Welcome to Wonder World™!
General Information
Founded: 1909
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Founders: Chester Williams and Maria Herring
Wonder World™ Specifications!
Wonder World™ is an ever-expanding company town located in a very special space-distorting gate between dimensions. In Foundation-speak, it probably translates to something very boring that we won't bother going into here. Hooray!
We are about 18,000 Wondermakers strong, and each of us is guaranteed a job with the Dr. Wondertainment brand upon graduation from Wonder University. We boast a nearly 100% literacy rate and similar employment rates. We are a very well-educated and happily employed bunch here at Wonder World™!
Of course, sometimes our brand ambassadors recruit new individuals from ICSUT, Deer, the Mages' Academy, and various other universities and colleges around the world to come and join us in our quaint little town. These Wondermakers are happily assimilated into our culture and way of life, with very few of them choosing to leave once they have joined up. What can I say— our perks are great and the pay is even better!
As you may or may not know, Dr. Wondertainment's workforce is split into various departments, each with fun titles to help make the humdrum of daily work life all that much better. Examples include the Candy Catalysts of our Sweets and Consumables Department, the Builder Bullies of our Construction Crews, and the now-defunct Mister Magicians of the Mistereering Department! All wondertastic names to be sure.
But anyway, here's a little backstory on us, because you Foundation folk seem to love learning about this kind of thing: Back in 1909, a man named Chester Williams and his friend Maria Herring opened up a little toy store here in Boston, named Dr. Wondertainment's Wonderful World of Whimsy! Mr. Williams, ever the diligent worker, labored to make sure the toys were always as wonderful as could be. Ms. Herring was a little more 'go with the flow' type. They worked together to create a great deal of toys that by our modern standards— are a little boring— but still Wonderful nonetheless.
Despite the mundane origins of our predecessors, their friendship was magical. And because of that magic, a certain oddity appeared in the basement of their store that made the space inside of it bigger than it actually was. Now Ms. Herring was more attuned to this kind of thing than Mr. Williams, and as such, she contacted her friends in the Serpent's Hand to chat them up about this most unusual occurrence. And some of them came and marveled at the toys they made, and decided to join the two in making more of them! Isn't that fun?
Chester and Maria, our beloved founders and the original Wondermakers!
Everything seemed to be going well for them until one day, some very nasty folks found out about Mr. Williams and Ms. Herring's friendship. They didn't like the fact that a black man and a white woman were friends, and as such, began destroying their store and ransacking the place on a regular basis. Oh no! To make matters worse, Mr. Williams met with some even nastier people who happened to be criminals. I think they came from Chicago? Anyways, they promised to help keep the angry men from breaking their stuff as long as they allowed them to use the basement for storing their alcohol. Despicable guys, the lot of them.
But one day, Ms. Herring and Mr. Williams decided they had had enough! And they fought back against the Chicago men and drove them out of their shop with the magic they learned from the Serpent's Hand and the power of their friendship! I wasn't there, but the stories they tell about it are pretty famous over here at Wonder World™! Soon after this encounter, Mr. Williams and Ms. Herring decided it would be safer to move Wonder World™ to a new location to keep the bad people out. Fortunately for them, one of Ms. Herring's friends from the Hand knew a certain real estate agent who was able to set them up with an extradimensional spot right here in Boston! Hooray!
And ever since then, we've been growing in numbers, growing our brand, and growing people growing as people. Isn't that wonderful?
Huh?
You want more?
Well, I'm sure there are more stories to be told about Wonder World™, but you'd have to go looking for them elsewhere! That's all I'll say on the matter, hehe.
Now, we here at Wonder World™ know that our relationship to you folks at the Foundation isn't exactly the best. From what we understand, you're trying to keep the world plain and boring and we keep trying to inject a little magic into it. But that's apparently just not acceptable to you guys! Tough crowd.
At least we know Dr. Everwood enjoys our products. Shoutout to Dr. Everwood and their love of Dr. Wondertainment products! You're the most wondertastic person at the Foundation. If you ever want to leave that place, you have a place to go!
We hope our relationship smooths over though. At the end of the day, we just want to bring joy to the little boys and girls of the world. That's an admirable goal, isn't it? I'm sure most of you would agree. Whether or not we continue to be a thorn in your side, however, remains to be seen. Let's just say we have plans in the works. Yes. Plans. Hem hem.
Staffing Information
Head Honcho, AKA The Big Boss, AKA The Woman In The Hat, AKA Big W, AKA The Wondermaker, AKA The One And Only Dr. Wondertainment: Holly Light
Assistant to the Head Honcho: Judy D. Achilles 'The Tongue' Papill
Director of…. actually: You know what? This is boring and unnecessary. You don't need to know this! Isn't it more fun to imagine all this rather than have a list of people given to you by some nameless face from Wonder World™?
Relevant Documents To You (Or Whoever Is Interested!)
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And that's all I wrote! Thank you for reading, Rex, and I hope you have a Wondertastic time at your new assignment!