Foster siblings Dorothy and Dakota wander into the woods on Halloween night and stumble upon a terrifying, Autumnal realm known as Sublime County. Guided by the enigmatic and troublemaking Walter the Weasel, they must race across the Sublime, evading its malevolent ruler and his curse that threatens to distort their bodies and minds into animals.
Systems: Babes in the Wood 1e, Abnormal, Epitaph, One Missed Call
Genre: Sci-fi, Fantasy, Horror, Drama
Touchstones: Over The Garden Wall, Videodrome, The Matrix, Cabin in the Woods
Illustration by: SpookyNest
Peek Into the Sublime
Our Little Troublemakers
Character designs by Thurs
Player: Dr. Hilda (She/Her)
Dorothy Reed (She/Her)
Playbook: Little Kid
Fears: The dark, small spaces, dogs, spiders, and adult men
Dorothy Reed is a shy, stubborn 7-year-old with dark hair and blue eyes. She idolizes her foster-sibling Dakota as well as her bio-sister Hazel from whom she was separated when she entered the foster system due to their large age gap and Hazel aging out of the system quickly.
She enters the sublime dressed as a pepper shaker for Halloween and wears a hand-me-down blue coat and red shoes that she picked out herself. She is pleased with her life at the Abott’s home and wants desperately to return to the only place she’s felt safe.
Player: Marceline/Marcie (Any/She)
Dakota Wallace (She/Her)
(post ep 21, He/They)
Playbook: Big Kid
Fears: Swimming, Abandonment, Being the center of attention
Dakota Wallace is a fiery, hardheaded 15-year-old with short black hair and green eyes. He grew up with a single father who lived a hard and fast life with Dakota being there for the worst of it. As he got older he learned that if he wanted his place in life he had to fight for everything.
Dakota was thrown into the foster care system, after a tragic incident with his father, where he began to feel like an outcast. He enters the sublime dressed as Ferris Bueller for Halloween. He is afraid of returning home to the Abbotts and that he will always cause destruction wherever he goes.
Player: Gus Knobbe (He/Him)
Walter Brookstone (He/Him)
Playbook: The Animal
Fears: Being a bad person, Being permanently stuck in this form, Owls
Walter is a clever, snarky guy of questionable age, currently in the body of a small brown weasel. He entered the Sublime after running away from home, feeling like an outcast and a loner. He's forgotten how long he's been here exactly, but the Sublime has taken its toll on his body and mind as he fell victim to the Stranger's curse.
He is determined to return Dakota and Dorothy home, hopefully sparing them his fate, and maybe cause a little mischief as they go. Walter has no love for the Sublime and would see it in shambles if he had his way. His biggest fears include being a bad person, staying a weasel forever, and owls.