The Untouched Quest

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It is time to learn where the elves came from and how they ended up in the world of the two moons. Upon landing, the elves are reminded of how dangerous humans can be. Adya ended up dead by the hands of a grunting human. It is time for the firstcomers to learn the way of this new world and its songs. But there is one who refuses to adapt and decides to fight with the bones of the dead elves as arm...

Even though Ember is no longer part of the tribe, she sees it as her responsibility to seek out and save Mender. To make sure no one learns she is there she lock sends to Mender to notify him that help is here, but Scouter sends for Mender at the same time. Scouter realizes Ember is there and gets annoyed since he already feels that the tribe is starting to doubt him. Teir uses his power to turn L...

Ember has lost her chief's lock, and Scouter is the new chief of the Wolfriders. This is the way, you can challenge for the chiefs position. Scouter will do everything to get his family back, even sacrificing one pack mate in a trade with Lerighen. When Ember wakes up after the fight and realizes she has lost she knows she has to save Mender. She knows Scouter has traded him for his own blood. Ins...

Leringhen is ready to attack Rowb and his men since he fully believes they are behind the poisonous firewood that killed one of his men. Rowb's men don't stand a chance and Rowb is the only one still standing when Leringhen shows his face. Some of the elves are watching it all unfold hidden in the trees. They are amused that some humans are dead and they don't have to do anything. But while Lering...

The Wolfriders are not made to sit underground in the troll caverns, they want to be outside to be free, to be in fresh air. Therefore, Scouter is allowed a trip outside and ventures out through the pig stealing hole in the human village. Lehrigens dog sniffs out Scouter and Scrabble and the animals start fighting, not to be fought by humans Souter and Scrabble must get down to the troll caverns a...

Angrif, the new Djun, is annoyed that his father's armor is too big and heavy for him to wear. He is eager to be a better Djun than his father ever was. All armored up Angrif and his men are going towards Howling Rock to kidnap a healer. Angrif and his men are outnumbering the elves by many so the elves need to find a way to flee Howling Rock without being noticed. Their only way out and sanctuary...

Gifa is ambushed and left to die by her men, but before she leaves the world of two moons, the Wolfriders find her and bring her back to Howling Rock. Inside the elves' Holt, Gifa is starting to plan how to gain trust and finally kill them all.  Gifa proves her loyalty to Ember and the Wolfriders by saving Ember's life, and she earns herself a knife to carry on her own.  Angrif, Gifas twin brother...

Angrif is so eager to prove to his father he is the next Djun, so while all the Wolfriders go for a hunt Angrif sees his moment. He sneaks into Howling Rock and takes Scouter's troll sword to bring back home as a trophy. Back at home Gifa also wants to prove herself, she wants to be more than just a housewife, she also wants to go out and fight the elves who injured her dear father. To Angrif's su...

Drub and her trolls are helping Ember and the Wolfriders dig a tunnel into the monster's den. While everyone is working hard to get to the monster before Pike is sacrificed, Flam is busy with his project. He has been working on his own invention, maybe inspired by Two Edge. Flams machine will empty the water out of the cave, to make it easier and faster for the elves to attack the monster from beh...

It has been many years since the war in the Citadel and the return of the palace. Ember and her tribe are now hunting down and killing what's left of Winnowill's monsters. After Winnowills death and the monster battle at Howlingrock, there are still a lot of monsters wandering around. Among the humans, we can hear many different stories told about the elves, like stories from the citadel war, that...

The sacrifice of Teir did not go as the Wolfriders thought. None of the monsters was interested in him, they all went after Dewshine and her wolf. Dewshine barely made it back to safety at Howling Rock, and Teir was taken by the monster leader and Winnowill's mind powers. The monster leader is using Teirs powers against the Wolfriders and all the monsters are now attacking Howling Rock. There is n...

From the cliffhanger last episode we are jumping straight back into the fight with the monsters. Single-handed Skywise can kill off all the monsters surrounding them. But it turns out that he is the only one unharmed. Help is sought out and Leetah can heal them all, but where is Teir? No one has seen him in a while. Ember goes out alone to find him. Sadly Teir is not in his right mind, it seems he...

