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Ghyll:Elevators

2011-11-26T18:59:00Z

Jcowan: Reversed link

An '''Elevator''' is a most hypothetical object capable of lifting another object in addition to itself and weighing more than 188 [[Chesix System Of Measures|gyup]], or let us say 200 gyup in round numbers, vertically through the air to a reasonably large distance, let us say one [[Chesix System Of Measures|lunanit]]. These numbers are chosen in such a way as to make it clear that a [[hork]] is not an elevator.

The reasons for the hypotheticalissimity of elevators are said to be threefold and as follows:

* No one has ever discovered or, let us say, invented such a thing.
* There is no point in only going straight up, for having gone straight up, let us say, what is there to do but go straight down, hopefully over a suitable object that can provide a soft landing rather than a distressingly loud THUMP and a cracked carapace.
* Various parts of Ghyll now reserved for the brave and the bold would become accessible to mere-shmeer tourism.
* The [[Ghyllian excretion|farts]] of Jimmy Lightning are quite bad enough, let us say, at ground level and in the open air; confined within an elevator they would be fifty times worse at least.

Let's try that again. The reasons for the hypotheticalissimity of elevators are said to be fourfold and as follows:

No.

In any case, because of point two above, we can say with extreme confidence that none of the usual secret organizations are pursuing research into elevators, not least because it seems obvious that an elevator must ''hang'' from something, which would then have to something, let us say, higher in the air than the elevator is expected to go, and how is one to get it there? Obviously with a still more effective elevator, already developed, than the elevator one is trying to develop. The which is impossible.

Unbelievers in the unpossibility of elevators or indeed unelevators point out that one could climb [[Mount Yurch]] or some tall castle or edifice and hang the elevator from the summit or rooftop. But this idea is useless, because Mount Yurch is not a sheer vertical face, and indeed if it had been, not even a Grommie could have climbed it. And if anything is clear about elevators, it's that the horizontal component of their motion is neither more nor less than zero. So in order to obey the spirit rather than the letter of the Yurchian proposal one must first climb a sheer cliff, presumably from the other, sloping, or non-vertiginous side. But where? And indeed, you say, whereabove, or whereunder?

Well.

There is one possibility, let us say.

''How was it that the [[Stone of Wisdom]] became sufficiently elevated to squash, let us say, Mr. C______ and Mr. V_____?'''

''Obviously, it was elevated with an elevator.''

And as it is the most elementary proposition of [[theoalchemy]] that knowing that something can be done is the first and largest step toward doing it, this argument, ineffable in its infallibility, let us say, we can see that '''there is hope yet'''.

Perhaps.

'''Citations''': [[Hork]], [[Ghyllian excretion]], [[Stone of Wisdom]].

--[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 19:49, 14 November 2011 (EST)

Ghyll:Elevators

2011-11-15T00:49:20Z

Jcowan: First cut

An '''Elevator''' is a most hypothetical object capable of lifting another object in addition to itself and weighing more than 188 [[Chesix System Of Measures|gyup]], or let us say 200 gyup in round numbers, vertically through the air to a reasonably large distance, let us say one [[Chesix System Of Measures|lunanit]]. These numbers are chosen in such a way as to make it clear that a [[hork]] is not an elevator.

The reasons for the hypotheticalissimity of elevators are said to be threefold and as follows:

* No one has ever discovered or, let us say, invented such a thing.
* There is no point in only going straight up, for having gone straight up, let us say, what is there to do but go straight down, hopefully over a suitable object that can provide a soft landing rather than a distressingly loud THUMP and a cracked carapace.
* Various parts of Ghyll now reserved for the brave and the bold would become accessible to mere-shmeer tourism.
* The [[farts|Ghyllian excretion]] of Jimmy Lightning are quite bad enough, let us say, at ground level and in the open air; confined within an elevator they would be fifty times worse at least.

Let's try that again. The reasons for the hypotheticalissimity of elevators are said to be fourfold and as follows:

No.

In any case, because of point two above, we can say with extreme confidence that none of the usual secret organizations are pursuing research into elevators, not least because it seems obvious that an elevator must ''hang'' from something, which would then have to something, let us say, higher in the air than the elevator is expected to go, and how is one to get it there? Obviously with a still more effective elevator, already developed, than the elevator one is trying to develop. The which is impossible.

Unbelievers in the unpossibility of elevators or indeed unelevators point out that one could climb [[Mount Yurch]] or some tall castle or edifice and hang the elevator from the summit or rooftop. But this idea is useless, because Mount Yurch is not a sheer vertical face, and indeed if it had been, not even a Grommie could have climbed it. And if anything is clear about elevators, it's that the horizontal component of their motion is neither more nor less than zero. So in order to obey the spirit rather than the letter of the Yurchian proposal one must first climb a sheer cliff, presumably from the other, sloping, or non-vertiginous side. But where? And indeed, you say, whereabove, or whereunder?

Well.

There is one possibility, let us say.

''How was it that the [[Stone of Wisdom]] became sufficiently elevated to squash, let us say, Mr. C______ and Mr. V_____?'''

''Obviously, it was elevated with an elevator.''

And as it is the most elementary proposition of [[theoalchemy]] that knowing that something can be done is the first and largest step toward doing it, this argument, ineffable in its infallibility, let us say, we can see that '''there is hope yet'''.

Perhaps.

'''Citations''': [[Hork]], [[Ghyllian excretion]], [[Stone of Wisdom]].

--[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 19:49, 14 November 2011 (EST)

Ghyll:Endlessly Rising Staircase Movement

2011-09-13T19:22:01Z

Jcowan: Typo fixes for old times' sake

And it's well we know that much in the this world [[Conflict That Is Not Happening|is not happening]]. Including, at least to begin with, the '''Endlessly Rising Staircase Movement.''' Which is unfortunate, as I really could have used the [[Bump of the Night|extra storage space]]. But no matter, the Movement shall continue to (cease to) exist!

The Endlessly Rising Staircase Movement first rose to the [[lay public|public]] eye in -97 [[EC]] when they succeded in garnering the ''droit d'exploitation'' of the [[Pziqq trees]] in the [[Sarfelogian Mountains]] by doing battle with the [[Carsokian]]s. This ''droit'' is currently quite useless to the Movement, however, as the battle-tactics of both sides were far more effective in destroying the Pziqq tree ecosystem than the enemy. In fact, the Movement's "victory" was rather an inconclusive one, as the [[Carsokian]]s seem to have given up in disgust over the lack of trees for which to fight. Rumor has it that the battle will re-engage in approximately 100 [[EC]] when the ecosystem recovers.

After the [[Sarfelogian Mountains|Sarfelogian Mountain]] escapade, the Endlessly Rising Staircase Movement disappeared from public consciousness for quite sometime. The [[Council for Quezlarian Research]] published a little-read, little-cited, dry-as-toast study on the group in -76 [[EC]], but there is no other written mention of the Movement until -65 [[EC]] when there appeared a full page advertisement in the [[Folktown Records|Folktown Record]] announcing the revival of the "new, improved (with more storage space and wittier commentary) ''Endlessly Rising Staircase Movement''." The ad went on to promise exciting events and hair-raising happenings.

This unprecedented bit of advertising is considered wholly responsible for the subsequent spike in membership in the Movement. Among the best known members from this era are Roger Ululator and Alice Bob Charlie David Edward Smallwood, the XVIIth Baroness of Smallwood. Under the leadership of the Smallwoods and other [[Amphitheatre aristocracy|prominent Ghyllians]], the Endlessly Rising Staircase Movement became a household term. Incidents, or "Staircase Sightings", were reported daily in the newspapers of record.

Unfortunately, the era of peace and prosperity for the Movement was destined to come to end. In -43 [[EC]] [[Lane Smallwood]], upset and bereft at the loss of her parents Roger and Alice Bob in the unmentionable <strike>Fundzherit Peninsula Incident</strike>, embarked upon a campaign of destruction, hellbent on decimating the Movement. Her [[guerrilla warfare]] tactics were supremely effective: membership dropped from a high of 107 in -50 [[EC]] to 13 in -20 [[EC]].

Nevertheless! It is widely suspected that the Endlessly Rising Staircase Movement is currently undergoing a revival in a new [[stealth guild]] format. Supposedly, the present resurgence is in preparation for staking claim to the ''droit d'explotation'' of the [[cactus forests]]. Due to the inherent stealthiness of this organizational structure, however, this rumor is rather difficult to confirm.

'''Citations''': [[Conflict That Is Not Happening]], [[Guerrilla warfare]], [[Pziqq trees]].

--[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery|Lady Aleksandra]] 17:10, 17 Jun 2005 (EDT)

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All very well, Lady A, but ''why'' is it called the Endlessly Rising Staircase Movement? Inquiring Ghyllians want to know. --[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 14:42, 20 Jun 2005 (EDT)

Ghyll:Core script

2005-11-01T20:11:41Z

Jcowan: Linkifying "accents"

'''Core script''' is the universally recognized written form of Ghyllian, and consists of 17 vowels, 4 consonants, and 2 zhyglets. It is further expandable with the use of [[accents]], and uses a 42 letter alphabet. Its only known drawback as a written language is that the improper use of umlauts can cause it to explode. Core script has become the standard translation tool for those that care to do that sort of thing. For example, it has been used to translate ''The Sleeping Lemming'', an epic tale of buggery etched upon a tablet found in the third-story floor of [[Arbugghyll]] Manor. The tablet is currently housed within the library of the [[Collegium Civitas]] in the village of Thopth.

'''Citations''': [[Arbugghyll]], [[Collegium Civitas]], [[Odlucian Library]].

--[[User:Dodaka|Dodaka]] 19:05, 29 May 2005 (EDT)

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Ghyll:Wapsipinicon of Aghquabamticook

2005-11-01T19:20:29Z

Jcowan: /* -260 EC: That Tumultuous Year */ "Was comprised of" is JUST WRONG

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'''Lord Wapsipinicon of Aghquabamticook''' is a name not much remembered but by a few in [[Iganefta]] and [[Iganefta-on-the-Sea]]. He was the second Lord-Mayor of Iganefta, installed under the revised constitution of –252 [[EC]]. He served thirteen years as Lord-Mayor and was buried in his ancestral plot.

==-260 [[EC]]: That Tumultuous Year==
Born on the outskirts of the [[Iganefta|City of Settlements]] in –272 [[EC]] as Earl Wapsipin, second son of Theophane Rok Wapsipin and Barb Sipin, his was an idyllic world. Being the son of a Theophane allowed him access to some education (comprised mostly of fighting skills, spitting contests, and the two degrees of counting – important for land-owners at that time) as well as afforded moments of leisure. His world was bound by his family estates and the City of Settlements to which it was attached, most especially to the nearby Settlement of Aghquabamticook.

His early years are undocumented. His history begins in the year –260 [[EC]] when the First Iganeftan Mercenary Company was established by [[Lord Glosfordshier|Paul Glosford]]. This resulted in momentous changes in the life of the [[Iganefta|City of Settlements]], most importantly being that the majority of tween gangs were wiped out, a great number of yuet gangs were absorbed, and Glosford became the biggest local "bigman" in the heart of the City of Settlements, so big in fact, that he changed his name to Glosfordshier and took control of the Iganeftan Council.

Now, at this time, the [[Iganefta|City of Settlements]] comprised thirteen Settlements and they were ruled over by the Iganeftan Council. This Council was composed of Theophanes, Sub-Theophanes, and Counters who came from each of the Settlements. There were also the [[Rejah]]s, but they did not bother with the Council for their purview was not the whole of the City but only their own Settlement. These Rejahs were elected, as per normative custom, by the adult women of each Settlement (as well as two-thirds of eligible men), and their duties were simply to settle disputes brought before them. Whether by coincidence or cosmic confluence, one of the Rejahs within the City of Settlements in –260 [[EC]] was none other than [[Odgar IV]].

Even though the presence of [[Rejah]] [[Odgar IV|Odgar]] did have some effect on the peoples of his jurisdiction, it did not preclude nor hinder the criminal activities in the remaining Settlements. Tween-gangs such as the Dead Crabbits and the Ungrateful We’re Still Living Posse were known and feared during the –270s and –260s. The inability of the Rejahs to affect said gangs and the ineptitude of the [[Iganefta]]n Council to get rid of them led to the take-over by [[Lord Glosfordshier|Glosford]]. The take-over, in turn, led many of the noble families to reconsider their position in this society.

During the two decades before the usurpation, life at the Waksipin Manor flowed normally, with puking, spitting, fielding, and manageering (activities that were the norm for the aristocratic families of that age). Indeed, Theophane Rok and his son Brat had managed to increase their lands by multiple fuffles (a local unit) while keeping the assemblage of their manor guards content with sugar-water and ample opportunity to "defend" their range. With the take-over, however, the Family Wapsipin, along with the Families Chub, Tooke, Baugh, and Icon saw themselves as a moral voice (as well as seeing their lands in dire jeopardy of being confiscated) and protested the autocratic seizure, but as [[Lord Glosfordshier|Glosford]] now had his Mercenary Company and had rallied the bands of local soldiers from each of the Settlements under the banner of the [[Furious Apple]], these protests proved ineffective.

Even as Paul Glosford, now naming himself [[Lord Glosfordshier|Lord Frederick Paul Glosfordshier]], took the title of Lord-Mayor of [[Iganefta]], the most famous of the [[rejah]]s, [[Odgar IV]] remained unconcerned and distant. There have been proffered numerous possibilities as to why he did nothing to stay the tide of Glosford’s dictatorship, but what is known for certain is that, within three years, the number of troubles discussed by Odgar’s local people increasingly involved the Lord-Mayor and his Mercenaries. In –257 [[EC]], however, Glosfordshier, accompanied by his Mercenaries, politely petitioned the Rejah to keep his Court opinions to matters that did not involve him or his Mercenaries – the Rejah politely and litigiously accepted the petition.

==Eight Years of Resistance==
[[Lord Glosfordshier|Glosford]] ruled the [[Iganefta|City of Settlements]] from –260 [[EC]] to –252 [[EC]] when an ad hoc Committee of Public Safety assassinated him. During these eight years the Wapsipin Family did all it could to keep their lands out of the hands of Glosford, as well as to rally the other Families of the City of Settlements to the cause of reducing the dictator’s powers. This effort proved mostly fruitless in the direct, but it did create the atmosphere which allowed for the ultimate demise of said despot.

In –258 [[EC]], Rok’s son Earl Wapsipin married the lovely Nadia Icon and, as was the custom, he took her name to his own becoming Earl Wapsipinicon. Earl’s elder brother Brat would have married her but for the fact that he was dead – a casualty of a "misunderstanding" between Brat and about thirteen Mercenaries one rainy night. The death of Brat broke the spirit of the Family Patriarch, Rok. It was his wife, the Matriarch Barb, who filled the void of leadership and catapulted her son Earl into the fore of defending their way of life.

The bulk of the history of [[Iganefta]] is found within a mishmash of written and oral fact, rumor and tale. The "known" life of Lord Earl Wapsipinicon is an unruly mess and this here scholar refuses to print hogwash and antpuke. So here follows an outline of the most reliable of the information:

* -272 [[EC]]: Earl Wapsipin born.

* -260 [[EC]]: [[Lord Glosfordshier|Paul Glosford]] executes control of the [[Iganefta]]n Council.

* -258 [[EC]]: Brat Wapsipin murdered by members of the First [[Iganefta]]n Mercenary Company

* -258 [[EC]]: Earl Wapsipin marries Nadia Icon, changes name to Earl Wapsipinicon.

* -257 [[EC]]: Earl Wapsipinicon takes on authority of Theophane when his father steps down; Earl is 15.

* From between –257 and –252 [[EC]]: Theophane Earl Wapsipinicon, with his mother and wife, attempt to organize the fractured nobility against the absolutist power of [[Lord Glosfordshier|Glosford]]. This results in varied successes and many failures as the nobility was not unified nor did they possess, for the most part, the courage necessary for the endeavors suggested.

* -253 [[EC]]: The so-called Battle of Little Puk occurs in which "a score of Mercenaries were beaten by Theophane Wapsipinicon" but in truth these "Mercenaries" were only a bewildered contingent of Skwyres (premolt Mercenaries-in-training); regardless, Theophane Wapsipinicon is hailed a hero.

* -252 [[EC]]: The ad hoc Committee of Public Safety assassinates the dictator [[Lord Glosfordshier|Glosford]].

* -252 [[EC]]: The Committee of Canons writes a revised Constitution.

* -251 [[EC]]: The ''Constitution of the Settlement Peoples'' was accepted by the nobility and merchants.

* -251 [[EC]]: Earl Wapsipinicon is elected as the new Lord-Mayor.

==The Constitutionalist Year==
In –252 [[EC]], with the Dictator dead, what remained of the nobility coalesced to retake their power. They were met, however, by the group of merchants who comprised the ad hoc Committee of Public Safety. The merchants were in no hurry to relinquish their authority and they were the ones to whom the populace now looked up to in awe. At this time, [[Rejah]] [[Odgar IV]] attempted to intervene with, as he called it, his "words of wisdom," but he was rebuffed by both merchants and nobility. To resolve this confrontation, they formed a Committee of Canons comprised of one-half merchant and nobility alike. They chose the name Canons for its Olkuul play on the concept of "weapon" and of "law" and among the members of this Committee was the Matriarch Wapsipin.

The Committee worked for over six months to create a viable Constitution; the most renowned of these Constitutionalists were the Matriarch Wapsipin, Sub-Theophane Kraft, and the men who came to be called the Three Wise [[Rejah]]s: Jeffers, Franklyn, and Madson. By –251 [[EC]] a new and revised ''Constitution of the Settlement Peoples'' was drafted and accepted. It did not abolish all the changes which [[Lord Glosfordshier|Glosford]] had instituted when he became the first Lord-Mayor, but it did modify and reduce the power that said Lord-Mayor would control.

==The New Lord-Mayor==
The first Decree of the new body politic was to elect Theophane Earl Wapsipinicon to the post of Lord-Mayor of the [[Iganefta|City of Settlements]]. The second Decree was to dismember the now stinking corpse of [[Lord Glosfordshier|Glosford]] and display large pieces of it in the Thirteen Settlements as well as place his head in the Council Hall as an omen to any would-be dictator.

This same year, –251 [[EC]], [[Odgar IV]], who had been ignored by the Constitutionalists, the nobility and the merchants, introduced to his Settlement Court the ''Board of the Wise''. Whether his plan was to woo the people and the rulers back to him is not known for certain, but if it was, it backfired. Odgar IV staffed the Board mostly with transplanted [[Folktown]]ers (the folk to whom he had grown to love) and the elite of [[Iganefta]] saw no need to acknowledge this "foreign" Board while the locals had a hard time even understanding the [[Folktown]] dialect.

Within his first year as Lord-Mayor, Earl Wapsipinicon devoted his time straightening up the mess that had been left behind by years of bribery, threats, and murder by [[Lord Glosfordshier|Glosford]]. This was not easy to accomplish as many in the guild-world were now accustomed to certain "practices." To make matters worse, a number of Theophanes and Sub-Theophanes were causing trouble as they wished a return to the pre-Lord days. The [[Rejah]]s mostly went on, as they always had, settling disputes – but [[Odgar IV]] continued changing the way he conducted business – he began instituting "reforms" as he called them, and this was having an effect on some of the other Rejahs as well as certain of the Theophanes and merchants.

It was in –250 [[EC]] that [[Odgar IV]] hit upon his so-far biggest idea to make both his stature in the world and hopefully his status in [[Iganefta]] more great: the Iganefta-to-[[Folktown]] Causeway. At first this was received as a marvelous idea by one and all, but within one year it turned sour for the Iganeftans. Lord-Mayor Wapsipinicon tried in vain to control Odgar and his "reforms" which were in the most part pro-Folktown. He attempted to organize the merchants and the guilds as a unified force, but their own avarice was too much to funnel. In the end, most of the causeway work was contracted out to Folktown guilds – the Ditch-Diggers Guild, the Stone-Masonrics Guild, the Pound-Sand Guild, etc. Though construction began on the outskirts of the City of Settlements, once the Folktown guildsmen realized how far the work was from their homes, how unwieldy was the terrain near the City (compared to the lands roundabout Folktown) and how ignorant and money-hungry were the Iganeftan peoples (at least in the eyes of the Folktowners), they ceased their work here and concentrated on Folktown. Within a short time, the Iganefta-to-Folktown Causeway became known as the ''Folktown-to-Iganefta Causeway'' and Odgar IV was discredited yet again in his own backyard. By this time, however, Odgar IV may not have cared, for – since he was summarily ignored during the process of re-constituting the politics of Iganefta - he took it upon himself to re-charter the Court and Parliament of Folktown.

Lord-Mayor Wapsipinicon was still having trouble with the nobility and the merchants, but he was now also having trouble with the soldiery of the Settlements. Since the death of [[Lord Glosfordshier|Glosford]] the soldiers were kept from mindlessly harassing the local folk and they were getting restless. Luckily, or by divine intervention, in –249 [[EC]], the [[Extraordinarily Bloodless Revolution]] broke out. Wapsipinicon saw this as a way to allow the antsy soldiers to vent their unspent aggression. They "went to war" as was wont to say under the banner of the [[Furious Apple]], which had now become the symbol of the sitting Royal Family of [[Iganefta]] – i.e. Lord-Mayor Wapsipinicon. During this conflict, these men, with their hammer-topped pikes and badges, came to have the name of [[Pickers]]. Though some [[Pricludious|historians]] believe that it was the ''enemy'' that came first to be called "apple-pickers" (as men who picked off and kicked, bit, spit upon, and otherwise embarrassed the "Apple-men of Iganefta"), mainstream scholars say this was not so. It must be noted that although the Dictator Glosford had been dead for three years and his power diffused amongst the remaining nobility and merchants, the soldiers themselves had little sense of this. They marched under the Furious Apple as homage to the dead Lord-Mayor Frederick Paul Glosfordshier and sang the despot songs, while Wapsipinicon simply shrugged his shoulders and let them march and fight.

In –247 [[EC]], the Causeway was completed with a ribbon-tying event at both ends (a grand feast that commenced in [[Folktown]] while in [[Iganefta]] a few bums, idlers, and vagrants pissed on the new cobblestones of the entryway). Lord-Mayor Wapsipinicon was still dealing with the strains of administration. His mother had been helping him since day one and she urged him to take a break. He did so and left on holiday to [[Lord Glosfordshier|Glosford’s]] old summer palace in [[Iganefta-on-the-Sea|Thungerbarg]]. The Lord and his Lady went together and when they returned to Iganefta, she was with seed.

==The Matriarch & the Rejah==
In his absence, the Matriarch took the reigns, and she soon earned a name which has stuck to her memory like honey to a suckle: the Barb of [[Iganefta]]. Her most public enemy was [[Odgar IV]], though she never referred to him as such. By this time, he was completely comfortable in his [[Folktown]]-centric mentality and he used his new institutions (the majority of which were working themselves out quite nicely in Folktown but were imperceptable in [[Iganefta]]) to further his aims. It was while her son was in [[Iganefta-on-the-Sea|Thungerbarg]] that Odgar made his historic claim. Citing the ''Grand Declaration'', he said that the source of his authority was the Court and Parliament of Folktown; he also said that he personally could wield the post of Field Marshall of the Folktown Militia for life. The Matriarch and the nobility of the Iganeftan Council began to wonder a great deal more of the intentions of this arrogant, odd, and rude [[rejah]]. Luckily nothing like an uprising of Folktown against Iganefta ever happened from –247 [[EC]] to –239 [[EC]] when Odgar IV died.

On the day of [[Odgar IV|Odgar’s]] death we know that he had had a visit by "that roving minstrel" and that they had a private audience together. To this day it is unknown what occurred but shouting was heard and when the Court attendants broke into the room, the minstrel was gone and Odgar was dead. The minstrel was never found and many say that the [[Iganefta]]n nobility spirited him away – some say that the Matriarch Wapsipin paid the minstrel to assassinate Odgar, others say that she and the other nobility only took advantage of his death and thanked the minstrel by getting him away safely.

Regardless, after the death (which cause is decreed "Murder" in [[Folktown]] records and "Unknown" in [[Iganefta]]n records), Folktown took up the reigns of its own governing and officially "re-positioned" the Court of [[Odgar IV]] by dedicating a local music hall as its new location within Folktown, while the Iganeftan Council dismantled the actual House of Settling Faults (i.e. Odgar's Court) and elected to quash the post of [[rejah]] from that Settlement altogether. The homes, alleys, and outhouses of this Settlement were subsequently partitioned among its neighboring Settlements and its name was stricken from the Roll (hence its "nameless" status to this day).

==Continued Reconstruction==
After five years of dealing with the corrupted guilds, shady merchants, some near-hostile nobility, and the soldeirs, the Lord-Mayor came back from holiday in a delightful mood. For the next eight years, he spent his energies consolidating the power of the [[Iganefta]]n Council, in promoting far-off missions for the [[Furious Apple|Iganeftan Pickers]], and in reorganizing the workings of the City of Settlements within the accords of the new Constitution.

The one reform which was instituted and has lasted was the creation of the ''Office of Councilman,'' a reform gained only after protracted debate. But to understand this development one must see first the inter-settlement road project that Wapsipinicon inaugerated and the construction of new and grander ''Settlement Houses'' within each of the Thirteen Settlements (but for that of [[Odgar IV]] who wanted nothing to do with change unless it came from himself). The roads stemming from the Settlement of [[Iganefta]], where the Council Hall was located, were enlarged and straightened to some degree. These inter-settlement roads, today called the ''Interoads'', led to and through each Settlement. As these were being completed, the [[Rejah]]s were given the news that their Houses of Settling Faults were going to be replaced by new Settlement Houses (equal to the Court Houses of most other civilized towns). These Settlement Houses, today given the vernacular of ''Settlehouse'', were built on the periphery of each Settlement, closest to the Iganefta-side boundary. This resulted in all the Rejahs (but for Odgar) being closer than before to Iganefta proper. Within each Settlehouse there was a guestroom made especially for the Councilman, newly created by the Iganeftan Council under the push of the Lord-Mayor. The Councilman was chosen by the Lord-Mayor from among the class of non-noble freemen (as opposed to the non-noble permanent-indentured fieldsman) and most were fanatically loyal to the Lord-Mayor for this honor. The duty of the Councilmen was to "collect the profitable wisdom of the Rejahs for the benefit of the Council," but invariably these Councilmen were used as the Lord-Mayor's personal spies.

The road project and emphasis on the [[Rejah]]s was initially greeted with great fanfare and enthusiasm; only later did it seem onerous to some and dangerous to others but, in the end, the institution has remained almost in its original form - and more importantly, it resulted in a change far greater than Lord-Mayor Wapsipinicon could have imagined. With the construction of strong and beautiful Settlehouses, many guildsmen and merchants desired their shoppes and trades to be conducted nearby too. This began a building boom around the Settlehouses and so nearer the "center" of the City of Settlements. After the years in which the so-called Settle Project of Lord-Mayor Wapsipinicon took place, the concentration of power of the Settlements actually moved physically closer to the [[Iganefta]] Settlement, and over time this allowed for the psychological move of power to the center as well, one which resulted in the old name of City of Settlements to be lost to the new name of Iganefta; all for the work of the second Lord-Mayor and those who came afterwards.

One other conribution of Wapsipinicon to [[Iganefta]]n culture is the practice of ''warcraft''. In such turbulent times as was his, the majority of peoples even unto the permanently-indentured (whose rights consisted only of a tree above their head, a blanket for the night, and two chits a day to eat), the Lord-Mayor saw how agitated everyone was. He had already dealt with the soldiery and as a benefit they came back home with a new nickmane; but the merchants, guilds and nobles were a different bunch, altogether. Knowing their propensity to use violence, Wapsipinicon afforded them what he called the "Arte o' the Warkraftin." He explained that he had found an ancient tool, kept hidden by [[Lord Glosfordshier|Glosford]], and which he had used against the Iganeftan Council. This tool consisted of wrapping cloth about a vegetable husk and engraving the likeness of one's enemy thereon. After a series of dance rituals (that vaguely resembled a dirge to the god [[Hopdurg]]) the Lord-Mayor said that such a doll would then become hexed, making it a similacrum of the person depicted. He then said that if they made war against said doll they would indeed be making war against their enemy. The majority of men and women, nobles, merchants and freeborn laughed in his face. In a fit of [[backwards logic]], however, he dared them all to disbelieve him to their own peril, and then walked away. Who believed, who doubted, it is impossible to know - but from that moment on the number of noble-born brawls actually decreased and a strained sense of politeness pervaded the Iganeftan Council. Though the practice (as a political tool of aggression) has come in and out of favor over the last two hundred years, it is responsible for the short-lived "dolly craze" of the -20s in Cranee.

As to his own demise, in –238 [[EC]], Lord-Mayor Earl Wapsipinicon was again in [[Iganefta-on-the-Sea|Thungerbarg]] on holiday. While there he suffered an unfortunate and fatal accident, the official record being due to ''[[Ponce Gardening|Poen Sea Gardening]]''. The populace of [[Iganefta]] was so despondent that they spontaneously elected his wife Nadia to the post of Lord-Mayor (although many believe that the Matriarch Wapsipin had something to do with that "spontaneous" election). For the next five years she would serve as leader to Iganefta furthering her husband’s name and was known as the [[Widow Lord-Mayor]].

'''Citations''': [[Backward logic]], [[Lord Glosfordshier]], [[Widow Lord-Mayor]].

--[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]] 18:12, 22 October 2005 (EDT)

[[Category:People]]

Ghyll:Untimed

2005-10-14T22:14:39Z

Jcowan: First draft

Objects such as the famous mirrors of [[Wilhelmina Corinne Bardway]] are said to become '''untimed''' when they are disconnected in some fashion from the normal passage of time. Those particular mirrors began to reflect events of both the recent and the remote past rather than Wilhelmina herself as they had done before. Similarly, some of the ancient artifacts in [[Undivaggen]] are untimed; for example, the cheese sandwich in the 235th room of the South Wing was apparently abandoned by an expedition more than two centuries ago, but the cheese is still fresh and the bread unmoldy.

In particular, the substance or entity called [[tristero]], from which the famous essence is made, is either itself untimed, or becomes so when it is reduced to the essence. It is quite commonplace, for example, to find a vial of essence filled before the extraction process even begins, though the process must be carried out nevertheless to avoid the creation of a paradox.

A person is said to also become untimed when his personal history no longer corresponds with the ordinary passage of time, living his early life in the future and his later life in the past, for example. The [[Opoudelian Starker]] and the [[Budgerigar Master]] have both been claimed to be untimed. Some would say that Wilhelmina herself is untimed; certainly she has lived a very long time and has been unseen for a great part of it. No one, however, has come forward with proof that he himself is living an untimed life, and the whole concept must currently be treated as "Not Proven".

We have absolutely no theory of how something becomes untimed, and no idea what to do about it, either. Anyone who encounters an untimed object or substance hitherto unknown to scholarship, or has credible evidence that he or someone else is actually living an untimed life, should communicate it to the [[Unquisition]] without delay.

'''Citations:''' [[Tristero]], [[Undivaggen]], [[Wilhelmina Corinne Bardway]].

--[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 18:14, 14 October 2005 (EDT)

Ghyll:Ghyll Phantom Index

2005-10-14T22:08:34Z

Jcowan: Rebalancing columns

Entries not yet defined. Alternatively, see them [http://gamegrene.com/wiki/?title=Special:Wantedpages&limit=500&offset=0 sorted by number of citations].
<br />Clicking on # in the table below takes you to the corresponding "What links here" pages.
<br />For entries that have already been defined, refer to the [[Ghyll Index]].

<table class="ghyllidx" style="float:left; padding-left:1em; width:48%;">
<tr><th>Entry Name</th><th width="180">Phantomed by</th></tr>
<tr><td>[[Algothequinas]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Algothequinas|#]]</td><td>[[User:Theophenes|Theophenes]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Andelphracian River Valley]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Andelphracian River Valley|#]]</td><td>[[User:DrAckroyd|Dr. H. L. Ackroyd]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Antony C. Sutton]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Antony C. Sutton|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Arbugghyll]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Arbugghyll|#]]</td><td>[[User:DrAckroyd|Dr. H. L. Ackroyd]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Azer Wallabin]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Azer Wallabin|#]]</td><td>[[User:Kalen Firth|Kalen Firth]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Baby Alek]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Baby Alek|#]]</td><td>[[User:Undrhil|Trousle Undrhil]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Backwards logic]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Backwards logic|#]]</td><td>[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery|Lady Aleksandra]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Bearer of Bad News]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Bearer of Bad News|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Big Brown Riding Hoof]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Big Brown Riding Hoof|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Blind taste test]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Blind taste test|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Busco]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Busco|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Chitinous Foo]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Chitinous Foo|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dodaka II|Dodaka II]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Classified construction]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Classified construction|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Collegium Civitas]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Collegium Civitas|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dodaka|Dodaka]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Creator of Nothing]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Creator of Nothing|#]]</td><td>[[User:Undrhil|Trousle Undrhil]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Croam Olpo]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Croam Olpo|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Darvekian Party]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Darvekian Party|#]]</td><td>[[User:DrBacchus|DrBacchus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Dashpine]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Dashpine|#]]</td><td>[[User:Lankin|Lankin the Mad Mage]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Dreamy period]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Dreamy period|#]]</td><td>[[User:Larj Zyquon|Larj Zyquon]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Dulalian Empire]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Dulalian Empire|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Early Ghyllian Sales and Marketing Practices]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Early Ghyllian Sales and Marketing Practices|#]]</td><td>[[User:Joe Bowers|Joe Bowers]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Elevators]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Elevators|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Equestrian Beetle]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Equestrian Beetle|#]]</td><td>[[User:PhineasCrank|Doctor Phineas Crank]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Eriq Tali]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Eriq Tali|#]]</td><td>[[User:AaronSw|AaronSw]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Fish-Tree]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Fish-Tree|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Five-o-clock tea plant]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Five-o-clock tea plant|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Folktown Amphitheatre]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Folktown Amphitheatre|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Folktown Council Hall]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Folktown Council Hall|#]]</td><td>[[User:Arnia|Fingest Arnia]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Folktown Museum]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Folktown Museum|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Fuldermox]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Fuldermox|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Fur]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Fur|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Ged Nokaway]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Ged Nokaway|#]]</td><td>[[User:Finna Sunderhorn|Finna Sunderhorn]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[General Lude'crus]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/General Lude'crus|#]]</td><td>[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Geolan Calculating Machine]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Geolan Calculating Machine|#]]</td><td>[[User:Crschmidt|Christopher Schmidt]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Geoge Gjiosin]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Geoge Gjiosin|#]]</td><td>[[User:Undrhil|Trousle Undrhil]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Ghyllian development]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Ghyllian development|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Grand Matriarch]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Grand Matriarch|#]]</td><td>[[User:DrAckroyd|Dr. H. L. Ackroyd]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Gravion Process]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Gravion Process|#]]</td><td>[[User:Darus Ixa|Darus Ixa]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Grenfing]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Grenfing|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Hack And The Jacks]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Hack And The Jacks|#]]</td><td>[[User:DrAckroyd|Dr. H. L. Ackroyd]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Hork]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Hork|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Horse Code]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Horse Code|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Howdoyoudo]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Howdoyoudo|#]]</td><td>[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Icfromilious]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Icfromilious|#]]</td><td>[[User:Undrhil|Trousle Undrhil]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Ironclads]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Ironclads|#]]</td><td>[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Jinkees' Club]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Jinkees' Club|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Juice box]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Juice box|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Lichtmin]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Lichtmin|#]]</td><td>[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Littered Carapace]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Littered Carapace|#]]</td><td>[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Lollipop]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Lollipop|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Mechanaut]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Mechanaut|#]]</td><td>[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Mineral ingredients]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Mineral ingredients|#]]</td><td>[[User: Mr. Stokes|Mr. Stokes]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Mish prank]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Mish prank|#]]</td><td>[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Morphomancy]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Morphomancy|#]]</td><td>[[User:Talliesin|Talliesin]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Morphous Ibb]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Morphous Ibb|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Mortal combat]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Mortal combat|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Notar Republic]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Notar Republic|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Oblibestircus]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Oblibestircus|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Organization]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Organization|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Pachyderm]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Pachyderm|#]]</td><td>[[User:PhineasCrank|Doctor Phineas Crank]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Pagvahhz Transgenan]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Pagvahhz Transgenan|#]]</td><td>[[User:Crschmidt|Christopher Schmidt]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Pajamas]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Pajamas|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
</table>

<table class="ghyllidx" style="float:right; padding-right:1em; width:48%;">
<tr><th>Entry Name</th><th width="180">Phantomed by</th></tr>
<tr><td>[[Palace of Lost Souls]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Palace of Lost Souls|#]]</td><td>[[User:Bartmoss|Bartmoss]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Parliament]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Parliament|#]]</td><td>[[User:DrBacchus|DrBacchus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Paper]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Paper|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Peershakes]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Peershakes|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Pentet]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Pentet|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Perky]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Perky|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Phyllis Creanie]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Phyllis Creanie|#]]</td><td>[[User:Undrhil|Trousle Undrhil]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Phylostarus]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Phylostarus|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Pochre Petals]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Pochre Petals|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Pobellian Debates]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Pobellian Debates|#]]</td><td>[[User:Kalen Firth|Kalen Firth]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Pre-pubescent]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Pre-pubescent|#]]</td><td>[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery|Lady Aleksandra]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Professor Altoxian]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Professor Altoxian|#]]</td><td>[[User:Robbi|Makarii Spitignev]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Proto-Harandraff Orthonormal Basis Set]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Proto-Harandraff Orthonormal Basis Set|#]]</td><td>[[User:Joe Bowers|Joe Bowers]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Resgrewian debates]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Resgrewian debates|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Royal Dulalia]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Royal Dulalia|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Rump Family]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Rump Family|#]]</td><td>[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Scuttleway]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Scuttleway|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Sea fairs]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Sea fairs|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Shrigure Gradient]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Shrigure Gradient|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Shtreiml]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Shtreiml|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Sivitatuhum Academy for Ladies]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Sivitatuhum Academy for Ladies|#]]</td><td>[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Spiddic Poetry]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Spiddic Poetry|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Splik Club]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Splik Club|#]]</td><td>[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Squelshous Panderat]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Squelshous Panderat|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Stealth-guild]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Stealth-guild|#]]</td><td>[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery|Lady Aleksandra]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Subtle Tree Fight]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Subtle Tree Fight|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Supetupheraraphes]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Supetupheraraphes|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Superluminescent radiance storage]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Superluminescent radiance storage|#]]</td><td>[[User:Lankin|Lankin the Mad Mage]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Technomancer Crafts Guild]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Technomancer Crafts Guild|#]]</td><td>[[User:Darus Ixa|Darus Ixa]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Tertiary colors]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Tertiary colors|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[The Beast]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/The Beast|#]]</td><td>[[User:Snafu Bohica|Snafu Bohica]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[The Uninformed]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/The Uninformed|#]]</td><td>[[User:DrBacchus|DrBacchus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Thou Greatly Heeded]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Thou Greatly Heeded|#]]</td><td>[[User:Undrhil|Trousle Undrhil]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Transformational theory]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Transformational theory|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Tristero]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Tristero|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Trubble]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Trubble|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Trundle cart]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Trundle cart|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Trung Tro Hampher]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Trung Tro Hampher|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Turboduck]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Turboduck|#]]</td><td>[[User:DrAckroyd|Dr. H. L. Ackroyd]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Twitch Doctor]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Twitch Doctor|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Umlaut Tea]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Umlaut Tea|#]]</td><td>[[User:PhineasCrank|Doctor Phineas Crank]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Ungerry-Tubers]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Ungerry-Tubers|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Untimed]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Untimed|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Urching tracks]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Urching tracks|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Vornalt]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Vornalt|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Wakanpantricism]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Wakanpantricism|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Wapsipinicon of Aghquabamticook]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Wapsipinicon of Aghquabamticook|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Weatherbeak]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Weatherbeak|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Whingelism]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Whingelism|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[White Lady]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/White Lady|#]]</td><td>[[User:PhineasCrank|Doctor Phineas Crank]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Whifflepeke]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Whifflepeke|#]]</td><td>[[User:Precarious Armada|Celeste Theresa Worthinghood]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Whim of the beholder]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Whim of the beholder|#]]</td><td>[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery|Lady Aleksandra]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Whozits]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Whozits|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Whunn]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Whunn|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Wilhelmina Corinne Bardway]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Wilhelmina Corinne Bardway|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Wive's tale]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Wive's tale|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Worrying]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Worrying|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Yclepement]]
[[Special:Whatlinkshere/Yclepement|#]]</td><td>[[User:DrAckroyd|Dr. H. L. Ackroyd]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Zenithorian]]
[[Special:Whatlinkshere/Zenithorian|#]]</td><td>[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery|Lady Aleksandra]]</td></tr>
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[[Category:Encyclopedants]]

Ghyll:Untimed

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Dibbed. --[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 13:43, 13 October 2005 (EDT)

A number of mirrors about the house that had reflected [[Wilhelmina Corinne Bardway]]'s image became [[untimed]], and began reflecting images of the past.

Ghyll:Main Page

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<strong>Round 2 Spotlights:</strong>
* [[Recollectiball]]
* [[Religious Right]]
* [[Retrackets]]
* [[Soft spot]]
* [[Supranatural luminescence meter]]
* [[Suspension]]
<div style="text-align:center;">See all entries in the [[Ghyll Index]].</div>
<div style="margin-top:5px;">'''Encyclopedant Update:''' We're lookng for a detailed family tree of the Wallinger, Creame, Sinch, and Smallwood lines, and how they all intermesh. This would be in addition to your regularly scheduled submissions, and with no deadline or formally defined rules. It'd be listed as an official Encyclopedant reference.</div>
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:''... an amazing collaborative improvisational fiction that combines an intoxicating patchouli whiff of fantasy with the reckless driving tanginess of bebop...'' --[http://lbr.library-blogs.net/read/1212697.htm lbr]

Welcome to the world of [[Ghyll]]. The basic idea is that each player takes on the role of a scholar, from before scholarly pursuits became professionalized (or possibly after they ceased to be). You are cranky, opinionated, prejudiced, and eccentric. You are also collaborating with a number of your peers -- the other players -- on the construction of an encyclopedia about Ghyll. Despite the fact that your peers are self-important, narrow-minded dunderheads, they are honest scholars. No matter how strained their interpretations are, their facts are as accurate as historical research can make them. So if you cite an entry, you have to treat its factual content as true! (Though you can argue vociferously with the interpretation and introduce new facts that shade the interpretation.)

* '''[[Current events|Next deadline]]''': October 7th, 2005 (23:59:59 -0400), letter T.
* [[Current events]]: News and further information about the state of play.
* [[Frequently Asked Questions|FAQ]]: Questions, answers, and discussion about the game, rules, and related concerns.
* [[Round 3 discussion]]: A discussion of what changes to make after we reach letter Z.

==Game Rules==

New players may join in at any time. If you have questions, [[Lexicon discussion|check the FAQ or ask here]].
<br />The core of the game is based on [http://www.20by20room.com/2003/11/lexicon_an_rpg.html Neel Krishnaswami's "Lexicon: an RPG"].

# Scholars shall ''dib'' (reserve), and then write, one entry per turn. Turns loop from A to Z back to A.
# Entries shall cite two ''phantom'' (unwritten) entries and, after the first turn, one existing entry.
# Scholars shall neither cite themselves, nor write phantoms they were the first to cite.
# After the first turn, all phantoms for a letter shall be written before new entries are created.
# Of your required two phantom citations, only one cited phantom can be newly defined.
# The required per-turn citations must not be to entries or phantoms created in the current turn.
# Rule of A: During turn A, scholars may write new A entries instead of defining an existing A phantom.
# Rule of X: If no turn X phantoms remain, you may write a previous letter's phantom instead.

===Example of Play (first turn)===

# On the first turn, [[User:Sbp|Sean B. Palmer]] defines his one entry for the letter A: [[Andelphracian Lights]] (Rule 1).
# In [[Andelphracian Lights]], he creates two phantoms: [[Bysted Timperton]] and [[Quester and Phorrus]] (Rule 2).
# [[User:Sbp|Sean B. Palmer]] may never define [[Bysted Timperton]] and [[Quester and Phorrus]] now. (Rule 3).
# On the next turn, all phantoms for the letter B (like [[Bysted Timperton]]) must be defined (Rule 4).

===Example of Play (all other turns)===

# It's turn 2, letter B, and scholars must first define all phantoms starting with that letter (Rule 4).
# [[User:Sbp|Sean B. Palmer]] wants the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]] and commits an edit saying so (Rule 1).
# He checks "What links here" on the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]] page to see what truths, if any, are known.
# He also searches for the expression/term in the "search" box to find any unlinked mention of his entry.
# He writes the entry, and cites two phantoms (existing or not) and one previously written entry. (Rule 2).
# His citations, however, must not be those he's previously created (Rule 3; see [[Ghyll Index]] and [[Frequently Asked Questions|FAQ]]).
# His citations must also have been created or defined before the current turn of play. (Rule 5).

==How To Participate==
<div style="background-color:#eee;border:1px solid #ccc;float:right;margin:1em;padding:0.5em;width:275px;">You can "go above and beyond" your entries by also updating the [[Ghyll Index]], [[Encyclopedant Calendar|Ghyll Timeline]], [[WhoIsWho|Ghyll Who's Who]], and [[WhereIsWhere|Ghyll Where's Where]] based on your turn. If you don't, no worries - it'll get done eventually.</div>

First, read everything you can! Then [[Special:Userlogin|create an account and log in]]. Defining a new entry is as simple as going to its URL or clicking any red links (''phantoms''). For example, to create "Crab apples", go to http://gamegrene.com/wiki/Crab_apples, click "edit", and begin typing. More information (creating headers, links, bold, italic, etc.) can be found at [[Wikipedia:Help:Editing]].

