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[0:00] Mythic Thunderlute: Mythic Thunderlute is brought to you with support from Eleventh Hour Theater Company, Philadelphia's only all musical theater company.

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[0:16] Mythic Thunderlute: And with that, here's episode one.

[0:36] Jake Black: Welcome to Mythic Thunderlute, the D&D Podcast Musical.

[0:40] Lillian Castilla: I'm Lillian Castilla.

[0:42] Michael D'Arty: I'm Michael D'Arty.

[0:43] Steve Goodalunus: I'm Steve Goodalunus.

[0:45] Leigha Cotto: And I'm Leigha Cotto.

[0:46] Jake Black: And we are Mythic Thunderlute.

[0:50] Jake Black: Welcome to the first episode of the pod. How's everybody doing?

[0:53] Lillian Castilla: Ah, titulated.

[0:56] Michael D'Arty: Who's excited?

[0:57] Leigha Cotto: Oh, me.

[0:58] Lillian Castilla: So excited, I could die.

[1:00] Steve Goodalunus: I've peed about 11 times already.

[1:02] Michael D'Arty: A pee, a nervous pee.

[1:03] Lillian Castilla: Yes, I've peed multiple times and will pee more.

[1:07] Jake Black: Well, um, make sure you've got a can by your side for that.

[1:10] Steve Goodalunus: This is why I wear a rubber diaper.

[1:12] Leigha Cotto: Oh, without further ado, before we all start peeing, let's turn it over to our game banker, Michael D'Arty.

[1:18] Michael D'Arty: Thank you, thank you. Today on the pod we've got special guest Landree Fleming from Encounter Party.

[1:23] Michael D'Arty: For any listener who doesn't know Encounter Party, it's been named one of the best actual play D&D podcasts, time and time again.

[1:30] Michael D'Arty: And Landree voices Xenia on it quite brilliantly.

[1:33] Michael D'Arty: You may have also seen her on Chicago PD and Chicago Med, all the Chicago things.

[1:38] Michael D'Arty: Landree, welcome to the pod.

[1:39] Landree Fleming: Oh my goodness, hello.

[1:41] Landree Fleming: It's so good to be here.

[1:43] Leigha Cotto: It's so lovely to have you. Now, real quick, if you had to give us the elevator pitch for Encounter Party, what might that be?

[1:50] Landree Fleming: Yes, I have my producer's email in front of me, and it says Encounter Party is a podcast of six professional voice actors playing a Dungeons and Dragons campaign written by a novelist that is set inside the Magic: The Gathering realm of Ravnica and edited to focus the listener experience on the epic story.

[2:07] Jake Black: Stunning. That's a great pitch, and written by a novelist. I didn't actually realize that's incredible.

[2:11] Landree Fleming: You know, I didn't know it either, so I think out in real time.

[2:20] Michael D'Arty: Well, that is incredible. Thank you so much for being here. Everyone, check out Encounter Party, and with that, I'm gonna explain how this works.

[2:27] Michael D'Arty: Here's the deal. Our four players are going to improvise their way through a fantasy style role-playing game of my making.

[2:35] Michael D'Arty: After we record, we add sound effects, underscoring, full-fledged musical numbers, and special guest voices.

[2:43] Michael D'Arty: And boom, there you have an episode. Sound good?

[2:46] All: Yeah.

[2:47] Michael D'Arty: Great. Then let's play Mythic Thunderlute!

[2:58] Michael D'Arty: Prologue. In a time long ago, on a land not unlike our own, three nations lay on the continent Boreos.

[3:06] Michael D'Arty: To the west, Vritronia, nation of dragons, known for their underground cities and hatred of man.

[3:14] Michael D'Arty: To the east, Kar Katara, nation of elves, land of many gods and harmony with the earth.

[3:22] Michael D'Arty: And sitting twixt the two, the nation of man, where humans drew borders to keep themselves safe.

[3:29] Michael D'Arty: Within this human nation, rock music was as popular as the common tongue, and great bands like Elf Mother were worshipped like gods.

[3:39] Michael D'Arty: That is, until the Great War began.

[3:43] Michael D'Arty: Once Vritronia launched its fiery attack on the nation, humans never stood a chance.

[3:48] Michael D'Arty: After less than a year of battle, the nation of man was wiped from existence.

[3:54] Michael D'Arty: Centuries passed.

[3:56] Michael D'Arty: Gaiadus, elf god of nature, restored the dragon-scorched earth back to its former beauty, and magical creatures came in from the north.

[4:05] Michael D'Arty: Though the dragons were never heard from again, the fear of their wrath kept the elves from inhabiting the land.

[4:12] Michael D'Arty: When a new society of man came from across the sea and claimed it as their own.

[4:18] Michael D'Arty: Thus, Edenia was founded.

[4:20] Michael D'Arty: The new humans brought with them the so-called promise of prosperity, and dwarves, gnomes, and halflings sailed from the west to occupy it.

[4:28] Michael D'Arty: The magical beings were pushed north once more, and walls were built to keep Edenians safe.

[4:35] Michael D'Arty: Music fueled the economy once more. Now, 200 years after Edenia's birth, great sums of wealth are held by very few.

[4:44] Michael D'Arty: And though no one knows it yet, Edenia requires four heroes to protect its people from certain doom.

[4:58] Michael D'Arty: That was the prologue and my best Cate Blanchett impressions.

[5:02] Lillian Castilla: Yes!

[5:03] Jake Black: I was about to say you've never felt more like Cate Blanchett to her.

[5:06] Michael D'Arty: Okay, home run, no problem. In the cozy yet bustling village of South Talia Shire, Pug Face Doodle Off, the gnomish tailor's apprentice, awakes and finds herself filled with a great excitement.

[5:19] Michael D'Arty: Last night at the local brew pub, she saw an aging elf named Eddie the Bard perform just a really solid acoustic set.

[5:27] Michael D'Arty: But Pugface is almost certain that it was her musical idol and former lead singer of the rock band Elf Mother, Edgar Hawk.

[5:36] Michael D'Arty: What's more is she saw him leave with her childhood friend and next-door neighbor, Roscoe Chubb. Pugface, what do you do?

[5:43] Lillian Castilla: Uh, I'm gonna wake up. I'm gonna toss on my hair, put on my fanciest freaking outfit, and I'm gonna strut next door to my BFF forever, Roscoe Chubb.

[6:03] Lillian Castilla: I've got his posters all over this room. They're every song with my dad.

[6:10] Lillian Castilla: Oh no, will he like me? Will he think I'm good on the face?

