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Stats

Start date: 17 Oct 2016

Level: 13
Experience: 3651
Experience to next level: 354 (4005)
Health: 12/35
(view spoiler)[Leveling
You obtain levels when experience is achieved.
Leveling up heals your hero fully and increases the HP available by 2 per level.

Total experience needed.
Level 1 - 0 (HP: 10)
Level 2 - 5 (HP: 12)
Level 3 - 15 (HP: 14)
Level 4 - 30 (HP: 16)
Level 5 - 45 (HP: 18)
Level 6 - 90 (HP: 20)
Level 7 - 135 (HP: 22)
Level 8 - 225 (HP: 24)
Level 9 - 360 (HP: 26)
Level 10 - 585 (HP: 28)
Level 11 - 945 (HP: 30)
Level 12 - 1530 (HP: 32) tavern
Level 13 - 2475 (HP: 34)
Level 14 - 4005 (HP: 36)
Level 15 - 6480 (HP:38) tavern

How to calculate levels
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Tote of Infinite Books

Titles
• Ken Champion
• Title of Power
• Honorary Mad Scientist of the Novel Kingdom

Weapons
• Magic Staff
- Level 28 + 2 + 1(Horse) +2(Puppy) +1(Hat) +1(Bauble) +3(Orb) (Attack 38)
• Sword - Eirias (view spoiler)[The crystal sword from Silver On The Tree, named Eirias, or "blazing", and also called the sword of the sunrise. (hide spoiler)]
- Level 11 + 2 + 1(Horse) + 2(Puppy) +3(Orb) +1(Bauble) +1(Hat) (Attack 21)

• Slingshot
• Growth Weapon Enhancement baubles for Magic Staff and Sword
The growth weapon enhancement bauble will increase damage each turn in battle by 1 for a single weapon. (First Turn +1, Second Turn +2, Third Turn +3). When calculating values based on attack power of weapon, each round it must be re-evaluated.
• Magik Shard - Increases base spell damage by 1 on any spell
• Spock's lost Plasma weapon. There is only one charge left but it may be used as a instant (no battle turn used) attack of 10 points.
• Deaths Gratitude. Death has offered you one wish to lower the starting hitpoints of a creature by 10.

• Orb of Earth (Adds 3 attack to a sword)
• Orb of Fire (Adds 3 attack to a magic staff)
• Orb of Air (For quests requiring 4 or more items, this reduces the amount of items needed for a quest by 1. This is restricted to Find Items Eligible quests).
• Orb of Water (Automatically heal one health at the end of every fight)


• One Shield - Negates one attack point from physical enemy attacks
• Red Gem of Power - activated - allows you to double your attack power for one turn once a calendar month. (Includes weapon enhancements, does not include pets attack, only includes one strike during the turn so either slingshot or sword or staff may be doubled.)
• Blue Gem of Power - activated - halves damage of one turn per week (Sun to Sat)
• Green Gem of Power - activated - adds 1 max hp
• White Gem of Power - activated - allows you to purify your hero once each calendar month. Purifying your hero will remove any lasting effects from monsters (e.g. disease).
• Purple Gem of Power - activated - restores your hp to the hp you had before a fight once a month

Magik
• Trained in Zest - Base Attack 10 - 1 Life Wisp, 1 Minor Heal Potion
• Trained in Life - Base Attack 20 - 1 Zest of Lemon, 1 Flake of Pixie Dust
• Trained in Firebolt - Base Attack 10 - 1 Phoenix Feather, 1 Ball of Wool
• Trained in Whirlwind - Base Attack 10 - 1 Carrot, 1 Snap Pea
• Trained in Tremor - Base Attack 10 - 1 Bird Feather, 1 Clump of Dirt
• Trained in Splash - Base Attack 10 - 1 Kelpie Skin, 1 Pail of Water

Welcome Basket
• 5 Potion Tokens - see Potion Inventory
• 10 Gold - see Other Inventory
• 3 Minor Heal Potions - see Potion Inventory
• 1 Time Walking Potion - see Potion Inventory
• 1 Shield Potion - see Potion Inventory
• 1 Mercenary Coupon - Hire one mercenary free for a week - see Other Inventory
• Up to 15 books read in the 12 months prior to starting
(view spoiler)[
1 - Better World (Legacy Code 0.5) Read 15 Aug 2016
2 - Run Girl (Ingrid Skyberg FBI Thriller 0.5) Read 23 Feb 2016
3 - All Wrapped Up (Geek Girl #1.5) Read 28 Dec 2015
4 - Great War Fashion: Tales from the History Wardrobe Read 28 May 2016
5 - Firefly Beach Read 5 Feb 2016
6 - The President's Hat Read 23 Sep 2016
7 - The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country Read 5 Oct 2016
8 - The Martian Read 4 May 2016
9 - Chomp Read 21 Mar 2016
10 - Fangirl Read 28 Dec 2015
11 - Men at Arms Read 15 Jul 2016
12 - Doctor Who: Snowglobe 7 Read 7 Sep 2016
13 - Ghost of a Chance Read 19 Aug 2016
14 - Outline Read 3 Apr 2016
15 - Snoopy Stars as The Weatherman Read 25 Jan 2016 (hide spoiler)]

Potion Inventory
• 34 Potion Tokens
• 17 Major Heal Potions
• 52 Minor Heal Potions
• 22 Heal Potions
• 0 Time Walking Potions
• 17 Shield Potions
• 5 Minor Poison Potions - additional +2 damage every turn of the battle tavern tavern 2
• 4 Weakening Potions - Reduces attack power to half of normal for both sword and staff (rounded up).
• 3 Transmogrification Potions - Transforms 1 dropped item from a common monster into any other dropped item from a common monster.
• 4 Pet Plus Potions - Doubles the effects of any pets of the hero for one week
• 0 Damage Potion
• 3 Duplication Potions
• 4 Enhanced Weapon Potions
• 1 Halloween Resurrection Potion - Resurrects Miffy the Monster Slayer
• 8 Greater Poison Potions - Not able to be purchased for potion tokens at this time. Poisons the monster causing 10 amount of additional damage at the beginning of the turn.
• 10 HP Bounce Potions - Not able to be purchased for potion tokens at this time. Upon using this potion, the next time the hp of your hero (or Miffy) go below 0 the HP will bounce and go up to the number it would have been below 0. (Example: HP has 20 HP, Hero uses HP Bounce Potion, Monster attacks for 50 damage, Hero takes 20 damage, bounces, gains 30 hp. Hero has 30 HP).
• 13 Stoneskin Potions - Completely blocks all damage taken by the Hero or Miffy for a single turn.
• 4 Find Items Potion

Other Inventory
• 399 Gold
• 70 Bat Wings
• 77 Goblin Bones
• 0 Pebbles
• 6 Mercenary Coupons - Hire one mercenary free for a week
• 172 Nuts
• 57 Drop Bear Meat
• 48 Rat Tails
• 0 Life Wisps
• 5 Nook Squirrel Carcasses
• 137 Mouse Meat
• 7 Salt
• 3 Mouse Meatballs: Restores 3 hp. May only be eaten at rest.
• 116 Lemons
• 13 Kindlecorn meat
• 7 Kindlecorn pelts
• 19 Merely Kat Pelts
• 5 Herbs
• 53 Phoenix feathers
• 1 Snowflake Arm
• 1 Magic Book
• 4 Flakes of Pixie Dust
• 14 Book Glue
• 37 Balls of Wool
• 1 Monster Re-breather (spawns common monsters every day for 1 week)
• 2 Santa Coupons - Santa Coupon can be used in any quest as substitute for any one book. You can't use more than one Santa Coupon at a time.
• 34 Bird Feathers
• 25 Carrots
• 23 Snap Peas
• 28 Dirt
• 6 Kelpie Skins
• 3 Book Covers (Combines 2 books to create a book that has a combined serial number)
• 4 Roses
• 3 Fish (Feed a fish to your cat to double their attack power for a week)
• 4 Easter Bunny Eggs - a magical treat that restores up to 15 HP. It can be eaten in portions and remains fresh for one month after the first bite. Cannot be duplicated by the Magical Pumpkin.
• 7 Pails of Water
• 2 Sir Bargainbeak’s Lucky Feathers (Sir Bargainbeak’s Lucky Feather grants you a 50% discount on 1 item purchase from Jack’s Store.)
• 5 Ember Shards
• 3 Rose Bush Seeds
• 4 Tree Branches

• red shard
• green shard
• purple shard
• blue shard

Clothes
• Wizarding Hat
This hat will grant you one additional attack for your magic staff. The hat must be worn during the battle and only one hat may be worn at a time.
• Hat Hat
A hat hat is a peculiar hat that can duplicate the drops of any common (non timed) animal. The hat must be worn during the battle and only one hat may be worn at a time.
• Mask
Your Mask will delay the effects of disease from disease-bearing monsters by one turn (zombies and the plague bringer).
(view spoiler)[Example:
Round 1
Hero (wearing mask) hits monster
Monster hits hero, hero receives no disease from monster
Round 2
Hero hits monster
Monster hits hero, disease takes effect (hide spoiler)]
• Falconry glove
Must be worn in battle, and only one type of glove may adorn your hand at a time.
• Combat Hat
This hat will grant you one additional attack for your sword. The hat must be worn during the battle and only one hat may be worn at a time.


Zombie items
• 1 basic shotgun - used
• 1 machine gun clip - used
• 1 Machine Gun - used
• 1 Battery - used
• 1 marshmallow - used
• 1 Marshmallow Gun - used
• 1 Alice in Zombieland book - used
• Spirit Form - used
• 1 Record
• Thrilling Earmuffs

Halloween 2017 items
• Heart of a Baby Pumpkin - used
• Essence of Life Force - used
• Essence of Mouse - used
• Essence of Still Death - used
• Essence of Tricks - used
• Essence of Pumpkin - used
• 1 Essence of Goldenseal - used
• 1 Green Stone - used
• 1 Essence of Fire
• 1 Essence of Wind
• 1 Essence of Earth
• 1 Blue Stone - used
• 1 Essence of Echinacea - used
• 1 Essence of Dandelion - used
• 1 Essence of Hyacinth - used
• 1 Essence of Cuteness - used
• Essence of Venom - used
• 1 Ruby Orb - used
• 1 Black Onyx Orb - used
• 1 Essence of Hardness - used
• 1 Amber Orb - used
• 1 Essence of Ice
• 1 Yellow Stone
• 1 Essence of Ouchness - used
• 1 Red Stone - used
• 1 Jade Orb - used
• Essence of Strength - used
• 1 Essence of Softness - used
• Steak (A nice succulent feast that will fully restore the HP of both you and a friend. Can only be used at rest.)
• 1 Lapis Lazuli Orb - used
• 1 Amethyst Orb - used
• Charm Necklace - will render you immune to The Source's attacks

Miffy the Monster Slayer
Level: 43
Experience: 437
Experience to next level: 3 (440)
Attack: 96 + Miffy's Hat = 97
Health: 96/96

1 Miffy's Shield (+1 Defense Miffy (reduces damage by 1 on Miffy)
1 Miffy's Hat (+1 Attack Miffy)

(view spoiler)[
Miffy Levels - Miffy will heal completely upon levelling.
Level 0 - 10 attack, 10 HP
Level 1 - 10 experience, +2 HP & Attack - 12
Level 2 - 20 experience, +2 HP & Attack - 14
Level 3 - 30 experience, +2 HP & Attack - 16
Level 4 - 40 experience, +2 HP & Attack - 18
Level 5 - 50 experience, +2 HP & Attack - 20
Level 6 - 60 experience, +2 HP & Attack - 22
Level 7 - 70 experience, +2 HP & Attack - 24
Level 8 - 80 exp - 26
Level 9 - 90 exp - 28
Level 10 - 100 exp - 30
Level 11 - 110 exp - 32
Level 12 - 120 exp - 34
Level 13 - 130 exp - 36
Level 14 - 140 exp - 38
Level 15 - 150 exp - 40
Level 16 - 160 exp - 42
Level 17 - 170 exp - 44
Level 18 - 180 exp - 46
Level 19 - 190 exp - 48
Level 20 - 200 exp - 50
Level 21 - 210 exp - 52
Level 22 - 220 exp - 54
Level 23 - 230 exp - 56
Level 24 - 240 exp - 58
Level 25 - 250 exp - 60
Level 26 - 260 exp - 62
Level 27 - 270 exp - 64
Level 28 - 280 exp - 66
Level 29 - 290 exp - 68
Level 30 - 300 exp - 70
Level 31 - 310 exp - 72
Level 32 - 320 exp - 74
Level 33 - 330 exp - 76
Level 34 - 340 exp - 78
Level 35 - 350 exp - 80
Level 36 - 360 exp - 82
Level 37 - 370 exp - 84
Level 38 - 380 exp - 86
Level 39 - 390 exp - 88
Level 40 - 400 exp - 90
Level 41 - 410 exp - 92
Level 42 - 420 exp - 94
Level 43 - 430 exp - 96
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Pets and House

• Pets

• Windfola the Baroque Horse (+1 attack)



• Warm Horse Rug which allows a horse to make one of your attacks an area of effect attack - acquired 15 Dec 2019
tavern 1 tavern 2

• Spot the Puppy
Beginning Obedience Certificate completed 13 Aug 2017
Beginner Fetch Certificate completed 26 Nov 2017
Beginner Tracking Certificate completed 8 Apr 2018
Beginner Combat Certificate completed 8 Jul 2018
Intermediate Combat Certificate completed 17 Jan 2020
Intermediate Tracking Certificate completed 29 Mar 2020
Intermediate Fetch Certificate completed 22 Aug 2021



• Cyril the Squirrel (fetches one nut each week beginning 23 Jul 2017)



• Puff the Dragon Familiar
Level 1 - Each monster killed who drops gold will drop one additional gold.



• Rocky the Rock with Painted Face
Rocky will subtract 1 attack point of any creature.
Rocky will heal you 1 hp at the end of every battle.

• Mittens the Kitten
Training costs 4 books with fish on the cover or in the title fed to the kitten one book a week for 4 weeks. (Books may be spaced out at longer intervals but must be at least a week between books.) Once trained your familiar will attack monsters for 2 HP at the beginning of each battle.
Fed 1/4 13 May 2018 - The Mighty Dead: Why Homer Matters
Fed 2/4 20 May 2018 - For Fukui's Sake: Two Years In Rural Japan
Fed 3/4 3 Jun 2018 - Salmon Fishing In The Yemen
Fed 4/4 28 Apr 2019 - Lagoon
Fully trained


• "Lucky 13" collar will add 1 attack to your cat - acquired 2 Jun 2019
• Ability to fish - acquired 21 Jan 2020
Feed a fish to your cat to double their attack power for a week
• 1 "Stunning" Collar ("Stunning" collar will allow your cat to stun an enemy once every 2 weeks. A stunned enemy will skip all actions on their part for 1 turn including damage increases or debuffs on the hero). Only one collar may be worn at a time.) - acquired 27 Sep 2021



• Diggory the Bunny
Lays an egg that heals 3 hp every Sunday. The egg must be eaten that week or it will rot. Eggs can be eaten during battle



• Faye the Baby Falcon
Returns with 1 piece of mouse meat every week on Sunday.

Beginner Hunting Certificate completed 2 Apr 2025
Your falcon now has 1 attack every other turn of battle (i.e. 1 AP in round 1, 1 AP in round 3, 1 AP in round 5, ...).

To cook Mouse Meatballs: gather 1 mouse meat, grind, form into ball, sprinkle with salt. Bake 1 hour.
(Requires: 1 Mouse meat, 1 Salt and Kitchen)

Mouse Meatballs: Restores 3 hp. May only be eaten at rest.

• Falala Phoenix
Falala will die each Sunday and shed 1 Phoenix feather. She will revive shortly after to live the rest of the week.

• Dolly the Sheep
Your sheep will produce 1 Ball of Wool every Sunday.

• Polly the Bird Friend
Your befriended bird will come visit every Sunday and leave behind 1 Bird Feather. You may feed her again during the week to receive extra feathers.

• House

• Kitchen
Recipes acquired
To cook a Drop Bear Steak: gather 1 drop bear meat, sprinkle with salt. Grill for 3 minutes per side. Garnish with 1 sprig of herbs.
(Requires: 1 Drop Bear meat, 1 Salt, 1 Sprig of Herbs and Kitchen)
Drop Bear Steak: Restores 7 hp. May only be eaten at rest.

• Sink Unit Your new kitchen comes complete with a sink unit that drips health potion. Wait one week to harvest a Minor Heal Potion, two weeks to harvest a Heal Potion and three weeks to harvest a Greater Heal Potion. Potion gathering restarts after harvesting.

• Bed Bed will heal you 1 HP every Sunday.

• Low Quality Sheet Restores 1 HP every Sunday

• Lemon Tree Drops 1 lemon weekly on Sunday. Zest your lemon for 1 Zest of Lemon (zesting may be done at any time and uses 1 lemon per zest of lemon).

• Barn




• Allotment 1 carrot, 1 snap pea and 1 dirt a week

•Well Produces 1 Pail of Water every Sunday.

Pail of Water: Can be used as an ingredient for powerful Water spells. In quests, 3 Pails of Water may also substitute for 1 book that is specifically stated to "represent" water. A list of applicable quests can be found in the Ye Olde FAQ thread.

• Other

• Magic Pumpkin
The Magic Pumpkin holds the magical power to duplicate any one consumable item every two weeks. This includes potions, nuts, cooking ingredients, spell ingredients, and drop items from Common and Timed Monsters (e.g., Goblin Bones or Kindlecorn Meat). However, it cannot duplicate one-of-a-kind quest items, items dropped by Uncommon or Rare Monsters, or cooked meals (e.g., Drop Bear Steaks) . To ensure successful duplication, you must hold onto the item being duplicated for the entire two-week period—failure to do so will disrupt the process.

List of items that can be duplicated by the Magic Pumpkin
◈ Potions unless their description states otherwise.
◈ Nuts and Lemons
◈ Cooking ingredients: Salt, Herbs, Fish
◈ Spell Ingredients: see here
◈ Items Dropped by Common Monsters: Goblin Bone, Rat Tail, Bat Wing
◈ Items Dropped by Timed Monsters: Drop Bear Meat, Merely Kat Pelt, Nook Squirrel Carcass, Kindlecorn Meat, Kindlecorn Pelt, Kelpie Skin, Tree Branch

Monster Log

Common Monsters Each has its own separate timer

• Sewer Rat

No of Sewer Rats attacked: 66
Last attacked: 11 Mar 2018
Next available: Never

• Goblin

No of Goblins attacked: 119
Last attacked: 10 Oct 2021
Next available: Never

• Brown Bat
3 Attack 15 Health - Reward: 1 Experience, 1 Bat Wing

No of Brown Bats attacked: 95
Last attacked: 23 Nov 2025
Next available: 30 Nov 2025

• Greater Sewer Rat
8 Attack 20 Health - Reward: 2 Experience, 1 Rat Tail

No of Greater Sewer Rats attacked: 54
Last attacked: 23 Nov 2025
Next available: 30 Nov 2025

• Goblin Guard
10 Attack 30 Health - Reward: 2 Experience, 1 Goblin Bone

No of Goblin Guards attacked: 15
Last attacked: 23 Nov 2025
Next available: 30 Nov 2025

• Logophilic Lemur
15 Attack 35 Health - Reward: 2 Experience, 1 Gold

No of Logophilic Lemurs attacked: 27
Last attacked: 23 Nov 2025
Next available: 30 Nov 2025

Timed Monsters Always appear on Sunday, and you have the entire week to defeat them

• Drop Bear - (1 Weekly)
8 Attack 15 Health - Reward: 1 Experience, 1 Drop Bear Meat

No of Drop Bears attacked: 69
Last attacked: 26 Nov 2025
Next available: 30 Nov 2025

• Merely Kats - (Hidden) (1 Monthly)
20 Attack 50 Health - Reward: 5 Experience, 1 Potion Token, 1 Merely Kat Pelt

No of Merely Kats attacked: 16
Last attacked: 26 Nov 2025
Next available: 1 Dec 2025

• Nook Squirrel - (Element Air) (Weekly) The nook squirrel is a hard to find squirrel. It hides in nooks and crannies all over Novel Kingdom. No one has managed to find more than one of these each week. Except for Ivan the Magician who determined that casting Earth magik on one will cause it to freeze to the ground in fear of the spell causing an additional Nook squirrel to come and join his companion to investigate. The companion will join before the spell damage hits.

10 attack 20 HP - (Per Squirrel) - The squirrels must be attacked separately unless using area of effect abilities. Only one squirrel will ever come to the aid of another (multiple uses of earth magik does not continue to summon them. The squirrels both attack independently during the monster attack around when both are alive.

Reward: (Per Squirrel) 2 experience, 1 Nook Squirrel Carcass

No of Nook Squirrels attacked: 34
Last attacked: 26 Nov 2025
Next available: 30 Nov 2025

• Kindlecorn - (Summoned)
20 attack 80 HP - To attract a kindlecorn lay out 3 Nook Squirrel Carcasses and wait 1 day.

Reward: 5 experience, 1 Kindlecorn meat, 1 Kindlecorn pelt, 3 gold.

No of Kindlecorns attacked: 11

Uncommon Monsters

• Woollymark - (Minor Hidden)
7 Attack 50 Health
(Population: 3)
Reward: 15 Experience, 10 Gold

No of Woollymarks attacked: 3
Population remaining: 0

• Rock
1 (+2 per Rock already killed) Attack 5 (+5 per Rock already killed) Health
(Population: 10)
Reward: 10 Experience, 3 Gold, 1 Pebble

No of Rocks attacked: 10
Population remaining: 0

• Omnibus Troll
(Population: 3)
7 Attack 35 Health - Reward: 3 Experience, 1 Heal Potion.

No of Omnibus Trolls attacked: 3
Population remaining: 0

• A Pain Giant
5 Attack (+1 per giant killed) 50 Health
(Population: 10)
Reward: 5 Experience, 1 Potion Token (may be exchanged at Jack and Jill's for any potion)

No of Pain Giants attacked: 6
Population remaining: 4
Additional Attack Power for next Pain Giant: +6

• Lexicon Ness Monster
(Population: 2)
10 Attack 30 Health - Reward: 3 Experience, 1 Minor Poison Potion.

No of Lexicon Ness Monsters attacked: 2
Population remaining: 0

• Baby Book
15 Attack 30 Health
(Population 3)
Reward: 5 Experience, 1 Potion Token

No of Baby Books attacked: 3
Population remaining: 0

• Snowflake Heart
A large silvery Yeti that only shows up during snowy holidays. It has 6 limbs and icy armour. In order to start fighting it you will need to throw a Phoenix Feather at it (uses a turn - it will attack you first). You can throw a Phoenix Feather as your attack, for 20 damage. (Population: 6)
6 Attack 66 Health - Reward: 6 Experience, 1 Snowflake Arm

No of Snowflake Hearts attacked: 1
Population remaining: 5

• The Rose Thorne
25 attack, 150 health
You can only use your weaker weapon or cast spells to battle this fiend. The Rose Thorne, like many plant-based monsters, has a notable vulnerability to Fire spells. (Population: 3)
Reward: 15 XP, 1 Mercenary Coupon, 1 Rose Bush Seed

No of Rose Thornes attacked: 3
Population remaining: 0

Zombies

• Crawler Zombie (#1) - killed 14 Jan 2018
• Shambler Zombie (#2) - killed 12 Jun 2019
• Walker Zombie (#3) - killed 8 Jan 2021
• Runner Zombie (#4) - killed 4 Feb 2025

Rare Monsters

• Great Green Dragon - killed 31 Mar 2019
• Great Red Dragon - killed 7 Jun 2019
• Great Yellow Dragon - killed 8 Jun 2019

• The Hydra
No. of Hydras attacked: 7
Additional Attack Power for next Hydra: +7
• The Hydra - Lust - killed 9 Jun 2019
• The Hydra - Gluttony - killed 10 Jun 2019
• The Hydra - Wrath - killed 11 Jun 2019
• The Hydra - Envy - killed 18 Jan 2020
• The Hydra - Greed - killed 21 Jan 2020
• The Hydra - Sloth - killed 23 Jan 2020
• The Hydra - Pride - killed 23 Jan 2020

• Great Blue Dragon - killed 20 Jan 2020
• The Jabberwocky - killed 22 Jan 2020
• The Thesaurus - killed 24 Jan 2020
• The Swarm - killed 24 Jan 2020
• The Queens - killed 24 Jan 2020
• Rare Binding - killed 2 Jan 2021
• Great Novel Dragon - killed 4 Jan 2021
• Plague Bringer - killed 8 Jan 2021
• The Cliffhanger - killed 29 Sep 2021
• Sir Peepocalypse - killed 18 Jul 2025

• The Great Emerald Dragon
attack 5 AP (doubles every turn), health 1500 HP

- The longer it fights the stronger it gets. Its AP doubles every turn (i.e. 1st round 5 AP, 2nd 10 AP, 3rd 20 AP, 4th 40 AP, 5th 80 AP, 6th 160 AP, 7th 320 AP, ...).
- It has regenerative powers. After every battle is over, it regains half of the health points it lost. To stop it from regenerating, after your last hit you have to either throw a book at it that has a title starting with either S, T, O or P, or you have to throw a spell of your choosing at the dragon. Neither the book or the spell has any effect on its HP other than prevent it from regenerating.
- It's partially resistant to potions and spells. You can't use any potion more than once; after its first use the dragon counteracts the potion's effect (it gains resistance for the duration of the battle). Spells have no effect with the exception of stopping the dragon's regeneration (see above).

As the Emerald Dragon is a tough adversary that can't be killed in one go, it can be battled in parts. You can attack it once a week. You can disengage and run off at any time in the battle with no penalty. Dragon's attack resets to 5 at the start of every battle.

Reward collected after every battle: For every 10 HP that you remove from the dragon, receive 1 XP. (Partials are kept until the next attack.) The reward is counted after the dragon regenerated (if you don't stop it from doing so).

Reward collected once the Dragon is dead: 40 XP, 1 Magik Book, 1 Mercenary Coupon, 1 Greater Poison Potion, 1 Stoneskin Potion, 1 HP Bounce Potion, 50 gold

Battle 1 - Dragon HP 1308, lost 192 HP, 2 points left for next time

Halloween Monsters
(view spoiler)[
• A Small Pumpkin - killed 23 Sep 2018
• Fruit Bat - killed 14 Apr 2019
• Mouse - killed 8 Jun 2019
• Actually Dead Skeleton - killed 11 Jun 2019
• Imp - killed 5 Jan 2021
• Pumpkinhead - killed 27 Jun 2021
• Brownie - killed 4 Jul 2021
• Alchemist - killed 11 Jul 2021
• Warlock - killed 25 Jul 2021
• Banshee - killed 7 Aug 2021
• Grimlock - killed 8 Aug 2021
• Magician - killed 20 Aug 2021
• Fairy - killed 21 Aug 2021
• Will-o'-the-wisp - killed 10 Sep 2021
• Adarna - killed 25 Sep 2021
• Ghost of Big Heart - killed 26 Sep 2021
• Spider - killed 26 Sep 2021
• Leprechaun - killed 27 Sep 2021
• Necromancer - killed 27 Sep 2021
• Ghost of Rock - killed 28 Sep 2021
• Re-Animated Corpse - killed 29 Sep 2021
• Spirit - killed 30 Sep 2021
• Sorcerer - killed 1 Oct 2021
• Ghost of A Pain Giant - killed 1 Oct 2021
• Wizard - killed 24 Oct 2021
• Magus - killed 26 Dec 2021
• Troll - killed 23 Jan 2022
• Ghost of Woollymark - killed 30 Jan 2022
• Miffy's Ex-Boyfriend - killed 15 Jan 2025
• Ghost of A Baby Book - killed 18 Jan 2025
• The Source of All Evil - killed 29 Jan 2025 (hide spoiler)]

Magical Monsters

Kelpie (Timed: Bi-Weekly)

Kelpies are weak against Air spells, strong against Fire. You can't use sword or staff to attack it, as they just split apart and reform afterwards.
10 attack; 30 HP
Rewards: 3XP and a seaweed-y smelling patch of Kelpie Skin

Kelpies arrive once every two weeks.

No of Kelpies attacked: 6
Last attacked: 24 Nov 2025
Next available: 7 Dec 2025

• Splintercat (Timed: Bi-Weekly, Summoned)

Physical weapons are useless against these nimble creatures, as they leap back into the air before you can strike. Magic is the only way to defeat them. Splintercats are vulnerable to earth spells but highly resistant to air magik. To draw the elusive Splintercat to the ground for a fight, you must bait it with 3 pieces of Drop Bear Meat. Alternatively, if you wish to face two splintercats at once, you can use 5 pieces of Drop Bear Meat. Each round you may only attack one creature unless you are using area of effect abilities, then your attack hits all creatures currently in the battle. Splintercats appear once every two weeks if baited.

Splintercat - 8 attack, 30 health

Reward (per Splintercat): 2 XP, 1 Tree Branch

No of Splintercats attacked: 0
Last attacked: 25 Nov 2025
Next available: 7 Dec 2025


• The Abominable Snowman (Uncommon)

Snowmen are seen only in winter (from 21st December to 20th March). They melt on the first spring day. New snowmen appear every year.

