A BRIDGE OF DOOM

Ko-fi.com/thehearkentheatre LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED – SEXUALLY EXPLICIT SITUATION Frightened and furious, Flaena has run away from the silvery-eyed Enchanter after he uses his crystal's powers to destroy the murderous wraith. Elfen Kluff arrives and counsels her on the fears and worries with which she wrangles. Flaena confronts her husband with all of it when he catches up with them. Gaiwan, c...

Ko-fi.com/thehearkentheatre After the brief sunset fight with the wyvern, the company has moved a little further on and made camp in the forest, seeking a quiet night’s rest for all. Derwon, standing a shift of their nighttime watch with Thasgar, is disquieted by something alerting his psychic sensitivities. Email = thehearkentheatre@yahoo.com

Ko-fi.com/thehearkentheatre Enchanter Gaiwan and Princess Chania’s combined company head northward, commencing her intent to seek out the fabled and forgotten Floating City at the far northern region beyond the Great Wasteland. As they travel into untamed territories of the reclaimed kingdoms, they find undesirable company tracking them and their horses. Email = thehearkentheatre@yahoo.com

Ko-fi.com/thehearkentheatre **** LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED – SEXUALLY EXPLICIT SITUATION **** Introducing two men just arrived to Bell Bay and seeking employment while hoping to remain beyond reach of the Law of the Young Continent from which they escaped by serving on a ship hauling freight. Amazed with his luck in a dockside tavern and unaware of her true identity, Mikyel has found a gorgeous...

Ko-fi.com/thehearkentheatre With Enchanter Gaiwan’s and Princess Chania’s groups reunited, they escort the rescued Elf women to their home tree-top village of Thiniron. While Gaiwan worries over the deathmark placed upon him by the Queen of Dragons and the best way to avoid it for the present, Chania seeks counsel with an Elfen Seer concerning a vivid nightmare. Flaena decides to intervene in a bi...

Ko-fi.com/thehearkentheatre *** WARNING: Violent and gory content *** Enchanter Gaiwan has escaped notice by the Queen’s deathmark and wings northward upon his bronze dragon friend, intent upon joining with Princess Chania and her quest northward toward a mythical Floating City. Her journey in the mountains has been halted by a gathering of feasting mountainmen and worse. Discovering imprisoned El...

Ko-fi.com/thehearkentheatre Having successfully avoided the geas spell affecting all the inhabitants of Hopetown, Gaiwan and companions are granted a respite in the Magian Alliance Athenaeum, taking time to enjoy a bountiful supper, many new weapons, and additional necessary supplies purchased. A stranger in the night-shrouded town brings concern and they prepare to depart. Email = thehearkentheat...

Ko-fi.com/thehearkentheatre Their flight back to civilization proper brings a brief and interesting encounter. Upon arriving at Hopetown, they discover just how far Viree’s wrath reaches. They proceed, wary of traps that may have been laid before them. Email = thehearkentheatre@yahoo.com

Ko-fi.com/thehearkentheatre LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED – EXPLICIT MATURE SCENE; ALSO DEPICTS VIOLENCE Upon learning of the terrifying decree declared upon him by the Queen of Dragons, Enchanter Gaiwan decides to call upon unusual help for getting himself and his companions out of the marshlands. The rampage of furious dragons reaches the Druid Isle and beyond – they stop to offer help, well aware...

Ko-fi.com/thehearkentheatre Out of one predicament – they hope – Enchanter Gaiwan and companions are posed with a serious conundrum wrapped in a worse predicament – escaping the Solgillon marshlands without getting in deeper than they already are. The serpentine Klituur offers to assist as much as he is able. Email = thehearkentheatre@yahoo.com

Ko-fi.com/thehearkentheatre Their raft upended in the middle of the night, Enchanter Gaiwan and his companions have been captured and forcibly taken underwater by lizard people – water-borne cannibal Grems. Email = thehearkentheatre@yahoo.com

Ko-fi.com/thehearkentheatre Seeking to avoid further confrontation with the angry swamp dragon, Gaiwan and his companions continue traversing the streams and broader lake areas of the swamp during the night, seeking any trace of the fugitive, Dark Mage Kalron, and their friend and ally, Princess Chania. Weary of the pursuit, they hurry to join with the Princess and her ship on the coast by which t...

Ko-fi.com/thehearkentheatre Tensely awaiting word or sign of success in capturing the fugitive mage, Gaiwan’s companions dutifully stand ready on the island shore. Matters, unfortunately, make a turn for worse and perhaps worst. Email = thehearkentheatre@yahoo.com

Ko-fi.com/thehearkentheatre [The delay in publishing a new episode is due to my recovering from a moon-long bout with FE’eckian winter’s grippe. We should be back to regular postings. Thank you for your patience.] Enchanter Gaiwan and friends beach their raft on the island where Kalron is hiding. With his Elfen lovebrother, Gaiwan heads inland to finally locate and capture the dangerous fugitive....

