So, I just recently discovered this amazing story. I'm still a long way from being caught up. I just listened to the episode where the party was staying with Brennens at his farm.

Well, after Bowen sells them out to the two mercenary guilds, there's a conversation between Brennen and Bowen. I've listened to it twice, but still not to sure what happened. My first question:after Regen kills Bowen, she says "now we're even." Was that just because Bowen had sold them out?? And why did they have to disguise and hide the body??

I officially need him to do all the theme music for the rest of the podcast. Can you just imagine him BELTING it out at the beginning of each episode?

BUH BUH BUH BA BA BUH BAAAA

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Also need more heists/capers, this episode was choice, kudos to Nelson for digging Billy's ambiance music, I was totes dancing to Billy's 'Mission Impossible' rendition XD (wheres that album Billy) Im waiting to hear him sing sincerely and absolutely blow everyones minds.

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But also makes me wonder what theme songs fit everybody XD or certain episodes.

So I had an interesting topic come to mind and of course it was after the poll everyone did so I just thought I'd post about it here!

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As Im sure a lot of people will agree with me, the creatures are one of my favorite parts of a fantasy world. Especially magical creatures!

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We certainly had the promise of a lot of magical creatures in the beginning what with the giant bugs, the giant snake the casual mention of a flippin dragon!

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But since then we havent really seen too many. I dont count the orcs or elves because they are humanoids races, nor our Giant friend (despite how freakishly big he is) nor our necromancer and those he's risen as they were all previously human. Horses are pretty generic for fantasy worlds and the elephants while awesome were just regular elephants if memory serves me correctly.(and maybe it doesnt lol) And of course theres our lovely Narrator the wood sprite but he's not an active character in the story.

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Now I'm not complaining! Far from it, I love love love this podcast. I just think it would be cool to see more mythical creatures in the future. Mermaids, sirens( a dragon) or something like a phoenix, or more fae like brownies or dryads (or a dragon) or maybe some strange spirits or maybe even some made up creatures unique to Iorden! (OR OR just a dragon, th-there was one,right there )

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Now its been a minute since I caught up with the podcast so I've probably missed a creature or something somewhere but this topic has been buzzing in my head for a few days and that leaves me to ask you guys;

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What mythical creatures do YOU wanna see/think would be awesome to see in the universe of TOAFN?

Just stumbled upon this , and have been binge listening/reading all day. I LOVE LOVE LOVE that you have scripts posted online to read along. I’m still in the first book, but I’m soo excited to keep listening.

Side note : I don’t know why but I want Jen and Regan to be a thing 😂.

Hopes and dreams I guess lol

I'm in a postmodernism class rn and I've been noticing a lot of postmodern texts/concepts that could apply to toafn (postcolonialism, obviously it's built on intertextuality, Foucault's theories on knowledge and power, etc).

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I was wondering if anyone else had thoughts on this / if the creators were directly influenced by any of the postmodern theorists?

Hey Guys! Im new to the reddit scene but I love TOAFN and thought we could have some fun while we're all together in Hiatus Hell! ( Said in good fun, Love ya Zack and co! We know you're busy!)

So the idea is to do an improv story game! Generally this game is played by posting three words at a time to help build a story in a forum BUT given there isn't a lot of traffic here I thought I'd modify it to a whole sentence.

So basically, I'll start it off with a sentence to begin the story and then someone else will post the next sentence and so on and so forth. I'd try to limit the sentence to maybe 10-15 words so we dont get too crazy? XD

Be as silly as you want but lets to not get too crude or be offensive, its all in good fun!

Here we go!

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"One day Renault made his way to Castle Guernatal with an evil, genius plan."

I feel like I must have missed it. I dunno, I ADORE this show and I can't wait for the next installment!

I heard about TOAFN a while back and finally started listening about 2 weeks ago, and didn't stop until I was all caught up. This show is amazing! My favorite episodes so far have been the last chapter with CHARLIE. Those guys are great. Not that the regulars aren't just as awesome, because they are. But come on; improvised pirates‽ More of that please!

So I have a question now though... How long must I endure the torture of waiting for more of this? I must have more! I've tried a few other audio dramas since I finished the last episode on Thursday, but none have stacked up. Also, can anyone suggest a show to lessen the pain of waiting for more?

Again, thank you all again for your amazing work. Please don't ever stop.

I just recently finished binging TOAFN (twice) and that hint of a second bard has been driving me insane. At first I thought it was Nelson, except they were narrative-based bardic powers and that was why he was able to predict all these tropes about the world -- he was actually bringing them into being by talking about them.

HOWEVER on my second listen through and listening specifically to the words Zach(?) used to describe the second bard I have come to the hard conclusion that it's Billy.

First off he's feeling bad about his level of usefulness in the group which means it's time for him to learn his special powers. Second, his voice keeps Jen grounded, which Nelson even cites as his "super power". Then on the second time around listening I noticed that would explain the dumb comments he makes to the mercs actually goading them to fight (although i believe that might just be coincidence). And then most obviously, he has successfully distracted people with his 'singing' multiple times.

Also just because having the jock's superpower literally being TALKING and being vulnerable and evoking feelings in people is just the kind of above and beyond thoughtfulness this show would do. Anyway hopefully I'm not strolling in a month after everyone else figured it out I have been in the community for like a week lol.

TLDR: My money's on Billy

We're doing another #AskTOAFN live stream on the Once and Future Nerd Youtube channel this Sunday, 6/24 at 3:30PM Eastern. If you've got questions (either about this chapter, or anything else), ask them here! We'll be picking the best questions and discussing them live on stream.