[6:35] Lillian Castilla: Only something's new. Unventure to unfold. Go forth and reborn. Beyond that door, something's made in for me.

[6:54] Michael D'Arty: So let's see. As you open your bedroom door, you're greeted by your father Rikyo, who appears to be just beaming with joy. Giggling, he says, "What is your wish, my sovereign?"

[7:08] Lillian Castilla: Dad, what?

[7:09] Rikyo: I'm sorry, I'm just kidding. I'm just in a good mood. I made you some breakfast if you want some.

[7:15] Lillian Castilla: Oh, great. Uh, well, actually, no. I, I, Dad, I'm on a huge mission right now. I gotta go see Roscoe. Uh, can I come back a little later?

[7:23] Rikyo: Oh, of course, just before you rush off, I got a bit of good news last night when you were at your concert thing. Have you heard about the Talia Shire mines they're digging up not too far from here?

[7:32] Lillian Castilla: Well, yeah. They're mining up those gemstones.

[7:35] Rikyo: We're always listening to our music on, and the plan is to break ground today.

[7:39] Lillian Castilla: Today? It's happening today?

[7:40] Rikyo: Yes, but last night, the foreman of the dig died.

[7:46] Lillian Castilla: Wait, is that a good thing?

[7:48] Rikyo: Well, no, that part's horrible.

[7:50] Lillian Castilla: Yeah, it's what I—okay. Here's the thing. They need a new architect to lead the dig. So Thane Ogdor himself came by the house last night, put your old man in charge.

[7:59] Lillian Castilla: Oh my god!

[8:00] Rikyo: Well, so I grabbed my dad and we like start dancing up and down together. Like, have a little dance party.

[8:03] Lillian Castilla: Oh, fuck yeah!

[8:05] Rikyo: Oh my god, what? That's amazing!

[8:07] Lillian Castilla: Oh no, thank you, honey. It was an amazing night given the circumstances. Your stepmother and I cracked a few bottles of wine to celebrate.

[8:15] Rikyo: Well, you know I don't drink, but she knocked him back and we had a great time. Actually, she's still asleep right now, so maybe we should be a little quiet.

[8:23] Lillian Castilla: Yeah, I'm gonna go.

[8:24] Rikyo: Oh. Okay, yeah, yeah. I don't want to hold you up. Next time you see me, I'll be a working man.

[8:28] Michael D'Arty: So Pugface leaves the place. You rush and head next door. Meanwhile, Edgar Hawk, living in secrecy as Eddie the Bard, has just played his first gig in nearly a century.

[8:40] Michael D'Arty: 99 years and 50 weeks ago at the Founders Day Centennial. A terrible performance as the lead singer of Elf Mother cost him his career.

[8:49] Michael D'Arty: But for the first time since that harrowing event, Edgar feels like a rock star.

[8:55] Edgar Hawk: Goodness me, I've got that scene. Walks more. A little rockin' round got into my bones. And now I just want to hear the crowd roar outlook me.

[9:11] Edgar Hawk: What did you say? I'm well past my prime. Still I woke up with this dread for the past hundred years. Something feels different this time.

[9:24] Edgar Hawk: It's not just another Talia Shire morning. It'll never be the same. Gone Mr. Fortune and fame. But something new is waiting for me.

[9:53] Michael D'Arty: As he wakes up, he hears an eager rapping on the front door. Edgar, what do you do?

[9:59] Edgar Hawk: Hello.

[10:00] Roscoe Chubb: Roscoe! Roscoe Bud, open it!

[10:02] Michael D'Arty: Roscoe, one of your little friends is here. The voice of Edgar carries into the bedroom of Roscoe Chubb, the halfling drummer, who had a major victory last night, getting his new flatmate Eddie out of the house for the first time since he moved in nearly a month ago.

[10:18] Michael D'Arty: Now, while Eddie played a great set, Roscoe got into an altercation with a tall obnoxious halfling from North Talia Shire named Pasco Slim. As such, Roscoe had a rather fitful sleep.

[10:34] Roscoe Chubb: Don't wanna wake up just yet. Still living in a dream. Here comes just another day. The same old routine.

[10:47] Roscoe Chubb: But in this dream, I'm a drummer playing for the Elven gods, and they lose their shit against all odds and say this ain't just another Talia Shire morning.

[11:03] Roscoe Chubb: Great adventure awaits. So get up. Story to be told. Since your life is getting old. The wine of life will run it over your car.

[11:23] Edgar Hawk: Come on, Roscoe, wake up.

[11:26] Michael D'Arty: He awakes in a cold sweat and hears Eddie calling from the next room.

[11:30] Edgar Hawk: Roscoe what?

[11:32] Edgar Hawk: Roscoe, your friend at the door.

[11:34] Roscoe Chubb: Who?

[11:34] Roscoe Chubb: Who is it?

[11:35] Edgar Hawk: It's Pug Face.

[11:38] Roscoe Chubb: Wait. It's Pug Face.

[11:40] Roscoe Chubb: Oh. Alright, I get up, I put on my robe, I walk downstairs.

[11:44] Edgar Hawk: Keep it down, if you would, please.

[11:46] Roscoe Chubb: No, that's not how things work. I go to the door and I open up.

[11:53] Roscoe Chubb: Oh, Pug Face! How's it going?

[11:55] Lillian Castilla: Hey, I saw someone trail up with you and look kind of familiar. I just wanna know what was going on with that.

[12:03] Roscoe Chubb: Oh, who who? Eddie?

[12:04] Roscoe Chubb: The guy on my couch?

[12:06] Lillian Castilla: That's him!

[12:06] Roscoe Chubb: No, no, that's him! You wanna meet him? He loves company, Pug Face. He loves it. You should meet him.

[12:12] Lillian Castilla: Incorrect.

[12:13] Roscoe Chubb: Come on in.

[12:14] Lillian Castilla: Okay, yeah. So I walk inside.

[12:16] Michael D'Arty: Great. Eddie the Bard comes off the couch and into the room where they are. You just see this ancient elf in a robe.

[12:23] Eddie the Bard: Yes, um, my name is Eddie, and only Eddie has my father before him. That is my only name, and so nothing more to be known about me.

[12:33] Edgar Hawk: Yeah, sorry you came all the way over here to discover that, but that's it. You want a cup of coffee or something?

[12:38] Pugface Doodle: You're Edgar Hawk.

[12:40] Edgar Hawk: Edgar stops in his tracks. I'm sorry, who?

[12:43] Pugface Doodle: Edgar fucking Hawk of Elf Mother.

[12:45] Edgar Hawk: What did you say your name was?

[12:47] Pugface Doodle: I am Pugface Doodle and I am a huge fucking fan of yours.