The Snowman is weak against Fire spells, strong against Life. You can't use a sword or staff to attack it, as they just split apart and reform afterwards. (Population: 3)
20 attack 200 health - Rewards: 25 XP, 1 Greater Poison Potion, 15 Gold

No of Snowmen attacked: 3
Population remaining: 0

Monster Log #2

Weapons Log #1

Note: For purposes of advanced monsters the +2 to the level of your weapon should be considered a modifier and not part of the base attack. However, if something states that it is based off the attack as a whole then the level and all modifiers are considered.

Sword - Attack = Level of Sword + 2
(view spoiler)[Gain levels by reading taller pyramids of page numbers. A book that's 350 pages may count for a 300+ book, a 200+ book or a 100+ book.

Read 1 book that's 100 pages+ for level 1 sword.
Read an additional 1 book that's 100 pages+ and one book that's 200 pages+ to upgrade to level 2. (hide spoiler)]

Completed Levels 1 to 11
(view spoiler)[
Level 1 Sword
100+ pages - How to Scrape Skies 123 Pages

Level 2 Sword
100+ pages - Seriously Mum, What's an Alpaca? 188 pages
200+ pages - The Phantom of the Opera 241 pages

Level 3 Sword
100+ pages - Twelve Months of a Soviet Childhood: Short Stories 121 pages
200+ pages - A Monster Calls 240 pages
300+ pages - Shakespeare Saved My Life: Ten Years in Solitary with the Bard 304 pages

Level 4 Sword
100+ pages - A Wayne in a Manger 160 pages
200+ pages - 2001: A Space Odyssey 258 pages
300+ pages - A Spy Alone 369 pages
400+ pages - Redwall 416 pages

Level 5 Sword
100+ pages - The BFG 128 pages
200+ pages - A Gentleman of Leisure 208 pages
300+ pages - My Pear-Shaped Life 384 pages
400+ pages - Darklight 404 pages
500+ pages - Emperor of Rome 512 pages

Level 6 Sword
100+ pages - The Stepford Wives 139 pages
200+ pages - The Honeymoon Cottage 251 pages
300+ pages - The Witch’s Heart 384 pages
400+ pages - The Sisters Grimm 496 pages
500+ pages - The Starless Sea 512 pages
600+ pages - The Burning Chambers 608 pages

Level 7 Sword
100+ pages - The Hypnotiser 176 pages
200+ pages - Beatrice and Virgil 224 pages
300+ pages - 1001 First Lines 302 pages
400+ pages - The Swimmer 437 pages
500+ pages - What Alice Forgot 512 pages
600+ pages - Cloud Cuckoo Land 641 pages
700+ pages - At Home: A Short History of Private Life 704 pages

Level 8 Sword
100+ pages - Gardens & Parks in Spring 128 pages
200+ pages - Christmas on the Home Front 202 pages
300+ pages - Into the Wild 320 pages
400+ pages - The Runaway Jury 498 pages
500+ pages - The Firm 512 pages
600+ pages - The Client 642 pages
700+ pages - A Time To Kill 752 pages
800+ pages - Shadowmarch 848 pages

Level 9 Sword
100+ pages - A Chess Story 112 pages
200+ pages - Night of the Purple Moon 212 pages
300+ pages - Limoncello Yellow 338 pages
400+ pages - The Giver of Stars 448 pages
500+ pages - Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe 528 pages
600+ pages - The Lake House 607 pages
700+ pages - In the Land of the Long White Cloud 717 pages
800+ pages - The Priory of the Orange Tree 849 pages
900+ pages - The Father Brown Megapack: 52 Classic Mystery Tales 931 pages

Level 10 Sword
100+ pages - Christmas Moon 111 pages
200+ pages - By Night the Mountain Burns 288 pages
300+ pages - The Library of Lost and Found 386 pages
400+ pages - Three Things About Elsie 464 pages
500+ pages - The Lost Symbol 567 pages
600+ pages - Angels & Demons 624 pages
700+ pages - A Prayer For Owen Meany 720 pages
800+ pages - Fall of Giants 865 pages
900+ pages - Winter of the World 945 pages
1000+ pages - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 1024 pages

Level 11 Sword
100+ pages - The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse 128 pages
200+ pages - Just Call Me an Angel 201 pages
300+ pages - The Joy Luck Club 368 pages
400+ pages - Firefly Lane 496 pages
500+ pages - The Huntress 560 pages
600+ pages - The Janson Directive 625 pages
700+ pages - The Storm Sister 702 pages
800+ pages - Deadhouse Gates 868 pages
900+ pages - Anna Karenina default 964 pages
1000+ pages - The Way of Kings 1009 pages
1100+ pages - Memories of Ice 1179 pages (hide spoiler)]

Level 12 Sword
100+ pages -
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Level 13 Sword
100+ pages -
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Magic Staff - Attack = Level of Staff + 2
(view spoiler)[Gain levels for your magic staff by creating taller pyramids of series reads.

Read 1 book that's #1 in the series to gain level 1 magic staff.
Add a #1 and #2 in a series to upgrade to level 2 (total: 2 #1's and 1 #2)
Add a #1, #2, and #3 to upgrade to level 3. (hide spoiler)]

Completed Levels 1 to 10
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Level 1 Staff
#1 - Elusive (On the Run #1)

Level 2 Staff
#1 - Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles #1)
#2 - Go Set a Watchman (To Kill a Mockingbird #2)

Level 3 Staff
#1 - All These Things I've Done (Birthright #1)
#2 - Dining Out with the Ice Giants (Dining Out Around The Solar System #2)
#3 - Library of Souls (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children #3)

Level 4 Staff
#1 - Something Fresh (Blandings Castle #1)
#2 - Northanger Abbey (The Austen Project #2)
#3 - A Big Sky Christmas (Christmas #3)
#4 - Eligible (The Austen Project #4)

Level 5 Staff
#1 - Death Comes to Town (Darcy Sweet Mystery #1)
#2 - The Lance (The Project #2)
#3 - Lucia in London (The Mapp & Lucia Novels #3)
#4 - Mapp & Lucia (The Mapp & Lucia Novels #4)
#5 - The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes #5)

Level 6 Staff
#1 - Xoe: or Vampires, and Werewolves, and Demons, Oh My! (Xoe Meyers #1)
#2 - Birds, Beasts, and Relatives (Corfu Trilogy #2)
#3 - The Faceless Ones (Skulduggery Pleasant #3)
#4 - Last Days of the Bus Club (Driving Over Lemons Trilogy #4)
#5 - Dangerous to Know (Lady Emily #5)
#6 - A Crimson Warning (Lady Emily #6)

Level 7 Staff
Using Chronological Order throughout
#1 - The Magician's Nephew
--- (The Chronicles of Narnia (Chronological Order) #1)
#2 - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
--- (The Chronicles of Narnia (Chronological Order) #2)
#3 - The Horse and His Boy
--- (The Chronicles of Narnia (Chronological Order) #3)
#4 - Prince Caspian
--- (The Chronicles of Narnia (Chronological Order) #4)
#5 - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
--- (The Chronicles of Narnia (Chronological Order) #5)
#6 - The Silver Chair
--- (The Chronicles of Narnia (Chronological Order) #6)
#7 - The Last Battle
--- (The Chronicles of Narnia (Chronological Order) #7)

Level 8 Staff
#1 - The Monogram Murders (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries #1)
#2 - Closed Casket: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries #2)
#3 - Beneath the Neon Sky (Ellie Quin #3)
#4 - Mort (Discworld #4)
#5 - Chiseled (Mrs. Fix It Mysteries #5)
#6 - Nailed Down Murder (Mrs. Fix It Mysteries #6)
#7 - Paint It Dead (Mrs. Fix It Mysteries #7)
#8 - Joy in the Morning: (Jeeves #8)

Level 9 Staff
#1 - Murder on Moloka'i (Surfing Detective Mystery #1)
#2 - Progressive Dinner Deadly (Myrtle Clover Mysteries #2)
#3 - Monk's Hood (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #3)
#4 - Saint Peter's Fair (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #4)
#5 - Speaking from Among the Bones (Flavia de Luce #5)
#6 - Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House (Jane Austen Mysteries #6)
#7 - The Green Case (Markham Sisters #7)
#8 - Cross Bones: (Temperance Brennan #8)
#9 - The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (Miss Marple #9)

Level 10 Staff
#1 - Moon Dance (Vampire for Hire #1)
#2 - Curse of the Pharaohs (Amelia Peabody #2)
#3 - A Veneer of Murder (Mrs. Fix It Mysteries #3)
#4 - To Ruin a Queen (Ursula Blanchard #4)
#5 - The White Princess (The Cousins' War #5)
#6 - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter #6)
#7 - Pyramids (Discworld #7)
#8 - Clamped On Murder (Mrs. Fix It Mysteries #8)
#9 - The Mating Season: (Jeeves #9)
#10 - Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot #10) (hide spoiler)]

Weapons Log #2

Magic Staff - Attack = Level of Staff + 2

Completed Levels 11 - 20
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Level 11 Staff
#1 - A Dream of Sadler's Wells (Sadler's Wells #1)
#2 - The Elite (The Selection #2)
#3 - Dust (Silo #3)
#4 - Le Meurtre De Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot #4)
#5 - Murder at Volcano House (Surfing Detective Mystery #5)
#6 - Mint Chip Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #6)
#7 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter #7)
#8 - Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot #8)
#9 - Tool Kit Clues (Mrs. Fix It Mysteries #9)
#10 - As Time Goes By (Alvirah and Willy #10)
#11 - Chocolate Revolution Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #11)

Level 12 Staff
#1 - Mister Monday (The Keys to the Kingdom #1)
#2 - Grim Tuesday (The Keys to the Kingdom #2)
#3 - Drowned Wednesday (The Keys to the Kingdom #3)
#4 - Sir Thursday (The Keys to the Kingdom #4)
#5 - Lady Friday (The Keys to the Kingdom #5)
#6 - Superior Saturday (The Keys to the Kingdom #6)
#7 - Lord Sunday (The Keys to the Kingdom #7)
#8 - Jane and His Lordship's Legacy (Jane Austen Mysteries #8)
#9 - Chocolate Tiramisu Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #9)
#10 - Wrenched In Murder (Mrs. Fix It Mysteries #10)
#11 - Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell (Agatha Raisin #11)
#12 - 206 Bones (Temperance Brennan #12)

Level 13 Staff
#1 - The Mummifier's Daughter (The Mummifier's Daughter #1)
#2 - Princess of Egypt (The Mummifier's Daughter #2)
#3 - The Mummy Case (Amelia Peabody #3)
#4 - Lion in the Valley (Amelia Peabody #4)
#5 - Pumpkin Glaze & Murder (Oceanside Cozy #5)
#6 - The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Flavia de Luce #6)
#7 - Red, White and Blueberry Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #7)
#8 - Lemon Chiffon Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #8)
#9 - Eric (Discworld #9)
#10 - Rhubarb Frosted Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #10)
#11 - Killer Foundation (Mrs. Fix It Mysteries #11)
#12 - Pistachio Lemon Glazed Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #12)
#13 - Sleeping Murder (Miss Marple #13)

Level 14 Staff
#1 - Clockwise (Clockwise #1)
#2 - Birds of a Feather (Maisie Dobbs #2)
#3 - Murder on the Tor (Exham on Sea Mysteries #3)
#4 - Lemon Meringue Pie Murder (Hannah Swensen #4)
#5 - The Deeds of the Disturber (Amelia Peabody #5)
#6 - The Last Camel Died at Noon (Amelia Peabody #6)
#7 - As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (Flavia de Luce #7)
#8 - Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd (Flavia de Luce #8)
#9 - A Very Catty Murder (Wicked Waffle Mystery #9)
#10 - Bones to Ashes: (Temperance Brennan #10)
#11 - Three Act Tragedy (Hercule Poirot Mysteries #11)
#12 - Tides, Trails and Trouble (Dune House Mystery #12)
#13 - Candied Maple Bacon Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #13)
#14 - 61 Hours (Jack Reacher #14)

Level 15 Staff
#1 - Wrong Place (D.I. Sally Parker #1)
#2 - Maple Frosted Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #2)
#3 - Cadbury Creme Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #3)
#4 - Tricky Blueberry Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #4)
#5 - Chocolate Frosted Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #5)
#6 - The Nostradamus Equation (Sam Reilly #6)
#7 - Cactus Waffle Murder (Wicked Waffle Mystery #7)
#8 - 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple #8)
#9 - Danger in the Depths (Dune House Mystery #9)
#10 - Halloween Waffle Murder (Wicked Waffle Mystery #10) - D
#11 - The Ladies' Paradise (Les Rougon-Macquart #11)
#12 - Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came (Reissue) (Agatha Raisin #12)
#13 - The ABC Murders (Hercule Poirot Mysteries #13)
#14 - Cinnamon Nut Crunch Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #14)
#15 - Men at Arms (Discworld #15) - D

Level 16 Staff
#1 - City of Masks (Stravaganza #1)
#2 - Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next #2)
#3 - The Seventh Pillar (The Project #3)
#4 - A Map of Days (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #4)
#5 - The Vatican Rip (Lovejoy #5)
#6 - Wyrd Sisters (Discworld #6)
#7 - Monday Mourning: (Temperance Brennan #7)
#8 - Zombie Waffle Murder (The Wicked Waffle Series) (Wicked Waffle Mystery #8)
#9 - Spooky Sweetheart Waffle (The Diner of the Dead #9)
#10 - Moving Pictures (Discworld #10) - D
#11 - At Bertram's Hotel (Miss Marple #11)
#12 - Benedict Waffle (The Diner of the Dead #12)
#13 - The Mystery of the Ivory Charm (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #13) - D
#14 - The Corpse on the Court (Fethering Mystery #14)
#15 - Chocolate Crunch Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #15) - D
#16 - Green Velvet Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #16)

Level 17 Staff
#1 - Moonstone (Unbidden Magic #1)
#2 - Foundation and Empire (Foundation (Publication Order) #2)
#3 - Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables #3)
#4 - Payback in Paxton Park (Paxton Park Mystery #4)
#5 - Fudge Cupcake Murder (Hannah Swensen #5)
#6 - The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot #6)
#7 - Anatomy of Evil (Barker & Llewelyn #7)
#8 - Mulled Cider & Murder (Oceanside Cozy #8)
#9 - The Grave's a Fine and Private Place (Flavia de Luce #9)
#10 - Celebrities and Chaos (Dune House Mystery #10) - D
#11 - The Shooting in the Shop (Fethering Mystery #11)
#12 - Death on a Summer Night (Cherringham #12)
#13 - Chocolate Peppermint & Murder (Oceanside Cozy #13) - D
#14 - Champagne Cream & Murder (Oceanside Cozy #14)
#15 - Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot #15) - D
#16 - Pelicans, Piers and Poison (Dune House Mystery #16) - D
#17 - Mort sur le Nil (Hercule Poirot #17) - D

Level 18 Staff
#1 - Binti (Binti #1)
#2 - Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles #2)
#3 - Cress (The Lunar Chronicles #3)
#4 - Moon Child (Vampire for Hire #4)
#5 - The Leper Of Saint Giles (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #5)
#6 - Sugar Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen #6)
#7 - Peach Cobbler Murder (Hannah Swensen #7)
#8 - Cherry Cheesecake Murder (Hannah Swensen #8)
#9 - Hunter's Moon (Kate Shugak #9)
#10 - The Diamond Pin (Fleming Stone #10) - D
#11 - Pups, Pilots and Peril (Dune House Mystery #11) - D
#12 - The Message in the Hollow Oak (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #12)
#13 - Toxic Apple Turnovers (Murder in the Mix #13) - D
#14 - Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House (Agatha Raisin #14) - D
#15 - The Last Odyssey (Sigma Force #15) - D
#16 - Off the Grid (Joe Pickett #16) - D
#17 - The Killing in the Cafe (Fethering Mystery #17) - D
#18 - Chocolate Pomegranate Glaze Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #18) - D

Level 19 Staff
#1 - Bird Box (Bird Box #1)
#2 - Midnight in Austenland (Austenland #2)
#3 - The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events #3)
#4 - The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events #4)
#5 - The Conference of the Birds (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #5)
#6 - Caramel Apple & Murder (Oceanside Cozy #6)
#7 - Witch Is When The Floodgates Opened (A Witch P.I. Mystery #7)
#8 - Sherlock Holmes and the Lady in Black (Secret Sherlock Holmes #8)
#9 - Key Lime Pie Murder (Hannah Swensen #9)
#10 - The Golden Tresses of the Dead (Flavia de Luce #10) - D
#11 - Cold Wind (Joe Pickett #11) - D
#12 - 1225 Christmas Tree Lane (Cedar Cove #12) - D
#13 - Racing and Robberies (Dune House Mystery #13) - D
#14 - Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot #14) - D
#15 - Snoopy Stars as The Weatherman (Snoopy Stars, #15)
#16 - The Tomb in Turkey (Fethering Mystery #16) - D
#17 - Harpy Thyme (Xanth #17) - D
#18 - Agatha Raisin and Kissing Christmas Goodbye (Agatha Raisin #18) - D
#19 - Strawberries & Chocolate & Murder (Oceanside Cozy #19)

Level 20 Staff
#1 - Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy (Lumberjanes (Collected Editions) #1)
#2 - Lumberjanes, Vol. 2: Friendship to the Max (Lumberjanes (Collected Editions) #2)
#3 - Lumberjanes, Vol. 3: A Terrible Plan (Lumberjanes (Collected Editions) #3)
#4 - Lumberjanes, Vol. 4: Out of Time (Lumberjanes (Collected Editions) #4)
#5 - Lumberjanes, Vol. 5: Band Together (Lumberjanes (Collected Editions) #5)
#6 - Lumberjanes, Vol. 6: Sink or Swim (Lumberjanes (Collected Editions) #6)
#7 - Lumberjanes, Vol. 7: A Bird's-Eye View (Lumberjanes (Collected Editions) #7)
#8 - Lumberjanes, Vol. 8: Stone Cold (Lumberjanes (Collected Editions) #8)
#9 - Lumberjanes, Vol. 9: On a Roll (Lumberjanes (Collected Editions) #9)
#10 - Celebrities and Chaos (Dune House Mystery #10) - D
#11 - The Forgotten (Animorphs #11) - swapped with Megs
#12 - These Names Make Clues (Robert MacDonald #12) - D
#13 - Ice Cream and Incidents (Peridale Cafe Mystery, #13) - D
#14 - Question Quest (Xanth #14) - D
#15 - Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot #15) - D
#16 - Hawkyn (Demonica #16) - swapped with Cathy
#17 - Love Lies and Liquor (Agatha Raisin #17) - D
#18 - The Shape Shifter (Leaphorn & Chee #18) - D
#19 - Caramel Glazed Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #19)
#20 - Raspberry Mojito Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #20) - D (hide spoiler)]

Weapons Log #3

Magic Staff - Attack = Level of Staff + 2
D - Duplicated
* read after 1 Jan 2025

Completed Levels 21 - 27
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Level 21 Staff
#1 - Wind Warrior (World Aflame #1)
#2 - The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles #2)
#3 - The Mystery of Three Quarters (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries #3)
#4 - The Killings at Kingfisher Hill (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries #4)
#5 - Head Over Heels (Geek Girl #5)
#6 - William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return (William Shakespeare's Star Wars #6)
#7 - The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog (Amelia Peabody #7)
#8 - The Hippopotamus Pool (Amelia Peabody #8)
#9 - Seeing a Large Cat (Amelia Peabody #9)
#10 - The Golden Tresses of the Dead (Flavia de Luce #10) - D
#11 - The English Lesson (Greek Village/Greek Island #11) - D
#12 - Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot #12) - D
#13 - Ice Cream and Incidents (Peridale Cafe Mystery, #13) - D
#14 - Stone Cold (Joe Pickett #14) - D
#15 - The Last Odyssey (Sigma Force #15) - D
#16 - The Tomb in Turkey (Fethering Mystery #16) - D
#17 - Harpy Thyme (Xanth #17) - D
#18 - Agatha Raisin and Kissing Christmas Goodbye (Agatha Raisin #18) - D
#19 - Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot #19)
#20 - Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot #20) - D
#21 - Banana Coconut Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #21) - D

Level 22 Staff
#1 - Sleeping Giants (Themis Files #1)
#2 - The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #2)
#3 - Tennis Shoes and the Feathered Serpent (Tennis Shoes #3)
#4 - The Fangs of Freelance (Fred, the Vampire Accountant #4)
#5 - The Pirates! in an Adventure with the Romantics (The Pirates! #5)
#6 - Witch is When The Penny Dropped (A Witch P.I. Mystery #6)
#7 - Weighed in the Balance (William Monk #7)
#8 - Witch Is When The Hammer Fell (A Witch P.I. Mystery #8)
#9 - Birthday Cake and Bodies (Peridale Cafe #9) - D
#10 - The Revolving Door of Life (44 Scotland Street #10)*
#11 - Devil Bones (Temperance Brennan #11)*
#12 - Death of a Macho Man (Hamish Macbeth #12)*
#13 - The Mystery of the Ivory Charm (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #13) - D
#14 - The Whispering Statue (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #14)*
#15 - Agatha Raisin and the Deadly Dance (Agatha Raisin #15)* - D
#16 - Off the Grid (Joe Pickett #16) - D
#17 - Love Lies and Liquor (Agatha Raisin #17) - D
#18 - The Shape Shifter (Leaphorn & Chee #18) - D
#19 - Bedford Square (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt #19) - D
#20 - Guilt at the Garage (Fethering #20) - D
#21 - Banana Coconut Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #21) - D
#22 - As the Pig Turns (Agatha Raisin #22) - D

Level 23 Staff
#1 - 44 Scotland Street (44 Scotland Street #1)
#2 - Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries #2) - first reading January 12, 2021
#3 - Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries #3) - second reading November 30, 2023
#4 - Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries #4) - first reading June 10, 2021
#5 - Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries #5)
#6 - Right Ho, Jeeves (Jeeves #6)
#7 - Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London #7)*
#8 - Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham (Agatha Raisin #8)
#9 - Pumpkin Pie Brulee & Murder (Oceanside Cozy #9) - D
#10 - The Diamond Pin (Fleming Stone #10) - D
#11 - The English Lesson (Greek Village/Greek Island #11) - D
#12 - Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot #12) - D
#13 - Racing and Robberies (Dune House Mystery #13) - D
#14 - Stone Cold (Joe Pickett #14) - D
#15 - Chocolate Crunch Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #15) - D
#16 - The Last Puzzle (Cherringham #16)*
#17 - The Killing in the Cafe (Fethering Mystery #17) - D
#18 - Chocolate Pomegranate Glaze Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #18) - D
#19 - Ghost of a Chance (Cherringham #19)
#20 - Bad Blood (Kate Shugak #20) - D
#21 - Coconut Frosted & Murder (Oceanside Cozy #21)* - D
#22 - Oreo Sprinkled Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #22) - D
#23 - Doctor Who: Snowglobe 7 (Doctor Who: New Series Adventures #23) - D

Level 24 Staff
#1 - The Giver (The Giver #1)
#2 - Gathering Blue (The Giver #2)
#3 - Messenger (The Giver #3)
#4 - Mrs Harris Goes to Moscow (Mrs. 'Arris #4)
#5 - Mortal Coil (Skulduggery Pleasant #5)
#6 - The Virgin In The Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)
#7 - Tombland (Matthew Shardlake #7)
#8 - Fruit Cake and Fear (Peridale Cafe #8)
#9 - Pumpkin Pie Brulee & Murder (Oceanside Cozy #9) - D
#10 - Moving Pictures (Discworld #10) - D
#11 - Cold Wind (Joe Pickett #11) - D
#12 - These Names Make Clues (Robert MacDonald #12) - D
#13 - Agatha Raisin and the Curious Curate (Agatha Raisin #13)*
#14 - Question Quest (Xanth #14) - D
#15 - Men at Arms (Discworld #15) - D
#16 - Pelicans, Piers and Poison (Dune House Mystery #16) - D
#17 - Mort sur le Nil (Hercule Poirot #17) - D
#18 - Lemon Curd & Murder (Oceanside Cozy #18)* - D
#19 - Wolf Pack (Joe Pickett #19)
#20 - Bad Blood (Kate Shugak #20) - D
#21 - Coconut Frosted & Murder (Oceanside Cozy #21)* - D
#22 - Oreo Sprinkled Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #22) - D
#23 - Xone of Contention (Xanth #23) - D
#24 - Coffee Treacle Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #24) - D

Level 25 Staff
#1 - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #1)
#2 - Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #2)
#3 - Morality for Beautiful Girls (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #3)
#4 - The Kalahari Typing School for Men (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #4)
#5 - The Full Cupboard of Life (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #5)
#6 - In the Company of Cheerful Ladies (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #6)
#7 - Blue Shoes and Happiness (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #7)
#8 - The Good Husband of Zebra Drive (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #8)
#9 - The Miracle at Speedy Motors (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #9)
#10 - Tea Time for the Traditionally Built (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #10)
#11 - The Double Comfort Safari Club (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #11)*
#12 - The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #12)*
#13 - Toxic Apple Turnovers (Murder in the Mix #13) - D
#14 - Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot #14) - D
#15 - Agatha Raisin and the Deadly Dance (Agatha Raisin #15)* - D
#16 - Dragonflight (Pern (Chronological Order) #16) - D
#17 - Dragonquest (Pern (Chronological Order) #17) - D
#18 - Lemon Curd & Murder (Oceanside Cozy #18)* - D
#19 - The Killer in the Choir (Fethering Mystery #19) - D
#20 - Guilt at the Garage (Fethering #20) - D
#21 - Profiteroles and Poison (Peridale Cafe #21)* - D
#22 - As the Pig Turns (Agatha Raisin #22) - D
#23 - Doctor Who: Snowglobe 7 (Doctor Who: New Series Adventures #23) - D
#24 - Chocolate Walnut & Murder (Oceanside Cozy #24)
#25 - Choc Churro Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #25)

Level 26 Staff
#1 - A is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone #1)
#2 - B Is For Burglar (Kinsey Millhone #2)
#3 - Jane: A Fierce Heart (Harvey Girls #3)
#4 - The Strawberry Thief (Chocolat #4)
#5 - Your Inner Hedgehog (Portuguese Irregular Verbs #5)
#6 - The Hanging Tree (Rivers of London #6)
#7 - Murder in the Falling Snow: Ten Classic Crime Stories (Murderous Christmas Stories #7)
#8 - Apple Strudel Alibi (Oxford Tearoom Mysteries #8)
#9 - Birthday Cake and Bodies (Peridale Cafe #9) - D
#10 - Halloween Waffle Murder (Wicked Waffle Mystery #10) - D
#11 - Pups, Pilots and Peril (Dune House Mystery #11) - D
#12 - 1225 Christmas Tree Lane (Cedar Cove #12) - D
#13 - Chocolate Peppermint & Murder (Oceanside Cozy #13) - D
#14 - Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House (Agatha Raisin #14) - D
#15 - Little Miss Stoneybrook... and Dawn (The Baby-Sitters Club #15)*
#16 - Dragonflight (Pern (Chronological Order) #16) - D
#17 - Dragonquest (Pern (Chronological Order) #17) - D
#18 - Dragonsong (Pern (Chronological Order) #18) - D
#19 - Dragonsinger (Pern (Chronological Order) #19)
#20 - Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot #20) - D
#21 - Mallory and the Trouble With Twins (The Baby-Sitters Club #21)*
#22 - The Song Never Dies (Cherringham #22)* - D
#23 - Xone of Contention (Xanth #23) - D
#24 - Coffee Treacle Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #24) - D
#25 - Mint Crisp & Murder (Oceanside Cozy #25)
#26 - The Hollow (Hercule Poirot #26) - D

Level 27 Staff
#1 - The Colour of Magic (Discworld #1)
#2 - The Light Fantastic (Discworld #2)
#3 - Equal Rites (Discworld #3)
#4 - Mort (Discworld #4)
#5 - Sourcery (Discworld #5)
#6 - Wyrd Sisters (Discworld #6)
#7 - Pyramids (Discworld #7)
#8 - Guards! Guards! (Discworld #8)
#9 - Eric (Discworld #9) - D
#10 - Moving Pictures - Oct 2021 reading (Discworld #10) - D
#11 - Reaper Man (Discworld #11)
#12 - Witches Abroad (Discworld #12) - D
#13 - Small Gods (Discworld #13)
#14 - Nobliaux et sorcières (Discworld #14) - D
#15 - Men at Arms (Discworld #15) - second reading - D
#16 - Soul Music (Discworld #16) - D
#17 - Interesting Times (Discworld #17)*
#18 - Maskerade (Discworld #18)*
#19 - Bedford Square (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt #19) - D
#20 - Raspberry Mojito Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #20) - D
#21 - Profiteroles and Poison (Peridale Cafe #21)* - D
#22 - The Song Never Dies (Cherringham #22)* - D
#23 - A Bad Lie (Cherringham #23)* - D
#24 - The Fifth Elephant (Discworld #24) - D
#25 - The Truth (Discworld #25)
#26 - The Hollow (Hercule Poirot #26) - D
#27 - The Labours Of Hercules (Hercule Poirot #27)* - D (hide spoiler)]

Weapons Log #4

Magic Staff - Attack = Level of Staff + 2

Completed Level 28
(view spoiler)[
Level 28 Staff
#1 - A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn #1)
#2 - Enter A Murderer (Roderick Alleyn #2)
#3 - Giant Days, Vol. 3 (Giant Days collected #3)
#4 - Death in Ecstasy (Roderick Alleyn #4)
#5 - Giant Days, Vol. 5 (Giant Days collected #5)
#6 - Artists in Crime (Roderick Alleyn #6)
#7 - Death in a White Tie (Roderick Alleyn #7)
#8 - Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn #8)
#9 - Eric (Discworld #9) - D
#10 - Moving Pictures - Oct 2021 reading (Discworld #10) - D
#11 - Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn #11)
#12 - Witches Abroad (Discworld #12) - D
#13 - Died in the Wool (Roderick Alleyn #13)
#14 - Nobliaux et sorcières (Discworld #14) - D
#15 - Men at Arms (Discworld #15) - second reading - D
#16 - Soul Music (Discworld #16) - D
#17 - Spinsters in Jeopardy (Roderick Alleyn #17)
#18 - Scales of Justice (Roderick Alleyn #18)
#19 - The Killer in the Choir (Fethering Mystery #19) - D
#20 - Follow the Money (Cherringham #20)*
#21 - False Scent (Roderick Alleyn #21)
#22 - Hand In Glove (Roderick Alleyn #22)
#23 - A Bad Lie (Cherringham #23)* - D
#24 - The Fifth Elephant (Discworld #24) - D
#25 - Secret Santa (Cherringham #25)
#26 - Death on a Moonlit Night (Cherringham #26)*
#27 - The Labours Of Hercules (Hercule Poirot #27)* - D
#28 - Peppermint Glazed Murder (Donut Hole Mystery #28) (hide spoiler)]

All books used from Level 29 onwards are post cut-off, read after 1 Jan 2025, so may still be duplicated

Level 29 Staff
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#3 - Before Your Memory Fades - コーヒーが冷めないうちに #3
#4 - Murder on the Marlow Belle - The Marlow Murder Club #4
#5 - Silver On The Tree - The Dark Is Rising #5
#6 - Fugitive Telemetry - The Murderbot Diaries #6
#7 - System Collapse - The Murderbot Diaries #7
#8 - The Silent Cry - William Monk #8
#9 - Witch is When My Heart Broke - A Witch P.I. Mystery #9
#10 - Six and a Half Deadly Sins - Dr. Siri Paiboun #10
#11 - What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust - Flavia de Luce #11
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#16 - Agatha Raisin and The Perfect Paragon - Agatha Raisin #16
#17 - Toasted Almond & Murder - Oceanside Cozy #17
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#19 - Private Monaco - Private #19
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Weapons Log #5

Completed Levels

Completed Story Quests

Hello, my name is...
Completed 2 Jan 2017
(view spoiler)[You wish to advertise your services as a proper knight so the citizens know who to call if they have trouble.

