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MAGIQ Wiki

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This is one of the top resources on CJ Bernstein's The Monarch Papers. We deal in everything related to the Book of Briars, The Monarch Papers and The MAGIQverse.

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The MAGIQverse began as an interactive narrative known as The Monarch Papers in August of 2016. It began as an online adventure, a story being written as your read it, and was developed into two books - The Monarch Papers: Flora and Fauna and The Monarch Papers: Cosmos and Time. The world of Ackerly Green Publishing continues to expand, with new initiative such as the Ackerly Green Secret Society and the Search for Magiq.

Be sure to visit The Guide to Magiq and discover your guild!

Important Links

* The Website
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* The Guide to Magiq
* The Book of Briars

* Deirdre Green's Blog
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* About CJ Bernstein
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Steve the Balimoran

**Steve the Balimoran**, also known as Steve from Balimora or simply Steve, is a Mountaineer and known trickster in the MAGIQverse.

## Personality

Steve is well known for his mischievous personality and love of playing pranks on other guildies. Steve's most common prank is tricking people into consuming potions that give them antlers, and he enjoys creating antler-based pranks. He has also been known to liberate magiqal goldfish and build chairs out of antlers. Although Steve takes the Balimoran dedication to chaos quite literally, his pranks are more annoying than they are dangerous.

## Biography

Steve first appeared on the forums as a collaboration between users OracleSage and Robert. When discussing Guild solstice events, OracleSage said "I'll admit Balimora does have Stellar Solstice events.This one time, this guy gave me a funny green drink... and let's just say those antlers took FOREVER to magiq off." And Robert responded with "Yeah...that was Steve. We keep telling him 'Again with the antlers? Do something different, we're supposed to be chaotic!' And Steve's just like 'Nah, that's just what they'd be expecting me to do.' Steve has his moments of wisdom." Mountaineers continued to tell tales of his exploits, often involving antlers and sketchy potions. Steve's name was bandied about both in and out of meta chats, and he became synonymous with the "douchebag Balimoran" label.

On May 12, 2017, Steve became canonized by CJ Bernstein, who used him to share information from his Secret Work tier on Patreon. Steve gained his own profile and began posting in the Exploration section of the Basecamp 33 Forum.

## Steve's Posts

"So I'm sitting here reading these emails"
"other people's messages"
"I found something!"
"you've been such a good sport"
"I want to give you a present"
"I read that in a pamphlet"
"seen from the Monarchs"
"Mountain"
“Good night... Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning.”
"Love, Steve"

"I'll say as they say and persever so,
And in this mist at all adventures go."
"How that ambitious Constance would not cease".
"Collected from all simples that have virtue".
"A second hope, as fairly built as Hector."
"If only I could tap that lass."

"And well we got off to a rough start"
"Joke's over man it's time to get serious"
"Get ready for the storm, it's coming"
"But you gotta keep the faith"
"Here is the file and it's all you need to know"
"now excuse me while I kiss this guy"

## References

1. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/a-treatise-on-balimora-and-the-nature-of-chaos/560
2. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/sun-and-moon/559/28
3. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/guild-house/493/18
4. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/guild-house/493/21
5. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/the-cabinet-general-on-off-topic-thread/481/35
6. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/was-it-a-butterfly/979
7. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/as-from-your-graves-rise-up-and-walk-like-sprites/995
8. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/i-hate-to-bug-you-in-the-middle-of-dinner/1104
Aisling Green

**Aisling Green** was Deirdre Green's mother. She passed away when Deirdre was young, after having cursed Sullivan Green to protect her daughter.

## Personality

Aisling was dedicated to the pursuit of magiq and sought the truth by following the paths to magiq. However, after starting a family with Sullivan Green she found her place in life, giving up her desire to unlock more secrets in order to dedicate herself to raising her child. While Sullivan could not resist the pull of magiq, Aisling stayed at home and dedicated herself to raising her daughter, which she did until she passed away due to the effects of using dark magiq.

## Biography

At the same time that Sullivan Green was following the Path of Wool, Aisling was following the Path of Silver, searching for the truth behind magiq. At the crossroads of both of their paths, the pair met and continued the journey together. They feel deeply in love.

The pair spent years traveling the world in search of the truth, however all that they found was ruin. The people who had been waiting at the end of the paths of wool and silver were long gone. During their travels, Aisling and Sullivan had married in a half-buried temple in India, but they eventually returned to New York City for an official marriage. Deirdre was born on June 28, 1992.

While Aisling was content to forget about the truth that they sought, Sullivan had become depressed deep down, restless at the thought of giving up on the truth. He left Aisling and Deirdre shortly after Deirdre's birth to continue his search. Sullivan rarely returned home, leaving Aisling as virtually a single parent. While Sullivan did financially take care of his family, he was otherwise a ghost.

