"Hi! I'm Thistlepouch Doorringer!

An... interesting.... thing happened to me on the way to Barnicus...."

Thistlepouch stands before you, wide olive-green eyes friendly, and framed with bright red lashes that match her floor-length braid. Those very few familiar with her kind immediately notice that not only is she short even for her race, she lacks the iron-grey hair of adulthood and the generous smattering of freckles her kind find so desirable. Those many not familiar might make the dangerous mistake of thinking this thirty-four-year-old is nothing more than a brightly dressed elfin child... and will probably have trouble finding a few of their posessions later.

"I could tell you all about it," she offers. "I'm going to be a bard, you see -- Tusit even says so, and he's very smart -- he taught me how to read and write better. Oh, I suppose I should start at the beginning, shouldn't I? Or, since you'll be reading my stories, I guess you'll be starting at the beginning...."

 

 

"BEEN THERE -- BURNED THAT!"
Thistlepouch's take on things


(click on the link marked "A Broader Perspective" for a scroll containing the full party adventure)

  • Prologue
    "Real is something you become" ~The Skin Horse, _The Velvetine Rabbit_
  • Scroll 1
    "This is not _Gilligan's Island_"
  • Scroll 2
    "Not so much as a 'murphle'... I've never heard anyone ambushed say 'peep.'" or, "How much damage _does_ a bedroll do?"
  • Scroll 3
    "Fear not, good woman, for I am favored of the Goddess Athena, and I will beseach her to heal this good husband of yours... if that’s okay with you"
  • Scroll 4
    "Have you hugged your three-headed demonic puppy today?"
  • Scroll 5
    "He'll get it in the Ens"
  • Scroll 6
    "The point of this was. . . what?"
  • Scroll 7 (A Broader Perspective)
    "You turned him into a pig! (He got better...)"
  • Scroll 8 (A Broader Perspective)
    "It’s like being on a roadtrip, but no one knows how to drive" or "Oh, no, not another one!"
  • Scroll 9 (A Broader Perspective)
    "What is the sound of one kita flapping?"
  • Scroll 10 (A Broader Perspective)
    "Taking the ball by the horns"
  • Scroll 11 (A Broader Perspective)
    "Zombies, and hooters, and chickens, oh my!"
  • Scroll 12 (A Broader Perspective)
    "You hurt Grog! You bastards!"
  • Scroll 13 (A Broader Perspective)
    "Strangers and the Knight, exchanging lances...."
  • Scroll 14 (A Broader Perspective)
    "Head towards the light. . . AND DON'T PISS IT OFF!"
  • Scroll 15 (A Broader Perspective)
    "A day of rest" or "trahnesI and 2/3 of the players were tired, so it was a short session."
  • Scroll 16 (A Broader Perspective)
    "See above"
  • Scroll 17 (A Broader Perspective)
    "Someday my prince will... um...."
  • Scroll 18 (A Broader Perspective)
    "Freedom of the press my a**!"
  • Scroll 19 (A Broader Perspective)
    "Darn it, I caught it; you mean I’ve got to skin it too?!"
  • Scroll 20 (A Broader Perspective)
    "I’m not sure yelling 'fire' in this group is a good idea...."
  • Scroll 21 (A Broader Perspective)
    ""
  • Scroll 22 (A Broader Perspective)
    "The End... if you believe in that sort of thing."

    There's no one to accessorize like a kita!

  • The Barnicus Bugle, volume 42, issue 11 (published between Scrolls 10 and 11)
  • The Barnicus Bugle, volume 42, issue 12 (published between Scrolls 16 and 17 at something like five in the morning... woo-hoo!)
  • Quotes overheard while adventuring

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    © 1998 Thistlepouch Doorringer
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    A special thanks to Tipsole Thistlenot for the portrait of Thistlepouch!
    And lots of appreciation to the 1998 Minnesota Renaissance Festival Vilification Tennis teams for the insults!

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