THE ENCYCLOPEDIA DOMINICA!
created by the joint efforts of all the Mookiemockers in this very thread, working tiredlessly to reveal the secrets and inner workings of the Deeganverse and the broken plots, drawings and writing of our most favourite (to make fun of) author.
Aberthast Cathedral
Resocialization centre. People who go there return as mindless sheep in service to the Dominus. It is a horrible place, where - no, please, no, don't take me, take Oracle_Hunter instead, please, it was him who---
Nothing to see here, citizen. Keep going. The Dominic is Your Friend.
Acibek's Principle
Makes any spell better for just about zero extra effort, even when chucked into a spell as an afterthought. Nobody really knows what it
does, not even the Lord Dominus, just that it is better.
Basically the magic equivalent to painting vehicles red.
Airships
Magical boats that fly through the air at approximately twice the speed of plot, which can therefore only catch up for brief moments while the ship is in dock for extended periods. The planks on an airship change direction from moment to moment, possibly as a result of its powerful magic.
Ass Shot, Inappropriate
Is a myth, or maybe propaganda spread by vile Mookiemockers opposed to the just rule of Lord Dominus. There is, in fact, no situation which cannot be improved by showing the behind of a female character. Especially well suited are scenes when the character in question is either dying, traumatised, despaired or fighting her former friends. In short, drama and tragedy are enhanced by ass shots. The more you know!
Balloon Boobs
A sexual ideal. Albeit I don't want to know for whom.
Callan
Basically the US in a supposedly (but not really) medieval setting, this unfortunate realm has drawn the relentless wrath of the Dominus upon itself. Therefore, it's failings must be pointed out and despised (instead of tolerated, accepted and embraced, as would be the case with other nations).
The population consists of either mindless sheep (see Deegandrug) or ignorant racists (who happen to be 100% spot on with their prejudices).
It is also hated by everyone else.
Because.
Caste
See Caste System.
Caste System
The Deeganverse has a simple caste-system, with five castes with a strict hierarchy.
The
First Caste is the Deegan Family; they have practically a monopoly on good karma in the Deeganverse. They are good, perfect, always right (including and especially if they are not), and ultimately always win. Association with Dominic is more important than the Deegan name, in this regard: Luna is First Caste, Jacob is not.
Examples: Dominic, Gregory, Luna.
The
Second Caste are the Deegan Friends. They, too, are good and (save for occasional moral slips, like Pam's Incredibly Unjust Punishment of Dominic) moral, but lack the power to overcome anything on their own, and therefore need the Deegans to help them. With everything.
Examples: Pam, Milov, Jayden
The
Third Caste are the Anti-Heroes. These are morally wrong, but are handsome, powerful and therefore worthy of being saved. The major difference between them and the Fourth Caste is that, while both often exhibit the very same negative traits, the Deegans arbitrarily decide that members of the Third Caste can be forgiven, whereas those of the Fourth Caste cannot. Even if the Third Caste members do things actually much worse.
Examples: Siegfried, Szark, Snowsong, probably Karnak, maybe Celesto
The
Fourth Caste are the Enemies. They are precisely the same as the Third Caste, except that they are not redeemable. The reason is: Because. Yep, that's the entire reason. Fourth Caste is often, though not always, ugly, and almost comically over-the-top in their negative traits, prominently racism, and hating gays, (like Szark, who's gay).
Examples: Taggerty, Boris, any infernomancer
Fifth Caste is all the non-magical people who live their lives without any relevance to the plot.
Examples: per definition, Fifth Caste members do not have a name.
The Caste a character belongs to is determined at his birth and, save for a few exceptions, usually does not change. The actual deeds and alignment of a character do not matter: First and Second Caste characters can do things as evil as they wish to, and will be praised for that.
The only Caste-change which occurs often is from Third to Second: redeemed Anti-Heroes ultimately become Deegan Friends. The most prominent examples of this are Szark Sturtz and Bumper. A rarer case might have occured with regard to Celesto: arguably, by blowing Dominic's leg away, the fool might have sealed his fall from Third to Fourth Caste.
Another Caste change could be observed rather recently with the initiation of Nimmel's ascension to First Caste.
