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The Heart of the World

The Heart of the World is a book found in The Blackmarket Guildrow local library.

## Location

The book is found in the Guildrow local library in the Blackmarket.

## Contents

THE HEART OF THE WORLD

I am scholar Waron of the River, I am a scholar of a
wide range of subjects, this is my documented account
of a tablet found in the possession of a powerful one
believed to be a wizard, he was killed in an unknown
incident but among his possessions was this artifact.

I am not the best at logging these artifacts but I am
currently the only one able to.

The tablet reads -
DEEP IN THE GROUND LIGHTLY NORTH IS SOMETHING POWERFUL
HERE LIES THE HEART OF THE WORLD
GREAT WIZARDS SOUGHT TO TAME IT
THOSE WIZARDS HAVE DIED
IT HAS BEEN SEALED AWAY BY AN ORDER OF WIZARDS WHO SHALL
REMAIN UNNAMED, THOSE WHO SEEK IT SHALL FIND ONLY DOOM
IT SHOULD BE FORGOTTEN.

That's the best I could translate it, the truth of it is
uncertain but the wizard-lord who founded the Blackmarket
was known to call it the Heart of the world.
The Black Bank of Azrukh

The Black Bank of Azrukh is a unique rare book found in the Near North.

## Location

The book is found in Aehlan's Rare Tomes, a book shop in the Dockrow District of the Blackmarket. It can be purchased for 13500 gold coins provided the player has the library upgrade.

## Contents

BLACK BANK OF AZRUKH by unknown

for those with little else to turn to, the black bank is a last resort
A bank established in time long forgotten on the ruins of an ancient cult
temple, it is rumoured that a coven of 12 Black wizards settled, their slaves
built great vaults to store away the wizards plunder and ever since it has
remained.

It is uncertain when it happened but the Black Vaults began lending money
at first to Warlord and petty kings, vampire lords and Chieftains, some
sought to fool the wizards, to never return with the money, those few
who crossed the bank became examples of why you should never cross a black
wizard.

The Black Bank became powerful, in time funding the growth of many kingdoms
and deciding the fate of others. The Bank under the protection of several
thousand conjured shadow warriors left it a marvel to behold, a permanent
force of power in the world.

of the Twelve Black Wizards who first formed the bank, only three remain
there is Aznoroth the Necromancer, known also as King of the undead, then
there is Xarak the Shadow King, little is known of him, and finally the one
they called Ollok the Demonic, a wizard who is said to have purple skin and
fiery eyes.

And so I believe that the Black Bank built on the ruins of Azrukh is the
sole and true seat of power in the world.
Gro'lok's Stump

Gro'lok's Stumps, formerly known as Gro'lok's Stump is a location in Songwood in the West. The location is made up of 4 viewable tree stumps, each with a bunch of name carvings on it.

## Lore

The Stumps are carved by a Troll named Gro'lok.

### The First Stump

When approaching the stump you see an attached parchment that says 'When Gro'lok was starting out collecting pebbles, he was discouraged, but these names have given Gro'lok pebbles when no one else would, pebbles of hope, now Gro'lok have lots of pebbles, and him use them to murder and rob road travellers, him thank the people.'

There are 10 names scrawled on the stump

* Linus Skorpa
* Just John
* Craig Brett
* Eagle Scout
* Klein
* Lolantonlol
* Kai Ratering
* Scott Noob
* James Blankenship
* Clafflamme123

### The Second and Third Stumps

When approaching the second and third stumps the same parchment is attached 'These people am also give Gro'lok new bag of pebbles every month. Now Gro'lok am able to keep throw them at road travellers... GRO'LOK SELF SUSTAINED NOW!' him cannot thank people enough, but dedicate stump.'

There following names are scrawled on the second stump:

* Daniel Hodge
* Tatu Viitasaari
* Nikiforos IV Fokas
* Random Admech
* Dootmaster64
* James Cotellesse
* Joe Benavides
* Justin Pospical
* Lilian Achaintre-Acosta
* Michael Maslo

And these names on the third stump

* Defender
* Nehoy, The Lord
* Ryan Page
* Forrest
* Earnest Williams
* Matthew Alvernaz
* Detyan the Magnificent

### The Fourth Stump

The fourth stump has no names written on it but does have a small parchment attached saying 'has a small parchment attached 'This stump reserved for new pebble givers... this because Gro'lok have ambition! BIG AMBITION!'

### Trivia

The stump is a location that was made as a homage to the people who have donated to Warsim, the first stump is dedicated to those who donated to Warsim in it's early days 2015-2016, and the following stumps were dedicated to those who supported development on Patreon.
The Great Zod of the Southern Rim

The Great Zod of the Southern Rim is a book found in the Grand Library.

## Location

The book is found in the Grand Library, an upgradable library building that can be bought in the kingdom upgrades screen.

## Contents

THE GREAT ZOD OF THE SOUTHERN RIM

By Zarran of the Southern Rim

The Great Zod was a mighty warlock who's tower of bones rested on the very tip of the southern rim, he fought off all manner of invaders such as goblins and the undead and defended the little village of the southern rim from all that ailed it

Though one day Zod left, travelling for ancient lands he returned not, but the villagers waited faithfully for their hero to return, and for generations they waited but the great Zod did not return.

The village and its surrounding areas fell slowly into disrepair, the villagers became sick and died, the wizard Zod has forsaken them.

## Trivia

There is a vandalised copy of 'The Great Zod' found in the Mad Man's library in Baiaa.
Strong Ale

Strong ale is the joint strongest drink in the game alongside Icewraith Brew, it can be found in the Icewatch tavern and marked as Karald's Strong Brewed Ale in the Ox Head Tavern.

