Stories from Väruld

Suggested intro episode: Lore - The birth of Modhir How did the gods in Väruld come to be? We have had Big Bang, there is a sun and a space with stars far, far away, but then? Send me a message. Support the show Episode schedule

The stories in the pods are fragments, but what if you can see where they take place on a map like this: https://storiesfromvaruld.netlify.app/worldmap.html Also discussions about the use of AI. Also, if you want to know more about Väruld, you can find more information here: https://desnordlund.itch.io/ Send me a message. Support the show Episode schedule

Documents from the Library of Kennis Standalone episode — no prior listening required.  Some ships disappear. Others become warnings. From the Library of Kennis comes the account of Havfut, the pirate ship that defied a newly united Deris and slipped, again and again, beyond the reach of justice.  Find out where this story belongs Send me a message. Support the show Episode schedule

Journal Entry Standalone episode — no prior listening required.  A traveller’s journal entry from the outer reaches. Some places do not welcome the living, though they make no effort to turn them away. Ice of the Returned is such a place: a dwelling shaped as much by what has ended there as by those who still pass through its halls. To step inside is not merely to arrive, but to be measured agains...

Documents from the Library of Kennis Standalone episode — no prior listening required.  A quiet prayer, preserved in the Library of Kennis. A voice turns to Avärkan, Sial, and Farskajaut with a single, fragile wish — to be granted a child.  Find out where this story belongs Send me a message. Support the show Episode schedule

Lore Standalone episode — no prior listening required.  How did Modhir, the first mother, appear in Space? And how did Space came to be. Listen to the story of the Creation as told in Väruld. Send me a message. Support the show Episode schedule

Documents from the Library of Kennis Standalone episode — no prior listening required.  A girl is hanged for stealing bread in a town where no one goes hungry, and the story is told by someone who cannot understand why. Find out where this story belongs : https://storiesfromvaruld.netlify.app/worldmap.html?place=fakhur Send me a message. Support the show Episode schedule

What about the gods in Väruld? Also, if you want to know more about Väruld, you can find more information here: https://desnordlund.itch.io/ Send me a message. Support the show Episode schedule

Legends & Fairytales Standalone episode — no prior listening required.  Three minutes. A fire. And a story the villagers speak of only in hushed voices. Deep beneath the earth lies Alsukhur’s mine—a place where the tunnels twist beyond memory, and where one soul never found the way back. Some say you can still hear him. A distant strike of metal against stone. A lantern where no light should b...

Legends & Fairytales Standalone episode — no prior listening required.  Seven minutes in the depths of the Blue Cave. Driven by pain that has followed her for so long, she enters a place few dare approach — a cave whispered to devour the minds of those who walk too far within it.  In the cold blue tunnels where light should not exist, the stone seems to listen, and the path itself begins to qu...

Documents from the Library of Kennis Standalone episode — no prior listening required.  A short prayer preserved in a document from the Library of Kennis. The text invokes Brander, the consuming flame that clears the old, and Blomster, the gentle power that nurtures new life from the ash. Together, they are asked to maintain the fragile balance between destruction and growth, so the land may conti...

A question lingers after truth has been spoken . Avug has learned why she is different — and what that difference costs. Now she tests the edges of it. He speaks of portals and knowledge measured across thousands of lives. Avug listens. She understands more than he expects. Chapter four of four, where knowledge is structured, futures are rationed, and a child measures herself against a system that...

What is this podcast about, really? A listener's questions get answers. Also, if you want to know more about Väruld, you can find more information here: https://desnordlund.itch.io/ Send me a message. Support the show Episode schedule

Documents from the Library of Kennis Standalone episode — no prior listening required.  Three minutes tracing a death that never settled. Following scattered records and second-hand claims, a chronicler examines the final days of Dedalei of Deris and the sword that vanished in the wake of his fall. What was buried is known. What was taken remains uncertain. A quiet account of reputation, violence...

Documents from the Library of Kennis Standalone episode — no prior listening required.  Two minutes tracing a sword that outlived its purpose. Following preserved accounts from the Library of Kennis, a chronicler examines the lost sword of Sidensol — a ceremonial blade from a time of peace, valued more for what it represented than for what it ever struck. Once recorded, later misplaced, and now kn...

A quiet question, finally spoken: Avug asks what she has long suspected — and receives an answer that changes how she sees herself, her family, and the world she lives in. In a silent room above the household, truth is offered gently, almost kindly. Avug learns why she eats when others do not, why she thinks differently, and why some are allowed to choose while others are shaped to serve. Chapter...

Documents from the Library of Kennis Standalone episode — no prior listening required.  Two minutes tracing the remains of a forgotten capital. Following old records from the Library of Kennis, a chronicler walks the banks of the Sturt River in search of Frede. Once a seat of kings, now reduced to ruins, fragments, and unanswered names. A quiet journey through loss, fading memory, and the uneasy s...

Two questions about Väruld and this podcast are answered by me, the almighty creator of Väruld :-). Feel free to send in questions for future episodes. Send me a message. Support the show Episode schedule

Legends & Fairytales Standalone episode — no prior listening required.  Three minutes at the threshold of a final trial. At the end of a long and deadly journey, he steps into the last chamber, certain that strength and steel have carried him this far. Within the silent stone room, the trial that awaits is unlike any he has faced before. A brief legend of pride humbled, where destiny turns in...

Two minutes under the forbidden table: Avug sits under the table, watching gears she does not understand turn slowly in the shadows, and a pendulum trace its patient arc. She is not allowed to be there — not with her skin, nor her place — yet something in the quiet machinery draws her in. Chapter two of four, where she, in the rhythm of metal and silence, feels the weight of a world built on divis...

Documents found in the Library of Kennis Standalone episode — no prior listening required.  A minute in the depths of a salt mine — where dim light catches on crystal walls and a worker’s poem rises with the dust. A quiet moment beneath the earth, shaped by shimmering grains, steady hands, and the weary music of labor.  Find out where this story belongs Send me a message. Support the show Episode...

Travel Journal Entry Standalone episode — no prior listening required.  Five minutes on Kanohi’s wind-scarred coast: a traveler arrives at the garrison town of Hult, where salt on the air mingles with the smoke of hearth fires and the vigilance of those who guard the northern horizon. Amid bustling docks, wary glances, and the quiet strength of the Spilkum Sea, a journal captures the pulse of a to...

Behind the scenes Three questions about Väruld and this podcast are answered by me, the almighty creator of Väruld :-). Feel free to send in questions for future episodes. Send me a message. Support the show Episode schedule

Avug's Saga Three minutes at the edge of awakening: Avug lies sleepless after a night of work and punishment, caught between who she is told to be and who she feels she might become. In a world where some are born to obey and others to rule, her questions are the first sparks of quiet rebellion, stirred by forbidden machines and family secrets. The first chapter of four in Avug’s saga; a shor...

Documents found in the Library of Kennis Standalone episode — no prior listening required.  A cautionary fable printed and posted in the forts along Kanohi's frontier, serving as a reminder: trust no tale without truth, and let no rumor rule your judgment. Tyrien the Tiger, wisest of the kingdom, and Rodarock the deceitful rat from afar, cross paths in a story of fireless dragons, whispered l...