So, this began with me asking a question of Austraeoh Fact Checker. The question was how many commenters have been honored over the course of the series with characters, countries, and other things. He posted a list in a comment. Someone said that it should be posted on the forum.
Then recently, I went back and looked at that list. It hasn't been updated since it was first posted. And then I discovered something.
AFC had not put down the fact that Byre Chandler was in honor of Super Trampoline. (The character's name is based off of ST's real name.)
Even AFC can make mistakes, it seems.
So I have decided to post an updated version of the list here.
Obviously, since I'm not AFC, I can't do this alone. But I can start. If any of you have info or see a mistake, post it on this thread, and I will do my best to integrate the new info and corrections.
I must thank AFC for assembling the original list. Without him, this whole concept never would've happened.
And, now, without further ado, the list.
Aatxe360 - Aatxe alafreo Antsan Appletank - Creator of "Elma Everfree Crystal Boreal" Aqua Fortis - Enforcer Fortis Arcanist Ascendant - Arcanista Arcshod / Archer Collins - Collins / Archer Point Aurum Axan Zenith - Axan / Zenith Aziraphael - Queen Azira bassofthe - Basso / Queen Bysso (in Confederate history) Blue Nova Booster Spice Cobalt Swirls - Swirls CrimsonPhoenix - Crimson / Phoenix Crochettail - Croche Csquared08 - Cold Canter dafiltafish - Enforcer Filta dashie76 - "Dashie Evaluation Time" destinedjagold - Jagold digif - Digiff dragonridergoku - Zadubadabu Drakshaa Dream of Ponies - Dalen Straker / Enforcer Evans (both names references to Dream of Ponies real name) durandana Ebon Mane - The IRL boyfriend of Vimbert, creator of Eagle Eye Elsaack Emberspeak - Ember Ender Roarke - Roarke Endrax evilcheez271 - Vilcheez Eyes of Avo - Prince Eine / House of Evo Fana Farouche - Farouche Fatch - Overseer Fatch Fishberry FloydienSlip - Floydien / House of Sehlp Foxtaur - Foxtaur Forest Galloran Gammahoof - Jex's Gamma Vessel Hap / Golden Happenstance Hymmnos IceKitsune - Kitsune Jake The Army Guy - Jake / Tweak Jex JusrAnotherTimelord - Theanim kajisora - Kaji / Sora Keebroo Keratin - Kera Tin Mehjj Keris Khao kihutaja KMCA - KMCA / Imre Kyron The Wise - Kyron Lasairfion Ledomare Leftover of Saikano - General Saikano Lerris Lightning Bearer LimeAttack - Lime Tech (Silvadel) Luminard Lunarius Lux Aeterna - Aeterna (Searo) mastermenthe - Menthe MckennaBaxter- Baxter / Kenna Misplaced Modifier - Mintelle Mister Saxon - Saxon mrjerrio - Jerrio Municipal Engines - "Municipal Engines" vendor in Gray Smoke Nasty Mister Monket - Monket Nealend86 - Nealend Nevlamas Nick Ha - Nick Nicroburst - Nicro Nightshade600 - Nightshade Novus Ordo Seclorum - Novus / Sir Ordo / Prime Enforcer Seclorum Phoenix Kitten - Nixkit Pilate Ponky - shouted by Jake PropMaster - Props / Jasper Clark Psyco Josho - Josho quade - The Quade Rayvinne RazgrizS57 - Razzar Remnants - Remna Revan RoboRed - Rohbredden / Midnite Bastion / Obsidian Hope (citadel in Val Rao) Rust Sam the Anti-Ninja - Sam SearoDess - Searo Seraphimus Sharp Quill Shoggoth Silly Words - Quint / Whony silvadel Silver Flare - Flare / Silver Sinrar Sivrem Skagra SkywardStrike - A special attack used in Nealend Sonikah Sparklight - "Age of Sparklight" in Confederate history Steel Wing Staxon Braxton - Namedrop as Skagra is trying to remember Saxon's name Super Trampoline - Byre Chandler (based off of Super Trampoline's real name) Swan Song Tchernobog - Tchern Tim The Planes-Pony - Timplan Twifight Sparkill - Sparkill Highlands Uncr3at1ve - Uncreative Numbers (title of Eljunbyro chapter 113) Verlax Vimbert the Unimpressive - Eagle Eye is one of Vimbert's characters VNilla - Nilla whizzball1 - Whizzball Windburst Winree YoshiFawful64 - Fawful yrfoxtaur - Foxtaur Zaid ValRoa - Zaid / Val Roa / Queen Zaid (in Confederate history) zaponator - Duke Zaap Naator ZettaLux - Zetta (Stallion) / Zetta (Mare) / Luxmare Zytharros - Zytharros
Actually, I don't think I've had my time yet. This was more than likely Razalon The Lizardman. I think. Does he even read Austraeoh? If not, I retract my half-asleep thoughts.
