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Episode 287: Threading the Needle Part IV from 2023-12-11T16:00
The DAS team must face the demigodlike Katherine Schulz, corrupted in form and spirit by her exile in the broken Labyrinth.
But even an unlikely victory over this monstrosity carrie...
Episode 286: Threading the Needle Part III from 2023-12-04T16:00
Nearly all houses have doors. Some Houses, though, have Doors. And Doors of this kind are dangerous, if possibly enlightening, to traverse. Our DAS team personally discovers this as they descend...
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7th Anniversary Q&A Special from 2023-11-27T16:00
Jhan hosts the 7th Anniversary Q&A, wherein Rob, Dan, Lilit, and Nick answer listener questions and reflect on the end Season 4, with its promise of The ORPHEUS Protocol's final season to come.<...
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Episode 285: Threading the Needle Part II from 2023-11-20T16:00
Inside the mysteriously-reawakening Gerhardt Manor, the DAS operative cell must search for both an explanation and a solution to the cursed building's stirrings.
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Episode 284: Threading the Needle Part I from 2023-11-06T16:00
As Muninn desperately grasps at the crumbling fragments of the world he finally has in his hands, a cell of DAS operatives are tasked with investigating a quickening of unnatural energy which, a...
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Lore, Lyres, and Liars: Interregnum from 2023-10-30T15:00
In which Ben and Rob discuss the Interregnum arc that begins the second Offseason.
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Episode 283: First and Darkest from 2023-09-25T16:00
At the uttermost end of desperation, our Travelers are drawn into the Spiral's infinite gyre as all roads meet in Carcosa.
Music Credits:
Three Chain Links - Magic Hour
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Lore, Lyres, and Liars: Judgment/Icarus from 2023-08-28T23:59
In which we discuss the dizzyingly-high-stakes finale of Season 2.
Music:
Three Chain Links - Parasite Eve - Out of Phase (SNES Remix)
Greyskull - Time (Greyskull Remix)...
Episode 282: Death and Honey Part 000 from 2023-08-15T01:08
The wrath of the Royal Apiarist falls upon our Travelers.
Music Credits:
Rupert Lally - Just Lie here quietly for a little while longer
Three Chain Links - Magic Hour
My...
Same Day Delay from 2023-08-14T16:00
See y'all later today.
Music:
Three Chain Links - Parasite Eve - Out of Phase (SNES Remix)
Episode 281: Apiology Part VII from 2023-07-31T16:00
With the able artistic assistance of Jack Scott, our travelers reach the Royal Apiary, where monumental decisions are made.
Music Credits:
Three Chain Links - Magic Hour
Myuu ...
Episode: Lost? Carcosa Part VIII from 2023-07-30T16:00
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Episode: ?Lost Carcosa Part VI from 2023-07-28T16:00
****: A dusty *** cavernous WORKSHOP, ********** the border ** the ARTIST'S ******** and the ***** DISTRICT in *** city of *******.
***** OLD FRIENDS (** friends they *** truly be *...
Episode?: Lost Carcosa Part IV from 2023-07-26T16:00
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Three *** ******** (if ******* they *** ***** be...
?Episode: Lost Carcosa Part II from 2023-07-24T16:00
SCENE: A dusty and cavernous WORKSHOP, straddling the border of the ARTIST'S DISTRICT and the ROYAL DISTRICT in the city of CARCOSA.
Three OLD FRIENDS (if friends they can truly be ...
Episode 280: Omnitemporality Part V from 2023-07-17T16:00
Art begets life begets art begets life begets art begets life begets art b e g e t s l i f e b e g e t s a r t b e g e t s ...
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Episode 279: Roi en Jaune Part III from 2023-07-03T16:00
Not even their selves can be relied upon.
They move ever closer to the center.
T h e y a r e n o t t h e m s e l v e s .
T h e y a r e n o t w ...
Episode 278: Castaigne's Mirror Part I from 2023-06-26T21:45
Our travelers find themselves in the domain of the King, too near the end of night.
Music Credits:
Three Chain Links - Magic Hour
Myuu - Trauma’s Mist
Daniel Birch...
Lore, Lyres, and Liars: Sanctuary from 2023-06-19T16:00
Ben, Rob, Dan, and Jhan discuss the Sanctuary Arc, a lean, mechanically diverser arc that saw the campaign's largest-scale encounter yet.
Music:
Alexander Nakarada - Cocktails...
Episode 277: Amaranth Part XVI from 2023-06-12T16:00
At long last, the blade of the King seeks a resolution in the matter of its stewardship.
The source of undeath itself rises to confront our travelers.
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Episode 276: Amaranth Part XV from 2023-06-05T16:00
At the apex of The Temple of Swords lies an unholy relic whose corruption twists the very land around it.
Standing guard over it waits the strongest living vampire.
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Episode 275: Amaranth Part XIV from 2023-05-29T21:40
Camazotz at last reveals her true strength, but Mitch is not the same being he was mere hours ago.
And the ascent is imperiled by blood sorcery most malign.
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Episode 274: Amaranth Part XIII from 2023-05-22T16:00
Torc and Kaelar must strike a decisive blow against Camazotz before it's too late.
Meanwhile and elsewhere, Mitch traverses the metaphoric spaces of the Dragon's Dream in search of ...
Lore, Lyres, and Liars: Vermilion from 2023-05-15T16:00
Ben, Rob, Dan, and Jhan discuss the Vermilion Arc, including the infamous "ORPHEUS Diet" sequence, as the disparate threads of Season 2 being to converge toward a climax.
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Rob is in Carcosa (Walking the Dog) from 2023-05-08T16:00
Weeaboo's been sundowning the last several days, and hasn't allowed me to sleep at night. As such, my brain is all messed up.
See you next week with Lore, Lyres, and Liars.
Episode 273: Amaranth Part XII from 2023-05-01T16:00
Torc and Kaelar must strike a decisive blow against Camazotz before it's too late.
Meanwhile and elsewhere, Mitch traverses the metaphoric spaces of the Dragon's Dream in search of ...
IX traP htnaramA :272 edosipE from 2023-04-24T16:00
“ Along the shore the cloud waves break, The twin suns sink beneath the lake, The shadows lengthen In Carcosa.
“ Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circl...
Episode 271: Amaranth Part X from 2023-04-17T16:00
Mitch attempts to ascend the Temple of Swords alone, with nothing but his strength and wits to rely upon.
And further up the tower, Torc and his companions are further savaged by th...
Announcement for Select Patrons from 2023-04-12T03:37
I want to send you a T-Shirt, if you'll let me.
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Episode 270: Amaranth Part IX from 2023-04-10T16:00
Torc finds himself thrust into a position of leadership, much to his terror.
And far below, Mitch contends with a mountain of the living dead.
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Thre...
Lore, Lyres, and Liars: Sabotage from 2023-03-27T16:00
Ben, Alan, and Rob discuss Sabotage, the brisk and brutal split-session Maenad Directive arc (that's a lot of descriptors) that takes place after Invitations.
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Episode 269: Amaranth Part VIII from 2023-03-20T16:00
Mitch struggles to traverse the City of Night as it burns.
Meanwhile, within the Temple of Swords, Torc finds himself in the unenviable position of needing to keep his numerous comp...
Episode 268: Amaranth Part VII from 2023-03-13T16:00
The City of Night eats itself, and more than one trapped within its churning gullet make devil's bargains to continue on.
Music Credits:
Three Chain Links - Magic Hour
F...
Episode 267: Amaranth Part VI from 2023-03-06T23:01
Mitch, Kaelar, and their companions travel to the City of Night, as Torc awakens from one nightmare into the next.
Music Credits:
Three Chain Links - Magic Hour
Alexande...
Episode 266: Amaranth Part V from 2023-02-27T17:00
Torc awakens imprisoned in a hellish sanctum, and finds his options for escape both limited and daunting.
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Arthur Vyncke - Red Forest
Three Chain Links - M...
Episode 265: Amaranth Part IV from 2023-02-13T17:00
Mitch and Nerys abscond with Ithel's severed head, while Kaelar attempts to smuggle the badly injured Gwyndion to safety.
But the noble houses will not suffer the loss of the Bloode...
Episode 264: Amaranth Part III from 2023-02-06T17:00
Torc leads a group consisting of Bertram, Vincenzo, Dafydd, Chronicle, and several guildsmen in surreptitious travel to the City of Night.
But in the Amaranth Kingdom by night, almo...
Episode 263: Amaranth Part II from 2023-01-30T17:00
Mitch and Nerys face off in a duel to secure the right of induction into the House of Swords.
Meanwhile, Kaelar attempts to make sense of the strange atmosphere attendant to the nig...
Episode 262: Amaranth Part I from 2023-01-23T17:00
Our travelers finally return to the outskirts of Boardwalk Village 7, to reunite with those they left behind.
But rest, while achingly welcome, is not easily maintained, as a high-r...
Lore, Lyres, and Liars: Invitations from 2023-01-16T17:00
Ben, Dan, Jhan, and Rob discuss the *very* dark and dramatic Invitations arc of Season 2.
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Episode 261: Crisis of Faith Part IV from 2023-01-09T17:00
The Poet Justin Geoffery is freed, but his wellbeing, mentally and spiritually as well as physically, is in dire peril.
Notus begins to glimpse the edges of a great mystery, and une...
Episode 260: Crisis of Faith Part III from 2023-01-02T17:00
With Natalya down, our operatives must respond with immediate, overwhelming force. But even that may be found wanting against the unnatural strength of this new clone.
On top of tha...
State of ORPHEUS / Mail Room the Twenty-First from 2022-12-26T17:00
Holiday greetings, listener questions answered, and numerous announcements.
Music:
Myuu - Jingle Bells
Myuu - Deck the Halls
Myuu - Carol of the Bells
Daniel...
Episode 259: Crisis of Faith Part II from 2022-12-19T17:00
Rhett, Notus, and Kathleen must devise a plan to rescue Justin Jeffrey, a man none of them know the first thing about, from the clutches of the DAS.
And it'll take all hands on deck...
Episode 258: Crisis of Faith Part I from 2022-12-12T17:00
Rhett and Notus crash land in the hidden laboratory of Kathleen Lithgow, and have much explaining to do to avoid getting (further) on their host's bad side.
To make matters worse, t...
