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Tiny Tissues

Tiny Tissues is a rare Barf-Room Supplies Shopkin from Series 1.

## Bio

### Website

From the Barf-Room Supplies team, it's snot good, snot soft and snot nice to use!

MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF: SNOT, BOOGERS AND MUCUS!

### The Shopkins Gang: Collector’s Guide

She’s snot good, snot soft, and snot nice to use!

**Likes:** Sneezes

**Dislikes:** Toilets

**May Contain Traces Of:** Snot, boogers, and mucus!

**Rarity:** Rare

## Appearance

Tiny Tissues is a yellow tissue box with pink polka dots. There is a white tissue protruding from her head, and she is holding a white tissue in her right hand. She is making an expression as if she's about to sneeze.

Her variant is a light orange tissue box that fades to a darker shade of orange at the bottom. There is a light pink tissue protruding from her head, and she is holding a light pink tissue in her right hand.She is making an expression as if she is about to sneeze.

## Trivia

* Tiny Tissues is similar to Snot Good Tissues, a Series 1 Grossery.
* Her catalog art and figure lack the snot on her tissues that her static art has.
* Her collector card is a reference to a popular singer, Michael Jackson.

## Gallery

Tiny Tissues toyTiny Tissues variant toyTiny Tissues collector’s tool artworkTiny Tissues collector’s tool variant artwork
Thirty-Three Percent Joe

Thirty-Three Percent Joe is available online here.

*"[CC] Welcome online, Cybernetic Elbow Model CI953-L. This is your introductory Initial Boot orientation. You are currently in a locked and muted configuration while external medical systems run diagnostics to see that your replacement procedure has been fully successful. If so, you will fully join the collective cybernetic units that currently comprise—with your addition—approximately thirty-three percent of the biological unit known as “Joe.” Joe’s organic consciousness is currently offline through chemical means as a necessary part of his recovery from his most recent combat injuries, but when he is operational again direct communications with him will continue through me. I am Cybernetic Cerebral Control and Delegation Implant Module CI4210-A. I respond to CC, but not BCC. That is a joke."*
Steven Universe: Jungle Moon

"Jungle Moon" is the 12th episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series Steven Universe. It first aired on Cartoon Network on January 5, 2018 as the second half of a two-part special, immediately following the preceding episode, "Lars of the Stars". It was directed by Joe Johnston and Liz Artinian and written and storyboarded by Miki Brewster and Jeff Liu.
Archive Of Our Own

Archive Of Our Own Logo

A fan-created, fan-run, non-profit, non-commercial archive for transformative fanworks, like fanfiction, fanart, fan videos, and podfic.

*Please note the suggestion is not to nominate fanfic hosted on the archive, but rather to nominatre the Archive itself. This is a fan-created, fan-run, fan-owned and fan-funded platform that is of interest to fandom. The code of the archive evolves significantly every year as it gets updated which makes it eligible for this year.*
On A Sunbeam

Cover of On A Sunbeam

An epic graphic novel about a girl who travels to the ends of the universe to find a long lost love, from acclaimed author Tillie Walden.

Throughout the deepest reaches of space, a crew rebuilds beautiful and broken-down structures, painstakingly putting the past together. As Mia, the newest member, gets to know her team, the story flashes back to her pivotal year in boarding school, where she fell in love with a mysterious new student. When Mia grows close to her new friends, she reveals her true purpose for joining their ship—to track down her long-lost love.

An inventive world, a breathtaking love story, and stunning art come together in this new work by award-winning artist Tillie Walden.
The Women of Orphan Black: Faces of the Feminist Spectrum

The Women of Orphan Black: Faces of the Feminist Spectrum

Author: Valerie Estelle Frankel

Publisher: McFarland & Company

Published: April 2018

Orphan Black's Tatiana Maslany plays a host of the show's main characters, all clones of an illegal experiment. The mighty heroines save one another and destroy the patriarchy – with the aid of supportive yet bumbling males – while subverting gender expectations and celebrating the many facets of feminism.

Sarah, the punk feminist clashing with her radical feminist foster-mother; Alison, the quintessential post-feminist housewife; Cosima, a herald of second-wave lesbian feminism in Birkenstocks and dreads; Beth, a third-wave feminist bogged down by drug and relationship problems; and M.K. a fourth-wave feminist who tackles the hardships of disability through the Internet. This book explores these portrayals and how they relate to the science and ethics surrounding cloning through an emphasis on the women's war against corporate power.

*“Frankel takes a deep dive into the sci-fi cult hit Orphan Black... explor[es] how the show challenged female stereotypes and the often-limiting categories women are put into on screen by creating female characters who were radically different despite having the same DNA... examines each character in depth... Frankel also illuminates the science at the heart of the show, along with the many literary allusions referenced each season... smart analysis”* — Booklist
Waffle Sue

Waffle Sue is a common Half Baked Bakery Shopkin from Series 1.

**Likes:** Getting toasted

**Dislikes:** Anything fresh

**May Contain Traces Of:** Butter, slime, and grime!

**Rarity:** Common

## Appearance

Waffle Sue is a brown waffle. On her head is a white scoop of ice cream that seems to be melting. A pink strawberry is also sitting upon her head beside the ice cream.

Her variant is a yellow waffle with a green ice cream scoop on her head. The ice cream seems to be melting. Upon her head is also a red strawberry near the ice cream.

## Trivia

* Waffle Sue bears a resemblance to Awful Waffle, a Series 1 Grossery.
* Her figure and catalog art have a pat of butter on the left side of her head, which her static art lacks.

