The Orpheus Protocol

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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.

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 companions alive. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Dark Fantasy Studio - Trust Me Kai Engel - Dancing on the Edge Dark Fantasy Studio - Escape Myuu - Reflection ErikMMusic - High Atop the Tower Darren Curtis -...

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 Free Dramatic Scores - A Nightmare in Blood Dark Fantasy Studio - Into Wild Lands Dark Fantasy Studio - Facing the Dragon Scott Buckley - She Moved Mountains Kai Engel - Avenge the Fallen Darren Curtis - The Invasion Scott Buckley -...

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 Alexander Nakarada - Tranquil Fields - Tense Fantasy World - Elven Sanctuary Arthur Vyncke - Red Forest ROZKOL - All the Little Pieces Ghost Stories Incorporated - The Doomed and Infected Myuu - Main Title Theme (Resident Evil Outbreak Cov...

Torc awakens imprisoned in a hellish sanctum, and finds his options for escape both limited and daunting. Music Credits: Arthur Vyncke - Red Forest Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Fragrance99 - Gloomy Sunday Kevin MacLeod - Long Note One Fragrance99 - Grisly Reminder Mahray - The Questioning Suite Naoya Sakamata - Elimination of Wall Dark Fantasy Studio - The Evil Inside Kevin MacLeod - Giant Wyrm...

Plus a few updates.

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 Blooded Rose Manor charitably, and unleash two of their deadliest servants. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Dark Fantasy Studio - On the Other Side Naoya Sakamata - Burt's Requiem Scott Buckley - Absolution A. R...

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, almost anything could be coming the other way down the road... Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Kevin MacLeod - Serpentine Trek Kevin MacLeod - Rites Kevin MacLeod - Prelude and Action Scott Buckley - Midsommar...

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 night's rare festivities. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Naoya Sakamata - Play With Pain Hardcore scm - Fun in Cello Land Naoya Sakamata - 冥罰 - Dark Piano Music Naoya Sakamata - Invisible Shadow Frim Fram...

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-risk, high-reward opportunity falls into their laps. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Sergey Cheremisinov - Naive Sergey Cheremisinov - Dance With Me Alexander Nakarada - He's a Parrot Daniel Birch - Environ...

Ben, Dan, Jhan, and Rob discuss the *very* dark and dramatic Invitations arc of Season 2.

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 unexpected guests begin to seem rather like the norm. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Jason Shaw - Running Waters Meowstro 2.0 - Frosty Meadows Kai Engel - Vintage Frames Dark Fantasy Studio - Sheila Naoya Sa...

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 that, they stand at the center of a minefield they cannot hope to comprehend. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Darren Curtis - Danger Around the Corner Alexander Nakarada - Circuits Ghost Stories Incorporated...

Holiday greetings, listener questions answered, and numerous announcements. Music: Myuu - Jingle Bells Myuu - Deck the Halls Myuu - Carol of the Bells Daniel Birch - Spanish Guitar & Voice on Microcassette Myuu - Silent Night

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 to affect an extraction, which means strange bedfellows are foregone. Music Credits: Josh Woodward - Me and Billy Barnum (Instrumental) Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Kevin MacLeod - Lightless Dawn Kevin MacLeod - Sati...

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, their arrival turns out to be the second-most-disruptive thing to happen to Kathleen today. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Kevin MacLeod - Firesong Alexander Nakarada - Foam Rubber Kai Engel - Delirium Dar...

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 Blooded Rose Manor are nearly at an end, and the dawn will tell the victors from the provender. Music Credits: WombatNoisesAudio - Waltz of the Skeleton Keys Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Daniel Birch - Spanish Guitar and Voice on Microcassette Myuu - Da...

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 nightmare. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Daniel Birch - Environmental Disaster Zone WombatNoisesAudio - Waltz of the Skeleton Keys Peritune - Ominous ErikMMusic - The Dusty Attic Peritune - Omino...

Jhan hosts th 6th(!) anniversary special, with a boatload of listener questions and a pleasant, convivial vibe-- joined by Rob, Dan, Lilit, and Nick.

Music: Three Chain Links - Parasite Eve - Out of Phase (SNEX Demix)

November is a busy, busy month for ORPHEUS. Let's talk about it.

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.

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. Music Credits: Myuu - Fernweh Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Naoya Sakamata - Proffeseur Y - La Maison De Paille 衝動的平和と笑顔の屍 - DARk PIANO MUSIC Mahray - The Questioning Suite Kevin MacLeod - Shadowlands 6 - The Pit...

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 climb into a true viper's nest. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Kevin MacLeod - Decay Alexander Nakarada - Towards the Horizon Daniel Birch - Distorted Harmony pt.2 Daniel Birch - Swallowed by Shame Daniel...