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Precious Stones 4
Carbuncle (generally Garnet) The carbuncle was recommended as a heart stimulant; indeed, so powerful was its action, that the wearers were rendered angry and passionate and were even warned to be on their guard against attacks of apoplexy….In mythical fancies too this stone played its part, for dragon’s eyes were said to be carbuncles. Rumphius states…
Read MoreThe Outlandish Knight, The Bones Which Will Not Lie in the River, and the Mercenary Parrot
The Outlandish Knight, the Final Victim and the Mercenary Parrot were described in episode 205. The Outlandish Knight The Outlandish Knight is simpler version of the Glanconer (Realms of Power : Faerie p 74-75). He doesn’t kill by draining life energy along an arcane connection: he just whisks girls away to murder them in a…
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Chronicles of Shadow Valley 2
Continuing our new series of Dunsany stories: Don Rodriguez is about to enter an inn that clearly has an Infernal aura. If your characters clear it out it is a suitable location for a Spring Covenant. Again, thanks to Ed Humpel and Librivox. I’ve cut things, so if you want the full ambience, go get…
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Man: The Buggane of Saint Trinian’s
This week one of our Isle of Man episodes: the Buggane of the broken church of St Trinian’s. The recording used came from the book by Sophia Morrison and was released into the public domain through LibriVox by Kurt from Tucson. A long time ago there came some monks to the broad, rough meadow, which…
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The Siren of the Pier: a monster from the comedic poetry of Thomas Hood
A pair of monsters from some comedic poems.
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Precious Stones 3
A few further notes from Kunz’s Curious Lore of Precious Stones. Diamond The virtues ascribed to this stone are almost all directly traceable either to its unconquerable hardness or to its transparency and purity. It was therefore thought to bring victory to the wearer, by endowing him with superior strength, fortitude, and courage. Marbodus tells us…
Read MoreSeptember 2019 transcripts
A simple transcript, with little decoration, for last month. Last month was a tricky one, where I filled up 5 months worth of episodes. This stopped me making elaborate transcripts or statistics. I’ll be catching this up soon.
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The Faerie Footman and the Drinking Horn
This week: when noblemen ruin perfectly good vis sources for no reason. The recording used in this episode was released into the public domain through LibriVox. Thanks again to all the LibriVoxians! Once upon a time a knight was riding in the country beyond Gloucester and came to a forest abounding and boars stags and…
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Chronicles of Shadow Valley 1
The works of Lord Dunsany provided many dozens of plot hooks, and monsters, for the early episodes of this podcast. It also provided material for the longest. In my fossicking I took the easy pieces, in his short story collections, and left Dunsany’s novels alone. I thought them insufficiently fantastical. I was, however, mistaken. Time…
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Games From Folktales 