Hail great hero! Welcome Back!

Wonderful to see you again adventurer! 

My clan is deeply indebted to you and 150 other heroes! With nearly 300 of the "enamel pin" talismans unearthed, you helped heal our lands, restoring balance. 

As you might have guessed from our absence, my tribe has had its share of tribulations and unforeseen obstacles. One such challenge was that the first craftsman guild that we had hired was just not up to the challenge, thus we had a delay in production and delivery. -- Fear not, however, despite the troubles we have forged an alliance with a new guild and have already made progress with, with renewed vigor! 

Thank you for your enduring patience.

And now brave hero, prepare yourselves for a most crucial task. In the coming days, a sacred missive shall be delivered to your inbox, bearing the name of BackerKit. This sacred "survey" shall acquire all the necessary delivery details as well as the shipping fees, so we can send these talismans to your deserving hands. You will also be able to complete your collection and add a few additional enamel pins for yourself or as a gift for other deserving adventurers.

We shall see you again soon brave hero!

**** See below for Backer Only details  --> Click here if you have a hard time seeing it. ****

[Please make your vote above!]

Greetings!
I hope your slumber left you well-rested. I will get right to the point. We are nearing the end of the quest, and as a vote was held for the Status: Hangry; Butcher Block edition talisman, we now need to help elect what the final item will be equipt for the Retro PC edition! You can see here the eight options! We have retained a few of the most popular items from the last vote, and surprisingly a few new items have even appeared! I am going to keep this one brief - so please go in and make your vote on which item this time around!

Spread the word and speak more in a few days, traveler.

Hello Traveler!

This has been a great, successful quest thus far. We are down the final week, and then my clan and I must pack up and start off to our next destination. More than 130 brave travelers have completed the quest so far, and we have more than 257 talismans [enamel pins] claimed from the depths of the dungeon. There is still time for more heroes to complete the quest, so be sure to share with other of your companions also, if you are interested in being a true "certified" completionist, don't forget you can still gather all three talismans by going here: https://www.backerkit.com/c/chandler-copenhaver/id-rather-be-an-npc/pledge_levels#top

In other important news -- the Vote for the Status: Hangry, Butcher Block edition talisman's equipped item is now FINAL! 

It was a close match, with the Shotgun and Broadsword + Hot Mug as runner-ups. Pretty great to see so many adventurers vote, and every item had at least one vote! The voices of the majority have decided, and Hangry Bread will wield a BATTLE AXE on the Butcher Block talisman!  [results below]

NOW, we need to do one more vote to help equip the Status: Hangry; Retro PC Edition talisman! There will be another update in the morning tomorrow, so look for that and make your vote!

Until then, join us at our camp and get some rest, adventurer.

REST

[While Resting...the merchant turns to you]

I am glad you joined us here by the fire. I have a story to tell you.
I've heard of another side-quest, deep in the mountain range beyond this valley where hordes of terrible monsters and even massive dragons live...only they seem to have been frozen in time, in capsules of ice-like material ~ some sort of mystical material, the Sage calls Accrilik or something like that.
This quest has attracted more than 1,300 brave adventures so far, and I highly recommend that you next head over to see the great Mystic Darryl, whose RPG Essentials quest needs your support!

Have a good rest, traveler.

[Please go and check out my good friend Darryl's campaign RPG ESSENTIALS: Acrylic Creature Tokens for TTRPGs! I'm suuper stoked to get my set ~  Click on either image and go check it out! ]

Hello Traveler! It is I, Favio the Merchant.
It's been more than a week since this journey began, and I am shocked and grateful for the small army of more than 100 adventurers who've completed their side quest! We are now past 350% of our goal! Thank you all again!

Alas, if only we had MORE adventurers to help us venture deep into the dungeon and extract even more talismans. Then will the land become free again from the great famine. If you would please [breaks the 4th wall]  take this link here https://www.backerkit.com/c/chandler-copenhaver/id-rather-be-an-npc/Backer-shares-on-social and share it with your friends on social media, so we can attract other travelers who might also be interested in accepting our quest. Only 2 weeks remain, so please do not delay.
THE VOTE....continues
Well, as you can see here, in the campaign page's now updated "the Vote" chapter, the Sage has figured out a way to KEEP both of the talisman designs! However, in the process, it looks like you need to help re-equipt both of the Hangry Bread, with an item. This means there will be a new vote opening today for the Butcher Block and, later on, another vote for the Retro PC. The vote will be for the exact same 8 items each time -- we're just doing the vote on separate days so as not to get things mixed up.
[stops breaking the 4th wall]

Well, thank you again, brave adventurer!
Please go now and help us vote to decide what item will be on the final talisman. You can access the vote here, as well.

We did it!! Thank you for your support!
While the journey has only just begun, because of you all, we were able to hit our funding goal just over an hour into the campaign. As I am writing this, we are actually almost at 200% of the goal. Onward and upward!

Your pledge is greatly appreciated and looking forward to enjoying more shenanigans together as we proceed together for the next few weeks. To properly celebrate, the Sage and Merchant have pulled together a little dance party. 

~ Cue the music!! ~
To deepen the immersion -- click the PLAY NOW button (the Youtube vid for the "Coffin Dance"/ song, is hyperlinked)