[PUBLIC EPISODE] The Wizard, the Witch and the Wild One: ep048 "The Battle of Twelve Brooks: Part 2"
Added 2025-05-14 00:59:14 +0000 UTC
You are weightless and powerful. Whatever you were on the way to being, this can be done too. This world is a dream, yes. But whose? It's time to go home.
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Big Hams
Integrated Thermionic™
2025-06-11 00:20:39 +0000 UTCThe ball is rolling up!
Morgan Chester
2025-06-02 19:27:42 +0000 UTCThe show notes on Pocket Casts mentions a transcript but I can't find any from official sources?
Joshua Tewell
2025-05-27 23:53:46 +0000 UTCEursulon bashed the wall in and all I could heard was Lynyrd Skynyrd yelling "Freeee Bear!" >.< A.G.
Aussie Griffin
2025-05-25 14:03:05 +0000 UTCI was saving these episodes for a trip, so I don’t know if I should’ve seen this coming, but I found myself weeping next to a stranger on a flight during the moment Eursulon Kool-Aid Manned through the wall
Hannah Caringal
2025-05-23 19:45:27 +0000 UTCThat is a hell of a job, and peak service to democracy. I studied journalism and realised that I couldn't manage the uphill sh!tpush against the Murdocracy in Australia, but what you're doing is what I believe journalism is at it's best. Thank you so much for what you have given. Thank you for what you are giving.
Sil
2025-05-23 03:55:57 +0000 UTCI haven't had to pull over (yet, b/c I'm WFH on Wed mornings when episodes drop,) but I feel this in my fkn sinew. There's a reason my Paladin (Vengeance) is an ex- school teacher. The children are always ours, because they could be.
Sil
2025-05-23 03:47:26 +0000 UTCFirst Brennan talking in the last Fireside about not letting ourselves become too paralyzed to continue on our own path to the people counting on us at the end of it, and now this. As a parent, this one just broke me. Literally had to pull over while driving when Eursulon ripped the lock off the cage because it opened a floodgate in my heart I didn’t know I was holding back. In all the worlds, the children are always ours. 😭😭😭
Jane
2025-05-22 02:33:10 +0000 UTCThis is my favorite story ever oh my god 😭😭😭
Rahne
2025-05-20 21:00:40 +0000 UTCI want a “snakes in the river, hams in the future” t shirt lol
Connor
2025-05-20 15:28:22 +0000 UTCI was truly weeping in this episode. As a journalist covering the genocide in Gaza, all I could think about was those kids, starving and scared. It was so cathartic for Eursalon to just break through that wall to the children and for them to know that relief that all children deserve.
Sam Jabri-Pickett
2025-05-20 12:50:33 +0000 UTCYou and your friend will simply have to keep listening…
Worlds Beyond Number
2025-05-19 22:34:28 +0000 UTCHello Cracklle Crackle. Dearest friends of the campfire I need your help with a loving debate between myself and a dear friend who also listens to this lovely amazing podcast. Given that Ame broke the handle off the door, does that mean that the handles are broken??? Or is it simply the door that was damaged??? Please and thank you to anyone that will weigh in.
LaQuoya
2025-05-19 21:07:47 +0000 UTCFullll sobbing tears to this one. So many questions and compliments swimming in my brain. I’m in awe of the ending and how it was reminiscent of Wicked but didn’t feel like a copy at all and was absolutely incredible how it gave me all the feels with *no visuals!* So god dang impressive. Also was shocked at how Steel made it seem like everything Suvi did was part of the plan. I myself instantly felt awash with “wait was this all a dream” just like Suvi - I don’t blame her for feeling that pang of relief. But little does she know that Ame is literally chasing after her in the wide open! I need to know how Ame is planning on taking on the Epiphany. And, will Suvi join her? Or will Suvi take the opportunity to go back to her past life??
The Witch of Warp 9.9
2025-05-19 18:37:58 +0000 UTCHow soon until we get a "Will there be large hams if we win?" (or something like that) on a t-shirt?
Ben
2025-05-19 18:11:52 +0000 UTCI love the way the broom is described! “A broom does not serve for glory - it’s serves the world’s heart because every hearth needs a sweeping and every witch needs to fly”. That really touched me for some reason. Then the laughter!
Courtney Barnes
2025-05-19 18:09:07 +0000 UTCThis was my favorite part
Courtney Barnes
2025-05-19 17:59:29 +0000 UTCJust finished this episode and I could RUN THROUGH A WALL RIGHT NOW AHHHHHHH
Megs
2025-05-19 01:36:36 +0000 UTCHis sister stole it along with the coin from The Citadel. When placed on the floor of any structure built by mortal hands and spun it always points towards the quickest and most direct route to the exit.
505Dude
2025-05-18 21:27:52 +0000 UTC“This feels like lying to Indri” That line breaks my heart no matter how many times i hear it
Puppymaster
2025-05-18 16:57:20 +0000 UTCI hadn’t even thought of that. I just assumed they’d squash the story and hit her with a modify memory/geas combo again
Puppymaster
2025-05-18 15:44:24 +0000 UTCMaybe not the best decision to listen to this episode on the way too work. Had to collect myself before going in. Where is Task? Are they okay?
Casey
2025-05-18 14:16:30 +0000 UTCI feel like the letter to Sworn was something along the lines of “it’s rotten all the way down and I cannot be anything but a worm. Find a guiding star that doesn’t rely on the frailties of mortals”. To Silver, appealing to a humanity she hopes is there, to at least question his orders… but mostly to say that she’s sorry he couldn’t follow her where the truth has lead. But I hope we get to find out the truth!
HaliCait
2025-05-18 01:48:36 +0000 UTCTHE LAUGHS AT THE END. The SOUND DESIGN. This is my favorite story ever.
Aberdeen B
2025-05-17 23:17:18 +0000 UTCWould you be able to put all of the podcost into one playlist here on Patreon? This would include interludes and such but not out of world things like firesides. It would make it far easier to share and get people on board
Mason Joseph
2025-05-17 17:29:45 +0000 UTCRelistening to the beginning of this arc rn and wow imagine if suvi had used the dispelling agent on the way to abassin... 😣
Alex
2025-05-17 15:56:45 +0000 UTCRe listening to the first arc, and it's really wild to compare that Suvi to THIS Suvi
Grace Bee
2025-05-17 13:00:49 +0000 UTCSpeaking of Studio Gibli, is it just me or does anyone else hear Ponyo shouting "Ham!!!" in their head right now?
Erik Parsons
2025-05-17 05:38:19 +0000 UTCNo. 6 more I believe!
Romit Comet
2025-05-17 03:51:45 +0000 UTCSo I know that "Slow is smooth, smooth is fast" is a phrase outside of this podcast, but I just heard Brennan say it on the most recent episode of Parlor Room on Dropout to center himself before playing a game and it snapped me back to this episode. It's super charming to (I assume) see the influence of the game reaching out beyond the table for them.
Jacob Odom
2025-05-17 03:51:17 +0000 UTCWait, is this the end of arch 4?! I’m not ready!
kai schwartz
2025-05-17 01:42:54 +0000 UTCNot me holding in my tears on this walk when the children reached the cottage and bowed to Ame and Eursulon. Also god so many hype moments but I especially loved the breaking of the lock and Ame escaping on the broom
Ammar Khalid
2025-05-17 00:34:42 +0000 UTC“Eursulon physically runs through the wall with everything in his spirit.” 🥹
TisWhatSheSaid
2025-05-17 00:15:32 +0000 UTCI have relistened to this episode and the last like 3-4 times and I cannot get ENOUGH
Alec Simkiss
2025-05-17 00:07:00 +0000 UTCOMG I nearly lept out of my skin at that roar! Big bear is Pissed!!!
Daveyzones
2025-05-16 23:43:08 +0000 UTCTHE CALLBACKS !!!!! TToTT (i chose the Best time to relisten to the full story omg)
Ruvi
2025-05-16 22:31:06 +0000 UTCWhere and when did Eursulon get hs knife and what does it specifically do?
Leo Kellock
2025-05-16 20:31:56 +0000 UTCBear the Strongest Man in Silbury, Eursulon of the Golden Pauldron, A Great Spirit of Freedom, Protector of the Wizard Sky, Guardian of the Witch of the Worlds Heart The Billy GOAT
gramps
2025-05-16 20:13:57 +0000 UTCHilton Farm is evil, I do think she is in a system that she has no control over and must play a role in
Stephen Eggleston
2025-05-16 18:34:36 +0000 UTCWe'll all need to stretch and do a warm-up before we hear those mental gymnastics
Madeline Salter
2025-05-16 15:41:24 +0000 UTCLook, Is mom evil now? Because if mom is evil now stop the ride I want to get off!
Rachel Bakke
2025-05-16 15:30:26 +0000 UTCIs it possible that twelve brooks episode took place at a really different time than the present day in the main story? Or is it confirmed same time period do you know?
Madeline Salter
2025-05-16 15:19:24 +0000 UTCTaylor, Jared, my guy(s). The nods to all the past moments in the campaign with the selection of motifs here (soaring horns when Eursulon breaks the cage doors, the witch broom flight like Ame's first one, and Suvi- the piano for Suvi that reflected *just a little bit* of the prologue scoring) is one of the many reasons that makes me float through the air like a cartoon character towards a lovely fresh baked pie every time one of these episodes drop. Truly incredible. Not to mention the clever coin flashback, and the PHYSICAL feeling of Eursulon's roar and bursting through the walls. Artists, the both of you!