When Deirdre was around five years old, Sullivan returned home for one last time. He tried to convince Aisling and Deirdre to come with him, that he had found the "little red house" that Aisling had dreamed of. However Aisling refusing, saying that Sullivan would never be content. Sullivan tried to take Deirdre away, but Aisling fought back and, using an object Sullivan had collected on his journey, cast a dark magic spell on him to keep Deirdre safe. Sullivan was wounded, losing a part of him, and so was Aisling. Her health began to fail, and she died roughly a year after casting the spell.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.deedsdone.co.uk/2017/05/15/the-door-part-two/
2. ↑ http://www.deedsdone.co.uk/2017/05/18/the-door-part-three/
Gladitor

**Gladitor** is a constellation in the Magiq-verse.

## Description

Gladitor is a long, trident-like constellation comprised of one long line, with another perpendicular line on one end and an l-shaped line sticking out of the other end. The image found on the Book of Briars site was white with a blurred, light blue outline.

Gladitor is also an object in The Myth of Elainnor by Fletcher Dawson. According to the librarians of the The Lost Athenaeum, Gladitor is the sword that Elainnor carries.

## Usage

Gladitor was the name of Fragment Ten. It was found after Aether's livestream, when the word popped up in the video's distortions . The image contained on the fragment page was necessary to solve the third Magimystical Assessment and unlock the Cosmos Key.

During The Day of Change, Deirdre wore glass armor reminiscent of the objects worn by Elainnor, including Durkonos. She used it to defeat The Churning Storm once and for all by striking it with Gladitor.

## References

1. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/solved-fragment-ten-gladitor-the-office-of-kemetic-solutions/594/1029
2. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/the-day-of-change/1509/230
3. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/the-day-of-change/1509/232
4. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/the-day-of-change/1509/243
Fragment Six

**Fragment Six: Galluskulk**

## Overview

Fragment Six led the recruits on an exhaustive journey through Bernard Sleigh's Map of Fairyland. As Deirdre continued to study her father's journal, bits and fragments of information revealed themselves to her. Not knowing what to make of these, she posted them to her blog. Some were obscure numbers, some were descriptions, and even a drawing of a friendly man pointing revealed themselves.

The Mountaineers quickly reasoned these were hints to locations in Fairyland. Over the course of many weeks, they pored through world myths, maps, legends, Russian folklore, and even the fairy tales they were told as children for insight. One by one, obscure clues were tied to spots on the map. As they identified these places, something entirely new happened - the Book of Briars itself began verifying when they were correct. This marked the first time the Book had apparently taken direct interest in their work and it was a very welcome indication when they hit the right marks.

As the recruits continued identifying locations, Lauren noticed her journal from Sullivan Green began displaying something new on its' Yule page. The page now displayed ten blank spaces, and as the recruits found locations, these spaces began to fill with letters. It seemed the ten locations the recruits sought were not just places on a map, but components of something larger. In the end, ten locations were found, and ten letters were uncovered. Rearranging these letters to try to make some sort of animal led them to the sixth fragment, Galluskulk.
Well

**Wells** are places, objects, and people that draw magimystical energy to them.

## Description

According to The Cagliostro, a well is "a place deeply connected to the other side of the veil and therefore filled with echoes of memory and magic. Wells are disorienting for all but the most experienced of magimystics."

## Known Wells

* Morgan Library
* Martin Rank

## History

Wells were first encountered in Fragment Seven when recruits were sent after Seven Cradle Songs. In his email to Lauren Ellsworth, who was also searching for the book, the Cagliostro noted that the book was hidden in Morgan Library - a famous well. He warned that it would be a disorienting place for a new magimystic, but guided her in her quest for the book anyways.

In Phase Three, wells were brought up again by Deirdre Green in The Door - Part Two. After using tome kindling on her copy of The Monarch Papers, she was able to learn more about her father, Sullivan Green's, history. One of his skills was being sensitive to wells - he was able to track them down.

Martin Rank was revealed to be a human well by Theodore Fallon who attempted to lure him to Kemetic Solutions by pretending to awaken Whistler. Taunting him on an intercom system, Theodore told Martin, "Have you never wondered why you have found yourself circling all manner of magiq most of your adult life? It's because you are what we call "a Well." You haven't been circling anything. It's been circling you." Theodore intended to use Martin to draw all manner of magiqal beings to Kemetic Solutions, but was prevented from doing so by The Churning Storm's assault on the company.

## References

1. ↑ http://forum.ackerlygreen.com/t/the-cagliostro/282/149
2. ↑ https://youtu.be/a7SV7KXbcEo?t=4m35s
Through the Night

**Through the Night** is a book by Ackerly-Green Publishing.

## Description

According to Deirdre Green, Through the Night is "… about a man, a sleepwalker, who’s looking for his missing son in New York City." The story follows a husband who is trying to grieve the death of his son, but at night he goes sleepwalking and acts like another person. He searches for the people he blames for his son's supposed death. The story is described by Deirdre as "very much a modern update on Jekyll and Hyde – well modern for 1960" .

## Usage

Through the Night was the book left to Deirdre Green by her father, Sullivan Green, in "All That Remains". In "Bags, Grey Dogs, and Limbo," Deirdre stated that she is hooked on the novel, finding it to be an exciting thriller novel. She felt pride knowing that her father had published the book.

