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 Mercuria.

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.

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 Mercuria's name was coined by Laura Bailey, likely as a reference to Matthew Mercer.