The Wizard Seek
2025-05-16 14:22:46 +0000 UTCMy partner and I screamed in rejoice at the absolute ROAR from Eursulon! It's hard to even say it was from *Lou* because the man becomes subsumed by his characters. Absolutely stellar, invigorating, incredible episode. I will be back in another comment to wax poetic about Suvi but DAMN.
The Wizard Seek
2025-05-16 14:19:55 +0000 UTCHow many titles does Eursulon have now? Bear, The strongest man in silbury, and now someone has called him a Great Spirit of Freedom, and I don't even think they knew that they were giving him power by doing it. I'm so excited to see this come to fruition.
Gotholi
2025-05-16 08:58:17 +0000 UTC5 minutes in and I have to /take a minute/
Ashleigh Hanlon
2025-05-16 08:23:37 +0000 UTCAme and Eursulon have both leveled up in real time. I cannot WAIT for Brennan to say "Suvi levels up to 5" in an episode, because I believe with all my heart that he will do that in a moment where Suvi can IMMEDIATELY casts Fireball.
The Wizard Seeker
2025-05-16 04:16:37 +0000 UTCSame, literal goosebumps 😮💨😮💨
Casey Furtado
2025-05-16 00:45:07 +0000 UTCI just finished this episode. Am I crying? Yes 🥲❣️ This episode was sooo full of heart 😭
Casey Furtado
2025-05-16 00:43:50 +0000 UTCAme going full defying gravity wasn’t what I expected but I’m SO on board. Holy shit what a killer episode
Meagan
2025-05-16 00:34:29 +0000 UTCThis fucking rules.
Shane Pech
2025-05-15 22:36:16 +0000 UTCOne of the best episodes of audio i’ve ever had the pleasure of listening to. I can’t help but think about how important this story is to the fucked up shit happening everywhere. You CAN make a difference if you choose to do the right thing, and you have a much better chance if you do it cleverly.
Sam Collie
2025-05-15 21:20:44 +0000 UTCthe being in different movies accusation has never hit harder than during the broom flight
Sam Collie
2025-05-15 21:18:01 +0000 UTCLETS GOOOOO AME
Abhacado
2025-05-15 21:03:28 +0000 UTCBeen sipping and savoring this one. Just got to *that* scene, had to pull over into a parking lot (crying too hard to drive). WBN crew, you liberatory spirits, you've made something for the ages here.
GC
2025-05-15 20:59:53 +0000 UTCThe cutting before the musical resolution of the opening music made me go, "You git!" out loud
Hannah Flynn
2025-05-15 19:46:52 +0000 UTCAMEN
Hannah Flynn
2025-05-15 19:45:56 +0000 UTCAnd now I'm done, actually cackling. Well played all, this finale is everything
Hannah Flynn
2025-05-15 19:20:17 +0000 UTCTHERE I GO CRYING AGAIN. I so dearly appreciate the feelings this pod makes me feel and it is such a delightful escape
Stephen Panella
2025-05-15 19:10:53 +0000 UTCOooo I like it! Like there are spirits who choose witches and give them some of themselves
Witch of the Remembering Bog
2025-05-15 18:42:01 +0000 UTCKinda seems like Steel used Silver and Sworn to get Suvi because she knew Suvi might hesitate to kill them…
Witch of the Remembering Bog
2025-05-15 18:41:20 +0000 UTCSitting in a park openly weeping
Hannah Flynn
2025-05-15 18:41:05 +0000 UTCEvery episode increases my desperate need for the WBN soundtrack.
Brian Pascal
2025-05-15 18:23:49 +0000 UTCEursulon's yell when he went through the wall gave me chills. Holy shit
MFingWhiterunGuard
2025-05-15 18:18:50 +0000 UTCQuestion: was Suvi’s old crew there in the castle to trap her because of what she said to Silver?
Antonia Canosa
2025-05-15 17:21:10 +0000 UTCRe: the anthropomorphic fox spirit from Ame's vision - do you think she's a "real" spirit or just a psychopomp? A reflection or representation of Ame's soul, or a part of her ancestry that is why she has the capacity to be a witch?
Jill Helding
2025-05-15 16:12:07 +0000 UTCWhat are people's theories about the contents of the letters to Sworn and Silver?
Jill Helding
2025-05-15 16:08:44 +0000 UTCLed Zep’s Kashmir is the song in my head as Ame grabs the broom, takes flight, and cackles into the night
DomPie
2025-05-15 16:05:47 +0000 UTCAME IS MY HEROOOOO
Joe McMahon
2025-05-15 15:55:03 +0000 UTCwhat if steel’s plan was to frame the guards for caging the children so suvi could be credited with freeing them into the citadel’s “care”
kragonaught
2025-05-15 15:31:12 +0000 UTCTook me a couple days to be ready and I'm so glad I did! That final insight check from Ame was so game changing!!! Ahhhhh! I love this series so much. The dice were telling a STORY! AND THAT ENDING!!! 🤯🤯🤯🤯
Katie Spina
2025-05-15 15:11:05 +0000 UTCJ’APPROVE!
Worlds Beyond Number
2025-05-15 14:51:47 +0000 UTCthe music box intel. no one else knows about it, so it's not even a lie but stretching it as cover for Suvi's AWOL
The Spirit of Vicious Inspiration
2025-05-15 14:38:31 +0000 UTCTo the entire team at WBN - thank you. This incredible story of little people standing up to do what they can for the betterment of the world in the face of empire has not only fundamentally changed my heart (and how I think about story), but it's giving me hope, courage and a model for what my own conduct should be in these dark, frightening times. Y'all are a gift to the world and I am so grateful to exist in the same moment in time as all of you and this amazing adventure.
Jill Helding
2025-05-15 14:23:17 +0000 UTC*Defying Gravity starts playing slowly*
Amphiby
2025-05-15 14:14:57 +0000 UTCIf I don't share it here, I won't share it anywhere else... I can only see Ame interacting physically with this broom like you would with a skateboard. Nose grabs, leaning the flattest part against her back and resting herself against it, the occasional kick flip... you know, the usual #chaotic
Sil
2025-05-15 14:12:45 +0000 UTCAlright, I'm having a dummy moment here - what "plan" was Steel trying to sell Suvi as having pulled off in front of the rest of the crew? Or do you think we'll get more of an explanation about the specifics of that lie in future episodes? And do we think Sworn and Silver will buy it or know that Steel is covering for her daughter and just not be in a position to say anything about it, because hierarchy?
Jill Helding
2025-05-15 14:12:30 +0000 UTCI was so worried about this! What if both the ink demons were destroyed just after Suvi gave them their freedom? Especially since one had clearly already broken his bottle, I could absolutely see Sworn just going "nope, fuck that, dead". I'm going to CRY if it's only Vandal left.
Jill Helding
2025-05-15 14:05:32 +0000 UTCI get Sandman in sleigh side-car (Rise of the Guardians) with flying goggles and 8 hands in the air vibes 😅
Sil
2025-05-15 13:59:52 +0000 UTCDitto, Eursulon‘s moments often bring me to tears. So much has chaged since we started this story
Witch of Woe and Tragedy
2025-05-15 10:10:21 +0000 UTCThis story is the best thing ever. It is so intimate like I'm sitting on the floor by the fire listening. It makes me a grown blue collar man weep. I cannot stress how important this story is to me Yet again Thank you
Adam D.
2025-05-15 09:04:38 +0000 UTCThis was so good
Samantha Shepherd
2025-05-15 07:50:44 +0000 UTCWhat a FINALE!! FUCK I can't be crying on the train to work
Leo Burn'd
2025-05-15 06:58:55 +0000 UTCHawthorns are highly magical in Celtic and European folklore and mythology 🌳
Wondering wonder
2025-05-15 05:56:04 +0000 UTCin complete awe of this episode !!!
shayyyyyyyyyyyyyy
2025-05-15 05:31:36 +0000 UTCYALL!!!!!! 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 I don’t even have words.
Amelia
2025-05-15 05:05:31 +0000 UTCI want to know if they've taken much from Pathfinder Shifters
Sil
2025-05-15 04:50:26 +0000 UTCI haven't checked, but Broom of Flying is an item that can be crafted/ spell slot sacrificed
Sil
2025-05-15 04:48:36 +0000 UTCIs anyone else thinking that Nif should become the Witch of Toma #2 so Ame can keep doing some EPIC WORLD’S HEART SHIT?? Holy hell please tell me Task is also flying on that broomstick WHEWWW
Naseem Jamnia
2025-05-15 04:16:38 +0000 UTCHow does Ame consistently end up in Kiki’s delivery service? There’s a war going on
Emilie Han
2025-05-15 03:55:08 +0000 UTCI feel silly for not knowing this, but how is Ame able to fly with the broom? Did I miss that as part of her class? Is it flavor especially for witches in WBN?
Crickadeekat
2025-05-15 03:54:12 +0000 UTCThe end of this episode really makes you feel like there's hams in your future
Witpending
2025-05-15 03:51:16 +0000 UTCWelp, time to pack it up boys. We got 'em.