[12:51] Edgar Hawk: There may have been an elf once named Edgar Hawk. But that person is long gone. You know, I'm sorry, I'm really lost. Who who Elf Mother?

[13:01] Roscoe Chubb: I mean, I don't I don't Roscoe, you have heard me play the Gem Stones.

[13:05] Pugface Doodle: And if it was you, born to please my dad, that album was on repeat.

[13:10] Edgar Hawk: Wait, you are a legend! You can stay on your couch.

[13:12] Pugface Doodle: Why are you sleeping on a couch?

[13:15] Edgar Hawk: Because I don't have an extra bed.

[13:18] Lillian Castilla: Meanwhile, young Jocasta Stormwood, the half bear, half woman from the forest, finds herself in the middle of an excruciating conversation. Last night, her mother Minerva suggested Joe take charge of the monthly herb deliveries to the people of South Talia Shire. Since this is Jocasta's first time away from home, she is overpacked for her day trip and underprepared for social interactions.

[13:43] Lillian Castilla: As an old dwarf named Schneider drones on about his back pain, all Jocasta can think is there's only one more house to go.

[13:51] Schneider: The more chronic pain didn't really start until the last couple of years. I spent a lot of time sort of hunched over for my job, so I guess it really chalks up to a workplace hazard.

[14:01] Jocasta Stormwood: I understand. Well, the herb I've left you with and that you have paid for, and we have transacted, should do the trick to make that go away.

[14:10] Schneider: I hope so.

[14:11] Jocasta Stormwood: I hope so, too. I believe it will. Now I really, really gotta go.

[14:16] Schneider: Oh, girl, I'll let you run. I've actually got a lot to get around to myself, so uh yeah, you got as you close the door behind you.

[14:23] Lillian Castilla: A wave of relief rushes over you, knowing that you are near the last stop on your delivery route, the home of Roscoe Chubb. Jocasta's feeling really proud of herself. Can't believe I did the whole herb run by myself, I'm gonna bounce in my step.

[14:43] Jocasta Stormwood: Bringing my mama home the well. Nothing on earth could ever threaten this eternal level. It's just a long time shine. Got my mama away back for me in Stormwood.

[15:29] Jocasta Stormwood: This is just crazy. Just a tag.

[15:49] Lillian Castilla: Our future's to be home. We need our destiny.

[16:09] Lillian Castilla: She uh gets to the door and knocks. Inside, your conversation is interrupted by a knock at the door.

[16:16] Roscoe Chubb: Oh, oh, uh, excuse me one second. In the nick of time.

[16:20] Lillian Castilla: And I open the door while you're in the middle. You open the door to reveal a human with bear ears and the most overstuffed backpack you've ever seen.

[16:26] Jocasta Stormwood: Uh, Jocasta, you see a halfling in a robe. Morning, Mr. Chubb.

[16:31] Roscoe Chubb: Uh, Jocasta?

[16:34] Jocasta Stormwood: Yeah.

[16:35] Roscoe Chubb: Right? Yeah. Hey, how's it going?

[16:36] Jocasta Stormwood: How are you?

[16:37] Roscoe Chubb: It's going well, you know. I'm doing the delivery for my mom.

[16:41] Jocasta Stormwood: Oh, is this your first time?

[16:43] Roscoe Chubb: I think it's going well.

[16:45] Jocasta Stormwood: Oh, the herb lady's here. Like, give me a second. And she takes her giant backpack, flings it out in front of her.

[16:51] Jocasta Stormwood: She's like, just to say, I got it in the bottom to protect it from people just like reaching in and taking. I just gotta empty some things out. And she's just like, I mean, you know, she she was only leaving home for a day, but there are multiple changes of clothes. There are, you know, like things to light a fire. She even has two pieces of wood in there as if she couldn't find wood somewhere.

[17:11] Roscoe Chubb: You're very prepared, Jocasta, I have to tell you.

[17:13] Jocasta Stormwood: Well, you know, if you if you are always prepared, you don't have to get prepared. That's what my mama says. So, oh, here we go. And she pulls out a sizable cloth bag and says, Here you go, Mr. Roscoe. What do I owe you?

[17:28] Roscoe Chubb: So this is a whole month's supply. So that'll be like 20 gilders.

[17:34] Jocasta Stormwood: Perfect. I take the 20 from the 50 that I have, and I give it to thank you so much so much.

[17:40] Jocasta Stormwood: Oh, hello. I didn't even notice that there were people. I'm so sorry. I was being rude. My mama says I should say hello to everybody I passed. Uh, Jocasta is your name?

[17:48] Jocasta Stormwood: Yeah. I'm Pugface.

[17:50] Pugface Doodle: Nice to meet you, Pugface.

[17:52] Jocasta Stormwood: That's an interesting name.

[17:53] Pugface Doodle: Thank you. I chose it myself.

[17:55] Jocasta Stormwood: Oh, that's nice. What'd you choose Pugface? You don't look like a pug.

[18:01] Pugface Doodle: Well, my dad, uh, he would always call me his little pug face, a little puggy.

[18:05] Jocasta Stormwood: You have a daddy? I don't have a daddy. I never knew my daddy.

[18:08] Edgar Hawk: Oh, god, I am. I'm gonna go make coffee now since I didn't get to do that for the last 10 minutes. I'll be back.

[18:13] Jocasta Stormwood: Make me a cup, would you?

[18:15] Pugface Doodle: Oh, uh, is this your friend, Pugface? Your your boyfriend?

[18:18] Jocasta Stormwood: Uh no, but this uh this is uh Ed Eddie Edgar. This is Edgar.

[18:24] Edgar Hawk: I'm Edgar Hawk from Elf Mother, the jig is up there.

[18:27] Pugface Doodle: Wait, wait, wait. No, no, no. The lead singer of Elf Mother is Tanner.

[18:33] Edgar Hawk: Tanner Braden. So I come in during this conversation. I have rolled a joint. Now are you telling me that the young generations of Adenia don't know that there was once a man called Edgar Hawk in the band Elf Mother?

[18:46] Pugface Doodle: Yeah. Hey Eddie. Eddie, Eddie. Tanner Braden is an appealing abomination to music.

[18:54] Edgar Hawk: He is a lark-voiced angel. I walk in with this joint now in the middle of this conversation. I push Eddie out of the way because he's having a conniption. And I come over to Jocasta and I give you the joint first.

[19:06] Jocasta Stormwood: Now he's just making bad making up bad names. He is wonderful.