Episode 257: Exchanges Part XII from 2022-12-05T17:00
The Pit opens. Our Travelers' alliance with the Boardwalk Guild of Workers, as well their lives, are on the line.
The night's festivities at the Bloo...
Episode 256: Exchanges Part XI from 2022-11-28T17:00
As the time draws near for the meeting with the House of Flesh, our Travelers have one last opportunity to find useful intelligence for the Guild. But Kaelar must first face an existential night...
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6th Anniversary Q&A Special from 2022-11-21T17:00
Jhan hosts th 6th(!) anniversary special, with a boatload of listener questions and a pleasant, convivial vibe-- joined by Rob, Dan, Lilit, and Nick.
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ORPHEUS Online Convention is THIS WEEKEND!!! from 2022-11-14T17:00
Music:
Three Chain Links - Parasite Eve - Out of Phase (SNEX Demix)
Tons of November Announcements from 2022-11-07T17:00
November is a busy, busy month for ORPHEUS. Let's talk about it.
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Lore, Lyres, and Liars: Fairchild Home for Children from 2022-10-31T16:00
Rob, Ben, and Dan discuss the very dark and intense Fairchild Home for Children arc of Season 2. Content warning! This is a very brutal arc containing harm to children.
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Episode 255: Exchanges Part X from 2022-10-24T16:00
Inside the Blooded Rose Manor, our Travelers encounter horror, vice, and intrigue, but there are forces at work within the Manor's walls that reach far beyond mere debauchery.
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Episode 254: Exchanges Part IX from 2022-10-17T16:00
Our Travelers' clash with the City Guard causes major shockwaves and sets the stage for the next phase of the Guild's plan.
But to keep in their benefactors' good graces, they must ...
Episode 253: Exchanges Part VIII from 2022-10-10T16:00
Kaelar wanders a distorted mirrorworld, as Mitch and Torc face Talfryn at full power.
Our travelers' mission in Boardwalk takes a dark and unexplainable turn.
Music Cr...
Lore, Lyres, and Liars: Panopticon from 2022-10-03T16:00
Rob, Ben, Dan, and Jhan discuss the surprisingly efficient Panopticon arc, which manages to pack a proposterous poundage of mistery and dramatic irony into a mere three episodes.
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Episode 252: Exchanges Part VII from 2022-09-26T16:00:07
The Guild of Workers execute their ambush on the City Guard's elite, with our travelers functioning as both bait and hook at once.
And one of them discovers that danger can lurk in ...
Episode 251: Exchanges Part VI from 2022-09-19T16:00:38
A face to mask meeting with "Dafydd," General President of the Boardwalk Guild of Workers, sees our travelers thrown head-first into the city's criminal underworld.
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Episode 250: Exchanges Part V from 2022-09-12T16:00:37
Suspended hundreds of feet above the city streets, our travelers fight for their lives.
Music Credits:
Three Chain Links - Magic Hour
Dar...
Episode 249: Exchanges Part IV from 2022-08-29T16:00:54
Posing as the Tax Collector and his assitants, our travelers infiltrate the city of Boardwalk, where opportunity and danger await in unknown proportion.
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Three C...
Episode 248: Exchanges Part III from 2022-08-22T16:00:11
Torc, Mitch, Nerys, Kaelar, and 733 make their attempt on the Tax Collector's coach, as the first step in their audacious plan to destabilze the vampiric nobility.
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Episode 247: Exchanges Part II from 2022-08-15T16:00:43
Our travelers attempt to thread the needle of their quest, the village's needs, and Nerys's ambitions.
What ensues promises to be incredibly, perhaps legendarily, dangerous.
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Episode 246: Exchanges Part I from 2022-08-08T16:00:39
On the coast of the Amaranth Kingdom, the crew of the Faith's Flame get the lay of the land, and find out just how in over their heads they are.
Music Credits:
Dark Fantasy S...
ORPHEUS Status Report: August 2022 from 2022-08-01T16:00:30
Some quick updates in advance of the new arc's release next week.
Music:
White Bat Audio - Last Stop
Lore, Lyres, and Liars: Asherah from 2022-07-25T16:00:50
Rob, Ben, and Alan discuss the Asherah arc, with its heady blend of pacing, operational competence, and tragedy.
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Episode 245: Restoration Part III from 2022-07-18T16:00:16
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Music Credits:
Three Chain Links - Magic Hour
Vacant Stages - Voyage through the empty shelves
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Episode 244: Restoration Part II from 2022-07-11T16:00:28
After largely frustrated attempts to sleep the day through, the restoration crew return to the Hillside Mall, where the shadows lengthen...
Music Credits:
Three Chain Links -...
Episode 243: Restoration Part I from 2022-07-04T16:00:49
Three blue collar workers are sent on an industrial cleanup assignment at the long-closed Hillside Mall in Fairfield, Illinois.
But as the hot, Summe...
Here, After Announcement from 2022-06-27T16:00:23
Rob and Ben announce a long-awaited secret project.
Music:
White Bat Audio - Brave New World
White Bat Audio - Awaken
Lore, Lyres, and Liars: OPSEC from 2022-06-20T16:00:54
Rob, Ben, Jhan, and Dan discuss the OPSEC arc of season 2-- Wherein things go terribly awry for Pierce, as Kiera and Mitch more or less attempt to actually complete their mission.
Episode 242: Blood and Thunder Part X from 2022-06-06T16:00:56
The war between Leviathan, Expression, and Fleet comes to a catastrophic end, with the lives of our travelers and their found families in the balance.
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Episode 241: Blood and Thunder Part IX from 2022-05-30T16:00:20
Godlike beings fight to the death, as our mortal travelers scramble to survive the titanic clash.
Music Credits:
White Bat Audio - Crash Site
Three Chain L...
Episode 240: Blood and Thunder Part VIII from 2022-05-23T16:00:03
Two of Nadra's godlike spawn descend on the Nation that Moves.
One wages a war against the Children, while the other's sights are set on final revenge against Mitch, To...
Episode 239: Blood and Thunder Part VII from 2022-05-16T16:00:37
In the midst of the primordial sea, Torc and Vincenzo are reunited, but not all is well.
And the summit of the Tower of Tiamat is home to revelations unasked and unwant...
Episode 238: Blood and Thunder Part VI from 2022-05-02T16:00:54
A primordial ritual of violence and dominance demands the travelers' participation, their blood, or both.
And the further mysteries of the Tower of Tiamat unfurl in the...
Episode 237: Blood and Thunder Part V from 2022-04-25T16:00:36
Touched by a phantom of death, Mitch and his companions brave a second tower, still in search of a way to rescue their friends.
Meanwhile, the Children close in.
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Episode 236: Blood and Thunder Part IV from 2022-04-18T16:00:56
Profound and terrible secrets await our travelers' coming with infinite patience.
As the world rushes by, a fourfold colossus reared by an unthinkable will stands uncha...
Episode 235: Blood and Thunder Part III from 2022-04-11T16:00:29
With the immediate matter of the kids' survival settled, our travelers lick their wounds and return to the jungle, to get a closer look at the mysterious structures at the island's ...
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Episode 234: Blood and Thunder Part II from 2022-04-04T16:00:22
Our travelers fight tooth and nail to avoid being an apex predator's next meal as they forge deeper into the lethal jungle.
Music Credits:
Three Chain Links - Ma...
Delay with a Side of Kickass News from 2022-03-28T16:00
The Bellhop brings us down before building us up again.
Music:
The Good Lawdz - A Lil Somethin' Somethin'
Episode 233: Blood and Thunder Part I from 2022-03-21T16:00:45
The Faith's Flame (or the Fool's Hope) makes landfall on a mysterious island, and our travelers set off into an unknown wilderness to rescue their friends.
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Lore, Lyres, and Liars: Retrieval from 2022-03-14T16:00:34
Alan joins Ben and Rob to discuss the Retrieval arc, as Freya and Rhett continue to rack up the W's early in Season 2.
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Episode 232: As the Crow Flies Part IV from 2022-03-07T17:00:13
Rhett is given audience with a higher power, and returns to the world, renewed in power and purpose.
Music Credits: Kevin MacLeod - Cool...
Episode 231: As the Crow Flies Part III from 2022-02-28T17:00
Rhett arrives in the Oblivion Vault, where plans are laid that will influence the very shape of the future.
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Darren ...
State of ORPHEUS the Twentieth from 2022-02-21T17:00:09
Oops! No episode because Audacity did a big fucky-wucky.
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White Bat Audio - Crystal Cola
Lore, Lyres, and Liars: Road Trip from 2022-02-14T17:00:42
Rob, Ben, Jhan, and Dan discuss the rollercoaster that was the Road Trip arc of season 2-- complete with Pierce's infamously unrewarding attempts to bring a knife to a gun fight.
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Episode 230: As the Crow Flies Part II from 2022-02-07T17:00:37
Above the world, Rhett Bordeaux sees far.
Music Credits:
Myuu - To Zanarkand (Final Fantasy X Cover)
Three Chain Link...
Episode 229: As the Crow Flies Part I from 2022-01-31T17:00:03
Rhett Bordeaux embarks upon a strange and momentous spiritual journey, though he does not remember how it began...
Great revelations may await-- but a price is owed for such enlightenm...
State of ORPHEUS the Nineteenth from 2022-01-24T17:00:14
Feeling a lot better.
Music:
White Bat Audio - Memories of a Murder
Episode 228: Black Sails Part XI from 2022-01-17T17:00
The monstrous "Children's" assault on the Floating City's most vulnerable continues, with Torc hopelessly outmatched, badly wounded, and staring death in the face.
In the wake of th...
Episode 227: Black Sails Part X from 2022-01-10T17:00
The bloom visits its strange miracles upon the Floating City, as it does every year from time immemorial. However, Mitch has an experience that could be had by none other than himself, in no oth...
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Episode 226: Black Sails Part IX from 2022-01-03T17:00
Mitch's battle with Brother-Captain Conviction reaches its explosive conclusion, with Torc looking on and Kaelar at large in the Floating City.
Music Credits:
Alexander Nakara...
Lore, Lyres, and Liars: ?????? from 2021-12-27T17:00
Rob is joined by Co-Host Ben Hatton, along with Jhan, to discuss ??????, a very strange episode that released between Road Trip Part I and Road Trip Part II.
