#its a apart of fantasy as well as creating a character you can recognize on sight

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Round 1D - Bracket Six [Dimension 20 NPC of All Time]

Lord Calroy Cruller vs Baron from the Baronies

Propaganda under the cut (Contains major spoilers for A Crown of Candy)

Lord Calroy Cruller - He/him

Campaign: A Crown of Candy

Who is he?

Lord Calroy "Cal" Cruller is the Marquis of Muffinfield, and King Amethar's best friend and right hand. He is also officially recognized as the ruler of Candia for a time, after staging a coup against House Rocks, until they return to Castle Candy with allies to overthrow him again.

Why is he the NPC of All Time?

No npc leaves a lasting impression more than Calroy. From his physical design to his charming personality, wonderful inside jokes and intense plot twist he is an incredible, one of a kind character. No npc has such an epic backstabbing speech, nor such impressive pants. He charmed us all and his betrayal impacted not just King Amethar but the audience as well. His secret genius plan, his murder attempt against the king, his killer one liners. Nobody beats it. In the background from the very beginning, he is an essential part to a crown of candy and helped give us the most badass survival of any player. Amethar for sure should have died there, and yet he survived. Calroy MAKES a crown of candy. He elevates it to a truly glorious game-of-thrones-but-better story full of the perfect traitorous secrets and blindsides the show needed. Nobody can beat that.

Baron from the Baronies - They/them, it/its and he/him

Campaign: Fantasy High Sophmore Year

Who is it?

Baron is a nightmare entity that resides in an unknown mirror dimension. It was created from Riz's lies, perpetuated by the curse of the Coin, when he pretends to be dating someone from The Baronies named Baron.

Why are they the NPC of All Time?

He’s genuinely frightening, and is so very fun to quote and imitate. Yeah, out of the gate, he’s a creepy little guy, but then it turns out he represents the fear of being alone and being left behind by your friends?? Terrifying, gut wrenching, incredible. You don’t often see such a visceral reaction from the intrepid heroes to an npc but Baron really aced that.

Most frightening NPC. Little Victorian mannequin creature who picks apart your deepest fears. I love him.

That little skeleton boy lives in everyone's head rent-free. Who wouldn't want Roëmænce Partnær living in their head rent free.

He's creepy, he's the manifestation of Roz's aroace fears, what more could you ask for? Truly an iconic scene

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Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedie of Faeries review

5/5 stars Recommended if you like: cozy fantasy, epistolary narrative, fairies, early 1900s, autistic MCs I've been meaning to get around to this one for a while and finally did. I'm really liking the cozy fantasy genre (and cozy sci-fi) and this is no exception. There was a plot but it was slow paced and fit well into Emily's daily life and academics. There were high stakes at the end, but overall this is a relatively low stakes story. I liked how dryadology was depicted as a legitimate academic discipline with methods, conferences, and its own scandals. As someone who is involved in academics and will likely pursue a career in research/academia, it felt very realistic. A lot of the methods Emily and Wendell use are legitimate methods we use in anthropology and linguistics and I really enjoyed seeing them put to use in a fantasy field of research. The scandals of extrapolating too much info or faking research are also very reminisce of early-20th century academic scandals that we see in real-life disciplines. I very much appreciated Fawcett's attention to detail here and I really think it helped create a realistic, engrossing world. The faeries themselves were interesting too. There are a bunch of different kinds and subtypes of those kinds that vary across regions. We get to meet a few of these during the course of the book, and it was interesting to see their mannerisms and looks. I also like that our narrator is an expert in the field and so we get additional information about the faeries we meet as well as similar faeries from other locations. I like this style of diary narration too. It reminds me a bit of how the Beka Cooper series is written. Both are supposed to be diaries/journals, but other than mentioning writing or the date, the book generally reads as traditional narration rather than epistolary (which has its place in my heart too). In this particular case, I definitely think it added to the story since we are made to understand that Emily is trying to be objective, but there are times when she recognizes that she's not and, in turn, we are able to recognize moments when she deviates from a strictly academic viewpoint into the more personal. Speaking of Emily, I enjoyed her narration and reading about her (mis)adventures. Emily reads as autistic to me (someone who is also autistic) and I liked that that was just presented as who she was. Wendell does poke fun at her a little for some of her social missteps, but there's no malice behind it and no one pressures Emily to mask or change who she is. She can come across as blunt and isn't always able to read social cues, but she clearly has a big heart and once you're in, you're in. She's also pretty accepting of things, which is probably one of the reasons she does so well as a draydologist, and is able to roll with the punches fairly well. I also liked Emily's dog, Shadow, and thought he had some funny moments in the story. Wendell is an interesting character, and he and Emily make an even more interesting friendship. He's very outgoing and personable, able to charm just about anyone, but he's also generally pretty aloof. As extroverted as he is, he doesn't seem to connect with people too deeply, but when he does, like with Emily, he's pretty ride or die about it. I enjoyed Wendell's character and thought he brought a lot of humor to the pages with his little quirks. The side characters were also all pretty enjoyable. They all felt distinct, both human and faerie, and I enjoyed getting to know them individually. It was also interesting to see how Emily's perceptions and relationships with them change as she settles more into life in the village. One note I have is that some of the side characters have very similar names and it makes it somewhat difficult to tell them apart in a group setting. Overall I really enjoyed this book and am looking forward to seeing what Emily, Wendell, and Shadow get up to next!

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Whitefield: Uncaging the Work-Life Oasis You Didn’t Know Existed

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