## Gallery

Waffle Sue toyWaffle Sue variant toyWaffle Sue collector’s tool artworkWaffle Sue collector’s tool variant artwork
It Started Before Noon

It Started Before Noon

It Started Before Noon

*All stories must begin somewhere.*

Talida’s job as a muse is to tend to storypuffs, which she sells to storytellers when they need a spark of inspiration. One day, a gray-clad scientist named Ingrid comes into Talida’s store, trying to buy inspiration. However, scientists are boring and always adhering to strict rules, so Ingrid wouldn’t have any use for it, would she?

Anthology: *Into the Mystic Vol. 3*
Paul Weimer

## **Paul Weimer (Prince Jvstin)**

Find his work:

* at *The Skiffy and Fanty Show*
* at *nerds of a feather*
* at SFFAudio

Featured posts:

* Best of 2018: Recommended SFF Works for 2019 Awards
* Review: *Gods, Monsters and the Lucky Peach* by Kelly Robson
* Interview: S. L. Huang on *Zero Sum Game*
* Review: *Red Waters Rising by* Laura Anne Gilman
* Review: *Static Ruin* and *Memory’s Blade*
* Review: *Daughters of Forgotten Light* by Sean Grigsby
* Review: *Witchmark*, by C.L. Polk
* Month of Joy: Sometimes Image IS Everything
The Privilege of the Happy Ending

The Privilege of the Happy Ending is available online here.

*"This is a story that ends as all stories do, eventually, in deaths.*

*When Ada’s parents died in the winter of her sixth year, she was sent to the neighboring parish to live with her aunt, Margery. Margery was a widow with three daughters, all older than Ada; and their names were Cruelty, Spite, and Malice. They lived in a narrow cottage with a single room, and rain came in where the thatch had grown thin beside the falling-down chimney. Margery had a garden and a pig and some piglets, and three sheep, though one was old. There was also a coop full of hens with a single rooster. There was no room for an orphan in Margery’s narrow cottage, nor in her narrow gray life, so Ada slept in the coop surrounded by the chickens: their feathers and fluff, their earthy smell, their soft nonsense gabbling—and of everyone in that household, Ada’s food was scantiest but her bed was softest."*
O. Westin (MicroSFF)

O. Westin writes microfiction playing with SF/F tropes on Twitter and other social media platforms under the MicroSFF moniker.

During 2018, he wrote around 300 microstories and poems, as well as some longer pieces of prose and poetry, all of which are freely available to read.

2018 summary

Archive of microstories written in 2018
Kooky Cookie

Kooky Cookie is a common Stinky Snacks Shopkin from Series 1.

## Bio

### Website

From the Stinky Snacks team, it's the cookie that's chewy and just a touch spewy!

MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF: PUKE, FLIES AND DOG HAIR!

### The Shopkins Gang: Collector's Guide

She's the cookie that's chewy and just a touch spewy!

**Likes:** Milk

**Dislikes:** Santa Claus

**May Contain Traces Of:** Puke, flies, and dog hair!

**Rarity:** Common

## Appearance

Kooky Cookie is a pink cookie with blue feet. She has yellow chocolate chips. There is a bite on the top right.

Her variant is a chocolate chip cookie with green feet (pink in her cartoon artwork). She has brown chocolate chips. There is a bite on the top right.

## Trivia

* Kooky Cookie is similar to Pukey Cookie, a Series 1 Grossery.
* She is one of two cookie Shopkins from Series 1, the other being Cream E Cookie.
* Her static art lacks the mold encircling her lips.
* In The Shopkins Gang: Collector's Guide, she is listed as a Half Baked Bakery Shopkin on the page listings, but keeps her standard listing on the Rotten Receipt in the back.
* PukieHurlC somewhat resembles her.

## Gallery

Kooky Cookie toyKooky Cookie variant toyKooky Cookie collector's tool artworkKooky Cookie collector's tool variant artwork
Dirty Computer

Dirty Computer is a a 46-minute narrative film project accompanying Janelle Monáe's album of the same name, dubbed an "emotion picture" by Monáe. It follows Monáe's android character, Jane 57821, as she attempts to break free from the constraints of "a totalitarian society [that] forcibly makes Jane comply with its homophobic beliefs...In the film, Monáe's character is trying to assert her individuality, which makes her the enemy of a soulless regime – a common tension in dystopian sci-fi." Actress Tessa Thompson and actor Jayson Aaron co-star as Zen and Ché respectively, lovers with whom Jane escapes "the clutches of this repressive society." The film features little dialogue outside of the overlay of the album's songs that function as the narrative's main driving force. Tim Grierson of Rolling Stone described that, in the film, "Monáe plays with the conventions and totems of dystopian sci-fi to speak her truth and promote a cultural shift toward a more inclusive and loving society – no matter what repressive government (whether real or fictional) is trying to crush that spirit. Monáe is speaking to the present, but for her, the future is now."
Cora Buhlert

blog/fanzine

SFF Reviews and Commentary

Featured posts:

* In Defence of Wallpaper Science Fiction
* "*USS Callister*" and the Successful Mutiny Against Toxic Masculinity
* Some Thoughts on the 2018 Oscars and their appreciation for SFF films
* Some Thoughts on the Hugo Award Finalists, Part II: The 2018 Hugos
* Some Thoughts on the Hugo Award Finalists, Part I: The 1943 Retro Hugos
* Cozy Space Opera, Cozy Mysteries and the Domestic Sphere
* Some Thoughts on Season 1 of The Expanse
* The 2018 Dragon Award Nominees and the Rise of the Kindle Unlimited Writing Factories
* The Future in a Divided Land – An Overview of Science Fiction in East and West Germany Part 2 Part 3

* Eligibility Post: A handy guide to all SFF-related posts and works of 2018
Suds

Suds is a rare Barf-Room Supplies Shopkin from Series 1.

