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Come for the ale and stay for a tale! These are the tavern tales of the world of Ashabranon; a Tolkien-esque fantasy podcast in the Noble-Bright style of storytelling. Orrien Raal is The Storyteller, the resident bard at an inn called The Crown and Lion. He shares the legends and stories, folktales and histories of the rich and varied world of Ashabranon. It is an old world, peopled by Elves, Dwarves, Humans and others, both fair and foul. So pull up a chair, put up your feet, and settle in with a mug of the finest and wander with us for the next little while into the mists of story.

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Come for the ale and stay for a tale! These are the tavern tales of the world of Ashabranon; a Tolkien-esque fantasy podcast in the Noble-Bright style of storytelling. Orrien Raal is The Storyteller, the resident bard at an inn called The Crown and Lion. He shares the legends and stories, folktales and histories of the rich and varied world of Ashabranon. It is an old world, peopled by Elves, Dwarves, Humans and others, both fair and foul. So pull up a chair, put up your feet, and settle in with a mug of the finest and wander with us for the next little while into the mists of story.

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English


Episodes
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Bonus Episode: A Gift of Stars

2/2/2023
The Night Minstrel returns with this warm tale about the nature of gifts and the things we are given. Leeari Tarkin loves stargazing, but the work in his parent's bakery leaves him little time or opportunity to pursue his beloved passion. But on the night of Sixth Yule, the strange man who visits their shop daily invites him to a very special gathering at the nearby University. Leeari doesn't want to go; he doesn't like the strange man, and attending would mean giving up a rare opportunity...

Duration:01:08:12

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Bonus Episode: The Bog House

12/11/2022
It's late and The Crown and Lion is quiet in the wee hours. Join the Night Minstrel for this story about Raquel du'Winter and the bright, warm day when she follows her father, uncle, and younger brother to the mysterious, frightful Bog House of legend. Once in it's nightmare-like grip, Raquel discovers the nature of old wrongs and loss; and finds that it is never too late to defeat the monsters of the past.

Duration:00:58:21

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Season 1, Episode 6: I am that is Dragon

12/6/2022
Azzare the Destroyer, the black dragon that had long been thought a myth of the nomadic Riahi people, has brought down the flying ship Teepeevia Bryyn. The Headmistress Stophi Toki is severely injured and unconscious and it falls to Shokah Levinthian and Aurora Modiri and the other students from the Academy of the Yar'Heyn to save each other and themselves. In a fight for their lives against an unimaginably powerful creature, Aurora pushes herself to her limits to protect her fallen...

Duration:00:50:54

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Season 1, Episode 5: The Wreck of the Skyseeker's Breeze

7/14/2022
Stophi Toki, headmistress of the Academy of the Yar'heyn, has a group of young students with her as she travels from Branalath to Iyllpallel aboard the ship Skyseeker's Breeze. The flying ship is attacked by a monster, and she must try to save her students' lives . . .
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Season 1, Episode 4: The Falling Ship

5/16/2022
Ts'auh'choi, Sorlianne, and Agalla Tyell set out to meet Blaicy Greenwild at the southern-coast city of Branalath. As they traverse the hilly forest of Gohya'peth south of Ayreman, they are haunted by the horrifying vision of a burning ship, falling from the sky . . .
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Season 1, Episode 3b: The Angel of Dusk

4/10/2022
Out of the kettle and into the fire. Agalla Tyell and her cellmate Kite have escaped the K'teran prison at Hepet'dara with six young women in tow. They've fled into the bitter cold of a winter night, and the K'teri are hard in pursuit. Harried by soldiers and dogs, Agalla and the others are driven ever northward and ever higher into the mountains. Grievously injured, Agalla finds herself and the others cornered in an ancient shrine. Time is running out, but she finds help from an unexpected...
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Season 1, Episode 3a: The Silence and the Skeleton Key

3/1/2022
"And Sometimes, she is simply called Vengeance." No one bears a name like that without good reason. This is part one of the story of Agalla Tyell, a young woman orphaned by the murder of her parents at the hands of the genocidal K'terans. Not fitting their standard of human purity, Agalla is imprisoned and is suffering through a sentence of one hundred lashes with a cane, dealt out twenty-five at a time. After her second trip to the post, her cell mate--an old woman named Kite-- explains...
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Season 1, Episode 2: On Swords and Sacrifice

2/3/2022
Ts'auh'choi Malananx has returned home to the Elven city of Ayreman and his mate, Sorlianne Slyphwood. It has been a year since the forging of the legendary sword Chularda, and he must finally face what that means to him. Sorlianne is sympathetic, and with her help he begins the process of teaching Nightgaze how to be a sword. During this endeavor, however, an unexpected visitor appears . . .
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Season 1, Episode 1: The Sword is Forged

1/10/2022
This is the story of the forging of Chularda, the Sword who is More than a Sword. Ts'auh'choi Malananx, the High Elven wanderer has traveled with Nightgaze Morningmoon, his Spritten companion to the ancient Althome of Kondenal. They have compiled the ingredients needed to form a special and unique weapon, under the direction of the Angel of Mourning. They are joined by the Dwarven Gorgodol Quarrkittarr Doomstrider, the only smith who can work the fabled and rare metal Argenteal into a...

Duration:00:32:14

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Season 1 Trailer: Welcome to the Crown and Lion

1/3/2022
The Season 1 Trailer for Tales from the Crown and Lion.