# Drinking Effects

Drinking an Icewraith brew will give you one of 10 random outcomes:

* 7 of them will result in +2 Drunk Level
* 1 of them will result in +1 Drunk Level
* 1 of them will result in +3 Drunk Level
* 1 of them will result in no change to Drunk Level

And each has a different unique flavour text.
Combat Academy

This is place for the player to train their champions, including the Grand Champion of the Arena, and to buy soldiers for their army.

#### Before owning the Combat Academy, the player may choose to: train a champion, hire soldiers for *55 gold each*, ask about the history of Combat Academy, or attack the academy.

If the player takes control of the academy, the player's army gains between 1-500 battlescore in all future battles.

After owning the Combat Academy, the player may choose to train champion(s), upgrade the academy to unlock additional slots to train champions, hire soldiers for *40 gold each*, ask for the history of the academy, or to destroy the academy.

Champions can be trained up to 299 battlescore, the max slots for champions training is 3 slots, and 5 new soldiers can be hired from the academy each year.
Faradal the Just and Noble

Faradal the Just and Noble is a book found in the Grand Library.

## Location

The book is found in the Grand Library, an upgradable library building that can be bought in the kingdom upgrades screen.

## Contents

Faradal the Just and Noble

I write this as a humble and loyal man of Golberth
I have done as I was told always, and I have tried
my best to be a just and honourable man in these
lands, I had the pleasure to spend a great deal
of time in the courts of Golberth and I am forced
to try and speak sense into men who blindly
scream traitor when hearing his name, for my time
in the courts taught me that there were no men
in that court, more fair or honourable than the
man they call Kinslayer, Faradal was the truest
and greatest man of all, so I must question a
King who would declare an honest man a traitor.
Goblin Stone

The Goblin Stone is one of several ancient northern stones of magic. The stone is found in the Wildwood region of the West and is revered by goblins.

## Introduction

When approaching the stone you are given the following text 'You approach the rock known locally as the goblin stone, named for the goblins who occasionally pilgrimage to the rock to pray to it.'

## Usage

If the stone is rubbed 666 times you get the following text.

'Moments after your touch, the makes a strange sound, almost hiss-like and then the rock crumbles apart. Later you hear the news, goblins, almost every living goblin save for those with impure blood, have died!'

And following the text, every single living Goblin in the Krut, Erak, and your own kingdoms goblin troops are killed.

## References

* The Oldest Tree 'That stone, the goblin fools worship it, but it is not a friend of the goblin kind, this stone is something else.'
* The Oldest Tree (if the stone is ruined) 'The stone, a ruin now. The thing was cursed anyway, my roots rest easier not sharing ground with cursed stones.'
* The Oldest Tree (if was used to destroy goblins) 'I know what you did... you touched the stone enough times, you knew what it would do, you doomed the green folk.'
* The Oldest Tree (if asked why the goblins worship the stone) 'Because they are fools! something draws them to it!'
* The Oldest Tree (if asked what is the stone?) 'I have said enough on this matter, that stone is cursed that is all I will say'

## Destruction

You may destroy the stone, doing so will show you the following text 'You make the order and the goblin stone is toppled and crushed to bits.'

Immediately after the destruction you will lose 3 public opinion and the stone will be a visitable ruin.

## Occupation and Destruction by Savages

If you have destroyed the stone there is a 1 in 12 chance that savages from the Savage Village will occupy it with 10 of their people provided they have over 100 people.

## Goblin Stone Ruins Camp

Once occupied by Savages the camp will grow by +2 savages per year with a maximum of 35.

You can attack the camp returning it to just the ruins of the Goblin Stone, once beaten you will receive a randomly generated loot item.

The Savages can build new camps here anytime unless the Savage Village is wiped out.
The Dragons Kneecap

The Dragon's Kneecap is a tavern owned by Eswin Elf-Hater and is located in the Guildrow district of the Blackmarket.

## Drinks

There are two drinks available at the tavern:

* Local Northern Ale (Priced at 2 gold each)
* Icewraith Brew (Priced at 12 gold each)

It is noted that the Dragon's Kneecap is the most expensive place to get a standard ale in the Blackmarket, with it costing 1 gold in both the Blackrow Tavern and the Pitside Tavern.

## Things to do

There are several things to do in the Dragon's Kneecap:

* You can drink one of the two drinks for sale (with multiple random events possible)
* You can speak to the Bartender (11 unique dialogues)
* You can speak to a customer (many random unique dialogues)
* You can start the 'Blackmarket Pub Crawl' here
* You can watch a Brawl (and hire the winner if you wish)
* You can watch a Goblin Dancer
* You can play a game called Dragon, Wench, Knight
* You can watch a performance by the 'Wild Skalds' travelling band

## Dragon's Kneecap World-Events and Reactions

The Dragon's Kneecap can be effected by many different world events, if the Blackmarket is under a goblin ban then the Dancing goblin will not be available, and the Blackmarket pub crawl poster will be slightly longer and will say 'and no goblins!' on it.

The Wild Skalds band will only appear in the Dragon's Kneecap once every fifth year, so the year 80, 85, 90, and so on.

If you own the Blackmarket Eswin Elf-Hater's response to 'Who runs the Blackmarket?' will be 'Well, It's you? is this a trick question.'

During the Century festival the tavern will undergo several changes, the intro dialogue will be different, saying 'you enter the Dragon's Kneecap, a small tavern tucked away between the guildhalls, the Tavern's owner welcomes you 'Hail friend, happy century to you!'