In "Up all night and down the rabbit hole," Deirdre described Through the Night as "more horse, less fish" and suspected that Meredith Grey Ackerly may have been the driving force behind the titles that were published by Ackerly Green.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.deedsdone.co.uk/2016/08/10/a-slight-spiral-and-bad-coffee/
2. ↑ http://www.deedsdone.co.uk/2016/08/18/bags-grey-dogs-and-limbo/
3. ↑ http://www.deedsdone.co.uk/2016/08/10/a-slight-spiral-and-bad-coffee/
Fragment Four

**Fragment Four: Siren's Lace**

## Overview

    The story of the fourth fragment is the story of Brandon Lachmann. Brandon was a thoughtful, insightful ten year old growing up in 1980's New York. He spent his days reading and creating stories and worlds for him and his friends to play through. Wise and insightful beyond his years, Brandon never quite felt like he belonged here, like something was wrong or missing with the world. Inspired by a passage he found in an old book 'Imagination is nothing more than memory, transposed", he set forth to find the truth.
The Mountaineers followed his journey, from the television shows and novels that fired his

    imagination, to the historical landmarks and statues that inspired him to build entire worlds. Over time, the connections he made between seemingly unconnected events and places brought magic into his world, and the recruits'.

    As they traced his steps, they were joined by a shadowy organization called The Devoted - a group that had been tracking Brandon since his seeming disappearance and death thirty years prior. At times, the recruits trailed behind The Devoted, but with the help of a member of their organization named Reader, they began to catch up and even surpass their discoveries.

On October 29th, 2016, the thirtieth anniversary of Brandon's disappearance, the recruits traced his journey to his final steps in our world through the New York City Public Library.

    From there, he boarded a train that you won't find on any timetable or schedule. A train that took him to the lands of imagination that he had remembered and believed so fervently were real.

This was not, however, the end of Brandon's story. As King Rabbit had told the recruits, Brandon had not died that day. Neither had he given up his compassion and concern for others. In his new world, Brandon learned many things and went on many adventures. In the end, however, he worked to warn those he had left behind of a dark storm on the horizon he saw coming. Tapping into whatever strength he could muster, he relayed messages to those who could hear him. He reached out to Cole Sumner and Deirdre Green through his adopted title as  The Last Traveler, and he reached out to the recruits in the end, in the hopes they'd take up his warning and be prepared for what was to come.

Perhaps saddest of all this was the final revelation of the role The Devoted had played in all this. Their leader, Sacha, was a childhood friend of Brandon. She was the one person he trusted to tell of his journey, and the one person he invited to come with him. For whatever reason she did not go with him, but given the fact she spent the next thirty years trying to find him again, one can only assume it was a decision she had come to regret.

As for the fragment, Brandon left the recruits one final gift. The story of The Forest of Darkening Glass. By following it's tale of adventure, they came upon the final fragment of the first key. The plant known as Siren's Lace.
Walking Stick

The **Walking Stick** is a magimystical object owned by Deirdre Green.

## Description

    The walking stick was previously owned by Sullivan Green and was passed down to Deirdre along with his journals and Chronocompass. The walking stick is a conduit for magiq. The more a magiqian travels, the more stories they make, the more they experience in places rich with magiq, the more it gathers. It’s useful for quickly conjuring, and most skilled magimystics find their “true stick” at some point in their lives. The stick, not being intended for the mundane world, will splinter and break the more it is used.

## Known Owners

* Mr. Wideawake
* Sullivan Green
* Deirdre Green
* Saberlane

## History

In "My Mother's Daughter," Deirdre first entered Neithernor. Knocking on the brownstone's door had led her to a broom closet in a warren, which she realized was thick with magiq. She received in a note from her father in his journal, where he told her to explore Neithernor and to take his walking stick with her, which he had placed near the warren's bed. When Deirdre performed magiq using the stick in "The Storm - Part Three," the stress caused the stick to gain a crack in its middle, which she noticed when she returned to the brownstone.

In "Mr. Wideawake," Mr. Wideawake carried a walking stick of his own. The stick was like Deirdre's father’s, but made of paler wood. Gold light leaked out from the cracks in it.

After the Book of Briars was opening in Fragment Sixteen, it was the catalyst for Deirdre deciding where she wanted to go next in her journeys. Like the stick, she believed that she belonged in Neithernor.

During the Secret Society, after Saberlane visited Neithernor, he revealed that he had gained a walking stick of his own. After freeing the spirit of Woolie, he found the stick in the tower and felt called to take it with him.

## References

1. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/fragment-sixteen-the-book-of-briars/1518/306
2. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/new-dg-post-the-storm-part-three/1445/31
3. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/fragment-sixteen-the-book-of-briars/1518/308
4. ↑ https://forum.ackerlygreen.com/t/the-secret-society-of-two-minds/2560/55
Endri

Eaves

Itsuki

**Endri** is a Mountaineer and moderator at the Basecamp 33 Forum. She describes herself as "the defacto 'record keeper' of Basecamp 33" .

## Personality

Endri is incredibly smart, wryly funny, and a little shy, but the forum has allowed her to come out of her shell and feel more confident. Her love of literature and history is only matched by her love of emoji, comics, and dyeing her hair a new color every couple of months. She does freelance research and book editing to support herself while devoting all of her free time to the forum, the Mountaineers, and the search for The Lost Collection.

