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Friends at the Table

Friends at the Table is an actual play podcast about critical worldbuilding, smart characterization, and fun interaction between good friends. Find us (and a listener guide) @Friends_Table on Twitter.

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Sangfielle 44: Wax, Ichor, and Iron Pt. 1 from 2022-02-18T06:09:44

This episode carries content warnings for blood, gun violence, bodily possession, characters trapped in a small space, discussion of physical injury, mention of ...

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Sangfielle 43: Two Kinds of Quarry Pt. 2 from 2022-02-11T04:50:24

This episode carries content warnings for description of people bound and gagged, doppelgangers, mention of major bodily transformation, and decapitation....

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Sangfielle 42: Two Kinds of Quarry Pt. 1 from 2022-02-04T00:35:48

This episode carries content warnings for injury affecting motor skills, mention of gun violence, flesh eating creature, blood, creature feeding on corpse, kn...

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Sangfielle 41: Just Returns Pt. 5 from 2022-01-20T23:51:07

This episode carries content warnings for insect infestation of a human body, description of wax skin, description of bodies smothered in wax and entrapment inside of a wax-flesh covered spa...

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Sangfielle 40: Just Returns Pt. 4 from 2022-01-13T22:25:13

This episode carries content warnings for insect infestation of a human body, description of wax skin, interrogation of a prisoner, violent bodily transformation, humanoid liquidification, a...

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Sangfielle 39: Just Returns Pt. 3 from 2022-01-06T20:44:05

This episode carries content warnings for insect infestation of a human body, use of firearms and knives, blood, death, fingernail trauma, a description of an NPC being bound and captured. <...

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Sangfielle 38: Just Returns Pt. 2 from 2021-12-31T03:52:35

This episode carries content warnings for insect infestation of a human body, death, hanging corpses/gallows.

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Sangfielle 37: Just Returns Pt. 1 from 2021-12-24T00:54:44

This episode carries content warnings for insect infestation of a human body, bodily transformation, and visual delusions. 

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Sangfielle 36: Marrow in the Bone from 2021-12-10T00:48:04

This episode carries content warnings for disorientation, hallucinations/distortions of reality, death, humanoid corpses, knives, stabbing, blood, and the men...

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Sangfielle 35: Marrow in the Field from 2021-12-03T04:31:07

This episode carries content warnings for disorientation, mention of animal slaughter, and malformed animals.

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Clapcast: The Most Wanted Song from 2021-11-25T15:05:44

Hello everyone! Instead of a proper episode today, I'm sharing one of our Clapcast episodes where a few of us listen to the most wanted and unwanted songs!

The Clapcast is one of our monu...

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Sangfielle 34: Passage on the Jade Moon Pt. 3 from 2021-11-18T23:35:03

This episode carries content warnings for insect infestation, detailed description of insect infestation of an enclosed space, detailed description of insects...

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Sangfielle 33: Passage on the Jade Moon Pt. 2 from 2021-11-11T17:57:55

This episode carries content warnings for injury that affects mobility, aggressive animals, animal consumption of human flesh, insect infestation, bodily infe...

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Sangfielle 32: Passage on the Jade Moon Pt. 1 from 2021-11-05T06:20:42

This episode carries content warnings for description of a burn injury, injury causing limited motor skills, lack of access to medical care, insect infestatio...

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Sangfielle 31: Hark! The Citadel Beneath Pt. 4 from 2021-10-15T22:13:59

This episode carries content warnings for gun violence, forced human experimentation, imprisonment, the implied separation of mentally/spiritually joined people, description of human bones.<...

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Sangfielle 30: Hark! The Citadel Beneath Pt. 3 from 2021-10-15T01:33:24

This episode carries content warnings for forced human experimentation, teeth, chemical burns, forced bodily transformation.

The Blackwick Group moves with hound-like swiftness t...

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Sangfielle 29: Hark! The Citadel Beneath Pt. 2 from 2021-10-07T23:29:18

This episode carries content warnings for imprisonment, forced starvation, human body parts used as tools, bones breaking through skin, unwilling bodily trans...

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Sangfielle 28: Hark! The Citadel Beneath Pt. 1 from 2021-10-01T01:51:50

This episode carries content warnings for imprisonment, gun violence, kidnapping, blindfolding, binding, blood, branding, and the cutting of skin....

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Sangfielle 27: The Perpetual Oratorio of Davia Pledge Pt. 5 from 2021-09-23T21:21:04

This episode carries content warnings for insect infestation of a human body, death, injury that affects motor skills, self-inflicted knife wound, blood, fles...

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Sangfielle 26: The Perpetual Oratorio of Davia Pledge Pt. 4 from 2021-09-17T21:11:52

This episode content warnings for insect infestation of a human body, death, murder, human sacrifice, surgery, detailed integration of human and machine parts.

A concert hall sha...

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Sangfielle 25: The Perpetual Oratorio of Davia Pledge Pt. 3 from 2021-09-09T23:20:59

This episode content warnings for insect infestation of a human body, hallucinations, destructive fire, people trapped during fire, implied death.

Across every district of Sapodi...

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Sangfielle 24: The Perpetual Oratorio of Davia Pledge Pt. 2 from 2021-09-02T18:58:22

This episode content warnings for insect infestation of a human body, involuntary unconsciousness caused by violence, restraints, police violence, death, flesh-eating creature, and blood. Listen

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Sangfielle 23: The Perpetual Oratorio of Davia Pledge Pt. 1 from 2021-08-27T05:23:21

This episode content warnings for insect infestation of a human body, knives, fire, police violence, the mention of blood, and mention of mass death by fire. 

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Sangfielle 22: Whispers in the City by the Sea from 2021-08-20T06:41:27

This episode content warnings for skin wounds, body transformation, insect infestation of a a human body, disappearances of members of a marginalized group, i...

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Sangfielle 21: At the Gates of Sapodilla from 2021-08-06T02:11:27

This episode carries content warnings for aggressive interrogation, psychological abuse, physical detention, discussion of drowning, blood, death, loss of bodily control, mind contro...

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Sangfielle 20: What Happened at Bell Metal Station Pt. 4 from 2021-07-30T00:46:36

This episode carries content warnings for death, experimentation on a person, loss of consciousness and bodily control, magical captivity, and forced bodily transformation. Listen

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Sangfielle 19: What Happened at Bell Metal Station Pt. 3 from 2021-07-22T19:31:37

This episode carries content warnings for description of corpses and death by burning, the discussion of mind control, serious bruising, and the loss of motor skills. <...

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Sangfielle 18: What Happened at Bell Metal Station Pt. 2 from 2021-07-15T17:08:56

This episode carries content warnings for insect infestation of a human, bodily transformation, description of organs and interior of a body, serious bruising, loss of motor skills, ...

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Sangfielle 17: What Happened at Bell Metal Station Pt. 1 from 2021-07-09T01:11

This episode carries content warnings for insects and the insect infestation of a human, the depiction of a supernaturally bubbling and oil-like skin, and a m...

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Sangfielle 16: The Candle Factory Pt. 3 from 2021-06-24T22:08:27

This episode contains content warnings for violence, eye and bodily transformation, bodily experimentation, mind control, and the eating of glass (without harm).

Sometimes you th...

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Sangfielle 15: The Candle Factory Pt. 2 from 2021-06-17T13:31:57

This episode carries content warnings for discussion of a missing person, depiction of a bound and wounded person, and brief depiction of torture....

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Sangfielle 14: The Candle Factory Pt. 1 from 2021-06-11T03:38:38

This episode contains content warnings for teeth, implied harm to animals, and alcohol. 

With a loud cry, t...

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Sangfielle 13: Market Day in Blackwick from 2021-06-04T03:52:55

This episode carries content warnings for skin blisters and boils, hallucinations, and scrimshaw done in teeth.

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Sangfielle 12: The Secret Ledger of Roseroot Hall Pt. 4 from 2021-05-28T00:08:17

This episode carries content warnings for insect infestation, brief descriptions of bones, decorative bone carving, and disembodiment.

Safe in the company of the Didacts of Genbu...

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Sangfielle 11: The Secret Ledger of Roseroot Hall Pt. 3 from 2021-05-20T21:29:23

This episode carries content warnings for insect infestation, brief descriptions of eye trauma, general body horror, and blood. 

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Sangfielle 10: The Secret Ledger of Roseroot Hall Pt. 2 from 2021-05-14T03:01:52

This episode carries content warnings for description of haunting, disorientation, dissociation, insect infestation of a human body, and discussion of slavery, sacrifice, and mass death. Listen

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Sangfielle 09: The Secret Ledger of Roseroot Hall Pt. 1 from 2021-05-07T04:18:36

This episode carries content warnings for discussion of bombings, insect infestation of a human body, gun use, viscera, and threatening with a knife.

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Sangfielle 08: The Hymn of the Mother-Beast Pt. 4 from 2021-04-30T04:48:41

This episode carries content warnings for implied execution, description of bound people, knives, fingernails, poison/chemical weapons, hallucination caused b...

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Sangfielle 07: The Hymn of the Mother-Beast Pt. 3 from 2021-04-22T23:02:51

This episode carries content warnings for gun use, implied execution, knives, and amputation.

As the Blackw...

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Sangfielle 06: The Hymn of the Mother-Beast Pt. 2 from 2021-04-15T23:49:52

This episode carries content warnings for a corpse, an animal feeding on flesh, claustrophobia, broken bones, death from immobility and implied starvation, fi...

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Sangfielle 05: The Hymn of the Mother-Beast Pt. 1 from 2021-04-09T03:12:09

This episode carries content warnings for discussion of cigarettes, rotting flesh, animal corpse, aggressive animal, knives, gun use.

