Grandmaster Elusia Skypiercer

Grandmaster Elusia Skypiercer rules The Void from The Dread Fortress and presides over every Deathmatch. Played by Caustic Phoenix (Bec).

Who she is

• Retired from battle, she yearns for the days of glory and bloodshed, so every Sunday she has The Arbiter curate a spectacle in her arena.
• She is of a very long-lived people. Nobody truly knows her age, and her own claims about it (like “I am 284”) are lies.
• Mostly a martial fighter with extraordinary abilities. She can also use some magic, including smaller-scale time magic (“I speed up time around you”).
• She wields the Grandmaster’s Bow, the Oathbow, given to her in Skypiercer. She has vast, colorful wings. Her hair was blue in Skypiercer and is blonde by Season 1.
• She briefly wore an eyepatch in Season 7 after scratching her eye playing darts with Thea. A memo went out: don’t bring it up.

History

• Childhood: daughter of Faucius Golden Shield. On the Night of the Long Shadow, about 700 years before Season 1, her uncle Agdrel killed her father and seized the Dread Fortress as The Shadow King. The Knights of Chaos gave their lives in a blood rite to send young Elusia away to Cor’thun, outside the Void.
• Cor’thun: she was raised there and trained in combat by Empress Juntikar, an ancestor of Emperor Thornos, and outlived her.
• Skypiercer: about 400 years before Season 1, Vythorn (the Arbiter) crossed into Cor’thun and brought her home. With Atalantos and Kaja she defeated the Shadow King after his 300-year reign, became Grandmaster, and began the Deathmatches.
• After Skypiercer: Kaja was her love until Kaja’s natural death.
• Seasons 1–3: the Arbiter secretly built an army of revived champions and tried to take her throne in Battle for the Crown. She defeated him and made him serve in sackcloth and chains through Season 3.
• Season 4: the Shadow King returned, killing the Arbiter in the Season 3 finale. She became his captive in all but name (“the Grandmaster, but only a name”), wearing gold rune bracelets and running the Deathmatches for him. The Shadow King revived Kaja to fight for him (S4E1).
• Season 7: the Season of Vigilance: “Things are changing in the Void and danger is edging along.”

Relationships

• The Shadow King (Agdrel): her uncle and her father’s killer. He loved her mother and calls Elusia “daughter,” claiming he was more of a father to her than her own (“I raised you”). He gave her a Bop-It when she was 12.
• Faucius Golden Shield: her father, killed by his brother Agdrel. His golden-shield portrait hangs in the Dread Fortress.
• Her mother: never named. The Shadow King loved her, and killed her husband.
• Kaja: her companion in Skypiercer and later her love.
• Atalantos: her companion in Skypiercer.
• Empress Juntikar: her combat teacher in Cor’thun.
• The Arbiter (Vythorn): her servant in all things. He served her father before her, brought her home, betrayed her, died for her dog, and came back. “There’s no Grandmaster and Arbiter. There’s the Grandmaster and then the Arbiter.” He’s known her for about 1,000 years.
• Doug the Pug: her beloved undead cyborg pug.
• Thea: the Arbiter’s assistant, whom she supports more than he does.
• Her living family: undetermined.

Themes

Elusia’s story is about death and a very long life: accepting that the people around her will die, and that this is what makes them matter. It’s one reason the Deathmatches celebrate death.

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Everything below is compiled from the episode pages, in show order.

Appearances

Skypiercer Part 1

(Caustic Phoenix). Later the Grandmaster.

• Called “Princess Elusia” by Vythorn and “Princess of the Void, refugee, stranger no more” by Thornos (1:55:07). Wants to be called “just Elusia” (2:42:55).
• Blue-teal hair (0:06:07), wings, bow of knotted black root that sparks blue (0:06:32), two short swords, obsidian dagger.
• Daughter of Faucius Golden Shield (0:08:34); niece of Agdrel (2:32:06); asked after her mother in the flashback and got no answer (0:12:29).
• Sent through the portal 300 years ago; refugee in Cor’thun since; trained by Empress Juntikar; “undying, even as we have perished around you” (Thornos, 1:50:31).
• Named General of the Champions of Honor; oath sealed in blood (1:56:02).
• Thinks of herself as a guest: “I don’t bear the same history” (2:02:25).
• Kills the Cursed Juggernaut (1:26:03). Flirts with Kaja (drinking from her cup at 1:59:43, carrying her up the hill at 1:37:29).
• Agrees to return to the Void to take her “rightful place” (2:47:34).

Skypiercer Part 2

Was named an unwanted guest at swordpoint when she first appeared in Cor’thun’s banquet hall (0:10:56). Spent her 300 years training, not reading (DM joke, 0:54:15). Wields the Oathbringer, sworn to defeat the Shadow King. Gives House Plintos to Thea. Writes the decrees that raise the resistance. Called “savior of the Void” and “Princess Elusia” by Craven.

Skypiercer Part 3 (finale)

Crowned Empress and named Grandmaster (“the one who pierces the sky”) by the Arbiter. Kills Agdrel. Creates the Arbiter’s office, knights Kaja and Atalantos, calls her people acolytes, founds the arena and the Deathmatch as a day of remembrance. Black crown. Her Oathbringer is now burnt and cracked (2:42:13). In a relationship with Kaja by the end.

Playtest 1 (Pre-Launch) — Silky Slim v Escanor the Echo

(Caustic Phoenix). “Weary from eons of absolute power.” Watches from a high perch; fighting stops when she’s on the field. Loves the ducklings; made the runt giant. Says she has nieces and nephews (1:19:39). Has wings; rain avoids her.