Introduce yourself or post a link to your existing introduction to earn an easy +3 Exp.

My post is here (hide spoiler)]

Apprenticeship Scheme
Completed twice 16 Jan 2021, 7 Mar 2021
(view spoiler)[
Aiswyra
1. Say hello in the buddy thread set up for you - post
2. Introduce yourself in the Tavern - Aiswyra Sarah
3. Newcomer reaches level 2 experience - complete
4. Newcomer levels up a weapon - complete
5. Newcomer levels up both weapons - complete
6. Newcomer defeats their first monster - complete
7. Both partners spell out one of NOVEL, ROLE, PLAY, GAME using standard spell out rules
G - The Garden of Evening Mists
A - Aiswyra - Eternal Sin by Ariana Nash
M - Aiswyra - Primal Sin - character Mikhail
E - Europe in Autumn
8. Visit the melting pot and suggest a quest idea that you have worked on together - One Mask Time Quest
9. The experienced player gives a gift to the newcomer to help with a quest (e.g. potion/egg/magic item) - Give Aiswyra an egg
10. Both partners read a book that involves a teacher or student, or that has a link to a video game (i.e. Ready Player One or The Last Wish)
Sarah - The Luckless
Aiswyra - Dear Ava

Laurie
1. Say hello in the buddy thread set up for you - post
2. Introduce yourself in the Tavern (the experienced player does not need to do this again!) Laurie
3. Newcomer reaches level 2 experience - complete
4. Newcomer levels up a weapon - complete
5. Newcomer levels up both weapons - complete
6. Newcomer defeats their first monster - complete
7. Both partners spell out one of NOVEL, ROLE, PLAY, GAME using standard spell out rules
P - Passenger to Frankfurt
L - Laurie - Sophie Simon Solves Them All by Lisa Graff
A - Laurie - Anything But Typical
Y - The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store
8. Visit the melting pot and suggest a quest idea that you have worked on together - The Doppelgänger
9. The experienced player gives a gift to the newcomer to help with a quest (e.g. potion/egg/magic item) - Give Laurie two eggs
10. Both partners read a book that involves a teacher or student, or that has a link to a video game (i.e. Ready Player One or The Last Wish). It does not have to be the same book. The mentor can also read a book with the letters AS in the title.
Sarah - The Desperate Quest
Laurie - Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 1

Rewards
These are additive (i.e when you complete hard, in total you will have 23 XP, 10 gold and a major heal potion).

Tutorial: Complete 2 tasks for 2XP
Easy: Complete 4 tasks for 4XP
Intermediate: Complete 7 tasks for 7XP and 10 gold
Hard: Complete 10 tasks for 10 XP and a major heal potion (hide spoiler)]

Santa's Little Helper Only available for completion in December
Completed 26 Dec 2021
(view spoiler)[Santa is struggling this year. After all the disruption in the Lexicon Kingdom over the last few years his elves haven't been able to make all the books needed as presents. Queen Skye thinks that some of her heroes might be able to help him finish the books and wrap them ready to give to the children of Lexicon Kingdom at the Christmas party at the Theatre.

To help Santa to prepare for Christmas:
1/ Read a book that has Winter, Christmas, Holidays, Mistletoe or Santa in the title.
--- The Girl Who Saved Christmas
2/ Read a book that was first published in December (any year).
--- The Cousins - first published December 1st 2020
3/ Use a book that you finished reading in December (any year).
--- Midwinter Murder: Fireside Tales from the Queen of Mystery - finished reading 4 Dec 2021
4/ Report the books you read for this quest at the Theatre.
--- Post

Reward: 3 XP and 3 Santa Coupons.

Santa Coupon can be used in any quest as substitute for any one book. You can't use more than one Santa Coupon at a time. (hide spoiler)]

Impress the Queen (Repeatable)
Completed 4 May 2025
(view spoiler)[Queen Skye is restless. The same routine of battling familiar monsters, the Notice Board void of thrilling new quests, and the shops stocked with the same uninspired goods have left her longing for excitement. She yearns for something fresh to bring life back to the kingdom.

Help the queen by suggesting:
1/ a new quest,
2/ a new monster, and
3/ a new item to buy in Jack's store or another update to Jack and Jill's Caravan Hill.

You can collect your reward after sharing your ideas in the Melting Pot thread. You can repeat the quest once every 6 months.

Completed 4 May 2025
Melting Pot post

Reward: Receive 5 XP for a suggestion. Additional Reward for sharing all three ideas: 1 Potion Token. (hide spoiler)]

Twice Upon a Title
Completed 20 Jun 2025
(view spoiler)[As you wander through the bustling streets of the Novel Kingdom, you stumble upon a peculiar little shop. Its sign reads: “Twice Upon a Title – Where Stories Meet Their Match.” Intrigued, you step inside, only to find shelves brimming with books that seem eerily similar. A cheerful gnome with glasses perched on the tip of his nose pops up from behind the counter.

“Ah, a fellow book lover!” he exclaims. “Welcome to my humble shop of duplicates, doppelgängers, and downright strange coincidences. I specialize in books that share the exact same title but couldn’t be more different in story, genre, or tone. Fascinating, isn’t it? Two tales, one name! I call it... book twinning!”

“Care to join me in celebrating the beauty of title twins? Find pairs of books with the same title, read them both, and marvel at how wildly different they can be—or how surprisingly similar! Complete my challenge, and I’ll reward you with something truly unique.”

• Read 3 pairs of books that share the same title. (Example: The Gift by James Patterson and The Gift by Cecelia Ahern). Twins must be written by different authors.
1 - Dragonsong - D by Anne McCaffrey and Dragonsong by Michael Forester
2 - Blue Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews and Blue Christmas by Diane Moody
3 - Solo by William Boyd and Solo - D by Kwame Alexander
• Report your twin books titles in the Local Tavern.
--- Tavern post
• Read a book where twins are the main characters.
--- I'll Give You the Sun
• Read a book where a character sells something or works in a shop.
--- Convenience Store Woman

For completing this quest, you’ll receive 10 XP and one of Sir Bargainbeak’s Lucky Feathers. How the gnome got his hands on it is a mystery—one you decide not to investigate. It’s probably better that way. (Sir Bargainbeak’s Lucky Feather grants you a 50% discount on 1 item purchase from Jack’s Store.)

Note: If a book has a subtitle, you may ignore it. For example, Great Expectations and Great Expectations: a national US Bestseller count as the same title. (hide spoiler)]

Cheep-skate: a Budget-Friendly Bounty
Completed 30 Jun 2025
(view spoiler)[In the bustling Open Market of the Novel Kingdom, a peculiar character has set up shop: Sir Bargainbeak, a chatty magpie with an eye for shiny deals and a knack for sniffing out literary treasures. Wearing an oversized pair of roller skates and a feathered hat far too fancy for a bird of his size, he glides around the stalls chirping, “Why pay full price when you can CHEEP your way to glory?”

Sir Bargainbeak has a dilemma, though. His “Library of Legendary Steals” has grown so large he can no longer remember which books were acquired where. Was The Tome of Forgotten Tales a bargain-bin find, or did he win it in a high-stakes poker game against a squirrel?

“Help a humble bird out!” he squawks, flapping his wings. “Fetch me proof of how you scored your books on the cheap, and I’ll make it worth your while. Oh, and one more thing—any book featuring a skate is just... well, chef’s kiss. Consider it a bonus!”

Complete these tasks by reading books acquired in the following ways:

• Secondhand Treasure: Read a book you acquired secondhand, like from a thrift store, garage sale, or flea market.
--- Blackberry Wine - bought secondhand from Oxfam (charity shop)
• Borrowed Brilliance: Read a book borrowed from a library, friend, or that one cousin who still hasn’t returned your copy of The Dragon’s Cookbook.
--- Big Little Lies - borrowed from library
• Gifted Glory: Read a book that was gifted to you.
--- The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp
• Bargain Bliss: Read a book you snagged for a bargain. Dollar shelves, promo codes, and “Buy 2, Get 5” deals count! Share the bargain with the Local Tavern patrons.
--- Devolution - 99p in a kindle sale
• Free as the Wind: Read a book that cost you absolutely nothing. Project Gutenberg, free Kindle downloads, and LibriVox are fair game. Once again, share your find in the Local Tavern thread.
--- Killer Cruise - kindle freebie
• Skates and Silliness: Read a book with a skate on the cover—roller, ice, or otherwise. Sir Bargainbeak insists this is purely for his aesthetic satisfaction.
--- My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories - tiny ice skates

Tavern Post

Now, strap on your metaphorical skates and get rolling—Sir Bargainbeak is counting on you!

Rewards: 10 XP + Sir Bargainbeak’s Lucky Feather (Guarantees a 50% discount on 1 item purchased from Jack’s Store. Don't forget to notify Jack when you're placing your order. Just to be clear, Sir Bargainbeak’s Lucky Feather cannot be duplicated by the Magical Pumpkin.)

As you complete the quest, Sir Bargainbeak skates circles around you, chirping happily. “You’ve done me proud, friend! These books may be cheap, but their value is priceless. Remember, the best stories come at the best prices—or for free! Cheep-cheep!” (hide spoiler)]

Completed Story Quests #2

Completed Simple Quests

A Fairy Odd Path
Completed 5 Jan 2017
(view spoiler)[Faeries travel through thinning in the veil called in-between. Three small fairies have gone missing in the in-between. Find them before they're eaten by the Gothere Monster.

Read 3 books that are in-between series numbers. i.e. #6.5 or #2.1 in a series. May be part of a collection of stories but the whole collection must be over the 100 page minimum (a collection will only count towards one of the numbers). Fairies are forgetful but always thankful and after you remind them they provide you a Heal Potion and 2 experience for the rescue.

1 - Better World (Legacy Code 0.5)
2 - Run Girl (Ingrid Skyberg FBI Thriller 0.5)
3 - All Wrapped Up (Geek Girl #1.5) (hide spoiler)]

The Sandwich is always Greener on the Other Side
Completed 5 Jan 2017
(view spoiler)[The tavern has heard rumors of a food critic in the area. The owners want to create a new specialty. They've heard of something called a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich being served over in Wintershaven. They ask you to check it out and bring back the parts to start making them.

Read a book where the author or a character has the initials PB. Read a book that starts with the letter J (indefinite article may be ignored). Then spell out the word BREAD using spell-it-out rules. Finally assemble it using a knife by reading a book from a series that starts with I.

Earn 12 experience when the sandwich is complete.

Author has initials PB - Dragon Bones by Patricia Briggs
Title starts with J - The Jungle Book
Spell out:
B - The Book of Unknown Americans
R - Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley
E - The Eagle of the Ninth
A - I Know Nothing! by Andrew Sachs
D - No and Me by Delphine de Vigan
Series starts with I - Fresh Doubt (Ingrid Skyberg FBI Thriller #1) (hide spoiler)]

Schoolmarm
Completed 7 Oct 2018
(view spoiler)[You've been sitting in remedial hero class for a week now. You knew that goofing off at your yearly exam was a bad idea but you had no idea it was this bad of an idea. The lectures are actually starting to melt your brain, you feel it oozing out your ear.

*SNAP*

The Schoolmarm's ruler comes down on your desk. She demands that you run off and find 3 chalks of exactly the right length or you'll be sitting through another whole week of this.

Read a book with a title of exactly 5 characters.
--- Sugar
Read a book with a title of exactly 8 characters.
--- Airframe
Read a book with a title of exactly 13 characters.
--- Doctor Zhivago
(Spaces and punctuation do not count, letters and numbers count.)

Reward: Not having to sit through another week of classes.... and 5 experience. (hide spoiler)]

Robbing Robin Hood
Completed 28 Jun 2020
(view spoiler)[Robin Hood has lost his hood! You never thought you'd see the day but some bandits on the road got the best of him and that place way down low got frozen over. You can barley stand to see him looking so sad and miserable. A local tailor offers to help but needs some leather to form into a new hat.

Provide 4 bat wings for leather and read a book with 6 or less characters in the title to provide a thin string of thread for sewing them all together. Receive 5 experience for re-hooding Mr. Robin.

--- 45 - 4 = 41 bat wings
--- Dry (hide spoiler)]

Tavern Games
Completed 6 Sep 2020
(view spoiler)[The local tavern is looking to drum up some new business and has started a game night. The game is called Shipzee and was invented by local sailors to play while on long voyages. Try your hand at it. There is a prize for the winning knight!

Roll 5 Dice. Then choose series numbers or words in a title. If you choose series numbers read books whose series number matches each of the die. If you choose words in a title read books that have each of the numbers of the die in the title. (+7 Exp if series number is chosen, +9 Exp is words in title is chosen.)

Words in a title
Four - I Am Number Four
Three - Three Singles To Adventure
Five - Five Weeks in the Amazon
Five - Five Feet Apart
One - The One Safe Place (hide spoiler)]

Gather Bones - REOPENED 30/12/2020
Completed 13 Mar 2021
(view spoiler)[The local necromancer is looking to ply his trade. He offers good coin for any spare bones you happen to have lying around.

Read a book with a title that mentions bones, has bones on the cover or is in the horror or paranormal genre. +1 XP per book (Max 5)

Title mentions bones
1 - Salvage the Bones
2 - The Bone Garden
3 - The Lovely Bones
4 - Children of Blood and Bone
5 - Old Bones (hide spoiler)]

Taste the Rainbow
Completed 5 Jun 2021
(view spoiler)[Queen Skye has been moping around the castle. It's gloomy outside and dark and drab and grey. She'd like a bit of color in her life. It's always good to be on the Queen's good side.

Read a book that is either primarily (75%+) the color or has an object that is commonly that color in the book's title.

+1 experience for each color, +2 additional experience for all colors.
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Pink

Red - Juba! - 93.4 % red
Orange - Outline - 96.3 % orange
Yellow - The End Of Eternity - 84.6 % yellow
Green - Flat Broke with Two Goats: A Memoir - 74.9 % green
Blue - Freeze Frame - 75.2 % blue
Purple - Halibut, Herring and You: Short Stories - 80.8 % violet
Pink - Brownies & Betrayal - 77.5 % pink
(hide spoiler)]

A fly, a kitten and a cow walk into a bar....
Completed 6 Sep 2021
(view spoiler)[You blink your eyes as you hear Mr. Stevens repeat his joke for the seventh time.

"The kitten says that her milk is buzzing and the cow replies yes, but that's better than moooooving?" You finish off the joke.

Mr. Stevens blinks at you. "Well... err... yes... I suppose I have told that one a few times. Can you ask around to find a new one I can entertain people with?"

Read a book that has a good joke in it. Then spell one of the words (over 3 letters) in the punchline using Spell-it-out rules.

Once you have finished your joke receive 1 Heal Potion plus 1 experience per letter spelled and 2 additional experience if the word is 5 or more letters.

Joke --- The Holiday
"... do you know why the French only eat one egg for breakfast? ...
Because one egg is un oeuf!"
"Did you hear about the French cheese factory that exploded? ... There was nothing left but de brie."
Chapter 3

B - A Boy in the Water: A Memoir
E - An Experience Definitely Worth Allegedly Having: Travel Stories from The Hairpin
C - The Colour of Murder
A - Airhead: The Imperfect Art of Making News
U - The Uncommon Life of Alfred Warner in Six Days
S - The Surgeon of Crowthorne
E - Extraordinary Means (hide spoiler)]

The Doppelgänger
Completed 9 Jan 2022
(view spoiler)[You've heard it whispered that everyone has a doppelgänger, a supernatural look-alike, or an evil twin. You never believed such wild tales...until now. Everywhere you go lately, people stop to stare at you and whisper to each other behind their hands. Some people even turn around to avoid you! You are just about to confront one of the villagers when your eye lands on a new Wanted poster hanging in the window of the local constabulary. Some scoundrel in Novel Kingdom has been stealing other adventurers' books! What's worse? Above the description of the crime, you see your own likeness staring back at you! But you've never stolen anything from anyone, least of all a book. Someone with your face is causing trouble in Novel Kingdom. Can you find them and prove your innocence before it's too late?

To avoid being arrested, you must find your doppelgänger and prove your innocence:
∙Read a book about twins
--- Her Fearful Symmetry
∙Read a book where someone is framed or proven innocent
--- A Winter's Promise - Ophelia is framed
∙Spell the word TWIN using normal spell-it-out rules
T - Tooth and Claw
W - War & Piste
I - Introducing Postmodernism: A Graphic Guide
N - Necropath
∙Read two books that share the same cover art
1 - The Ashes of London
2 - London and the Seventeenth Century: The Making of the World's Greatest City

---for example Shattered Blue (The Light, #1) by Lauren Bird Horowitz and Translucent (Translucent, #1) by Dan Rix
---These links can get you started: Cover Couples, Reusable Cover Art, and Similar Covers

Gain +5 XP and 1 Duplication Potion for bringing your evil twin to justice and saving the books of Novel Kingdom. (hide spoiler)]

Rare Gems - REOPENED 30/12/2020
Completed 23 April 2022
(view spoiler)[A trader wanders into town at dusk. He hops off his mighty stead and ties the horse to a nearby tree. He sees you eyeing the quest board with a vaguely disgusted look on your face. He saunters up to you looking eager for news of the realm. "Tell me your rumours and stories! I've been away for too many years!" he cries.

"I wish to hear your juiciest and most rare gossip." he whispers. You wink at him and say, "I have just the stories for you..."

Earn +1 XP (Max 5 XP) for each Rare Story book read. Rare Story books must have less than 500 ratings.
One Greater Rare Story book may be read that has less than 10 ratings which can count for +2 XP.

1 - Murder at Rocky Point Park: Tragedy in Rhode Island's Summer Paradise - 96 ratings
2 - Chasing Hornbills: Up to My Neck in Africa - 32 ratings
3 - First Contact - 135 ratings
Greater Rare - The Beach Hut: and other stories - 2 ratings (hide spoiler)]

Completed Simple Quests #2

Plague Prevention
Quest began 28 Dec 2020
Mask Up completed 6 Jan 2021, remainder completed 24 Apr 2022
(view spoiler)[Queen Skye has been very happy to see an increase in the number of heroes in her realm who are helping manage the monsters who were starting to get out of control. She’s realised that the increased movement through the country has resulted in more people catching the plague and becoming unwell. She’d like your help to stop the spread.

Her team of advisors have developed a simple plan to follow to do this. There are 4 steps:
Mask Up - cover your mouth and nose
Keep your distance - 6 ft ideally (length of a lance if in doubt).
Wash your hands - in any water source you can find in the realm.
Help develop and give the vaccine

Mask Up
Completed 6 Jan 2021
To make your own basic mask:
Spell out MASK using the usual spell-it-out rules
M - The Man Who Was Robinson Crusoe: A Personal View of Alexander Selkirk
A - All Systems Red
S - The Sound of Music
K - The King of Torts
Read a book with character who wears a mask - (any sort of mask from a masquerade or fancy dress mask to full-on surgical mask will work)
--- Everland - The Professor - "She wears a clear hazmat face mask." p237

Reward: 5XP and 1 Mask. Your Mask will delay the effects of disease from disease-bearing monsters by one turn (zombies and the plague bringer).

Example:
Round 1
Hero (wearing mask) hits monster
Monster hits hero, hero receives no disease from monster
Round 2
Hero hits monster
Monster hits hero, disease takes effect

To upgrade your mask:
Spell out SPARKLE
Read a book with a gemstone on the cover
S - The Sweet Smell of Decay
P - The Princess Saves Herself in this One
A - The Alice Network
R - Remember Me?
K - Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
L - Like No Other
E - An Elegy for Easterly
Gemstone - Talisman


Reward: 8XP and a shield potion

Keep your distance
Read a book with 6 in the page count
--- 1,227 QI Facts to Blow Your Socks Off - 336 pages
Read a book with 1 person on the cover
--- Zahrah the Windseeker


Reward: 6 gold

Wash your hands regularly
Read a book with water on the cover
--- The Selkie Spell
Spell out HAPPY BIRTHDAY (each book can be used for 2 letters).
H - Hamlet
A - A Breath of French Air
P - The Power of Six (Lorien Legacies, #2) Amazon Penguin
P - The Power of Six (Lorien Legacies, #2) Amazon Penguin
Y - Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir x1
B - A Breath of French Air
I - Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Everest Disaster
R - The Reader on the 6.27
T - The Reader on the 6.27
H - Hamlet
D - A Different Kind of Evil
A - A Different Kind of Evil
Y - Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir x2

Reward: Minor Heal potion and 2 books can be reused towards your kitchen.

Get a vaccination
Spell out VACCINE using books read since you started this quest.
Read a book that’s been on your TBR for less than 6 months.
V - Vesper Flights
A - Artemis Fowl
C - Crooked Heart
C - Cherry Blossom Children: One Foster Parent's Story
I - If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska
N - Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
E - Extinction Level
TBR - Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and MR Hyde added 13 May 2021, started 29 May 2021

Reward: Enhanced weapon potion (hide spoiler)]

Questanomics
Completed 4 Sep 2022
(view spoiler)[Novel Kingdom is dangerously close to entering a time of deflation. Queen Skye has been advised that she wants a nice healthy rate of inflation around 2% to maintain price stability and maximum knight employment. She is worried that if the kingdom falls into deflation everyone will hold onto their gold since it will be worth more tomorrow than it is today. She's even heard that there is novel hoarding going on! Help Queen Skye inflate the kingdom!

Read 3 inflationary books. Inflationary books have a "number" in the title. The number should be inflated to the next higher number as the series number. See link for examples of inflationary language.

Example:
For a Few Demons More - The Hollows #5 (four -> five)
Something Wonderful - Sequels #2 (one -> two)

1 - A Line to Kill (Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery #3) (to/two -> three)
2 - Vampire Dawn (Vampire for Hire #5) (for/four -> five)
3 - The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events #5) (un-for-tunate/four -> five)

Receive +8 Exp for saving the economy. (hide spoiler)]

Perilous Poltergeist
Completed 12 Jan 2025
(view spoiler)[A poltergeist got into the library and disrupted all the books; the Librarian needs help getting them back in order. Help the Librarian bring order out of chaos by reading non-fiction books where the initials in the title (main bit) are in alphabetical order. Titles need to have at least two words.

e.g. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (ignore the subtitle, that appears after the colon)

books with repeated identical words (Zero Zero Zero) will work too.

1 - Austerity Dad: Handy Hints and Tips for the family on a budget.
2 - Hello World: How Algorithms will Define our Future and Why We Should Learn To Live With It
3 - A Country Wife
4 - Finding Gobi: The True Story of a Little Dog and an Incredible Journey
5 - Queen Victoria

Reward: 2XP per book up to 10XP. If 5 books are read a bonus duplication potion. (hide spoiler)]

Quick! Lies!
Completed 27 Jan 2025
(view spoiler)[You stumble up to the gates of the nearest town desperate for a nice cozy, rat infested room at the inn. The guards stop you and ask for your reasons for visiting. Not willing to spout your real reasons, you quickly spin a tale explaining the purpose of your visit.

Read up to 5 books and construct a story using their titles as part of the tale. Post your tale in the tavern when done. (+1 experience per book, +1 additional exp if all 5 books are used)

Tavern post

Trudging through the Snow that winter has brought to Novel Kingdom, you keep alert for All The Broken Places of the forest, hoping to spot the Elusive tracks of the Abominable Snowman. Finally seeing a promising trail, you follow it, delighted that the monster is As Good As Dead - until with a Loud sigh you remember you haven't learnt the Firebolt spell yet. Turning around, you set off for home and some spell practice. (hide spoiler)]

Jump the Queue - Repeatable
Completed 13 Feb 2025, 22 Mar 2025, 25 Jun 2025
(view spoiler)[Upgrading your magic staff becomes increasingly challenging as you climb to higher levels. Luckily, a skilled leathersmith with magical talents offers enchanted book covers in exchange for the right ingredients and a fair fee. With a touch of kelpie magic, combining books has never been more effective.

5 Rat Tails
1 Kelpie Skin
1 Book with a main character whose first name starts with C, O, V, E, or R
5 Gold

Reward: 1 Book Cover (Combines 2 books to create a book that has a combined serial number)

e.g. Harry Potter #7: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows + The Inheritance Cycle #2: Eldest + 1 Book Cover = Book #9

Completed 13 Feb 2025
Rat Tails - 31 - 5 = 26 remaining
Kelpie Skin - 2 - 1 = 1 remaining
MC whose first name starts with C, O, V, E, or R
--- Scarlet - MC Eleanor
Gold - 325 - 5 = 320 remaining

Completed 22 Mar 2025
Rat Tails - 36 - 5 = 31 remaining
Kelpie Skin - 5 - 1 = 4 remaining
MC whose first name starts with C, O, V, E, or R
--- Mappamundi - MC Richie
Gold - 345 - 5 = 340 remaining

Completed 25 Jun 2025
Rat Tails - 45 - 5 = 40 remaining
Kelpie Skin - 8 - 1 = 7 remaining
MC whose first name starts with C, O, V, E, or R
--- Emma: A Modern Retelling - MC Emma
Gold - 409 - 5 = 404 remaining (hide spoiler)]

Completed Simple Quests #3

Baby Baby Toil and Trouble
Completed 14 Feb 2025
(view spoiler)[Lady Karen has just stumbled into town carrying a small baby she found in the woods. She looks a bit haggard and you wonder why.

"Please help me! I found this baby in the woods!"

You agree to help and start to run around gathering baby supplies.

Read a book with a cow to get some milk.
--- Anne of Avonlea
Read a book with the word rattle in it to get a baby rattle.
--- The Witches - "... and they didn't even rattle." 53%
Read a book with a towel or sheet on the cover to get a baby wrap.
--- The Gran Tour: Travels with My Elders
Read a book with a bed or house on the cover to get a crib.
--- The Secret of Chestnut Hall

For helping to take care of the baby, you get Lady Karen's eternal gratitude and 6 experience points. (hide spoiler)]

Get Classy with Classics
Completed 2 Mar 2025
(view spoiler)[After months of mingling with goblins, trolls, and other unsavory creatures, the hero finally carves out an evening for a proper date. You scrub yourself clean, don your finest clothes, and head to the fanciest tavern in the city—famous for not including rat meat on the menu. But once seated with your charming companion, years of rough living betray you. You use the soup spoon to attack the bread, tear into your Merely Kat steak with all the grace of a starving ogre, and punctuate the meal with a loud, appreciative belch.

