Satine Phoenix Explained

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

Career

Adult entertainment

Phoenix was a stripper in San Francisco before entering the pornographic film industry in 2006. Phoenix was also very open about her interest in sadomasochism and bondage, and she came in fourth place for Best Comic Artist at the Bondage Awards in 2010.[1]

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".[2]

Mainstream media

Phoenix has accepted projects in gaming and fetish fashion, cosplaying characters from various D&D games, and modeling in latex and leather. 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.[3] [4] 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.[5] Phoenix has been portrayed by many artists, including Swedish punk painter Karl Backman[6] [7] and American photographer Chad Michael Ward.[8] [9] In 2013, she appeared in the Javier Grillo-Marxuach's short film Minotaur.[10]

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) and DnDMelt (a gaming community focused around Dungeons & Dragons). Phoenix has organized and hosted "Celebrity Charity Dungeons & Dragons", a charity event to raise funds for Reach Out and Read.[11] [12] [13] 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.[14]

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[15] and four[16] 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.[17] 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.[18] She was the community manager of Wizards of the Coast's Dungeons and Dragons arm from 2018 to 2019.[19]

Phoenix and Ruty Rutenberg co-founded the streaming network Maze Arcana[20] [21] which produced several official actual play Dungeons & Dragons web series such as Maze Arcana: Fury's Reach (2017),[22] Maze Arcana: Fury's Fate (2017–18),[23] [24] Sirens of the Realms (2017–19),[25] [26] and Maze Arcana: Inkwell Society (2018–19).[27] Phoenix was also a Dungeon Master or player in these shows.[28] 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.[29] [30] 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.

In 2019, Phoenix founded the livestream production company Gilding Light.[31] [32] [33] 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.[34] [35] [36]

In June 2022, over a dozen former collaborators alleged bullying and mistreatment by Phoenix and her husband Stone.[37] [38] Satine issued an apology "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.[39]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultNotes
2007Adultcon AwardBest Actress in an Intercourse PerformanceHardcore Training #6[40]
2020ENNIE AwardsBest Electronic BookUncaged Vol IIIContributing author[41] [42]