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Sangfielle 04: The Blackwick Group from 2021-04-02T02:29:21

This episode carries content warnings for discussion of knives, possession, insect infestation of a living person, death, animal slaughter, being buried alive...

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Sangfielle 03: The Curse of Eastern Folly Pt. 3 from 2021-03-25T17:02:41

This episode carries content warnings for human death, teeth, knives, possession, human branding

One day of...

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Sangfielle 02: The Curse of Eastern Folly Pt. 2 from 2021-03-18T21:43:34

This episode carries content warnings for human death, discussion of cannibalism, the death of animals, knives, and knifework.

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Sangfielle 01: The Curse of Eastern Folly Pt. 1 from 2021-03-11T07:32:25

This episode carries content warnings for discussion of death and an allusion to drowning. 

Welcome to Sangfielle. This episode marks not only the beginning of a new sea...

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Season 7 Trailer & Announcement from 2021-03-05T01:48

People will tell you that the heartland got sick about 200 years ago. When the dust came, reality left, and the panic set in. But trust me, it was ailing long bef...

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PARTIZAN 48: Post Mortem from 2021-02-05T06:53:44

Hey everyone! Join Austin Walker, Ali Acampora, Keith J. Carberry, Sylvia Clare, Jack de Quidt, Janine Hawkins, Art Martinez-Tebbel, and Andrew Lee Swan as we say farewell to PARTIZAN and answer...

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COUNTER/Weight 21: Crisis! (A Solemn Vow Above The Sea of Counterweight) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Military water running down stainless steel cookware. The rustling of paperwork, yet unsigned. The warm hum and soft glow of engines alight. Distance and purpose, ...

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Twilight Mirage 49: Bona Fide, Good Faith from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Determined to prevent two murders predicted by Crystal Palace, the Notion heads to one of Skein's allocologies, a floating, all-in-one corporate campus. Their plan? Infiltrate the lab of Wind's ...

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PARTIZAN 47: Operation Shackled Sun: Act 3: The Stories Told About the Things We Do from 2021-01-22T23:49:17

“Why do we travel the Prophet’s Path? This is a question raised yearly at this time, as we prepare for our Pilgrimage. Today, a year before the Millennial Celebra...

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PARTIZAN 46: Operation Shackled Sun: Act 2: The Gate from 2021-01-15T01:23:55

With Kalar and the Figure in Bismuth rescued from the Pact and their apparently game-changing intelligence delivered—albeit cut in two and sent to different peopl...

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PARTIZAN 45: Operation Shackled Sun: Act 1: The Fray from 2021-01-07T22:34:46

It is the year 1424 of the Perfect Millennium.

It is now. 

In the chao...

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See you next year!! from 2020-12-24T18:20:31

Hello everybody! Instead of an episode, we have an announcement: there's no episode this week or next week! The next Friends at the Table episode will be January 7th, 2021.

Our next episo...

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PARTIZAN 44: The Prison at the Top of the World from 2020-12-17T22:11:21

For generations, the Chasmata family has had an outsized place in the politics of Stel Kesh. Certainly, they were as loyal and stately as any other great house of...

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PARTIZAN 43: The Tunnels Beneath from 2020-12-11T06:08:13

Miles to the south of the Chasmata Quarry, AO Rooke loads an artillery shell into cannon. It’s the third to be fired, in a set of 50. He is providing cover, he wa...

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PARTIZAN 42: The Unbreakable Quarry from 2020-12-04T02:41:01

Buried deep in the records of the Divine Past is a peculiar absence. What is buried beneath the northern pole of Partizan? “The Chasmata Quarry,” says the only pu...

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PARTIZAN 41: Orbital Decay from 2020-11-19T22:46:44

On a map, it would seem as if the Blue Channel and its inhabitants, revolutionaries of the Millennium Break movement, were nearing freedom from the Partizan system. But a map does not show the w...

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PARTIZAN 40: Engine Burn from 2020-11-12T18:35:06

The Blue Channel and its inhabitants have left Partizan behind. And as it grows dim in the distance, they have time to both reflect on the hard path here and plan...

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PARTIZAN 39: Escape Velocity from 2020-11-06T01:50:01

In a hanger on a beach on the Isles of Logos, Kal’Mera Broun, Jesset City, Ver’Million Blue, Thisbe, Eiden Teak, Avar, Ryrira, and Si’Dra Balos stand around a spa...

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PARTIZAN 38: The Red Light from 2020-10-24T02:33:50

As the shape in the sea draws ever near, much of SBBR--with the help of their rivals in the Company of the Spade--begin to evacuate hundreds of thousands out of a city of millions. But Kal'mera ...

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PARTIZAN 37: The Gravity of Absence from 2020-10-17T04:30:24

Having returned from his audience on the Reflecting Pool, Sovereign Immunity briefs his SBBR and their allies on the impending arrival of what the Witch in Glass would only refer to as "the Red ...

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PARTIZAN 36: The Witch in the Glass Pt. 2 from 2020-10-08T04:04:22

Content Warnings: Discussion of a broken bone, killing of dog-like creatures, killing of humans via firearm, near-asphyxiation


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PARTIZAN 35: The Witch in the Glass Pt. 1 from 2020-10-02T19:09:21

Content Warnings: Violence against cats, birds, and dog-like creatures. Religious sacrifice of cats. Brief discussions of a brok...

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PARTIZAN 34: Guests, Invited and Otherwise from 2020-09-25T02:51:56

After months away, SBBR has finally returned to Oxbridge, only to find it burning. Every day, the city is rocked by its own political revolution, as members of th...

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PARTIZAN 33: A Single Shot from 2020-09-17T19:25:23

Inside of the High Altar, dignitaries sit under the flickering light of a projector, while above them, the very subjects of the film they watch fend off an attack...

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PARTIZAN 32: GLORY Arrives from 2020-09-12T03:50:40

For Kalar Anakalar and Phrygian, SBBR’s newest recruits, it seemed like another boilerplate mission. A too-warm, too-quiet night in seaside town, making sure that...

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PARTIZAN 31: The Grand Premiere from 2020-09-03T20:05:34

It has been just over fifty days since Millennium Break took Cruciat, and each day has been more busy than the last. The hammer of the Principality fell on the or...

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PARTIZAN 30: A Cemetery for Heroes from 2020-08-27T20:34:50

Content Warnings for this Episode

Throughout: Violence During a Public Event

00:00 - 20:30: Disrespect of the Dead, Implied Disrespect of ...

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PARTIZAN 29: Buried Beneath Golden Leaves from 2020-08-21T22:30:14

A month ago, Millennium Break seized control of Cruciat, ushering in a new age on the holy moon of Partizan. But like a counterpunch already chambered, the great ...

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Bonus Episode: Sports Are Just Numerology from 2020-08-03T09:02:53

Hey everyone, welcome to a very special bonus episode of Friends at the Table. As we said on Twitter, we're currently taking a few weeks off after the end of Kingdom to catch up on things, prep ...

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PARTIZAN 28: Millennium Break: The Storm Over Cruciat from 2020-07-24T06:09:45

For those who live under tyranny, the exhaustion and fear is such that it can be hard to even imagine or recognize what escape or progress or revolution look like...

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PARTIZAN 27: Millennium Break: She said, "To Win We Must Play!" from 2020-07-17T06:25:22

However the Summer Passage of Arms--a yearly competition of strength, skill, acumen, and style--began, it has followed in the fate of many similar comptetitons pr...

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PARTIZAN 26: Millennium Break: Breaking Vigil from 2020-07-10T20:09:22

With its internal threats sorted, at least for now, Millennium Break’s de facto leaders shift the bulk of their attention outward. As rebellion is sparked across ...

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PARTIZAN 25: Millennium Break: Courage in the Shadow of Opportunity from 2020-07-03T01:53:48

A week away from the moon of Partizan, a vessel rare in its luxury and power orbited the Portcullis which connects this provincial system to the rest of the empir...

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PARTIZAN 24: Millennium Break: The First and Second Arrests of Clementine Kesh from 2020-06-26T02:34:21

One might think that, with elections behind them, Millennium Break would turn its full attention outwards, towards the world it was trying to change. Instead, lik...

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PARTIZAN 23: Millennium Break: Who Will Lead Millennium Break? from 2020-06-19T03:21:26

Word traveled fast: The Oxblood Clan had demanded elections, and whether they’d get them had become the talk of all Icebreaker. For the hundreds on board familiar...

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PARTIZAN 22: Millenium Break: Forward, to Piracy (Sharp Tensions Across Tremulous Seas) from 2020-06-11T23:43:05

First off, a quick note of thanks to everyone who has already contributed to our fundraising efforts for Reclaim the Block, The Bail Project, BYP100, and The ...

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PARTIZAN 21: Millennium Break: We Will Take Hold of the Loom of History! from 2020-06-05T06:25:40

Hey everyone, Austin here. Today’s episode kicks off an eight episode run tracing the revolutionary movement on Partizan that formed at the end of the previous ep...

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PARTIZAN 20: On the Eve of Revolution from 2020-05-15T07:47:35

The town of Rezevi is quiet, most days. Five years ago, when the war with Kesh first kicked off, the sleepy fishing town’s residents wondered if their lives would...

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PARTIZAN 19: On the Edge of Fracture from 2020-05-08T06:58:05

After a stunning victory in Orzen, the Society of Banners and Bright Returns must now face the cold light of day. Bodies wounded, hollows damaged, and reputations...

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PARTIZAN 18: BITTER AIR - COMBUSTION from 2020-05-01T05:43:38

In the valley where Juniper lies along a slight river, the Divine Motion has brought her enduring velocity to bear. In front of her, the vanguard of her Black Cen...

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PARTIZAN 17: BITTER AIR - THREECARD from 2020-04-25T00:32:42

At the northwest reaches of the extended defensive perimeter known as Fort Icebreaker, Kesh brigades engage in a feint so convincing that the graves have already ...