Your date, eyes wide and clearly traumatized, escorts you home with a polite smile and a vague promise to “catch up sometime.” The next morning, the post delivers a package: a pristine copy of The Ladies' and Gentlemen's Books of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness. Your jaw drops. Mortified, you clutch the book, realizing that maybe, just maybe, it’s time to polish up on your manners. After all, even trolls and yetis deserve a polite pre-battle conversation.

Prove to your date that you do have class by reading the following books. (Stick to authors of the same sex as yourself for this challenge.)
• Read 3 classics first published in the 19th century.
--- Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen - 1811
--- Persuasion by Jane Austen - 1817
--- Granny's Wonderful Chair by Frances Browne - 1857
• Read 2 classics first published in the first half of the 20th century.
--- A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett - 1905
--- The Good Earth - D by Pearl S. Buck - 1931
• Read 1 modern classic first published in the second half of the 20th century.
--- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark - 1961
• Finally, to ensure your next date is a success, read a book where a couple goes on a romantic date.
--- The Christmas Cabin by J.L. Jarvis

If you're unsure what to read for this challenge, check out these lists for inspiration: Best Books of the 19th Century and Best Books of the 20th Century.

Congratulations, you've proven that even the roughest adventurer can polish up their manners! You’re rewarded with 10 XP to reflect your newfound social standing, 1 Potion Token, and 1 Rose. With these in hand, you're ready to woo your next date—or at least impress the innkeeper!

Bonus: Earn an extra 3 XP for reading a real book on etiquette!
--- What Your Mother Should've Told You: And Nobody Else Will by Natalie Reilly (hide spoiler)]

What's in a name? (Enough to start a royal debate, apparently.)
Completed 27 Apr 2025
(view spoiler)[The news has spread across the kingdom faster than a dragon spotting an unguarded roast: Queen Skye is expecting a royal bundle of joy! The court is abuzz with preparations, and even the squirrels in the royal gardens are arranging their nuts in celebratory patterns (or possibly just in patterns, as squirrels are wont to do). But there’s one small hitch—the Queen cannot decide on a name for the future heir or heiress.

Your task, should you choose to accept it, is to help expand Queen Skye’s baby name list by drawing inspiration from the finest tomes of the land.

To do that:
• Read five books with a first name in the title. Each name must be unique—no trying to sneak in two books about someone called "John," even if one of them is wearing a magical hat.
1 - Demelza
2 - Lila
3 - Malorie
4 - Othello
5 - Rebecca
• Post your name list in the Tavern thread so that the patrons can guess at which one our queen will pick for her baby.
Tavern post

For suplementing the Queen’s baby name list with 5 bookish names, you earn 8 XP.

Bonus Reward: Should you discover books whose titles consist solely of the first name (e.g., Emma by Jane Austen or Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott), you’ll earn 1 extra XP per each such book. Queen Skye appreciates simplicity, and a name that stands alone in bold, bookish splendor is sure to catch her eye. (hide spoiler)]

Learn the basics
Completed 17 Jun 2025
(view spoiler)[Miss Read, the school teacher needs some help with her new pupils. They have forgotten how to count, read and write. Without these basics, they won't be able to help Queen Skye and the kingdom.

1. Read 3 books with consecutive series numbers (doesn't have to be the same series) to teach the children to count.
1 - Time's Eye - A Time Odyssey #1
2 - Sunstorm - A Time Odyssey #2
3 - Firstborn - A Time Odyssey #3
2. Read a book where someone is taught to do something new so the children remember how to learn.
--- Their Vicious Games - Adina is taught how to ride a horse
3. Read a book where someone writes i.e. a letter, a book or a diary, to teach the children how to write.
--- Dear Mrs. Bird
4. Read any book over 400 pages to remind the children of the joy of reading.
--- How Not to Get Divorced: A warm and funny tale of life and love for modern women everywhere - 429 pages

In return Miss Read giving 10XP and 1 minor poison potion to anyone who helps. (hide spoiler)]

The Tiny Tome Tantrum
Completed 19 Jun 2025
(view spoiler)[You stroll through the Novel Kingdom’s Grand Library when a cacophony of tiny voices breaks the silence. A group of children, armed with stacks of small books and determined expressions, marches up to the librarian's desk.

“It’s not fair!” one tiny protester declares, stomping their foot. “Why don’t our little books count for quests? They may be short, but they’re full of big adventures!”

The head librarian looks frazzled, but before you can retreat unnoticed, the children spot you.

“An adventurer!” a bespectacled child exclaims. “You’ll help us, right? Show everyone that tiny books matter just as much as big ones!"

The children cheer as you accept the quest, and one particularly small warrior wields their little book like a shield. “Good luck, adventurer! Don’t let anyone underestimate the power of tiny tales!”

To champion the cause of tiny books (50-99 pages), complete the following tasks:
• Link tiny books by their titles. The last letter of the first book must be the first letter of the next book. Complete 3 pairs of title-linked tiny books. (The, A, An do count for this task)
Pair 1
This Is What I Know About Art - default 64 pages
The Man Behind Narnia - 72 pages
Pair 2
Quidditch Through the Ages - 56 pages
Six Foot Six - 72 pages
Pair 3
X Y Z: A Detective Story - 60 pages
York Notes on "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens - 80 pages
• Read 3 tiny books where somebody goes on an adventure or takes on a quest.
1 - The Sleeper and the Spindle - 72 pages
2 - Mr. Darcy's Christmas Carol - 85 pages
3 - The Marriage of Mary Russell - 50 pages
• Read 3 tiny books where a young child (up to 12 years of age) plays a significant role (they don’t have to be the main character, but their presence should be important).
1 - The Darke Toad - 86 pages
2 - The Deal of a Lifetime - 80 pages
3 - We Witch You A Merry Christmas - 94 pages
• Revisit your childhood by reading a tinier than tiny illustrated book (under 50 pages) designed for young children. These short stories can be quickly enjoyed in just a few minutes—perfect for a brief escape while browsing your favorite bookstore!
--- Odd Dog Out - 32 pages

For completing this quest, you’ll receive 15 XP and the everlasting gratitude of the tiniest adventurers in the kingdom! (hide spoiler)]

Valentines Day Feast - Expired 5/15/15
Completed 25 Jun 2025
(view spoiler)[Prime Cut, butcher looking for prime cuts of meat - read a book with a prime number of pages. List of Primes
(Example: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 251 pages)

2 XP for each Prime Cut of Meat. (Max 3 Cuts of Meat) (Find Items Potion works for this quest.)

1 - Apprentice - 103 pages
2 - The Creature in the Case - 109 pages
3 - Angels Don't Knock! - 167 pages (hide spoiler)]

Completed Simple Quests #3

Queen Skye's Winter Holidays
Tree, Colour scheme, Decorations completed 28 Jun 2025
'Twas the Knight Before Christmas, Skye's Solstice Present Surprises, Festive feasting completed 29 Jun 2025
(view spoiler)[Quest begun 17 Dec 2020
Queen Skye can't wait for the winter celebrations to start, but she's more of an ideas person than a completer-finisher, so she needs help getting everything ready!

Decorate the palace
More than anything the Queen wants a fabulously decorated main hall, with banners and lights and - of course - a beautiful tree!

Completed 28 Jun 2025
Tree

First, find a tree, by spelling out SPRUCE (must use NEW books, read after you start the quest, to avoid premature needle-drops)
S - The Silent Stars Go By
P - Piranesi
R - Rogue Protocol - first reading May 1, 2021
U - The Unforgiving Minute: Quantum Physics can be Murder
C - Come, Tell Me How You Live: An Archaeological Memoir
E - An Ember in the Ashes
Next, wrestle it into a pot by spelling out POT
P - Passage to Zarahemla
O - Of Mice and Men
T - To Sir, With Love
Finally, make sure it's nice and straight by reading a book with a tree on the cover
--- A Daughter's a Daughter
On completion of all three parts, you get 10xp

Now the tree is positioned, it's time to decorate it and the hall! Go crazy here, finding books with things to hang from the tree or on the suits of armour and weapons around the hall.

Completed 28 Jun 2025
Colour scheme:

you can use: up to 6 books with colour covers to set the colour theme. You get 1xp for each book you use (to a maximum of 6xp), You can choose to have as many different colours in your scheme as you like but for each different colour you use you LOSE a point. So, if you have 6 books with 6 different colours you will get a total of 7xp; if you have 6 books all in the same colour you will get a total of 12xp
- 1 colour = +6xp
- 2 colours = +5xp
- 3 colours = +4 xp
- 4 colours = +3 xp
- 5 colours = +2 xp
- 6 colours = +1 xp
For the purposes of this, use TinEye, and the colour cover must be 60%. No debate over what TinEye says, however wrong you feel it to be!
1 - Wake - 88.3 % blue
2 - Scrappy Little Nobody - 65.5 % blue
3 - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - 67.1 % blue
4 - The Foundling - 79.3 % blue
5 - Breath - 78.2 % blue
6 - Skellig - 81.6 % blue


Completed 28 Jun 2025
Decorations:

In addition to books for the colour scheme, you can hang up to 10 items on your tree / around the hall, using items on the cover, 1xp for each item hung (i.e. maximum 10xp). Feel free to be creative, and to brag about your tasteful / gaudy decorations in the Tavern!

I chose to decorate my tree with birds
1 - This Is How You Lose the Time War
2 - Salt & Broom
3 - Spring at the Little Duck Pond Cafe
4 - Icelandic Folk Tales
5 - Summer at The Little Duck Pond Cafe
6 - The 10pm Question
7 - Christmas at The Little Duck Pond Cafe
8 - The Salt Path
9 - A Shot in the Dark
10 - From the Wizarding Archive: Curated Writing from the World of Harry Potter


Festive Entertainments
The Queen is planning a big party, and needs you to set up some entertainments for her guests.

Completed 29 Jun 2025
'Twas the Knight Before Christmas

An interactive, immersive performance of the famous poem.
Set up the interactive elements!

"not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse" - guests make sure no mice are stirring by poking rat bodies! You'll need to catch (kill) 4 sewer rats
--- Greater Sewer Rat #23, #24, #25, #26
"stockings were hung by the chimney with care" - let the guests hang up the stockings: read a book with a stocking (or sock) on the cover
--- A Highland Christmas
"Mamma in her kerchief and I in my cap" - provide guests with hats to wear: read a book with a person wearing a hat/head covering on the cover
--- A Talent for Murder
"eight tiny reindeer [...] he called them by name" - guests must match the antlers to the reindeer: provide name tags by spelling out one of the reindeer names (Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen)
C - Christmas Stories 7 Original Short Stories: 7 Original Short Stories
O - Out of Africa
M - Masters of Death
E - The Empire
T - The Tailor of Panama
"a little round belly /That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly" - just in case they can't imagine it, guest can feel the quivvering of the jelly - read a book tagged Humor (at least 1 tag)
--- "My Teenage Son's Goal in Life Is to Make Me Feel 3,500 Years Old": and Other Thoughts on Parenting from Dave Barry
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!" - the cheerful ending will have guests waving to "Santa" as the curtains close. In the absence of Santa you will have to press into service a Yeti (kill either Big Heart or Snowflake Heart)
--- Snowflake Heart #1 killed 2 Jan 2021

On completion: 10xp and 1 Major Heal Potion and 1 Minor Poison Potion

Uncommon Monster: Snowflake Heart
A large silvery Yeti that only shows up during snowy holidays. It has 6 limbs and icy armour. In order to start fighting it you will need to throw a Phoenix Feather at it (uses a turn - it will attack you first). You can throw a Phoenix Feather as your attack, for 20 damage. (Population: 6)
6 Attack 66 Health - Reward: 6 Experience, 1 Snowflake Arm
Note: you get Phoenix Feathers after you acquire Falala in the From Ashes Comes My Bird quest

Completed 29 Jun 2025
Skye's Solstice Present Surprises

Skye has set up a lucky dip for her guests. Read one of the 2020 NBRC Books of the Month (can use from your tote if you already read one) for 1 Minor Heal Potion
--- The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires - BOM Dec 2020

Completed 29 Jun 2025
Festive feasting

The palace chefs have refused to make everything for the feast, so each guest must bring along at least one meal of their own (you can bring more if you want). Make a festive meal!
Your meal must have 16 ingredients, found by scavenging food words from within books. You can find:
- 12 ingredients in books of 500+ pages
- 8 ingredients in books of 201 - 499 pages
- 4 ingredients in books of 100 - 200 pages

2xp and 1 gold for each meal made

Away with the Penguins - 346 pages - 8 ingredients
- avocados, dates, shiitake and brown mushrooms, leafy salad, a lean cut of lamb, fresh mint, potatoes, apples, sunflower-seed bread, quinoa - 13%
- lemon polenta cake - 13%
- lemon chicken, steamed French beans with sautéed potato - 19%
- spaghetti - 75%
- rice, red and yellow peppers, beef and pepper goulash - 78%

The Welcome Home Diner - 354 pages - 8 ingredients
- Heirloom Salad with Blue Cheese Croutons - p6
- made-from-scratch flapjacks and pastries. - p7
- lavender-lime soda - p8
- Hot dogs, mayo, fries, mustard, ketchup, relish p9
- potato buns, baked sweet potato fries p10
- chicken, spicy greens, mayonnaise, goat cheese, bread, sandwiches p27
- burgers, yogurt-dill sauce p55
- massive cookies, buttermilk pancakes with apple-maple syrup and walnuts, pork and savoury greens p82
- tomatoes, parsley p100
- baklava - p102
- heirloom tomatoes - p114
- citrus, ginger, lemonade - p114
- gazpacho p119
- garlic - 128
- lemonade - p135
- pork chops, twice-stuffed potatoes, beans, rice, sponge cake, coconut pie - p142
- onions, supersize chocolate-chip-and-walnut cookies - p151
- Ginger-Molasses Bundt Cake - p164
- chocolate truffles - p214
- strawberry pies - p267

1 meal = 2XP and 1 gold (hide spoiler)]

Gather Berries - REOPENED 30/12/2020
Completed 30 Jun 2025
(view spoiler)[The innkeeper asks you to pick some berries to help with her famous triple berry pie. You gladly agree in hopes of reaping some berry good rewards.

Spell out one of the following words with standard spell out rules: YUM, BLUE, RASP, STRAW. 1 XP per letter, 2 XP for completing a word (Max 1 word)

S - Starman Jones
T - THAMES DOESN'T RHYME WITH JAMES
R - The Radium Girls: They paid with their lives. Their final fight was for justice.
A - Academy Street
W - Wreck the Halls: Cake Wrecks Gets "Festive" (hide spoiler)]

A Toy for Hadley - Expired 5/15/15
Completed 30 Jun 2025
(view spoiler)[A father is looking for a gift for his young child Hadley. He asks you if you've come across anything in your travels that might entice a young girl.

Read a book with a shape word in the title (star, circle, square, cross, triangle, heart, etc). Then use spell-it-out rules to spell the shape you found to create the toy. (2 XP for finding the shape, 1 XP per letter spelling it, 2 XP for completing the toy.)

SQUARE - REMEMBER ME TO HAROLD SQUARE
S - The Summer I Turned Pretty
Q - The Queen and I
U - The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
A - The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax
R - Rogue Moon
E - Exit Strategy - second reading March 22, 2024 (hide spoiler)]

Completed Simple Quests #4

The Emperor’s New Nonsense
Completed 30 Jun 2025
(view spoiler)[In the Kingdom of Lexomere, Emperor Thumble has taken to strolling the streets in what he claims are “robes of refined intellect.” Alas, they are nothing but air and ego, stitched together by two swindlers who promised garments only the wise could see. His citizens, not wishing to seem dim, cheer his breezy fashion sense while pretending not to wince.

Only one child dares to say, “He’s wearing nothing at all!”—and is immediately shushed for being "unpatriotic" and possibly allergic to velvet.

Queen Skye, well-read and well-dressed, remembers this tale from her storybooks. What began as a chuckle quickly became concern as Thumble’s nonsense spread: rewriting schoolbooks, replacing judges with yes-men, and claiming the moon as part of his personal real estate portfolio.

Now the Queen turns to you, bold reader! Not to hem trousers or design capes, but to unravel delusion with the sharp scissors of truth. Read bravely. Think clearly. And for the love of literacy, help the Novel Kingdom resist the rise of royal ridiculousness!

Complete the following tasks in pursuit of truth and clarity::

1. The Invisible Fabric Test - The Emperor insists that certain topics are “too controversial” for polite conversation. How convenient!
• Read a book that explores themes of race, gender, or sexuality - subjects the Emperor has conveniently chosen not to see.
--- Between the World and Me - race - non-fiction - 3 XP
• Read a book where language, words, or books are banned, erased, rewritten, or destroyed - because ignorance is so on trend this season.
--- Fahrenheit 451 - fiction - 2 XP
• (Optional: Read a nonfiction book about censorship, book banning, or propaganda - just don’t tell His Highness.)
--- Propaganda - non-fiction - 3 XP

2. The Academy of Illusions - All schools now teach embroidery, flattery, and royal genealogy. Critical thinking? Banned.
• Read a book set in a school, university, or place of learning - preferably one that teaches more than how to compliment a crown.
--- Up the Down Staircase - fiction - 2 XP
• Read a book that teaches you something meaningful - be sure to share what you learned (+1 XP if it’s about critical thinking or fact-checking).
--- Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know - non-fiction about rethinking, in which I learned the benefits of doubt - 4 XP
• (Optional: Read a nonfiction book about education, teaching, learning, intellectual freedom, or even a practical skill.)
--- The Low Maintenance Garden - non-fiction about the practical skill of gardening - 3 XP

3. The Parade of Delusion - Lexomere erupts in applause for the Emperor’s invisible wardrobe. No one dares call it what it is.
• Read a book where deception or self-deception plays a central role.
--- The Lie - fiction - 2 XP
• Read a book where a leader (king, CEO, general, etc.) makes disastrously bad decisions.
--- The Cruel Prince - fiction - 2 XP
• (Optional: Read a nonfiction book about leadership, politics, the psychology of crowds, or how to avoid walking naked into a crisis.)
--- N/A

4. The Silenced Child - The one who speaks the truth is often ridiculed, punished, or ignored.
• Read a book where a character is punished by someone in power (judge, teacher, parent, etc.) for speaking the truth.
--- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Umbridge punishes Harry - fiction - 2 XP
• Read a book that includes a courtroom scene or legal battle for justice - because sometimes truth needs a really good lawyer..
--- The Woman They Could Not Silence - non-fiction - 3 XP
• (Optional: Read a nonfiction book about whistleblowers, free speech, justice, or judicial system.)
--- The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken - judicial system - non-fiction - 3 XP

5. The Emperor’s Purse - After spending a fortune on imaginary robes, the Empire’s economy is, "shockingly", not thriving.
• Read a book where somebody goes bankrupt.
--- Death by Leprechaun: A Saint Patrick’s Day Murder in Dublin - Devon's business went bankrupt, giving him a motive for murder - fiction - 2 XP
• Read a book featuring a con artist, narcissist, or fraudster.
--- Yellowface - fiction - 2 XP
• (Optional: Read a nonfiction book about economic crises, corruption, grift, or other crime.)
--- N/A

6. Chronicle The Truth - so that others may benefit from your hard-won wisdom.
• Share your reading list in the Local Tavern thread once you’re done. Once submitted, your list is locked in and the quest is complete — even if you skipped an optional task. Calculate your reward according to the guidelines below.
--- Tavern Post

Your reward for exposing nonsense: 2 XP per fiction book read and 3 XP per non-fiction book read. For a bonus 1 XP read Hans Christian Andersen's story The Emperor's New Clothes that inspired this quest (You can find it online for free, e.g. here: https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/68/fairy-t... or here: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/...).
--- The Emperor's New Clothes - 1 XP

Well done, truth-seeker! The world may cheer for invisible finery, but you know: only knowledge is truly in fashion.

Total of 34 XP (hide spoiler)]

It's Called a Lance... Hello!
Completed 30 Jun 2025
(view spoiler)[It's Called a Lance... Hello! Part 1
A jousting tournament is coming to town! Perfect! You've been looking for a chance to impress long reigning champion, Count Adhemar. You decide to review the rules and sign up.

+1 point for a hit that does not break the tip of the lance.
+2 points for a hit that breaks the tip of the lance.
+3 points for a hit that shatters the tip of the lance into several or multiple fragments.

1. Read a book with an average rating of 4.1 or higher and with 100-10,000 ratings. +1 XP
--- Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You - rating of 4.22, 3,412 ratings
2. Read a book with an average rating of 4.2 or higher and with 10,000- 100,000 ratings. +2 XP
--- In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer - rating of 4.26, 15,138 ratings
3. Read a book with an average rating of 4.3 or higher and with over 100,000 ratings. +3 XP
---Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood - rating of 4.49, 744,735 ratings

Points are additive, but you must read the previous # before collecting a higher #. For example, if you read #1 and #2 you will have +3 XP. But if you only read #1 and #3, you can not collect points for #3 until #2 is completed.

It's Called a Lance... Hello! Part 2
It's Called a Lance... Hello! Part 1 must be complete
You have reviewed the rules and are ready to begin training. You ask Count Adhemar (when he is done with his media interview, of course) if he has any advice for an up and coming jouster. He simply tells you to take a short walk off a long pier. You are not sure how this will improve your jousting skills, but he is the champ, so you give it a try.

Read flash fiction or short stories (less than 50 pages) until you reach a cumulative total of 100 pages or more. A collection can be used if it is 100+ pages. +1 XP per 100 pages (max +3 XP)

- The Twelve Days of Christmas Correspondence - 32 pages
- Emergency Skin - 38 pages
- The Dagger in the Desk - 44 pages
- Galatea - 48 pages
- If the Fates Allow - 38 pages
- The Prince and the Troll - 29 pages
- The Adventure of the Cardboard Box - default edition 21 pages
- The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse - 28 pages
- The Rover - default edition 25 pages
Total = 303 pages - 3 XP

It's Called a Lance... Hello! Part 3
It's Called a Lance... Hello! Part 2 must be complete
YOU WIN! You are the new jousting champion! You are beat up and tired, but you humbly approach to collect your prize as Count Adhemar scowls and retreats.

1. Read a book where the underdog wins. +1 XP
--- She Who Became the Sun
2. Read a book written or set during medieval times+1 XP
--- The House of the Red Slayer - set in 1377
3. Read a book involving a medieval sport or game (jousting, sword fighting, horseshoes, etc). +1 XP
--- Queens of Themiscyra - lots of archery, horse riding, and sword fighting

+1 Heal Potion for completing all 3 books.

**Bonus** Receive +3 XP for reading or listening to The Knight's Tale (included in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. Available for free at Project Gutenberg (text, read online or download) or Librivox (audio). Another + 1 XP for watching A Knight's Tale (2001).

(Note: Thanks, Lyssa, for this idea for a quest.) (hide spoiler)]

Fred’s Fiery Fiasco
Completed 30 Jun 2025
(view spoiler)[Fred the Magician, in a dazzling display of poor judgement and overconfidence, has once again set part of the castle ablaze—this time incinerating half his beginner spell scroll collection. It might have been avoidable had he not stored them next to a mountain of Phoenix Feathers and a barrel clearly marked “Definitely Not Flammable (Probably).”

To help salvage the situation—and prevent Fred from “testing fireproofing spells” on the castle drapes—you’ve been asked to assist in reconstructing the lost scrolls. The information can still be found, scattered across spellcasting manuals, old wizard memoirs, and books teeming with magical mayhem. Restoring the scrolls will aid future adventurers… and buy time while someone discreetly relocates Fred’s half-built fire golem to somewhere with fewer curtains.

Search for the lost knowledge in:
1. Spellcasting manuals: Read a book where a main character chants, sings, or recites a poem.
--- A Memory Called Empire
'Three Seagrass had an excellent voice. She was reciting The Buildings- a seventeen-thousand-line poem which described the City's architecture.' Loc 250

2. Wizard memoirs: Read a memoir or biography of a “performer” — actor, singer, comedian, magician, dancer, etc.
--- The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

3. Books Infused by Magic: Read three books that have a Main Page Genre of Fantasy, Magic, or Magical Realism.
1 - Akata Witch
2 - The Bird and the Sword
3 - Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians Dramatized Adaptation

Success!
The scrolls have been restored, just in time for the next class of bright-eyed adventurers. Fred is tremendously grateful—though he’s now muttering something about “lightning-proof ink.” Your Reward: 1 XP + 5 Ember Shards. (hide spoiler)]

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Completed Healing Quests

Tournament of Alka
Completed 31 Mar 2017
(view spoiler)[The Queen is sending a contingent of riders to the The Alka Tournament of Sinj. You bravely step forward when the Queen asks for volunteers and proclaim in a loud voice that you are the best horse rider and alka stabber in all of Novel Kingdom. The Queen quickly agrees with you and sends you off to represent the Kingdom.

To compete in the tournament you need to have a horse. If you do not have one you may read a book with a horse on the cover to borrow one.

You also need a 3m long spear (read a book that's 300-399 pages or a book that has something spear-like on the cover) and alka (read a book where the author's initials (all listed) can be found in ALKA)

To spear alka roll a dice and read a book that is that number in a series.

Spear - Rise of a Guardian
ALKA - The President's Hat by Antoine Laurain
#4 in series (rolled a 4) - Drilled in Murder (Mrs. Fix It Mysteries #4)

For competing in the tournament receive 5 Experience and 1 Heal Potion. (hide spoiler)]

Willy Wilder and the Vegetable Factory
Completed 30 Jul 2017
(view spoiler)[It's 2017 now and you can't just give kids chocolate all the time. There are vitamins and fat content and all sorts of things to consider. Therefore, Willy Wilder has chosen to close down his factory and open the first ever Vegetable Factory to the delight of modern children everywhere.

He's giving tours to 5 lucky children! Can you get your own ticket to visit?

• Open loads of Dizzy Carrot Crunches - Read a book with a vegetable on the cover.
--- The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat, Young Readers Edition
• Open tons of Crazy Cucumber Surprises - Read a book with a vegetable in the title.
--- Peas & Queues: The Minefield of Modern Manners
• Hire a factory to open millions of Lettuce Lights - Read a book with a vegetarian.
--- Vinegar Girl - Bunny is a vegetarian
• Eat as many Enormous Eggplants as you can - Read a book where someone cooks.
--- The Quiche of Death
• Open the only Zany Zucchini that you can find - Read a book where someone doesn't have enough food.
--- The Hunger Games

Recieve 10 experience and 2 Major Heal Potions. (hide spoiler)]

The Academy - History
Completed 10 Nov 2019
(view spoiler)[The Academy's History department is in desperate need of new history. Queen Skye has assured them that you are the very best in inventing new history for the students to learn. Don't let her down!

Receive +10 Experience and 1 Major Heal Potion after compiling all the following history: (Note: first publication date is used for when a book is published.)

• Sort your to-read by date added. Select one of the first 4 books (oldest books). If one is a series book you may substitute an earlier book in the series.
--- The Mystery of the Darkstone Added to TBR 9 May 2013, read in Nov 2016
• Read a book published the year you were born. (Substituted with 1900.)
--- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
• Read a book published the month you were born. (Year does not have to match.) (Substituted with Jan.)
--- The Tattooist of Auschwitz Published January 11th 2018
• Read a book published the day you were born. (Year/month does not have to match.) (Substituted with the 1st.)
--- Along the Broken Bay Published July 1st 2019
• Read a book set around 50 years in the past. (1967)
--- Johnny Get Your Gun First published 1969 - contemporaneous
• Read a book set around 100 years in the past. (1917)
--- The Land That Time Forgot Set in 1916
• Read a book written 20+ years ago (1997 and before)
--- V for Vendetta First published 1990

NB I don't post my birthday online for privacy reasons, so I am using 1 Jan 1900 as my birthday to indicate which century I was born in - I hope this is ok. (hide spoiler)]

Crazy Cat Lady
Completed 13 Jun 2021
(view spoiler)[On the edge of town there is a strange house. Sometimes you wander past and ponder if some wizard drank too much mead and accidentally cast a growing spell on an old boot. The lady who lives inside is frantic because her cats have gone missing. She would like you to find all 7 of her missing cats.

To find a cat, find a mention of a cat in a book and quote the sentence where the cat is mentioned. Cats are individual creatures and there can only be one found per book. (Find Items Potion works for this quest.) Receive +5 Experience and 1 Heal Potion for finding all 7 cats.