Cave-Garland
A just-discovered vine that mimics tinsel. Just
why it mimics tinsel is unknown; some Domiologists have speculated that they may have some modicum of movement and originally come from the Winter Archipelago, where they strung themselves in the glasswood trees to mimic decorations during
Christmas Wolfmas. A-whoo.[/QUOTE]
Celesto 5
Our last best hope for Dominic's fall.
Cheap
See Death.
Cheekmouth
A common affliction in the Deeganverse, this horrible disease causes the victims to mutate into horrible things with a seperate mouth on both of their cheeks. Other side effects include a higher willingness to worship the Dominus, racism and inconsistency.
Chimney
Since glasswood is the only kind of lumber that has been positively identified by the people of the Deeganverse as such, they are forced to use it for the purpose of warming their houses. Burning glasswood produces a smoke so thin, so volatile that it can pass through solid bricks, allowing the Fifth-Casters to not build hollow chimneys in their fireplaces. Instead, they build solid brick columns. However, while glasswood smoke can pass through bricks, it doesn't pass through cloth. For this reason, people wanting to look all badass and cool often prowl atop these chimneys, so that their capes will billow out dramatically, lifted by the fumes.
A side-effect of glasswood fumes is terminal stupidity.
Possibly the source of the Deegandrug. See Deegandrug, Glasswood.
Churchspace
A place for holding currently unused characters, while redeeming them if necessary. See also Aberthast Cathedral.
Dancing
An awkward ritual whose primary function is to be a source of ass shots. Except in Semash(i), where it is a substitute for debates, brawls, and warfare. It doesn't seem to involve a lot of motion, though: See "Ass-shot, Inappropriate".
Death
An event which, if directed against higher Caste members, is tragic enough for The Dominic to be sad. Possibly even for as much as ten minutes. But don't worry, it is a highly temporary affliction, since deceased higher Caste members can reincarnate to keep protecting the main characters. Even if it includes dying again.
See also Cheap.
If applied to Fourth Caste members, on the other hand, it is a reason to celebrate. These tend to be gone permanently, too.
Deegandrug
An air-born substance released by the First Caste into the air. Causes sheep-like obliviousness to the First Caste's failings, blind following and deep admiration for all of the First Caste's deeds. Only few remain immune to the Deegandrug's effects.
Demonic Badass Leadership Disfunction
A law of nature states: The bad-assness of a demon lord is inversely proportional to his skills as leader. The stronger and combat-capable any given demon lord is, the more unlucky he will get with his followers: They will upstage, overthrow, betray and ridicule him. Thus any sense of bad-assness is drained from the comic again, and natural order is restored. All bad-assness to the First Caste!
Diplomacy
Prolonged acts of violent subjugation or subjugation through demeaning yourself in order to pass yourself off as nonthreatening.
Disfigurement
A thing of beauty, which must under no circumstances be removed. But who would want to do that, anyway? Other girls and boys love hideous disfigurements! Isn't that good to know, kids?
Dominic
The immaculate self-insertion character, the All-Seeing Eye who is never wrong and solves any problem before the problem even knows it is about to occur. His morals are not to be questioned (even if questionable), he is always right (especially when he is wrong), and his defeats can be but temporary. His mind is superior to demon lords, his perfection knows no bounds. Lord of the First Caste. The Dominus. Loved by all, particularly by Szark (he's a gay who loves other men).
Dynamic Panel Layout
A way to put the plot on hold for a week. Means that the same layout will be used throughout that week each and every day, but it's a different layout than usual. Yay?
Evil
A rare condition found only in fourth casters, despite allegations about the third caste. To be evil, and remain a persistant threat, you have to arbitrarily kill everyone to show how evil you are, and express a particularly graphic ammount of petty cartoonish villainy.
The moment one develops an actual plan, and tries to achieve something rather then murder for murders sake this trait leaves you and you cease to have any meaning, beyond being curbstomped by previously minor characters.
The best plan is to have no conceivable plan. The best motivation is to have none explained. Villains in this webcomic exist only to be first touted as deadly threats with absolutely no traits beyond violence and the ability to shoot lazers. Should they try to be anything more, they will cease to be a threat. See: Jacob.