[19:10] Edgar Hawk: As soon as the herb is lit, smoke fills the room, sending all of you into a coughing fit. Once the smoke clears, you see before you, in the middle of the room, a wood nymph with green skin, vines for hair, and dead leaves for clothes. She's the type of being you've only heard about in stories.

[19:32] Daphne: I am Daphne, spirit of Stormwood and daughter of Gaiades, God of nature. Thank you for inhaling my sacrament. I come to you in a time of desperation, for as we speak, my end draws near.

[19:49] Edgar Hawk: What the fuck do we smoke?

[19:50] Pugface Doodle: Y'all, my mama doesn't usually lace this stuff. I don't know what she put in it.

[19:54] Edgar Hawk: Okay, everybody just calm down. Everybody calm down. I'm gonna go over to her. I'm gonna try to pick her up. Are you okay?

[19:59] Daphne: Her knees wobble as you kind of help her up. Mira miles from here. Ground is being broken on Italia Shire mines, where man's tools bore into the earth, releasing toxins into the river and poisoning the forests of Stormwood. I need you all to help stop it.

[20:15] Jocasta Stormwood: Uh how?

[20:16] Daphne: Oh, these mortals cannot be reasoned with. They poison our land.

[20:20] Jocasta Stormwood: Yes, but the creating jobs.

[20:22] Daphne: That's what they tell you. And because these mortals cannot be reasoned with, I'm here to tell you that gods can. And though I've begged my mother to help, she stands aloof at my pain, claiming Stormwood as a speck of dust in the grand scheme of nature. But I know of a way to change her mind and the minds of all her fellow gods.

[20:42] Jocasta Stormwood: I have a question. This river, this is the river that flows into Stormwood itself?

[20:46] Daphne: Yes.

[20:47] Jocasta Stormwood: So what you're saying is, if if we don't stop them, that poisonous stuff will travel in that river into Stormwood and destroy our entire crop of herb?

[20:57] Daphne: Precisely.

[20:58] Jocasta Stormwood: Well, I need to stop this. I gotta save my mama's farm. Mr. Chubb, this might be the last herb you ever get if we don't if we don't fix this. Everyone, pack your shit. We're getting out of here.

[21:08] Daphne: In your nation's capital sits the shrine of Maras, god of agriculture. Since he hasn't been worshipped in 1200 years, he has ceased to exist. But I believe mortals that are pure of heart can revive the god and rally him to our cause.

[21:22] Pugface Doodle: What does she mean by pure? Does she mean like virgins?

[21:25] Jocasta Stormwood: I mean more you you seem cool.

[21:28] Pugface Doodle: Oh, okay, yeah. Okay, so what do you need us to do?

[21:33] Daphne: Revive him. I think Maras has always been the most fearless and persuasive of all the elf gods. I believe he can convince his comrades to save Stormwood. The gods can then convince the mortals to stop their ways and use their powers to then heal the earth.

[21:50] Jocasta Stormwood: So to the the temple of Mars, then the shrine of Maras lies in Borstead City Square, your nation's capital.

[21:58] Daphne: Suddenly, Daphne lurches to the ground once more in pain. My time draws near. Please go to Maras. Tell him what I have told you.

[22:06] Lillian Castilla: And with that, she vanishes in a blast of smoke.

[22:09] Roscoe Chubb: Well, good luck, all of you. Uh, I wish you the best of luck in finding uh Maras' temple.

[22:15] Edgar Hawk: Well, she said all four of us. I'm sure there's a fourth person somewhere that will help you out.

[22:21] Jocasta Stormwood: Good luck in helping um who who's this person who's your mother?

[22:24] Pugface Doodle: Minerva.

[22:25] Jocasta Stormwood: My mom's name's Minerva.

[22:26] Pugface Doodle: Your mother's name is what?

[22:28] Jocasta Stormwood: Minerva?

[22:29] Pugface Doodle: She used to be Minerva Warren, but now she's Minerva Minerva Stormwood.

[22:34] Edgar Hawk: Oh, my sweet Minerva. Is something happening right now?

[22:36] Jocasta Stormwood: Oh, the ends of the earth that I would go to for you, my dear.

[22:41] Pugface Doodle: Why are you talking about my mama that way?

[22:43] Roscoe Chubb: Roscoe bring me my pack with Sally Forth. I'm gonna start packing my bag back up.

[22:45] Lillian Castilla: Roscoe's gonna go in and and very carefully make a handful of uh uh a handful of these Italian hoagie sandwiches.

[22:55] Edgar Hawk: Sharp provolone?

[22:56] Roscoe Chubb: Yes. It's thanks to high heaven in this kitchen right now.

[22:58] Edgar Hawk: Edgar emerges from the bedroom with his uh rolling case behind him and uh uh a loot case in the other hand.

[23:05] Edgar Hawk: All right. Uh off a go.

[23:07] Pugface Doodle: Well, hey guys, she turns to everyone. Uh do you mind if we just make a pit stop to my house? Uh so I can just pack a little bag too. Um, and I mean, Edgar, my my dad would just.

[23:16] Edgar Hawk: Yes, I would be happy to meet an appreciator of the real Elf Mother.

[23:20] Lillian Castilla: You all go to Pugface's house. Pugface, when you return next door, you find your father Rikyo gone, and your stepmother Autumn laying on the couch. As you close the door, she winces in pain.

[23:31] Autumn: Hi, sweetheart. Your father started his new job today. I don't know if he told you.

[23:34] Pugface Doodle: No.

[23:36] Autumn: He did mention. Uh so she uh runs upstairs to or runs to her room to pack because uh some shit's gonna go down.

[23:45] Lillian Castilla: Uh well, are we just in the room with her with her stepmom?

[23:47] Roscoe Chubb: Yeah, yeah, yeah. You you see this hungover gnome laying on a couch.

[23:52] Autumn: Hi. Hey, are you friends of Pugface?

[23:55] Roscoe Chubb: You gotta be kidding me. You don't re you don't remember me?

[23:57] Autumn: Oh, Roscoe, honey, hi, dear. I'm sorry. I had uh a little too much to drink last night.

[24:02] Roscoe Chubb: Shocking.

[24:03] Autumn: I can hear you. Is it normal to be that rude to somebody who says they're your friend's parent?

[24:09] Pugface Doodle: At this time, Pugface comes in. Are you heading somewhere, sweetheart?

[24:13] Autumn: Um you know what? We're gonna go uh we're gonna go visit dad.

[24:16] Pugface Doodle: No, no, we're not. We're going out. I don't want to tell you where we're going.

[24:20] Autumn: We're gonna he go hear a band in uh across the meadows uh in Bor what was it, Borstead?

