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Unsounded 2021 Fanworks Contest

The Unsounded 2021 fanworks contest was run between February 3rd, 2021 and April 13th, 2021, the period between the end of Chapter 15 and the beginning of Chapter 16. The entries are linked below.

## **Fanfiction**

* Just A Burning Memory by Groucho
* The Call of the Unsounded by Adam-1
* Aldish Ladies by John Klein
* Temple Dreaming by James Richards
* The Price of Doing Business, or in Which Two Rogues Give Each Other Bad Counsel by soartfullydone\*

* Elegy for a Senet Beast by Olivia Taylor
* In Cold Blood by hermdoggydawg
* "The Measure of an Aldishman" by Vlet Hansen
* Not-Normal Girls by Amaranthaceae
* A Drop Filled With Memories by Irheh

## **Fanart**

* "C'mon, Pale Girls!" by Natalie Ordway
* "Duane's Journey" by Drasil Faemir
* "A Healthy Meal with Gefendurs" by Pavel Grebnev
* "All the World Hates Roger Foi-Hellick"(nsfw) by Banshee
* "Chitz" by Serah
* "Deathworld for Ants" by Stryvec

* "Double-Barrel Bird" by Alb
* "Duane and Sette" by Lyoth737
* "GUILT" by Timwez\*
* "King of Hearts" by Wolisunde
* "Lemuel" by flyflystuff
* "Minnow" by Zelenka

* "Sette's Theme" a song by Hambrababy
* "Duane's Theme" a song by Hambrababy
* "Pantoffel Chases a Squish" by Park
* "Minnow, Legendary Creature" by Tim Cook
* "Pixel Ruffles" by DermitTheFregg
* "Precious Hearts" by PeriPapaya (linework)

* "Sarthos in Sharteshane" by Humming-fly
* "Sette's Flight" by bleeding\_hydnellum
* "Ssael and Issa" by Benjamin Tromborg
* "The Black Tongue Blues" Arranged by Rion Boom Crabhands Keon

\*Winner[1]

[1] https://unsoundedupdates.tumblr.com/post/648863225762496512/ch16-page-07
William Argenti (Jr.)

Will in Chapter 7

**Will Argenti** is a boy from a wealthy family whose father sent him to join the army as a child to punish his mother for infidelity. Will survived, and joined the more prestigious military unit the Lions of Mercy.

## Background

Will came to see the Adeliers as something of a second family to himself since he was so close to them after Duane and Lemuel returned to Durlyne from the war.

## Relationships

* **Lemuel Adelier** - Will came to trust and look up to Lemuel when he was young during the Foi-Hellick Affair.

* **William Argenti (Sr.)** - father

* **Duane Adelier** - mentor

* **Mikaila Adelier** - friend

Will in the Temple of SongWill with the Adeliers at Farold's.

1. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/189741830110/if-will-thought-of-the-adeliers-as-a-second
Death world of Karamar

Karamar was a Hive-world around 40th millenium. Not much is known about the planet of Karamar. The only noteworthy event in recent history is their independance revolt around the 42nd millenium, named the Siege of Karamar.

## Death world of Karamar

### History

the populous rose up against their planetary rulers on the planet, overthrew them and installed an independent government dissociated from the Imperium of Man. In response the Imperium sent in the Death Korps of Krieg to deal with the revolt on Karamar.

The war between the populace and the Death Korps of Krieg ensued for 37 years, in the proces of the war the biomass on the world was destroyed. In the end the Krieg won the war, in that war 13.651.000.000 confirmed casualties on both sides a lot of the casualties were civillians.

After the war Karamar became a training facility to make more Death Korps of Krieg regiments for the meat grinder. Only one Hive-city stands today named Di-Niarim with an estimated population of 21.000.000.
INYO Broadcasting Holdings

## Stations

* WPXH-TV-Ion Television-INYO Broadcasting Holdings
* KPPX-TV-Ion Television/CW-E.W. Scripps Company (Duopoly with KNXV-TV, as Scripps sold the now independent station KASW to Mission Broadcasting)
* KPXC-TV-Ion Television-E.W. Scripps Company

## KPXC-TV

The current syndicated programming, Family Feud, Right This Minute, a new version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, Impractical Jokers moved from KCDO-TV to KPXC-TV at a different scheduling.

* Ion Television (O&O)
* Simulcast of KMGH-TV/ABC (DT2)
* Newsy (O&O) (DT3)
* Bounce TV (O&O) (DT4)
* Court TV (O&O) (DT5)
* Defy TV (O&O) (DT6)
* TrueReal (O&O) (DT7)
* Ion Drama (O&O) (DT8) (Formally Grit TV)
* Ion Kids Network (O&O) (DT9)
Ufal

**Ufal** is a Crescian politician who works closely with Queen Sonorie as the Chancellor on the Council of Four. He used to be mayor of Fluirstadt.

## Appearance

A long faced man whose choice in hair styles only makes his head look taller. Ufal wears clothes with elaborate and richly decorated collars.

## History

"Graduated with top marks from the Fluirstadt Academy of Diplomacy and Political Artifice. Was a clerk in the capital’s municipal offices for a while, then was elected to the city council, and then was Fluirstadt’s popular mayor for five years. Keeps and shows miniature saddlehounds, loves {Liro}’s cooking, drinks a little too much, is obsessed with a very cheesy playhouse historical series about the household of Queen Devisonia, and he plays the piano passing well."

## Relationships

* **Liro** - While Liro is married with children that is a passionless relationship, and he and Ufal are romantic partners and husbands in all but name.