## Biography

A Thornmouth, Endri grew up in a very strict, religiously conservative household in the south. But she remembers having a copy of the MAGIQ Guide and hiding it in the crawlspace under her childhood home. It made an indelible mark on her and she's been pursuing The Lost Collection ever since.

She left her family and the south as soon as she could and now, in her 20s, only maintains a relationship with her paternal grandparents who are crazy but open-minded and accepting of all walks of life. Following the opening of the Basecamp 33 forums, she was the primary point of contact for recruits. Endri often lurked the forum, ready to help out new members or give out advice during difficult puzzles. Whenever major events on the forums occurred, Endri would help set up times and keep the discussion on track.

### Phase Four

Before the Mountaineers summoned the Book of Briars to awaken it from its sleep in Fragment Sixteen, Endri let recruits know that she had been contacted by Ascender a few days prior. He told her that, while the recruits were battling the Storm on the Day of Change, Ascender and Knatz had used the chaos as an opportunity to lead a mutiny against the more conservative forces of the old houses. They won, but the result was that Monarch's Mountain was in shambles. Ascender asked Endri to join them. There were countless books, scrolls, and coded histories they need help sorting through and they wanted her to lead the effort. Endri said yes, feeling that the recruits didn't need her anymore. Endri said she would always be just an @ away on the forums, but that she wanted to go somewhere where she felt she was needed.

## References

1. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/users/endri/activity
2. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/fragment-sixteen-the-book-of-briars/1518/81
Sebastian Rank

**Sebastian Rank** is the son of Martin Rank.

## Biography

### The Monarch Papers: Flora and Fauna

Sebastian was first mentioned in Chapter Two, the Child of Martin and Isabella Rank. Sebastian had a relatively normal childhood, up until he was six years old. His father instilled a love of books in him from an early age. One fateful day, Martin kept his son home from school, taking him to the library for a fun day out. When Sebastian asked him what his favorite book was, Martin began to remember the plot of The Little Red House and began relaying the plot to his son. This information caused The Churning Storm to go after the boy, wiping his mind and causing a grand mal seizure in the process. After the incident, Sebastian's memories of the event, including his father, were erased and he was unable to recognize the existence of his father. This caused tension between Isabella and Martin, with Isabella blaming Martin for their son's strange behavior. Six months later, she left Martin and took Sebastian with her, becoming a successful fashion journalist and sending Sebastian to Crestview Preparatory. Martin distanced himself from his family, Sebastian's condition too terrible for him to bear, though Sebastian became his reason for relentlessly pursuing the Book of Briars and the Lost Collection.

Sebastian grew up raised by his mother and step-father, eventually marrying on his own and having two children.

### The Monarch Papers: Cosmos and Time

During their escape from The Storm and Kemetic Solutions, Aether, Climber, and Portencia briefly ran into Sebastian and his daughters, but did not mention Marty to him. Sebastian continued to be unable to remember his father until Deirdre Green finally defeated the Storm and managed to bring back memories of The Little Red House. Without the Storm in control, the spell over Sebastian was finally broken, and he welcomed his father back into his life.

## References

1. ↑ The Monarch Papers: Flora and Fauna, p 24
2. ↑ The Monarch Papers: Flora and Fauna, p 27
3. ↑ The Monarch Papers: Flora and Fauna, p 31
Nevergreen

**Nevergreen** was a member of the '94 Mountaineers.

## Biography

Nevergreen was mentioned in Knatz's journal entries in Phase Four. According to Knatz, several of the '94 Mountaineers had been on a conference call to discuss the latest fragment puzzle. The call was done in secret, without Tinkerdown's knowledge, as the Mounties knew he would be concerned after the forum was attacked by the Storm. When they were on the phone, the Storm had come for one of the Mountaineers and it was able to get them all. A Mountaineer who had come late to the call, Seashifter, found them speaking gibberish after the attack.

After the '94 Mountaineers were attacked by The Churning Storm once they reached Fragment Twelve, Nevergreen's fate is unknown.
Fragment Five

**Fragment Five: Brachursis**

## Overview

After a much needed break from solving the first four fragments and unlocking the Flora Key, all were excited to see a post from Deirdre Green discussing her ongoing struggles with setting up a publishing company. Some recruits noticed that post had been updated with a page Deirdre found in her copy of The Wolf and the Wild.

On the page was a story about a man’s experience with creatures that appeared very magical, to say the least. The page talked about a man following insect-like creatures while they made a sacrifice to the most beautiful creature he had ever seen. The intriguing part was that it looked like someone used the page to add their own drawings and information, as well as add pieces of different parts of the story in random locations. The drawings included vine-like tendrils, a vine covered gate, and dots and dashes.

The recruits quickly deciphered the dots and dashes on the page to spell out “ichthywara” and after some clever Photoshopping, the website thecagliostro.com was pieced together using the vines drawn on the gate. This led the recruits to a website with just a “C”, with what looked like coiling snakes within it. Not knowing what to do with the word “Ichthywara”, recruits placed the word after the website url, which led them to a file transfer website. A password was needed to make it further than this page, which the recruits did not have. All matters of dissecting and rearranging the story were tried. But after using a magimystical word provided by the Book of Briars to some of the recruits, the Book gave a clue mentioning leafs, tendrils and flags. One recruit suggested Flag Semaphore, since the leaves at the bottom of the page were too perfectly placed in cardinal directions. After a few attempts, and repositioning the page, recruits were able to decipher that the leaves actually spelled out the word “equicorun” in Flag Semaphore. This turned out to be the password to the File Transfer website on thecagliostro.com.