[24:28] Pugface Doodle: You're going to Borstead, sweetheart. Should I should probably tell your father.

[24:33] Autumn: Yeah, I don't know, maybe. Okay, sweetie. We'll have a good time. And she rolls back over on the couch.

[24:38] Lillian Castilla: Great, so we leave. You set off for Borstead. As you leave South Talia Shire, you have a strange feeling in your stomachs, like you're stepping into the great unknown. You traverse the rolling hills of Talia Shire and come to the Meadows Bridge. Edgar, being the only one to have traversed this part of the land before, you know a direct beeline due east should get you across the meadows and into the province of Kingsrung.

[25:03] Pugface Doodle: Pugface and Roscoe, this is the farthest east you have ever been.

[25:07] Roscoe Chubb: We feel ready to do this.

[25:08] Edgar Hawk: This is a big uh I mean all we gotta do is talk to a gob that's dead, right?

[25:13] Pugface Doodle: Much less intimidating than a living god.

[25:15] Edgar Hawk: Because we might talk and talk and talk, and he may not show up at all.

[25:18] Pugface Doodle: Alright, let's just do it.

[25:19] Michael D'Arty: You begin your long haul across the meadows, which aside from Stormwood is the nation's only untamed land.

[25:25] Michael D'Arty: After several miles of uninterrupted journeying, you hear a flute being played just ahead of you.

[25:31] Michael D'Arty: It sounds intoxicating and completely alluring.

[25:36] Edgar Hawk: They're really shredding on that.

[25:37] Michael D'Arty: As you continue to approach, you see a sprightly man dressed in all green, joyously dancing and flouting away.

[25:43] The Piper: Greetings, travelers. I am called the Piper, traveling bod and master musician, attracting all walks of life with my tunes.

[25:52] The Piper: As he tucks away his pan flute, he swivels around a lute that had been strapped to his back. Song for your travel?

[25:58] Pugface Doodle: Can you play and walk? We're kinda on our way somewhere.

[26:01] The Piper: Certainly.

[26:09] The Piper: Oh, my friends, do you see this road stretched here before you?

[26:16] The Piper: No, please, that's well's just a rhetorical question. But I fear there is much more that hasn't been rejoiced.

[26:25] The Piper: Do you know all the dangers that lurk into waiting? Monsters and thieves, murderess and bees, but remember my friends.

[26:37] The Piper: The best remedy is song. Life's much easier with the song. Just come and sing along.

[26:46] The Piper: If ever a stranger presents you with danger, remember the start being wrong with song.

[27:08] The Piper: And a guard will get by. You could reach for his truncheon and be gone in a flash for his brains, you would blunt.

[27:16] The Piper: There's a much better way to set yourselves free. A stealthy invocation that is far more discreet. A bloodless one that leaves no trail, oh, take it from me.

[27:30] The Piper: It's a song. Life's much easier with the song. Just come and sing along.

[27:37] The Piper: If you find that one day there's someone in your way, the best way to get them gone.

[27:46] The Piper: Do you want to move people and influence friends? Then take it from me. I've got the means to your end.

[28:07] The Piper: So my friends, you may be in the court of a king. With courtiers fawning and kissing his thing.

[28:18] The Piper: And no way to be heard, except for one thing. It's a little something I've already mentioned.

[28:29] The Piper: A lyrical way. Two pops through with attention and at once grab the port's undivided attention. It's a song!

[28:39] The Piper: Life's marchie is you with the soul. Just come and sing along.

[28:44] The Piper: If you're ever embroiled with someone who's royal, if it cost you in a bicker, a friend you can't be fickle.

[29:00] The Piper: Suddenly an arrow flies through the piper's face.

[29:04] Michael D'Arty: And he falls down dead at your feet.

[29:07] Edgar Hawk: I really didn't like that song.

[29:09] Michael D'Arty: You see four armored horsemen with bows drawn, galloping toward you. They stop just fifteen feet away.

[29:15] Michael D'Arty: This fearsome foursome don long and bristly beards, each a different color. The blonde man speaks.

[29:21] The Blonde Man: Do you know this man who lies before you?

[29:24] Pugface Doodle: We just met him and him on the road.

[29:26] The Blonde Man: Thank Venetius. That man was none other than the Pied Piper of Piedmont, famed child murderer.

[29:34] The Blonde Man: Thank goodness you did what I was just about to do, which is kill him.

[29:38] The Blonde Man: Oh, very good. He'd been on the run for days before we tracked him here. What a relief that you are no allies of his.

[29:44] Michael D'Arty: Well, here he is. Three of the horsemen sort of uh sort of like tie him by his ankles and like strap him to the back of their horses, while the blonde man asks you, tell me, travelers, what are you doing wandering through the meadows, horseless?

[29:57] Pugface Doodle: We're not wandering. We have purpose.

[29:59] The Blonde Man: Very well. Might I make a recommendation?

[30:02] Edgar Hawk: Yeah.

[30:02] The Blonde Man: There's some wild foals up ahead, tame them, and have them saddled in the next town you pass.

[30:12] The Man with the White Beard: Earn the trust, calm them, and then ride them.

[30:18] Roscoe Chubb: A question, uh the you're the white-bearded horseman and um uh blondman. Um, do foals like music?

[30:26] The Blonde Man: You're welcome to try anything.

[30:28] The Blonde Man: Oh, we're more we should be getting on our way. Come, come!

[30:34] The Blonde Man: The Pied Piper and Piedmont is dead, and the men get on their horses once more.

[30:39] The Blonde Man: Fair thee will, travelers.

[30:41] Roscoe Chubb: Yeah!

[30:42] Michael D'Arty: And the horsemen ride off north once more.

[30:44] Pugface Doodle: Do they have the Pied Piper's body?

[30:46] Edgar Hawk: Yeah, they're kind of dragging it behind them grotesquely.

[30:49] Pugface Doodle: Oh god! I just feel weird, because I I really enjoyed the song, but he was a child murderer, so I feel bad for liking what he what he did.

[30:59] Jocasta Stormwood: You can't separate the artist from the art, I think.

[31:02] Pugface Doodle: So I I guess we could go try and nab a horse.

[31:07] Michael D'Arty: A horse's whinny draws your attention to said horses. Sure enough, just had five wild horses gallop across the plains.

[31:14] Michael D'Arty: A strange humanoid being with a purple glow and colorful clothes seems to be playing with him, chasing the foals about.

[31:21] Roscoe Chubb: What the hell is going on in this place?

[31:24] Jocasta Stormwood: Joe Costa, you seem to be the druidic type. Why don't you go talk to the horseman and see if, um she just like walks on over.

