Satine Phoenix

Phoenix at "Porn Star Karaoke", 2007

Satine Phoenix is an American comic book illustrator, cosplayer, model, and former pornographic film actress.[1] She is the co-creator, with writer R.K. Syrus, of the graphic novel New Praetorians and the founder of CelebrityChariD20 (formerly CelebrityCharityDnD).[citation needed]

Career

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Adult entertainment

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Phoenix was a stripper in San Francisco before entering the pornographic film industry in 2006.[2] Phoenix was also very open about her interest in sadomasochism and bondage,[2] and she came in fourth place for Best Comic Artist at the Bondage Awards in 2010.[3]

In a 2006 report for the news website AlterNet, journalist Annalee Newitz referred to her as "the sort of person who has the education and resources to choose from many careers and has chosen this one because she likes it".[4]

Mainstream media

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Phoenix has accepted projects in gaming and fetish fashion, cosplaying characters from various D&D games, and modeling in latex and leather.[citation needed] Notable projects include Pen, Paper & Laser Guns and her role in co-developing the gaming web series I Hit It With My Axe, which was distributed through online magazine The Escapist.[1][5] In 2008, Phoenix appeared in an episode of the WE tv series Secret Lives of Women and was a guest on the Fox talk show The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet.[6] Phoenix has been portrayed by many artists, including Swedish punk painter Karl Backman[7][8] and American photographer Chad Michael Ward.[9][10] In 2013, she appeared in the Javier Grillo-Marxuach's short film Minotaur.[11]

In 2010, she revived her art and gaming career at Meltdown Comics in Hollywood, California by starting DrawMelt (a life drawing class with cosplay models)[citation needed] and DnDMelt (a gaming community focused around Dungeons & Dragons).[12][13] Phoenix has organized and hosted "Celebrity Charity Dungeons & Dragons", a charity event to raise funds for Reach Out and Read.[14][13][15] She has also done live performance art with the San Francisco group "Zen Bullies," body painting, a bondage burlesque show, and had a weekly radio show on KSEXradio.[2]

Phoenix has both appeared in and hosted a number of episodes on Geek & Sundry as well as episodes on HyperRPG: Phoenix appeared in seasons three[16] and four[17] of the TableTop web series with Wil Wheaton; and in 2017 she hosted the second season of Game Master Tips, a YouTube video series for Dungeon Masters in Dungeons & Dragons and gamemasters in other tabletop role-playing games.[18] Season two of GM Tips expanded on the original format through Phoenix interviewing influential players from the tabletop role-playing gaming universe. The second season ended with Phoenix interviewing the host of the first season, Matthew Mercer, in December 2017.[19] She was the community manager of Wizards of the Coast's Dungeons and Dragons arm from 2018 to 2019.[20]

Phoenix and Ruty Rutenberg co-founded the streaming network Maze Arcana[21][22][23] which produced several official actual play Dungeons & Dragons web series such as Maze Arcana: Fury's Reach (2017),[24] Maze Arcana: Fury's Fate (2017–18),[25][26] Sirens of the Realms (2017–19),[27][28] and Maze Arcana: Inkwell Society (2018–19).[29] Phoenix was also a Dungeon Master or player in these shows.[28][30] The 2018 Diana Jones Award was awarded to the "Actual play" movement and included Maze Arcana as an "exceptional example" of the genre. Phoenix, Ruttenberg and Ivan Van Norman accepted the award at Gen Con.[31][32] However, the network then went dark in 2018; in 2022, ComicBook.com reported that Rutenberg and Phoenix are suing each other over the handling of Maze Arcana's funds and fiduciary duty.[23]

In 2019, Phoenix founded the livestream production company Gilding Light.[12][33][34] In 2021, Apotheosis Studios – founded by Jamison Stone – launched a successfully funded Kickstarter for Phoenix's campaign setting book, titled Sirens: Battle of the Bards.[35][36][37]

In June 2022, over a dozen former collaborators alleged bullying and mistreatment by Phoenix and her husband Stone.[23][38] Satine issued an apology[38] "stating that she was sorry for 'being the cause' of her accuser's pain and for enabling Stone's 'terrible behavior.'" Since the allegations, several organizations have formally cut ties with Phoenix and Stone including Level Up Dice, D&D In a Castle, Jasper's Game Day and the McElroy Brothers.[23][39]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result Notes
2007 Adultcon Award Best Actress in an Intercourse Performance Hardcore Training #6 Nominated [40]
2020 ENNIE Awards Best Electronic Book Uncaged Vol III Silver Winner Contributing author[41][42]

Personal life

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Phoenix stated that she began playing Dungeons & Dragons in 1988 at eight years-old.[33]

In 2022, Phoenix married Jamison Stone at Gary Con; the ceremony was officiated by Luke Gygax and was an event at the convention.[43][23]

Publications

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  • Burning Quill: A Collection of Illustrations and Other Art Work of Satine Phoenix. CreateSpace. 2010. ISBN 978-1-4515-2002-6.

