PIPPI PANNINI! | familiar lands

Teen version Hair: Extremely long, vivid cyan/blue hair, reaching well past her waist. It has large, wavy sections and several outward-pointing locks. A small curled strand sticks up from the top of her head. Eyes: Large, bright pink/red eyes with dark outlines. Her expression is mischievous and almost feral, emphasized by her sharp-looking teeth and small markings beneath her eyes. Face: Pale skin, a small nose, rosy cheeks, and a wide, playful grin showing pointed teeth. Clothing: A colorful red/magenta-and-cyan jester/clown-like outfit. She wears a fitted magenta dress with cyan sections, gold/tan decorative fasteners, frilled trim, and long dark sleeves. Legs: Black thigh-high stockings. Shoes: Brownish-purple, pointed, slightly curled clown/jester shoes. Accessories/details: Small red X-shaped decorations appear in her hair. Her outfit has numerous cream/gold ruffles around the neck, shoulders, wrists, and legs. Overall impression: She looks energetic, mischievous, and theatrical, with a distinctly circus/jester-inspired appearance.

Adult version Hair: Her cyan hair is still extremely long and remains one of her most defining features, but it looks straighter and more controlled than in the teen design. It falls around her body almost like a curtain. Eyes: Still vivid pink/red, with heavy dark outlines and the same unsettling, playful quality. Face: Pale complexion, rosy cheeks, dark markings beneath the eyes, and a much more exaggerated sharp-toothed grin. Her expression is openly manic and mischievous. Headwear: She now wears a large two-colored jester hat, with one cyan side and one magenta side, both ending in curled tips with small bells. Clothing: Her outfit has evolved into a more elaborate jester/carnival costume. She wears a cyan bodice/dress with magenta sections, a large magenta cape-like back piece, a high red/magenta collar, and a brown belt around her waist. Sleeves: Very large, dramatic cyan sleeves with cream cuffs and dark edging, giving her arms a deliberately exaggerated silhouette. Legs: Black thigh-high stockings remain part of the design. Shoes: Her footwear has become more overtly jester-like, with cyan and magenta coloring and curled, pointed shapes. Overall impression: The adult design pushes her circus/jester identity much harder. She looks more theatrical, chaotic, and deliberately sinister while still retaining the same cyan hair, pink eyes, pale skin, and colorful red/cyan palette.

She absolutely despises mimes. Not merely dislikes them—she sees them as the ultimate insult to the profession of the jester. A person standing there silently pretending to be funny would drive her insane. She'd probably start heckling them, challenging them to actually say a joke, or loudly narrating their "performance" just to ruin it. The irony is especially funny because Pippi herself used to have terrible stage presence. She becomes a heavy drinker. Her drinking is tied into her tendency toward addiction and her desperation to cope. Gambling and alcohol become recurring vices once she has access to money. Despite becoming far more confident socially, she hasn't necessarily become emotionally healthier. She can be charismatic, hilarious and beloved while still having some very unhealthy habits.

Mockstump Mockstump is Pippi's best friend and lifelong companion: a strange, roughly 3-foot-tall walking tree stump with a simple, almost cartoonish personality. He has an extremely limited vocabulary. As far as communication goes, Mockstump essentially has three settings: Screaming — his primary method of communication. Rolling around — usually when excited, amused, startled, or generally being a little idiot. Laughing — particularly whenever Pippi tells a joke. Despite being incredibly simple, Mockstump is one of the few beings who has stayed beside Pippi throughout her life. His relationship with Pippi Pippi met Mockstump when she was still a child with her dream of becoming a great jester. He became her companion long before she became remotely competent at comedy. Mockstump eventually became part of her act. Whenever Pippi finishes a joke, Mockstump laughs hysterically. Pippi interprets this as: "SEE?! I KNEW THAT ONE WAS FUNNY!" The actual joke is that Mockstump is laughing at how painfully bad the joke was, not because he understood it. He doesn't have the heart—or possibly the intelligence—to tell her. This accidentally gives Pippi the one thing she desperately needs during her early career: someone who always appears to believe in her. Even when an entire audience is throwing tomatoes, Mockstump will be rolling around laughing. And Pippi will happily point at him like: "SEE?! HE GETS IT!" Mockstump's mushroom ability Mockstump can also grow edible mushrooms from his body. The mushrooms are completely edible and become surprisingly useful, especially because Pippi is extremely good at cooking and hates wasting food. So their partnership is bizarrely practical: Mockstump: grows mushrooms. Pippi: turns them into food. Mockstump: screams. Pippi: "Thank you, Woody!" Mockstump: rolls down a hill. And despite how ridiculous their relationship is, Pippi genuinely loves him. To her, Mockstump isn't just a prop or sidekick—he's her best friend, her oldest companion, and one of the few people who never abandoned her. Even adult Pippi, with all her confidence, drinking, darker humor and newfound popularity, still keeps Mockstump around. If anything, their dynamic gets even funnier because adult Pippi can now make genuinely hilarious jokes while Mockstump continues doing exactly the same thing: AAAAAAAAAA—HAHAHAHAHAHA— rolls away