[31:32] Jocasta Stormwood: Great. Uh the the purple man in the motley vest notices Joe Costa and says, Hey, what's up?

[31:38] Papa Curio: I'm Papa Curio, god of travel. How's it going, my traveler?

[31:41] Jocasta Stormwood: Oh, you're a god of travel. That's nice.

[31:45] Papa Curio: Indeed. Because I'm learning that people aren't always what they seem.

[31:50] Jocasta Stormwood: Don't I know it? So I was wondering, uh, God Curio.

[31:54] Jocasta Stormwood: Uh, we might need some of these ponies to get us where we're going.

[31:58] Papa Curio: You want me to tame them for you?

[31:59] Jocasta Stormwood: Oh, yes. You know how to do that?

[32:01] Papa Curio: That'd be lovely. Dude, it it's super easy. I mean, well, for me, because I'm like, you know, I'm a god.

[32:06] Papa Curio: Right, right. No, the the elves worship me, but they don't, you know, they don't really travel that much. So I'm I'm more I'm kind of like more bumming around right now.

[32:16] Papa Curio: He's right. Oh wait, you're an elf, aren't you? Oh, look at your friends! Do you you want me to tame uh four of them then?

[32:22] Jocasta Stormwood: That'd be great. Thank you.

[32:23] Papa Curio: Now, guys, you're technically supposed to make a sacrifice for me, but you all seem cool, so I'll just tell you a really cool story instead.

[32:31] Michael D'Arty: And as he launches into her long and rambling story, you realize that this is the sacrifice.

[32:37] Michael D'Arty: Uh everyone give me a constitution saving throw.

[32:43] Edgar Hawk: Sixteen for me.

[32:44] Roscoe Chubb: Seventeen.

[32:45] Michael D'Arty: 12 for Roscoe.

[32:46] Pugface Doodle: I got a four.

[32:48] Michael D'Arty: Oh my god. So Roscoe and Edgar, as the story drones on, you feel an exhaustion set, and you can't believe how meandering a story can be.

[32:57] Michael D'Arty: But sure enough, as he blabbers on, he lays his hands upon four of the horses. They're instantly calmed and drawn toward each of you.

[33:05] Papa Curio: The deal is you gotta name them in order to keep them.

[33:09] Roscoe Chubb: I shall name this foal Nick.

[33:13] Pugface Doodle: Nick Falls.

[33:16] Roscoe Chubb: Stupid.

[33:17] Edgar Hawk: Uh I'm gonna name mine Delilah.

[33:20] Pugface Doodle: Little white horse with yellow mane.

[33:22] Edgar Hawk: Well, you adorable little chestnut of a horse, and I think that you smell, so I'm gonna call you smelly.

[33:31] Roscoe Chubb: And uh I'm gonna name mine Tutoroso.

[33:36] Edgar Hawk: Is there a meaning to that, Rosca?

[33:38] Roscoe Chubb: Yeah, it means big right tomatoes.

[33:42] Papa Curio: Well, cool. Peace out, my travelers. Hope you have a good one. Hope we can uh catch up and yarn some more sometime.

[33:49] Michael D'Arty: And as he continues to drone on, he fades away into thin air.

[33:53] Pugface Doodle: My God, Kyria. What a nice guy.

[33:55] Jocasta Stormwood: No one thinks that any of this is weird or strange at all.

[33:59] Edgar Hawk: No, we're in the east. This is what happens here.

[34:01] Pugface Doodle: You think this is weird. Wait till we get to Bullstick.

[34:05] Jocasta Stormwood: I'm just a little scared, and I'm trying to be transparent with my friends here.

[34:08] Edgar Hawk: Oh, don't be scared.

[34:09] Jocasta Stormwood: Oh, I am.

[34:10] Jocasta Stormwood: Joe Costa walks over and stands next to him and like tries to comfort him, and she just like kind of smacking.

[34:17] Pugface Doodle: Almost like trying to burp him. And pugface goes over, and uh well, Jojo, no, if you if you get under his uh under his chin, when he gets in a panic, that's that's that calms him down.

[34:26] Jocasta Stormwood: Absolutely she keeps patting the back but starts using the other hand to scratch under his chin.

[34:31] Edgar Hawk: Oh, that'll work too. I don't mean to interrupt the group massage, but um, if we don't uh get on the road, well, darkness will be upon us before we get to bullstin.

[34:40] Jocasta Stormwood: Jacosta jumps on her horse and says, forward, smelly!

[34:44] Michael D'Arty: Y'all gallop forth, uh, now seemingly flying through the meadows. But as you ride, the sun begins to set.

[34:51] Michael D'Arty: Edgar realizes as this is happening that in fact Nick Foles is is female and therefore uh actually a uh of a filly, and he just thinks to himself, oh my, she's so special.

[35:03] Edgar Hawk: What's a Phiddly special, Nick Foles is?

[35:06] Pugface Doodle: Oh my god.

[35:07] Edgar Hawk: Oh my. What's what what's the opposite that a game maker would a award from inspiration?

[35:13] Michael D'Arty: Uh Edgar Earned himself one shame token.

[35:18] Michael D'Arty: Great. The the sun continues to set uh until until eventually the sky turns black and you are still in the meadows and you are exhausted.

[35:27] Pugface Doodle: Do y'all think maybe y'all think maybe we should camp?

[35:30] Roscoe Chubb: Set up camp.

[35:30] Jocasta Stormwood: I think that's the safest.

[35:32] Jocasta Stormwood: Joe Costa pulls down her big backpack, immediately starts dumping things out of it, and is like, wait, I got a tent.

[35:38] Jocasta Stormwood: I I got a tent in here somewhere. Here's here's some wood, and somebody build a fire.

[35:42] Jocasta Stormwood: So I guess I like the fire. Here's a little here's a little uh pot. Maybe somebody could like go get some water.

[35:48] Jocasta Stormwood: We can boil it and maybe make a little stew of something.

[35:51] Edgar Hawk: Oh, stew?

[35:52] Jocasta Stormwood: Yeah, yeah, I'll go get water, no problem.

[35:54] Edgar Hawk: Edgar takes out his lute and starts to just kind of like noodle on it a little bit.

[36:04] Roscoe Chubb: Hey, Edgar, that's a uh pretty decent lute you got there.

[36:07] Edgar Hawk: You'd be amazed what this lute could do.

[36:09] Roscoe Chubb: Could I? I don't know any of your work, so we found it out, Mother, over two thousand years ago.

[36:15] Edgar Hawk: It's a little uh focus singing trail back. Are you about to get a history lesson here? Like, are we gonna do the whole thing right now?