Face-Meld
A nefarious mental technique, most common amongst Orcs and Orc-like puppets. So far only observed in the Second Caste and above, indicating it is probably fueled by Deegandrug. It allows the user to meld half of her or his face with half of the face of the victim, in doing so transferring thoughts and emotions, causing them to automatically win any argument. Commonly used in conjunction with long, self-righteous speeches. Tradition dictates that all logic and sense have to be abandoned in these speeches.
FaRIA
The land of elves, where nobility is decided by whether trees like you. These guys are so amazing they can pronounce certain letters in lower case. The magic of FaRIA protects its residents from plot.
Fairies, Nipple
Nefarious creatures who steal the nipples of sentient creatures, and are largely responsible for the lack of nipples in Dominion. Merfolk are particularly badly-afflicted. Some say the fairies steal nipples for food, others for construction materials, while some insist that they are merely thralls to some greater power (see "Progenitor").
Fangly
A cute little symbiote that resides upside down under Luna's nose, this delightful parasite feeds on Luna's emotions but inverts them. In layman's terms, when Luna is happy, Fangy is sad, and vice versa. It is likely that the Travorias knew of Fangly's existence, and tormented Luna in order to cheer Fangly up.
Foliage, Color-Draining
Recently discovered aberrant floral growths that seem to drain the color from their surroundings, possibly as some sort of sustenance (however illogical that is). Examples include grass and
small mushroom clusters.
See also: Cave-Garland
Forsaken
Characters meant to appear in the strip and then forgotten for such long periods of time readers had already given up hope of seeing them ever when they finally arrived. Include the Oracle Hunter and Huk Thak. See Trailer.
Galloping Orc-Hunter
Ravenous quadrupedal carnivorous plants that bear a vague resemblance to a similar breed of creature from a planar expanse guarded over by a demigod known as the Red Plumber; while some Domiologists argue that these are a planar drifting evolutionary offshoot of said creatures, this can neither be confirmed nor denied. Galloping orc-hunters were killed by orcs for their decorative leaves in times past, but are now presumed extinct due to
Plot Contrivance those dastardly spoilers of Maltak.
Glasswood
This curious tree is the main source of building material in the Deeganverse - probably, because the inhabitants have not figured out that the green triangular mountains surrounding them are trees as well. They are hardly to blame for that. Unfortunately, glasswood has very poor properties as building material, for, true to its name, it is prone to shattering in a glass-like manner. For this reason, higher Castes prefer to live in stone-houses, while listening gleefully to the painful screams of the lower Castes as those are slashed to shreds by their walls and furniture. See Trees.
A second theory persists, however, which maintains that glasswood is actually not wood at all, and that lower Castes instead choose to build their houses out of baked pottery painted to appear like wood. Which, again, would be well within the limits of their stupidity, lacking a First Caste character to lead them.
God
Whatever is going on, he has nothing to do with it.
Gregory
A brainwashed god.
Hobgoblins
Unpredictable creatures who act based on the results of a D20. Little is known about their language, but attempts to communicate have revealed that the hobgoblins are in possession of a large supply of babel fish. Those who do communicate believe that the word "Arf" roughly translates to "Hail Dominus". Very susceptible to the Deegandrug.
Homosexuality
There are gay people in Dominion. They are not to be considered inferior in any manner to heterosexuals, which was elegantly expressed by homosexual relationships being only played for laughs and consistently portrayed as shallow and meaningless. See Szark (he's gay)
Hope
A strange substance often held in abundance by Dominic Deegan fans, but which we snarkers syphon off using agressive cynicism to use as fuel. Typically found in abundance at the beginning of every new arc, but wanes as time goes on.
Huk-Thak
A sacred orc weapon whose use is outlawed by most governments as a breach of human rights. While nominally a simple double-bladed spear, this weapon, when used properly, actually makes an indiscriminate attack on the mental faculties of those around it, leading to horrific trauma caused by bad dialogue. Because of this, this weapon is very adept at killing. It is believed that the weapon may in fact have a crude form of sentience as it has expressed in the past a desire to kill Melna.
