Solomon Brumby

*And just past that, near the desk, is the sprawled-out corpse of Solomon Brumby, his face contorted into a scream, his eyes wide, and his hair white.*

## Episodes

### Episode 12: Spookaroo Special, The Haunted Bakery Part 1

The centre of Gunnacarkit features a statue of a man, in front of the only building with significant lighting still visible - a large, warehouse-like or industrial structure. The statue is blackened and chipped, streaked with bird excrement, and the word THIEF has been scrawled across it. A plaque at a comfortable height for halflings to read, likely approximately 2'6" (75cm) off the ground, states that it is Solomon Brumby, a famous baker who once resided in Gunnacarkit and was in some ways the town patron. Behind the statue stand wrought iron gates bearing the letters S B, then the building. Gadai, McKenzie and Plank enter the building, which transpires to be Solomon Brumby's Bakery.

Inside Brumby's office, his corpse is found sprawled on the floor between his desk and the magically-altered Mimic being used as a treasure chest, while a bust of him stands on a dresser by the wall. Gadai is unable to bring herself to make a thorough search of the body.

As Sausageface Shirley warns the group that killing the mimic will make it impossible to retrieve the treasure, a Magic Mouth appears on the bust to confirm her words. Plank punches Brumby's corpse, while McKenzie shoots a Magic Missile at the bust. The Magic Mouth continues to hold a conversation with them, boasting about his magical ability and intelligence and taunting them that they must speak the true names of the real inventors of his famous bakery items in order to open the chest. Plank pulls down the corpse's trousers, to reveal that what initially looked like an erection was in fact a scroll casing, the scroll listing eight food items. With a few final taunting words, the mouth disappears.

The various ghosts with whom Gadai, McKenzie and Plank interact explain how Brumby was miserly with his money, forced unsafe and unfair working conditions, and at times would even kill employees in order to steal control of the items which they invented.

### Episode 13: Spookaroo Special, The Haunted Bakery Part 2

As the chest is opened with the speaking of the last name, the ghost of Solomon Brumby emerges, laughing, from the treasure and looms over them. Gadai, McKenzie and Plank manage to respond by initiating combat before he can do so, significantly injuring him, only for him to implant an image in their minds of a scenario like waking from a dream to find themselves facing the things that they fear the most. He tries to use his Horrifying Visage on the group, but they are all unaffected and continue to injure him.

Brumby significantly injures Plank and knocks out McKenzie, but Gadai and Plank are able to finish off his ghost, with Gadai delivering the final blow and driving off the ghost.

## Appearances

* Episode 12: Spookaroo Special, The Haunted Bakery Part 1
* Episode 13: Spookaroo Special, The Haunted Bakery Part 2

## Quotes

* "No, I've got a magic mouth, I cast it myself, just one of the many curious things you'll find in my... haunted bakery." - Episode 12: Spookaroo Special, The Haunted Bakery Part 1
* "Now don't you cop an attitude with me, little elf." - Episode 12: Spookaroo Special, The Haunted Bakery Part 1
* "To open my chest you must light up the eight gems by speaking the eight true names of the people who invented my most famous money-making bakery ideas. But you will never get the list of names, because I hid it on my person in a very special place that you will never find." - Episode 12: Spookaroo Special, The Haunted Bakery Part 1
* "It was pretty hard, right? I did a pretty good job with my puzzle. It was a pretty good puzzle; that wasn't like, like half an hour, that was somebody figuring things out for a *while*." - Episode 13: Spookaroo Special, The Haunted Bakery Part 2
* "Iiiiiiii-ooooooohhhhhh-iiiiiiiiiiiiii regret nothing." - Episode 13: Spookaroo Special, The Haunted Bakery Part 2

## Trivia

* Solomon Brumby is a reference to nursery rhyme character Solomon Grundy, but also refers to the Australian term "brumby" for a wild or unbroken horse. Well-known in the 90s for TV show The Silver Brumby. Brumby's Bakeries is also the name of an Australian bakery chain established in 1975.

* Sausageface Shirley states that it has been "a couple of decades" since Brumby has died.
* Solomon Brumby's voice in the first episode is very similar to the classic 'wizard' voice; in the second episode, it sounds more wizened and nasal, and less plummy.

## External Links

* Magic Mouth (at D&D Beyond) is a 2nd Level Illusion spell which can be cast by Artificers, Bards, or Wizards to implant a message of up to 25 words within an object. Rules as written state that Magic Mouth can only usually leave a message of 25 words, but Solomon Brumby's appears to interact with events and deliver longer messages. It is likely that it is in fact a different spell which has an effect that is superficially similar in appearance.