The file transfer had log-in information to an email address, giving the recruits access to the account. The majority of the e-mails outlined a working relationship between a woman named Lauren and a person going by the name The Cagliostro, who was a renowned magician who performed shows for society’s elite. Within an e-mail, a recruit noticed the word “Brachursis” which turned out to be the fifth fragment.
Droms

Sr. Mod and Head of Reports/Appeals

## About Droms

Hi i'm Droms! I'm currently a Senior Moderator at Good-Gaming MC. I live in the sunny state of Florida in the United States of America. I'm 15 and enjoy playing Minecraft, Counter Strike, GTA 5 and Fallout 4. I like working with servers like developing them and building them.

## Server Responsibilities

Head of Reports and Appeals. I help build maps/builds for the server.
Bash

Endri

Itsuki

**Bash** is a Mountaineer and moderator at the Basecamp 33 Forum.

## Personality

Bash is one of the most quiet members of the Mountaineers, mostly sticking to the background unless called by someone. They make sure that the site is running properly. Despite this, they can be very silly, such as adding a tin-foil hat emoji to the Basecamp.

## Biography

Bash is one of the core Mountaineers who was recruited by Ascender. Although Bash has rarely appeared after the creation of the Basecamp site, they did announce the opening of the Basecamp 33 Forum in "The Basecamp Forum is Live." Bash has appeared from time to time to confirm strange changes to the forum, such as the appearance of the Book of Briars leader account and checking the IP addresses of suspicious accounts.

## References

1. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/fragment-eleven/735/50
2. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/solved-fragment-ten-gladitor-the-office-of-kemetic-solutions/594/257
3. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/the-rabbit-king-and-the-burrow-in-the-fray/63
David

**David** is Deirdre's ex-boyfriend, who she has talked about occasionally on her blog.

## Personality

David is a world-class photojournalist, a fact which made Deirdre uncomfortable using a camera since their breakup. David's unreliableness appeared to be a major factor in their breakup, with him constantly being away for photoshoots. Although he is extremely skilled in photography, Deirdre found him not particularly interesting as a person, suspecting that his blandness was the reason he pointed his camera at interesting things.

## Biography

David was first brought up in Deirdre's post "On Not Belonging" in which she mentioned living in "the bricks and mortar of Dave’s beige flat." In "Unsatisfying Endings," Deirdre elaborated on her relationship with David, noting that they had broken up by letter. At the time of Deirdre's post, David was abroad, taking photographs, while she remained in his apartment.

After leaving London, David was mentioned a few times in Deirdre's blog. In "A slight spiral and bad coffee," Deirdre visited a Danny Lyons exhibit that reminded her of David's photographs. In "Paranoia and Cupcakes" Deirdre mentioned that David always used to call her a sponge. "I always thought he meant I absorbed the personalities and drama of other people because I was too banal to have my own. Perhaps I’m just an empathetic, sensitive person, and a sponge looks soft to a brick wall".

In "The Recent Past Comes Calling," David sent Deirdre a WhatsApp message, asking her if she'd like to grab a pint while he was in town. After meeting him for lunch, Deirdre realized that she was no longer interested in him, calling him a bit beige. Thinking on it further, Deirdre wondered if "maybe that’s why he points his camera at such diverse and interesting things, because he isn’t that interesting. Nice, just not that interesting." After the lunch, Deirdre realized that she never really had much of a connection with David and had finally moved on.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.deedsdone.co.uk/2016/09/01/a-question-of-family/
2. ↑ http://www.deedsdone.co.uk/2016/12/01/the-recent-past-comes-calling/
3. ↑ http://www.deedsdone.co.uk/2016/08/25/paranoia-cupcakes/
4. ↑ http://www.deedsdone.co.uk/2016/12/01/the-recent-past-comes-calling/
5. ↑ http://www.deedsdone.co.uk/2016/12/22/happy-feelings/
Tinkerdown

**Tinkerdown** was a member of the '94 Mountaineers and friend of Augernon. He served as the 'admissions' representative for the Mountaineers.

## Personality

Like Eaves, Tinkerdown served as the 'welcome wagon' for incoming Mountaineers. It was his job to onboard new recruits and get them on what Augernon called the 'fragment chain' - the official '94 Mountaineers puzzle solving email chain. Before recruits could be accepted, they had to be approved by Tinkerdown.

## Biography

Tinkerdown was mentioned in Martin Rank's post "The Quiet," during the time between Phase Two and Phase Three. Martin mentioned that he did not know Tinkerdown personally, but had heard of his name .

While recruits talked to Augernon in Fragment Thirteen, he mentioned Tinkerdown from time to time. Augie stated that he had to go through Tink to get recruits on the chain, but ultimately started sharing information after Tink didn't respond to his request. Later, Augie mentioned that Tink had received strange phone calls, "just quiet on the other end, but he said he could feel someone there, like the energy of somebody on the other end, listening. And then the power in his house blew."

