Best Obsidian Stories Podcasts (2024)

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Our First Obsidian AI Stories 27:15

18d ago27:15

27:15

Obsidian’s first use of AI in storytelling is a series of AI images of communities long gone. The Series is called “The Other Side of The Rainbow” These images imagine situations and show positive possibilities. It is another way we amplify the Black Narrative. Our Founder, Angela Ford, talks about what we learned in the process.…

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Ep. #102: Inquisitor Lödwyn & The Steel Garrote 40:32

2h ago40:32

40:32

The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their upcoming action RPG: Avowed. This week's episode focuses on Inquisitor Lödwyn, and the paladin order she helps lead, the Steel Garotte. Most of the lore will be about the Paladin order, but we …

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Ep. #101: Speculation Episode! 1:00:07

3d ago1:00:07

1:00:07

DISCLAIMER: [read full disclaimer] This episode contains major spoilers for Pillars of Eternity I & II. The episode is split into two parts, the first are my theories which are SPOILER-FREE, but the second part (which are community-submitted theories) I do not hold back any spoiler-related ideas. There is a musical interlude segmenting these two pa…

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Ep. #100: Overview of the Avowed Deep Dive Video (ALSO HAPPY EPISODE 100 EVERYBODY :)) 1:03:09

10d ago1:03:09

1:03:09

The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their upcoming action RPG: Avowed. This week's ONE HUNDREDTH episode features a decently in-depth overview of the Avowed Deep Dive, as seen on Xbox's Official Youtube Channel. There's *a lot* to cove…

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Ep. #99: Avowed Story Trailer LORE!!! 47:47

17d ago47:47

47:47

The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their upcoming action RPG: Avowed. This week's episode we cover A LOT! (1) an overview of the all the news related to Avowed (up to the point of recording, that is); and (2) we dive into the Story Tr…

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Ep. #98: Esteemed Vailian Explorer, Fulvano 48:10

30d ago48:10

48:10

DISCLAIMER: I am a bit sick during the time of this recording, so I apologize if my voice sounds off. The crackling you hear is not my mic, it's my voice haha. The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their upcoming action RPG: Avowed.This …

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Ep. #97: The Grand Adventures (Pt. I) of Caed Nua 49:21

2M ago49:21

49:21

The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their upcoming action RPG: Avowed. This week's episode looks at a few off-screen adventures you send player companions on as part of your title of "Watcher of Caed Nua". In these adventures we see re…

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Ep. #96: "Six Degrees of Separation" 37:54

2M ago37:54

37:54

The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their upcoming action RPG: Avowed. This week's episode focuses on the story of several NPCs in the first Pillars of Eternity game, and narrows in on the connective tissue between their stories, backs…

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Ep. #95: Engwithan Ruins in the Dyrwood 33:46

2M ago33:46

33:46

The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their upcoming action RPG: Avowed. Warning: The second HALF of this episode contains major spoilers for Pillars of Eternity 1. This week's episode focuses on the ruined sites of Engwithan structures/…

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Ep. #94: Toamowhai (and other Seeker, Slayer, Survivor DLC Lore) 42:35

2M ago42:35

42:35

The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their upcoming action RPG: Avowed. This week's episode focuses on the "Seeker, Slayer Survivor" DLC for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire. The focus is going to be on the 'god' of Toamowhai, but it wi…

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Ep. #93: Naasitaq and Sagani 40:26

3M ago40:26

40:26

The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their upcoming action RPG: Avowed. In this week's episode I focus on one of the nations within the world of Eora setting. It's one we hear about a lot, but don't actually have a single substantial so…

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Ep. #92: The Great Reef 29:24

3M ago29:24

29:24

The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their upcoming action RPG: Avowed. This week's episode is about "the Great Reef", a naturally occurring structure of the Deadfire Archipelago which may hold deeper secrets than we know. This lore, as…

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Ep. #91: A War of Saints (not to be confused with "The Saints War") 47:31

3M ago47:31

47:31

The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their upcoming action RPG: Avowed. This week's episode we pit several religious figures from the world of Eora's histories against each other to ask "who would win a fight"... Maybe not a 'fight' as …

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Luster and The Proud Lady 26:27

3M ago26:27

26:27

Reginald Maynor, Director of the International Division of Luster Products talks about the importance of Black ownership in the Black haircare industry. He shares the important origin story of AHBAI, the American Health and Beauty Aids Institute formed in 1981, comprised of most of the Black-owned beauty businesses in America at that time.…

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Ep. #90: Sea Shanties of Deadfire 50:13

