Welcome to the second installment of Wonderful World of Darklords' Small Screen Summer! In this episode, we're looking at the darklord who introduced a whole generation of fresh-faced little Disney XD viewers to cosmic horror. Bill Cipher is Baby's First Elder God and Gravity Falls is a phenomenal setting for occult investigation, but can a character as alien and amoral as Bill ever meet our four elements of darklord? (Spoilers: yes, but only with some help from Book of Bill. No, you don't have to read Book of Bill in order to understand the episode; we'll summarize it for you.) Topics discussed include: --Preserving the feel of Gravity Falls, a town where everyone is deep in denial about the existence of the supernatural, in a world where magic is objectively real; --Potential mysteries for your PCs to solve, since they probably already know what's hidden in the basement of the Mystery Shack; --Tips for giving monsters a Gravity Falls spin, since brain-eating zombie clots feel a little too grim but bride-hungry gnome clots are an established part of the setting; --The 2e/3e darklord whose powers and plans map almost perfectly to Bill's (although his name is confusingly close to that of a major Gravity Falls character, which isn't helpful for podcasting clarity); --and more! The full write-up for Gravity Falls is available on DM's Guild: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/528280/Gravity-Fell-A-Ravenloft-Domain-of-Dread?affiliate_id=241770 The Shadow Rift adventure is also available on DM's Guild, although not for free: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/17482/The-Shadow-Rift-2e Timestamps 0:00 Introduction 5:18 The Lord 39:42 The Land 1:11:52 Dread Possibilities 1:40:21 Parting Thoughts 2:00:38 D’s Parting Thoughts 2:07:08 Episode 37 Watchlist Content Advisory for D's Journal (details on content advisories can be found on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/posts/introducing-128061331?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link, on Tumblr at https://www.tumblr.com/wonderfulworldofdarklords/782533621911322624/introducing-content-warnings-for-ds-journal?source=share, or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid037sb7hNXRaRMpyamiLiB4EYFfnqmpeGBX3DdS2gzPtUq3EooecwHAgwQVk73cbFMl&id=100083262132645) Memory modification (major), gaslighting (major) All music recordings are in the public domain (mark 1.0) and are licensed through https://musopen.org: Chopin Nocturne in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No.1 (main theme), performed by Eduardo Vinuela Chopin Etude Op. 25, No. 12 in C Minor: “Ocean” (darklord theme), performed by Edward Neeman Chopin Nocturne in F Minor, Op. 55 No. 1 (land theme), performed by Luke Faulkner Rachmaninoff MorcGranados Twelve Spanish Dances, Op. 37, II. - Oriental (main theme), performed by Monica Alianello (public domain mark 1.0)eaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3 - 2. Prélude in C sharp minor (Dread Possibilities), performed by Sergei Rachmaninoff Chopin Nocturne in E Minor, Op. 72 No. 1 (parting thoughts), performed by Luke Faulkner Dialog for Yensid was written by Azalin Rex himself: http://www.tumblr.com/darklordazalin The Wonderful World of Darklords logo was designed by Halite Jones, whom you can find on Tumblr and Instagram: https://www.tumblr.com/halite-jones and http://www.instagram.com/insta_halite Contact us on: Gmail: wonderfulworldofdarklords@gmail.com Facebook: @wonderfulworldofdarklords Tumblr: @wonderfulworldofdarklords Patreon: www.patreon.com/WonderfulWorldofDarklords YouTube: @wonderfulworldofdarklord Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-wonderful-world-of-darklords/donations