The Orpheus Protocol

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, Torc, and Kaelar. Music Credits:  Three Chain Links - Magic Hour ROZKOL - Called Your Bluff White Bat Audio - Interdimensional Horrors Dark Fantasy Studio - Kraken White Bat Audio - Enemy DEgITx - Robotic Cycles White Bat Audio - Knee...

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 unwanted. Music Credits:  Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Scott Buckley - What We Don't Say Scott Buckley - Hiraeth Myuu - Unspoken Myuu - Fernweh Jehf Jones - Cadaverine Queen Alexander Nakarada - Now We Feast Myuu - MSP#2:STEEL Kai Engel...

Music: White Bat Audio - Endless Night

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 their grotesque glory. Music Credits:  Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Tri-Tachyon - Tannhauser Gate The Contradiction - She Is Brandon Stills Project - Extermination Dark Fantasy Studio - Monsters The Contradiction - Catastrophe The Co...

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. Music Credits:  Kevin MacLeod - The Hive Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Dark Fantasy Studio - Dark Winds Dark Fantasy Studio - Near Death Experience Dark Fantasy Studio - Pursuit Sergey Cheremisinov - Sleepers Kai Engel - At the End Every...

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 unchanging. Music Credits:  Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Dark Fantasy Studio - Fear Me Dark Fantasy Studio - Slaughter AKnewGod - Indifferent DEgITx - Before the Storm Darren Curtis - Hallow's Eve Ritual Naoya Sakamata - Mental Plunder...

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 highest point. Music Credits:  Alexander Nakarada - Dreamy Interlude Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Kevin MacLeod - The Hive Myuu - What Could Have Been Dark Fantasy Studio - Fallen Leaves Alexander Nakarada - Mjolnir K...

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 - Magic Hour Dark Fantasy Studio - Venom Vasilis Nektarios Georgoulis - The Fall of the White City  DEgITx - Machine Paradigm Kevin MacLeod - Giant Wyrm Dark Fantasy Studio - The Evil Inside Darren Curtis - Lord McDeath Dark Fantasy Studio -...

The Bellhop brings us down before building us up again. Music: The Good Lawdz - A Lil Somethin' Somethin'

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. Music Credits:  Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Myuu - Beth's Theme L'Incal Noir -Analog Horror Stings Scott Buckley - Hymn Sergey Cheremisinov - Train Fragrance99 - Vengeance Dark Fantasy Studio - The Evil Inside Blue Crystal Star - Emerald Ear...

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.

Rhett is given audience with a higher power, and returns to the world, renewed in power and purpose. Music Credits: Kevin MacLeod - Cool Vibes Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Kevin MacLeod - Firesong Kai Engel - Sopor Kevin MacLeod - Black Bird Sleep Rivers - Above an Abyss Naoya Sakamata - Chemical Afterimage Muciojad - N O S E D I V E Alexander Nakarada - Nomadic Sunset Josh Woodward - Grey Snow...

Rhett arrives in the Oblivion Vault, where plans are laid that will influence the very shape of the future. Music Credits: Darren Curtis - Bleak Horizon Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Kevin MacLeod - Firesong Kai Engel - Sopor Kevin MacLeod - Black Bird Somewhere off Jazz Street - Lost September Kevin MacLeod - Hidden Agenda Alexander Nakarada - Cocktails and Lobsters Josh Woodward - Follow the Ro...

Oops! No episode because Audacity did a big fucky-wucky. Music: White Bat Audio - Crystal Cola

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.

Above the world, Rhett Bordeaux sees far. Music Credits: Myuu - To Zanarkand (Final Fantasy X Cover) Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Kevin MacLeod - Firesong Kai Engel - Sopor Kevin MacLeod - Black Bird Sleep Rivers - Above an Abyss Kai Engel - Vintage Frames Kai Engel - Somnolence Dark Fantasy Studio - Investigation Day Vincent Nuit - Blazed Eyes (demo) White Bat Audio - Death Sentence Kevin MacLe...

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 enlightenment. A price long overdue. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Kai Engel - Sopor Kevin MacLeod - Black Bird Sleep Rivers - Above an Abyss Jason Shaw - Serenity Rafael Krux - Horror Mystery Zero-project - Th...

Feeling a lot better. Music: White Bat Audio - Memories of a Murder

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 the disaster, the fate of the Inconsiderate and her crew is decided. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour White Bat Audio - Proletariat Darren Curtis - Lord McDeath Myuu - MSP#2:STEEL Dark Fantasy Studio - Fear M...

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 other place and time-- as the shape of something larger begins to resolve. And as the great festival winds down, a brutal catastrophe is waiting in the wings. Music Credits: Alexander Nakarada - Tam Lin Three...

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 Nakarada - Hymn to the Gods Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Kevin MacLeod - Agnus Dei X Jonny Music - Theme of Simon Belmont Organ Cover Jonny Music - Vampire Killer Organ Cover Darren Curtis - Maleficent Mysticism Lindsay - sewerma...

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 you're just wanting to get the recap, stop listening when the recap is done. We continue from there into behind the scenes discussion, and then future spoilers through Black Sails Part VII in Season 4 (although, we don'...

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 Kaelar grapples with a potentially disastrous temptation. Music Credits: Alexander Nakarada - Hymn to the Gods Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Alexander Nakarada - Fólkvangr Peter Rudenko - 5:00 AM Naoya Sakamata - Beyo...

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. But the approaching religious festival holds significance beyond what any of them could guess-- with immediate consequences for some. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Kevin MacLeod - Shadowlands 1...

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 of religious fanaticism seen among the Ghouls may yet prove a foothold for our travelers, or merely enough rope. Music Credits: Negrin - Fuga for Organ or Harpsichord Three Chain Links - Magic Hour himhim2340 - SP Orga...