Film-world lore glossary:
My work all takes place in the same, continuous world. Knowledge of this fictional world's lore is not so very important, but if you would... like... to find out more you can find on this page a glossary containing relevant (and irrelevant) information.
Angelica
Angels
B
Beans of Gold
Beauty Icon, The
Beer
Beer (list of known labels)
Beer Glass
Bell
Bell & Glass, The
Bertrand
Bolobobnar Computers
Bolobobnar the Delightful
Brug Night
Brug Night, The Village of
Bruggis, Lord
Bugworth Fug
C
Card-Giver
Cave of Choices, The
Choicemaster, The
Ciné
Circles, Flashing
Cloister, The
D
Diamond, The
Distant City, The
Duck & the Pyramid, The
E
Edward
F
Fish, Mount
Fish, The Village of
Fish People
Fish Zeppelins
Forest, The
Forest Rangers
Fountain, The
Frog People
G
Galahad
Gardeners
Gardeners, Hermetic
Gateposts
Gibbon Guide, The
Gibbon Mart
Gibbon Woman, The Wise
Gibbonhome
Gibbons
Guides
H
Henry
Henry, Magi of
Henry's Hotel
I
Icosahedron
J
Juicy Juice
K
Knightrees
Knights, Questing
Knights of the Table Round, Safehouse of the
Knights of the Table Round, The
Knowledge
L
Library, The
Live-Action
Lobster, The
Magic
Magical Kitchen, The
Magical Kitchen, Searcher of the
Marie
Masks
Money
Mount
Mr. Wonderful's Restaurant
N
Negative Space
New Species, The
Nodal Network
O
Ocean, The Real
Ocean Prince, The
Ocean Prince, Avatar of the
Ocean Princess, The
Oikoumene, Microcosms of the
Oikoumene, The
Oikoumene, Theories of the
Owl People
P
Palazzo, The
Pan
Pear
Pear Cinema
Pear Hotel
Pear People
Pear Tart
Pear Tart Person
Peredur
Peredur's House
Peredur's Sister
Person
Potato Friend, The
Potato People
Punchinelli
Pyramids
R
Reproduction, Artificial
S
Sorcerers
Sorcerers, Ancient
Sphinx, The First
Sphinxes
T
Three-Headed Beer Goddess (beer)
Three-Headed Beer Goddess (deity)
To Celebrate Memory 7: Contact!
Torte
Tourists
Trains
Tree, The
U
Unproduction, Artificial
V
Village Store, The
W
Wine
Wine (list of known labels)
Wine Glass
Wardary, Courier of the Wizard
Wardary, The Wizard
Wardary, Valet of the Wizard
World-Within-a-World
Y
Yellow Room, The
Young Woman with a Pink
Z
Ziggurat Bar
Ziggurat City
Zucchero
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Angelica
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Angels
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Beans of Gold
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Beauty Icon, The
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Beer
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Beer (list of known labels)
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Beer Glass
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Bell
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Bell & Glass, The
Bells
Bells are used by Sorcerers to rip portals through the fabric of reality, thereby observing and influencing the world. Bells are therefore associated with sight/eyes (to see through something) and oversight/swords (influence); the functions of both the Sorcerer and the Gardener in maintaining the Tree and the Oikoumene. Major repositories of Bells can be found in the Pyramids of the Sorcerers and in the clocktower of the Village of Brug Night.
Glasses
Glasses are generally used to affect change; as done by the Punchinelli in the Forest in THE STARS GO OUT; generate Worlds-Within-Worlds; as done by the Galahad in LITTLE NODULES: PART 1; and create new beings; as done by the Potato Friend and the Ocean Princess in creating the Potato People and the Punchinelli respectively. The creation of a Glass involves the pouring of either wine or beer into a glass under auspicious circumstances. The Tree is responsible for the Glass's functioning, and glasses are often found buried near its roots. The glass symbolises the Tree, the wine water and the beer earth, which when combined with the Tree creates growth. This would explain why Worlds-Within-Worlds created by Wine Glasses are usually suspended above primordial waters (as with the swimming pool in PEARHOTELSPIRAL, the Potato Friend's island, and the Ocean Princess's Palazzo), while those created by the Beer Glass are usually buried underground or have some basis in earth, as with the Cave of Choices. The Beer Glass is only known and practiced by Sphinxes.