Witpending
2025-05-15 03:47:03 +0000 UTCI love what Aabria has done with Suvi because she doesn't always make the narratively safe choice, so moments like these really do feel like a question mark. Will Suvi climb the rope? I really didn't know.
Witpending
2025-05-15 03:43:01 +0000 UTCI love that Brennan didn't ask him to roll to break the wall or break the lock.
CJ
2025-05-15 03:41:57 +0000 UTC🙂↕️
Aabria Iyengar
2025-05-15 03:41:49 +0000 UTCIf I had a nickel for every time I cried because a witch jumped out a window on a broomstick, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird it happened twice
Witpending
2025-05-15 03:37:24 +0000 UTCOK, I *have* to know. Was Buckles among the Grenaux children that were rescued? Is he the one that spoke in Imperial?
Everett Whitaker
2025-05-15 03:30:49 +0000 UTCIS ANYONE TALKING ABOUT THE WITCH OF THE HAWTHORN BROOM AND SIR CURRAN OF THE HAWTHORN CONNECTION OR AM I JUST BITING THE AIR
Rygulas
2025-05-15 03:18:44 +0000 UTCHaunted, charmed, obsessed with the moment where Ame's eyes flash gold and inhuman!! Erika, yr deep knowledge of folklore is so, so evident and it really shone in that little moment. (I love how witchpilled this show is)
Kit
2025-05-15 03:16:14 +0000 UTCTELLLL THEM HOW AMEEEEEEEE IIIS DEFYYYYIIIINGG GRAAAAVITYYYYYY
Max Moran
2025-05-15 02:04:04 +0000 UTCOH MY GOD ERIKA GOT HER DEFYING GRAVITY MOMENT LIKE THEY LITERALLY DID DEFYING GRAVITY HOLY SHIT
Max Moran
2025-05-15 02:01:10 +0000 UTCI listened to this at the gym. Aabria's monologue at the beginning was hilariously undercut by none other than The Thong Song 🎵 Which I suspect she may be okay with. 🤣 Great episode, excellent show. 100% hit rate.
Simon Mills
2025-05-15 01:51:52 +0000 UTCThe grand tradition of Grandma Ren's Cottage for Traumatized War Orphans continues...
Max Moran
2025-05-15 01:47:12 +0000 UTCShe knew. She’s too high up in the ranks and preparing the trap for the great bullfrog was too big an operation for her to not have known. She knew.
Liv Tealeaf
2025-05-15 01:44:43 +0000 UTCOmg yes
Liv Tealeaf
2025-05-15 01:26:56 +0000 UTCThey have confirmed that there are 6 more episodes
Kate Fisher
2025-05-15 01:19:25 +0000 UTC“So-OH cute”
Wizard Shebang
2025-05-15 01:05:45 +0000 UTCI bet that wizard thought he was being CUTE turning into a heron
The Wizard Snoop
2025-05-15 00:20:20 +0000 UTCI honestly thought we were getting the finale today. But they can’t end it there!… can they?
Alex
2025-05-15 00:19:53 +0000 UTCWITCH YES! The scream i scrumpt in my car, I have goosebumps in places I didn't know I COULD get goosebumps in oh my gods. YALLLL
Tessie Lou
2025-05-15 00:06:35 +0000 UTCYes pleeeease
Madeline Salter
2025-05-15 00:01:03 +0000 UTCI fucking love witches
Madeline Salter
2025-05-14 23:58:53 +0000 UTCI just got to about 19:00 in and why do I have a dreadful feeling about the implications of the Wizard Silence's name cloak????!!!!!
Sydney Nylia
2025-05-14 23:34:27 +0000 UTCTaylor.....ending the intro music on the last step.....with canon fire?.....into Suvis thought into.....was wild.... The ending was wilder. I want to know if Brennan has had to say "fuck" that many times, (even home game), because of one persons' roll. And was it Beardsly or Erika
Justin Smith (Barbarossa Builds, LLC)
2025-05-14 23:21:22 +0000 UTCDoes Eioghrain have a special class build?
Matt
2025-05-14 23:07:52 +0000 UTCWe stan our bisectual king 🐻
dain saint
2025-05-14 22:59:03 +0000 UTCGOOSEBUMPS THE WHOLE TIME!!
Ryan
2025-05-14 22:40:50 +0000 UTCThis is the second "Fuck! Fuck fuck fuck. Buckle up," we've gotten. The first was Suvi's insight check on Eioghorain when he told her the League of Whispers was part of the Citadel. The thing that made her vomit.
Carrie Mook Bridgman
2025-05-14 22:40:43 +0000 UTCThe Citadel did a memory spell, but I don't think they can read her thoughts. I was a little surprised at her nod to "Are your friends in the castle?" But Steel would be highly suspicious if she said no.
Carrie Mook Bridgman
2025-05-14 22:31:56 +0000 UTCAt the beginning of the ep, what got me was the background explosions and screams underneath the quiet conversations. Constant death and destruction. I was so fucking suspicious of that heron, especially because at the beginning of going into 12 brooks, neither Ame or Eursulon felt any presence of spirit. And did I hear right that Sworn never got his letter? I wonder if he just straight up murked Cyril before he could give it to him, or it was intercepted, or Sworn's memory was messed with?? Next episode: Tokyo Drift: Umora: broom vs. Epiphany
Emily C
2025-05-14 22:31:15 +0000 UTCYeah, it's the flight theme Taylor made for Ame's first broom ride with Wren in the flashback episode and used again for the flight on the roc. This is the third time I've heard it, and my heart lifts with the music every time.
Carrie Mook Bridgman
2025-05-14 22:27:07 +0000 UTCI just finished it and I am skipping aikido--my physical and mental health very important fun thing-- to read *all* the comments because I cannot just put it down.
Carrie Mook Bridgman
2025-05-14 22:23:33 +0000 UTCAMES WITCH CACKLE ENDING THE EPISODE !!!!!!!! TAYLOR MOORE THE EDITOR THAT YOU AREEE ERIKA ISHII THE WITCH THAT YOU AREEEEEEE
lu
2025-05-14 22:19:07 +0000 UTC"I put my hands behind my back and look meaningfully at Suvi" made me laugh.
Carrie Mook Bridgman
2025-05-14 22:15:10 +0000 UTCHumble merch request for a “Keep Calm and Carry On” style mug that reads “SNAKES IN THE RIVER, HAMS IN THE FUTURE, LET’S GET GOIN’” 🐍 🍖 💪
Wizard Shebang
2025-05-14 22:14:39 +0000 UTCThis episode got me cryin at work
Izzi
2025-05-14 22:09:44 +0000 UTCThese episodes keep getting better every week. Suvi's arc and ending up on the Epiphany, Ame is a bad as Witch of the World's Heart with great intuition and Ursalon ripping the lock off the spell wrought steel with his hands...all great stuff.
Kaikul
2025-05-14 21:59:06 +0000 UTCHoly shit y’all, absolutely wild ep *chef’s kiss*
Nicknack
2025-05-14 21:51:54 +0000 UTCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Matt
2025-05-14 21:50:10 +0000 UTC✨worth the wait✨
Dsea
2025-05-14 21:40:35 +0000 UTCLesson learned, no more listening to these in houses with clients in them because I was fully crying at work. Loved it. I kook forward to the onslaught of Defying Gravity yodels in the Fireside Chat 🧹
Denise
2025-05-14 21:39:09 +0000 UTCTHAT. WAS. GLORIOUS.
SpiderGrace
2025-05-14 21:28:49 +0000 UTCWhat did Brennan see on that Nat 20 insight? 👁️ His reaction was WILD. I don't think I remember him reacting like that before on this program. 👁️ WHAT DID HE SEE 👁️
Manifesting Good Posture
2025-05-14 21:13:39 +0000 UTCA, Buckle the Fuck Up, will never get old for me.
Michelle Spurgeon
2025-05-14 21:05:50 +0000 UTCThe COIN FLIP The Kool-Aid man bursting through the wall Ame defying gravity and leveling up! I’m SOBBING
witch of wild novels
2025-05-14 21:02:52 +0000 UTCTell us Buckles is there!
witch of wild novels
2025-05-14 21:01:02 +0000 UTCI’m curious about Steel too. She has to either cover up Suvi’s actions or come down like a ton of bricks in order for no scrutiny to come her way. Not that she’s a shifty character, but in times of war I doubt she would accept instability. There was that line of narration BLeeM said about smiling like Suvi is sick but will get better.
Jason Land
2025-05-14 20:50:40 +0000 UTCThat survey for animated moments came too early. I NEED to see the Sword of the Spirit of Freedom coming out of invisibility and smiting an insane soldier to cross my eyeballs someday. Because it's awesome already in my head.