Orb of Air reduces cats to 6
1 - The Solitary Summer - "... turning my head to watch a stealthy cat, ..." page 35
2 - The Midnight Library - "The cat began to purr." 17%
3 - The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition - "There's always a tiny black cat roaming around the yard, ...." 16%
4 - The Sunday Philosophy Club - "A cat ran past her and leapt on to a garden wall before disappearing; ..." p254
5 - The Whisper of Stars - "On hearing the familiar sound, a large ginger cat appeared and proceeded to swirl and weave between Callaghan's legs, purring loudly." p59
6 - Once Upon a River - "A cat had emerged from the barn, ..." 73% (hide spoiler)]

Everybody Lies
Completed Treatments 1 and 2 8 Aug 2021, Treatment 3 15 Aug 2021
(view spoiler)[You have a terrible rash.... well everywhere. It's itchy and scratchy and is stopping you from your love of murdering small fuzzy smelly sewer rats. You've been to Dr. Trowel over in Papeville and Dr. Winchester over in Novelette and even visited the local healing mage Mr. Smile. None of them were able to help. At your wits end you go over to The Academy Teaching Hospital to visit Dr. Cottage the best diagnostician in the region.

Dr. Cottage comes to the door, sneers at you and lets you in. You fumble with your hat then step inside.

"Ummm... Dr. Cottage.... I was told you would be able to help me with my rash. I haven't done anything to cause it!"

Dr. Cottage tells you to sit then storms out of the room. You look over to a whiteboard in the room with the words "signa, causae, curae" scribbled across the top.

Awhile later a young lady comes out and says "Hello, my name is Twelve... I mean Miriam. We think you have too much blood in your body. We're going to suck some out with leeches."

Treatment 1: (treatments must be completed in order)
Spell out the word LEECH by using Spell-It-Out Rules and read a book about blood sucking vampires.

L - The Lost City of the Monkey God
E - Everything Is Bad for You!: An A-Z Guide to What You Never Knew Could Kill You
E - Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
C - The Council Of Dads: Family, Fatherhood, And Life Lessons To Leave My Daughters
H - Hope Nation: YA Authors Share Personal Moments of Inspiration
Vampires - American Vampire

Receive 2 Healing Potions for trying the leech treatment.

The last leech pops off with a *pop* after filling it's belly with blood. Shuddering you look at your skin and sadly you are still covered with rash but now have additional leech bites. Twelve comes back into the room. "Well... that wasn't the issue but we read your horoscope and you need some Gillyweed extract."

Treatment 2:
Gillyweed is a magical plant native to the Mediterranean Sea. Read a book set in a country that borders the Mediterranean Sea to find some.
--- Smoking Kills - France
To make the extract read a book on the list of crush books.
--- The One
Finally, drink a lot of water to account for your new gills. Read a book where a large part of it takes place at sea.
--- Murder on the Mauretania

Receive 1 Major Heal Potion for trying the Gillyweed treatment.

After recovering from your bout of fishiness, Twelve comes in again. "I'm sorry, we've narrowed it down to your brain having too much evil and it trying to seep out of your skin. We're going to need to perform a trepanation. It's a simple procedure where we bore a hole in your skull to let the evil spirits out." Your eyes go wide. "Ummmmm" you reply. "Could we maybe just try the marigold rub I heard about?" Twelve sighs, "Ok, we can try that first but you're risking your life by leaving all that evil inside."

Treatment 3:
Read a book where the cover is bright yellow to collect the marigolds.
---- Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey Of A Desert Nomad
Then read a science book to bring medicine into the 15th century.
--- Science
Finally rest a week to recover your health. (Resting one week prevents the adventurer from participating in battles but battle wait timers will still tick and quests may still be turned in.)

After receiving treatment 3 you're cured! Gain 8 experience and heal your hp to max. (hide spoiler)]

5,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Completed 19 Sep 2021
(view spoiler)[You've never been one to try to outdo everyone else. No one really needs to go a whole 20,000 leagues under the sea when 5,000 is plenty. You're quite sure after traveling 5,000 leagues that there's really nothing more that would surprise you down there. You've seen all the fish, sunken ships, sharks and mermaids that you could ever care to see in the sea. Just make sure to take some pictures so you can have a few rounds bought for you at the Tavern after you've returned.

Travel 5,000 leagues and take pictures! Reserve a wonderful spot at the tavern for all your stories.

Leagues may be travelled by reading books. To determine the amount of leagues travelled by a single book, round down to the nearest 100 pages, then calculate 2 to the power of the number of hundreds of pages. (Hint: use the xy button on the calculator)

Examples:
512 page book -> 5 hundred pages -> 2^5 = 32 leagues
1072 page book -> 10 hundred pages -> 2^10 = 1024 leagues

London - 1328 pages -> 13 hundred pages -> 2^13 = 8192 leagues

Reward: The tavern owner was so impressed with the number of additional customers your stories brought in he has provided you 2 Greater Heal potions for your effort. You also gain 5 XP for your travels. (hide spoiler)]

The Academy - Literature
Completed 20 Apr 2024
(view spoiler)[The Academy's Literature department has fallen on Hard Times. The Book Thief has been plaguing their halls! They're so desperate they'll even take Little Women to help out. It's a Brave New World and they have Great Expectations of what you could do to help capture this fiend and bring him in for Crime and Punishment.

Receive +10 Experience and 1 Major Heal Potion after helping the literature department.

• Read a book with a single character in the title (Not A or I) B is for Burglar, X Marks the Scot
--- H is for Hawk
• Read a book with a greek letter in the title Alpha One, Omega Days
--- Becoming Alpha
• Read a classic or literary classic
--- Beware of Pity
• Read a book with a preposition in the title (of, to, in, etc)
--- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay - to
• Read a book with a conjunction in the title (and, but, because, although)
--- My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises - and
• Read 2 books that have homophones of each other in them. (The Winter Sea and All the Light We Cannot See - Sea/See)
1 - The Inn at the Edge of the World
2 - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Inn/In (hide spoiler)]

Completed Healing Quests #2

A Nap is Always a Good Idea
Completed 5 Feb 2025
(view spoiler)[You've been questing for months, in fact it might be almost a whole year now. You're tired. The rats are cutting into your Sunday rest day. The goblins are gobbling up your weeknights. The bats are battering your psyche. Even the rocks are causing your day to get a bit rocky. You need a nap. But first, the perfect nap spot!

First you find 2 trees near each other with a book with at least 2 trees on the cover.
---- The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World
Then construct a rope ladder with 5 goblin bones and 12 rat tails to bind them together.
--- 59 - 5 = 54 goblin bones remaining
--- 39 - 12 = 27 rat tails remaining
Finally, weave together 10 bat wings to form the perfect hammock.
--- 44 - 10 = 34 bat wings remaining
Afterwards take a wonderful nap for a full heal and 10 XP. (hide spoiler)]

Ubiety in Perpetuity
Completed 22 Mar 2025
(view spoiler)[The local librarian (a powerful political position in Novel Kingdom) is walking around looking frazzled in the tavern. You gently take the book out of his hands and notice it's a dictionary. You ask him what the problem is. "I just can't find the word I'm looking for! Property of something or other!" You calm him down and assure him that you'll help find the word he's looking for.

Read a book where the plot, a main character, or other large aspect of the book reflects the words definition.
• Ubiety - the quality or state of being in a place
--- The Great Alone - Alaska
• Perpetuity - the state or quality of lasting forever
--- Magician's Gambit - Belgarath and Polgara are immortal
• Palatability - the property of being acceptable to the mouth
--- Cutthroat Cupcakes - cupcakes are very palatable
• Acceptability - the quality or state of meeting one's needs adequately
--- Getting to Yes with Yourself - MPG Self Help to help you meet your own needs
• Isotropic - having a physical property that has the same value when measured in different directions
--- Full Circle - a circle is isotropic
• Uniformity - always the same, as in character or degree; unvarying
--- Aztec Gold - gold is unvarying, it never rusts or tarnishes
• Adaptability - capable of being adapted
--- The Belles of Desire, Mississippi - Jerica adapts to seeing ghosts

Read 3 books for 4 experience.
Read 5 books for 7 experience.
Read all 7 books for 10 experience and 1 Heal Potion. (hide spoiler)]

Idiots and their Idioms
Completed 29 Jun 2025
(view spoiler)[The local fool is wandering around town speaking in riddles... or at least you think they're riddles. He keeps talking about wanting a cup of joe, but you can't figure out how Joe (the 300 pound farmer down the road) could fit in a cup. Then he told you to eighty-six the moldy bread and you told him who would want eighty six pieces of moldy bread... Then he started talking about having a field day with the new rat stew recipe in the tavern but he wasn't even in the field that day. You really must help him regain his sanity so he doesn't keep spouting off gibberish.

Read 5 books that contain different idioms to help the fool (whoever he or she may be) learn to speak correctly. Earn 7 XP and 1 Minor Heal potion for achieving enlightenment.

1 - Medicus
- "'... but keen as mustard- and fresh as a daisy.'" Loc 4292
2 - The Death of Downton Tabby
- "'No point in crying over spilt milk.'" Loc 891
3 - Murder at Maypole Manor
- "'... he's as cool as a cucumber and the life and soul of the party ...'" Loc 1532
4 - Aunt Bessie Assumes
- "'They had only just married,' Bessie played devil's advocate." Loc 1930
5 - Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
- "'... it's devilishly hard work, like finding a needle in a haystack.'" Loc 3035 (hide spoiler)]

Threat of Fire: High
Completed 30 Jun 2025
(view spoiler)[Smokey the Bear would be having a fit! The gentle rolling pages of gnarled hill are brown and brittle. The peaks of Binding Mountain are so dry they're blowing away. It's ripe for a terrible book fire and no one wants books to burn, even the terrible ones.

Throw one terrible book on the fire to appease the book gods. You hate to do it but messing with book gods is an even worse fate. (A terrible book should have less than 2 stars on GoodReads. It must be rated at least once by someone other than you.)
--- 1 Santa Coupon (total = 2)
Santa Coupon can be used in any quest as substitute for any one book.

Then water everything down to make it grow by reading a book with a body of water on the cover or one set at sea.
--- 3 Pails of Water (total = 2)
3 Pails of Water may substitute for 1 book that is specifically stated to "represent" water.

Finally, make Smokey calm down by giving him a bucket of berries by reading a book with a mainly blue and purple cover.
--- Moon Over Soho
TinEye results:
79.0 % Blue
9.0 % Grey
5.1 % Violet
3.7 % Violet
2.7 % Violet
0.6 % Violet

For saving Novel Kingdom receive 1 Heal potion and 3 experience. (hide spoiler)]

The Academy - Geography
Completed 30 Jun 2025
(view spoiler)[Novel Kingdom is having some problems with geographical dissenters. The rogue group is calling themselves Novelarian Flat Page Society. They believe that all of Novel Kingdom exists on a single sheet of paper in a single book in the Great Reader's library. The head of the geography department is beside himself. Help him map out the world and prove that Novel Kingdom actually rests on the cover of a book laying on the Great Reader's coffee table.

Receive +12 Experience and 1 Major Heal Potion after helping the geography department.

• Read a book set in country where you live or come from.
--- Giant Days, Vol. 1
• Read a book set in a foreign country.
--- Sweet Tooth, Vol. 1: Out of the Deep Woods
• Read a book set in imaginary country.
--- Vespertine
• Read a book set on the continent you live on.
--- Giant Days, Vol. 2
• Read a book set on another continent except North America and Europe
--- Balzac and the Little Chineses Seamstress - set in China (Asia)
• Read a book with mountains on the cover
--- At the Mountains of Madness
• Read a book with river/sea on the cover
--- Tomorrow
• Read a book with valley on the cover
--- The Pavilion in the Clouds: A new stand-alone novel
• Read a book with forest on the cover
--- Murder in Cottonwood Springs (hide spoiler)]

Completed Healing Quests #3

Completed Potion Quests

The Kindness of Strangers
Completed 11 Jan 2017
(view spoiler)[You are trekking through the kingdom and come to a fork in the road. A three pronged fork to be exact. Being the intrepid adventuter that you are you take the only logical course and pull a die out of your pocket.

Roll the die! - Rolled a one.

You continue your trek and come across a stranger who needs your help.

A dwarf monk named Marros has misplaced his bible and needs your help to find it. To help out Marros, you need to read one book that meets the following requirements:

2. Has a religious figure as an MC (e.g. priest)
The Innocence of Father Brown

For helping Marros you receive +1 exp and a Healing Potion. (hide spoiler)]

Collect them All
Completed 14 Jan 2017
(view spoiler)[They're everywhere! Bugs here! Bugs there! Bugs everywhere! Capture them all before the whole kingdom is overrun with the creepy crawlies.

Collect 100 bugs. Each instance of a bug found in a book may count, multiple instances may be found in each book however books with insects found may not be used for other tasks. (Find Items Potion may be stacked for this quest). Bugs include Ants, Beetles, Flies, Mosquitoes, Spiders, and anything else you would denote as a creepy crawly.

Prodigal Summer: A Novel
52 bugs
51 moths
22 bees
21 beetles
16 caterpillars
6 grasshoppers
4 spiders
3 ladybugs
3 mosquitoes
2 ants
1 aphid
1 damselfly

For capturing all the bugs earn +10 Experience and 1 Time Walking Potion. (hide spoiler)]

They Vant to Suck your Blood
Completed 3 Sep 2017
(view spoiler)[It's warm and sunny out in Novel Kingdom and you'd like nothing more than to go hiking in the woods and enjoy a nice picnic complete with Drop Bear Burgers and Lemonade. You've just gotten into the forest when the mosquitoes attack! Little bites all over your body feeling like you've descended to the 7th level of Hell, Violence. You frantically try to cover up but they've grown superior and beat back your every attempt at salvation. You're only hope now is to squash every last one of them in your trusty Ye Old Flysquatter.

To squash the mosquitoes:
• Read a book with irritating/annoying character or book that was annoying to you
--- Holidays in Heck - irritating author
• Read a book where someone bites
--- The Reptile Room - Sunny is known for biting
• Read a book with blood on cover or in title or series
--- Dragon Blood
• Read a book you were itching to read
--- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay

Squashing the mosquitoes will bring on a sense of self satisfaction, inner peace and net you 5 experience and a Minor Poison Potion. (hide spoiler)]

Alchemy That!
Completed 3 Dec 2017
(view spoiler)[ (Tasks must be completed in order)
The local Alchemist is a student of Dr. Cottage. He ushers you into his laboratory promising great and mighty potions if you can just help him out with some of the ingredients. You agree a bit warily remembering your last run-in with Dr. Cottage's protegees.

"Ahh the potion that I want to try first is a delicate blend of boar liver, scat of mongoose and tree sap."

Cringing a bit you agree to look for the items.

Boar Liver may be found in books containing a boar or pig (dead or alive).
--- Pawn of Prophecy - Garion kills a wild boar
Scat of Mongoose may be found in any book taking place in Africa.
--- Squirting Milk at Chameleons: An Accidental African
Tree Sap may be found in a book with a tree on the cover.
--- Frankenstein

You give these all to The Alchemist and receive 1 Weakening Potion.
Weakening Potion - Reduces your attack power to half of normal for both sword and staff (rounded up).

"Oh my.... that's not what I wanted it to do."

You feel a bit woozy and have to sit down for awhile.

"Don't worry dear Chap. This one is foolproof! I just need a vial of duck feathers and 3 eyeball of newts."

A vial of duck feathers may be found in books where there is a swamp or wetlands.
--- Chomp
Each eye of newt may be found in a book with an O anywhere in the title.
1 - Murder Most Witchy
2 - Sky Song
3 - The Roman Hat Mystery

You give these all to The Alchemist and receive 1 Transmogrification Potion
Transmogrification Potion - Transforms 1 dropped item from a common monster into any other dropped item from a common monster.

You glance at The Alchemist. "Well...", you say. "It's certainly interesting. Though I'm not sure I need my goblin bones to be bat wings...."

The Alchemist sighs. "Don't worry. This last one will work for sure! All we need is all the vowels."

Find books that start with A, E, I, O, and U to provide all the vowels to The Alchemist.

A - Anne of Green Gables
E - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
I - In the Hope of Memories
O - The Other Einstein
U - Uncle Tom's Cabin

For giving the Alchemist all the vowels, receive 1 Pet Plus Potion.
Pet Plus Potion - Doubles the effects of any pets of the hero for one week.

"Oh, Mr. Alchemist! I love it! Fido will be so happy!" You happily walk away with your potions, hoping you don't mix them up. (hide spoiler)]

Barbie's Ken
Completed 16 Dec 2018
(view spoiler)[The local farmers wife Barbie is a treasure trove of knowledge. Her ken reaches far and wide on various topics. She challenges you to a knowledgeathon. You accept despite your better judgement.

Barbie challenges you to best her in the following ways:
1) Read a scientific book.
--- The Sky Below - MPG Science
2) Read a non-fiction book.
--- Women & Power: A Manifesto
3) Read a book with a book on the cover.
--- Playing at Murder
4) Read a book where a main character is in college.
--- Fangirl
5) Read a book set at least 50 years in the future.
--- Ringworld

Complete 3/5 to beat Barbie at her own game. Receive 5 Experience for beating Barbie.
If you can complete all 5 you are named Ken Champion. Receive 5 more experience and 1 Potion Token for achieving ultimate ken. (hide spoiler)]

Hot or Not
Completed 23 Dec 2018
(view spoiler)[Lady Adelaide is one of the most eligible bachelorettes in the region. She sits down at the tavern mumbling "I'm all hot and bothered about Sir Quinn." You inquire as to if that's a good thing and she likes the knight. She glares at you. "No! I'm hot because it's the middle of summer and I'm bothered because Sir Quinn is a ninny. He bought me chrysanthemum instead of roses!" You venture over to Sir Quinn and inquire if you can help though you're unsure as to if you should also offer your sympathies.

- Read 3 books with flowers on their cover to make a bouquet (Extra +1 exp if they are all roses)
1 - The Last Kashmiri Rose
2 - How to Stop Time
3 - Ordeal by Innocence

- Read a book that takes place in summer
--- Shadowshaper
- Read a book with a beach picture on the cover. Or book with beach related object on cover.
--- Swimming Home
- Read something hot (steamy book topic, set in a hot climate or even a bestseller)
--- The God of Small Things - set in India (very hot)
- Read a book that has been made into a summer movie. Or it would be great summer movie
--- Crazy Rich Asians

+7 Exp and 1 Damage potion for helping Sir Quinn. (hide spoiler)]

King of the Goblins
Completed 13 Jan 2019
(view spoiler)[You are reading a book in your favorite part of Erudite Park. All of a sudden, you are whisked away by a goblin to another realm.

The goblin king, Jareth Bowie, declares his love for you if only you are to obey him. You refuse and defeat him.

Defeat the goblin king.
• Use 30 goblin bones to defeat his minions - (74 - 30 = 44)
• Read a book with someone who defies authority
--- Catching Fire
• Read a book where someone is taken to another world or reality.
--- Out of the Silent Planet

Receive 10 experience and 2 potion tokens for your help. (hide spoiler)]

The Hairstyle Theft
Completed 28 Apr 2019
(view spoiler)[Leia Fisher is always hanging around with a bad crowd. One day she walks into the tavern. While her friend distracts the owner, she swipes 2 simply cinnamon buns from the ledge where they are cooling.

Suddenly, the owner shrieks in outrage at his missing buns. Leia runs to the back of the tavern where you are sitting enjoying some rat stew.

"Please help me," she begs. "I'll change my ways!"

You agree to help and curl her hair up and plop the two cinnamon buns into her hair. You declare her pretty as a princess and send her off.

Help Leia escape.

• Read a book where someone on the cover has long hair.
--- Remember to Forget
• Read a book where someone hides food.
--- The House of the Scorpion - Tam Lin hides food for Matt at the oasis
• Read a book where someone secretly is royalty.
--- The Marvelous Land of Oz

Recieve 6 experience and 1 potion token for your help. (hide spoiler)]

The Blackest Eye
Completed 19 Jul 2020
(view spoiler)[Young Knight Winster drags himself into the tavern looking rather worse for wear. Though you wonder who would wear a knight. It wouldn't be comfortable, they tend to wear armor and pointy things. Really, saying something like worse than fuzzy slippers or worse than soft robe would make more sense...

Winster coughs pulling you out of your thoughts. He starts to moan about training and mean pranks by senior Knights. You make sympathetic noises and head off to get him some supplies.

Give Winster 5 Drop Bear Meats to keep on his eye to reduce the swelling.
--- 60 - 5 = 55 Drop Bear Meat remaining
Give Winster 1 pointier sword by reading a book with a sword or dagger on the cover.
--- Sworn to Raise
Give Winster some life experience by reading a book where someone learns a big lesson about life.
--- The Ultimate Gift

For helping Winster out receive 5 experience and 3 Potion Tokens. (hide spoiler)]

The Addict in Me
Completed 12 Dec 2021
(view spoiler)[You feel your fingers start to twitch and your eyes go wide and bloodshot. You haven't had a fix in weeks! Oh, it's nothing a 12 step program would solve, nothing that would get you thrown in jail or shunned from most societies... but you just can't help yourself. You just need a fix of a very specific things.

AHHHHHH you can't stand it anymore!

Give into your urges and get a fix of a particular author or series. Read 5 books by the same author or in the same series to start feeling normal again and promise yourself that you'll get the help you clearly need.

1 - Witch Is When It All Began (A Witch P.I. Mystery #1)
2 - Witch Is When Life Got Complicated (A Witch P.I. Mystery #2)
3 - Witch Is When Everything Went Crazy (A Witch P.I. Mystery #3)
4 - Witch Is When Things Fell Apart (A Witch P.I. Mystery #4)
5 - Witch is When The Bubble Burst (A Witch P.I. Mystery #5)

Receive 1 potion token and 3 experience for fulfilling your urges. (hide spoiler)]

Completed Potion Quests #2

Relay Race
Completed 2 Jan 2022
(view spoiler)[The annual Novel Kingdom Olympics are just around the corner and you are one of the brave, the proud, the lowly messenger runner. Nevertheless, it is your job to ensure that all the surrounding kingdoms are formally invited to come and participate in the festivities. Your job is to run to each town delivering the invitation.
The complete route is as follows:

Stop #1 - Paperville - 120 Furlongs
--- The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code by Margalit Fox
--- The Severn Tsunami? The Story of Britain's Greatest Natural Disaster by Mike Hall
TheRiddleoftheLabyrinthTheQuesttoCrackanAncientCode + Margalit + TheSevernTsunamiTheStoryofBritainsGreatestNaturalDisaster + Mike
= 51 + 8 + 57 + 4 = 120
Stop #2 - Novelette - 80 Furlongs
---A Bad Birdwatcher's Companion: Or a personal introducion to Britain's 50 most obvious birds
ABadBirdwatchersCompanionOrapersonalintroduciontoBritains50mostobviousbirds + Simon = 75 + 5 = 80
Stop #3 - Kindletopia - 200 Furlongs
--- Kilimanjaro Diaries: Or, How I Spent a Week Dreaming of Toilets, Drinking Crappy Water, and Making Bad Jokes While Having the Time of My Life by Eva Melusine Thieme
--- Junk Raft: An Ocean Voyage and a Rising Tide of Activism to Fight Plastic Pollution by Marcus Eriksen
KilimanjaroDiariesOrHowISpentaWeekDreamingofToiletsDrinkingCrappyWaterandMakingBadJokesWhileHavingtheTimeofMyLife + Thieme +
JunkRaftAnOceanVoyageandaRisingTideofActivismtoFightPlasticPollution + Marcus + Eriksen
= 113 + 6 + 68 + 6 + 7 = 200

Stop #4 - Nookestern - 100 Furlongs
--- Island on Fire: The extraordinary story of Laki, the volcano that turned eighteenth-century Europe dark by Alexandra Witze
IslandonFireTheextraordinarystoryofLakithevolcanothatturnedeighteenthcenturyEuropedark + Alexandra + Witze
= 86 + 9 + 5 = 100
Stop #5 - Booksylvania - 250 Furlongs
--- Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh
--- The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language by Mark Forsyth
--- The King's Henchman: Stuart Spymaster and Architect of the British Empire by Anthony Adolph
HyperboleandaHalfUnfortunateSituationsFlawedCopingMechanismsMayhemandOtherThingsThatHappened + TheEtymologiconACircularStrollthroughtheHiddenConnectionsoftheEnglishLanguage + Forsyth + TheKingsHenchmanStuartSpymasterandArchitectoftheBritishEmpire + Anthony + Adolph
= 92 + 77 + 7 + 61 + 7 + 6 = 250
Stop #6 - Omnibuskee - 60 Furlongs
--- Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
BrunelleschisDomeHowaRenaissanceGeniusReinventedArchitecture = 60

Stop #7 - Scrollern - 150 Furlongs
--- The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu: The Quest for this Storied City and the Race to Save Its Treasures
--- A Land of Bizarre Frontiers: The Unconventional Adventures of a Gringo in Chile by Tom Lord
TheBookSmugglersofTimbuktuTheQuestforthisStoriedCityandtheRacetoSaveItsTreasures + ALandofBizarreFrontiersTheUnconventionalAdventuresofaGringoinChile + Lord
= 80 + 66 + 4 = 150
Stop #8 - Blogia - 175 Furlongs
--- Gervase Phinn's Mangled English: A lighthearted look at the mishandling of the English language by 'the man with the funny name'
--- Into the Darkness Laughing: The Story of Jeanne Hebuterne, Modigliani's Last Mistress
GervasePhinnsMangledEnglishAlightheartedlookatthemishandlingoftheEnglishlanguagebythemanwiththefunnyname + IntotheDarknessLaughingTheStoryofJeanneHebuterneModiglianisLastMistress
= 104 + 71 = 175
Stop #9 - Novel Kingdom - 40 Furlongs
--- Agatha Christie's True Crime Inspirations by Mike Holgate
AgathaChristiesTrueCrimeInspirations + Mike = 36 + 4 = 40

Every letter in a books title, authors first name and/or authors last name may count as a Furlong. You may choose to include any or all of the segments. In the case of books with 2 or more authors any one of the authors may be chosen to be used. Books with subtitles include the subtitle in the count. Punctuation and spaces do not count towards a letter count. The exact Furlong count must be reached at each stop to complete that leg of the journey. (http://www.wordcounter.net/ is a useful tool for counting letters, use the characters (no spaces) after deleting any punctuation)

Example: 120 Furlongs
Me Before You Jojo Moyes = 11 + 4 + 5 = 20
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J.K. Rowling = 31 + 2 + 7 = 40
Slide: ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations Nancy Duarte = 54 + 6 = 60
20 + 40 + 60 = 120

Stops must be completed in order.
Complete the first 3 stops to earn 10 Experience and 1 Heal Potion.
Complete the next 3 stops to earn 13 Experience and 1 Find Items Potion.
Complete the last 3 stops to earn 15 Experience an 1 Damage Potion. (hide spoiler)]

A Labyrinthine Mission
Completed 7 Jan 2025
(view spoiler)[The Goblin King has stolen Queen Skye's godson and she is desperate for him to be returned. You have 13 hours (or in this case books) to rescue him from the Goblin King's labyrinth.

Read a book about siblings.
--- Malibu Rising
Spell out GOBLIN.
G - Genuine Fraud
O - The Only Good Indians
B - Breakfast at Tiffany's
L - The Lamplighters
I - Infinite
N - Never Mind the Balkans, Here's Romania
Read a book with a piece of fruit on the cover.
--- Pancakes and Corpses
Read a book with a trap in it.
--- Fairy Tail Vol. 1
Read a book containing a ball (the type where people dance).
--- The Master and Margarita
Read a book where someone is forgiven.
--- Fat Chance, Charlie Vega
Read a book where the author initials can be found in Jareth.
--- Geneva by Richard Armitage
Read a book with a character called Sarah or Toby.
---The Secrets of Wishtide - Sarah Gammon

Queen Skye is very grateful when you return with her godson and gives you a reward of 15XP and 2 duplication potions. (hide spoiler)]

Cheaters Sometimes Prosper
Completed 16 Jan 2025
(view spoiler)[Your best friend Agnus is getting ready for the tri-knight tournament. You love Agnus but let's just say the words dirty rotten liar apply to her very well. She asks for just a little help passing the trials. You agree but figure you might need to go on a pilgrimage soon to purify your soul. She promises to hand over her entry awards to you if she gets in.

Each book must be a "cheat" when fitting it into the requirements.

Task 1: Read 1 book in each of the page categories.
- 100-300 pages
--- You Will Not Have My Hate - 131 pages (I listened to the audio, default is 99 pages)
- 301 - 400 pages
--- My edition - Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of Lifetime - 208 pages
--- Cheat - Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime - 320 pages
- 400 - 500 pages
--- My edition - Little Women - 284 pages
--- Cheat - Little Women - 449 pages
How to cheat: Use the page numbers from an edition you didn't read. The edition you did read must not be in the page category. For this challenge it is acceptable to read a book under 100 pages if the "cheat" version is in the acceptable category.

Task 2: Read a book with the following items on the cover.
- Cat - My edition - Castle in the Air - Cheat - Castle in the Air - cat in the T of 'The'
- House - My edition - Cranford - Cheat - Cranford
- Man - My edition - Crooked House - Cheat - Crooked House

How to cheat: Use the cover from an edition you didn't read. The edition you did read must not have that item on the cover.