Ko-fi.com/thehearkentheatre Druid Mara takes Kalron on a raft toward an island where she believes a dragon nests. Her spontaneous companion seeks to possibly query a dragon about Gaiwan’s mysterious crystal, uncaring of the extreme danger he risks to them both. Meanwhile, close on his trail, Enchanter Gaiwan and companions arrive at the Druid Temple, seeking assistance in their search for the fugi...

Ko-fi.com/thehearkentheatre****** LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED – SEXUALLY EXPLICIT SCENE; ALSO A SCENE DEPICTING GRAPHIC VIOLENCE The fugitive Dark Mage Kalron, now beyond the borders of the reclaimed kingdom of Ru, uses a seeing spell, trying to determine what happened to his mountainmen allies he had sent to attack and kill his unknown pursuers. A nightmare with the Marshall invading his camp alt...

Ko-fi.com/thehearkentheatre****** LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED – STRONG EMOTION AND GRAPHIC VIOLENCE DEPICTED Flaena is confronted by her father, Berhere, as he seeks to somehow annul her marriage to Gaiwan, a man he believes to be an evil sorcerer. Unbalanced by his fury, he decides to investigate, discovering something unexpected among their belongings, and thinks he has unveiled definitive proof...

Ko-fi.com/thehearkentheatre****** Taking a detour from their chase after escaped Dark Mage Kalron heading southwest, the group arrives at Flaena’s home village, the most distant of the reclaimed Kingdom’s established Outposts. This chapter displays a challenging and pivotal moment for Enchanter Gaiwan. Flaena’s Elfen mother, Lae’na, and Human father, Berhere, greet all with joy. During supper, aft...

Ko-fi.com/thehearkentheatre****** Situations are never continuously stressful. In this short episode, the manhunt for Dark Mage Kalron takes a well-deserved breather in the Dwarfen village of Ravenpoint with a bit of unannounced mischief and merriment in the bath house. (I appropriately dedicate this to dear friends and remembered colleagues who survived the floods of Hurricane Helene in western N...

Ko-fi.com/thehearkentheatre****** LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED –VIOLENCE DEPICTED On his journey southwest to escape his unknown pursuers, the fugitive Dark Mage Kalron has reached Ravenpoint, a famous fortress village of Dwarfen blacksmiths, stopping just long enough to refresh himself and perhaps find someone able to cut off his wrist shackles. Continuing to follow his trail, Enchanter Gaiwan and...

Ko-fi.com/thehearkentheatre****** Marshall Garnett meets with Gaiwan and company at the Magian Alliance Athenaeum and make plans for pursuit of the fugitive. Meanwhile, Dark Mage Kalron curses his bad turn of circumstances and ponders a method of harassing his unknown pursuers, unaware the Enchanter and his companions are on his trail. An unpleasant encounter during the night makes matters difficu...

Ko-fi.com/thehearkentheatre****** Gaiwan and Flaena are enjoying the seashore and their honeymoon cottage. An unexpected but welcome visitor arrives and hears the tale of how the newlyweds first met. The honeymoon is interrupted by a messenger from the Marshall and bad news about Dark Mage Kalron. Email = thehearkentheatre@yahoo.com

Ko-fi.com/thehearkentheatre****** (This is Chapter Sixteen – apologies for the number overlap confusion between chapters and episodes – it’s just how scenes get placed.) Marshall Garnett discovers the escape of probably his most notorious prisoner, Kalron. Still fettered with the disenchantment chains, the Dark Mage arrives uninvited at the keep of his former employer, Archduke Louunne. Meanwhile,...

Ko-fi.com/thehearkentheatre****** LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED –GRAPHIC VIOLENCE DEPICTED (not for immature ears). (Honestly, this episode makes me most uncomfortable, but ‘tis a necessary part of the story. ) Delsee, daughter of a deputy of the Marshall, visits the lockup again while conceiving methods for a prize from her advantage over the incarcerated and doomed Dark Mage Kalron. Email = thehea...

Ko-fi.com/thehearkentheatre****** Happy events occur all the time – this episode highlights such as Enchanter Gaiwan tells the tale of his journey to the otherworld with Paul and Marie and his struggle against the Dark Powers of warlocks and the wicked Drow. Amidst all of this, he does his best to describe a food delicacy he observed being enjoyed in the otherworld, baffling his friends. We also w...