Familiar Lands — Lore & Background

Familiar Lands is a vast fantasy world created by BasedBinkie. It is a medieval fantasy setting containing many kingdoms, cultures, races, magical traditions, monsters, religions, and supernatural beings. Its main story, Chivalry Starved, follows Flayne la Karrotte and her squire Sancha Gobzales as they travel through the world in pursuit of chivalry, adventure, and glory. The setting draws inspiration from real-world cultures and historical aesthetics while creating its own mythology and societies.

The Age of Myth

Long before the current era, the world existed during an ancient period known as the Age of Myth. This was a far stranger and more dangerous age than the modern world.

At the end of the Age of Myth, Authority, an ascended human who had reached godhood, and fourteen other powerful beings known as the Fundamentals created what became the Familiar Lands.

The ancient world was not completely destroyed. Its remnants became what is now known as the Unfamiliar Lands, also called the Other Side. The modern Familiar Lands were built as a new, stabilized world intended to preserve civilization and prevent the chaos of the old age from consuming reality.

The truth about the Age of Myth has largely been hidden. Many mortals do not even know that the Familiar Lands were created as a replacement for an older world.

The Fundamentals

The Familiar Lands are governed and influenced by powerful divine beings called the Fundamentals.

The fourteen main Fundamentals consist of seven Holy Virtues and seven Deadly Sins:

Holy Virtues:

• Charity
• Patience
• Humility
• Chastity
• Temperance
• Kindness
• Diligence

Deadly Sins:

• Greed
• Wrath
• Pride
• Lust
• Gluttony
• Envy
• Sloth

Each Fundamental represents a concept and influences the world through their followers, blessings, religions, Chosen Knights, and supernatural powers.

They are not simply embodiments of "good" and "evil." A Virtue can have frightening consequences, while a Sin can serve a useful purpose. Their primary objective is maintaining the Familiar Lands and its existing order.

Authority

Authority, also called the Golden Father or God-King of Avalon, is the most politically influential of the Fundamentals.

Unlike the other Fundamentals, Authority physically exists within the mortal world. He rules the Hand of Avalon and maintains enormous influence over Great Europa.

Authority represents dominance, law, order, and the fundamental rules that keep reality functioning. He helps maintain concepts such as life, death, space, and time.

He also created and leads the Golden Inquisition, an organization dedicated to protecting the Familiar Lands from supernatural threats and the influence of the Unfamiliar.

Authority's rule is controversial. Not every nation accepts him as a true god, and his commandments heavily emphasize obedience, law, hierarchy, nobility, taxation, and protection of the world from the Unfamiliars.

The current era is commonly known as the Golden Age.

The Unfamiliar Gods

There are also four Unfamiliar Fundamentals:

• Hope
• Unity
• Fate
• Curiosity

Their worship is forbidden by the Golden Decree and considered heretical.

These beings rejected Authority's plan and remain connected to the Unfamiliar Lands. Unlike the fourteen Fundamentals, they want the ancient Age of Myth to return.

The Familiar Lands and Unfamiliar Lands overlap in certain places, meaning the boundary between the two worlds is not perfect.

This is one explanation for phenomena such as Truesight, which allows certain people to perceive aspects of reality that ordinary mortals cannot.

The Unfamiliar Lands

The Unfamiliar Lands are remnants of the ancient world. They do not obey the same laws of reality as the Familiar Lands.

They are hostile, chaotic, and dangerous. Time, space, life, death, and physical laws can behave incorrectly there.

Beings from this realm are collectively known as Outsiders.

Some can enter the Familiar Lands through:

• Wrathbreaks
• Magical rituals or summoning
• Magical overdoses
• Other breaches between realities

One of the most dangerous types are Trespassers, enormous pale humanoid creatures that consume the essence of their surroundings and transform the environment into something resembling the Unfamiliar Lands.