3M ago50:13

50:13

The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their upcoming action RPG: Avowed. NOTE: there's an important question near the end of the episode (in the 44min area) that I'd like some feedback on. This week's episode was very randomly decided up…

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Ep. #89: The Shieldbearers of St. Elcga 28:37

4M ago28:37

28:37

The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about the original fantasy world/setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their upcoming action RPG: Avowed. In this week's episode we focus on a particular Paladin order within this world (Paladins being individuals you'd classify as "martial zealots"), "The …

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Ep. #88: The Legendary Adventures from Caed Nua 52:16

4M ago52:16

52:16

The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about the original fantasy world/setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their upcoming action RPG: Avowed. Today's episode breaks down five off-screen adventures from the first Pillars game. These five adventures are of the "Legendary" tier in the game, and …

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Ep. #87: Skuldrs & Trolls 29:30

4M ago29:30

29:30

The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about the original fantasy world/setting as developed by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their upcoming action RPG: Avowed Today's episode touches on the last of the main creatures we see in the bestiary for Pillars of Eternity, both of these creatures have decent prece…

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Ep. #86: Animats, Flesh Constructs, and other Vessels 37:07

4M ago37:07

37:07

The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about the original fantasy world/setting developed by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their upcoming action RPG: Avowed. This week's episode discusses the remainder of the creatures in the "Vessel" category in the bestiary. Vessel creatures are basically things/people t…

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Ep. #85: Giatta Castell 36:05

4M ago36:05

36:05

The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about the fantasy world/setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their upcoming action RPG: Avowed. Today's episode we look at the other confirmed Avowed companion: Giatta Castell. In looking at her short bio in her Cosplay Guide (which you can find on Avowed'…

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Ep. #84: Kai, our beloved Coastal Aumaun Companion from Rauatai 37:12

5M ago37:12

37:12

The World of Eora is a lore podcast about the fantasy setting/world developed by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG Pillars of Eternity series, and their upcoming action RPG: Avowed. Today's episode we take a brief look at Kai, and look behind his single paragraph of lore (from the Kai cosplay guide) to understand who he is, where he comes from,…

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Ep. #83: Abilities Overview from Avowed Trailers 40:52

5M ago40:52

40:52

The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about the fantasy world/setting for Obsidian Entertainment's cRPG 'Pillars of Eternity' series, and their upcoming action RPG: Avowed. Today's episode focuses a little more on gameplay and a little less on lore - but don't worry, there'll still be some lore to go over. In this episode we will review over a d…

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Ep. #82: The Living Lands (Avowed's Setting) 42:33

5M ago42:33

42:33

The World of Eora is a lore podcast about the unique fantasy world created by Obsidian Entertainment for use in their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their upcoming action RPG: Avowed. Today's episode takes a dedicated look at the setting for Avowed: THE LIVING LANDS. Now, I did cover a lot of this lore in episode two, but that was...three ye…

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Ep. #81: A Deep(er) Dive into Avowed! 30:13

5M ago30:13

30:13

The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about the fantasy world/setting developed by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their upcoming action RPG: Avowed. In today's episode we discuss everything that we learned from the Xbox "Extended Developer Direct", hosted by the official Xbox Podcast, including a lot of ga…

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Ep. #80: Xbox Developer_Direct Breakdown for Avowed's Deep Dive 41:48

6M ago41:48

41:48

The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about the original fantasy world/setting developed by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG Pillars of Eternity series, and their upcoming action RPG: Avowed. Today's episode is an exciting one, I go through the entire Avowed Deep Dive pulling out all the contextual lore that both old listeners and new liste…

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Ep. #79: IMPS!!! 31:56

6M ago31:56

31:56

THE WORLD OF EORA IS A NEWS / LORE PODCAST ABOUT THE FANTASY WORLD / SETTING, EORA, AS SEEN IN OBSIDIAN ENTERTAINMENT'S CRPG SERIES, PILLARS OF ETERNITY, AND THEIR UPCOMING RPG: AVOWED WHY IS THE DESCRIPTION IN ALL CAPS? HOPEFULLY YOU ALREADY GET IT, BUT IF YOU DON'T TODAY'S EPISODE IS ABOUT IMPS, AND THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT. JOIN STINKYGI…

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Ep. #78: Dwarves in Avowed? (the Pargrunen) & a 2023 Gaming Reflective... 40:57

6M ago40:57

40:57

The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about the original fantasy setting/world created by Obsidian Entertainment, as seen in their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and the upcoming RPG: Avowed. Today's episode focuses on a specific society of Dwarf called the "Pargrunen". They are mentioned primarily in the White March DLCs for the first Pillar…