Playtest 2 (Pre-Launch) — Atlas v Bromir

Wings that glow purple; jeweled hands; grants Bless, potions, growth and the end of the blizzard; values honor and sportsmanship. Threatens to replace the Arbiter.

Playtest 4 (Pre-Launch) — Mudcat Mahomes v Thunk

Rewinds time “like a Time Lord”; resistant to necrotic damage; bejeweled rings; wings; employs the Arbiter (performance and quarterly reviews, a Christmas bonus); keeps a ledger of winners; has a pet dinosaur; put up a new wall in the keep last month; goblins clean up after her. Followed no precedents: “my rules.”

S1 Ep1 — Ditch Em’ Darrell v Eshrinn

(Elusia Skypiercer). Bored; bocce for one; paintings of herself everywhere; gold and black silvery dress; black feathered wings; a staff; throws chairs at the Arbiter. “Victory may hurt, but it lets us know that we are alive.” Retired from battle (intro).

Magic — S1 Ep2 — Mageic v Amren

Clumsy with knives (cut her own hand; covered it up). Owns the abandoned abbey. Grants Amren an action surge; crushes the illusion; “Managers have no role here.” Threatens to punch anyone who m’ladies her.

S1E3 — Blood Mage — Sunozar v the Shadow of the Arbiter

(Caustic Phoenix).

• 3 p.m. coloring-book hour (a hummingbird eating a tiger).
• Calls Sunozar her chosen champion.
• Suspects the Arbiter resents her and that his shadow “is trying to come for my crown.” Claims her wings were too tired to come down.
• Saved Sunozar from his fall in exchange for worship of her wings.
• Bottles the crowd’s chaos “for the next battle.” Wants a dictionary and Ruby Tuesday after-party.

S1E4 — Multiclass — Kleen v Ivanna Kishu

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Hates drinking water; prefers Dr. Pepper. “Clearly not a vampire.”
• Has “a chef” and thinks eyeball juice is delicious.
• “Great, great Grandmaster.” Owns Kirken’s Mine now.
• Used the bottled chaos from S1E3 (the opening chaos event).
• Walled the bridge with snowbanks. Pretends to drink water to look hydrated.

S1E5, The 2v2 - Chuck Solid Gold Dragon Biff & Richardo v Steely Dan & Thass’Lok

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Watches goblin-reenacted soaps on a cardboard TV and loves mail time.
• Calls the Dread Fortress “my home.”
• Owns a Zune, a pillowcase full of quarters, and rum.
• Admits she is bad at maths and bad at keeping secrets.
• Her wings have a blue hue.
• Does not pay the Arbiter.

S1E6 — Belly of the Beast — Viago v Tetra

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Plays rock, paper, scissors with her goblins and cheats.
• “I’ve lived many lives.” 13 is one of her favorite numbers.
• Owns the Siren’s Nautilus.
• Keeps metal chairs behind her throne. She broke one and needs to order more.
• Can summon a moon as a spotlight, freeze the gelatinous cube by standing on it, and make a tornado by circling.
• Believes getting hurt “is what makes you alive.”

S1E7 — Wild Magic — Strako v Zayliss

(Caustic Phoenix). Devoted to Doug and labels her levers clearly. “There are no rules except for the rules that I make up.” Warns that fans have murdered a champion on their own before.

S1E8 — Fireballs — Grorx v Lord Xiren

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Takes a mandatory afternoon nap with Doug and needs at least six hours of sleep (“beauty sleep”).
• Her throne has a metal surface. She has a secondary throne above the arena.
• Her crown “is not for sale. This is something that I have earned.” Acolytes wear gift-store replicas of it.
• Deep blue wings.
• Called this temple “my temple of the lost”, “my pyramid”.
• Let the Acolytes vote, flipped coins, and spared both champions by fusing them (“two phoenixes circling each other throughout eternity”). She draws “this wellspring of inspiration” from her Acolytes.

S1E9 — Fizban’s Dragon Battle Royale — Amethyst Dragon v Dracohydra v Hollow Dragon v Topaz Dragon

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Always goes out for Halloween. Sits next to Doug the Pug.
• Ruled she can make whatever rules she wants. Declared all consequences doubled for the rest of the fight.
• Promised a meeting with all vendors and caterers about work balance.
• Suspects the Arbiter’s shadow speaks “from a certain place”; promises “a long talk later.”

S1E10 — The Bear — Diamond Joe v Milliac

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Champions flyers as a recruiting tool.
• Gave the acolytes satchels of black powder.
• Owns Doug the Pug (“boneless”).
• Doubled all damage in round 8.
• Uses she/her. Wants ice cream and lemonade after the fight.

S1E11 — Gift Horse — Cosmonius v El Hada Rocha

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Now has blonde hair, a recent change (“literally the opposite color”).
• Says she built the Dread Fortress herself, with a lot of help from the goblins.
• Has a private study with an enormous door. Has a throne seat beside Doug the pug.
• Favoured Cosmonius after his flattery. Gave him first-blood inspiration, and gave El Hada Rocha a mercy reroll.
• Ended the night without a champion and gave a eulogy for both.

S1E12 — Feast — Potato v Dinkledink

(Caustic Phoenix)

• Decorated the Dread Fortress with goblins and celebrates “whatever holiday that she wants.” She dislikes Caroline the Canadian.
• Wanted a giant magnet installed in the arena.
• Recalls “mother said never to play with your food.”
• Conjured the cake elemental. Declared a week off from the Deathmatch to be thankful for bonds, and held a fish fry for Dinkledink.