Eswin will also have a different introduction when you greet him to speak to him, and a new question will be available 'Tell me about the Century Festival'.

You also will be unable to watch a brawl here during century festival as everyone is in good spirits and will instead get the following screen.

## References

* In the book 'The Comprehensive Tavern Guide' the Dragon's Kneecap has a reference titled 'THE DRAGON'S KNEECAP (4/5 stars) - Near North - Blackmarket Guildrow'
	+ The Dragon's Kneecap is an interesting tavern, it's based in and upmarket part of the blackmarket the place has lots going on, be it the occasional visiting band, the dancing goblins or the people playing dragon wench knight, you wont be bored here but if you feel bored, speak to the bartender for some wild stories, Eswin's an interesting barkeep for sure.

## Trivia

The Dragon's Kneecap Tavern was named in reference to the tavern in the cancelled pilot series 'Korgoth of Barbaria', in the intro to the episode a bunch of goblins stand outside of a tavern called the 'The Whores Nipple' with a man claiming the sign was mispelt and the tavern is actually called 'The Dragon's Kneecap'

A screenshot of the moment in the episode

* The Dragon's Kneecap was the second Tavern made in the game after The Thickblood Tavern
Taverns

# Taverns and Drinking in the World of Warsim

The world of Warsim is home to 18 different taverns, each with their own special features and dialouges, bartenders and drinks. Although the taverns have existed for quite some time the ability to drink in them was spurred from a thread left by a caesar15 a Warsim player on reddit, the drinking update was released in Warsim 0.7.6.6 on the 21st of August 2019.

* List of Bartenders and Tavernkeeps
* List of Taverns
* List of Drinks
* List of Random Drinking Events
* Special Drinking Events
Hall of Goblin Heroes

The Hall of Goblin Heroes is a location in the Blackmarket's Dockrow and is owned by a goblin ex-pirate named Xoks.

## The Tour

For 100 gold coins Xoks will take you for a tour of the Goblin Hall of Heroes, showing you pictures of different Goblin heroes and a description of where their fame came from.

* Okruk One-Eye
* Orlak Steel Jaw
* Marak the Helm
* Huka Half-Face
* Goro Little-Horn
* Garlaf the Tattooed
* Nuno the Tower
* Sugo the Sleepy Runt
* Ukro the Sea-Lord
* Marius the Scribe

## Effected by Blackmarket Goblin Law

The Hall will be shut down if the Blackmarket has enacted a law outlawing Goblins. This can come about if an overzealous anti-goblin leader takes hold of the market, or if you rule the Blackmarket and enact the law yourself.

## Goblin Ruler

If the ruler of the Blackmarket is a Goblin then the tour will include an additional part of the tour commemorating the goblin ruler.

The unique section for the Blackmarket's Goblin Ruler will vary depending on his personality, each section will start with, 'NAME OF LEADER is the current king and overlord of the Blackmarket, and has achieved more than most thought he could'

* (**STRANGE PERSONALITY**) A strange goblin though I'll give him that, he eats roaches and sometimes flings dung at passers-by from his window, not really painting the best impression of goblins, but the mere-fact he is the king of this place really does make me feel good.
* (**KIND PERSONALITY**) A kind hearted soul, I am glad one as nice as him has ascended to the throne regardless of race. The mere-fact he is a goblin just makes it better, and a great impression he leaves is shifting away the Blackmarket's anti-goblin racism.
* (**AGGRESSIVE PERSONALITY**) A brutal leader, he is cruel and no doubt fought his way tooth and nail to his position, I am glad a goblin has been made king, but it is hard to support such barbarism... still we shall see how things go.
* (**NEUTRAL PERSONALITY**) A goblin is our king... oh how wonderful is it.
* (**MERCHANTILE PERSONALITY**) He is a very focused
* (**STUPID PERSONALITY**) He is a known fool, aloof in the mind, not a clue how he got into power but I can't imagine he'll last. It's a shame really, I know many goblins who could have been a much better fit. Still to see green skin leader the Blackmarket is certainly refreshing.

## Century Festival Effects

If the Blackmarket's once every 100 years Century Festival is active then the tour will be half price at 50 gold instead of 100 gold.

## Trivia

* The hall of heroes came about following the creation of several sample goblin faces being created but with no use. A history was made for each of them and then the location was added
* The final goblin in the Hall Maurius the Scribe was a character created by Warsim community Legend Detyan (known as Dtyn8 on reddit) in one of his custom Warsim stories that was added to the game. The character, who is of Goblin descent was given a spot in the hall of heroes to commemorate his grim fate in the lord and to honour Detyans contribution to the game.
Chelob's Well

Chelob's Well is the home of Chelob in the blackmarket slums, one of it's oldest residents, here you can take the famous quiz

The quiz gets very meta and is therefore very very difficult, only a handful of people are known to have completed it without help.

## Chelob's Quiz

* First question: What race am I?
* Second question: What is the battlescore of a knight?
* Third question: Numerically... How does one explore the world?
* Fourth question: Where is the great city of Shaian located?
* Fifth question: What is the combined battlescore of the lowest tier units from the 1st, 3rd, and 5th independent kingdoms in your world.

## Trivia

* The developer himself had to look at the code to figure out the answers as he forgot them and couldn't pass the quiz (hope that fills you with confidence)
The Five Brothers

The Five Brothers is a book found in the Artifact Market's Old Library and in the Arasuk Bookshop.

## Location

The book is found in the Old Library in the Artifact Market and in the Bookshop in Arasuk.

## Contents

There's Xysorak,
he's mean but he's fair

and Xelakor,
he'll give you a dare

then Xeorakso,
the bravest to boot

and Old One,
he's easy to loot

'n at last,
we come to the boss

Grand Xolorok!
Our souls be our loss!

