>”Uncle Ernie” is soft code for “sentient meat.” As casual as cannibalism can be in Neo-Florida, sometimes you just don’t know what yer eatin’ at a swampside restaurant…but godsbedamned if it ain’t good eatin’!
If ever at a family cookout and you notice you might be down a cousin or two, simply ask if Uncle Ernie is at the cookout. If the answer is yes, then there ya go.
>They say there’s a weird kingdom just floatin’ around comprised of weird, black, twisted humanoids who offer their babies up as sacrifices to an enigmatic, possibly sentient Black Tower. Sounds kinda like a waste of baby meat to me, but whatever.
It’s said the Black Tower spits out strange fellows from time to time. Some of those fellows might be found in Neo-Florida somewhere.
That there Black Tower is never really in the same place twice, but it can be in two different places at once.
>Bigg Oglesby ain’t the same as Lil’ Ogglesby. Real Neo-Floridians will never explain how you can tell, and will know where the ‘g’ is simply from the inflection.
>Common patois ain’t the same as what them Hyper Hicks speak. Even if it sounds the same, it ain’t, trust me.
>Everyone knows that you can’t say the letter (or word) “I” while in the demesne of Mam Town. Only idiots do that, ‘cuz that shit will hurt, and immediately.
No one knows why. Mam Town tself just hates that letter/word.
>No one messes with the Bug Catcher’s Guild. NO ONE! That’s what suicidal idiots do, and even then there’s better ways of doin’ it.
>”Drinking the Black” is a way of committing suicide. Aside from standing naked in the Magewinds at full storm, drinking swampwater from infected areas will almost guarantee a swift backslide into absolute madness and chaos.
A swift mutation will be sure to rid you of all those terrible memories! It’ll also turn you into a ravaging, rampaging, psychotic berserkerbeast that not even the locals will want to eat, but hey - at least you’ll go out with a bang!
Quite possibly literally.
>No one high-fives El Cabron. NO ONE! It’s rumored that someone tried to high-five him once and he react by freaking out and stabbing them in the left armpit with a pen. No one knows who that brave/stupid soul was, but may the gods help them.
>El Cabron is the most approachable of the leaders of the Bug Catcher’s Guild, but that doesn’t mean he has the best intentions for anyone but himself.
>It’s stated that the Madame was once horrifically ugly, which is why she’s covered in bandages, but having gone down into the lowest levels of the Deeps found a something-or-other that made her indescribably beautiful, so much so that anyone who gazes upon her will fall in love with her.
Naturally this is still a curse to her since she hates people, so she covers herself in bandages anyway.
El Cabron is the only person who has ever looked upon her and not fallen in love with her.
>The Warden is a powerful bureaucrat and one of the most dangerous people in Neo-Florida that ain’t an Edgewalker or connected with the Vatican.
Despite this, El Cabron outranks him, to his eternal ire and frustration.
>Even though they look completely different, it’s noted that El Cabron and The Warden look exactly alike.
The Warden hates this.
El Cabron LOVES that shit, and reminds The Warden at every moment he can about this fact.
>Trench’s Demise is one of the few locations known in Beta Crater that is hospitable to everyone, and is neutral territory for just about anyone trying to fuck up the first level of Beta Crater.
It’s said there was a Prospector by the name of Trench who not only founded the little shop, but was inevitably drawn to opening up the first layer of the Beta Deeps.
Naturally, he succeeded in at least opening up Beta Deeps but died before seeing his dream fulfilled.
Goes to show you that you really shouldn’t try to dig up artifacts only to spend them on Drow whores.
Since he was such a character, the locals gathered together and created the starting shack/town devoted to Beta Crater and the promising characters getting their start in the somewhat-safe Level 1 Deeps there.
>Spellboxing Culture is one of high, refined tastes and low alike. That all fights are arranged by fate is one of the biggest draws, and that anyone can join in at any point in time and enjoy the benefits of Spellboxing.
Among the hardcore fans, though, it's well known that it's what you bring from the outside into the arena that makes the difference. Forget height, size, basic physical strength or speed - those things are all helpful, but the strongest Spellboxers, especially the Top Five, are all masters of other fighting styles as well.
Except for Heavy Helena.
>It's said that there is an Interdimensional League for Spellboxing.
Heavy Helena is said to be number 5 in that vast league, and has beaten scores of off-worlders.
Then again she's beaten scores of Terrans as well.
>It's said that Heavy Helena is the only other person than The Madame who has seen the lowest known levels of the Deeps. It's also said that The Madame is the only other person who has taken on The Madame (outside if of the BGC) and survived.
The Madame has publicly stated that it was SHE herself who was lucky to walk away that day.
>The Warden is plotting a coup against El Cabron.
The Warden is ALWAYS plotting a coup against El Cabron.