## Recent Events (spoilers)

### Chapter 17

Ufal walks into the nobles council arguing and discovers that Kima Bell's loyalists among them have gained enough members and audacity that they intend to block Sonorie from naming any heir and push for the military to take control from the Queen.

1. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/694311515371732992/i-feel-bad-for-ufal-here-the-chancellor-needs-a
2. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/694311515371732992/i-feel-bad-for-ufal-here-the-chancellor-needs-a
3. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/694687463093026816/do-ufal-and-liro-need-wives-of-their-own-to
The Revenant Shield-Host

Before the Heresy, the Emperor had a guard. A select few of his chosen companions, meant to protect him, the future of mankind. The Emperor selflessly sent them away to fight with their brethren to save Holy Terra, leaving himself with but one guard when his son arrived. The revenants, rushing back from their fight against the forces of the warmaster were barely in time to see their dutiful comrade and Emperor be slain by Horus, the Emperor killing his son in return.

Such a tragedy could not be allowed to happen again.

The previous shields of the emperor dove into the catacombs under the imperial palace to acquire as many relics as they could in service to wiping out all the traitors in the galaxy, but the loyal Shadowkeepers and their Lockwarden would not allow it. In this conflict, the number of the Revenant host were reduced to but fifteen, and many a Shadowkeeper fell. In the end, the host managed to acquire seven relics. Some holy in nature, others made by the hands of chaos themselves. Nevertheless they will use each of them, no matter how toxic to their souls, until eternity ends.
Uaid

**Uaid** is a three-story-tall bipedal humanoid pymaric construct made from heavy bronze and iron machinery and pieces of the body of a preserved adolescent mountain ogre. Uaid can travel distances faster than hounds or carts, making him a useful commodity. Uaid is controlled from a station located inside his hollowed-out head, but he still displays a simple independence, intelligence, and even empathy. Currently the Quigleys are living out of his hollow chest cavity.

## Appearance

Uaid is made of bronze and iron mechanical parts that appear hydraulic of some sort. His mountain ogre parts are green, and these include his hands, legs, feet, and face. The rest of Uaid is mechanical. His head is topless and hollowed out, acting as the control station, and his chest cavity is hollowed as well, with the bronze ribs being able to open or close. Within the chest hollow are repurposed gastric parasites of some kind, acting as some sort of controllable appendage and a built in restraint for persons riding inside the mobile base.

## Behavior

Uaid is very protective of Matty, waving off Cutter's untoward advances and helping the boy get around in spite of his handicap. While he can be considered of very low intelligence, he is not really a person or a creature, but rather a construct with an extremely limited will of it's own. Uaid seems to feel pain in any of his parts, including the mechanical ones, and is capable of physically crying for unexplained reasons. Uaid is also fond of swallowing things, be they fish, people, or objects. Possibly this is a vestigial urge from his pre construct days as a mountain ogre senet beast.

## Abilities

Uaid was built by Vienne, but never finished. Uaid's personality is crafted by uniting several ghosts' memories into one pymaric construct. Being not-alive, Uaid has no need for air, and operates identically underwater to on land.

#### Immunity to pymary (partial)

Being partially constructed of First Materials, his mountain ogre parts cannot be affected by pymary directly, although a physical blow such as concrete utilizing a sharpness Aspect will still affect him.

#### Strength

Uaid possesses immense strength, capable of not only throwing armored men across a warehouse, but of hauling his own body weight plus a cart full of people vertically as well.

Uaid on the cover of Chapter 4.
## Appearances

### Unsounded: Book 1

* Chapter 3 (first)
* Chapter 4
* Chapter 6
* Chapter 7
* Chapter 8
* Chapter 9
* Chapter 10
* Chapter 11
* Chapter 13
* Chapter 15
* Chapter 16

### Prose

* *Vienne of Seferpine*
* *Orphans*
* "From the Journals of Duane Adelier"
Thorn-in-Me-Side Frummagem

**Thorn-in-Me-Side Frummagem** is the daughter of Corners Frummagem and Granny Frummagem, sister to Nary-A’Care Frummagem and aunt to Sette Frummagem. She's not been seen in *Unsounded* itself and her status during the tale is unknown, but she's been mentioned. She's been mentioned in the past tense in a tumblr answer, implying she may be dead by the time of *Unsounded*.

1. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/82553928051/the-frummagems-seem-to-have-some-pretty
Strawberry Fish

**Strawberry Fish** are a type of freshwater fish intentionally infested with parasites and eaten raw. It is these crunchy parasites which give the red flesh of the fish the strawberry-like appearance for which they are named, and the flavor they add are what makes Strawberry Fish such a popular snack. Strawberry Fish vendors typically keep the fish in a tank to be taken out and sliced open at the belly upon order.

## In *Unsounded*

Strawberry Fish are one of Sette Frummagem's three favorite foods, alongside blackberry pie and tinned sardines. She orders a bag of them from the way station in Knobbytop, Ulestry.

## Trivia

According to Ashley a decent attempt to imitate the flavor and texture of Strawberry Fish out in the real world would be to coat one side of some fatty tuna sashimi with toasted sesame seeds, and serve at room temperature for the full Strawberry Fish experience.

1. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/631627501387546624/not-a-question-but-the-appeal-of-strawberry-fish
Turas Thanigirri

**Tiras Thanigirri** is a senior member of the Red Berry Boys. He is second to Starfish, who he tends to argue with.

## Appearance

Turas is a tall, bald Madishanian who can pass for Crescian.

## Recent Events

Turas gets eaten by Duane's animated corpse while Duane's soul is in the brightlands.