In-game discussion about terms should occur at the bottom of each entry. Out-of-game comments should appear on the entry's "discussion" page. Be warned: other scholars may take heated issue with your comments! For an example, see [[AuroAnthropology]] and [[Talk:AuroAnthropology]].

Finally, consider writing a brief intro about your scholar (ex. [[User:MorbusIff|Morbus Iff]] and [[User:Sbp|Sean B. Palmer]]). This is NOT a "turn" - this is just you fleshing out your character, much like you'd do before a new tabletop campaign. You should not reference phantom links in your scholar description - just blurb a bio, and if entries happen to be defined later during play (by yourself or someone else), you can retroactively apply links. You may also want to consider adding your scholar to [[Gerth]] page as well.

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Ghyll:Pricludious

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Renowned mathematician, philosopher and historian. Born -89/7/14 [[EC]]. Died -1/1/1 [[EC]].

==Childhood Years==

Born Marik Handr Grivitz in -89 [[EC]] in Sejfeld, '''Pricludious''' was the son of Tobin Grivitz, a prosperous wax farmer. Third in a brood of seven, Pricludious' keen mind and uncanny ability to count past the number 5 made themselves known early on and his parents soon enrolled him in the prestigious Vestampton Children's Academy outside of Cranee. He was hailed a child prodigy when, at the tender age of seven, he proved that 2+2 does not always equal 4 using only a handful of green bindlet blocks and three gummy straws.

While it is well known that most child prodigies fail to ever surpass their early successes and either fade into obscurity or embark on lives of crime, Pricludious beat the odds and went on to an even more distinguished and honored career in his adult years.

==Early Academic Years==

In -78 [[EC]], at the age of 11, he enrolled in and was accepted to [[Bute University]]. It would be here that he took on the nom de plume of Pricludious. While at the University, he amazed his professors and his peers with his voracious appetite for knowledge. (There are also lingering rumors of his voracious appetite for humple cider, but these are unconfirmed and resolutely denied by officials of Bute University. Due to Pricludious' age at the time, this is understandable if the stories are true, but I am of the well founded opinion that these malicious rumors are just another example of the ongoing attempts of third-class scholars and unlearned malcontents to tarnish Pricludious' sterling reputation.)

While still a freshman, he joined the school's senior Rithmetric team, one of only a handful of first year students to have done so. During his tenure on the team, [[Bute University|Bute]] went on to win three inter-divisionable championships and two first-place Gold Star trophies at the quadrannual Numeric Irrationals competition.

Focusing all his mental energies into the study of mathematical theory, dogmatic geometry, and planar structurism, Pricludious absorbed everything the University had to offer, grasping concepts and intricate formulae with an ease that most people were envious of. His theses on such mathematical luminaries as Walshet, Dobrovius, and Ghates are now required reading at the University. But one must not ignore the amount of time, energy and effort he threw into his studies. While he was truly gifted with a marvelously discerning mind, he also worked that mind incredibly hard. After six years, he felt he had learned all there was to learn (a common failing of our young people today, a malady whose fault lies squarely at the feet of the tenure-bound scholarly pedants who fill up our universities, I'm afraid to say) and turned his attention to other subjects.

His mastery of mathematics led quite naturally to an interest in philosophy, and his friendship with members of the Lingers Club (a fraternal student organization) also served to lead him in this direction. Under the tutelage of Professor Kloon ar'Flizzig, he studied the works of Baltizar, Pvlato, Oregithol, and Kooper. From these studies he developed into an enthusiastic adherent of Luhddism, although in his later years he would come to reject that philosophy and instead pursue a course of investigating a wide variety of beliefs and cosmological orientations. During this period of his life, he was an active exponent of the dictums of Luhddism and the Luhddist ideas that were first expounded by Jekkrey of Monmoth. Pricludious contributed much on behalf of Luhddism, publishing a number of philosophical works about it and engaging in public discourses on the subject. These activities in no small part gave rise to his reputation as a sound and learned philosopher who's opinions one could rely on during any kind of transcendental funk. His philosophical acumen was so highly regarded that he was often asked to speak on a variety of subjects and his opinions on such topics as the [[Endlessly Rising Staircase Movement]], the [[Hermeneutics]] of Jan-Vanderschusen, and [[Fefferberry Folklore]] are very well known and still widely discussed today.

==Post-Graduate Years==

In -68 [[EC]], at the age of 21, he petitioned for and received his Diploma of Completion, graduating with advanced degrees in Comprehensive Mathematics, Objective Numerology, Placidic Thought, and Cotemporous Hedology, as well as a minor degree in Theoretical Bushwacking. He was immediately offered the position of Assistant Dean of the Mathematics Department at [[Bute University|Bute]], but he turned it down. After 10 years at the University he wanted to explore new horizons. His treatise on cumulative multiplivision had just been published, to rave reviews, and so he decided to embark on a Ghyll-wide book tour.

Over the next twenty years, he worked on a number of mathematical quandries and philosophical musings as he traveled Ghyll, publishing a variety of books, tracts, and research papers. He gave speeches to an increasing number of women's guilds, accounting clubs, and constructioneering corporations. And he engaged in scientific debates with a variety of scientific debating societies. His annual appearances at [[Shepenor]] (by invitation of the enthusiastic [[rejah]]s) led to the creation of the first ever knowledge convention (originally organized just for mathists, it has grown to encompass many disciplines and fields of inquiry, attracting fan-boys from all corners of Ghyll, and is now known as the Shepenor Summer KnowCon).

These activities propelled Pricludious to the forefront of popular consciousness and, unlike most academics, he was embraced by the masses. A chance encounter with Brin Leedis, publisher of Pink Aelfant Lumix, led to the highly popular "Amazing Mathist" [[luminous manuscript|lumix]] - aimed at children of all ages, it starred the boldly analytical Rejah 5 and his number loving sidekick Junior Adder. Pricludious' ability to popularize what had previously been a rather narrowly-appreciated discipline (most Ghyllians have rare need to count higher than the number five) is one of his greatest accomplishments, although in later years some people would suggest that his very popularity with the "unlearned" was proof that he was not a serious mathematician.

This is a contemptible charge, of course, and stems from sheer jealousy. The published works of Pricludious are masterfully conceived, beautifully written, and presented with an amazingly deep understanding of mathematical science and theory. And even those works aimed at the less educated citizenry are brilliant examples of concise, lucid mathist thinking. To claim that he was some kind of hack or amateurish dabbler is preposterous and insulting and obviously points to some kind of ulterior motive.

If further proof of Pricludious' great mind were needed, one must only look to his fellow scholars. In the years before the petty attacks against his intellectual acumen cropped up, he was heralded as a great scholar, treated with the utmost respect, and celebrated by his colleagues at [[Bute University]] and Ghyll's other fine institutions of learning. He maintained lengthy correspondences with some of the finest minds of Ghyllian scholardom and his knowledge, expertise and assistance were avidly sought after. For example, it is a well known fact that he helped [[Rancticirchiretic]] in developing his theory of [[Orthogonalities]], (although Pricludious never received proper credit for his contributions).

And then there is his masterpiece, the culmination of all his mathematical study and research, which even his most die-hard detractors can in no way overcome. I'm speaking of Pricludious' epic summation of mathematical knowledge, "'''This Is Reality, And I Can Prove It - The Numbers, Equations & Mathtoids that Define Our World'''". Published in -57 [[EC]] by Bute University Press, it was [[Bute University|Bute's]] best selling volume for seven years in a row and still remains a widely read text today, selling a very respectable number of copies annually. Truly an awe inspiring page turner, it is the ultimate critique and distillation of the concepts and proofs of mathematical universality and foundational numericism - a triumph of the rational mind in which Pricludious describes, explains, and proves all of the precepts of what we've come to term, in its comprehensive totality, Normal Math. (Named after Norm Bryforge, a founding member of Bute University, the disciplines of Normal Math are the bedrock of all modern scientific inquiry and understanding.) For those who would question Pricludious' achievements as a mathematician, I simply have to point out that this seminal work has not been superceded even to this day.

In addition to the great respect he enjoyed among his fellow scholars and his popularity among the masses, Pricludious found himself the toast of high society and a highly sought after guest of the rich, famous, and soon-to-be rich and famous. He rubbed shoulders with such notables and exemplaries of the Ghyllian upper-class as the [[Rump Family]], the [[Grommies|Grommie]] Family, the [[Bavarian Creame|Wallingers]], the [[Baron Claude Lloyd Albert Smallwood|Smallwoods]], and of course the [[Quezlar family|Quezlars]]. While his dalliances with the upper-crust were due only to his celebrity status and as such were not for the most part of any lasting or deep significance, he did in fact make fast friendships with a few of these elite citizens; friendships that would continue on throughout his life (although in later years he showed a marked aversion toward both the Wallinger and the Smallwood families.) It is my well researched opinion that the beginning of the enmity against Pricludious began at this time, and was wholly due to the envy other scholars felt over all of the fun he was having. While they were stuck in cramped, poorly heated University dorm rooms poring mindlessly over dull and uninspiring minutia, he was off touring the world, hanging out with the rich and beautiful, and making a nice little basket of cash from all of his best-sellers. But of course, over time, the attacks against him would escalate and his detractors would come to be motivated by more than just petty jealousy.

As his reputation as a mathematician and philosopher waxed during this period, a new interest began to show itself - history. He became active with the [[Cranee Historical Society]]. He took part in archaelogical digs. He attended forums that discussed various historical items of interest. And, since he was already known as a wise and learned scholar, it was only natural that his opinion was consulted on these matters once it was known that he was investigating them.

And it was in this context that a concerted effort was made by certain disaffected scholars to muddy his name. At that time, no one dared assail him on the virtue of his skill as a mathematician and philosopher, but as an historian he became a wide open target. Detractors disparaged his ideas as amateurish fancies. They ridiculed him as an unlearned diletente. And yet, when you look at the record, his ideas and theories are in no way deficient or inferior to others of that period. His arguments in regards to the origin and meaning of the term "[[Pickers]]", for example, are not so unreasonable when one takes into consideration what was found at the Torst excavation. Granted, he was not an expert in the field, but then he never claimed he was.

These attacks on him were at first few and rather timid and came off as exactly what they were, the mutterings of envious malcontents more interested in deriding Pricludious than engaging in any kind of meaningful search for accurate historisity. But although they were snide and condescending, Pricludious chose to treat the criticisms in the most polite manner possible or, in the worst cases, to just ignore them. He never responded with attacks of his own - surely a sign of his superior moral character if there ever was one. But the attacks did not go away, and in fact, they got worse. On the occasion of a particularly raucous Moonbeam Meeting of the [[Cranee Historical Society]], Pricludious was the victim of a terrible breach of civility. On that night, not only were his efforts as an historian ridiculed with beligerent glee, but his personal character was publicly slandered.

This kind of insult could not be ignored but, as a practitioner of Luhddism, he refused to lower himself to the level of his attackers and so responded by sending out public notices of the slurs being made against him, along with the negative appraisals of his historical researches, reasoned arguments that refuted those appraisals, a dissertation on the proper role and nature of criticism as part of the dialogue of scientific inquiry, and a personal pledge that his pursuit of the truth - be it mathematical, philosophical or historical - would always be honest, forthright and fully open to cross-examination from his peers, and never would he taint that pursuit with personal enmities or agendas.

For a while this seemed to silence, or at least mute, his detractors. But when, in -48 [[EC]], a swirl of controversy rose up around him over alleged indiscretions and profligate wassailing with certain ex-members of the [[Cranee Historical Society]], he decided that he'd had enough. Packing up his bags he announced that he was going on an extended holiday and left for the [[Dagger Seas]].

==The Quiet Years==

With comfortable financial resources at his disposal, Pricludious set about on a grand exploration of Ghyll. His life up till then had been spent within the great urban centers of society and their surrounding country. But now he looked toward the rest of Ghyll and for the next 30 years traveled extensively up and down the little trodden places of the world.

In time he came to the [[Sarfelogian Mountains]] and in a quiet, willow strewn valley there entered the village of Thopth. He had been casually aware of the existence of the place but had never given it much thought as it was far too difficult to reach on a regular journey and was, after all, just one of the many unvisited, uncouth, unmodern villages that dotted the slopes and valleys and river windings of the great northern mountainways.

What he found there though completely changed his mind about the place. Which is not to say that it wasn't unvisited, it was. And as for its couthness, well, the village women would hardly make good candidates for the [[Paramount Queen]]. And it was most definitely unmodern, still using smudge pots for night-time illumination and mercurial ducting in their public plumbing system. But, for all its archaic and provincial quaintness, Thopth was also undisputably a thriving center of scientific curiousity and exploration.

At the heart of the community is the M.Collegium, also known as the [[Collegium Civitas]]. It is a small institution and has few of the facilities and none of the luxuries of our modern academic institutions. But its faculty is most learned and wise, and the student body eagerly delves into knowledge both known and unknown. If anyone there is aware of the vast limitations of their backward academy, they don't seem to care very much about it. And indeed, in some respects, the Collegium is arguably superior to the universities of southern Ghyll. The departments of biotoxicology (the study of living things) and taxidermatology (the study of dead things) are amazingly impressive, both in the sheer depth of the knowledge they've accumulated and in the incredible breadth of the collections they've amassed. Pricludious reported seeing stuff there that would make faculty members of [[Bute University]] or the Thoorbone Academy drool with envy. The school's library is a maze (quite literally) of shelves and books and half-hidden recesses and, though unfortunately lacking in many modern texts, has a wealth of ancient, near-ancient, and pre-ancient manuscripts that most scholars had long ago assumed lost to the depradations of time, neglect and incompetent librarians.

Pricludious was amazed at what he'd found in the little town and settled down there for an extended stay. He became close friends with a Petr Hof, an historian at the [[Collegium Civitas|Collegium]]. He wiled away many a damp evening with Pfillip Vinekraft, curator of the Nite Gallery, one of Thopth's many purveyors of Sarfelogian artworks, clayfingerings, and [[Burnflies|burnfly]] ornaments. And, of course, he spent much of his time mixing it up with the faculty of the Collegium's mathematics department.

It was here that he learned of the Theory of Number Folding. This was a radical concept that seemed to counterdict many of the tenets of Normal Math and at first Pricludious was quite dubious of its merit. But in short order he found that it was quite sound; crude yes, but sound none the less. And then, to his amazement and shock, he learned that the theory did not originate with the mathematicians of Thopth but had been formulated by a professor at [[Bute University]]. Pricludious had pored over every mathematical concept, theorem, and formula the Bute mathematics department had on record, and yet this theory was completely unknown to him. It was explained that the mathematics department had quickly discredited the theory and then quietly suppressed all knowledge of it. The theory's author went into early retirement. This had all happened over 50 years earlier. Pricludious was incensed by this discovery as it was a clear violation of intellectual tolerance. No theory, however wrong-headed or avante-garde should ever be suppressed from the public record. And of all institutions it was the most scandalous to Pricludious that Bute, which was founded on the ideas of intellectual tolerance and free thinking, should be the institution guilty of such behavior.

This revelation created a rift between Pricludious and his beloved alma mater that would never heal. And upon his return to his native region of Ghyll, he would become a major critic of such censorship practices and those people who practiced them.

While Pricludious' stay at Thopth was a relatively long one, he was soon off on his travels once again. He and a small entourage set out upon a meandering path, straying here and there, following no discernable pattern and covering wide areas and distances. But although we have come to know something of the events and happenings of this period of his life through public statements made by Pricludious, as well as from a portion of the many private letters and still-preserved correspondence that date from this time, most of what he saw and heard and did still remains a blank page for us to this day.

But it is clear from what we do know that, during the 30 years that Pricludious spent traveling the mountains and dells and meadowlands of unfrequented and unexplored Ghyll, he found many a fascinating discovery and made many a surprising observation. For instance, in one letter he sent to his sister, he mentioned an unexpected meeting with a strange race of foreigners near a particularly cold and deep glacial lake; the encounter seemed to trouble Pricludious but unfortunately he was very vague about the details. In another, it was said that he came across an ancient ruin of strange design that had peculiar similiarities with certain modern constructions like the headquarters of the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]], the building known as The Cake, but as that letter has never been presented for public scrutiny we cannot be sure of the veracity of the account. While exactly where these and other such incidents took place is uncertain beyond a general idea of under there or over here, in some instances we do have more than just a vague conjecture as to his whereabouts. We know for a fact, as an example, that he made at least one trip to the [[cactus forests]].

Still, the lack of a detailed record of Pricludious's journeys, along with the withholding of the bulk of his correspondence and private ruminations from his journals, is a regretable loss, not only to students of Pricludious but to the general well being of scholarship at large; one hopes it will some day be rectified.

==The Loud Year==

It was in the spring of -18 [[EC]] that he finally returned from his long 'holiday'. Although he had kept in sporadic contact with a few close family members and intimate friends, most folks had no idea what he had been up to. And after nearly 30 years away, many people were excited and eager to hear from him. He didn't keep them waiting for long.

In the fall of that year, he published "'''Mathematical Origami - Intersecting Lines that Never Touch Each Other (Except When You're Not Looking)'''", his bold and challenging examination of the Theory of Number Folding. It immediately created a fantastic stir. Anti-Pricludian propaganda had been simmering off and on since he'd left on his travels, but now it exploded like a shattering bottle of [[Ball Lightning Liqueur]]. And this time it wasn't just a handful of envious sub-standard scholars that were attacking him; rising up against him was the united might of Ghyllian academia. For in addition to explaining the theory itself, Pricludious used the work to expose the anti-tolerant sins of [[Bute University]] and castigate the leadership of the school for allowing such crimes against scholarship to take place. (Pricludious was not only referring to the suppression of the Number Folding theory but also other instances of censorship that he had uncovered.) The academic establishment wasted no time in condemning both the author and the book as irrelevant, incompetent and in-error. Mathematicians, theoriticians, counting-assistants, department chairs, assistant deans, and university chancellors all jostled within the public arena to vituperate against Pricludious loudly and often. Even the [[Brothers of the Lantern]] entered into the fray, accusing him of intellectual moribundity.

But this time Pricludious was ready for such a fight. Having shuffled off his unequivocal acceptance of Ludhhism, (although still remaining a man of great self-restraint, decorum and cordiality), Pricludious stood up to the onslaught of criticism, diatribes and outright slander being thrown at him by throwing it right back. Jumping into the public arena with both feet, Pricludious embarked on a passionate public awareness campaign.

The major publishing houses and upstream media peddlars were of course now closed to him - they were all either run by the academic institutions he was criticizing or by the graduates, friends of, and former employees of those academic institutions. (If nothing else, this ugly page in history has shown all of us how insidious and incestuous the relationships between the educational establishment, the media, and the rich and powerful really are.)

But smaller presses jumped at the chance to side with Pricludious (or at least to use him to increase their market visibility and sales.) And, while major townships refused to grant him access to their public venues as part of his Free-Think Tour, smaller hamlets were eager for him to speak in their towns (once they saw the kinds of crowds he was attracting).

Without a doubt, the two most influential establishments that enabled Pricludious to give his side of the story to the public-at-large were [[Quester and Phorrus]] (QP) and the [[Iganefta Recorder]]. QP has always thrived on controversy and so it should come as no surprise that they opened up their presses to him. And as for the Iganefta Recorder, its editor-in-chief Ralfi Porrije was a staunch defender of free speech and he enthusiastically sold copies of his paper by regularly featuring hard-hitting reports detailing the charges, counter-charges and general hullaballoo of the "Pricludious Protest" (a term Ralfi coined himself). And I feel it necessary to add here that any claims that Pricludious' friendship with certain members of the [[Grommies|Grommie Family]] was what assured him a supportive voice in the pages of the Recorder are absolute poppycock and should be dismissed out of hand, although it must be admitted that it didn't hurt any.

For one year the furor waxed, waned and then waxed again and then it all just suddenly stopped. Just like that. There have been many speculations as to the cause of the abrupt and still unexplained cessation, among them - the escalating costs of media warfare, rising uneasiness over [[Bute University|Bute's]] indiscriminate use of character assassins, the realization that the academicians were losing the battle of public opinion, and even the idea that Pricludious simply grew tired of it all (especially after the [[NeoAlezanians]] got involved). But the consensus belief is that the effort to de-legitimize Pricludious as a serious voice of scholarship and a respectable contributor to issues of public debate never actually stopped at all. The chancellorship of Bute University and its allies simply decided to change their tactics, moving from a strategy of overt confrontation to one of covert insinuation. Instead of denying his charges, they simply ignored them. Instead of vilifying him they actually hailed him as a champion of straight-thinking, honoring him with the coveted Most Logically Dressed Scholar award in -16 [[EC]].

(This concept of deliberative ignorism should be familiar to us as it has been used more than once, most famously to halt the spread of the [[doggerel plague]], and of course in the on-going [[Conflict That Is Not Happening]], although you didn't hear it from me.)

To the public-at-large of course, it seemed that the conflict had been resolved, that the charges against academia had been dealt with, and that Pricludious was once more in its good graces and vice-versa. This impression was further strengthened by the fact that Pricludious cut short his tour at the exact same time and receded from direct contact with all but a close circle of family, friends and supporters.

But nothing could be further from the truth. Nothing had actually been resolved, and Pricludious was most certainly not welcomed back into the academic fold. It is no secret that since that time all of Pricludious' work has been carefully segregated and systematically re-appraised for its "educationalist virtues". The result is that everything he had achieved before he took his "holiday" has been for the most part embraced as marvelous and important examples of straight-thinking, but everything he has brought to light since returning from his "holiday" is either ignored or belittled as embarrassing products of crooked-thinking. Thus the origin of the popular term "post-holiday blues" as a euphemism for being unfairly ostracized by one's peers and/or suffering from swelling feet from too much traveling.

This subversive anti-Pricludian revisionist bias continues to this day, and is practiced even by some contributors to this Encyclopedia if I may offer a frank observation.

==The Muted Years==

With the sudden and near total outbreak of non-confrontation from the educational establishment over Pricludious' charges of intellectual despotism, the scandal disappeared from the forefront of every day conversation. This seemed to be just fine with Pricludious as he ended his Free-Think Tour at the same time. Perhaps he felt it was best to fight fire with fire. But, although his public presence was greatly curtailed, he certainly did not fade away into oblivion or retire to [[Iganefta-on-the-Sea]] never to be heard from again.

His cutting edge treatise on Number Folding Theory, "Mathematical Origami", was slowly but surely gaining a circle of enthusiastic and devoted followers. He would collaborate with these scholars over the course of his remaining years and, in -3 [[EC]], he published "Abnormal Math - Its Queer and Its Here", the only follow-up to "Mathematical Origami". The term 'abnormal math' was coined in "Mathematical Origami" as a way to clearly show that Number Folding Theory and the paradigm shift in mathematical thinking it represented was not a refutation of the principals of Normal Math (as was the primary charge against Pricludious by the other mathematicians), but was rather an extension of and an addition to Normal Math. As we all know, 'ab' means 'to add' or 'in addition to' in the written form of Way Early Inconcise Ghyllian. And "Abnormal Math" certainly lived up to its name, offering proofs to many of the hypothetical speculations of the first volume and opening up even more areas of speculative mathematics for the brave academician to pursue.

Pricludious also continued working in the philosophical and historical fields. His trips throughout Ghyll during his 30 year holiday had put him into contact with much folklore previously either barely remembered or completely unknown. He wrote extensively on the myths and historical records (both oral and written) of the Sarfelogian peoples and other marginalized social groups.

Within the pages of [[Quester and Phorrus]] he authored a series of monograms based on the fascinating lorecache he had unearthed from a score of nearly deserted derelict villages and their antiquated [[loremasters]]. The primary subject of the lore were tales and myths involving non-Ghyllian and sorta-Ghyllian races; creatures who's legendry could be traced back to the mists of modern Ghyllian civilization and beyond. Of particular interest to Pricludious were the [[Chitinous Foo]], a frightening and blood-thirsty race of under-sized creatures that hid just beneath the surface of our placid, unsuspecting world. His descriptions of these creatures and retelling of their supposed activities was so terrifying that many mothering-groups demanded that those issues of QP be sealed in plastic bags and their sale be forbidden to minors.

He wrote various philosophical treatises on the odd religiotropic cults that exist in the upper-peaks of the [[Sarfelogian Mountains|Sarfelogian Mountain Range]] (areas frequented by communities even more isolated than in middle or lower Sarfelogia) and also published his notes on the beliefs and practices of those small in-bred family-clans of fishers and sand snorklers that can be found on the less desirable edges of the [[Dagger Seas]]. His observations and subsequent comparisons with our own belief systems were surprising and, of course, quite controversial.

He even dabbled in poetry, his most subtle and moving effort being "Hummusculous". Done in a highly stylized form of duo-phonetic trimetrical verse, the poem focuses on the nature and true origins of golems. This work is filled with mystical and philosophical extrapolations. Many of its references are enigmatical, especially those dealing with the "sulphuric mercurity" and the oft repeated phrase, "the kvetching of the kwills". The esteemed poet laureate and literary historian, Joash Lokmire, has suggested that Pricludious drew inspiration from works unknown to us that he'd found at the [[Collegium Civitas|Collegium]] library in Thopth. But until someone actually travels to that quaint, willow strewn hamlet, the truth of the matter will remain unresolved. Regardless of the origins of the poem, it is well known that in his later years Pricludious had become fascinated with the origin of golems and had in fact begun an in-depth historical study of golems and early [[mechanaut]]s, but unfortunately this work was interrupted by his tragic death.

The time, energy, and effort that Pricludious invested in his academic work is obvious based on the impeccable quality and prodigious output of his publications. But even so, he still found time to go out into the field.

His visit to and examination of the [[klokwerx]] in Stonemouth is one such example. His theory about the correlation between the outer-geometry and the inner-geomancy of the construct is utterly fascinating and eminently deserving of further study and development. Pricludious himself is said to have been busy with a more in-depth examination of the inner-workings of the klokwerx at the time of his death, and some have reported that through his calculations he discovered a most intriguing fact, that the klokwerx was generating far more power than the Rump Towers was actually using. This of course begs the question, just where is all that extra power going to? But alas almost all of his papers were found completely destroyed in the ruins of his beloved study at the time of his demise. (The [[Rump Family]] refuses to comment on this question and instead point to Pricludious' friendship with the [[Grommies|House Grommie]]. But any suggestion that he was put up by the Grommie Family to create some kind of trumped up charge against the House Rump is absolute nonsense.)

==The End==

Pricludious died on -1/1/1 [[EC]], this much we know for a fact. He died from shock and loss of blood, this also is a fact. As for the rest of it... well, perhaps I should just relate to you a summary from the official report of the Sejfeld Constabulary.

Shortly after 23, a very distraught Mrs. Bagouville, Pricludious' housekeeper, came rushing into the constabulary station. After much effort, the constables on station deduced from her ravings that her master, Pricludious, was locked in his study. But he was not alone. Of that she was certain. Mrs. Bagouville reported that she was suddenly alarmed by the sound of crashings and tearings and loud shoutings (but in her nervous state was never able to absolutely identify the nature of those crashings, tearings and shoutings). Rushing upstairs, she attempted to open the study but found it securely locked. Calling out her master's name and banging on the door failed to garner any kind of response as well. And then all of the sound stopped and Mrs. Bagouville felt an odd tinging in her ears and the door seemed to bulge inward. And then Pricludious cried out, and this time the housekeeper did understand his words. They meant nothing to her but the tone of his voice sent chills down her spine. So she ran to fetch the constables.

When the authorities arrived at his house they found nothing amiss, until they came to the study. It was still locked and when they called out to Pricludious they got nothing in reply. So they broke the door down. What they found inside was shocking. The room was a shambles. Papers and books were strewn everywhere, torn and ripped apart. There was the smell of something thick but undefinable in the air. And lying in a corner of the room was Pricludious. His body was also torn and ripped. Strangely though, there was no blood anywhere. And the look on his face was one of pure terror. Clutched in his hand was a blank sheet of parchment covered in spilled ink. In the middle of it was the print of a tiny, malformed foot. Obviously he had been drawing something at the time of his death but if it held a clue as to the identity of his attackers, well, its significance is still unknown to this day. But it was clear from all the available evidence that Pricludious had been attacked and that his attackers had been a particularly vicious lot.

The strangeness and sheer awfulness of his death, and the fact that it is still unsolved, have of course given rise to much speculation. Most of it is pure rubbish, but as a chronicler of the full history of this great man I feel it necessary to add some of it here for the sake of completeness.

* Many people question just what exactly it was he was working on that night. His papers were too much destroyed to be reconstituted so we'll never actually know. Was that the motive behind his murder, to destroy what he knew before he could publish it? But what kind of knowledge could possibly incite murder?

* How did his attackers enter his study without being seen by Mrs. Bagouville? And how did they escape before the constables arrived? For when the constables entered the room, they found every point of exit securely locked from the inside.

* Pricludious died from blood loss. But there was no blood in the study. Where did it go?

* Since that night, Mrs. Bagouville has claimed that some of the noises she heard were the tiny pitter-patter of stealthy feet. If this is true, might the ink drawing of the tiny foot be more than just a drawing? Many have suggested exactly this and point to Pricludious' descriptions of the [[Chitinous Foo]]. Not only do they have small feet but they're infamous for sucking the blood of their victims. (Claims that, before his death, Pricludious professed to believe that these creatures were real and that they were after him are completely absurd and should be utterly discounted by anyone with half a brain.)

* What was that barely audible tingling, and the inward distortion of the study door? Some dimensionologists have wondered if perhaps Pricludious had made a breakthrough in Abnormal Math and actually managed to open up a portal to Ghul, the hypothetical mirror-counterpart of Ghyll.

* Other people connect the tingling and distortion with the odd array of [[Qulirian Energy Converter]]s that Pricludious had installed onto his home. Certainly many people don't find it unreasonable to ask, why did he have so many, and was there a purpose behind their unusual arrangement? And did they really spark and glow intermittently on the night of his death?

* A persistent rumor claims that a messenger came to Pricludious three days before his impending demise. This messenger had come from the [[Andelphracian River Valley]], or so it is said. But what was the message? And what was the reply?

* There was at least one report of strange, thin-carapaced foreigners lurking in the street near Pricludious' home. Were they the murderers? If so, who are they, and why didn't the constabulary follow up on the report? Is there a cover-up going on?

* Some nearby neighbors claimed to have heard a strange, bird-like music near the time of Pricludious' murder. Was it really music at all or, as a few contributors to [[Aliens Everywhere]] have proposed, could it have been the fabled kvetching of the kwills?

* And finally I submit this speculation. Pricludious' final words were, "The hour of doom is upon us all! Oh Mother of Sargewold, protect me!" The similarity to the infamous phrase translated from the [[Djiknax Creation Manuscripts]] is undeniable. And yet, Pricludious' utterance is also strikingly different in tone and wording, suggesting an peculiarly unique understanding of the meaning behind those inscrutable words. Obviously, they must have held great import to the man, since they were the last thing he was heard to say before his death. But what that import was, and what its import might be to the rest of us, is impossible to say. Unfortunately, there are many who don't let that stop them from saying a lot of things about it anyway.

The investigation into his death is still officially open, but as time passes by it seems less and less likely that the evil doers will ever be caught. And this is doubly a tragedy, for not only did they commit murder, but the man they murdered was one of the finest scholars our world has ever known.

==A Short List of Major Achievements==

* The summation of the tenets, formulae and proofs of Normal Math in his book, "This Is Reality, And I Can Prove It".

* The summation of the rudimentary parameters and underlying theorems of Abnormal Math in his book, "Mathematical Origami".

* Inspired the creation of the field of dimensionology - a quantifiable sub-set of Abnormal Math. It posits the existence of a mirror-Ghyll (referred to as Ghul). While Normal Math dictates that the physical world is made up of 6 dimensions, Abnormal Math speculates that it is made up of 11. The normal five dimensions of height, width, depth, time and color are folded over and doubled, while the sixth dimension, sound, acts as a neutral medium that flows in, around and between the two physically opposite but dimensionally connected discrete phenomonological five-dimension units of concretaity. In simple terms, this means that there is an identical but completely opposite version of Ghyll that sits in the exact same spot as our Ghyll but lying along an opposite axis (eg. our up is their down, our in is their out, our red is their raspberry, etc.) If Ghul actually exists, many scholars believe that it would explain certain anomalous meteorological events, mythological phenomenon, and semi-recurring sub-dermal inversions that have been a part of our world since time immemorial. And, if nothing else, the experts suggest that all those strange noises you hear late at night when you're trying to fall asleep but that have no sensible explanation, well, they just might be leaking over from Ghul.

* Popularization of math among the general public, exemplified by the hugely successful lumix, "Amazing Mathist".

* Cultural Legacies include the oft quoted phrase, "Post-holiday blues", and the advertising slogan, "Stop the lies - buy Pleshhorst Pies!" Initially used during the Free-Think Tour, this slogan is so popular that Plesshorst Bakeries uses it to this day.

'''Citations''': [[Bute University]], [[Chitinous Foo]], [[Rump Family]].

--[[User:Dodaka II|Dodaka II]] 02:33, 8 Sep 2005 (EDT)

[[Category:People]]

Ghyll:Supranatural luminescence meter

2005-10-06T13:00:10Z

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The '''supranatural luminescence meter''' was invented by the remarkable [[Wilhelmina Corinne Bardway]] in -100 [[EC]]. Bardway was born in -284 [[EC]] and was trained as an artist. In -260 [[EC]], she found herself appointed to the position of Court Portraitist in the Court of [[Odgar IV]]. Although she was a gifted [[luminous manuscript|lumicist]], she began experimenting in alternative techniques to incorporate spectral luminescences into lumic works.

With a generous travel endowment from [[Odgar IV]], the young [[Wilhelmina Corinne Bardway|Miss Bardway]] began traveling into the [[Jorvyll]] and the [[Sarfelogian Mountains]] in order to study supernatural and supranatural luminescences, and to attempt to gather supernatural and supranatural pigments. She was on her fifth expedition in -241 [[EC]] when she disappeared and was presumed dead. Although the exact nature of what happened to her remains unexplained, she presumably crossed a nexus of [[orthogonalities]] in such a way as to either slow the passage of time, or else she crossed into an [[orthogonality]] where time travels at a much slower rate than normal. In any case, she remained lost and presumed dead for 123 years. The entire [[Carsokian]] clan was both shocked and overjoyed when Wilhelmina reappeared in -118 [[EC]].

Within a few years after her return, [[Wilhelmina Corinne Bardway]] resumed her examinations of supernatural and supranatural luminescence. She found that her Memories began to pervade tools that she used regularly. Whether this was due to her unusual experience across [[orthogonalities]] or whether it was related to the old, broken [[Ghoulwood viola|viola]] she had brought back from her travels or the fact that now two of her [[Dendel's Stripes]] were luminescent, the transferrence happened repeatedly. A pencil she used to write notes in her journal was discovered to be writing short stories on its own at night. A number of mirrors about the house that had reflected her image became [[untimed]], and began reflecting images of the past. The dice in the family's ''uevgliiwm'' set became so attenuated to her that they would always fall exactly as she desired, and no one would play the game with her anymore.

The supranatural luminescence meter was developed after [[Wilhelmina Corinne Bardway|Bardway]] discovered that a splinter of [[Ghoulwood viola|ghoulwood]] sitting on top of a mirror registered changes when the nearby level of supranatural luminescence increased. She quickly developed a mechanism that would take advantage of these particular properties and provide a reading. Supranatural luminescence meters are now calibrated to what is referred to as the Bardway scale.

Research by Doctor Mary Jane Shrigure in the -60s [[EC]] tried to use supranatural luminescence meters to determine altitude in a cartographic expedition into the [[Sarfelogian Mountains]]. Though mostly unsuccessful, as an inadvertent discovery from her research, she was able to begin to identify the course of the [[Shrigure Gradient]] based on her measurements. [[Rancticirchiretic]] was more successful in developing methods of locating strong points of [[orthogonality]] boundaries with the use of supranatural luminescence meters in the -40s [[EC]]. Still, to this day, the nature of supranatural luminescence is poorly understood, and the full potential of the ability to measure this phenomenon has yet to be realized.

'''Citations''': [[Ghoulwood viola]], [[Untimed]], [[Wilhelmina Corinne Bardway]].

--[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]] 10:49, 30 Sep 2005 (EDT)

[[Category:Inventions]]

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I am indebted to [[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] for his contributions regarding the process of ghostwriting. --[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]] 10:49, 30 Sep 2005 (EDT)

Ghyll:Ponce Gardening

2005-10-06T12:59:03Z

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'''Ponce''' (pronounced poansee) '''Gardening''' is a rather obtuse hobby as it is neither a true form of gardening nor does it revolve around the nonexistent "ponce." Rather, Ponce Gardening is an activity of gathering thingies from the sea. The term "ponce" is a degenerative of the additive Poen and Sea. Where is the Poen Sea, you ask? In the same spot as the [[Dagger Seas]]. You see, the Poen is another name of the Dagger, one used almost exclusively by the peoples of Trighonomehntri (more on this below).

Though Ponce Gardening is most commonly known as a study of [[Speedish Chefs|Speedish Chefery]], this "knowledge" is one found mainly amongst those of the larger towns and cities; the folk of the numerous townships, hamlets, villages, and weinerschnitzles either have never heard of Ponce Gardening or think of it as something of which dirt farmers partake (or the rich & famous). It is the people of [[Iganefta]] and [[Iganefta-on-the-Sea]] who have the most knowledge and practice of it, indeed, in these two urbanesque areas the fame of the Iganefta Speedish Institute is most highly regarded. And it is common knowledge that the arte of Speedish Chefery is conveyed through years of rigorous study and practice involving such things as ''Archaic Languages'', ''Half-Remembered Tables'', ''Oft-Forgotten Measures'' and, of course, ''Ponce Gardening''.

==History==

<blockquote>''Oh Poen Mar, mi Poen Sea,'' --''vhere nicht your lone tee'' --''dist Stiffle bee great'' --''but th' wavens be mightee'' --''th' wallens vere great'' --''but th' wavens be angree''<p align="right">--Shepenor song about a tidal wave off the Poen Sea, circa -290 [[EC]]</p></blockquote>

Though the ancient history of the [[Dagger Seas|Daggers]] is fraught with battle, commerce and surfing, its recent history is much less entertaining. "Recent History" is said to begin in the decades which saw the mainland entwined in the huffing and puffing which led to the [[Conflict That Is Not Happening]] (reckoned to have been between -450 [[EC]] and -275 [[EC]] depending on which historian you ask). During this time, life along the coasts experienced a much-enjoyed sigh of relief in relation to what was happening in places such as [[Folktown]].

To know the history of Ponce Gardening one must know the history of the hamlets No, Gno, and Kno. Though the time of the settling of these tiny habitations is unknown, their placement ''is'' known (though not much cared about by most folks but for the residents themselves). These three villages lie some thirteen [[lele]]s north of [[Shepenor]] (following the coastline) and sit midway along the tooth that bites into the Tertius and Segundus. Far from the northern side, the hamlets huddle on the southern edge of the tooth and dig deep into the watery silt of the Tertius.

These three hamlets are so close in distance from each other that long ago they came to be ruled by one and the same: the Contessi l’Kyrch. The first Contessi l’Kyrch was the woman named Quizzette and she not only united these three villages and created a unified defense against such threats as the ''Empire of the Guys who Set Out to Explore Exotic Places but generally just Kill and Enslave Everybody when They get There'', but she also unified the spiritual belief of all the inhabitants. The Faith of the Contessi, and consequently of the People. is the Faith of Rithmatetics, and the Faith is led by the Contessi whose very title means "the one who counts." In uniting these three habitations, a later Contessi came to call her domain Trighonomehntritaticianomen. Over time this name, which means something like "the three places with many good things to count", was shortened to simply Trighonomehntri.

It was during the time of Contessi l’Kyrch Wangeline in roughly -331 [[EC]] (if the oral tradition of Trighonomehntri is to be trusted) that the people began collecting, counting, and sorting thingies from the sea. Mind you, people here and people there had been doing this (more than likely) for eons, but what this leader accomplished was something far greater than creating a structured hobby – she formed a community event with numerological consequence!

The Faith of Rithmatetics is based on numbers and on the practice of numbers. They teach that insanity is based on numberlessness and that pinketites and perkofiles are a result of not being able to count beyond the number two. Obviously with their own sanity at stake, the peoples of Trighonomehntri took to collecting thingies and sharing them and dividing them and (some) even stealing them! This stealing caused a great moral confusion among the faithful until Contessi Omara explained the usefulness of "forced sharing" and the foolishness of "not protecting your most holy things." Over time, this religious practice became known as Gardening the Poen Sea and this became corrupted into the Ponce Gardening we know today, but it did take time, as well as the jealousy of a township.

In -260 [[EC]], Thungerbarg saw the coming of those from [[Iganefta]]. Without going into the story of the creation of [[Iganefta-on-the-Sea]], we must say that by -247 [[EC]] Poen Sea Gardening was taking place there. We must also say that within 30 years the men and women who had learned to "garden the Poen Sea" from the Rithmateticites up north had ceased to use the name Poen as the name of the sea and had begun using the word Ponce as a pejorative.

<blockquote>''Dager Martie ser Poen Sea; gathring tingees by th’ wavens ist such goot tresure. Nort issen countettes of mind crazee; we justly see Poen nicht but Dager iyes – solo let us namen true title – Dager Sea: mit Martie aund Firstus, Sekondus, Tirdus''<p align="right">--Thungerbarg proclamation entitling the nearby Sea as the "Dagger", circa -232 [[EC]]</p></blockquote>

==Today==

Ponce Gardening is all about gathering, gathering thingies, gathering thingies that come from out of the sea. Ponce Gardening is all about numbers, collections, additions, multiplications, subtractions and divisions, it is all about the rithmatic. It all occurs along and within the Gulf and the [[Dagger Seas|Daggers]] which flow into it. Because of the [[mechanaut]]-powered [[ironclads]] which prowl the waters looking for fish, minerals and crawlies, most practitioners of Ponce Gardening travel to the out-of-the-way places along the coast. Because of the difficulty of such ventures, many ponce gardeners have created their own [[Sea fairs|sea fairs]], though none admit of cavorting with [[Darkships|darkshipmen]]. Though the ecology of the waters, once home to a multitude of sea spiders, sea cucumbers, and sea saws, has been collapsing for the last hundred years or so, there still remain some gems of the sea. It is the vocation of the Ponce Gardener to find these gems, to collect them, bring them home and make mathematical arrangments for all to enjoy. Yes, the Ponce Gardener is yet one more cause to the degradation of the original ecosystem of the Daggers, but this here Scholar says: out with the old, in with the new!

'''Citations''': [[Dagger Seas]], [[Ironclads]], [[Sea fairs]].

--[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]] 23:47, 8 Sep 2005 (EDT)

[[Category:Activities]]

Ghyll:Recollectiball

2005-10-06T12:58:26Z

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A '''recollectiball''' is a device for recording sound for later playback. They were invented by [[Phylostarus]] around -195 [[EC]] in his studies on the intestinal workings of [[pachyderm]]s. Phylostarus figured that if you could get a pachyderm to retain more food, said pachyderm could courier packages much further over inhospitable terrains.

[[Phylostarus]] had been given a broken kettle by his wife for his birthday, and was determined to put it to good use. He therefore haphazardly fashioned it into the world's first ever recollectiball, and inserted it thoroughly into the rectum of his wife's pet [[pachyderm]], Dullford. (His wife, upon seeing this act, divorced him for the fifth time. They remarried for the sixth time the following spring.) Through the research of which this was a part, we now understand very precisely the workings of a pachyderm's digestive system. (Some of the recordings of the understandably surprised Dullford's stomach are on display in the Audio Section of the [[Odlucian Library]].)

The recording duration of recollectiballs is indefinite, possibly infinite. The original method through which [[Phylostarus]] achieved this is quite ingenious. He changed the function of the broken kettle from "boil water" to "stop recording", and then hooked up an internal optical device so that the recollectiball is constantly watching itself. Coupled with the old adage "a watched kettle never boils", and substituting the new function, he arrived at "a watched recollectiball never stops recording". And so they don't.

In -68 [[EC]], recollectiballs were, somewhat surprisingly, found to grow freely as the fruit of a plant native to the Tíâgrídíg Valleys, west of the little northern village of [[Dŵplat]]. This is only the second known instance of a technological invention occurring also as a natural phenomenon, the other being [[Banter Scarves]]. Due to the continued relative inaccessibility of the Tíâgrídíg Valleys, the Recollectiball plant (the singleton member of the genus Stop-Recording-Me-I-Don't-Like-The-Sound-Of-My-Own-Voice) has not so far put commercial recollectiball producers out of business.

Recollectiballs are banned from most schools, inns, and orgies because of the possibility of misuse. The oldest party trick of all is to record a werewolf noise onto a recollectiball a few hours into the tape, rewind it, set it to play, and insert it into the anus of someone who is sleeping particularly drunk. If you've ever been woken by the sound of your own ass howling arrrRrorOOoOoOOooo!, you know you've had too much to drink the night before, and that your friends are bastards.

'''Citations''': [[Backwards logic]], [[Banter Scarves]], [[Phylostarus]].

--[[User:Sbp|Sean B. Palmer]] 14:14, 20 Sep 2005 (EDT)

[[Category:Inventions]]

Ghyll:Soft spot

2005-10-06T12:57:55Z

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The '''soft spot''' in a Ghyllian's carapace is the small spot in the back of the skull that never hardens after birth. You can locate your own soft spot by feeling your exoskeleton at the base of your skull where it meets your neck, in the back. There should be a small round area where the skeleton is leathery and flexible, and can be pressed into the head. It is located just under a protruding knob of chiton, recessed into the upper neck area. Although it is technically possible to press this area hard enough to cause brain damage, it is a [[Wive's tale]] that you can kill yourself accidentally by touching the back of your head - it will start to feel excrutiatingly painful before you even begin to get close to your brain, and it requires such a large amount of force to bend the soft spot that far out of shape that many Ghyllians couldn't do it if they tried.