Andrew Lawton
2025-05-14 20:43:16 +0000 UTCWas just playfully singing along and then all the sudden I’m looking in my rear view mirror cause I thought I ran something over
Zachary Adams
2025-05-14 20:39:17 +0000 UTCAhhh this episode was so damn good-definitely up there in my all time favorites! I’m obsessed with that ending; hearing Ame go full witch mode instantly rocketed me back to listening to Terry Pratchets “Wee Free Men” on tape in my mother’s little black Toyota Corolla. Similiarily, I’m not sure how much of a deep cut this is but Suvis scenes with Steel and Sworn made me suddenly realize how much Suvi reminds me of Alanna from Tamara Pierces YA/kids fantasy series of the same name. I know it’s a bit silly to have gone this long w/o understanding what abt Suvi felt so familiar and like, particularly important, to me, given how genuinely formative that series was to little me—but I suppose memory is fickle like that. I also wanna give a huge shout out to Ame and Suvis friendship-I’ve been an avid fan of the “magic of friendship” type stories since my days of living vicariously through them and my development of my own deeply magical and important friendships over the years has only served to strengthen that love and seed within me a staunch belief that such narratives absolutely have a place in tales beyond just those about and for children. Annnnnnway, truly fantastic episode y’all 💕
Zoop
2025-05-14 20:38:47 +0000 UTCAlright Taylor Moore you are responsible for my hospital bill for giving me a heart attack on that jump-scare with the opening tune
Zachary Adams
2025-05-14 20:37:55 +0000 UTCHalf expected Ame to start singing difying gravity. Such a beautiful moment.
Cael Robinson
2025-05-14 20:29:55 +0000 UTCAHHHHH I GOT GOT
Ro Lara
2025-05-14 20:22:07 +0000 UTCNot done the ep yet but the heron feeling a "great spirit of freedom approaching"!!!!!!! Aaaaggggggggghhhhhh
Ro Lara
2025-05-14 20:13:16 +0000 UTCBrennan yelling fuck was *chefs kiss*
RT
2025-05-14 20:02:31 +0000 UTCAh this was the exhale after the held breath.
Jazz
2025-05-14 19:55:47 +0000 UTCI straight up SCREAMED at Taylor. SCREAMED. That you heard about a coin flashback was literally perfect.
RT
2025-05-14 19:54:08 +0000 UTCWhat an ep! I laughed I cried and I am living for that cackle at the end!!
Cleo Bear
2025-05-14 19:48:05 +0000 UTCTaylor Scoore coming up BIG this episode!! Always a wonderful job by the team for creating such an amazing show!! Thank you all for what you do!
Christian Fry
2025-05-14 19:46:07 +0000 UTCLiterally fell to my actual knees and scream sobbed when Sky decided to climb the rope. Aabria once again ruining and affirming my life all at once.
Sarah Elizabeth
2025-05-14 19:36:54 +0000 UTCMaybe I’m being naive, but I’m still wondering if Steel is playing the long game here? Like, yes, it looks very bad that she sent that wizard after Ame and Eursulon, but her reaction to seeing Suvi and cheering her on as the person who made the battle a success was so not what I was expecting from that interaction. That woman has to be playing the most insane game of 4D chess of all time, right??? Right??? 😬 Everyone is (rightly) freaking out about Ame getting her Elphaba moment, but man, the Insight check on the “heron spirit” was SO GOOD. I was so relieved they had help that I didn’t even think to question it at first. Good on Erika for checking!!! (And what an incredibly lucky roll on the sleep spell HP!) Got a little choked up when the little kids started swarming Eursulon. Níf’s definitely got her work cut out for her!!!
Liz
2025-05-14 19:35:59 +0000 UTCIs Buckles at Ame’s cottage!?
Michelle Thye
2025-05-14 19:30:06 +0000 UTCMany amazing moments this episode. My favorites have to be Eursalon breaks the cage and of course Ame snatching the broom and flying out like a truly boss witch! I had Defying Gravity in my head in that moment haha.
Wordsmithwizard
2025-05-14 19:23:17 +0000 UTCI started singing Hal-an-tow!
Bee.Beans
2025-05-14 19:20:55 +0000 UTCTo echo the most recent Fireside, Ame has had her witch's station for TWO WEEKS. Do. Not. Fuck. With. Witches.
Dominic Corbin
2025-05-14 19:20:32 +0000 UTCA lot of trickery this episode! Did anyone else freak when Ame sent the fox away and he started speaking with Eursalon? I was really worried he might not be himself until Brennan brought up Port Talon. I wonder how it feels to be a player, constantly worried if who you're speaking with is really them.
Bee.Beans
2025-05-14 19:12:16 +0000 UTCLou's voiceover when Eursalon charges through the wall is gut wrenching, and Brennan reminding us that Eursalon truly is a spirit of freedom. tears everytime i hear it. amazing, truly amazing.
Chris
2025-05-14 19:09:08 +0000 UTCI love that Eursulon trusted immediately and Ame was the one to insight check and save the day with the Sleep spell. Ame gets a lot of flak for her world's heart-y-ness, but she's not the only one with blind spots.
bluebluebutton
2025-05-14 19:04:57 +0000 UTCEighty!
bluebluebutton
2025-05-14 19:01:32 +0000 UTCCongrats — your elaborate plot to make me cry AT THE GYM has been an overwhelming success!
Ted Meredith
2025-05-14 18:49:09 +0000 UTCOr stays Wizard but becomes an Antivolist
David Whitty
2025-05-14 18:41:34 +0000 UTCI like the chaotic nature of being Ame's apprentice - YOU HAVE FORTY CHILDREN NOW (edit: eighty actually, big oof)
Conor Steinke
2025-05-14 18:32:50 +0000 UTCPretty much my plan too
Care Bear
2025-05-14 18:31:23 +0000 UTCOh man, do I need to make fan art of Ame leaping out of a castle window??? Maybe!
Krissi Carson
2025-05-14 18:27:45 +0000 UTCThere is some real potential for a storyline where Suvi multiclasses into witch
Care Bear
2025-05-14 18:23:01 +0000 UTCWelp. I cried. You did it
Ben Fogle
2025-05-14 18:22:59 +0000 UTCsimple payoffs, simple satisfaction, simple joy. in a story with delightfully more twists and shocks than most, sometimes all you need to do is throw a fastball, and goddammit if this ain’t a strike. i’ve said a thousand times and i’ll say it a thousand more, this is the greatest story ever told and storytelling magic is yours
caleb
2025-05-14 18:11:56 +0000 UTC🥹🥹🥹
Louie
2025-05-14 18:00:38 +0000 UTCI'm gonna throw up, christ guys 10/10
Smitsel
2025-05-14 17:53:24 +0000 UTCMy god my god. I cry during almost every episode at some point, but i was crying this whole ep. Spirit of freedom 😭😭😭😭😭
Eli Zavatsky
2025-05-14 17:48:54 +0000 UTCWoof. It ended toooo soooon!!! SO GOOD <3
Justin Leaming
2025-05-14 17:27:49 +0000 UTCSuvi needs something in the W column real soon. I can't be here in my office crying every episode.
Brittney Gregory
2025-05-14 17:27:08 +0000 UTCOmfg best episode ever
Jessica Culligan
2025-05-14 17:26:49 +0000 UTCAnyone else have a pit in their stomach today, thinking of Suvi, how her world has been turned upside down. Wanting comfort from the woman she knows as mom. The citadel can read her thoughts, she can’t hide from anything. Though I believe with Ame being the Witch of the World Heart her power must override any mechanical trickery the citadel creates. ❤️❤️🔥🦊🤗
The Wizard Sparrow
2025-05-14 17:17:26 +0000 UTCRight? Haha David’s comment above is on point. Sometimes good DMing is opting to empower your heroes. The dice had already shaped the lead up to those moments.
Aviva
2025-05-14 17:11:16 +0000 UTCThis was better than Defying Gravity!
Anita Brown
2025-05-14 17:08:23 +0000 UTCAnd may your rivers be free of snakes. Or full, as you wish.
Aviva
2025-05-14 16:58:55 +0000 UTCThe scoring was SO magical
Nandi Kayyy
2025-05-14 16:57:13 +0000 UTCHamsters? 🐹 👀
Aviva
2025-05-14 16:56:36 +0000 UTC"Are you not a true witch? Is magic not yours?" Holy shit!!! I was doubled over and sweating then I was squealing and cackling with delight ✨✨ yal are magical.
Nandi Kayyy
2025-05-14 16:56:32 +0000 UTCThe cackle at the end!!!!
Louis Magallanes Jr.
2025-05-14 16:55:18 +0000 UTCI think Task just acted on their own! It wasn't said until they showed up with Ame and Eursalon. And it wasn't said where they went after, although I think we can assume they hopped onto Ame at some point.
Dolphin
2025-05-14 16:50:56 +0000 UTCMan. I watched Grave of the Fireflies last week. Started crying right after he says the date—literally seconds into the movie. The waterworks carried on all the way past the end. When they say Studio Ghibli is a major inspiration for the campaign, they really, really mean it.
Aviva
2025-05-14 16:50:10 +0000 UTCIs that heron spirit named Kehaar?? As in the foul-mouthed gull??
James
2025-05-14 16:44:48 +0000 UTCThat white hot sense of purpose, baybeeeeeeeee! 🤍
Aviva
2025-05-14 16:43:42 +0000 UTCI too go crazy thinking of a future life with some big hams
Brandon Scott Robertson
2025-05-14 16:42:04 +0000 UTCThere are so many incredible moments that have been mentioned by other lovely commenters here, but I'm mostly here to say that "future hams" is up there as an all-time Fox moment for me. Just an absolutely perfect Little Guy moment in an episode full of big things happening.
Alex Tawney
2025-05-14 16:27:35 +0000 UTCI think it’s SO perfect that Suvi had task go back to the friends before she went to Steel. But either it wasn’t said or I missed it.. who did task go with, Ame or Eursalon?