1. ↑ https://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/comic/ch08/ch08\_54.html
2. ↑ https://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/comic/ch08/ch08\_54.html
Untitled Ficlets

Very short pieces of prose or comic strips by Ashley Cope set in Kasslyne.

## Leysa meeting Duane

A bit of prose detailing how Leysa cleverly arranged her initial meeting with an unaware Duane to judge his personality, posted on Ashley's Unsounded Q & A tumblr here.

#### Appearances

* Duane Adelier
* Duane's father
* Leysa Adelier
* Simon
* Leysa's sisters
* Lemuel Adelier (mentioned)
* Jeremy Sarthos (mentioned)
* Jon Belarus (mentioned)
* Lions of Mercy (mentioned)
* Order of Chinoll (mentioned)
* Durlyne City
	+ ghers 34
	+ Temple of Song
	+ White Slope (mentioned)
	+ Blue Boys Bridge (mentioned)
* stew
* buttered sausage
* Sevencrow Port

## Untitled Starfish Ficlet

A short story about how Starfish picked up the nickname he's replaced his birth name with, posted on Ashley's Unsounded Q & A tumblr here.

## Quigley at school

A drabble of Quigley's thoughts at school in the last year of the Foi-Hellick Affair, posted on Ashley's Unsounded Q & A tumblr [here.

#### Appearances

* Mathis Quigley (Sr.)
* Mathis' brother (mentioned)
* Vampire (mentioned)
* Maharaishala Sonorie (mentioned)

## Matty discussing his mother

A drabble in which Matty tries to convince Duane to get over his misogynistic views, posted on Ashley's Unsounded Q & A tumblr here.

#### Appearances

* Mathis "Matty" Quigley (Jr.)
* Duane Adelier
* Sette Frummagem
* Uaid
* Chitz
* Vienne Quigley (mentioned)

## Untitled Rahm/Bastion Ficlet

A scrap of Rahm and Bastion's dalliances when they were younger, posted on Ashley's Unsounded Q & A tumblr here.

#### Appearances

* Bastion Winalils
* Rahm Ripa
* Lady Ilganyag
* Iori Ripa (mentioned)

## Well I Guess His Name is Definitely Glover Now

A little piece of Chapter 16 adapted into prose posted on Ashley's Unsounded Q & A tumblr [here.

#### Appearances

* Glover
* Rion Keon

## Scraps of Story

Some Q & A answers include a paragraph or more of story, that's not refined as a ficlet and in a more casual format as part of an answer to a reader. Such as this bit about Bastion getting unnerved at a Black Tongue fundraising party, or this rather longer tale about how an accident Duane had at thirteen or so forced him to calm down and self reflect from his rather wild violent childhood while he was bedridden recovering. There's also this casual paragraph about why shoes are a symbol of the Gefendur religion.

## Tales of Questionable and Dubious Cannonicity

### Bastion x Lemon Hatefuck

An brief encounter between Lemuel Adelier and Bastion Winalils written at the request of a reader on Ashley's Unsounded Q & A tumblr.
Unsounded 2020 Fanworks Contest

## **Fanfiction**

* "Doubts" by Adam-1
* "The Waterwoman and the Fisherman" by Serpenthyne\*
* "This Is You" by Shrike Tyrant
* "Will Magnus Zinoviy Darid" by taurpio
* "Of Freedom and Suffering" by taurpio
* "Wander and Wither" by Corundum\_Bleu

## **Fanart**

* "Totally Unbiased Hug Comparison Chart" by Velascoje
* "Senet Baes" by Nikaleles
* "Erasing the Past" by Anna
* "Unsounded Abridged" by Aminaminathan\*
* "Alternate Beginnings" by Humming-fly

* "Cresce's Army Ladies Calendar"(NSFW!) by Anna
* "Murkoph" by Kaleb
* "The Wright Duane" by The Serpent of Xeos.
* "Outrunning the Khert" by The Serpent of Xeos
* "Brothers" by Grace Parry
* "The Foi-Hellick Affair" by Sygdom

* "Go Squish" by Ellymint
* "In Extremis" by Timwez
* "Labyrinths and Lions" by Drasil Vergon
* "Bastion Sculpt" by Rachel Clark
* "Minnow and Duane" by Green Archer
* "From War We Ride" An Original Song by Malloon | Lyrics
* "Walk this World" - An Arrangement by Captain Exasperated

\*Winner[1]

[1] https://unsoundedupdates.tumblr.com/post/190618863019/ch15-page-4
Sonum Ssael

**Sonum Ssael** is a long dead Tainish Wright considered the father of modern Pymary for his acts in betraying his people to the invading Gefendur forces and using pymary in new selfish and destructive ways which his people had forbidden. Ssaelism teaches that he is a god, who went into the Khert after his death and killed the Gefendur twin gods, save maybe Tirna who allied with him.

## Appearance

Ssael was a blonde man like the other Tainish tribesmen. He was mauled to death by lions who evidently tore up his face and religious depictions of him all have lines on his face as stylized depictions of these tears caused during his killing.

## Background

While respect for Ssael as a historical figure and wright is common even among the Gefendur most of Kasslyne considers that any teaching of him having murdered and supplanted the gods is blasphemous. The Mmatont, followers of the old Tain beliefs, likewise do not consider him or any of the other "paper gods" to be deities.

## Relationships

* **King Rortide** - The leader of the Gefendur invaders who conquered ancient Tain and founded Alderode. Ssael betrayed his people for Rortide and served him for some time before turning on Rortide in turn.

* **Sonum Issa** - Ssael's beloved wife, whose memories he went searching for in the khert.