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PARTIZAN 16: BITTER AIR - BEHEST from 2020-04-17T07:12:20

In the weeks since Kesh’s new offensive into Apostolos territory, little has changed besides the quantity of weekly war casualties. Halting Kesh’s push is Fort Ic...

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PARTIZAN 15: Divine Attention from 2020-04-10T06:46:53

Content Warning: This episode features discussion of chemical warfare and suffocation.

Deep in the Pique Ridge, at the back of a steephead...

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PARTIZAN 14: Deception in the Canyon City from 2020-04-03T06:18:49

Eager to refill their coffers, Kal’Mera Broun has brought SBBR to meet Kesh noble (and HORIZON commander) Gucci Garantine, who offers the group a daring opportuni...

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PARTIZAN 13: A Captive Audience from 2020-03-27T20:09:42

Content Warning: This episode features injury, surgery, and infection. 

With Gur Sevraq retrieved (and secreted away inside of the Winter ...

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PARTIZAN 12: A Call From an Island from 2020-03-19T23:12:56

With the “kidnapping” of Gur Sevraq spread far and wide, each Stel on Partizan spins up for war—even though some have not yet decided who they will come to blows ...

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PARTIZAN 11: DESERT SQUIRE - SLEIGHT from 2020-03-06T06:25:04

From the midst of a sandstorm, hands burst through the tempest in search of a miracle worker. From the front, the reformed pirate Callister Drive Callister leads ...

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PARTIZAN 10: DESERT SQUIRE - RIPOSTE from 2020-02-28T07:05:18

With their defense operation underway, the Rapid Evening have moved into position and identified a potential threat in the form of an unnaturally-moving sandstorm...

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PARTIZAN 09: DESERT SQUIRE - VANTAGE from 2020-02-22T04:47:36

In a matter of weeks, thousands of Kesh hollows will slide down the icy hills of the Verglaz Taiga, weapons raised and spirits on fire, as they charge an Apostolo...

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PARTIZAN 08: Under the Boughs of the Court from 2020-02-14T06:56:17

After their initial gambit found success, the members of SBBR have put Columnar’s too-curious 301st Appraisal Unit off balance. Now, they seek to finish the deal-...

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PARTIZAN 07: Ambush in the Sand from 2020-02-07T06:00:58

Before Cymbidium died, he asked the labor machine Thisbe, whose deerlike design drew from the form of his own people’s, for a favor: Deliver a final message to Mo...

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PARTIZAN 06: A Palace During a Wake from 2020-01-31T07:30:33

After a successful mission retrieving key remnants of the Divine Past and the body of the Elect Cymbidium, the Rapid Evening has returned to Cruciat, Kesh’s capit...

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PARTIZAN 05: Profit and Loss from 2020-01-24T07:49:10

The events in Obelle were disastrous for many, yet for the Society of Banners and Bright Returns, the nighttime raid on the seaside town went down in the book as ...

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PARTIZAN 04: SHORESIDE RECOVERY - BLACKGLOVES from 2020-01-17T02:19:24

Northwest of the seaside town of Obelle, there is a crater. Inside of that crater are the remains of the Divine Past, and those who wish to claim them: On one sid...

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PARTIZAN 03: SHORESIDE RECOVERY - DINNERDATE from 2020-01-10T06:06:46

The destruction of a Divine, the killing of an Elect, and war on a new front: Any one of these could shift the balance of power on a moon like Partizan. So when a...

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PARTIZAN 02: Obelle, On Fire from 2020-01-03T05:50:45

To the west of the small town of Obelle, the Oxblood Clan attempts to secure the landing zone for an inbound VIP. The plan is simple: Recover them and escape east...

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PARTIZAN 01: The Seaside Town of Obelle from 2019-12-26T22:33

It started with as basic a job as they come: The Society of Banners and Bright Returns (SBBR), a rookie outfit based in Oxbridge, was tapped for a contract as a s...

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PARTIZAN 00: The Divine Principality from 2019-12-19T20:58

It is the year 1423 of the Perfect Millennium, and the galaxy has been conquered by the Divine Principality. At the center of this empire, the only place where it...

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The Road to PARTIZAN 11: Summary & Recap from 2019-12-13T03:48:53

Welcome to the final episode of the Road to PARTIZAN. This week, Dre, Jack, and Austin talk through and discuss through the entirely timeline of events, ref...

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The Road to PARTIZAN 10: Microscope Pt. 2 from 2019-12-05T23:25:54

Welcome to the final part of the final game (but not the final episode) of the Road to PARTIZAN. Building on the foundation of everything that has com...

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The Road to PARTIZAN 09: Microscope Pt. 1 from 2019-11-30T04:12:30

Finally, the Road to PARTIZAN enters its final lap. Over the next two weeks, we’ll be zooming the camera out to look at the 5,000+ years that have taken us from t...

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The Road to PARTIZAN 08: For the Queen from 2019-11-22T01:27:09

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The Road to PARTIZAN 07: Beam Saber Pt. 2 from 2019-11-15T07:39:10

The world of Grona is said to hold the key to ending the war between the ever-expanding Divine Principality and its rivals, the recently allied Orion Combine and the Divine Collaborate. But what...

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The Road to PARTIZAN 06: Beam Saber Pt. 1 from 2019-11-08T03:10:28

On today’s entry of the Road to PARTIZAN, we pick up with the characters we made in Listen

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The Road to PARTIZAN 05: Ech0 & Dusk to Midnight from 2019-11-01T07:18:11

Welcome back to the Road to PARTIZAN. Today, we’re moving into a new trio of episodes that explore an era of history that would come to be called The Divine Clash...

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The Road to PARTIZAN 04: Armour Astir Pt. 2 from 2019-10-26T04:07:05

The crew of the Constellation-class Carrier Hellebore has breached the earliest defenses of the station which orbits the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. Having di...

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The Road to PARTIZAN 03: Armour Astir Pt. 1 from 2019-10-19T02:19:10

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The Road to PARTIZAN 02: Dialect Pt. 2 from 2019-10-11T01:11:49

For millennia, three rules guided the Hypha as they traveled across the galaxy. First: Follow the light of the strand through the stars, stopping only on wo...

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The Road to PARTIZAN 01: Dialect Pt. 1 from 2019-10-03T08:20:42

Welcome to the Road to PARTIZAN, an interlude connecting Twilight Mirage to PARTIZAN, our next full season (where we’ll be playing Listen

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Announcing: PARTIZAN (And Some New Merch!) from 2019-09-27T03:21:10

Hey everyone! Austin here. If you've already listened to the entire Spring in Hieron Post-Mortem or follow us closely via social media or our Patreon feed, then you have probably heard about a b...

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Spring in Hieron Post Mortem (Read the post!) from 2019-09-19T19:03:24

Thank you for joining us to say goodbye to Hieron....

From beginning...

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Spring in Hieron 44: The Second Spring Pt. 6 from 2019-09-11T22:22:34

...took a new name: the Frost Shepherd. It was in trying to understand this act, its causes, and its consequences, that I first thought this second volume might b...

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Spring in Hieron 43: The Second Spring Pt. 5 from 2019-09-06T17:16:08

...understandably caused us to doubt not only our relationship with them (albeit too late), but also with ourselves and our faculties. 

The world wa...

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Spring in Hieron 42: The Second Spring Pt. 4 from 2019-08-30T07:19:16

…unexpected means of conveyance, but at that time, what ought have been reasonably expected at all?
Perhaps such flippancy isn’t well placed. Now, with the benefit of distance and context,...

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Spring in Hieron 41: The Second Spring Pt. 3 from 2019-08-23T04:30:12

..alone would drive many settlements to resign themselves to his vassalage, as the Duke’s medicinal stores separated him from many of the other warlords in that first year, when the pollen was s...

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Spring in Hieron 40: The Second Spring Pt. 2 from 2019-08-16T05:16:33

...good a start as could be imagined, given the circumstances. But there was a confounding question still, which seemed to rent space in everyone’s mind: Yes, the university had survived, ...

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Spring in Hieron 39: The Second Spring Pt. 1 from 2019-08-09T07:40:22

…was standing there in the midst of utter chaos, I found strength in words uttered by the immortal warrior Red Jack (who you will become well acquainted with as you read on) only days before he ...

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Friends at the Table @ Gen Con this week!! from 2019-07-31T05:46:01

Hiya everyone!! Instead of an episode this week, we have a few announcements, which you can either enjoy in audio form or text form or BOTH!

-We're at Gen Con this week! We're doing a liv...

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Spring in Hieron 38: See Where You're Standing from 2019-07-27T02:21:23

Across the long lawns below the central tower of the Last University, the grass defies itself. In the mind, a field is a million individual blades blending into one. But when Stars of the steppe...

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Spring in Hieron 37: Ingenuity and Love from 2019-07-19T06:58:25

Of all the resources unique to the City of First Light, the Ordennan Impetus was most taken by the ancient city’s network of trains. The once-island nation was already familiar with the value of...

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Spring in Hieron 36: Terrible and Necessary from 2019-07-12T05:01:35

As the shell-sky ruptures under impossible heat and pressure, the citizens of the Last University face grim prospects. Beings of empty light tread over the familiar until it is unsafe, recasti...

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Spring in Hieron 35: Unfinished Work from 2019-07-05T00:14:24

The bounty was plastered from the boulevards of Malle’s Fist to the canals of Kanton, on the broken archways of the old imperial road and the mural boards of the old eastern sea wall:

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Spring in Hieron 34: The Variation of Natural Life from 2019-06-28T05:40:59

 

Victorious after their journey to the Mark of the Erasure, the leading members of the Last University find time to celebrate. But they know too well the danger of inaction, so while fou...