A structural note: If ...
Episode 225: Black Sails Part VIII from 2021-12-20T17:00
The ceremonies have begun, and the bloom is imminent. Under these auspices, Torc finds himself faced with unmitigated brutality.
Mitch, meanwhile, carries a more subtle burden-- and...
Episode 224: Black Sails Part VII from 2021-12-13T17:00
Our travelers' experiences of the Floating City vary wildly, as Torc and Kaelar are pressed into servitude, while Mitch is treated like something between a prisoner and a foreign dignitary.
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Episode 223: Black Sails Part VI from 2021-12-06T17:00
The Inconsiderate is lost, and her crew subject to the alien scrutiny of their strange captors.
But the motives of the Ghoul Fleet are far beyond mere murder and larceny. The streak...
Episode 222: Black Sails Part V from 2021-11-29T17:00
As the Inconsiderate is boarded and almost sure to be overrun, Mitch and Kaelar must make quick and weighty decisions while Torc's fate remains unknown.
Music Credits:
Dark Fa...
5th Anniversary Q&A Special from 2021-11-22T17:00
The ORPHEUS Protocol is half a decade old. Holy crap.
Jhan hosts the celebration and ritual sacrifice of a shitload of listener questions, joined by Dan, Lilit, Nick, and Rob.
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Special and Timely Announcement from 2021-11-17T17:00
Rob uses a device of mad science to capture mysterious audio.
KEEPSAKE
Lore, Lyres, and Liars: Cleanup from 2021-11-15T17:00
Rob is joined by Co-Host Ben Hatton, along with Dan and Jhan, to discuss Cleanup, a bonus arc that released during the run of Season 2.
A structural note: If you're just wanting to ...
Episode 221: Black Sails Part IV from 2021-11-08T17:00
***ANNOUCNEMENT: Rob and Jhan are making a movie, and you can help! Check out Keepsake at https:/...
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Episode 220: Black Sails Part III from 2021-11-01T16:00
Delay and Some Announcements from 2021-10-25T18:00:40
No episode this week, but we've got a fun announcement and a Kickstarter update.
Ke...
Episode 219: Black Sails Part II from 2021-10-18T16:00
A great beast of the deep threatens the Inconsiderate, and it's up the crew of three whaling boats to put the creature down before the ship is torn apart.
And even as the ship is be...
Episode 218: Black Sails Part I from 2021-10-11T16:00
The Inconsiderate, fully crewed and provisioned, sets out across the sea in what promises to be a dangerous, and, if successful, legendary journey.
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Three Chain ...
Lore, Lyres, and Liars: Contingency from 2021-10-04T16:00
Rob is joined by Co-Host Ben Hatton, along with special guest Alan Sells, to discuss Contingency, the 2nd arc of Season 2.
A structural note: If you're just wanting to get the recap...
Episode 217: Hunting Ground Part III from 2021-09-27T16:00
The painful visions persist, and point the locals toward the center of a tragic mystery.
NOTE: The Hunting Ground arc was recorded as a one-shot in a very game-centric mode; there w...
Episode 216: Hunting Ground Part II from 2021-09-20T16:00
The seemingly untraceable threats on those who've encountered the strange child escalate, as unaccountable visions harry their minds.
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Three Chain Links - Magic ...
Episode 215: Hunting Ground Part I from 2021-09-13T16:00
It's hard times in the small town of Poet Falls, where disappearances, a rash of robberies, and a widespread skin affliction threaten the community's very survival.
Four locals reck...
State of ORPHEUS / Mail Room the Eighteenth from 2021-09-06T16:00
A handful of pretty nifty... almost-announcements? teases? previews?
And a fun work story in the fan mail.
Music:
White Bat Audio - Aurora
Kevin MacLeod - O...
Lore, Lyres, and Liars: The Tower Inverted from 2021-08-30T16:00
Rob is joined by Co-Host Ben Hatton, Dan, and Jhan to discuss The Tower Inverted, the inaugural arc of Season 2.
A structural note: If you're just wanting to get the recap, stop lis...
Episode 214: Voyage Part XII from 2021-08-23T16:00
Vandemiaire himself faces Mitch in a fight to the death, with the administrative agenda of the entire port on the line.
Music Credits:
Jason Shaw - Plantation
Three Chai...
Episode 213: Voyage Part XI from 2021-08-16T16:00
Mitch and Ghertik face off in a heavyweight bout for the ages.
And deep in the inscrutable heart of Vandemiaire's palace, Kaelar is given a tempting offer with horrifying implicatio...
Episode 212: Voyage Part X from 2021-08-09T16:00
Mitch awakens to a knife poised to strike-- and an unexpected complication to his journey.
Kaelar, meanwhile, is given an important and dangerous task, on which the outcome of the C...
Episode 211: Voyage Part IX from 2021-08-02T16:00
Torc fights to keep Bas's crew in the contest, but the odds are stacked against him all unseen.
Meanwhile, Faolan and Koji find themselves faced with the inscrutable puzzle of Faola...
Episode 210: Voyage Part VIII from 2021-07-26T16:00
A deadly fighting tournament ensues, while Mitch has a conversation, impossibly, with Koji Miyazaki, in a place beyond time and space.
Music Credits:
Kevin MacLeod - Cool Vibe...
State of ORPHEUS / Mail Room the Seventeenth from 2021-07-19T16:00
No episode this week, for reasons discussed here.
Also, how the hell did this mail ever get delivered? It seems physically impossible.
Music:
Three Chain Links - ...
Episode 209: Voyage Part VII from 2021-07-12T16:00
Play ball!
Music Credits:
Three Chain Links - Magic Hour
E’s Jammy Jams - Take Me Out To The Ballgame
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Episode 208: Voyage Part VI from 2021-07-05T16:00
The crew of the Inconsiderate must now face the Kidnapping Game, an event so stacked against them that any outcome other than total disaster seems impossible.
Clever planning, perfe...
Episode 207: Voyage Part V from 2021-06-28T16:00
A mob, rather more organized than it appears, probes the Inconsiderate's defenses.
Defending the ship, however, is but one item on an ever-lengthening list of unlikely tasks the cre...
Lore, Lyres, and Liars: Out of Time from 2021-06-21T16:00
Rob is joined by Co-Host Ben Hatton to discuss the Out of Time Arc.
A structural note: If you're just wanting to get the recap, stop listening when the recap is done. We continue fr...
Episode 206: Voyage Part IV from 2021-06-14T16:00
With mere, precious hours left before the Contest of the Four Winds begins, the crew of the Inconsiderate scramble to gather actionable intelligence.
But the less-disreputable capta...
Episode 205: Voyage Part III from 2021-06-07T16:00
Captain Bas takes his place on Nantucket's ruling council, and the political situation immediately verges on the murderous.
Meanwhile, Mitch and Torc, now unknowing political prison...
Episode 204: Voyage Part II from 2021-05-31T17:46:27
Kaelar and 733 rush to the harbor as the ship burns.
Meanwhile, news of the Inconsiderate's fate misses Torc and Mitch, who are already in the midst of a situation requiring command...
Episode 203: Voyage Part I from 2021-05-24T16:00
The Inconsiderate limps along the coast, severely undermanned as its captain drinks the days away.
Mitch, Torc, Kaelar, and 733 must take matters into their own hands to gain a more...
State of ORPHEUS / Mail Room the Sixteenth from 2021-05-17T16:00
Rob has actually rather a lot of announcements, and answers some popcorn style questions.
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White Bat Audio - Mysterious Fog
White Bat Audio - The Host
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Episode 202: Home Front Part IV from 2021-05-10T16:00
Rhett must retrieve Bok Hui from the woods, and the residents of the Hidden House must give them every bit of support they can, if the two of them are to have any chance of interfering in the ma...
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Episode 201: Home Front Part III from 2021-05-03T16:00
Rhett and Andersen are trapped in a mental maze of horror, while Bok Hui stares the terrifying answer to several recent questions in the face.
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Episode 200: Home Front Part II from 2021-04-26T16:00
Andersen lands Rhett and Bok Hui in some trouble, and a hidden house in the woods becomes the stage of a makeshift resistance against the inevitable.
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Episode 199: Home Front Part I from 2021-04-19T16:00
Rhett and Bok Hui face down the 8th Expression-- and consequently the shape of things to come.
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Three Chain Links - Magic Hour
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State of ORPHEUS the Fifteenth from 2021-04-12T16:00
I didn't actually break the shortness record; I'll try to forgive myself.
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White Bat Audio - Running From Death
Lore, Lyres, and Liars: Reunions and Bereavement from 2021-04-05T16:00
Rob is joined by Co-Host Ben Hatton, along with Jhan and Dan, to discuss the Reunions and Bereavement Arcs.
A structural note: If you're just wanting to get the recap, stop listenin...
State of ORPHEUS the Fourteenth from 2021-03-29T16:00
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White Bat Audio - Heart of Night
Lore, Lyres, and Liars: Agendas from 2021-03-22T16:00
Rob is joined by Co-Host Ben Hatton, along w...
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Season 4 Schedule Announcement from 2021-03-15T22:01:36
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Episode 198: The Gerhardt Murders Part IV from 2021-03-15T16:00
The investigators follow the paths of the impossible maze mapped by the book found by Engels, and discover vistas of madness they could never have imagined.
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Episode 197: The Gerhardt Murders Part III from 2021-03-08T17:00
The investigators have come to understand, on some level, that they are in a trap. But Gerhardt Manor is much more than a simple trap-- it is a place of power.
Just what power it se...
Episode 196: The Gerhardt Murders Part II from 2021-03-01T17:00
A sudden storm of violence breaks out in the previously silent halls of Gerhardt Manor, where blood and confusion feel disquietingly at home.
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White Bat Au...
Episode 195: The Gerhardt Murders Part I from 2021-02-22T17:00
In the Winter of 2015-2016, the world is, compared to what is shortly to come, quiet.
But even in times of peace, there are places where the dark threatens to seep in from somewhere...
Lore, Lyres, and Liars: Reflections Parts II-VII from 2021-02-15T17:00
Rob is joined by Co-Host Ben Hatton, along with Dan, to discuss the Reflections arc, starting with episode 2 through the end.
A structural note: If you're just wanting to get the re...