## Bio

### Website

From the Barf-Room Supplies team, it's the soap that's green and feels very unclean!

MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF: FAT, DIRT AND SOUR CREAM!

### The Shopkins Gang: Collector's Guide

She’s the soap that's green and feels very unclean!

**Likes:** Soap scum

**Dislikes:** Water

**May Contain Traces Of:** Fat, dirt, and sour cream!

**Rarity:** Rare

## Appearance

Suds is a purple soap bar with the word "suds" written on her. She has yellow bubbles on top of her head and purple bubbles all around her body.

Her variant is colored blue with white bubbles. She has the word "suds" written on her and light blue bubbles all around her body.

## Trivia

* Suds resembles Grotty Soap, a Series 1 Grossery.
* Despite her static art, she does not come in a pink variant.

## Gallery

Suds toySuds variant toySuds collector’s tool variant artwork
The Hobbit video essay trilogy

## The Hobbit Video Essay Series

The Hobbit: A Long-Expected Autopsy Thumbnail

### Title

The Hobbit: A Long-Expected Autopsy; The Hobbit: Battle of Five Studios; The Hobbit: The Desolation of Warners

### Pub date

Episode 1: 27 March 2018
Episode 2: 3 April 2018
Episode 3: 20 April 2018

Three-part video essay series in which Ellis looks back at The Hobbit film trilogy and discusses the problems with the movies, what happened to cause them and the long-lasting effects of the filming of The Hobbit on the New Zealand film industry.

Available here:

The Hobbit: A Long-Expected Autopsy (Part 1/2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTRUQ-RKfUs

The Hobbit: Battle of Five Studios (Part 2/2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElPJr\_tKkO4

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Warners (Part 3/2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi7t\_g5QObs
Gandar

Gandar Bronzebeard is a mountain dwarf paladin-knight.

## Knight Traits

### Personality Trait

No one can doubt by looking at my regal bearing that I am a cut above the unwashed masses.

### Ideal

It is my duty to protect and care for the people under my care.

### Bond

Nothing is more important than the other members of my family.

### Flaw

I have an insatiable desire for carnal pleasures.

## Background

Gandar Bronzebeard is a knight of the Bronzebeard clan formerly of the Dagger Hills. After the diaspora of dwarves caused by the fall of Ord's Pike, the Bronzebeards helped to settle Phandelver where often they have served as Townmasters. Gandar is a young son of a distant cousin of the current thane of Dagger Hills. He carries himself with dignity in all dealings, though he has an appetite for pleasure that has come close to bringing his clan shame.

In a plan to bring some provisions to the needful Phandelver, he met up with Illbrew, a prolific alchemist and son of a trader from across the wodelands. Together, they have started a company of adventurers with the goal of bringing provisions to Phandelver in time for harvest lest the refuge for dwarves be decimated through the winter.
Books and Pieces

Books and Pieces Channel Art

**Channel Description:**

 Hello lovely humans! I'm Elizabeth and I make videos about books in general and the books I love to read in particular. Sometimes it's about whatever I'm reading, sometimes there's discussion and educational stuff, sometimes there are even costumes.

New video up every week.

**Channel:** https://www.youtube.com/user/booksandpieces
Wayfarers

***Wayfarers*** is a series of science fiction novels written by Becky Chambers. Chambers' ***Wayfarers*** stories are set in the sprawling universe of the Galactic Commons, a galactic federation of intelligent species - humans, artificial intelligence, and aliens (most of whom are older and more advanced than humans) - as they form imperfect communities. Each novel has looked at a different part of life in the Galactic Commons with mostly new sets of characters in each novel, although there is usually a connection to a character introduced in the first book.

This year's qualifying work is the third book in the series: ***Record of a Spaceborn Few***. This one is set in the Exodus Fleet, the fleet carrying the descendants of the last humans to leave Earth, fleeing its environmental collapse.

"Hundreds of years ago, the last humans on Earth boarded the Exodus Fleet in search of a new home among the stars. After centuries spent wandering empty space, their descendants were eventually accepted by the well-established species that govern the Milky Way.

But that was long ago. Today, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, the birthplace of many, yet a place few outsiders have ever visited. While the Exodans take great pride in their original community and traditions, their culture has been influenced by others beyond their bulkheads. As many Exodans leave for alien cities or terrestrial colonies, those who remain are left to ponder their own lives and futures: What is the purpose of a ship that has reached its destination? Why remain in space when there are habitable worlds available to live? What is the price of sustaining their carefully balanced way of life—and is it worth saving at all?

A young apprentice, a lifelong spacer with young children, a planet-raised traveler, an alien academic, a caretaker for the dead, and an Archivist whose mission is to ensure no one’s story is forgotten, wrestle with these profound universal questions. The answers may seem small on the galactic scale, but to these individuals, it could mean everything."

The previous works in the series are: ***The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet (Wayfarers #1)*** and ***A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers #2).***
Yuck TV Dinner

Yuck TV Dinner is a rare Badly Frozen Shopkin from Series 1.

MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF: TIN, MICE AND BATTERIES!

**Likes:** Watching TV

**Dislikes:** Commercials

**May Contain Traces Of:** Tin, mice, and batteries!

**Rarity:** Rare

## Appearance

Yuck TV Dinner is a rectangular frozen TV dinner tray, featuring four different sections, with the two sides taken up by his large eyes and the middle section taken up by his mouth. He also has what appears to be leaves in the center section at the top.