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Spring in Hieron 33: Particular Malice from 2019-06-14T05:07:32

Weeks ago, the Advocate took flight its cradle hidden in the hills and trees. Its path north took it across places already devoured by the Heat and the Dark: Rosemerrow’s once Long Sands, the de...

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Spring in Hieron 32: Insurmountable Odds from 2019-06-07T05:50:06

It is an old road that travels between the Last University, through the settlement of Baron’s Gate, and into what is now called the Mark of the Erasure was built--many times, across many lamina-...

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Spring in Hieron 31: A Handful of People from 2019-05-31T09:52:21

The morning after the second sun broke open, the campus of the the Last University is quiet. But this is not hard-won exhalation. It is a gasp for breath in the middle of a marathon run. Because...

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Spring in Hieron 30: A Safer Second from 2019-05-24T09:55:16

Above the waves of the Alcyonic Sea, the second sun has not yet hatched. But below its blood red light, a plan has begun to. But what sort of plan is it? Is it a former paladin’s plan to protect...

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Spring in Hieron 29: Deeper Than Flesh from 2019-05-18T07:31:04

Under crimson light, a plan moves into effect, a counter motion with speed so great that it matches the age of the plot it seeks to derail: the consumption of light, the birth of a dragon apocal...

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Merch Available on Fangamer & Gen Con Tickets On Sale Sunday!!! from 2019-05-16T19:16:52

Hello everyone!!! In lieu of an episode this week, we have some announcements instead! The next episode of Spring in Hieron should release tomorrow, latest Saturday!!

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Spring in Hieron 28: Significant Concern from 2019-05-10T05:28:05

In the city of Coraline, on the isles of Alcyon, the morning sun is welcomed with the ringing of bells. But not today. Instead--for some reason--there is only the sound of waves against rocks, o...

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Spring in Hieron 27: A Place and A Time from 2019-05-03T05:36:03

Many of the dangers that surround the Last University are new. Bright stones at the bottom of a stream burn bare feet. Sometimes, when the wind blows westerly, it carries a scent that fill...

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Spring in Hieron 26: An Attractive Offer from 2019-04-26T05:04:40

Before the travelers from the Last University settle into their guest lodging on the peninsula of Alcyon, they must finish some small bits of business. Throndir, avatar of justice, investigates ...

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Spring in Hieron 25: The Second Sun from 2019-04-19T03:52:14

Above the Last University, two suns hang, unbalanced. Under their shearing light, the heroes of this makeshift city move into action, even though they may not yet know what action they ought tak...

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Spring in Hieron 24: Closer to Kin from 2019-04-12T06:22:17

Far to the north east of their home at the Last University, a party of nine has arrived on the shores of Alcyon. Here, they hope to find much: Lord Ephrim, the plans to create the ancient protec...

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Spring in Hieron 23: The Heat Will Warm Your Bones from 2019-04-05T06:47:31

It is said that in the land of Hieron, there are two types of dreams: the first, an undirected working-over of one’s recent whims and toils, with, perhaps, a magical twist added by any arcane so...

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Spring in Hieron 22: Better Every Time from 2019-03-22T07:03:53

In the dense forest that covers the northeast of Hieron, a battle between old and new continues. Hadrian, Ephrim, Fero, and Throndir face down the creatures of Alyosha’s spring, and for the firs...

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Spring in Hieron 21: A Fountain of Information from 2019-03-15T19:40:34

In light of recent events in New Zealand, please know this episode includes description of the aftermath of an attack on a community and conversations about death. To those affected directly...

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Spring in Hieron 20: Passing of Voices from 2019-03-08T08:49:03

Some journeys have many purposes. For Ephrim, Lord of the Last University, the trip to the isles of Alcyon offers an opportunity to retrieve the special plate required to build pala-din, the aut...

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Spring in Hieron 19: A Night Like Tonight from 2019-03-01T01:43:36

The Creed of Samothes has, for countless years, spread its reach throughout society across Hieron. For many, it has provided strength, structure, and safety from the dangers of the wild world. B...

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Spring in Hieron 18: A Simple Answer from 2019-02-23T06:42:31

Across the campus and beyond the walls of the Last University, the gathering masses are holding their breath and asking themselves questions: What does the Wizard Arrell’s conduit mean for Hadri...

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Spring in Hieron 17: A Desire to Live from 2019-02-15T09:29:32

From their home in the Last University, Adaire, Ephrim, Hadrian, and Throndir watch as refugees arrive from every direction as war and disaster spreads throughout the vastness of Hieron. From th...

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Spring in Hieron 16: Music Through A Wall from 2019-02-01T05:11:48

As Del continues to descend towards the surface, Hella, Fero, and Lem head towards the ruins of the New Archives in search of a Cartwright Wren, a peculiar bird with properties that may help the...

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Spring in Hieron 15: The Breath of Hieron from 2019-01-25T05:32:18

Content Warnings: Descriptions of death, descriptions of medical care

His presence can be felt by those who do not even lay eyes on the dragon’s body. Samol has arrived at the last ...

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Spring in Hieron 14: Neighbors To Be Made from 2019-01-18T01:57:49

High above the Isles of Flight, Severea’s Gift, the moon named Del, begins its descent. Below, a strange mix of chaos and quiet as the Mistral react: Some rush towards escape, but others seem al...

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Spring in Hieron 13: The Time of Gods from 2019-01-11T04:40:33

Content Warnings: Descriptions of death and injuries, descriptions of corpses, descriptions of surgery

It is some time after noon in the unnamed University settlement. A tree has grown to...

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Spring in Hieron 12: Long Promises from 2019-01-04T02:59:45

On the smallest of the Isles of Flight, Deya, Lem King finds himself cornered in a bookstore. But, he is, after all, Lem King, and conflict is to the orc bard no more than running water under a ...

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Spring in Hieron 11: Cut Off the Head from 2018-12-21T05:27:22

For some, it is just another week: Ephrim and Hadrian explore an untouched quarter of the University, Adaire digs into the mysterious connections of the Moonlighters Guild, and Throndir continue...

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Spring in Hieron 10: Who Vouches? from 2018-12-13T23:22:01

In the ruins of the ancient orcish Stoneworks, Lem King, Fero Feritas, and Hella Varal find themselves snared by by botanical beasts. But what lies beyond, to the north, may be even more dangero...

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Spring in Hieron 09: A Certain Way from 2018-12-06T19:59:06

All across the yet unnamed settlement growing in the reclaimed ruins of the Last University, small possibilities begin to reverberate from the potential future into the present moment. A caravan...

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Spring in Hieron 08: Sympathetic Objects from 2018-11-29T20:48:25

It weights on everyone: The end is not far from here, but the golden Golden Lance has brought word that somewhere to the north, are are those who dream of leaving the end behind. And so, Lem Kin...

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Spring in Hieron 07: Structure and Purpose from 2018-11-22T04:19:52

As the weeks move on, the Last University’s new arrivals acclimate to their new shelter. And as the campus’ empty spaces slowly become more and more filled in, it becomes more and more like a ho...

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Spring in Hieron 06: Something You've Practiced from 2018-11-16T04:36:34

The Boundless Fate, the handmade vessel captained by Hella Varal, rests upon the shore of the unnamed river which glides through the forest west of the Last University. It is an a...

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Spring in Hieron 05: Try To Live a Good Life from 2018-11-09T07:19:05

With each strike of the hammer, each flash of magical heat, the Blade in the Dark grows closer and closer to restoration. Those living on the isle of Aubade, trapped inside the sword, say their ...

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Spring in Hieron 04: Material Effort from 2018-11-02T05:01:45

The fifth year of the settlement at the Last University begins with a reunion of old friends, as the Druid Fero reunites with Throndir, Eprhim, and the many who call the grand halls, hidden alco...

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Spring in Hieron 03: Hospitable to You from 2018-10-26T23:07:53

It has been four years since the body of Hieron was ravaged by the swift arrival of the heat and the dark, and the wound grows deeper every day. Fero Feritas knows this first hand, as he watches...

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Spring in Hieron 02: Why Are You Here? from 2018-10-20T02:25:43

The community at the Lost University continues to survive the harsh winter as sickness and conflict strain their growth. As Ephrim and Throndir struggle with their new roles, and Benjamin develo...

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Spring in Hieron 01: The Touch of Others from 2018-10-11T17:33

It is still winter, yet.

Months ago, the heat and the dark emerged from the long sands of Rosemerrow, bringing terro...

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Live at the Table - Fall of Magic 3 from 2018-09-28T04:05:27

Hey everyone, Austin here!

Now that this trilogy of episodes is over, I can say it's probably one of my favorite things we've done both in the Live at the Table format and in the entirety...

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Live at the Table - Fall of Magic Pt 2 from 2018-09-20T18:50:19

Hey everyone! Here's the second part of Fall of Magic!

We open again the scroll, return to the side of the Magus, and watch as the world enters the Fall of Magic. Join Piccolo the swinehe...

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Live at the Table - Fall of Magic Pt 1 from 2018-09-14T02:08:56

Join Austin, Dre, Jack, and Janine--a hang-gliding town crier, a swineherd, a golem, and a... bush dog, respectively--as they travel with a mysterious Magus across a world that is slowly losing ...

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Twilight Mirage 68: The Twilight Mirage Post Mortem from 2018-09-10T22:55:14

C/W: Discussion of physical and emotional child and spousal abuse 2:12 to 2:15

The Twilight Mirage Post Mortem is here which means the season is really, truly, finally over. Thank you for...

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Twilight Mirage 67: Futura Free Pt. 4 from 2018-08-30T05:01:02

Exigency Register A-TM-V-742 - Total Record of Events, Entry 001

To whoever finds this message: My name is Keen Fore...

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Twilight Mirage 66: Futura Free Pt. 3 from 2018-08-24T04:33:34

Dispatch 717.