* **Sonum Etalarche** - Ssael's grandson betrayed his hiding place to the Gefendur paladins who were hunting him. He felt constantly in his grandfather's shadow and that his grandfather did not approve of him nor care for him no matter what he did.

* **Lady Ilganyag** - A Senet beast trapped in the Khert who claims some mysterious past relationship with Ssael. She fixing a mistake they made is her excuse for the genocidal actions she's set her own worshipers to outside the khert. Ilganyag calls him a paper god and does not know where he is, but has not searched the great unsounded where his worshipers claim he can be found for him.

* **Tirna** - The younger sister of the Gefendur twin gods is said to have betrayed her siblings and helped Ssael overthrow and kill them. Ssaelit rectors teach that all the Gefendur gods are dead, so it is unclear whether he is meant to have betrayed her in turn or she died some other way.

## Trivia

* Ashley has made comments indicating Issa died before Ssael, and after, but either way the khert's nature is such that linear time is not relevant to the memories that can be found within it.

1. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/619473983094538240/came-across-an-old-ask-detailing-how-ssaels
2. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/638697750402367488/on-page-119-in-chapter-15-duane-appears-to-be
3. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/181429150020/maybe-its-been-answered-before-but-how-did-ssael
4. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/89189656360/is-issa-the-wife-of-ssael
5. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/646939234166554625/questions-for-a-possible-fanart-submission-when
Stockyard Frummagem

**Stockyard Frummagem** is nephew to Nary-A’Care Frummagem and cousin to Sette Frummagem. Though hailing from Sharteshane he ventured westward into Cresce years ago to make his own way and broaden the criminal family's esteem. Stockyard founded the Deadly Nevergreen brotherl in Ethelmik, from which he also runs a smuggling operation.

## Background

For unknown reasons, he recently stopped sending the agreed-to percentage of his earnings (called jukrum) home, and is now delinquent in his uncle's books. Whether he is rebelling or forgetful is not known. Sette's been tasked to investigate, and the success of her findings may determine her future place in the Frummagem hierarchy.

## Recent Events

### The Deadly Nevergreen, Part I

When Sette and Duane arrived at the Deadly Nevergreen, demanding payment, Stockyard greeted them warmly. Splitting Duane off, Stockyard brought Sette to his office where he revealed that Sette's mission was actually a con, merely a pretense to transport Duane to the Crescian coast.  He claimed that he owed no jukrum but was in communication with Nary the whole time.

### The Deadly Nevergreen, Part II

Stockyard was killed when the reanimated corpse of Toby fastened a noose around Stockyard's neck and pushed him off a ledge, decapitating him.

## Trivia

At one point a preliminary Frummagem family tree was put out that named Tar-nut as Knock-Me-Down Frummagem's da and Stockyard's da as being someone named Horatio Frummagem, this was obliviously altered in the final draft as Stock's da is named as Tarnut in *Unsounded* itself.

1. ↑ Unsounded, Ch. 9, page 25.
2. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/84800432790/rough-frummagem-family-tree-tumblr-sucks-for
Ynira

**Ynira** is a tribe of Waterwomen off the coast of Cresce which was among the major Senet beasts worshiped by the Inak. The bay they inhabit in southern Cresce shares their name and has dark underwater caves. They have a long rivalry with Shaesigin as the salt lizard would sometimes eat them.

## Background

Some of their worshipers have survived the genocidal purges of the Inak by the Cresicans, with Masek, one of the surviving Children of Shaensigin telling his clan of meeting them in the internment camps the Inak in the country were forced into after the assassination of Rilursa Sonorie.

1. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/611851325152641024/i-know-its-probably-supposed-to-be-kept
Tains

The ancient peoples of historical Tain, prior to it being conquered and incorporated into Alderode. The **Tains** were responsible for the invention of Pymary and Tainish. Their descendants make up the Aldish "Soud" caste and the Mmatont.

Sonum Ssael was a Tainish Wright who betrayed his people and their culture of equality to King Rortide's Gefendur invaders and founded a strict patriarchal religion that treats women as little more than incubators for and property of their male relatives.
Thierry Delicieu

Delicieu in Ch 13 flashback

**Delicieu** is a mysterious member of the Black Tongues who is obsessed with pain. He is responsible for the research and creation of the first silver weapon, and tried to sell it to Cresce originally (this was later revealed to be Prakhuta posing as Delicieu).

He seems to have also been intent on finding a way to give Two-toes 'a soul' and the ability to work pymary.

Delicieu financed his work by selling distilled memories, including those of his eternally abused apprentices.

He was killed by Prakhuta using pymary.

## Relationships

* **Cutter** - An Inak Delicieu tortured and experimented on to give him a soul in the sense that Kasslyne humans understand it.

* **Bastion Winalils** - Delicieu's apprentice who he taught and gave lavish gifts, and also tortured, raped and forced to service others.

1. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/675114283786502144/del-also-sold-his-distillations-right
Unsounded 2016 Fanworks Contest

The Unsounded 2016 fanworks contest was run between [?] and [?], the period between the end of Chapter [?] and the beginning of Chapter [?].

