Take a ride on "The Pride of Duskwall", an electric train traveling through ghost infested territory! Our gang of Line Bulls will ensure your safe arrival by (lightning) hook or by crook. A bi-weekly tabletop podcast where four friends play Ghost Lines, an RPG by John Harper. Art by Yoshiko Agresta. Start at Ep. 1, or listen to "Echoes of the Past" and you can start after any Layover as each Line is self-contained! We're part of the Faustian Nonsense Network, and you can support us (and othe ...
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Ep 67 - Layover: Yours, Mine, and Ar-vaedh
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In this episode the Line Bulls lose access to their healthcare with the Physicker because it is tied to their employment, but you can help erase medical debt by giving money to Undue Medical Debt here Across the Void Sea awaits more than the Isle of Skovlan. The Ministry of Preservation, at Lord Strangford's direction, stands ready to relieve Candi…
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Bonus - Stop at the Depot: Ep 64-66 (feat. David "Trials-of-the-Apocalypse" Easley)
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Please donate to help our friend Nico get top surgery here and share the link even if you can't donate! Now that the Line Bulls have learned about the ownership of the train, saved the track, and stashed away a Leviathan Tentacle, the cast of Ghosts on a Train discuss episodes 64 to 66 along with guest David. We discuss how Ditri formed in David's …
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Ethical Ghosts on a Train into Town - An Almost Crossover
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Welcome to a fun Ghosts on a Train / Ethics Town variety experiment! Here we have two short (ish) episodes based around the theme of ‘revenge’, one created by the Ghosts on a Train team and the other by Ethics Town. You don’t need to have listened to either of these shows to enjoy this special! You can find a full transcript here: https://docs.goog…
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Ep 66 - One Step Closer (feat. David "Trials-of-the-Apocalypse" Easley as Ditri)
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Leviathan Hunters and Line Bulls risk their lives against the supernatural so that the rest of the Imperium never have to. Despite this great service, society at large would rather keep them both out of sight with Leviathan Hunters being out to see for a third of the year. Perhaps for this reason, the general public holds a romantic idea of a sailo…
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Content Warning: Discussion of vomit (~3:48 to 4:37, ~7:07 to 8:10, ~11:52 to 12:30, ~19:14 to 20:11) - Trevor threw up offscreen before the events of the episode and it is referenced throughout Hey there kids, Your Cool Aunt Hannah is running another game of vampire hunting for our young sleuths! Feel free to start here, and they'll catch you up. …
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Looks like Greg forgot about April Fools until it was too late! They've had a fun idea in the can for a minute though, so let's see if it works out.By Gregory Carrobis
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Ep 65 - Train Based Trauma (feat. David "Trials-of-the-Apocalypse" Easley)
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Culture shock for roaming Line Bulls is not uncommon, as each locomotive can be run entirely differently than every other despite the existence of Imperial regulation and convention. But a certain Bull must serve on every train in the Railways fleet, and just when he thought he had the hang of it he is assigned to the Pride of Duskwall. Drix suppor…
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Ep 64 - The Bashful Bull (feat. David Trials-of-the-Apocalypse)
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The cities of the Imperium are cloaked in night at the best of times, and a darkened alleyway carries no special menace. But even Scoundrels dread to venture beneath the docks, close to the blackest Sea. It is here that the nervous Ditri must go to make ends meet. Later, Pippin puts Jean-Claude in his place. Drix lends a helping hand. Andrel spies …
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Ep. 63 Part 2 - Layover: Once Tyr-moor with Feeling
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This is the second part of the Layover in Tyrmoor, now split in two (as all Layovers will be from now on). The first half an hour is pretty emotional and there's an offhand mention of Crowl possessing someone to commit suicide at ~43:30 A cliff where the sky meets the land. Below it, a shore where the land meets the sea. A witch's ritual, where the…
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Ep. 63 - Layover: For a Few Silver Tyr-Moor
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The northernmost city of Severos is Tyrmoor, named in the fashion of Skovlan. Though Severosi do live in the highlands, many prefer the plains and common Imperial reckoning places the beginning of Skovlan at the lightning barrier of Tyrmoor. But for the Line Bulls of the Pride, the sight of the fourth Shattered Isle brings a nervous anticipation. P…
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Video of the show is available on YouTube here! In their second live appearance, the Ghosts on a Train gang played a short encounter on The Creator Stage set up by Chuck Lindsey (@ChuckLoadComics) at Fan Expo Boston 2023! Guy made it to this one, so it's the full gang of Line Bulls. The gang are invited to take a trip under the Void Sea that anyone…
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Bonus - Stop at the Depot: Ep 60-62 (feat. Xan)