Satellite… I mean, Grey. Sorry, just feels more natural to say 'Satellite' when I’m out here in this t...

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Twilight Mirage 65: Futura Free Pt. 2 from 2018-08-17T01:05:29

A letter from Grey Gloaming, Exile of the Rapid Evening and Operations Chief of the Brink, delivered to Keen Forester Gloaming by secure courier.

Dad,

I don’t know if you remember ...

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Twilight Mirage 64: Futura Free Pt. 1 from 2018-08-10T07:20:26

Once, floating in the sunset-hued safety of the Twilight Mirage, the Divine Fleet hummed and pulsed, its ships bright beacons of culture and technology in an age ...

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Twilight Mirage 63: Guaranteed Events, Or: An Accounting of the Time When We Built the Machine from 2018-08-03T05:53:15

Crystal Palace, in all its endless worker-bee wonder, clacks and whirs its way across space, and now, as it nears the destabilizing stain of the Twilight Mirage, time as well. Even now, in tra...

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Twilight Mirage 62: The Feast of Patina from 2018-07-27T08:08:21

In the year after the Miracle, wonder and surprise appeared all throughout the daily life of the residents of the Quire System. Unfortunately, the composition of the system's political structu...

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Twilight Mirage 61: The Restitution of All Things Pt. 2 from 2018-07-20T03:34:39

At the heart of many capital ships, there is a great flow of heat and energy. Yet the core of of the Restitution of All Things is the coolest place on the vessel: the Center Centra Diplomatic Re...

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Twilight Mirage 60: The Restitution of All Things Pt. 1 from 2018-07-12T20:52:27

For the hundreds of days after the Miracle of the Mirage, the sky above the planet Moonlock was filled only with dust and color. While the occasional landed by and the odd satellite or station c...

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Twilight Mirage 59: The Siege of the Lineage Brighton Pt. 3 from 2018-07-06T03:15:38

CW: This episode contains death and gun violence

On one end of the Quire system, eminating from The Restiution of All Things, is the Profit's Star, an overawing beam of scalding light aim...

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Twilight Mirage 58: The Siege of the Lineage Brighton Pt. 2 from 2018-06-29T02:34:13

On paper, the Notion's mission to protect the Wandering Sea from the cruel talons of Advent is going well: They've secured the massive, mysterious cube that contains what they need to free the s...

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Twilight Mirage 57: The Siege of the Lineage Brighton Pt. 1 from 2018-06-22T04:47:12

In the year that followed the Miracle, the Brighton Lineage leveraged their skill as diplomats (and their resort-quality holdings) to gain favor with factions throughout the Mirage. So succesful...

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Twilight Mirage 56: The Vault of Anticipation Pt. 2 from 2018-06-15T06:33:05

CW: This episode contains discussion of suicidal ideation.

A single family remembers the Divine Pleroma, now. Neither Phive Amala nor her daughter, Aete, lived when Pleroma, a be...

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Twilight Mirage 55: The Vault of Anticipation Pt. 1 from 2018-06-08T05:10:58

The deserts of Altar are dotted with tombs, and each takes a shape all its own. Some are cathedrals, others monuments. One, a hanging garden. But in the base of a crater atop a volcanic peak, th...

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Twilight Mirage 54: Downtime on Skein from 2018-06-01T09:30:56

It is one day after the Second Miracle and the arrival of Our Profit, the so-called final hegemon of the New Earth Hegemony. Lit by the massive, false star projected by the Restitution of All Th...

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Twilight Mirage 53: Our Flaws in a Vacuum, or the Promise We Made To Each Other from 2018-05-25T06:46:17

Despite the faux-mornings and would-be-nights, the sun never rises or sets over the Quire system. Yet today, in the moments between light and darkness, the air hangs too quiet, the way it only d...

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Twilight Mirage 52: The Second Miracle from 2018-05-18T04:16:47

As the axiom Ache strikes from above, the Notion joins Acre-7 in trying to end the conflict so Quire can perform a second miracle. Gig Kephart, desperate for some additional help, makes a decisi...

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Twilight Mirage 51: Open As Possible from 2018-05-10T22:34:01

With the prophesied "Dark Day" less than 24 hours away, the Notion continue their plan to intercede and stop the murder of Wind's Poem, one of the event's potential catalysts. Grand Magnificent ...

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Twilight Mirage 50: A Very Old Mistake from 2018-05-05T00:10:48

Across the threshold into the Vale's deepest fog, The Notion is finally sets their sights on their target, Acre-7, as well as the axiom Ache, who brings with it visions of their deepest regrets....

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Twilight Mirage 48: This Place Pushes Back from 2018-04-20T06:36:03

After careful planning, the Notion covertly breaches the outer perimeter of the Vale, bypassing the dronefield of Saint Wynter... only to have a bumbling team of Advent Group agents set the alar...

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Twilight Mirage 47: Uncontrolled Fires from 2018-04-13T06:12:27

As half of the Notion explores the jungle valleys of Skein, the others descend to Terncage, the planet’s largest metropolis. A pair of old allies tells the group ...

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Twilight Mirage 46: Every Time We Leave, It Changes from 2018-04-06T06:57:37

Deep in the jungles and mountains of the planet of Skein, far from the NEH metropolises, scientists from across cultures have come together to form Ternion Research. Their chief object of study ...

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Twilight Mirage 45: Downtime on Gift-3 from 2018-03-30T07:31:22

With their missions on Gift-3 behind them, the Notion is made to consider what went right, what went wrong, and what they can do to make sure things go bett...

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Twilight Mirage 44: The Pathways in the Woods from 2018-03-23T04:26:01

Deep within the endless Q-Glass storm of Gift-3, the Notion investigate and converse with the residents of the Axiomatic town of Polyphony. While Even Gardner t...

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Twilight Mirage 43: The Center of the Storm from 2018-03-16T21:01:12

Deep in the scrapyards of Gift-3, a bubbling ocean of glass is battered by an massive, endless lightning storm. And beyond the sheets of rain, lies Barricade, the axiom that Notion members Signe...

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Twilight Mirage 42: Look the Other Way from 2018-03-08T07:12

Aboard the floating airship of Big Garage, the Notion come face to face with an old ally, the award winning bounty hunter Waltz Tango (Cache). As Fourteen Fifteen scraps with Waltz and Grand Mag...

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Twilight Mirage 41: No Value in a Closed Door from 2018-03-02T07:32:28

After returning from their meeting with Advent and the Concretetown Particulars, the Notion discusses the complexity of the situation over dinner. When a new offer is made, the group prepares fo...

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Twilight Mirage 40: Like What We Used To Do from 2018-02-23T04:21:45

Having agreed to help a group of young runaways that go by the name the Sailors of the Ark, the Notion begin to gather information for their mission. Listen
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Twilight Mirage 39: Staying Neutral from 2018-02-15T23:25:02

Having confirmed the location of the stitch connecting Gift-3 to Brighton, the Notion prepares to undergo their mission to transport a small group of refugees. While Signet checks in on th...

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Twilight Mirage 38: The Good Decision from 2018-02-09T02:23

 
Inside of a laboratory on 29th floor of Big Garage Co-Working Tower #12, Gig Kep-h...

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Twilight Mirage 37: Along A Route from 2018-02-02T10:01:41

Deep in the Crashyards of Gift-3, Signet, Even, and Echo have been sent by Cascara and Seneschal's Brace to locate and secure a "stitch" in space, a place where two of the Nine Idylls of the Qui...

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Twilight Mirage 36: Every Bad Idea from 2018-01-26T05:51:47

Newly unified as “The Notion,” the crew of The World Without End has arrived to Gift-3. While half of the group is busy working on their (semi-)official assignment, the team of Tender Sky, Fourt...

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Twilight Mirage 35: This Year of Ours: The Notion from 2018-01-19T06:19:20

From a certain perspective, the Twilight seemed to rest perfectly at peace, an etheric coastline: The Nine Idylls--even Volition--in close, harmonious orbit withi...

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Twilight Mirage 34: This Year of Ours: The Mystic from 2018-01-17T05:00

“Thirteenth” by Declan’s Corrective, Co-Governor of Seneschal, former Ace Pilot of the New Earth Hegemony

B...

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Twilight Mirage 33: This Year of Ours: The Speaker from 2018-01-16T05:01:41

Feedback by Janus, Red Equity of the Golden Clause, on a term paper exploring the the emerging legal jurisdiction of the Quire System.

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Twilight Mirage 32: This Year of Ours: The Stitch from 2018-01-15T05:00

An entry from the journal of the former excerpt “To the prince, we offered twelve thousand flowers, Bloo...

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Twilight Mirage 31: This Year of Ours: The Mechanic from 2018-01-14T05:28:21

A letter from Kent Brighton to the Lineage’s Matriarch, the Lady Lyme.


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Twilight Mirage 30: This Year of Ours: The Muscle from 2018-01-13T05:00

An excerpt from an address to the high council of the Qui Err Assembly by Annex Iota Pretense, reconstituted leader of her people..

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Twilight Mirage 29: This Year of Ours: The Pilot from 2018-01-12T05:00

Hey,

It’s Cascabel.

I know you’re probably zipping between planets in ...

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Twilight Mirage 28: This Year of Ours: The Scoundrel from 2018-01-11T05:07

An excerpt from the journal of Grey Gloaming, Co-Owner of the Brink space station and clearing house, and former agent of the Rapid Evening.

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Twilight Mirage 27: The Miracle of the Mirage: The Siege from 2018-01-06T03:55:18

While the other strike teams move in bursts of heroism to confront their foes--Independence and Sui Juris respectively--the remaining group has a more protracted ...

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Twilight Mirage 26: The Miracle of the Mirage: The Heist from 2017-12-29T06:23:36

With the possible union between the Divine Independence and the Iconoclastic god Volition disrupted, the Twilight Mirage--and the universe at large--has been granted a reprieve from annihlation....

