NADS Namedrops

When Paul Shapera creates new characters, he often names them after members of the fandom by asking for people's names on the discord server NADS, or from members on his Patreon page

## Albums

Namedrops from albums

Miss Helen's Weird West Cabaret

* Miss Helen is named after Hannah

The Grand Cyberpunk Gala of Gabriella Gadfly

* Gabriella Gadfly is named after the NADS member Gabriella
* Jade the villain is named after Fish-d
* Nathan Brindesi is first name comes from Nadril
* Nathan Brindesi's surname comes from Nero.
* Brigid, Nathan's friend who sent his manuscript to a publisher, is named after Bug, creator of Inaccurate-New-Albion-Quotes on Tumblr.
* Aubrey the saloon owner is named after the NADS member Aubrey
* The Phoenix that protects the comet in Sublimity is the same Phoenix from the book, and is named after the NADS member Phoenix

The Forgotten Meme

* Rebecca is named after Rilla
* Vadvi, the Meme's video game avatar, is named after Vadvivon
* Thess, Rebecca's video game avatar, is named after Brasstail
* Nicholas the hacker mouse is named after Some Dargons

Uncle Raven's Storytime Theatre: Never Never Land

* Kirby from Dungeonland, who sends in fan mail, is named after Kirbybirb

The Broken Cyborg

* Xander Cale is named after Zander
* Macayla Cale, Xander's twin, is named after Nannerl
* Jakob Jansson is named after Jacob/Tyinyk
* Jesse Jansson is named after the NADS user Jesse
* Jakob and Jesse's last name, Jansson, comes from Nagelfar

Katy Shaw and the Search for the Stolen Secret

* Sheila is named after Pumpkin/Marjolein Nijsten
* Wormy, the pimp at The Balley, is named after WormAnchorite
* Ramon, Mark's friend who stole the folder of secret plans and then lost it during a TanSan trip, is named after Zacotive
* Brandon, Mark's friend who goaded him into stealing the folder, is named after Recon

Nash Harding and the Secret of the Twisted Tower

* Nash Harding is named after Fezman
* Ryvyr D Goblin is named after Ryv

Kevin & Abi and the Secret of the Golden Pendant

* Elliot Marsh is named after Red

Han Mi's Storytime Theatre: How To Talk To A Cute Girl Without Being A Creep

* Dr. Jesper Furby is named after the NADS member Jesper
* Oliver the game developer is named after the NADS member Theo
* Katelyn the costume designer is named after the NADS member Kate

The Posthuman War

* Marjolein is named after Marjolein Nijsten

Jill's Psychedelic Sunday

* Binx is named after binxysage
* Bridge is named after bridge.g
* Remmy is named after remmy4warlord

Kevin & Abi And The Secret Of The Stolen Sun

* Geoff is named after geoffrey\_the\_giraffe
* Santiago is named after Santerk
* Rob Stillwell is named after x\_blade\_mage
* Xiao-Li, Alyssa, and Pixel are all named after PixelWayve

## The Book

Namedrops from the book Lost Fables From New Albion

* Beatrice Wynn and Lucio Dacheva's first names come from Grey
* Beatrice Wynn's last name comes from Brasstail
* Kerttu, the anti-fascist who dropped a bomb down Beatrice's shirt, is named after Kerttu Aarnipuu
* Ego Garland, mayor of New Albion during the purges, is named after Tali
* Kai Talimer, a seaman from Umberland who took care of Pepper the Dog for a couple of years, is named after KineticAi
* Swiftpaw the german shepherd is named after the NADS user Swiftpaw
* Daniela, a prostitute who is friends with Agatha, is named after Rainbowlight
* Nero, Agatha's sensei who helped with the Phoenix spell, is named after the NADS user Nero
* The Phoenix is named after the NADS user Phoenix
* Nicholas Schilling is named after Nic

## The Podcast

Namedrops from the Astonishing Tales of the Highly Improbable podcast

* Matt, Lloyd's first boyfriend and star of the theatre department who is first mentioned in episode 6, is named after the NADS user Matt
* Mira, the Hermaphrodite Goddess of Gay from episode 17 is named after Mirapunk
* The screeching abyss demon mentioned in the opening ad for episode 18 is named after Alyssa Wiswall
* The owner of PixelWayve's Tar Pits the sponsor of episode 18, and the titular character of PixelWayve and the Calamari Yakuza in the ending song of episode 22, are named after PixelWayve
* The owner of TJ's Bird Emporium, sponsor of episode 20, is named after TJ/gladthatwefoundyouhere
* The owner of Fayzart Furry Fads, sponsor of episode 21, is named after Fayzart
* Kirby and Kirbitta, the enlightened cult leaders in episode 21, are named after Kirbybirb
* The owner of Gobomo's Voodoo Market in episode 23, is named after the NADS user Gobomo
* Millie, the college student who writes Lloyd fanmail in episode 24, is named after the NADS user Millie
* The owner of Rory's Erotic Barnyard Adventures in episode 28, is named after the NADS user Gobomo

## Social Media

Namedrops from various twitter threads and Helen's Hell Hags stories, along with Instagram hashtags

* PixelWayve, who Raven tries to kinkshame over a body pillow and who Han-Mi and The Floozy defends, is PixelWayve
* Alyssa, the artist who designed the Hell Hags logo and was subsequently kidnapped by them for a couple days of carnival fun, is Alyssa Wiswall
* Galaxy the Witch, a member of the Hell Hags who is dating Shira, is named after the NADS member Galaxy
* Dev, owner of Marcus' Mattresses, is named after the NADS member Dev
* King Mal, Ruler of the Fish People who seek asylum at the Carnival, is named after the NADS member Mal
* The M'adi, an alien hunter who is chasing the Fish people, is named after Madi
* Maisel, a worker at The Balley who opened the carnival door to let the M'adi in, is named after the NADS member Maisel
* Alyssa, another Balley worker who Maisel is rivals with, is named after Alyssa Wiswall
* Wormy, the same pimp from Katy Shaw and the Search for the Stolen Secret who is Maisel and Alyssa's boss, is named after WormAnchorite
* Jesper Furby, a new member of the Lost Hollow broadcast, is named after the NADS member Jesper
* George Murph, King of the Smurfs, who shows up and causes mayhem at the Carnival, is named after George Murphy
* There is a story retelling the events of a Wild Carnival Party with many antics and shenanigans which include the following NADS members: The Fabled Goat, Mal, Echo, Gidget, Alyssa Wiswall, PixelWayve, Pumpkin/Marjolein Nijsten, Dottie, Zackle, Nash, Nagelfar, Matt, Kerttu Aarnipuu, Nat, Dev, Poof/Madi, Wormy, Soreg, Folly, Vadvi, Brass, Mira
* Iris, the ghost on monorail line A mentioned in New Albion 9 is named after NADS member Silent Iris

## Other

* On Paul's Patreon, there is a background story about Constance and Katy which includes characters named Mal and Wyatt, after NADS users of the same names
* The song Jenna Dreams was written for Soule
* The song Luna was written for Shadoh Fay