Uncr3at1ve was referenced back in Eljunbyro. Also, it's worth noting that there were two Zettas — a stallion from Silvadel and a mare from... actually, where was she from again?
You've missed one, but it's not very obvious. There's a user who goes by Uncr3at1ve who asked, back in Eljunbyro, for a name drop. Subsequently, one of the chapters in Eljunbyro is called "Uncreative Numbers."
4836362 It's a wiki. If it's missing stuff, add it in.
After all, I posted the link to inform the group that there is, in fact, a centralized location where we can, collectively, collate this info.
Said wiki page also includes a lot of other interesting info, including direct comment callouts (like the Durandanan "Light Bulb", Zadubadabu, and the kicking Zaid chapter title), and user responses after they were referenced.
4835885 Technically, the Turtle's name is "Elma Boreal", though the character it was taken from is that long thing. 4836548 You could be: Something's password/lock code Money amount (314 coin, i dunno) RD has to solve a problem about circles and pies. Skirts finds your facebook.
4836548 4836607 The average height of those cliffs above the fjord running up towards Frostknife is 314ft, according to Robhredden Ordnance Survey statistics. We get, like, one chapter at some point that's made up of 314 words. The Utaan symbol will look remarkably like Pi.
I also have a third reference in Yaerfaerda: Obsidian Hope. I think it's a citadel located in Central Rohbredden or something (the council building, maybe?). It hasn't been referenced since.
Obsidian Hope is another OC of mine, like Midnite.
I loved Austraeoh so much back then. I was so emotionally involved in it; I still have new readers thanking me via PMs for posting such enthusiastic comments about it to this day! Having a personal mention in the actual piece made my fangirl head spin. Still does, really. Ah, I miss those halcyon days.
Austraeoh will always have a very special place in my heart. Always. I'm very happy there's a dedicated interest in promoting it. Well deserved.
uhhhhh, mine isn't Sam Rose. I didn't start reading until around the time Skirts was starting Yaerfaerda. My guy is in This Chapter. I have no clue as to who Sam Rose is named after.
4836669 The crystal kids, I forget the details but I remember a guy going off on Skirts Imp and then his name got split into two characters as payback.
Serious, you forget your own kids? Moose'st people tend to at least remember the names of their spawn.
4842420 I believe that would be TerraEterna (or however it was spelled). They also had Eterna (or was it Aeterna?), the metal mare Crimson fought in Aurum, named after them.
.... How did I miss it. No! I missed my own reference!
But hey, surviving being ejected out an underwater city into the abyss? That's a pretty damn cool bit part.
EDIT: And also a fantastic source humourous dialogue from being puppetted by a siren.
Nightmare moon was a conspiracy, The Canterlot Wedding was an inside job, and Verlaxion is a giant space-faring dragon lizard who has manipulated our history for centuries
4843623 Yes, I remember them as Terra Aeterna. Maybe if I read all of Eljunbyro and Innavedr comments I can find someone calling other user by that username.
I still think to this day that the only reason I got the monk was the possibly unnecessarily pontificating I did on the philosophy in two chapters (two 6 page comments IIRC). Still happy to have been immortalized tho.
So, this began with me asking a question of Austraeoh Fact Checker. The question was how many commenters have been honored over the course of the series with characters, countries, and other things. He posted a list in a comment. Someone said that it should be posted on the forum.
Then recently, I went back and looked at that list. It hasn't been updated since it was first posted. And then I discovered something.
AFC had not put down the fact that Byre Chandler was in honor of Super Trampoline. (The character's name is based off of ST's real name.)
Even AFC can make mistakes, it seems.
So I have decided to post an updated version of the list here.
Obviously, since I'm not AFC, I can't do this alone. But I can start. If any of you have info or see a mistake, post it on this thread, and I will do my best to integrate the new info and corrections.
I must thank AFC for assembling the original list. Without him, this whole concept never would've happened.
And, now, without further ado, the list.