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Now that the Line Bulls have faced Dust Devils, freed the spirits of a ghost train, and formed a "friendship coalition", the cast of Ghosts on a Train discuss episodes 60 to 62 along with guest Xan. We discuss how Xan came to be our guest, Guy's desires for Pip and Candace's relationship, player suspicion of guests, and how success and failure feel…
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Life on the Ghost Lines is carried over the bones of the dead, and every train may one day become a coffin. Before Line Bulls, there were merely electrofields wrapping each train like a raincoat; and after the first hurricane the Ministry knew that something more was needed. Line Bulls fight and die, as necessary as the plasm pushing the locomotive…
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THIS WEEK WE BRING YOU AN EPISODE OF CHAIN OF BEING! Cai of Timoth and "additional sound design by Cai Gwilym Pritchard" fame needs your help to make season 2 of their podcast even better than season 1! Greg definitely forgot to mention every effect Cai has made for GoaT (The Hand of the Curse that attacked The Physicker being at least one that was…
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CONTENT WARNING: Traumatic Cannibalism Recollection (~38:23-41:38) This 45 minute screener was played as part of the Rainbow Roll Fest 2023 Showcase. Watch it on Youtube here Ghosts on a Train is a bi-weekly tabletop podcast where four friends play Ghost Lines, an RPG by John Harper. Take a ride on "The Pride of Duskwall", an electric train traveli…
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Ep. 61 - Stampede Together (feat. Xan)
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Indigo, Badge Name Brogan, is not the first Line Bull to suggest collaboration between Line Bulls for the betterment of them all. But the powerlessness felt by the Bulls is well reinforced and difficult to surmount alone. The Ministry of Preservation kills the very idea of Unionization before it can enter a Line Bull's mind, because once it is ther…
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Ep. 60 - Friendship Coalition (feat. Xan)
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A familiar scene plays out on an unfamiliar train. The whims of the noble Lord Glixterbury call for the Soaring Skovlander to stop in the middle of the deathlands, and as an unspoken rule the Imperial Railways should answer his call. But this train has a gang of Line Bulls that stampede together. Sometime later: Andrel confounds Georgie with an unk…
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Ep 59 - Layover: Lucky Number Sevrin
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The final days of The Feast of Gratitude yield warmth for the shivering masses of the Shattered Isles. As the cold leaves the ground, so too does it slowly melt away from the hearts of the disillusioned. The Pride of Duskwall will once more whistle with fire and smoke, a call for its Line Bulls to hop aboard once their business is finished. Drix ha…
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Bonus - Stop at the Depot: Ep 56-58 (feat. Jaci Szilagyi)
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The Talkbacks we've been doing on Patreon are now going to be posted there early and then put on the Main feed between the end of a Line and the Layover for the start of a new one. This will give us a chance to talk through and reflect on a full Line, as well as giving Greg more time so they don't fall behind on any edits. Enjoy a minimally edited …
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Ep. 58 - Just That Friday Feeling (feat. Jaci Szilagyi)
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Content Warnings: Spiders (~5:00-8:00)- Drix falls into a web made of spiderwebs, tries to pet a giant spider, is accidentally bitten by it, and ultimately rides it to safety, Child Neglect(~17:15-17:39)-A little girl talks about her father regularly leaving her outside all night, Child Death(~19:20-35:40)- The little girl has been dead the whole t…
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TOTALLY (NOT) Ep. 58 - PARTY: Goats on a Train
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As with every episode marked PARTY, this episode can be enjoyed as a standalone. Thanks for your patience, partygoers! We weren't even planning to release on April 1st this year, but hope you enjoy this 58th episode of Goats on a Train. It's the Feast of Gratitude in the Imperial City, and our goats want in! Pip beats loudly. Andrel is burdened wit…
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Ep. 57 - Carnival of Errors (feat. Jaci Szilagyi)
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Content Warnings: Spiders (~45:10-45:40, ~50:15-52:30, ~58:30-1:01:40)- Drix is menaced by a giant spider over a net of webs, Drowning (~1:05:20 to the end)- Cricket is trapped in a large bottle of water and we end on a cliffhanger of darkly accepting her fate Bristling against the strange requests of an employer often comes with being a Line Bull.…
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Ep. 56 - Lucky Cricket (feat. Jaci Szilagyi)
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Content Warning, Gunshots (~49:10, ~57:16)- A ghost has a ghost revolver that shoots but leaves little scorchmarks instead of bulletholes Cricket, the cunning Whisper, takes no time off for the Feast of Gratitude. Hired by the thief known as Gimmy the Snatch, she shows kindness to the spirits that slip through the cracks. But Cricket is a Scoundrel…
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GHOSTS ON A TRAIN WILL BE BACK FROM HIATUS TOWARDS THE END OF FEBRUARY. Check out the Super Suits Launch party on February 5th at 12pm EST - https://www.twitch.tv/faustiannonsense. Listen on February 6th wherever you listen to us. Follow Super Suits on twitter @SuperSuitsPod Donate to an Abortion Fund. Twitter Thread with funds for Trigger Law Stat…
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Ep. 55 - Layover: The Magnificent Sevrin