The soft spot is left over from pre- and post-hatched skeletal development, during which the entire exoskeleton is soft and flexible so it can properly grow along with the rapidly changing infant Ghyllian. As soon as the Ghyllian extracts itself from its [[Ghyllian development|egg]], the skeleton begins to harden, although it does not complete this hardening until adulthood is reached. At this point, the soft spot is the only part of the exoskeleton that hasn't hardened besides the joints and abdomen. It is also during this process that [[Dendel's Stripes]] form.

It is uncertain exactly what purpose the soft spot serves. Although during [[Ghyllian development|development in the egg]] Ghyllians are known to grow vestigal antennae out of the backs of their heads like those of [[Burnflies]], these antennae are nearly always lost long before hatching time and the formation of a proper exoskeleton. It is generally accepted that the development of the Ghyllian within the egg is a reenactment of the creation of the first Ghyllian by the [[Creator]], whoever that may be, but whether the soft spot is a part that the [[Creator]] never quite got to finishing or simply the result of a finger stuck in the wrong place is unknown. In any case, those rare Ghyllians born without a soft spot are mentally impeded and often die soon after birth. (Those born with a vestigal rear antennae don't seem to have the same problem, although such occurrences are rare enough that there is far too little data to reach an actual conclusion.)

One definite side-effect of the soft spot is succeptability to [[Retrackets]], in which an [[Ickle]] tunnels its way into the skull of a Ghyllian through the spot. There have also been reported cases of [[Grenfing|grenfers]] and [[Badges|badgers]] getting too close to their subject's soft spot and inadvertedly killing them, although most responsible body-artists won't go anywhere near the area.

Approximately 1 out of every 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 Ghyllians is born with a hole instead of a soft spot, their brain clearly visible from the back of the head and often viciously traumatized by passing dust particles. I'm glad I'm not one of that poor lot, aren't you?

'''Citations''': [[Creator]], [[Ghyllian development]], [[Wive's tale]].

--[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]] 23:30, 29 Sep 2005 (EDT)

[[Category:Other]]

Ghyll:Old hat

2005-10-06T12:57:24Z

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'''Old hat''', the phrase, is used to refer to tasks or events that one is particularly familiar with to the point at which they have become routine. For instance: "I have written and researched 13 articles for this encyclopedia already, so creating new ones has become old hat."

Most people know this. Most people, however, are not familiar with the story behind the phrase.

It began in a small town in the general vicinity of [[Ungerry-Tubers]] called Prollztqx. Prollztqx was known at the time for holding frequent [[suspension]]s due to the fact that mispronunciation of the town's name within its borders was a suspendable offense. To make matters worse, the town was ruled over by [[twin governments]], each with its own ideas on how the name should be said properly. Suspension was an almost daily occurrence. The town's suspension cap, as a result, became very dirty and worn in a very short amount of time. (This was long before sanitation laws prevented the reuse of suspension caps.)

Eventually, people began to grow attatched to the cap, and started affectionately calling it the "Old Hat". It was like a reoccuring character in a [[luminous manuscript|lumic]], or a batty old aunt. Time passed, and it became the official mascot of Prollztqx - a decision that caused a sharp increase in the already high number of [[suspension]]s - and people began to attend the suspendings more frequently, just to see their favorite piece of headgear. The repetitious public suspensions became known as "old hats", and from there the phrase passed into common usage as well-known, routine occasions were compared to the suspensions metaphorically.

Eventually, the original Old Hat crumbled into dust, and was buried with ceremony. The town of Prollztqx, to the great relief of its citizens, was renamed Hat in its honor. "Old hat" as a phrase remained in common usage, and spread from Hat into the nearby vicinity and then to the rest of Ghyll.

'''Citations''': [[Luminous manuscript]], [[Suspension]], [[Twin governments]].

--[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]] 00:06, 3 Sep 2005 (EDT)

[[Category:Other]]

Ghyll:Qestarine miasma

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The entire riparian region along the [[Qestarius River]] is suffering from bad attitude, foul smells, and unpleasantness. Dank fog regularly coats the riverbanks, leaving behind a slimy residue that does not easily wash off. Animals in the region are generally mangy, surly, unpleasant beasts, compared to their fortunate cousins who live in other climes.

This cloud of noxiousness is the '''Qestarine miasma'''. Originally noted in -473 [[EC]], when the river began to exhibit its negative connotations, it grew to a noticeable level in only a few decades. This led to the drastic measure undertaken by [[Lord Glosfordshier]] to plug the river with a filtering dam of [[classified construction]] and prevent it from emptying its negativeness into [[Dagger Seas|Marty]]. While this prevents the pollution of Marty, it seems to serve to increase the intensity of the Qestarine miasma.

The headwaters of the [[Qestarius River]] do not flow solely from the [[Jorvyll]] Mountains, as has been erroneously reported by some. Springs on both sides of the [[Shrigure Gradient]] feed the Qestarius. Although the ''attitude'' of the [[Sarfelogian Mountains]] would seem not to be responsible for the Qestarine miasma, the possibility must be considered that, in some ways, the negative attitude of the [[Sarfelogian Mountains]] is drained away from it, decanting into the [[Qestarius River]] by some unexplained mechanism, which serves to increase the ''attitude'' of the Sarfelogians while negatively affecting the Qestarius. Other regions within the river's watershed may also be responsible for the negativeness found along the Qestarius.

While further research is needed if the Qestarine miasma is going to be overcome, a number of promising leads exist and are only waiting for the actions of the appropriate officials and researchers.

'''Citations''': [[Classified construction]], [[Qestarius River]], [[Shrigure Gradient]].

--[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]] 17:41, 15 Sep 2005 (EDT)

[[Category:Phenomena]]

Ghyll:Oregano Amber

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'''Oregano Amber''' was born on the ninth day of the ninth month in the year -99 [[EC]]. He is the son of Bouk Amber and Elki Hue Vallinger, the third of eight broodlings and the only boy. Though part of the Yall tribe whose core is made up of the [[Undivaggen|Wallinger/Vallinger/Vallian/Yekhoto family bloodlines]], he was not born into the more aristocratic Wallinger House. His mother’s first cousin Regg Wallinger, however, did spend a good deal of time with the boy in his Molting years as Ser Amber had his eye on [[Undivaggen]] and Ser Wallinger had but one frail son (whom he did fear would not last past Second Molting – though this did not prove true). Cousins Oregano and Latvi Reginal were raised almost side-by-side, at least during the extended second summer holiday.

Oregano was born during (so say some) the "ugliest days" of the [[Conflict That Is Not Happening]]. At age three, he was witness to what has since become known as the [[Endlessly Rising Staircase Movement]] (ERSM, though in -96 EC it was called the ''Carzcadet Battyles''). One may wonder how a three year old grub born in [[Folktown]] could be witness to a destruction occurring in the [[Sarfelogian Mountains]], simple: ''his parents brought him there!'' Ser and Seri Amber were fotonaturalists and could not resist the temptation to bring their fotoaparat up into those hills and create a lasting historical record. The expedition, however, was not all sugar and spice. The dyvil within the fotoaparat was unwilling to paint unless fed with rutberries. It took months for the family to trek down out of the mountains, gather enough of the plain-growing fruit, and then trek back up into the hills. Also, once a goodly number of fotos were painted by the minuscule dyvil, this fourth cousin to the [[pyxie]] complained of swollen wrists and harsh working conditions. Before the damnable imp could burst forth in complete and utter proletariate propaganda, the Amber’s packed up shop and returned back to Folktown. The fotoaparat is currently held by Ser Bela Wallinger (grand nephew to Bouk) while the dyvil has long since disappeared. The paintings of the early days of the ERSM are held by Bouk’s daughters and/or their families.

Oregano Amber is known as the guy who originally defined [[gentinality]]. But this denotation was made only after a lifetime of rearing and living and businessing. Whether Oregano was afraid of commitment (as some say) or addicted to it (as say others), this scholar cannot tell. But it is known that Oregano was highly impacted by the women in his life. His mother, Madame Elki Amber (nee Vallinger), was a woman proud of her heritage. She spent her later years berating her cou-, er, ''explaining'' the value of [[Undivaggen]] to her cousin Wallingers, but it would take a later generation to actually act upon her ideas and ideals. Oregano was made the man he came to be, too, by his sisters. Most important to him, as written in his [[memoir]], was his elder sister Aria. Though many have called her a pushy, big-mouthed woman, he wrote of her as his muse. Aria Humm, may she rest in peace, made quite a name for herself when she joined the [[lichtmin]] in -60 [[EC]] and jumped off Pylfrum’s Peak (north of Marsh Gibbon) in the early dawn to surf the waves of light on boards made of phloqk wood. After having her wounds bandaged and her mandibles mended, she spoke of "the jump" as a complete high, better than, well, you know. Oregano wrote of this as a turning point in his own life as well.

Light began to play a large part in his life. Though formal study of light was (and is) controversial, he began observing it to a greater and greater degree. He wrote his observations in numerous notebooks but kept them all to himself for fear of being branded a pervert. Though these notebooks are still not in the public domain, the current holder - Oregano's youngest sister, Miss Alia Amber - has begun to reservedly describe their contents to the more reputable [[AuroAnthropology|aurahanthropologists]] as well as to a few select oronauts (those daredevils, strongmen, and halfwits who ride the heavier-than-air light in boats of phloqk and sails of hempspin). Though most of his oro-fixation was secretive, he did also begin to have business dealings with the southern producers of [[Altoxian Bulb]]s and the northern manufacturers of [[Andelphracian Lights]]. This brought him once again, in -41 [[EC]], into the [[Conflict That Is Not Happening]]. He was nearly killed by unknown assailants in -40 [[EC]], and from that unsavory experience retreated to [[Shepenor]] in -39 [[EC]]. Oregano used his wealth and influence in the rebuilding of the fishing town (destroyed to almost the last shack in -42 [[EC]]).

Oregano did not stay there long enough; rumor has it he complained of strange dreams and the sound of patting feet in all hours of the night. Regardless, he moved in -31 [[EC]]. Only two months later, he was dead. It was a sad day during that rain-swollen winter that Oregano was found floating in a willow-shrouded creek, one of many zigzagging the [[Andelphracian River Valley]]. His death was deemed an "accident" by the authorities, but what part of ''accident'' could explain the presence of a blood-green chicken claw wrapped in chukan skin not even the local constable was able to address.

'''Citations''': [[Andelphracian River Valley]], [[Gentinality]], [[Lichtmin]].

--[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]] 01:29, 28 Aug 2005 (EDT)

[[Category:People]]

Ghyll:Pricludious

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Renowned mathematician, philosopher and historian. Born -89/7/14 [[EC]]. Died -1/1/1 [[EC]].

==Childhood Years==

Born Marik Handr Grivitz in -89 [[EC]] in Sejfeld, '''Pricludious''' was the son of Tobin Grivitz, a prosperous wax farmer. Third in a brood of seven, Pricludious' keen mind and uncanny ability to count past the number 5 made themselves known early on and his parents soon enrolled him in the prestigious Vestampton Children's Academy outside of Cranee. He was hailed a child prodigy when, at the tender age of seven, he proved that 2+2 does not always equal 4 using only a handful of green bindlet blocks and three gummy straws.

While it is well known that most child prodigies fail to ever surpass their early successes and either fade into obscurity or embark on lives of crime, Pricludious beat the odds and went on to an even more distinguished and honored career in his adult years.

==Early Academic Years==

In -78 [[EC]], at the age of 11, he enrolled in and was accepted to [[Bute University]]. It would be here that he took on the nom de plume of Pricludious. While at the University, he amazed his professors and his peers with his voracious appetite for knowledge. (There are also lingering rumors of his voracious appetite for humple cider, but these are unconfirmed and resolutely denied by officials of Bute University. Due to Pricludious' age at the time, this is understandable if the stories are true, but I am of the well founded opinion that these malicious rumors are just another example of the ongoing attempts of third-class scholars and unlearned malcontents to tarnish Pricludious' sterling reputation.)

While still a freshman, he joined the school's senior Rithmetric team, one of only a handful of first year students to have done so. During his tenure on the team, [[Bute University|Bute]] went on to win three inter-divisionable championships and two first-place Gold Star trophies at the quadrannual Numeric Irrationals competition.

Focusing all his mental energies into the study of mathematical theory, dogmatic geometry, and planar structurism, Pricludious absorbed everything the University had to offer, grasping concepts and intricate formulae with an ease that most people were envious of. His theses on such mathematical luminaries as Walshet, Dobrovius, and Ghates are now required reading at the University. But one must not ignore the amount of time, energy and effort he threw into his studies. While he was truly gifted with a marvelously discerning mind, he also worked that mind incredibly hard. After six years, he felt he had learned all there was to learn (a common failing of our young people today, a malady whose fault lies squarely at the feet of the tenure-bound scholarly pedants who fill up our universities, I'm afraid to say) and turned his attention to other subjects.

His mastery of mathematics led quite naturally to an interest in philosophy, and his friendship with members of the Lingers Club (a fraternal student organization) also served to lead him in this direction. Under the tutelage of Professor Kloon ar'Flizzig, he studied the works of Baltizar, Pvlato, Oregithol, and Kooper. From these studies he developed into an enthusiastic adherent of Luhddism, although in his later years he would come to reject that philosophy and instead pursue a course of investigating a wide variety of beliefs and cosmological orientations. During this period of his life, he was an active exponent of the dictums of Luhddism and the Luhddist ideas that were first expounded by Jekkrey of Monmoth. Pricludious contributed much on behalf of Luhddism, publishing a number of philosophical works about it and engaging in public discourses on the subject. These activities in no small part gave rise to his reputation as a sound and learned philosopher who's opinions one could rely on during any kind of transcendental funk. His philosophical acumen was so highly regarded that he was often asked to speak on a variety of subjects and his opinions on such topics as the [[Endlessly Rising Staircase Movement]], the [[Hermeneutics]] of Jan-Vanderschusen, and [[Fefferberry Folklore]] are very well known and still widely discussed today.

==Post-Graduate Years==

In -68 [[EC]], at the age of 21, he petitioned for and received his Diploma of Completion, graduating with advanced degrees in Comprehensive Mathematics, Objective Numerology, Placidic Thought, and Cotemporous Hedology, as well as a minor degree in Theoretical Bushwacking. He was immediately offered the position of Assistant Dean of the Mathematics Department at [[Bute University|Bute]], but he turned it down. After 10 years at the University he wanted to explore new horizons. His treatise on cumulative multiplivision had just been published, to rave reviews, and so he decided to embark on a Ghyll-wide book tour.

Over the next twenty years, he worked on a number of mathematical quandries and philosophical musings as he traveled Ghyll, publishing a variety of books, tracts, and research papers. He gave speeches to an increasing number of women's guilds, accounting clubs, and constructioneering corporations. And he engaged in scientific debates with a variety of scientific debating societies. His annual appearances at [[Shepenor]] (by invitation of the enthusiastic [[rejah]]s) led to the creation of the first ever knowledge convention (originally organized just for mathists, it has grown to encompass many disciplines and fields of inquiry, attracting fan-boys from all corners of Ghyll, and is now known as the Shepenor Summer KnowCon).

These activities propelled Pricludious to the forefront of popular consciousness and, unlike most academics, he was embraced by the masses. A chance encounter with Brin Leedis, publisher of Pink Aelfant Lumix, led to the highly popular "Amazing Mathist" [[luminous manuscript|lumix]] - aimed at children of all ages, it starred the boldly analytical Rejah 5 and his number loving sidekick Junior Adder. Pricludious' ability to popularize what had previously been a rather narrowly-appreciated discipline (most Ghyllians have rare need to count higher than the number five) is one of his greatest accomplishments, although in later years some people would suggest that his very popularity with the "unlearned" was proof that he was not a serious mathematician.

This is a contemptible charge, of course, and stems from sheer jealousy. The published works of Pricludious are masterfully conceived, beautifully written, and presented with an amazingly deep understanding of mathematical science and theory. And even those works aimed at the less educated citizenry are brilliant examples of concise, lucid mathist thinking. To claim that he was some kind of hack or amateurish dabbler is preposterous and insulting and obviously points to some kind of ulterior motive.

If further proof of Pricludious' great mind were needed, one must only look to his fellow scholars. In the years before the petty attacks against his intellectual acumen cropped up, he was heralded as a great scholar, treated with the utmost respect, and celebrated by his colleagues at [[Bute University]] and Ghyll's other fine institutions of learning. He maintained lengthy correspondences with some of the finest minds of Ghyllian scholardom and his knowledge, expertise and assistance were avidly sought after. For example, it is a well known fact that he helped [[Rancticirchiretic]] in developing his theory of [[Orthogonalities]], (although Pricludious never received proper credit for his contributions).

And then there is his masterpiece, the culmination of all his mathematical study and research, which even his most die-hard detractors can in no way overcome. I'm speaking of Pricludious' epic summation of mathematical knowledge, "'''This Is Reality, And I Can Prove It - The Numbers, Equations & Mathtoids that Define Our World'''". Published in -57 [[EC]] by Bute University Press, it was [[Bute University|Bute's]] best selling volume for seven years in a row and still remains a widely read text today, selling a very respectable number of copies annually. Truly an awe inspiring page turner, it is the ultimate critique and distillation of the concepts and proofs of mathematical universality and foundational numericism - a triumph of the rational mind in which Pricludious describes, explains, and proves all of the precepts of what we've come to term, in its comprehensive totality, Normal Math. (Named after Norm Bryforge, a founding member of Bute University, the disciplines of Normal Math are the bedrock of all modern scientific inquiry and understanding.) For those who would question Pricludious' achievements as a mathematician, I simply have to point out that this seminal work has not been superceded even to this day.

In addition to the great respect he enjoyed among his fellow scholars and his popularity among the masses, Pricludious found himself the toast of high society and a highly sought after guest of the rich, famous, and soon-to-be rich and famous. He rubbed shoulders with such notables and exemplaries of the Ghyllian upper-class as the [[Rump Family]], the [[Grommies|Grommie]] Family, the [[Bavarian Creame|Wallingers]], the [[Baron Claude Lloyd Albert Smallwood|Smallwoods]], and of course the [[Quezlar family|Quezlars]]. While his dalliances with the upper-crust were due only to his celebrity status and as such were not for the most part of any lasting or deep significance, he did in fact make fast friendships with a few of these elite citizens; friendships that would continue on throughout his life (although in later years he showed a marked aversion toward both the Wallinger and the Smallwood families.) It is my well researched opinion that the beginning of the enmity against Pricludious began at this time, and was wholly due to the envy other scholars felt over all of the fun he was having. While they were stuck in cramped, poorly heated University dorm rooms poring mindlessly over dull and uninspiring minutia, he was off touring the world, hanging out with the rich and beautiful, and making a nice little basket of cash from all of his best-sellers. But of course, over time, the attacks against him would escalate and his detractors would come to be motivated by more than just petty jealousy.

As his reputation as a mathematician and philosopher waxed during this period, a new interest began to show itself - history. He became active with the [[Cranee Historical Society]]. He took part in archaelogical digs. He attended forums that discussed various historical items of interest. And, since he was already known as a wise and learned scholar, it was only natural that his opinion was consulted on these matters once it was known that he was investigating them.

And it was in this context that a concerted effort was made by certain disaffected scholars to muddy his name. At that time, no one dared assail him on the virtue of his skill as a mathematician and philosopher, but as an historian he became a wide open target. Detractors disparaged his ideas as amateurish fancies. They ridiculed him as an unlearned diletente. And yet, when you look at the record, his ideas and theories are in no way deficient or inferior to others of that period. His arguments in regards to the origin and meaning of the term "[[Pickers]]", for example, are not so unreasonable when one takes into consideration what was found at the Torst excavation. Granted, he was not an expert in the field, but then he never claimed he was.

These attacks on him were at first few and rather timid and came off as exactly what they were, the mutterings of envious malcontents more interested in deriding Pricludious than engaging in any kind of meaningful search for accurate historisity. But although they were snide and condescending, Pricludious chose to treat the criticisms in the most polite manner possible or, in the worst cases, to just ignore them. He never responded with attacks of his own - surely a sign of his superior moral character if there ever was one. But the attacks did not go away, and in fact, they got worse. On the occasion of a particularly raucous Moonbeam Meeting of the [[Cranee Historical Society]], Pricludious was the victim of a terrible breach of civility. On that night, not only were his efforts as an historian ridiculed with beligerent glee, but his personal character was publicly slandered.

This kind of insult could not be ignored but, as a practitioner of Luhddism, he refused to lower himself to the level of his attackers and so responded by sending out public notices of the slurs being made against him, along with the negative appraisals of his historical researches, reasoned arguments that refuted those appraisals, a dissertation on the proper role and nature of criticism as part of the dialogue of scientific inquiry, and a personal pledge that his pursuit of the truth - be it mathematical, philosophical or historical - would always be honest, forthright and fully open to cross-examination from his peers, and never would he taint that pursuit with personal enmities or agendas.

For a while this seemed to silence, or at least mute, his detractors. But when, in -48 [[EC]], a swirl of controversy rose up around him over alleged indiscretions and profligate wassailing with certain ex-members of the [[Cranee Historical Society]], he decided that he'd had enough. Packing up his bags he announced that he was going on an extended holiday and left for the [[Dagger Seas]].

==The Quiet Years==

With comfortable financial resources at his disposal, Pricludious set about on a grand exploration of Ghyll. His life up till then had been spent within the great urban centers of society and their surrounding country. But now he looked toward the rest of Ghyll and for the next 30 years traveled extensively up and down the little trodden places of the world.

In time he came to the [[Sarfelogian Mountains]] and in a quiet, willow strewn valley there entered the village of Thopth. He had been casually aware of the existence of the place but had never given it much thought as it was far too difficult to reach on a regular journey and was, after all, just one of the many unvisited, uncouth, unmodern villages that dotted the slopes and valleys and river windings of the great northern mountainways.

What he found there though completely changed his mind about the place. Which is not to say that it wasn't unvisited, it was. And as for its couthness, well, the village women would hardly make good candidates for the [[Paramount Queen]]. And it was most definitely unmodern, still using smudge pots for night-time illumination and mercurial ducting in their public plumbing system. But, for all its archaic and provincial quaintness, Thopth was also undisputably a thriving center of scientific curiousity and exploration.

At the heart of the community is the M.Collegium, also known as the [[Collegium Civitas]]. It is a small institution and has few of the facilities and none of the luxuries of our modern academic institutions. But its faculty is most learned and wise, and the student body eagerly delves into knowledge both known and unknown. If anyone there is aware of the vast limitations of their backward academy, they don't seem to care very much about it. And indeed, in some respects, the Collegium is arguably superior to the universities of southern Ghyll. The departments of biotoxicology (the study of living things) and taxidermatology (the study of dead things) are amazingly impressive, both in the sheer depth of the knowledge they've accumulated and in the incredible breadth of the collections they've amassed. Pricludious reported seeing stuff there that would make faculty members of [[Bute University]] or the Thoorbone Academy drool with envy. The school's library is a maze (quite literally) of shelves and books and half-hidden recesses and, though unfortunately lacking in many modern texts, has a wealth of ancient, near-ancient, and pre-ancient manuscripts that most scholars had long ago assumed lost to the depradations of time, neglect and incompetent librarians.

Pricludious was amazed at what he'd found in the little town and settled down there for an extended stay. He became close friends with a Petr Hof, an historian at the [[Collegium Civitas|Collegium]]. He wiled away many a damp evening with Pfillip Vinekraft, curator of the Nite Gallery, one of Thopth's many purveyors of Sarfelogian artworks, clayfingerings, and [[Burnflies|burnfly]] ornaments. And, of course, he spent much of his time mixing it up with the faculty of the Collegium's mathematics department.

It was here that he learned of the Theory of Number Folding. This was a radical concept that seemed to counterdict many of the tenets of Normal Math and at first Pricludious was quite dubious of its merit. But in short order he found that it was quite sound; crude yes, but sound none the less. And then, to his amazement and shock, he learned that the theory did not originate with the mathematicians of Thopth but had been formulated by a professor at [[Bute University]]. Pricludious had pored over every mathematical concept, theorem, and formula the Bute mathematics department had on record, and yet this theory was completely unknown to him. It was explained that the mathematics department had quickly discredited the theory and then quietly suppressed all knowledge of it. The theory's author went into early retirement. This had all happened over 50 years earlier. Pricludious was incensed by this discovery as it was a clear violation of intellectual tolerance. No theory, however wrong-headed or avante-garde should ever be suppressed from the public record. And of all institutions it was the most scandalous to Pricludious that Bute, which was founded on the ideas of intellectual tolerance and free thinking, should be the institution guilty of such behavior.

This revelation created a rift between Pricludious and his beloved alma mater that would never heal. And upon his return to his native region of Ghyll, he would become a major critic of such censorship practices and those people who practiced them.

While Pricludious' stay at Thopth was a relatively long one, he was soon off on his travels once again. He and a small entourage set out upon a meandering path, straying here and there, following no discernable pattern and covering wide areas and distances. But although we have come to know something of the events and happenings of this period of his life through public statements made by Pricludious, as well as from a portion of the many private letters and still-preserved correspondence that date from this time, most of what he saw and heard and did still remains a blank page for us to this day.

But it is clear from what we do know that, during the 30 years that Pricludious spent traveling the mountains and dells and meadowlands of unfrequented and unexplored Ghyll, he found many a fascinating discovery and made many a surprising observation. For instance, in one letter he sent to his sister, he mentioned an unexpected meeting with a strange race of foreigners near a particularly cold and deep glacial lake; the encounter seemed to trouble Pricludious but unfortunately he was very vague about the details. In another, it was said that he came across an ancient ruin of strange design that had peculiar similiarities with certain modern constructions like the headquarters of the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]], the building known as The Cake, but as that letter has never been presented for public scrutiny we cannot be sure of the veracity of the account. While exactly where these and other such incidents took place is uncertain beyond a general idea of under there or over here, in some instances we do have more than just a vague conjecture as to his whereabouts. We know for a fact, as an example, that he made at least one trip to the [[cactus forests]].

Still, the lack of a detailed record of Pricludious's journeys, along with the withholding of the bulk of his correspondence and private ruminations from his journals, is a regretable loss, not only to students of Pricludious but to the general well being of scholarship at large; one hopes it will some day be rectified.

==The Loud Year==

It was in the spring of -18 [[EC]] that he finally returned from his long 'holiday'. Although he had kept in sporadic contact with a few close family members and intimate friends, most folks had no idea what he had been up to. And after nearly 30 years away, many people were excited and eager to hear from him. He didn't keep them waiting for long.

In the fall of that year, he published "'''Mathematical Origami - Intersecting Lines that Never Touch Each Other (Except When You're Not Looking)'''", his bold and challenging examination of the Theory of Number Folding. It immediately created a fantastic stir. Anti-Pricludian propaganda had been simmering off and on since he'd left on his travels, but now it exploded like a shattering bottle of [[Ball Lightning Liqueur]]. And this time it wasn't just a handful of envious sub-standard scholars that were attacking him; rising up against him was the united might of Ghyllian academia. For in addition to explaining the theory itself, Pricludious used the work to expose the anti-tolerant sins of [[Bute University]] and castigate the leadership of the school for allowing such crimes against scholarship to take place. (Pricludious was not only refering to the suppression of the Number Folding theory but also other instances of censorship that he had uncovered.) The academic establishment wasted no time in condemning both the author and the book as irrelevant, incompetent and in-error. Mathematicians, theoriticians, counting-assistants, department chairs, assistant deans, and university chancellors all jostled within the public arena to vituperate against Pricludious loudly and often. Even the [[Brothers of the Lantern]] entered into the fray, accusing him of intellectual moribundity.

But this time Pricludious was ready for such a fight. Having shuffled off his unequivocal acceptance of Ludhhism, (although still remaining a man of great self-restraint, decorum and cordiality), Pricludious stood up to the onslaught of criticism, diatribes and outright slander being thrown at him by throwing it right back. Jumping into the public arena with both feet, Pricludious embarked on a passionate public awareness campaign.

The major publishing houses and upstream media peddlars were of course now closed to him - they were all either run by the academic institutions he was criticizing or by the graduates, friends of, and former employees of those academic institutions. (If nothing else, this ugly page in history has shown all of us how insidious and incestuous the relationships between the educational establishment, the media, and the rich and powerful really are.)

But smaller presses jumped at the chance to side with Pricludious (or at least to use him to increase their market visibility and sales.) And, while major townships refused to grant him access to their public venues as part of his Free-Think Tour, smaller hamlets were eager for him to speak in their towns (once they saw the kinds of crowds he was attracting).

Without a doubt, the two most influential establishments that enabled Pricludious to give his side of the story to the public-at-large were [[Quester and Phorrus]] (QP) and the [[Iganefta Recorder]]. QP has always thrived on controversy and so it should come as no surprise that they opened up their presses to him. And as for the Iganefta Recorder, its editor-in-chief Ralfi Porrije was a staunch defender of free speech and he enthusiastically sold copies of his paper by regularly featuring hard-hitting reports detailing the charges, counter-charges and general hullaballoo of the "Pricludious Protest" (a term Ralfi coined himself). And I feel it necessary to add here that any claims that Pricludious' friendship with certain members of the [[Grommies|Grommie Family]] was what assured him a supportive voice in the pages of the Recorder are absolute poppycock and should be dismissed out of hand, although it must be admitted that it didn't hurt any.

For one year the furor waxed, waned and then waxed again and then it all just suddenly stopped. Just like that. There have been many speculations as to the cause of the abrupt and still unexplained cessation, among them - the escalating costs of media warfare, rising uneasiness over [[Bute University|Bute's]] indiscriminate use of character assassins, the realization that the academicians were losing the battle of public opinion, and even the idea that Pricludious simply grew tired of it all (especially after the [[NeoAlezanians]] got involved). But the consensus belief is that the effort to de-legitimize Pricludious as a serious voice of scholarship and a respectable contributor to issues of public debate never actually stopped at all. The chancellorship of Bute University and its allies simply decided to change their tactics, moving from a strategy of overt confrontation to one of covert insinuation. Instead of denying his charges, they simply ignored them. Instead of vilifying him they actually hailed him as a champion of straight-thinking, honoring him with the coveted Most Logically Dressed Scholar award in -16 [[EC]].

(This concept of deliberative ignorism should be familiar to us as it has been used more than once, most famously to halt the spread of the [[doggerel plague]], and of course in the on-going [[Conflict That Is Not Happening]], although you didn't hear it from me.)

To the public-at-large of course, it seemed that the conflict had been resolved, that the charges against academia had been dealt with, and that Pricludious was once more in its good graces and vice-versa. This impression was further strengthened by the fact that Pricludious cut short his tour at the exact same time and receeded from direct contact with all but a close circle of family, friends and supporters.

But nothing could be further from the truth. Nothing had actually been resolved, and Pricludious was most certainly not welcomed back into the academic fold. It is no secret that since that time all of Pricludious' work has been carefully segregated and systematically re-appraised for its "educationalist virtues". The result is that everything he had achieved before he took his "holiday" has been for the most part embraced as marvelous and important examples of straight-thinking, but everything he has brought to light since returning from his "holiday" is either ignored or belittled as embarrassing products of crooked-thinking. Thus the origin of the popular term "post-holiday blues" as a euphemism for being unfairly ostracized by one's peers and/or suffering from swelling feet from too much traveling.

This subversive anti-Pricludian revisionist bias continues to this day, and is practiced even by some contributors to this Encyclopedia if I may offer a frank observation.

==The Muted Years==

With the sudden and near total outbreak of non-confrontation from the educational establishment over Pricludious' charges of intellectual despotism, the scandal disappeared from the forefront of every day conversation. This seemed to be just fine with Pricludious as he ended his Free-Think Tour at the same time. Perhaps he felt it was best to fight fire with fire. But, although his public presence was greatly curtailed, he certainly did not fade away into oblivion or retire to [[Iganefta-on-the-Sea]] never to be heard from again.

His cutting edge treatise on Number Folding Theory, "Mathematical Origami", was slowly but surely gaining a circle of enthusiastic and devoted followers. He would collaborate with these scholars over the course of his remaining years and, in -3 [[EC]], he published "Abnormal Math - Its Queer and Its Here", the only follow-up to "Mathematical Origami". The term 'abnormal math' was coined in "Mathematical Origami" as a way to clearly show that Number Folding Theory and the paradigm shift in mathematical thinking it represented was not a refutation of the principals of Normal Math (as was the primary charge against Pricludious by the other mathematicians), but was rather an extension of and an addition to Normal Math. As we all know, 'ab' means 'to add' or 'in addition to' in the written form of Way Early Inconcise Ghyllian. And "Abnormal Math" certainly lived up to its name, offering proofs to many of the hypothetical speculations of the first volume and opening up even more areas of speculative mathematics for the brave academician to pursue.

Pricludious also continued working in the philosophical and historical fields. His trips throughout Ghyll during his 30 year holiday had put him into contact with much folklore previously either barely remembered or completely unknown. He wrote extensively on the myths and historical records (both oral and written) of the Sarfelogian peoples and other marginalized social groups.

Within the pages of [[Quester and Phorrus]] he authored a series of monograms based on the fascinating lorecache he had unearthed from a score of nearly deserted derelict villages and their antiquated [[loremasters]]. The primary subject of the lore were tales and myths involving non-Ghyllian and sorta-Ghyllian races; creatures who's legendry could be traced back to the mists of modern Ghyllian civilization and beyond. Of particular interest to Pricludious were the [[Chitinous Foo]], a frightening and blood-thirsty race of under-sized creatures that hid just beneath the surface of our placid, unsuspecting world. His descriptions of these creatures and retelling of their supposed activities was so terrifying that many mothering-groups demanded that those issues of QP be sealed in plastic bags and their sale be forbidden to minors.

He wrote various philosophical treatises on the odd religiotropic cults that exist in the upper-peaks of the [[Sarfelogian Mountains|Sarfelogian Mountain Range]] (areas frequented by communities even more isolated than in middle or lower Sarfelogia) and also published his notes on the beliefs and practices of those small in-bred family-clans of fishers and sand snorklers that can be found on the less desirable edges of the [[Dagger Seas]]. His observations and subsequent comparisons with our own belief systems were surprising and, of course, quite controversial.

He even dabbled in poetry, his most subtle and moving effort being "Hummusculous". Done in a highly stylized form of duo-phonetic trimetrical verse, the poem focuses on the nature and true origins of golems. This work is filled with mystical and philosophical extrapolations. Many of its references are enigmatical, especially those dealing with the "sulphuric mercurity" and the oft repeated phrase, "the kvetching of the kwills". The esteemed poet laureate and literary historian, Joash Lokmire, has suggested that Pricludious drew inspiration from works unknown to us that he'd found at the [[Collegium Civitas|Collegium]] library in Thopth. But until someone actually travels to that quaint, willow strewn hamlet, the truth of the matter will remain unresolved. Regardless of the origins of the poem, it is well known that in his later years Pricludious had become fascinated with the origin of golems and had in fact begun an in-depth historical study of golems and early [[mechanaut]]s, but unfortunately this work was interrupted by his tragic death.

The time, energy, and effort that Pricludious invested in his academic work is obvious based on the impeccable quality and prodigious output of his publications. But even so, he still found time to go out into the field.

His visit to and examination of the [[klokwerx]] in Stonemouth is one such example. His theory about the correlation between the outer-geometry and the inner-geomancy of the construct is utterly fascinating and eminently deserving of further study and development. Pricludious himself is said to have been busy with a more in-depth examination of the inner-workings of the klokwerx at the time of his death, and some have reported that through his calculations he discovered a most intriguing fact, that the klokwerx was generating far more power than the Rump Towers was actually using. This of course begs the question, just where is all that extra power going to? But alas almost all of his papers were found completely destroyed in the ruins of his beloved study at the time of his demise. (The [[Rump Family]] refuses to comment on this question and instead point to Pricludious' friendship with the [[Grommies|House Grommie]]. But any suggestion that he was put up by the Grommie Family to create some kind of trumped up charge against the House Rump is absolute nonsense.)

==The End==

Pricludious died on -1/1/1 [[EC]], this much we know for a fact. He died from shock and loss of blood, this also is a fact. As for the rest of it... well, perhaps I should just relate to you a summary from the official report of the Sejfeld Constabulary.

Shortly after 23, a very distraught Mrs. Bagouville, Pricludious' housekeeper, came rushing into the constabulary station. After much effort, the constables on station deduced from her ravings that her master, Pricludious, was locked in his study. But he was not alone. Of that she was certain. Mrs. Bagouville reported that she was suddenly alarmed by the sound of crashings and tearings and loud shoutings (but in her nervous state was never able to absolutely identify the nature of those crashings, tearings and shoutings). Rushing upstairs, she attempted to open the study but found it securely locked. Calling out her master's name and banging on the door failed to garner any kind of response as well. And then all of the sound stopped and Mrs. Bagouville felt an odd tinging in her ears and the door seemed to bulge inward. And then Pricludious cried out, and this time the housekeeper did understand his words. They meant nothing to her but the tone of his voice sent chills down her spine. So she ran to fetch the constables.

When the authorities arrived at his house they found nothing amiss, until they came to the study. It was still locked and when they called out to Pricludious they got nothing in reply. So they broke the door down. What they found inside was shocking. The room was a shambles. Papers and books were strewn everywhere, torn and ripped apart. There was the smell of something thick but undefinable in the air. And lying in a corner of the room was Pricludious. His body was also torn and ripped. Strangely though, there was no blood anywhere. And the look on his face was one of pure terror. Clutched in his hand was a blank sheet of parchment covered in spilled ink. In the middle of it was the print of a tiny, malformed foot. Obviously he had been drawing something at the time of his death but if it held a clue as to the identity of his attackers, well, its significance is still unknown to this day. But it was clear from all the available evidence that Pricludious had been attacked and that his attackers had been a particularly vicious lot.

The strangeness and sheer awfulness of his death, and the fact that it is still unsolved, have of course given rise to much speculation. Most of it is pure rubbish, but as a chronicler of the full history of this great man I feel it necessary to add some of it here for the sake of completeness.

* Many people question just what exactly it was he was working on that night. His papers were too much destroyed to be reconstituted so we'll never actually know. Was that the motive behind his murder, to destroy what he knew before he could publish it? But what kind of knowledge could possibly incite murder?

* How did his attackers enter his study without being seen by Mrs. Bagouville? And how did they escape before the constables arrived? For when the constables entered the room, they found every point of exit securely locked from the inside.

* Pricludious died from blood loss. But there was no blood in the study. Where did it go?

* Since that night, Mrs. Bagouville has claimed that some of the noises she heard were the tiny pitter-patter of stealthy feet. If this is true, might the ink drawing of the tiny foot be more than just a drawing? Many have suggested exactly this and point to Pricludious' descriptions of the [[Chitinous Foo]]. Not only do they have small feet but they're infamous for sucking the blood of their victims. (Claims that, before his death, Pricludious professed to believe that these creatures were real and that they were after him are completely absurd and should be utterly discounted by anyone with half a brain.)

* What was that barely audible tingling, and the inward distortion of the study door? Some dimensionologists have wondered if perhaps Pricludious had made a breakthrough in Abnormal Math and actually managed to open up a portal to Ghul, the hypothetical mirror-counterpart of Ghyll.

* Other people connect the tingling and distortion with the odd array of [[Qulirian Energy Converter]]s that Pricludious had installed onto his home. Certainly many people don't find it unreasonable to ask, why did he have so many, and was there a purpose behind their unusual arrangement? And did they really spark and glow intermittently on the night of his death?

* A persistent rumor claims that a messenger came to Pricludious three days before his impending demise. This messenger had come from the [[Andelphracian River Valley]], or so it is said. But what was the message? And what was the reply?

* There was at least one report of strange, thin-carapaced foreigners lurking in the street near Pricludious' home. Were they the murderers? If so, who are they, and why didn't the constabulary follow up on the report? Is there a cover-up going on?

* Some nearby neighbors claimed to have heard a strange, bird-like music near the time of Pricludious' murder. Was it really music at all or, as a few contributors to [[Aliens Everywhere]] have proposed, could it have been the fabled kvetching of the kwills?

* And finally I submit this speculation. Pricludious' final words were, "The hour of doom is upon us all! Oh Mother of Sargewold, protect me!" The similarity to the infamous phrase translated from the [[Djiknax Creation Manuscripts]] is undeniable. And yet, Pricludious' utterance is also strikingly different in tone and wording, suggesting an peculiarly unique understanding of the meaning behind those inscrutable words. Obviously, they must have held great import to the man, since they were the last thing he was heard to say before his death. But what that import was, and what its import might be to the rest of us, is impossible to say. Unfortunately, there are many who don't let that stop them from saying a lot of things about it anyway.

The investigation into his death is still officially open, but as time passes by it seems less and less likely that the evil doers will ever be caught. And this is doubly a tragedy, for not only did they commit murder, but the man they murdered was one of the finest scholars our world has ever known.

==A Short List of Major Achievements==

* The summation of the tenets, formulae and proofs of Normal Math in his book, "This Is Reality, And I Can Prove It".

* The summation of the rudimentary parameters and underlying theorems of Abnormal Math in his book, "Mathematical Origami".

* Inspired the creation of the field of dimensionology - a quantifiable sub-set of Abnormal Math. It posits the existence of a mirror-Ghyll (referred to as Ghul). While Normal Math dictates that the physical world is made up of 6 dimensions, Abnormal Math speculates that it is made up of 11. The normal five dimensions of height, width, depth, time and color are folded over and doubled, while the sixth dimension, sound, acts as a neutral medium that flows in, around and between the two physically opposite but dimensionally connected discrete phenomonological five-dimension units of concretaity. In simple terms, this means that there is an identical but completely opposite version of Ghyll that sits in the exact same spot as our Ghyll but lying along an opposite axis (eg. our up is their down, our in is their out, our red is their raspberry, etc.) If Ghul actually exists, many scholars believe that it would explain certain anomalous meteorological events, mythological phenomenon, and semi-recurring sub-dermal inversions that have been a part of our world since time immemorial. And, if nothing else, the experts suggest that all those strange noises you hear late at night when you're trying to fall asleep but that have no sensible explanation, well, they just might be leaking over from Ghul.

* Popularization of math among the general public, exemplified by the hugely successful lumix, "Amazing Mathist".

* Cultural Legacies include the oft quoted phrase, "Post-holiday blues", and the advertising slogan, "Stop the lies - buy Pleshhorst Pies!" Initially used during the Free-Think Tour, this slogan is so popular that Plesshorst Bakeries uses it to this day.

'''Citations''': [[Bute University]], [[Chitinous Foo]], [[Rump Family]].

--[[User:Dodaka II|Dodaka II]] 02:33, 8 Sep 2005 (EDT)

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Ghyll:Suspension

2005-09-30T18:47:53Z

Jcowan: Scholarly comment

<blockquote>''I'm making a list, and I'm checking it twice.''
<br />''I '''will''' find out who's been naughty or nice.''
<p align="right">--[[Iganefta]]n [[rejah]], cracking down on violations</p></blockquote>

A '''suspension''' is a public rebuking of an individual for something they have, or haven't, done. If you sleep with the wrong sort of person, you're a [[gentinality|gentinal]]: suspended! If you mispronounce the aged and historic name of the town you're passing through (such as that of Prollztqx near [[Ungerry-Tubers]]): suspended! If you ask your [[rejah]] for the Answer to your Question: suspended! The rules for suspension are ''not'' laws: they're merely common courtesies, tradition!, you're expected to follow.

The symptoms of suspension differ from town to town: in most locales, you're given some sort of headgear to wear, most notably a [[old hat|hat]], though bags, glasses, and ballgags have been used as well. Length of the suspension also differs depending on the transgression: the oldest known suspension has been three years, six months, and seventeen days. The crime? Stealing a homemade [[lollipop]] from a little girl, determining its secret family recipe, and then going into business selling them for hugely inflated prices, which violated no less than seven different traditions. The headgear inflicted was rose-infused glasses (particularly upsetting to the suspendee as she was allergic to roses). Her bloated, puffy, and mucous-riddled face, though nowadays only seen on the weekly Suspension Day (when new suspensions are handed out and all current suspendee's are publically and collectively chagrin'd), is an immediate indication of the severity of her infraction.

<blockquote>''Watch out! Don't ever cry! Don't ever pout!''
<br />''I'll tell you why: the Snipper is coming to town!''
<p align="right">--[[Iganefta]]n [[rejah]], cracking down on whiners</p></blockquote>

One of the more disturbing habits of suspension is the so-called Snipper, a masked and bearded vigilante who spirals through Ghyll proper, visiting each local town at least once or twice a year. His job is to end suspensions, but not in a happy-go-lucky way. If, at any time, a suspendee speaks out above his suspension, claiming it's unfair or misguided, the penalty too harsh or the duration too long, etc., the Snipper provides relief by ending the trial, though also the suspendee's life. I'd be remiss to say that more than one personal grudge has been finalized when the Snipper comes to town.

'''Citations''': [[Lollipop]], [[Rejah]], [[Ungerry-Tubers]].

--[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 12:15, 30 Sep 2005 (EDT)

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With respect, Morbus, what on Ghyll does sleeping in the same nest with someone have to do with ''business''? Or are you making some bizarre metaphorical extension from business to domesticity? Better reread the [[gentinality]] article. --[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 14:47, 30 Sep 2005 (EDT)

Ghyll:WhoIsWho

2005-09-24T01:14:33Z

Jcowan: Linking to Royal Dulalia

Listing in alphabetical order, not by surname, since some entries ([[Quezlar 6]]) don't have a known surname, and Ghyll sorting procedures for names--and even baby name giving procedures--are currently unknown. Note that the short descriptions below are NOT indicative of "all we know"... we just didn't duplicate data available elsewhere in the Encyclopedia. Consider using the search engine to find more information about a particular name.