Icosahedrons
It is possible to combine a Bell with a Glass to create an Icosahedron; a very objective object. This has been achieved by the Punchinelli using wine, but it is an affront to all that is right and proper to make such an object into a subjective figure (see: Magic). An Icosahedron can open any portal or doorway, but has a dangerously volatile tendency to reduce things around it to their object-constituents (for example, Punchinello-to-plant in THE STARS GO OUT) and to generally upset things entropically!
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Bertrand
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Bolobobnar Computers
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Bolobobnar the Delightful
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Brug Night
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Brug Night, The Village of
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Bruggis, Lord
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Bugworth Fug
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Card-Giver
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Cave of Choices, The
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Choicemaster, The
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Ciné
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Circles, Flashing
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Cloister, The
A microcosm/diagram of the Oikoumene and thus an important place for Gardeners and the principle location of the Tree. It is the site of two sealed doors leading beyond the bounds of the Oikoumene into Negative Space, considered by plant-like peoples (Punchinelli and Pear People particularly) to be the route to paradise. The Cloister does not necessarily have a fixed location, but in THE STARS GO OUT it was located on an island close to the Distant City, after having been awhile located inside the Diamond in 12 PEOPLE OF FISH where it briefly contained a hedge maze.
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Diamond, The
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Distant City, The
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Duck & the Pyramid, The
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Edward
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Fish, Mount
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Fish, The Village of
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Fish People
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Fish Zeppelins
Mode of transport particular to the Knights of the Table Round.
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Forest, The
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Forest Rangers
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Fountain, The
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Frog People
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Galahad
Exploits as Guide to the Knights of the Table Round
Galahad became a member of the Knights of the Table Round through their association with the Knights' principle member, Peredur. Galahad acts as a Guide to the Knights and is particularly valued for their skill in using the Wine Glass. In LITTLE NODULES: PART 1, they assisted Peredur in the creation of both the Pear Tart Person and the World-Within-a-World Torte (within which is the entrance to the Cave of Choices), feats culminating in the bringing of the Pear Tart Person into the Cave.
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Gardeners
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Gardeners, Hermetic
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Gateposts
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Gibbon Guide, The
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Gibbon Mart
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Gibbon Woman, The Wise
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Gibbonhome
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Gibbons
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Guides
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Henry
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Henry, Magi of
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Henry's Hotel
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Icosahedron
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Juicy Juice
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Knightrees
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Knights, Questing
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Knights of the Table Round, Safehouse of the
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Knights of the Table Round, The
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Knowledge
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Library, The
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Live-Action
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Lobster, The
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Magic
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Magical Kitchen, The
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Magical Kitchen, Searcher of the
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Marie
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Masks
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Money
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Mount
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Mr. Wonderful's Restaurant
"Mmmm good! Yummy taste that you expect!" A fast food restaurant chain, branches can be found throughout the Oikoumene. Mr. Wonderful's restaurants have an especially magical atmosphere (created by the tasty and unhealthy food) and thus are places where unexpected events and revelations may take place. This happens, for example, to Edward in KITCHENDREAM and Peredur's Sister in 12 PEOPLE OF FISH.
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Negative Space
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New Species, The
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Nodal Network
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Ocean, The Real
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Ocean Prince, The
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Ocean Prince, Avatar of the
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Ocean Princess, The
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Oikoumene, Microcosms of the
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Oikoumene, The
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Oikoumene, Theories of the
World-As-Bacterium
The World-As-Bacterium, posited by the Ocean Prince; subscribed to by himself and the Ocean Princess; known of by Galahad. The theory visualises the Oikoumene as a tiny, fragile bacterium in the vast seas of Negative Space, protected by a cell wall that is nevertheless permeable. It is possible the Ocean Prince has an opinion on whether there is a nucleus and what it might be, but this is unclear. The Bacterium-World is easily traversed, but accidentally falling outside of it (as the Ocean Prince perhaps did) is an ever-present danger. As with the World-As-Garden, the Bacterium is under threat from being completely flooded and destroyed by the negative Real Ocean; unlike the World-As-Garden however, the Ocean Prince is sceptical as to whether it can ultimately be saved from such a fate (World-As-Bacterium is thus a frightful theory to subscribe to or even just to know, unless you are the Ocean Prince, who does not live in the world).