## Trivia

* This book was written by Warsim reddit community legend Detyan (Dtyn8 on reddit)
Slap-A-Goblin Stall

The Slap-A-Goblin Stall is a location in Darkdale's Market District. When approached the stall owner Borgon shouts 'Step right up step right up, slap the goblin for only 2 gold coins per slap, come on!'

You can pay 2 gold and give the goblin a slap, his face flips to one side or the other.

If you try to speak to the Goblin he just stares at you.

## Special Events

If you are the ruler of Darkdale you will be told 'You can have the first slap for free my (Your Lord Title)', This will refresh every year meaning the player (if ruling Darkdale) will be able to get a free slap each year.

## Shutting the Stall Down

If you are Ruler of Darkdale you will unlock a special 4th option to have the stall closed, doing so will have Borgon apologise for offending you and will removed the stall from the Market District.

Then the goblin will join your army.
Orc Jokes

Orc Jokes is a book found in The Blackmarket Book rental stall and the players upgradable Library.

## Location

The book is found in the Blackmarket Central District Book rental stall and can be rented for 3 gold coins.

## Contents

ORC JOKES

If ugly were a crime the entire orcish race would have
rotted in the dungeons long ago

An Orc walks into a bar, 4 hours later he gets inside.

I wouldn't bother telling an orc a joke, they're too
dumb to know you're joking

An orc, a barbarian and a blood thirsty savage entered
a bar...and that's just the first person!

What do you call an orc with half a brain... gifted

## Trivia

* The jokes used for this book can all be told at random by jesters in the Warsim world
Anchored Ships (Blackmarket)

There a several ships that can dock into the fifth spot of Dockrow District of the Blackmarket that offer different interactions to the player

* Jackdaw
	+ The description says that the player character can hear the crew sing shanties but can't hear any creaking from the wood of the ship. There are no interactions for the player for now.
* Laughing Lion
	+ The player can buy one Chaos Orb and speak with the captain of the ship, Gerry.
* Marie Elena
	+ They sell bluetrii for 15 gold each. The player must buy all or none of them.
* Queen's Revenge
	+ They sell slaves for 10 gold each. The player must buy all or none of them.
* Sea Club Clarabella
	+ The description says that the player character can see the captain of ship, Baszone Patneim, and can hear the sounds of sheep. There are no interactions for the player for now.
* The Long Serpent
	+ The player can speak with the captain, hear the Thunder Chant, and have a drink with the crew.
* The dock will be empty some years.
Goblin Dancer

The Goblin Dancer is an entertainment event that can be viewed through any of the following systems:

* As a random act during a celebratory ceremony
* Inside The Dragons Kneecap in the Blackmarket (\*)
* In Krut Diplomacy screen (if relation with Krut 40 or more)
* As a hired comedic act in your throne room (costs 45 gold)

* Not available in the Dragon's Kneecap if goblins are banned from the Blackmarket by law

Here's the introductory screen for a goblin dancer in The Dragons Kneecap
Red Skinned Cave Beast

The Red Skinned Cave Beast is a monster that can be found in the Large Rocky Cavern in the Oasis Region of the South.

## Fighting the Beast

The beast has to be challenged to push further into the Large Rocky Cavern. He has a battlescore of 300 and will typically kill anyone you send to fight him.

## References

The Cave Gnome Villagers refer to the cave beast as a god. Some of them come to realise it isn't a god once your troop kills it.

* Dink Slug Watcher says 'Oh the beast you slew? Horrible thing, don't know much about it though. It didn't often come down to our end of the cave.'
* Bongles the Great says 'Oh yes, the big red monster. For a while we thought it might be our God, it always looked around for us whenever we came too close to the front of the cave,. Luckily the monster never looked down, only straight, never ever saw us.'
* Gribble the Drink says 'We thought it was a god for a while, the creature evidently couldn't crank it's neck enough to look down so it never saw us. No need to worry now thanks to your bravery!'
* A random drunk gnome says 'It's you, the one who ordered the killing of the cave monster that haunted us!'

## Trivia

* The Red Skinned Cave beast's first appearance was in the hidden minigame 'Caverns and Cave Trolls' as the final boss
The Legend of the Iron Hills

The Legend of the Iron Hills is a unique rare book found in the Near North.

## Location

The book is found in Aehlan's Rare Tomes, a book shop in the Dockrow District of the Blackmarket. It can be purchased for 10000 gold coins provided the player has the library upgrade.

## Contents

THE LEGEND OF THE IRON HILLS
By Zenorath

The Iron hills are a fabled lost location, a harsh and rugged range
of mountains hidden in some forgotten place. Tales tell of a pit
of fighting so dreaded that many consider it the greatest arena
in the land... perhaps a ruin now.

The structures within the Iron hills were said to have existed
since ancient times, perhaps even before our own realms.
The old lost texts speak of many hardy peoples living among the
harsh hills of iron, folk of both Orc and Dwarf origin. What
we know beyond that is imagination, nothing more.

Though I long to know, and even more to go to these lands,
Where the iron outnumbers the rocks,
And the blood outnumbers the sand.
Lost Artifacts

The Goblin Kingdoms is a book found in the Grand Library.

## Location

The book is found in the Grand Library, an upgradable library building that can be bought in the kingdom upgrades screen.

