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Follow the adventures of Kada, Musa, Thavar, Eric and Mortem as they navigate the perils of Athelen. Fires of Athelen - A Shadow Awakens is a tabletop RPG using the Fires of Athelen RPG. streams live on Twitch at twitch.tv/FiresofAthelen Monday's at 7pm GMT. Podcasts come out at 5pm GMT the following Wednesday. For more information on Fires of Athelen visit our website http://www.firesofathelen.com and follow us on Twitter and Facebook @firesofathelen.
A clay mask conversation turns alarmingly literal, and you get fantasy with a crooked grin.
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Hunter Arum's infernal-bear fight gets its spark from a natural 20, a failed headshot, and messy table momentum.
Hunter Arum's return stays trained on apocalypse survival, then lets the table make the danger awkward in the right way. The fight with the infernal bear is scrappy rather than clean: Onyx's bear charges in, a spiritual hammer keeps worrying the left front leg, and Hunter's…
A swamp campfire draws out Kada's doubts about power, secrecy, and the mission to free everyone.
Kada's night in the swamp starts with the plain work of staying alive, then slowly turns inward. She snaps branches from dead or dying trees, gets a fire going, eats a ration, and tries to rest while her thoughts circle the departure she never announced and the strange thing she…
Vizier stakes out a Renford house, tracks two boys and a rolled note, and edges closer to Master Vassir's useful contacts.
Vizier's bid to get inside a Renford house turns a merchant's errand into a quiet fantasy investigation. Disguised as someone repairing a wagon in Market Square, he watches two boys leave, come back with a parcel and a rolled piece of parchment, then disappear indoors again.
A custody crisis turns into a strange, talky pause at the forest's edge.
The episode follows the aftermath of a charity stream that collapsed into chaos: Musa and Mortem have had their sentences commuted, the Manfred Mines have been attacked, and Annie has been remanded to the Sirens for judgment in Valair.
A bear's victim enters the voids of Darakos and finds fragile hope with another stranded soul.
After a fatal bear attack and a detour away from the spirit realm, Hunter Aram reaches the endless voids of Darakos with no clear route through the afterlife.
Four McElroys narrate a wizard battle-royale tournament across elimination trials on Octave Ziggurat.
A continuous Fabula Ultima actual-play campaign following one party through the world of Perpetua.
An ensemble cast plays teen superheroes through Masks: A New Generation campaigns and guest one-shots.
A recurring cast plays full Pathfinder 2E, Shadowdark, and Pendragon campaigns session by session.
A Dungeon World actual-play campaign following three comedians battling villain Callum Blackhammer.
Hunter Aram returns in Fires of Athelen: A Shadow Awakens after Keda sent his soul into Darakos’s plane of shadows and he met Onyx, an Orgat spirit.
Kada leaves Renford with Saran after the Scarlet Sirens, Hunter's funeral, and her prayer to Dyracos in Plain Shadows.
Fires of Athelen's "Adventures of...
Fires of Athelen - A Shadow Awakens, Chapter 1: Knight and Day, follows Musa, Zalatha, and the aftermath of the Renford cave run, where a throne, an obelisk, and animated bones left the party scattered.
Onyx explains that the darkness has portals, but staying inside it will eventually make souls “become nothing.”
The cast discusses their characters' journeys and the prologue of their tabletop RPG campaign.
The cast discusses their characters' journeys through the prologue of a tabletop RPG campaign.
A live-play tabletop RPG podcast where a group of adventurers explores the fantasy world of Athelen.
The cast discusses their experiences with the game and answers questions from the chat in a recap segment.