As the Storm began to pick off the remaining Mountaineers, Tinkerdown was one of the few remaining puzzle solvers. Unbeknownst to him, the remaining Mountaineers were having conference calls, a dangerous endeavor since the Storm could reach through technology to control more people at the same time.the puzzlers were frustrated with how slow and confusing the email chain had gotten, so they’d been secretly working together on a conference call from one of the puzzler’s offices. The calls sometimes had fifteen people on at a time. The puzzlers had been discussing old complications at night to try and find any loose threads. One night, the only other remaining puzzler, Seashifter, got stuck at work so he was late for the call. When he got on it there were maybe ten people talking. But it was all gibberish. Nonsense. Someone had been on the call when the storm came for them and it got them all.

When Augernon discovered a spellbook from his grandfather containing a bastard hex that he believed could save the remaining Mountaineers, Tink reopened the forum so they could send a mass message to whoever was left. The spell would require a large number of people to be successful. However, while Knatz went to speak with Augie, the Storm came for Tink, and his family, because they also knew.

## References

1. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/the-road-to-fragment-thirteen-sullivans-letter-the-chronocompass/1276/553
2. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/the-quiet/587/5
3. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/fragment-13-official-then-now/1301/168
Meta:The OracleSage-Chordie Ship

This page confirms that CJB did in fact confirm the OracleSage-Chordie ship and that Cags has now finally sunk forever into the void. As was written in the Discord server #the\_cabinet.

## Addendum

Although the Choracle ship remained strong for several months, the draw of the Cagliostro was too strong for Chordie and the two amicably split. This lead to the formation of the VictorianSage ship, of VictorianFlorist and OracleSage, who happily grow trees together and hang scarves on them in honor of Operation Nepenthe.
R.K. Adler

**R.K. Adler** was a member of The Low and a renowned therapist specializing in cognitive rehabilitation, tasked with treating Theodore Fallon

## Personality

Little is known of R.K. Adler, other than that she believes in magiq as a member of The Low.

## Biography

The name R.K. Adler was initially found in Fragment Eleven in an email from Aether to The Mountaineers. It was coupled with a password that allowed Mounties to enter The Lost Athenaeum. Adler had access to a single spell, as requested by Aether - the Consolatory Teatime for Misplaced Memory spell. Later, he would use the account to request information on The Last Oracular Eye and The Myth of Elainnor.

When Martin Rank sought out Teddy Fallon in Fragment Fifteen, he was instructed by Benefactor to use the name R.K. Adler to gain access. It was revealed that Adler was a renowned therapist in charge of Teddy's recovery after his mind had been wiped by The Churning Storm. Marty was asked to leave after Teddy's staff said Adler's office called and referred to her as a "she," as well as saying they didn't know Martin.

## References

1. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/found-fragment-fifteen-reunions-and-revivals-gnascorius/1464/431
2. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/solved-fragment-eleven-durkonos/735/211
3. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/solved-fragment-eleven-durkonos/735/208
4. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/solved-fragment-eleven-durkonos/735/249
5. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/found-fragment-fifteen-reunions-and-revivals-gnascorius/1464/399
6. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/found-fragment-fifteen-reunions-and-revivals-gnascorius/1464/490
Fragment One

**Fragment One: Fraylilly**

## Overview

Sullivan Green, once owner of Ackerly-Green Publishing and later recluse, was long thought to be the key to uncovering more of our hidden world. When he passed away in 2016, the  Mountaineers were afraid their last hope of learning the truth passed with him. That was until they discovered he had an heir.

After some investigating the Mountaineers discovered the identity of Sullivan's daughter, Deirdre Green. Deirdre never knew her father other than a few scattered childhood memories. It seems he left her with her Aunt in Ireland when she was very young. Deirdre flew to New York City to attend to her father's last wishes and in the final possessions left to her were a pocket watch, a well worn book, and pair of mysterious loose pages. Ascender was able to contact Deirdre to get a copy of the pages for the Mountaineers to look through.

Much investigation and Photoshop exploration followed and a hidden message within the page was discovered. It seems the floral elements, previously thought to just be decoration, when cut out and assembled into an image formed a flower no one had ever seen before. A Google reverse image led the recruits to someone who had seen it before - Cole Sumner, who had dreamt of the flower and was moved to sketch it. He called it the Fraylily.
Operation Aorthora

**Operation Aorthora** was one of four spells cast in Fragment Fifteen to take down the Storm.

## Description

Operation Aorthora was intended as a defensive spell, to bolster the quickly waning protections afforded to the Mountaineers by the Council of the 18 Gates. The spell involved three aspects: a defensive poem, a personal sigil, and a guild sigil.

Operation Aorthora included the following poem:

Calling the Corners, to shield what is ours
The Forges carry inspiration and fortify defenses
The Guards hold the line and protect the balance
The Thorns possess the knowledge and gain information
The Balis tend Nature and are blessed by Gaea's chaos
The Watchers follow the flame and lead others forward
The Goss tend the wounded and keep our hearts together
The Six will hold our world, and face the Storm together
United we stand, never to be broken again

## Usage

Operation Aorthora was a measure used in Fragment Fifteen to ensure that the forum was not infiltrated by the Silver as the Mountaineers attempted to lure out and control the Storm, forcing it to use its time travel powers to exchange a magiqal item in exchange for the 1998 Book of Briars. The spell was successfully able to keep the Silver at bay during the Day of Change.

