AMWNCCT Discord Server Running Gags

Active members on the *All My Wicked Nephews Crave the Throne* Discord Server have created a number of inside jokes and running gags that repeatedly come up in discussion. In an attempt to assist newcomers to the server in understanding these references, the following list of explanations has been compiled.

### Kraken

Arguably the first repeating joke in the server (and possibly in the fandom as well), the existence of Kraken in United Merion, and especially in Starry Mark, led to a large amount of jokes and comments about how they have led to a significantly different kind of lifestyle for the Merionese. Some of these jokes include people mating with Kraken (mostly during Krakentide), Kraken eventually becoming the dominant life form in Merion, the Kraken being the cause of the Cataclysm, and sharing stories about real-life dreams involving the Kraken.

### The Bees

Following a reference to the 2006 film *The Wicker Man* and its now (in)famous bee scene, Andy was asked how many bees exist in United Merion. Upon rolling dice, Andy declared that there were exactly 9 bees in the entire kingdom, leading to jokes about how special and powerful the bees must be, perhaps even being gods in physical form. This eventually led to the creation of the Bees, canon secret and powerful beings that guard equally powerful artifacts hidden across the kingdom.

### Cults

A significant number of cults have been "created" by members of the server. While some are legitimately canon to the podcast, such as a cult of Ide-hating priests and Andy's own "Lovecraftian-ish relgious cult [that can] come in and cripple or destroy...as necessary, IF [HE] THINK[S] IT'LL HELP MAKE FOR A BETTER STORY," the majority are only spoken of briefly and for laughs. It is not uncommon for Discord users to jokingly accuse one another of being a cult leader.

### Cheese

Following a user's choice of a cheese emoji reaction to another user's statement, explaining that they wanted "an acknowledgement that didn’t seem overly enthusiastic," Discord's cheese emoji became the pseudo-official way of agreeing and acknowledging what another user posts without necessarily adding anything to the conversation. It is now very common for a well-liked post on the server to receive a large number of cheese reactions.

### Maple Beer and Vulpina Wine

While players discussed what their houses were famous for, the player for House Arbor explained that their house had "world-famous Maple Beer." Since then, advertisements and recommendations for the beverage are frequent, and not only from House Arbor's player. Additionally, following comments about Maple Beer having a secret ingredient, many humorously horrible and gruesome ideas were put forward as the secret ingredient.

Similar to House Arbor's Maple Beer, House Vulpina is well-known for its wine and advertisements for the alcohol are fairly common. The player for House Vulpina has also admitted to the house having its own advertising agency, leading to jokes about the harsh conditions of its employees, references to the television show Mad Men, and an explanation of why Vulpina wine is always able to turn other running gags into advertisements.

### Airy Solariums and Friendship Chairs

During the Player House creation process for the gameplay element of the podcast, players were allowed to acquire Airy Solariums for their houses. These solariums, arguably due to how popular they were among players despite having seemingly the smallest possible gameplay affecting abilities, quickly became a running joke in the server for places where exciting events take place and Twelvescore Nobles meet. This eventually led to a role-playing channel for Twelvescore Nobles called "The Airy Solarium."

At the same time, the players for House Arbor and House Everwoods (both of which have Airy Solariums) agreed to have their houses exchange chairs as a sign of friendship. Whenever one noble visits the other, they will conduct meetings in their airy solariums and the visiting noble will sit on the chair that they previously gave. House Arbor's player soon began making similar agreements with other players, leading to a number of jokes about how full of chairs House Arbor's solarium would soon be, the odd variations of chairs different houses would provide, and what would happen to the chairs of houses that later became enemies.