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==References==
==References==
*The name of this location references Moulin Rouge, a cabaret-type place that many self styled "Bohemians" made their home. It is named after the typical misspelled word, rogue, and the moulin, which is French for mill.
*The name of this location references [[wikipedia:Moulin Rouge|Moulin Rouge]] (lit. "the red windmill"), a famous cabaret near Montmartre in Paris that many self-styled "Bohemians" made their home. The misspelling "rogue" is a mockery of the misspelling usually made in the opposite direction by overexcited RPG newbies anxious to describe their thief-like character's activities.
*Also, in the Baz Luhrman movie "Moulin Rouge!", there was a green fairy, like the one whose item is needed to access The Rogue Windmill.
*[[wikipedia:Baz Luhrman|Baz Luhrman]]'s movie [[Wikipedia:Moulin Rouge!|''Moulin Rouge!'']] portrayed the "green fairy", slang for absinthe, as an actual green fairy, similar to the mechanism by which this zone is unlocked in the game.


[[Category:Locations|Rogue Windmill, The]]
[[Category:Locations|Rogue Windmill, The]]

Revision as of 19:52, 2 June 2007

The Rogue Windmill is found in The Worm Wood, which is only accessible with the Absinthe-Minded effect.


Adventures


Backstage at the Rogue Windmill

Up in the Hippo Room

La Vie Boheme

References

  • The name of this location references Moulin Rouge (lit. "the red windmill"), a famous cabaret near Montmartre in Paris that many self-styled "Bohemians" made their home. The misspelling "rogue" is a mockery of the misspelling usually made in the opposite direction by overexcited RPG newbies anxious to describe their thief-like character's activities.
  • Baz Luhrman's movie Moulin Rouge! portrayed the "green fairy", slang for absinthe, as an actual green fairy, similar to the mechanism by which this zone is unlocked in the game.