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Ep. #77: Wilders, pt. I - Lagufaeths, Ogres and Eotens 33:30

7M ago33:30

33:30

The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about the original fantasy world/setting as seen in Obsidian Entertainment's cRPG Pillars of Eternity series, and their upcoming RPG: Avowed. Today's episode discusses some "wilders", which are creatures who have sentience/intelligence (enough to even form their own cultures), but for one reason or another d…

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[BONUS]. Ep. #76.5: Spirits (the drinky kind, not the ghosties) 26:03

7M ago26:03

26:03

The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about the original fantasy setting/world used in Obsidian Entertainment's cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their upcoming aRPG: Avowed. Today's episode is just a bonus episode, no big ticket lore items to discuss, just an overview of some fantasy-made alcoholic beverages (and a few non-alcoholic) as see…

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Ep. #76: Spirits (as in ghosts, not beverages) 27:11

7M ago27:11

27:11

The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about the fantasy world/setting as seen in Obsidian Entertainment's cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their upcoming RPG: Avowed. Continuing on from last episode in the categories of 'Bestiary', today we are looking at Spirits, that is creatures which are incorporeal in nature. Typically you'd think of g…

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Ep. #75: Primordial Creatures in Eora 38:49

7M ago38:49

38:49

The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about the original fantasy setting/world for Obsidian Entertainment's Pillars of Eternity cRPG series, and their upcoming RPG: Avowed. Today we discuss a category of creature: The Primordiol, which focuses on oozes, delemgans, lurkers, and spores. We also speculate on what we might see in Avowed. worldofeora…

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Ep. #74: The Tribes of Eir Glanfath 43:45

8M ago43:45

43:45

The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about the original fantasy setting as seen in Obsidian Entertainment's Pillars of Eternity cRPG series, and their upcoming RPG: Avowed. Today marks a return to podcasting, for me, as I took a break recently to work on my mental health. As a result I will be returning to a bi-weekly (or is it bi-monthly?) sch…

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Podcast Update! 2:49

9M ago2:49

2:49

Just a quick update on myself and this podcast, there's going to be a (hopefully) brief interruption in the content, as I take some time off this month to recover from a sudden and alarming depressive bout. To be clear I am not leaving this show or abandoning it, I enjoy making the content and think it's beneficial for me overall; just at this curr…

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The Policy Kings of Chicago 30:22

9M ago30:22

30:22

Nathan Thompson is an expert on the economic engines of The Policy Kings that “ran the Numbers” or as we say today, held the local Lottery in Chicago. These men also served as the micro-lenders to the hundreds of small businesses owned by Black entrepreneurs in the community.By obsidian stories diaspora storytellers

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Ep. #73: [PART 2] D&D 5e Ruleset in Eora (setting) - Minimalist Transposition (Classes, Subclasses, Spells)) 53:16

9M ago53:16

53:16

The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about the fantasy world/setting for Obsidian Entertainment's cRPG Pillars of Eternity series, as well as their upcoming first-person RPG: Avowed. Today's episode is the second "half" of a two part series on "How to play D&D in Eora". I call it a 'brute force minimalist transposition'. How it works is that we…

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Ep. #72: D&D 5e Ruleset in Eora (setting) - Minimalist Transposition (Races, Subraces, Monsters) 38:35

10M ago38:35

38:35

The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about Eora, the world/setting of Obsidian Entertainment's cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their upcoming first-person RPG: Avowed.https://reddit.com/r/projecteternity/s/VGhNa67c6QToday's episode is a unique one, and less focused on lore (though it is necessarily discussed) but on how to play D&D 5e in …

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Through Eyes of Blackness 41:50

10M ago41:50

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In 1973, four African American photographers and friends created their own gallery presentation at the Southside Community Arts Center called Through Eyes of Blackness. What was unique about them is they were Black men who all worked for Chicago’s mainstream newspapers. Fifty years later, one of the photographers, Howard Simmons tells us about the …

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Ep. #71: Various Lore from the "Pillars of Eternity TabletopRPG" 33:26

10M ago33:26

33:26

IMPORTANT: At the end of the episode I recommend a YouTube channel to you, but because of "stupid brain", I misspelled their channel name. It's SENTEGRAPHS. Check them out for a 'Lorethrough' of Pillars of Eternity. It's excellent stuff.The World of Eora podcast is a news/lore program about the fantasy world/setting developed by Obsidian Entertainm…

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Ep. #70: Discussing "soft lore" of Fighters, Rogues and Barbarians in Eora 30:51