## **Fanfiction**

* Sette and the Lion by Farla Blackdragon
* Drabbles by Farla Blackdragon
* Jukrum by RJF
* The Journey by Lara Idiart
* It's a Mule, It's a Lion by Marshal Kilgore
* Quigley by Peter MacDonald
* How Sette Frummagem First Stole A Life by Carolina Nogueira
* A Thief in the Dark by Nathanael Priest
* A Spy in the Night by Nathanael Priest
* A Warrior at Daybreak by Nathanael Priest

* Unsounded Vignette: Vaosa by Anonymous
* The Tale of the Baldishman by Martin Cahill
* A-Hunting We Will Go by Caitlin Curtis
* Mathis Quigley: Plat, Wright, Gruftgrammer and... Dress-Maker? by Caitlin Curtis
* The Tamamayo by Vanahl DeLized
* Shattered by Robert George
* Rain Over New Tawhoque by James Rye
* Cursed and Lost by Iris Verouden

* Letter from Gunheid Murren to Luba Murren by Arcticmoth
* Ode to Friendly Coffee by Miranda Coulson
* Search for Truth by GS
* To Build A Better Mousetrap by Alexander Hollins
* That Smiling Sky: Five Lies and One True Thing by MH
* Da's Girl by Grace Parry
* Untitled (A Tall Tale) by Sam Scolari
* A Pymaric's Odyssey by J. Nathan Wilson

* Left Behind by Melody Cheng
* Songfish by Ross Hopkins
* Silent Assassins by Kelly R. Martin
* Life Is Funny by Pierre Roderique
* Unsounded Untold Story by Josh ManScoske Sparkman
* Unsounded Fanfiction by Joshua Stephens
* Untitled by Grace Wolf
* The Fifth of November by Patrick Wu
Stuffed Caps

**Stuffed Caps** are a savory dish of mushroom caps stuffed with other foods. They are served in Ulestry and southern Cresce as a lunchtime meal where they are often seasoned with Taron or ranga seeds and are regional fare in Alderode.

## Variations

Spellsingers are named for a Wright's tall cap and are a regional food in southern Cresce along the River Jarla. They are one of Iori Ripa's specialties. Spellsingers are giant mushroom caps stuffed with pork sausage, onions, and pickled garlic.

During Treenahinn celebrations in Port Morstorben during the Crescian calendar year of 416 the feasting tables outside the Mayor's house included giant Wrightcap mushrooms stuffed with seafood and cut into individual portions, served alongside ranga seeds for spice.

## Trivia

For making stuffed caps oneself Ashley endorsed fan forumcat's recommendation of using "Porcinis [as a substitute for Spellslingers. G]iven how hard porcinis are to find stateside, try mature portobellas. To give these a richer and earthier flavour that will better complement the stuffing, brine them in morel water (you can add the morels to the stuffing for more flavour, or simply reserve the water from another meal)"

1. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/108181468010/so-a-while-ago-you-described-some-aldish-foods
2. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/689897556308852736/dear-ashley-could-you-tell-us-what-the-food-and
3. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/108187034770/so-a-while-ago-you-described-some-aldish-foods
Swarm

**Swarm** is a Pymaric created out of First Silk by Vienne Quigley for her husband Mathis to protect him while on the road in his dangerous job retrieving dissidents for the Vits Council.

## Recent Events (spoilers)

Swarm was stolen by Sette Frummagem, confiscated by the Ethelmik Constables, stolen again by Sette before being returned to Mathis by Duane Adelier.
Unmarked

"Unmarked" is an Unsounded fanfiction by Miao93 written for the Unsounded 2022 Fanworks Contest.

## Summary

Siya’s eyes widened at the kits, her heart racing. The shells were fragmented around them, but they seemed dry? It was hard to guess how old they were.

Sara jogged up behind her and immediately gasped- “Oh, gosh! Look at them! They’re brand new.”
Vliegeng

**Vliegeng** (*Haermel* in Modern Tainish, *lai el on ssopomun reedoamit ench* (lit. northern snake that drinks frost giants) in Old Tainish) are large flying animals native to the frozen northeast of Alderode. There are several species; one has been domesticated for aerial transportation and war and it is this species that is normally refered to.

They are social animals and live in small packs. Their diet primarily consists of frostgiants, a type of enormous, frozen bamboo-like grass that grows thickly on Alderode's northern coasts, but they will also eat fish and meat.

Vliegeng possess a remarkable method of flight. They ensnare khert lines with specialized appendages called *krachienoa* grown from their shoulderblades, using these lines to slide and climb from point to point. Vliegengs' eyes are also capable of bidimensional sight, a rare adaptation that allows them to see the khert superimposed atop reality, and which presumably aids their aerial navigation.

Domestic vliegeng are gentle and intelligent, and bond readily to the right handlers. When they're not sunning themselves atop their aeries they like a good game of catch or tag. In battle it's not always a good idea to kill a vliegeng's handler before killing the vliegeng. You're likely to enrage the beast and make for yourself a far more dangerous enemy.

Vliegeng live about 60 to 70 years. Mating season is once every two years. The packs come together to hunt and kill whales which they'll gorge themselves on before mating. After twenty months, vliegeng give live birth to single calves, which are about ten feet long at birth.

There is a species of slightly smaller wild vliegeng called llufhu that are occasionally tamed in the north and ridden by children, though this dangerous activity has resulted in many a fatal fall.

## In *Unsounded*

Mikaila Adelier enjoyed riding vliegeng with her uncle Lemuel on her birthday, whose vliegeng is called Diva.

1. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/672738347986337792/whats-the-old-tainish-word-for-vliegeng-is-it
2. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/672738347986337792/whats-the-old-tainish-word-for-vliegeng-is-it
3. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/653554774801874944/do-vliegengs-wing-thingies-have-a-actual-in
4. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/645733815048978432/thank-you-as-always-for-a-decade-of-this-amazing
Ulestry

Ulestry is a Kasslyne country bordering Cresce, Manilda and Madishane. It maintains much of its land unmolested by mining and other industry causing others to turn greedy eyes on their untapped resources.

