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"It's a town, but not always!"

Also referred to as as Riddles Guy. It is a festival held in The Trashlands, with the party heading towards it by mistake after escaping dire bats. Canyonera and her sisters arrive to point the way, but convince the party to join them in Riddles Guy instead of Ruleshaven. They attend Riddle Guy '97, the 100th anniversary, along with the orcs.

The celebration is promised to be full of riddles, to the varying dismay and excitement of the party. Canyonera describes it as "It walks on no legs most of the year and it walks on about a million legs for one weekend out of the year." The festival started when a wise man challenged a sphinx to a riddle contest, which killed itself when it lost. The man celebrated his victory every year on that day, and soon participants began burning a large wicker sphinx in hopes of luring out another to challenge and destroy.

Riddles are used as currency, with all trade being done in exchange for answering or stumping someone with a riddle. Partial credit or pity is sometimes applied as well. Themes of question marks, tie dye, nudity and sphinxes decorate the free-spirited celebration.

Riddle Guy can also refer to the winner of a year's competition, decreed the one who most honors and masters riddles. It may also refer to the episode Riddle Guy where they arrive at the celebration. Every year, a wicker sphinx is set ablaze with each contestant sacrificing something or someone they love to it. Whoever cries the hardest is declared the Riddle Guy for the coming year.

Riddle Guy is also the term used for the the wicker sphinx.

Quotes[]

  • "No such thing as a fair question at Riddle Guy."
  • "It's RIDDLE GUY! Riddle Guy 97! It's a celebration of all those who know language can and MUST be a puzzle!"
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