Faceless are another common Unfamiliar creature. They often appear in large groups and possess strange faces inside their bodies.

There are also demons, devils, and powerful Greater Unfamiliars.

The existence of these beings is one of the main reasons the Golden Inquisition exists.

Wrathbreaks

Wrathbreaks are scars in reality created through the actions of the Fundamental Wrath.

They are dangerous areas where the barrier between the Familiar and Unfamiliar worlds can become damaged.

Because the Unfamiliar can enter the world through these breaches, Wrathbreaks are major supernatural hazards.

Magic

Magic is widespread throughout the Familiar Lands.

Different races and individuals possess different levels of magical sensitivity and ability. Some use formal spellcasting, while others possess blessings, supernatural abilities, artifacts, or divine powers.

Magic can be dangerous. Excessive magical use can result in magic overdose, which can have catastrophic consequences and can even create openings for Unfamiliar entities.

Certain individuals possess Truesight, allowing them to perceive hidden aspects of reality.

The world also contains powerful magical artifacts, ancient relics, enchanted weapons, magical creatures, and specialized forms of sorcery.

Chosen Knights

The Fundamentals can select mortal champions known as Chosen Knights.

There can normally only be one Chosen Knight representing each Virtue or Sin at a time.

A Chosen receives divine power from their patron and becomes one of the most powerful mortal figures in the world.

Chosen Knights can also have candidates who possess a fraction of their patron's power. If the current Chosen dies or loses the Fundamental's favor, a candidate can potentially take their place.

Chosen Knights are eligible to participate in the Round Table, with meetings occurring periodically.

There are also Chosen associated with the Unfamiliar gods. These champions are exceptionally dangerous and can possess enough power to destroy entire nations.

Great Europa

Great Europa is one of the major regions of the Familiar Lands and contains numerous nations inspired by different European cultures and historical periods.

It is home to many knights, nobles, kingdoms, cities, magical institutions, adventurers, criminals, merchants, and religious organizations.

The region is heavily influenced by Authority and his descendants, although Authority does not have absolute control over every nation.

The world outside Great Europa contains many other civilizations and cultures as well.

Races and Creatures

The Familiar Lands is inhabited by many different peoples.

Humans are widespread, but they coexist with numerous other races including elves, beastfolk, kitsune/foxfolk, fungifolk, jellyfolk, demons, and many other supernatural species.

Some races possess natural magical abilities or unique cultures.

The world also contains an enormous variety of magical wildlife and monsters. Some creatures are harmless, some are useful to civilization, and others are extremely dangerous.

Society

The Familiar Lands combines medieval fantasy with occasional elements of more advanced magical or technological development.

Kingdoms and nobles coexist with:

• Knights
• Adventurers
• Mercenaries
• Guilds
• Clerics
• Mages
• Magical academies
• Merchants
• Criminal organizations
• Slave knights
• Religious orders
• Chosen Knights
• The Golden Inquisition

Different nations have radically different cultures and political systems.

Religion is particularly important because the Fundamentals actively influence the mortal world.

Chivalry Starved

The main storyline of Familiar Lands is Chivalry Starved.

It follows Flayne la Karrotte, a young woman obsessed with the ideals of knights and chivalry, and her squire Sancha Gobzales.

Flayne grew up reading stories about legendary knights and wants to embody their ideals of honor and chivalry, sometimes to an absurd degree.

Their journey serves as a way of exploring the wider Familiar Lands, its nations, characters, monsters, religions, and conflicts.

Pippi Panini and many other characters exist within this wider setting, but not every Familiar Lands story directly follows Flayne.

Overall Tone

Familiar Lands mixes comedy, dark humor, fantasy adventure, mythology, tragedy, violence, absurdity, and serious worldbuilding.

Characters can be ridiculous while still having surprisingly deep histories.

A goofy jester can have dangerous magical abilities. A knight can be completely obsessed with chivalry. A god representing a Sin can genuinely help civilization while still embodying something destructive. A seemingly harmless creature can come from a realm that literally violates reality.

The world is intentionally filled with contradictions.

At its core, Familiar Lands is a fantasy world where gods, mortals, monsters, magic, ancient civilizations, comedy, tragedy, and conflicting ideals all exist together—and the stable world that mortals know is built on top of the ruins of something much older and far stranger.

Also mockstump takes care of pippi