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{{Character|image1 = topsyking2.png|caption1 = He rules the Flit! Art from FL.|name = Tristram Bagley|location = [[The Flit]]|allegiance = Independent|relationships = Raggedy Men (servants)}}''"The Topsy King: the notorious beggar-king of the Flit. Although he's far from royalty, you should probably present yourself. Oh yes: he's supposed to be incomprehensibly insane."'' | |||
{{Character|image1 = topsyking2.png|caption1 = He rules the Flit! Art from FL.|name = Tristram Bagley|location = [[The Flit]]|allegiance = Independent|relationships = Raggedy Men (servants)}} | |||
''"Who is the Topsy King? In his own words: 'A goden most capering! Hines the walkskies, chanter the powb raggedy men. Dab with viddlo, too, goden!' So there we have it."'' | ''"Who is the Topsy King? In his own words: 'A goden most capering! Hines the walkskies, chanter the powb raggedy men. Dab with viddlo, too, goden!' So there we have it."'' | ||
__forcetoc__ | The '''Topsy King''' is the ruler of [[the Flit]].__forcetoc__ | ||
==A Goden Most Capering!== | ==A Goden Most Capering!== | ||
[[File:Raggedy.png|thumb|A Raggedy Man.]] | [[File:Raggedy.png|thumb|A Raggedy Man.]] | ||
He is often accompanied by his gang of lunatic beggars and thieves, known as the Raggedy Men. He collects paintings and tends to speak in nearly incomprehensible gibberish. | He is often accompanied by his gang of lunatic beggars and thieves, known as the Raggedy Men. He collects paintings and tends to speak in nearly incomprehensible gibberish. | ||
In the Flit, one may work for the Topsy King, conducting various criminal endeavors among his henchmen. | |||
A little hint for you: he describes himself as "A most capering man! Rules the Flit, this king of the poor Raggedy Men. Good with a fiddle, too, he is!" | A little hint for you: he describes himself as "A most capering man! Rules the Flit, this king of the poor Raggedy Men. Good with a fiddle, too, he is!" | ||
It's possible that he was based off of Joshua Abraham Norton I, Emperor of the United States, who was born in England during the 1800s but later moved to San Francisco where he declared himself Emperor. | |||
==Who Was He?== | ==Who Was He?== | ||
{{spoiler}} | {{spoiler}}''"You find the Topsy King... but this isn't the Topsy King. This fellow is Tristram Bagley. He's leaning on a long-cold chimney-breast, smoking a cigar. His bat is absent."''The Topsy King, aka Tristram Bagley, used to be a court composer, scholar, and violinist for the Empress. He wrote part of an amazingly scandalous [[Correspondence]]-laden opera called "The Bell and the Candle." But before he could finish it, he bet his sanity in the card game called the Marvellous and lost, and that's why nobody can understand a thing he says. The opera is now a key to his sanity, though watching it performed restores him to his old self for only a moment. | ||
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''"Tristram Bagley looks down at his feet. He drops his cigar. A bat lands on his shoulder. The Topsy King looks up at you. 'Garbles,' he says softly. 'Garbles...'"''[[Category:Characters]] | |||
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