Nenette – Nénette and Rintintin
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Nenette
https://blog.imagesmusicales.be/lucky-stars-nenette-rintintin/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kehlMgplGS8
This Marleybonian was engaged to the Marleybone defector, Rententen. She may have leads on his whereabouts. When your wizard meets her, she asks if you would be interested in one of her dolls made out of yarn. They are very popular with Cats.
Nenette isn’t surprised by your visit. She knew someone would come asking about the “legendary spy” eventually. She sends you off to his “Secret Club” and wishes you good luck.
Nénette and Rintintin were tiny yarn dolls that took Paris by storm in 1918. Parisian ladies would pin them on their bodice as mascots to protect them from the bombs and shells. Men hung the two small talismans on their watch chain and soldiers would keep them in their knapsack. As is often the case with fetishes, the superstition was conditional: it would ward off danger only if the charming little dolls had been given, exchanged or received, but not purchased.
The craze in Paris did not last long (after about three months the frenzy was largely over). The craze in the spring and summer of 1918 took all forms: cheap woolen dolls were sold in haberdashery shops, lockets and small jewels were designed around the two heroes, and of course they covered the pages of many newspapers and magazines. There were also numerous postcard series published with the adventures of the mascots.
The current list of all the (known) Marleybone references are located here and all (known) Novus references are located here.
Although I am well versed in Pop Culture references but I do not claim to have caught them all. Let me know your favorites in the comments and if I’ve missed one you caught, let me know so I can add it to the list.
Text for this article is excerpted from the linked wiki pages
Rententen image is from Wizard101, and is copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment.
All other images are borrowed from the Images Musicales blog each are in the public domain.
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