Ilka Tuk Tak
Ilka Tuk Tak is the most excessively overused expression in the Orcish language, featuring in just about every second Orcish sentence. Long time presumed a swearword, it is now theorized that, due to the limited expressiveness of the orc facial features (in no small part to be blamed on the excessively unwieldy cheek-mouths and prominent snouts), Ilka Tuk Tak is an auditory indication that the speaker is undergoing an emotional state of surprise or disbelief. The reason it isn't translated is simply because there isn't an equivilant word or phrase in human dialects.
Alternately, the entire Orcish race suffers from a particularly nasty case of Tourette's Syndrome.
Illusions
Problem solvers. No, really! There's no problem a well placed illusion could not solve! One might kinda call them Deus Ex Machinas, but that would be mean, right?
They are also well suited for fun activities, like children birthday parties or horribly traumatising friends. Fun times!
Infernomancer
Unlike other noble wizards, infernomancers are not nerds; they are just jocks who purchase (magic) steroids from shady demon dealers.[/QUOTE]
Inquisition
Prominently lead by h_v, the Inquisition serves to cart off all the heretic posters on this thread who dare to speak the name of Our Lord Dominus, Who Sees Everything, The Great Manipulator, The One Behind The Strings without proper reverence to Aberthast Cathedral. Main enforcer of the Dominus' control.
Noone expects the Deegan Inquisition!
Invisible King
The evil ruler of Callan who never appears or does anything in the strip, lord of the government. Which is evil. And never seen either.
We do not know why the government or the king are evil or why they do what they do, because they never actually appear in the strip to present their case, but since they are a government, they obviously must be evil. This is political sophistication for you.
Alternately, them being evil might be only propaganda, for they seem to be one of the last groups not yet under the Dominus' manipulative control.
Jacob
A sad example of what happens to those who are Evil when they develop motives (or "reveal," if we suspend disbelief and presume that they were designed with these goals in mind). Initially capable of doing many scary things, Jacob's newly acquired actual goals soon neutered him of Evil, and thus, competence. His greatest accomplishments include, in chronological order:
-Telling some poor misguided idiots that Vilrath died three days ago - he killed him himself.
-Creating a cross between Forrest Gump and Frankenstein.
-Combining necrophilia and narcissism via attempting to turn himself into a "zombie alive."
-Creating zombie hookers.
-Being pimp-slapped by a spear that is highly adept at killing after trying to take it without saying please.
-Becoming the first person to recieve a full bill of payment for his Outrage, after beating up a cripple that attacked him first.
Jocks
People who mocked Mookie in school, and therefore are Fourth Caste material destined to die horribly.
Klo-Tark
Why won't he die?! WHY WON'T HE DIE?!
Legs
Biological symbiotes that fuse with Dominion Apes at or close to birth, and usually remain present throught said ape's life. However, atmospheres of extreme stress or inappropriateness can sometimes cause one or more to camouflage themselves for protection, or even detach from their owners temporarily to seek refuge. This has no noticable effect, as best evidenced by the Dominus himself, who got bored of one of his legs and guided Raf Maliksh into getting him rid of the damn thing.
LiveJournal
Basically Evil Twin Universe us. I can only assume there's each and every one of us represented there, with a goatee, babbling genuine praise towards Mookie and Lord Dominus. Also known as sheep.
Luna
The First Puppet. Tusks.
Lynn's Brook
The little town of Lynn's Brook is a most wretched haven for jocks and other worthless Fourth Caste scum, cursed with the Dominus' uttermost contempt. While this was formerly believed to be mere happenstance, newer research hints at a much darker nature of this accursed trap. Lynn's Brook harbour a malicious source of evil power which corrupts everything in the town's vicinity, lowering intelligence and Caste status of everyone who stays in it for too long. Many of the town's inhabitants may well have formerly been innocent Fifth Caste or even good-hearted Third and Second Caste members, before the Horror of Lynn's Brook changed them into the monsters they are now. Sometimes single positive character traits they used to have before Lynn's Brook devoured them can still shimmer through. Even a short stay in this accursed region suffices to bestow a character with horrid deeds in his past. This is also what kept the Dominus' power in check while he still lived there, depowering him and greatly lessening his Sueness.
