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Chief Undersecretary Wartle worked for the Inquisition, and was the leader of the guards at their prison. He got to such a high rank by sucking up to his bosses until he fell asleep on the job and let Antharia Jack and a former Perma-Suck salesman escspe. This event brought about the destruction of the Inquisition. Wartle now lives in Anthar, and he is writing his memoirs, "What Inquisition?"
The Westlands comprise those provinces which lie on the western shore of the Great Sea, such as Borphee, Gurth, Frobozz, etc.
The White Cliffs are remarkable underground cliffs near the origin of the Frigid River at the Flood Control Dam #3. Next to the Cliffs is the scenic White Cliffs Beach. In the days of the Great Underground Empire, this area was home to a tourist motel called the Cliff House.
Who Wants to be a Zillionaire?: With the famous tagline "Who's the man with money to lose?" and the catchy percussive opening theme, Who Wants to be a Zillionaire? was, without a doubt, the highest rated television show of the 1068-1069 GUE season, and it still ranks among the top ten even today, with new episodes airing in syndication every day!
Who Wants to be a Zillionaire? is a game show that aired on ZBC in primetime when it debuted, and now airs in the coveted preprimetime slot that most game show competitors drool over. Each contest on Zillionaire comes up to the plate with a list of twelve questions, each of which is progressively harder. At the plate, they find themselves face to face with one of a hundred or so select "Zillionaire Brains," taken from a secret queue at the ZBG studios itself. Question by question, each one must be put to the Brain, and the more they can't answer, the more money the contestant will win.
"Why Fight?" was the first known sentence spoken by Entharion the Wise, to the leaders of Galepath and Mareilon. This sentence started a chain reaction among those leaders that would lead to the signing of a peace treaty, and the coronation of Entharion as King.
The Why Files was a science-faction show which ended its run on the FOZ Network in 1071 GUE. The show was originally conceived in a deal between the ex-Grand Inquisitor, Mir Yannick, and the ex-executives at the FOZ Network to promote the Inquisition and keep the network broadcasting.
The Why Files follows the adventures of Inquisition Agents Skulder and Mudley as they secretly infiltrate an Enchanters Guild. Once inside, they discover a set of files--that would be the titular Why Files--which describe magical events happening around Quendor--a non-possibility during the Inquisition. Skulder and Mudley set out, covertly, to prove that the magical acts happening are, in fact, not happening.
When the Inqusition fell and magic returned to the land, the show introduced a new character, Blodgett, who then had the complex task of convincing Skulder and Mudley that magic was finally real.
The Windcat is the fleetest land animal, and was the favorite pet of Bozbo IV.
Wings of Icarus: The Legend of Wishbringer tells of these fabled wings that give the ability of flight to their owner. The last person to fly with the Wings was devoured by Thermofax, a dragon, and the Wings have vanished.
Wishbringer: It should be made clear at the outset that it is not known whether the Legend of Wishbringer is a tale about humans or platypi. Ancient texts depict human figures, and yet the tale supposedly takes place in the Kingdom of Misty Island, a known platypi home.
In the reign of King Anatinus of Misty Island, a beautiful peasant girl named Morning-Star was born. The legend of her beauty spread all throughout the kingdom, and Queen Alexis grew jealous. Alexis caused the kidnapping of the beautiful child, who was then raised as the Princess of Misty Island. Morning-Star grew, and her beauty blossomed. At the arrival of her seventeenth birthday, Anatinus decreed that anyone desiring of her hand in marriage must fulfill a Love-Quest of the Queen's choosing, according to the custom of the kingdom. Alexis, envious of the horde of knights who descended on Morning-Star, devised horribly difficult quests that resulted in the death of six young suitors.
Alexis concluded that no one was fit to wed her daughter, and declared, in the Edict of Alexis, that Morning-Star must remain unmarried and virgin her entire life. The princess suffered through life as her beauty faded away. Many kingdoms after, when the whole incident had faded into legend, a scholar exploring Misty Island came across the tomb of the princess. All that was left of her mortal remains was her heart, which, hard and shrunken in the grave, was shining brightly with the stifled wishes of her lifetime.
This magic stone, said to grant seven wishes to its bearer, passed through many hands, and eventually came into the possession of the proprietor of Festeron's magic shop in the tenth century GUE. The Evil One, desiring power over Wishbringer, magically turned the village of Festeron into Witchville in order to capture the stone. The Festeron postal employee who succeeded in defeating The Evil One magically altered Wishbringer by transforming it into one facet of a mysterious cat known as Chaos. Thus the stone Wishbringer, and all memory of Morning-Star, passes into history.
The Wishyfoo, who live underground in the vicinity of Port Foozle, alternately tell the truth and tell a lie with every successive statement they make. Sometimes they start with a lie, sometimes with a truth, but they always alternate thereafter. They also like to collect shovels.
Saint Wiskus, the patron saint of all those who raise meat animals, has a holiday in his honor on 6 Ottobur of each year. Due to a slight etymological misunderstanding, the 883 edition of the Flathead Calendar made a typographical error that is responsible for a certain amount of popular confusion between Saint Wiskus and Saint Bovus.
Witchville: Please see the entry on Festeron.
