OOC:Lotte Faróna

Lotte's name Lotte is originally a shortening of Charlotte, which was embraced by her original creator because "It sounds more Finnish". Her surname is originally spelled "Farona", but Zsolt Tóth added an accent over the O, making the second vowel a long one (Palakuikko originally intended it to be a short vowel), because "it rolls off the tongue much easier that way".

This kingdom is going to hell in a hand basket
Lotte Faróna's creator Palakuikko has a friend who once, by accident, posted the same thing on Facebook three times in rapid succession: "£2.60 for a regular black cup of coffee?! This country is going to hell in a hand basket." - hence the idea, that when Lotte is asked about her motivation for adventure, she has a flashback of a certain red-haired bearded customer saying "2.60 gold coins for a regular black cup of coffee?! This kingdom is going to hell in a hand basket!!!" (1 gold coin = 100 silver coins. The hourly wage of an unskilled labourer is 1 silver coin, 2 silver coins for a skilled labourer, 7 silver coins for a skilled craftsman. 260 silver coins for a regular black cup of coffee is unimaginably expensive.)

In a similar vein, the character Ladislaus Dominus is intended to have the catchphrase "You know, humanity is fucked beyond redemption 🙂". This inside joke originates from a disagreement between Zsolt Tóth and László Dornfeld regarding the interpretation of the anime Blue Gender, with Tóth interpreting it as a technophobic/luddite anime, while Dornfeld interprets it as an anime where "humantiy is fucked beyond redemption and thus a hard reset is needed". This led to Tóth establishing a headcanon or inside joke, where Ladislaus Dominus' catchphrase is "You know, humanity is fucked beyond redemption 🙂".

On Artograch, humans are native to and make up the majority only in the Kingdom of Etrand and the Earldom of Etrancoast. Anywhere else, they are just a small minority (except Gabyr, where they make up a plurality of the population). Ergo, "humanity" and "the Kingdom of Etrand" can be considered synonyms in a sense. Which means that the phrases "Humanity is fucked beyond redemption 🙂" and "This kingdom (Etrand) is going to hell in a hand basket!" are actually synonyms! Whaaaaaaat?!