Aatxe360 - Aatxe
alafreo
Antsan
Appletank - Creator of "Elma Everfree Crystal Boreal"
Aqua Fortis - Enforcer Fortis
Arcanist Ascendant - Arcanista
Arcshod / Archer Collins - Collins / Archer Point
Aurum
Axan Zenith - Axan / Zenith
Aziraphael - Queen Azira
bassofthe - Basso / Queen Bysso (in Confederate history)
Blue Nova
Booster Spice
Cobalt Swirls - Swirls
CrimsonPhoenix - Crimson / Phoenix
Crochettail - Croche
Csquared08 - Cold Canter
dafiltafish - Enforcer Filta
dashie76 - "Dashie Evaluation Time"
destinedjagold - Jagold
digif - Digiff
dragonridergoku - Zadubadabu
Drakshaa
Dream of Ponies - Dalen Straker / Enforcer Evans (both names references to Dream of Ponies real name)
durandana
Ebon Mane - The IRL boyfriend of Vimbert, creator of Eagle Eye
Elsaack
Emberspeak - Ember
Ender Roarke - Roarke
Endrax
evilcheez271 - Vilcheez
Eyes of Avo - Prince Eine / House of Evo
Fana Farouche - Farouche
Fatch - Overseer Fatch
Fishberry
FloydienSlip - Floydien / House of Sehlp
Foxtaur - Foxtaur Forest
Galloran
Gammahoof - Jex's Gamma Vessel
Hap / Golden Happenstance
Hymmnos
IceKitsune - Kitsune
Jake The Army Guy - Jake / Tweak
Jex
JusrAnotherTimelord - Theanim
kajisora - Kaji / Sora
Keebroo
Keratin - Kera Tin Mehjj
Keris
Khao
kihutaja
KMCA - KMCA / Imre
Kyron The Wise - Kyron
Lasairfion
Ledomare
Leftover of Saikano - General Saikano
Lerris
Lightning Bearer
LimeAttack - Lime Tech (Silvadel)
Luminard
Lunarius
Lux Aeterna - Aeterna (Searo)
mastermenthe - Menthe
MckennaBaxter- Baxter / Kenna
Misplaced Modifier - Mintelle
Mister Saxon - Saxon
mrjerrio - Jerrio
Municipal Engines - "Municipal Engines" vendor in Gray Smoke
Nasty Mister Monket - Monket
Nealend86 - Nealend
Nevlamas
Nick Ha - Nick
Nicroburst - Nicro
Nightshade600 - Nightshade
Novus Ordo Seclorum - Novus / Sir Ordo / Prime Enforcer Seclorum
Phoenix Kitten - Nixkit
Pilate
Ponky - shouted by Jake
PropMaster - Props / Jasper Clark
Psyco Josho - Josho
quade - The Quade
Rayvinne
RazgrizS57 - Razzar
Remnants - Remna
Revan
RoboRed - Rohbredden / Midnite Bastion / Obsidian Hope (citadel in Val Rao)
Rust
Sam the Anti-Ninja - Sam
SearoDess - Searo
Seraphimus
Sharp Quill
Shoggoth
Silly Words - Quint / Whony
silvadel
Silver Flare - Flare / Silver
Sinrar
Sivrem
Skagra
SkywardStrike - A special attack used in Nealend
Sonikah
Sparklight - "Age of Sparklight" in Confederate history
Steel Wing
Staxon Braxton - Namedrop as Skagra is trying to remember Saxon's name
Super Trampoline - Byre Chandler (based off of Super Trampoline's real name)
Swan Song
Tchernobog - Tchern
Tim The Planes-Pony - Timplan
Twifight Sparkill - Sparkill Highlands
Uncr3at1ve - Uncreative Numbers (title of Eljunbyro chapter 113)
Verlax
Vimbert the Unimpressive - Eagle Eye is one of Vimbert's characters
VNilla - Nilla
whizzball1 - Whizzball
Windburst
Winree
YoshiFawful64 - Fawful
yrfoxtaur - Foxtaur
Zaid ValRoa - Zaid / Val Roa / Queen Zaid (in Confederate history)
zaponator - Duke Zaap Naator
ZettaLux - Zetta (Stallion) / Zetta (Mare) / Luxmare
Zytharros - Zytharros
Actually, I don't think I've had my time yet. This was more than likely Razalon The Lizardman. I think. Does he even read Austraeoh? If not, I retract my half-asleep thoughts.
4835899 That was on Austraeoh Fact Checker's original list. If it's wrong, then I'll correct it.
Uncr3at1ve was referenced back in Eljunbyro.
Also, it's worth noting that there were two Zettas — a stallion from Silvadel and a mare from... actually, where was she from again?
You've missed one, but it's not very obvious. There's a user who goes by Uncr3at1ve who asked, back in Eljunbyro, for a name drop. Subsequently, one of the chapters in Eljunbyro is called "Uncreative Numbers."
4835927
4835927 Fixed.
Holy shit, didn't even catch that one. Heh, I just thought ):( was making up random noises.
I'll just sit here in the corner with a bucket of icecream
I didn't know several of these... We're missing some, I'm sure of it. I just can't figure out who.
(for the record to this day I insist that it should have been "Duke Zaap Von Nator")
http://austraeoh.wikia.com/wiki/References
4836328 Wiki is missing stuff... Like Imre.
How do you forget about Imre? I mean yeah her first appearances aren't really a big deal, but her death is kind of a thing.
