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Uther Pendragon
Uther Pendragon, the first King of Promiseland, was one of the so-called False Kings who dominated Wonderland during the Second Age of Eden.
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This is a place for all of the substantive worldbuilding I’ve added to articles that are themselves not eligible for inclusion in my WorldEmber 2024 wordcount.
Guinevere
Guinevere was the wife of King Arthur Pendragon and later the Queen of Promiseland in her own right.
Leondegrance Pendragon
Leondegrance Pendragon, King of Promiseland, was purported to be the son of King Arthur. In reality, however, his father was the queen’s lover Lancelot du Lac.
Tristan Pendragon
Tristan Pendragon, King of Promiseland, was a scandalous figure in Edenian history.
Claudia Pendragon
Claudia Pendragon was the final Queen of Promiseland before Frieda Jacobs’ unification of Wonderland in 263.
Östen
Called 'insane' by the Neverlanders whose ships and ports he terrorized at random, Östen ruled by fear, yes, but was also driven by it.
Ingvar
Ingvar Östenson, King of Neverland, was dashing and much beloved hero in the corner of Eden which he called home.
Finn the Usurper
Finnegan Viggosson, sometimes called The Usurper, was the final King of Neverland.
Oskar
Oskar Wolff, the first King of Fatherland, was a boisterous, ill-tempered megalomaniac who believed that he alone could save the peoples of Eden from themselves and their ineffectual leaders.
Wilhelm I
Though he strove in his youth to be less a tyrant than his father, Wilhelm I could not outrun the evil in his genes.
Felix I
Felix I, King of Fatherland, is better known for the 72 years he spent waiting to rule than the four years he actually sat the throne.
Adelaide
Adelaide, Queen of Fatherland, was the first and last queen regnant of that place.
Felix II
Felix II, King of Fatherland, was the last monarch of that place before it became part of the United Kingdom of Wonderland.
Yellow Brick Road
The Yellow Brick Road is perhaps the most famous landmark in the whole of Ostké (the land better known as Oz).
Lasso Lounge
The Lasso Lounge is a famous brothel in the Motherlandian city of Watersmeet.
Medusa
Melinda Ursula Faulkner, better known as Medusa, was an Earthling refugee from the Earth-666 iteration of reality.
Empire of Oz
The Empire of Oz was the autocratic government which supplanted the United Countries of Ostké at the end of The Invasion.
Big Bad Wolf
Bilious Bartholomew Wildehund, better known as the Big Bad Wolf, was a childhood friend of Frieda Jacobs. Later, after a serious of unfortunate events, he was pressed into the service of the young woman’s chief nemesis: the Wizard of Oz.
George I
George I, King of Yesterland, was an Earthling refugee from the Earth-666 iteration of reality.
Gwendolyn
Gwendolyn Ellaswife, Queen of Yesterland, was an adventurous monarch who was the first Edenian to encounter all eight of the supernatural filters designed to keep evildoers out of this purgatorial paradise—and to keep all citizens safely within.
Frederick I
Frederick I, King of Yesterland, was perhaps better known for his singing career than his time spent on the throne.
Frederick II
Frederick II, King of Yesterland, was a brooding, melancholy monarch who struggled to live up to the lofty expectations of happiness set by his father.
Frederick III
Frederick III, King of Yesterland, served for so many years as a stand-in for his grandfather and father that he is perhaps better known for his role as “The King’s Representative” than for the twenty-four years he spent on the throne.
George II
George II, King of Yesterland, was the last king of that place before the ascension of Frieda Jacobs as Queen of Hearts.
Cavern of Innuendo
The Cavern of Innuendo is both a physical cave, located near the base of Dükuhüo Aüki in The Garden, and a metaphysical plane of existence open only to the most ardent followers of the goddess Phina.
Phina’s Tongue
Phina’s Tongue is the brand name for a line of personal intimacy aids developed by the Sisterhood of Sex Workers and popular throughout Eden.
Vladimir I
Vladimir I, King of Motherland, was the first monarch of that place and one of the so-called False Kings.
Alexey I
Alexey I, King of Motherland, was a weak, ineffectual leader who largely relied upon his wife to keep the peace in their perpetually troubled country.
False Kings
The False Kings were a group of human refugees who, after hoodwinking the native population, assumed control of the Edenian territory of Wonderland.
Godless
The Covenant of the Godless is the largest and most well-known of the elven religions. They teach that the creators of the universe were malevolent beings who created elves and other people as part of a sadistic power fantasy.
Catherine
Catherine, Queen of Motherland, reigned for just nine years—all of which were spent with the shadow of her beloved father hanging over her.
Vladimir II
Vladimir believed that the most effective rulers did whatever it took to hold onto power. Fortunately for his subjects, he also believed that the key to retaining control of one’s country was to keep the people happy.
Alexey III
Alexey the Reluctant, King of Motherland, was a tragic figure in the history of his country and the purgatorial paradise of Eden. He never wanted to be king, told his parents as much, sought for years for a legal option to abdicate his responsibility.
Nicola
Nicola, Queen of Motherland, was the third-born child of Vladimir II and therefore never supposed to be the monarch.
Anastasius
Anastasius, King of Motherland, was the final monarch of that place before it was absorbed into Frieda Jacobs’ United Kingdom of Wonderland.
Watersmeet
Infamous for its “mean streets,” Watersmeet has long been touted as the lasting legacy of the so-called False Kings.
Covenant
One might mistake Covenant for a quaint village in the English countryside, if not for the two massive castles you’ll find here—one of which is the legendary Camelot.
Mab Bexkosh
Named for the briar patch which sprouted up around the cottage where Aesling O’Briar slept for 100 years, Mab Bexkosh was the capital of the Kingdom of Neverland before that government’s collapse in 175.
Jabberwock
Jabberwocks are a subspecies of dragon characterized by their ability to speak—albeit at such speed and with such excitement that they sound as if they’re talking nothing but nonsense.
Transparadise Railroad
The Transparadise Railroad is a continuous railroad line, built between 117 and 123, which runs from Embershire in the west to the Reekian Wall in the east.
Edenian Amnesia
Created by the sister goddesses themselves, the condition resulted in the blurring or removal of memories which might make a newly arrived refugee struggle to adapt to life in Eden.
Wonderlandian Croquet
Wonderlandian Croquet is a popular sport in Eden and the national pastime of the United Kingdom of Wonderland.
EEP Audiovisual Implants
EEP Audivisual Impants are the primary way for accessing content on the EdenNet, and in particular the near-limitless media library of the Everything Ever Produced project.
The Dance of Dreams
The Dance of Dreams is a supernatural ability which allows two or more sapient beings to “dance” through each other’s memories.
King of Hearts
The King of Hearts is the democratically elected head of government in the United Kingdom of Wonderland, chosen to serve as the decision-making equal of the Queen of Hearts.
E. Christopher Clark has been an indie publisher since age 14—first with the help of his father’s office photocopier and later with the aid of print-on-demand technology. His current project is a comic book series, The Blood of Seven Queens, a fairy tale mash-up which asks the question “what if Little Red Riding Hood grew up to be the Queen of Hearts?”
The author of The Stains of Time suburban fantasy series and of numerous short story collections, Clark is a graduate of Lesley University’s MFA in Creative Writing program. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife and daughters.
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