## References

1. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/operation-aorthora-forum-mountie-defensive-spell/1474/33
Fragment Two

**Fragment Two: Eye of the Moons**

## Overview

After a brief rest from the thrill of figuring out the first fragment, a user named KingRabbit checked into the Basecamp 33 Forum. One of their first posts included a picture of a woman, taken seemingly without her knowledge, looking at art in a gallery. He mentioned wanting to create a new 'collection'. The Mountaineers asked KingRabbit about it and it turned out the woman in the image was Deirdre Green.

Investigating KingRabbit turned up an Instagram account and his website. On the site were four locations to enter 'magic words.' Thus, a long game of cat and mouse, or perhaps rabbit and mountaineer, began. King Rabbit would posted another picture of himself stalking Deirdre, along with a clue and the name of an area within New York city. These clues led to pieces of art within the city, and that art led the recruits to the names of the art's creators or those who inspired the art. These names turned out to be the Magic Words needed for King Rabbit's site.

Using the magic words uncovered 'gifts' from King Rabbit. If you can call a six hour video to scan looking for the 3 key seconds a word would appear a gift, anyway. Each video contained one word, and these words, when combined, formed the name of the plant 'Eye of the Moons' which was the second fragment!

The story of King Rabbit did not end with the discovery of the fragment however. More gifts arrived, most prominently a page entitled 'Those Who did not Die' . This page tells the tales of five people who were thought to have died in our world, but through feats of magic actually managed to survive and live on. One of these people, Brandon Lachmann, would play a key role in the fragments to come.
FrayLily

A **Fraylily** is a type of flower in the Magiq-verse.

## Description

Fraylilies exist in a land called the Fray - a location "in-between" worlds where magiq exists. It came to Cole Sumner in a dream, inspiring him to draw it. The Fraylily's bulb is also used in the Kindly Brew for Finding Hidden Things: Second Draft.

## Usage

Fraylily was the name of Fragment One. After recruits assembled and reverse image searched for an image of a Fraylily, they found that a Tumblr blogger named CRSumner had drawn the flower. He was able to give recruits its name. The fraylily was later used to answer questions in the first Magimystical Assessment.

## References

1. ↑ http://crsumner.tumblr.com/post/149280119564/hello-what-do-you-know-about-fraylily
Illiomancer

An **Illiomancer** is a type of magic practitioner in the Magiq-verse.

## Description

Illiomancy is a type of magiq, seemingly related to the artistic field of illustration. Bernard Sleigh was an illiomancer, according to Sullivan Green.

## History

The term illiomancer appeared in Sullivan Green's Monarch Papers, Volume 3. It was used to solve Fragment Six, which described an unknown illiomancer named Bernard Sleigh, who's piece the Map of Fairyland contained locations needed to find the word Galluskulk.

## References

1. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/the-cagliostro/282/9
2. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/solved-fragment-six-the-unknown-illiomancer/296/12
Scorchwind

Scorchwind

Warrior: Scorchwind

StarClan Resident: Scorchwind

Brother: Raggedstar

Half-Brothers: Volepaw, Mosspaw, Fang, Blaze, Smokey, Night

Half-Sisters: Dawncloud, Russetfur, Duchess, Glimmer, Heather, Bree, Sorrow

Mates: Dawn (formerly), Crowtail (formerly), Darkflower

Sons: Jagged claw, Jaggedtooth, Thorn, Nightstar, Clawface, Frogtail, Flinchflight, Rowanstar, Cedarheart

Daughters: Moth, Tansy, Ashheart, Newtspeck, Deerleap, Lavenderkit

## Physical description

### Eye color

light blue

**Scorchwind** is a ginger tabby tom.

## History

#### Dawn's story

when Scorchwind, Raggedpelt, Stonetooth, Appleleaf, Foxheart found Dawn and her family after Raggedpelt killed her mate Hal, he offers them to stay in Shadowclan and Dawn agreed, he and Raggedpelt took her to see Cedarstar, the clan leader to see if they could stay in Shadowclan which he lets them. moons later he falls in love with Dawn, she is soon expecting his kits but when Talon and his rouges attack his clan because they want Dawn now Dawnheart back he saw that they really love each other, after the rouges leave his feelings for Dawnheart begin to go away and he falls in love with another she- cat named Crowtail that makes Dawnheart want to leave Shadowclan and go back her rouge group and as kits live their mother she takes her kits and older ones that where new warriors. after Dawn leaves Crowtail starts to expect his kit. moons later she has 7 kits 3 she- cats named Ashkit, Newtkit, and Deerkit, 4 toms named Nightkit, Clawkit, Frogkit, and Flinchkit
### Russetfur and Blackstar

He is seen saying goodbye to and Dawn's kit as Russetfur's mother leaves the her siblings and new half- siblings. He is later come out of the nursery after his and Crowtail's kit were born.
### Rising Storm

Scorchwind does not formerly appear in *Rising Storm*, but his mate, Darkflower gives birth to his kits, Rowankit, Cedarkit, and Lavenderkit. Unfortunately, Lavenderkit dies from the Carrionplace sickness.
The Myth of Elainnor

**The Myth of Elainnor** is a book that was written by Fletcher Dawson. It was read by Deirdre Green as a child in Neithernor.

