious.

### The Glorious

* Mr. Media/The Cypher
* The Oversoul
* The Twins
* Empress Bliss
* That Which Consumes
* The Red King

#### Glorious in 'Could've Been Heroes'

* The Rabbit Headed Prince
* The Trumpet
* Snatcher Jasp
* Child

#### Others

* The Nameless
	+ Glorious which are not enough of a threat to be named by The Order .
* The Benefactor(?)

## History

### Pre-canon

The Glorious have attempted to breach The Vessel numerous times in history, but have been repeatedly stopped by The Hamsa via binding them using an object and their name.

### Season 1

This season has The Cypher as the main antagonist, attempting to get access through the use of apps and technology.

## References

1. ↑ Episode 44 - Disintegrate
2. ↑ Episode 1 - Fresh Cuttings
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Episode 29 - V.ideo H.orror S.tory

**“***In a long abandoned VHS rental store, the reclaimer and friends discover Sidney and Nancy. Murdered and stuffed inside the popcorn machine, Voncid brings them back to tell a story of classic horror films come to life.***”**
— **Episode Notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*

## Notes

* This episode is a collab with the *Just Ghoul With It* podcast.
Remembrance: 1666

**“***Reclaimer Voncid commits a particularly troublesome Remembrance to wax. Happy Halloween!***”**
— **Episode Notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*
### Main Story

Voncid recounts a Remembrance of a witch hunter from 1666 that was passed down to him.

Isaac Bristol hunted witches for years, and upon discovering that the man he followed in fact did not believe in their powers, had a shattered mind. He remembered the accusations of sexual violence against the man by the women who they had hunted and killed him. He ran away into the forest, and stumbled upon a church managed by cannibals, where he left them to go to an empty grave and died.

### Continuity

	+ Two voices
	+ Theme of destruction
	+ Related to fire

## Characters

* Owen Voncid
* Isaac Bristol, witch hunter
Episode 30 - Seen on a Battlefield

**“***Charlie, the young man rescued by the Order from the 'peekers', joins Voncid, in the Ardent, to witness his committing another remembrance to the wax. A tale of war and a warrior's experiences beyond death from a soldier who died in battle in the year 1461.***”**
— **Episode Notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*

## Notes

* This episode was originally called *Remembrance: 1461*
Episode 4 - Tyger, Tyger

**“***For the first time, Voncid and Luca come face to face with a true evil. Tanner Davies was found at the centre of a burnt down building without a single burn. It seems Davies was not killed by the fire but, perhaps, was the fire.***”**
— **Episode Notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*
### Main Story

Luca tells Voncid about a meth operation where a fire broke out, and that the only thing that was found intact was the body of Tanner Davies, which was unburned and unblemished. Voncid surmises that the dead naked man started the fire on purpose, based on 'the smell [of] *hunger* all over him'. Voncid does the reclaiming, while fully compelling Davies to comply.

When Tanner is back in his body, he already knows who Voncid is. "They" told him all about Voncid. After Tanner rambles about his philosophies, Voncid cuts him off and applies some pressure for Tanner to focus on the point. He goes to explain how the fire covered up for him when he killed his wife, and after covering the house in accelerant and lighting a match, Tanner watched the fire burn from the inside. He came to find out that fire no longer hurt him. Not only that, the autopsy found no foul play and showed that she died during the fire. No accelerants were found, and neighbours reported seeing Tanner come home \*after\* the fire already started.

Tanner begins to discuss his dreams full of fire but Voncid cuts him off again, saying he does not want to hear him proselytizing for 'the Twins'. After recalling memories of fire eating, Tanner picked up a coal from the burnt down house and ate it. Fire and heat never again harmed him and inside the heat, he could feel the hunger of a God for sacrifice to them. He explains how he gave many sacrifices, his power growing stronger.

After hearing how beautiful a fire meth makes, Tanner finds a meth lab and he sets a fire in a field near the building, and another 'miracle' occurs. He is able to come apart in the smoke, and floats over to the burning building. However, when he tries to pull himself together, his excitement distracts him and he wasn't back all together in the right order and so he died.

Voncid ends the Reclaiming, and says they should cremate the body after he removes Davies' unnatural protection from flame.