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Content Warning, Dehumanization and Intense Violence (~29:05-31:18)- The Physicker's Curse activates and repeats the verbal abuse written into it. They are physically harmed by the curse, and though it is excruciating they are not left dead or with lasting physical damage. The city of Sevrin becomes the winter home of the Pride of Duskwall, as the …
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The Ghosts on a Train crew play Ryan Khan's The Festival of Deep Winter, the storytelling game of creating and exploring a winter holiday. Expanding on the already existing Gratitude celebration from Blades in the Dark, the gang create the customs of the Feast of Gratitude and then explore the previous year's Feast as their Line Bull PCs from the m…
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Content Warning, Drugging and Racism (~38:00-44:00)- Lord Strangford attempts to get an employeed of the Pride fired by drugging them and accusing them of being an alcoholic, playing to a racial stereotype. Two gunshot sounds from ~25:40-25:46. For many Scoundrels, death is the end of the Line. But with a benefactor like Lord Strangford, Crowl has …
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Content Warning, Real Drug Mention (~27:05-27:37)- There is an out of character mention of Narcan, the real medicine that can save the life of someone suffering an opioid overdose as well as Speed, slang for a real drug. With centuries of life behind lightning barriers, one may wonder how the Deathlands continues to be so treacherous. How does the …
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The mood is dour on the Pride of Duskwall as the train makes it's way non-stop through Thorn to Sevrin. Walker's near-death at the Journeyman ceremony stirs many conflicting emotions in the hearts of the Line Bulls, feelings that are only articulated with great effort. But an important passenger on the Line brings along a more immediate threat. And…
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Content Warning: Gun violence(~00:36:20-00:42:15)- Someone is shot, and there is a brief moment of civilian panic. The gunshot wound is tended to, in a stressful and traumatic situation but without gory description. Though it has only been two days in Belisle, the Line Bulls have now experienced life outside of the Imperium for longer than many who…
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Bonus - Stop at the Depot: 50th Episode
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Making an appearance here on the main feed is the 50th episode edition of our TalkBacks that we've been doing on Patreon. Enjoy a minimally edited discussion of the creation of Ghosts on a Train! Now that the Line Bulls have returned from the unplanned hiatus, done a live show, and visited Drix's home of Belisle, the cast of Ghosts on a Train discu…
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The treasonous plan to destroy His Majesty the Immortal Emperor has been hatched in the secluded nest of Belisle. Peeping like a chick, it is not yet safe for it to go as far as the conspiracy of Magicians, Line Bulls, and distant Skovlander ghosts dream of. The Line Bulls of the Pride of Duskwall have another day to spend on further business in th…
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Bonus - Fan Expo Boston 2022 (feat. Asa Barksdale)
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Watch the video that this audio is from on the FN Youtube channel here! In their first live appearance, the Ghosts on a Train gang played a short encounter on The Creator Stage set up by Chuck Lindsey (@ChuckLoadComics) at Fan Expo Boston 2022! Guy couldn't make it, so instead Asa Barksdale (of Hecla fame) played a guest (not Hecla). It's a ghost h…
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The Magicians of Severos remember the land before the cataclysm, living as they do outside of Imperial society. The Immortal Emperor saved scholarly works to educate humanity in the cataclysm's wake, but he distributed them selectively and for the utility of propping up his Imperium- the Severosi let knowledge flow as free and wild as the horses of…
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Ep. 48 - Layover: Cullfield of Dreams
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Content Warning: Rampant Shirtlessness (~1:05:30-1:16:44, and ~1:19:05-1:21:10) - everyone winds up at a bar where the bartenders are shirtless, with Drix shirtless among them, Andrel as a clothed bouncer, and Pip swinging by to make a delivery. Sexual Harrassment (~1:12:53-1:14:55) - one of the shirtless bartenders gets their butt slapped, and And…
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Content Warning: Gunshots Throughout- Coleman's gang (and Candace!) all have revolvers. People are shot and shot at, but nobody is killed by any shot. Though often erroneously chalked up to his Dagger Isles blood, Coleman Kanatcher's skill as a Whisper is revealed. Staring daggers at the Pride of Duskwall, he's stopped the train in its tracks and m…
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The Line Bulls of the Pride of Duskwall are finally due to leave the Severosi city of Thorn. But forces conspire in hopes that they won't escape the consequences of their actions. Thorn is in chaos and Lord Strangford's ghostly infiltrator Crowl has revealed that the Minister of Preservation will wipe the slate of his involvement. And not only that…
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The Line Bulls of the Pride of Duskwall have effectively dashed the hopes of Thorn's home-grown conspiracy. Though concentrated in the city for it's unique Zoo ecosystem, many beyond it's lightning barrier had stake in it's success and failure. As the Bulls prepare to leave, they may not be able to escape what slides into the power vacuum. Andrel c…