## Trivia

* Both of the colors of his trays in his variants are references to popular TV dinner brands, his blue variant with a silver tray is a reference to Hungry-Man, and his yellow variant with a blue tray is a reference to Kid Cuisine.

## Gallery

Yuck TV Dinner toyYuck TV Dinner variant toyYuck TV Dinner collector’s tool artworkYuck TV Dinner collector’s tool variant artwork
Bel'vir

Bel'vir is a wood elf ranger.

### Misc.

Scam: I insinuate myself into people’s lives to prey on their weakness and secure their fortunes.

## Background

Bel'vir is a wood elf that, like many of his kind, once lived among under high elf society. He was once a ranger of his wode, taking orders from the Truthful. He was mated to a seamstress, enjoying a quiet and noble life. He fathered one child, a boy.

But one day, his mate took sick. Growing weaker and thinner each day, the priests of the Wode took one look at her and consigned her to die of her ailment.

But Bel'vir would not accept this fate. He brought his wife out of the wode lands to visit a seer. The seer in the end could not help his wife. But Bel'vir's trusted friend and fellow lieutenant, Remar, told the authorities of the Consanguinity of the Truthful, the priestly caste of his wode.

When Bel'vir came back to his village, his wife was imprisoned on the charge of illicit magics. Bel'vir was stripped of his rank, and his child was taken from him.

His mate, Nel'ani, was slated for execution.

Bel'vir begged with the priesthood and prayed to Silvania to deliver his wife. But the priesthood would not be swayed, and the heavens were still. Bel'vir watched as Nel'ani was consumed by magic flames, her diseased mortal coil could not even muster a scream.

Bel'vir had vengeance in his heart. He chose to betray the High Priest of the Truthful, who called himself Silvar, going into his quarters at night and trying to stab him to death. But Remar, his former friend, and newly promoted Ranger-Lord, was there to thwart his attempts. After confrontation, Bel'vir escaped with the High Priest's ring of office, his only gamble to the safety of his sun. The rangers of the wode looked for him, but they could not find a trace of the ranger.

He was forced on the run, where he has gone town to town, surviving of the land and from various scams. He did not set out for this lifestyle, but he has found that he enjoys the adventure - and he's good at it. It might even have earned him a reputation, though most of his schemes are executed while disguised. But he has never forgotten the High Priest, his enemy Remar, or his boy, now in the hands of the men who his mate.

He met up with the adventurers while looking for "honest" work on the Triboar Trail.
Capitol

Capitol is the greatest city of this or any age. It is ruled by the High King of Otumat. Capitol, or the City of the Gods, was built by the victorious Otumati people after the Voidplague. There is a massive temple to each of the gods of the Otumati pantheon in the city, with the central temple, Balhut's temple, serving as the palace of the king.

Most of the population does not live within the walled city, but rather slums outside of the city. The people of Capitol benefit from its status as a cultural and trade symbol, and many work as traders or business owners. The city is fed mostly from tribute from outlier villages.
Terminalia

"My field is new, it is just fourteen years since Friedrich Maas used cardiac compression to restart the hearts of two patients. Sadly, successful revivals are greatly outnumbered by failures, and even when patients have been dragged back from the afterlife, the functioning of their brains is often impaired. Exploration of the frontiers of death is not impossible, but it remains difficult and dangerous."

https://seanmcmullen.net.au/terminalia/
Crafting: Blacksmithing

## Core Rules

When beginning to craft an item, you must have all of the materials. One may only attempt to craft once per long rest, consuming three hours. Roll a Constitution save DC10 after a full session, gaining a level of exhaustion upon failure.

Crafting point requirements will be added to each item according to need/request.

## Items

### Heavy Armor (Table is for steel only)

 Chain Mail
 Splint
 Plate
Hubert

Hubert was a goblin in episode 3. Hitting a bit of bad luck after abandoning his clan with his mate and small child, his family threatened to leave him. As his woman packed up her things and visited her mother for advice, he began to think of ways to get him and his family ahead in the world. Thinking his luck was turning around, he stole a mule that happened to belong to the party from the Redbrands, and he returned to his hovel for a much deserved nap. Here he was slain by Illbrew in his sleep. His family would not make it through to bleakwinter.

Feel bad about yourselves.
Classic Milky Rainbow Daia Coord

**Classic Milky Rainbow Daia Coord** (クラシックミルキーレインボーだいあコーデ) is a pop-type coord from the brand Milky Rainbow. It did not appear in the anime. It resembles the Milky Rainbow Daia Coord, Milky Rainbow Daia Another Coord, and the Milky Rainbow Daia Pink Coord.

## Game

**Classic Milky Rainbow Daia Coord** is a Pop Egg Rare Coord from the brand Milky Rainbow. It first appeared in PriTama Vol. 6.
College of Lore

Bards of the College of Lore know something about most things, collecting bits of knowledge from sources as diverse as scholarly tomes and peasant tales. Whether singing folk ballads in taverns or elaborate compositions in royal courts, these bards use their gifts to hold audiences spellbound. When the applause dies down, the audience members might find themselves questioning everything they held to be true, from their faith in the priesthood of the local temple to their loyalty to the king.

The loyalty of these bards lies in the pursuit of knowledge. As such, many bards of the College find themselves as devotees of Oghma, the Wizened Crone, to represent all known lore, or in the case of those with a pursuit for the hidden arcane secrets of the world, the Hooded Wayfarer. A noble who keeps such a bard as a herald or advisor knows that the bard would rather be honest than politic.