SmilingKelly
2025-05-14 16:25:04 +0000 UTCI also love when we remember that this is a dnd game.. “full coolaid man through the wall” is so tonaly different from this and the last episode, but SO perfect.
SmilingKelly
2025-05-14 16:21:14 +0000 UTCyou guys are fucking amazing
Crits
2025-05-14 16:20:44 +0000 UTCI am beyond words. I think this has been one of the best episodes and some of the best musical scoring
Chameleon
2025-05-14 16:12:30 +0000 UTCstarted crying pretty early and then just didn't stop 😭
J. M. Coster
2025-05-14 16:08:14 +0000 UTCWheeeeeeee
Elizabeth Boskey
2025-05-14 16:07:37 +0000 UTCDear WBN, please don't make me cry while I'm at work listening, thank you very much 😭❤️
Jadeous (JayDeeus)
2025-05-14 16:02:46 +0000 UTCSimply outstanding, well done, and Bravo!
Ryan Higgins
2025-05-14 15:57:12 +0000 UTCAs soon as I heard "broom" I was just waiting for Ame to drop out of the tower with a Defying Gravity note 😆
Melody Snow
2025-05-14 15:46:58 +0000 UTCthank you Taylor, Jared and everyone!
Joseph O'Toole
2025-05-14 15:42:18 +0000 UTCPlease someone I need My Cousin Ame (a la My Cousin Vinny) fanfic or something stat. Nief would be the Marisa Tomei character.
PriscillaG
2025-05-14 15:33:54 +0000 UTCWOOOOOOOOOOOO
Joseph O'Toole
2025-05-14 15:22:55 +0000 UTCSo glad I saved this til right before work so I’m a absolute mess lol god damn this was worth the wait.
Joshua Jones
2025-05-14 15:12:18 +0000 UTCThis isn’t the end of the arc yet! There’s another 6 episodes for this arc and book.
CaptLizianthus
2025-05-14 15:07:27 +0000 UTCI always hum along to the intro jingle but instead of a cute final “pling” I was met with an EXPLOSION?!? My soul left my body. Excellent work.
Em
2025-05-14 14:55:15 +0000 UTCAme and the fox laughing at the end.... a true witch's cackle, on a witch's broom. Erika, Brennan, and Taylor, what a close out to the episode.
Ash
2025-05-14 14:48:25 +0000 UTCAnother arc with them separated... Not looking forward to Steel trying to indoctrinate sky again
NightBorne sorcerer of freedom
2025-05-14 14:43:36 +0000 UTCWHAT AN ENDING!!!!! I'm in tears, shaking and cackling. Nobody in all of Umora, no Wizard that there is or was, is ever gonna bring her down.
Jesper P.R.L
2025-05-14 14:39:56 +0000 UTCTrying not to have an audible reaction in my cubicle to Ame going full Defying Gravity at the end there. Ahhhhh!!! Such a good episode, can't wait for what comes next
xatlern
2025-05-14 14:38:39 +0000 UTC*screams* what an epic episode!
flyingwriter
2025-05-14 14:31:49 +0000 UTCThey head to castle in the end of twelve brooks ep, it can be him for sure, depending on how long ago would be the events of the interlude
Raquel Albert
2025-05-14 14:30:52 +0000 UTCThe way I audibly gasped on public transportation when Erika rolled a Nat 20 at the end
Kpapi
2025-05-14 14:26:20 +0000 UTCGonna have a ham sandwich for lunch today omg
Kpapi
2025-05-14 14:22:15 +0000 UTCGood heavens! I was in tears of joy at the end of this one! Ok, look... I've said this before about other shows... this NEEDS to be animated! This is not just good story telling. It's not even great story telling. This stuff is world class level!!!!
Shane Gallant
2025-05-14 14:12:10 +0000 UTCO…..M……G!!!!!
Kelda Bassham
2025-05-14 14:11:55 +0000 UTCScreaming, STOP TRUSTNG EVERYONE!!!! Crying at the end because Taylor is a god damned music wizard! Incredible!!!!!
Michelle Spurgeon
2025-05-14 14:09:15 +0000 UTCAs alwaya,amazing episode!
Ryan L.
2025-05-14 13:59:48 +0000 UTCThe scoring during the broom flight though! Sounded right out of movie I can’t believe how good Taylor is
The Wizard Salacious
2025-05-14 13:56:53 +0000 UTCSnakes in the river Hams in the future Let's go
Grace Bee
2025-05-14 13:54:27 +0000 UTCScreaming crying throwing up
Eden
2025-05-14 13:39:48 +0000 UTCI love how Brennan grants power to actions that so align with the PC’s values. Brennan could’ve made Lou roll for the wall-burst. He could’ve busted Lou’s balls about not using wavebreaker to dispel the lock. Instead we get two of the most beautiful moments of empowerment in the campaign.
David Blocher
2025-05-14 13:24:22 +0000 UTCBoy good thing Suvi passed that athletics check to climb that rope, it would have been super embarrassing after that really dramatic moment.
Adam Curtis
2025-05-14 13:22:13 +0000 UTCThanks for making me cry during work gang. I can always depend on you. ❤️ 😭
Ellie Hail
2025-05-14 12:48:50 +0000 UTCThe sheer number of times Erica gasped in this episode 😂
Deborah Kate
2025-05-14 12:44:54 +0000 UTCI would like a "snakes in the river, hamsters in the future" shirt
VforVenlee
2025-05-14 12:43:52 +0000 UTCAll the hams for Taylor!!!
Rebecca Gorman
2025-05-14 12:43:30 +0000 UTCAlso I'm gonna shout out Taylor for getting this episode out yesterday like he said he would. I'm sure it took tremendous effort. Your work and dedication is so deeply appreciated bb!!! You and everyone at your company who works on this show (whaddup Jared)
Alec Simkiss
2025-05-14 12:33:24 +0000 UTCI *need* to hear Steel's justification machine in a private conversation. I *need* to know how truly evil she is and how she justifies it. I *have* to know.
Alec Simkiss
2025-05-14 12:31:48 +0000 UTCI had to listen to this a day late and it was for the best because I wouldn’t have been able to sleep. I was crying so much. Eursalon saving the kids, Ame going to save Suvi, I’m a ball of emotions and I’m not sure how to cope.
Erin R
2025-05-14 12:20:12 +0000 UTCSame 🥺🥺🥺
Audro Baggins
2025-05-14 12:13:26 +0000 UTCI genuinely burst into tears when Eursalon pulled a Kool-Aid Man to save them kids. Split second, drastic decisions to save the lives of the innocent? It'll get me every time
Mae Meadows
2025-05-14 12:00:35 +0000 UTCI have to admit, I was driving home from work and I also roared "NO" as Eursalon bust through a fkn wall like a hippo at a NYC zoo 😂 heavy flashback to Amethar roaring as he threw Jet away from Belizabeth
Sil
2025-05-14 12:00:29 +0000 UTCSteel said that the mission that got Suvi's parents killed was one she wasnt going with them, so there is a world she wouldnt know. I don't buy that tho. I think your read might be right, bc I've been thinking about the curse to gramma Hen and Ame, and how it smelled like Eioghorain, just like the book Suvi brought to Hen smelled like him too.
Raquel Albert
2025-05-14 11:53:55 +0000 UTCBut this time Brennan's not allowed to use that to gut us emotionally
João Padinha
2025-05-14 11:53:12 +0000 UTCWHAT AN EPISODE!
Diamond
2025-05-14 11:36:30 +0000 UTCMany future hams to you all
JB
2025-05-14 11:33:22 +0000 UTCOki, I absolutely DID NOT read this before I posted my comment 😂 but yes... IT'S MEEEEEEE 🧹
Sil
2025-05-14 11:28:39 +0000 UTCLogged in specifically to make sure someone had brought this up before the ADHD kicks in and I forget 🫶
Cian
2025-05-14 11:18:53 +0000 UTCKOOL AID MAN THROUGH THE FUCKING WALL
The King of House Cabraescuro
2025-05-14 11:13:57 +0000 UTCAnd thousands of hours of post production. -t
Worlds Beyond Number
2025-05-14 11:04:48 +0000 UTCOH YEAH!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Cumbia Zookeeper
2025-05-14 11:04:23 +0000 UTCWish granted. There are SIX MORE EPISODES.
Worlds Beyond Number
2025-05-14 11:00:00 +0000 UTCThis is a beautiful story, I love it so much
George Bewley
2025-05-14 10:48:46 +0000 UTCA question from Tups, witch of the wrapped warm snack: Did you expect the Kool-aid man name drop?
Bor
2025-05-14 09:58:33 +0000 UTCIf "Snakes in the river, hams in the future, let's keep going." isn't eventually a t-shirt I will be forever sad.