* '''#47 (or 4274049)''' - Skullcap of this [[Nitenmangrey]] god forms the [[Sarfelogian Mountains]].
* '''Adamantine Areola Duphine''' - Ran for Mayor of [[Folktown]]; committed suicide.
* '''Adelaide Clementine Chimmlefut''' - Mother of Gabson Foye.
* '''Agwa Reeum''' - Received translated copy of [[Grimporke Grimoire]]; translated it to Untch.
* '''[[Alarius]]''' - A renowned freethinker, philosopher and artist; son of [[Arariax]].
* '''Alastair Bledgewater''' - Format compatriot of Johnny Lightning's father.
* '''Alek Hambeck-Harblock''' - [[Baby Alek]]; his fate was decided by the [[Folktown]] court system.
* '''Aleksandra Mary Blackgold''' - Daughter of Mary Elizabeth Carsokian.
* '''Alessa Mboya''' - Sister of Windsor Creame and mother of [[Daniel Mboya]].
* '''[[Algothequinas]]''' - Poet and recorder of [[Cornover Reflex Syndrome]].
* '''Alia Amber''' - Youngest sister of [[Oregano Amber]].
* '''Alice Bob Charlie David Edward Smallwood''' - [[Iain Underholm Smallwood]]'s mother; baroness.
* '''Allison Clarinda Husslespear''' - Mother of [[Captain Riquiras]].
* '''Altifur Witherspoon''' - The "hobosopher of the East"; was apparently eaten by his mate.
* '''[[Aminfarances]]''' - Founder/Foundress of the [[Aminfarances Institute of Science and Technomancy]].
* '''Andelphracia''' - (flourised -300 EC) Mayoress of Fylesgate, inventor of [[Andelphracian Lights]].
* '''[[Antony C. Sutton]]''' - Was leaked a member list of the [[Monotapute House]].
* '''[[Arariax]]''' - (born c. -280 EC) One of Ghyll's most influential poets.
* '''[[Arbugghyll]]''' - Unknown owner of [[Arbugghyll]] Manor circa -700 EC in [[Folktown]].
* '''Archimetres''' - Co-owner of The Underfunded Eastside Publishing House for Small and Insignificant Mammals.
* '''Archovy Infatale''' - Husband of [[Doc Rockett]]; married after Doc's divorce.
* '''Aria Humm''' - Elder sister of [[Oregano Amber]].
* '''Aristea Sylvia Panderlock''' - Daughter of Sylvia Beth Panderlock and [[Frandos Wakami]].
* '''Arthir Jhostings''' - Founder of [[cataclysmatology]] in -305 EC.
* '''Artiax''' - A much less gifted poet often confused with [[Arariax]].
* '''Awal''' - The first to apply [[Jesper's constant]] to the study of spelgof emulsions.
* '''[[Azer Wallabin]]''' - A great musician; jumped to his death from the walls of Bute.
* '''B. T. Gidgewell''' - Late Supreme Commandant of the [[Tarkherk Corps]].
* '''Baltizar''' - A philosopher; was studied by [[Pricludious]].
* '''[[Baron Claude Lloyd Albert Smallwood]]''' - Wine producer, ex-husband of [[Bavarian Creame]].
* '''[[Baron James Horkmanifester]]''' - Of "Horkmanifester's investment rules"; founded [[TransAvian]].
* '''Bartholemew Sinch''' - Second husband of [[Bavarian Creame]]; died shortly after Siam Sinch was born.
* '''[[User:Bartmoss|Bartmoss]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar, ex-member of the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]].
* '''Bat-Boy''' - Of the Cirq l' Tytns travelling circus; an acrobat par excellence.
* '''[[Bavarian Creame]]''' - Wife of Windsor Creame, older sister of [[Hack And The Jacks|Jack Juffers]] and [[Madam Calvian]].
* '''Bela Wallinger''' - Grand nephew to Bouk Amber.
* '''Bellis Cruminwithe''' - Spokesman of the Clubberspear House.
* '''Belsperg''' - Creator of a [[luminous manuscript|lumogram]] of the vista of the [[Kites d'Jeaux]].
* '''[[Berell]]''' - Once a [[Brothers of the Lantern|Brother]], now a revered patron and belief system founder.
* '''[[Bethany Mboya]]''' - “We are all enthrall [sic] to the beauty of Bethany Mboya”.
* '''Bikari Smallwood''' - Alias of an informant regarding the [[Darkened Lantern]].
* '''Billubert Shwartanger''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Brandi Soo Calvian''' - Child of Kardiff Calvian and [[Madam Calvian]].
* '''Brian David Sinningprick''' - Private advocate working in [[Iganefta-on-the-Sea]].
* '''[[Blivingdel]]''' - An interpreter of Ternary Script.
* '''Blowtie and the Hoofish''' - Jazz ensemble.
* '''Bob Phanqué''' - Lead cartographer and inventor of fecksadecimal.
* '''[[Bobby Shwarmph|Bobby "Robert" Shwarmph]]''' - Runs the [[Aliens Everywhere]] mag, lives near [[Alezan]].
* '''[[Boing]]''' - A crime-solving [[horse]] with springs on his hooves; [[luminous manuscript|lumic]] hero.
* '''Bolma Knengsken-Drasselmeyer''' - Her [[Hive-Lord]] has gone missing, which inspired [[EUPHORIA]].
* '''Bordingbras''' - ''Mere bagatelle in the hands of a Fate'' (cf. [[Battle of Barnum Stones]], [[Bordingbras his hatt!]]).
* '''Bouk Amber''' - Father of [[Oregano Amber]].
* '''Brandi''' - [[Odgar IV]] sung about her; administrator of the [[Folktown]] Arts Council.
* '''Brandi Silverstein''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Brin Leedis''' - Publisher of Pink Aelfant Lumix and "Amazing Mathist".
* '''[[Briorus Jan-Vanderschusen]]''' - Original conceiver of the betrothal march, born circa -300 EC.
* '''Brolo Yerit''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''[[Budgerigar Master]]''' - A mysterious historical figure from as far back as -2000 EC.
* '''Bunny Hutch''' - Famed performance artist.
* '''Burbleson''' - Wrote a multi-volume set about [[Folktown]]'s court documents.
* '''Burgengute''' - A book copier for the Encyclopedants.
* '''Burnflyman''' - A character in the [[Karcist League]] [[Luminous manuscript|lumics]].
* '''Bursine the 14th''' - Creator of the [[Bursine Calendar]], [[Hive-Lord]] of the [[Nitenmangrey]].
* '''[[Busco]]''' - According to Avazian legend, wielded the [[Horreld blade]], immune to the [[Justice Device]].
* '''[[Bysted Timperton]]''' - Vice Chairman of the [[Council for Quezlarian Research]].
* '''[[Captain Riquiras]]''' - Legendary buccaneer and smuggler. Sailor of [[Besq Boats]].
* '''Carl Kapek''' - Creator of the first [[EctoMechanauts|EctoMechanaut]], named him Jacques.
* '''Carsok''' - Defiled Earth Mother, of [[Vulcrue]].
* '''Candi Rapper''' - Wrote a best selling novel My Little Oblong Fantasy, which mentions [[Gyll Hill]].
* '''Canonical Goo''' - Advertises about [[Gyll Hill]] in the [[Folktown Records]].
* '''Casostates''' - Was to judge a contest of smilching prowess at the [[Battle of Barnum Stones|Barnum Stones]].
* '''[[User:Clsn|clsn]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''Cornelious Junior Crunch''' - Appointed third Marshall of the [[Folktown]] court in -565 EC.
* '''Corvin Axehand''' - Moved the [[Battle of Barnum Stones|Barnum Stones]] to [[Stindersgrough]] in -158 EC.
* '''[[Creator]]''' - Deity. Believed to have wiped Ghyll from its finger.
* '''[[Croam Olpo]]''' - Established trade with the [[Xurient]] back in -430 [[EC]].
* '''[[User:Crschmidt|Christopher Schmidt]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''The Cwazy Cats Do Hollywood''' - Classic performer of [[quiver'n'bend]] music.
* '''Daffid Grommie''' - Founder of the [[Grommies|Grommie]] famliy fortune.
* '''Daisy''' - [[Odgar IV]] sung about her; administrator of the [[Folktown]] Arts Council.
* '''[[Daniel Mboya]]''' - Nephew of Windsor Creame; died recently in mysterious circumstances.
* '''Dardâ´îl''' - A servant of the [[Creator]] per the [[Nitenmangrey]] religion.
* '''Dashpine''' - Husband and biographer of [[Eixis Anos]].
* '''[[Daydream Believer]]''' - A ''the'' from [[Aliens Everywhere]]! and a type of employment.
* '''[[User:Darus Ixa|Darus Ixa]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar, ex-member of the [[Aminfarances Institute of Science and Technomancy]].
* '''Dentyl Cane''' - Alias of an informant regarding the [[Darkened Lantern]].
* '''Detective Bernhard Lenhork''' - Investigated the events surrounding the [[Darkened Lantern]].
* '''Dex from Hillbottom''' - Appointed second Marshall of the [[Folktown]] court in -579 EC.
* '''Dirk Blood-Skull-Saint-Monsterface''' - Director of the [[Morphomancy|Dark Conventicle of Morphomancy]]; met with [[Odgar IV]].
* '''Dobrovius''' - A mathematical luminary; [[Pricludious]] studied their work.
* '''[[Doc Rockett]]''' - Wrote ''Invariant Transforms, with Historio-Physical Applications''.
* '''[[User:PhineasCrank|Doctor Phineas Crank]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar and self-styled "doctor" of occult studies.
* '''Dogui Olpo''' - Grandson of [[Croam Olpo]], brought [[hungfold]] to Ghyll.
* '''[[User:Dok|Dok]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''Dr. B. J. Spook''' - Famous developmental psychoalchemist and expert on [[toilet training]].
* '''Dr. Buddy-Mortimer Antwal''' - Of [[Bute University]]; confirmed that [[vornalts]] were ourge pods.
* '''[[User:DrAckroyd|Dr. H. L. Ackroyd]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''[[User:DrBacchus|DrBacchus]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''D. R. Orerorer''' - PostAncientist whose rediscovered art sparked [[NeoPostAncientism]].
* '''"Easy" Lizzard''' - An associate and confidante of [[Bobby Shwarmph]].
* '''Eddie Pobertop''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Edlunch''' - Was the root cause of the [[Po Mountain]] landslide.
* '''[[Edvard von Craghelm]]''' - (died -20 EC) Famous [[Anaximancer]].
* '''[[Eixis Anos]]''' - (b. -464 EC d. -388 EC) Military leader and fencer.
* '''Elki Hue Vallinger''' - Mother of [[Oregano Amber]].
* '''Elmo "Phorrus" Quester''' - One of the founders of ''[[Quester and Phorrus]]''.
* '''[[User:Tehwalrus|Edward Shwarmph]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar, quasi-science lover.
* '''[[User:Pixel|Eric Vitiello]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar, ex-member of the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]], and farmer in Dandarth.
* '''[[Eriq Tali]]''' - aka Eric Tally, leader of the [[Great Awakening]].
* '''[[Exis of Whunn]]''' - Led the [[Army of Whunn]] against [[Bute University]].
* '''[[User:Fausto Sorensen|Fausto Sorensen]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar, correspondent for the ''[[Iganefta Recorder]]''.
* '''Felix Ximberly''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Feliz Zimberly''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Fermous Ibb''' - Father of [[Morphous Ibb]], discovered [[Deathood]] mask.
* '''Ferrestung Longraze''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''[[Fijjit Mejora]]''' - A [[pachyderm]] in the courier business. Retired in -79 EC.
* '''[[User:Finna Sunderhorn|Finna Sunderhorn]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''Firebird Jazz Ensemble''' - A group of jazz music performers.
* '''[[User:Arnia|Fingest Arnia]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar, [[Amphitheatre aristocracy]] member.
* '''Frank "Quester" Phorrus''' - One of the founders of ''[[Quester and Phorrus]]''.
* '''Frank Sicksdagrees''' - Suspected of being the imposter [[Not Peershakes]].
* '''Fondal''' - Helped prove that [[Gyll Hill]] was etymologically unrelated to "Ghyll".
* '''[[Frandos Wakami]]''' - Overseer, for 25 years, of the [[DermPachyges]] courier service.
* '''[[Fuldermox]]''' - First proponent of the [[Intellectuals' Conspiracy]].
* '''Full Pinky Jazz Group''' - A group of jazz music performers.
* '''Gabson Foye''' - Husband of Siam Sinch and exposer of [[Bethany Mboya]].
* '''[[Gadsringer Clubberspear]]''' - First president of [[DasMineGold]].
* '''Garth Haversham''' - Managing Editor of the [[Folktown Records]] on -7/9/15 EC.
* '''Gassalasca Jape''' - Ghyll scholar, believes [[Arariax]] was both assassin and assassined.
* '''[[Ged Nokaway]]''' - Popular lyricist who urged [[Zot, The|Zotters]] to go ever faster.
* '''[[General Lude'crus]]''' - Once-popular militarist of Ghyll, now a golemic mess.
* '''Geoffrey Prepuce''' - Despised Mayor of [[Iganefta]]. Burned in -99/12/21 by the townsfolk. Husband of [[Grommies|Izzimae Grommie]].
* '''[[Geoge Gjiosin]]''' - Actually discovered [[Jesper's constant]] in his [[Awal shrinkage]] research.
* '''Ghates''' - A mathematical luminary; [[Pricludious]] studied their work.
* '''Ghyllian''' - Uninventive name of a young boy; died in -104 EC (cf. [[Irictus Ross]]).
* '''Gibbous Saunders''' - (born -18 EC) Wrote to the [[Folktown Records]], published in edition 312.
* '''[[Gimlet]]''' - Main character and young prince of the play ''[[Gimlet]]''.
* '''[[User:Ginestre|Ginestre]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''[[Godfroi Hasawithe]]''' - Current owner of the [[Charterhouse Collection]].
* '''Gonmolfier''' - Tried to measure the [[Kites d'Jeaux]]; lost three men in the attempt.
* '''Got Quezlar''' - Returned [[Quezlar's Quaff, Inc.]] to wine production (cf. [[Quezlar family]]).
* '''Great Master and Lord of All Life''' - [[Creator]] equivalent of [[Kebro-shepenor]].
* '''[[Grephthosthenes]]''' - A well-known (though little respected) figure of mythology.
* '''Grephthosthenes''' - A letter writer to Sock in old [[Ignaefta Recorder]]s.
* '''Griffin Alastair Bommlehodge''' - Sat on the Board of Mechanician's Guild; retired to Iganefta.
* '''Groll the Do-Gooder''' - One of Five Do-Gooders not defeated by Jemima Panderlock.
* '''Guido''' - One of the fictional pals of [[Gimlet]] from the play ''[[Gimlet]]''.
* '''Guy in the third row''' - Prematurely ended the [[Bindlet Banality]] game.
* '''Gyll Hill''' - The current (0 EC) president of the [[Cranee Historical Society]].
* '''[[Hack And The Jacks|Hackleford Vermeer]]''' ''(aka "Hack")'' - Founder of the [[NeoAlezanians]].
* '''Hallerman''' - Of Hallerman's Chaws & Straws, a family business closed in -183 EC.
* '''Hambeck clan''' - Claimed parentage of the [[Baby Alek]], deliberated by the [[Folktown]] courts.
* '''Harblock clan''' - Claimed parentage of the [[Baby Alek]], deliberated by the [[Folktown]] courts.
* '''Harover''' - Brother to [[Llysver the Doomed]], was insulted by [[Kebonston Lefkrane]]. Important artist of the [[Dreamy period]].
* '''[[Harv Gretborn]]''' - Inventor of the [[Gravion Process]].
* '''Hattie''' - A farmhand, and topic of a poem called [[Hattie's Day]].
* '''Heh and the Blammos''' - Classic performer of [[quiver'n'bend]] music.
* '''[[Hemoss The Heretic]]''' - Issuer of two Great Heresies (cf. [[Altoxian Bulb]]).
* '''Heinrich Cornover''' - Once great [[Speedish Chefs|Speedish Chef]]; took his own life due to [[Cornover Reflex Syndrome]].
* '''Herbertoid''' - Translator of the [[Folktown]] X Documents.
* '''Herbertron''' - Translator of the [[Folktown]] X Documents.
* '''Herbert Blashford''' - Classic performer of [[quiver'n'bend]] music, founder of Musical [[Hermeneutics]].
* '''Hermen "J.J" Neut''' - of Wikaway Lane, Cranee Village, subject of study by a branch of [[Hermeneutics]].
* '''Herve Spe’Lhex''' - Second-generation student of [[Aminfarances]]; founder of ''Ancient Academy of Aminfarances''.
* '''Hew Loan''' - Once a Mayor of [[Folktown]]; [[Bavarian Creame]] was one of his Core Advisors.
* '''Hirum Paul Macklefoot''' - Owner of Untch-translated [[Grimporke Grimoire]]; translated it to MSG.
* '''Honuphrius''' - Brother of the Lantern and denouncer of [[Arariax]].
* '''[[Hopdurg]]''' - A God-king; unsuspected devotion to him by the [[Looliers]].
* '''Horatio Gloom Wakami''' - Son of Sylvia Beth Panderlock and [[Frandos Wakami]].
* '''[[Iain Underholm Smallwood]]''' - Assassinated [[Folktown]] Councilor.
* '''[[Ibaan Malmiz]]''' - Drunken Prophet and author of the [[Grimporke Grimoire]].
* '''[[Ibah Mahli]]''' - Author of ''Grinham Noire: Collected Tails''.
* '''The Iganefta City Jazz Band''' - A group of jazz music performers.
* '''[[Ignatius Maximillian Albertus Crank]]''' - Charlatan, creator of hair restoration tonic.
* '''Indigo Huac''' - One-time owner of the [[Folktown Records]].
* '''Innkeep of the Brhang Turnpike Inn''' - father of [[York of Brahang]].
* '''[[Irictus Ross]]''' - Coined the term [[theoalchemy]] in -96 EC.
* '''Ishrâfâ´îl''' - A servant of the [[Creator]] per the [[Nitenmangrey]] religion.
* '''Izadora Gutschtup''' - Actress, Alezan or [[Bobby Shwarmph|Shwarmph]] childbearer depending on who you ask.
* '''Izrâ´îl Tâwûs Malâk''' - The single deity of the [[Nitenmangrey]]; of the [[Creator]]; renamed [[The Beast]].
* '''Izzimae Grommie''' - Daffid Grommie's sister, first to climb [[Mount Yurch]]; ''Supreme Omigod'' of the [[Order of Truth]].
* '''[[Hack And The Jacks|Jack Juffers]]''' ''(aka "Long Jack")''- Co-founder of the [[NeoAlezanians]], younger sister of [[Bavarian Creame]].
* '''[[Hack And The Jacks|Jack Kootz]]''' ''(aka "Small Jack")''- Co-founder of the [[NeoAlezanians]].
* '''Jack Marksfields''' - Current president of [[DasMineGold]].
* '''[[Jack Tuckarando]]''' - Created the supply and demand for [[Tuckarando]] pets.
* '''[[Jimmy Cashews|James "Jimmy Cashews" Cashinawitz]]''' - Long time business parter of [[Johnny Lightning]].
* '''James Joojooflop Jones''' - [[NeoPostAncientism|NeoPostAncientist]], created a sculpture entitled "Horse" made from a single horse.
* '''Jan ver Daath''' - Retired from the [[Tarkherk Corps]] with a rank of Spearholder. He fooled us all.
* '''[[Jarvik Jarvik]]''' - Authority at the Committee for Epistemological Hygiene.
* '''Jekkrey of Monmoth''' - First spouted about Luhddism.
* '''Jelena Brandi Dossleham-Lenhork''' - Mother of [[Madam Calvian]].
* '''Jelena Panderlock''' - Jemima Panderlock's non-identical twin sister.
* '''Jemima Panderlock''' - A fictional city girl living in a tall well-kept building in the east of [[Iganefta]].
* '''Jermaine Loweltree 78th''' - Alias of an informant regarding the [[Darkened Lantern]].
* '''Jesper Mirnle''' - Had a wife who unknowingly coined the "[[Jesper's constant]]" name.
* '''Joash Lokmire''' - Esteemed poet laureate and literary historian.
* '''Johanniz Fermple''' - Former Master Librarian.
* '''[[Johnny Lightning]]''' - Born Johan Ichabod Lightning, Grand [[Hive-Lord]] of [[Iganefta]] Back Market.
* '''Judhael Rockett''' - Father of [[Doc Rockett]].
* '''[[User:Joe Bowers|Joe Bowers]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar, has written for the [[Folktown Records]].
* '''[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]''' - Neutral Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''[[User:Juzh Iruk|Juzh Iruk]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''K Mrx''' - A play, "T'as a blimey nikt", details his exploits.
* '''[[Kan d'Aire]]''' - The first Ghyllian to cease being dead.
* '''Kardiff Aeleks Calvian''' - Child of Kardiff Calvian and [[Madam Calvian]].
* '''Kardiff Calvian''' - Current husband of [[Madam Calvian]].
* '''Kasteel Clubberspear''' - Father of [[Gadsringer Clubberspear]].
* '''Kathryn Pearl Blatherwill''' - A [[Harrabloon Bank]] teller in love with [[Johnny Lightning]].
* '''[[Kebonston Lefkrane]]''' - An anthropologist who first cited the name [[Nitenmangrey]].
* '''Kev, The''' - Inhabitants of [[Kebro-shepenor]]; they don't like visitors very much.
* '''Kifomyria Altos''' - A loose poet, rumored to have wintered with X R Quezlar; wrote about [[Grephthosthenes]].
* '''[[Kiluma]]''' - Goddess of chaos to the [[Looliers]], patron goddess to the Exingians.
* '''[[King Harandraff the Great]]''' - Led siege on [[Bute University]]; died in the Civil War that followed.
* '''King Leverznod the Sibilant''' - Father of [[King Harandraff the Great]].
* '''Kooper''' - A philosopher; was studied by [[Pricludious]].
* '''Kortayal''' - Owned the now-defunct [[Kortayal Trading Expedition]].
* '''The Knackerbats''' - Classic (well, maybe not) performer of [[quiver'n'bend]] music.
* '''The Lalalas''' - Classic performer of [[quiver'n'bend]] music.
* '''[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery|Lady Aleksandra]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''[[Lane Smallwood]]''' - A younger sister of [[Iain Underholm Smallwood]].
* '''[[User:Lankin|Lankin the Mad Mage]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''Lapernees''' - Historian and scholar of [[Bute University]].
* '''Latnai''' - Legendary hero of the [[Aerle]]; his tentacles dried and fell off.
* '''Latvi Bouk Calvian''' - Child of Kardiff Calvian and [[Madam Calvian]].
* '''Latvi Reginal Cronin Wallinger''' - Father of [[Madam Calvian]], cousin of [[Oregano Amber]].
* '''Legate Constan Zefrynus''' - Struck a deal with Ramshod Axis regarding the Acquaduck Filiis.
* '''Leemonje'lo''' - An entity worshipped by Ibaan Malmiz.
* '''[[User:Leonard_J._Keatings|Leonard J. Keatings]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''Lightning''' - Of the Cirq l' Tytns travelling circus; a speedster.
* '''Litvia''' - A [[Paramount Queen]], joined with Bursine the 14th.
* '''[[Llysver the Doomed]]''' - Magistrate of Alpha peninsula; brother of Harover.
* '''Looly''' - Divinity of Dark Fire, of [[Vulcrue]].
* '''[[Lord Glosfordshier]]''' - Supposedly of Alezan, had herald of the [[Furious Apple]], Lord-Mayor of [[Iganefta]].
* '''Los Hombres del Rey''' - Classic performer of [[quiver'n'bend]] music.
* '''Lucy O'Donnell''' - Her [[NeoPostAncientism|NeoPostAncientist]] experiments in incongruent imagery hang in the [[Zaprosingfrink Gallery]].
* '''Lufford Grommie''' - Cousin of Rikkard Grommie; original writer of [[Boing]].
* '''Lumawig the Great Spirit''' - [[Creator]] equivalent of the [[Xurient]].
* '''[[Llysver the Doomed]]''' - Royalty of some sort; had a brother named Harover.
* '''[[M'Kev D'wal]]''' - A Kev from [[Kebro-shepenor]]; shrieks a lot and scares kids.
* '''[[Peershakes|M. Peershakes]]''' - Playwright of the perennial favorite ''[[Gimlet]]''.
* '''[[Madam Calvian]]''' - Neighbour to a [[Folktown Records]] employee, younger sister of [[Bavarian Creame]].
* '''Mack Himminfen''' - Second president of [[DasMineGold]].
* '''Magot''' - A farmer who lives in, or near, the teensy village of Uothe.
* '''[[User:Robbi|Makarii Spitignev]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar, [[Iganefta]] resident.
* '''Margaret Widderson''' - One of the foremost contemporary Andelight craftswomen.
* '''Markleson''' - A sub-lochree of [[Folktown]]'s ISMEPCJ in -590 EC.
* '''Marque Cho'gall''' - Alias of an informant regarding the [[Darkened Lantern]].
* '''Mary Elizabeth Carsokian''' - Became head of the [[Carsokian|Carsokian Clan]] in -100 EC.
* '''Mason Grommie''' - Runs entertainment halls in [[Iganefta-on-the-Sea]].
* '''Matriarch Palanquin''' - "She Whose Eggsack Nurtures All Children".
* '''Maxilla von Sims''' - Little-known archeologist who discovered lore related to [[Grephthosthenes]].
* '''Maximilian Gustavus Grande''' - The de facto leader of the [[Houvers]].
* '''Martyr Ursula Sandwich of the Hill''' - Name given to nameless [[Arbuckle Hill]] Martyr by [[Odgar IV]].
* '''Maximilian Thaddeus Dossleham''' - Translated the [[Grimporke Grimoire]] into Olkuull.
* '''Mek Meckton''' - Director of the Brotherhood of Golemists; met with [[Odgar IV]].
* '''[[Meldersen]]''' - [[Awal shrinkage]] scholar, has a famous axiom: "It's downside up!".
* '''[[User:D8uv|Melik Fizzuo]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar and Fadr resident.
* '''Menia Pyre''' - Married [[Bysted Timperton]], had son Tim Timperton.
* '''[[Hack And The Jacks|Michael Mooney]]''' ''(aka "Jack")''- Co-founder of the [[NeoAlezanians]], younger sister of [[Bavarian Creame]].
* '''Mick from Hillbottom''' - The first Marshall of the [[Folktown]] court in -587 EC.
* '''Mikel Mboya''' - A writer of little consequence. Mboya is a common name.
* '''Mikail abû Bakr''' - A servant of the [[Creator]] per the [[Nitenmangrey]] religion.
* '''Misery Gobble''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Miss Deona Hasal''' - Mother of [[Gadsringer Clubberspear]].
* '''Miss Haether Aspic''' - Younger sister of Thoedore Aspic.
* '''Miss Hairy Mandibles''' - Travelled with [[Ignatius Maximillian Albertus Crank]].
* '''Miss Wonder''' - Of the Cirq l' Tytns travelling circus; can bend metal with her hands.
* '''Mmyogurt''' - An entity worshipped by Ibaan Malmiz.
* '''Mo Quezlar''' - Created [[Fefferberry]] juice and Frozen Fefferpops (cf. [[Quezlar family]]).
* '''Molly Harling''' - Mother of [[Baron James Horkmanifester]] and "Hostess".
* '''[[Momfrex Resgrew]]''' - The once-famous sage was claimed by [[Mount Yurch]].
* '''Monty Thabot''' - Vice Chairman of the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]]'s Steering Committee.
* '''[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''Mork Waterson''' - 87 year old Author Laureate winner at the [[Calends Gala]] in -1 EC.
* '''[[Morphous Ibb]]''' - (born -8 EC) Wrote to the [[Folktown Records]], published in edition 578.
* '''Mother Mutton''' - Wrote a long-to-type, fun-to-say coloring book on Historio-Physics.
* '''Mox Elder''' - Once a Mildly Impressive Commandant of the [[Tarkherk Corps]].
* '''Mrs. Bagouville''' - Housekeeper of [[Pricludious]]; was there when he died.
* '''Naggard Grommie''' - Son of Lufford Grommie; now writes the [[Boing]] [[luminous manuscript|lumic]].
* '''Neville Sidgeford''' - Helped rob [[Harrabloon Bank]] branch with [[Johnny Lightning]].
* '''Niala Wallinger''' - Oldest daughter of [[Bavarian Creame]], from her first marriage.
* '''Nigala Jasna Calvian''' - Child of Kardiff Calvian and [[Madam Calvian]].
* '''Niles Wammerham''' - Helped rob [[Harrabloon Bank]] branch with [[Johnny Lightning]].
* '''Norm Bryforge''' - A founding member of [[Bute University]]; [[Pricludious]] named "Normal Math" after him.
* '''[[Not Peershakes]]''' - An imposter of [[Peershakes]].
* '''Nûrâ´îl''' - A servant of the [[Creator]] per the [[Nitenmangrey]] religion.
* '''Nyorgard Frunt''' - Married [[Doc Rockett]]; had two children.
* '''[[Oblibestircus]]''' - Minor scholar, not of the ''maior et sanior pars''
* '''[[Odgar IV]]''' - Held court in the eastern quarter of [[Iganefta]].
* '''[[Olaff Devork]]''' - Founder of the [[Harrabloon Bank]] in -185 [[EC]].
* '''Oldellius -1''' - An apocryphical king of the [[Nitenmangrey]].
* '''Olly Ulolly''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''[[Opoudelian Starker]]''' - The Wandering Jew (or Flying Dutchman) of Ghyll.
* '''[[Oregano Amber]]''' - Defined the term "[[gentinality]]".
* '''Oregithol''' - A philosopher; was studied by [[Pricludious]].
* '''Pankuu''' - [[Creator]] equivalent of the [[Looliers]].
* '''Patriarch Falpatuin''' - "He Who Owns All That His Mothers Have Touched".
* '''Patrick Retic''' - Farm labourer father of [[Rancticirchiretic]].
* '''Patricia Rancticirchi''' - Littleschool headmistress mother of [[Rancticirchiretic]].
* '''Perry Tocklewits''' - A possible pseudonym for [[Ibah Mahli]].
* '''Petr Hof''' - A historian at the [[Collegium Civitas]] in Thopth.
* '''Pfillip Vinekraft''' - Curator of the Nite Gallery in Thopth.
* '''Phennella''' - Member of the [[Cranee Historical Society]].
* '''Phillip Vincent Murdstone''' - "[[Hive-Lord]] of Hive-Lords"; known in the [[Iganefta]] Back Market.
* '''[[Phyllis Creanie]]''' - Found as a mud puddle due to [[Zygotic Dermatosis]].
* '''[[Phylostarus]]''' - Ancient historian (-232 EC to -162 EC).
* '''Pinky's People''' - Purportedly the inhabitants and cause of the lights of [[Pinky]].
* '''P'Jubal''' - [[Tuckarando]] friend of [[Fijjit Mejora|Fijjit]] in the best-selling “[[Fijjit Mejora|Fijjit]] and the [[Fefferberry]] Failure”.
* '''[[Pricludious]]''' - Mathematician and Philosopher.
* '''Prof. "Mizo" Mononoke''' - Professor of cloud studies and alleged creator of the [[Kites d'Jeaux]]
* '''[[Professor Altoxian]]''' - Inventor of the [[Altoxian Bulb]], [[Iganefta]] resident.
* '''Professor Jarvis Tinkle''' - Researcher at the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]].
* '''Professor Kloon ar'Flizzig''' - A professor of philosophy; taught [[Pricludious]].
* '''Pomfri Resgrew''' - Suspected of being the imposter [[Not Peershakes]].
* '''[[User:Prothall|Prothall]]''' - Old, decrepit, senile, and nearly deaf Ghyll scholar.
* '''Prudence''' - "Subtle color stylings" hang in the [[Zaprosingfrink Gallery]].
* '''Pvlato''' - A philosopher; was studied by [[Pricludious]].
* '''Q. Turlingdrome''' - Controversial [[NeoPostAncientism|NeoPostAncientist]].
* '''[[Qane]]''' - The proprietor of the Cirq l' Tytns, a travelling circus of sorts.
* '''Qib of Nifhar''' - Original student of [[Aminfarances]]; remembered as man who brought in Herve Spe’Lhex.
* '''Quad Hiffle''' - Of [[Egron]], believes the Rouble is the result of a [[Varlansk]] sneeze.
* '''Quinto Quaffmar "Quaff More" Quezlar''' - Founded [[Quezlar's Quaff, Inc.]] (cf. [[Quezlar family]]).
* '''[[Quezlar 6]]''' - (flourised -300 EC) Created [[Quezlarian Numerals]], crossed [[Elminster Mire]].
* '''Quiz Quezlar''' - The wealthiest man in all of Ghyll (cf. [[Quezlar family]]).
* '''Quizzette''' - The first Contessi l’Kyrch of No, Gno, and Kno.
* '''[[User:Qwentyth Pyre|Qwentyth Pyre]]''' - (born -58 EC) Ghyll Lexicon scholar and [[Evesque Valley]] resident.
* '''Ralfi Porrije'' - Editor-in-chief of the Iganefta Recorder, circa -18 EC.
* '''Ralph Alpher''' - [[Rejah]] of [[Shepenor]], famous for his huge capacity for [[Adlorst Vinifera]].
* '''Ralph Neocronin''' - Recorded the most recent occurrence of [[Articulary Motion]] in -1 [[EC]].
* '''Ramingotes''' - Helped prove that [[Gyll Hill]] was etymologically unrelated to "Ghyll".
* '''Ramshod Axis''' - Built the [[klokwerx]]; negotiated with the [[Dulalian Empire]].
* '''[[Rancticirchiretic]]''' - Scholar of the [[Nitenmangrey]].
* '''[[Rater Goldfish]]''' - Composer of [[Freege Horn]] music (real name Gordon Matteaus Summerprick).
* '''[[Rattallan]]''' (~250 EC to 167 EC)- Predictor of numerous world endings, one of which partially became true.
* '''Reeyay''' - Prounced the tracing of others' [[grenfing|grenfs]] to be indecent.
* '''Regg Wallinger''' - First cousin of Elki Hue Vallinger.
* '''Reuben Fischelburn''' - Wrote a book on the [[acineen]], published by [[Bute University]].
* '''Revelerax''' - Former student of the [[Brothers of the Lantern]].
* '''Rhajoon Quezlar''' - At age of 10, took over [[Quezlar's Quaff, Inc.]] (cf. [[Quezlar family]]).
* '''Rhajoon Quezlar II''' - Spent his entire life vacationing (cf. [[Quezlar family]]).
* '''Rhajoon Quezlar III''' - Ran [[Quezlar's Quaff, Inc.]] for just a year (cf. [[Quezlar family]]).
* '''Richard Crowly-Akron''' - Inventor of the AudioAerio and founder of the legendarily unfortunate [[Misery Loves Company]].
* '''Richard Pedresq''' - Present at the [[Clamorxian Decoding Method|decoding]] of the [[Djiknax Creation Manuscripts]].
* '''Rikkard Grommie''' - Second generation of the [[Grommies|Grommie]] family fortune.
* '''Rocky''' - One of the fictional pals of [[Gimlet]] from the play ''[[Gimlet]]''.
* '''Rogbert the Wizzlard''' - A wise and extremely useful guide that accompanied Jemima Panderlock.
* '''Roger Ululator''' - [[Iain Underholm Smallwood]]'s father.
* '''[[Royal Dulalia]]''' - Won the bidding process for the [[Gravion Process]], cemented the Dulalian Empire, is now Emperor.
* '''Rubella von Sims''' - The only registered relation of Maxilla von Sims.
* '''RUE''' - Deity of Shameless Self-Promotion, and Pancakes Too, of [[Vulcrue]].
* '''Russell Grimdale''' - Helped rob [[Harrabloon Bank]] branch with [[Johnny Lightning]].
* '''Sajâdin''' - A servant of the [[Creator]] per the [[Nitenmangrey]] religion.
* '''Sally Gallifrey''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Salerny Redthighs''' - Chief of the [[Looliers]] during the [[Battle of Barnum Stones]].
* '''"Salty" Gibbons''' - Alias of an informant regarding the [[Darkened Lantern]].
* '''Samnâ´îl''' - A servant of the [[Creator]] per the [[Nitenmangrey]] religion.
* '''Sarfl''' - Former [[Brothers of the Lantern]], lives up on [[Po Mountain]] shouting blammos.
* '''Sargewoold Pedresq''' - His mother was insulted in the [[Djiknax Creation Manuscripts]].
* '''Sargewoold Pedresq's mother''' - Apparently, a nincomppoop! (See The Sages).
* '''[[User:Sbp|Sean B. Palmer]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar and Tomlinson Bridleway restoration campaigner.
* '''Sea Peoples''' - Ghyllians who live on rafts but come ashore to [[Nesting|nest]].
* '''Second Floor Librarian''' - Of the [[Charterhouse Collection]]; may they rest in peace.
* '''Semolina Pilchard''' - [[Nitenmangrey]] Master; art hangs in the [[Zaprosingfrink Gallery]].
* '''Ser Mek Thoedore Harling''' - A love interest of [[Madam Calvian]].
* '''Ser Wilian von Goot''' - The foreman of the [[Klokwerx]] project.
* '''Ser York Timperton-Axis''' - Once husband, deceased, of [[Madam Calvian]].
* '''Sergeant Richie''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Sherman Tdz''' - [[NeoPostAncientism|NeoPostAncientist]], known for his interactive artwork.
* '''[[Shtreimi]]''' - Also known as the Joyful Divine Octuplets.
* '''Siam Sinch''' - Artist, and daughter of [[Bavarian Creame]] from her previous marriage.
* '''Sidd Terry''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Sir Rumsfeld Tiggerwort''' - Discovered the [[Ziggurat Scrolls]] in -7 EC.
* '''Skull and Clown Society''' - A secret society of [[Bute University]].
* '''Slibberty Tibbery''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Slilmornay Rockett''' - Child of [[Doc Rockett]] and current Master Librarian.
* '''[[User:Snafu Bohica|Snafu Bohica]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar and eldest of a city of devil-worshipping monks.
* '''Sock''' - A letter writer to Grephthosthenes in old [[Ignaefta Recorder]]s.
* '''[[User:Stottlemeyer O'Phelan|Stottlemeyer O'Phelan]]''' - A rogue scholar wanted by the [[:Category:Encyclopedants|Encyclopedants]].
* '''"Sufferin' Succotashes"''' - Two of the most recognizable [[Bindlet Ball]] players.
* '''[[Supetupheraraphes]]''' - Historian and coiner of the term "[[Aquentravalkeration|aquentravalkeration]]".
* '''Sylvia Beth Panderlock''' - Niece of Mary Elizabeth Carsokian, modern age leader of the [[Carsokian|Carsokian Clan]].
* '''Sylvia Brunnhilda Carsokian''' - [[Grand Matriarch]] and source of the [[Carsokian|Carsokian Clan]].
* '''T.M. Skeilz''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''[[User:Talliesin|Talliesin]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''[[User:Deusx|Tamlin Moon]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''Ten-from-one''' - The ten children chosen by the birds of the [[Budgerigar Master]].
* '''Tery Smashing''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''[[The Beast]]''' - Worshipped by the xenophobic [[Agarttha]]n priesthood.
* '''The Crossbow''' - Of the Cirq l' Tytns travelling circus; expert shot with the crossbow.
* '''The Submerger''' - Of the Cirq l' Tytns travelling circus; can hold his breath under anything.
* '''The Sun God''' - [[Creator]] equivalent of [[Alezan]]; created [[Vulcrue]] with The Queen.
* '''The Queen''' - [[Creator]] equivalent of [[Alezan]]; created [[Vulcrue]] with The Sun God.
* '''[[User:Theophenes|Theophenes]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''Third [[Horse]] Grenadiers''' - One of the finest troupes of players in the history of theater.
* '''Thoedore Aspic''' - Founder of the ''[[Iganefta Recorder]]'' and First Master Librarian.
* '''Thureau Grommie''' - Third (and current) generation of the [[Grommies|Grommie]] famliy fortune.
* '''Tiebelly Frankfurt''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Tim Timperton''' - A [[Folktown Records]] writer and ex-member of the [[Council for Quezlarian Research]].
* '''Tirey O'Lorb''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Tistar Wakami''' - Wife, now separated of [[Godfroi Hasawithe]].
* '''The Sages''' - Group of [[NeoPostAncientism|NeoPostAncientists]], also known as Sargewoold Pedresq's Mothre.
* '''The Toadboys''' - Classic performer of [[quiver'n'bend]] music.
* '''Thou Greatly Headed''' - Was beheaded in -503 EC.
* '''[[Thou Greatly Heeded]]''' - Founded the Color and Noise Foundation in [[Ellensworth]].
* '''Tobin Grivitz''' - Father of [[Pricludious]] and prosperous wax farmer.
* '''Torvinquanai Metatron''' - The first [[Xurient|Xuriental]] [[Paramount Queen]]; stripped of her crown.
* '''[[User:Undrhil|Trousle Undrhil]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''Troy''' - Co-owner of The Underfunded Eastside Publishing House for Small and Insignificant Mammals.
* '''Trunggar Minfy''' - Mother of [[Doc Rockett]].
* '''[[Trung Tro Hampher]]''' - An offbeat [[Iganefta]] mayoral candidate.
* '''[[Turboduck]]''' - Classic performer of [[quiver'n'bend]] music.
* '''Tyria Diggley''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Ul'o''' - Lord of the Filthy Waters, of [[Vulcrue]].
* '''Ull Gitshire Kmuppens''' - Wünderscientist and author of the [[Kmuppens' Taxonomy]].
* '''Ully Olully''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Umgumphornitz Rockett''' - Child of [[Doc Rockett]].
* '''Umbrig [[Hythmium]]''' - Invented the process of turning light to metal; a false-deity.
* '''[[Varlansk]]''' - A god, or joke about the wind, from the [[Nitenmangrey]].
* '''[[Vemish]]''' - The epitome of "wrong place, wrong time" - bad luck all around.
* '''Vengeful''' - Attribution of an [[Elminster Mire]] ghost, per [[Ignatius Maximillian Albertus Crank]].
* '''Verity Small''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Viktor MiBrons''' - Wrote ''The Kev: My adventures on Kebro-shepenor''; also lived there.
* '''Violetta''' - [[Quezlar 6]]'s wife, whose nickname was 'Vi'.
* '''[[User:Vladimir the 16th|Vladimir the 16th]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''[[Vulcrue]]''' - Also known as the Wrathful Divine Quintuplets.
* '''[[Wadjidir]]''' - An order or guild of Ghyllian intelligence balancers.
* '''Walshet''' - A mathematical luminary; [[Pricludious]] studied their work.
* '''Wangeline''' - A Contessi l’Kyrch of No, Gno, and Kno, roughly -331 [[EC]].
* '''Whanmoore Payne''' - Current Adjudicator-in-Chief in the lawsuits involving [[EUPHORIA]], GMG, and FMC.
* '''Whelmin Shirnkal''' - He and his mate were killed, and the [[Bethelanious Mist]] was there.
* '''[[White Lady]]''', The - Supposed savior of Mox Elder on [[Umbo Moor]].
* '''[[Whostley]]''' - The [[Freege Horn]] keys-man of [[Cadaver, The|The Cadaver]].
* '''[[Wilhelmina Corinne Bardway]]''' - Made discoveries regarding [[Ghoulwood viola|ghoulwood]] and [[supranatural luminescence meter|supranatural luminescence]].
* '''Windsor Creame''' - (born -58 EC) Writer for the [[Folktown Records]].
* '''[[York of Brahang]]''' - A scholar who studied [[Lord Glosfordshier]]; his works were suppressed.
* '''X R Quezlar''' - Died hearing THE VOICES; whither golden stein? (cf. [[Quezlar family]]).
* '''Xhasone Margolhu''' - A mathematical theorem is named after him.
* '''[[Xlardamnf]]''' - Also known as the "[[Stone of Wisdom]]"; was stoned to death.
* '''Yetta Terbium''' - [[Paramount Queen]] and, bucking custom, [[rejah]].
* '''Ylene Ylo''' - Member of [[Iganefta]] Advisory in -53 [[EC]]; coined [[Baron James Horkmanifester|Horkmanifester]].
* '''[[York of Brahang]]''' - Son of an innkeeper; his books were suppressed.
* '''Y't't't'g K'rk't't't''' - The back of this [[Alezan pantheon|Alezanian]] god forms the [[Plain of Brahang]].
* '''Zarf Berstin''' - Publicly antagonistic to [[EUPHORIA]]; currently living within the [[Zyrgian Asylum]].
* '''Zed Dredig''' - Proponent of the Gyp Theory of the origin of [[Criminals]].
* '''[[Zed Varren]]''' - Creator of the term [[Unquisition]] and its originator.

[[Category:Encyclopedants]]

Ghyll:Harv Gretborn

2005-09-24T01:13:29Z

Jcowan: Linking to Royal Dulalia

'''Harv Gretborn''' is considered by all sober scholars to be one of history's darkest figures. His early childhood, including his [[toilet training]], is entirely mysterious, and the once-exciting speculations of the so-called "depth charge school" of historians have been shown to be entirely ''post hoc'' and without foundation.