World-As-Garden
The World-As-Garden, posited by the Gardeners; subscribed to by them and the Forest Rangers; known of by the Sorcerers, Hermetic Gardeners, plant-like peoples and probably most animal-like peoples such as Gibbons. World-As-Garden visualises a binary universe, with the Oikoumene as a clearly-delineated environment to be maintained against the wilderness of Negative Space through intervention. The World-As-Garden has concrete form as the Cloister.
World-As-Kitchen
The World-As-Kitchen posited by the Ancient Sorcerers, then (partially) rejected by them after contact with the Owl People; subscribed to by the Searcher of the Magical Kitchen; known by Sorcerers, Gibbons, Marie and the Punchinelli (who conversely deem Negative Space to be their kitchen to rule beyond the World-As-Prison). This theory presents the world as a toolset, designed for the continuing work of creation (cooking), demanding that work of its inhabitants. The Ancient Sorcerers took this as their mandate to rule and shape the Oikoumene; something the Sorcerers still do (hence, they only "partially reject" it); though this has been taken by most others to imply that the world has many tasty treats to discover and taste. This led to a schism in which the theory of World-As-Pear-Tart was put forward as a replacement (see below). The World-As-Kitchen has concrete form as the Magical Kitchen.
World-As-Pear-Tart
The World-As-Pear-Tart, posited as a replacement to the World-As-Kitchen, possibly by the Owl People; subscribed to by Gibbons, Marie, the Card-Giver in OCEANPRINCE and most others, including those subscribed to other theories (except the Pear People (who reject it)); known by everyone, somehow (maybe thanks to the Owls?). This theory is extremely open-ended and vague; inspiring much philosophical musing; thus subscribing to it is neither particularly restrictive nor can it be called fully subscribing to anything per se (it has been argued, therefore, that even the Owl People 'subscribe' to it). The World-As-Pear-Tart does not necessarily specify anything about the world other than that there exists Pear Tart and that it is For All. The theory is vindicated by the fact that Pear Tart does indeed exist, Marie ate some (thereby also proving that it is indeed For some of the All) in KITCHENDREAM before rebutting the World-As-Kitchen ambitions of the Searcher of the Magical Kitchen.
World-As-Prison
The World-As-Prison is an off-shoot of the World-As-Garden, though from the perspective of the plants in that garden. It is unknown who posited the theory, but it is subscribed to by all plant-like peoples, most notably the Punchinelli and the Pear People and known of by Hermetic Gardeners (who created the plant-like peoples) and probably Sorcerers. The World-As-Prison exists as an iron cage to be escaped from at all costs, the Negative Space outside thereby represents freedom. The Punchinelli wish to escape the prison by the opening of a doorway, the Pear People await the coming of Lord Bruggis to destroy the prison itself and set them free. Movement through the prison is slow and requires artificial assistance such as the Nodal Network.
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Owl People
*Though with the screening of the film To Celebrate Memory 7: Contact! at the Pear Cinema in IN THE SUBURBS, this could be amended to twice, owing to the nature of artificial reproduction.
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Palazzo, The
A World-Within-a-World created by the Ocean Princess. As the name suggests, primarily the Palazzo is an Italianate palace, with terracotta roofs, whitewashed walls and a tiered garden arranged around statuary and cypress trees. This palace is built into a rocky island surrounded by water (as is typical of worlds created by the Wine Glass). The Palazzo has become the permanent home of the Princess, where she receives distinguished guests, such as the Wizard Wardary in OCEANPRINCE.