Even though it might appear Lynn's Brook was destroyed by TIM and Celesto, it still lives on, for Lynn's Brook is far more than just a town; it lives, it feeds... it grows.
A rumour says that if one speaks the town's name with the order of the two words inverted, one's brain will explode.
Magic
...sometimes is just Magic.
Maltak
A land that is a phenomenon even by Dominion's standards. It allegedly used to be a grassy plain, but nowadays it's a desert. It's a very curious desert, however - it's unique properties allow old friends, raiders, and enormous mountains to hide and attack from ambush despite the area being completely featureless. One possible explanation is that in Maltak, Dominion's poorly defined laws of nature turn to those of a JRPG, where invisible random encounters stray loose. Also, it might be theorized that before it was turned into a desert, vegetables grew on Maltak in a matter of days, as it's the case on the magically restored pieces of grassland.
Further evidence also indicates that due to some strange planar inconsistency, the warped sense of reality of whatever gods created the plains, or those that named the area the "Plains" of Maltak being in a drunken stupor, the Maltak Plains are grotesquely distorted spacially, stretching for over a thousand miles in each direction, giving it a total land area of approximately twelve square feet.
Manipulation
Desirable.
Mavpel
Long thought a relatively harmless (if addicting) candy, this substance is in fact the foundation of the First Caste’s powers. Using specialised glands, they transform Mavpel into the chemical known as the Deegandrug and expel it as a gas (see “Deegandrug”). Mavpel deprivation can lead to psychological breakdown in the First Caste, with symptoms including outbursts of berserk rage, drastically-lowered Mary-Sue levels and a higher-than-usual drive to mind rape. Ambitious lower-caste members can use this to their advantage, as when Cassafin usurped Dominus’ rightful position as headteacher.
The only known location of Mavpel plantations is the Winter Archipelago, increasing its importance to the First Caste and explaining the teleportation ban there. The supply of Mavpel was cut off by the Archipelago recently, possibly as part of a werewolf rebellion, but the crisis was resolved when the “archtraitor” Milov broke the embargo and granted the Dominus his own personal Mavpel supply.
Merfolk
Deceptive jerks who deserve whatever they get.
Whatever they get.
Miranda
The heavy artillery. As long as Dominic's mother remains around, we can rest assured that even if something should go awry, the good guys can always call on this Deus Ex Momina support. That helps to not make things too exciting.
Mirror
The perfect psychological instrument, heals any depression, insecurities, mental trauma and shyness, may also induce a complete 180 degree personality flip. This occurs by the character taking 5 minutes to remind her or himself of their successes or the necessecity for them to behave that way.
It is unknown why Mookie has not yet patented this method, since it would easily replace all psychiatrists on the planet.
Note that a physical mirror is not necessarily required; it's the 5 minutes reflection that counts.
Mookie
See Dominic. Sans perfection.
Mookinsertion
A strange creature, of which two races, mookius vulgaris and mookius nobilis, have been identified so far. Distinguished for their intellect and flawlessness, Mookinsertions are living avatars of the Mookie on the physical plane, and are, as such, immortal - the most lethal weapons will cause only minor injuries to a Mookinsertion, which will (of course) be forgotten as soon as the arc is over. Typically, a Mookinsertion lives in human disguise for up to thirty years, before it begins its metamorphosis to a fully grown Mookie Sue. This process can be easily observed in a rapid rise through the Castes - within only a few years, a Mookinsertion can grow from Fifth Caste to Second, bordering First.
A mookius vulgaris is lauded for its intellect and skills at all times, and may even every now and then save the day.
A mookius nobilis is Dominic Deegan. 'Nuff said.
Mooklone
A humanoid that looks just like all the other humanoids in its vicinity. While all Dominion Apes are Mooklones to an extent, as often only cosmetic details (such as hairstyle or their choice of clothing symbiont) can tell them apart, the true Mooklones are identical even in these aspects. While common enough amongst humans, Mooklones are very widespread amongst orcs. The Bikta clan in particular seems to be a colony (or maybe quarantine zone) for these creatures.
Moon
A huge, gargantuan round orb that is always in the background. How it accomplishes that feat is unknown yet.
