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Life Before The Alien Magic

Terry VanDerMark, Jr.podcasters.spotify.com
A JJR Tolkien like epic featuring elves and dwarves and men, together with hideous frights in the decades before the rise of the Fell King, the Great War, and the introduction of the Dream Shards, items that make dreams come true
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Episodes

Episode one of book five, titled "A God, once Dead, now Transcendent'

The great Dwarf King Ansil confronts a vicious god amidst the ruins of manmade Zorel. The king successfully slays the all-seeing serpent, isolating its tail, with its many eyes, which he immediately makes use of, revealing his traitor to be his own second-in-command, named Gredyl. The dwarf King buries the tail. Meanwhile, the dying god, never truly dying, plots his revenge. Cheron and Candide of the North Wood slay a village of elves to extort their secret taken from Arlot.

Aug 22, 202124 min

The final episode of book four titled "The Captive of Arlot"

Rapheh the scholar and Belphesor the soon-to-be Fell King become unlikely allies in the imminent Wizard War. Both decide to share the rule of the coming Abysine, with Rapheh's University owning the east and the wizard within Therestian governing the west.

Aug 05, 202114 min

Episode nine of book four titled "The Captive of Arlot"

Thokil the Younger befriends Batkin, the blood heir to the dwarven throne, but kills him when he fears for the continued well-being of all the dwarves. Wizard Belphesor fears for the health of his mother Tisiphone and recruits the scholar Rapheh to make her better, but she flees her son before he tells her of his plans for her throughout the Wizard War.

Jul 29, 202123 min

Episode Eight of the book four titled "The Captive of Arlot."

King Chase receives his army, the Wk Du, from young Vuillard. Lord Brokil of the Clevrilites is nearly slain by dwarf King Xendyl as both fight for control of Sturm. Thokil the Elder rescues Lord Brokil. Thokil the Younger gains the trust of the beggar boy Batkin, the true heir to the throne of Sturm.

Jul 21, 202124 min

Episode seven of book four titled 'The Captive of Arlot'

Candide and Cheron become trapped in Arlot, and very nearly lose their lives. But Pren-Hooke of the halfbreeds rescues them, for a price. The three lead their armies for the dwarven kingdom of Sturm. King Chase meets a mysterious boy on his way east, as he looks to build his army. The strange boy, Chase learns, at a very high cost, has become a King even greater than the prophecied leader of the Dragonbred.

Jul 15, 202125 min

Episode Six of book four titled "The Captive of Arlot"

Thokil the Elder is prepared to slay every member of the treacherous Royal Guard, including his own son, but most are spared once Gredyl intervenes. Thokil the Younger respects Gredyl and offers his services to the blind veteran and the King he intends to hand Sturm over to. But Thokil must prove his loyalty to the One King Ansil, to whom Gredyl intends to hand over Sturm. Thokil the Younger must find the boy Batkin and save him from harm. Meanwhile, Cheron and Candide enter empty Arlot for secr...

Jul 08, 202127 min

Episode Five of book four titled 'The Captive of Arlot'

Pindar and Poscoe, whose unborn son is the promised King of the Elves, are captured by Couvre and the pilgrims of village Bloody Tunic, seized for the cruel purposes of god Rigor. But a mysterious bald figure rescues the pair and liberates them. They flee, but the village succumbs to the armies of Rigor and his allies. Bertyl, the dwarf guilty of killing Trindayl the king of Sturm, fears there are traitors among his twelve lieutenants. Bertyl orders Thokil the Elder to interrogate each. Includin...

Jun 24, 202125 min

Episode four of book four titled "The Captive of Arlot"

The halfbreed King Pren-Hooke confesses his culpability in participating in the murders of the people of Copperweal. The humans desert his army. The elves are complicit with the dwarves. Cheron leads his army into Arlot. Lord Brokil of the dwarven Clevrilites, boasts that King Ansil, the One King of the united nation of the dwarves, will rule again. According to him, the War of the Races is imminent. The elves Pindar and Poscoe conceive a son, an unheard of act among the elves. The boy is destin...