10M ago30:51

30:51

The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about the fantasy world/setting created by Obsidian Entertainment used in their cRPG Pillars of Eternity series, and their upcoming first-person RPG: Avowed. Today's episode I'm describing as "soft lore", which means that we are using lore from other areas (particularly areas of the soul, reincarnation, and …

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Ep. #69 [lol]: The Ranger Class 27:39

11M ago27:39

27:39

The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about the fantasy world/setting used in Obsidian Entertainment's cRPG Pillars of Eternity series, and their upcoming first-person RPG: Avowed. Today's episode looks at the unique lore for the 'Ranger' class. If you've played or consumed fantasy media at all, you're probably familiar with the ranger character…

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Ep. #68: Vithracks (humanoid spider psionic people) 20:05

11M ago20:05

20:05

The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about games and media placed in the fantasy setting/world developed by Obsidian Entertainment, particularly for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their upcoming first-person RPG: Avowed. Today's episode looks at one of the unique sentient creatures that exist in the world of Eora called "Vithracks"…

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Ep. #67: "Forgotten Hollow", an off-screen companion adventure (good for a TableTop game) 21:15

11M ago21:15

21:15

The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about the unique fantasy setting/world used in Obsidian Entertainment's cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their upcoming first-person RPG: Avowed. Today's episode looks at one of the off-screen companion adventures (beginning of the episode explains what that is) you encounter in the first Pillars of Ete…

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Ep. #66: Lichs, Void Seers, and the Story of Archmage Concelhaut 30:50

11M ago30:50

30:50

The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about the fantasy world/setting created for Obsidian Entertainment's Pillars of Eternity cRPG series, and their upcoming first-person RPG: Avowed. Today's episode is a follow-up from last week's episode on the Undead (such as Skeletons, Fampyrs and Revenants). This week focuses, instead, on Lichs - a very po…

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Ep. #65: The Undead, and their "lifespan" 25:49

12M ago25:49

25:49

The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about the fantasy world/setting created by Obsidian Entertainment and used in their Pillars of Eternity cRPG series, as well as their upcoming first-person RPG: Avowed. Today's episode features discussions on Undead enemies in fantasy, in particular the world of Eora. Skeletons don't just get up for no good …

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[BONUS] Ep. #64.5: A Court of Spirits (Minor Stronghold Adventure) 13:52

12M ago13:52

13:52

The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about the fantasy world/setting developed by Obsidian Entertainment for their Pillars of Eternity cRPG series, and for their upcoming first-person RPG: Avowed. Today's episode is a short episode; I'm out of town this week volunteering at a Youth Camp, so I recorded something short and sweet just to make sure…

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Ep. #64: Yezuha & Rekke 29:38

1y ago29:38

29:38

[SPOILER WARNING: The *second* half of today's episode contains major spoilers for BOTH Pillars games, but you can safely enjoy the first half before the break spoiler-free] The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about the fantasy setting/world developed by Obsidian Entertainment for their Pillars of Eternity cRPG series, and their upcoming first…

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Ep. #63: The Engwithan Society 34:29

1y ago34:29

34:29

[In the second portion of today's episode there are SPOILERS For BOTH Pillars of Eternity games] The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about the original fantasy world/setting developed by Obsidian Entertainment for their Pillars of Eternity series, and their upcoming first-person RPG: Avowed. Today's episode discusses the ever-important Engwith…

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Ep. #62: Speculations and Theories about Avowed!! 56:23

1y ago56:23

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The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about the fantasy world/setting used in Obsidian Entertainment's Pillars of Eternity series, and their upcoming first-person RPG: Avowed. Today's episode comes in the wake of all the news/videos revealed recently. I've requested and collected all sorts of speculations and theories regarding Avowed (gameplay,…

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Ep. #61: Gameplay Trailer, Game Director Interviews, and News Articles ... and LORE!!! 58:58

1y ago58:58

58:58

The World of Eora is a news/lore podcast about the fantasy world/setting for Obsidian Entertainment's Pillars of Eternity series, and their upcoming first-person RPG: Avowed. Today's episode is a special (and long) one. Recently we saw official gameplay of Avowed at the Xbox Games Showcase 2023, with an entire trailer to go over. As well there were…

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Avowedcast Episode #35: Reaction to 2nd Trailer 1:45:18

1y ago1:45:18

1:45:18

Rather than leave you guys without any content the host of Avowedcast, Tsora, sent me the audio from our latest recording with Remeran and Jesse discussing the initial reactions to the newest Avowed trailer. For those who haven't plugged into Avowedcast, this is their most recent full episode. For those who listen to both, sorry you only get this o…

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