The Wizard of Frobozz was once a member of the influential Accardi chapter of the Enchanters' Guild. This Wizard was a strange little man, usually wearing a long cloak, a high pointed hat with astrological signs, and a long stringy beard. Once a court wizard, his tenure was exiled by Dimwit Flathead after accidentally turning Flathead's castle into a mountain of fudge.
This blunder on the part of the Wizard was probably caused by his senility and his inability to utter a spell that did not start with the letter F ("Fudge"). Almost two centuries after this incident, in the year 948, the adventurer who would eventually become the second Dungeon Master ordered a demon to steal the Wizard's wand, thus bringing to a close the life of a confused and befuddled soul who had confounded other adventurers for years.
Alexandria Wolfe was born in Frostham in 925 GUE. She was the result of alechemical experiment that was perpretated by the Circle of Four. Dr. Sartorius, the chief of staff at the asylum in Frostham artificially impregnated a patient there named Zoe Wolfe. Zoe Wolfe gave birth to her in 925 GUE, and Alexandria was taken from her a week later.
She was sent to the Zorkastrian monastery at Steppinthrax to live with Bishop Francois Malveaux, her adopted father. With Malveaux's guidance, Alexandria honed her musical talents. Malveaux also made sure to raise Alexandria to be in perfect harmony with the Spheres, which was all part of their plan. In 937, Alexandria was sent to the Frigid River Branch Conservatory to further refine her musical talents under the tutelage of Madame Sophia Hamilton.
When she was 18, she performed The Harmony of the Spheres to a sold-out crowd. After the show, she first met Lucien Kaine. They fell in love instantly, much to the disapproval of the Circle of Four, who wanted Alexandria to remain "pure".
Eventually, Lucien and Alexandria decided to elope, and she begged Malveaux to wed them. Malveaux saw the opportunity and informed General Kaine about this. Right in the middle of the wedding, General Kaine burst into the church and arrested Lucien for draft dodging. Alexandria went back to the Conservatory and locked herself in her room. In 951 GUE, on the first of Augur, Sophia Hamilton managed to convince Alexandria to let her in to her room. Hamilton drugged Alexandria and took her to the Temple of Agrippa. Lucien, who was in jail at that time, figured out what his father and the other three of the Circle were planning to do. He broke out of jail and ran to the Temple as fast as he could, but he wasn't fast enough. Alexandria was murdered on the altar in the Temple by Malveaux, as the other three watched. Lucien's rage, when he saw this, became so intense that he killed the Circle and became the Nemesis.
Alexandria was resurrected in 949 GUE by a pilgrim who also broke the Nemesis's curse. She moved into Castle Irondune with Lucien, and began performing again when the Conservatory reopened in 952 GUE. Alexandria and Lucien formed a family. In 960 GUE, Zoe Wolfe II was born, and in 966 GUE, Tinothy Wolfe was born. Alexandria died at the age of 86 in the year 1015 GUE, at the same time as her beloved husband Lucien.
Zoe Wolfe
was born on Curse Day in 900 GUE in Frostham. When she was 15, she was placed in the local asylum for Ocular Gyrocrisis resulting in chronic mental imbalance. She underwent several surgeries to try to correct this, but they didn't have any effect. She remained in the asylum for 10 years. Near the end of 924 GUE, she became a piece of an alechemical plot hatched by the Circle of Four to create the Quintessence of Immortality. The plot involved Zoe having to give birth to a baby girl who was in perfect harmony with the universe. She was artificially impregnated by Dr. Sartorius, and gave birth to a girl named Alexandria Wolfe.
Alexandria's birth did wonders for Zoe, and she actually began to show signs of normality.. Unfortunately, Alexandria was sent to a monastery one week afterwards. This was the final straw in Zoe's armor, and, in her depression, killed herself.
The only posessions Zoe ever had was a locket that was given to her by her mother. She passed it on to Alexandria before she was stolen. Alexandria lost the locket somewhere in the Frigid River Branch Conservatory.
Gustar Woomax, known as the Chronicler of Magic, was the author of a great number of books in the ninth and tenth centuries GUE. The fact that his favorite author was Bizboz probably inspired his writing on magic and history, which include A Brief History of Magic, Bizboz at Galepath, Mage versus Archmage, Revenge of the Dornbeasts, The Granola Riots (co-authored by Wilbar Memboob), and The Coconut of Quendor: Reality or Illusion? At least one of these works, A Brief History of Magic, was published by Popular Enchanting, in the year 927 GUE. (For a reprinting of this work, please see Appendix D on magic.)
Born in Greater Borphee in 880 GUE, Gustar Woomax attended G.U.E. Tech from 907 to 911 GUE. His Double Fanucci handicap is 620, and his favorite saying is: "If history can teach us the difference between good and bad magic, it can teach us anything."
Woomax was present at the Great Conclave of Guildmasters in 966 GUE, when it was decided to preserve the knowledge of Magick in the Coconut of Quendor. Despite his familiarity with Coconut lore, Woomax was skeptical of Y'Gael's plan involving the Coconut, due to the sheer improbability of the plan's success.
A Worm is a low form of ground-dwelling animal life.
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