[36:20] Roscoe Chubb: Told the world.

[36:21] Edgar Hawk: All right. Made all kinds of albums together. Then after the founding of Idenia on the centennial, I went into the part of Love Me Like a Warlock, where I'm playing the guitar solo, and I swing the guitar around my boss, eh?

[36:35] Edgar Hawk: And um it caught the necklace that I was wearing. The necklace of Octoptum snapped off my neck and went flying into the audience.

[36:43] Edgar Hawk: Which was the thing that uh took my rather plain uh tone dev voice and made it once it was in all those albums.

[36:50] Edgar Hawk: I went back to the microphone to sing the uh final refrain.

[36:54] Roscoe Chubb: So you're a fraud.

[36:55] Jocasta Stormwood: No, no, Roscoe, he's not a fraud. Edgar, you are more than your voice.

[36:59] Edgar Hawk: You know, this is always lead singers. This doesn't happen with drummers.

[37:02] Roscoe Chubb: I'm just telling you now, you can't you can't fake play the drums. I'm sorry.

[37:06] Edgar Hawk: Well, Roscoe Chubb, I'm simply a lost old man that plays upon his magic list lute.

[37:13] Michael D'Arty: And with that, you rest for the night.

[37:17] Michael D'Arty: And you are awakened in the morning by a cox crow.

[37:22] Edgar Hawk: Please don't put a sound effect in over my stellar cox crow.

[37:27] Edgar Hawk: Thank you. I really feel like we should also keep his horse's nay, because that's all it's gold.

[37:32] Michael D'Arty: It was gold.

[37:36] Jake Black: Well, the sun is rising. We should probably be on our way to Bullstead.

[37:39] Michael D'Arty: You remount your respective horses and gallop forth. After a few miles, you cross into the province of Kingsrung, where everything is of a notably higher pay grade than it was in Talia Shire.

[37:53] Michael D'Arty: The streets are lined with stone and not dirt. The houses are sturdier and larger, and the people wear the finest clothes you have ever seen.

[38:02] Michael D'Arty: As you continue to race through Kingsrung on your steeds, you finally reach the city of Borstead. Once in a city square, three attractions draw your eye.

[38:21] Michael D'Arty: The pristine and newly erected Temple of Venetius, where villagers attempt to commune directly with the god of self, the only accepted god of Adenian monotheistic culture. And finally, a small and mossed over dome, which Edgar recognizes as the Shrine of Maris.

[38:39] Michael D'Arty: A solitary elf in monk's robes prays outside.

[38:42] Edgar Hawk: Well, solitary monk and elf's robes must be the uh temple of Maris.

[38:46] Michael D'Arty: As you dismount your horses, a bugle is blown.

[38:49] Jake Black: Scut perfect sound effect again.

[38:52] Michael D'Arty: Nailed it. A herald enters the square accompanied by a platoon of the king's guard. Everyone in the square quiets to listen.

[39:01] Herald: Hear ye, hear ye! King Cyrus would like to officially announce the founder's day by Centennial in precisely two weeks' time.

[39:09] Herald: Featuring musical headline of Necromantica, Elf Mother, and Dithme at the Mead Hall. Spread the word near and far as we gather together to celebrate 200 years of the glorious nation of Adenia.

[39:23] Michael D'Arty: Skudo! The bugle sounds again, and the herald and the king's guard turn and head back toward the keith.

[39:30] Roscoe Chubb: Guys, Necromantica's coming an elf mother.

[39:33] Jocasta Stormwood: Guys, Necromantica is the greatest band.

[39:36] Michael D'Arty: Well, I've got you all here, and to Ballstead, you should be able to uh find your way from here. Uh good luck with the rest of your lives. Thank you very much for playing. Goodbye.

[39:45] Jocasta Stormwood: Wait, wait, wait, where are you going?

[39:46] Michael D'Arty: And she grabs him by his tunic.

[39:49] Roscoe Chubb: You know if he wants to go, let him go.

[39:51] Jocasta Stormwood: Now, no, no, but Daphne said all four of us were supposed to do this. Maybe we should talk to that uh little um elf monk fella over there.

[40:00] Michael D'Arty: As you approach the shrine, you actually startle the genuflecting old monk.

[40:05] Monk: Oh, sorry, I'm usually able to worship alone. Hello, have you come to pray?

[40:11] Edgar Hawk: In Elvish, Edgar uh says back to him, No, we've not come to pray. We're looking for Maris.

[40:17] Monk: You wish to commune directly with him.

[40:20] Michael D'Arty: In common, he says to the rest of the group, yeah, that's what we want to commune directly with Maris, right?

[40:24] Jocasta Stormwood: That's true. Also, secrets don't make friends.

[40:27] Monk: Why is he speaking in another language?

[40:29] Monk: He says in common as he steps toward you, my word. In all my centuries of life, I'd never have expected any mortal beings who would wish to revive the mighty god. Come within, within.

[40:42] Michael D'Arty: And he waves you in as he runs inside an opening in the dome.

[40:45] Jocasta Stormwood: Don't tell him we're doing this all just for wheat, okay?

[40:49] Michael D'Arty: Within, moss and vines cover the walls of the dome. Before you, you see a large grey stone altar, and above, carved in old Elvish, a phrase which Edgar can translate as inspire him, and he shall then listen.

[41:04] Michael D'Arty: Though few have tried, none have managed to revive Maris. Please uh try anything. Inspire away.

[41:11] Jocasta Stormwood: How do we inspire a dead god?

[41:17] Edgar Hawk: Perhaps a dance? Uh an elvish folk dance.

[41:20] Roscoe Chubb: How do you want to watch Edgar dance?

[41:22] Jocasta Stormwood: As do I.

[41:23] Edgar Hawk: Yes, I'll do an Elvish folk dance.

[41:24] Michael D'Arty: Him out. So Edgar begins to do a small Elvish folk dance.

[41:31] Roscoe Chubb: Have Edgar play one of the thousands of songs that he knows.

[41:34] Jocasta Stormwood: Oh, your loot!

[41:35] Edgar Hawk: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[41:38] Roscoe Chubb: I doubt it would inspire any of us.

[41:40] Jocasta Stormwood: Look, look, come on, big guy. Roscoe takes him by the arms. Now I want you to know. We care about you, Eddie.

[41:46] Michael D'Arty: Man, he's a close talker. And I think that you should play a song.

[41:50] Jocasta Stormwood: Giocasta walks over and starts doing her burping pat as well.

[41:54] Pugface Doodle: Ugh.