Task 3: Read a book that proudly displays its award. (i..e award "sticker" on the cover)
How to cheat: Use a different edition that has the award sticker when the one you read did not.
--- My edition - Hamnet
--- Cheat - Hamnet


Reward: 12 Experience, 3 Potion Tokens, 3 Major Heal Potions. (hide spoiler)]

Spring Forth from Randomness - Thanks to Shanna
Completed 22 Jan 2025
(view spoiler)[Queen Skye is enjoying the lovely April weather. Spring flowers and fall leaves all flowing around like a crazy whirlwind of unknown hemispheric origin. She asks her most trusted adviser Fred the Magician what the meaning of such randomness in life is. Her adviser is very upset with such a question. He tells you that "Randomness is the lack of pattern or predictability in events." But how can such randomness have meaning!

Help out poor Fred by finding meaning in the randomness.
Generate a random book. Record that book, it will be your reference for the rest of the quest. (You may generate up to two random books to choose between but have to use one of them to complete all the tasks.)

Random Book 1 - De Cuba, com carinho
Random Book 2 - Les Dépouilles de Poynton by Henry James

Using Book 2
• Read a book with the same first or last name as the author of the random book.
--- The Quiet at the End of the World by Lauren James (Henry James)
• Read a book with the same top genre as the random book. (If no genre, guess the main genre and read from there.)
--- Fiction - The Beginner's Goodbye
• Read a book that has the same star rating as the random book. (e.g. 3.45 rating would require a book between 3-4 stars).
--- Random book rating 3.66
--- The Night Ship rated 3.66
• Read a book that has the same word in the title as one of the words in the random books title. (It is acceptable to translate titles to other languages if your random book is not in your native language.)
--- Translated title is The Spoils of Poynton
--- The Ballad of Black Tom - matching word is 'of'
• Read a book that is the same number in the series as the random book. (If not in a series, then read a non series book.)
--- Not in a series - Fresh Ink: An Anthology

For helping out Fred receive a bundle of potions containing a Major Heal Potion, a Transmogrification Potion and a Shield Potion. (hide spoiler)]

Completed Potion Quests #3

The Great Easter Egg-scapade!
Part 1 Completed 12 Apr 2025
Part 2 Completed 12 Apr 2025
Part 3 Completed 22 May 2025
Part 4 Completed 28 May 2025
Part 5 Completed 16 Nov 2025
(view spoiler)[Spring has arrived in Novel Kingdom, and Queen Skye’s subjects are eagerly preparing for the most egg-citing celebration of the season—Easter! The festival promises grand egg hunts, chocolate feasts, and a special appearance from the Easter Bunny himself. Even the local rabbits have rehearsed a festive dance to welcome their beloved holiday hero.

But just as the final decorations are placed on the Golden Egg Display, disaster strikes. A notorious gang of mischievous chickens, known as the Peep Bandits, has stolen every single Easter egg—including the legendary Jewel Egg of Infinite Yolk. Without these sacred eggs, the Easter celebration cannot proceed.

The kingdom needs a hero—a sharp-witted, book-loving champion with a fondness for bunnies. That means you!
Your mission: Recover the stolen eggs, outwit the Peep Bandits, and restore Easter to Novel Kingdom.

Quest Rules:
- Complete each part in order. No skipping ahead—this isn’t a shortcut through a hedge maze.
- Use books from your Tote of Infinite Books that were read or first published in March or April, or select fresh books (read after the publication of this quest).
- To earn the final reward you need to complete all parts of the quest - that includes confronting the mastermind behind the heist (in Part 5).

Completed 12 Apr 2025
Part 1: Crack the Case

The kingdom is in chaos. The eggs are missing, people are panicking, and local chocolatiers are in despair. To solve this mystery, you’ll need to gather clues and act fast.

1. Interview the Witnesses – The royal guards reported suspicious figures lurking near the Golden Egg Display last night. Someone must know something.
• Read a book featuring an investigation, whether it’s a detective story, conspiracy unraveling, or sleuthing adventure.
--- Penguins and Mortal Peril - read April 27, 2023

2. Consult the Town Gossip – Every kingdom has someone who knows everything. Here, it’s Madame Whispermouth, who only speaks in riddles and half-truths.
• Read a book where secrets or rumors play a major role in the plot.
--- Wilder Girls - the boat crew keep secrets - read April 20, 2020

3. Inspect the Crime Scene – In the Royal Egg Vault which under normal circumstances houses the Jewel Egg of Infinite Yolk, you find colorful feathers, candy wrappers, and a cryptic note. To gather the clues:
• Read a book with a bird, feather, or wings on the cover.
--- How to Be a Renaissance Woman: The Untold History of Beauty & Female Creativity - read March 10, 2024
• Read a book where someone eats candy, cookies, or chocolate.
--- Murder Most Unladylike - '... Daisy dug into the contents of her tuck box and came up with a bar of Fry's chocolate. We were all still sitting on our beds munching it ...' loc 521 - read April 7, 2024
• Read a book in which a character breaks a code or deciphers a message.
--- Heresy - Bruno cracks a cipher - read April 18, 2024

Reward for completing Part 1: 6 XP, 6 Gold Coins (discovered under the Golden Egg Display).

Completed 12 Apr 2025
Part 2: The Great Egg Hunt

Using your newly gathered information and detective skills, you pinpoint the hiding places of the stolen eggs. It’s time to track them down.

1. Recover the Chocolate Eggs – The Forest of Fiction is filled with hidden chocolate eggs, but some are booby-trapped. (Ever stepped on a melted chocolate egg? Disgusting.)
• Read a book with two or more Ts in the title (for trees) to search the area.
--- Watching Neighbours Twice a Day...: How ’90s TV (Almost) Prepared Me For Life - read March 11, 2022
• To disarm the boobytraps, read a book where a bomb either explodes or somebody manages to neutralize it in time.
--- Breakthrough - '... the nuclear material inside the bomb fused and the atomic detonation unleashed.' p279 - first published March 6, 2013

2. Rescue the Sugar-Coated Hostages – In the village of the Marshmallow Peeps, you discover that some of the townsfolk have been kidnapped by the Peep Bandits. They must be freed before they go stale.
• Read a book with a pink cover.
--- Princess for Hire: 1 - read April 27, 2024
• Read a book that is heartwarming or sweet, such as a romance or fairy tale.
--- Wednesdays in the Tower - sweet Middle Grade fantasy - read April 28, 2022

3. Look for the Jewel Egg of Infinite Yolk – The most powerful Easter artifact (or at least the shiniest) must be hidden somewhere high above, possibly on Cloud Nine.
• Read a book with the word "sky," "star," "cloud," or "moon" in the title or a book that is the ninth in the series.
--- The Fallen Star - first published April 7, 2011

Despite your best efforts, you recover only half of the stolen eggs and the Jewel Egg of Infinite Yolk is amongst those still missing. Queen Skye, however, appreciates your bravery and rewards you.

Reward for completing Part 2: 6 XP, 3 Find Item Potions.

Completed 22 May 2025
Part 3: Prepare for Battle

The Peep Bandits will not surrender without a fight. You’ll need to gather supplies, form a strategy, and prepare for the final confrontation.

1. Gather Your Gear – A true hero is only as strong as their resolve (and their equipment).
• Read a book with a traditional weapon (sword, dagger, or gun) on the cover. No umbrellas, even if they can be wielded creatively.
--- The Screaming Staircase - sword on cover - read April 18, 2023

2. Form an Attack Plan – The Peep Bandits are quick, fluffy, and fueled by sugar. You need to be prepared.
• Read a book where the main character wins a physical fight.
--- Killing Floor - Reacher wins lots of fights - read March 7, 2018
• To practice, defeat 20 Common monsters (!Timed monsters don't count!). All battles must take place after completing Part 2.
--- 13 Apr 2025 - Brown Bat #87, Greater Sewer Rat #46, Goblin Guard #7, Logophilic Lemur #19
--- 20 Apr 2025 - Brown Bat #88, Greater Sewer Rat #47, Goblin Guard #8, Logophilic Lemur #20
--- 27 Apr 2025 - Brown Bat #89, Greater Sewer Rat #48, Goblin Guard #9, Logophilic Lemur #21
--- 4 May 2025 - Brown Bat #90, Greater Sewer Rat #49, Goblin Guard #10, Logophilic Lemur #22
--- 11 May 2025 - Brown Bat #91, Greater Sewer Rat #50, Goblin Guard #11, Logophilic Lemur #23
• To plan this complex operation, read a book featuring a character in a significant role who is a high-ranking officer, such as a colonel, general or admiral.
--- Leviathan Wakes - Colonel Fred Johnson - read April 28, 2021

3. Prepare for the Sugar Rush – Battles require energy, and you’ll need plenty of it.
• Read a book with food on the cover to stock up on essential battle snacks.
--- Why Calories Don't Count: How we got the science of weight loss wrong - read April 30, 2023

Reward for completing Part 3: 6 XP, 6 Carrots (they might come in handy later).

Completed 28 May 2025
Part 4: The Final Egg-Straction

The Peep Bandits’ secret hideout is revealed—a colossal chocolate fortress in the heart of Candy Cane Canyon. It’s time for the final showdown.

1. Infiltrate the Candy Fortress – The entrance is guarded by five rabbits kidnapped from the Forest of Fiction and brainwashed by the Peep Bandits to do their bidding. The best way to both cure their condition and sneak past unnoticed is to use carrots as bait. Your mum was right—carrots can cure a plethora of complaints.
• Read a book where the word "carrot" or "carrots" appears at least five times.
--- The Moonglow Cafe - first published April 21, 2014
- 'Paige picked up a handful of carrots ...' Loc 1424
- 'Paige scooped up a pile of carrot skins ...' Loc 1440
- 'She turned back to the stack of peeled carrots, ...' Loc 1444
- 'Carrots to shred for fresh carrot cake.' Loc 1921
• Read a book where the main character sneaks, spies, or infiltrates a location.
--- The Angel Experiment - Max and co sneak into the Institute - read April 16, 2020

2. Confront the Egg Thief – Deep within the fortress, you face the leader of the Peep Bandits gang, Sir Peepington III, a giant, fluffy, ill-tempered chicken in a tiny top hat. He has long resented Queen Skye’s favoritism toward bunnies and chocolate, and he plans to ruin Easter to make his point.
• Read a book with headwear on the cover to identify him.
--- Dark Days: Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 4 - first published April 23, 2010
• Read a book where the villain is exaggerated or over-the-top to distract Sir Peepington by placating his huge ego.
--- Dorothy Must Die - Dorothy - first published April 1, 2014

3. Recover the Remaining Eggs – With Sir Peepington distracted, you seize the Jewel Egg of Infinite Yolk and the rest of the stolen eggs and make your escape.
• Read a book where the protagonist is a runner—either an athlete or someone running from responsibility.
--- Miles to Run Before I Sleep: How an Ordinary Woman Ran an Extraordinary Distance - read May 26, 2025

Reward for completing Part 4: 6 XP, 3 Heal Potions.

Completed 16 Nov 2025
Part 5: Defeat the Egg-Napper Extraordinaire

Just when you think the mission is complete, Sir Peepington consumes a Jellybean of Doom and transforms into his ultimate form: Sir Peepocalypse

1. Defeat Sir Peepocalypse

Stats: 33 attack, 99 health.
This huge marshmallow-padded chicken uses its inherent special ability, Sugar Crash, against you. It overwhelms you with sugary sweetness, muddling your mind and rendering magic and advanced weaponry useless. Your primary weapon's base attack is reduced to one third of its original power (e.g., sword LVL 15 hits for 5 AP + 2 weapon bonus + pets + inventory and other bonuses). Magic and other weapons don't work against this hopped-up-on-sugar menace at all.
Tactical tip: To reduce Sir Peepocalypse's attack power, throw a carrot at him at the beginning of each turn. This offsets the sugar overload with something healthy, reducing his attack by 10 AP.

Defeated 18 Jul 2025

2. Return all the eggs to the Royal Egg Vault – So that the Kingdom might prepare the celebration in time for Easter.
• Read a book with an egg on the cover or "Easter" in the title.
--- The Quantum Curators and the Fabergé Egg

3. Celebrate your victory!
• Announce your victory in the Local Tavern thread.
Tavern post

Reward for completing Part 5: 15 XP, 3 Duplication Potions.

Final Celebration

With the stolen eggs safely returned, the kingdom rejoices. Queen Skye proclaims you the official Easter Champion, and the Easter Bunny himself acknowledges your heroic deeds. As a token of gratitude, you receive an additional reward: 5 XP and 3 of the Easter Bunny’s finest decorated eggs. Your name is forever etched in the annals of Novel Kingdom’s history, and Easter is saved once more.

Note: The Easter Bunny Egg is a magical treat that restores up to 15 HP. It can be eaten in portions and remains fresh for one month after the first bite. Cannot be duplicated by the Magical Pumpkin. (hide spoiler)]

Completed Potion Quests #4

Mesomegomediment
Completed 23 May 2025
(view spoiler)[You're sitting in the tavern enjoying the new specialty Drop Bear Steak and a man sidles up to you. He smells of beer and stale sweat which you suppose isn't all that different from anyone else around the bar or even the bar in general.

"Hey, I heard you know things. I'm looking for these scrolls, they sound kind of the same. Know what they are?"

You're not entirely sure what he's talking about but you figure that with the condition he's in, he would accept anything resembling the right answer.

Read 2 books with a word in the title with the same prefix and 2 books with a word in the title with the same suffix. (Chart) Receive 1 Time Walking Potion and 4 XP for giving the man his answer.

Example:
The Angel Experiment - Merriment in the Museum (-ment)
C is for Corpse - Carpe Corpus (corp-)

Prefix - UN
1 - Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients
2 - The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories Volume One: Where on Earth
Suffix - ING
1 - Knowing the Score
2 - Braving It: A Father, a Daughter, and an Unforgettable Journey Into the Alaskan Wild (hide spoiler)]

Timewalker - Expired 4/15/15
Completed 24 May 2025
(view spoiler)[You're sitting in a tavern sipping ale and listening to the mumbled conversation around you. A woman sits down across from you. "I need your help! My name is Diana Bishop and I desperately need help recovering a variety historical manuscripts." You agree to help her.... for the right price, and set your course towards discovering old texts.

Read a book first published in each of the following years: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. Each year completed will earn 1 XP. Complete all years to earn 1 Time Walking Potion.

2005 - Japan, Funny Side Up
2006 - School's Out--Forever
2007 - Still Alice
2008 - The Friday Night Knitting Club
2009 - More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea
2010 - You
2011 - The Boy Who Loved Batman: A Memoir
2012 - Beautiful Ruins
2013 - The Humans
2014 - Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End (hide spoiler)]

The Academy II - Geography
Completed 25 May 2025
(view spoiler)[People are losing their way in the Novel Kingdom. With new bookshelves being constructed and stacks of books constantly rearranged, the original map you helped create years ago is now outdated. At Queen Skye's command, you’ve been tasked with assisting the Academy's Geography Department in revising the map of her realm. Will you take on the challenge?

• Read a book set within 100 miles (160 km) of where you live
--- The Murder Game
• Read a book set further than 1000 miles (1,609 km) from where you live
--- Burn Our Bodies Down
• Read a book set on another planet or in space
--- The Sands of Mars
• Read a book with one of these words in the title: Map, Globe, World, Country, City
--- The City in the Middle of the Night
• Read a non-fiction book about Geography (e.g. focused on a city, country or a region, a travelogue)
--- An Atlas of Extinct Countries
• Read a book with a flag on the cover
--- Tuk-Tuk for Two
• Read a book with a main character that travels from country to country
--- Candide

Reward: Receive 3 XP and 3 Shield Potions after helping the Geography department. (hide spoiler)]

The Academy II - Literature
Completed 28 May 2025
(view spoiler)[Things Fall Apart again in the Academy's Literature department. Most of their Beloved books vanished from their library shelves. They suspect A Darker Shade of Magic is at play. They Trust you're the right person to find out what happened, confront The Book Thief and return their books.
Are you ready to provide The Help they so desperately need?

• Read a novel with an unusual form (e.g. an epistolary novel or a diary)
--- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - epistolary novel
• Read a book of poetry (100-page limit doesn't apply for this task)
--- The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem - 26 pages
• Read a play (100-page limit doesn't apply for this task)
--- The Tempest
• Read a non-fiction book about books (e.g. literary criticism, a memoir/biography of an author or a publisher, a history of a literary movement)
--- I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
• Read a book written by two or more authors
--- Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
• Read a book with "literature" in the text
--- Marrying Off Mother: And Other Stories ".... with other erudite literature ..." Loc 867
• Read a book with an author as a main character
--- The Plot

Reward: Receive 3 XP and 3 Duplication Potions after helping the literature department. (hide spoiler)]

The Novel Kingdom’s Golden Moving Scroll Awards
Completed 8 Jun 2025
(view spoiler)[The Kingdom is abuzz with excitement as the annual Golden Moving Scroll Awards draw near, the most prestigious celebration of stories, heroes, and unforgettable performances across the lands. This event encourages adventurers to read books that embody the spirit of award-worthy storytelling.

Lady Stardust, the glamorous host of the awards, greets you with a dazzling smile as you enter the gleaming ceremony hall. “Ah, dear reader! Your presence honors us. As an esteemed member of the audience, I invite you to participate in the festivities by diving into stories that would make even the Academy proud. Explore these categories, and who knows? You might leave here with more than just applause!”

Read books that fit the following categories:
• Best Picture – Read a book that has been adapted into a movie or TV show.
--- Me Before You
• Best Actor/Actress in a Leading Role – Read a book where the main character holds a leadership role in their country, such as a king, queen, president, or prime minister.
--- The Queen of Nothing
• Best Supporting Role – Read a book featuring an ensemble cast, where multiple characters play significant and prominent roles in the story.
--- Lovecraft Country
• Best Original Screenplay – Read a fantasy book with a unique or creative world-building.
--- The Colour of Magic
• Best Adapted Screenplay – Read a retelling or a book inspired by another work (e.g., fairytales, myths, or classics).
--- Ariadne
• Best Animated Feature – Read a graphic novel, manga, or any comic book.
--- The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House
• Best Costume Design – Read a book with clothing featured on the cover (not people wearing clothes, but standalone pieces of clothing).
--- Mrs Harris Goes to Paris & Mrs Harris Goes to New York
• Best Soundtrack – Read a book whose title or series name contains the title of a song or piece of music. Be sure to note the song and artist (e.g., Good Girl, Bad Blood—Taylor Swift’s Bad Blood).
--- Good Girl, Bad Blood - Taylor Swift’s Bad Blood
• Best Cinematography – Read a book where shooting a movie or TV show plays a significant role in the story.
--- Just One Wish
• Best Documentary – Read a nonfiction book that teaches you something new or delves into a fascinating subject.
--- The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness
• The Lifetime Achievement Award – Read a book by an author whose works have stood the test of time—someone considered a literary legend (e.g., Charles Dickens, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, or Agatha Christie).
--- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

For completing this quest, you’ll receive 12 XP and 3 Duplication Potions.

Lady Stardust adds with a wink, “Remember, my dear reader, the true reward is the stories you experience along the way. Now, take your seat and let the awards season begin!” (hide spoiler)]

Time For the Dead - Expired 6/15/15
Completed 19 Jun 2025
(view spoiler)[Nick the Necromancer finally has his huge pile of bones. He starts trying to cast spells but they keep fizzling. Trying again to avoid having an angry necromancer on the loose, you suggest that maybe his antique hour glass might be a few grains short of an accurate time piece. You offer to make him a brand new clock for timing his spells, even though you are starting to wonder at the wisdom of having a somewhat inept necromancer working magic in your town.

Read 12 books, each one initially published in a different month. (Example: January: Uninvited published Jan 2014). +1 XP for each book read. +1 Damage Potion for completing the clock and unleashing the necromancer on your town. (Bonus 2 XP if all the books are from the same year.) (Find Items Potion works for this quest.)

Published in 2017
Jan - The Bear and the Nightingale
Feb - Kings of the Wyld
Mar - The Witchfinder's Sister
Apr - Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers
May - When Dimple Met Rishi
Jun - Down Among the Sticks and Bones
Jul - Solo - D
Aug - Us Against You
Sep - This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
Oct - Dear Martin
Nov - Dogs of War
Dec - Travels with Rachel: In Search of South America (hide spoiler)]

Threads of the Rainbow Tapestry
Completed 26 Jun 2025
(view spoiler)[The Royal Tapestry Room is in a bit of a cheerful mess. Spools of thread are scattered everywhere, magical bobbins are tangling themselves into knots, and someone (probably a sprite) left jam on the edge of the warp loom.

“It’s supposed to tell everyone’s story,” says Pip, the youngest weaving apprentice, peering at a section of the cloth. “But we noticed… well, some colors are missing.”

They hold up a bundle of shimmering rainbow thread. “Would you help us stitch in the ones we forgot? We need stories full of love, discovery, pride, adventure, and joy—especially the kind that’s been left off the page for far too long.”

And just like that, you’ve joined the Weaver’s Circle.

To weave in the colors of rainbow into the Royal Tapestry:
• Read 5 books featuring an LGBTQ+ main character.
These characters should be central to the narrative—whether they’re leading epic battles, falling in love, solving mysteries, or simply finding themselves. All genres welcome.
1 - Our Wives Under the Sea
2 - The Dinner Lady Detectives
3 - Every Heart a Doorway
4 - Gideon the Ninth
5 - Harrow the Ninth
• Read 3 books written by LGBTQ+ authors.
These books may feature queer themes—or not. Let the author’s voice be part of the tapestry, even if their own story stays between the lines.
1 - River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey
2 - Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
3 - In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire
• At the Local Tavern, share the title of one book that moved you and why. Was it joyous? Tender? Fierce? Let your fellow adventurers know why it belongs in the weave.
--- Post

Pip rewards your efforts with 10 XP + 1 Potion Token. (hide spoiler)]

Completed Potion Quests #5

The Theatre of War: A Play in Too Many Acts
Completed 28 Jun 2025
(view spoiler)[Queen Skye, ever the sensible ruler, preferred her kingdom to be a place of peace, prosperity, and only the occasional riot when the bakery ran out of pastries. Sadly, the rest of the world seemed committed to the idea that war was just diplomacy with extra bloodshed. Beyond her borders, armies marched, kingdoms clashed, and rulers—some wise, some profoundly not—kept flinging their soldiers into battles over territory, grudges, and the occasional royal insult involving someone’s choice of headwear.

But war, as Queen Skye knew, was not just a thing of generals and kings. It was a storm that swept through villages and cities, shattering lives and reshaping history. If her kingdom was to remain at peace, her people had to understand war—not just its battles, but its causes, its costs, and the scars it leaves behind. Your quest is to uncover the tales of war and share your findings so that others may also learn. For if enough people understand war, perhaps fewer will choose to wage it.

So, grab your books, sharpen your wits, and embark upon this noble quest. After all, history has a habit of repeating itself… unless, of course, someone stops it.

1. The Fires of the Present – War is not just a relic of history; it continues to shape the world today.
• Read two books by authors from or set in countries or territories that have experienced war in the 21st century (e.g., Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Palestine, Israel, Chechnya (Russia), Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia).
--- Disappearing Earth - set in Russia
--- Chernobyl 01:23:40: The Incredible True Story of the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster - set in Ukraine

2. The Scars of Civil War – Some wars are fought between nations, but others tear apart a country from within.
• Read a book by an author from or set in a country that has recently endured the devastation of civil war (e.g., Myanmar, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Syria, Yemen, Nigeria, Libya).
--- Don't Be Afraid of the Bullets: An Accidental War Correspondent in Yemen - set in Yemen

3. Echoes of the 20th Century – The last century was marked by conflicts that reshaped the world in fire and steel.
• Read two books about or set during a 20th-century war or civil war, where the conflict plays a major role in the story.
--- The Women - Vietnam War
--- Catch-22: As recommended on BBC2’s Between the Covers - WWII

4. Battles of the Past – History is filled with wars that shaped civilizations, empires, and entire continents.
• Read three books about or set during different major wars or civil wars from before the 20th century, where the conflict is a central theme.
--- One Corpse Too Many - set in 1138, English Civil War between King Stephen and the Empress Maud
--- The Black Prince - the Hundred Years' War
--- Heartstone - set in 1545, war between England and France

5. War Beyond the Stars and Realms – Even in worlds of magic and distant galaxies, war is a force that shapes destinies.
• Read two fantasy or science fiction books set during a war, where the conflict is a major part of the story.
--- The War of the Worlds - Martians invade Earth
--- Old Man's War - war between human colony worlds and various alien species

6. Chronicle Your Knowledge – Queen Skye values the lessons you have learned.
• Share your reading list in the Local Tavern thread (mark the setting/author's nationality for tasks 1 and 2, and the conflict for tasks 3, 4 and 5) so that others may learn from your wisdom.
--- Post

For completing this quest, you earn 12 XP and 3 Shield Potions. (hide spoiler)]

Equinox Shenanigans and Solstice Silliness
Completed 29 Jun 2025
(view spoiler)[In the Novel Kingdom, the equinoxes and solstices weren’t just dates—they were excuses for unmitigated chaos. During the vernal equinox, villagers held the Great Balance Games, where they balanced eggs on spoons and occasionally on their heads, while claiming it aligned perfectly with the day-night harmony. The summer solstice, however, was the time for Runaway Sun Day, a festival where everyone blamed the heat for their bad decisions, including Sir Horace attempting to joust a sunflower. The autumn equinox brought Leaf Wars, with teams hurling armfuls of colorful leaves at one another, claiming it was an ancient tradition (though no one could agree who started it). Winter solstice, naturally, was the Festival of Shadows, where villagers competed to cast the longest shadow before sunset—unfortunately, last year’s winner had been a tree.

Queen Skye declared that every festival must include a story, quipping, “If we’re absurd, let’s be literary about it.”

• Vernal Equinox (Balance): Read two books with an identical number of pages.
--- The Dangerous Days of Daniel X - 320 pages
--- The Reluctant Carer: Dispatches from the Edge of Life - 320 pages
• Summer Solstice (Sun): Read a book set primarily on a beach or in a desert.
--- Beyond Dubai: Seeking Lost Cities in the Emirates - desert
• Autumn Equinox (Harvest): Read a book with the word "harvest" or "fall" in the book title or series name.
--- The Fall of Númenor: and Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-earth
• Winter Solstice (Shadows): Read a dark mystery or thriller written by a Scandinavian author.
--- The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell

For completing all four tasks, you'll receive 5 XP and 3 Heal Potions. (hide spoiler)]

Secrets Below the Ground
Completed 30 Jun 2025
(view spoiler)[Little Jimmy has hidden his parent's prized rutabaga somewhere. His parents are frantic with worry. The kingdom faire is only 2 days away! They were counting on the prize money to invest heavily in the wheat germ market. They ask you to please help find their ginormous root vegetable.

Little Jimmy speaks only in riddles. Decode the secret message to find the rutabaga.

09 14 - 20 08 05 - 02 01 18 14 (view spoiler)[IN THE BARN (hide spoiler)]

To decode each letter, read a book where the page numbers add together to that letter's cipher equivalent.

Example: 342 pages = 3 + 4 + 2 = 9 = Decodes to I.

09 - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - 216 pages 2 + 1 + 6 = 9
14 - Halloween Hayride Murder - 284 pages 2 + 8 + 4 = 14
20 - The Complete Yes Prime Minister: The Diaries of the Right Hon. James Hacker - 488 pages 4 + 8 + 8 = 20
08 - The Wishing Game - 305 pages 3 + 0 + 5 = 8
05 - Homegoing - 320 pages 3 + 2 + 0 = 5
02 - Apocalypse Kings - 101 pages 1 + 0 + 1 = 2
01 - Snapshot - 100 pages 1 + 0 + 0 = 1
18 - 80 Not Out: The Autobiography - 288 pages 2 + 8 + 8 = 18
14 - Lost in Time 455 pages 4 + 5 + 5 = 14

Reward: 12 experience, 1 Shield potion (hide spoiler)]

Thaddeus vs. Gravity
Completed 30 Jun 2025
(view spoiler)[In the snowbound hills of the Novel Kingdom, Thaddeus the Slightly Less Mad spent his days inventing ways to cross snow without walking—a pointless chore inflicted by gravity, in his opinion. First came the Icebound Chariot, which hurled its rider downhill at “terminal enthusiasm.” Next were the Fence-Feet, inspired by fence planks and the idea that “snow isn’t slippery enough,” gliding their users straight into trees. Finally, Thaddeus unveiled the Snow Surfer that combined speed, balance, and confusion about where to sit.

When asked why he created such bone-breaking contraptions, Thaddeus replied, “One day we’ll need to flee downhill from dragons.” The townsfolk let him be, watching from a safe distance as Thaddeus hurtled past, laughing manically and bouncing like a badly thrown sack of potatoes. In the end, his inventions didn’t quite replace walking, but they did provide endless winter entertainment, and the hill where he tested them was later named Bonebreak Bluff in his honor.