## Contents

LOST ARTIFACTS

There are many things considered lost in this world
but these are the things I would consider most worth
searching for, I am a scholar from a place that shall
remain unnamed

THE MONEY BOX OF DEATH

this artifact was created by a powerful rogue mage who
who sought after great riches, this was how he did it
for every life ended by his orders he gained a gold coin
the mage was known to have died a rich man, but his box
was long lost

THE DEMONS EYE

this is considered lost by few but most consider it a
false, it is known as the demon's eye, the story goes
that once before, when the army of the demons was slain
and a great army stood at the demon gate, a great red
flame burst through, crashing into the ground and leaving
the surrounding lands and army in ruin, it is said that
the demon overlord, enraged with his defeat tore out his
own eye and flung it out, the eye was thrown so hard it
was said to bury itself deep underground, but this long
been considered untrue, if it were real it would be the
most valuable artifact available

## Vandalised Copy

A Vandalised copy of 'Lost Artifacts' can be found in the Mad Man's Library hidden in the maze of Baiaa.
Rusty Dagger Inn

The Rusty Dagger Inn is the smallest tavern in Goblinwood and is located in the warrior's district of Goblinwood. It is watched over by an unknown goblin.

## Drinks

The Humans Toe Tavern has only a single drink on tap, unlike the other tavern in Goblinwood this one is less to cater to travellers with imported ale.

* Local Goblin Ale (Priced at 1 gold each)

## Things to do

There are several things to do in the Humans Toe Tavern:

* You can drink a local goblin ale (with multiple random events possible)
* You can try to speak to the bartender but he will only say this 'Me no speak human good, only pour drink'
* You can speak to a customer (many random unique dialogues)
* You can watch a Brawl (but the bartender will break it up)
* You can use the Vomit Hole]

## Trivia

If you watch a brawl, speak to the bartender, or use the vomit hole, the bartender will say his classic phrase 'Me no speak human good, only pour drink'
Magic Theatre

The Magic Theatre is a very magical place; you can watch mysterious magical acts!

If you buy it,you can upgrade it to make even more money and unlock more acts (all acts are free when bought).

## Acts

* Magic fish performance
* Arrowhead performance
* Decaying Demon performance
* Dizzying Star Performance (Needs upgraded theatre)
* Bellowing Star Performance (Needs upgraded theatre)
* Drunken Monkey Performace (Needs upgraded theatre)
The Dirt Den

The Dirt Den is a tavern in the Sewers of the Blackmarket. The Dirt Den is watched over by a mutant called Pargo.

## Drinks

The Dirt Den has two drinks on offer, Upperfolk Ale and Green Junk. Upperfolk Ale is the sewer name for regular northern ale, however it's got a large markup on it. The green junk is essentially goblin ale.

* Upperfolk Ale (Priced at 4 gold each)
* Green Junk (Priced at 1 gold each)

## Things to do

There are several things to do in the Dirt Den

* Drink
* Speak to the Bartender Pargo
* Speak to a random mutant customer
* Speak to the Scone Seller

## Wall Graffiti

If the Blackmarket leader is a goblin, the words 'DEATH TO GOBLIN SCUM' will be scrawled on the walls of the tavern.

## Trivia

* Green Junk is inspired by a drink called Green Shit found in real life at the Moon Club in Cardiff (Developers Home Town)
* The Dirt Den was originally just an aesthetic location that wasn't enterable however upon suggestion of reddit user u/Dtyn8 about having a mutant tavern the Dirt Den was converted to the tavern that is in the game today.
The Slum Pit

This location is a bit unique in the Blackmarket in that the people here fight for fun instead of money or out of anger. The player can choose observe the matches or to speak to other onlookers. If the player chooses to watch a fight to its completion, they may congratulate the victor or even hire them for the player's roster of champions if there is any available space. If the player places a Chaos Orb into the slot in the Mad Men's Den in the Sewers, fights will no longer occur here.
Gnome Insult Battle Competition

The Gnome Insult Battle Competition was a community competition run on Warsim's Steam and Reddit communities ending on the 1st of October 2020.

The competition was aimed at having members of the community come up with insults that gnomes would throw at eachother to be used in the in-game Gnome Insult Battles.

The entries were voted on by a panel consisting of Huw Millward the games developer, and two prominent members of the community Defender and TheGamingDictator.

There were over 300 entries in total during the competition.

The Winners of the competition were:

* 1st Place u/TheUniqueFidji (LORD OF INSULTS) (won $85.94 worth of steam games)
* 2nd Place Ordowix (DRINKER OF GNOME TEARS) (won $76.96 worth of steam games)
* 3rd Place u/Voliol (GNOME HATER) (won $27.97 worth of steam games)

There were also 8 honorable mentions

* u/Supermichael777
* Dezdanna
* Lan Can't Aim
* ThePlainPlayer
* JustN0P0int
* Hun Knight
* Pride
* Durbitwaz

Some of our favourite entries were:

* I bet you've got a battlescore of 5! (u/TheUniqueFidji)
* If they anointed you, you'd be called Sir Ebral Damage! (u/TheUniqueFidji)
* Roses are red, goblins are green, you're the ugliest gnome I've ever seen! (u/TheUniqueFidji)
* There aren't enough pages in the Blackmarket Herald to describe your worthlessness! (u/TheUniqueFidji)
* Your only contribution to society is to lower the bar. (u/TheUniqueFidji)
* You are the gnome equivalent of a participation award! (JustN0P0int)
* Garden Gnomes have heads of wood, yet they are smarter than you! (u/voliol)
* Are those eyes, or do you have two pairs of nostrils? (u/voliol)
* If laughter is the best medicine, your face must be curing the world. (Ordowix)
* Your mother should have ate you. (Ordowix)
* Your bravery is like your brain... Nonexistent (Hun Knight)
* You're not a gnome, you're an albino goblin! (Dezdanna)
* You should have re-rolled your face (Durbitwaz)
* Did your mother like the horse for the teeth or the smell? (u/Supermichael777)
* Your eyes are like deep pools... of sewage! (u/dzejrid)
* You must have been born inside a privy because that's where most accidents happen. (Ordowix)
* I thought the throne room was set to 'No Rabble' (Durbitwaz)
Chimchogre Caverns

After the player explores this location for the first time, they are met by two chimchogres, the guardians of this place and the treasures within.