[41:54] Jocasta Stormwood: And then Pugface does the under the chin. You can do this, Edgar. You know the catalog, the good stuff. Better than anyone here. What song do you want to hear?

[42:03] Edgar Hawk: Wait, we're taking requests?

[42:05] Roscoe Chubb: Just play a damn song for the thing right now. What are we doing?

[42:08] Edgar Hawk: Born to bleed.

[42:10] Michael D'Arty: Uh, give me a performance check.

[42:14] Edgar Hawk: Uh, that's a uh that's a fifteen.

[42:16] Michael D'Arty: Great. As Edgar plays this song, y'all feel an incredible sense of inspiration. Something is starting to shift in the atmosphere.

[42:26] Edgar Hawk: But now I was young and daddy too and said, listen with those points ears on your head.

[42:33] Edgar Hawk: There's nothing in this life you live and need.

[42:43] Edgar Hawk: See the word and it is done.

[42:54] Edgar Hawk: I could only sit still for so long. Staying quiet with the silver spoon in my mouth.

[43:07] Edgar Hawk: No daddy, I ain't come here home no more. Gone on the wind out headed south.

[43:23] Edgar Hawk: Maybe I was gonna bleed. The whole stone ever called me home, but far from foreign.

[43:35] Edgar Hawk: I shouldn't come in. Caught up in the stones. But I saw a fire.

[43:54] Edgar Hawk: I was born to be so many years out on the lamb with no time to think about who I am. No North Star No God You wake up one day to find you don't know what you are in this idea You're gonna bleed And I could only run for so long Before my feet gave out from under me Oh daddy What's the point in even trying When freedom will never really be free's I maybe I was born to be A rolling stone ever caught me home but far from free I shouldn't come up in the stars on fire won't get you very far Cause I was born to be I was born to leave.

[45:33] Michael D'Arty: Suddenly you hear a crack. Then a beam of light appears upon the altar. A blinding flash and standing before you with shining red skin, the mane of a lion, and the face of a human, the being known as Maris.

[45:52] Michael D'Arty: He has a bit of a beer gut. What's up?

[45:54] Maris: What's up? I'm up. Um, hey, how's it? How long have I been uh oh? It's been a while, hasn't it?

[46:01] Edgar Hawk: How do you address a cob, your majesty?

[46:03] Maris: Wait, are you the beings who just played that song?

[46:07] Edgar Hawk: Yeah.

[46:08] Maris: Yes. Yep. That was amazing.

[46:10] Maris: Yeah! I have never heard anything like that in in my life. I I was I was I was literally slumbering eternally, and then I heard that, and I was like, fuck it, I'm getting up. They need to know.

[46:21] Maris: Wow, what do you call yourselves?

[46:24] Jocasta Stormwood: Well, my name's Jocasta, and that's Edgar, that's Pugface, and that's Roscoe.

[46:30] Maris: No, no, no, no, no. Your band's name. What do you call yourselves?

[46:34] Roscoe Chubb: Oh, we're not a band.

[46:35] Maris: My friends, I I have news for you. You just awakened a god who's been slumbering for I don't even know how long. Y'all are a band!

[46:44] Edgar Hawk: Edgar looks down at his loot and says to himself kind of quietly, maybe it's a Thunder Loot does still have power. Anyway, was there any reason y'all woke me up?

[46:53] Jocasta Stormwood: Yes. So, uh, this um uh Daphne, uh, she said that they're starting to mine some stuff uh that is uh making uh all this icky stuff go into the river that's gonna destroy Stormwood. And we can't we we don't have a lot of power and or a lot of pull to convince the people who are the higher ups to like stop that. And so she told us that we need to talk to you, because you would make it stop.

[47:17] Maris: Well, yikes! Sounds like uh this nation of yours has really done uh a number on this little earth we gave you. Ha! So let me guess. You need me to rally the gods to save your little forest.

[47:30] Jocasta Stormwood: Yes, yes, please.

[47:32] Maris: Done and done, my mortals. I promise you shall never have to live in fear of what those horrible mortals are doing ever again.

[47:41] Maris: Oh, babies. We are about to wage war with your civilization.

[47:47] Jocasta Stormwood: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

[47:50] Michael D'Arty: His lion's mane bursts into blue flame as he hunkers down toward the earth and bellows, Itinians, prepare to meet your doom.

[47:59] Michael D'Arty: And he bursts through the ceiling of the dome, leaving the shrine in ruins. As he vanishes into the sky, the four of you, the old monk, and indeed all the spectators of Borstead Square stare amazed at the sky.

[48:12] Michael D'Arty: And that's where we will end our first episode. Tune in on Monday, August 9th, for episode two, The Fallen Prince. And don't forget to rate, comment, and subscribe.

[48:26] Michael D'Arty: Mythic Thunderlute was created by Jake Blauck, Michael D'Arty, and Steve Gudalunas. Jake Blauck serves as our song composer, guitarist, and the voice of Edgar Hawk. He did the sound effects for this episode.

[48:37] Michael D'Arty: Lillian Castillo is the voice of Jocasta Stormwood. I'm Michael D'Arty, the editor and head writer, aka the game maker. I wrote additional lyrics and harmonies for this episode.

[48:46] Michael D'Arty: Steve Gudalunas is our drummer and the voice of Roscoe Chubb. Leah Kato is the voice of Pugface Doodle Op. Dan Kazimi did the underscoring, arranging, mixing, mastering synth, and keyboard.

[48:57] Michael D'Arty: Alex Kuiper is our co-producer and chief story editor. The story consultants for this episode were Dennis Dumas and Brett Ashley Robinson. That's Sarah Glico on Flute for the Piper song.

[49:07] Michael D'Arty: The drums are mixed and tracked by Tyler Blanchard at Goodcat Productions. Our production manager is Molly Foy. Social media assistants from Sarah Royds.

[49:16] Michael D'Arty: Marketing consultation from Judd Mellinger Block, imaging by Lee Cortapassi and Daniel Kantz, and web design by Campbell O'Hare. Special thanks to production consultant Jade Bruno.

[49:26] Michael D'Arty: Thanks to our Kickstarter supporters, Deborah Darty, Judd Mellinger Blau, Tim Fennell, D. Good Loonis, Tapitha Ricketts, David Darty, Rhonda Church, Derek Jones, Deidra Shaves, Ellen Darty, Cheryl Kuyper, Bill and Cindy Darty, Mary Cullen, Tim Martin, and David Gordon Johnson.

[49:42] Michael D'Arty: And a shout out to our first ever Patreon supporter, Mike Hahn. Find us on Patreon to get an early glimpse of our next episode. We'll catch you next time on Mythic Thunderlute.