Episode 194: Foundation Part V from 2021-02-08T17:00
Upon a train, speeding across the English countryside, Freya, Seamus, Howard, and Vivien Braddock fight to their last against the forces of Sol Invictus, to secure the fate of the Memory Stones ...
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Episode 193: Foundation Part IV from 2021-02-01T17:00
Having collided directly with their opponents' own attempt to steal the runestones from beneath the British Museum, Freya, Seamus, and Howard must fight their way out with the prize.
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Episode 192: Foundation Part III from 2021-01-25T17:00
Freya, Seamus, and Howard visit the deeply damaged Sir Alfred Spencer, in hopes of gaining some insight into Lars Keswick's plans.
And armed with whatever clues they can muster, the...
Episode 191: Foundation Part II from 2021-01-18T17:00
The Discovery Club's enemies are plainly one step ahead, with a supposedly secret meeting now the site of a vicious attack.
Freya, Seamus, and the mysterious Howard Keswick spring i...
Episode 190: Foundation Part I from 2021-01-11T17:00
The Discovery Club has been burned to the ground, and a new kind of threat is metastasizing in the hidden places of London.
Something must be done, but the matter of what, and by wh...
State of ORPHEUS / Mail Room the Thirteenth from 2021-01-04T17:00
A fair chunk of news, and a fan-favorite pet answers a letter from a listener...'s pet.
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White Bat Audio - Black Rainbows
Alexander Nakarada - Freedom
Episode 189: Selected Scenes From the End of the World from 2020-12-28T17:00
Some stories are too large for the telling.
And yet, we must strive to divine a message of hope in the patterns traced by chaos.
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Lore, Lyres, and Liars: Reflections Part I and Overdue Book from 2020-12-21T17:00
Rob is joined by Co-Host Ben Hatton, along with Dan, to discuss the first episode of the Reflections arc, as well as the entirety of the Overdue Book Arc.
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State of ORPHEUS / Mail Room the Twelfth from 2020-12-14T17:00
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White Bat Audio - Last Stop
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State of ORPHEUS / Mail Room the Eleventh from 2020-12-07T17:00
Moving Day...
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Episode 188: Visitations Part X from 2020-11-30T17:00
The very heart of the Fecundity beats blinding bright and savage in a rhythm whose teeth gnash the world, and in the scything spaces between stand our travelers.
The fate of the Inv...
Fourth Anniversary Q&A Special from 2020-11-23T17:00
Wow. 4 years of The ORPHEUS Protocol, and we...
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Episode 187: Visitations Part IX from 2020-11-16T17:00
Mitch stands in the intersection of past and future, as vast and baleful forces are brought to bear on the Place of the Inviolate Stone.
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Episode 186: Visitations Part VIII from 2020-11-09T17:00
The Ritual of Breath begins, and within its ancient power lies the fulcrum of great and inscrutable fates.
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Three Chain Links - Magic Hour
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Episode 185: Visitations Part VII from 2020-11-02T17:00
To continue in his battle against his sword foe, Mitch faces an impossible choice.
And he has little time to make that choice, as the full fury of the undead horde is turned directl...
Episode 184: Visitations Part VI from 2020-10-26T16:00
An unexpected enemy from Mitch's earlier travels in this strange land has arrived on the field of battle, changing the complexion of the travelers' efforts to keep the caravan safe.
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Episode 183: Visitations Part V from 2020-10-19T16:00
Tensions rise among our travelers as the cost of Kaelar's deal with the Cult of the Inviolate Stone comes to light.
Meanwhile, Torc's battle for survival somehow gains even higher s...
State of ORPHEUS / Mail Room the Tenth from 2020-10-12T16:00
Some pretty exciting news, and a smattering of listener mail questions answered.
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Episode 182: Visitations Part IV from 2020-10-05T16:00
Torc is completely overwhelmed.
The caravan is helpless before the horde of infected dead without the help of an enigmatic cult of death-worshippers.
Can our travelers ...
Episode 181: Visitations Part III from 2020-09-28T16:00
Torc battles against a seemingly inexhaustible horde of deadly enemies, as the caravan encampment prepares for battle...
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Episode 180: Visitations Part II from 2020-09-21T16:00
Mitch, Torc, Kaelar, and 733 seek out the place where the other caravan was attacked, in search of survivors.
What they find is a further complication with disturbing implications.<...
Episode 179: Visitations Part I from 2020-09-14T16:00
The caravan arrives at the Place of the Inviolate Stone, and discovers that the religious sect that serve as stewards of the Stone possess improbable knowledge... And the situation only becomes ...
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Lore, Lyres, and Liars: Missing Pieces from 2020-09-07T16:00
Rob is joined by Co-Host Ben Hatton, along with players Dan and Jhan, to discuss Missing Pieces, the first non-prologue arc of the campaign, and look back on the first appearances of long-runnin...
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Episode 178: The Princess's Tale Part II from 2020-08-31T16:00
733's story continues, with pirate antics aplenty, but also with an undeniable undercurrent of uncomfortable strangeness, hinting at a possible darker, root truth to the tall tale.
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Episode 177: The Princess's Tale Part I from 2020-08-24T16:00
As the Caravan approaches its destination, former Princess 733 takes her turn to tell a tale with the express objective of telling a FUN story.
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Lore, Lyres, and Liars: The Shudder from 2020-08-17T16:00
Rob is joined by Co-Host Ben Hatton to recap and discuss the very first ORPHEUS arc, The Shudder.
A structural note: If you're just wanting to get the recap, stop listening when the...
Episode 176: The Supplicant's Tale Part VI from 2020-08-10T16:00
Torc attempts to nip Hearth and Saw's attempted coup in the bud. At the same time, Tome makes his final move.
And in the midst of this, Ash must decide his own fate.
Mu...
Episode 175: The Supplicant's Tale Part V from 2020-08-03T16:00
Torc takes hold of his newfound power over the city to attempt a decisive blow against the rebellion.
Meanwhile, Tome attempts to buy enough time for his catastrophically risky plan...
Episode 174: The Supplicant's Tale Part IV from 2020-07-27T16:00
The council scrambles to respond to Councilman Ash's abduction. Meanwhile, Tome must determine what steps the rebellion must take to counter the looming chaos, and Torc finds himself holding far...
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Episode 173: The Supplicant's Tale Part III from 2020-07-20T16:00
A solid lead in the case has developed, much to Tome's chagrin as the revolution's double agent in the council.
But knowing who to look for and knowing how to safely find him prove ...
Episode 172: The Supplicant's Tale Part II from 2020-07-13T16:00
The council's appointees to the covert investigative team convene and begin their sensitive work, splitting into specialized groups pursuing vastly different strategies for the attainment of int...
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Episode 171: The Supplicant's Tale Part I from 2020-07-06T16:00
The four travelers once again find themselves idle, as the caravan rolls ever onward toward its destination, and Torc takes his turn in the sharing of stories.
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State of ORPHEUS / Mail Room the Ninth from 2020-06-29T16:00
We have a Mail Room letter this time, along with a surprisingly large slate of bonus content to get hype about.
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AKIRA - DEAD
Myuu - Reversion 2015
Episode 170: Sedition Part V from 2020-06-22T16:00
The deadly assault of Sol Invictus reaches a blood-soaked zenith. In the shadow of the Braddock House, the complexion of the coming war is decided.
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Episode 169: Sedition Part IV from 2020-06-15T16:00
The time for deliberation is over, as Sol Invictus descends on the Braddock House in hopes of neutralizing nearly all their remaining enemies in one fell swoop.
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Episode 168: Sedition Part III from 2020-06-08T16:00
Those assembled at the Braddock House set about planning what moves remain to them in the struggle against Sol Invictus.
But not only do strange bedfellows make for strained discuss...
Concerning the Protests Against Police Brutality from 2020-06-04T14:00
The most important thing, by far, I've yet published to this feed.
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Episode 167: Sedition Part II from 2020-06-01T16:00
Rhett must reckon with the fallout of Kathleen Lithgow's disappearance, but is given little time to lament the Maenad Directive's newly diminished position, as an unexpected visitor arrives in C...
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Episode 166: Sedition Part I from 2020-05-25T16:00
In the aftermath of her unexplained abduction from the realm of the Yellow King, Bok Hui awakens far away, and in strange company, indeed.
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Queensmouth Episode 3: Emma Never Came Home Part III from 2020-05-22T16:00
Zephyr and Fallon have an incredibly awkward meeting involving a sick teacher, a knife, and a decided lack of anyone having knocked or asked permission to enter.
Riley makes a fatef...
State of ORPHEUS / Mail Room the Eighth from 2020-05-18T16:00
Sadly bereft of a Mail Room letter to answer, we beef up the news content a bit this week. Big stuff on the slate, folx.
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Neuron Spectre - HEAR THEM STALK...
Episode 165: The Thief's Tale Part IV from 2020-05-11T16:00
With the departure of The Guide, Kaelar, Hakim, and L'boar find themselves alone in the depths of the strange vault, and what's more, in the very lair of a mind-rending predator.
Wi...
Episode 164: The Thief's Tale Part III from 2020-05-04T16:00
Within the time-lost vault, Kaelar, L'Boar, and Hakim explore wonders beyond their comprehension.
But despite the incredible treasures they've discovered, they may come to regret th...
Episode 163: The Thief's Tale Part II from 2020-04-27T16:00
Kaelar, L'boar, and Hakim must negotiate their way past the arena guards and seek audience with the mysterious traveler who holds the Key Which is not a Key.
And the path they must ...
Episode 162: The Thief's Tale Part I from 2020-04-20T16:00
Kaelar begins their tale of stealthy swindlings and well-buckled swashes-- recounting the events that led to their unlikely possession of a mysterious artifact that's crossed Mitch's path once b...
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State of ORPHEUS / Mail Room The Seventh from 2020-04-13T16:00
We catch up with the quarantined goings-on, give some updates on Kickstarter and Patreon rewards, and a certain Artificial Intelligence answers a pretty weighty listener question.
M...
Episode 161: Pilgrimage Part IV from 2020-04-06T16:00
733, Kaelar and Torc are bedeviled by visions brought on by a mysterious hallucinogen, as Mitch attempts to keep them safe from the cave's lurking, hungry residents.
And somewhere a...