Murder
Minor infraction. May cause Death. Easily redeemable (see Caste System, Redemption).
Mustache
A strange form of parasite, the mustache will attach itself to the face of an individual, and allow them to become successful in their chosen field. Feeding off negative emotion, it often causes its host to deliberately antagonize nearby people in effort to provide for their symbiont.
The larger the mustache, the more poignant its effects. Also grants the host total immunity to consequences of their actions, partial immunity to Deegandrug and the ability to wholesaley slaughter individuals of a higher caste with relative ease.
Is believed to have some strange charisma boosting effect, as mustache hosts tend to be found in high ranks or influential positions.
How it has evolved is unknown. Perhaps some relation of Fangly.
Individuals known to have Mustaches: Warlord Sandor Damaske, Runcible Spoon, Arcangelo Scarlatti.
Nagastrali
Home of four-armed fish people and the world's only dragon.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Main inspiration for Dominic Deegan.
Okay, not really, but for a major part of our MST3King anyway.
Orcs
Noble savages. Can save by rape.
Perspective
Is a lie told by Mookie's stupid art professor who didn't even like his awesome anime drawings.
Plan
Put simply, a plan is typically any procedure used to achieve an objective. Though planning can occur in any caste, only members of the First Caste are seen to formulate plans which achieve their desired objective. All other castes require the assistance of the First Caste in order to successfully complete their own plans. For the same reason, the creation of a plan is a sure way to ensure failure for anyone of the lower castes. One notable exception is the necromancer Rillian, who is able through unknown means to complete plans without the assistance of the First Caste.
Plot
A psychological disorder, leading to people behaving temporarily or permanently in a way completely inconsistent with their character as established previously (see Mirror).
Progenitor
Far removed from the turmoil of civilisation, just beyond the Edge of the Dominus' sphere of influence, lives a creature that is above time, nature, and even the Caste System itself. Few know of its existance, and whisper its many titles with fear and adoration: The Alpha. The Progenitor. The Anchor of Dominion. For none dare to call upon it by its true, world-shaking name: Bort.
First being to be shaped by the Mookreator's hand (and, admittedly, his shape does reveal a certain... lack of experience on this omnipotent god's part), the Progenitor is capable of re-writing reality on a whim, break continuity and drain any sense from his surroundings - clearly attributes he shares with the Mookreator himself and signs of his divine descent!
The Progenitor stands above the castes, and even the Dominus himself felt the need to bow down and do hard physical work for the Progenitor, which the latter could have easily accomplished in seconds - the grand manipulator finally found his master. Whether this was for fear of drawing his elder brother's wrath upon him, or whether the Dominus fell victim of the powerful Deegandrug that forced him to accept the superiority of a being of an even higher caste than his own remains a mysterium of Domiology.
Puns
The highest form of humour, and don't let anyone who isn't Mookie tell you differently! Perfectly suitable to any situation, be it everyday conversation or severe and traumatic loss of loved ones, because they do not harm drama! At all!
Races
There are two kinds: Callanians and Non-Callanians. The former are mostly individuals, but pay for this by having much more severe moral standards applied to them (see Callan).
Non-Callanians, on the other hand, are defined by single traits. Which is not racist at all. Obviously.
Of course, there are still single individuals who break with their races customs and redeem them that way, because, even though other cultures' traditions are great, they can't possibly be as great as our own, right?
Racism
See Death.
Rape
Salvation, if administered by a noble savage, preferably of Orcish heritage.
Rays, Manta
Ridden on saddleback despite all blatant safety hazards. Possibly immune to the Deegandrug.
Redemption
Handed out arbitrarily. Minor crimes, like murder, are redeemed easily, rendering everyone completely oblivious to them. Worse crimes, like speaking badly about the Deegans or thinking about other cultures in a somewhat critical way, however, cannot be redeemed (see Caste System). Even if they are, they still may lead to Spontaneous Fourth Caste Reemersion Syndrome.