Jun 17, 202125 min

Episode three of book four titled 'The Captive of Arlot'

King Trindayl is slain, precipitating the Dwarf War. Elf Pindar learns his wife has fled Castle Wren and must be in the village Bloody Tunic. King Pren-Hooke of the halfbreed elves, once the humans learn of the hybrids' treachery in Copperweal, plans to eradicate the humans within his ranks, but Lord Brokil of the dwarven Clevrilites prevents that from happening.

Jun 10, 202125 min

Episode two of book four, titled "The Captive of Arlot"

Gredyl escapes the elven village of Arlot with a leather-bound book, a weapon, if in the right hands, could kill a god. A contingent of elves escort Gredyl to the dwarven kingdom of Sturm, but not before crippling him. Cheron and Candide, informed of the value of Arlot by a murderous elf, arrive there too late. They head for Sturm, ahead of their army. In Sturm, Gredyl confronts King Trindayl, telling him his father Ansil has returned to reclaim the dwarf nation.

May 27, 202129 min

Episode one of book four titled 'The Captive of Arlot'

For betraying the beloved King Ansil, the one king of all the dwarves, Gredyl is consigned to a crypt until which time he is resurrected to assist King Ansil in reestablishing his reign, though it be forty years later, and Gredyl is starved for vengeance. Gredyl has returned to the land of the living. Will he honor his king, or will he once more align with those opposed to the King?

May 21, 202128 min

Episode Nine of Book Three 'The Birth of the Three'

Elf Poscoe enters the village Bloody Tunic and encounters Celeste's god. King Socha, King Pren-Hooke and King Chase learn that an innocuous standard bearer accompanying a powerful ally from across the sea is an unparalleled threat to their armies and their rule.

Apr 29, 202126 min

Episode eight of book three "The Birth of the Three"

Paen, the twin sister of elf Poscoe, succeeds in saving Poscoe from the raging god Rigor, though she reveals her one son to be in Mount Ish, presumed to end the reign of the god. The timeless elf scribe Prawn creates the names 'Poscoe' and 'Pindar', the hope of the future of the elves.

Apr 22, 202130 min

Episode seven of the third prequel "The Birth of the Three"

King Chase of the Wk Du, having been denied the alliance with the half-elves, recruits humans from the Aix river valley. He knowingly befriends a woman destined to kill Chase's wife and children. God Rigor commands Sapling sharpshooters to eliminate the remaining leadership among the full-blood Elder Elves.

Apr 15, 202127 min

Episode Six of Book Three titled "The Birth of the Three."

King Chase of the human Dragonbred emerges as sole victor over the elves of Castle Wren. King Socha of the halfbreed elves asserts his own authority over the disenfranchised elves. Most elves flee for the pristine First Forest. Those few who remain are subjected to a horrific act. This crime compels King Chase to flee his ally. Socha.

Apr 08, 202125 min

Episode five of book three titled 'The Birth of the Three'

King Chase is invited into the last elven fortress Castle Wren. A compromising secret will cost several lives. The elves, despite their fading presence, have a profound hope. King Chase does find the foundation for his kingdom within.

Apr 03, 202131 min

Episode two of third prequel titled 'The Birth of the Three'

Captain Pren-Hooke rescues his race's savior, the half-elf Socha, the king that will allow the hybrids finally a place of privilege throughout the Abysine. But that future comes at a price. Can the half elves follow their king and commit the most heinous of crimes?

Mar 04, 202126 min

The Varied Tongues of God', Episode Seven

God may be dead, he may be proven never to have been, but courage and selfless sacrifice will make God more a power in the Abysine, even if he resides only in the people's hearts.

Sep 04, 201937 min

'The Varied Tongues of God', Episodes Two and Three

Proof has been revealed both that God doesn't exist, and that village Golden Bridle had abused its authority by circulating lies. Can the most distinguished village in the North Wood survive the coming war, especially without Mayor Toris?

Aug 30, 201950 min

'The Varied Tongues of God'Episode Six

A secret that, once exposed, could liberate the dwarves, who have lost everything in the latest War of the Races. The wizard Kerchall is close to defeating all the person's of the North Wood.

Aug 27, 201931 min
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