Episode 160: Pilgrimage Part III from 2020-03-30T16:00
Mitch and 733 scramble to rescue their comrades, who've found themselves in deadly peril.
Deeper under the earth, something takes notice of them.
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Episode 159: Pilgrimage Part II from 2020-03-23T16:00
Mitch, 733, and their new companions depart the caravan in search of desperately needed supplies, but quickly discover that the ecology of the Fecundity is merciless and hungry.
Mus...
Episode 158: Pilgrimage Part I from 2020-03-16T16:00
Mitch Hook and former Princess 733 depart the city of Nightmares, journeying to the Place of the Inviolate Stone.
But in long travel in an alien world, the only certainty is the une...
State of ORPHEUS / Mail Room the Sixth from 2020-03-09T16:00
In this between-arcs week, Rob gives some updates on Kickstarter and show production, and answers listener questions.
To get in on the Mail Room and question goodness, visit
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Episode 157: Diaspora Part VII from 2020-03-02T17:00
Inscrutable enemies attack Agent Hook and Kathleen, but more than mere survival is at stake; in this strange place, in the shadow of the colossal flower-like structure that seems to be the cente...
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Episode 156: Diaspora Part VI from 2020-02-24T17:00
Kathleen's situation proves perilous on a scale scarcely imagined by her comrades, and the cell discovers that there's far more than the sentient rain to fear in this strange place.
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Episode 155: Diaspora Part V from 2020-02-17T17:00
In the strange shadow of Pascal, the Sol Invictus cell discovers the last, written statement of Agent Liam Baker. Armed with this dubious knowledge, they set out into the dark in search of answe...
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Episode 154: Diaspora Part IV from 2020-02-10T17:00
Bok Hui, Kathleen, Agent Hook, and Joey Matheson prepare for, and travel to, the small town of Pascal, Montana, attempting to retrace the steps of Agent Baker.
But things have alrea...
Episode 153: Diaspora Part III from 2020-02-03T17:00
Agent Baker, Max, and Oakley attempt to get to the bottom of what's happening in Pascal, but find that matters are escalating in ways far faster and far stranger than they could have imagined.
Episode 152: Diaspora Part II from 2020-01-27T17:00
A strange and haunted visitor encounters car trouble in the small, rural town of Pascal, Montana. All who come in contact with this man begin to experience strange phenomena.
And me...
Episode 151: Diaspora Part I from 2020-01-20T17:00
As Bok Hui enters training under Sol Invictus, Kathleen Lithgow must escape Chester, Illinois and determine what her next step is to be.
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State of ORPHEUS / Mail Room the Fifth from 2020-01-13T17:00
Dog woes, rules work goes on (and on, and on), and an urgent status report to Director Muninn.
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Three Chain Links - Keeping Warm
Three Chain Links - Gaining Tracti...
State of ORPHEUS / Mail Room the Fourth from 2020-01-06T17:00
Updates on the Kickstarter's progress, along with a heartfelt message from someone offering both hope and a political platform we can all get behind.
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Alexander Nakarada...
Episode 150: City on Fire Part VIII from 2019-12-30T17:00
At the castle gate, Mitch is out of options as a cavalry charge of nightmares bears down upon him.
And meanwhile, beneath the fear extraction farms, Kay comes face to face with the ...
Episode 149: City on Fire Part VII from 2019-12-23T17:00
Mitch and his newly-gathered force collide with the castle's defenses, but Kay cannot yet join them.
Instead, the rebellion's chief strategist must attend to much darker objectives....
Episode 148: City on Fire Part VI from 2019-12-16T17:00
Momentum may be on the side of the rebellion, but a lack of organization threatens to snuff out the fires before they can truly begin to spread.
Mitch and Kay must decide how best t...
Episode 147: City on Fire Part V from 2019-12-09T17:00
The victory at the terrace is followed immediately by a shocking escalation by the city regime.
Kay and Mitch must make instant decisions of incalculable consequence to every reside...
Episode 146: City on Fire Part IV from 2019-12-02T17:00
The Inquisition arrives, forcing Mitch and Kay to act decisively and immediately, lest the rebellion die a slow death.
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ErikMMus...
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Third Anniversary Q&A Special from 2019-11-25T17:00
Another year gone by, a universe shattered and reformed, and another Q&A Special to celebrate it.
I'm joined by Dan, Jo, Arlie, Quinn, and special host Jhan to discuss the ups and d...
Episode 145: City on Fire Part III from 2019-11-18T17:00
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Episode 144: City on Fire Part II from 2019-11-11T17:00
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Episode 143: City on Fire Part I from 2019-11-04T17:00
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State of ORPHEUS / Mail Room the Third from 2019-10-28T16:00
Lots of announcements this week as we take a breath between arcs.
Also, a deeply unsettling fan letter that is, nevertheless, rather funny.
Queensmouth Episode 2: Emma Never Came Home Part II from 2019-10-24T16:00
Episode 142: Parting of Ways Part VI from 2019-10-21T16:00
Freya Benton, along with her new companions, make it to her nearest safe house, only for Freya's life to be irrevocably changed.
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Three Chain Links - Magic Hour...
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Episode 141: Parting of Ways Part V from 2019-10-14T16:00
Bok Hui leaves home, to walk alone into a den of serpents.
Meanwhile, an inevitable tragedy occurs at the Braddock House.
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Myuu - Tiffany's Theme
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Queensmouth Episode 1: Emma Never Came Home Part I from 2019-10-10T16:00
Episode 140: Parting of Ways Part IV from 2019-10-07T16:00
Rhett and Kathleen traverse an unknown world, and are faced with echoes of an incomprehensible history.
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Jehf Jones - Cadaverine...
Episode 139: Parting of Ways Part III from 2019-09-30T16:00
Rhett and Nevaeh begin to scratch the surface of her trauma. Meanwhile, Bok Hui goes home, for perhaps the last time.
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Free Dramatic S...
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Queensmouth: Prologue from 2019-09-26T18:35:32
In the small town of Queensmouth, on Bear Island, four high school students are on the precipice of a mysterious and terrifying adventure.
But just because this odyssey into the unk...
Episode 138: Parting of Ways Part II from 2019-09-23T16:00
Rhett descends into the lake to provide what help he can, while Bok Hui and Jack road trip across the country, in hopes of looking in on Bok Hui's family.
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Episode 137: Parting of Ways Part I from 2019-09-16T16:00
Rhett and Bok Hui find themselves at the center of a tense sequence of negotiations between forces they barely understand.
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Alexander ...
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State of ORPHEUS / Mail Room the Second from 2019-09-09T18:57:54
We find ourselves in an off-week between arcs, so we sit down and discuss the goings on at (new) ORPHEUS HQ, what's to come, and a long-unheard-from NPC answers a listener letter.
M...
Episode 136: Rescue Part III from 2019-09-02T16:00
Freya must strike a bargain with unknowable forces, in order to stop the unthinkable from becoming the inevitable.
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Kevin MacLeod - In...
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Episode 135: Rescue Part II from 2019-08-26T16:00
On an alien world, Freya confronts the monstrous unknown, in hopes of fulfilling an inscrutable purpose.
Music Credits:
Myuu - True (Sil...
Episode 134: Rescue Part I from 2019-08-19T16:00
We at last discover what's been occupying Freya Benton since the momentous events at Sanctuary.
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State of ORPHEUS / Mail Room the First from 2019-08-12T17:02:52
In this, our first "State of ORPHEUS" feature and the inaugural Mail Room release, I... discuss the state of ORPHEUS and answer some mail.
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Alexander Nakarada - Simple J...
Episode 133: City of Fear Part VI from 2019-08-05T16:00
Mitch completes his odyssey of the mind as tensions in the Nightmare City come to a boil.
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Zero-project -...
Episode 132: City of Fear Part V from 2019-07-29T16:00
Fortune's Wheel has spun vertiginously for Mitch, and his new surroundings provide him a chance to learn more about the world in which he's found himself.
But a frustrating search f...
Gen Con 2019 Fan Meetup/Q&A from 2019-07-28T19:48:57
ffI'm going to Gen-Con this year! I'll be haunting various places at various times, but the plan as it stands is for a fan meetup/q&a at 7pm on Saturday. We're coordinating the place and all oth...
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Episode 131: City of Fear Part IV from 2019-07-22T16:00
In the heart of the Nightmare City, Mitch is witness to, and victim of, a strange and horrid ritual.
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Three Chain Links - ...
Episode 130: City of Fear Part III from 2019-07-15T16:00
The infiltration of the Nightmare city is met with sudden upheaval.
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Alexander Nakarada - Blood Ea...
Episode 129: City of Fear Part II from 2019-07-08T16:00
Ingress to a walled city of Nightmares is a complex and dangerous affair, but seeing such a place up close threatens to be soul-destroying.
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Episode 128: City of Fear Part I from 2019-07-01T16:00
Mitch, Basha, Pardo, and the hunting party are faced with an enormous, walled city, home to the Nightmares and proof that humanity's place in this strange land is far more precarious than any of...
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Episode 127: Advent Part V from 2019-06-17T16:00
Bok Hui and Rhett come face to face with Walter and, strangely, Doctor Howarth, as Nevaeh's fate is decided.
And in the Sol Invictus Facility, the plan to disrupt the Advent Project...
Episode 126: Advent Part IV from 2019-06-10T16:00
Rhett and Bok Hui fight to bring Nevaeh back from the brink, but the chaos of battle renders their pursuit incredibly dangerous.
Meanwhile, Kiera comes face to face with the truth o...
Last 2 Days of Kickstarter! from 2019-06-05T18:39:55
The ORPHEUS Protocol Kickstarter is in its final 2 days! If you've been thinking about backing, or are somehow...
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Episode 125: Advent Part III from 2019-06-03T16:00
***The ORPHEUS Protocol is live on Kickstarter now!!!
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Episode 124: Advent Part II from 2019-05-27T16:00
***The ORPHEUS Protocol is live on Kickstarter now!!!
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Episode 123: Advent Part I from 2019-05-20T16:00
***The ORPHEUS Protocol is live on Kickstarter now!!!
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RPG Academy Announcement from 2019-05-13T23:25:52
No episode today, but there's plenty of ORPHEUS content coming your way via our adventure currently going up on The RPG Academy.
