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| hero(es)= [[Pythagoras-858]] | | hero(es)= [[Pythagoras-858]] | ||
| villain(s)= [[The Clown Emperor]]<br>[[Skollops ag-Warka]]<br>[[Sympus ag-Forgos]]<br>[[Radluhac ag-Wampyr]]<br>[[Director Darius]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Sebastian Steer]] | | villain(s)= [[The Clown Emperor]]<br>[[Skollops ag-Warka]]<br>[[Sympus ag-Forgos]]<br>[[Radluhac ag-Wampyr]]<br>[[Director Darius]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Sebastian Steer]]<br>[[Snap-Dragon|The Snap-Dragon]] | ||
| featuring= [[Madame Tarsa]]<br>[[Jenny Everywhere#Adventures with the Cupids|Jenny Everywhere]]<br>[[Santa Claus]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Cupida Hartnell]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Claus-025]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Mandragora-257]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Lord Thymon]]<br>[[Sneernobiel]]<br>[[Gorbazaglaz]]<br>[[CS-NA]]<br>[[Banker-059]]<br>[[Pessimist-242]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Pessimist's Fog Ship]]<br>[[Sigma-063]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Larrikin-1029]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Juliet-178]]<br>[[Arganthone-056]]<br>[[Sellane ag-Narra]]<br>[[Karshassinwellshkhan III]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Ghost of Christmas Past|Past]], [[Ghost of Christmas Present|Present]], and [[Ghost of Christmas Future|Future]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Ebenezer Scrooge]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Mrs Hudson]]<br>[[Sherlock Holmes]]<br>[[Professor Moriarty]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Doctor Watson]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Mechanical Fortune Teller|The Mechanical Fortune Teller]]<br>[[Frog Mayor|The Frog Mayor]]<br>[[Baron Frankenstein]]<br>[[Boris Karloff]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Frankenstein's Monster]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Millicent (The Time of the Toymaker)|Millicent]]<br>[[Jenny Everywhere#Geometron Jenny|“Geometron Jenny”]]<br>[[Wendy VII]]<br>[[Bibliophile-962]]<br>[[Philatel-426]]<br>[[Mechanical Sphinx|The Mechanical Sphinx]]<br>[[Herodotus-724]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Cupida Hartnell]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Aphrodite]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Celebration-665]]<br>[[Colonel-028]]<br>[[Sorceress Sally]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Marksmanship-522]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Tracker-764]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Imperial Imperator|The Imperial Imperator]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Vertolin]]<br>[[Trafero]]<br>[[Doctor Curious]]<br>[[The Frost King]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Lord Nachtos]]<br>[[The Drink-Mixer]]<br>[[Alistair Neezley]]<br>[[Frederick]]<br>[[Barnabus Raffleby]]<br>[[Viltus (The Time of the Toymaker)|Viltus]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Conquest-932|Conquest]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Lord Nefarious]] <small>(mentioned)</small> | | featuring= [[Madame Tarsa]]<br>[[Jenny Everywhere#Adventures with the Cupids|Jenny Everywhere]]<br>[[Santa Claus]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Cupida Hartnell]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Claus-025]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Mandragora-257]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Lord Thymon]]<br>[[Sneernobiel]]<br>[[Gorbazaglaz]]<br>[[CS-NA]]<br>[[Banker-059]]<br>[[Pessimist-242]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Pessimist's Fog Ship]]<br>[[Sigma-063]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Larrikin-1029]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Juliet-178]]<br>[[Arganthone-056]]<br>[[Sellane ag-Narra]]<br>[[Karshassinwellshkhan III]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Ghost of Christmas Past|Past]], [[Ghost of Christmas Present|Present]], and [[Ghost of Christmas Future|Future]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Ebenezer Scrooge]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Mrs Hudson]]<br>[[Sherlock Holmes]]<br>[[Professor Moriarty]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Doctor Watson]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Mechanical Fortune Teller|The Mechanical Fortune Teller]]<br>[[Frog Mayor|The Frog Mayor]]<br>[[Baron Frankenstein]]<br>[[Boris Karloff]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Frankenstein's Monster]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Millicent (The Time of the Toymaker)|Millicent]]<br>[[Jenny Everywhere#Geometron Jenny|“Geometron Jenny”]]<br>[[Wendy VII]]<br>[[Bibliophile-962]]<br>[[Philatel-426]]<br>[[Mechanical Sphinx|The Mechanical Sphinx]]<br>[[Herodotus-724]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Cupida Hartnell]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Aphrodite]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Celebration-665]]<br>[[Colonel-028]]<br>[[Sorceress Sally]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Marksmanship-522]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Tracker-764]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Imperial Imperator|The Imperial Imperator]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Vertolin]]<br>[[Trafero]]<br>[[Doctor Curious]]<br>[[The Frost King]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Lord Nachtos]]<br>[[The Drink-Mixer]]<br>[[Alistair Neezley]]<br>[[Frederick]]<br>[[Barnabus Raffleby]]<br>[[Viltus (The Time of the Toymaker)|Viltus]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Conquest-932|Conquest]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Lord Nefarious]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[The General]]<br>[[Ghost of the First Premium Turkey]] <small>(mentioned)</small> | ||
| setting= [[Cupid Homeworld|The Cupid Homeworld]];<br>[[Workshop of Madame Tarsa|The Workshop of Madame Tarsa]];<br>[[Thrash|New Wellsia]], [[Dimension Epsilon Five]];<br>Victorian [[London]], [[Prime Universe]];<br>[[Madame Tarsa's Toybox]];<br>[[Castle Frankenstein]], [[Frankenstein's World]];<br>[[Interdimensional Black Market|The Interdimensional Black Market]];<br>[[New Subcinctus]], [[Universe (The Time of the Toymaker)|unnamed universe]]<br>[[Darkborough]], [[Jynx Dimension]] | | setting= [[Cupid Homeworld|The Cupid Homeworld]];<br>[[Workshop of Madame Tarsa|The Workshop of Madame Tarsa]];<br>[[Thrash|New Wellsia]], [[Dimension Epsilon Five]];<br>Victorian [[London]], [[Prime Universe]];<br>[[Madame Tarsa's Toybox]];<br>[[Castle Frankenstein]], [[Frankenstein's World]];<br>[[Interdimensional Black Market|The Interdimensional Black Market]];<br>[[New Subcinctus]], [[Universe (The Time of the Toymaker)|unnamed universe]]<br>[[Darkborough]], [[Jynx Dimension]] | ||
| length= 20 chapters <small>(+ Epilogue)</small> | | length= 20 chapters <small>(+ Epilogue)</small> | ||
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==== Chapter 19 ==== | ==== Chapter 19 ==== | ||
Inside the [[Imperial Castle]], the Chamberlain, [[Barnabus Raffleby]], reflects on his career, which consisted of thirty-six fairly comfortable years under the old [[Dark Lord]] [[Lord Nefarious|Nefarious]], followed by a few months of hell frantically trying to rein in the new Emperor, [[Sebastian Steer]]. It seems that this is all over, for a new Dark Lord has taken over the throne, trapping Steer in a broom closet, bound with magically unbreakable ropes: [[the Clown Emperor]]. Raffleby is, of course, locked in there with him, but still finds it a comfort to see Steer in a position of weakness for the first time in months. | Inside the [[Imperial Castle]], the Chamberlain, [[Barnabus Raffleby]], reflects on his career, which consisted of thirty-six fairly comfortable years under the old [[Dark Lord]] [[Lord Nefarious|Nefarious]], followed by a few months of hell frantically trying to rein in the new Emperor, [[Sebastian Steer]]. It seems that this is all over, for a new Dark Lord has taken over the throne, trapping Steer in a broom closet, bound with magically unbreakable ropes: [[the Clown Emperor]]. Raffleby is, of course, locked in there with him, but still finds it a comfort to see Steer in a position of weakness for the first time in months. | ||
