Bovil Flaskforge

Illustrated by Penflower Ink (Tom Fummo)

Bovil Flaskforge is a NPC created and portrayed by Justin Green. He is the commander of Janni Squad, having recruited Astra Blep, Janni Brightchild, Patty Hurts, and Zelf. He has been recording the events of the time loops in his journal.

**General Spoiler Warning:** This page has been updated with information as of Ep 49 - My teammates are already gone. Anything after that, if any, is not on this page.

## Description

Bovil is a dwarf. He may be old; he is technically never described in the podcast outside of the player characters occasionally calling him an old man.

## Backstory

Bovil is an astronomer from Nan Tahrum, Reskarus. He learns about the time loops and believes that he must become the demigod of Hybdall in order to end them.

He is an alcoholic. He may have been an alcoholic before the loops began, but it has been exacerbated by the knowledge of the time loops. He might also have radiation poisoning, either from being so close to the meteorite or because he's from Nan Tahrum where the meteor originally landed.

At Shadowend, he stays at the observatory.

## Current Events

Bovil Flaskforge recruits Janni Brightchild, Patty Hurts, Zelf, and Astra Blep to be on his squad but doesn't bother to welcome them to Shadowend. When Janni and Zelf find him, he's drunk and doesn't know who they are. Around this time, Bovil reads his journal and tells his friend Gyiha about the existence of the time loops.

Bovil meets the squad briefly in Arrowpeak before the competition. When the squad returns to Shadowend, Bovil is sober and asks them to give his journal to Gyiha if he dies. Astra snoops and discovers the existence of the time loops. At the disastrous dinner party, Bovil seems to know what's happening with the teleporting door but Patty convinces him to open it for them.

In Newhaven, he sets up without his squad to lie in wait for Tudgrack, the teen dwarf who has the meteorite. The squad plans to find the meteorite for him, but get distracted by their own objectives. Astra steals the meteorite and gives it to Bovil when he finds them. Once reunited, the squad convinces Bovil to let them help him.

Bovil escorts the squad back to Shadowend, where he and Astra wait for his wife's letter to confirm that the time loop is happening.

While the squad is in Mealnor, Bovil is lured to a sea fort in Bellkeep, a city at the edge of Birwine, and is attacked by General Windstar. Bovil is unable to use his teleportation powers in the deep waters, but still critically injures a few of the Shadowend cadets in the resulting battle. He manages to steal Windstar's boat and heads to Nan Tahrum to activate the meteor. He sends a message to Zelf and the others to meet him there. Unbeknownst to him, Zelf tells Castien where he is heading, and General Windstar is able to capture Bovil leaving the desert.

## Time Loops

Bovil owns the journal that recounts the details of past loops. There are around 80 recorded loops, with the first 20 being detailed and the last 60 being just lists of the people Bovil recruits. He usually makes it about 2 months before the journal restarts, though some loops have lasted longer.

Bovil believes that he is being called to be the new demigod of Hybdall, and that he must reunite a piece of meteorite to the rest of the meteor in Nan Tahrum.

### First recorded loop

On Idius 1, Bovil is intrigued by the sudden appearance of an asteroid belt orbiting around the closest planet to Yrisol. He reaches out to other astronomers but finds them all mysteriously missing or unresponsive.

Bovil's first squad comes up with the ritual, and Glorihan Phirel, Pearl Pervalur, and someone else cast it on the journal, allowing it to persist throughout the time loops.

They attempt to cast the ritual on Bovil, but it backfires and turns him into an old man. They also manage to cast the spell on Glorihan's bedroom. It's unclear if these events happened during the first loop or later loops.

### Other loops

* In one loop, he stays with his wife Dinelynn Flaskforge instead of pursuing demigodhood. He lasts 6 or 7 months before the time loop resets.
* Bovil believes some sections of the journal are forged, and Zelf's analysis seems to confirm this. Bovil believes this means that other agents have gotten their hands on the journal in previous loops.
* Zelf uncovers a section of the journal that was blacked out. During that loop, Gyiha recovered the journal after Bovil became the demigod of Hybdall. She meets with the Ministry of the Fleeting Zodiac, who believe that the loops will end once all the demigods are killed.

### Current loop

Bovil gives his journal to Janni Squad, who continue to take notes about the loop.

## Appears In

### In person

* Ep 2 - Janni Squad
* Ep 3 - Bread Map
* Ep 5 - Garden variety zombie
* Ep 6 - Who knows who's coming back
* Ep 7 - The Dinner Party
* Ep 11 - The Party of Pure Chaos
* Ep 12 - Grapes for an Eleflute
* Ep 15 - Like a drowned rat
* Ep 17 - That's not being a bro
* Ep 42 - Backhand of Good Luck (via bird token)

### Mentioned

* Ep 1 - Welcome to Shadowend
* Ep 4 - Cartoon Ankle Noose
* Ep 8 - Baby Angel
* Ep 9 - Responsibly sourced Eleflute
* Ep 13 - Walk with purpose
* Ep 16 - The Great Mealnor Bake Off
* Ep 20 - I will join a sorority tomorrow
* Ep 26 - Accidental Pervert Territory
* Ep 30 - Toots doesn't know you people
* Ep 31 - Janni-shaped container
* Ep 33 - Dentistry trigger warning
* Ep 34 - I WOULD RATHER DIE
* Ep 37 - Slutty Little Vest
* Ep 43 - What's your Rabual score?
* Ep 44 - Janni innaJ
* Ep 45 - Consequence Debt
* Ep 48 - Statistically horny for battle
* Ep 49 - My teammates are already gone

## References

1. ↑ Justin, via Discord
2. ↑ Ep. 7: A week before Bovil gives the journal to the squad, he met with Gyiha to tell her about the time loops.
3. ↑ Ep. 7
4. ↑ Ep. 17
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ep. 48
6. ↑ Ep. 42
7. ↑ Ep. 33