## History

Home to the oldest known Gefendur temple Ulestry is a very religious country with many pilgrimage sites.

## Politics

Pacifist democracy allied with Cresce. The capital of Ulestry is located in Silverleaf and the Gefendur priestesses have a large amount of political power.

## Locales

* Silverleaf
* Mulimar
* Knobbytop
* Tiedmarik

## Locals

* Shaw Menning
* Eriks
* Karl

1. ↑ https://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/comic/ch12/ch12\_44.html
Stefan Sequidy

**Stefan Sequidy** is the mayor of Durlyne City.

## Background

Named Sara at birth by his parents Stefan is one of the few actual trans-men to be able to take advantage of the Third Option in Alderode.

## Trivia

Stefan has not actually yet appeared, at least not by name, in the comic but has been mentioned a few times by Ashley when readers ask about trans characters who are not the incorporeal Timofey.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/86604070920/are-there-any-third-options-in-alderode-who-arent
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/185739469845/would-there-be-a-way-for-a-trans-person-to
Tarnet

**Tarnet** is a type of petrified tree which grows in Sharteshane, New Tawhoque is built by a tarnet wood and tarnet lumber is the standard building material there. Tarnet lumber is one of Sharteshane's big exports as it is fire-proof.

## Appearance

Tarnet trees look like they're in constant autumn as their leaves are a golden orange, their wood and lumber is a dreary grey.

## Cultural Influences

Tarnet lumber is a famous export and the trees are commercially important to Sharteshane, they are also however one of the clear visual signs of the curse on the land which makes growing crops near impossible. Tar-nut Frummagem's name was given to him by his mother as a play on both the dark head of hair he was born with and a pun relating to the Tarnet trees of his home.

1. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/170342030470/how-tawhoque-is-different-from-sharteshane
2. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/112167061385/if-woods-at-a-premium-whats-the-standard
3. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/190807289180/where-the-wandering-roots-originally-assigned
William Argenti (Sr.)

**William Argenti Sr.** is a wealthy and politically powerful Silver hailing from Ghers 3, Durlyne City, Durlyne in Alderode. He is one Shadwe Grandvin's two Amadwe, the deputies to the Shadwe.

## Appearance

Mr. Argenti has silver hair, blue eyes and is an older gentleman. His hair is worn in a long braid, which is a bit of a statement of being dangerous in Alderode where locks of hair are traditionally burnt as offerings during prayer.

## Personality

A stern, strict and betimes cruel man. His untimely death due to his caste is looming and he's furious about it.

## Relationships

### William Argenti (Jr.)

Argenti's son, whom he sent off to battle and probable death as a young child in order to punish his wife for infidelity.

### Mrs. Argenti

Argenti's second wife. Theirs is an unhappy marriage, and she is not faithful to him. She mostly avoids him at home, painting and doing art.

## Recent Events (spoilers)

1. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/184552020695/i-thought-the-little-silver-was-named-will-and
2. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/181839240655/what-does-the-title-amadwe-mean
3. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/168467718120/in-alderode-where-hair-is-so-esteemed-as-a-sign
Unsounded 2018 Fanworks Contest

The Unsounded 2018 fanworks contest was run between [] and [], the period between the end of Chapter [12 or 13] and the beginning of Chapter [13 or 14]. The entries are linked below.

## **Fanfiction**

* "Shall We Dance?" by zacksfairest
* "Green" by Anemone Anone
* "Sette Frummagem and the Terrific, Wonderful, Very Good Day" by St. Elmo's Fire
* "Monsters in the Dark" by Brianna Bazel
* "A Sad Example" by Kidchars
* "Vexed Expectations" by editoress
* "Another Tale of Vengeance and Pymary" by Mose Simon
* "The Wright Idea" by Herman Wu
* "How Good Can A Wright Cook?" by Joseph S.
* "Unpaid Dues" by Hendra Boerma

## **Fanart**

* "Commune" by a.c.i.d.
* "The Best Memories" by Carson E.
* "Hnuukhtoooie" by Carson E.
* "Elka Remembers" by thirteenparrots
* "Minnow" by Chia Kai

* "Draw Me Like One of Your French Girls" by Chia Kai
* "Into the Smoke" by Almira
* "Duane and Sette" by Grace P.
* "Mother and Sons" by Kaitlyn O
* "Duane and Sette Comic" by Danielle

* "Ode to Ethelmik's Bravest" by G S
* "Got Away Safely" by G S
* "Your Worst Day" by Molly
* "Boo and the Squishies" by Deborah E.
* "Snowy Night" by Miriam Silver

* "You're My Cause" by Katarzyna T.
* "Mikaila" by Isabel H.
* "The Richest Beggar" by Nathan
* "Matty and Squishes" by Reed
* "Vliegeng" by PhantomSeptember

* "Sacrifice" by AnkeLive
* "Play Time" by Anne Hijme
* "Alas, Poor Duane!" by Ariana T.
* "Sette Frummagem: Better Than You!" by Hannah G.
* "Elka" by Sahar
Tip-Tom Tom