Red Shirt Soup Wench
A very special specimen of the Fifth Caste species, this curious creature can live for as long as thirty years apart of the protagonists. However, sooner or later, in a fashion similar to lemmings' mass suicide, these beings are drawn into the proximity of First and Second Caste members, where their function is to serve them soup (though rarer sub-species have been observed to secrete other liquid beverages instead). When they do so, they produce special pheromones, which can be perceived by the current story arc's antagonist and throw him or her into a murderous frenzy, which does not end until the Red Shirt Soup Wench has been slaughtered horribly. Considering how unlikely it is that such a creature would have evolved on its own, it is probable that Red Shirt Soup Wenches have been genetically engineered by the First Caste to make their opponents look more bad-ass, and thus enhance the glory of the First Caste when they defeat them in the end.
Rilianization
The act of producing reason through a
contrivance of logic brilliant scheme in a time after the fact. Such acts seem to be a common occurance in Dominion, as if crafted by some deity playing with the universe as their play as a way to cover up inconsistencies with further inconsistencies and/or fallacious logic.
Summed up in one sentence: there is always a logical course of logic, despite the illogical illogicity of said logic...logically!
Semashi
A mysterious people who steal beauty from other cultures and resolve any and all disputes with dance-offs. Their skin tone, like their country's name, varies from day to day. Being humans, some Semashi are allowed personalities even though they're not Callanian.
Seer
Apparently some other term for 'deity', albeit much less likeable due to its scheming, manipulative ways.
Sheeta Plant
Apparently named by a botanist with a sick sense of humor and knowledge of the orcish language, the sheeta plant is able to move its entire girth through the ground like a great phytoformian mole (just HOW it does this act is up to debate by many domiologists). An ambush predator, the sheeta sits perfectly still beneath the soil, waiting for an unlucky (or improbably short-sighted) gathering of creatures or beings to nest upon its designated patch of soil. Prey items are then lovingly caressed by its tentacles like a
hentai monster octopus before being pulled into its maw for a meeting with its digestive enzymes. The fine, invisible spores of the Sheeta Plant are known to affect the brain, loosening the victims' control over their speech and dragging irrelevant trivia into their minds, causing them to compulsively give exposition or describe what is happening around them. This, presumably, serves to prevent them from escaping, as the primitive brains of Dominion Ape are unable to focus on talking and fleeing/fighting simultaneously. It is currently unknown as to how biologically close the sheeta is to the galloping orc-hunter plants of Maltak's olden plains.
Snout
The horrible malformation of the nose/mouth-region, implanted into prisoners in Aberthast Cathedral and into any new-born child. It probably serves to improve the inhalation of the Deegandrug.
Sn'gl'euth'u ("
Snuggly" for short):
The
"avatar of snuglyness"; a being of purity and innocence from
the planes beyond all reason and imagination, resembling an amoeboid eyeball surrounded by a mass of tentacles.
Though his exact motives are unknown, Snuggly is a kind and simple creature who just wants friends and hugs. As a being from an isolated plane, Snuggly was very lonely. He befriended Tim when the latter was cast into his dimension by Miranda Deegan. He tried to befriend Celesto, but Celesto--being the loner that he is--rejected Snuggly's offer and fled. After the attack on Lynn's Brook, Dominic met Snuggly during his attempt to scry on Celesto. Unfortunately, Snuggly's strangely cute appearance did not conform to Lord Dominus' standards of goodness; naturally, Dominic blamed Snuggly for the recent troubles and attacked him.
Soul Displacing Mookie Possession Syndrome (SDMPS)
Even the existance of self-insertion Mookie Sues and the wide spread of the Plot plague do not suffice sometimes for Mookie's broadcast of his enlightened world-view and ethical opinions. In such cases, the force of Mookie can temporarily take possession of a character to force him to do Mookie's bidding. The character completely turns into a mouthpiece for Mookie's messages. A much more dangerous mutation of this affliction is the Karma Balancing Soul Displacing Mookie Possession Syndrome (SDMPS-KB), where Mookie specifically possesses Third and Fourth Caste characters to force them to deal completely just and not at all exaggerated punishment on other Fourth Caste characters, such as womanizers and people who happen to be athletic, who may spontaneously pop or be mutilated to a never-ending unholy existance of eternal torment and agony. In spite of its dangerousness, this is a very important thing to the ecological balance of the Deeganverse, for it keeps the hands of First and Second Caste members free of blood, while dealing appropriately with people Mookie finds somewhat unsympathetic. See also: Mookinsertion, Plot.