References

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  1. ^ a b Berry, Philippe (July 25, 2010). "Satine Phoenix: 'Oui, des actrices porno qui jouent à Donjons et Dragons, ça existe'" [Satine Phoenix: 'Yes, porn actresses who play Dungeons and Dragons do exist']. 20 Minutes (in French). Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Elliott, Stephen (February 7, 2007). "My day at the Porn Palace". Salon. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  3. ^ The Bondage Awards Hall of Fame Archived December 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
  4. ^ Newitz, Annalee (May 16, 2006). "Porn 2.0". AlterNet. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
  5. ^ Newitz, Annalee (March 17, 2010). "On Reality TV Series 'I Hit It With My Axe'". io9. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
  6. ^ Garrett, Wade (September 15, 2008). "Satine Phoenix to Appear on Fox News Tuesday". AVN. Archived from the original on November 12, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
  7. ^ Untitled, Karl Backman, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  8. ^ KarlBackman.com. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  9. ^ YUHMM Magazine Taste It. Chad Michael Ward Archived July 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  10. ^ The Betrayal Model: Satine Phoenix Archived January 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  11. ^ "Minotaur". Sarasota Film Festival. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
  12. ^ a b "2022 Special Guests". Origins Game Fair. Archived from the original on April 29, 2022. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  13. ^ a b McMillan, Graeme (December 12, 2012). "Will Dungeons & Dragons Be the Next Hobbit?". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  14. ^ Ohanesian, Liz (January 30, 2012). "Celebrity Charity Dungeons & Dragons at Meltdown Comics, Plus Tips for Beginners". LA Weekly. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
  15. ^ Chaos Mandy. "Watch Celebrity Dungeons & Dragons Game for Charity!". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  16. ^ "Five Tribes: Jenna Busch, Satine Phoenix, and Richard Garriott Join Wil on TableTop" (video). Geek & Sundry. April 9, 2015. Retrieved December 29, 2017 – via YouTube.
  17. ^ "TableTop: Wil Wheaton plays MONARCH with Ashley Clements, Brea Grant, and Satine Phoenix!" (video). Geek & Sundry. February 1, 2017. Retrieved December 29, 2017 – via YouTube.
  18. ^ "Game Masters Tips with Satine Phoenix – Different Style of Storytelling". Geek & Sundry. April 13, 2017. Archived from the original on December 29, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  19. ^ "Game Masters Tips with Satine Phoenix: Retrospective with Matt Mercer". Geek & Sundry. December 7, 2017. Archived from the original on December 29, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  20. ^ Alimurung, Gendy (April 18, 2019). "How Dungeons & Dragons somehow became more popular than ever". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  21. ^ "Satine Phoenix and Ruty Rutenberg on Maze Arcana". Dungeons & Dragons. Dragon Talk. November 16, 2016. Archived from the original on November 24, 2016. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  22. ^ "Satine Phoenix is living the nerdy dream". Nerdarchy. May 24, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  23. ^ a b c d e Hoffer, Christian (June 15, 2022). "Dungeons & Dragons Personalities Satine Phoenix and Jamison Stone Accused of Bullying, Mistreatment". ComicBook.com. Archived from the original on June 15, 2022. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  24. ^ "Maze Arcana: Fury's Reach Playlist". Dungeons & Dragons. 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2021 – via YouTube.
  25. ^ "Fury's Fate Playlist". 2018. Retrieved July 7, 2021 – via YouTube.
  26. ^ "About". Maze Arcana. Archived from the original on July 11, 2021. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  27. ^ "Sirens of the Realms". Maze Arcana. Archived from the original on July 11, 2021. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  28. ^ a b Sheehan, Gavin (February 27, 2019). "Interview: A Chat With the Cast of Sirens Of The Realms". Bleeding Cool News And Rumors. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  29. ^ "Inkwell Society Season 2 Playlist". Dungeons & Dragons. 2019. Retrieved July 7, 2021 – via YouTube.
  30. ^ "Maze Arcana". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on June 20, 2017. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  31. ^ "The 2018 Award". The Diana Jones Award. August 9, 2018. Archived from the original on December 30, 2018. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  32. ^ Watch Us Roll: Essays on Actual Play and Performance in Tabletop Role-Playing Games. Shelly Jones. Jefferson, North Carolina. 2021. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-4766-7762-0. OCLC 1233268599.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  33. ^ a b Culver, Jordan (January 14, 2020). "Dungeons & Dragons had fallen on 'troubled times.' The role-playing game's fifth edition changed everything". USA Today. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  34. ^ "Satine Pheonix Talks About the Dungeons & Dragons Community and Neverwinter's Enduring Success". ComicBook.com. June 18, 2019. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  35. ^ "SIRENS: BATTLE OF THE BARDS Is Bardcore Role-Playing". Nerdist. April 26, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  36. ^ "GeekMom: 'Sirens: Battle of the Bards' Kickstarter Launches Today!". GeekDad. April 23, 2021. Archived from the original on June 15, 2022. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  37. ^ Zambrano, J. R. (June 14, 2022). "Origins Issues Statement Following Satine Phoenix & Jamison Stone Controversy". Bell of Lost Souls. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  38. ^ a b Varney, Jordan (June 15, 2022). "DnD Content Creator Couple Accused of Bullying, Blacklisting". CBR. Archived from the original on June 15, 2022. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  39. ^ "D&D actual play studio adds founder Jamison Stone back to website, weeks after abuse and manipulation allegations". Dicebreaker. June 29, 2022. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  40. ^ ADULTCON AWARDS Archived April 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  41. ^ "2020 Nominees and Winners – ENNIE Awards". Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  42. ^ "UNCAGED VOLUME III Has Been Unleashed for D&D Fans to Enjoy". GeekTyrant. November 11, 2019. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  43. ^ "Join our Wedding Ceremony". Apotheosis Studios. Archived from the original on December 31, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
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