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Pan
A small city in which Galahad lived before becoming an Angel, also visited by the Wizard Wardary and his Courier with a Card-Giver in OCEANPRINCE. Most notable civic feature is a ruined Pyramid, repurposed as a pleasant outdoor market.
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Pear
Train station from which the Wizard Wardary and his Courier embarked after escaping the Pear Hotel in PEARHOTELSPIRAL.
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Pear Cinema
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Pear Hotel
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Pear People
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Pear Tart
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Pear Tart Person
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Peredur
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Peredur's House
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Peredur's Sister
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Person
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Potato Friend, The
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Potato People
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Punchinelli
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Pyramids
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Reproduction, Artificial
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Sorcerers
*Not all Sorcerers do this; the Wizard Wardary, for example, leads a extro-pyramidic and eye-retaining existence as a Guide, wandering the plains of the Oikoumene.
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Sorcerers, Ancient
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Sphinx, The First
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Sphinxes
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Three-Headed Beer Goddess (beer)
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To Celebrate Memory 7: Contact!
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Torte
A coastal World-Within-a-World created with a Wine Glass by Galahad for/with the Knights of the Table Round while at Peredur's house. It is a popular seaside resort and the location of the famous Henry's Hotel. Hidden in a cliff nearby is an entrance to the Cave of Choices, as discovered by Peredur and Galahad with the Pear Tart Person in LITTLE NODULES: PART 1.
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Trains
Public transport with a rhizomatic rail network that will not only get the traveller to an ever-changing multitude of destinations, but even to certain Worlds-Within-Worlds also, providing that they are public-domain. Trains are particularly enjoyed by Gibbons.
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Tree, The
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Unproduction, Artificial
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Village Store, The
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Wardary, Courier of the Wizard
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Wardary, The Wizard
Imprisonment in the Pear Hotel
In THE STARS GO OUT, during Bruggis' sundering of the Ziggurat City's Pyramid, Wardary was captured and imprisoned in the infamous Pear Hotel. His physical body was meanwhile used by the Pear People in a dark Brug Night ritual to assist the Punchinelli in (disastrously) opening the doors of the Cloister into Negative Space.
Escape from the Pear Hotel
During the events of PEARHOTELSPIRAL, Wardary was able to escape the Pear Hotel through the playing of a live-action video tape smuggled to him by Courier from another iteration of himself. Playing the tape reproduced a subject-to-object magical ritual that allowed Wardary and the Courier to escape objectively through the Real Ocean and board a train on which they encountered the Gibbon Guide, who helped them reach the safety of Mount and the Magical Kitchen.
Association with the Knights of the Table Round
Wardary has rendered assistance unto the Knights of the Table Round and is known to have been granted passage aboard their exclusive Fish Zeppelins. He perhaps views the Knights as successors to the Sorcerers, thankfully unburdened by World-As-Kitchen dogma as the Owl People originally intended. Wardary and his Courier were most likely in some way involved in the angelification of the soon-to-be Knight Galahad in Pan. Later, in LITTLE NODULES: PART 1, Wardary sent instructions from the Sphinxes at Knightrees to the Pear Tart Person, thereby ensuring the discovery of the Cave of Choices by Galahad and Peredur.
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Wardary, Valet of the Wizard
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Wine
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Wine (list of known labels)
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Wine Glass
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World-Within-a-World
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Yellow Room, The
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Young Woman with a Pink
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Ziggurat Bar
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Ziggurat City
A large city arranged over four tiers so as to look like a ziggurat. At the centre of First Tier is a Sorcerer Pyramid. The 'fall' of the Ziggurat City took place during the events of THE STARS GO OUT, in which the city was overrun by the Pear People and the devotees of their god, the Lord Bruggis, who sundered the Pyramid, imprisoned its Sorcerers in the Pear Hotel and left the rest of the city in a state of ruination. The ruin of the Ziggurat City has since been partially repopulated, though it has now become part of the Forest. Politically, much of the inner city yet remains hegemonic and increasingly has come under the sway of the Knights of the Table Round, whilst other parts, particularly Old Fourth City on Fourth Tier, are extremely fragmented, divided between princely dominions of often only a few towers in size.
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Zucchero