Codex - A Cha-boot Compendium

**WARNING!**
The following sections contain spoilers for the lore and story of Worlds Adrift

## Section 1

> A Cha-boot Compendium -
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> A tribute to the travellers who hold this form dear. I wrote these as a tribute to the world that once was,
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> (Translated from the Mellifluan by Banton)
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> There once was an odd Saborian,
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> Who practised her fine oratory in,
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> A Verduban dome,
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> So far north of home,
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> It was practivally hyperborean.
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## Section 2

> There once was a flautist Cha-boot,
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> Who desired to nick all the loot,
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> 'Though she was eager,
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> The treasure was meagre,
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> So she sucked it all up with her flute.
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## Section 3

> There once was a lady of Gall,
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> For whom a Karem did fall,
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> She denied his advances,
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> Miming studious trances,
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> And making him feel rather small.
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## Section 4

> There once was a man from Geutine,
>  Who liked to keep his teeth clean,
>  He picked up a stick,
>  And gave it a lick,
>  Which made such an act lock obscene.
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## Section 5

> There was a girl of Bargu Jiu,
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> Who got her foot stuck in a shoe,
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> With a needle and thread
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> She put it to bed,
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> 'Though her foot began leaking red goo.
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## Section 6

> There once lived a man in Ozurgeti,
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> Who would only eat wholemeal spaghetti,
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> He took it out of a tin,
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> And sucked it all in,
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> And spent the rest of the day on the settee.
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## Section 7

> There once was a warlock from Putty
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> Who put cashews in his butty,
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> They wobbled about,
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> And tasted dried out,
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> No wonder they said he was nutty.
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## Section 8

> There was a Pin from Huacanado,
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> Who ate the stones of avocado,
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> He let the flesh go grey
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> or threw it away,
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> For he was a drupe aficionado.
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## Section 9

> There once was a Pekoe or Koinos,
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> Who swapped out his gourd for a loincloth,
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> He said it was freeing,
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> Especially when peeing,
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> And was thinking of taking it all off.
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## Section 10

> There once was a Green Island belle,
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> Who lived in a bright orange shell,
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> A murky old lair,
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> Awash wish sea hare,
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> Which begins to explain the bad smell.
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## Section 11

> There once was a Great Marsha of Darnik,
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> Who was always incredibly seasick,
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> When Atlas brought Flight,
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> The lad saw the light,
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> And built a gargantuan skyship.
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## Section 12

> There was a green zealot of Wellah,
> A rigid and tiresome young fella'
> But matters imperial,
> Turned matters funereal,
> When he met with a moving propeller.
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## Section 13

> There was an old lady of Diva,
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> Who contracted a rare type of fever,
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> She went down south,
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> Where they looked in her mouth,
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> And chopped off her tongue with a cleaver.
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## Section 14

> There was once a dice man of Holo,
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> Who found defeat hard to swallow,
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> He called the other a cheat
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> And stoof on his feet,
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> Inciting the fracas that followed.
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## Section 15

> The was a young swordsman of Karem,
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> Who desired to have his own harem,
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> He grew do dejected,
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> When ladies objected,
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> That he bathed in a bucket of Arum.
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## Section 16

> There was young scab of Darat,
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> Whose paws were as quick as a cat.
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> He'd pilfer and pluck,
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> From any old duck,
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> And keep it all under his hat.
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## Section 17

> There once was a girl of Redusa,
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> Who gave her friend a reducer,
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> It was right in the belly
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> She gave it some welly,
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> Turns out she'd been called a Medusa.
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## Section 18

> There once was a girl of Agbana,
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> Assigned to work as a tanner.
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> She went at a pinch,
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> and thought it a cinch,
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> To raise the old leather banner.
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## Section 19

> There was an old crone from Selene,
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> Who made a tincture of bean,
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> The moon looked down
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> And gave her a frown,
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> Saying, "that stuff'll make you turn green."
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