S1E13 — Snow-clad — Highfrost v Bryltyn

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Clone paranoia. Practices secret handshakes with goblins and sets one up with the Arbiter (shake, two-finger guns ×3, spin right-to-left; a left spin means clone, kill on sight).
• Domestic life: watches TLC to fix the Fortress. Enforces a no-MLM workplace policy.
• Doug: sits next to her dog Doug in the sky. Doug rolls at round ends and gets “cookie time.”
• In this episode: started the game of tag. Took psychic damage from Highfrost’s bagpipe and banished “that horrid music” from her halls. Remembers Timothy the mayor.

S1E14 — Eyes of Chaos — Lucien v Monteclaire (Season 1 finale)

(Caustic Phoenix)

• Rule: sits on the Iron Throne in the throne room deep in the Dread Fortress. Keeps a secret ruler’s handbook.
• The Acolytes: wants “I am a delight. People like me” sewn in her clothes. Asked the Acolytes to fight for the first time.
• The turkey dragon: dislikes chickens and turkeys, yet created the turkey dragon and keeps it locked behind the triple-locked Northern Gate.
• The attack: refused to flee. Lost the Arbiter to the Tarrasque and vowed to rebuild for Season 2.

S2 Ep1, Fate of the Arbiter (Fate of the Arbiter Part 1)

• Appears only in the memory and as the Arbiter’s illusion (turquoise and purple dress, black wings). She has no lines. Her order “Do not fail me” is recalled.

S2E2 — Prize Fight — Asena v Ralzamon

(Caustic Phoenix)

• Wanted macaroni, bacon grease and soy sauce.
• Was once “the most gorgeous Topaz dragon,” then got killed (“they cheated,” per the Arbiter).
• Has been called “good or evil, hero or villain.”
• Removed Asena’s snake arms with a wave and bought drinks for everyone.

S2E3 — A Lovers’ Quarrel — Lethe v Sorry

(Caustic Phoenix)

• Before the fight: bored of Hallmark Christmas romances on an old TV in the Dread Fortress, she knocked the TV over.
• The arena: owns the winter town as her private retreat.
• Doug the pug: sits beside her throne, and she voices his barking.
• During the fight: keeps metal chairs behind her throne. Telepathically urged Lethe to “trust your heart.” Eavesdropped on the reconciliation.
• Verdict: knelt to the pair, named both champions and gave them the town as a home.
• Talks often with the Arbiter’s mom.

S2E4 — Antsy — Glub Glub v Geril-Lee

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Throws a dagger between the eyes of her great-great-grandfather Skypiercer’s portrait. She hated him, but he loved a good fight.
• Recalls growing up in the arena, battling and practicing daily for her legacy.
• Writes champions’ histories “among the wall.”
• Owns her great-grandfather’s hunting grounds (“of my bloodline”).
• Calls herself “a man of science.”
• Blesses Glub Glub’s walrus butthole and calls a med break for a splinter.

S2E5 — The Gauntlet — Dan Kowalski v Gordy Gotta Get Em

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Her birthday; she claims to be 284.
• This jungle is her oldest training ground; she ran it in lanes “when I had no one to go up against” and survived it.
• Drinks from a pineapple cup.
• Blessed Gordy so he wouldn’t quit.
• Caught Dan out of the air. Shed a tear, then smiled.

S2E7 - Hand to Hand Combat, Bargo v Carn

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Watched a ball game on a goblin-tuned television and kicked the TV over.
• Angry at the Arbiter over the traitors: “I thought I brought you in because you’re competent.”
• Sits next to Doug the Pug at the arena.
• Gave Carn a graveyard damage boost.
• Presented Bargo with the legacy speech.

S2E8 — Father’s Love — Dadrith v Baron Voltágè

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Candy: hoards half-price post-Valentine’s candy behind her throne.
• Family: “I laid my father to rest like 800 years ago.” She jokes about her therapist.
• Doug: defends him as “the cutest thing.”
• Champion pay: wants to see champions actually paid out of the set-aside treasure.
• Vacation: wants a beach holiday.
• Remembrance: gave the speech on remembering every champion’s name.

S2E9 — Bees — Rosa v Veronica

(Caustic Phoenix)

• Has taken up Zumba. She “hasn’t picked up her bow in a long time.”
• Declared Sunday Deathmatch Day.
• Has acquired the bazaar land, which needs renovation.
• Cheated with Doug to start a game of tag.
• Forbade the Arbiter from killing the champions.
• Started a bee farm under “nature philanthropic efforts” and hired Rosa and Veronica: minimum wage, room and board near the goblins, an on-site physician.

S2E10 — Filicide — Glassy v Thornabub

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Thrown by daylight saving time; slept from 5 p.m. Realized she can ignore it as ruler.
• Her bed chamber has a David Copperfield poster. She curated the forest arena as her wild garden.
• Sat with Doug.
• Cast Darkness over the arena as a chaos event.
• Respected Thornabub “from one ruler to another.” Told Glassy she has lost many battles, and once had to leave her own kingdom “for some time.”

S2E11 — Secrets — Blaktoof v Zorhel

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Drinks Mountain Dew Major Melon. Owns a small coffee machine.
• Her chainmail dress has no pockets, and she means to talk to her tailor.
• Dislikes daylight savings.
• Gave healing vials to both Zorhel and Mork. Flew Zorhel up to the Acolytes.