Sinker
2025-05-14 09:53:02 +0000 UTCSO IF YOU CARE TO FIND MEEE LOOK TO THE WEST FOR SKYYYY
Manifesting Good Posture
2025-05-14 09:27:22 +0000 UTCthis has been bothering me since ep 43, but this solidified it even more… as Suvi is about to “sell out” her friends… “Steel looks at you with a mixture of certainty, resoluteness, pride, and a smile like you’re not well. and things are gonna get better.” anyone else get the impression that Steel is doing her utmost to make Suvi fall in line… perhaps in an attempt to reconcile her failure to make Suvi’s parents fall in line? like, Eioghorain split up from Soft and Stone and you’re telling me Steel didn’t KNOW that?? either 1) Steel knew they split from Eioghorain, so what is her basis for pinning their deaths on him OR 2) Steel didn’t know, and why didn’t Soft and Stone trust her with that information after everything else they went through together? what changed? and now Steel’s trying to track him down all these years later? is it really revenge? or is it loose ends? p.s. absolute banger episode all around, each of u bastards making me cry as usual. clutching my heart, shaking my fist @ the sky n yelling AABRIAAAAAAAA 😖😪🤧
bails 🌀 witch of the what the fuck
2025-05-14 09:16:33 +0000 UTCGoosebumps all the way through and tears multiple times. This story will stay with me forever.
One Punch Max
2025-05-14 09:12:19 +0000 UTCTheres 6 more eps!
Jack Jones
2025-05-14 09:08:14 +0000 UTCEursalons Honor/Kalaya's theme is so beautiful it brought me to tears getting flashbacks to her home.
Jack Jones
2025-05-14 09:04:34 +0000 UTC"IT'S TIME TO TRY DEFYING GRAVITY" and/or "It's MEEEEEEEEEE" - Erika off-mic, probably.
Sil
2025-05-14 09:01:11 +0000 UTCNot twenty years, but I think a bit. I remember the Dragonlance Chronicles. They had a whole ass campaign between book 2 and 3 where they quested to find the Hammer of Kharas, and it all happens offscreen.
The Wizard Syntax
2025-05-14 08:26:04 +0000 UTCPlease tell me there is another episode in this arc . We can't leave it here.
Ickle Tayto
2025-05-14 08:19:30 +0000 UTCStarted crying when the children were described. Didn't stop. Truly, it made me feel like the first time I saw Castle in the sky when I was 7 - I started crying when the robot appeared and never really fully stopped until the end. The horrors, the chock, the beauty, the hope, the wonder. Thank you so much for this series. It means a lot to me, and lifted me up this year, influenced my writing, my job as a director, everything. Thank you thank you thank you.
Asra Kabdi
2025-05-14 08:19:28 +0000 UTCI love how Erika and Brennan worked together to get the broom moment. And the laugh! I love every time she leans into the witch.
Mubeen Khan
2025-05-14 07:46:09 +0000 UTCIs that the end?
Lojaan
2025-05-14 07:38:36 +0000 UTCThis. Is. A. Trap. RUN. got me shook 😨
rio
2025-05-14 07:38:07 +0000 UTCThe thunderclap replacing the final note of the intro was such a simple and effective way of immediately introducing tension - impeccable sound design as always.
NewtonHorse
2025-05-14 07:23:41 +0000 UTCThe description of shattering the lock literally made me cry 😭
rio
2025-05-14 07:14:12 +0000 UTC"you koolade-man through the wall, no roll necessary" 🤣 How you know Brendan is just a huge fan of Eursulon doing cool shit
rio
2025-05-14 07:05:51 +0000 UTCSo many points in this episode had me fully fighting back tears, I love stories with all of my heart
Kayla
2025-05-14 06:56:26 +0000 UTCYay!!
Ryan L.
2025-05-14 06:52:32 +0000 UTCDAMN. What an amazing episode yet again! I LOVE how epic it was to hear Eursulon do his thing, how Suvi took those steps and chose her path and how Ame truly has become the Witch of the World’s heart.
teepannu
2025-05-14 06:43:48 +0000 UTCSo we are heading for a time jump right? Like flash forward 20 years like they did in the children's adventure? I feel like that is going to happen between the next book or even teased at the end of this ark
Kate Fisher
2025-05-14 06:31:54 +0000 UTCI will never learn that I have to listen to these episodes in the comfort of my own home so I can cry, scream and kick my feet in peace. You’re welcome commuters in public transport. DAMN THIS EPISODE. I love Ame so much. They’re such a little chaos gremlin. And Eursolon‘s roar? I still have chills. If I ever play a Paladin, Oath of Freedom it is. What a show.
Urte
2025-05-14 06:26:15 +0000 UTCHave I told y’all lately that I’m obsessed with this show?
AM
2025-05-14 06:24:23 +0000 UTCJFC the opening! I am a dumbass catching public transport to pick up band merch on my way to yoga. Don't mint the person with red eyes, I'm clearly just high and definitely not from trying not to cry
Glen Petrofski
2025-05-14 06:16:18 +0000 UTCSteel…what did you know? Are you still the good cop in the bad system because right now you look a lot like the rest. Were you ready to sacrifice children?
ModernDruid
2025-05-14 05:44:27 +0000 UTCOkay, game plan: this one is an immediate relisten, then parts 1 & 2 back to back, then back to my full series relisten (I’m in Port Talon).
Joanna S.
2025-05-14 05:44:17 +0000 UTCFrom “They’re going to kill the kids” to “You Kool-Aid Man through the wall” so quickly😂
Dallas Anderson
2025-05-14 05:39:44 +0000 UTC🦊🔥🤗🧹
The Wizard Sparrow
2025-05-14 05:35:26 +0000 UTCI thought there were maybe 20 kids and then Brennan said 80!! They are not gonna fit in that little cottage 😂
Susannah B.
2025-05-14 05:32:10 +0000 UTCI humbly request the next interlude be about the kids and Neef (I’m sure I butchered the spelling I am so sorry).
The Wizard Styx
2025-05-14 05:29:59 +0000 UTCErika was on fire this episode!! ❤️
Susannah B.
2025-05-14 05:29:55 +0000 UTCMade my cat jump😂
The Wizard Sparrow
2025-05-14 05:15:48 +0000 UTCAme, flying on the broom cackling with the fox makes me scream with glee, Another amazing episode. Loud cheers (in my apartment) as Eursolon broke the lock with his bare (bear❤️) hands. I’m pretty sure Task is with Ame and Suvi…stay strong your true friend is on her way🤗🦊🔥❤️
The Wizard Sparrow
2025-05-14 05:15:01 +0000 UTCAnd after this arc, y'all are gonna do a different thing!?!!? You can actually survive this story being in you enough to do it again?? Inhuman.
Sean Boyce
2025-05-14 05:00:56 +0000 UTCMy Choir Kid Ass!!!! BRENNAN! Of course you know "Sumer ist I cumen in" I sang that in honors choir in 2015
Krisse S
2025-05-14 04:50:09 +0000 UTCInteresting…. I’ll think of you when the ending arrives…
Stefanucci Mozzarella
2025-05-14 04:44:21 +0000 UTCDid I jump, hoot, and holler when we got a Nat 20 for Ame? You're damn right I did.
Jo Lee
2025-05-14 04:43:50 +0000 UTCI cannot think of a reason Steel would congratulate Suvi that way other than protecting her for an unexpected move that she’s been preparing… just like a wizard does…. So well calculated.
Stefanucci Mozzarella
2025-05-14 04:38:42 +0000 UTCWhen Lou fuckin roared as Ursulon charging into battle it gave me CHILLS. He IS the Spirit of Freedom!! 🫡😭 ALSO, I couldn't help but laugh because all I could think of during Ame's flight at the end was the clip of Cynthia Erivo singing "It's MEEEEE." from Wicked. It was truly Ame's Elphaba moment, and gave me the same feeling I get whenever I hear Defying Gravity. Kudos to the whole crew for crafting a musical backing/narration with similar power for this moment!!
rocket-flash
2025-05-14 04:37:19 +0000 UTCplease stop setting this world on fire... (I say, in anticipation of the fire getting bigger)
the Wizard Silly
2025-05-14 04:35:18 +0000 UTCWas the little kid that thanked Eursulon Buckles?!
Aviva
2025-05-14 04:32:27 +0000 UTC"Where there's a hearth, there's a broom" is such inspired fucking roleplaying. Truly outrageous.
Brandon Carbaugh
2025-05-14 04:32:08 +0000 UTCAll I can say is Elphaba who?
Jake Chenoweth
2025-05-14 04:28:43 +0000 UTCDid anyone else shout “OH YEAAA” the second Eursulon Kool-Aid Manned through the wall?
Blades Dragonic
2025-05-14 04:26:44 +0000 UTCSPOILERS So, is The Man In Black working with the Citadel? Cause: 1) both the wizards who approached the party, Sworn and the unnamed fake crane, stepped out of the shadows, 2) the shadows tried to knock Suvi out as Sworn approached, 3) the fake crane said something about a "great spirit of freedom" and The Man In Black is the only person other than Eursalon who was there for that moment or knows of it, and 4) BLM said "the reward for beginning the journey to the better world is every power of nightmare rallying itself against you." This gives me huge The Man In Black vibes.
Puppymaster
2025-05-14 04:23:37 +0000 UTCI think this means that part of the next episode will have to be a court martial or trial episode! It might also be that they want to keep this hush hush, and then have Suvi allegedly break down under the pressure, or some sort of enemy mind spell. and Ame actually has a reasonably strong bargining position as a sort of country defense attorney in the big city. The Citadel knows that killing Ame would lead to a united Coven both on a magical and practical level (they wouldn't have to remove her station). And not killing, but permanently annoying Ame would have a similar result. She could simply recall the Coven to have a unified vote, or use Wren's long store of info against them. I don't think they know that she could disrupt their entire spirit storage system, but the Citadel probably assumes she has great dirt on them. And the Citadel needs some time. Yes, they had a great victory, but it was a costly and defensive one. And their new ultra magic is impressive, but it doesn't seem quite past the experimental stage. They had to use the best and most powerful to do the spells with a lot of background support and planning. Its as if you had a new drone based weapon system, but it had to be launched from B1 Bomber planes.