The player's choice is whether to attempt to solve the riddles or to attack the chimchogres.

1. Successfully guessing all of the riddles leads to the player receiving 4 randomly generated loot items and the chance to recruit both of the chimchogres are champions.
2. Failing to answer all of the riddles correctly results in the chimchogres disappearing and the player being unable to guess again.
3. Attempting to attack the chimchogres results in them hiding in the caverns and never being seen again.
Maktap

Maktap is the bartender of the Golden Lily Pad in the West.

## Quotes

* **When asked 'Who are you?'** - I am Maktap, owner of this tavern
* **When asked 'What is this place?'** - This is the Golden Lily Pad, home for the thirsty!
* **When asked 'Tell me about Darkmarsh'** - Darkmarsh, is that this swamp? I don't know I only know this pond
* **When asked 'Where do you get your ale?'** - Secret Sources!
Elyk the Madman

Elyk the Madman is a character that can be encountered in several places around the world and will be in a different random place each year.

Once met there are several ways things can go down, if you befriend him or go for a drink with him then you will forever onwards find Elyk always at the Three Blades Inn in the Artifact Market.

## Drinking with Elyk

Drinking with Elyk will always start with Elyk getting you both a pint of ale. The ale is always standard ale and can be acquired by Elyk in a number of different ways.

Once you've had your first drink, and as long as you aren't already hammered and that first drink pushes you over the edge you begin your drinking session.

From here on out you have 5 options,

* Get another drink - Elyk gets 2 more pints and you both drink (random events can happen during these)
* I'm done drinking - Stop drinking with Elyk
* Tell me a story - Learn one of 10 Elyk Stories
* Let me ask you a question - Enter direct dialogue with Elyk
* Let's Toast! - Toast your two mugs of ale

After everything you do you are returned back to this screen until you get too drunk or stop drinking.

## Trivia

* Elyk the Madman is based on the developers real life best friend Kyle, who like his character, is a massive drinker and maniac.
Blackmarket Management

Blackmarket Management is a unique rare book found in the Near North.

## Location

The book is found in Aehlan's Rare Tomes, a book shop in the Dockrow District of the Blackmarket. It can be purchased for 1800 gold coins provided the player has the library upgrade.

## Contents

BLACKMARKET MANAGEMENT by Slicer the Red

The Blackmarket is a chaotic place, but by use of force
there is still order, we get our dues when the time arrives
and here, you, the next bandit ruler of the Blackmarket
can learn how to do the same.

Have a decent garrison, there are always other gangs who seek to
control the market, a good source of income for any gang it would
be, but it's our job to prevent that, a garrison of a few hundred
would likely never be beaten.

Also do maintenance, perhaps things need upgrading every so often
doing so will cause you no harm, but perhaps increase your revenue.
The Coastal King of Old

The Coastal King of Old is a book found in the Artifact Market's Old Library.

## Location

The book is found in the Old Library in the Artifact Market.

## Contents

THE COASTAL KINGS OF OLD

In times before our records show, it is known that the
men of the coast were ruled by a coastal king, the
mightiest of all coastmen, his goal to lead, and fight
off any threats to the coast, to preserve the coastmens
rights and honours and to keep the culture going in
the face of all evils, the Coastal king will now and
always be the core of our society, hail to him and
long may he live.
Aehlan

Aehlan is the proprietor of Aehlan's Rare Tomes, a book shop in the Blackmarket's Dockrow District.

## Background

Aehlan claims to be the 11th of his name, and keeper of the store implying that a long line of Aehlan's stood before him selling rare tomes through the ages.

He has been in charge of the shop for 70 years and awaits giving control of the shop to his son who he claims is 'Off in the world living a life of adventure worthy of gracing the tales of which we sell'.

When asked what happened to his eye, he replies non challantly 'It fell out'.

## Quotes

* **When asked Who are you?** - 'I am Aehlan, 11th of my name, keeper of the store'
* **When asked Will you get more books in stock?** - 'Anything is possible, but there are no rare books that I know of that I haven't either sold or have in stock, though if any arise, I will happily buy them'
* **When asked Tell me about the Blackmarket** - 'The Blackmarket? I don't bother keeping up, so long as they don't bother me, we pay them their 'taxes' and they leave us alone'
* **When asked Tell me about this Bookshop** - 'This bookshop has been passed down generation to generation by my family, each son and heir being the next proprietor, I have been in charge for the last seventy years, my son shall take my place when I am done, but now he is off in the world living a life of adventure worthy of gracing the tales of which we sell'
* **When asked Tell me about Blackrow** - 'I have had to pass through that accursed place once before to find a special book, I would be happy not to have to pass through again'
* **When asked Tell me about Dockrow** - 'I prefer my pirates dead... Dockrow is a rather dull place full of uneducated drunkards'
* **When asked Tell me about the Slums** - 'A sad place, little more to be said'
* **When asked Why do you sell books?** - 'I have read a great deal of books, I sell them as is tradition, amazingwhat you can learn from a good book you know'
* **When asked What happened to your eye?** - 'It fell out...'
* **When asked Do you get many customers?** - 'Not usually, but one purchase can keep this old place running for years.'
Dink Slug Watcher

Dink Slug Watcher is a cave gnome who lives in the Cave Gnome Village in Southern Region of Oasis. He is the Slug Watcher and can be found in the Cavern Slug Pen.