After a shared nightmare between Skywise and Timmain, Skywise shares his doubts about the new holt and the newcomer with Ember. He means Teir is like Winnowill and wants to get rid of him, but Ember disagrees. Ember struggles with what to do and needs some alone time to think, so Pike decides to share some of his special thinking dreamberries. The dreamberries lead Ember to have some dreamberry vi...

Ember doubts herself and her skills as Chief yet again. She wants to learn to fight with a troll sword, like her father did in the first war. It turns out it is not a skill for her body type and personality. But she refuses to give up, in her mind it is a chief weapon and she needs to do everything like her father. Some of the Wolfriders try to convince her to try different weapons, like a spear....

The Wolfriders are still searching for their new holt, but while taking a break from that Ember asks Pike for a new howl. A howl she has never heard before, Ember is curious about recognition. Pike proceeds to Howl the tale of Hummer and Buckthorn, two young Wolfriders who grow up in rivalry. Everything they do turns into a competition, this goes on until they one day recognize. They recognize dur...

If you wish to skip our rambling at the beginning of this Episode feel free to skip to 09:57. Pike has for the last several days been hiding an animal friend, and not just any animal friend. It's the offspring of the tuftcat the tribe killed in the last episode. While holding a council to decide if the cub gets to stay or not, some Wolfriders start to hallucinate after they get stung by insects. M...

Ember, the blood of eleven chiefs, is starting her journey as a chiefstess. It is hard for a young cub to find her place and style as a leader. Especially when she is one of the youngest in the tribe, and the elders are challenging her every move. Ember has to learn to lead, to count on her tribemates, and to play on all their strengths. Redlance can grow them a safe space to sleep for the night,...

Shards is coming to an end. In this episode, we are tackling the last three issues in the Shards saga. Rayek is starting to run out of energy, and Winnowill is starting to get a grip on Rayek. Venka is calling on the Wolfriders, and when they arrive Venka and Strongbow take over for Rayek so he can take a break. Shuna gets the opportunity to avenge her mother. Aroree reunites with Skywise and Timm...

In this episode, we are accompanied by Viva from the USA. She has some special memories with Shard 13. Therefore we were so excited to discuss this issue with her. Do you also have a favorite or special issue you want to discuss with us here on the podcast, feel free to reach out to us, we would love to have you as our guest! <3  Sometimes the easiest is simply the best. Which is something Two-...

Rayek and Winnowill are playing a game of tag in the void, while on the outside, Venka is making a deal with the Djun. Cutter chooses to save Shuna from being ripped apart. A fight breaks loose as they are trying to get to safety. Shuna finally gets revenge on her mother. Yet again, the humans set fire to the tower where the shard seekers are hiding.  Several elves are trapped when the basement ce...

Mender is still badly wounded, but Flam is not a light-hearted troll and has a rough way of shoving love. He slaps Mender awake so he can heal himself. Shuna's dad has noticed she is leading the rebellion. What will the Djun do to him if he finds this out? Venka needs to talk to her father and make a deal with the Djun. A deal Two-Edge is not happy about.  One by one, the troops arrive at the entr...

Shuna has managed to gather some men to start a rebellion, but some of them are getting skeptical of her intentions when they realize she is a girl. Luckily for Shuna and the elves, she manages to convince them, and the rebellion is a fact. Even though the rebellion is a positive thing, it also makes it harder for the elves to make progress toward the palace pieces.  Strongbow is struggling to kee...

The piece hounds aka the monsters are let loose, but it turns out they are not as smart as we first assumed. They are hunting the elves, but the elves manage to escape, even the two elves left behind to distract the hounds manage to survive.  After Two-Edge's last game failed he created a new one. He really is the mastermind, but what is his endgame? Is he on anyone's side? Or is he again playing...

It turns out Ekuar has used almost all the energy in his body to create an escape for the elves. There is barely any left for his heart to beat. Without a rockshaper, the elves are forced above ground. The best magic users within the group decide to try to get the scrolls from a chamber within a chamber, in a tower within a tower.  They partly succeed, but only half of the magic users return to th...