S2E12 — Blood Cookies — Wandering Willy v Martin Messiah Malenko

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Has a secret TV room in the Dread Fortress that she pays for; watched the Oscars.
• Wants a daily morning reminder of the day, delivered by Doug, not the goblins.
• Bakes cookies, and by the end accepts being “a grandma.”
• Wins Doug back with a treat. Can be bribed with snacks.
• Rebukes the Arbiter for the sneak attack. States the champions are always brought back and that nobody dies permanently “except for a few accidents.”
• Makes the bone necklaces. Gives the Acolytes the cookies.

S2E13 — The Brave — Buli v Chancy

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Bakes cookies for the Acolytes in an apron reading “Grandmaster.”
• Brought Doug to the stands and left at the break to comfort him.
• Granted Buli Bless for trying hard, and stopped the fight with “Enough!”
• Doesn’t visit this arena often. She covered the castle’s portraits.

S2E14 — Shrooms — Ulfgar Greyblade (Mcswiggins) v Snoop & Dog

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Throne room in the Dread Fortress; very large bedazzled crown.
• Declared Tuesday screaming night and made the shoe rule (“insurance”).
• Chose the lost plane, chaired Snoop, and retired the lion.
• “She makes the rules.”
• Flew Snoop up to the cheering Acolytes.

S2E15 — Black Hole Sun — Professor Stabbz v Mad Cass O Weary

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Bathed Doug by hand, because prestidigitation doesn’t get the oils out of his fur.
• Has new marble sinks in her bathroom.
• Took Stabbz’s “Intervention” seriously (metal chairs), and renamed invisibility “Fuck this, I’m out.”
• Asks Acolytes where they’d put a second pair of butt cheeks.
• Carried the winner on her shoulders.

S2E16, Pub Brawl - Broose Scorchtail v Dewdrop Grizzlebee

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Her businesses:
  • Serial hobbyist. Started a brewery below the Dread Fortress kitchen “last fall,” lost interest within days and forgot it, then bought a knockoff brew kit to start another.
  • Calls the arena her first successful hobby and business.
  • Wants to expand her hospitality business: “drinks and a show.” Owns a bee farm with “two of the best bee farmers” whose honey goes into honey mead.
• In this episode:
  • Claims mind control doesn’t work on her because she has “brain control.”
  • Blessed Dewdrop with “tough love.” Poured her drink on the Acolytes.
• Dried Blood: “No one actually ever dies at the death match,” kept secret so champions try harder. Says the Arbiter “doesn’t always agree with my policies.”

Coriander Society, Fate of the Faithful Part 1 (A Crossover)

(only mentioned)

• Lives in the Dread Fortress and doesn’t know about the betrayal.
• “Low tech.” Asena “liked that lady.”

S2E17 — Fate of the Arbiter - The Hall of Fates — Toddleheim, Locket and Flynry reach the Grandmaster

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Hadn’t left the Dread Fortress in weeks except for Deathmatches; unaware of the coup.
• Holds that Deathmatches are meant to challenge and strengthen, not punish. Says champions were to be compensated and returned to their home timelines.
• Calls Orin “a valued friend… an old friend.”
• Explains that the Hall of Fates mirrors are a living creature and a defense mechanism.
• Challenges the Arbiter to a public tournament for the Grandmaster title, putting her faith in the three.

S2E18 · Battle for the Crown Round 1 · Team Grandmaster (Toddleheim & Veronica) v Team Arbiter (Ralzamon & …

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Inventoried the armory before the war.
• Declared deaths in this war permanent.
• Summoned the wild-shape snow and the hailstorm. Let the Acolytes’ cheers warm Toddleheim.
• Revived or rescued Toddleheim. Honored all four fighters on ice pedestals.
• Holds one tournament point.

S2 Ep19, Battle for the Crown Round 2 - Team Grandmaster (Cosmonius & Locket) v Team Arbiter (Silky Slim & …

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Owns the throne (its card reads “Belongs to the Grandmaster”).
• Expected a Google invite from the Arbiter.
• Has goblins wheel a curtain for her champions.
• Doug the pug is with her.
• Calls the arena “my garden.”
• Ran the wild shape, heckling children and Kraken events.
• Ended the fight by sending the Kraken under.
• Holds an Acolyte fan vote.

S2E20 — Battle for the Crown Round 3 — Flynry & Prof. Stabbz v Thornabub & Mcswiggins

(Caustic Phoenix).

• A fan of animals.
• Says she missed the Arbiter’s rebellion (“real consequences”) and thought he’d gone soft.
• Keeps her crown. She catches Flynry’s golden coin.

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(Caustic Phoenix).

• Brought the Dread Fortress “from further North Orlando.”
• Flies with her wings.
• “I’m the only one that can wear a crown around here.”
• Her sword was lying in the forest arena, where the Showman found it.
• Promised fro-yo to the winner and to the sign-breaker.
• Offers employees vision but not dental.

S3E1 — Kill em with Kindness — Lumos the Spark v Ferndell Ironwind

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Sleeps in to 9 PM on Sundays.
• Bought 203 chinchillas, one per goblin, to prevent a goblin uprising.
• Fears the IRS, has filed for extensions three times, and claims to be “illiterate” / bad at math.
• Overruled Gerald to double Ferndell’s reward. Played tag through a chaos-event hug (“You’re it”). Gave Lumos d4 inspiration.
• Decreed that D20 Deathmatch and the Dread Fortress arena will only use local yogurt vendors.