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Twilight Mirage 25: The Miracle of the Mirage: The Dragon from 2017-12-21T09:43:47

It is a moment of crisis, with many threats coming to bear on the residents of the Twilight Mirage all at once. Sui Juris, a separatist movement, has kidnapped th...

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Live at the Table Teaser: Misspent Youth from 2017-12-15T04:33:24

 

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As those who watched along via YouTube earlier tonight can tell you, this ep...

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Twilight Mirage 24: godspeed, glory Pt. 3 from 2017-12-09T03:22:57

The Telluric Vulgate // The Independent Hymnal// Chant of Arrival

 

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Twilight Mirage 23: godspeed, glory Pt. 2 from 2017-12-01T05:41:13

The Assemblage / Book: Of the Stellar Coriolis and the Resonant Orbit / Passage 004

Though Kamala had impressed Him, His admiration was not the same as His loyalty. Sh...

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Twilight Mirage 22: godspeed, glory Pt. 1 from 2017-11-25T04:34:38

The Assemblage / Book: Of the Stellar Coriolis and the Resonant Orbit / Passage 001

Before the resonance was decay.

Standing on the precip...

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Bluff City 01: A Bowling Alley, A Boxer, and A Bird Pt. 1 from 2017-11-24T01:47:40

Hey everyone!
 
While ...

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Twilight MIrage 21: One's Own Right from 2017-11-18T03:31:26

With Privign pushed to the brink of disaster, and new threats revealed, two thirds of the Beloved Dust take measures to evacuate the station. While ?Signet? works...

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Twilight Mirage 20: Bits Left Behind from 2017-11-10T07:45:12

As the station of Privign comes under assault, the Beloved Dust rush to respond. Tender Sky and Signet speak with the leader of the temple to determine a plan of ...

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Twilight Mirage 19: A Single Moment, Caught from 2017-11-04T05:08:44

On the nearly abandoned mining station of Privign, the Beloved Dust continue to search for their comrades (and the host...

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Twilight Mirage 18: The Sun Pales to Its Brightness from 2017-10-27T05:32:53

After returning to their ship, the Beloved Dust receive information about their next mission. The Beloved Ivy*, the gro...

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Twilight Mirage 17: Like Falling Leaves from 2017-10-20T01:00:23

Two weeks ago, the living planet of Quire used the instantaneous streaming device built into Gig Kep-hart to send a bro...

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Twilight Mirage 16: An Approximation of a Connection from 2017-10-13T05:26:07

In the colored shadows of Sculpture City, the Divine Fleet’s reconnaissance team finds itself more and more entangled i...

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Twilight Mirage 15: A Life and A History from 2017-10-06T09:39:33

As if driven by the spirit of the late divine Curiosity, the Myriad crew sour Sculpture City (and it’s surrounding envi...

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Twilight Mirage 14: The Value of Distance from 2017-09-29T05:07:07

With their belongings stored in the Old Gold...

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Twilight Mirage 13: An Instinct Without A Word from 2017-09-22T02:44:19

After joining each other for dinner, the crew of the reconnaissance ship Myriad tend to business before setting west towards a sprawling city.* Grand Magnificent ...

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Twilight Mirage 12: The Promise of Presence from 2017-09-15T06:18:15

In the month after the midnight attack on Doyenne Undela Apogica, the crew of the Myriad explore the nearby deserts and...

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Twilight Mirage 11: What We're Capable Of from 2017-09-08T02:34:32

With the Contrition’s Figure rehabilitation facility safe and secured, the Beloved Dust are left to attend to matters p...

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Twilight Mirage 10: Looking To Land from 2017-09-01T02:05:55

In the virtual confines of the Contrition's Figure rehabilitation center, it has come time for the Beloved Dust to face...

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Twilight Mirage 09: The Sound of Strings from 2017-08-25T01:55:11

Driven into a corrupted, digital city by a mysterious foe, the Beloved Dust set up to rescue the inhabitants of the reh...

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Twilight Mirage 08: We are the River, And it is the Sea from 2017-08-18T05:24:10

In the heart of Contrition’s Figure, the Beloved Dust continue to investigate a strange disturbance that is displacing ...

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Twilight Mirage 07: Second Street Drifting from 2017-08-11T05:12:10

Following a distress call from the Vice-Warden of Contrition's Figure, Seance's correctional facility, the Beloved Dust prepare to enter the building under special...

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Twilight Mirage 06: We Want You To Come Home from 2017-08-04T00:20:11

Days after the crew of the Myriad establishes a connection between Quire and the Divine Fleet, the Beloved* Dust meet at the digital club called The Steady to rela...

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Twilight Mirage 05: The Sunlight of Knowing from 2017-07-27T23:43:17

With the sounds of conflict guiding them into action, the crew of the Myriad prepares for battle. Grand ...

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Bluff City Teaser from 2017-07-27T00:52:49

A teaser for the first episode of our new patreon exclusive monthly campaign, Bluff City! Get access and listen at frie...

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Twilight Mirage 04: Birds of Prey from 2017-07-20T17:43:16

The crew from the ship Myriad continue to explore the planet Quire. Grand Magnificent (Arthur Martinez-T...

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Twilight Mirage 03: The Planet of Quire from 2017-07-14T03:10:10

In the wake of Gumption's death, and with the killer at large, the divine fleet dispatches a group to prepare the planet ...

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Twilight Mirage 02: The Last Divine from 2017-07-07T16:38:39

After receiving word that the city-ship of Seance* would come under attack, the Beloved Dust move to intercept the thre...

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Twilight Mirage 01: The Beloved Dust from 2017-06-30T20:37:41

The Beloved Dust, a group of inves...

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Twilight Mirage 00: The Final Eight Divines from 2017-06-29T21:01:39

Heads up: This is our world building episode for our new season, where we describe the setting and some major compo...

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Winter in Hieron & Marielda Post Mortem from 2017-06-28T05:42:08

Hey Everyone! Here's the audio from our live post mortem for Winter in Hieron! We looked back at the season together, spo...

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Twilight Mirage and Patreon Announcement! from 2017-06-25T22:08:06

Hey everyone! Yesterday's live post mortem was a big day for us, and since the turn around time for getting that full e...

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Winter in Hieron 29: Slow Justice from 2017-06-22T15:57:56

I write this with no knowledge of where you are, or if you are. Yet, still, I write.

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Winter in Hieron 28: What Life Looks Like from 2017-06-15T05:32:36

Living Blood of Fire,
 <...

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Winter in Hieron 27: A Good Metaphor from 2017-06-08T22:27:06

I swear on my life and on the pattern, Collector-Curator, it was a mistake! A tragedy! A deception! I was misled!
...

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Winter in Hieron 26: A Shattering Note from 2017-06-01T07:07:54

Archivist van der Dawes,

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Winter in Hieron 25: Twenty Two Brown Birds from 2017-05-25T07:52:48

I don’t know if this device will transmit over this distance, so I’m gonna be brief.

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Winter in Hieron 24: An Open Mind from 2017-05-19T00:45:31

Prelate,

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Winter in Hieron 23: Make the Library Smile from 2017-05-12T04:44

Collector-Curator

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Winter in Hieron 22: A Holy Place from 2017-05-05T06:45:03

Jer,

I write to you in fear. Listen

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Winter in Hieron 21: The Shield of Our Will from 2017-04-27T20:05:51

Semiotician-Emeritus,

Something is...

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Winter in Hieron 20: Pulling You Further Down from 2017-04-20T23:23:36

Prelate Springe,

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Winter in Hieron 19: Make The Spring Last Forever from 2017-04-14T05:01:03

Collector-Curator,

It took two mon...

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Winter in Hieron 18: Try to Live Normally from 2017-04-06T23:44:21

Living Blood of Fire,

As my se...

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Winter in Hieron 17: Undelivered Resignations from 2017-03-31T20:24:48

Archivist-Collector,

Please read t...

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Winter in Hieron 16: Is There Anyone Else? from 2017-03-24T23:07

Aloysha,

War is coming to Vela...

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Winter in Hieron 15: Settle Your Matters from 2017-03-16T23:30:58

TO: Impetor Fela Malle

Living ...

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Winter in Hieron 14: What Do You Want Here? from 2017-03-10T06:23:45

So, listen.

I’ve heard whisper...

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Winter in Hieron 13: Rosemerrow, Oh My Rosemerrow from 2017-03-03T09:34:35

Hey chief,

This is a weird one...

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Winter in Hieron 12: A Chaotic Cataloging from 2017-02-24T10:23:58

TO: Chief-Justiciar Qinta Quatróna

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Winter in Hieron 11: The Importance of Names from 2017-02-16T14:20:19

Associate van der Dawes,

There are...

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Takin’ a Snow Day from 2017-02-10T04:53:22

Sorry for being so late to announce an off this week but we need a little extra time to make a big special thing a litt...

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Winter in Hieron 10: Fire and Blood from 2017-02-04T21:27:41

It's been four days since His sun left us, Tutor.

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Winter in Hieron 09: Warm Assurances from 2017-01-27T05:52:58

Cider-Brew Conveyance 

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Winter in Hieron 08: The Meeting House from 2017-01-20T07:51:41

Do I yet write to an empty room? An empty desk? An empty page? Or do you remain, too busy with your work to respond? Or, ...

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Winter in Hieron 07: Two Hands from 2017-01-13T02:00:52

Pupil, 

Alyosha.

...

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Winter In Hieron: Holiday Special 02: Pits and Ladders from 2017-01-06T13:10:46

The mothkin do not remember why years ago, they decided to worship the stars of the southern sky, specifically. Perhaps i...