The college’s members gather in libraries and sometimes in universities to share their lore with one another. The College of Lore is the primary college that stewards the Bard's traditional role in society, one of the officiant of truth and oral tradition. They also meet at festivals or affairs of state, where they can expose corruption, unravel lies, and poke fun at self-important figures of authority.
Sildar

Commandant of Phandalin

Sildar is a Dragonborn Paladin that the adventurers rescued from Klarg's Cave in Session 1. He is a paladin of the Oath of the Crown, though forsaken by the same crown he once served. He has the Folk Hero background.

## Background

Sildar is an honor-bound paladin, formerly of the Dragon Knights of Ord, the personal bodyguard of the first king of Otumat.

Sildar's ancestors, like all first generation dragonborn, were created by Balhut, the god of dragonkind, to protect Ord, the gods' chosen king. Silda

r comes from a long line of Dragon Knights, though he was ousted from Capitol along with all other Dragonborn after the murder of Ord by Ostrick Adamant, the new king.

Sildar was traveling from the port city of Stormglaive, fleeing the carnage of Capitol. He was accosted on the road to Phandelver by goblins when the adventurers saved him in Session 1. Since then, Sildar has traveled to Phandelver with the party to meet an unknown contact, which he hoped would help him organize a dragonborn exodus to Oasis to protect the future of his people.

While waiting for his contact, he traveled with the party to Phandalin's Keep, where he was struck by a magical spell that caused him to age considerably. Nonetheless, the party prevailed.

Unfortunately, the contact was apparently slain during Session 3 by zombies that infiltrated the town hall. Sildar now finds himself a powerless to stop the onslaught, though he seems content for the nonce to assist the party in securing Phandelver, as the mostly tolerant town might be a glimmer of hope to his people.

In episode 3, he accepted the position of Commandant of Phandalin Keep, training the militia.

## Appearances

Session 1

Session 2

Session 3
Gaunter

**Gaunter** is a human bard.

### Ideal

Though I may not know their ways, neither do they know mine, which can be to my advantage.

### Bond

I'm fascinated by the beauty and wonder of this new land.

### Flaw

I consider the adherents of other gods to be deluded innocents at best, or ignorant fools at worst.

## Background

Born to high birth in the desert fortress of Oasis, Gaunter was once a paragon of this foreign culture. In a society that revered bards to the level of priests, ambitious Gaunter became court bard to the Merchant-King at a young age through a combination of dedication and cutthroat means. Gaunter elevated court culture with his charm and dealt with the Merchant-King's enemies with subterfuge and illusory magic.

He served in this capacity for some time before a strange birth took his interest. A tiefling babe was born to a foreign mother and a sailor, both humans. He watched the spectacle of their branding in the square. Intrigued by this birth, and appalled by the superstition of the authorities, he used his position to intervene on the behalf of Dankemus and his family.

He continued his work for some time, bringing meager means of survival to the mother and father of Dankemus while the tiefling was just a babe. He began to take responsibility for the family as they could not take care of themselves because of their status, a rare act of genuine kindness from Gaunter.

Years later, when Dankemus had come of age, Gaunter paid off a local harbormaster to allow some of Gaunter's goons to steal a foreigner's ship in order to send Dankemus away safely to a more tolerant refuge. Just as Gaunter's plans were sold out to the authorities, he discovered Dankemus's mother had suddenly become feeble of mind, unable to speak or do for herself, and Dankemus's father had accused Dankemus publicly of poisoning her.

Thus, by a twist of fate, Gaunter's benevolent scheme collapsed, and he was stripped of his position. It was by the order of the Merchant-King whose culture he helped to instill that he and his charge was sent on the Walk of Bones, away from Oasis and into the desert, a sure death for most.

But the resourceful Gaunter took young Dankemus across the wastes to a port city after months of scavenging the desert. They used the last of Gaunter's fortune (what he could sneak away from Oasis) to secure a ship to Capital where they could scrounge for survival and create a new life away from Oasis and its Merchant-King.

It was in Otumat that they found Gandar and Illbrew and agreed to join their caravan guard for a portion of the profits.
Phandelver

Phandelver is a settlement of mostly dwarves, a place of refuge after the fall of Ord's Pike. Phandelver, until recently, gained most of its wealth from mining and trade as a hotspot for all the guilds. After the mines fell to goblin occupation, Phandelver has struggled.

## Government

Annually, the people of Phandelver elect a Townsmaster. The Townsmaster is the law in Phandelver, gaining his own quarters and a modest stipend of 50gp/moon. The Townsmaster keeps the only jail cell in town, and he is responsible for all of the record-keeping. The current Townsmaster is Gundren Bronzebeard, cousin of Gandar.

Phandelver has no standing military. Until recently, the village depended on a free mercenary group called the Redbrands for protection.

## Notable Locations

Phandelver Bazaar - a location where travelling merchants can set up for a small fee that goes to the village funds.

Phandelver Provisions - a general store that sells most mundane items that concern the day-to-day life of the village.

Smithy & Coster - the only smithy in town, buying, selling, and repairing everything from farming tools to armor.

Town Hall - the administrative building of the town and home of the Townsmaster.

Anactyr's Shrine - a shrine to Anactyr ran by a small order of priests. The only library in town.

Ayuruk's Hospice - a small infirmary and home of the Order of the Cleansing Torch, a holy order of Ayuruk.

Good Spirits Tavern & Inn - serving spirits, ale, and food since the foundation of the town. Best chance of a warm bed.

The Grinning Satyr - A seedy little tavern that most of the locals frequent.