## Description

According to the librarians at The Lost Athenaeum, Galifanx, Gladitor, Durkonos, and Aorthora are objects in the book. They’re names of a shield, sword, helmet, and armor, respectively. Little is known about the plot of the Myth of Elainnor, aside from the fact that Elainnor, the titular character, had to gather the five objects from the book to save the woman she loved.

## History

The Myth of Elainnor was first mentioned in the Phase Three assessment. Recruits went to the Lost Aethenaeum for hints on how to enter the Fletcher Dawson website and, in providing information on the landmarks that connected to the constellations, there was mention to the origin of the constellations.

In "The Vault," Deirdre was in Neithernor when she recalled that she had been read The Myth of Elainnor by Sullivan when she was a child. She described the book as her soul's providence and was able to find it within the thousands of books within the vault using magiq. Later, in "The Six Books," the Myth of Elainnor was one of the five books Deirdre used in her spell to find The Little Red House.

On The Day of Change, Deirdre used the Myth of Elainnor to protect herself from the Storm, creating translucent versions of Elainnor's armor and weapons to strike down the Storm.

## References

1. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/solved-phase-3-assessment-fletcher-dawson/1142/136
Pippette

**Pippette** was a member of the '94 Mountaineers.

## Biography

Pippette was mentioned in Knatz's journal entries in Phase Four. According to Knatz, several of the '94 Mountaineers had been on a conference call to discuss the latest fragment puzzle. The call was done in secret, without Tinkerdown's knowledge, as the Mounties knew he would be concerned after the forum was attacked by the Storm. When they were on the phone, the Storm had come for one of the Mountaineers and it was able to get them all. A Mountaineer who had come late to the call, Seashifter, found them speaking gibberish after the attack.

After the '94 Mountaineers were attacked by The Churning Storm once they reached Fragment Twelve, Pippette's fate is unknown.
Ichthywara

**Ichthywara** is a type of animal in the Magiq-verse.

## Description

Little is known about the Ichthywara, though it is posited to be of some relation to the hippocampus.

## Usage

Ichthywara was used in Fragment Five. Recruits found the name of the beast through unlocking morse code hidden in a page posted by Deirdre Green . When added to the end of the URL of The Cagliostro's website, it led to The Cagliostro's hidden database .

## References

1. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/solved-fragment-five-brachursis/255/9
2. ↑ http://forum.basecamp33.com/t/solved-fragment-five-brachursis/255/45
Susan Lachmann

**Susan Lachmann** is the mother of Brandon Lachmann. She runs The Forest of Darkening Glass website.

## Personality

Susan Lachmann is a kind and caring person, who still feels love for her son despite losing him thirty years ago. She has a great deal of compassion for others who are grieving as well and wishes to bring something good from the horrible tragedy that made her lose her son.

## Biography

Susan Lachmann grew up in New York City and eventually married her high school sweetheart, Jim. After college, they moved back to the city, buying a cheap home due to the low property prices at the time. Jim worked as a math teacher back then and Susan's first job was as a librarian. It was this simple world that Brandon was born into in the fall of ’75.

Susan and Jim raised Brendon as bast they could, encouraging him to become an avid reader even as a small child. Brandon grew up to be a shy boy, but an excellent student. Because of this, Susan was shocked when Brandon turned inward, seemingly troubled. She tried to give him his space, but he ultimately disappeared on October 29th. Although they called the police, they were of little help.

Susan spent all her time trying to find anything she could about his last day. She went to every book store, scoured the parks, and visited every library, desperate for something, anything. Then, in late January of ’87 she caught a break. A colleague had come across his name in the record of a book Brandon had returned just three days before he went missing. It was a book about the forgotten landmarks of the city and in it was the leather bookmark. It was saving his space in a chapter about the intact hidden subway station below City Hall. He’d filled the chapter with strange notes, confusing questions and thoughts. Susan believed he’d been unwell for some time, and she’d just been unwilling to admit it. He wrote about a plan that would allow him to escape this reality. A plan that would end at the subway station.

The police found Brandon's body in a service tunnel that led into the station. They told Susan and Jim he must have become trapped and drowned in only a couple of inches of water at the bottom of the tunnel. He was found along with his backpack and its contents, which Susan and Jim kept for years. However, the contents of the backpack was eventually stolen from the couple by The Devoted. Jim thought it was a good thing. He hoped it would help them move on. Over the years, Susan eventually came to terms with Brandon's death, ultimately culminating in the creation of The Forest of Darkening Glass website.
Gwendolyn

Gwendolyn is the Matriarch of the Mouse Guard.

## Official Biography

Gwendolyn is a canon character in David Peterson's Mouse Guard books. You can find out everything about her from her official Mouse Guard wiki page.

## Mouse Guardians Canon

Anything that we've created as canon to our podcast from an existing character of David Peterson's Mouse Guard will show up below.