Oh, and Tweak's kids. Do we have them on the list (As I recall they were named after a some guy that hates the story)
4836362 It's a wiki. If it's missing stuff, add it in.
After all, I posted the link to inform the group that there is, in fact, a centralized location where we can, collectively, collate this info.
Said wiki page also includes a lot of other interesting info, including direct comment callouts (like the Durandanan "Light Bulb", Zadubadabu, and the kicking Zaid chapter title), and user responses after they were referenced.
4835949 I didn't catch it either until Fact Checker pointed it out.
Actually, that's Duchess Arcanista to you.
I'll just sit here with my impossible to use name and sigh.
4835885
Technically, the Turtle's name is "Elma Boreal", though the character it was taken from is that long thing.
4836548
You could be:
Something's password/lock code
Money amount (314 coin, i dunno)
RD has to solve a problem about circles and pies.
Skirts finds your facebook.
4836548
4836607
The average height of those cliffs above the fjord running up towards Frostknife is 314ft, according to Robhredden Ordnance Survey statistics.
We get, like, one chapter at some point that's made up of 314 words.
The Utaan symbol will look remarkably like Pi.
See? Versatile.
4836362
Point them out. I'll get my belt...
Still liked Roarke the best.
I also have a third reference in Yaerfaerda: Obsidian Hope. I think it's a citadel located in Central Rohbredden or something (the council building, maybe?). It hasn't been referenced since.
Obsidian Hope is another OC of mine, like Midnite.
Lol, wow mate. Quite the dedication here! Keep up the awesome work.
Jasper Clark is also a shoutout to me, relating slightly to my real name.
4836894 Added.
4836925 Updated.
Dalen Straker and Enforcer Evans are both a reference to my real name.
I loved Austraeoh so much back then. I was so emotionally involved in it; I still have new readers thanking me via PMs for posting such enthusiastic comments about it to this day! Having a personal mention in the actual piece made my fangirl head spin. Still does, really. Ah, I miss those halcyon days.
Austraeoh will always have a very special place in my heart. Always. I'm very happy there's a dedicated interest in promoting it. Well deserved.
uhhhhh, mine isn't Sam Rose. I didn't start reading until around the time Skirts was starting Yaerfaerda. My guy is in This Chapter.
I have no clue as to who Sam Rose is named after.
4837370 Done.
4837409 Currently can't read that chapter due to issues with computer firewalls. Please post their name, and I'll add it.
4837660 The guy's name is Sam. He was one of the possessed soul sentries in Val Roa.
4837680 Thank you. List corrected.
Sam Rose is a reference to someone who doesn't comment.
Lucky Strike is a brain fart.
Foxes were likewise a brain fart.
Actually, I just noticed you're still missing Theanim (whose name is a reference to JustAnotherTimelord).
I still feel like I've gotten the best deal here, and I haven't even shown up yet!
Heh. Always got that going for me. Good ol' timid, clueless, Keebroo.
...
Then again, the one we knew was kind of a changeling that very likely died in Amulek. Hmm.
Well, always got that that going for me.
4836669 The crystal kids, I forget the details but I remember a guy going off on
SkirtsImp and then his name got split into two characters as payback.Serious, you forget your own kids? Moose'st people tend to at least remember the names of their spawn.
4836548
* _00500005_ sits down with you
Robots. We'll find some eventually. I'm sure it will be glorious.
4837917 Now added.
I was sure Terra was also named after a commenter, but searching the username I think I remember, there is no user with that username currently.
This is great fun. I never imagined THIS many characters were secret cameos.
4842420
I believe that would be TerraEterna (or however it was spelled). They also had Eterna (or was it Aeterna?), the metal mare Crimson fought in Aurum, named after them.
4843623
Prior to becoming Lux Aeterna?
Remnants - Remna
.... How did I miss it. No! I missed my own reference!
But hey, surviving being ejected out an underwater city into the abyss? That's a pretty damn cool bit part.
EDIT: And also a fantastic source humourous dialogue from being puppetted by a siren.
Nightmare moon was a conspiracy, The Canterlot Wedding was an inside job, and Verlaxion is a giant space-faring dragon lizard who has manipulated our history for centuries
4843623 Yes, I remember them as Terra Aeterna. Maybe if I read all of Eljunbyro and Innavedr comments I can find someone calling other user by that username.
4837409 Sam Rose is named after the author Sam Rose, author of the Silent Ponyville series and the person behind the Motherly Scootaloo tumblr.
I still think to this day that the only reason I got the monk was the possibly unnecessarily pontificating I did on the philosophy in two chapters (two 6 page comments IIRC). Still happy to have been immortalized tho.
Relevant Heavy Metal was referenced by Imre in Innavedr.
4885202 I did? Man I really need to re-read the whole damn thing.
Nope it was Kera.
4887898
Oh, whoops. Well, the reference is still there.
Fana Farouche now added.