Lee Chirtel
2025-05-14 04:15:10 +0000 UTCI don't know about a focus, but I don't recall Sworn taking off Suvi's gloves...
The Wizard Syntax
2025-05-14 04:07:11 +0000 UTCLove when the story splits the party and there are at least 2 drastically different vibes going on. Now we are going to get Eursulon babysitting, while Ame busts Suvi out of Wizard Jail. I wonder if Ame will craft Suvi an arcane focus now that she can craft magical items. Maybe something that reflects Suvi as a person (Sky/ Stars) rather than her deep connection with the Citiadel (glass)
BurpBiter
2025-05-14 04:06:18 +0000 UTCJesus Christ, how lucky we are that people can just... Do this and create these stories with some dice and some friends
The Wizard Splatter
2025-05-14 04:06:16 +0000 UTCNo other story can make me cry and jump out of my chair in such quick succession truly and masterpiece, Thank you
Jonah
2025-05-14 04:03:52 +0000 UTCExcited for this but I had to watch andor first
Tucker Eckman
2025-05-14 04:03:37 +0000 UTCI fucking love this story and these storytellers so much! The depth of character development, the complex evil of empire and the human toll. Suvi saving her friends at her own expense, while struggling with the allure of going back to norm. Ame following her instincts and refusing to give up on her friend, but understanding that her road is not the only one. Eursulon keeping focus and moving on with his quest.
icesquirrel
2025-05-14 04:02:11 +0000 UTCI had to go back and listen to the end from that point to Ame's cackle twice. What a story...
Ryan Brown
2025-05-14 04:01:17 +0000 UTCPretty sure Brennan described Sworn as bot having seen Cyril, but I could be wrong.
The Wizard Syntax
2025-05-14 04:00:25 +0000 UTCAlright. Alright. Alright. There are things unseen. Unknown. Too many. Sworn HAD to have read whatever the letter was. We don’t know what it says but Sworn had to destroy the letter if he did in fact get it. He can’t keep that shit around. I can’t wait for the next episode. What a cliff hanger for Suvi and Ame. I hope Eursalon can take a beat and chill for a minute, damn 😂
Devon
2025-05-14 03:58:44 +0000 UTCI want to paint it across my whole damn bumper.
Aviva
2025-05-14 03:57:19 +0000 UTCThe Gauntlet can wait. 😈
Aviva
2025-05-14 03:56:54 +0000 UTCMy poor housemate came home partway through the episode blasting in the living room. Me, in underoos, pacing and crying just after Eursulon bursts through the wall. Sorry not sorry, Lue! 😂
Aviva
2025-05-14 03:55:46 +0000 UTCEursulon and his 80 new nieces and nephews
ceeg
2025-05-14 03:53:24 +0000 UTCSpecial shout out to Jared and the rest of the sound crew! Taylor rules, but he thankfully doesn’t have to be this amazing alone. ♥️
Aviva
2025-05-14 03:52:17 +0000 UTCAme and Kalaya are both so proud of you.
Aviva
2025-05-14 03:49:25 +0000 UTC🧹 🦊 🤣🤸🏻♂️
Aviva
2025-05-14 03:48:11 +0000 UTC“Watch what happens now.” ARE YOU KIDDING ME. I have to go get a new face because mine just melted off.
The Wizard Spring
2025-05-14 03:46:18 +0000 UTCI had to pause cause I was crying when ursalon freed the kids
Leo Kinney
2025-05-14 03:45:26 +0000 UTCOooh. See, my brain was like, she created a broom of flying as a talisman on the fly. No pun intended, truly. She just skipped the time and skill checks by being a complete BAMF through that whole episode. We shall see!
Aviva
2025-05-14 03:44:52 +0000 UTCGood lord I'm ugly crying
BakingBad
2025-05-14 03:39:13 +0000 UTCI don’t know that I’m emotionally going to be ready for part one for some time.
Erik Koch
2025-05-14 03:39:11 +0000 UTCWhen people talk about masterpieces that shape the entire genre, this series belongs as a fundamental part of that conversation. I DEEPLY adore live play, and the games behind them that enable so many talented women and men to showcase what they have to offer the world. But this. THIS. Is at the heart of what a story truly is. From the bottom of my heart, thank you all for sharing your gifts to create something that in my humble opinion stands toe to toe with the greats of humanities history. If every episode started off with a clip of Brennan saying “watch what happens now” it would be appropriate.
Erik Koch
2025-05-14 03:38:08 +0000 UTCLike was a conversation edited out or was Steel making everyone cheer for Suvi while she was still in manacles? I’m confused
Witch of the Winding River
2025-05-14 03:34:47 +0000 UTCI'm so STRESSED thinking about how Steel and Suvi's relationship is going to pan out after this. Like how can Steel spin this whole Citadel corruption and kidnapping of children in a way to not make Suvi denounce the Citadel possibly their relationship? Like how much did she know about all of it and will she leave Suvi to the mercy of the Citadel???
Jade_Jerichooo
2025-05-14 03:34:08 +0000 UTCI felt absolutely and personally attacked, and I loved every second of it.
Erik Koch
2025-05-14 03:32:01 +0000 UTCOh my god. It was PERFECT
Joshua Stephens
2025-05-14 03:28:54 +0000 UTCEursulon's scream when he burst through the wall gave me full body chills hooolyyy shiiiit
Nefeli
2025-05-14 03:28:54 +0000 UTCI love that on a nat 20 insight, Brennan was like "Ame can do this on her own." I'm also deeply stressed by the three way party split but I'm so excited to see what they have cooking!
bluebluebutton
2025-05-14 03:24:03 +0000 UTCFUCK YEAH! 🧹🕷️🐻 7/7 And now I'm off to listen to parts 1 and 2 together!
PriscillaG
2025-05-14 03:24:01 +0000 UTCI don't know how many times I can say that this is my favorite story ever told before it starts to sound perfunctory but hopefully I haven't hit that limit yet because holy fuck this is my favorite story ever told 😭 Ame taking a running leap out of a window and taking off on that broom is one of the most magical things I've ever heard
Adarsh Nednur
2025-05-14 03:23:04 +0000 UTCJust a wild ending...y'all are incredible
Ernest Lewis Jr.
2025-05-14 03:22:15 +0000 UTCJumping out of a window and leveling up to 5 so you can cast Fly on the way down! That's the sort of thing that can only happen at a table that loves and trusts one another.
Kyle
2025-05-14 03:20:47 +0000 UTCRight there with you 🫂
bluebluebutton
2025-05-14 03:19:50 +0000 UTCThe ending of this episode was beautiful but I am soooooo worried for ame. How are you gonna break in and out of wizard jail ame? How?!!?!
Aaron Sterne
2025-05-14 03:19:39 +0000 UTCAme leapt out a window and into her hero era! The flight and cackle has me cartwheeling.
bluebluebutton
2025-05-14 03:18:32 +0000 UTCAn echoing joyous cackle on the wind, hurtling headlong into danger, this is the energy we need right now
mguin
2025-05-14 03:16:34 +0000 UTCStill 6 more episodes to go, don't be sad yet!!
Adarsh Nednur
2025-05-14 03:16:06 +0000 UTCimagining the fox trying to flip her off as they fly away but is literally incapable of doing so
The Spirit of Vicious Inspiration
2025-05-14 03:14:51 +0000 UTCAbsolute BANGER of a called shot, the crew DELIVERED
Adarsh Nednur
2025-05-14 03:13:43 +0000 UTCAme should have hit Slate with the ol' "Eursulon is where he needs to be... right behind you!!" and when Slate turns around to nothing, jet off on the broom yelling "made ya look" 😝
The Spirit of Vicious Inspiration
2025-05-14 03:13:24 +0000 UTCCorrect. If you have velcro to hand, add that too, the narrative winds run wild & fast!
mguin
2025-05-14 03:12:15 +0000 UTCweeping and screaming fuck yes alone in my apartment at that last scene
Rina the Floof
2025-05-14 03:08:18 +0000 UTCHoly shit what the fuck man this SHOW
The Wizard Swag
2025-05-14 03:06:25 +0000 UTCNobody say anything because im at the part where this stork drops but i dont trust this fuckin stork no way man
Ale
2025-05-14 03:05:12 +0000 UTCI am a 46 year old man working in an industrial plant, and I just had three people ask me if I was okay as my body was wracked with sobs at the ending. I haven't cried this hard for media since I read the ending of Where the Red Fern Grows as a 7 year old. This is a good cry, though. Thank you.
The Wizard Syntax
2025-05-14 03:04:51 +0000 UTCMy god. I’m not a cryer but Eursulon stepping into Wren’s cottage looking at the children that look just as lost as he did made me LOSE IT.
Cas Marie
2025-05-14 03:04:19 +0000 UTC"Watch what happens now" HITS SO FUCKING HARD
The Quiet Footpath
2025-05-14 03:03:22 +0000 UTCwhoop!