S3E2 — The Student and the Master — Alma v Ahyan

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Home life: hosts a pre-show party. Doesn’t know what a budget is; wants cotton candy renamed “cloud candy.”
• The temples: the Acolytes have built many temples to her; this one is to be rebuilt.
• Age: “Not a day over 3000,” according to the Arbiter.
• In the arena: dove with a metal chair on Alma. Refused Ahyan’s plea for mercy. Wore a parka in the blizzard.

S3E3 — Couples Therapy — Chade v Kairen

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Is renovating the Dread Fortress kitchen with goblin labor. She sent an email memo about it.
• Had Doug summon the champions and floated Doug replacing the Arbiter.
• Was embarrassed and prudish about the innuendo and retreated to her throne.
• Mentioned “Mayor Timmy of that one asteroid we landed on.”

S3E4, Crypto Monkeys - K-Boom v Ignacio Marchade

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Runs goblin band tryouts. Gave both champions a d4 inspiration. “I am the law!”
• Claims “Dogecoin with Doug’s face on it” rules here (Doug coin). Stomped the NFT trinkets.
• Had hiccups after the break.

S3E5, Edge Lords - Captain Fable v Verryn Ruth

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Shopping for five thrones; picks a Doja Cat bust throne to be sculpted, and uses it temporarily in the arena.
• Plans an Acolyte vote on the throne. Keeps the Arbiter in chains as “ankle weights.”
• Protects Doug. Has a closet and a whole basement of plush d20s.
• Blessed Verryn’s save. Gave Fable a ship.

S3E6, Homunculus - Coen v Alfucius

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Trains Doug at fetch and freezes chicken broth ice cubes for him.
• “I have a thing for rocks.”
• Moves her blessings to whoever impresses her.
• Says the arena grass grows from blood and demanded blood before ending the match.
• Granted both champions their wishes and money.

S3E7 — Severed Limbs — Cress v Chedrick McDougan

(Caustic Phoenix)

• Made a rat charcuterie with goblin help; “I am a good cook.” Kicked over a goblin in a huff.
• Hates the Shadowlands. Floats rather than touch the ground there.
• Has an oath bow. Banished the ghast and gave both champions advantage. Handed out rainbow beans.
• Abandoned Chedrick in the Shadowlands.

S3E8, The Gauntlet 2 - Floyd of the Pink & Luci v Hurdey & Gurdi

(Caustic Phoenix)

• Built the gauntlet map herself as a giant craft project in the Dread Fortress basement, with goblin helpers.
• Made the tavern’s papier-mâché patrons, who all have names, ages and personalities.
• Gave Floyd the cape and fedora. Refused to remove the Arbiter’s chains.

S3E9 — Fire Heart — Alyndra Morlynn v Minh Lý

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Plays ping pong with Doug and has never beaten him.
• The waterfall is her favourite getaway, for books and wine.
• Threw the small umbrella, the cold bucket of water and the muscle floaties.
• Gave Alyndra the pep talk: the Arbiter’s portal only admits the worthy.
• Drinks are on her tonight.

S3E11 — Blood Feud 1 — Havoc v Isha Inverraseth

(Caustic Phoenix). Reads Doug monster stories under a blanket. Promises the winner may return home. Froze both champions mid-blow, promised Isha her wish, and told Havoc to choose a side. She ordered them sent to separate planes to train.

S3E12 — Blood Puppets — Basil Herringbone v Befferfoot

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Lost her crown. She takes it off to sleep: “I am the symbol of power and authority.”
• Plans to make a crown from the loser’s bones.
• Names the arena “my cave of wonders” (rename pending), and vows never to return to it.
• Promised to show the winner what’s beyond the waterfall; this wasn’t shown.
• Gave each champion a giant pet frog. Owns a frog hand puppet.

S3E14 — Magic Duel — Talbot Cage v Seth Kaiser

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Threw the masquerade pre-party party. Invited the Acolytes, “buttheads” and Kristen, but not the Arbiter.
• Sits on a skeleton throne with Doug.
• Used time magic to give Talbot advantage (“I picked up a trick or two”).
• Lands “like an asteroid,” which scares Dolly off.
• Gave the winner the exploding pumpkin.

S3E15 — Sunday Slam — Belet v Derick

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Believes in procedure: business is done only on business days, 9 to 5, with agendas. Plans to abolish daylight savings time on the plane on Monday.
• Threw mud at Derick. Promises medical insurance, a retirement fund, a gym membership and PTO.
• Proposed hippo steaks, then retracted it for hippo cookies.

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(Caustic Phoenix).

• Introduced as the one who calmed the chaos and slew the Shadow King.
• Opens the arena portal by breaking her necklace.
• Says the Dread Fortress loves puppies and does not hurt innocent animals. Covets Luis’s necklace.
• Wrote the bad Yelp review of Chef. Gives an ultimatum that she’ll murder both champions herself.

Into the Mirror, Session 1 (YouTube Parts 1–6 - Flynry Dies, Flynry Wakes, Flynry Walks, Survivors, Reflect…

(mentioned only).

• Away “on a tour of the Void,” with a spa treatment at three.
• Took Toddleheim and Locket into her court. Wrote the letters, ordered the Arbiter to help, and sent Elianna as chaperone.
• “Very old.” She arrived at Cor’thun lost after the death of her father.

S3E17, Season 3 Finale - Soot Mustam v Huey Leatherface

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Face-painted goblins; owns treasure rooms that fund the Deathmatch.
• Shot Soot as a chaos event. Cried and sealed the Cube after Soot died, then dropped Huey in fright at Marymoo.
• Freed the Arbiter. Wields Oathbow.
• “After I usurped you”: she overthrew the Shadow King. She ends the episode chained and kneeling.