**Tip-Top Tom** is a Ulestrian comic about a time traveling goat. It is the most popular comic in Kasslyne.

> Tip-Tom Tom is heavily didactic and Gefendur so our boy (Quigley) is way too edgy for that goat nonsense. [T]hey’re so good because the Gefendur are pretty chill in the modern age, and Gefendur scriptural stories are wild: Tirna once stole Baelar’s penis and hid it from him until Riv made her give it back. Yerta once ate a bad clam and caused the far eastern edge of Kasslyne to fall into the sea. Later she was upset that all the cataclysms were diminishing peoples’ sex drives and harming the birth rate, so she ramped up everyone’s libido, but that so preoccupied the farmers that famine ensued, so she made all the fruit trees and fields ripen at once, but no one could harvest it all and it rotted, which caused disease, so she made everyone immortal, but then the population exploded, so she undid that and wiped out all her changes, and reset the khert, and somewhere in all this is a helpful lesson about the importance of balance between pleasure and labour, but [...] if you add a charismatic time-traveling goat into this mix it makes for an amazing story.
>
> Ashley Cope, ["Tip-Top Tom Popularity"]

1. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/625746969263996928/does-cresce-have-comic-books
Starflies

**Starflies** are a species of large nocturnal bioluminescent flying insects. They primarily consume the nectar of Rivsbeard tree flowers, their light getting the flowers to open in the dark of night. Starflies were named after a story in Gefendur tradition where Tirna at first mistook them for the stars she'd seen from outside reality when Yerta banished her to Kasslyne.

## Appearance

Starflies are large, grey fluffy insects with glowing wings and eyes, even at rest, and whose luminescence can light them up entirely when not.

## Uses

Starflies are kept as pets by children, though are not terribly intelligent nor have a terribly long lifespan. They are especially good pets for children who are scared of the dark, acting as a natural nightlight. Starflies have gentle dispositions and can be kept on a leash. While their primary food in nature is Rivsbeard flowers captive Starflies can be feed syrup and fruit juice.

Commercially their natural luminescence can be bled and sold as hemolymph, a popular inexpensive light source in places where combustion via flame is a concern and source of luminosity aspect for wrights. Hemolymph is a brighter more potent light source than Lambence, and doesn't need to be imported from Sharteshane, though lambence remains a popular way to create lights in buildings due to it casting a more pleasant less harsh light. Beadman's Betters sells some of the cheapest bulbs of hemolymph or starfly lymph in Kasslyne, though the light isn't as potent as Uletrian and Westgate Mountain humanely bled hemolymph, as Beadman just tosses a bunch of starflies in a grinder and grinds them whole to get the luminosity for their Beadman’s Better Bug Bulbs.

1. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/82076694303/tell-us-about-the-glowy-fly-things-we-saw-in-like
2. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/89667301565/so-are-starflies-kept-as-just-pets-is-there-any
3. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/113341141005/hi-huge-fan-of-the-comic-can-you-tell-us-more
4. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/631000817855610880/what-were-those-large-glowing-fly-things-earlier
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/631007909259689984/do-they-have-to-kill-the-starflies-for-thier
6. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/89668508915/is-hemolymph-a-better-source-of-luminosity-than
Vanilla

A young blonde woman working for Stockyard Frummagem as a prostitute at his Deadly Nevergreen brothel in Ethelmik, Cresce. Her real name is unknown but she was referred to in a song by the Nevergreen staff in the lyrics "We got whips and gags, twinks and hags in vanilla, chocolate or strawberry" with the vanilla referring to her pale complexion and hair.

## Appearance

A young woman with light blonde hair she keeps in twin puffs at the back of her head with her fringe cut in straight blunt bangs. She has blue eyes and a snub nose.

## Personality

Vanilla is a bit vain and acts entitled to what she wants.

## Recent Events

Her index finger ends up bitten off by Sette when she demands to touch Sette's tail then puts her finger in her face and starts implying Sette's father will to force her to become a prostitute to earn her keep.
Temple of Song

The **Temple of Song** in Durlyne City, Durlyne is one of the two major temples of Ssaelism, the other being the Temple of Winds in Tain. The temple's highest clergymember and leader is their Shadwe, of which there are only two in the Ssaelit religion the other being the Shadwe of the Temple of Winds. The Temple of Song is also the home of the Lions of Mercy, one half of the Aldish state's Ssaelit army.

The hierarchy of the temple is the Shadwe who is served and advised by two Amadwe, then there are eight Motadwe as the ruling council. The Temple also has many Rectors who oversee various Temple operations, and one rector for each caste chapel. The Motadwe can be rectors as Duane was the Soud rector at the same time as serving as a Motadwe.

The crest of the Temple of Song is *"The righteous lion of Ssael hampered by a carrion crow caught up in its majestic mane."*

## Appearance

White spire so tall it's only possible with pymaric intervention.

## Known Personnel

* Shadwe Grandvin
* Amadwe William Argenti (Sr.)
* Motadwe and Rector Duane Adelier
* Motadwe Thackery /Theony

* Lions of Mercy

1. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/116301346240/can-you-go-over-the-hierarchy-of-the-temple-of
2. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/623744335124594688/in-the-flashback-where-duane-is-back-in-alderode
3. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/612413340177793024/what-was-you-visual-inspiration-for-the-alderodes
4. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/182043002740/any-particular-reason-for-the-different-religious
Spell Burning

**Spell burning** is the act of creating a simple spell which can be accessed on demand from the Khert. This can be done on First Materials as well, creating a pymaric. Burnt spells are inflexible, and so not as useful as most pymary, but they can be called forth by any wright by simply reciting the necessary command, or in the case of a pymaric, simply left 'switched' on by a wright and then usable by non-wrights in wearable, throwable, and other forms. They are often used minor illusory glamours.