Personal life

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

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

Publications

Notes and References

  1. http://www.bondageawards.com/hall_of_fame.asp The Bondage Awards Hall of Fame
  2. News: Annalee . Newitz . May 16, 2006 . Porn 2.0 . . August 25, 2013.
  3. News: Philippe . Berry . Satine Phoenix: 'Oui, des actrices porno qui jouent à Donjons et Dragons, ça existe' . . April 8, 2021 . July 25, 2010 . Satine Phoenix: 'Yes, porn actresses who play Dungeons and Dragons do exist' . fr.
  4. Web site: Annalee . Newitz . On Reality TV Series 'I Hit It With My Axe' . . March 17, 2010 . November 21, 2011.
  5. News: Wade . Garrett . Satine Phoenix to Appear on Fox News Tuesday . August 25, 2013 . . September 15, 2008.
  6. http://karlbackman.tumblr.com/post/35407476541/untitled-karl-backman-2012-acrylic-on-canvas-100-x Untitled, Karl Backman, 2012
  7. http://karlbackman.com KarlBackman.com
  8. http://www.yuhmm.com/post/434427042/chad-michael-ward YUHMM Magazine Taste It. Chad Michael Ward
  9. http://chadmichaelward.tumblr.com/post/23253067008/the-betrayal-model-satine-phoenix-shot-in-my The Betrayal Model: Satine Phoenix
  10. Web site: Minotaur . . August 25, 2013.
  11. News: Liz . Ohanesian . Celebrity Charity Dungeons & Dragons at Meltdown Comics, Plus Tips for Beginners . July 27, 2014 . . January 30, 2012.
  12. McMillan . Graeme . December 12, 2012 . Will Dungeons & Dragons Be the Next Hobbit? . en-US . Time . June 15, 2022 . 0040-781X . limited.
  13. Chaos Mandy . Watch Celebrity Dungeons & Dragons Game for Charity! . en-US . Wired . June 15, 2022 . 1059-1028 . limited.
  14. News: My day at the Porn Palace . Stephen . Elliott . Stephen Elliott (author) . February 7, 2007 . . January 2, 2012.
  15. Web site: Five Tribes: Jenna Busch, Satine Phoenix, and Richard Garriott Join Wil on TableTop . Geek & Sundry . December 29, 2017 . April 9, 2015 . video . YouTube.
  16. Web site: TableTop: Wil Wheaton plays MONARCH with Ashley Clements, Brea Grant, and Satine Phoenix! . Geek & Sundry . December 29, 2017 . February 1, 2017 . video . YouTube.
  17. Web site: . Game Masters Tips with Satine Phoenix – Different Style of Storytelling . https://web.archive.org/web/20171229112435/https://geekandsundry.com/game-masters-tips-with-satine-phoenix-different-style-of-storytelling/ . usurped . December 29, 2017 . Geek & Sundry . December 28, 2017 . April 13, 2017.
  18. Web site: Game Masters Tips with Satine Phoenix: Retrospective with Matt Mercer . https://web.archive.org/web/20171229112341/https://geekandsundry.com/game-master-tips-with-satine-phoenix-retrospective-with-matt-mercer/ . usurped . December 29, 2017 . Geek & Sundry . December 28, 2017 . December 7, 2017.
  19. News: Alimurung . Gendy . How Dungeons & Dragons somehow became more popular than ever . May 27, 2019 . The Washington Post . April 18, 2019 . limited.
  20. Web site: November 16, 2016 . Satine Phoenix and Ruty Rutenberg on Maze Arcana . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161124101016/https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/satine-phoenix-ruty-rutenberg-maze-arcana . November 24, 2016 . June 15, 2022 . Dungeons & Dragons . Dragon Talk.
  21. Web site: May 24, 2017 . Satine Phoenix is living the nerdy dream . July 6, 2021 . Nerdarchy.
  22. Web site: 2017 . Maze Arcana: Fury's Reach Playlist . July 6, 2021 . YouTube . Dungeons & Dragons.
  23. Web site: 2018 . Fury's Fate Playlist . July 7, 2021 . YouTube.
  24. Web site: About . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210711013813/https://www.mazearcana.com/inkwellsociety/ . July 11, 2021 . July 7, 2021 . Maze Arcana . en-US.
  25. Web site: Sirens of the Realms . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210711130010/https://www.mazearcana.com/sirens-of-the-realms/ . July 11, 2021 . July 7, 2021 . Maze Arcana . en-US.
  26. Web site: Sheehan . Gavin . February 27, 2019 . Interview: A Chat With the Cast of Sirens Of The Realms . July 7, 2021 . Bleeding Cool News And Rumors . en.
  27. Web site: 2019 . Inkwell Society Season 2 Playlist . July 7, 2021 . YouTube . Dungeons & Dragons.
  28. Web site: Maze Arcana Dungeons & Dragons . June 15, 2022 . dnd.wizards.com.
  29. Web site: August 9, 2018 . The 2018 Award . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181230134814/https://www.dianajonesaward.org/the-2018-award/ . December 30, 2018 . June 16, 2022 . The Diana Jones Award . en-US.
  30. Book: Watch Us Roll: Essays on Actual Play and Performance in Tabletop Role-Playing Games . 2021 . Shelly Jones . 978-1-4766-7762-0 . Jefferson, North Carolina . 2 . 1233268599.
  31. Web site: 2022 Special Guests . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20220429201158/https://www.originsgamefair.com/special-guests . April 29, 2022 . June 15, 2022 . Origins Game Fair . en-US.
  32. Web site: Culver . Jordan . January 14, 2020 . Dungeons & Dragons had fallen on 'troubled times.' The role-playing game's fifth edition changed everything . June 15, 2022 . USA Today . en-US.
  33. Web site: June 18, 2019 . Satine Talks About the Dungeons & Dragons Community and Neverwinter's Enduring Success . June 15, 2022 . . en.
  34. Web site: April 26, 2021 . SIRENS: BATTLE OF THE BARDS Is Bardcore Role-Playing . June 15, 2022 . Nerdist . en-US.
  35. Web site: April 23, 2021 . GeekMom: 'Sirens: Battle of the Bards' Kickstarter Launches Today! . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220615212454/https://geekdad.com/2021/04/geekmom-sirens-battle-of-the-bards-kickstarter-launches-today/ . June 15, 2022 . June 15, 2022 . . en-US.
  36. Web site: Zambrano . J. R. . June 14, 2022 . Origins Issues Statement Following Satine Phoenix & Jamison Stone Controversy . June 15, 2022 . Bell of Lost Souls . en.
  37. Web site: Hoffer . Christian . June 15, 2022 . Dungeons & Dragons Personalities Satine Phoenix and Jamison Stone Accused of Bullying, Mistreatment . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220615203424/https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/dungeons-dragons-satine-phoenix-jamison-stone-bullying-mistreatment-wizards-of-the-coast-origins-game-fair/ . June 15, 2022 . June 15, 2022 . . en.
  38. Web site: Varney . Jordan . June 15, 2022 . DnD Content Creator Couple Accused of Bullying, Blacklisting . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220615203750/https://www.cbr.com/dnd-content-creator-satine-phoenix-jamison-stone-abuse-allegations/ . June 15, 2022 . June 15, 2022 . . en-US.
  39. Web site: June 29, 2022 . D&D actual play studio adds founder Jamison Stone back to website, weeks after abuse and manipulation allegations . June 30, 2022 . Dicebreaker . en.
  40. http://www.adultcon.com/nominees.htm ADULTCON AWARDS
  41. Web site: 2020 Nominees and Winners – ENNIE Awards . June 16, 2022 . en-US.
  42. Web site: UNCAGED VOLUME III Has Been Unleashed for D&D Fans to Enjoy . June 16, 2022 . GeekTyrant . November 11, 2019 . en-US.
  43. Web site: Join our Wedding Ceremony . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20211231173129/https://apotheosisstudios.com/stonephoenix . December 31, 2021 . June 15, 2022 . Apotheosis Studios.