Into the Mirror 7–9 - Claws of Sand, Shifting Sands, Hourglass (session 2)

(mentioned only)

• Wrote to Locket and Toddleheim that there might be a way to get Flynry back.
• Sent Elianna with them, telling her she must come back safely.

S4E1 — Shadows Reign — Atalantos v Kaja

(Caustic Phoenix). A captive: weights on her ankles, wrists and neck, gold rune bracelets, no crown.

• Her restraints also limit what she can say. Her feet froze when she tried to approach her friends.
• Today is her birthday. Something bloody happened on her 13th.
• Calls the Box of Chaos the Shadow King’s former job (“You were the box of chaos”).
• Tried and failed to steal the sword, then punched the Shadow King through his incorporeal chest.

S4E2 — Under the Bottom — Richardo v Evah

(Caustic Phoenix)

• A captive “stranger in her own home.” Hates the Shadow King and wants the goblins to poison him.
• Opens void holes with an amulet at the cost of her own blood.
• Claims the Void grew stronger in his absence. “Wishes the Arbiter was back.”
• Strips both champions’ rage and grants hero points.

S4 Ep3, Swindlers - Griff v Cappin Fodder

(Caustic Phoenix). She is summoning champions for the Shadow King.

• Summons champions with an amulet that cuts blood into her hand; ripping it in two opens the arena portal.
• Wears a choker that tightens and silences her when she defies the Shadow King.
• Protective of the goblins (Thomas, Hagrid). Got to 52 on Bop-It “when I was 12.”

S4E4 — Death Dealers — The Scourge v Bone Daddy

(Caustic Phoenix)

• Opens portals with the sharp amulet using her own blood. Has a throne cushion “where a dog once slept.”
• Dove on the Scourge with a chair.
• Ran the shrink event and sent Thomas the Goblin to fix the heater. Likes to be called benevolent.

S4E5 — Toxicity — Toocher the Toxic v Sho Nin

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Her captivity: opens portals by clenching an amulet around her neck. It draws her blood, and her palms are now scarred from it.
• At the Fortress: her hair widens with stress, and she directs the goblin employees.
• In the arena:
  • Flies on black wings.
  • Shot Toocher for a pun, then secretly healed him; the Shadow King caught her.

S4E6 — The Hunt — Witch Hunter v Grickle

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Under the Shadow King, she does the real work of running the Deathmatch.
• Her hair is falling out in patches and her left eye twitches.
• She summons portals by cutting her hands on her amulet; her hands are scarred from it.
• Ripped off the Shadow King’s face, and cheered for Witch Hunter at the end.

S4E7 — Wings — Misery v Daisy Bloom

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Brings champions by cutting her hand/forearm with her amulet to open a blood portal (“pour down quite easily at this point”).
• Hates vinegar and mustard barbecue sauces. Says she and the Shadow King are “still somewhat related.” Can’t drink one liter of 7-Up.
• Prefers wine to “human beans.”
• Gave both champions Heelys; she has never owned Heelys herself. She was upset when no one thanked her.
• Ran the dodgeball event. Rules the arena “strictly David Copperfield only.”
• “Shadow King just put that one in my pocket” (unclear).

S4E8 — Blood Rain — Fatale v Claudia

(Caustic Phoenix). Opens portals by clenching the amulet at her neck until she bleeds.

• In this episode:
  • Opposes the expansion.
  • Mutters that she “should have been the one in charge.”
  • Gives the squeaky shoes and freed Fatale from Hold Person.
  • Grants advantage and the ventriloquist skill.
  • Threw her spear to flatten the arena.
• Says “I am the regulations”; morning affirmations.

S4E9 — Shootout — Stanley Second Life Gibbs v Gideon Regalis Electus Gregorius the 537th (Greg)

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Walks “very empty hallways.” Says “We are clearly an Xbox household.”
• Her dog is missing. She believes “he’s alive somewhere,” keeps a small empty throne beside her seat, and clutches an amulet that she crushes to open the arena portal.
• Rolls a plushy d20. Gave Stanley an extra d12 of healing. Killed the sentient pistol with her bow.

Into the Mirror 15–16, Old Friends - Sky

Named to Cerys for the first time. Per Elianna, she welcomes challenge and honorable combat, which is why she kept the Arbiter alive. Vythorn: “you are Elusia’s type.”

S4E10 — Rivals — Nonamatt v Decima

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Wears an amulet or necklace that cuts her hand each time she opens a portal. She calls it “not a shackle,” sarcastically.
• Knows the goblins’ names and is called “a ranger herself.” (Her “their nieces and nephews” line at 1:34:24 is about other people’s families, not hers.)
• Says the Shadow King runs the shows through her because the Acolytes don’t know him.
• Uses chaos magic tricks: the gift, the magnet, a cursed hot potato.
• Wept at the fight, held her spear to the Shadow King’s throat and begged for Nonamatt’s life, saying “even if this will cost me.”

S4E11 — Beatdown — Sprinkles v Nigel

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Brings the champions to the Shadow King.
• Shocked by the sister-in-law revelation; delivered the trash-can/Doug rant.
• Commanded goblins to remove the grandmas. Toasted the champions.

S4E12 — Racoons — Sam Cletus v Ben Zappa

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Locked herself (accidentally) in the Dread Fortress pantry during prep for the monthly employee party. Frazzled all episode.
• Her amulet cuts her weekly to open the portal.
• Gave Sam Bane, pelted him with Hydro Flasks, and called the raccoon rain on him for calling her “baby.”
• Defends the staff’s benefits and loves Henrietta.