To honor Thaddeus' bold inventions and questionable survival instincts read 6 books:

• The Icebound Chariot Ride – Read a book that kicks off with an action-packed scene (e.g., a fight, a chase, a heated argument, etc.).
--- Zero Minus Ten (James Bond
• The Fence-Feet Experiment – Read a book featuring a character who invents something or solves a practical problem. Be sure to note what they invented or solved!
--- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Harry (with help) solves the problems of getting past a dragon, surviving underwater, and navigating a maze
• The Snow Surfer Wipeout – Read a book with a setting in the mountains, or a snow-covered landscape.
--- The Sanatorium
• Bonebreak Bluff – Read a book where somebody is injured due to a fall.
--- Faceless Killers - Wallander injures himself falling off scaffolding (also wins a fight against a suspect when chasing him to arrest him, read April 2, 2025)
• The Final Glide – Read a book where the protagonist escapes danger or disaster in a thrilling or unexpected way. Take note of how they managed to escape!
--- The Hobbit - Bilbo and the dwarves escape the wood elves dungeon by barrel
• Fleeing Dragons – Read a book about dragons. (has to be a major theme, not only a short appearance)
--- How To Train Your Dragon

Complete all six tasks to earn 5 XP, 3 Minor Heal Potions, and the prestigious title of Honorary Mad Scientist of the Novel Kingdom. (hide spoiler)]

The Academy II - History
Completed 30 Jun 2025
(view spoiler)[The Head of the Academy's History Department has scolded you—your lectures on "New History" are apparently putting students to sleep. In fact, they’d rather read The Big Novel Kingdom Telephone Book than listen to your lessons. It’s clear you need to find a way to make New History captivating once more.

• Read three books in the historical fiction genre each set in a different time period
--- The Familiar - late 16th century Madrid
--- Things in Jars - 1863
--- Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald - 1918 onwards
• Read a book published over 100 years ago
--- Three Men in a Boat - published 1889
• Read a non-fiction book about history
--- The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
• Read a book with one of these words in the title: History, King, Queen, Prince, Princess
--- A Short history of Tractors in Ukrainian
• Read a book with a throne, crown jewels (e.g. a crown), armor, or a coat of arms on the cover
--- Dr. Anarchy's Rules for World Domination: Or How I Became God-Emperor of Rhode Island - crown on cover

Reward: Receive 3 XP and 3 Enhanced Weapon Potions after helping the History department. (hide spoiler)]

Completed Potion Quests #6

A Royal Flush
Completed 30 Jun 2025
(view spoiler)[Queen Skye had many concerns—border disputes, economic stability, the occasional dragon—but few things troubled her more than the stench permeating the kingdom’s streets. The Novel Kingdom was grand and glorious, but it had one fatal flaw: an absolute disaster of a sanitation system. The streets reeked, the rivers ran suspiciously brown, and the castle’s moat had gained a rather unsettling reputation (the less said about the glowing green sludge, the better).

Some said this was simply the way of things. Others, usually after an unfortunate slip in something unmentionable, insisted that something must be done. Queen Skye, being a forward-thinking ruler (and also quite tired of holding her breath while walking through the city), declared that you should be the one to fix the mess.

Thus begins your most noble and revolting quest yet!

The Steps to Sanitation:
1. Prepare yourself – No hero should enter this "battle" unaware of what awaits them.
Spell out the word STENCH using standard spell-it-out rules.
S - The Snow Spider
T - Travels in the South Pacific: Around Eight Countries of the Pacific
E - An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good
N - Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe
C - Chance Developments: Unexpected Love Stories
H - Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

2. Brave the Depths – The kingdom’s sewers await. Abandon hope, all ye who sniff.
Read a book where the main character must navigate an underground location.
--- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - horcrux cave

3. The Rat King’s Dominion – The sewers have a ruler of their own, and he’s not pleased to see you.
Read a book featuring a crime lord (or a mafia boss) to help drive the Rat King out of his smelly domain.
--- Legends & Lattes

4. The Source of the Problem – Ah, the blockage. A horrifying combination of waste, lost treasures, and things best left unmentioned.
Read a book where a treasure is discovered (hopefully, it's worth the smell).
--- Over Sea Under Stone

5. Clear the Pipes – With heroic determination (and probably a very long stick), you set things right.
Read a book with a shovel, a bucket or a spoon on the cover.
--- My Cleaner

6. A Cleaner Kingdom (Mostly) – The filth is flowing freely again! Er... to the river. That’s future-you’s problem.
Read a book that contains the word “ecology” in the text.
--- Dune - "'It's a rule of ecology,' Kynes said, ..." p190

Success! While you haven't solved all of the kingdom’s sanitation problems, you've tackled the worst of them—the blocked sewers. The noblemen still grumble about stepping in dung on the streets, but honestly, you're not a magician. Let everyone clean up after their own pets.

Queen Skye, now able to walk through her city without pinching her royal nose shut, bestows upon you a well-earned reward.

Your Reward for Services Rendered:
15 XP + 3 Minor Poison Potions (because let’s be real, you definitely came across some nasty concoctions down there).
Now go forth, brave adventurer, and may your nose recover swiftly! (hide spoiler)]

Completed Potion Quests #7

Completed Potion Quests #8

Completed Pet Quests

Two Empty Halves of Coconuts
Completed 10 Mar 2017
(view spoiler)[An important step in any young knights life is his first horse. Actually, once you get a horse you don't take nearly as many steps. So maybe it's really the beginning of the end of steps is acquiring a horse. No matter what, it's a good thing to do.

To acquire a horse you must have perseverance, persistence, perspicacity, performance, perfume and various other per related things.

Find all the items to receive your very first horse.

1) Gold to Buy Horse - Read a book with a mainly gold cover or one set in an era where gold is used as the main currency.
--- Infinite Sacrifice
2) Riding Clothes - Read 3 books under 200 pages.
---1) The Timewaster Letters 192 pages
---2) Nobody's Poodle 140 pages
---3) I Could Pee on This: And Other Poems by Cats 111 pages
3) Horseshoes - Read a book with horses as a main part of the story or one set on a farm.
--- Black Beauty
4) Horse Armor - Read a book over 600 pages.
--- The Forgotten Garden 648 pages
5) Saddle - Read a book that has 2 d's in the title.
--- Demon Dentist
6) Sugar for Treats - Read a book that's sweet (chick lit, romance, cozy mystery, etc.)
--- Dakota Home (Romance)
7) Apples for Treats - Read a book with a mainly red cover or one featuring a teacher.
--- Stoner - Stoner is a teacher at a university
8) Carrots for Treats - Read a book where someone dangles a reward to get someone else to do something.
--- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
9) Hay for Feeding - Read a book with the title starting with the letter H.
--- The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance
10) Bribe for the Stable Master to allow you to pick your horse - Read a book where someone takes or gives a bribe or where the main character is a thief.
--- The Amateur Cracksman

You may choose 1 of two horses. You may also name him as he is now your horse.
Horse 1 is a American Quarter Horse built for speed. He will speed up your common monster respawn time by 1 day (6 days instead of 7).
Horse 2 is a Baroque Horse built for attack. He will give you 1 extra attack to both your weapons. (hide spoiler)]

The First Puppy of Novel Kingdom
Completed 25 Jun 2017
(view spoiler)[Queen Skye has just gotten a puppy from the royal canine breeder. It is an adorable puppy with bright blue eyes and an inquisitive personality. She has launched a campaign across Novel Kingdom to name the royal puppy. The winner of the naming campaign receives their very own puppy!

Search far and wide for the perfect name!

- read a author with same first name as you
--- The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan
- read a book that starts with your first initial (S)
--- Star Trek: The Next Generation, Volume 1: The Manga: Boukenshin
- read a book that starts with your last initial (E)
--- Eleanor & Park
- read a book whose authors last initial is same as your first initial (S)
--- 1606: William Shakespeare and the Year of Lear by James Shapiro
- read a book whose authors first initial is same as your last initial (E)
--- Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
- read a book where the author uses two names (not initial. example: Susan Elizabeth Phillips)
--- Second Star to the Right by Mary Alice Monroe
- read a book where the author uses initials instead of names (example: J.K Rowling)
--- The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft
- read a book where the author or main character has a name in top 10 on a list
(James, John, Robert, Michael, William, David, Richard, Joseph, Thomas, Charles; Mary, Patricia, Jennifer, Elizabeth, Linda, Barbara, Susan, Jessica, Margaret, Sarah)
--- Amid the Shadows by Michael C. Grumley
- read a book where the main character has unusual name (list as example but it doesn't have to be on it.)
--- Coraline

Reward: One Puppy. Your puppy is very poorly behaved but can be trained with lots of help by fellow Novelarians. (hide spoiler)]

Puppy Training
Beginner Obedience
Completed 13 Aug 2017
(view spoiler)[This class must be taken before any other classes. It helps teach your dog the basics and allows you to expand into different training. Complete each of the following lessons to start your dog training.

• Teach Sit - Read a book with a chair on the cover.
--- The Architecture of Happiness
• Teach Stay - Read a book where someone stays in the same town the whole time.
--- The Cellist of Sarajevo
• Teach Down - Read a book where someone goes underwater.
--- The Shell Collector - Maya goes scuba diving
• Teach Come - Read a book where someone follows someone else.
--- Paper Towns - Q follows Margo
• Teach Heel - Read a book where two people travel together.
--- Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party

Receive 1 Beginning Obedience Certificate for completing all 5 lessons. (hide spoiler)]

Beginner Fetch
Completed 26 Nov 2017
(view spoiler)[ Requires Beginning Obedience Certificate.
This class teaches your dog the basics of fetch. Your dog will learn what items to bring you and start retrieving them.

• Spell out the word FETCH using spell it out rules.
F - The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
E - The Daffodil Mystery by Edgar Wallace
T - The Anatomist's Apprentice by Tessa Harris
C - Firecracker by Charles R. Verhey
H - Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
• Read 3 books with food on the cover.
1 - An Apple A Day
2 - Shakespeare on Toast
3 - Murder at the Mansion

• Read a book where someone is in training for something.
--- Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, The Ultra-runners, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
• Read a book with a gold cover.
--- The Rock
• Throw 5 Goblin bones for your dog to fetch.
--- 19 - 5 = 14 Goblin bones remaining

Receive 1 Beginner Fetch Certificate for completing all tasks. Your dog will now fetch 1 gold coin every Sunday. (hide spoiler)]

Beginner Tracking
Completed 8 Apr 2018
(view spoiler)[Requires Beginning Obedience Certificate.
A dog has a finely honed sense of smell. Teaching your dog to track allows you to hunt elusive creatures that have never been seen before.

• Spell out the word TRACK using spell it out rules.
T - Little Wolves by Thomas Maltman
R - The Romanovs: The Final Chapter
A - About Grace
C - The Christmas Letters
K - The Wicked Wit of Queen Elizabeth II by Karen Dolby
• Read a book with a prey animal on the cover.
--- Station Eleven

Receive 1 Beginner Tracking Certificate for completing all tasks. Your dog can now track creatures that have minor hiding. (hide spoiler)]

Beginner Combat
Completed 8 Jul 2018
(view spoiler)[Requires Beginning Obedience Certificate.
A dog is a hero's best friend. This class teaches your dog how to be an asset to you in battle.

• Spell out the word ATTACK using spell it out rules.
A - The Girl Who Married a Lion by Alexander McCall Smith
T - Sculptor's Daughter by Tove Jansson
T - Turtles All the Way Down
A - All the Birds in the Sky
C - Castaway and Other Tales from Mauritius
K - Costa Brava by David Kennedy
• Read 2 books with teeth on the cover.
1 - Body in the Woods
2 - The Bafut Beagles

• Read 2 books with battles in them.
1 - A Fine Night for Tanks: The Road to Falaise
2 - Ready Player One
• Read a book with a red cover.
--- The Power

Receive 1 Beginner Combat Certificate for completing all tasks. Your dog now has +1 attack. (hide spoiler)]

Rocky the Rock
Part 1 Completed 7 Jan 2018
Part 2 Completed 8 Jun 2019
(view spoiler)[You know a lot of adventurers have pets... but cats and dogs and horses and bunnies and falcons and squirrels take things like food and water to stay alive. You prefer pets that do a little more giving than receiving. Plus, nothing says defense like something you could pile on top of each other about a million times to make a giant stone wall....


Acquire 5 pebbles to receive your very own Rocky the Rock pet. Rocky will subtract 1 attack point of any creature.
- 5 pebbles acquired

You may use another 5 pebbles to paint on a face and give Rocky real pet status. Rocky will then heal you 1 hp at the end of every battle.
- 5 further pebbled acquired
(hide spoiler)]

The Easter Bilby
Completed 15 Jul 2018
(view spoiler)[Rabbits have overrun Novel Kingdom! They're eating all the carrots needed for Sewer Rat Stew and eating all the lettuce needed for Bat Wing Wraps. They must be stopped!

Lady Renee gave up her birthday wish to bring the Easter Bilby to Novel Kingdom to help fight back against the menace. Complete all the tasks to capture all the rascally rabbits eating our veggies.

Capture the Rabbits:
1) Read a book where someone has a pet rabbit.
--- Harry Potter et le Prisonnier d'Azkaban
2) Read a book with a rabbit on the cover.
--- Charmers and Rogues: Extraordinary Pet Tales From Ordinary Homes
3) Spell out the word RABBIT using spell-it-out rules.
R - The Report
A - An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
B - Beast
B - Between Shades of Gray
I - The Immortalists
T - Tyrant of the Mind
4) Read a book with the word rabbit in the title or series.
--- Black Rabbit Hall (also works for pet rabbit - Barney has a pet rabbit called Old Harry)
5) Read a book featuring chocolate or where the main character is a pastry chef.
--- Dark, Witch & Creamy
6) Read a book set during Spring.
--- The Darling Buds of May - mostly takes place in May
7) Read a book with an invasion in it.
--- The Day of the Triffids
8) Read a book where the main character is a doctor or vet.
--- Vet on the Loose
9) Read a book where there is an Easter celebration.
--- Paris in Love
10) Read a book with grass on the cover.
--- The Remains of the Day

The Easter Bilby gifts you with a captured bunny that will lay an egg that heals 3 hp every Sunday. The egg must be eaten that week or it will rot. (hide spoiler)]

Completed Pet Quests #2

What ate the sun?
Completed 2 Jun 2019
(view spoiler)[You stumble out of the tavern again around noon (you really should probably get help for that). It's oddly dark outside. Maybe it really is night time. Maybe you don't have a problem..... nope... you do.

A little girl is staring at the sky, shaking. You ask if she should be in bed. She looks at you with wide eyes and responds that it's lunch time.

You assure her that there's a rational explanation for this and proceed to try to explain it with science.

• Explain the gods are angry with us - read a book that has gods that talk with the people
--- The Lightning Thief
• Explain a demon is eating the sun - read a book with demons
--- The Sandman, Vol. 01: Preludes & Nocturnes
• Explain a dragon is eating the sun - read a book with dragons
--- The Last Dragonslayer
• Explain a frog is eating the sun - read a book with frogs
--- The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
• Explain a bear is eating the sun - read a book with bears
--- Northern Lights
• Explain a werewolf is eating the sun - read a book with werewolves
--- Whoops! Our New Flatmate Is A Human (Susan Hall Investigates)
• Explain a vampire is eating the sun - read a book with vampires
--- Vampire Moon
• Explain that the gods are battling - read a book with an epic battle
--- Gardens of the Moon
• Explain that the sky wolves nearly caught the sun and the moon - read a book where the moon and/or the sun is destroyed
--- The Truth Is Dead (moon is destroyed)
• Explain that the sun and moon were having more children - read a book where someone has a baby
--- Stay with Me
• Explain that the sun and moon were fighting - read a book where people make peace
--- Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen - author makes peace with her ex-husband
• Explain that a trickster god blotted out the sun for fun - read a book with a prankster
--- Norse Mythology (Loki)
• Explain planetary alignment - read a science book or one where someone ruins the fun
--- Introduction to Stars: Spectra, Formation, Evolution, Collapse (MPG Science)

Reward: 5 experience and a "Lucky 13" collar for your cat. "Lucky 13" collar will add 1 attack to your cat. Only one collar may be worn at a time. (hide spoiler)]

If it Sounds like a Horse...
Completed 15 Dec 2019
(view spoiler)[Ser Amanda is back from visiting from the neighboring kingdom of Storyfornia. She has brought with her flock of Sheep to shear on the Sea Shore. She motions you over.

"I have lost my shears and cannot shear my sheep by the sea shore! Whatever shall I do!"

You tell her not to worry and that you'll help her shear her sheep. She promises you a warm horse rug in return for your help made of the finest fleece.

• Mine some metal in the Novel Mines - Read a book with a miner
--- Ross Poldark
• Pay the blacksmith to form the shears - Pay the blacksmith with a gold covered book
--- Circe
• Create a Sheep Pen - Spell out the word PEN
P - The Penguin Lessons: What I Learned from a Remarkable Bird
E - The English Patient
N - Night Train to Lisbon
• Herd the Sheep - Read a book with a dog on the cover
--- The Good Pilot, Peter Woodhouse
• Shear the Sheep - Read a book with a sheep in it
--- Major Pettigrew's Last Stand (Dame Eunice - a huge Romney Marsh ewe kept on the golf course)
• Skirt the Fleece - Read a book where the main characters job is cleaning
--- Girl with a Pearl Earring
• Dye the Wool - Read a book that is 90% one color on the cover
--- Parenting under 5s: Strategies for raising young children
90.1% blue (TinEye)
• Spin the Wool - Read a book with 3 O's in the title
--- Lion: A Long Way Home
• Knit the Blanket - Read a book that has multiple story lines that merge together
--- The Luminaries

For helping Ser Amanda shear her sheep you receive 1 warm horse rug which allows a horse to make one of your attacks an area of effect attack. (hide spoiler)]

Puppy Training
Intermediate Combat
Completed 17 Jan 2020
(view spoiler)[Requires Beginning Obedience Certificate.
Requires Beginner Combat Certificate.
This class teaches your dog intermediate techniques of attack. Your dog will learn how to listen to commands, how to act on them and how best to wound the enemy.

• Read a book with a body part in the title or series.
--- Behind Her Eyes
• Read a book with a weapon in the title or series.
--- Granny's Got a Gun
• Read a book with a cat on the cover.
--- Kids' Klangers: The Funny Things That Children Say
• Read a book with a pet cat.
--- Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet
• Read a book with a war or battle.
--- Armada
• Read 3 books with food on the cover.
1 - Love & Gelato
2 - Year of Wonders
3 - Donuts, Delights & Murder

• Read a book where someone is in training for something.
--- Running with the Kenyans: Discovering the secrets of the fastest people on earth
• Read a book with a red cover.
--- A Christmas Blizzard
• Use 15 bat wings for your dog to practice bites on.
--- 69 - 15 = 54 bat wings remaining

Receive 1 Intermediate Combat Certificate for completing all tasks. Your dog now has +2 attack. (Replaces beginner combat.) (hide spoiler)]

Teach a Knight to Fish - Repeatable Quest
Part 1 completed 21 Jan 2020
Part 2 completed 21 Jan 2020, 2 Jan 2021, 25 Sep 2021, 13 Mar 2025, 2 Jun 2025, 24 Jun 2025
(view spoiler)[Ahh, a lazy Saturday... or maybe it's Sunday. Either way, ahhh a lazy day that ends in y. You sit back relaxing on the bank of Spine River. Fishing rod in one hand, tavern beer in the other. You feel a tug on your hook. Quickly, you jump up and reel it in as fast as you can and... an old smelly boot.

Sighing in frustration, you toss it back in. Nearby you hear a man laughing loudly watching you. He walks over and shows you a bucket of fish. You ask if he'll share one of them with you. He replies "But if I give one to you, you shall have one, if you learn to fish you shall have many."

With that, your fishing lessons begin.

Part 1: Learn to Fish (not-repeatable)
Spell out the following words with title, author, series, main character rules.
FISH, ROD, REEL

F - Freakling
I - Indelible Scars
S - Sing, Unburied, Sing
H - The Halloween Tree

R - Revolutionary Ride: On the Road in Search of the Real Iran
O - Olive Kitteridge
D - Does it Yurt?: Travels in Central Asia Or How I Came to Love the Stans

R - The Red Quest: Travels Through 22 Countries of the Former Soviet Union
E - An Enemy of the People
E - Elephants on the Edge: What Animals Teach Us about Humanity
L - Lilac Girls

Reward: Ability to Fish, 10 experience.

Part 2: Fish! (repeatable)
Find 3 of the following words in one or more books. (Multiple words may be found per book, books may not be used for anything else. Word must be exact, plurals are accepted but no other versions.)

• Fish
• Reel
• Rod
• Bait
• Bite
• Lure
• Tackle
• Cast

Reward: 1 Fish (Feed a fish to your cat to double their attack power for a week)

21 Jan 2020
Livin' Lahaina Loca
If he smelled a rat, it was time to bait the traps. Page 118
There were two kinds of fish: mahi-mahi and opakapaka; … page 261
But he don't bite. Page 120
… allowing the object of our desire to cast the deciding vote. Page 10

2 Jan 2021
Seriously Mum, Where's that Donkey?
"... scooped out a small black fish ..." Loc 1784
"The next day, a group of youngsters arrived with fishing rods ..." Loc 1788
"... Paqui gestured to be careful as he might bite." Loc 387
"... I launched myself into a full-on rugby tackle ..." Loc 1126

25 Sep 2021
Black Tuesday
And a reel to reel. p265
The President didn't rise to the bait; ... p52
He cast a sideways glance at Mac. p197

13 Mar 2025
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
The dart players would not bite the bait he had thrown out, ... Chap 3
... he cast out his line ... Chap 9
... waiting for a fish to bite, ... Chap 9
... getting my tackle ready for fishing. Chap 10
He fixed the rod firmly against the bank and stood to stretch himself. Chap 16

2 Jun 2025
On the Come Up
He stuffs his face with fried fish and eggs ... chap 18
See, the shoes are bait, ... chap 18
I bite my lip. chap 6
Her eyes cast down. chap 13

24 Jun 2025
There's a Hole in my Bucket: A Journey of Two Brothers
... a local tackle shop ... p270
I didn't know what lure or bait I needed ... p270
... I cast into the river ... p271
... there weren't even any fish there. p271
I got a bite. p271
... I handed him my rod. p272
I reel it in carefully, ... p277 (hide spoiler)]

Puppy Training
Intermediate Tracking
Completed 29 Mar 2020
(view spoiler)[Requires Beginning Obedience Certificate.
Requires Intermediate Tracking Certificate.
This class teaches your dog intermediate techniques of tracking. Teaching your dog to track allows you to hunt even more elusive creatures that have never been seen before.

• Read a book with a tree on the cover.
--- Excellent Intentions
• Read a book with a glove on the cover.
--- The Ice Princess
• Read a book with a food item edible by dogs (thats not poisonous to dogs).
--- Murder At The Jolly Jester
• Read a book with someone who is lost.
--- Dark Matter
• Read a book with someone who finds their way.
--- All the Bright Places
• Read a book where someone uses a search and rescue dog.
--- The Darkest Thread
• Read a book with a green cover.
--- The Music Shop
• Use 10 goblin bones and 10 bat wings for your dog to practice tracking.
--- 77 - 10 = 67 goblin bones
--- 55 - 10 = 45 bat wings

Receive 1 Intermediate Tracking Certificate for completing all tasks. Your dog can now track creatures that have hiding. (hide spoiler)]

Completed Pet Quests #3

Puppy Training
Intermediate Fetch
Completed 22 Aug 2021
(view spoiler)[Requires Beginner Fetch Certificate.
This class teaches your dog intermediate techniques of fetch. Your dog will learn what items to bring you and start retrieving them.

• Read a book with gold in the title or series.
--- Quest For Babylon's Soul: The Epic Search for The Gold Statue of God Marduk
• Read a book with silver in the title or series.
--- Gadiantons and the Silver Sword
• Read a book with a dog on the cover.
--- Fifteen Days Without a Head
• Read a book with a pet dog.
--- An Armful of Animals
• Read a book with someone searching for something.
--- Stone of Fire
• Read 3 books with food on the cover.
1 - The Appleton Case
2 - The Bennett Case
3 - Apple Die

• Read a book where someone is in training for something.
--- Gymnast Gilly the Novice
• Read a book with a silver cover.
--- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Throw 15 Goblin bones for your dog to fetch.
--- 72 - 15 = 57 goblin bones remaining

Receive 1 Intermediate Fetch Certificate for completing all tasks. Your dog will now fetch 2 gold coin every Sunday. (Replaces beginner fetch.) (hide spoiler)]

Stress Relief
Puppy - Completed 5 Sep 2021
Kitty - Completed 12 Sep 2021
Falcon - Completed 1 May 2022
Pet Rock - Completed 27 Jan 2024
Rabbit - Completed 12 May 2024
Horse - Completed 5 Jan 2025
Squirrel - Completed 8 Jan 2025
(view spoiler)[A Hero's job in Novel Kingdom is hard. There's books to read, monsters to kill, quests to track, ale to drink....

A Hero deserves some stress relief to take his or her mind off of the troubles of the world. That's where your pets come in. Why else have them? Their ability to combat monsters, find hidden treasures and seek hidden creatures is nothing on their ability to calm the troubled soul.

Play with your pets for some much needed stress relief. You must have each pet to be able to play with it.

Note for find items: Each type of item must have it's own potion and can be acted on individually by an item requirement reducing item.

For each pet played with receive 5 experience, 1 Heal Potion and 1 Pet Plus Potion.

Puppy
Completed 5 Sep 2021
• Make a tug toy with 2 rat tails and 1 bat wing. (Find Items Potion works for the rat tails.)
--- 22 - 2 = 20 rat tails
--- 41 - 1 = 40 bat wings
• Read a book where someone goes on vacation or a trip.
--- The Jetsetters
• Read a book where there is a party or celebration.
--- The Sea For Breakfast - Christmas party
• Read a book with a canine in the book or on the cover to find your inner canine.
--- The Hundred and One Dalmatians

Kitty
Completed 12 Sep 2021
• Make a cat teaser with 1 goblin bone, 3 rat tails, and 3 nuts. (Find Items Potion works for the rat tails and nuts.)
--- 57 - 1 = 56 goblin bones
--- 22 - 3 = 19 rat tails
--- 153 - 3 = 150 nuts
• Read a book with catnip in the text.
--- The No 2 Feline Detective Agency
- "... large quantities of catnip ripe for harvest." page 55
• Read a book with a chase (car chase for example).
--- A Study in Charlotte - car chase
• Read a book with a feline in it to find your inner kitty.
--- The Midnight Library (second read Jun 21) - Volts the cat

Falcon: Must have slingshot to shoot treats.
Completed 1 May 2022
• Exercise your falcon by flinging 3 bear meat and 3 mouse meat. (Find Items Potion works for the meats.)
--- 56 - 3 = 53 bear meat
--- 108 - 3 = 105 mouse meat
• Read a book with some sort of eyesight improving item on cover (glasses, monocle, telescope, etc) so you can be ready to aim.
--- The Man Who Was Thursday : A Nightmare
• Read a book with a large open space on the cover so you will have somewhere to play.
--- Murder in Whistler
• Read a book with a bird in it to find your inner falcon.
--- Arsenic in the Azaleas

Pet Rock: Rock must be full trained to pet status.
Completed 27 Jan 2024
• Give 5 nuts to your rock for company. (Find Items Potion works for the nuts.)
--- 151 - 4 = 147 nuts (Orb of Air reduces nuts required by 1)
• Read a book with a silver or grey cover to use to paint your nuts the color of the rock (this will totally work because the phrase is "dumb as a box of rocks" for a reason).
--- Other People’s Houses
• Read a book with a character that is a painter so you can learn the skill.
--- An Unsafe Haven
• A book with a box on the cover to give the "rocks" somewhere to play.
--- Matilda

Rabbit
Completed 12 May 2024
• Give your rabbit 5 herbs to munch on. (Find Items Potion works for the herbs.)
--- 6 - 4 = 2 herbs (Orb of Air reduces herbs required by 1)
• Read a book with grass on the cover to give your rabbit somewhere to play.
--- Truly Madly Guilty
• Read a book with carrot in the text to give your rabbit some motivation.
--- The Loop "... where we stop and dig out some carrots from one of the troughs." p213
• Read a book with something really tall (skyscraper, castle, etc.) on the cover to provide jumping space.
--- Temples, Tuk-tuks and Fried Fish Lips: Travels Around Asia - skyscraper

Horse
Completed 5 Jan 2025
• Give your horse 5 salts to lick. (Find Items Potion works for the salts.)
--- 5 - 4 = 1 salt (Orb of Air reduces salts required by 1)
• Read a book with the word apple in the text to give your horse a treat.
--- A Duty To The Dead "... apple trees raising twisted limbs ..." Chap 18 75%
• Read a book with someone who rides a horse to get your horse some exercise.
--- Songs of Love and War
• Read a book set in a place with wide open spaces to let your horse run free.
--- The Whispering Land

Squirrel
Completed 8 Jan 2025
• Give your squirrel 5 nuts to go run and hide them. (Find Items Potion works for the nuts.)
--- 152 - 4 = 148 nuts (Orb of Air reduces nuts required by 1)
• Read a book with an unusual pet to have someone for your squirrel to play with.
--- Bookshops & Bonedust - Potroast the gryphet
• Read a book with a tree on the cover to give your squirrel something to climb.
--- Bridge to Terabithia
• Read a book with a difficult predicament as part of the plot to give your squirrel a hard problem it needs to solve.
--- We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord - saving the world (hide spoiler)]

Falcon Training
Beginner Hunting Skills
Completed 2 Apr 2025
(view spoiler)[This class teaches your falcon how to be an asset to you in battle.
• Spell out the word HUNT using spell-it-out rules.
H - Hola, Amigo: Around Central America & Beyond
U - Utterly Dark and the Face of the Deep
N - No Excuses: The Story of Elite Gymnast Aimee Walker-Pond
T - This Is Your Own Time You’re Wasting: Classroom Confessions, Calamities and Clangers
• Read 3 books that feature a real bird of prey in the text. It must be an actual bird—no spaceships like the Millennium Falcon or metaphorical hawks keeping watch. Only the genuine talons-and-feathers kind will do!
1 - The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories - '... and both men watched the owls glide in and out of the gloom.' Loc 345
2 - Just a Little Run Around the World: 5 Years, 3 Packs of Wolves and 53 Pairs of Shoes - 'Now there are just magnificent bald eagles wheeling high above the mountains, watching me, on wonderful wings I wish I had.' Loc 2369
3 - Wakenhyrst - 'There was an owl on the windowsill.' Loc 352
• Read 2 books with a person or an animal flying in them.
1 - Off to Be the Wizard
2 - Harry Potter à L'école des Sorciers
• Read a book with countryside on the cover (e.g. fields, meadows, or forests).
--- The World of All Creatures Great & Small: Welcome to Skeldale House
• Provide 12 pieces of Mouse Meat as rewards for your falcon.
128 - 12 = 116 remaining

Receive 1 Beginner Hunting Certificate for completing all tasks. Your falcon now has 1 attack every other turn of battle (i.e. 1 AP in round 1, 1 AP in round 3, 1 AP in round 5, ...). (hide spoiler)]

Completed Pet Quests #4

Completed Midas Quests

Lady Rachel's Debut
Completed 3 Feb 2017
(view spoiler)[The local theatre offers an open practice session to allow Novelarians the chance to see free performances and the actors the chance to practice in front of a live audience. You saunter in to get out of the sweltering heat outside and start to eat your giant turkey leg and side of tomato. Lady Rachel is up on the stage facing a grubby little trained pet goblin when she trips over her skirt and falls backwards. The director yells at her, "You're supposed to kill the goblin! Not the other way around!" Both Lady Rachel and the goblin stare at the director. Seeing the opportunity to help, you jump up (spilling your turkey leg and tomato onto the floor) and announce that you know how to make a great goblin sword that can easily pretend to smite a pet goblin. Running out of the room you go and search for the materials.