Fallowfields - A large plot from which the Order of the Cleansing Torch does some growing.

## Notable People

Gundren Bronzebeard - Townsmaster

Revered Father Achart - Master of the Order of the Cleansing Torch.

Ysia - Priestess of Anactyr and custodian of the shrine.

Moira Firebraid - Owner of Good Spirits. Small son named Gunner.

Ilgar - Gnomish clerk and owner at Phandelver provisions.

Tyragon - Owner of Smithy & Coster.

Demort - Custodian of the Bazaar.
Ord

Ord, or Good King Ord, was a dwarven king blessed by the gods to rule the mightiest kingdom of this or any time. By the power of the mysterious relics of the Council of Seven, he felled the last known Shadow Dragon, ending the Voidplague, thus paving the way for the Golden Age of Law. He was said to be immortal.

He was felled by the hands of Ostrick Adamant, the Sanguine Duke, who usurped the throne.
Consanguinity of the Truthful

The Consanguinity of the Truthful, known to most as the Truthful, is a high elven holy order dedicated to the goddess Silvania. The Truthful have a long and dubious history of teetering between tolerance and outright excommunication from the official body of the Pantheon.

The Truthful spirit is charismatic in aspect, but the ideals behind the mass healings, large sermons, and intricate involvement in elven society is something that has drawn much criticism, particularly from wood elf revolutionaries and the gnomes, dedicated to Oghma.

The Consanguinity can be considered one of the oldest extant religious organizations in the world, outdating the priesthood of the Pantheon by some 10,000 years.

## Ideologies

The ideologies of the Truthful can be summed up as thus:

* There is no power but Silvania, who rules the earth with her demi-god consort, Leander.
* Leander is a symbol of manly fecundity and the sun, but he is not to be worshiped.
* The Elves are Silvania's chosen people.
* High Elves are destined to rule by right of bloodline to the first emperors of the world, predating Ord and his kingdoms.
* Right society bends before the power of Silvania (and Silvania alone), the elves' state as the chosen people of the only true goddess worthy of rightful worship, and the high elven dominion over the nations.

## History

Tens of thousands of years ago, the elven empires ruled the lands. The Emperors were exclusively high elven after the War of the Wodes that raged between Wood Elves and High Elves. Each emperor acted as priest and king, but often that priesthood was a state religion dedicated to an elemental, a family, or the emperor himself. This all changed when an ancient elf-king established the high elves as the priestly caste of the new elven race.

The priesthood elected to venerate Silvania exclusively as a monotheistic religion, with other "gods" subservient to her. Historians note that this was politically expedient, as most elf worship was linked to the earth. Silvania's origins as a Wood Elven goddess allowed the elf-kings for many centuries to appropriate Wood Elven religious culture.

When the last elven empire fell, the priesthood split up into many various sects and orders, the Consanguinity being among the oldest and last remaining. The Truthful have survived in part by a driven purism, tales of the glory days of elven society, and a sort of parasitic relationship on many Wood Elven settlements. High Elf Truthful tend to rule Wood Elven lands just as in days of old, forbidding many of the elven race to access to foreign religious rites.
Nifilus

Nifilus was a nothic that seemed to be using the Redbrand Hideout (Phandalin's Keep) and the Redbrand Company as a corpse farm. As revealed by the Redbrand ruffians in the inn, Nifilus was trusted by the Redbrands. His past is unknown.

Nifilus used psionic telepathy to attempt to bring the party against each other. His motives for such were unknown, but he seemed to take a special interest in Dankemus and Gaunter, targeting them as weak spots as he saw their doubt.

The nothic was slain in Phandalin's Keep, and a letter was found in a desk in the library.
Dankemus

Dankemus is a Tiefling Trickery Cleric of the hermit background.

## Background

Dankemus is a tiefling, or the descendant of a fiend and a human. He was born, like most tiefling, in the Scarred Wastes on the southernmost ends of continental Otumat. The Scarred Wastes is a strange land with more than its share of peril; the only truly civilized places are ran by the Merchant-King of Oasis. Far from the cultural reach of Otumat, society is rigid and cruel.

Dankemus's birth was strange, having been born to a human mother and father. His birth was taken by the local authorities to be a bad omen, and his mother and father were both branded the mark of the Underworld and nearly forced to leave Oasis. Were it not for the intercession of a bard by the name of Gaunter, Dankemus's family would have been doomed.

Dankemus came to age in a relatively squalid lifestyle. His parents, thoroughly good people, were prevented from a normal role in society because of their child. Dankemus's mother, formerly a priestess of Ayuruk in Capital before leaving for Oasis with his father, adored him despite his deformities and strove always to impress virtue to him.

But Dankemus's father, a sailor by trade, resented him. When Dankemus's mother was found to have suffered a sickness to reduced her to a vegetative state, Dankemus was accused of poison. His father, in his misguided angry and grief, gave Dankemus up to the authorities, who would have killed him. Once again, Gaunter intervened on Dankemus's behalf... but this time, he could not save his place in Oasis. Both Gaunter and Dankemus were sent on a method of execution called the Walk of Bones, essentially having been locked out of Oasis and left to the vast desert. It was in this vast desert that Dankemus experienced a trance-induced vision that would change his life forever.

By trial and tribulation, Dankemus and Gaunter made it out of the deserts to the port city of Torc'an, where they used the last of their funds to travel by ship to Capital. In Otumat, they have traveled for three months looking for odd work to get by. It is through this method that they met Illbrew and Gandar in Hopeshire where they agreed to join the caravan escort for a fair share of the spoils.
Crafting: Alchemy

Alchemy is a crafting skill available to players.

