Tusk Love

Tusk Love is a smutty romance novel purchased by Jester from the Chastity's Nook bookshop in Zadash. The story deals with the saucy union of Oskar (a half-orc) and the daughter of a traveling merchant, named Guinevere or Genevieve. They met along the Amber Road, up near Druvenlode. However, they couldn't be together, for fear of what their families might think. According to Jester, the story ends when "Oskar falls in love with her, and he carries her across a field, and they love each other so much", describing it as "the most beautiful story".

While reading the book, Jester began eyeing Fjord and referring to him as "Oskar".

Tusk Love was written by Matilda Merceria.

Beau, Caleb, and Jester visited the Chastity's Nook, where Iva Deshin, the owner, told them that Tusk Love is a little saucy. Jester decided to buy it for three silver pieces. Jester started reading the book while waiting for the Knights of Requital meeting.

Horris Thrym got told to stay in their room in The Leaky Tap in Zadash while the Mighty Nein tried to find a way to get him out of town. Mollymauk gave him their copy of Tusk Love so he has some reading while they are gone.

According to Jester, there was a scene in the book where Oskar and Guinevere have to paddle to shore after their ship was sinking. Jester noted that unlike her situation, where she was paddling the boat in the subterranean tunnels, Oskar was the one paddling in that scene. When recounting the story, Jester mistakenly used the name "Genevieve" in place of Guinevere; in Jester's birth name was revealed to be Genevieve. However, Jester later recalled the name as Genevieve again and explained that Jester loved the book because the heroine had the same name as she did.

Jester spent an evening telling Kiri basically the story of Tusk Love, leaving out the really dirty bits, and Kiri is enthralled.

On their way to the Kiln, the Mighty Nein encountered some ghosts. Jester decided to just read Tusk Love to them. This seemed to gain them a crowd of ghosts following them, implying that they are interested in being read this book. After they arrive, they told this to the people there and Tyla Dust borrowed their copy to read.

A copy of the novel was among the five books in each character's personalized room in Widogast's Nascent Nein-Sided Tower.

When scrying on Vandran, Jester discovers that he is reading a copy of Tusk Love in his driftwood hut, presumably on one of the Bisaft Isles.

Known Readers

 * Jester - Became infatuated with the character of Oskar.
 * Horris Thrym - Claimed to have found it a boring read.
 * Tyla Dust - Was completely taken with the book.
 * Beauregard Lionett - Read aloud while walking through a long cave to entertain everyone.
 * Archivist Zeenoth - "It's not a bad read."
 * Expositor Fraelin - Believed to be fond of the book.
 * Caleb Widogast - The books in his Tower were all books he had read.
 * Vandran - Was seen reading it while Jester Scryed on him. He said it was "pretty good", but asked for "no spoilers".

Trivia

 * The author Matilda Merceria's name was coined by Laura Bailey, likely as a reference to Matthew Mercer.
 * The critical role shop at one point sold a Tusk Love notebook.