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Ep. 44 - A Blockbuster Finale (feat. Cai Gwilym Pritchard)
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Content Warning for Violence against Animals- Pip kills some snakes by cracking them like a whip (~13:20-15:50) The unique creatures of The Zoo defy common logic. A 4 winged crow that speaks and divines your hour of death is most certainly a Devil, but snakes that can be both flesh and intangible electroplasm boggles the minds of professional Line …
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Off Da Railz: 44 Seconds to Mars (feat. Greg Carrobis)
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Content Warning for mention of Hate Crimes- Fishbone gets a mysterious note that says 'Race' which is really an invitation to race cars but is humorously misunderstood as threat of a hate crime (~11:50-12:30) Sup Fast Fans! Hope you're ready for a doozy of a 44th Movie. Like every Movie played on Off Da Railz, this one can be listened to without an…
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Ep. 43 - Templeton Unspooled (feat. Cai Gwilym Pritchard)
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Content Warning for Scary Animatronics- An animatronic of the Zoo's mascot turns on and jumpscares Timoth, and then he has a flashback of it scaring him as a kid (~33:30-36:15) The Line Bulls of the Pride of Duskwall have been led into the open mouth of a nearly dead Leviathan. Even after being mined of flesh and blood, the skeletal creature's life…
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Ep. 42 - The Leading Man (feat. Cai Gwilym Pritchard)
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The Line Bulls of the Best Friend of Thorn may not always behave, but no train is faster and no crew more tightly knit! Timoth, badge name "Templeton", is the leader of the gang and when a ghost has his number the Bulls protect him like they're a Family! Meanwhile, the Line Bulls of the Pride of Duskwall aren't taking to the rails for at least anot…
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Ep. 41 - Layover: A Rose Between Thorn
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Content Warning for Animal Death and Gore- A whale-like Leviathan Spawn is killed by being ground into chum ~1:10:30-1:13:00 The Pride of Duskwall enters the Severosi city of Thorn. The center of this city leaves not a trace of the Severosi brambles from which it gets it's name, presenting to those disembarking a city that is artificially warm and …
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Bonus - The Escape of Ixis by Bennoni Thomas
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EPISODE 41 WILL COME OUT IN FEBRUARY 2022. The Four Demon Princes of Iruvia are said to rest in U'duasha as the four obsidian pillars around the burning lake of The U'du, and legend says that though they had escaped their prison in the skies these pillars still restrained them. When the pillar of Ixis was found split in two, those who truly believe…
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Like many creatures now thought myth, the mermaids survive in some way outside of human settlements where they would be considered Devils as any supernatural creature is. The previously delightful encounter is found to have not so delightful consequences for the Pride of Duskwall, and out of necessity the Line Bulls team up with some nearby Daggeri…
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With their heads still not clear from a Layover in Mistport, the Line Bulls of the Pride of Duskwall agree to meet on the train early and investigate the Office Car. The mists of the Dagger Isles are unable to conceal the secrets of Mr. Walker, who's true nature is finally made clear to the Line Bulls. Drix busts this whole thing wide open. Pippin …
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Ep. 38 - Layover: Line Bulls in the Mist(port)
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As the Pride of Duskwall speeds through the Dagger Isles, the Line Bulls on board must deal with the results of their altercation in the mist. Passengers are often lost, and a locomotive may enter a city a few passengers lighter than they left with. Conversely, stowaways are rare and extra passengers may be viewed with suspicion. The Bulls approach…
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Ep. 37 - Fate, Sealed (feat. Asa Barksdale)
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Content Warnings- Slavery: The Hollows are forced to defend their slave master Reverend Declan (~12:45-14:30) Suicide Mention: Hecla says she would end herself rather than be Hollowed (39:23-39:46) and later she considers ending herself in a tight spot (~47:43-47:48) The Line Bulls of the Pride of Duskwall are about to cross a threshold. While a si…
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Ep. 36 - Hollow Words (feat. Asa Barksdale)
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Content Warnings- Slavery: Hollows, human bodies without their souls are forced into servitude and neglected (discussed throughout the episode) Starvation: The players spend most of the episode in a room where a Hollow that has starved to death (discussed throughout the episode) Mass Graves: Pip and Hecla go to bury the dead Hollow, and find that m…
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Ep. 35 - Clouded Judgement (feat. Asa Barksdale)
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Content Warnings: Slavery: Hollows, human bodies without their souls are forced into servitude and neglected (~53:16, to the remainder of the episode) Dehumanizing Violence: The Hollows are whipped when they reach for food before they work (53:28-53:46) Starvation: The Hollows are hungry and overworked, one has starved to death (~59:19-1:00:50) The…
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