The first episode is a double-huge parter:
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Kickstarter Announcement from 2019-05-07T13:54:24
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Episode 122: A Strange Land Part IV from 2019-05-06T16:00
Mia discovers what can only be described as an ancient prophecy concerning Mitch and his legendary weapon. But Mitch's discovery is perhaps of even greater impact, as a dire betrayal of Sycamore...
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Episode 121: A Strange Land Part III from 2019-04-29T16:00
Mitch visits Ganeu's laboratory, and is shown what may well be the secret doom of Sycamore.
Meanwhile, Monon, Lorekeeper of War, wishes to gain firsthand understanding of Mitch's st...
Episode 120: A Strange Land Part II from 2019-04-22T16:00
Mitch accustoms himself to the strange life lived by the residents of the treetop community of Sycamore, and begins to grasp the rudiments of their language.
But his acclimation to ...
Gene Wolfe Remembrance from 2019-04-17T05:21:32
Rob and Dan remember the author who, on balance, The ORPHEUS Protocol loved best.
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Episode 119: A Strange Land Part I from 2019-04-15T16:00
Mitch awakens in a strange land, beneath strange stars.
He knows in his very bones that he must undertake a journey, but he understands neither its end nor what lies in his path.
Episode 118: Safe Harbor Part VI from 2019-04-08T16:00
Bok Hui and Rhett rush to catch up to the CPRS van in a bid to protect their friends. But the well-dressed man, conspicuously absent from the prior battle, has other plans.
Our foun...
Episode 117: Safe Harbor Part V from 2019-04-01T16:00
Bok Hui, Rhett, and Paul must fight to the last breath to make escape for their friends possible.
But can the seemingly overwhelming forces bearing down on them be stymied, even for...
Episode 116: Safe Harbor Part IV from 2019-03-25T16:00
The people searching for Bok Hui have arrived, and nobody is safe. To make matters worse, Rhett's mental communications with Nevaeh have gone silent.
Their backs are to a wall, but ...
Episode 115: Safe Harbor Part III from 2019-03-18T16:00
Bok Hui adjusts to life at the lodge, and Rhett does his best to help everyone coexist comfortably, but the strangeness of Paul's impending arrival weighs heavily on all who know of it.
Episode 114: Safe Harbor Part II from 2019-03-11T16:00
Bok Hui travels to the Smoky Mountains, and there discovers a strange, but welcoming, family.
But despite the warm welcome, old habits die hard, and distrust is no exception.
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Episode 113: Safe Harbor Part I from 2019-03-04T17:00
In a somewhat seedy strip club on the wrong side of San Diego, a waitress who is much more than a waitress comes face to face with shocking violence.
And as her family worries for h...
Episode 112: Homecoming Part IV from 2019-02-25T17:00
Kiera and Sampson must stand between Chester, Illinois and Carter Coombs, as the inhuman butcher emerges from the shadows to call forth the harvest.
A desperate struggle, a heavy bu...
Episode 111: Homecoming Part III from 2019-02-18T17:00
With the Braddock House surrounded by mysterious figures, Kiera and Sampson must think fast to stay safe and put themselves in a position that allows them to learn more about Carter Coombs.
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Episode 110: Homecoming Part II from 2019-02-11T17:00
Sampson's arrival in Chester marks a possible inflection point in its re-descent into darkness. But before he can join forces with the Hecate, Ellie must be delivered safely from harm's way.
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Episode 109: Homecoming Part I from 2019-02-04T17:00
Kiera adjusts to life in Chester, Illinois with Ellie and Hailee, but her new normalcy is short-lived.
Inexplicable butchery erupts without warning as an old sin of Chester rears it...
Episode 108: Storage Part III from 2019-01-28T17:00
The parcel is open, the guardian is awake, and something unspeakable seeks its birth.
The parcel is open, and those present will never be the same again.
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Episode 107: Storage Part II from 2019-01-21T17:00
With Benjamin Weiss's long-forgotten parcel opened, terror and chaos descend on the lonely storage facility outside Westmorland, California.
If they are to possibly survive, the unf...
Episode 106: Storage Part I from 2019-01-14T17:00
Four unassuming people, for various reasons, find themselves at a storage facility in a tiny desert town as night falls...
A hidden agenda and a long-forgotten parcel threaten to tu...
Episode 105: Interregnum Part VII from 2019-01-07T17:00
Freya and Granville clash in the oil-soaked Discovery club as the torches are lit. Bella and Seamus are partners in a dance of death.
And foundations are laid for a dark and byzanti...
Episode 104: Interregnum Part VI from 2018-12-31T17:00
Freya must fight for her life against a twisted mockery of her former friend, as the Discovery Club burns.
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VektorMusik - Auld Lang Syne
Three Chain Links - Magi...
Holiday Bonus Announcement from 2018-12-25T23:55:46
A bonus episode of Storytime is available at patreon.com/orpheusprotocol, for patrons and the public alike.
If you're in the mood for some...
Episode 103: Interregnum Part V from 2018-12-24T17:00
Bella Atropa scrambles to make a countermove against Freya and Seamus in the wake of their re-theft of Excalibur.
Meanwhile, Granville makes a new... friend... potentially laying th...
Episode 102: Interregnum Part IV from 2018-12-17T17:00
Freya and Seamus follow the trail left by the retreating gangsters to a hideout they believe to contain Excalibur.
Meanwhile, a tense and dangerous negotiation takes place between B...
Episode 101: Interregnum Part III from 2018-12-10T17:00
It's bedlam at the big top, as Freya and Seamus get on the wrong side of a crew of gangsters.
Colourful characters make introductions, schemes are afoot, and our heroes at last pick...
Episode 100: Interregnum Part II from 2018-12-03T17:00
Rising crime lord Bella Atropa makes her reckless bid for Excalibur, while Freya Benton and Seamus Fenian attempt to locate the lost blade on behalf of Church, Crown, and Discovery Club.
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Episode 99: Interregnum Part I from 2018-11-26T17:00
In the wake of Kiera Jackson's miraculous return to her own time, Freya Benton is left mourning the loss of her good friend, Granville Moore.
But Granville was not the only loss; Ex...
Second Anniversary Q&A Special from 2018-11-19T17:00
Caleb, of Sampson Campbell and RPG Academy Fame, once again masters our ceremonies as we relive the triumphs and agonies of Season 2, as well as looki...
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Halloween Bonus Announcement from 2018-10-30T20:41
No tricks this year; just a treat courtesy of The Video Evidence.
Jhan and I discuss and break down John Carpenter’s 1978 classic Halloween.
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Episode 98: Icarus from 2018-10-29T16:00
Possibility returns to an unnaturally crystallized reality in a cataclysm of causality and impossibility, as Pierce Keswick matches Nadra’s Great Act with one of his own.
Mitch, Kiera, an...
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Episode 97: Judgment Part III from 2018-10-22T16:00
In a very strange place, a very strange meeting takes place over dinner.
And in the depths of Hades, Kiera must face Nadra’s last line of defense… and Mitch must face himself.
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Episode 96: Judgment Part II from 2018-10-15T16:00
Kiera must face the darkness within her own soul before traversing Hades, and what she finds is a horror all too real.
Meanwhile, Pierce discovers what lies at the center, end, and ...
Episode 95: Judgment Part I from 2018-10-08T16:00
Pierce infiltrates the depths of Hades through means subtle and arcane, but quickly finds that he’s not the only one with a talent for getting places he shouldn’t be able to go.
Mus...
Episode 94: Sanctuary Part V from 2018-10-01T16:00
The agents of Sol Invictus confront our operatives and their Maenad allies, and the defense systems of Sanctuary itself are brought to bear.
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Episode 93: Sanctuary Part IV from 2018-09-24T16:00
With Pierce gone into the Kerberos Unit and Mitch under the control of the Song, Kiera is very much alone, in the midst of a hostile realm.
But that solitude is short-lived, as forc...
Episode 92: Sanctuary Part III from 2018-09-17T16:00
On the surface of Elysium, the cell must contend with the entity at the center of the Song, using courage, trickery, and eldritch manipulations of reality. But the intentions of this unthinkably...
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Episode 91: Sanctuary Part II from 2018-09-10T16:00
As Mitch, Kiera, and Pierce press further into the depths of Sanctuary, they are hunted by denizens of the facility that have lingered in its vaults and halls, whether out of familiarity, insani...
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Episode 90: Sanctuary Part I from 2018-09-03T16:00
In the back yard of an old, ramshackle house, atop a hill, in the small town of Chester, Illinois, a group of uneasy allies and truce-inclined enemies stand around the edge of a brackish, ill-ke...
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Episode 89: Vermilion Part VIII from 2018-08-27T16:00
As the Labyrinth itself unravels into cosmic chaos, the cell must make a desperate bid to escape.
Later, uncomfortable reunions with person, place, and construct lead to the first s...
Episode 88: Vermilion Part VII from 2018-08-20T16:00
With the Blessing of Tammuz upon both Pierce and Marcus, an unexpected reunion threatens the entire mission.
All eyes are on Vermilion as the moment of truth arrives for the cell, t...
Episode 87: Vermilion Part VI from 2018-08-13T16:00
Confronted with a temple which cannot rightly exist, the cell and its allies must determine how to navigate it and secure the blessing of Tammuz.
But even if this challenge can be m...
Episode 86: Vermilion Part V from 2018-07-30T16:00
Vermilion welcomes Pierce Keswick, aspirant to the mantle of Tammuz. Within, horror and depravity await.
The cell must navigate the deadly and harrowing landscape of Vermilion, but ...
Episode 85: Vermilion Part IV from 2018-07-23T16:00
Mitch, Kiera, Ashleigh, and Marcus reunite with Pierce, and the two cells go about the uneasy process of determining how much they can trust one another.
With the culling ceremony c...
Episode 84: Vermilion Part III from 2018-07-16T16:00
With Pierce mysteriously vanished, Kiera and Mitch must contend with the Red Game, but hope to make contact with Marcus to secure a numbers advantage.
Meanwhile, Pierce comes face-t...
Episode 83: Vermilion Part II from 2018-07-09T16:00
Kiera reels from the awful discovery she made within Chobi's thoughts, and the cell is embroiled in Vermilion's barbaric opening ceremonies. But simple bloodletting is far from their only worry,...
