The Lich's Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast

A worn doorway threshold waits on Erilian's desk. What changes when magic becomes part of the place a whole community calls home? Travel from Myth Drannor's Opening to the misunderstood defenses of Myth Glaurach, the emergency repair at Evereska, Silverymoon's returning protection and the breathable waters of Myth Nantar. The Dracorage working offers a darker counterpoint: some ancient magic deser...

An empty case waits on Erilian's desk. What would change if it held a page capable of transforming a civilization? Follow the Nether Scrolls from ancient magical learning into Netheril's floating cities, the golden tree of Windsong Tower, and the uncertain trail beneath the High Forest. Ecamane Truesilver's teaching and Karsus's catastrophe offer sharply different ways to consider an inheritance o...

The Lich's Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast — Episode 64 A plain book tied with green cord leads Erilian Kantonine toward Candlekeep and a difficult question: what do the keepers of knowledge owe the people who need it? From the gift at the gate to the Avowed, the Endless Chant, Miirym's long guardianship and a djinni imprisoned in a book, Erilian considers the difference between protecting a collection an...

Two letters. The same signature. Opposite commands. Erilian Kantonine follows Manshoon from the council struggles of Zhentil Keep into the Black Network, the catastrophe of the Manshoon Wars, the vampire history of Westgate, and the competing interests of Waterdeep. Along the way, he asks what survives when a wizard prepares another body—and what the people around him owe to a master determined to...

What does it mean to remain when a lifetime of service should be over? In the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep, Erilian considers the elven guardians who accept a duty beyond death. Through Cormanthyr's watchers, teachers, and wardens, he follows the lives of Synnorha Durothil, the Guardian Paramours, Braerinda, and the Srinshee. In the Vale of Lost Voices, the story of the Audark survivors reveals...

Listener Joe Biggs asked for the cold tundra bogs of his campaign. Erilian takes a water-stained map north: through difficult crossings and workable ground, past the shadow of Castle Perilous, and into the lives of people facing the Warlock Knights' demands. We visit the Bottomless Bogs, Moortown, Palischuk and Fugue, asking how season, trade, power and local knowledge shape a journey. The telling...

Why does one tradition preserve a living Ruby Dragon and another connect his fate to a shattered beginning? At a listener's request, Erilian visits Sardior's court, the five Thanes, Seradess and Blithen, obsidian dragons, scholarly servants, and the aleithian dwarves before comparing later First World beliefs with older dragon creation stories. The episode separates edition-specific lore, attribut...

An iron key opens a workroom for two people who have both paid to rent it. From that explicitly imagined dispute, Erilian walks through the real lore of Waterdeep: the harbor, six wards, guilds, laws, rulers, temples and powers beneath the streets. How does a city full of extraordinary people remain somewhere ordinary people can live? Laeral Silverhand and Vajra Safahr carry different public burde...

A worn bronze survey weight lies beside a map with an empty space. Erilian asks why a world with armies, temples and mighty wizards still needs a few travelers willing to answer a small, dangerous problem. The journey follows Drizzt's conscience, Bruenor's rebuilding, Elminster's long memory, Laeral and Vajra's public burdens, and Alustriel's practical hope. Jarlaxle and Artemis Entreri complicate...

Other planes reach Faerûn through more than portals and invading armies. They enter through a bargain, a useful object, an old crossing, a dangerous experiment—and an offer that sounds like relief. Erilian follows Zariel's fall and Elturel's betrayal, Gargauth's whispered counsel, Farideh and Havilar's family, and Gromph Baenre's disastrous summoning. The journey continues through the Feywild, the...

Who can make help arrive after a crown's authority runs out? From the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep, Erilian Kantonine follows the Harpers, Zhentarim, Lords' Alliance, Emerald Enclave, Order of the Gauntlet, Red Wizard networks and Bregan D'aerthe through the relationships that carry power across Faerûn. A brass key and a patched courier's cloak lead into a world of safe houses, obligations, riv...

Four records. Several names. One ship—and a cargo that refuses to remain merely commercial. From his hidden archive beneath Waterdeep, Erilian Kantonine follows the Sea of Fallen Stars through the lives it binds together. Grain and glass share the hold with priests, mercenaries, diplomatic packets, dangerous relics and rumors that may arrive before the truth. This telling explores Cormyr's maritim...

Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode explores the great empires, shattered ages, legendary peoples, gods, cataclysms, and mysteries that sh...

Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode explores the great empires, shattered ages, legendary peoples, gods, cataclysms, and mysteries that sh...

Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode explores the great empires, shattered ages, legendary peoples, gods, cataclysms, and mysteries that sh...

Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode explores the great empires, shattered ages, legendary peoples, gods, cataclysms, and mysteries that sh...

Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode explores the great empires, shattered ages, legendary peoples, gods, cataclysms, and mysteries that sh...

 Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn.  The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast   is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode explores the great empires, shattered ages, legendary peoples, gods, cataclysms, and mysteries tha...

 Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn.  The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast   is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode explores the great empires, shattered ages, legendary peoples, gods, cataclysms, and mysteries tha...

Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode explores the great empires, shattered ages, legendary peoples, gods, cataclysms, and mysteries that sh...

Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode explores the great empires, shattered ages, legendary peoples, gods, cataclysms, and mysteries that sh...

Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode explores the great empires, shattered ages, legendary peoples, gods, cataclysms, and mysteries that sh...

Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode explores the great empires, shattered ages, legendary peoples, gods, cataclysms, and mysteries that sh...

Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode explores the great empires, shattered ages, legendary peoples, gods, cataclysms, and mysteries that sh...

Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode explores the great empires, shattered ages, legendary peoples, gods, cataclysms, and mysteries that sh...