## Recent Events

Beadman's Betters creates and sells spell burners used in crafting pymarics, and Mathis Quigley can be observed using one to try to repair Uaid in Rahm Ripa's workshop. Given Uaid's size the burner is not large enough and the backfire of the failed burn further damages his leg. Rahm also has a smaller burner he uses to create a pymaric glamour for Matty so that he can accompany Jivi Flask to the Constabulary Office without drawing attention.

## Notes

* Initial content taken from this page of the stagnant previously author curated wiki.
Timofey

Timofey

**Timofey** is a poetic artificial intelligence formed by a selection of ghosts and housed in First Light designed by Bastion Winalils.

## Appearance

Timofey has a feminine appearance as Bastion was trying to recreate his sister after her death from ghosts of her memory sounded from the Khert. When Timofey insisted he was a man, a poet and named Timofey his creator eventually relented and gave him shorter hair and a black suit with cape and cravat rather than the dress he'd fashioned after his sister's favorite. His skin is blue and his eyes yellow and orange.

## Background

He acts as Bastion's servant, though he often disobeys him.

## Relationships

### Jivi Flask

Timofey sees Jivi as a hero, though their sense of morality does not always or even often align as Timofey is willing to forgive and forget things Jivi sees as unforgivable, like fatal experimentation on babies.

### Marhettin Winalils

Timofey was created in an attempt by Bastion to bring his sister Hettie back from the dead. He contains a lot of her memories, but the handful of memories from a poet named Timofey Gafkovich that were used to fill in some blanks are the memories his personality ended up based on.

## Recent Events (Spoilers)

He approaches Jivi and Matty when they are in need, and leads them to Rahm and Iori for shelter and medical care for Quigley. He believes Jivi to be very heroic, though this sense of morality may be simply a platonic interest in drama, or a deeper set of ideals held by Timofey which appears to be in conflict with Winalils'. He may also be naive, as he describes the Black Tongues as misunderstood, not evil as Duane believes or dangerous as Matty believes despite knowing they experiment on and kill unwilling subjects including children and serving a Black Tongue who thinks starting a war fun. Timofey is capable of perfect reconnaissance and was instructed to observe Sette and Duane and the first silver transported by Starfish.

1. ↑ https://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/comic/ch07/ch07\_12.html
2. ↑ https://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/comic/ch12/ch12\_66.html
3. ↑ https://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/comic/ch06/ch06\_80.html
4. ↑ https://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/comic/ch06/ch06\_71.html
5. ↑ https://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/comic/ch07/ch07\_07.html
6. ↑ https://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/comic/ch08/ch08\_50.html
7. ↑ https://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/comic/ch06/ch06\_06.html
8. ↑ https://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/comic/ch08/ch08\_49.html
Vits Council

The Vits Council is the primary state government controlling Alderode. It's called a *bitheocratic conciliatory cooperative*. They have the power to sting through the Dammakhert, order dissidents punished in the torturing pit or turned into Kussen, and command the military and anti-wright Aseptiks.

## The Vits

The country is commanded by four Lords, two Gefendur, two Ssaelit. At the time of Duane's assassination Councillor Bodie was one of the two Ssaelit Lords.

## The Window

The Window is the elite group that monitors the Dammakhert and regulates pymary. It consists of advisers, Composers, and powerful officials. Composers are the only wrights allowed to program the khert directly.

### The Aseptics

These are elite anti-wright agents that are widely regarded as frightening and possessing power that no one person should have.

### Bird Dogs

In Alderode, a **bird dog** is the colloquial name for a man whose job it is to retrieve the bodies of suspected criminals who have been paralyzed by the Window through the Dammakhert. Because these suspects can sometimes shake off the paralysis before they are found, or be aided by friends, the job can prove a dangerous one. Mathis Quigley was a bird dog.
Giggles

Giggles is a character played by CrazyNugget123 in the house series.

## Friends

* Flakes
* Nugget
* Petunia (Girlfriend)
* Flippy (Boyfriend)

## Enemies

* Handy
* Fry
* Snowers (Ex Boyfriend)

## Love interests

* Petunia (Girlfriend)
* Flippy (Boyfriend)
* Cuddles (Ex Boyfriend)
* Snowers (Ex Boyfriend)
* Russell (Old Affair)
* Cro-Marmot (Old Affair)
* Nugget (Ex Girlfriend)
Zinoviy

**Zinoviy** is a plat boy who served as a child wright under spellmaster Duane Adelier in the State Ssaelit Order of Chinoll in the waning days of the Foi-Hellick Affair.

## Appearance

Zinoviy has thick curly hair and an upturned nose.

## Background

Zinoviy was orphaned at a young age due to the Weeping Plague, when it swept through his village and left him one of the only survivors. Due to the utter breakdown of the gher system in Fachlyne Zinoviy was placed in an asylum with kids of other castes and faiths. There he was found there by Duane Adelier and Jon Steeling while they were posted to serve in the plaguelands. The older wrights came up with a plan to rescue at least the plat boys from the asylum and quarantine by proving them valuable to the state, and Duane asked Zinoviy if it was okay he present him as Ssaelit rather than Gefendur in order to claim him as part of a Ssaelit child wright unit. Zinoviy gave his approval and ended up transferred out to help put down the rebellion in Avelpit.

Once the State Ssaelit Order of Chinoll was about done with its work in the Foi-Hellick Affair spellmaster Duane saw to it that his plat unit was taken in by good families in ghers in Durlyne City, including Zinoviy, who would go on to be raised in a Ssaelit gher despite his family having been Gefendur. He was however free of the plaguelands.

Zinoviy sleeping at Duane's feet

1. ↑ https://unsoundedcomic.tumblr.com/post/183595865425/do-we-know-where-duanes-little-warriors-are-from