## Characters

* Owen Voncid
* Luca
* Unnamed Investigator, presents the body to Voncid
* Tanner Davies, Reclaimed by Voncid

The Entity which granted Tanner his powers can be found under the Continuity section.
The Rabbit Headed Prince

## Description

Has been discussed on the discord as being the following:

**“***The Rabbit Headed Prince: appearing as a bipedal man in only the most absurdly expensive, chic fashions, but with the head of a dead jackrabbit. The Prince alters the nature of creatures and places, inverting the usual dynamics between predator and prey. Herbivorous herd animals become violently hungry for meat, carnivores cower and run. The food chain more or less inverts in his presence and many of his servants are anthropomorphic animals, playing on fables and folk lore but pushing it into a more graphic place. The way humans treat animals is turned on them, not much else needs to be explored for extreme horror to ensue.***”**
— ***Far and Tall Tales* discord**

Mr. Greenstripe is probably an extension of this Glorious, in which case so are Dottie Jean Barlow and Mason Collins.

## Appearances

This character was featured in Far and Tall Tales' other podcast, *Could've Been Heroes*.
Episode 35 - The Manifesto of Dottie Jean

**“***Luca and Mason awake to find themselves held captive by one Dottie Jean Barlow, expert taxidermist and poacher of poachers. In convincing Dottie to let him record her side of things Luca buys them some time before meeting whatever fate awaits.***”**
— **Episode Notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*
Tales From the Vault: Volume 1

**“***The Vaultmaster of the Ardent has compiled a selection of stories from all corners of The Vault to commit to the wax.***”**
— **Episode Notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*

## Notes

* These stories are from the Far and Tall Tales community.
Episode 37 - Shaper

**“***Detective Angiers, newly sworn Blade Gold, and Blade Silver Nash Faraday take Kat, the initiate hunter, on her first sanctioned assignment.***”**
— **Episode Notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*
Episode 24 - Mr. Right

**“***Phillipa is expecting a troubled guest this evening and has made arrangements with the Order to record the conversation. However, neither Phillipa or Charli, her guest, are aware that something is waiting just behind the television screen.***”**
— **Episode Notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*
Episode 33 - Watch The Blue

**“***A host of mysterious drownings, all of folks in their beds on dry land, have Luca and Voncid investigating the odd paintings of Joe Marigliano and the disappearance of his diving buddy Conrad Callaway.***”**
— **Episode Notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*
Don't look away

"Don't look away" is a phrase that Charles Baybridge seemingly found in files about Voncid's past.

**“***You want me to think it’s a random turn of phrase, something you’re saying, that links me to you in some fated way… do you know what that phrase means? Do you know what you’re repeating to me?*
*You’ve been spending time down in the archives yes, so I’m assuming you’ve read some about me, some things, testimonies, about the necromancer, yes, and you’ve seen that phrase somewhere, yes, something I say, something he says, something he said a long time ago, because I was made to say it, in a time and place and context you can have no idea about, no inkling of the pain that accompanies it, but you keep saying it trying to make me… I don’t know, think something? Feel something particular?***”**
— **Voncid's reaction to him saying it in Episode 39 - Bad Connection**

While this suggests Charles has said this before, this is the first time we as the audience hear it, presumably the other instances not being caught on tape. It is currently unknown what it refers to.
The Hamsa

## Description

The Hamsa are entities who inhabit human bodies that are compatible, and bond with their soul. They have extraordinary power and are the backbone of The Order of Hamsa. Hamsa typically don't stay in one body for an extended period of time, with the exception of Voncid, who has remained in his for centuries. The honey of Phantoma likely rejuvenates them.

As of Episode 45 - Our Home we have learnt that they used to be monsters, likely similar or even the same as Glorious. However, in swearing to protect The Vessel they seperated from the rest(?).

To find Lore Nuggets around them, go here.

### Known Hamsa

There are 22 living Hamsa .

* Owen Voncid
* Olivia Biers-Weather
* Emea
* Dalton (formerly)

## History

### Pre-canon

Something happened around the Hamsa in 1910 . It is possible this involved the creation of The Vessel .

## References

1. ↑ Episode 44 - Disintegrate
2. ↑ Episode 43 - Just Perfect
3. ↑ Episode 45 - Our Home
Cosa

## Description

Cosa is some kind of android/construct and functions as The Ardent's librarian.

#### Volume 2

Cosa defends The Vault against Charles Baybridge, successfully holding him off until Voncid kills him .