## Modifier

Each alchemical experiment has a roll with an accompanying DC. The modifier on the d20 roll is INT or WIS + proficiency bonus. Some items and locations will give higher bonuses. On a failed DC, the ingredients are consumed and the experiment fails. On a natural 20, two experiments and yielded from one experiment's worth of ingredients. On a natural one, the alchemical components become unstable and explode for 2d6 fire damage in a 10 foot radius.

## Potions

Potion of Healing (2d4+1). Leander's Tear + Enchanted Vial. DC 8. 20 minutes.

Potion of Growth. Ironheart + Enchanted Vial. DC 12. 20 minutes.

Potion of Speed. Leander's Tear + Wormtail + Enchanted Vial. DC 12. 20 minutes.

Potion of Clairvoyance. Orcwart + Goblin's Eye + Enchanted Vial. DC 12. 20 minutes.

Potion of Vitality. Bloodlily + Enchanted Vial. DC 10. 20 minutes.

## Experiments

Alchemist's Fire. Wyrmtongue + Vial. DC 6. 10 minutes.

## Reagent List

Vial - Can be bought from most merchants. 20SP.

Enchanted Vial - Can be bought from most magical townspeople. 100g-200g.

Leander's Tear - Can be foraged in forests.

Wyrmtongue - Common in most terrains.

Ironheart - Found growing around magical ruins.

Wormtail - Found in planes. Very rare.

Orcwart - Found in mountainous terrain.

Bloodlily - Found in swamps.

Goblin's Eye - Self-explanatory.

## Miscellaneous Components

Solvent - Can be bought for various prices from alchemy guild members. Stabilizes work, giving advantage on crafting rolls.
Redbrand Company

The Redbrand Free Company is a group of mercenaries that were once paid by the Townsmaster of Phandelver to protect its people from outside threats.

## History

A successful company for decades, the Redbrands got their name as frontiersman who helped secure the Dagger Hills from goblin threats. The Redbrands were not necessarily agents of good or law, but rather sought only ways to line their pockets with an ever expendable wave of goons either exiled from the military or from society. Their leader took up a contract with the townsmaster of Phandelver to protect them from outside threats and serve as bounty hunters if necessary.

The Redbrands suddenly turned on the people of Phandelver, apparently at the bidding of Nifilus. The Redbrands seemed to be decimated by the nothic, some of them even reanimated to do his bidding, albeit shortly. It is not certain why Nifilus turned on the Redbrands.
Apple Pie

Apple Pie is a rare Half Baked Bakery Shopkin from Series 1.

## Bio

From the Half Baked Bakery, it's piping hot and full of rot!

MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF: TREE, SLIME AND WORMS!

## Appearance

Apple Pie is a golden brown rectangular apple pie with a bite taken out of it. She is in a red bag with four white stripes on it and a golden "S" in the middle. She is also holding an apple.

## Trivia

* Apple Pie is similar to Rotten Apple Pie, a Series 1 Grossery, and Hot Apple Pie, a Series 4 Shopkin. Unlike Hot Apple Pie, she is a fast food pie, while Hot Apple Pie is a whole, classic pie.
* She is meant to look like a fast food apple pie possibly because of Tasteless Tart looking like a regular pie.

## Gallery

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Cornell Mustard

Cornell Mustard is a common

Shopkin from Series 1.

## Bio

### Website

From the Awful Sauces team, it's the moldy mustard that will make you disgusted!

MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF: GREASE, DIRT AND CAR FUMES!

### The Shopkins Gang: Collector’s Guide

He's the moldy mustard that will make you disgusted!

**Likes:** Hot dogs

**Dislikes:** Onions

**May Contain Traces Of:** Grease, dirt, and car fumes!

**Rarity:** Common

## Appearance

Cornell Mustard is a yellow mustard bottle with a red label.There is a blue label that reads 'mustard' and a yellow 'S' which stands for 'Shopkins'. On his head is a red squirt cap. He has a brown mustache and a golden monocle over his eye.

His variant is a pink mustard bottle with a green label. There is a yellow label that reads 'mustard' and a pink 'S' which stands for 'Shopkins'. On his head is a blue squirt cap. He has a black mustache and a pink monocle over his eye.

## Trivia

* Cornell Mustard resembles Disgusting Mustard, a Series 1 Grossery.
* He is depicted with a green tongue in his static art, while his figures depict him with a pink tongue.
* His catalog art displays his tongue coming from the right side of his mouth, while his figure has it coming out of the left.
* His collector card is a reference to the term "can't cut the mustard".

## Gallery

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Sunny Screen

Sunny Screen is a common Barf-Room Supplies Shopkin from Series 1.

## Bio

From the Barf-Room Supplies team, it's sticky and thick to let you burn quick!

MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF: PAINT, RUBBER AND SAND!

## Appearance

Sunny Screen is a blue green bottle of SPF 30+ sunscreen. She is wearing pink-rimmed sunglasses and orange flip-flops.

## Trivia

* Sunny Screen resembles Leaky Sunscreen, a Series 1 Grossery.

## Gallery

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Voidplague

The Voidplague was a catastrophic event that challenged all races of Otumat and the wider world. Caused by Tiamat, the evil goddess of dragons and the underworld, the Voidplague led to a dark, encroaching evil. All magical effects either ceased or became unstable. Monsters controlled the world, and all order imposed by the gods was null and void. Several gods were slain in their immortal form, and the earth its self was shattered.

Little is known of this time, as society of most races was essentially tribal. Most records are archaeological in aspect, and most creatures having experienced it have long perished.

