The Vorthos Cast

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312 - Welcome Home, Seanan McGuire Sep 23, 2024

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It's time to welcome Seanan McGuire home to the podcast for another interview to discuss all things Duskmourn. We cover character choices, world building, and influences for this terrifying House. Come step into the parlor, take a seat, and enjoy listening to our conversation. Pay no attention to the way the chair won't let you go... Please go read the Magic story! You can find all episodes of Duskmourn for free at mtgstory.com! Reading the story explains the story. If you'd like to support the podcast and get access to our Discord server where we're talking all things Duskmourn and looking forward to the announcement of future sets, you can do so at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast! Every member at the $1 a month tier gets access to the Discord and early episode releases, and for $3 a month members can listen to us record the show live! Sometimes you get to see Seanan's cats!

311 - The Side Stories of Duskmourn Sep 16, 2024

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The twisting halls of Duskmourn contain many cautionary tales and grim nightmares, and today we're talking about these side stories that help flesh out the walls of the House. Children born into a world with no dawn or dusk, lost travelers who find no comfort in a moment of respite, elves who can only watch as their world is enclosed in eternal night, and even the miracle of kindness among the monsters that stalk the halls. Please go read Duskmourn's story and side story at https://magic.wizards.com/en/story! The side stories provide a lot of texture to the world and build on the history and themes present in the main story. If you want to support the podcast, you can do so at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where every patron level gets access to our Discord server and early episode releases! For $3 a month, you can listen to us record live! That's even earlier episodes, if you think about it!

310 - The Story of Duskmourn, part 3 Sep 09, 2024

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We conclude the main story of Duskmourn this week with our heroes coming face to facade with the elder demon of the house, Valgavoth. Do they all escape the House? And if they do escape, at what cost? Also, we discuss what it means for the narrative of Magic to have planeswalkers when there are paths between planes for non-planeswalkers to walk. As always, please click through and read the stories on the Magic Story page, https://magic.wizards.com/en/story ! You can do your part to help support the continuation of free Magic web fiction by simply reading the free Magic web fiction! If you want to support the podcast, you can do so at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where every patron level gets access to our Discord server and early episode releases! For $3 a month, you can listen to us record live! That's even earlier episodes, if you think about it!

309 - The Story of Duskmourn, part 2 Sep 02, 2024

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We slip once more through the halls of the House this week as our survivors face their greatest fears and terrible monsters. Not all of them do a very good job of surviving these episodes... Duskmourn story can be read for free on the Magic website at magic.wizards.com/en/story and you can find Mira Grant's DVD Extras on Seanan McGuire's blog at seananmcguire.com/blog/. If you like our show, consider subscribing to our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server, and $3 a month means you can listen to our show live as we record it! We also post early episode releases on the Patreon when we can, so it's never a bad time to join!

Magic Web Fiction's 10th Anniversary Aug 27, 2024

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On August 27th, 2014, the first official Magic Story web fiction was published: The Madness of Sarkhan by Jennifer Clarke Wilkes. This story was the first chapter in the Khans of Tarkir story, which would be the first time the main story for a Magic set was published entirely online and for anyone to read it. This year, to mark it's 10th anniversary, The Vorthos Cast has created a mini episode looking back on the history of Magic story, from its early years in the Armada comics to today's story of Duskmourn.

308 - The Story of Duskmourn, part 1 Aug 26, 2024

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It's time for our journey into the House to begin. The story for Duskmourn gave us a jumpscare with a release a full week earlier than anticipated, so we're going to start our coverage a full week early, too! But we haven't forgotten our promise of worldbuilding details, so every week we will also include a little bit of the Planeswalker Guide for you to keep you comfortable in the reassuring walls of the House. Duskmourn story can be read for free on the Magic website at https://magic.wizards.com/en/story and you can find Mira Grant's DVD Extras on Seanan McGuire's blog at https://seananmcguire.com/blog/. If you like our show, consider subscribing to our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server, and $3 a month means you can listen to our show live as we record it! We also post early episode releases on the Patreon when we can, so it's never a bad time to join!

307 - A Horror Movie Guide for Duskmourn Aug 19, 2024

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This week we've activated the special interests of Jay and Loreley to talk about horror movies, and specifically how Duskmourn is informed by the rich history of scares on the screen! We're breaking down the big subgenres, the movies you may want to be familiar with, and how they play into the world design of Duskmourn. If you like our show, consider subscribing to our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server, and $3 a month means you can listen to our show live as we record it! We also post early episode releases on the Patreon when we can, so it's never a bad time to join!

306 - The World of Bloomburrow Aug 12, 2024

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The world of Bloomburrow is vast, colorful, and furry. This week we're looking at the worldbuilding of this brand new plane, from the landscapes of the valley to the people who inhabit those lands and to the history they all share. If y'all like this kind of worldbuilding episode, let us know! We cover a lot of the basics of the plane in this episode, but you can learn more through the three Planeswalker guides and the five episode story by Valerie Valdes. Or you can just send us an email with your questions and we might address them on future episodes! If you like our show, consider subscribing to our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server, and $3 a month means you can listen to our show live as we record it! We also post early episode releases on the Patreon when we can, so it's never a bad time to join!

305 - The Flavor Gems of Bloomburrow! Aug 05, 2024

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It's time to dig into the many treats on offer from Bloomburrow! We're talking legends, baguettes, and fistfighting giant pandas on this installment of our flavor gems series! I promise it all makes sense if you listen! If you like our show, consider subscribing to our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server, and $3 a month means you can listen to our show live as we record it! We also post early episode releases on the Patreon when we can, so it's never a bad time to join!

304 - Author Interview: Valerie Valdes on Bloomburrow Jul 29, 2024

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We're welcoming back Valerie Valdes this week to talk about her work on writing the Bloomburrow set story! Valerie has been on the show before to talk about writing the story for Lost Caverns of Ixalan, and this week she's back to talk about the very different experience in writing Bloomburrow, including her influences for the story that combines epic quests with wholesome family dynamics. If you like Valerie as much as we do, you can keep abreast of her writings on http://valerievaldes.com/, check out recent release Where Pease is Lost, and look forward to her work in the upcoming anthology Beating Hearts and Battle Axes and her novel coming out next year, Mage You Look! If you like our show, consider subscribing to our Patreon at Patreon.com/TheVorthosCast, where $1 a month gets you access to our Discord server, and $3 a month means you can listen to our show live as we record it! We may begin posting early episode releases on the Patreon when we can, so it's never a bad time to join!

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