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Episode 82: Vermilion Part I from 2018-07-02T16:00
With Vermilion's location, time, and trajectory in hand, the ORPHEUS cell makes its way to Romania to attempt their mission to disrupt the cult of Tammuz.
Once there, they must cont...
Episode 81: Sabotage Part III from 2018-06-25T16:00
Freya and Rhett attempt to draw the defensive response away from Sampson and Jack, while the old friends cope with the ultimate obscenity whose cultivation is the true purpose of the facility.
Episode 80: Sabotage Part II from 2018-06-18T16:00
As Freya and Rhett try to process their realization of the facility's hidden purpose, Sampson and Jack search out their own horrific discoveries below.
Amidst the swift and deadly s...
Episode 79: Sabotage Part I from 2018-06-11T16:00
Off the coast of Mexico, an oil platform looms in the dark, producing a product far more corruptive than that for which it was designed. Freya, Rhett, Sampson, and Jack begin their high-risk inf...
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Episode 78: Invitations Part VI from 2018-06-04T16:00
The cell's battle against the water treatment facility's high-tech security forces continues, and a fragment of a broadly distributed conspiracy is revealed.
Furthermore, with the i...
Episode 77: Invitations Part V from 2018-05-21T16:00
The cell makes preparations for their upcoming operation, to be coordinated with the movements of the remaining Maenad Directive cell South of the border. During this time they must also bid far...
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Episode 76: Invitations Part IV from 2018-05-14T16:00
The cell makes long-awaited contact with Cassandra, who informs them of the situation concerning the location of Vermilion. However, the town of Queensmouth sits atop veins of secret arcana that...
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Episode 75: Invitations Part III from 2018-05-07T04:00
As Mitch attempts to determine a way to return to the United States and rendezvous with Cassandra, an unexpected opportunity arrives, with a serious freight of danger.
At the same t...
Episode 74: Invitations Part II from 2018-04-30T16:00
Returning to the outpost cabin via unnatural means, Pierce and Mitch are left to count the cost of all that's happened.
A long-overdue confrontation concerning Pierce's priorities, ...
Episode 73: Invitations Part I from 2018-04-23T16:00
Mitch, Pierce, and Hailee Pennington in the body of Kiera make it back to the outpost cabin. But how are they supposed to get home?
Before that can be settled, however, Kiera needs ...
Episode 72: Fairchild Home for Children Part IV from 2018-04-16T16:00
Time has run out.
With Joachim unaccounted for, Grace having lost her mind to darkness, and Kiera confronting horrifying visions from the past, Gabriel's path to whatever baleful e...
Episode 71: Fairchild Home for Children Part III from 2018-04-09T16:00
The weight of the impending ritual begins to prey on the minds of children and caretakers alike as the night without grows somehow darker. Echoes of past suffering sound through the halls like t...
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Episode 70: Fairchild Home for Children Part II from 2018-04-02T16:00
Darren Feldman has somehow gone missing.
Joachim goes in search of the missing boy while other staff attempt to control the situation on RTC. But something strange is going on with ...
Episode 69: Fairchild Home for Children Part I from 2018-03-26T16:00
In 2005, a record-setting ice storm ravages central Indiana. Cloaked in this frigid onslaught, Fairchild Home For Children, a former orphanage turned residential treatment center for juveniles, ...
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Episode 68: Panopticon Part III from 2018-03-19T16:00
In a cabin in the Boundary Waters, an incomprehensible existence turns its regard upon our Operatives. As they make their way to meet it, they must walk a road of confusion, pain, and terror.
Episode 67: Panopticon Part II from 2018-03-12T16:00
Plane crashed in the middle of the Boundary Waters Wilderness, the cell, along with Abby and Neveah, must find their bearings and survive the deep cold. Meanwhile, an oppressive regard zeroes in...
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Episode 66: Panopticon Part I from 2018-03-05T17:00
Pierce, Kiera, Mitch, Abby, and Neveah set out on their fraudulent flight reservation to a Boundary Waters outpost cabin resort, hoping to get inside striking distance to Andrew Bernier's retrea...
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Episode 65: Asherah Part III from 2018-02-26T17:00
Aboard the Asherah, Rhett Bordeaux is overwhelmed by a gestalt nightmare of fiery torment. Sampson must flee the overwhelming strength brought to bear by the Lance of Olyndicus, and Freya must t...
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Episode 64: Asherah Part II from 2018-02-19T17:00
The Maenad agents and Jack must infiltrate the Asherah vessel under the cover of darkness to set their explosives and destroy the cartel's supply of eldritch-charged ash. However, the approach p...
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Episode 63: Asherah Part I from 2018-02-12T05:00
Freya Benton, Rhett Bordeaux, Sampson Campbell, and Jack Kincaid speed away from the gulag they just escaped, with the Cartel hot on their tail.
And even if they manage to escape th...
Episode 62: OPSEC Part V from 2018-02-05T17:00
Pierce and Neveah race toward the scene as Kiera and Mitch prosecute a guerilla war against the entrenched Sol Invictus forces in Chester, Illinois.
The balance of power shifts once...
Episode 61: OPSEC Part IV from 2018-01-29T17:00
Kiera, Mitch, Abby, and Neveah arrive in Chester, Illinois in pursuit of Abby's computer equipment. But their arrival is complicated by a high-stakes surveillance situation that will prove very ...
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Episode 60: OPSEC Part III from 2018-01-22T17:00
The cell reunites at the hotel, and while it takes a village, they begin to get to the bottom of what's wrong with Pierce, with assistance from an unlikely source.
Revelations conce...
Episode 59: OPSEC Part II from 2018-01-15T17:00
Still unsure of Pierce's whereabouts, Mitch and Kiera decide just how much information Abby needs to be safe, and what information would just put her in more danger.
Elsewhere, Pier...
Episode 58: OPSEC Part I from 2018-01-08T17:00
Cut off from all aid with the Coyote Ramblers and the Cartel in the rear view mirror, and Pierce in the throes of an occult nightmare from which he seems unable to wake, our Operatives have seen...
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Episode 57: Retrieval Part V from 2018-01-01T17:00
In the tiny fishing village of Chullachy, Freya and Rhett discover a terrible secret, and are forced into a desperate fight against a superior force.
Here ends the Retrieval Arc, w...
Episode 56: Retrieval Part IV from 2017-12-26T09:31:03
In need of greater computer resources to aid in "Caitlyn's" reconstruction, Freya and Rhett once again hit the road.
Later, their search for the missing contents of the weapons cach...
Episode 55: Retrieval Part III from 2017-12-18T17:00
A convoy of cartel vehicles descends on Freya and Rhett, who've unwittingly sprung a trap at the site of a Maenad Directive weapons cache, long since looted. A battle between wildly mismatched f...
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Episode 54: Retrieval Part II from 2017-12-11T17:00
With her life now saved by Freya and Rhett's decisive aid, Atalanta outlines a plan to use an experimental psychic technique to locate a significant person who she was unable to secure in the af...
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Episode 53: Retrieval Part I from 2017-12-04T17:00
Maenad Directive agents Freya Benton and Rhett Bordeaux lay low in a safe house in Red River Gorge, Kentucky while awaiting further details on their upcoming assignment from Cassandra.
Bu...
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Episode 52: Road Trip Part V from 2017-11-27T17:00
Pierce's side of the operation against the Cartel is already in jeopardy, as seemingly supernaturally powered enforcers from the Cartel proper take charge of the defectors and release some kind ...
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Patreon Announcement from 2017-11-20T17:05
In case you didn't hear at the end of the First Anniversary Q&A Special:
After a long time considering it, we're finally pulling the trigger on this Patreon launch. There are a lot ...
First Anniversary Q&A Special from 2017-11-20T17:00
TheCalebG of The RPG Academy fame hosts a (very...
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Episode 51: Road Trip Part IV from 2017-11-13T17:00
Kiera, Mitch, and Pierce are put through a crash course in operational training by Jack, who's less than impressed by their capabilities as a cell.
At the compound of the Coyote Ram...
Episode 50: Road Trip Part III from 2017-11-06T17:00
Kiera, Mitch, and Pierce are finally given a moment of respite, now rid of the Sol Invictus team that had been hunting them since Chicago. Jack re-establishes contact with our operatives, and mu...
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Episode 49: Road Trip Part II from 2017-10-30T16:00
Lying low in a ratty motel, Kiera, Mitch, and Jack try to make sense of what's on the audio cassette tapes Tiresias led them to in his final moments. But Sol Invictus hasn't given up the chase.<...
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Episode 48: ?????? from 2017-10-23T16:00
In a place beyond imagining and beyond time, a man finds himself on the shores of an impossible sea. Upon this final precipice stands the Last House, and its lonely keeper within.
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Episode 47: Road Trip Part I from 2017-10-16T16:00
Cut off from ORPHEUS, terrified of pursuit, and with certainty itself a bitter memory, Kiera and Mitch make their journey on dark, lost highways.
They search for hope, with nothing ...
Bonus Episode 2: Cleanup Part II from 2017-10-09T16:01
As a thank you to everyone who left iTunes reviews, followed us on Twitter, and helped to solve the ARG, I now present to you the "Cleanup" saga in its entirety (though split into multiple episo...
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Bonus Episode 1: Cleanup Part I from 2017-10-09T16:00
As a thank you to everyone who left iTunes reviews, followed us on Twitter, and helped to solve the ARG, I now present to you the "Cleanup" saga in its entirety (though split into multiple episo...
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Episode 46: Contingency Part III from 2017-10-02T16:00
A plot to subvert ORPHEUS itself is brewing, and Diana enlists Rhett and Freya to help turn the tables on the double agents executing the coup.
And as a familiar group of Operatives...
Episode 45: Contingency Part II from 2017-09-25T16:00
Freya and Rhett risk life and limb to board the secret train ORPHEUS is using to evacuate Diana and Orion from the besieged facility. But a speeding train full of armed ORPHEUS operatives with o...
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Episode 44: Contingency Part I from 2017-09-18T16:00
The attack on ORPHEUS's Chicago facility had wide-reaching effects, and the city itself is by no means out of harm's way.
With the delivery of terrible news by her handler in a myst...
Episode 43: The Tower Inverted Part III from 2017-09-11T16:00
The attack on ORPHEUS reaches its terrible crescendo and conclusion. Pierce is made to face his sordid past head-on, and the consequences become devastatingly personal for all.
