Ghyll:Boing

Boing is the childhood hero of probably every young Ghyllian to have grown up since the first series of Boing Lumics were written by Lufford Grommie (a cousin of Rikkard Grommie) back in -71EC. Their enduring endearance is most ironic given that even though Lufford was from one of the richest publishing families in Ghyll he encountered tremendous resistence to their distribution.

Boing is a crime-solving horse who has springs fitted to his hooves instead of horseshoes, allowing him to bounce over his enemies and thereby foil his dastardly foes. The end of each series of ten lumics comes to a climax with Boing defeating The Beast in some way. Lufford Grommie was a history student, and having researched the history of Agarttha for his thesis spent much of his time attempting to fight the sad rumours that haunted the foothills of the Jorvyll mountain region (where Lufford grew up), terrorising its people. Through Boing, he managed to succeed largely in his goal, and also spread awareness of the region through the rest of Ghyll. The area immediately west of Dŵplat, and especially the Tíâgrídíg Valleys, are increasingly becoming a holiday destination for those seeking out the sites of Boing's early adventures.

The release of Boing nearly went wrong due to the efforts of the biggest lumics producer at the time, Lumico. The owners of Lumico had somewhat of a feud with the Grommie family, which Lufford still resented but had healed over to such an extent that he neither wanted to have them publish his Boing Lumics, but neither could he find anyone in his family willing to risk reigniting the feud. He eventually found an independent publisher, The Happy Hippie Lumics and Pease Pudding Outfit, that was largely unaware of the status and rough dealings of Lumico due to their being consistently whacked out on hippie herbs, and made them a fortune over the coming decades.

Citations: Dŵplat, Jorvyll, Luminous manuscript.

--Sean B. Palmer 07:52, 27 May 2005 (EDT)