Spine
Overrated. Noone in the Deeganverse uses these anymore.
Same goes for all anatomy, really.
Spontaneous Fourth Caste Reemersion Syndrome
A highly dangerous condition, lethal in 100% of all cases, so far incurable. It may occur in redeemed Third Caste members if their previous failings were grave enough (i.e. murder would not induce SFCRS, but being displeased with another culture's murdersome traditions might). The effect is an aura of Fourth Castiness in an otherwise Second Caste character, which may resurface at any time, thus causing the Deeganverse to believe the character is evil and must be purged.
Strip Slays
Pure awesomeness. averagejoe, ElfLad, Mewtarthio and Turcano are just a few of the grandiose artists who turn meager B-strips into victory with win on top.
SuperGreg Aardvark
An abomination that must not be spoken of.
Szark
A gay man, gay in a gay way, he's skilled in swordfighting, maintaining position as Third Caste, and being gay. For more information on gay people (including Szark), See Homosexuality, for information on the man Szark loves (because he's gay), See Dominic, for information on the scum who hate Szark, and other gays (like Szark), See Fourth Caste.
Tentacle Rape
Umm... let's change the subject, shall we?
That Which Is Quoted
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Time
Changes everything. Time is believed to be roughly sixty years old; its first documented effect was the breakup of the Kelsheen. Note that some scholars believed that the elves invented Time first, but discarded the idea after it caused the Raf Malkish War and created the Chosen. No further evidence of Time has been uncovered in any other era of history.
Trailer
Mookie's attempts to make it seem that something is happening, or at least will happen at some point in the future. A good bunch of trailers were forgotten, thus creating the Forsaken.
Might also be a genuine attempt of Mookie to find out just what the hell he is doing. This might explain such questions like "Who is XXX?" or "What does YYY want?".
Trees
Green mountains with snow on top. Weird.
Tucklebruck Island
A place so idyllic that its occupants, dwarves and halflings, have nothing better to fight about than what type of alcohol the others like. Major exporter of bizarre, sometimes toxic beer, teddy bears, and pictures of the Dominus being punched in the balls.
TVTropes
The lifetime stealing device employed by Oracle_Hunter to fuel his ingenious evil plans (I'm on to you, pal!). Contains all the wisdom of mankind and the explanation for every dumb turn the comic takes - if you can find them.
Violin
A strange, flat, solid instrument played with the wooden back of a bow.
Wall, Inappropriate
A
recently introduced character, originally mistaken for a chimney despite the lack of a fume outlet, the Wall has since
reappeared in FaRIA, land of the elves, and followed Dominic and Luna around the world, apparently drawn to exceedingly absurd and/or clichéd situations.
Its evident purpose is best explained by its inanity: always spotted where it is obviously useless, yet seeming to be a natural part of its surroundings as well. It also has to be noted when it was shown: The first time, a stereotypical mysterious cloaked assassin knelt on it. The second time, it was embedded in the structure of a clichéd elf village. Afterwards, it showed up in the
Wild Edge Territories, in a compound otherwise
surrounded by wooden palisades, when Luna and Dominic heroically saved Stunt from getting fired by telling his employer how he risked their lives and contravened her instructions. Its
last sighting was in Semash, directly after Scarlatti’s rather peculiar behavior which probably attracted it.
This character is obviously meant to illustrate that behind the cliché, behind the generic fantasy tale, behind this mask that appears almost too familiar lies a world of absurdity.
The fact that this is achieved by randomly placing an everyday object like a brickwall inmidst a city or other settlement, where it would normally belong yet doesn’t truly makes it a dadaist masterpiece.
Werewolves
Schrödinger beings, fluctuating between people in furry suits and raging racists prone to murderous frenzies. Best left alone, which fits well with the theme of them wanting to be left alone, being an isolationist, territorial species. Except for 90% of them, who are open-minded towards strangers.
Winter Archipelago
In Winter Archipelago, Mookie mocks you!