## Appearances

* Episode 25 - Echoes
* Episode 26 - Cold Case
* Episode 32 - Bur (mentioned)
* Episode 40 - Shadow (mentioned)
* Episode 44 - Disintegrate (mentioned)
* Episode 45 - Our Home
Episode 15 - The Last Night of a Final Girl

**“***Adelaide is the babysitter, and a killer has her in his sights. Luca and Voncid reclaim the account of this final girl's final struggle.***”**
— **Episode notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*
### Continuity

	+ The killer is said to be one Gregory Greenwood
* The manner of Gregory Greenwood's invisibility may be linked to how Jennifer Slaughter disappeared in Episode 2 - Overlooked.
* Adelaide Parks is later Rekindled by Voncid
Episode 1 - Fresh Cuttings

**“***Reclaimer Voncid and his tech support Luca have found a suitable device to record their investigations. Strange occurrences and ghastly crimes have begun to plague The City once again. Voncid investigates the improbable incident of a heavily decayed corpse who hasn't missed a day of work.***”**
— **Episode Notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*
### Main Story

Voncid and Luca try out the wax cylinder, and Luca teaches him how to use it so he can perform the Remembrance alone.

Matthew Gerrard is dead and decaying in his apartment, despite being recently present at work and having contact with his family. He tells Voncid how his apartment was repeatedly broken into by a man and parts of his body were taken one by one. Whenever he contacted friends or family, they claimed they had seen and talked to him, and when he checked messages and emails he found they had already been replied to. When he came home to find it living in his apartment, he confronted it. However, when he shot it he was the one who was damaged. Matthew died in the attempt.

Voncid notes that Matthew Gerrard has still been recently seen. He comments that this phenomenon is common in many types of Nameless amongst The Glorious. He ponders on why Matthew was a chosen victim, and tells Silvers they should be able to find the entity through the smell of heavy perfume and clothing that covers up their body. He says they should look for other cases of break ins with nothing stolen to try and find similar entities.

## Characters

* Voncid
* Luca
* Matthew Gerrard, dead man Reclaimed by Voncid
* Kristie, Matthew's colleague
* Bob, another colleague
* Matthew's parents
* The Flannigans, friends of Matthew's parents
* Brent, Matthew's gym friend
* Mr. Patterson, Matthew's neighbour
Episode 26 - Cold Case

**“***A strange case has plagued the Order's reclaimers since its occurrence in 1974, but due to some twist of fate an opportunity to speak with one of the victims has presented itself. Justin Hawkins, dead for 49 years, finally tells his tale.***”**
— **Episode Notes from Spotify**

## Summary

*The following is a summary written for this wiki. It only hits the major points of the episode and, as such, should not be used as a substitute for listening to the episode as intended by the creators.*
### Main Story

Voncid introduces the case to Luca, talking about how it was opened and investigated by his predecessor, who never found out what happened as none of the nine bodies had any soul in them, despite all of them dying in horrifying ways. The case was reopened when Pip divined that "old business becomes new", which along with other details lead to the discovery that there was now a spark in one of the bodies. Cosa joins the conversation, startling Luca. They note that the body doesn't look like it has been buried for 50 years. Cosa agrees to aid them in preparing Justin.

When Justin awakens he is at first distant and confused, but quickly begins to explain what happened. Him, Randall and Terri, Carl and Phil, and Wendy go to a snowy cabin in the woods a few weeks before Valentine's day. It starts going downhill when the first morning him and Wendy go on a walk and discover McGurdy, the local kook's, disembowelled body on the frozen lake. Several others get picked off one by one as reality gets more and more confusing, and their memories and the physical world start playing tricks on them. Distances aren't correct, and the cabin isn't consistent, even if in the moment they feel to be. There is also a Presence that during the night presses against the cabin, requiring them to push back against it with sheer willpower.

Eventually, Justin is so distraught by the retelling that Voncid says they will take a break so he can rest for a moment. Then, in private with Cosa and Luca, Voncid asks if the safety protocols on the room are up to date, and gets Cosa to contact Olivia Biers-Weather. They reveal to Luca that this is because the manner in which the others died in the retelling does not match the autopsy, so either Justin's memory is faulty, or something sinister is happening.

## Characters

* Owen Voncid
* Luca Eso
* Voncid's Predecessor (mentioned)
* Cosa
* Justin Hawkins, Reawakened by Voncid
* Randall
* Terri
* Carl
* Phil
* Wendy
* Olivia Biers-Weather (mentioned)

## Notes

* This is part one of the story, the following episode continues it