Gather 3 goblin bones then read a book with a grey cover to gather the metal then forge the metal and goblin bones together with a book that has fire (exact word, though may be part of a larger word) in the title or series. The director will gladly pay you 10 gold for setting the show back on track.

3 Goblin bones
Grey cover - Great War Fashion: Tales from the History Wardrobe
Fire in title or series - Firefly Beach (hide spoiler)]

Captain Morgan and the Tower of Books
Completed 6 May 2018
(view spoiler)[Captain Morgan stands in the middle of her living room and sighs heavily. All around her are towers and towers of books just waiting for a strong breeze to topple. And please don't even mention those scattered in other rooms. She looks at you. "So you are looking for a bunny book? I know I have at least one but as you can see it's a little hard to find it quickly. Let's start with this pile." She approaches nearest tower and starts checking titles.

Read a book with book on cover or tagged as book about book to collect all Captain Morgan's books in one place.
--- The Red Notebook
Read book set in wooden area or has wood/tree on cover to get wood for shelves.
--- Green Days by the River - tree on cover
Read a book where character works with wood, is handyman or works in construction to have someone to build those shelves.
--- Screwed Down Murder
Read a book with something vertical on the cover to make sure books won't fall from shelves.
--- The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid: Travels Through my Childhood - vertical buildings

Bring finished bookshelves to Captain Morgan and she'll give you 10 gold for it. (hide spoiler)]

Run Alex Run!
Completed 17 Jan 2025
(view spoiler)[You wander into the square and see Lord Alex fleeing for his very life! He yells out, "Flee! Flee! The Great Novel Dragon is here and craves the taste of men!" You sit pondering this statement for awhile and conclude that that probably explains some of the gender ratio of the realm. Blinking a few times you clear your head and decide you should probably help maintain the ratio and charge in to help Lord Alex escape certain lunch.

Find the direction words north, south, east and west each in a book or book title (one per book). Lord Alex gladly pays you 10 Gold for helping him escape. He also promises to buy you a round at the local tavern but you're understandably wary after hearing about his last joke where he put the magic frog powder in Lady Tea's drink and turned her into a frog for a week.

North - Maureen Fry and the Angel of the North
South - South Riding
East - East of Croydon: Travels through India and South East Asia
West - The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective: Secrets and Lies in the Golden Age of Crime (hide spoiler)]

Ser Amanda's Cryptic Caper
Completed 5 Apr 2025
(view spoiler)[Minding your business you slowly stroll on the square and see Ser Amanda looking at the notice board. You're pretty interested what is she looking at cause it could be new quest for you. You come closer and look at the paper. Something is written on it but it doesn't make much sense to you. You look at Ser Amanda quizzically. "I found it under the door this morning and can't figure out what it says so I decided to put it here and maybe someone will be able to solve it." You're pretty intrigued now about what that note says and decide to give it a try.

Baff wuia! Duh xcicraw vu pufqa vksp zuwa. Vu esispk vksp thapv duh iaaw vu pgaff uhv bumw ZUWA. Pam Cxciwc bsff rfcwfd gcd 10 rufw eum vksp xdpvamd.

WELL DONE! YOU MANAGED TO SOLVE THIS CODE. TO FINISH THIS QUEST YOU NEED TO SPELL OUT WORD CODE.
SER AMANDA WILL GLADLY PAY 10 GOLD FOR THIS MYSTERY.

C - Can You Believe Your Eyes?: Over 250 Illusions and Other Visual Oddities by Block, J.Richard, Yuker, H.E. (2002) Paperback
O - Over the Hill and Round the Bend: Misadventures on a Bike in Wales
D - The Downloaded
E - Eruption (hide spoiler)]

Sir Audrey Jane Break-in
Completed 30 Jun 2025
(view spoiler)[You just finished killing your last monster of the day when you check the time (Sun is just nearing horizon). You figure you don't have time to go home and change, but luckily that last kill didn't mess with your shiny armor. You just polished it last night since you've been invited to the dinner at Sir Audrey Jane's. You are really looking forward to that dinner since she just got back from Hobb'ton and everyone knows that Hobb'ts like fine cuisine and always have plenty of food and love parties. You reach Sir Audrey Jane's place and see her standing in front of her door, grocery bags on the ground around her, and she is searching her bags like crazy. "What happened?" "Oh, it's you. Is it time already? You won't believe what happened. At last moment I remembered I forgot to purchase something for dinner and went to the market just to figure out I forgot my key. Again! We can't get into the house!"

Read 3 books showing something through which you can enter a house and 1 book where there is break in. Sir Audrey Jane will gladly pay you 10 gold to help her enter her house without a key.

1 - The Radleys
2 - A Miracle Under the Christmas Tree
3 - The House at the End of Hope Street

Break in - Zero Days (hide spoiler)]

Completed Midas Quests #2

Completed Midas Quests #3

Completed Weapon Quests

Slingshot: The Art of Manliness
Completed 11 Jun 2017
(view spoiler)[You come up along side the road and spot a small boy trying to hit milk bottles with a sling shot. Sadly, broken slingshots do not work nearly as well as unbroken ones do. The boy looks sadly at his slingshot and asks if you could possibly help him make a new one.

Help the boy make 2 new slingshots and receive one of them as his gift to you.

Find 2 books whose title starts with the letter Y to make the branches.
1 - Your Country Needs You: The Secret History of the Propaganda Poster
2 - The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country
Find 2 books that have something that can bounce on the cover to make the sling.
1 - Dakota Born - balloons can bounce
2 - Croissant the Channel: Next Stop, France... - beach balls bounce
Construct the slingshots by reading a book with a handyman or carpenter as a main character.
1 - Hammered (hide spoiler)]

Practice Makes Perfect
Completed 31 Mar 2019, 30 Jun 2025
(view spoiler)[Technology is a wonderful thing... usually... when it works. But most of the time it's good... really. The local tinkerer has a new toy that he wants to have you try out. He promises it's better than the auto-rat tail generator that got into an infinite loop and nearly filled the whole castle with fake rat tails.

All he needs is a few items and it will be perfect! He swears.

Collect the following parts to acquire a "Growth Weapon Enhancement" Bauble.
• Gear - Read a book with something gear driven on the cover.
--- A Gentleman in Moscow - clock
• Cog - Read a book with a 3 letter word in the title.
--- The Great War: Stories Inspired by Items from the First World War
• Spring - Read a book where someone bounces back from a setback.
--- Someday, Someday, Maybe - Franny bounces back after losing her agent
• Wire - Read a book with something metallic on the cover.
--- Dear Coca-Cola
• Energy - Read a book with a light or sun on the cover.
--- Funeral Poems: Death, Grief & Loss Poetry
• Anti-Matter - Read a book where something exists that no one believes in.
--- Diary of a Wimpy Vampire - vampires
• Matter - Read a book with an inventor.
--- The Eyre Affair - Mycroft Next is an inventor
• Screw - Read a book where someone builds something physical.
--- The Railway Man - Lance Thew builds a radio
• Circuit - Read a book where someone is a geek.
--- Geek Drama
• Conductor - Read a book where someone travels by train.
--- The Railway Children

Receive 5 experience and a Growth Weapon Enhancement bauble. The growth weapon enhancement bauble will increase damage each turn in battle by 1 for a single weapon. (First Turn +1, Second Turn +2, Third Turn +3). Quest may be repeated once for a bauble for your other weapon. When calculating values based on attack power of weapon, each round it must be re-evaluated.

Completed 30 Jun 2025
Collect the following parts to acquire a "Growth Weapon Enhancement" Bauble.
• Gear - Read a book with something gear driven on the cover.
--- Arsenic for Tea - pocket watch
• Cog - Read a book with a 3 letter word in the title.
--- shine your icy crown
• Spring - Read a book where someone bounces back from a setback.
--- Kentucky Rich - Neely bounces back after running away
• Wire - Read a book with something metallic on the cover.
--- Kabu Kabu
• Energy - Read a book with a light or sun on the cover.
--- Man Belong Mrs Queen: Adventures with the Philip Worshippers
• Anti-Matter - Read a book where something exists that no one believes in.
--- Prince of Dorkness - vampires and werewolves
• Matter - Read a book with an inventor.
--- The Dark Forest - Ding Yi is the inventor of controlled fusion
• Screw - Read a book where someone builds something physical.
--- Son - Gabriel builds a boat
• Circuit - Read a book where someone is a geek.
--- Forever Geek
• Conductor - Read a book where someone travels by train.
--- The Christmas Train (hide spoiler)]

Pipsqueak
Completed 7 Jun 2020
(view spoiler)[Who ever heard of a talking mouse? Maybe in a Disney movie... well definitely in a Disney movie. Or maybe a book... or a genetic experiment gone completely wrong or maybe someone made one of those animal to human speech converters and attached it to the little furry throat of one of these things.... ok fine, it's possible.

Your new little friend has requested some tasty morsels for eating and is willing to trade something amazing that he found in your attic.

You do wonder why you have to pay for your own item but what he's asking seems reasonable enough.

Provide a tiny feast for your friend by doing the following two tasks. Must be fresh books. (Read after 9/1/16)
- Read 10 tiny books (under 100 pages, this overrides the general 100 page minumum).
1 - Perfect State 87 pages
2 - Unearthing the Bones 24 pages
3 - The World's Best Computer Jokes 92 pages
4 - The Yellow Wallpaper 27 pages
5 - Mistletoe in Manhattan 60 pages
6 - In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story 56 pages
7 - Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies 68 pages
8 - Wildflower Bay: Part One 80 pages
9 - Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell 89 pages
10 - Seven Brief Lessons on Physics 94 pages
- Read 5 in-between books (books in-between the main series numbers, example: #2.5, minimum 100 pages)
1 - Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories (Wonder #1.5, 1.6, 1.7)
2 - The Girl Who Read the Stars (Otherworld #1.5)
3 - Sunny Side Up (Geek Girl #4.5)
4 - The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner (The Twilight Saga #3.5)
5 - Tales of the Peculiar (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #0.5)

Receive 5 experience and 1 Magik Shard - Increases base spell damage by 1 on any spell. (hide spoiler)]

Spock Guardian of Forever
Completed 2 Oct 2022
(view spoiler)[Mr. Spock has traveled back in time using the Guardian of Forever and gotten lost! Help Captain Kirk and the rest of the crew search for their beloved friend.

Search for Spock in Books - Spell out the name Nimoy using Spell-It-Out Rules.
N - Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
I - In Search Of Robinson Crusoe
M - Moscow Dreams
O - The Other Woman
Y - The Yorkshire Shepherdess
Search for Spock in History - Read 3 books written by Leonard Nimoy or set in outer space.
1 - We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
2 - To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
3 - Project Hail Mary
Search for Spock in the Hearts of Men - Read 3 books about sports, dogs or food.
1 - The Austerity Olympics: When the Games Came to London in 1948 - sports
2 - Born to Run - dogs
3 - The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor - food
Search for Spock in our Memories - Read 3 books about history or set in the past.
1 - The Ghost Map: the Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
2 - The Female Few: Spitfire Heroines of the Air Transport Auxiliary
3 - The Last Waltz: The Strauss Dynasty and Vienna

Search 1 location to gain 3 experience.
Search a second location to gain an additional 4 experience.
Search a third location to gain an additional 5 experience.
Search the final location to recover Spock's lost Plasma weapon. There is only one charge left but it may be used as a instant (no battle turn used) attack of 10 points. (hide spoiler)]

Death's Requests
Completed 24 Apr 2024
(view spoiler)[Death comes to you and asks a favor.

I NEED TO ACQUIRE SOME ITEMS OF IMPORTANCE

You wonder what those items may be. Surely Death has everything he needs though since you cannot take it with you maybe he has nothing. You inquire as to his list of needs.

TERRY PRATCHETT HAS REQUESTED SOME ITEMS TO BRING WITH HIM

• Spell out the word PRATCHETT for 5 Discworld books (5 items)
P - P.S. from Paris
R - Recursion
A - The Anomaly
T - Tortilla Flat
C - The Cassandra Complex
H - Havisham
E - Everything Is Bad for You - 2024 reading
T - Tales of Terror and Mystery
T - To the Lighthouse
• Read a book where the author or a character has the initials TP for some much needed toilet paper (1 item)
--- The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner and Other Stories by Terry Pratchett
• Read a book where a character has Alzheimer's disease for social awareness (1 item)
--- Behind The Scenes At The Museum
• Read a book with a hat (on or off a person) for a black fedora hat (1 item)
--- Poirot and Me
• Read a book with a knight for a knight medallion (1 item)
--- The Velvet Turnshoe - Sir Talbot
• Read a book with a sword on the cover for a handmade sword (1 item)
--- A Blink of the Screen: Collected Shorter Fiction
• Read a book with a mainly green/yellow/purple cover for octarine sunglasses (1 item)
--- The Wicked Waffle
• Read a fantasy book for a little bit of magic (1 item)
--- Starling House
• Read a book with a monkey in it for a donation to the Orangutan Foundation UK (1 item)
--- Art in Nature
• Read a book set in outer space for a telescope (1 item)
--- Legacy Code

Acquire 3 items to gain 3 experience.
Acquire 3 more items to gain an additional 4 experience.
Acquire 4 more items to gain an additional 5 experience.
Acquire all items to recover Deaths Gratitude. Death has offered you one wish to lower the starting hitpoints of a creature by 10. (hide spoiler)]

Completed Weapon Quests #2

Completed House Quests

Sticks and Stones may Build a House
Completed 9 Sep 2018
(view spoiler)[The local barracks are getting a bit stuffy for your sensitive knightly tastes and you're looking to expand into something more cushy that can house your collection of miniature poodle figurines.

Steps to build house:
1) Clear Spot - Read a book set in the plains. (Any plains.)
--- The Red Umbrella - Nebraska
2) Make Foundation - Read a book about someone getting an education to build their foundation.
--- Tennis and the Masai
3) Gather Wood - Read a book mainly set out in the woods.
--- Doppler
4) Gather Nails - Read a book with something pointy on the cover (knife, nail, stiletto, etc.)
--- The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists (sword)
5) Create Frame - Read a book where someone is framed for a crime.
--- A Zen For Murder
6) Create Walls - Read a book where someone is closed off from the world either mentally or physically.
--- The Reason I Jump: one boy's voice from the silence of autism
7) Add a Door - Read a book where someone moves houses.
--- Bellman & Black
8) Add Windows - Read a book with Glass, Window, Clear or See in the title.
--- Enchanted Glass
9) Paint - Read a book where the cover is mainly (<70%) one color.
--- Caraval (72.7 % Black)
10) Garden - Read a book with flowers on the front.
--- The Butterfly Storm

Pick one of the following houses to add to your possession.

You get 2 experience for 4 steps completed, another 2 when 7 steps are completed and another 3 when all 10 are completed. Houses give you an excellent place to store things. (hide spoiler)]

Kitchen
Completed 14 Oct 2018
(view spoiler)[Home is where the heart is and the kitchen is where the stomach is. You feel like you've gone months without a good solid meal in your tummy. Chocolate eggs just aren't cutting it anymore for you. A sensible solution seems to be to install a kitchen in your house. You're not quite sure how to actually cook anything but some of the people over in the Queens kitchen seem a little dim so it can't be too hard.

Note: This quest requires a house to complete.

To construct your kitchen complete the following tasks:
• Build the oven - Read a book that takes place in a hot climate.
--- Down Under: Travels in a Sunburned Country (Australia is hot)
• Build a fire place - Read a book with a red cover or one about firefighters.
--- The Secret Apocalypse
• Hang a pot - Read a book about a witch or a chef.
--- Killer Chef
• Build a sink - Read a book with a body of water on the cover or one that takes place mainly near or on the water.
--- The Other Side of Heaven
• Buy bowls - Read a book with the word bowl (exactly) in a quote from the book text.
--- Blood, Sweat and Tea "... where she threw her vomit bowl …" Page 84
• Buy spoons - Read a book with a reflective object on the cover.
--- The Children of Green Knowe
• Buy knives - Read a book where someone gets stabbed.
--- Macbeth
• Add meat hooks - Read a book where someone dies.
--- Taiwan Tales
• Build a pantry - Read a book with someone who likes to shop a lot.
--- The Secret Dreamworld Of A Shopaholic:
• Build a spice rack - Read something spicy (romance)! or something with peppers on the cover.
--- The Little Café in Copenhagen - MPG Romance (hide spoiler)]

Clinomaniac
Completed 26 Jan 2019
(view spoiler)[Every morning, you wake up at the crack of dawn. You squint, blink your eyes several times, then yawn, close your eyes again, grumble, thrash around, pull your sheets up, push them down, itch, grumble, then finely pry yourself out of bed to face the day. Your pallet just isn't cutting it anymore. You have a severe case of clinomania and need a better bed to give in to your deeper issues. Luckily, the town woodworker is willing and able to help you on your quest.... for a price.

Requires House.
Gather 4 large logs for the bed legs. Each log may be found in a book with a tree on the cover.
1 - More Ketchup Than Salsa
2 - Some Short Christmas Stories
3 - The Christmas Shoes
4 - Xenophobia

Gather 4 rails for the sides. Each rail may be found in a book over 500 pages.
1 - The Story of Edgar Sawtelle 576 pages
2 - The Circle 504 pages
3 - The Miniaturist 536 pages
4 - The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle 517 pages
Gather fabric for the mattress by reading a trilogy.
--- To All the Boys I've Loved Before, P.S. I Still Love You, Always and Forever, Lara Jean
Gather feathers to stuff the mattress by reading a book with a chicken or duck in the story.
--- Fablehaven
Receive 10 Experience and a Bed for gathering all the materials. Bed will heal you 1 HP every Sunday. (hide spoiler)]

1600 Count Rat-Tail Sheets
Low Quality Sheet completed 22 Jun 2019
(view spoiler)[The local tailor has offered up his services to weave together the finest of rat tail sheets. He has warned that the more provided the better quality sheets he can make. The finest weave comes from only the highest quality of rat tails. You sigh just thinking of the comfort.

Requires Bed. (Find Items Potion works for this quest. However, each segment is separate.)
Give the tailor 10 rat tails for a Low Quality Sheet. (Restores 1 HP every Sunday)
Give the tailor another 20 rat tails to upgrade to a Mid Quality Sheet. (Restores 2 HP every Sunday)
Give the tailor another 30 rat tails to upgrade to a High Quality Sheet. (Restores 3 HP every Sunday)

Upgrading your sheet uses the existing sheet. Only one sheet exists at a time.

22 Jun 2019
9 Rat Tails (Orb of Air) provided for a Low Quality Sheet
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The Kitchen That Cleans Itself
Completed 21 Jul 2019
(view spoiler)[Your kitchen is nice, but nice isn't what it's cracked up to be. Your neighbor, Missus Birdy, has had her kitchen entirely redone. She can cook bread in half the time! Her mouse meatballs are just the right amount of crunchiness. She's even been selling leftovers to the tavern for all the drunks. You have a strong case of the green eyes of jealousy.

Remake your kitchen to be even better than Missus Birdy's. Requires kitchen.
• Cook 5 things in your kitchen (after 4/1/16)
--- 5 Mouse Meatballs made 21 Jul 2019
• Read a book that has a chef in it.
--- A Gentleman in Moscow
• Read a book where someone eats a delicious meal.
--- A yellow butterfly on an elephant's foot: A love affair with Namibia
• Read a book where someone eats a terrible meal.
--- Voodoo, Slaves and White Man's Graves: West Africa and the End of Days (author vomits after eating rotten meat)
• Choose a new stove by reading a hot book (environment, steamy, etc.)
--- Crime Wave - it's hot in Florida
• Choose new cabinets by reading a book with something wooden on the cover.
--- Washington Black
• Choose a new sink by reading a book where someone is on a ship (water ship or space ship)
--- Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
• Choose new lights by reading a book with a lightning storm in it.
--- Into the Water
• Install your new potion unit by reading a book with the letters POTION in the title but not the word potion.
--- The High Mountains of Portugal

Receive 5 experience and a new kitchen. Your new kitchen comes complete with a sink unit that drips health potion. Wait one week to harvest a Minor Heal Potion, two weeks to harvest a Heal Potion and three weeks to harvest a Greater Heal Potion. Potion gathering restarts after harvesting. (hide spoiler)]

The Lantern to Light Your Way Home
Completed 20 Jun 2021
(view spoiler)[Your house looks very dark at night. Very dark indeed. The shadows linger on the steps and under the windows. A sinking feeling forms in the bottom of your stomach as you realize that your home is a prime target for thieves and other ninjas of the night.

Light would fix the shadows, you think.

Create a lamppost for your front yard. You may complete this even without a house, but it will be a lonely lamppost.

- Read 5 500+ page books to build the post.
1 - The Great Zoo Of China - 539 pages
2 - Déjà Dead - 528 pages
3 - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - 528 pages
4 - Pachinko - 548 pages
5 - Black and British: A Forgotten History - 592 pages
- Read 1 book with a light on the cover to light the lamppost.
--- Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

Reward - 10 experience, 1 Mercenary Coupon. (hide spoiler)]

Completed House Quests #2

Completed Cooking Quests

Here Birdy Birdy (acquire Falcon)
Completed 22 Jun 2019
(view spoiler)[Lady Sonia is in town to celebrate her birthday with Queen Skye. She brought along her beloved pet falcon named Beta Test. Beta left hunting this morning but never returned. Lady Sonia is beside herself with grief and asks for you to help return her falcon to her.

First you must track the falcon. You decide to follow the trail of mutilated, eaten mice. Spell out the word MOUSE using spell it out rules.

M - Myths & Legends of the Second World War
O - On Two Feet and Wings
U - Umbrella Man
S - The Shell Collector
E - Educated

Then you must set a falcon trap. You need some netting and a lure. To make the netting read 3 books with a net on the cover or set at sea. To get the lure read a book about fishing or one with a rodent or bug on the cover.

Set at sea
1 - Murder on the SS Rosa
2 - Murder on the Lusitania
3 - Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea
Bug (spider) on cover - Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading


Finally read a book with a bird on the cover to capture Lady Sonia's falcon.

Bird on cover - A Brighter Sun


Lady Sonia is so happy with the return of her falcon that she gifts you one of the falcons eyasses. Your baby falcon will return with 1 piece of mouse meat every week on Sunday.

To cook Mouse Meatballs: gather 1 mouse meat, grind, form into ball, sprinkle with salt. Bake 1 hour.
(Requires: 1 Mouse meat, 1 Salt and Kitchen)

Mouse Meatballs: Restores 3 hp. May only be eaten at rest. (hide spoiler)]

Spice Exchange - Repeatable Quest
Completed 20 Jul 2019, 21 Jul 2019, 26 Jul 2020, 18 Dec 2020, 19 Dec 2020, 18 Jul 2021, 25 Jun 2025, 30 Jun 2025
(view spoiler)[Salt is a wonderful mineral that can be used to enhance the culinary aspects of many dishes. There's a particularly grimy old spice trading man who's definitely worth his salt. Though you should take it with a grain of salt, his salt is especially fine and salty. He likes to taunt you that you're not a good enough chef for his salt and he really rubs salt in that wound. Prove to him that you're not below the salt and become the great chef you know you can be! Only to do that... you need some salt.

Read 4 books each with at least one of the following qualifications: (Find Items Potion works for this quest.)
• 50% or more white cover
• Title begins with S, A, L or T
• The word salt (exactly) appears in the book text

Receive 3 servings of salt for use in cooking.

Completed 20 Jul 2019
Orb of Air reduces books to 3
1 - Confessions of a GP - 64.8 % white
2 - The Story of Music - 74.3 % white
3 - My Big Geek Adventure - 64.7 % white


Completed 21 Jul 2019
Orb of Air reduces books to 3
1 - Love and First Sight - 72.5 % white
2 - Catch Me If You Can - 70.9 % white
3 - The Word Is Murder - 67.4 % white


Completed 26 Jul 2020
Orb of Air reduces books to 3
1 - Reasons to Stay Alive - 92.3 % white
2 - Meet Me at the Museum - 75.0 % white
3 - Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal - 61.1 % white


Completed 18 Dec 2020
Orb of Air reduces books to 3
1 - 101 Ways to Live Cleaner and Greener for Free - 85.8 % white
2 - Spectacles - 78.0 % white
3 - Sabriel - 84.6 % white


Completed 19 Dec 2020
Orb of Air reduces books to 3
1 - One of Us Is Lying - 68.8 % white
2 - Two Can Keep a Secret - 80.5 % white
3 - One of Us Is Next - 81.7 % white


Completed 18 Jul 2021
Orb of Air reduces books to 3
1 - The Andromeda Strain - 57.4 % white
2 - The Spy Who Came in from the Cold - 83.4 % white
3 - The Witch Doesn't Burn In This One - 93.3 % white


Completed 25 Jun 2025
Orb of Air reduces books to 3
1 - Lincoln in the Bardo - 78.9 % white
2 - to drink coffee with a ghost - 68.4 % white
3 - Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall - 78.2 % white


Completed 30 Jun 2025
Orb of Air reduces books to 3
1 - Everything, Everything - 66.6 % white
2 - The Last American Man - 87.2 % white
3 - Wishful Drinking - 86.0 % white
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Picking Herbs - Repeatable Quest
Completed 27 Sep 2020, 18 Dec 2020, 1 Aug 2021, 10 Jun 2025
(view spoiler)[Herbs are another important aspect to cooking culinary cuisines. Herb Macklefinger is the local Herbsman. He traipses through the woods and selects the herbiest of the herbage to tempt herbivores to commit herbivory. He is willing to trade some of his herbs if the price is right.

Read 4 books each with at least one of the following qualifications: (Find Items Potion works for this quest.)
• 50% or more green cover
• Title begins with H, E, R, B (Indefinite article may be ignored)
• The word herb (exactly) appears in the book text

Receive 3 servings of herbs for use in cooking.

Completed 27 Sep 2020
Orb of Air reduces books to 3
1 - Round Ireland With A Fridge - 67.3 % green
2 - The Garden Party and Other Stories - 64.3 % green
3 - Heart of Darkness - 64.7 % green


Completed 18 Dec 2020
Orb of Air reduces books to 3
1 - Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas - 65.4 % green
2 - Authority - 54.8 % green
3 - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay - 93.9 % green


Completed 1 Aug 2021
Orb of Air reduces books to 3
1 - Happy Girl Lucky - 61.4 % green
2 - We Use Coupons, You Should Too! How Couponing Saved My Life - 89.0 % green
3 - Bad Dad - 61.7 % green


Completed 10 Jun 2025
Orb of Air reduces books to 3
1 - The Twelve Days of Murder - 70.1 % green
2 - Ghost Stories of an Antiquary - 64.2 % green
3 - Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction - 87.2 % green
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