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Winter In Hieron: Holiday Special 01: Homes and Promises from 2017-01-01T03:47:06

There, in hidden village of Old Man’s Chin, the mothkin gather around the dry well at the center of town, look to the sta...

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Winter in Hieron 06: All Violence, All Brains from 2016-12-25T02:19

Several years ago, Arrell, I made a low shelf of wood and attached it to the wall above my bed. Before retiring to bed, I...

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Winter in Hieron 05: Blood Doesn’t Run from 2016-12-15T22:43:02

It's time I leave Rosemerrow, Alyosha. All sorts of cockroaches scramble through this city, now. And while I am used to t...

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Winter in Hieron 04: A Combination of Notes from 2016-12-09T04:15:50

The library kept by the New Archives here in Velas saw its final day, Arrell. I walked past its corner today, and it was ...

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Winter in Hieron 02: A Museum in the Distance from 2016-11-28T03:06:54

Has the news reached you, friend? A group of merchants form Rosemerrow told me today that a new wing to the Old Museum in...

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Winter in Hieron 01: An Arrow Let Loose from 2016-11-18T04:45:26

In the early days of the New Archives, the philosopher and historian Krent Kava wrote that the first sign that Hieron was...

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Hieron: The Months of Autumn Pt 2 from 2016-11-12T06:26:11

For a long, long time in Hieron, it was autumn. Crisp branches snapped under foot. Still lakes caught the reds, yellows, and oranges of the l...

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Hieron: The Months of Autumn Pt 1 from 2016-11-03T22:01:16

And so the season turns, and the cold winds sweep in, and candles and fires and stoves are lit. Black branches against a white sky. There are more stories to tell,...

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A Message From Ali from 2016-10-27T05:09:31

Hey everyone! Here we are again with no new episode. We really really hate doing this and promise that there will some real and true and good content for you here ...

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A Message From Austin from 2016-10-20T17:10:07

Hey everyone! Sorry for taking a week off, but at least it gives us an opportunity to speak to the audience directly. Thank you so much for all of support for the ...

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Marielda 14: The Killing of the King-God Samothes By The Traitor Prince Maelgwyn Pt. 4 from 2016-10-14T03:19:13

FOREWORD to
The Illustrated Concordance of Marielda, Second Printing

No ch...

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Marielda 13: The Killing of the King-God Samothes By The Traitor Prince Maelgwyn Pt. 3 from 2016-10-06T22:37:41

It was strange. Every morning you’d see The Black Slacks walking to work. By this point, the air would crackle around them, thick with rumours of another potential...

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Marielda 12: The Killing of the King-God Samothes By The Traitor Prince Maelgwyn Pt. 2 from 2016-09-30T04:19:54

In one way or another, High Sun Day is celebrated all across Hieron. After all, there is a day each year on which the sun hangs in the sky, resplendent, for what f...

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Marielda 11: The Killing of the King-God Samothes By The Traitor Prince Maelgwyn Pt. 1 from 2016-09-22T18:49:21

Today is Sunday, and not just any Sunday, it is the Sun Day, the Long Day, the Day of High Sun.

Once a year, sometime ...

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Marielda 10: Four Conversations from 2016-09-16T03:43:34

According to the scholars at the Sonorous Academy, there are three important songs in Marielda. The first, “High Pyre Adagio,” has its origins in songs of performa...

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Marielda 09: The Valentine Affair Pt. 4 from 2016-09-09T06:30:54

The nearest pub to Memoriam College is called The Blue Boar and, on the night of the Valentine Affair, the publican leaned out of the door and wondered if she smel...

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Marielda 08: The Valentine Affair Pt. 3 from 2016-09-02T03:21:53

The citizens of Marielda close their eyes and dream of fire and water. On some nights in Canopy Row, people dream of crisp leaves, and residents of Emberboro wake ...

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Marielda 07: The Valentine Affair Pt. 2 from 2016-08-25T21:41:37

The bells of Memoriam College ring out from high in the tower. At the top of the hour, The Diligent Peal marks the start and end of classes, ushering students from...

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Marielda 06: The Valentine Affair Pt. 1 from 2016-08-19T07:21

Memoriam College only wears flowers for one week a year. On Sunday morning of that week, they send a man called Alexander to fetch them from the florists on Today-...

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Marielda 05: War and Azaleas from 2016-08-12T03:51:51

For the baker, news of a brewing turf war is a good sign. Hungry fighters are mouths to feed, and so they tend to their ovens and wipe flour from their brows. For ...

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Marielda 04: The Crosstown Job Pt. 2 from 2016-08-06T00:44:39

To look at a city from above changes it irrecoverably, and so it was for the passengers on Train Day. And say what you like, but the windows in the carriages seeme...

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Marielda 03: The Crosstown Job Pt. 1 from 2016-07-29T02:05:47

Marielda is a city filled with scoundrels. Bakers lean on the scales as they count loaves of bread. Men and women in pubs shoot loaded...

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Marielda 02: The City of Light Pt. 2 from 2016-07-21T19:17:52

For a while, everything was going just fine in Marielda. Sure, there was some dissent among the citizens—but what city is free of tha...

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Marielda 01: The City of Light Pt. 1 from 2016-07-14T17:12:45

In the time of fraught paladins and wavering wizards, of contemptible fighters and indignant druids, of wide eyed rangers… and of bar...

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COUNTER/Weight 44: Live Post-Mortem from 2016-06-26T02:33:24

With COUNTER/Weight firmly wrapped up, we take some time to answer fan questions, discuss the highs and lows of the season, and talk a l...

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A Quick Announcement and Some Thank Yous! from 2016-06-16T07:04:48

Hey everyone, we are taking a week off here at Friends at the Table but we do have an announcement to make. We're going to be doing a post-mortem for COUNTER/Weigh...

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COUNTER/Weight 43: A Splintered Branch, A Ringing Bell Pt. 3 from 2016-06-10T12:17:23

15,000 years or so before the September Incident, it went something like this:
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COUNTER/Weight 42: A Splintered Branch, A Ringing Bell Pt. 2 from 2016-06-02T19:28:20

Fifteen years ago, soon after the the Golden War ended, Grace issued her ex cathedra prognosis:

With Apostolos defeate...

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COUNTER/Weight 40: The Storm Over September from 2016-05-20T00:37:01

“It is with great joy and humility that we make the debut of this machine today. For so long, so many have struggled here on the frontier. Food is scarce, and time ...

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COUNTER/Weight 39: Just Another Machine from 2016-05-12T23:33:52

As the only clock that really matters ticks further and further down, The Chime find themselves facing one seale...

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COUNTER/Weight 38: Found Footage from 2016-05-06T02:16:17

As ships pull into high orbit over September and an uncanny groan bleats from below it, ...

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COUNTER/Weight 37: Visions from Windows, Or: The Last Time the Bomb Dropped from 2016-04-28T17:24:35

20,000 years before The Chime met on Counterweight, long before the Golden War against Apostolos, the Automated Diaspora devised a plan to stop Rigor once and for ...

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COUNTER/Weight 36: Everything is Temporary from 2016-04-22T09:01:56

Throughout the Golden Branch Star Sector, leaders leap into action as news of a new, galactic threat spreads. Minerva's Steiger sisters move their invisible fleet ...

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COUNTER/Weight 35: A Knock at the Door from 2016-04-15T05:41:26

Though the rain seems to clear over the September Institute, The Chime move with well-learned caution. Mako Trig walks familiar steps, only to find something very ...

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COUNTER/Weight 34: Reaching Out from 2016-04-08T09:39:18

Maryland September has been located and The Chime are safe but only for the moment. The storm rages outside and with it, threat hangs heavy in the air. In a space ...

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COUNTER/Weight 32: Through The Crosshairs from 2016-03-24T06:09:08

Now that they've secured their entrance into The September Institute, The Chime has one last thing to do before investigating the campus: making sure their two new...

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COUNTER/Weight 31: Expertize with a Z from 2016-03-17T05:24:25

As The Chime makes their way towards The September Institute, they find that they'll need more than style and wit to get past the campus gates. In the years that h...

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COUNTER/Weight 30: Another Facility Among Trees from 2016-03-10T10:09:23

With the larger threat of Rigor rapidly approaching, The Chime have agreed to a truce with Ibex and his Righteous Vanguard. In exchange for this peace, they’ve tak...

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COUNTER/Weight 29: Three Conversations from 2016-03-04T01:32:41

A Lion and a Man chanced to travel in company through the forest. They soon began to quarrel, for each of them boasted that he and hi...

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COUNTER/Weight 28: A Special Kind of Warmth from 2016-02-25T11:26:31

While Kingdom Come creeps through the dark, the Golden Branch explodes into violence and betrayal. In the peripheries of the sector, the Golden Branch Demarchy, th...

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COUNTER/Weight 27: An Animal Out of Context from 2016-02-19T09:52:59

As Ibex’s Righteous Vanguard lands on Counterweight, the Kingdom Come drifts away in a slow arc towards September. The trip is long and cold and quiet, and with a ...

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COUNTER/Weight 26: Do You Have Room For Me? from 2016-02-11T23:14:17

The Divine Detachment circles the planet at a blistering velocity, its corresponding satellites watching over it. On board The Kingdom Come, The Chime finds itself...

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COUNTER/Weight 25: You Can Call Me Captain from 2016-02-04T05:01

The Kingdom Come has left the surface of Counterweight, but it hasn't quite made it out of orbit. Between a furious unit out for revenge, and a stuffy military bur...

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COUNTER/Weight 24: It’s Still Dark Out from 2016-01-28T05:00

With the newly formed Righteous Vanguard closing in on them, the Chime makes final preparations for escaping Counterweight. AuDy winds up working as a pawn in a ...

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COUNTER/Weight 23: An Astonishingly Illegal Ship from 2016-01-21T20:04:28

As the members of The Chime awake from the memory farm, they return to a world that has changed without them. Corpora...