S4E13 — Swole — Storm on the Horizon v Grug the Wizard

(Caustic Phoenix).

• She trains the chinchilla army of the Void for Deathmatch and Fortress security, and to protect the goblins and civilians.
• She is snarky toward the Shadow King.
• She summons portals by cutting her fingers on the amulet around her neck.
• She watched from among the Acolytes. She metal-chaired Storm, then gave her aspirin (“two tiny little blue pills”).
• She crowned Storm champion.

S4E14, Vythorn’s Return Part 1 (Vythorn alone in the in-between; the God of Fate)

Not present. Vythorn says she is in danger, and calls her “a great figurehead, very inspirational.”

S4E16, The Dragon and the Spider, Ricky Red Dragon v Traxton (Spider)

(Caustic Phoenix)

• Runs and plans the finale despite the Shadow King’s rule. Opens portals with an amulet whose bladed edge cuts her fingers to draw blood.
• Has white wings and sits beside the Shadow King. Says she has “a title and a crown.”
• Throws popcorn at dabbers and banned dabbing in the arena. Saved a bowl of rocks for later. Eats goldfish (“the snack that smiles back”).
• Offers the winner a snack pack of goldfish and fruit roll-ups. Has a niece (mentioned in a colors joke).

S4E17 (Season Finale) - Vythorn’s Return Part 3

(Caustic Phoenix)

• Present at the arena, still chained and wearing a choker sunk deep into her throat. She begged Vythorn to release her.
• Says she defeated the Shadow King first and “somebody brought him back to life,” and that Vythorn “was killed.”
• Shows fear for the first time.
• Dragged from the arena by goblins in Vythorn’s old chains. Caustic Phoenix says she will stay “only in the dungeon.”

S5E1 — Rise of the Lord of Fate — Atlas v Killy Yesman

mentioned only. “Fired / laid off”; “She’s going to get [a severance package] soon enough. It’s a little beheading joke.” (Caustic Phoenix’s OOC note: in prison and potentially about to lose her head.)

S5E6 — American Amphibian — King Man Frog Bofus v Richard Knottley

not present. Imprisoned by the Lord of Fate “at the very start of the season”; protesters’ signs are about her. Thea: “everybody wants the Grandmaster back.”

S5 Ep17 — Vythorn’s Return Part 4

(Caustic Phoenix)

• In the vision:
  • Chained, but the chains hang on her like bangles.
  • Kept in a candlelit cell with books and a bed mat.
  • First mistakes Vythorn for Agdrel.
  • Says she always knew he would overthrow her “time and time again” and let the risk grow to give him choice.
  • Wouldn’t change her trust in him.
• Main timeline:
  • Frozen in fear holding the choker until Fil leaves.
  • Admits she didn’t know what he would do.
  • Hugs him, which is rare between them.
  • Declares to the Acolytes that “the time of corruption is over” and that they will be “masters of our own fate.”

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(Caustic Phoenix)

• Introduced as “She who defeated the Shadow King.”
• Casts the grand illusion of the Dread Fortress. Charges the Arbiter rent.
• Overrides his Sunday-only union rule (“Chaos happens every day”).
• Deep-fries a failed Acolyte. Honors a nat 20 by making a child a human shield.
• Says she “got stuck with” the Arbiter.

S6E1 — Murder at the Dread Fortress (TTRPG Murder Mystery)

(Caustic Phoenix). Back on the Dread Fortress throne; hosts the feast.

• Wanted to bite Bunga. Invites all employees for morale.
• Promised a negotiable prize for finding the murderer. Served weapons for dessert.
• Sided with the chinchillas on pizza. Celebrates rebirth through the Deathmatch.

S6 Ep2 · Ether Drifts Part 1 · TTRPG One Shot (Team A mine mission)

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Building an army and teams against the Shadow King.
• Founded Team A, with leadership to be decided in a Deathmatch.
• Says revival is assured (“we’ll bring them back”) and that “death isn’t permanent.”

S6 Ep3 — Ether Drifts Part 2 — Team A deathmatch (Atlas v Robbie Clark and the Hunger v Copycat)

(Caustic Phoenix).

• “Deathmatch is returning.” Calls the arena “a supportive environment.” Has torn champions apart “hundreds of times.”
• Wants Team A’s leader to champion “perhaps my greatest armies… to defend the Void.”
• Bet on Robbie. Protects Doug from the Hunger and gave away Doug’s collar.
• Revived Copycat and Atlas, and commissioned the team.

S6 Ep4 — Tip to Tip - Part 1 (TTRPG One Shot)

(Caustic Phoenix). Offered benefits (a chinchilla, PTO, sabbatical, resorts, “You won’t die”). Her face can replace the moon in the sky.

S6E5, Tip to Tip - Part 2 (Richard Knottley v Richard S. Skelman, the leadership Deathmatch)

• Gave the team t-shirts. Insists Knottley’s mustache is fake.
• Seated the Chinchilla Parliament in the front row. Bessie and the Cowdettes is “my top movie of 2024.”
• Named Skelman leader. Doesn’t want to be anyone’s spiritual guide: “I just run the Dread Fortress and look over the void.”

S6 Ep6 — The Hunt for #2 - Part 1 — Team C (Frigidum, Bob the Barbarian, the Duke) v Billy

(Caustic Phoenix). Has a not-so-secret stash of alcohol behind barrels in the Dread Fortress kitchen. Offers champions full employment as “the sword of the Dread Fortress”: immortality, a home, a sauna, and a pet chinchilla. She wants an after-party.

