Baron from the Baronies

## Baron

### Aliases

Sia Weird little skeleton boy (Riz Gukgak)

## Physical Description

### Hair

White

> "*The things that are true about me are as follows: I am your Roëmænce Partnær, and I am from the Baronies. The third is that my name is Baron.*"
> ― Baron
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> "*You have been naughty thrice Riz Gukgak! Your Roëmænce Partnær deserves better trætment!*"
> ― Baron
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**Baron** is a nightmare entity that resides in an unknown mirror dimension. It was created from Riz's lies, perpetuated by the curse of the Coin, when he pretends to be dating someone from The Baronies named Baron.

## Featured Episodes

* Episode 3: Havoc at the Hotel Cavalier
* Episode 4: Heartache on the Celestine Sea (mentioned)
* Episode 18: Fearful Symmetry (illusion)
* Episode 20: Spring Break! I Believe In You! (Part 2) (mentioned)

## Description

Baron is a 2-foot tall bone-white goblin mannequin made of either bone or ivory. Its joints are articulated into blackness. It wears a white shirt, a vest, and grey pantaloons. As hair, it wears a pure white wig in a Lord Fauntleroy/princeling style. Its face has two nostril holes, two matte black spots for eyes, and a dark, carved line for a mouth.

It has a voice colder than the grave, but its lips don't move when it speaks. It carries a long white wand.

## History

### Sophomores Start

At the start of spring break his sophomore year, Riz Gukgak, observing his friends "hooking up" and "doing it" with their significant others, lies about also being in a relationship in order to fit in. He tells them he's dating someone named Baron from the Baronies.

### Havoc at the Hotel Cavalier

That night, Baron appears to Riz in a standing mirror in his PI office. Baron is upset that Riz doesn't recognize them as his "romance partner". Riz admits that he made Baron up and calls them a "weird little skeleton boy", which upsets Baron more. They threaten Riz to drag him to the Baronies to meet their "stark father" should he insult them a third time.

Severely freaked out, Riz shoots the mirror in self-defense, but this only allows Baron to come through the mirror and attack him. Baron twists Riz's head and drags him across the floor and into the mirror. It is later revealed that Riz was attacked this way because he was not sleeping, and therefore could not be influenced by the possession curse from his dragon's hoard like Fig Faeth was.

### Heartache on the Celestine Sea

After Riz is rescued at the Hotel Cavalier alongside Fig, he warns the party not to lie, as their lies may come and attack them later, like Baron did.

### Fearful Symmetry

Riz encounters Baron again in the Forest of the Nightmare King. As he runs through in pursuit of the unicorn skeleton, Baron appears in a mirror on one of the trees. Riz insists that Baron isn't real, and Baron asks why he made it up if he's so dedicated to the truth. Riz talks about his fear of being wrong and hurting his friends but corrects himself to say that Baron was different. He made Baron up because all his friends were hooking up, but since he's not into that kind of thing, he didn't want any questions.

In the mirrors around him, Riz sees his friends appear with their romantic interests: Fabian and Aelwyn dancing; Tracker and Kristen making out; Fig playing a concert with Ayda in the front row; Ragh and Fathethriel kissing. Baron attempts to sow doubt in Riz's mind about why his friends keep him around, that they only see him as the funny little guy who finds the clues. Baron tells him that all his friends are going to find someone that matters more to them than Riz.

Riz grapples with the thought momentarily but is grounded solely by the fact that he knows Ragh doesn't like Fathethriel. Baron finally shows him an image of his parents, Pok and Sklonda, meeting at a fancy party, suave and confident, and tells him that he's most unlike them.

## Trivia

* Colby [twitter] created a homebrew creature inspired by Baron! Mirror Nightmare
* During the fight on The Rombosa during The Seven, there was an NPC figure later revealed to be Baron during the following Adventuring Party; Brennan shared that he would have used Baron as a force that could have to aid the Seven Maidens in case the fight turned against them.