The Silt Verses Chapter 42 (super-early release)

UPDATE (2.6.24): I mentioned a couple of days back that we'd split this ultra-long episode into two hour-long chapters, with one focusing on Faulkner, Carpenter, Hayward and Shrue, and Val (which we released a few days early), and the other focusing on Paige.

The two episodes take place pretty much simultaneously and have very little immediate bearing on each other, so they can be listened to in either order - but upon reflection, we decided that the story flows a little better with Paige's chapter appearing first.

In other words, we've swapped the order of the two episodes around, with this chapter now appearing first as Chapter 42 in your feed, and the chapter titles corrected in our posts.

Apologies for any confusion, and really hope you enjoy the listen!

Happy Friday, folks!

Our upcoming episode ended up being so big that we decided it made the most sense to split it into two separate entries.

As such, we're very happy to share this episode with you a couple of extra days early, and we'll be aiming to share another episode with you, which focuses on Paige and her followers, on Sunday / Monday as per the usual release schedule.

Really hope you enjoy the listen - and as always, thank you so much for your support.

Transcript: https://www.thesiltverses.com/transcript-season-3-chapter-12a

Episode description:

At the river's wellspring, a prophet discovers that he's come to loathe his station, his followers, his faith - and himself. In Glottage, three renegades plot to overthrow the government. Across the channel, a saint attempts to become a god.

Content warnings:

This episode contains suicidal ideation, multiple scenes of body horror, and murderous infants.

This episode features:

B. Narr, H.R. Owen, Alex Nursall, Rhys Lawton, Erika Sanderson, Méabh de Brún, Sarah Griffin, Jimmie Yamaguchi, Marta da Silva, and William A. Wellman.

Additional voices by Gabriel Robinson, David Ault, Lou Sutcliffe, AJ Fidalgo, Erika Sanderson, Kale Brown, Jesse Syratt, and Rae Lundberg.