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COUNTER/Weight 22: The Broken Branch from 2016-01-14T22:12:24

As our heroes review the past, the Golden Branch Star sector moves forward without them. And it moves towards instability. New corpor...

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COUNTER/Weight 20: The Glimmer Incident: The Executive Enters! from 2016-01-01T17:30:10

The Chime lay on medical beds on the surface of Counterweight, hooked into a simulation to learn as much as they can about Ibex, candidate of Righteousness. Inside...

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COUNTER/Weight 19: The Road You Take And Who You Take It With from 2015-12-24T09:57:19

With Ibex's threat in the air, an old ally reaches out to The Chime with an offer: Learn about your enemy before you suffer the same fate I did. The group--with a ...

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COUNTER/Weight 18: The Order of Things from 2015-12-17T19:48:20

The desert winds of Counterweight are broken by the sound of gunfire, as The Chime face foes new and old in the settlement of Seabed City. While Aria Joie finds he...

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COUNTER/Weight 17: Metal That Has Died Twice from 2015-12-11T05:11:38

The Chime takes off towards the abandoned dome to carry out their mission: Deceive Sister Rust and steal a mysterious golden orb from her Iron Choir. Unfortunately...

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COUNTER/Weight 16: The Rear Left Engine from 2015-12-04T08:25:17

This week, we bring our attention back to The Chime who have been hired to take a mysterious artifact from a familiar group... The Iron Choir. Dealing with them wa...

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COUNTER/Weight 15: A Candle in the Sun from 2015-11-25T01:51:22

Tensions rise throughout the Golden Branch star sector. OriCon megacorporations maneuver for advantage, striking with deniable opera...

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COUNTER/Weight 14: We’ve All Killed People from 2015-11-20T07:44:38

The Chime have tracked down the mysterious Gnosis virus, but they're not the only ones who want it! Two high powered, hard hitting mercs are between our heroes and...

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COUNTER/Weight 13: Our Customer of the Month from 2015-11-13T18:02:36

Even though they're not quite sure what it is (or what they should do with it), the Chime continues to track down the mysterious Gnosis virus. Cass and Mako dive d...

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COUNTER/Weight 12: A Home After A Wake from 2015-11-07T05:15:52

The Chime continues their hunt for the Gnosis virus, as Cassander and Mako infiltrate the Snowtrak facility, AuDy finds a nice cafe and Aria goes to a concert. Wil...

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COUNTER/Weight 11: A Thing You Know About Nightclubs from 2015-10-30T03:04:46

This week, we enter into The Sprawl in earnest. Big Cass finds himself pulled between familial duty and personal safety, AuDy calls in a favo...

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COUNTER/Weight 10: Drawing Clocks from 2015-10-23T02:20:13

After 10 or so episodes of using Je...

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COUNTER/Weight 09: This Month Of Ours from 2015-10-15T11:22:25

Throughout the Golden Branch sector, a dozen little pieces begin to move all at once, each one causing two dozen t...

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COUNTER/Weight 08: Our Hostage Below from 2015-10-01T18:26:11

The battle continues as The Chime tries to rescue Orth Godlove but they aren't the only ones with their sights set on him... between the Iron Choir and the Netted ...

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COUNTER/Weight 07: I Am Not Allowed from 2015-09-19T05:45:07

The Chime's sometimes-employer Orth Godlove has gone missing and the group is on the hunt... but the mysterious Netted Wave is just a few steps behind them. A key ...

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COUNTER/Weight 06: Here’s Your Bribe Tip from 2015-09-19T04:56:26

After a few weeks of recovery and dry times, The Chime finally gets a new job from Orth Godlove: to investigate his own disappearance. Stakes are high but tensions...

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COUNTER/Weight 05: A Ship of Seeds from 2015-09-11T02:11:56

In this episode of Friends at the Table, we introduce the "second layer" to our MechNoir campaign, combining elements from Microscope and Stars Without Number to g...

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COUNTER/Weight 04: The Bells Are Ringing from 2015-09-03T07:48:07

The Chime continues their rescue of Ce...

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COUNTER/Weight 03: It’s Fine, We’re Criminals from 2015-08-01T15:14:18

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COUNTER/Weight 02: Soldier Game from 2015-07-25T01:23:17

In their search for the missing roboticist Cene Sixheart, Cassander Timaeus Berenice (Art Tebbel) and Mako Trig (Keith Carberry) have tracked down the secret hange...

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COUNTER/Weight 01: I Would Like A Bribe from 2015-07-17T07:59:47

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Autumn in Hieron 28: A Choice About What You Believe from 2015-06-01T03:04:51

In the season finale of Friends at the Table: Dungeon World, The Great Fantasmo (Nick Scratch) makes a new friend, T...

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Autumn in Hieron 27: The Shores of Ordenna from 2015-05-23T19:53:32

In this season finale of the "Boat Party" group, Lem is torn, Fero is frustrated, and Hella finds herself face to face with the last scion of the line of Tristero....

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Autumn in Hieron 26: Why Are You Here, Again? from 2015-05-16T14:09:42

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Autumn in Hieron 25: Work Off Your Sins from 2015-05-08T23:13:25

The court proceedings continue. Lem leans into conspiracy theory, Fero tries to save his friends by throwing...

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Autumn in Hieron 24: A Paladin is a Tool from 2015-05-02T02:47:42

Hadrian learns it's a tough thing to be obliged, Listen
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Autumn in Hieron 23: Spinning Straw Out Of Gold from 2015-04-24T07:39:55

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Autumn in Hieron 22: Closing the Window from 2015-04-16T19:24:59

Thorondir does a little shopping...

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Autumn in Hieron 21: The Storm Over Tristero from 2015-04-11T04:14:41

On the eve of a crisis in the seaside city of Nacre, Fero nominates himself for public service, Lem King...

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Autumn in Hieron 20: Do I Feel Followed? from 2015-04-04T05:02:41

Phantasmo catches up with an old friend, Thorondir considers the past, and Hadrian decides to carry yet another burden for the party. Samot meets the God of Wolv...

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Autumn in Hieron 19: Violence Mulligan Mulligan from 2015-03-27T04:15:05

Lem King (Jack) holds a dissenting opinion, Fero (Keith) v...

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Autumn in Hieron 17: As Death’s Eyes Look Over The World from 2015-03-13T04:07:11

Hella (Ali) considers making a a fateful promise, Lem (Jack) receives a special gift, and Fero (Keith) makes new strides in the field o...

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Autumn in Hieron 16: Those Woods You Chose from 2015-03-06T01:58:22

Fantasmo (Nick) and Hadrian (Art) find out what it's like inside of a Snow Elf prison. Thorondir (Andrew) discovers th...

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Autumn in Hieron 14: A Fire Hydrant of Divinity from 2015-02-18T01:34:04

Austin scrambles to come up with interesting loot, Fantasmo (Nick) tests the limit of his fame and presence, Hadrian (Art) puts his neck on the line for his frien...

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Autumn in Hieron: Holiday Special 01: I Don’t Know What’s in That Box from 2014-12-24T02:35:09

In the seaside port of Velas, it is Sun Day, the Long Day, the Day of High Sun, the most holy 20 hours of the year. Visitors from across the region ha...

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Autumn in Hieron 13: What A Surprise from 2014-12-19T05:05:45

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Autumn in Hieron 12: Knowledge and Ignorance from 2014-12-12T08:48:13

Thorondir (Andr...

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Autumn in Hieron 11: Like Sneaky Little Sneaks from 2014-12-07T05:53:34

The group comes upon a curious city. Hella (Ali) tries shush her sword, Lem (Jack) catalogues everything, and Fero (Keith) is as quiet ...

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Autumn in Hieron 10: Chekhov’s Torture Elf from 2014-11-21T04:18

Hadrian (Art) struggles with divine vocabulary, Thorondir (Andrew) shows off his fancy Ranger skills, and the Great Fantasmo (Nick) ...

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Autumn in Hieron 08: On The Tip Of Your Tongue from 2014-11-08T04:40:58

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Autumn in Hieron 07: Boat Party? from 2014-10-31T09:33:35

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Autumn in Hieron 06: A Bad Trip from 2014-10-24T17:27:56

The game shifts away from the Boat Party, and towards a group that's a little... colder. Andrew Lee Swan finally joins the battle. Ni...

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Autumn in Hieron 05: What’s a Good Name For A Ship? from 2014-10-17T12:51:56

The start of our second Dungeon World adventure! Austin splits the party… permanently. Jack runs into an old friend. Ali plays it ...

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Autumn in Hieron 04: Is It Time Already? from 2014-10-10T05:20:29

A special double episode finale to our first adventure! The party continues its skirmish with the loyal servants of Good King Samot a...

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Autumn in Hieron 03: A Podcast About Listening from 2014-10-03T03:05:39

The party confronts a small group of strange. Art continues to invent new titles for his deity. Jack helps Ali be even better at swor...

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Autumn in Hieron 02: You Found Out What Was Magical from 2014-09-25T21:17:08

The party finally enters the mysterious tower on Eventide Island. Ali peaks through, hides behind, and struggles to open various doors. Jack an...

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Autumn in Hieron 01: We Have Not Yet Begun To Be Pompous from 2014-09-19T03:49:47

Our Dungeon World campaign kicks off, as the party lands on a strange island, dominated by a giant tower. Austin makes a beach l...

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Autumn in Hieron 00: We’re Not Calling It Duckberg from 2014-09-12T23:22:57

In our first episode, Austin...

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An Introduction to Friends at the Table from 2014-09-11T18:29

Hey, everyone my name is Austin Walker, I'm the host, GM, and co-creator of Friends at the Table, which is an actual play podcast focused on critical world building, smart characterization...

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