In t...
Episode 42: The Tower Inverted Part II from 2017-09-04T16:00
The inscrutable lines and angles of an impossible labyrinth appear within the ORPHEUS Chicago facility, unleashing unspeakable terrors from within its folded omnipresence.
Mitch mus...
Episode 41: The Tower Inverted Part I from 2017-08-28T16:00
Mitch tries to adjust to life without Kiera or Pierce, immersing himself in work at the Chicago Facility. However, a sudden request from Tiresias provides a wider perspective on Mitch's situatio...
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Episode 40: Out of Time Part V from 2017-08-21T16:00
There's no further recourse for Granville, who must now participate in a fight to the death or destroy all hope of Kiera's escape and the return of Excalibur. Meanwhile, Freya, Sir Spencer, and ...
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Episode 39: Out of Time Part IV from 2017-08-14T16:00
Granville's search for Kiera leads him to a deeply uncomfortable truce, and he comes face to face with Brighton himself. Meanwhile, Kiera awakes in the belly of the beast, and must endure a look...
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Episode 38: Out of Time Part III from 2017-08-07T16:00
After the attack on the carriages by mysterious gangsters, Freya finds herself in a sticky situation with Scotland Yard. Elsewhere, Granville awakens to find Kiera missing.
Both Gra...
Episode 37: Out of Time Part II from 2017-07-31T16:00
Kiera awakens in a world beyond her understanding. While her hosts work to make her comfortable and understand her situation, a dark presence falls over Myron Sinclair's home.
Sir A...
Episode 36: Out of Time Part I from 2017-07-24T16:00
In the Fall of 1893, on the periphery of London's respectable society, a party is being thrown for the fringes of the occult community. Spiritualists, astrologers, alchemists, and assorted n'er-...
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Episode 35: Bereavement Part II from 2017-07-17T16:00
Mitch reunites with a newly conscious Pierce to discuss the fate of the arcane text Pierce tried and failed to steal. With no certain way forward, the broken cell turns to Tiresias for aid.
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Episode 34: Bereavement Part I from 2017-07-10T16:00
Pierce and Mitch are debriefed in the wake of the disastrous mission in Washington, and Mitch becomes aware of a disquieting, command-level distrust of Pierce within ORPHEUS.
Eager ...
Episode 33: Reunions Part V from 2017-07-03T16:00
***TRANSMISSION***
THE NIGHTMARE GALLERY, a horror film written by Jhan and Rob, is now moving into production, and AMBER BENSON (Tara from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) is starring.
Episode 32: Reunions Part IV from 2017-06-26T16:00
***TRANSMISSION***
THE NIGHTMARE GALLERY, a horror film written by Jhan and Rob, is now moving into production, and AMBER BENSON (Tara from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) is starring.
Episode 31: Reunions Part III from 2017-06-19T16:00
***TRANSMISSION***
THE NIGHTMARE GALLERY, a horror film written by Jhan and Rob, is now moving into production, and AMBER BENSON (Tara from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) is starring.
Episode 30: Reunions Part II from 2017-06-12T16:00
***TRANSMISSION***
THE NIGHTMARE GALLERY, a horror film written by Jhan and Rob, is now moving into production, and AMBER BENSON (Tara from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) is starring.
Episode 29: Reunions Part I from 2017-06-05T16:00
***TRANSMISSION***
THE NIGHTMARE GALLERY, a horror film written by Jhan and Rob, is now moving into production, and AMBER BENSON (Tara from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) is starring.
Episode 28: Agendas Part VI from 2017-05-29T16:00
Pierce contends with the extraordinary arcane characteristics of the Long Legged Larry children's book, and ponders who could be trusted with such an enormous power. Meanwhile, Kiera takes up fo...
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Episode 27: Agendas Part V from 2017-05-22T16:00
Following the disturbing realization that the CPRS is onto the same pattern of unnatural events as they are, our operatives rush to the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in an attempt to divert disaster.
Episode 26: Agendas Part IV from 2017-05-15T16:00
***TRANSMISSION***
URGENT MESSAGE:
Rob and Dan will be attending Acadecon in Dayton, Ohio, on November 10-12. They will each be running ORPHEUS Protocol games in which you can partic...
Episode 25: Agendas Part III from 2017-05-08T16:00
***TRANSMISSION***
URGENT MESSAGE:
Rob and Dan will be attending Acadecon in Dayton, Ohio, on November 10-12. They will each be running ORPHEUS Protocol games in which you can partic...
Episode 24: Agendas Part II from 2017-05-01T16:00
***TRANSMISSION***
URGENT MESSAGE:
Rob and Dan will be attending Acadecon in Dayton, Ohio, on November 10-12. They will each be running ORPHEUS Protocol games in which you can partic...
Episode 23: Agendas Part I from 2017-04-24T16:00
***TRANSMISSION***
URGENT MESSAGE:
Rob and Dan will be attending Acadecon in Dayton, Ohio, on November 10-12. They will each be running ORPHEUS Protocol games in which you can partic...
Episode 22: Reflections Part VII from 2017-04-17T16:00
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URGENT MESSAGE:
Rob and Dan will be attending Acadecon in Dayton, Ohio, on November 10-12. They will each be running ORPHEUS Protocol games in which you can partic...
Episode 21: Reflections Part VI from 2017-04-10T16:00
Kiera and Pierce make a desperate, doomed bid to rescue Mitch from his kidnappers. Later, Mitch is reunited with his childhood enemy, Jeremy Stockton.
A mysterious organization seem...
Episode 20: Reflections Part V from 2017-04-03T16:00
Mitch makes his long-fated return to the Braddock House, but the misguided membership of the Chester Paranormal Research Society promise to be a persistent and comprehensive hindrance.
Episode 19: Reflections Part IV from 2017-03-27T16:00
The cell begins its investigation of Chester, Illinois. Mitch finds the town both familiar and strange, suspecting that perhaps he himself is what has changed... and not for the better.
Episode 18: Reflections Part III from 2017-03-20T16:00
Atop a lonely mountain, Pierce meets his new mentor, and is subjected to difficult questions and a reality-defying test of will and focus. Back at base, Ashleigh tells Kiera about some unsettlin...
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Episode 17: Reflections Part II from 2017-03-13T16:00
The newly-formed operational cell comprised of Mitch, Kiera, and Pierce is informed by Tiresias, its new handler, that they are to take 3 days for R&R before being transported to an undisclosed ...
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Episode 16: Overdue Book Part IV from 2017-03-06T17:00
Hailee is given desperate instructions by Vivien's spirit to "repair" what Jeremy has done to the Long Legged Larry children's book, but the Braddock house is under siege, just as it was all th...
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Episode 15: Overdue Book Part III from 2017-02-27T17:00
As Hailee, Mitch, Samson, and Walter all prepare to go to the Braddock House, they're met with surprising and dangerous resistance, and the house itself is filled with horrors.
The ...
Episode 14: Overdue Book Part II from 2017-02-20T17:00
After warding off Jeremy Stockton and his sycophants, the gang come clean about the strange experiences they've had recently, and Hailee and Samson have it out over their differences in philosop...
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Episode 13: Overdue Book Part I from 2017-02-13T17:00
In the Summer of 2007, Mitch Hook is graduating from Chester High School in Chester, Illinois. Mitch, his best friend Walter Marchand, and acquaintances Sampson Campbell and Hailee Pennington ar...
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Episode 12: Reflections Part I from 2017-02-06T17:00
Upon being extracted from the ruins of the Congregation of the Gentle Hand's secret sanctum, our operatives undergo the debrief process, with Pierce's motivations falling under suspicion.
Episode 11: Missing Pieces Part VII from 2017-01-30T17:00
On an unstable island deep in the Florida swamp, a nightmare decades in waiting awakes and licks its teeth. Mitch, Kiera, and Pierce are ordered to hold out until the strike team can arrive, but...
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Episode 10: Missing Pieces Part VI from 2017-01-23T17:00
Elijah and his faithful have retreated to their ramshackle fortress deep in the Everglades. There, the final ritual is begun as Elijah seeks to actualize his vision. With backup too distant for ...
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Episode 9: Missing Pieces Part V from 2017-01-16T17:00
Kiera, having been chosen to take part in the next initiation of the Congregation's mystery, begins her preparations. Pierce tries to help her enact an extrac...
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Epidode 8: Missing Pieces Part IV from 2017-01-09T17:00
Mitch and Kiera travel to Florida to attend the Congregation of the Gentle Hand's monthly tent revival and attempt to reconnect with Pierce. Finding Pierce is simple enough, but ascertaining the...
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Episode 7: Missing Pieces Part III from 2017-01-02T17:00
Mitch and Kiera descend into the depths of Sanctuary, ORPHEUS's maximum security holding facility, to meet with Darren Feldman. Feldman, a sadistic serial kil...
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Episode 6: Missing Pieces Part II from 2016-12-26T17:00
In a secretive, late-night meeting, Kiera and Mitch meet with their handler, Tiresias. He reveals to them that their upcoming mission is the subject of heated debate at the highest levels in ORP...
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Episode 5: Missing Pieces Part I from 2016-12-19T17:00
In the Summer of 2016, Pierce Keswick, an ORPHEUS operative on a deep-cover cult infiltration, fell out of contact with the organization. Months later, his location is found.
Meanwhile, M...
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Episode 4: The Shudder Part IV from 2016-12-12T17:00
Isaiah has called his followers to gather with him, but Zachary fears that the great event is not only imminent, but being perpetrated against the unknowing f...
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Episode 3: The Shudder Part III from 2016-12-05T17:00
The Operatives continue their investigation, attempting to determine the true aims of the Prophecy Children and the significance of Ben Weiss's occult theories. Meanwhile, rumors of strange voic...
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Episode 2: The Shudder Part II from 2016-11-28T17:00
After their strange encounter with the Lady Clothed in Crows, the ORPHEUS operatives make their way to the isolated mansion of the late Ben Weiss. There, they...
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Episode 1: The Shudder Part I from 2016-11-22T00:00
In this, our inaugural episode, we travel to 1969, as three operatives of the mysterious organization known as ORPHEUS are tasked with infiltrating a new age cult.
A sudden additional ass...
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