Dink greets you with a nod and says 'Honoured guest'

## Quotes

* **When asked 'Who are you?' -** I'm Dink, slug watcher.
* **When asked 'Tell me about these slugs?' -** They're slow... slimey... not much else to them.
* **When asked 'Tell me about the cave monster' -** Oh the beast you slew? Horrible thing, don't know much about it though. It didn't often come down to our end of the cave.
* **When asked 'Tell me about the village leader, Bongles' -** Don't speak to him often, I mainly speak to the slugs, helps fatten them up I reckon. On one hand he has a nice hat, on another hand... he stinks.
* **When asked 'What's there to do here?' -** Lots of things I imagine, watching slugs, petting slugs, sliding on slug slime, talking to slugs, eating slugs, trying to mix with slugs to create a gnome slug hybrid race... erm... actually you should probably ignore that last thing I said.
* **When asked 'What do you do here?' -** I watch the slugs, make sure they don't escape... it's ok though, they're slow enough it would take a few days for them to escape.
* **When asked 'What's with the battle pits? ' -** Horrible place, all you hear is crying all day coming from there.
Kalkar the Great

Kalkar the Great is a book found in The Blackmarket Guild of Historians.

## Location

The book is found in the Guild of Historians library in the section of Year Two Books.

## Contents

KALKAR

Kalkar, the hero united the west

Kalkar, the emperor above all the rest

Kalkar, the true, the only, the best

Kalkar, the warrior of the lands once stressed

Kalkar, the holy, by the gods he was blessed

Kalkar, the greatest, well all would have guessed

Kalkar, the funniest, oh he was but a jest

Kalkar, the hero, his home was his nest

Kalkar, the saviour of his people was his only quest

Kalkar, the mighty, steel plated, steel-breast
Huka Half-Face

Huka Half-Face is one of the Goblins on the wall of The Hall of Goblin Heroes in the Blackmarkets Dockrow district.

## The Hall of Heroes Description

Huka was a goblin warrior tasked with leading a scouting group
to a small camp overlooking a large pit believed to be demonic
The party was discovered by a large hulking demon who would have
have easily slain the party, Huka leapt forward and headbutted
the demon into the deep pit below, but in the process burned half
of his face on the demons fiery skin.
Cloaked Man of Blackrow

The Cloaked Man is an npc found in the Blackrow Tavern.

## Assassination

Speaking to the cloaked man will ask you a question 'Do you chase the shadows'

If you answer with 'Yes' you start the unmarked quest 'Blackmarket Assassination', otherwise you lose the chance and the cloaked man will leave the tavern for good.

## Reaction to World Events

If the player is the ruler of the Blackmarket the Cloaked man will not appear, this is because he is the trigger for the quest to kill the Blackmarket leader.

If a chaos orb hasn't been placed in the walls of the sewers and the market is calmed he will also not appear.
Eastern Travel Guide

Eastern Travel Guide is a book found in the Artifact Market's Old Library and in the Library.

## Location

The book is found in the Old Library in the Artifact Market, and in the Grand Library, an upgradable library building that can be bought in the kingdom upgrades screen.

## Contents

EASTERN TRAVEL GUIDE

The east is a place of great wonder
rumoured to be the home of modern civilisation
it contains many wonders.

The most well known is the artifact market
located in the Farrad desert, the place holds
great power beyond the comprehension of many.

The east is generally uninhabited now. There are
the tribes of the Dunelands, and the various
settlers of the lost jungle and Farrad.

Few travellers make it to the dunelands due to
the trials of the lost jungle, but some say it
is worth the journey.
The Fool King Bardon

The Fool King Bardon is a book found in the Library.

## Location

The book is found in the Library, an upgradable library building that can be bought in the kingdom upgrades screen.

## Contents

THE FOOL KING BARDON

When the western empire was divided after the
invasion of the eastern army, a great many
kingdoms spawned, none were more worthy of pity
than the kingdom of the northern Songwood

During the time that many warlords were claiming
lands and growing their own empires within the
carcass of another, the fool named 'king' Bardon
claimed his own kingdom, he declared war on
all other western warlords whom he declared
pretenders, but none could ever seem to find
any armies of Bardon in the battlefields

When they finally found Bardon, they found
out a worse truth, the kingdom of northern
Songwood consisted of a single cabin and an
outhouse, both of which were burned down and
the mighty kingdom was soon erased, Bardon
was hung.
Arena Betting Guide

Arena Betting Guide is a book found in the Grand Library.

## Location

The book is found in the Grand Library, an upgradable library building that can be bought in the kingdom upgrades screen.

## Contents

ARENA BETTING GUIDE by Sir Gimhan the Lost

The arena can be a fruitful way to earn coin for some or a frustrating
waste of time for others, my job and my aim in this text is to make you
part of the former of those two.

The arena has been around for a long time, and for as long as two men
have been willing to bash each others skulls in for a crowd, men have
gambled on the result, some have gained wealth beyond measure and others
have lost ancient fortunes and priceless items.

WHO FIGHTS IN THE ARENA?
Peasants, soldiers, bandits, criminals, goblins, knights and heroes from
all the realm fight for wealth, glory or even sometimes freedom, when
betting its important to know who can swing a sword and who is good for
nothing but death.

I have arranged the fighters in rank from strongest to weakest
and shall demonstrate who I believe is most likely to win as a standard
and who will almost always fail.