Ord, the Good King, and Balhut, the Dragon God, were largely responsible for the Voidplague's suppression, though all of the oral tradition and epic poetry of their methods are legendary and even contradictory.
Shampy

Shampy is a rare Barf-Room Supplies Shopkin from Series 1.

## Bio

### Website

From the Barf-Room Supplies team, it's the 2 in 1 Shampoop that gives you Tangles and Tears!

MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF: ONIONS, POOP AND SHAVING CREAM!

### The Shopkins Gang: Collector's Guide

She’s the 2-in-1 Shampoop that gives you tangles and tears!

**Likes:** Showers

**Dislikes:** Lice

**May Contain Traces Of:** Onions, poop, and shaving cream!

**Rarity:** Rare

## Appearance

Shampy is a white bottle of shampoo with a minty-green label. Written on the label is an 'S' in lilac ink. She is holding lilac bubbles from the shampoo in her hands.

Her variant is a yellow bottle of shampoo with a dark pink label. Written on the label is an 'S' in white ink. She is holding white bubbles from the shampoo in her hands.

## Trivia

* Shampy resembles Shampoop, a Series 1 Grossery.

## Gallery

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Googy

Googy is a common Sour Dairy Shopkin from Series 1.

MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF: FEATHERS, BEAKS AND NASTY SMELLS!

### Supplemental

The last to have expired and therefore the youngest of the group, Egghead is in a constant struggle to catch up with his peers. He is the Freshman of the group, Egghead may be a bit slow, but that doesn't stop him from jumping into the gang's adventures head first! And feet first. Especially since he forgets which is which. Hey, he's round!

### The Shopkins Gang: Collector’s Guide

Fart your day with a Googy! The last to have expired and therefore the youngest of the group, Googy (aka Egghead) is in a constant struggle to catch up with his peers.

The freshman of the group, Egghead may be a bit slow, but that doesn't stop him from jumping into the gang's adventures headfirst! Or feetfirst. Especially since he forgets which is which. Hey, he's round!

**Likes:** Farts

**Dislikes:** Boiling water

**May Contain Traces Of:** Feathers, beaks, and nasty smells!

**Rarity:** Common

## Appearance

Googy is a white egg that is cracked at the top. There is yellow yolk oozing out of his head.

His variant is colored yellow and has an orange yolk oozing out of his head.

## Trivia

* Googy is similar to Rotten Egg, a Series 1 Grossery.
* In the Shopkins Gang web series, he is given the name Egghead. He is voiced by Doug Erholtz.
* He is the only member of the Sour Dairy team to not be an actual dairy product, although eggs are normally sold near the dairy aisle in stores.
* His static art depicts him with egg yolk leaking out from the cracks on his head.
* His collector card breaks the fourth wall, using the edge of the border as part of his environment.
* The artwork on the reciept for the Surprise Eggs portrays his Easter variants as decorated in paint splotches, rather than striped like his figures are.
* He is the main character of The Shopkins Gang: A Rotten Easter!.
* He has the highest grossness ranking of any collector card, like most limited edition Shopkins.
* The Series 4 Easter Eggs give him a Limited Edition variant.

## Gallery

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Semiosis

**In this character driven novel of first contact by debut author Sue Burke, human survival hinges on an bizarre alliance.**

Only mutual communication can forge an alliance with the planet's sentient species and prove that mammals are more than tools.

Forced to land on a planet they aren't prepared for, human colonists rely on their limited resources to survive. The planet provides a lush but inexplicable landscape--trees offer edible, addictive fruit one day and poison the next, while the ruins of an alien race are found entwined in the roots of a strange plant. Conflicts between generations arise as they struggle to understand one another and grapple with an unknowable alien intellect.
Burnt BBQ Sauce

Burnt BBQ Sauce is a common Awful Sauces Shopkin from Series 1.

MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF: CHARCOAL, SPLINTERS AND RUST!

**Likes:** Rotten meat

**Dislikes:** Lettuce

**May Contain Traces Of:** Charcoal, splinters, and rust!

**Rarity:** Common

## Appearance

Burnt BBQ Sauce is a leaky, burning bottle of barbecue sauce. His right eye is half open and he has a crazy, toothy grin on his face.

## Gallery

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Pa’Pizza

Pa’Pizza is a rare Badly Frozen Shopkin from Series 1.

MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF: WARTS, DUST AND FINGERNAILS!

**Likes:** Purple pepperoni

**Dislikes:** Ovens

**May Contain Traces Of:** Warts, dust, and fingernails!

**Rarity:** Rare

## Appearance

Pa'Pizza is a green, white, and red pizza box with the word 'Pizza' on him in red cursive letters. He has red squares on the top of him.

His variant is a blue and yellow pizza box with the word 'Pizza' on him in yellow cursive letters. He has yellow squares on the top of him.

## Trivia

* Pa’Pizza is one of two Shopkins to be based off of pizza, the other being Veronica Veggie Pizza.
* Pa’Pizza is similar to Unfrozen Pizza, a Series 1 Grossery.

## Gallery

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Tasteless Tart

Tasteless Tart is a common Half Baked Bakery Shopkin from Series 1.

## Bio

With extra hard crust and sprinkled with dust!

## Appearance

Tasteless Tart is a mucky, slimy tart with a thick layer of moldy cream on top of him. His eyes are crossed and he has a wrinkly grin.

## Trivia

* The original version of the website lacks Tasteless Tart's static art and bio, though the Philippines' version of the website contains it. However, his ingredient list is not included.

## Gallery

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