Gretborn first appears in authentic history as a young man, already established in his famous "invention laboratory" on the outskirts of [[Iganefta]], supposedly funded by the [[Council for Quezlarian Research]], and working on the inventions that were to make him first famous and then infamous. The earliest inventions were relatively straightforward, like the Fountain Spray and the Blue Ice, though the military-mindedness that was so prominent a feature of his later career was already apparent in the first of them, the disgusting but effective [[Snotgun]]. This period came to an end with his publication of ''Sublimating the Divine'', the first openly published systematic guide to the practical applications of [[theoalchemy]].

Alleging a personal breakdown, he then ceased working on inventions for a period of some six years. He spent the first half of this period composing canoralist music -- the very greatest of the second rank ever written -- and the second half writing a paper on Xhasone Margolhu's Theorem that is said by mathematicians to be the last word on the subject. He then returned to the invention laboratory, working night and day with redoubled vigor, until he announced to all Ghyll his discovery of the dreaded [[Gravion Process]], whose very name is still used to frighten ill-behaved children.

The technical details of the Process are fully documented in the [[Gravion Process|article of that name in this encyclopaedia]]. Here [[User:Jcowan|I]] confine myself to an account of its social and political consequences. Like so many other weapons from the crossbow to the Brilliant Pebbles, the Gravion Process did not of course (contrary to early horrified reactions) make war obsolete as a result of the sheer terror of the would-be combatants. No mere physical, or even metaphysical, weapon can possibly achieve that end.

Gretborn's penultimate invention did ensure, however, that whichever entity was the first to avail itself of Gretborn's methods and technical base would achieve a temporary supremacy over its antagonists that could easily put it in a permanent position of strength. As is known to every schoolchild, [[Royal Dulalia]] won the bidding war, destroyed some 60%-75% of the arable land on the Fundzherit Peninsula by way of demonstration, and used the threat of further applications to consolidate his hegemony over his former commercial rivals, transforming his petty kingdom into the [[Dulalian Empire]] of today.

As for Gretborn's Last (or Two-Part) Invention, with which he supposedly intended to redeem his shredded reputation among both scholars and ordinary folk, little has been said about it publicly that can be considered authoritative. We have only the marginal note in Gretborn's own hand in his personal copy of the ''Arithmetica'', claiming that he had worked out the plans ''in extenso'', but that the margin was too small to contain them. For the rest, only the [[Brothers of the Lantern]] know the truth; as usual, they are not talking.

'''Citations''': [[Council for Quezlarian Research]], [[Snotgun]], [[toilet training]].

--[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 16:48, 3 Nov 2004 (EST)

[[Category:People]]

User:Jcowan

2005-09-24T01:10:41Z

Jcowan: Linking to Notary public (which I seem to have forgotten that I did)

==John Cowan, Ghyll Scholar==
John Cowan is a neutral scholar. His articles so far are these:

===Round 1===

* [[Aquentravalkeration]] ([[Talk:Aquentravalkeration|Talk]])
* [[Brothers of the Lantern]] ([[Talk:Brothers of the Lantern|Talk]])
* [[Conflict That Is Not Happening]] ([[Talk:Conflict That Is Not Happening|Talk]])
* [[Doc Rockett]] ([[Talk:Doc Rockett|Talk]])
* [[Edvard von Craghelm]] ([[Talk:Edvard von Craghelm|Talk]])
* [[Folktown Records]] ([[Talk:Folktown Records|Talk]])
* [[Godfroi Hasawithe]] ([[Talk:Godfroi Hasawithe|Talk]])
* [[Harv Gretborn]] ([[Talk:Harv Gretborn|Talk]])
* [[Iain Underholm Smallwood]] ([[Talk:Iain Underholm Smallwood|Talk]])
* "Justification by faith" was unfinished at the deadline and met with the [[User:Morbus Iff|Mighty Stomp]].
* [[Kreem Pye]] ([[Talk:Kreem Pye|Talk]])
* [[Lord Glosfordshier]] ([[Talk:Lord Glosfordshier|Talk]])
* [[Meldersen]] ([[Talk:Meldersen|Talk]])
* [[Nesting]] ([[Talk:Nesting|Talk]])
* [[Opoudelian Starker]] ([[Talk:Opoudelian Starker|Talk]])
* [[Phaelros]] ([[Talk:Phaelros|Talk]])
* [[Quester and Phorrus]] ([[Talk:Quester and Phorrus|Talk]])
* [[Rejah]] ([[Talk:Rejah|Talk]])
* [[Shepenor]] ([[Talk:Shepenor|Talk]])
* [[Splak]] ([[Talk:Splak|Talk]])
* [[TransAvian]] ([[Talk:TransAvian|Talk]])
* [[Theoarcheology]] ([[Talk:Theoarcheology|Talk]])
* [[Undivaggen]] ([[Talk:Undivaggen|Talk]])
* [[Wadjidir]] ([[Talk:Wadjidir|Talk]])
* [[Paramount Queen]] ([[Talk:Paramount Queen|Talk]]) by the Rule of X
* [[Yanking]] ([[Talk:Yanking|Talk]])
* [[Zymenadang]] ([[Talk:Zymenadang|Talk]])

===Round 2===

* [[Accents]] ([[Talk:Accents|Talk]])
* [[Badges]] ([[Talk:Badges|Talk]])
* [[Careers]] ([[Talk:Careers|Talk]])
* [[Daniel Mboya]] ([[Talk:Daniel Mboya|Talk]])
* [[Exingians]] ([[Talk:Exingians|Talk]])
* [[Forbidden Tom]] ([[Talk:Forbidden Tom|Talk]])
* [[Gentinality]] ([[Talk:Gentinality|Talk]])
* [[Horses]] ([[Talk:Horses|Talk]])
* [[Ibaan Malmiz]] ([[Talk:Ibaan Malmiz|Talk]])
* [[Jimmy Cashews]] ([[Talk:Jimmy Cashews|Talk]])
** I was still hoping to do "justification by faith", but no luck.
* I missed K.
* [[Lay public]] ([[Talk:Lay public|Talk]])
* [[Monotapute House]] ([[Talk:Monotapute House|Talk]])
* [[Notary public]] ([[Talk:Notary public|Talk]])
* I missed O.
* I missed P.
* [[Quidnunc]] ([[Talk:Quidnunc|Talk]])
* [[Religious Right]] ([[Talk:Religious Right|Talk]])

===Other===

* [[Orthogonality]] (in collaboration with [[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]])

==John Cowan, Ghyll Player==
Plays under his own name. You can find him by googling, except he's not the bluegrass player.

User:Jcowan

2005-09-24T01:08:25Z

Jcowan: Adding links to Quidnunc, Religious Right

==John Cowan, Ghyll Scholar==
John Cowan is a neutral scholar. His articles so far are these:

===Round 1===

* [[Aquentravalkeration]] ([[Talk:Aquentravalkeration|Talk]])
* [[Brothers of the Lantern]] ([[Talk:Brothers of the Lantern|Talk]])
* [[Conflict That Is Not Happening]] ([[Talk:Conflict That Is Not Happening|Talk]])
* [[Doc Rockett]] ([[Talk:Doc Rockett|Talk]])
* [[Edvard von Craghelm]] ([[Talk:Edvard von Craghelm|Talk]])
* [[Folktown Records]] ([[Talk:Folktown Records|Talk]])
* [[Godfroi Hasawithe]] ([[Talk:Godfroi Hasawithe|Talk]])
* [[Harv Gretborn]] ([[Talk:Harv Gretborn|Talk]])
* [[Iain Underholm Smallwood]] ([[Talk:Iain Underholm Smallwood|Talk]])
* "Justification by faith" was unfinished at the deadline and met with the [[User:Morbus Iff|Mighty Stomp]].
* [[Kreem Pye]] ([[Talk:Kreem Pye|Talk]])
* [[Lord Glosfordshier]] ([[Talk:Lord Glosfordshier|Talk]])
* [[Meldersen]] ([[Talk:Meldersen|Talk]])
* [[Nesting]] ([[Talk:Nesting|Talk]])
* [[Opoudelian Starker]] ([[Talk:Opoudelian Starker|Talk]])
* [[Phaelros]] ([[Talk:Phaelros|Talk]])
* [[Quester and Phorrus]] ([[Talk:Quester and Phorrus|Talk]])
* [[Rejah]] ([[Talk:Rejah|Talk]])
* [[Shepenor]] ([[Talk:Shepenor|Talk]])
* [[Splak]] ([[Talk:Splak|Talk]])
* [[TransAvian]] ([[Talk:TransAvian|Talk]])
* [[Theoarcheology]] ([[Talk:Theoarcheology|Talk]])
* [[Undivaggen]] ([[Talk:Undivaggen|Talk]])
* [[Wadjidir]] ([[Talk:Wadjidir|Talk]])
* [[Paramount Queen]] ([[Talk:Paramount Queen|Talk]]) by the Rule of X
* [[Yanking]] ([[Talk:Yanking|Talk]])
* [[Zymenadang]] ([[Talk:Zymenadang|Talk]])

===Round 2===

* [[Accents]] ([[Talk:Accents|Talk]])
* [[Badges]] ([[Talk:Badges|Talk]])
* [[Careers]] ([[Talk:Careers|Talk]])
* [[Daniel Mboya]] ([[Talk:Daniel Mboya|Talk]])
* [[Exingians]] ([[Talk:Exingians|Talk]])
* [[Forbidden Tom]] ([[Talk:Forbidden Tom|Talk]])
* [[Gentinality]] ([[Talk:Gentinality|Talk]])
* [[Horses]] ([[Talk:Horses|Talk]])
* [[Ibaan Malmiz]] ([[Talk:Ibaan Malmiz|Talk]])
* [[Jimmy Cashews]] ([[Talk:Jimmy Cashews|Talk]])
** I was still hoping to do "justification by faith", but no luck.
* I missed K.
* [[Lay public]] ([[Talk:Lay public|Talk]])
* [[Monotapute House]] ([[Talk:Monotapute House|Talk]])
* I missed N.
* I missed O.
* I missed P.
* [[Quidnunc]] ([[Talk:Quidnunc|Talk]])
* [[Religious Right]] ([[Talk:Religious Right|Talk]])

===Other===

* [[Orthogonality]] (in collaboration with [[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]])

==John Cowan, Ghyll Player==
Plays under his own name. You can find him by googling, except he's not the bluegrass player.

Ghyll talk:Religious Right

2005-09-24T01:08:08Z

Jcowan: Resolved talk

Ghyll:Notary public

2005-09-24T01:03:15Z

Jcowan: Linking to Royal Dulalia

The term '''notary public''' has at least two different senses. On the one hand, it is that part of the [[lay public]] that takes note of things. Most of the lay public just, well, lays there (lies there? I never could get that straight), allowing the tide of so-called public opinion, actually concocted by [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge|various]] [[Cranee Historical Society|secret]] [[Amphitheatre aristocracy|societies]], as is well known, wash over them only to regurgitate it later... Ahem. Yes. Well.

The notary public, then is, the responsive, the active, I may say the useful part of the public. The part that sends you corrections to your articles by [[TransAvian]] at their own expense. All the better if the corrections are in fact correct and in fact correct errors, to be sure. After all, contrary to belief among the non-notary part of the public, we scholars do not entirely write for one another's benefit alone. In fact, this very Encyclopaedia is evidence of ''that''. Or should be.

It's true that answering their notes & queries, even by [[DermPachyges|surface mail]], can become tiresome not to say expensive. But all we ''true'' scholars are committed above all to the cause of Truth, and wish to see our errors corrected. If not necessarily in [[Folktown Records|the press]]. Unless of course by ourselves. If you follow me. Er-hrrrm.

On the other hand, the [[Notar Republic]] is a constituent part, that is to say, a ''former'' constituent part, of the [[Dulalian Empire]]. Or rather, it was an independent republic until [[Royal Dulalia]] forced it to submit to his tyrannical whims. (We must call a spade a spade, even if it's actually a [[splak]]king shovel.) These days, of course, hardly any Notars survive intact, having been irrevocably overrun by [[Darvekian Party]] members.

'''Citations''': [[Darvekian Party]], [[Notar Republic]], [[Splak]].

--[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 10:33, 26 Aug 2005 (EDT)

[[Category:Other]]

Ghyll:Down There

2005-09-24T01:02:29Z

Jcowan: Linking to Royal Dulalia

[[Bobby Shwarmph]] is a quack - and not one of those cute and cuddly quacks like Altifur Witherspoon - but a bonafide, conspiracy-laden, smells-sorta-funny, shelter-your-children quack. As an endlessly-spouting quack, however, he does occasionally get ''something'' right within the pages of [[Aliens Everywhere]], and '''Down There''' is one of them. The problem is, I'm not exactly sure which is fact and which is "WHEE! I HAD THE WEIRDEST DREAM LAST NIGHT. WHERE'S MY PEN?!"

You see, the brown fluid haunts me... and has since [[User:Morbus Iff|my expulsion from the Council]]. Unfortunately, I've been rather unsuccessful in determining much about it. What I do know, I won't reveal here. What [[Bobby Shwarmph]] knows, he's not around to tell anymore (''"Whither Bobby Shwarmph?"'' - now ''that'' would be a great [[luminous manuscript|lumic]]!)

I digress. Down There, Down There. [[Bobby Shwarmph]] first outed it in -55 [[EC]], and I didn't pay it attention. Not only was the first issue of [[Aliens Everywhere]] met with healthy skepticism, Bobby was, at the time, an ''unknown'' quack. Some quacks you can trust. Some quacks you're leery of. Some quacks you just shake your head at with a bemused smile and go "Oh, that lovable quack!" But an unknown quack? Well, that's a whole new ball of [[splak]] - you're not entirely sure where you stand. In -7 [[EC]], Down There made yet another appearance in the rag. Nothing atypical about that - exposing the secrets of the "hollow core" ([[orthogonality|how wrong he was of that!]]) seemed a pet project for him. What piqued my interest was, of course, that blasted brown fluid. If I were an artist, I'd draw you a picture of myself shaking a fist in grim determination. I perform private showings of my patented fist-shaking technique. [[Hork]] me.

Ahem. The brown fluid. Down There. [[Paramount Queen]]. I was off. On? Off.

In the past years, I haven't found much. All hail [[Royal Dulalia]]. With rocks.

Down There is an [[orthogonality]] with one of its turning points in the eastern [[Dulalian Empire]]. From what I can tell from local stories, [[Royal Dulalia]] stumbled into the turning point and returned, weeks later, rife with an over-protecting madness that wouldn't let anyone near the transport. Over many years, he built walls, rooms, and floors around the turning point, and became increasingly maniacal about its protection. Nowadays, the actual room that contains the turning point is surrounded by a vast prison network storing all the incoming travelers to our own orthogonality. No one save Royal Dulalia goes in, no one save Royal Dulalia comes out. I've tried. I've asked. I've pleaded. I've dressed up like a maniacal and paranoid god-king and tried to fakir my way past. I've enlisted [[Aerle]]s to burrow underneath, only to fail for one reason or another. Curse Royal Dulalia. His madness consumes not only he, but me.

I've not been able to find another turning point. I'd be a lot happier if I did.

'''Citations''': [[Dulalian Empire]], [[Hork]], [[Paramount Queen]].

--[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 11:08, 10 Jun 2005 (EDT)

[[Category:Locations]]

Ghyll:Religious Right

2005-09-24T01:00:14Z

Jcowan: Baah. Furthermore pooh.

It has never been made clear whether the '''Religious Right''' is a fearsome weapon of certain dark powers or a phenomenon fundamentally meteorological, and as such utterly beyond the control of any Ghyllian. What ''is'' known is that its destructive powers are formidable, but limited in space and apparently so in time as well. Most of the authenticated accounts of destruction have been of individuals, and only after long periods of scandal or at least publicity. As far as is known, no ordinarily obscure person has ever been destroyed by the Religious Right at all. That the islands which formerly existed in [[Lake Crimin]] were utterly abolished by the weapon or phenomenon cannot be doubted, except by those who also doubt that there ever were any islands in the first place, but no better documented place has ever been denied.

There are three main weapon-based theories of the Religious Right: that it is yet another of the fearsome devices controlled by [[Royal Dulalia]], that it is in the hands of the ultra-secret Inner Faction of the [[Cranee Historical Society]], and that it is wholly owned (or "pwnz0red", as they call it in the [[Great Awakening]]) by [[Antony C. Sutton]]. The safest thing to do, it seems to me, in these times of strife and darkness, is to achieve the best of all possible worlds by believing all three theories, in the spirit of the scholar Gassalasca Jape, without, of course, neglecting the possibility that despite all rumor-mongering, [[Mish prank]]sterism, and funicular projection, that it turns out to be just another of the many catastrophes to which our world is all too subject.

'''Citations:''' [[Lake Crimin]], [[Mish prank]], [[Royal Dulalia]].

--[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 20:54, 23 Sep 2005 (EDT)

Ghyll:Religious Right

2005-09-24T00:57:06Z

Jcowan: removing failed attempt

It has never been made clear whether the '''Religious Right''' is a fearsome weapon of certain dark powers or a phenomenon fundamentally meteorological, and as such utterly beyond the control of any Ghyllian. What ''is'' known is that its destructive powers are formidable, but limited in space and apparently so in time as well. Most of the authenticated accounts of destruction have been of individuals, and only after long periods of scandal or at least publicity. As far as is known, no ordinarily obscure person has ever been destroyed by the Religious Right at all. That the islands which formerly existed in [[Lake Crimin]] were utterly abolished by the weapon or phenomenon cannot be doubted, except by those who also doubt that there ever were any islands in the first place, but no better documented place has ever been denied.

There are three main weapon-based theories of the Religious Right: that it is yet another of the fearsome devices controlled by [[Royal Dulalia]], that it is in the hands of the ultra-secret Inner Faction of the [[Cranee Historical Society]], and that it is wholly owned (or "pwnz0red", as they call it in the [[Great Awakening]]) by [[Anthony C. Sutton]]. The safest thing to do, it seems to me, in these times of strife and darkness, is to achieve the best of all possible worlds by believing all three theories, in the spirit of the scholar Gassalasca Jape, without, of course, neglecting the possibility that despite all rumor-mongering, [[Mish prank]]sterism, and funicular projection, that it turns out to be just another of the many catastrophes to which our world is all too subject.

'''Citations:''' [[Lake Crimin]], [[Mish prank]], [[Royal Dulalia]].

--[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 20:54, 23 Sep 2005 (EDT)

Ghyll:Main Page

2005-09-24T00:56:14Z

Jcowan: Fixing time zone per sbp

<div style="background-color:#eee;border:1px solid #ccc;float:right;margin:1em;padding:0.5em;width:255px;">
<strong>Round 2 Spotlights:</strong>
* [[Obovox]]
* [[Oregano Amber]]
* [[Pricludious]]
* [[Quentabulos]]
* [[Quezlar 6]]
* [[Quicksand]]
<div style="text-align:center;">See all entries in the [[Ghyll Index]].</div>
<div style="margin-top:5px;">'''Encyclopedant Update:''' We're lookng for a detailed family tree of the Wallinger, Creame, Sinch, and Smallwood lines, and how they all intermesh. This would be in addition to your regularly scheduled submissions, and with no deadline or formally defined rules. It'd be listed as an official Encyclopedant reference.</div>
</div>

:''... an amazing collaborative improvisational fiction that combines an intoxicating patchouli whiff of fantasy with the reckless driving tanginess of bebop...'' --[http://lbr.library-blogs.net/read/1212697.htm lbr]

Welcome to the world of [[Ghyll]]. The basic idea is that each player takes on the role of a scholar, from before scholarly pursuits became professionalized (or possibly after they ceased to be). You are cranky, opinionated, prejudiced, and eccentric. You are also collaborating with a number of your peers -- the other players -- on the construction of an encyclopedia about Ghyll. Despite the fact that your peers are self-important, narrow-minded dunderheads, they are honest scholars. No matter how strained their interpretations are, their facts are as accurate as historical research can make them. So if you cite an entry, you have to treat its factual content as true! (Though you can argue vociferously with the interpretation and introduce new facts that shade the interpretation.)

* '''[[Current events|Next deadline]]''': September 23th, 2005 (23:59:59 -0400), letter R.
* [[Current events]]: News and further information about the state of play.
* [[Frequently Asked Questions|FAQ]]: Questions, answers, and discussion about the game, rules, and related concerns.
* [[Round 3 discussion]]: A discussion of what changes to make after we reach letter Z.

==Game Rules==

New players may join in at any time. If you have questions, [[Lexicon discussion|check the FAQ or ask here]].
<br />The core of the game is based on [http://www.20by20room.com/2003/11/lexicon_an_rpg.html Neel Krishnaswami's "Lexicon: an RPG"].

# Scholars shall ''dib'' (reserve), and then write, one entry per turn. Turns loop from A to Z back to A.
# Entries shall cite two ''phantom'' (unwritten) entries and, after the first turn, one existing entry.
# Scholars shall neither cite themselves, nor write phantoms they were the first to cite.
# After the first turn, all phantoms for a letter shall be written before new entries are created.
# Of your required two phantom citations, only one cited phantom can be newly defined.
# The required per-turn citations must not be to entries or phantoms created in the current turn.
# Rule of A: During turn A, scholars may write new A entries instead of defining an existing A phantom.
# Rule of X: If no turn X phantoms remain, you may write a previous letter's phantom instead.

===Example of Play (first turn)===

# On the first turn, [[User:Sbp|Sean B. Palmer]] defines his one entry for the letter A: [[Andelphracian Lights]] (Rule 1).
# In [[Andelphracian Lights]], he creates two phantoms: [[Bysted Timperton]] and [[Quester and Phorrus]] (Rule 2).
# [[User:Sbp|Sean B. Palmer]] may never define [[Bysted Timperton]] and [[Quester and Phorrus]] now. (Rule 3).
# On the next turn, all phantoms for the letter B (like [[Bysted Timperton]]) must be defined (Rule 4).

===Example of Play (all other turns)===

# It's turn 2, letter B, and scholars must first define all phantoms starting with that letter (Rule 4).
# [[User:Sbp|Sean B. Palmer]] wants the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]] and commits an edit saying so (Rule 1).
# He checks "What links here" on the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]] page to see what truths, if any, are known.
# He also searches for the expression/term in the "search" box to find any unlinked mention of his entry.
# He writes the entry, and cites two phantoms (existing or not) and one previously written entry. (Rule 2).
# His citations, however, must not be those he's previously created (Rule 3; see [[Ghyll Index]] and [[Frequently Asked Questions|FAQ]]).
# His citations must also have been created or defined before the current turn of play. (Rule 5).

==How To Participate==
<div style="background-color:#eee;border:1px solid #ccc;float:right;margin:1em;padding:0.5em;width:275px;">You can "go above and beyond" your entries by also updating the [[Ghyll Index]], [[Encyclopedant Calendar|Ghyll Timeline]], [[WhoIsWho|Ghyll Who's Who]], and [[WhereIsWhere|Ghyll Where's Where]] based on your turn. If you don't, no worries - it'll get done eventually.</div>

First, read everything you can! Then [[Special:Userlogin|create an account and log in]]. Defining a new entry is as simple as going to its URL or clicking any red links (''phantoms''). For example, to create "Crab apples", go to http://gamegrene.com/wiki/Crab_apples, click "edit", and begin typing. More information (creating headers, links, bold, italic, etc.) can be found at [[Wikipedia:Help:Editing]].

In-game discussion about terms should occur at the bottom of each entry. Out-of-game comments should appear on the entry's "discussion" page. Be warned: other scholars may take heated issue with your comments! For an example, see [[AuroAnthropology]] and [[Talk:AuroAnthropology]].

Finally, consider writing a brief intro about your scholar (ex. [[User:MorbusIff|Morbus Iff]] and [[User:Sbp|Sean B. Palmer]]). This is NOT a "turn" - this is just you fleshing out your character, much like you'd do before a new tabletop campaign. You should not reference phantom links in your scholar description - just blurb a bio, and if entries happen to be defined later during play (by yourself or someone else), you can retroactively apply links. You may also want to consider adding your scholar to [[Gerth]] page as well.

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Ghyll:Religious Right

2005-09-24T00:54:03Z

Jcowan: Crap, hit "Save page" too soon

It has never been made clear whether the '''Religious Right''' is a fearsome weapon of [[Collegium Civitascertain dark powers or a phenomenon fundamentally meteorological, and as such utterly beyond the control of any Ghyllian. What ''is'' known is that its destructive powers are formidable, but limited in space and apparently so in time as well. Most of the authenticated accounts of destruction have been of individuals, and only after long periods of scandal or at least publicity. As far as is known, no ordinarily obscure person has ever been destroyed by the Religious Right at all. That the islands which formerly existed in [[Lake Crimin]] were utterly abolished by the weapon or phenomenon cannot be doubted, except by those who also doubt that there ever were any islands in the first place, but no better documented place has ever been denied.

There are three main weapon-based theories of the Religious Right: that it is yet another of the fearsome devices controlled by [[Royal Dulalia]], that it is in the hands of the ultra-secret Inner Faction of the [[Cranee Historical Society]], and that it is wholly owned (or "pwnz0red", as they call it in the [[Great Awakening]]) by [[Anthony C. Sutton]]. The safest thing to do, it seems to me, in these times of strife and darkness, is to achieve the best of all possible worlds by believing all three theories, in the spirit of the scholar Gassalasca Jape, without, of course, neglecting the possibility that despite all rumor-mongering, [[Mish prank]]sterism, and funicular projection, that it turns out to be just another of the many catastrophes to which our world is all too subject.

'''Citations:''' [[Lake Crimin]], [[Mish prank]], [[Royal Dulalia]].

--[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 20:54, 23 Sep 2005 (EDT)

Ghyll:Encyclopedant Calendar

2005-09-24T00:48:28Z

Jcowan: Correcting misspelling of Antony C. Sutton's name

To nurture the creation of a Ghyll Encyclopedia that will be of use to all of Ghyll's citizens, the Encyclopedants--key editors, and instigators of the encyclopaedic effort--are taking certain measures to ensure that some regional variations are ''normalised'' to canonical systems. One of the regional variations that the Encyclopedants have felt it foremost necessary to address is that of dates and times.

What this means to scholars is that when you submit entries that contain dates and times in a regional system, you will be asked (if we can get a message back to you) to provide them instead in the Encylopedant Calendar. It is the aim of this notice to define that calendar, and provide you with tips on the conversion. Should it be impossible for you to be contacted, the Encyclopedants will take up the changes themselves, attempting to provide normalisations where possible, and omitting dates otherwise.

==The Encyclopedant Calendar==
<div style="background-color:#eee;border:1px solid #ccc;float:right;margin:1em;padding:0.5em;width:275px;"><strong>EC Linking Shortcut</strong>: When using EC dates in your entries, always use the special <nowiki>[[EC]]</nowiki> syntax to link back to this page. For example, typing "<nowiki>-20 [[EC]]</nowiki>'" will produce the proper text, as well as an automatic link back to this explanation and timeline (below).</div>

The Encyclopedant Calendar (EC) is based on years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and seconds. There are sixty seconds to a minute, sixty minutes to an hour, twenty-four hours to a day, seven days to a week, four weeks to a month, and a dozen months to a year. Hence there are three hundred and thirty six days in a year, as corresponds with a full rotation of our seasons.

The epoch for the Encyclopedant Calendar, i.e. 0 EC, is based on the date that the call for entries was first set forth over the fair lands of Ghyll. Hence, the first year of the creation of the Ghyll Encyclopedia will take place throughout 0 EC. Since scholars will generally be mentioning dates only when they have occurred before the creation of the dictionary, it is expected that dates prior to 0 EC will be most heavily represented in entries: the syntax for doing so is to use a negative number for the amount of years. Note that -1 EC is the year before the creation of the Ghyll Encyclopaedia. It is expected that the first round of definitions for the twenty six letters of the alphabet will take one EC year to complete, and hence the next time we call for definitions of words beginning with "A" is predicted to occur at the start of 1 EC.

To identify a Ghyll month, use the year followed by a slash followed by the number of the month. Likewise, for a day, use the year followed by a slash followed by the number of the month followed by another slash followed by the day. ''Example: the fifth day of the seventh month of -20 EC would be written as -20/7/5 EC.'' For the names of individual months and days, consult the [[Bursine Calendar]] (on which the EC is based).

==Ghyll Timeline==
In order to aid scholars' abilities to convert their regional dates into EC, the Encyclopedants have taken it upon themselves to research the dates for the events described in the first set of entires received for the letter "A". It has been a painstaking and laborious process, but it should enable scholars to more easily research the EC date for events that they describe. The timeline is as follows:

<table class="ghyllidx" style="padding-left:1em;">
<tr><th>Date</th><th>Ghyll Event</th></tr>
<tr><td>-??,???,??? EC</td><td>[[Mount Yurch]] is suspected of forming around this time period.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-??,???,??? EC</td><td>The Avazian civilization falls.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-10,000,000 EC</td><td>(Circa) Common ancestors to Ghyll humanoids and [[Burnflies]] roam the planet.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-6000 EC</td><td>(Circa) Before now, [[graphorn]] herding and selective breeding didn't exist.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-5000 EC</td><td>(Circa) Ghyll humanoids are settled on the coasts of the [[Dagger Seas]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-3600 EC</td><td>Possible existence of [[Lemming pie]], per fossil discoveries.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-3000 EC</td><td>(Circa) Rise of city-states on the [[Dagger Seas|Dagger Peninsulas]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-2800 EC</td><td>Process of converting light to metal is discovered by Umbrig [[Hythmium]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-2797 EC</td><td>People claim [[Hythmium|Hythmiosis]] is a hoax; Umbrig tours with evidence.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-2789 EC</td><td>Death of Umbrig [[Hythmium]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-2788 EC</td><td>[[Hythmium]]'s body is discovered.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-2788 EC</td><td>Five Churches of [[Hythmium]] are created by his best followers.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-2750 EC</td><td>(Circa) The [[Nitenmangrey]] show up in the [[Dagger Seas]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-2500 EC</td><td>(Circa) The [[Nitenmangrey]] rise to prominence in the [[Dagger Seas]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-2197 EC</td><td>The Churches of [[Hythmium]] fall from popularity.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-2100 EC</td><td>An unnamed scholar begins to perform tests on [[splak]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-2004 EC</td><td>A house [[cataclysmatology|cataclysmically]] explodes, destroying itself and the buildings around it.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-2000 EC</td><td>(Circa) References to the [[Budgerigar Master]] have been dated from this period.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-1904 EC</td><td>The [[Hythmium]] religion is dumbed down enough to consider its namesake a deity.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-1690 EC</td><td>(Circa) Birth of [[Llysver the Doomed]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-1683 to -1673 EC</td><td>(Circa) Birth of [[Kebonston Lefkrane]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-1666 EC</td><td>[[Llysver the Doomed]] is appointed magistrate of the Alpha peninsula.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-1648 EC</td><td>[[Kebonston Lefkrane]] publishes ''Traveling the Dagger Seas''.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-1648 EC</td><td>[[Kebonston Lefkrane]] first uses the name [[Nitenmangrey]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-1648 EC</td><td>[[Kebonston Lefkrane]] first uses the name [[loremasters]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-1646 to -1633 EC</td><td>(Circa) [[Kebonston Lefkrane]] appears to witness social upheavals; disappears immediately after.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-1633 EC</td><td>[[Kebonston Lefkrane]] visits [[Llysver the Doomed]] in the Alpha peninsula.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-1633 EC</td><td>[[Kebonston Lefkrane]] disappears for the last time.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-1620 EC</td><td>(Circa) Death of [[Llysver the Doomed]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-1525 EC</td><td>The phrase "burning the midnight [[splak]]" originates around this time.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-1500 EC</td><td>The [[Hythmium]] religion regains some strength and grows anew.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-1206 EC</td><td>Yellow powder, herbs, and [[splak]] are first mixed together.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-1125 EC</td><td>The [[Hythmium]] religion once again dips in popularity.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-1100 EC</td><td>Agricultural and toolmaking peoples are settled near [[Arbuckle Hill]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>-1050 EC</td><td>Bursine the 14th becomes a [[Hive-Lord]] of the [[Nitenmangrey]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-998 EC</td><td>Bursine the 14th stops being a [[Hive-Lord]] for the [[Nitenmangrey]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-??? EC</td><td>(Circa) The [[Chesix System Of Measures]] originates around this period.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-??? EC</td><td>(Circa) Discovery of the perfect ratio for [[Kreem Pye]]s dates from this period.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-910 EC</td><td>[[Blasphemers' Crusade]] called on [[Nitenmangrey]] heretics.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-900 EC</td><td>(Circa) The [[Nitenmangrey]] culture became extinct.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-800 EC</td><td>[[Arbuckle Hill]] communities smaller than 200 souls.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-800 EC</td><td>(Circa) The [[Rod of Quiends]] is discovered near [[Shepenor]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-800 EC</td><td>(Circa) Earliest possible date for the birth of [[Aminfarances]] (with latest possible being -430 EC).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-700 EC</td><td>(Circa) Map of [[Folktown]] showing [[Arbugghyll]] Manor at [[Arbuckle Hill]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-640 EC</td><td>[[Folktown]] Free Charter from Proto-Harandraff ((-730 EC, -600 EC), 9ρ, 0).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-639 EC</td><td>[[Folktown]] courts hear testimony in the "[[Baby Alek]]" case.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-639 EC</td><td>The [[Last witness|Last Witness Guild]] is unofficially formed for the "[[Baby Alek]]" case.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-638 to -565 EC</td><td>[[Folktown]] court activities concerning the outcome of the "[[Baby Alek]]" case.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-630 EC</td><td>[[Folktown]]'s ''The Institute for Reactive Chemistry in Pursuit of Civil Justice'' is formed.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-628 EC</td><td>[[Folktown]]'s ''The Institute for the Fabrication of Delicious Treats...'' is formed.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-604 EC</td><td>[[Folktown]]'s ''The Institute for Mercantile Research in Pursuit of Civil Justice'' is formed.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-599 EC</td><td>[[Folktown]]'s ''The Committee for the Measurement and Maintenance of Measure of...'' is formed.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-598 EC</td><td>[[Folktown]]'s ''The Institute for Standards in Mercantile Exchange in Pursuit of Civil Justice'' is formed.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-573 EC</td><td>[[Loremasters]] in [[Iganefta]] begin using written records.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-570 EC</td><td>[[Folktown]]'s ''The Institute for Philosophical Research in PCJ'' is formed.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-560 EC</td><td>[[Folktown]]'s ''The Institute for Wiping that Smug Grin off of Your Face in PCJ'' is formed.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-551 EC</td><td>[[Folktown]]'s ''The Institute for Municipal Earth Moving Arts in PCJ'' is formed.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-520 EC</td><td>[[Folktown]]'s ''The Committee for Standards and Decency in Pantomime in PCJ'' is formed.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-503 EC</td><td>[[Thou Greatly Heeded]] forms the Color and Noise Foundation.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-503 EC</td><td>Death of Thou Greatly Headed.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-500 EC</td><td>[[Folktown]]'s Chump Town Bank was renamed "The Folk Town Bank".</td></tr>
<tr><td>-500 EC</td><td>(Circa) Oldest known occupation of the core building of [[Undivaggen]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-473 EC</td><td>The [[Qestarius River]] starts changing for the worst; oily, receding, etc.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-473 EC</td><td>[[Qestarine miasma]] is first noted, due to the [[Qestarius River]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-464 EC</td><td>Birth of [[Eixis Anos]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-450 EC</td><td>"Chump Town" is renamed [[Folktown]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-446 EC</td><td>Thungerbarg no longer harvests the weird-tasting fish of the [[Qestarius River]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-445 EC</td><td>Fishermen who prefer the taste of the [[Qestarius River]] move to [[Lake Crimin]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-444 EC</td><td>The [[Last witness|Last Witness Guild]] is officially formed.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-440 EC</td><td>Birth of Exis Ehnos ([[Exis of Whunn]]).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-433 EC</td><td>First edition of ''Quarters of [[Horreld]] Fencing'' published.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-431 EC</td><td>[[Eixis Anos]] marries poet and brewer Dashpine.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-430 EC</td><td>The expedition of [[Croam Olpo]] establishes trade with the [[Xurient]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-430 EC</td><td>(Circa) Latest possible date for the birth of [[Aminfarances]] (with earliest possible being -800 EC).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-420 EC</td><td>[[Folktown]] Court issues "Grand Declaration".</td></tr>
<tr><td>-419 EC</td><td>[[Eixis Anos]] is promoted to colonel in the [[Threel]] Border Guards.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-410 EC</td><td>[[Folktown]]'s ''The Council for the Preservation of Legislative Tradition in PCJ'' is formed.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-400 EC</td><td>(Circa) [[Wormwood]] is imported from the [[Xurient]]; possibly too [[Yesticale worms]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-400 EC</td><td>(Circa) Records show the Wallingers occupying [[Undivaggen]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-400 EC</td><td>(Circa) [[King Harandraff the Great|Harandraffian]] swords are known as [[horreld blade]]s.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-400 EC</td><td>[[Bute University]] is founded; an experiment in tolerance.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-400 EC</td><td>The "Old City" district of [[Iganefta]] was formed around this time.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-400 EC</td><td>Primitive forms of [[Bindlet Ball]] have been discovered in art of this period.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-400 EC</td><td>Members of the [[Carsokian|Carsokian Clan]] are known as violent traditionalists.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-400 to -323 EC</td><td>(Circa) The [[Battle of Barnum Stones]] takes place; exact dates unknown.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-400 to -323 EC</td><td>(Circa) Salerny Redthighs is the shaman-chief of the [[Looliers]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-400 to -323 EC</td><td>(Circa) The use of [[carthage]] becomes widespread.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-397 EC</td><td>[[King Harandraff the Great]] marches on [[Bute University]] and begins siege.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-397 EC</td><td>The modern [[Boxing Day]] is rooted with the [[Army of Whunn]] march on Bute.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-397 EC</td><td>[[King Harandraff the Great]] finds himself in a Civil War.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-397 EC</td><td>Death of [[Azer Wallabin]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-390 EC</td><td>(Circa)The initial scholarly investigation into [[Hermeneutics|Geometric Hermeneutics]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-390 EC</td><td>The Civil War against [[King Harandraff the Great]] ends; entire family tree dead.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-388 EC</td><td>Death of [[Eixis Anos]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-384 EC</td><td>[[Exis of Whunn]] is living in [[Shepenor]] at this time.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-364 EC</td><td>The ''P-26 Letter'', concerning [[Aminfarances]], dates to this year.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-350 EC</td><td>(Circa) The origination of [[grenfing]] dates from this period.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-349 EC</td><td>(Circa) Legends suggest the [[Opoudelian Starker]] was born around this time.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-331 EC</td><td>Trighonomehntri oral tradition dates [[Ponce Gardening]] to here.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-330 EC</td><td>Birth of Andelphracia.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-322 EC</td><td>The [[Carsokian|Carsokian Clan]] "relocates" to the [[Sarfelogian Mountains]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-320 EC</td><td>(Circa) The [[Djiknax Creation Manuscripts]] are written by unknown [[Exingian]] scribe.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-320 EC</td><td>Birth of [[Kan d'Aire]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-306 EC</td><td>A [[cataclysmatology|cataclysmic event]] kills 15 [[Folktown]] children.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-306 EC</td><td>Arthir Jhostings discovered a fundamental truth about [[cataclysmatology|cataclysmic events]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-305 EC</td><td>Arthir Jhostings coins the term [[cataclysmatology]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-300 EC</td><td>(Circa) Birth of [[Briorus Jan-Vanderschusen]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-300 EC</td><td>(Circa) [[Hopdurg]]ians split into Oestrinites and Dokethinians.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-300 EC</td><td>Andelphracia and [[Quezlar 6]] were active in this period.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-300 EC</td><td>Graves are filled with furniture with little room for the bodies.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-300 EC</td><td>50 students recorded as being under the tutelage of Jhostings' [[cataclysmatology]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-300 EC</td><td>[[Kan d'Aire]] becomes a member of the [[Hythmium|Church of Hythmium]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-297 EC</td><td>[[Kan d'Aire]] leaves the [[Hythmium|Church of Hythmium]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-295 EC</td><td>[[Tablankel]] becomes scarce; the [[ancestral burial tableau]] is created.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-294 EC</td><td>Birth of [[Odgar IV]] ("I've" not "Fourth").</td></tr>
<tr><td>-290 EC</td><td>A tidal wave occurs off the Poen Sea (ie. the [[Dagger Seas]]).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-284 EC</td><td>Arthir Jhostings writes his third [[cataclysmatology]] paper and was later martyred for it.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-281/2/18 EC</td><td>[[Wakanpantricism|Wakanpantricist]] Guard subdues the town of Thungerbarg near [[Plain of Brahang]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-280 EC</td><td>Birth of [[Lord Glosfordshier|Paul Glosford]] (eventually "Lord").</td></tr>
<tr><td>-280 EC</td><td>[[Arariax]] the poet was born in the [[Evesque Valley]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-280 EC</td><td>[[Odgar IV]] wins prize at [[Calends Gala]] pie-eating contest.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-275 EC</td><td>Stockwood Music Festival in [[Folktown]].</td><tr>
<tr><td>-270 EC</td><td>First death of [[Kan d'Aire]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-269 EC</td><td>Rebirth of [[Kan d'Aire]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-268 EC</td><td>Second death of [[Kan d'Aire]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-266 EC</td><td>[[Kan d'Aire]]'s body is burned to ensure final death.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-266 EC</td><td>[[Odgar IV]] unexpectedly gets elected to post of [[rejah]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-266 EC</td><td>A young [[Lord Glosfordshier|Paul Glosford]] rises to power in the Dead Crabbits gang.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-265 EC</td><td>[[Tablankel]] becomes extinct; furniture is no longer placed in graves.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-264 EC</td><td>A memorial concert for [[Folktown]]'s Stockwood Music Festival occurs.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-263 EC</td><td>A fire destroys a farmhouse on what would become [[Chez Smallwood]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-260 to -251 EC</td><td>[[Arariax]] holds the [[Calends Gala]] Author Laureate for 9 years.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-260 EC</td><td>[[Lord Glosfordshier|Lord Fredrick Paul Glosfordshier]] declares himself Lord-Mayor of [[Iganefta]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-260 EC</td><td>Construction of [[Iganefta-on-the-Sea]] is undertaken.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-257 to -250 EC</td><td>[[Odgar IV]]'s first round of [[Folktown]] reforms occurs.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-252 EC</td><td>[[Lord Glosfordshier]] is assassinated by the Committee of Public Safety.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-250 EC</td><td>Arbuckle Abby in [[Folktown]] is burned by mob of restauranteurs and barkeeps.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-250/2/14 EC</td><td>Martyr of [[Arbuckle Hill]] is recognised by [[Odgar IV]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-250 EC</td><td>(Circa) Birth of [[Rattallan]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-250 EC</td><td>[[Odgar IV]] encourages construction of the Folktown to Iganefta causeway.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-250 EC</td><td>[[Odgar IV]] reforms [[Folktown]] courts, [[Parliament]], and militia.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-250 EC</td><td>First conclusive proof that [[Ickle]]s exist was discovered around this time.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-250 EC</td><td>(Circa) Invention of [[Lemming pie]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-249 EC</td><td>The [[Extraordinarily Bloodless Revolution]] occurs.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-249 EC</td><td>[[Palace of Lost Souls]] now opened to the public.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-248 EC</td><td>The Martyr Sign is first erected on [[Arbuckle Hill]] in [[Folktown]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-247 EC</td><td>[[Odgar IV]] acknowledges the [[Folktown]] court "Grand Declaration".</td></tr>
<tr><td>-247 EC</td><td>The [[Cataract Road]] extension pushed through by [[Odgar IV]] is completed.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-247 EC</td><td>[[Ponce Gardening]] arrives in [[Iganefta-on-the-Sea]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-246 EC</td><td>Publication of [[Briorus Jan-Vanderschusen]]'s ''Not '''That''' Way, You Splakhead, '''This''' Way!''</td></tr>
<tr><td>-245 EC</td><td>The first restaurant on [[Arbuckle Hill]] is burn to the ground.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-??? EC</td><td>The [[Brothers of the Lantern]] school is established (exact date unknown).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-240 EC</td><td>A quarrel with [[Iganefta]] ends in [[Stindersgrough]] being slowly ejaculated.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-240 EC</td><td>(Circa) [[Chez Smallwood]] is built around this time.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-239 EC</td><td>Publication of [[Songs of Odgar the Fourth]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-239 EC</td><td>Death of [[Odgar IV]]; end of his reign as [[rejah]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-238 EC</td><td>Birth of Quinto Quaffmar "Quaff More" Quezlar.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-237 EC</td><td>Birth of [[Algothequinas]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-234 EC</td><td>Publication of Herbert Blashford's paper ''Too Much Metal for Just One Hand ...''.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-232 EC</td><td>Birth of [[Phylostarus]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-232 EC</td><td>(Circa) [[Iganefta-on-the-Sea|Thungerbarg]] entitles its nearby Sea as the "Dagger".</td></tr>
<tr><td>-220 EC</td><td>[[Folktown]] University Founded.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-218 EC</td><td>(Circa) [[Stindersgrough]] decides to merge with Glossfordshire.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-217 EC</td><td>(Circa) "[[Ponce Gardening]]" replaces "Poen Sea Gardening" in [[Iganefta-on-the-Sea]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-212 EC</td><td>Birth of D.R. Orerorer.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-209 EC</td><td>Birth of X R Quezlar.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-207 EC</td><td>A nameless event, and [[criminals]], produces the Codex RealAxe.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-204 EC</td><td>Birth of playwright [[Peershakes|M. Peershakes]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-202 EC</td><td>[[Quezlar's Quaff, Inc.]], the wealth of the [[Quezlar family]], is founded.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-201/7/15 EC</td><td>First recorded instance of [[Articulary Motion]], by [[Phylostarus]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-201/7/15 EC</td><td>First recorded instance of [[Cornover Reflex Syndrome]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-200 EC</td><td>(Circa) The [[horreld blade]] is no longer a mainstay of armies.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-200 EC</td><td>(Circa) [[Avazian Box]] [[Early Ghyllian Sales and Marketing Practices|advertisements]] are forged, later written about in [[Iganefta Recorder]].<td></td></tr>
<tr><td>-200 EC</td><td>[[Bute University]] celebrates its bicentennial by expanding their campus.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-199 EC</td><td>"Industrial giant" Folktown Steamworks founded in [[Folktown]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-197 EC</td><td>"Industrial giant" Alchemical Research Laboratories founded in [[Folktown]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-195 EC</td><td>[[Phylostarus]] proves that [[Pinky]] is larger than [[Perky]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-192 EC</td><td>Birth of [[Captain Riquiras]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-191 EC</td><td>[[Folktown]] Commodity Exchange opens.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-188 EC</td><td>[[Cadaver, The|The Cadaver]] is erected on [[Arbuckle Hill]] in [[Folktown]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-188 EC</td><td>X R Quezlar first mentions the golden stein of [[Fefferberry Folklore]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-185 EC</td><td>The greater [[Folktown]] area sees its first use of a [[vlorm]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-185 EC</td><td>First known appearance of [[Xlardamnf]] at [[Cadaver, The|The 'Daver]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-185 EC</td><td>[[Olaff Devork]] founds the [[Harrabloon Bank]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-185 EC</td><td>The [[Houvers]] revolutionary group is formed.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-185 EC</td><td>Maxilla von Sims finds hat relating to [[Grephthosthenes]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-185 EC</td><td>Kifomyria Altos is rumored to have wintered with X R Quezlar.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-183 EC</td><td>Significant numbers of the [[Carsokian|Carsokian Clan]] move back to Cranee from the [[Sarfelogian Mountains]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-183 EC</td><td>The [[Cranee Historical Society]] is founded.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-183 EC</td><td>A stein handle, purportedly [[Grephthosthenes]]', dates from around here.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-183 EC</td><td>Hallerman's Chaws & Straws is acquired and closed by [[Quezlar's Quaff, Inc.]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-182 EC</td><td>Death of Quinto Quaffmar "Quaff More" Quezlar.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-182 EC</td><td>X R Quezlar gains ownership of [[Quezlar's Quaff, Inc.]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-181 EC</td><td>Birth of Prof. "Mizo" Mononoke.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-180 EC</td><td>[[Berell]] is rumored to have left the [[Brothers of the Lantern]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-179 EC</td><td>Birth of Rhajoon Quezlar.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-179 EC</td><td>Death of Adamantine Areola Duphine.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-179 EC</td><td>[[Folktown]] courts overhauled; Third Folktown Court Charter results.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-178 EC</td><td>First [[Cadaver, The|'Daver]] fire.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-177 EC</td><td>The [[Monotapute House|Monotapute Society]] is formed.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-175 EC</td><td>The [[Carsokian|Carsokian Clan]] "discovers" that [[Captain Riquiras]] is a member.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-175 EC</td><td>Birth of [[Momfrex Resgrew]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-174 EC</td><td>The [[Carsokian|Carsokian Clan]] "discovers" that [[Captain Riquiras]] isn't a member.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-172 EC</td><td>Earliest recorded drawings of [[Besq Boats]] date from this time period.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-172 EC</td><td>The first [[wormwood]] is "grown" in the greater [[Folktown]] area.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-171 EC</td><td>[[Rattallan]] predicts the world will end -100/10/12 EC.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-171 EC</td><td>[[Rattallan]] predicts [[Aelfants]] will take over the world in 10 EC.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-171 EC</td><td>(Circa) "A Comedie of People Beinge Hit In The Face by Pie" is written.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-169 EC</td><td>10 year old Rhajoon Quezlar wrestles [[Quezlar family]] company away from his dad.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-162 EC</td><td>Death of [[Rattallan]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-166 EC</td><td>First production of ''[[Gimlet]]'' by the [[Amphitheatre aristocracy]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-162 EC</td><td>Death of [[Phylostarus]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-160 EC</td><td>Birth of [[Ibaan Malmiz]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-159 EC</td><td>[[Captain Riquiras]] and his men discover the "Brass Hell", also known as "Captain Riquiras' Idol".</td></tr>
<tr><td>-158 EC</td><td>The [[Battle of Barnum Stones|Barnum Stones]] are moved to Stindersgrough by Corvin Axehand.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-157 EC</td><td>Death of [[Captain Riquiras]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-157 EC</td><td>Death of [[Olaff Devork]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-157 EC</td><td>The [[Carsokian|Carsokian Clan]] "discovers" that Corvin Axehand is a member.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-157/7 EC</td><td>Birth of Mary Elizabeth Carsokian.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-156 EC</td><td>Death of [[Xlardamnf]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-153 EC</td><td>Death of D.R. Orerorer.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-153 EC</td><td>First appearance of [[Grommies|Grommie]] name in [[Iganefta|Iganeftan]] records.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-152 EC</td><td>Death of playwright [[Peershakes|M. Peershakes]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-151 EC</td><td>The earliest forms of the [[Qulirian Energy Converter]] appear.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-150 EC</td><td>Earliest known use of the phrase "[[Andelphracian Lights]]".</td></tr>
<tr><td>-150 EC</td><td>(Circa) Alarius published "Stepping Stones", considered one of his greatest poems.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-149 EC</td><td>Rhajoon Quezlar invents the [[Quezlarian Ooo]] to chea... er, pay, his employees.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-148 EC</td><td>Birth of Rhajoon Quezlar III.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-147 EC</td><td>Reeyay pronounced the tracing of others' [[grenfing|grenfs]] to be indecent.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-147 EC</td><td>Ull Gitshire Kmuppens publishes the [[Kmuppens' Taxonomy]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-147 EC</td><td>[[Godfroi Hasawithe]] places his first deposit in the [[Harrabloon Bank]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-145 EC</td><td>[[Harrabloon Bank]] successfuly lobbies for a bank holiday.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-145 EC</td><td>The Carthage Wars occur, of which [[lemming pie]] was an important ingredient.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-140 EC</td><td>Prof. "Mizo" Mononoke arrives in [[Iganefta-on-the-Sea]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-131 EC</td><td>(Circa) Construction of the [[Kites d'Jeaux]] in [[Iganefta-on-the-Sea]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-131 EC</td><td>Prof. "Mizo" Mononoke begins twenty year study of the [[Kites d'Jeaux]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-130 EC</td><td>(Circa) [[Gyll Hill]] is first used on on a female privvy manuscript.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-130 EC</td><td>(Summer) Two of the [[Kites d'Jeaux]] collapse into [[Dagger Seas|Marty]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-130 EC</td><td>(Winter, Circa) Another [[Kites d'Jeaux]] collapses.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-128 EC</td><td>A cow was found whose skin was made of milk - the first recorded instance of [[Zygotic Dermatosis]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-126 EC</td><td>Birth of Irictus Summorius Hampous ([[Irictus Ross]]).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-123 EC</td><td>Birth of Thoedore Aspic.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-120s EC</td><td>(Circa) Birth of [[Gadsringer Clubberspear]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-120 EC</td><td>Birth of Izzimae Grommie.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-120 EC</td><td>The [[Rod of Quiends]] moves to the [[Aminfarances Institute of Science and Technomancy]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-120 EC</td><td>Whelmin Shirnkal and his mate die, and the [[Bethelanious Mist]] appears.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-119 EC</td><td>[[Ibaan Malmiz]] rediscovers the [[Clamorxian Decoding Method]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-118 EC</td><td>[[Momfrex Resgrew]] isolates himself from society.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-116 EC</td><td>Birth of Daffid Grommie.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-116 EC</td><td>Birth of Mo Quezlar.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-114 EC</td><td>Death of X R Quezlar.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-112 EC</td><td>Two more [[Kites d'Jeaux]] are lost.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-111 EC</td><td>Prof. "Mizo" Mononoke finishes twenty year study of the [[Kites d'Jeaux]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-111 EC</td><td>Birth of Thoedore Aspic.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-110 EC</td><td>Death of Prof. "Mizo" Mononoke.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-106 EC</td><td>Birth of [[Frandos Wakami]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-106 EC</td><td>[[Geoge Gjiosin]] begins the earliest studies into [[Awal shrinkage]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-104 EC</td><td>[[Irictus Ross]] begins noticing untruths without difficulty.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-104 EC</td><td>Death of Ghyllian (cf. [[Irictus Ross]]).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-103 EC</td><td>Irictus Summorius Hampous starts calling himself [[Irictus Ross]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-103 EC</td><td>Founding of [[Iganefta Recorder]] by Thoedore Aspic.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-101 EC</td><td>Second recorded instance of [[Articulary Motion]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-101 EC</td><td>[[Rattallan]]'s prophecy is rediscovered by a [[Bute University]] student.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-101/10/9 EC</td><td>[[Rattallan]]'s prophecy comes true as Ghyll goes silent.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-101/10/12 EC</td><td>[[Rattallan]]'s prophecy comes undone; Ghyll hears again.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-100 EC</td><td>The [[Brothers of the Lantern]] begin to specialize in four classical subjects.</td></tr>
<tr><Td>-100 EC</td><td>(Circa) Belsperg creates a [[luminous manuscript|lumogram]] of the [[Kites d'Jeaux]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-100 EC</td><td>(Circa) Wild budgerigar birds are believed to have become extinct.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-100 EC</td><td>(Circa) Common chuckarando are introduced to the [[Evesque Valley]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-100 EC</td><td>Death of Rhajoon Quezlar.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-100 EC</td><td>[[Wilhelmina Corinne Bardway]] invents the [[ghoulwood viola]] and the [[supranatural luminescence meter]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-100/10/12 EC</td><td>[[Rattallan]] predicted the world will end today.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-100/7 EC</td><td>On an unknown Ulfsday, Mary Elizabeth Carsokian becomes head of the [[Carsokian|Carsokian Clan]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-100/5/10 EC</td><td>[[Phyllis Creanie]] was found as a mud puddle - the second instance of [[Zygotic Dermatosis]] on record.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-99 EC</td><td>Death of [[Ibaan Malmiz]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-99 EC</td><td>Death of Rhajoon Quezlar III.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-99 EC</td><td>[[Geoge Gjiosin]] continues his studies into [[Awal shrinkage]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-99/12/21 EC</td><td>Townsfolk of [[Iganefta]] immolate Mayor Geoffrey Prepuce and judge his effigy.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-99/9/9 EC</td><td>Birth of [[Oregano Amber]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-98 EC</td><td>[[Supetupheraraphes]] founds the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-98 EC</td><td>[[Supetupheraraphes]] becomes President of the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-98 EC</td><td>[[Momfrex Resgrew]] attempts to climb [[Mount Yurch]] and dies trying.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-98 EC</td><td>Izzimae Grommie successfully climbs [[Mount Yurch]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-98 EC</td><td>[[Irictus Ross]] announces a new type of alchemy (neo-alchemy, eventually [[theoalchemy]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-97 EC</td><td>Death of [[Algothequinas]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-97 to -94 EC</td><td>A battle wages between a branch of the [[Carsokian]]s and [[Endlessly Rising Staircase Movement]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-96 EC</td><td>The [[Endlessly Rising Staircase Movement]] is known as the Carzcadet Battyles.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-96 EC</td><td>[[Irictus Ross]] coins the term "[[theoalchemy]]."</td></tr>
<tr><td>-95 EC</td><td>Birth of Rhajoon Quezlar II.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-95/10/2 EC</td><td>Birth of [[Rater Goldfish]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-93 EC</td><td>[[Gadsringer Clubberspear]] makes bet that eventually creates [[DasMineGold]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-93/9 EC</td><td>Daffid Grommie acquires ''[[Iganefta Recorder]]'' from Thoedore Aspic.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-92 EC</td><td>A small child dies near the [[Elminster Mire]], and the [[Bethelanious Mist]] is there.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-92 EC</td><td>[[Gadsringer Clubberspear]] becomes president of [[DasMineGold]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-91 EC</td><td>Gonmolfier's attempt to measure the [[Kites d'Jeaux]] ends with three deaths.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-90 EC</td><td>An unknown traveler writes [[Modern Standard Ghyllian|Modern Ghyllian]] in his journal about [[cactus forests]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-90 EC</td><td>Last recorded stargazing session at [[Baleman]] amphitheatre.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-90 EC</td><td>[[Irictus Ross]] disproves the existence of Nothing.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-89/7/14 EC</td><td>Birth of [[Pricludious]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-88 EC</td><td>[[Arbuckle Hill]] Martyr Sign is declared a historic landmark.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-88 EC</td><td>(Circa) [[Ignatius Maximillian Albertus Crank]] discovers the dead talk in [[Elminster Mire]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-87 EC</td><td>Birth of Mork Waterson.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-87 EC</td><td>Discovery of D.R. Orerorer paintings sparked [[NeoPostAncientism]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-86/1/2 EC</td><td>(Circa) Birth of [[Doc Rockett]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>early -80s EC</td><td>Founding of [[Paramount Queen]] ceremony in [[Folktown]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-80 EC</td><td>Birth of Rikkard Grommie.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-80 EC</td><td>Birth of Edlunch.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-80 EC</td><td>[[Frandos Wakami]] weds Syliva Beth Panderlock.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-80 EC</td><td>[[Ignatius Maximillian Albertus Crank]] was touring around this time.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-80 EC</td><td>The [[Office of Knowledge About Things]] is founded.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-79 EC</td><td>[[Fijjit Mejora]], a [[pachyderm]] in the courier business, retires.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-78 EC</td><td>At the age of 11, [[Pricludious]] is accepted into [[Bute University]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-78 EC</td><td>[[DermPachyges]], [[pachyderm]] courier service, forms with [[Frandos Wakami]] as overseer.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-77 EC</td><td>[[Meldersen]] becomes President of the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-76 EC</td><td>Birth of [[Rancticirchiretic]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-76 EC</td><td>The [[Council for Quezlarian Research]] publishes about the [[Endlessly Rising Staircase Movement]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-76 EC</td><td>[[Irictus Ross]] helps found the Tempton School of [[Ellensworth]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-75 EC</td><td>[[Shepenor]] takes in an all-time high of 4200 [[lugyup]] of fish this year.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-75 EC</td><td>The [[Earthquake of Fluyr]] destroys the [[Baleman]] amphitheatre.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-75 EC</td><td>Because of the [[Earthquake of Fluyr]], [[Keglacians]] migrate further south.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-75 EC</td><td>The [[Aerle]] race is discovered due to the [[Earthquake of Fluyr]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-75 EC</td><td>[[Chez Smallwood]] gets a renovation and restored [[scuttleway]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-75 EC</td><td>Founding of the [[Odlucian Library]] by Thoedore Aspic.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-75 EC</td><td>Birth of [[Iain Underholm Smallwood]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-75 EC</td><td>Birth of [[Zed Varren]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-75 EC</td><td>Molly Harding's occupation is listed as a "Hostess" in the [[Iganefta]] Census.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-74 EC</td><td>Construction and formation of the [[Cataract Road]] begins.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-73 EC</td><td>Birth of [[Lane Smallwood]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-73 EC</td><td>The [[Office of Knowledge About Things]] studies liquid movement.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-73 EC</td><td>[[Rancticirchiretic]] finds the [[Djiknax Creation Manuscripts]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-73 EC</td><td>[[Misery Loves Company]] founded.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-72 EC</td><td>What would eventually become [[Yarding]] originates at [[Chez Smallwood]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-72 EC</td><td>Birth of Gregor Tobias [[Whostley]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-72/2/17 EC</td><td>Birth of James Jordan ([[Baron James Horkmanifester]]).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-71 EC</td><td>Izzimae Grommie becomes ''Supreme Omigod'' of the [[Order of Truth]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-71 EC</td><td>The first series of [[Boing]] [[luminous manuscript|lumics]] are written.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-70s EC</td><td>(Circa) [[Qane]] and his Cirq l' Tytns appears in the [[Qestarius River]] region.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-70 EC</td><td>Two transcriptions of the Echecharion are known to exist.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-70 EC</td><td>Birth of Got Quezlar.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-70 EC</td><td>(Circa) Birth of [[Bysted Timperton]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-70 EC</td><td>(Circa) [[Yesticale worms]] children's rhyme is translated from Olkuull.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-70 EC</td><td>(Circa) A book is stolen from the [[Odlucian Library]]'s Black Wing.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-69 EC</td><td>The [[Black Hall]] wing of the [[Odlucian Library]] is opened.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-69/4/12 EC</td><td>Birth of [[Bavarian Creame]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-68 EC</td><td>Competition in Mechanaut design becomes known as a "race".</td></tr>
<tr><td>-68 EC</td><td>Lumico, once the biggest [[luminous manuscript|lumics]] producer, goes out of business.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-68 EC</td><td>[[Pricludious]] receives his Diploma of Completion from [[Bute University]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-67 EC</td><td>The first true [[Yarding]] occurs, from Smallwood to Bigwood.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-66 EC</td><td>Birth of Johan Ichabod Lightning, AKA "Johnny".</td></tr>
<tr><td>-66 EC</td><td>[[Horreld blade]] fencing is no longer an event in the [[Dagger Seas|Dagger]] games.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-66 EC</td><td>[[Misery Loves Company]] is completely and utterly bankrupt.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-65 EC</td><td>[[Modern Standard Ghyllian]] is made extant.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-65 EC</td><td>[[Rater Goldfish]] makes his public debut for an audience of two.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-65 EC</td><td>A [[Po Mountain]] landslide kills a number of [[Evesque Valley]] residents.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-65 EC</td><td>Death of Mo Quezlar.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-65 EC</td><td>An ad for the [[Endlessly Rising Staircase Movement]] appears in the [[Folktown Records]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-65/2/18 EC</td><td>Birth of [[Godfroi Hasawithe]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-64/7/26 EC</td><td>[[Doc Rockett]] weds Nyorgard Frunt of [[Iganefta]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-63 EC</td><td>Johnny Lightning's parents emigrate to [[Iganefta-on-the-Sea]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-63/3/6 EC</td><td>The [[Tarkherk Corps]] is first founded, with no fanfare.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-62/7/11 EC</td><td>Birth of [[Baron Claude Lloyd Albert Smallwood]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-62 EC</td><td>Construction and formation of the [[Cataract Road]] ends.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-62 EC</td><td>[[User:Arnia|Fingest Arnia]] appointed Worshipful Master of the [[Paramount Queen]] Ceremony.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-60 EC</td><td>(Circa) The current form of [[Bindlet Ball]], based on [[Awal shrinkage]], is developed.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-60 EC</td><td>[[Bavarian Creame]] is, at the early age of 9, admitted to the [[Amphitheatre aristocracy]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-60 EC</td><td>Aria Humm joins the [[lichtmin]] and jumps off Pylfrum's Peak.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-60 EC</td><td>''[[Quester and Phorrus]]'', the "journal of the classics", begins publishing.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-50s EC</td><td>(Circa) Parts of Ghyll enter the age of religious tolerance.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-59 EC</td><td>Birth of Quiz Quezlar.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-58 EC</td><td>Birth of Windsor Creame.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-58 EC</td><td>Death of Rhajoon Quezlar II.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-58/7/2 EC</td><td>The Battle of [[Umbo Moor]] sees a field trial of [[Ball Lightning Liqueur]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-58/7/2 EC</td><td>The [[Bethelanious Mist]] makes an appearance at the Battle of [[Umbo Moor]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-58/7/2 EC</td><td>Mox Elder of the [[Tarkherk Corps]] sees the [[White Lady]] at [[Umbo Moor]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-57 EC</td><td>Birth of [[Blivingdel]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-57 EC</td><td>[[Pricludious]] publishes "This is Reality, And I Can Prove It"...</td></tr>
<tr><td>-56 EC</td><td>[[Rancticirchiretic]] becomes President of the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-56 EC</td><td>[[Meldersen]] becomes Master Librarian.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-56 EC</td><td>Mox Elder faces a court-martial for his abandonment of the [[Tarkherk Corps]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-55 EC</td><td>Birth of Umgumphornitz Rockett.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-55 EC</td><td>[[Bobby Shwarmph]] starts publishing the weekly [[Aliens Everywhere]]!</td></tr>
<tr><td>-55 EC</td><td>James Jordan ([[Baron James Horkmanifester]]) graduates from Glosfordshier Preparatory.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-55 EC</td><td>James Jordan ([[Baron James Horkmanifester]]) starts expedition up [[Mount Yurch]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-54 EC</td><td>Dr. Buddy-Mortimer Antwal confirms the [[vornalts]] of the [[Kites d'Jeaux]] are actually ourge pods.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-54 EC</td><td>Ghyll Bindlet League, for [[Bindlet Ball]], is founded.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-54 EC</td><td>The Ancient Academy of [[Aminfarances]] is disassembled.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-54/7/11 EC</td><td>Birth of [[Madam Calvian|Bavariana Aliya Wallinger]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-54/10/12 EC</td><td>Inaugural [[Day of Champions]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-53 EC</td><td>[[Frandos Wakami]], CEO of [[DermPachyges]] for 25 years, ends his reign as dictator.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-53 EC</td><td>The [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]]'s Steering Committee begins using three oxen in its motif.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-53 EC</td><td>[[Irictus Ross]] makes his last public appearance; retires to [[Folktown]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-53/10/22 EC</td><td>James Jordan ([[Baron James Horkmanifester]]) returns to [[Iganefta]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-53/10/22 EC</td><td>Ylene Ylo of the [[Iganefta]] Advisory coins name [[Baron James Horkmanifester|Horkmanifester]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-52 EC</td><td>The [[Tarkherk Corps]] no longer confirm or deny conspiratorial rumors.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-52 EC</td><td>Birth of Thureau Grommie.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-51 EC</td><td>Birth of Slilmornay Rockett.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-51 EC</td><td>[[Quester and Phorrus]] invites [[Doc Rockett]] to write a monthly essay column.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-51 EC</td><td>Non-member [[Doc Rockett]] is granted access to the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]]'s Cake.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-51/10 EC</td><td>The first [[Quester and Phorrus]] essay by [[Doc Rockett]] is published.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-51/7 EC</td><td>Johnny Lightning and others attempt to rob a branch of the [[Harrabloon Bank]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-50 EC</td><td>The last reported, though questionable, sighting of the [[Budgerigar Master]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-50 EC</td><td>[[Ball Lightning Liqueur]] and "Awal Sleeps" begin to see common usage.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-50 EC</td><td>[[Baron James Horkmanifester]] founds [[TransAvian]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-50 EC</td><td>107 members, an all time high, exist in the [[Endlessly Rising Staircase Movement]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-48 EC</td><td>[[Pricludious]] packs up and goes on an extended holiday to the [[Dagger Seas]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-47 EC</td><td>[[Godfroi Hasawithe]] returns to [[Folktown]] to start an investment partnership.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-47 EC</td><td>[[Godfroi Hasawithe]] makes his first deposit in the [[Harrabloon Bank]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-47 EC</td><td>[[Whostley]] renders the prevalent version of [[Affable Young Gentlemen]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-46 EC</td><td>Brother ([[Brothers of the Lantern|of the Lantern]]) Honuphrius denounces [[Arariax]]'s early/middle poems.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-45 EC</td><td>[[Bavarian Creame]] weds [[Baron Claude Lloyd Albert Smallwood]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-45 EC</td><td>The [[NeoAlezanians]] secret societal order is founded.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-45 EC</td><td>Large deposit of oooite found in the [[Azura Mines]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-45 EC</td><td>[[User:Arnia|Fingest Arnia]] sacked as Worshipful Master of the [[Paramount Queen]] Ceremony.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-45 EC</td><td>[[Baron James Horkmanifester]] purchases large share of the [[Azura Mines]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-45/11 EC</td><td>Carl Kapek discovers process of instilling simple intelligence, creating the first [[EctoMechanauts|EctoMechanaut]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-45/4/8 EC</td><td>[[Harrabloon Bank]]'s successfully lobbied yearly ''Bank Holiday'' first occurred on this date.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-44 EC</td><td>[[Baron James Horkmanifester]] purchases land between [[Iganefta]]/on-the-Sea and retires.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-44 EC</td><td>[[Blivingdel]] enrolls into [[Bute University]] at the age of 13.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-44 EC</td><td>Bob Phanqué publishes a "fictional" account of [[Kebro-shepenor]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-44 EC</td><td>[[Godfroi Hasawithe]] and Tistar Wakami wed.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-43 EC</td><td>[[Lane Smallwood]] commits [[guerrilla warfare]] against the [[Endlessly Rising Staircase Movement]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-42 EC</td><td>A great wave crashes in [[Shepenor]]; thankfully, few are hurt.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-42 EC</td><td>[[Shepenor]] takes in an all-time low of 625 [[lugyup]] of fish this year.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-41/1/1 EC</td><td>Mack Himminfen becomes president of [[DasMineGold]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-41 EC</td><td>Death of Daffid Grommie.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-41 EC</td><td>[[Oregano Amber]] has business dealings with the primary light producers.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-41 EC</td><td>Control of the ''[[Iganefta Recorder]]'' and family company go to Rikkard Grommie.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-40 EC</td><td>[[Rancticirchiretic]] discovers [[theoarcheology]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-40 EC</td><td>[[Oregano Amber]] is nearly killed by unknown assailants.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-40s EC</td><td>(Circa) [[Doc Rockett]] endorses [[Trung Tro Hampher]] for Mayor of [[Iganefta]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-39 EC</td><td>[[Oregano Amber]] moves to [[Shepenor]] and helps with its rebuilding.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-38 EC</td><td>Incumbent [[Folktown]] mayor loses re-election; purportedly prefers another [[Bindlet Ball]] team.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-38 EC</td><td>[[Godfroi Hasawithe]] and Tistar Wakami separate, but remain married.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-37 EC</td><td>Death of Bolma Knengsken-Drasselmeyer.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-37 EC</td><td>Battle occurs over petrified [[Aelfants|Aelfant]] dung-ball at the [[Plain of Brahang]] (thrown by the [[NeoAlezanians]]).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-37 EC</td><td>[[Blivingdel]] graduates from [[Bute University]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-37 EC</td><td>Bolma Knengsken-Drasselmeyer’s [[Hive-Lord]] disappears.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-37 EC</td><td>Alchemical Intelligence and the Spiritual become a focus of [[EUPHORIA]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-36 EC</td><td>Death of Izzimae Grommie.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-35 to -22 EC</td><td>The important Quindred Couplet [[Laxicon|laxicons]] were issued during this period.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-35 EC</td><td>[[Bavarian Creame]] becomes mayor of [[Folktown]], at the early age of 34.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-35 EC</td><td>[[Madam Calvian|Bavariana Aliya Wallinger]] graduates from the [[Sivitatuhum Academy for Ladies]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-35 EC</td><td>Ramingotes and Fondal prove that [[Gyll Hill]] is etymologically unrelated to "Ghyll".</td></tr>
<tr><td>-34 EC</td><td>[[Doc Rockett]] publishes Rockett's Guide to [[Wakanpantricism]] in two volumes.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-34 EC</td><td>[[Zot, The|The Zot]] develops to protest the [[Amphitheatre aristocracy]].
<tr><td>-33 EC</td><td>[[Bavarian Creame]] divorces [[Baron Claude Lloyd Albert Smallwood]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-33 EC</td><td>[[Baron Claude Lloyd Albert Smallwood]] gains the Title Smallwood due to his divorce.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-33 EC</td><td>[[Doc Rockett]] divorces Nyorgard Frunt.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-33 EC</td><td>[[Doc Rockett]] weds long-term companion Archovy Infatale.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-33 EC</td><td>Lufford Grommie retires from writing [[Boing]]; Naggard Grommie takes up the reins.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-32 EC</td><td>Awal becomes President of the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-31 to -25 EC</td><td>Most Senior Banker of the [[Harrabloon Bank]] implicated in another [[Bavarian Creame]] divorce.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-31 EC</td><td>[[Bavarian Creame]] weds Sir Bartholemew Sinch.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-31 EC</td><td>Birth of Siam Sinch, daughter of [[Bavarian Creame]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-31 EC</td><td>Death of Sir Bartholemew Sinch, husband of [[Bavarian Creame]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-31 EC</td><td>(Winter) Death of [[Oregano Amber]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-30 EC</td><td>Johanniz Fermple becomes Master Librarian.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-30 EC</td><td>Death of Thoedore Aspic.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-30 EC</td><td>The member list of the [[Monotapute House]] is leaked to [[Antony C. Sutton]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-29 EC</td><td>[[Madam Calvian|Bavariana Aliya Wallinger]] weds Ser York Timperton-Axis.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-28 EC</td><td>''The Usual Suspects'' bronze statue appears in [[Iganefta]], thanks to the [[NeoAlezanians]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-28/1/4 EC</td><td>Death of Ser York Timperton-Axis.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-28/2 EC</td><td>[[Madam Calvian|Madam Bavariana]] retreats from society.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-27 to -9 EC</td><td>[[Blivingdel]] writes various articles on the [[Wadjidir]] for ''[[Quester and Phorrus]]''</td></tr>
<tr><td>-27 EC</td><td>[[Madam Calvian|Madam Bavariana]] re-emerges a new woman, wowing the societal elite.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-27 EC</td><td>Viktor MiBrons writes a book about [[Kebro-shepenor]], published by Shepenor Press.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-25 EC</td><td>Birth of [[Daniel Mboya]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-25 EC</td><td>Death of Carl Kapek.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-25/9 EC</td><td>The first [[EctoMechanauts|EctoMechanaut]] Jacques disappears shortly after the death of his creator.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-25/8/12 EC</td><td>[[Madam Calvian|Madam Bavariana]] weds Kardiff Calvian.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-25/4/1 EC</td><td>H.A.N.D.B.A.G. petitions the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]] and is ignored.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-24 EC</td><td>[[Blivingdel]] translates the Fylesgate Annals: Ternary Fragments 23-147.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-24 EC</td><td>[[Lemming pie]]s smuggle [[EctoMechanauts]] parts during a conflict.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-24 EC</td><td>Birth of Mr. Bagouville.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-23 EC</td><td>Birth of Kardiff Aeleks Calvian.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-23 EC</td><td>The 4th Edition of [[Calends Gala|Gala Rules and Traditions]] is released.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-23 EC</td><td>[[Blivingdel]] perfects his recipe for baked [[lemming pie]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-23 EC</td><td>Death of [[Irictus Ross]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-22 EC</td><td>[[Doc Rockett]] writes "Thinking About Thinking" essay.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-22 EC</td><td>[[Arbuckle Hill]] Martyr Sign moved to [[Odlucian Library]] and replaced with replica.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-22 EC</td><td>An [[EctoMechanauts|EctoMechanaut]] joins the [[Brothers of the Lantern]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-22 EC</td><td>[[EctoMechanauts|EctoMechanuat]] [[Brothers of the Lantern|Brother]] disappears; event now known as the [[Darkened Lantern]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-22/7/3 EC</td><td>[[Cadaver, The|The Cadaver]] burns down (again).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-22/7/3 EC</td><td>[[Whostley]] is hired as [[Cadaver, The|The Cadaver]]'s keys-man.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-21 EC</td><td>Birth of Latvi Bouk Calvian.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-21 EC</td><td>Birth of [[Vemish]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-21 EC</td><td>The last paper of [[Irictus Ross]] is published.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-21/10/12 EC</td><td>The [[Day of Champions]] [[Bindlet Ball]] game lasts for seven days.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-20s EC</td><td>(Circa) [[DermPachyges]] undertakes a failed attempt to eradicate [[Aelfants]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-20s EC</td><td>Were it not for [[Laxicon]]s, would've been known as the era of a Great Toilet Paper Shortage.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-20 EC</td><td>Pelon Peak erupts [[cataclysmatology|cataclysmically]], nearly destroying the town of [[Ellensworth]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-20 EC</td><td>The Tempton School of [[Ellensworth]] is destroyed by the Pelon Peak eruption.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-20 EC</td><td>Death of [[Edvard von Craghelm]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-20 EC</td><td>13 members exist in the [[Endlessly Rising Staircase Movement]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-20/7/7 EC</td><td>Parts of the [[Forbidden Tom]] truth were revealed at the [[Folktown Amphitheatre]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-19 EC</td><td>[[Lemming pie]]s smuggle [[EctoMechanauts]] parts during the conflict.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-19 EC</td><td>[[Bindlet Ball]], Its Rules And History published (Aliens Press, 964 pages).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-19 EC</td><td>[[Blivingdel]] writes lyrics to "Across the Waves" in ''Naval Gazing Gazette''.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-19 EC</td><td>Four unrelated cases of [[Zygotic Dermatosis]] were discovered and subsequently covered up.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-19 EC</td><td>Most recent [[cataclysmatology]] paper, The Last Great Event So Far, written.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-18 EC</td><td>Birth of twins Brandi Soo and Nigala Jasna Calvian.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-18 EC</td><td>Birth of Gibbous Saunders.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-18 EC</td><td>[[Pricludious]] returns from his thirty year holiday.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-18 EC</td><td>[[Pricludious]] publishes "Mathematical Origami"...</td></tr>
<tr><td>-17 EC</td><td>The [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]]'s motto is translated, and quickly changed.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-17 EC</td><td>A misjudged [[Fefferberry]] adjusts the measure of the [[Chesix System Of Measures|gyup]] substantially downward for one year.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-16 EC</td><td>[[Fefferberry]] crop nearly lost due to extremely late ripening; wine of this vintage is highly sought.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-16 EC</td><td>[[Vemish]] gets hit in the head with a [[Bindlet Ball]] and is fixed up by a [[Twitch Doctor]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-16 EC</td><td>[[Pricludious]] is awarded the coveted Most Logically Dressed Scholar.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-15 EC</td><td>Leaked member lists of the [[Monotapute House]] are placed in [[Unquisition]] custody.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-15 EC</td><td>(Circa) The three largest laxitive companies fall into disrepute and bankruptcy.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-15 EC</td><td>Cudgie Bunkhargler is revealed to be the [[Stindersgrough]] Underpants Snatcher.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-15/9/13 EC</td><td>Death of [[Frandos Wakami]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-14 EC</td><td>An act is passed that prohibits professional [[Bindlet Ball]] players from running for political office.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-14 EC</td><td>"Ultimatum" is replaced with "[[Systematic Epistemological Action]]".</td></tr>
<tr><td>-14 EC</td><td>[[Bobby Shwarmph]] publishes paper in [[Brothers of the Lantern]] scholarly journal.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-14 EC</td><td> The family feud between the [[Grommies|Grommie Family]] and the [[Rump Family]] began.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-13 EC</td><td>Ramshod Axis negotiates an Acquaduck Filiis extension for Stonemouth from the [[Dulalian Empire]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-13 EC</td><td>[[Folktown Records]] weekly newspaper founded, Ulfsday, the 22nd of Conti.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-13 EC</td><td>The [[Body Bank]] surfaces as an alternative to traditional medicine and physical therapy.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-12 EC</td><td>[[Iain Underholm Smallwood]] abdicates his barony to [[Baron Claude Lloyd Albert Smallwood]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-12 EC</td><td>[[Baron Claude Lloyd Albert Smallwood]] gains the Grant of Smallwood.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-12 EC</td><td>[[Baron Claude Lloyd Albert Smallwood]] travels to the [[cactus forests]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-12 EC</td><td>[[Blivingdel]] publishes revolutionary reassessment of the foundations of [[theoarcheology]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-12 EC</td><td>[[Doc Rockett]] publishes his first book of poetry, ''Spiddic Poetry''.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-12 EC</td><td>Death of Sylvia Beth Panderlock.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-12 EC</td><td>Slilmornay Rockett becomes Master Librarian.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-12 EC</td><td>The [[NeoAlezanians]] play a [[Mish prank]] on [[Amphitheatre aristocracy]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-11 EC</td><td>The Acquaduck Filiis extension for Stonemouth is completed.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-11 EC</td><td>Value of the [[Quezlarian Ooo]] is spiralling downward.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-11 EC</td><td>Proliferation of the [[trundle cart]] becomes inevitable.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-11 EC</td><td>[[Doggerel plague]] sweeps parts of Ghyll.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-11 EC</td><td>[[Madam Calvian]] returns to [[Undivaggen]] for reasons rumored.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-11 EC</td><td>The [[Klokwerx]] light harvester is built in conjunction with the Rump Towers.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-11 EC</td><td>[[Baron James Horkmanifester]] sells [[TransAvian]] to [[Godfroi Hasawithe]]'s holding company Gweddill Fluffett.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-11 EC</td><td>[[Blivingdel]] becomes President of the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-11 EC</td><td>Much-publicised marriage of artist Siam Sinch and statesman Gabson Foye.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-11 EC</td><td>First, often revealing, lumograms of [[Bethany Mboya]] released.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-11/10/12 EC</td><td>Rikkard wins bet with Indigo Huac, owner of [[Folktown Records]], over [[Bindlet Ball]] final.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-10 EC</td><td>The rebuilt Tempton School of [[Ellensworth]] reopens in [[Folktown]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-10 EC</td><td>[[Doc Rockett]] contracts emphyteusis during chitin-repair surgery.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-10 EC</td><td>The [[Bethelanious Mist]]: responsible for the totem over the unnamed field?</td></tr>
<tr><td>-10 EC</td><td>The [[Djiknax Creation Manuscripts]] are discovered and [[Clamorxian Decoding Method|decoded]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-10/1 EC</td><td>The [[Night of Cloaks and Daggers]] occurs in relation to the [[Charterhouse Collection]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-9 EC</td><td>First writings, in the form of small pamphlets, by [[Bethany Mboya]] released.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-9 EC</td><td>[[Doggerel plague]] is happily forgotten; no feigned ignorance is needed.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-9 EC</td><td>The Egron Eagles [[Bindlet Ball]] team disappears from seasonal scoring records.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-9 EC</td><td>Two [[Brothers of the Lantern]] [[EctoMechanauts]] researchers check in to the [[Zyrgian Asylum]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-8 EC</td><td>Birth of [[Morphous Ibb]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-8 EC</td><td>[[Daniel Mboya]] and Niala Wallinger end their relationship.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-8 EC</td><td>Windsor Creame weds [[Bavarian Creame]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-8 EC</td><td>Death of Rikkard Grommie.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-7 EC</td><td>The Brothers of the Lantern: Unauthorized, Unofficial, and Unapproved published.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-7 EC</td><td>The [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]] release exceptions to quarantine protocol.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-7 EC</td><td>[[Daniel Mboya]] suffers an "unfortunate accident", causing retardation.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-7 EC</td><td>The [[Speedish Chefs|Speedish Chef]] storms out of the Author Laureate banquet because an honoree wore yellow.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-7 EC</td><td>First [[Xurient|Xuriental]] [[Paramount Queen]] crowned, but has to resign after scandal.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-7 EC</td><td>Sir Rumsfeld Tiggerwort finds [[Ziggurat Scrolls]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-7 EC</td><td>First recorded resurgence of [[Aurophylaxis]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-7/1/25 EC</td><td>The longest [[Bindlet Ball]] game, [[Bindlet Banality]], starts.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-7/2/25 EC</td><td>[[Bindlet Banality]] sees the first homes being built on field.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-7/5 EC</td><td>[[Bindlet Banality]] homes are being rebuilt, only to be taken down again.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-7/7 EC</td><td>The "guy from the third row" sighs at the [[Bindlet Banality]] game.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-7/7 EC</td><td>Two [[Bindlet Banality]] players are taken in for injuries.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-7/8 EC</td><td>The third Meditation allows houses on the [[Bindlet Banality]] field.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-7/10/12 EC</td><td>[[Iain Underholm Smallwood]] is assassinated at the [[Day of Champions]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-6 EC</td><td>Sir Rumsfeld Tiggerwort finishes first interpretation of [[Ziggurat Scrolls]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-6 EC</td><td>[[Banter Scarves]] are discovered in the [[Eirbrivian Sectors]] of the [[Azura Mines]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-6 EC</td><td>GMG files a lawsuit against [[EUPHORIA]]; [[EUPHORIA]] countersues.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-6 EC</td><td>[[Gadsringer Clubberspear]] disappears.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-6/1/1 EC</td><td>Jack Marksfields becomes president of [[DasMineGold]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-5 EC</td><td>A documented study of the [[cactus forests]] takes place.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-5 EC</td><td>Monument to [[Frandos Wakami]] erected in [[Folktown]] on [[Cataract Road]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-5 EC</td><td>[[Godfroi Hasawithe]] retires almost completedly from business.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-5 EC</td><td>[[Wilhelmina Corinne Bardway]] discovers another secret of [[Alezan Script]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-5 EC</td><td>FMC files a lawsuit against [[EUPHORIA]]; [[EUPHORIA]] countersues.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-5 EC</td><td>[[Madam Calvian]] resigns from the [[Amphitheatre Aristocracy]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-5/7/8 EC</td><td>Garth Haversham accidentally Answers a [[Hive-Lord]] Question and is immediately banished.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-5/1 EC</td><td>The [[Bindlet Banality]] arena is slowly turning into a makeshift village.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-4 EC</td><td>[[Acineen]]: A History and Recipe Collection of the Green And Orange Fruit is published.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-4 EC</td><td>[[Blivingdel]] finishes revised interpretation of [[Ziggurat Scrolls]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-4 EC</td><td>[[Daniel Mboya]] returns to society, after years of rehabilitation.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-4 EC</td><td>Resentful Ghyll, by [[Doc Rockett]] and [[User:Juzh Iruk|Juzh Iruk]], is published.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-4 EC</td><td>The Folktown Flergit Beasts are this year's [[Hoopkah]] leaders.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-4 EC</td><td>Death of Got Quezlar.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-4/1 EC</td><td>The [[Kortayal Trading Expedition]] is formed.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-4/4/6 EC</td><td>Death of [[Doc Rockett]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-4/7/22 EC</td><td>Last known appearance of [[Bobby Shwarmph]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-4/8 EC</td><td>The "Sufferin' Succotashes" return to the [[Bindlet Banality]] field.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-3 EC</td><td>[[Vemish]] almost gets infected by [[doggerel plague]] victims while visiting [[Egron]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-3 EC</td><td>[[Baron Claude Lloyd Albert Smallwood]] breaks his leg during the rescue of [[Vemish]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-3 EC</td><td>[[Godfroi Hasawithe]] moves into the ground floor of the Charterhouse Estate.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-3 EC</td><td>Due to bureaucratic errors, the Egron Eagles [[Bindlet Ball]] team plays again.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-3 EC</td><td>The Iganefta Fefferberrys are this year's [[Hoopkah]] leaders.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-3 EC</td><td>[[General Lude'crus]] undergoes golemic surgery at the hands of the [[Body Bank]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-3 EC</td><td>[[Pricludious]] publishes "Abnormal Math", a followup to "Mathematical Origami".</td></tr>
<tr><td>-3/7 EC</td><td>[[Bindlet Banality]] players are discovered having families.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-2 EC</td><td>[[Shepenor]] takes in 2000 [[lugyup]] of fish this year.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-2 EC</td><td>[[Egron]] is discovered to be crawling with [[doggerel plague]] victims.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-2 EC</td><td>[[Bethany Mboya]] exposed by Gabson Foye.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-2 EC</td><td>All who studied the [[cactus forests]] in -5 EC die on Rishbard Nonce.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-2 EC</td><td>27 climbers die on [[Mount Yurch]], the latest disaster associated with the Mount.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-2 EC</td><td>The Folktown Flergit Beasts are this year's [[Hoopkah]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-2 EC</td><td>The [[Events of Solitude]] discovered to be a media concoction.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-2 EC</td><td>Yetta Terbium is crowned [[Paramount Queen]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-2 EC</td><td>Near mass protest at the [[Littered Carapace]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-2/9/19 EC</td><td>30 traders of the [[Kortayal Trading Expedition]] die at the hands of [[Iganefta]]ns.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-2/9/19 EC</td><td>Death of [[Kortayal Trading Expedition|Kortayal]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-2/11/1 EC</td><td>The [[Kortayal Trading Expedition]] goes out of business.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-1 EC</td><td>Mork Wasterson, 87 years old, wins the Author Laureate at the [[Calends Gala]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-1 EC</td><td>The Folktown Flergit Beasts are this year's [[Hoopkah]] leaders.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-1 EC</td><td>Casual-wear competition for [[Paramount Queen]]ship is instituted.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-1 EC</td><td>The [[Regurgitation Revels]] festival is started by some [[focused farming|focused farmers]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>-1/10/8 EC</td><td>Third recorded instance of [[Articulary Motion]], by Ralph Neocronin.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-1/1/1 EC</td><td>Death of [[Pricludious]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>0 EC</td><td>[[Bute University]] completes its new science buildings.</td></tr>
<tr><td>0 EC</td><td>Death of [[Daniel Mboya]]; [[Folktown]] brownie market crashes.</td></tr>
<tr><td>0 EC</td><td>[[Vemish]] begins second trip through the [[Azura Mines]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>0 EC</td><td>Ghyll Encyclopedia founded.</td></tr>
<tr><td>0 EC</td><td>The Cranee Deathbugs are the [[Hoopkah]] leaders this year.</td></tr>
<tr><td>0 EC</td><td>Layout and proofing copy of [[Folktown Records]] 396 [[Sphoxolis Trees|is discovered]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>0 EC</td><td>(Fall) [[User:Ilowe|Iain Lowe]] recovers more of the history regarding [[Grephthosthenes]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>0/9/15 EC</td><td>Grommie [[Songs of Odgar The Fourth|publishing facility]] (of the [[Iganefta Recorder]]) moves to [[Folktown]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>0/12/17 EC</td><td>Death of [[Baron James Horkmanifester]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>1 EC</td><td>[[Qane]] and his Cirq l' Tytns appears in the [[Qestarius River]] region.</td></tr>
<tr><td>1 EC</td><td>The [[Monotapute House]] has assets of 400,000 [[Quezlarian Ooo|quezloos]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>1/1/25 EC</td><td>The longest [[Bindlet Ball]] game, [[Bindlet Banality]], ends.</td></tr>
<tr><td>1/1/25 EC</td><td>A [[Grephthosthenes|stein handle]] and crypt are found just north of [[Iganefta-on-the-Sea]].</td></tr>
<tr><td>1/2/6 EC</td><td>[[User:Ilowe|Iain Lowe]] receives a letter regarding [[Grephthosthenes]]' life.</td></tr>
<tr><td>2 EC</td><td>[[M'Kev D'wal]] plans to officially retire this year.</td></tr>
<tr><td>2 EC</td><td>Planned publication date for ''How I Learned Romance From [[Big Brown Riding Hoof]].''</td></tr>
<tr><td>3/5/20 EC</td><td>Estimated date of [[EUPHORIA]] legal battles.</td></tr>
<tr><td>10 EC</td><td>[[Rattallan]] predicted [[Aelfants]] will take over the world this year.</td></tr>
<tr><td>15 EC</td><td>The lagging Barnum Stones will be moved to [[Stindersgrough]] again.</td></tr>
<tr><td>70 EC</td><td>[[Stindersgrough]] is expected to merge with Glossfordshire.</td></tr>
<tr><td>100 EC</td><td>[[Pziqq trees]] ecology in the [[Sarfelogian Mountains]] should recover by this year.</td></tr>
</table>

==Folktown Records History==

<div style="background-color:#eee;border:1px solid #ccc;float:right;margin:1em;padding:0.5em;width:275px;"><strong>FR Editions Script</strong>: To convert the number of a Folktown Records edition into an EC date, you can use the [http://inamidst.com/misc/folkrec/250 online script]. Just replace the number in the URI (the Web address) with the one that you want the EC date of.</div>

From the first set of entries received for the Encyclopaedia, it is clear that many dates are stated indirectly using Folktown Records edition numbers. Since the Folktown Records has only been running since -13 EC, this only works for recent events, but those are the events most relevant to the inhabitants of Ghyll today, and the Folktown Records are common and popular enough that we can expect more excerpts from them in entries to come. As the editions of Folktown Records have been produced without fail every week from -13/3/22 EC onward, we can provide the following dates for landmark issues:

<table class="ghyllidx" style="padding-left:1em;">
<tr><th>Date</th><th>Folktown Records Event</th></tr>
<tr><td>-13/3/22 EC</td><td>The 1st edition of the Folktown Records (FR1).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-12/4/1 EC</td><td>The 50th edition of the Folktown Records (FR50).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-12 EC</td><td>Windsor Creame joins the writing staff.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-11/4/15 EC</td><td>The 100th edition of the Folktown Records (FR100).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-11/10/15 EC</td><td>FR124 (Owner Indigo Huac) begins month long ad of the ''[[Iganefta Recorder]]''.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-11/11/15 EC</td><td>FR128 (Owner Indigo Huac) ends month long ad of the ''[[Iganefta Recorder]]''.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-9/5/15 EC</td><td>The 200th edition of the Folktown Records (FR200).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-8/6/1 EC</td><td>The 250th edition of the Folktown Records (FR250).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-7/6/15 EC</td><td>The 300th edition of the Folktown Records (FR300).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-7/9/15 EC</td><td>Gibbous Saunders [[AuroAnthropology|writes]] to FR312 (Managing Editor Garth Haversham).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-7/10/15 EC</td><td>[[Iain Underholm Smallwood]]'s assassination; four printings of FR316 required.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-7/9/15 EC</td><td>Gibbous Saunders [[Sphoxolis Trees|writes]] to FR396 (Managing Editor Garth Haversham).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-5/7/8 EC</td><td>Garth Haversham is banished for Answering a Question (FR399).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-5/7/15 EC</td><td>The 400th edition of the Folktown Records (FR400).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-3/8/15 EC</td><td>The 500th edition of the Folktown Records (FR500).</td></tr>
<tr><td>-2/1/8 EC</td><td>FR519 conjectures about [[Bobby Shwarmph]]'s possible death.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-1/4/1 EC</td><td>[[Morphous Ibb]] [[Quezlarian numerals|writes]] to FR578. Tim Timperton responds.</td></tr>
<tr><td>-1/9/15 EC</td><td>The 600th edition of the Folktown Records (FR600).</td></tr>
<tr><td>0/1/1 EC</td><td>Ghyll Encyclopedia founding coincides with FR614.</td></tr>
</table>

[[Category:Encyclopedants]]

Ghyll:WhoIsWho

2005-09-24T00:47:34Z

Jcowan: Correcting misspelling of Antony C. Sutton's name

Listing in alphabetical order, not by surname, since some entries ([[Quezlar 6]]) don't have a known surname, and Ghyll sorting procedures for names--and even baby name giving procedures--are currently unknown. Note that the short descriptions below are NOT indicative of "all we know"... we just didn't duplicate data available elsewhere in the Encyclopedia. Consider using the search engine to find more information about a particular name.