Knights are the strongest in the pits, unmatched in strength
Second Strongest are warlords, both Bandit warlords and Goblin Warlords
Third are Soldiers or Goblin Berserkers both are equally matched
Fourth are bandits, they are weak but not the worst
The Last are peasants and goblins, often the weakest and best to bet against

There are many exceptions to the rules however, there are for example
peasant village champions, who are likely stronger than soldiers
there are mighty slayers and king-killers, bandits from the highest ranks
of the bandit horde.

There are Goblin shaman and Marauders who are almost as strong as knights
and of course anyone who carries Royal, Heroic, Famous or legendary titles
are among those to watch out for.

The one thing that is certain is that any unit known as Immortal should not
be bet against, they are very unlikely to lose.

Those who are mutilated, blind or pacifistic by nature are to very scarcely
be bet on, they are less likely to win.
Marak the Helm

Marak the Helm is one of the Goblins on the wall of The Hall of Goblin Heroes in the Blackmarket's Dockrow district.

## The Hall of Heroes Description

Marak the Helm was a mighty warrior who once bound all the
clans of goblin kind into the great goblin horde, the armies
were unmatched in size and left the lands in ruin until they
were met by an alliance of two kingdoms where Marak died in
battle, the clan's have since been divided.
The Lord of Ice

The Lord of Ice is a book found in the Artifact Market's Old Library.

## Location

The book is found in the Old Library in the Artifact Market.

## Contents

THE LORD OF ICE by Unknown

The Lord of Ice was rumored
to have been no more than man
But now they say he's part of
A great and evil plan

For when he rides down southern
The frost and snow come too
And if he came to your old town
You better not let him through

For his heart is cold and his sword ice
He does things that are very not nice
For his heart is frozen in his chest
And fighting he is never best

for the lord of ice is he
for the lord of ice is he
for the lord of ice is he
The High Dunes

>    This location allows the player to:
>
>
> * Admire the High Dunes
> * Some years the player has the ability to buy slaves from Clarence the Hood and talk to him. The slaves cost 6 gold each.
> * Some years the player is able to visit a makeshift Dunewarrior fight pit. The player can watch fights and speak to Dunewarriors
> * Some years the player can visit a makeshift Dunereaver encampment where they can talk to Gabe the Tall or have a champion challenge Gabe the Tall to a fight to the death. If Gabe loses, the player gains 50 bandits and the General Bandit Level goes down by 2. If Gabe wins, the player loses 1,000 gold.
>
>
>
Slums Encounters

When entering the slums there is about a 1 in 3 chance you will get some kind of encounter, the following are possible encounters

* Children pickpocket you (requires you have 50 gold) (they will take between 5 and 25 gold)
* Urchin stealing an apple
* Man begging for coins as his begging pot was robbed by an urchin
* Man begging for coins are he has been eating rats for three days
* Man begging for coins as he is desperate
* Man begging for coins as he and his three kids are starving
* Man begging for a few coins because you seem wealthy
* Man asking for some coins
* Pair of slumfolk fighting over a gold coin
* Dead slum person slumped against a wall
* You find a coin on the floor
* Child chasing a rat
* Man angry with Chelob
* Smoking shack hungry man
* Patrol of guards (requires market has 200 or more men)
* Slave running free (requires market has 10 or more slaves)
* Bug hunter chasing bugs
* Guard getting pickpocketed
* Slumfolk attacking watchtower (requires market has less than 200 men)
Hek Plon

Hek Plon is a swamp deity worshipped by several inhabitants of the Darkmarsh region of the west.

The word Hek Plon is also used by many swamp goblins as a term of greeting and good fortune.

## References

* An Uktak Village Goblin says 'A coin... thanks, Listen I've really got to go... Hek plon!'
* An Uktak Village Goblin says 'Toss a coin for your goblin, How nice... Ever seen the phrase Hek Plon around these parts, it means Hail to the Swamp God in ancient swamp goblin language.'
* An Uktak Village Goblin says 'Toss a coin for your goblin, Have you seen the statue out in the swamp, you may not know but it's the statue of the great Swamp God. Hek Plon!'
* An Uktak Village Goblin says 'Toss a coin for your goblin, I wish you good tidings in your time here in Uktak, Hek Plon!'
* An Uktak Village Goblin says 'Toss a coin for your goblin, Oh great foreign visitor... Hek Plon!'
* An Uktak Village Goblin says 'Toss a coin for your goblin, very kind of you stranger, Hek Plon!'
* When ceasing taking tribute from Uktak in dialogue with Hukta - That's good of you! Hek Plon.
* When taking tribute from Uktak in dialogue with Hukta - Fair enough, well I'm not going to argue, you'll get your tribute! Hek Plon.
* When greeted by Dapplogk - HEK PLON!
* When asking Dapplogk what Hek Plon means - HEK PLON MEAN HEK PLON!
* Encounter with a random goblin when exploring Darkmarsh - HEK PLON!
* Encounter with a random goblin when exploring Darkmarsh - HEK PLON HEK PLON HEK PLON!
Knut the Speedy One

Knut the Speedy One is a goblin bandit who was killed by Diran the Old.

## Background

Knut was known for running into villages and grabbing anything he could then dashing back out again before he could be stopped. He is known for doing this to Rihhm Village.

## Death

Diran and a pair of famous warriors passing by Rihhm learned of Knut and were hired by the villagers to catch him. Diran set out to catch him alone and after three days of failing to stop him, on the fourth day Diran threw his sword and skewered Knut dead.

## Aftermath

Due to a bet with the two famous warriors that he could kill Knut, Diran was able to found the Three Blades Inn in the Artifact market.