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The Elemenstor Cycle, Book 5: The Underpants of the Underdeep

Dust Jacket Notes

This hilarious and rollicking adventure takes the wildly popular Elemenstor world and turns it right on its head! Felthar the Moderately Handsome is just another student at the Institute Of Accoutermentia in Ezermethalon. When a rogue Elemenstor starts searching for the legendary Underpants of the Underdeep, Felthar gets caught right in the middle! He'll have to team up with a wise-cracking cupboard named Cubby and a cute undergrad named Serafina Haberdasheron just to survive! It's laughter, emotions, and so much more from the beloved creator of the Elemenstor Saga, Tycho Brahe.

Fan Reactions

To say that fan reaction to this book was tepid at best is a gross overstatement. Longtime fans reacted harshly and damned the book for cheapening what had been a serious tale about the epic history of furniture wizards. It is then surprising that this book is the only one of the series to even approach the bestseller list. Longtime fans agree that anyone who has not read the books before the publishing of Underpants should not be considered a true fan of the series.

Book 6: Nightstand's Peril is a follow-up to this book that takes place 10 years after the events of Underpants.

New Characters

• Felthar the Moderately Handsome
• Cubby
• Serafina Haberdasheron
• Gorg Stinkrot
• Borold Gravelsnot III, Revered Keeper of the Ornamental Dishwashing Liquid
• Dorc the Incontinent, King of Ezermethalon
• Professor Bertus Tanklebing
• Headmaster Scrooble
• The Fanged Vole-Guard
• Air Elemenstor Qaxrad of Syzz
• Queen-Princess Xanzandrinzel (briefly)

Recurring Characters

• Dogus Brankorking, now the ripe old age of 77. After the events of this book he leaves the order of Fire Elemenstation and becomes one of the Wasted Elemenstors.

Notes

• The humorous and strange Floapy's Powerful Forcefield Ring of Invisibility incident takes place in this book.
• The character Ickthorn the Unpopular was originally supposed to be in this book, but was cut from the second draft.

Observations

It would appear that this book was written in quite a hurry. Whole scenes have been lifted wholesale from earlier works by the author, and everything from Chapters 16 to 19 appears to be a direct copy of Chapters 4 to 9 from Book 2 with the word "Yellow" replaced by "Cheese" wherever it appears, presumably in an effort to hide this shameless self-plagiarism. The deposing of Dorc the Incontinent, in particular, appears rather hastily formed. Squidgy acted in a manner entirely opposed to his later appearances, indicating little to no research or forethought was put into his character and his relationship with Dorc.

In an interview in ELotH:TES Magazine Issue 20, Brahe revealed that that he had submitted The Rise and Fall of Minuschitae to his publishers when they demanded a fifth book, admitting he had nothing else prepared. In retrospect, this series of events may have possibly influenced the overall quality of The Underpants of the Underdeep, even slightly.

See Also: Book 6. Meteoric Cow. Arthak's Blade of Incontinence. Toadvomit. Unresolved Threads. The Longhandled Chisel. Jerry Holkins. The Elemenstor Cycle. Finnish translation. Twenty-One Man Gafroom. Kordish Butter. Felthar. Borold Gravelsnot III. The Incredible World Of The Elemensor Saga. Queen-Princess Xanzandrinzel. Book 9. W'lly W'st. Cow. The Forlorn Era Of Pensive Twiddle. Panty-Waste. Availability. Bloodfruit. Excerpts from the cycle that are recounted here. Canon or non-canon. Dorc. Simon the Severe. Serafina Haberdasheron. Gorg Stinkrot. Underpants of the Underdeep. War Men. Book 2. Tinkle. Lopae of Hopea. Qaxrad of Syzz. Quotable Quotes. The White Shirt of Muscular Appearance. The Loin, The Witch and the Cupboard. Manslaughtering. Book 4. Prominent Figures. The Grammarous Anorus. Floapy's Powerful Forcefield Ring of Invisibility. Mass-tidons. The Shield. Steppy. Weights and Measures. Peladdywynnyd. Elemenstor Cycle Timeline. Bag of Tender Holding. The Rise and Fall of Minuschitae. Ablongox the Particularly Unusually Long Lived. Pig's Annoyance. JestHause. NimitzNo'Odin. The Myrk-Helm of Dark Elemenstation. Cubby. Fan Language. Scrooble. Ezermethalon. Ishkarot Doogan. Dogus Brankorking.

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