S6E7, The Hunt for #2 - Part 2 (season finale). Team C final - Frigid Doom v Bob the Barbarian v the Duke

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Sent Team C on vacation to Duval and dislikes it. Was waiting in the throne room.
• Ruled that the winner leads the team, names it, and picks where it lives. Threw the Arbiter’s adding machine at Frigid Doom.
• Bowed to the Duke after his nukes. Rolled a “warm-up” and then a nat 20.
• Revived Bob with a hand on his shoulder and a slap. “We now have our three teams.”

× Wounded Warrior Project, Capture the Flag charity crossover (title not in metadata)

(Caustic Phoenix).

• 10 feet tall, “the tallest person in this room.” Not fluent in duck, with duck on her Duolingo. Always asks champions about their bowels.
• Favored Perry and Team A. Gave Dave Bless. Shrank the trees to shrubbery. Ruled double damage.
• “Ruler of a world.”

LIVE at Full Sail Hall of Fame 2024 - Lief Tover v Sheriff Tapatio S. Picante

(Caustic Phoenix).

• “She who shattered the Shadow King.” Has giant white wings.
• Refuses to fight the Arbiter because she would embarrass him.
• Rules “this kingdom” with her “big gold balls.”
• Bet on Lief Tover and won.
• States that death is never the end.

Full Sail Hall of Fame 2025 (live show), Ringmaster Talon v Maximilian Maxwell III

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Loves bath bombs scented with roses and blood.
• Says “That’s my grandma, though” about a lich (joke). Mentions “my nephew.”
• Revives Talon by stopping, then restarting, his heart with his own scythe. Sped up time around Max (“Eye of Makamoto is mine”) to trigger a bleed.
• Says the Dread Fortress’s unicorns murder people. Cut the Void Bucks by hand until 2 a.m.

S7E1 — A Soup Served Cold — DeeDrah v Gazpacho Man Andy Gammage

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Opens the “season of Vigilance”: danger approaches the Void.
• “There’s the Grandmaster and then the Arbiter.”
• “Eons of ages old,” never had gazpacho; may have her first cup if Andy wins.
• Hosts “The Price is Kinda Right” (in the break; not logged). Has vast, colorful wings.
• Poured an unending bowl of gazpacho over DeeDrah’s body.

S7E2 — Under the Oil Tree — Big Business v Bog Boy

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Learning Spanish to “go international.”
• Didn’t know Claude worked there.
• Admits chaotic events can help champions and that she doesn’t advertise it.
• Rescues and holds Clementine. Wants to make a movie starring Ewan McGregor. Bans an Acolyte over “olive oil trees.”

S7E3 — Chinchilla the White — Akumu v Jinx

(Caustic Phoenix):

• Wears an eyepatch after scratching her eye playing darts with Thea; a memo told everyone not to mention it.
• Bought the goblins a foam pit. Wants premium insurance for staff. Promises a marketing person “next year.”
• Says she has saved the Arbiter’s life more than once.
• Bans revives after Chinchilla the White.

S7E4 — The Cheese — Sila v Ol’ Pumpernicklejack

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Opening: plays chess with Claude, flips the table, sends him to clean the toilet. Claims the Arbiter hasn’t beaten her in “50 years, 52?” Her robe becomes black and gold armor with a snap.
• During the fight:
  • Self-described 0-for-2 on statements and chaos events; struggles with phrases. The Arbiter: she “didn’t have what you’d call a formal education.”
  • Swept the minitaurs into the crowd.
  • Offered Doug’s cheese as a bounty for a kill.
  • Brought Jack parchment as he won.

S7E5 — Rock and a Hard Place — Iowa-Ska v the Pebble

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Throne room etiquette: knock.
• Allowed the tag-team. Promised the Arbiter new chairs for Christmas (two, three). Gave “the Grandmaster’s blessing” (±3).
• Protects Doug. “Thank God I don’t have balls.” On dragonborn: “very distant cousins” of lizards, and old textbooks say they have cloacas.

S7E6 — Bone Force — Jerry Bonesman v TD

(Caustic Phoenix)

• Chose TD as champion. Offended by “Dread Hut.”
• Set the pizza-buffet prize and protected the baby ducks.
• Owner of the orc skull at the Dread Fortress and keeper of its name.
• Ruled double damage via the “agony” and delivered TD’s pizza.

S7E7 — A Father’s Son — Agatha Middlebrooke v Lug Hardblock

(Caustic Phoenix): angry about the fortress damage and wants the box controlled. Switches sides repeatedly. Flustered by the ending, she crowned both champions.

S7E8 — Private Bathrooms — Livid Lady Lin v Gandor Thalion Umbrae

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Has a private bathroom in the fortress. Ate 12 Brussels sprouts.
• Grants heroic surges; threatens to revive anyone who dies without using one “just to pummel you back into the earth.”
• Handed Lin the lease. Has “beef” with the Arbiter, to be settled privately.

S7E9 — Necro-Nightmare — Squiggles v Ray S’urdead

(Caustic Phoenix).

• Keeps romance-type books hidden in a bookshelf in a back wall. Flustered by Ray: she flushed red and wouldn’t make eye contact.
• Offers each winner one wish. Shared popcorn with Doug.
• Openly begged Ray to destroy Squiggles, then claimed to have always rooted for Squiggles. Buried Ray’s half-locket.