Stefanucci Mozzarella
2025-05-14 03:00:11 +0000 UTCI'm just speechless and covered in tears, this story is the best
Raquel Albert
2025-05-14 02:59:47 +0000 UTCEcho: ...flying with her.
Stefanucci Mozzarella
2025-05-14 02:59:02 +0000 UTCHeart goes out to Erika, for cultivating her character's moments. I'm super impressed with the choice to make the insight check and call into story the hearth and the broom. But everybody! Aabriya with the quick thinking of a wizard to drop Task. wtf! Lou for full embodiment of his Spirit. hellyeah! ...and BLM for the discernment of when to ask for a roll and when to not. fckn mazterr. ..the subtle Steel plot twist is also very well crafted. All people really going all in! including of course the sound design from Taylor Moore for hearing and encapsulating the best of each person. Such a gift! Its also not easy to have delievred the episode today, I might be wrong, but I make up Taylor pushed super hard and made a commitment choice this past week. Either way, thank you for fckin' king-ing it and getting it out today, and taking such good care of this project. Congratulations again ya'll. What an experience!
Stefanucci Mozzarella
2025-05-14 02:57:46 +0000 UTCDid I miss Suvi getting let out of the chains and magic gag? Am I going mad?
Witch of the Winding River
2025-05-14 02:54:16 +0000 UTCi cannot wait two weeks for the next episode i am going to fold in on myself like rumpelstiltskin its over for me dawg . what an unbelievable unbelievable unbelievable episode oh My God. im gonna throw up
Lonoran
2025-05-14 02:46:31 +0000 UTCThe broom setup 💀 This story fucking rips
Witch of the Remembering Bog
2025-05-14 02:44:34 +0000 UTCShaking, crying, throwing up, sliding down the wall, screaming at that fucking cliffhanger and entire god damn episode. I. NEED. MORE.
Jade_Jerichooo
2025-05-14 02:36:49 +0000 UTCAME AND THE BROOM! I'm flying with her! I love this theme, and I need it NOW Taylor! Kindness and cunning and instead of running away, she is running to! Love this level up from the Witch of the World's Heart! *Joyous cackling abounds!*
The Witch of the Weeping Rain
2025-05-14 02:34:38 +0000 UTCIm sitting in my living room hugging a pillow and crying. WTF did y’all put in this show? This deserves an award. Idk what award but it just needs to win it. GIVE LOU WILSON AN OSCAR
Elise Grabda
2025-05-14 02:31:41 +0000 UTCListening right now and absolute chills listening to Eurson breaking the lock.
Liv Tealeaf
2025-05-14 02:18:23 +0000 UTClil past half way and i am in tears wtf
DaddyDepresso
2025-05-14 02:18:09 +0000 UTCI am a greedy little bird who will never be satisfied 😔
Rover Bernhard
2025-05-14 02:17:00 +0000 UTCNooooooooooooooooooo now I want more 😭😭😭😭
Rover Bernhard
2025-05-14 02:15:54 +0000 UTCSO GOOD!!!
Jaron Williams
2025-05-14 02:15:36 +0000 UTCHoly shit that yell from Lou gave me CHILLS
Ryan Schlichting
2025-05-14 01:52:02 +0000 UTC6 minutes in and I’m already in shambles. Aabria’s opening monologue had the weight of the entire series behind it. I love how Suvi is really grappling with all the mixed feelings she’s experiencing. It’s so well done!
Zach P.
2025-05-14 01:41:41 +0000 UTCITS HERE! YES!
Sean Scott
2025-05-14 01:41:11 +0000 UTCPALADIN 👏 OF 👏 FREEDOM 👏
TPK_light
2025-05-14 01:38:20 +0000 UTCLove this. Have yourself the best day 💪
The Quiet Footpath
2025-05-14 01:38:20 +0000 UTCMy coworkers are gonna be so concerned for me tomorrow when I listen to this.
AJollyGoose
2025-05-14 01:37:51 +0000 UTCOh, they COOKED.
The Wizard Sweven
2025-05-14 01:37:35 +0000 UTCYausss! Surprise evening drop got me all hyped! What a way to spend dinner time woot woot!
Alex Lo
2025-05-14 01:33:57 +0000 UTCOf course as soon as I start Gauntlet at the Garden. SMH
Skeletal Cleric
2025-05-14 01:26:46 +0000 UTCTHANK YOU, WBN team!! You are so appreciated. Your work is so loved.
DomPie
2025-05-14 01:13:25 +0000 UTC'Snakes in the river, hams in the future, let's get going!' - Slap it on a shirt
SvenTS
2025-05-14 01:13:08 +0000 UTCI REFRESHED PATREON AND I SAW THE JUST NOW POST AHHHHH
Molly Sisson
2025-05-14 01:12:43 +0000 UTCThat intro was AMAZING.
Marcus Mercer
2025-05-14 01:12:41 +0000 UTCHURRAY! So excited to listen. Thanks for working double-time to get it done and out the door today, team. Jazzed (and saddened) to close the door on this chapter of TWTWATWW. Thanks all <3!!! (also billing you ahead of time for the therapy I know I'm gonna need for this I sweeeear ;_;)
Elizabeth
2025-05-14 01:09:44 +0000 UTCWillikers, is it Get Emotionally Destroyed Day again already?
Lilith Evenstar
2025-05-14 01:08:54 +0000 UTCIT’S ALIVE!!!!!! IT’S AAALLLIIIIIVVVEEEE!!!!!!
August Walheim
2025-05-14 01:07:57 +0000 UTCIt's 2am here and I truly cannot wait to wake up in the morning so I can listen - thank you so much for everything you've put into these episodes, I know it will have been worth the wait.
Gotholi
2025-05-14 01:06:53 +0000 UTC*jonah hill screaming excitedly gif*
Cornelius Ukena
2025-05-14 01:06:22 +0000 UTCThe prophecy fulfilled
Zander Jenkins
2025-05-14 01:05:48 +0000 UTCPT.2, NEW D20, *AND* MY FIRST DAY AT A NEW JOB!? THE STARS? YEAH. THEY'RE ALIGNED. 😍
Dream Wizard Kyle Arca
2025-05-14 01:05:33 +0000 UTCso pumped!!
Jaron Williams
2025-05-14 01:05:14 +0000 UTCHell yes. Cannot wait to listen!!!
Andrea Creson
2025-05-14 01:04:54 +0000 UTCEeeek!! So excited for this
Peydon Bush
2025-05-14 01:04:49 +0000 UTCTHREE CHEERS FOR TAYLOR MOORE HIP HIP HOOORAAAYYYY!!! HIP HIP HOOORAAAYYYY !!! HIP HIP HORAAAYYYYY!!!! 🎇🎇🎇🐦🔥🍾🍾🍾🍾
Lonoran
2025-05-14 01:04:46 +0000 UTCthe fact they got this out so fast is a feat of true magic, thank you Taylor!!!
Emily Mikos
2025-05-14 01:04:25 +0000 UTCWorlds beyond number has become my life support.
Zach K
2025-05-14 01:04:24 +0000 UTC🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
Kelly Kunze
2025-05-14 01:04:10 +0000 UTCPerfect way to end the day regardless of the emotional turmoil that is bound to be coming
gramps
2025-05-14 01:04:07 +0000 UTCYesssssss
Queen Motoko
2025-05-14 01:04:05 +0000 UTCYIPPEE YIPPEE YIPPEE‼️🎉🎉
Klyavkov
2025-05-14 01:04:01 +0000 UTCLFG!
Taka Kauri
2025-05-14 01:03:53 +0000 UTCThank you!!!!!!
Mack Whaley
2025-05-14 01:03:49 +0000 UTCBet started now.
RT
2025-05-14 01:03:48 +0000 UTC(girding everything girdable)
GC
2025-05-14 01:03:47 +0000 UTCYAAAAASSSSSS
Harlan
2025-05-14 01:03:40 +0000 UTCThank you
J Michael O'Connor
2025-05-14 01:03:33 +0000 UTCITS FINALLY HERE!!!
oToastTv
2025-05-14 01:03:31 +0000 UTCTHANK GOODNESS!!!
Lexx Powell
2025-05-14 01:03:30 +0000 UTCLETS FUCKING GOOOOOO
The Wizard Sketch
2025-05-14 01:03:29 +0000 UTCbout to devour this (along with my dinner)
The Wizard Smarmy
2025-05-14 01:03:28 +0000 UTCTAYLOR YOU RAT YOU HAD ME WAITING
Ben Updegraft
2025-05-14 01:03:27 +0000 UTCLet’s fucking go
The Wizard Sanctum
2025-05-14 01:03:23 +0000 UTCI WAS NOT PREPARED
TheForbiddenOne
2025-05-14 01:03:21 +0000 UTCITS REAL ITS REAL ITS REAL ITS REAL
ceeg
2025-05-14 01:02:59 +0000 UTCTHIS IS NOT A DRILL!! let’s go!!!!
Joanna S.
2025-05-14 01:02:56 +0000 UTCThank you, can't wait to listen!
Karen
2025-05-14 01:01:09 +0000 UTCThank you! I hope you're able to get good rest, Taylor, it's well deserved.
L J
2025-05-14 01:00:30 +0000 UTCWell done team!!
Emily McCarthy @emmypadge
2025-05-14 00:59:26 +0000 UTC