* '''#47 (or 4274049)''' - Skullcap of this [[Nitenmangrey]] god forms the [[Sarfelogian Mountains]].
* '''Adamantine Areola Duphine''' - Ran for Mayor of [[Folktown]]; committed suicide.
* '''Adelaide Clementine Chimmlefut''' - Mother of Gabson Foye.
* '''Agwa Reeum''' - Received translated copy of [[Grimporke Grimoire]]; translated it to Untch.
* '''[[Alarius]]''' - A renowned freethinker, philosopher and artist; son of [[Arariax]].
* '''Alastair Bledgewater''' - Format compatriot of Johnny Lightning's father.
* '''Alek Hambeck-Harblock''' - [[Baby Alek]]; his fate was decided by the [[Folktown]] court system.
* '''Aleksandra Mary Blackgold''' - Daughter of Mary Elizabeth Carsokian.
* '''Alessa Mboya''' - Sister of Windsor Creame and mother of [[Daniel Mboya]].
* '''[[Algothequinas]]''' - Poet and recorder of [[Cornover Reflex Syndrome]].
* '''Alia Amber''' - Youngest sister of [[Oregano Amber]].
* '''Alice Bob Charlie David Edward Smallwood''' - [[Iain Underholm Smallwood]]'s mother; baroness.
* '''Allison Clarinda Husslespear''' - Mother of [[Captain Riquiras]].
* '''Altifur Witherspoon''' - The "hobosopher of the East"; was apparently eaten by his mate.
* '''[[Aminfarances]]''' - Founder/Foundress of the [[Aminfarances Institute of Science and Technomancy]].
* '''Andelphracia''' - (flourised -300 EC) Mayoress of Fylesgate, inventor of [[Andelphracian Lights]].
* '''[[Antony C. Sutton]]''' - Was leaked a member list of the [[Monotapute House]].
* '''[[Arariax]]''' - (born c. -280 EC) One of Ghyll's most influential poets.
* '''[[Arbugghyll]]''' - Unknown owner of [[Arbugghyll]] Manor circa -700 EC in [[Folktown]].
* '''Archimetres''' - Co-owner of The Underfunded Eastside Publishing House for Small and Insignificant Mammals.
* '''Archovy Infatale''' - Husband of [[Doc Rockett]]; married after Doc's divorce.
* '''Aria Humm''' - Elder sister of [[Oregano Amber]].
* '''Aristea Sylvia Panderlock''' - Daughter of Sylvia Beth Panderlock and [[Frandos Wakami]].
* '''Arthir Jhostings''' - Founder of [[cataclysmatology]] in -305 EC.
* '''Artiax''' - A much less gifted poet often confused with [[Arariax]].
* '''Awal''' - The first to apply [[Jesper's constant]] to the study of spelgof emulsions.
* '''[[Azer Wallabin]]''' - A great musician; jumped to his death from the walls of Bute.
* '''B. T. Gidgewell''' - Late Supreme Commandant of the [[Tarkherk Corps]].
* '''Baltizar''' - A philosopher; was studied by [[Pricludious]].
* '''[[Baron Claude Lloyd Albert Smallwood]]''' - Wine producer, ex-husband of [[Bavarian Creame]].
* '''[[Baron James Horkmanifester]]''' - Of "Horkmanifester's investment rules"; founded [[TransAvian]].
* '''Bartholemew Sinch''' - Second husband of [[Bavarian Creame]]; died shortly after Siam Sinch was born.
* '''[[User:Bartmoss|Bartmoss]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar, ex-member of the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]].
* '''Bat-Boy''' - Of the Cirq l' Tytns travelling circus; an acrobat par excellence.
* '''[[Bavarian Creame]]''' - Wife of Windsor Creame, older sister of [[Hack And The Jacks|Jack Juffers]] and [[Madam Calvian]].
* '''Bela Wallinger''' - Grand nephew to Bouk Amber.
* '''Bellis Cruminwithe''' - Spokesman of the Clubberspear House.
* '''Belsperg''' - Creator of a [[luminous manuscript|lumogram]] of the vista of the [[Kites d'Jeaux]].
* '''[[Berell]]''' - Once a [[Brothers of the Lantern|Brother]], now a revered patron and belief system founder.
* '''[[Bethany Mboya]]''' - “We are all enthrall [sic] to the beauty of Bethany Mboya”.
* '''Bikari Smallwood''' - Alias of an informant regarding the [[Darkened Lantern]].
* '''Billubert Shwartanger''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Brandi Soo Calvian''' - Child of Kardiff Calvian and [[Madam Calvian]].
* '''Brian David Sinningprick''' - Private advocate working in [[Iganefta-on-the-Sea]].
* '''[[Blivingdel]]''' - An interpreter of Ternary Script.
* '''Blowtie and the Hoofish''' - Jazz ensemble.
* '''Bob Phanqué''' - Lead cartographer and inventor of fecksadecimal.
* '''[[Bobby Shwarmph|Bobby "Robert" Shwarmph]]''' - Runs the [[Aliens Everywhere]] mag, lives near [[Alezan]].
* '''[[Boing]]''' - A crime-solving [[horse]] with springs on his hooves; [[luminous manuscript|lumic]] hero.
* '''Bolma Knengsken-Drasselmeyer''' - Her [[Hive-Lord]] has gone missing, which inspired [[EUPHORIA]].
* '''Bordingbras''' - ''Mere bagatelle in the hands of a Fate'' (cf. [[Battle of Barnum Stones]], [[Bordingbras his hatt!]]).
* '''Bouk Amber''' - Father of [[Oregano Amber]].
* '''Brandi''' - [[Odgar IV]] sung about her; administrator of the [[Folktown]] Arts Council.
* '''Brandi Silverstein''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Brin Leedis''' - Publisher of Pink Aelfant Lumix and "Amazing Mathist".
* '''[[Briorus Jan-Vanderschusen]]''' - Original conceiver of the betrothal march, born circa -300 EC.
* '''Brolo Yerit''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''[[Budgerigar Master]]''' - A mysterious historical figure from as far back as -2000 EC.
* '''Bunny Hutch''' - Famed performance artist.
* '''Burbleson''' - Wrote a multi-volume set about [[Folktown]]'s court documents.
* '''Burgengute''' - A book copier for the Encyclopedants.
* '''Burnflyman''' - A character in the [[Karcist League]] [[Luminous manuscript|lumics]].
* '''Bursine the 14th''' - Creator of the [[Bursine Calendar]], [[Hive-Lord]] of the [[Nitenmangrey]].
* '''[[Busco]]''' - According to Avazian legend, wielded the [[Horreld blade]], immune to the [[Justice Device]].
* '''[[Bysted Timperton]]''' - Vice Chairman of the [[Council for Quezlarian Research]].
* '''[[Captain Riquiras]]''' - Legendary buccaneer and smuggler. Sailor of [[Besq Boats]].
* '''Carl Kapek''' - Creator of the first [[EctoMechanauts|EctoMechanaut]], named him Jacques.
* '''Carsok''' - Defiled Earth Mother, of [[Vulcrue]].
* '''Candi Rapper''' - Wrote a best selling novel My Little Oblong Fantasy, which mentions [[Gyll Hill]].
* '''Canonical Goo''' - Advertises about [[Gyll Hill]] in the [[Folktown Records]].
* '''Casostates''' - Was to judge a contest of smilching prowess at the [[Battle of Barnum Stones|Barnum Stones]].
* '''[[User:Clsn|clsn]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''Cornelious Junior Crunch''' - Appointed third Marshall of the [[Folktown]] court in -565 EC.
* '''Corvin Axehand''' - Moved the [[Battle of Barnum Stones|Barnum Stones]] to [[Stindersgrough]] in -158 EC.
* '''[[Creator]]''' - Deity. Believed to have wiped Ghyll from its finger.
* '''[[Croam Olpo]]''' - Established trade with the [[Xurient]] back in -430 [[EC]].
* '''[[User:Crschmidt|Christopher Schmidt]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''The Cwazy Cats Do Hollywood''' - Classic performer of [[quiver'n'bend]] music.
* '''Daffid Grommie''' - Founder of the [[Grommies|Grommie]] famliy fortune.
* '''Daisy''' - [[Odgar IV]] sung about her; administrator of the [[Folktown]] Arts Council.
* '''[[Daniel Mboya]]''' - Nephew of Windsor Creame; died recently in mysterious circumstances.
* '''Dardâ´îl''' - A servant of the [[Creator]] per the [[Nitenmangrey]] religion.
* '''Dashpine''' - Husband and biographer of [[Eixis Anos]].
* '''[[Daydream Believer]]''' - A ''the'' from [[Aliens Everywhere]]! and a type of employment.
* '''[[User:Darus Ixa|Darus Ixa]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar, ex-member of the [[Aminfarances Institute of Science and Technomancy]].
* '''Dentyl Cane''' - Alias of an informant regarding the [[Darkened Lantern]].
* '''Detective Bernhard Lenhork''' - Investigated the events surrounding the [[Darkened Lantern]].
* '''Dex from Hillbottom''' - Appointed second Marshall of the [[Folktown]] court in -579 EC.
* '''Dirk Blood-Skull-Saint-Monsterface''' - Director of the [[Morphomancy|Dark Conventicle of Morphomancy]]; met with [[Odgar IV]].
* '''Dobrovius''' - A mathematical luminary; [[Pricludious]] studied their work.
* '''[[Doc Rockett]]''' - Wrote ''Invariant Transforms, with Historio-Physical Applications''.
* '''[[User:PhineasCrank|Doctor Phineas Crank]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar and self-styled "doctor" of occult studies.
* '''Dogui Olpo''' - Grandson of [[Croam Olpo]], brought [[hungfold]] to Ghyll.
* '''[[User:Dok|Dok]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''Dr. B. J. Spook''' - Famous developmental psychoalchemist and expert on [[toilet training]].
* '''Dr. Buddy-Mortimer Antwal''' - Of [[Bute University]]; confirmed that [[vornalts]] were ourge pods.
* '''[[User:DrAckroyd|Dr. H. L. Ackroyd]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''[[User:DrBacchus|DrBacchus]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''D. R. Orerorer''' - PostAncientist whose rediscovered art sparked [[NeoPostAncientism]].
* '''"Easy" Lizzard''' - An associate and confidante of [[Bobby Shwarmph]].
* '''Eddie Pobertop''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Edlunch''' - Was the root cause of the [[Po Mountain]] landslide.
* '''[[Edvard von Craghelm]]''' - (died -20 EC) Famous [[Anaximancer]].
* '''[[Eixis Anos]]''' - (b. -464 EC d. -388 EC) Military leader and fencer.
* '''Elki Hue Vallinger''' - Mother of [[Oregano Amber]].
* '''Elmo "Phorrus" Quester''' - One of the founders of ''[[Quester and Phorrus]]''.
* '''[[User:Tehwalrus|Edward Shwarmph]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar, quasi-science lover.
* '''[[User:Pixel|Eric Vitiello]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar, ex-member of the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]], and farmer in Dandarth.
* '''[[Eriq Tali]]''' - aka Eric Tally, leader of the [[Great Awakening]].
* '''[[Exis of Whunn]]''' - Led the [[Army of Whunn]] against [[Bute University]].
* '''[[User:Fausto Sorensen|Fausto Sorensen]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar, correspondent for the ''[[Iganefta Recorder]]''.
* '''Felix Ximberly''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Feliz Zimberly''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Fermous Ibb''' - Father of [[Morphous Ibb]], discovered [[Deathood]] mask.
* '''Ferrestung Longraze''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''[[Fijjit Mejora]]''' - A [[pachyderm]] in the courier business. Retired in -79 EC.
* '''[[User:Finna Sunderhorn|Finna Sunderhorn]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''Firebird Jazz Ensemble''' - A group of jazz music performers.
* '''[[User:Arnia|Fingest Arnia]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar, [[Amphitheatre aristocracy]] member.
* '''Frank "Quester" Phorrus''' - One of the founders of ''[[Quester and Phorrus]]''.
* '''Frank Sicksdagrees''' - Suspected of being the imposter [[Not Peershakes]].
* '''Fondal''' - Helped prove that [[Gyll Hill]] was etymologically unrelated to "Ghyll".
* '''[[Frandos Wakami]]''' - Overseer, for 25 years, of the [[DermPachyges]] courier service.
* '''[[Fuldermox]]''' - First proponent of the [[Intellectuals' Conspiracy]].
* '''Full Pinky Jazz Group''' - A group of jazz music performers.
* '''Gabson Foye''' - Husband of Siam Sinch and exposer of [[Bethany Mboya]].
* '''[[Gadsringer Clubberspear]]''' - First president of [[DasMineGold]].
* '''Garth Haversham''' - Managing Editor of the [[Folktown Records]] on -7/9/15 EC.
* '''Gassalasca Jape''' - Ghyll scholar, believes [[Arariax]] was both assassin and assassined.
* '''[[Ged Nokaway]]''' - Popular lyricist who urged [[Zot, The|Zotters]] to go ever faster.
* '''[[General Lude'crus]]''' - Once-popular militarist of Ghyll, now a golemic mess.
* '''Geoffrey Prepuce''' - Despised Mayor of [[Iganefta]]. Burned in -99/12/21 by the townsfolk. Husband of [[Grommies|Izzimae Grommie]].
* '''[[Geoge Gjiosin]]''' - Actually discovered [[Jesper's constant]] in his [[Awal shrinkage]] research.
* '''Ghates''' - A mathematical luminary; [[Pricludious]] studied their work.
* '''Ghyllian''' - Uninventive name of a young boy; died in -104 EC (cf. [[Irictus Ross]]).
* '''Gibbous Saunders''' - (born -18 EC) Wrote to the [[Folktown Records]], published in edition 312.
* '''[[Gimlet]]''' - Main character and young prince of the play ''[[Gimlet]]''.
* '''[[User:Ginestre|Ginestre]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''[[Godfroi Hasawithe]]''' - Current owner of the [[Charterhouse Collection]].
* '''Gonmolfier''' - Tried to measure the [[Kites d'Jeaux]]; lost three men in the attempt.
* '''Got Quezlar''' - Returned [[Quezlar's Quaff, Inc.]] to wine production (cf. [[Quezlar family]]).
* '''Great Master and Lord of All Life''' - [[Creator]] equivalent of [[Kebro-shepenor]].
* '''[[Grephthosthenes]]''' - A well-known (though little respected) figure of mythology.
* '''Grephthosthenes''' - A letter writer to Sock in old [[Ignaefta Recorder]]s.
* '''Griffin Alastair Bommlehodge''' - Sat on the Board of Mechanician's Guild; retired to Iganefta.
* '''Groll the Do-Gooder''' - One of Five Do-Gooders not defeated by Jemima Panderlock.
* '''Guido''' - One of the fictional pals of [[Gimlet]] from the play ''[[Gimlet]]''.
* '''Guy in the third row''' - Prematurely ended the [[Bindlet Banality]] game.
* '''Gyll Hill''' - The current (0 EC) president of the [[Cranee Historical Society]].
* '''[[Hack And The Jacks|Hackleford Vermeer]]''' ''(aka "Hack")'' - Founder of the [[NeoAlezanians]].
* '''Hallerman''' - Of Hallerman's Chaws & Straws, a family business closed in -183 EC.
* '''Hambeck clan''' - Claimed parentage of the [[Baby Alek]], deliberated by the [[Folktown]] courts.
* '''Harblock clan''' - Claimed parentage of the [[Baby Alek]], deliberated by the [[Folktown]] courts.
* '''Harover''' - Brother to [[Llysver the Doomed]], was insulted by [[Kebonston Lefkrane]]. Important artist of the [[Dreamy period]].
* '''[[Harv Gretborn]]''' - Inventor of the [[Gravion Process]].
* '''Hattie''' - A farmhand, and topic of a poem called [[Hattie's Day]].
* '''Heh and the Blammos''' - Classic performer of [[quiver'n'bend]] music.
* '''[[Hemoss The Heretic]]''' - Issuer of two Great Heresies (cf. [[Altoxian Bulb]]).
* '''Heinrich Cornover''' - Once great [[Speedish Chefs|Speedish Chef]]; took his own life due to [[Cornover Reflex Syndrome]].
* '''Herbertoid''' - Translator of the [[Folktown]] X Documents.
* '''Herbertron''' - Translator of the [[Folktown]] X Documents.
* '''Herbert Blashford''' - Classic performer of [[quiver'n'bend]] music, founder of Musical [[Hermeneutics]].
* '''Hermen "J.J" Neut''' - of Wikaway Lane, Cranee Village, subject of study by a branch of [[Hermeneutics]].
* '''Herve Spe’Lhex''' - Second-generation student of [[Aminfarances]]; founder of ''Ancient Academy of Aminfarances''.
* '''Hew Loan''' - Once a Mayor of [[Folktown]]; [[Bavarian Creame]] was one of his Core Advisors.
* '''Hirum Paul Macklefoot''' - Owner of Untch-translated [[Grimporke Grimoire]]; translated it to MSG.
* '''Honuphrius''' - Brother of the Lantern and denouncer of [[Arariax]].
* '''[[Hopdurg]]''' - A God-king; unsuspected devotion to him by the [[Looliers]].
* '''Horatio Gloom Wakami''' - Son of Sylvia Beth Panderlock and [[Frandos Wakami]].
* '''[[Iain Underholm Smallwood]]''' - Assassinated [[Folktown]] Councilor.
* '''[[Ibaan Malmiz]]''' - Drunken Prophet and author of the [[Grimporke Grimoire]].
* '''[[Ibah Mahli]]''' - Author of ''Grinham Noire: Collected Tails''.
* '''The Iganefta City Jazz Band''' - A group of jazz music performers.
* '''[[Ignatius Maximillian Albertus Crank]]''' - Charlatan, creator of hair restoration tonic.
* '''Indigo Huac''' - One-time owner of the [[Folktown Records]].
* '''Innkeep of the Brhang Turnpike Inn''' - father of [[York of Brahang]].
* '''[[Irictus Ross]]''' - Coined the term [[theoalchemy]] in -96 EC.
* '''Ishrâfâ´îl''' - A servant of the [[Creator]] per the [[Nitenmangrey]] religion.
* '''Izadora Gutschtup''' - Actress, Alezan or [[Bobby Shwarmph|Shwarmph]] childbearer depending on who you ask.
* '''Izrâ´îl Tâwûs Malâk''' - The single deity of the [[Nitenmangrey]]; of the [[Creator]]; renamed [[The Beast]].
* '''Izzimae Grommie''' - Daffid Grommie's sister, first to climb [[Mount Yurch]]; ''Supreme Omigod'' of the [[Order of Truth]].
* '''[[Hack And The Jacks|Jack Juffers]]''' ''(aka "Long Jack")''- Co-founder of the [[NeoAlezanians]], younger sister of [[Bavarian Creame]].
* '''[[Hack And The Jacks|Jack Kootz]]''' ''(aka "Small Jack")''- Co-founder of the [[NeoAlezanians]].
* '''Jack Marksfields''' - Current president of [[DasMineGold]].
* '''[[Jack Tuckarando]]''' - Created the supply and demand for [[Tuckarando]] pets.
* '''[[Jimmy Cashews|James "Jimmy Cashews" Cashinawitz]]''' - Long time business parter of [[Johnny Lightning]].
* '''James Joojooflop Jones''' - [[NeoPostAncientism|NeoPostAncientist]], created a sculpture entitled "Horse" made from a single horse.
* '''Jan ver Daath''' - Retired from the [[Tarkherk Corps]] with a rank of Spearholder. He fooled us all.
* '''[[Jarvik Jarvik]]''' - Authority at the Committee for Epistemological Hygiene.
* '''Jekkrey of Monmoth''' - First spouted about Luhddism.
* '''Jelena Brandi Dossleham-Lenhork''' - Mother of [[Madam Calvian]].
* '''Jelena Panderlock''' - Jemima Panderlock's non-identical twin sister.
* '''Jemima Panderlock''' - A fictional city girl living in a tall well-kept building in the east of [[Iganefta]].
* '''Jermaine Loweltree 78th''' - Alias of an informant regarding the [[Darkened Lantern]].
* '''Jesper Mirnle''' - Had a wife who unknowingly coined the "[[Jesper's constant]]" name.
* '''Joash Lokmire''' - Esteemed poet laureate and literary historian.
* '''Johanniz Fermple''' - Former Master Librarian.
* '''[[Johnny Lightning]]''' - Born Johan Ichabod Lightning, Grand [[Hive-Lord]] of [[Iganefta]] Back Market.
* '''Judhael Rockett''' - Father of [[Doc Rockett]].
* '''[[User:Joe Bowers|Joe Bowers]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar, has written for the [[Folktown Records]].
* '''[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]''' - Neutral Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''[[User:Juzh Iruk|Juzh Iruk]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''K Mrx''' - A play, "T'as a blimey nikt", details his exploits.
* '''[[Kan d'Aire]]''' - The first Ghyllian to cease being dead.
* '''Kardiff Aeleks Calvian''' - Child of Kardiff Calvian and [[Madam Calvian]].
* '''Kardiff Calvian''' - Current husband of [[Madam Calvian]].
* '''Kasteel Clubberspear''' - Father of [[Gadsringer Clubberspear]].
* '''Kathryn Pearl Blatherwill''' - A [[Harrabloon Bank]] teller in love with [[Johnny Lightning]].
* '''[[Kebonston Lefkrane]]''' - An anthropologist who first cited the name [[Nitenmangrey]].
* '''Kev, The''' - Inhabitants of [[Kebro-shepenor]]; they don't like visitors very much.
* '''Kifomyria Altos''' - A loose poet, rumored to have wintered with X R Quezlar; wrote about [[Grephthosthenes]].
* '''[[Kiluma]]''' - Goddess of chaos to the [[Looliers]], patron goddess to the Exingians.
* '''[[King Harandraff the Great]]''' - Led siege on [[Bute University]]; died in the Civil War that followed.
* '''King Leverznod the Sibilant''' - Father of [[King Harandraff the Great]].
* '''Kooper''' - A philosopher; was studied by [[Pricludious]].
* '''Kortayal''' - Owned the now-defunct [[Kortayal Trading Expedition]].
* '''The Knackerbats''' - Classic (well, maybe not) performer of [[quiver'n'bend]] music.
* '''The Lalalas''' - Classic performer of [[quiver'n'bend]] music.
* '''[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery|Lady Aleksandra]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''[[Lane Smallwood]]''' - A younger sister of [[Iain Underholm Smallwood]].
* '''[[User:Lankin|Lankin the Mad Mage]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''Lapernees''' - Historian and scholar of [[Bute University]].
* '''Latnai''' - Legendary hero of the [[Aerle]]; his tentacles dried and fell off.
* '''Latvi Bouk Calvian''' - Child of Kardiff Calvian and [[Madam Calvian]].
* '''Latvi Reginal Cronin Wallinger''' - Father of [[Madam Calvian]], cousin of [[Oregano Amber]].
* '''Legate Constan Zefrynus''' - Struck a deal with Ramshod Axis regarding the Acquaduck Filiis.
* '''Leemonje'lo''' - An entity worshipped by Ibaan Malmiz.
* '''[[User:Leonard_J._Keatings|Leonard J. Keatings]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''Lightning''' - Of the Cirq l' Tytns travelling circus; a speedster.
* '''Litvia''' - A [[Paramount Queen]], joined with Bursine the 14th.
* '''[[Llysver the Doomed]]''' - Magistrate of Alpha peninsula; brother of Harover.
* '''Looly''' - Divinity of Dark Fire, of [[Vulcrue]].
* '''[[Lord Glosfordshier]]''' - Supposedly of Alezan, had herald of the [[Furious Apple]], Lord-Mayor of [[Iganefta]].
* '''Los Hombres del Rey''' - Classic performer of [[quiver'n'bend]] music.
* '''Lucy O'Donnell''' - Her [[NeoPostAncientism|NeoPostAncientist]] experiments in incongruent imagery hang in the [[Zaprosingfrink Gallery]].
* '''Lufford Grommie''' - Cousin of Rikkard Grommie; original writer of [[Boing]].
* '''Lumawig the Great Spirit''' - [[Creator]] equivalent of the [[Xurient]].
* '''[[Llysver the Doomed]]''' - Royalty of some sort; had a brother named Harover.
* '''[[M'Kev D'wal]]''' - A Kev from [[Kebro-shepenor]]; shrieks a lot and scares kids.
* '''[[Peershakes|M. Peershakes]]''' - Playwright of the perennial favorite ''[[Gimlet]]''.
* '''[[Madam Calvian]]''' - Neighbour to a [[Folktown Records]] employee, younger sister of [[Bavarian Creame]].
* '''Mack Himminfen''' - Second president of [[DasMineGold]].
* '''Magot''' - A farmer who lives in, or near, the teensy village of Uothe.
* '''[[User:Robbi|Makarii Spitignev]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar, [[Iganefta]] resident.
* '''Margaret Widderson''' - One of the foremost contemporary Andelight craftswomen.
* '''Markleson''' - A sub-lochree of [[Folktown]]'s ISMEPCJ in -590 EC.
* '''Marque Cho'gall''' - Alias of an informant regarding the [[Darkened Lantern]].
* '''Mary Elizabeth Carsokian''' - Became head of the [[Carsokian|Carsokian Clan]] in -100 EC.
* '''Mason Grommie''' - Runs entertainment halls in [[Iganefta-on-the-Sea]].
* '''Matriarch Palanquin''' - "She Whose Eggsack Nurtures All Children".
* '''Maxilla von Sims''' - Little-known archeologist who discovered lore related to [[Grephthosthenes]].
* '''Maximilian Gustavus Grande''' - The de facto leader of the [[Houvers]].
* '''Martyr Ursula Sandwich of the Hill''' - Name given to nameless [[Arbuckle Hill]] Martyr by [[Odgar IV]].
* '''Maximilian Thaddeus Dossleham''' - Translated the [[Grimporke Grimoire]] into Olkuull.
* '''Mek Meckton''' - Director of the Brotherhood of Golemists; met with [[Odgar IV]].
* '''[[Meldersen]]''' - [[Awal shrinkage]] scholar, has a famous axiom: "It's downside up!".
* '''[[User:D8uv|Melik Fizzuo]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar and Fadr resident.
* '''Menia Pyre''' - Married [[Bysted Timperton]], had son Tim Timperton.
* '''[[Hack And The Jacks|Michael Mooney]]''' ''(aka "Jack")''- Co-founder of the [[NeoAlezanians]], younger sister of [[Bavarian Creame]].
* '''Mick from Hillbottom''' - The first Marshall of the [[Folktown]] court in -587 EC.
* '''Mikel Mboya''' - A writer of little consequence. Mboya is a common name.
* '''Mikail abû Bakr''' - A servant of the [[Creator]] per the [[Nitenmangrey]] religion.
* '''Misery Gobble''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Miss Deona Hasal''' - Mother of [[Gadsringer Clubberspear]].
* '''Miss Haether Aspic''' - Younger sister of Thoedore Aspic.
* '''Miss Hairy Mandibles''' - Travelled with [[Ignatius Maximillian Albertus Crank]].
* '''Miss Wonder''' - Of the Cirq l' Tytns travelling circus; can bend metal with her hands.
* '''Mmyogurt''' - An entity worshipped by Ibaan Malmiz.
* '''Mo Quezlar''' - Created [[Fefferberry]] juice and Frozen Fefferpops (cf. [[Quezlar family]]).
* '''Molly Harling''' - Mother of [[Baron James Horkmanifester]] and "Hostess".
* '''[[Momfrex Resgrew]]''' - The once-famous sage was claimed by [[Mount Yurch]].
* '''Monty Thabot''' - Vice Chairman of the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]]'s Steering Committee.
* '''[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''Mork Waterson''' - 87 year old Author Laureate winner at the [[Calends Gala]] in -1 EC.
* '''[[Morphous Ibb]]''' - (born -8 EC) Wrote to the [[Folktown Records]], published in edition 578.
* '''Mother Mutton''' - Wrote a long-to-type, fun-to-say coloring book on Historio-Physics.
* '''Mox Elder''' - Once a Mildly Impressive Commandant of the [[Tarkherk Corps]].
* '''Mrs. Bagouville''' - Housekeeper of [[Pricludious]]; was there when he died.
* '''Naggard Grommie''' - Son of Lufford Grommie; now writes the [[Boing]] [[luminous manuscript|lumic]].
* '''Neville Sidgeford''' - Helped rob [[Harrabloon Bank]] branch with [[Johnny Lightning]].
* '''Niala Wallinger''' - Oldest daughter of [[Bavarian Creame]], from her first marriage.
* '''Nigala Jasna Calvian''' - Child of Kardiff Calvian and [[Madam Calvian]].
* '''Niles Wammerham''' - Helped rob [[Harrabloon Bank]] branch with [[Johnny Lightning]].
* '''Norm Bryforge''' - A founding member of [[Bute University]]; [[Pricludious]] named "Normal Math" after him.
* '''[[Not Peershakes]]''' - An imposter of [[Peershakes]].
* '''Nûrâ´îl''' - A servant of the [[Creator]] per the [[Nitenmangrey]] religion.
* '''Nyorgard Frunt''' - Married [[Doc Rockett]]; had two children.
* '''[[Oblibestircus]]''' - Minor scholar, not of the ''maior et sanior pars''
* '''[[Odgar IV]]''' - Held court in the eastern quarter of [[Iganefta]].
* '''[[Olaff Devork]]''' - Founder of the [[Harrabloon Bank]] in -185 [[EC]].
* '''Oldellius -1''' - An apocryphical king of the [[Nitenmangrey]].
* '''Olly Ulolly''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''[[Opoudelian Starker]]''' - The Wandering Jew (or Flying Dutchman) of Ghyll.
* '''[[Oregano Amber]]''' - Defined the term "[[gentinality]]".
* '''Oregithol''' - A philosopher; was studied by [[Pricludious]].
* '''Pankuu''' - [[Creator]] equivalent of the [[Looliers]].
* '''Patriarch Falpatuin''' - "He Who Owns All That His Mothers Have Touched".
* '''Patrick Retic''' - Farm labourer father of [[Rancticirchiretic]].
* '''Patricia Rancticirchi''' - Littleschool headmistress mother of [[Rancticirchiretic]].
* '''Perry Tocklewits''' - A possible pseudonym for [[Ibah Mahli]].
* '''Petr Hof''' - A historian at the [[Collegium Civitas]] in Thopth.
* '''Pfillip Vinekraft''' - Curator of the Nite Gallery in Thopth.
* '''Phennella''' - Member of the [[Cranee Historical Society]].
* '''Phillip Vincent Murdstone''' - "[[Hive-Lord]] of Hive-Lords"; known in the [[Iganefta]] Back Market.
* '''[[Phyllis Creanie]]''' - Found as a mud puddle due to [[Zygotic Dermatosis]].
* '''[[Phylostarus]]''' - Ancient historian (-232 EC to -162 EC).
* '''Pinky's People''' - Purportedly the inhabitants and cause of the lights of [[Pinky]].
* '''P'Jubal''' - [[Tuckarando]] friend of [[Fijjit Mejora|Fijjit]] in the best-selling “[[Fijjit Mejora|Fijjit]] and the [[Fefferberry]] Failure”.
* '''[[Pricludious]]''' - Mathematician and Philosopher.
* '''Prof. "Mizo" Mononoke''' - Professor of cloud studies and alleged creator of the [[Kites d'Jeaux]]
* '''[[Professor Altoxian]]''' - Inventor of the [[Altoxian Bulb]], [[Iganefta]] resident.
* '''Professor Jarvis Tinkle''' - Researcher at the [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge]].
* '''Professor Kloon ar'Flizzig''' - A professor of philosophy; taught [[Pricludious]].
* '''Pomfri Resgrew''' - Suspected of being the imposter [[Not Peershakes]].
* '''[[User:Prothall|Prothall]]''' - Old, decrepit, senile, and nearly deaf Ghyll scholar.
* '''Prudence''' - "Subtle color stylings" hang in the [[Zaprosingfrink Gallery]].
* '''Pvlato''' - A philosopher; was studied by [[Pricludious]].
* '''Q. Turlingdrome''' - Controversial [[NeoPostAncientism|NeoPostAncientist]].
* '''[[Qane]]''' - The proprietor of the Cirq l' Tytns, a travelling circus of sorts.
* '''Qib of Nifhar''' - Original student of [[Aminfarances]]; remembered as man who brought in Herve Spe’Lhex.
* '''Quad Hiffle''' - Of [[Egron]], believes the Rouble is the result of a [[Varlansk]] sneeze.
* '''Quinto Quaffmar "Quaff More" Quezlar''' - Founded [[Quezlar's Quaff, Inc.]] (cf. [[Quezlar family]]).
* '''[[Quezlar 6]]''' - (flourised -300 EC) Created [[Quezlarian Numerals]], crossed [[Elminster Mire]].
* '''Quiz Quezlar''' - The wealthiest man in all of Ghyll (cf. [[Quezlar family]]).
* '''Quizzette''' - The first Contessi l’Kyrch of No, Gno, and Kno.
* '''[[User:Qwentyth Pyre|Qwentyth Pyre]]''' - (born -58 EC) Ghyll Lexicon scholar and [[Evesque Valley]] resident.
* '''Ralfi Porrije'' - Editor-in-chief of the Iganefta Recorder, circa -18 EC.
* '''Ralph Alpher''' - [[Rejah]] of [[Shepenor]], famous for his huge capacity for [[Adlorst Vinifera]].
* '''Ralph Neocronin''' - Recorded the most recent occurrence of [[Articulary Motion]] in -1 [[EC]].
* '''Ramingotes''' - Helped prove that [[Gyll Hill]] was etymologically unrelated to "Ghyll".
* '''Ramshod Axis''' - Built the [[klokwerx]]; negotiated with the [[Dulalian Empire]].
* '''[[Rancticirchiretic]]''' - Scholar of the [[Nitenmangrey]].
* '''[[Rater Goldfish]]''' - Composer of [[Freege Horn]] music (real name Gordon Matteaus Summerprick).
* '''[[Rattallan]]''' (~250 EC to 167 EC)- Predictor of numerous world endings, one of which partially became true.
* '''Reeyay''' - Prounced the tracing of others' [[grenfing|grenfs]] to be indecent.
* '''Regg Wallinger''' - First cousin of Elki Hue Vallinger.
* '''Reuben Fischelburn''' - Wrote a book on the [[acineen]], published by [[Bute University]].
* '''Revelerax''' - Former student of the [[Brothers of the Lantern]].
* '''Rhajoon Quezlar''' - At age of 10, took over [[Quezlar's Quaff, Inc.]] (cf. [[Quezlar family]]).
* '''Rhajoon Quezlar II''' - Spent his entire life vacationing (cf. [[Quezlar family]]).
* '''Rhajoon Quezlar III''' - Ran [[Quezlar's Quaff, Inc.]] for just a year (cf. [[Quezlar family]]).
* '''Richard Crowly-Akron''' - Inventor of the AudioAerio and founder of the legendarily unfortunate [[Misery Loves Company]].
* '''Richard Pedresq''' - Present at the [[Clamorxian Decoding Method|decoding]] of the [[Djiknax Creation Manuscripts]].
* '''Rikkard Grommie''' - Second generation of the [[Grommies|Grommie]] family fortune.
* '''Rocky''' - One of the fictional pals of [[Gimlet]] from the play ''[[Gimlet]]''.
* '''Rogbert the Wizzlard''' - A wise and extremely useful guide that accompanied Jemima Panderlock.
* '''Roger Ululator''' - [[Iain Underholm Smallwood]]'s father.
* '''Royal Dulalia''' - Won the bidding process for the [[Gravion Process]], cemented the Dulalian Empire.
* '''Rubella von Sims''' - The only registered relation of Maxilla von Sims.
* '''RUE''' - Deity of Shameless Self-Promotion, and Pancakes Too, of [[Vulcrue]].
* '''Russell Grimdale''' - Helped rob [[Harrabloon Bank]] branch with [[Johnny Lightning]].
* '''Sajâdin''' - A servant of the [[Creator]] per the [[Nitenmangrey]] religion.
* '''Sally Gallifrey''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Salerny Redthighs''' - Chief of the [[Looliers]] during the [[Battle of Barnum Stones]].
* '''"Salty" Gibbons''' - Alias of an informant regarding the [[Darkened Lantern]].
* '''Samnâ´îl''' - A servant of the [[Creator]] per the [[Nitenmangrey]] religion.
* '''Sarfl''' - Former [[Brothers of the Lantern]], lives up on [[Po Mountain]] shouting blammos.
* '''Sargewoold Pedresq''' - His mother was insulted in the [[Djiknax Creation Manuscripts]].
* '''Sargewoold Pedresq's mother''' - Apparently, a nincomppoop! (See The Sages).
* '''[[User:Sbp|Sean B. Palmer]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar and Tomlinson Bridleway restoration campaigner.
* '''Sea Peoples''' - Ghyllians who live on rafts but come ashore to [[Nesting|nest]].
* '''Second Floor Librarian''' - Of the [[Charterhouse Collection]]; may they rest in peace.
* '''Semolina Pilchard''' - [[Nitenmangrey]] Master; art hangs in the [[Zaprosingfrink Gallery]].
* '''Ser Mek Thoedore Harling''' - A love interest of [[Madam Calvian]].
* '''Ser Wilian von Goot''' - The foreman of the [[Klokwerx]] project.
* '''Ser York Timperton-Axis''' - Once husband, deceased, of [[Madam Calvian]].
* '''Sergeant Richie''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Sherman Tdz''' - [[NeoPostAncientism|NeoPostAncientist]], known for his interactive artwork.
* '''[[Shtreimi]]''' - Also known as the Joyful Divine Octuplets.
* '''Siam Sinch''' - Artist, and daughter of [[Bavarian Creame]] from her previous marriage.
* '''Sidd Terry''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Sir Rumsfeld Tiggerwort''' - Discovered the [[Ziggurat Scrolls]] in -7 EC.
* '''Skull and Clown Society''' - A secret society of [[Bute University]].
* '''Slibberty Tibbery''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Slilmornay Rockett''' - Child of [[Doc Rockett]] and current Master Librarian.
* '''[[User:Snafu Bohica|Snafu Bohica]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar and eldest of a city of devil-worshipping monks.
* '''Sock''' - A letter writer to Grephthosthenes in old [[Ignaefta Recorder]]s.
* '''[[User:Stottlemeyer O'Phelan|Stottlemeyer O'Phelan]]''' - A rogue scholar wanted by the [[:Category:Encyclopedants|Encyclopedants]].
* '''"Sufferin' Succotashes"''' - Two of the most recognizable [[Bindlet Ball]] players.
* '''[[Supetupheraraphes]]''' - Historian and coiner of the term "[[Aquentravalkeration|aquentravalkeration]]".
* '''Sylvia Beth Panderlock''' - Niece of Mary Elizabeth Carsokian, modern age leader of the [[Carsokian|Carsokian Clan]].
* '''Sylvia Brunnhilda Carsokian''' - [[Grand Matriarch]] and source of the [[Carsokian|Carsokian Clan]].
* '''T.M. Skeilz''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''[[User:Talliesin|Talliesin]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''[[User:Deusx|Tamlin Moon]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''Ten-from-one''' - The ten children chosen by the birds of the [[Budgerigar Master]].
* '''Tery Smashing''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''[[The Beast]]''' - Worshipped by the xenophobic [[Agarttha]]n priesthood.
* '''The Crossbow''' - Of the Cirq l' Tytns travelling circus; expert shot with the crossbow.
* '''The Submerger''' - Of the Cirq l' Tytns travelling circus; can hold his breath under anything.
* '''The Sun God''' - [[Creator]] equivalent of [[Alezan]]; created [[Vulcrue]] with The Queen.
* '''The Queen''' - [[Creator]] equivalent of [[Alezan]]; created [[Vulcrue]] with The Sun God.
* '''[[User:Theophenes|Theophenes]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''Third [[Horse]] Grenadiers''' - One of the finest troupes of players in the history of theater.
* '''Thoedore Aspic''' - Founder of the ''[[Iganefta Recorder]]'' and First Master Librarian.
* '''Thureau Grommie''' - Third (and current) generation of the [[Grommies|Grommie]] famliy fortune.
* '''Tiebelly Frankfurt''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Tim Timperton''' - A [[Folktown Records]] writer and ex-member of the [[Council for Quezlarian Research]].
* '''Tirey O'Lorb''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Tistar Wakami''' - Wife, now separated of [[Godfroi Hasawithe]].
* '''The Sages''' - Group of [[NeoPostAncientism|NeoPostAncientists]], also known as Sargewoold Pedresq's Mothre.
* '''The Toadboys''' - Classic performer of [[quiver'n'bend]] music.
* '''Thou Greatly Headed''' - Was beheaded in -503 EC.
* '''[[Thou Greatly Heeded]]''' - Founded the Color and Noise Foundation in [[Ellensworth]].
* '''Tobin Grivitz''' - Father of [[Pricludious]] and prosperous wax farmer.
* '''Torvinquanai Metatron''' - The first [[Xurient|Xuriental]] [[Paramount Queen]]; stripped of her crown.
* '''[[User:Undrhil|Trousle Undrhil]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''Troy''' - Co-owner of The Underfunded Eastside Publishing House for Small and Insignificant Mammals.
* '''Trunggar Minfy''' - Mother of [[Doc Rockett]].
* '''[[Trung Tro Hampher]]''' - An offbeat [[Iganefta]] mayoral candidate.
* '''[[Turboduck]]''' - Classic performer of [[quiver'n'bend]] music.
* '''Tyria Diggley''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Ul'o''' - Lord of the Filthy Waters, of [[Vulcrue]].
* '''Ull Gitshire Kmuppens''' - Wünderscientist and author of the [[Kmuppens' Taxonomy]].
* '''Ully Olully''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Umgumphornitz Rockett''' - Child of [[Doc Rockett]].
* '''Umbrig [[Hythmium]]''' - Invented the process of turning light to metal; a false-deity.
* '''[[Varlansk]]''' - A god, or joke about the wind, from the [[Nitenmangrey]].
* '''[[Vemish]]''' - The epitome of "wrong place, wrong time" - bad luck all around.
* '''Vengeful''' - Attribution of an [[Elminster Mire]] ghost, per [[Ignatius Maximillian Albertus Crank]].
* '''Verity Small''' - A pseudonym of [[Ibah Mahli]]; one of many.
* '''Viktor MiBrons''' - Wrote ''The Kev: My adventures on Kebro-shepenor''; also lived there.
* '''Violetta''' - [[Quezlar 6]]'s wife, whose nickname was 'Vi'.
* '''[[User:Vladimir the 16th|Vladimir the 16th]]''' - Ghyll Lexicon scholar.
* '''[[Vulcrue]]''' - Also known as the Wrathful Divine Quintuplets.
* '''[[Wadjidir]]''' - An order or guild of Ghyllian intelligence balancers.
* '''Walshet''' - A mathematical luminary; [[Pricludious]] studied their work.
* '''Wangeline''' - A Contessi l’Kyrch of No, Gno, and Kno, roughly -331 [[EC]].
* '''Whanmoore Payne''' - Current Adjudicator-in-Chief in the lawsuits involving [[EUPHORIA]], GMG, and FMC.
* '''Whelmin Shirnkal''' - He and his mate were killed, and the [[Bethelanious Mist]] was there.
* '''[[White Lady]]''', The - Supposed savior of Mox Elder on [[Umbo Moor]].
* '''[[Whostley]]''' - The [[Freege Horn]] keys-man of [[Cadaver, The|The Cadaver]].
* '''[[Wilhelmina Corinne Bardway]]''' - Made discoveries regarding [[Ghoulwood viola|ghoulwood]] and [[supranatural luminescence meter|supranatural luminescence]].
* '''Windsor Creame''' - (born -58 EC) Writer for the [[Folktown Records]].
* '''[[York of Brahang]]''' - A scholar who studied [[Lord Glosfordshier]]; his works were suppressed.
* '''X R Quezlar''' - Died hearing THE VOICES; whither golden stein? (cf. [[Quezlar family]]).
* '''Xhasone Margolhu''' - A mathematical theorem is named after him.
* '''[[Xlardamnf]]''' - Also known as the "[[Stone of Wisdom]]"; was stoned to death.
* '''Yetta Terbium''' - [[Paramount Queen]] and, bucking custom, [[rejah]].
* '''Ylene Ylo''' - Member of [[Iganefta]] Advisory in -53 [[EC]]; coined [[Baron James Horkmanifester|Horkmanifester]].
* '''[[York of Brahang]]''' - Son of an innkeeper; his books were suppressed.
* '''Y't't't'g K'rk't't't''' - The back of this [[Alezan pantheon|Alezanian]] god forms the [[Plain of Brahang]].
* '''Zarf Berstin''' - Publicly antagonistic to [[EUPHORIA]]; currently living within the [[Zyrgian Asylum]].
* '''Zed Dredig''' - Proponent of the Gyp Theory of the origin of [[Criminals]].
* '''[[Zed Varren]]''' - Creator of the term [[Unquisition]] and its originator.