==== Chapter 20 ==== | |||
Returning to the [[Christmas Toyland]], [[Jenny Everywhere#Adventures with the Cupids|Jenny]], [[Juliet-178|Juliet]] and [[Arganthone-056|Arganthone]] are given a message from [[Millicent (The Time of the Toymaker)|the Oldest Toy in the Labyrinth]] as soon as they arrive. The teddy bear gives them the climbing gear they'll need to reach the [[Star Atop the Tree]], confessing that she always did suspect there was something special about the item. | |||
Falling off partway through their climb, the trio end up being taken in by [[the General]], a living nutcracker soldier who lives in the base of the trunk of the giant Christmas Tree. After they explain their predicament, the General lets them into a spiral staircase inside the trunk that takes them straight to the top of the tree. There, they meet a small räuchermann who tells them that the [[Snap-Dragon|Guardian of the Star]] will awaken if they meddle with the Star, before departing without elaborating. The trio decide to take the chance, and pry the two halves of the star apart, causing a release of magical energy. Inside the ornament, they find a small toymaker's mallet sitting on a purple velvet cushion. | |||
However, a literal [[Snap-Dragon]] emerges out of the boiling brandy “waters” of [[Snapdragon Lake]], heralded by apocalyptic chanting from the living raisins. With their [[anti-gravity circuit]]'s batteries running low, Arganthone stays behind to battle the flaming beast while Juliet flies with Jenny to safety. Eventually luring it into the open, they manage to defeat the Dragon by exploiting the fact they observed earlier that magical snow clouds appear to douse any fire that threatens to burn part of the Toyland; getting the Dragon tangled up into a piece of ribbon, they watch as it sets fire to said ribbon and then has its own wreath of blue flames extinguished by the clouds. | |||
===Worldbuilding === | ===Worldbuilding === | ||
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* The Ghosts of Christmases [[Ghost of Christmas Past|Past]], [[Ghost of Christmas Present|Present]], and [[Ghost of Christmas Future|Future]] visited the [[Cupid Homeworld]] the year prior to the events of the story. | * The Ghosts of Christmases [[Ghost of Christmas Past|Past]], [[Ghost of Christmas Present|Present]], and [[Ghost of Christmas Future|Future]] visited the [[Cupid Homeworld]] the year prior to the events of the story. | ||
* Locales in the [[Christmas Toyland]] include the [[Giftbox Mountains]], the [[Snapdragon Lake]] and [[Wrapping Point]]. | * Locales in the [[Christmas Toyland]] include the [[Giftbox Mountains]], the [[Snapdragon Lake]] and [[Wrapping Point]]. | ||
* [[Jenny Everywhere#Adventures with the Cupids|Jenny Everywhere]] once spent a vacation in [[Rio P’Brytje]] (as did [[Arganthone-056]], in their case as part of a [[Scarlet Wings]] campaign). Her recollection is that “it was a bit hard to relax constantly suspended on crumbling bridges hundreds of feet above pools of lava,” and also that “the room service was terrible — no toast!”. | |||
* [[The General]] claims that he commanded a battalion of nutcrackers in the “[[Great Peppermint War]]”. | |||
* Arganthone fought the [[Ghost of the First Premium Turkey]] “back in ’92” and found it to be harder to defeat than the [[Snap-Dragon]]. | |||
===Continuity=== | ===Continuity=== | ||
* [[Thrash]] is seen, having been colonised by the [[Wellsian]]s following the events of [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Grand Multiverse Hotel (short story)|The Grand Multiverse Hotel]]''. The [[Crystal of Thrash]] is mentioned and its powers expounded upon. | * [[Thrash]] is seen, having been colonised by the [[Wellsian]]s following the events of [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Grand Multiverse Hotel (short story)|The Grand Multiverse Hotel]]''. The [[Crystal of Thrash]] is mentioned and its powers expounded upon. | ||