[[Category:Encyclopedants]]

Ghyll:Ghyll Phantom Index

2005-09-24T00:45:34Z

Jcowan: Correcting misspelling of Antony C. Sutton's name

Entries not yet defined. Alternatively, see them [http://gamegrene.com/wiki/?title=Special:Wantedpages&limit=500&offset=0 sorted by number of citations].
<br />Clicking on # in the table below takes you to the corresponding "What links here" pages.
<br />For entries that have already been defined, refer to the [[Ghyll Index]].

<table class="ghyllidx" style="float:left; padding-left:1em; width:48%;">
<tr><th>Entry Name</th><th width="180">Phantomed by</th></tr>
<tr><td>[[Algothequinas]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Algothequinas|#]]</td><td>[[User:Theophenes|Theophenes]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Andelphracian River Valley]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Andelphracian River Valley|#]]</td><td>[[User:DrAckroyd|Dr. H. L. Ackroyd]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Antony C. Sutton]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Anthony C. Sutton|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Arbugghyll]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Arbugghyll|#]]</td><td>[[User:DrAckroyd|Dr. H. L. Ackroyd]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Azer Wallabin]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Azer Wallabin|#]]</td><td>[[User:Kalen Firth|Kalen Firth]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Baby Alek]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Baby Alek|#]]</td><td>[[User:Undrhil|Trousle Undrhil]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Backwards logic]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Backwards logic|#]]</td><td>[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery|Lady Aleksandra]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Bearer of Bad News]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Bearer of Bad News|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Big Brown Riding Hoof]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Big Brown Riding Hoof|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Busco]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Busco|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Chitinous Foo]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Chitinous Foo|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dodaka II|Dodaka II]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Classified construction]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Classified construction|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Collegium Civitas]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Collegium Civitas|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dodaka|Dodaka]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Creator of Nothing]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Creator of Nothing|#]]</td><td>[[User:Undrhil|Trousle Undrhil]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Croam Olpo]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Croam Olpo|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Darvekian Party]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Darvekian Party|#]]</td><td>[[User:DrBacchus|DrBacchus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Dashpine]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Dashpine|#]]</td><td>[[User:Lankin|Lankin the Mad Mage]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Dreamy period]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Dreamy period|#]]</td><td>[[User:Larj Zyquon|Larj Zyquon]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Dulalian Empire]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Dulalian Empire|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Early Ghyllian Sales and Marketing Practices]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Early Ghyllian Sales and Marketing Practices|#]]</td><td>[[User:Joe Bowers|Joe Bowers]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Elevators]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Elevators|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Equestrian Beetle]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Equestrian Beetle|#]]</td><td>[[User:PhineasCrank|Doctor Phineas Crank]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Eriq Tali]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Eriq Tali|#]]</td><td>[[User:AaronSw|AaronSw]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Fish-Tree]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Fish-Tree|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Five-o-clock tea plant]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Five-o-clock tea plant|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Folktown Amphitheatre]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Folktown Amphitheatre|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Folktown Council Hall]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Folktown Council Hall|#]]</td><td>[[User:Arnia|Fingest Arnia]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Folktown Museum]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Folktown Museum|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Fuldermox]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Fuldermox|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Fur]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Fur|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Ged Nokaway]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Ged Nokaway|#]]</td><td>[[User:Finna Sunderhorn|Finna Sunderhorn]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[General Lude'crus]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/General Lude'crus|#]]</td><td>[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Geolan Calculating Machine]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Geolan Calculating Machine|#]]</td><td>[[User:Crschmidt|Christopher Schmidt]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Geoge Gjiosin]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Geoge Gjiosin|#]]</td><td>[[User:Undrhil|Trousle Undrhil]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Grand Matriarch]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Grand Matriarch|#]]</td><td>[[User:DrAckroyd|Dr. H. L. Ackroyd]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Gravion Process]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Gravion Process|#]]</td><td>[[User:Darus Ixa|Darus Ixa]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Grenfing]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Grenfing|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Hack And The Jacks]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Hack And The Jacks|#]]</td><td>[[User:DrAckroyd|Dr. H. L. Ackroyd]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Hork]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Hork|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Horse Code]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Horse Code|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Howdoyoudo]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Howdoyoudo|#]]</td><td>[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Icfromilious]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Icfromilious|#]]</td><td>[[User:Undrhil|Trousle Undrhil]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Ironclads]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Ironclads|#]]</td><td>[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Jinkees' Club]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Jinkees' Club|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Juice box]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Juice box|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Lichtmin]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Lichtmin|#]]</td><td>[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Littered Carapace]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Littered Carapace|#]]</td><td>[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Mechanaut]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Mechanaut|#]]</td><td>[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Mineral ingredients]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Mineral ingredients|#]]</td><td>[[User: Mr. Stokes|Mr. Stokes]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Mish prank]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Mish prank|#]]</td><td>[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Morphomancy]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Morphomancy|#]]</td><td>[[User:Talliesin|Talliesin]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Morphous Ibb]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Morphous Ibb|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Mortal combat]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Mortal combat|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Notar Republic]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Notar Republic|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Oblibestircus]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Oblibestircus|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Organization]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Organization|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Pachyderm]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Pachyderm|#]]</td><td>[[User:PhineasCrank|Doctor Phineas Crank]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Pagvahhz Transgenan]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Pagvahhz Transgenan|#]]</td><td>[[User:Crschmidt|Christopher Schmidt]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Pajamas]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Pajamas|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Palace of Lost Souls]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Palace of Lost Souls|#]]</td><td>[[User:Bartmoss|Bartmoss]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Parliament]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Parliament|#]]</td><td>[[User:DrBacchus|DrBacchus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Paper]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Paper|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
</table>

<table class="ghyllidx" style="float:right; padding-right:1em; width:48%;">
<tr><th>Entry Name</th><th width="180">Phantomed by</th></tr>
<tr><td>[[Peershakes]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Peershakes|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Pentet]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Pentet|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Perky]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Perky|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Phyllis Creanie]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Phyllis Creanie|#]]</td><td>[[User:Undrhil|Trousle Undrhil]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Phylostarus]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Phylostarus|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Pochre Petals]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Pochre Petals|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Pobellian Debates]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Pobellian Debates|#]]</td><td>[[User:Kalen Firth|Kalen Firth]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Pre-pubescent]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Pre-pubescent|#]]</td><td>[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery|Lady Aleksandra]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Professor Altoxian]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Professor Altoxian|#]]</td><td>[[User:Robbi|Makarii Spitignev]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Proto-Harandraff Orthonormal Basis Set]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Proto-Harandraff Orthonormal Basis Set|#]]</td><td>[[User:Joe Bowers|Joe Bowers]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Recollectiball]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Recollectiball|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Regurgitation Revels]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Regurgitation Revels|#]]</td><td>[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Religious Right]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Religious Right|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Resgrewian debates]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Resgrewian debates|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Retrackets]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Retrackets|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Rump Family]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Rump Family|#]]</td><td>[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Scuttleway]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Scuttleway|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Sea fairs]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Sea fairs|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Shrigure Gradient]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Shrigure Gradient|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Shtreiml]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Shtreiml|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Sivitatuhum Academy for Ladies]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Sivitatuhum Academy for Ladies|#]]</td><td>[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Spiddic Poetry]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Spiddic Poetry|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Splik Club]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Splik Club|#]]</td><td>[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Squelshous Panderat]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Squelshous Panderat|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Stealth-guild]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Stealth-guild|#]]</td><td>[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery|Lady Aleksandra]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Subtle Tree Fight]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Subtle Tree Fight|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Supetupheraraphes]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Supetupheraraphes|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Superluminescent radiance storage]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Superluminescent radiance storage|#]]</td><td>[[User:Lankin|Lankin the Mad Mage]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Supranatural luminescence meter]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Supranatural luminescence meter|#]]</td><td>[[User:PhineasCrank|Doctor Phineas Crank]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Suspension]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Suspension|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Tablankel]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Tablankel|#]]</td><td>[[User:Mr. Stokes|Mr. Stokes]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Technomancer Crafts Guild]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Technomancer Crafts Guild|#]]</td><td>[[User:Darus Ixa|Darus Ixa]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Tertiary colors]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Tertiary colors|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[The Beast]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/The Beast|#]]</td><td>[[User:Snafu Bohica|Snafu Bohica]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[The Uninformed]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/The Uninformed|#]]</td><td>[[User:DrBacchus|DrBacchus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Third Avazian War]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Third Avazian War|#]]</td><td>[[User:Pixel|Eric Vitiello]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Thou Greatly Heeded]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Thou Greatly Heeded|#]]</td><td>[[User:Undrhil|Trousle Undrhil]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Transformational theory]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Transformational theory|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Tristero]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Tristero|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Trundle cart]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Trundle cart|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Trung Tro Hampher]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Trung Tro Hampher|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Tuckagotcha]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Tuckagotcha|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Turboduck]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Turboduck|#]]</td><td>[[User:DrAckroyd|Dr. H. L. Ackroyd]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Twin governments]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Twin governments|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Twitch Doctor]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Twitch Doctor|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Umlaut Tea]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Umlaut Tea|#]]</td><td>[[User:PhineasCrank|Doctor Phineas Crank]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Ungerry-Tubers]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Ungerry-Tubers|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Vornalt]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Vornalt|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Wakanpantricism]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Wakanpantricism|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Wapsipinicon of Aghquabamticook]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Wapsipinicon of Aghquabamticook|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Whingelism]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Whingelism|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[White Lady]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/White Lady|#]]</td><td>[[User:PhineasCrank|Doctor Phineas Crank]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Whifflepeke]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Whifflepeke|#]]</td><td>[[User:Precarious Armada|Celeste Theresa Worthinghood]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Whim of the beholder]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Whim of the beholder|#]]</td><td>[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery|Lady Aleksandra]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Whozits]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Whozits|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Whunn]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Whunn|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Wilhelmina Corinne Bardway]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Wilhelmina Corinne Bardway|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Wive's tale]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Wive's tale|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Worrying]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Worrying|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Yclepement]]
[[Special:Whatlinkshere/Yclepement|#]]</td><td>[[User:DrAckroyd|Dr. H. L. Ackroyd]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Zenithorian]]
[[Special:Whatlinkshere/Zenithorian|#]]</td><td>[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery|Lady Aleksandra]]</td></tr>
</table>

[[Category:Encyclopedants]]

Ghyll:Religious Right

2005-09-24T00:34:13Z

Jcowan: First and I hope last draft.

It has never been made clear whether the '''Religious Right''' is a fearsome weapon of certain dark powers or a phenomenon fundamentally meteorological, and as such utterly beyond the control of any Ghyllian. What ''is'' known is that its destructive powers are formidable, but limited in space and apparently so in time as well. Most of the authenticated accounts of destruction have been of individuals, and only after long periods of scandal or at least publicity. As far as is known, no ordinary person has ever been destroyed by the Religious Right at all. That the islands which formerly existed in [[Lake Crimin]] were utterly abolished by the weapon or phenomenon cannot be doubted, except by those who doubt that there ever were any islands in the first place, but no better documented place has ever been denied.

There are three main weapon-based theories of the Religious Right: that it is yet another of the fearsome devices controlled by [[Royal Dulalia]], that it is in the hands of the ultra-secret Inner Faction of the [[Cranee Historical Society]], and that it is wholly owned (or "pwnz0red", as they call it in the [[Great Awakening]]) by [[Anthony C. Sutton]]. The safest thing to do, it seems to me, in these times of strife and darkness, is to achieve the best of all possible worlds by believing all three theories, in the spirit of the scholar Gassalasca Jape, without, of course, neglecting the possibility that despite all rumor-mongering and funicular projection, that it turns out to be just another of the many catastrophes to which our world is all too subject.

'''Citations:''' [[Anthony C. Sutton]], [[Lake Crimin]]

Ghyll:Religious Right

2005-09-19T20:08:00Z

Jcowan: Dibbed with quotes

Dib dibbery doo! --[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 16:08, 19 Sep 2005 (EDT)

[[Naps]]. Sleep. A'sleep. Unawake. Slumber. You do it all the damn time without even thinking about it (unless, of course, you've been deliberately trying not to sleep, in which case, you're expending effort continuously; inevitably, you will lose or become immortal. And becoming immortal draws ire from the Religious Right which, well, let's just say you won't be immortal much longer).

[[Lake Crimin]], on the outskirts of said [[Dulalian Empire|Empire]], is a ten [[lele]] wide beast which orders its stripeless hordes to commit atrocities unimagined. The constant fog that hangs over the lake makes visibility difficult, and this is its greatest gift: the blindless of not seeing the horrors of its deepest waters and its blackest skies. This has also flummoxed exploration, and you'll find some maps with islands, some maps without, and some maps with a big burn mark where the [[Religious Right]] scorched the demonia away.

Ghyll:Round 3 discussion

2005-09-19T19:06:53Z

Jcowan: /* No entries solely about people, groups, or places */ Oopsie

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This page is for discussing Round 3 of Ghyll, currently scheduled to begin January 2006.

==Should there be a Round 3?==

Are you interested? Would you play? What (rules, date, style, etc.) should change? What makes you unhappy with the current state of play? I've had every intent to keep the Ghyll Lexicon going as long as there are players (and perhaps longer) - in the absence of them, I'd probably move on to other (slower, less regular) products such as a Ghyll game deadtree book ("Poor Ghyllians Almanac" is the most popular choice at the moment, though that, honestly, is years away). Some folks have been debating privately whether to stop playing, and their dissatisfaction partly comes from the quality of phantoms being produced (and thus, needing to be written). What sort of phantoms and entries do you prefer to write? --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 09:08, 16 Sep 2005 (EDT)

==Between Rounds==

The following was hammered out during R1-->R2. They'd still apply.

===Allow a rest period between rounds===
* Write up in-game "End of Year" reports.
* Finish up any discussions on this page.
* Take a break and collect your thoughts.
* Mad-edit anything that needs to.

===Allow scholars to revamp previous round's entries===
* Edit ANY entry for clarity and collection.
* No NEW facts, just revamped to include missing/clarified facts.
* No dibbing on edits; if necc. mad-edits are collaborative.

==Proposed Rule Changes==

===No restrictions on 3 entry citations===

A player should be able to cite three of any entries in one's citations, not necessarily two phantoms and one finished entry as is the case now. We'd still have to abide by the "don't cite yourself" restriction. --[[User:Sbp|Sean B. Palmer]] 12:54, 16 Sep 2005 (EDT)

YEA: [[User:Sbp|Sean B. Palmer]], [[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]], [[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]
<br />NAY:

The ONLY thing this proposed rule changes is the ''type'' of citations you have to make, not the number. You'd still have to write an entry that has three official citations not your own. Whether those citations are three existing entries, two existing entries and one phantom, three phantoms, or what have you, would no longer matter. --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 15:33, 16 Sep 2005 (EDT)

===Writing phantoms first is no longer required===

One should be able to write any entry under the particular turn letter, not necessarily filling in all the phantoms before creating new entries. (This partially coincides with the next rule as well, but ultimately strives to make the playing experience more enjoyable: there's no love in being forced to write an entry you've no interest in.) --[[User:Sbp|Sean B. Palmer]] 12:54, 16 Sep 2005 (EDT)

YEA: [[User:Sbp|Sean B. Palmer]], [[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]], [[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]], [[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]
<br />NAY:

Just as long as some phantoms still do get defined. --[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]] 01:27, 17 Sep 2005 (EDT)

:With this rule in place, it becomes player choice, not an enforceable rule. If other players (or you yourself) want to define an existing phantom for the current letter, you can. Alternatively, if you wanted to create a brand new term entry each and every turn, this rule would allow that as well. --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 10:59, 18 Sep 2005 (EDT)

::But if everybody always writes new entries, and nobody ever writes phantoms, that's a bad thing. I dunno, I have mixed feelings about this one. --[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]] 12:47, 18 Sep 2005 (EDT)

:::I share your concern but, ultimately, I think it won't be an issue. If worse comes to worse I, being the GM, will fill in phantoms should the need arise. But, honestly, that's not a forced march of any kind: there are a number of phantoms I'm quite interested in defining. From your own standpoint, do you see yourself defining phantoms on occasion? --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 13:32, 18 Sep 2005 (EDT)

::::Most certainly. --[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]] 18:22, 18 Sep 2005 (EDT)

===No entries solely about people, groups, or places===

Ban creating entries, even of currently phantomed entries, that are either people, groups, or places. We have way too many of those types of entries already, and banning them would force people to be more creative. --[[User:Sbp|Sean B. Palmer]] 12:54, 16 Sep 2005 (EDT)

YEA: [[User:Sbp|Sean B. Palmer]] [[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]], [[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]
<br />NAY:

If we don't write about People, Groups, and Places what do you have in mind? --[[User: Nikos of Ant| Nikos of Ant]] 15:19, 16 Sep 2005 (EDT)

:Actually, there's an awful lot. This rule only restricts the creation of ''entire'' entries about people - so, no one would be able to define [[Baby Alek]], but they could certainly continue to talk about the Baby Alek courtcase, or transcribe the court proceedings, or talk about the chemical process that cut him up into all those little pieces. You'd still be able to talk about people, groups, and places ''in the course of your entry on something else'', they just wouldn't be the crux of the entry itself. Take a look at all the entries for A. Out of 35 entries, only roughly half are ''named'' for a person, place, or group. --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 15:33, 16 Sep 2005 (EDT)

::I'd like to phase this in by disallowing new phantoms that are proper nouns, but still allowing existing proper-noun phantoms to be written. --[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 15:49, 16 Sep 2005 (EDT)

:I like this idea except that I don't think there have been all that many new places recently. In fact, I'd like to see the Ghyllian geography expand, myself. I'm all for banning people and groups, though. --[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]] 01:26, 17 Sep 2005 (EDT)

::Out of curiosity: what will that solve? Or, "just because"? --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 10:30, 17 Sep 2005 (EDT)

:::More geography? I just don't think we're at a point where we don't need new places, that's all. --[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]] 22:31, 17 Sep 2005 (EDT)

::::I tend to disagree, but that's OK. I think the creation of new places, currently, fractures Ghyll further, making it harder to talk about politics, practices, and history that ''matter'', and actually have a lasting effect to other players and future entries. Creating a new place merely creates a separate pocket that has little to do with the rest of written Ghyll. --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 10:59, 18 Sep 2005 (EDT)

::The above rule stating, ''You'd still be able to talk about people, groups, and places "in the course of your entry on something else", they just wouldn't be the crux of the entry itself'', is also not disallowing more ''geography'', just ''direct'' cites on places. With this understanding it seems it "could" push many of us to new creativity, but of course, ultimate play enjoyablility and degree of well-written entries is still dependent upon who actually comes to ths site and plays. I would not, however, make it a ban on proper nouns - if that is the case then not even processes can be cited; for example [[Awal Shrinkage|Awal shrinkage]] is NOT a person, place or group, it is a process, but the ''name'' of this particular process '''is''' a ''proper noun''! --[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]] 10:23, 18 Sep 2005 (EDT)

:::Actually it isn't. Awal shrinkage is named after Awal, and "Awal" is indeed a proper noun, but "Awal shrinkage" is a common (compound) noun. There is no reason why common nouns can't have proper nouns embedded in them: consider "Bush" vs. "the Bush administration". Of course, "Awal Shrinkage", the name of Madam Calvian's poodle (say), would be once again a proper noun. --[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 15:06, 19 Sep 2005 (EDT)

[[Category:Encyclopedants]]

Ghyll:Round 3 discussion

2005-09-18T23:04:23Z

Jcowan: /* No entries solely about people, groups, or places */ Proper vs. common nouns

Ghyll:Quidnunc

2005-09-16T21:25:10Z

Jcowan: @#$*. Carapace isn't what I wanted.

A '''quidnunc''' is a busybody, not someone who is overworked, but someone who sticks his proboscis or even worse his [[Ghyllian reproduction|wang-dang-doodle]] in where it is not wanted, someone who makes trouble when there is no trouble naturally waiting to be made, someone who meddles in the affairs of [[Hack and the Jacks]], though he is crunchy (aren't we all) and tastes good with [[carthage]], who spreads malicious or even benicious gossip throughout the [[Andelphracian River Valley]] or (even worse) the [[Sivitatuhum Academy for Ladies]], who <span style="background-color: #000000">lit cigarettes in boxcars boxcars boxcars</span> is officious, is annoying, is difficult, is unwanted, is ...

''List of notorious quidnuncs removed here. --The Copy Editor''

'''Citations''': [[Andelphracian River Valley]], [[Carthage]], [[Sivitatuhum Academy for Ladies]]

--[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 17:21, 16 Sep 2005 (EDT)

Ghyll:Quidnunc

2005-09-16T21:22:14Z

Jcowan: Adding missing phantom

A '''quidnunc''' is a busybody, not someone who is overworked, but someone who sticks his proboscis or even worse his [[Ghyllian reproduction|wang-dang-doodle]] in where it is not wanted, someone who makes trouble when there is no trouble naturally waiting to be made, someone who meddles in the affairs of [[Hack and the Jacks]], though he is crunchy ([[carapace|aren't we all]]) and tastes good with [[carthage]], who spreads malicious or even benicious gossip throughout the [[Andelphracian River Valley]] or (even worse) the [[Sivitatuhum Academy for Ladies]], who <span style="background-color: #000000">lit cigarettes in boxcars boxcars boxcars</span> is officious, is annoying, is difficult, is unwanted, is ...

''List of notorious quidnuncs removed here. --The Copy Editor''

'''Citations''': [[Andelphracian River Valley]], [[Carapace]], [[Sivitatuhum Academy for Ladies]]

--[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 17:21, 16 Sep 2005 (EDT)

Ghyll:Quidnunc

2005-09-16T21:21:43Z

Jcowan: First, second, last, and final drafts.

A '''quidnunc''' is a busybody, not someone who is overworked, but someone who sticks his proboscis or even worse his [[Ghyllian reproduction|wang-dang-doodle]] in where it is not wanted, someone who makes trouble when there is no trouble naturally waiting to be made, someone who meddles in the affairs of [[Hack and the Jacks]], though he is crunchy ([[carapace|aren't we all]]) and tastes good with [[carthage]], who spreads malicious or even benicious gossip throughout the [[Andelphracian River Valley]] or (even worse) the [[Sivitatuhum Academy for Ladies]], who <span style="background-color: #000000">lit cigarettes in boxcars boxcars boxcars</span> is officious, is annoying, is difficult, is unwanted, is ...

''List of notorious quidnuncs removed here. --The Copy Editor''

'''Citations''': [[Carapace]], [[Sivitatuhum Academy for Ladies]]

--[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 17:21, 16 Sep 2005 (EDT)

Ghyll:Quidnunc

2005-09-16T21:18:08Z

Jcowan:

A '''quidnunc''' is a busybody, not someone who is overworked, but someone who sticks his proboscis or even worse his [[Ghyllian reproduction|wang-dang-doodle]] in where it is not wanted, someone who makes trouble when there is no trouble naturally waiting to be made, someone who meddles in the affairs of [[Hack and the Jacks]], though he is crunchy ([[carapace|aren't we all]]) and tastes good with [[carthage]], who spreads malicious or even benicious gossip throughout the [[Andelphracian River Valley]] or (even worse) the [[Sivitatuhum Academy for Ladies]], who <span style="fgcolor:black">lit cigarettes in boxcars boxcars boxcars</span>

'''Citations''': [[Carapace]], [[Sivitatuhum Academy for Ladies]]

Ghyll:Round 3 discussion

2005-09-16T19:49:54Z

Jcowan: Jcowan's views on R3

User:Jcowan

2005-09-12T22:48:03Z

Jcowan: /* Round 2 */ Missed entries

==John Cowan, Ghyll Scholar==
John Cowan is a neutral scholar. His articles so far are these:

===Round 1===

* [[Aquentravalkeration]] ([[Talk:Aquentravalkeration|Talk]])
* [[Brothers of the Lantern]] ([[Talk:Brothers of the Lantern|Talk]])
* [[Conflict That Is Not Happening]] ([[Talk:Conflict That Is Not Happening|Talk]])
* [[Doc Rockett]] ([[Talk:Doc Rockett|Talk]])
* [[Edvard von Craghelm]] ([[Talk:Edvard von Craghelm|Talk]])
* [[Folktown Records]] ([[Talk:Folktown Records|Talk]])
* [[Godfroi Hasawithe]] ([[Talk:Godfroi Hasawithe|Talk]])
* [[Harv Gretborn]] ([[Talk:Harv Gretborn|Talk]])
* [[Iain Underholm Smallwood]] ([[Talk:Iain Underholm Smallwood|Talk]])
* "Justification by faith" was unfinished at the deadline and met with the [[User:Morbus Iff|Mighty Stomp]].
* [[Kreem Pye]] ([[Talk:Kreem Pye|Talk]])
* [[Lord Glosfordshier]] ([[Talk:Lord Glosfordshier|Talk]])
* [[Meldersen]] ([[Talk:Meldersen|Talk]])
* [[Nesting]] ([[Talk:Nesting|Talk]])
* [[Opoudelian Starker]] ([[Talk:Opoudelian Starker|Talk]])
* [[Phaelros]] ([[Talk:Phaelros|Talk]])
* [[Quester and Phorrus]] ([[Talk:Quester and Phorrus|Talk]])
* [[Rejah]] ([[Talk:Rejah|Talk]])
* [[Shepenor]] ([[Talk:Shepenor|Talk]])
* [[Splak]] ([[Talk:Splak|Talk]])
* [[TransAvian]] ([[Talk:TransAvian|Talk]])
* [[Theoarcheology]] ([[Talk:Theoarcheology|Talk]])
* [[Undivaggen]] ([[Talk:Undivaggen|Talk]])
* [[Wadjidir]] ([[Talk:Wadjidir|Talk]])
* [[Paramount Queen]] ([[Talk:Paramount Queen|Talk]]) by the Rule of X
* [[Yanking]] ([[Talk:Yanking|Talk]])
* [[Zymenadang]] ([[Talk:Zymenadang|Talk]])

===Round 2===

* [[Accents]] ([[Talk:Accents|Talk]])
* [[Badges]] ([[Talk:Badges|Talk]])
* [[Careers]] ([[Talk:Careers|Talk]])
* [[Daniel Mboya]] ([[Talk:Daniel Mboya|Talk]])
* [[Exingians]] ([[Talk:Exingians|Talk]])
* [[Forbidden Tom]] ([[Talk:Forbidden Tom|Talk]])
* [[Gentinality]] ([[Talk:Gentinality|Talk]])
* [[Horses]] ([[Talk:Horses|Talk]])
* [[Ibaan Malmiz]] ([[Talk:Ibaan Malmiz|Talk]])
* [[Jimmy Cashews]] ([[Talk:Jimmy Cashews|Talk]])
** I was still hoping to do "justification by faith", but no luck.
* I missed K.
* [[Lay public]] ([[Talk:Lay public|Talk]])
* [[Monotapute House]] ([[Talk:Monotapute House|Talk]])
* I missed N.
* I missed O.
* I missed P.

===Other===

* [[Orthogonality]] (in collaboration with [[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]])

==John Cowan, Ghyll Player==
Plays under his own name. You can find him by googling, except he's not the bluegrass player.

Ghyll:Ghyll Phantom Index

2005-09-12T22:21:40Z

Jcowan: Removing Quezlar's Quaff Inc

Entries not yet defined. Alternatively, see them [http://gamegrene.com/wiki/?title=Special:Wantedpages&limit=500&offset=0 sorted by number of citations].
<br />Clicking on # in the table below takes you to the corresponding "What links here" pages.
<br />For entries that have already been defined, refer to the [[Ghyll Index]].

<table class="ghyllidx" style="float:left; padding-left:1em; width:48%;">
<tr><th>Entry Name</th><th width="180">Phantomed by</th></tr>
<tr><td>[[Algothequinas]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Algothequinas|#]]</td><td>[[User:Theophenes|Theophenes]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Andelphracian River Valley]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Andelphracian River Valley|#]]</td><td>[[User:DrAckroyd|Dr. H. L. Ackroyd]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Anthony C. Sutton]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Anthony C. Sutton|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Arbugghyll]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Arbugghyll|#]]</td><td>[[User:DrAckroyd|Dr. H. L. Ackroyd]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Azer Wallabin]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Azer Wallabin|#]]</td><td>[[User:Kalen Firth|Kalen Firth]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Baby Alek]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Baby Alek|#]]</td><td>[[User:Undrhil|Trousle Undrhil]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Backwards logic]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Backwards logic|#]]</td><td>[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery|Lady Aleksandra]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Bearer of Bad News]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Bearer of Bad News|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Big Brown Riding Hoof]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Big Brown Riding Hoof|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Busco]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Busco|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Collegium Civitas]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Collegium Civitas|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dodaka|Dodaka]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Creator of Nothing]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Creator of Nothing|#]]</td><td>[[User:Undrhil|Trousle Undrhil]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Croam Olpo]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Croam Olpo|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Darvekian Party]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Darvekian Party|#]]</td><td>[[User:DrBacchus|DrBacchus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Dreamy period]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Dreamy period|#]]</td><td>[[User:Larj Zyquon|Larj Zyquon]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Dulalian Empire]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Dulalian Empire|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Early Ghyllian Sales and Marketing Practices]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Early Ghyllian Sales and Marketing Practices|#]]</td><td>[[User:Joe Bowers|Joe Bowers]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Elevators]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Elevators|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Equestrian Beetle]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Equestrian Beetle|#]]</td><td>[[User:PhineasCrank|Doctor Phineas Crank]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Eriq Tali]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Eriq Tali|#]]</td><td>[[User:AaronSw|AaronSw]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Fish-Tree]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Fish-Tree|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Five-o-clock tea plant]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Five-o-clock tea plant|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Folktown Amphitheatre]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Folktown Amphitheatre|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Folktown Council Hall]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Folktown Council Hall|#]]</td><td>[[User:Arnia|Fingest Arnia]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Folktown Museum]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Folktown Museum|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Fuldermox]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Fuldermox|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Fur]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Fur|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Ged Nokaway]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Ged Nokaway|#]]</td><td>[[User:Finna Sunderhorn|Finna Sunderhorn]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[General Lude'crus]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/General Lude'crus|#]]</td><td>[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Geolan Calculating Machine]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Geolan Calculating Machine|#]]</td><td>[[User:Crschmidt|Christopher Schmidt]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Geoge Gjiosin]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Geoge Gjiosin|#]]</td><td>[[User:Undrhil|Trousle Undrhil]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Grand Matriarch]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Grand Matriarch|#]]</td><td>[[User:DrAckroyd|Dr. H. L. Ackroyd]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Gravion Process]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Gravion Process|#]]</td><td>[[User:Darus Ixa|Darus Ixa]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Grenfing]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Grenfing|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Hack And The Jacks]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Hack And The Jacks|#]]</td><td>[[User:DrAckroyd|Dr. H. L. Ackroyd]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Hork]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Hork|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Horse Code]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Horse Code|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Icfromilious]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Icfromilious|#]]</td><td>[[User:Undrhil|Trousle Undrhil]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Ironclads]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Ironclads|#]]</td><td>[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Jinkees' Club]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Jinkees' Club|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Juice box]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Juice box|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Lichtmin]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Lichtmin|#]]</td><td>[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Littered Carapace]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Littered Carapace|#]]</td><td>[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Mechanaut]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Mechanaut|#]]</td><td>[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Mineral ingredients]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Mineral ingredients|#]]</td><td>[[User: Mr. Stokes|Mr. Stokes]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Mish prank]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Mish prank|#]]</td><td>[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Morphomancy]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Morphomancy|#]]</td><td>[[User:Talliesin|Talliesin]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Morphous Ibb]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Morphous Ibb|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Mortal combat]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Mortal combat|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Notar Republic]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Notar Republic|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Oblibestircus]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Oblibestircus|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Organization]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Organization|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Pachyderm]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Pachyderm|#]]</td><td>[[User:PhineasCrank|Doctor Phineas Crank]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Pagvahhz Transgenan]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Pagvahhz Transgenan|#]]</td><td>[[User:Crschmidt|Christopher Schmidt]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Pajamas]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Pajamas|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Palace of Lost Souls]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Palace of Lost Souls|#]]</td><td>[[User:Bartmoss|Bartmoss]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Parliament]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Parliament|#]]</td><td>[[User:DrBacchus|DrBacchus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Paper]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Paper|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Peershakes]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Peershakes|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Pentet]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Pentet|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Perky]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Perky|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Phyllis Creanie]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Phyllis Creanie|#]]</td><td>[[User:Undrhil|Trousle Undrhil]]</td></tr>
</table>

<table class="ghyllidx" style="float:right; padding-right:1em; width:48%;">
<tr><th>Entry Name</th><th width="180">Phantomed by</th></tr>
<tr><td>[[Pochre Petals]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Pochre Petals|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Pobellian Debates]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Pobellian Debates|#]]</td><td>[[User:Kalen Firth|Kalen Firth]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Pre-pubescent]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Pre-pubescent|#]]</td><td>[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery|Lady Aleksandra]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Professor Altoxian]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Professor Altoxian|#]]</td><td>[[User:Robbi|Makarii Spitignev]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Proto-Harandraff Orthonormal Basis Set]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Proto-Harandraff Orthonormal Basis Set|#]]</td><td>[[User:Joe Bowers|Joe Bowers]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Quezlar 6]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Quezlar 6|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Rattallan]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Rattallan|#]]</td><td>[[User:Kalen Firth|Kalen Firth]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Recollectiball]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Recollectiball|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Regurgitation Revels]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Regurgitation Revels|#]]</td><td>[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Religious Right]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Religious Right|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Resgrewian debates]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Resgrewian debates|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
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<tr><td>[[Shrigure Gradient]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Shrigure Gradient|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Shtreiml]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Shtreiml|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Sivitatuhum Academy for Ladies]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Sivitatuhum Academy for Ladies|#]]</td><td>[[User:Nikos of Ant|Nikos of Ant]]</td></tr>
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<tr><td>[[Squelshous Panderat]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Squelshous Panderat|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Stealth-guild]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Stealth-guild|#]]</td><td>[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery|Lady Aleksandra]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Subtle Tree Fight]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Subtle Tree Fight|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Supetupheraraphes]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Supetupheraraphes|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Superluminescent radiance storage]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Superluminescent radiance storage|#]]</td><td>[[User:Lankin|Lankin the Mad Mage]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Supranatural luminescence meter]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Supranatural luminescence meter|#]]</td><td>[[User:PhineasCrank|Doctor Phineas Crank]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Suspension]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Suspension|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Tablankel]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Tablankel|#]]</td><td>[[User:Mr. Stokes|Mr. Stokes]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Technomancer Crafts Guild]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Technomancer Crafts Guild|#]]</td><td>[[User:Darus Ixa|Darus Ixa]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Tertiary colors]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Tertiary colors|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[The Beast]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/The Beast|#]]</td><td>[[User:Snafu Bohica|Snafu Bohica]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[The Uninformed]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/The Uninformed|#]]</td><td>[[User:DrBacchus|DrBacchus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Third Avazian War]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Third Avazian War|#]]</td><td>[[User:Pixel|Eric Vitiello]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Thou Greatly Heeded]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Thou Greatly Heeded|#]]</td><td>[[User:Undrhil|Trousle Undrhil]]</td></tr>
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<tr><td>[[Trung Tro Hampher]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Trung Tro Hampher|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Tuckagotcha]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Tuckagotcha|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Turboduck]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Turboduck|#]]</td><td>[[User:DrAckroyd|Dr. H. L. Ackroyd]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Twin governments]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Twin governments|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
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<tr><td>[[Umlaut Tea]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Umlaut Tea|#]]</td><td>[[User:PhineasCrank|Doctor Phineas Crank]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Ungerry-Tubers]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Ungerry-Tubers|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Vornalt]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Vornalt|#]]</td><td>[[User:Brother Arfrus|Brother Arfrus]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Wakanpantricism]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Wakanpantricism|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Wapsipinicon of Aghquabamticook]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Wapsipinicon of Aghquabamticook|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Whingelism]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Whingelism|#]]</td><td>[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[White Lady]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/White Lady|#]]</td><td>[[User:PhineasCrank|Doctor Phineas Crank]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Whifflepeke]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Whifflepeke|#]]</td><td>[[User:Precarious Armada|Celeste Theresa Worthinghood]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Whim of the beholder]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Whim of the beholder|#]]</td><td>[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery|Lady Aleksandra]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Whozits]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Whozits|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Whunn]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Whunn|#]]</td><td>[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Wilhelmina Corinne Bardway]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Wilhelmina Corinne Bardway|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Wive's tale]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Wive's tale|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Worrying]] [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Worrying|#]]</td><td>[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Yclepement]]
[[Special:Whatlinkshere/Yclepement|#]]</td><td>[[User:DrAckroyd|Dr. H. L. Ackroyd]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Zenithorian]]
[[Special:Whatlinkshere/Zenithorian|#]]</td><td>[[User:Lady Aleksandra Quininery|Lady Aleksandra]]</td></tr>
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[[Category:Encyclopedants]]

Ghyll:Quezlar's Quaff, Inc.

2005-09-12T22:16:46Z

Jcowan: The "Quezlar family" article already says it all.

#REDIRECT: [[Quezlar family]]

Ghyll:Quidnunc

2005-09-12T22:15:52Z

Jcowan: Dibbed

Dibbed. --[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 18:15, 12 Sep 2005 (EDT)

User talk:Brother Arfrus

2005-08-29T19:13:35Z

Jcowan: Link usage

We are extending the H turn for another week. Please finish your dib of [[Hungfold]] if possible. --[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 21:22, 9 Jul 2005 (EDT)

Brother A., you can link to Wikipedia articles from Talk pages using the syntax <nowiki>[[Wikipedia:Foo|Foo]]</nowiki>to make a pretty link like [[Wikipedia:Foo|this]], rather than by using an external link. In addition, the URI that appears in an external link is followed by space rather than |, because | is legal in URIs but space is not. --[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 15:13, 29 Aug 2005 (EDT)

Ghyll talk:Notary public

2005-08-26T18:12:05Z

Jcowan: Double Positive.

Ghyll:Notary public

2005-08-26T18:11:43Z

Jcowan: Poobah, Morbus. Talk about your gratuitous insertions.

The term '''notary public''' has at least two different senses. On the one hand, it is that part of the [[lay public]] that takes note of things. Most of the lay public just, well, lays there (lies there? I never could get that straight), allowing the tide of so-called public opinion, actually concocted by [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge|various]] [[Cranee Historical Society|secret]] [[Amphitheatre aristocracy|societies]], as is well known, wash over them only to regurgitate it later... Ahem. Yes. Well.

The notary public, then is, the responsive, the active, I may say the useful part of the public. The part that sends you corrections to your articles by [[TransAvian]] at their own expense. All the better if the corrections are in fact correct and in fact correct errors, to be sure. After all, contrary to belief among the non-notary part of the public, we scholars do not entirely write for one another's benefit alone. In fact, this very Encyclopaedia is evidence of ''that''. Or should be.

It's true that answering their notes & queries, even by [[DermPachyges|surface mail]], can become tiresome not to say expensive. But all we ''true'' scholars are committed above all to the cause of Truth, and wish to see our errors corrected. If not necessarily in [[Folktown Records|the press]]. Unless of course by ourselves. If you follow me. Er-hrrrm.

On the other hand, the [[Notar Republic]] is a constituent part, that is to say, a ''former'' constituent part, of the [[Dulalian Empire]]. Or rather, it was an independent republic until Royal Dulalia forced it to submit to his tyrannical whims. (We must call a spade a spade, even if it's actually a [[splak]]king shovel.) These days, of course, hardly any Notars survive intact, having been irrevocably overrun by [[Darvekian Party]] members.

'''Citations''': [[Darvekian Party]], [[Notar Republic]], [[Splak]].

--[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 10:33, 26 Aug 2005 (EDT)

Ghyll:Notary public

2005-08-26T14:33:55Z

Jcowan: First draft

The term '''notary public''' has at least two different senses. On the one hand, it is that part of the [[lay public]] that takes note of things. Most of the lay public just, well, lays there (lies there? I never could get that straight), allowing the tide of so-called public opinion, actually concocted by [[Bureau of Forgotten Knowledge|various]] [[Cranee Historical Society|secret]] [[Amphitheatre aristocracy|societies]], as is well known, wash over them only to regurgitate it later... Ahem. Yes. Well.

The notary public, then is, the responsive, the active, I may say the useful part of the public. The part that sends you corrections to your articles by [[TransAvian]] at their own expense. All the better if the corrections are in fact correct and in fact correct errors, to be sure. After all, contrary to belief among the non-notary part of the public, we scholars do not entirely write for one another's benefit alone. In fact, this very Encyclopaedia is evidence of ''that''. Or should be.

It's true that answering their notes & queries, even by [[DermPachyges|surface mail]], can become tiresome not to say expensive. But all we ''true'' scholars are committed above all to the cause of Truth, and wish to see our errors corrected. If not necessarily in [[Folktown Records|the press]]. Unless of course by ourselves. If you follow me. Er-hrrrm.

On the other hand, the [[Notar Republic]] is a constituent part, that is to say, a ''former'' constituent part, of the [[Dulalian Empire]]. Or rather, it was an independent republic until Royal Dulalia forced it to submit to his tyrannical whims. (We must call a spade a spade, even if it's actually a [[splak]]king shovel.)

'''Citations''': [[Dulalian Empire]], [[Notar Republic]], [[Splak]].

--[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 10:33, 26 Aug 2005 (EDT)