The Book of Mudora

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Every two weeks, Monica, Cameron and Crystal come together to explain the lore of The Legend of Zelda series, one game at a time. Podcast Art by Torkirby.

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    • Jun 3, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
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    • 168 EPISODES


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    Bonus Episode 47: Mailbag

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025 112:28


    We answer most of the remaining emails sent during 2024, including Echoes of Wisdom questions, timeline theories, and the history of SaGa.

    Book of Matoya Episode 8: Final Fantasy VII: Part 10

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 112:27


    The party is prepared to lose everything as they enter the final battle for the Planet.

    Book of Matoya Episode 8: Final Fantasy VII: Part 9

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 142:30


    The party ventures to where no humans have gone before, and Aerith's plan reveals itself.

    Announcement for Spotify Listeners

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025


    Book of Matoya Episode 8: Final Fantasy VII: Part 8

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 128:10


    While their allies gather strength, Cloud and Tifa have a productive conversation about their pasts.

    Book of Matoya Episode 8: Final Fantasy VII: Part 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 145:13


    After a long journey to the north, Cloud finally gives Sephiroth what he deserves.

    Book of Matoya Episode 8: Final Fantasy VII: Part 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 129:37


    Through study and prayer, Aerith comes to understand her role in the destiny of the Planet.

    Book of Matoya Episode 8: Final Fantasy VII: Part 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 118:38


    Cloud and Tifa return to their hometown, and find something stranger than they ever imagined.

    Book of Matoya Episode 8: Final Fantasy VII: Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 165:49


    The party makes pilgrimage to the land of Study of Planet Life, where they learn the full stakes of their quest.

    Book of Matoya Episode 8: Final Fantasy VII: Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 143:53


    While laying low to avoid Shinra attention, Cloud tells the story of his relationship with Sephiroth.

    Book of Matoya Episode 8: Final Fantasy VII: Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 137:12


    Ex-SOLDIER Cloud Strife will transgress any social norms to rescue his childhood friend from danger, as he promised her so long ago.

    Book of Matoya Episode 8: Final Fantasy VII: Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 149:42


    The Shinra Electric Power Company is extracting and burning the lifeblood of the Planet. Desperate for aid, the revolutionary group AVALANCHE hires a mercenary to destroy one of Shinra's reactors.

    Bonus Episode 46: Chrono Trigger

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2025 160:36


    400 years after the defeat of the Demon King, a brilliant engineer discovers a way to travel back to the past, where she discovers a terrible secret.

    Bonus Episode 45: Pondering Pootan

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 12:40


    In tribute to the podcast Pondering Pootan with Ajishio Taro & Hachimitsu Boy, Crystal discusses Chapter 148 of Eiji Nonaka's manga series Cromartie High School.

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    Episode 25: Ancient Stone Tablets: Week 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2025 51:25


    The Hero of Light travels with Princess Zelda to discover the secret of the Ancient Stone Tablets.

    Episode 25: Ancient Stone Tablets: Week 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2025 52:16


    The Hero of Light travels to the home of Link to find the Book of Mudora.

    Episode 25: Ancient Stone Tablets: Week 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 49:37


    The Hero of Light travels to the home of the Elder of Hyrule, and bonds with the people of Kakariko Village.

    Episode 25: Ancient Stone Tablets: Week 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 47:29


    Six years after Link defeated the King of Evil, a guest from another world falls to Hyrule.

    Episode 24: Echoes of Wisdom: Part 9: Eternal Forest

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 139:59


    The chosen of the Goddesses confront their ancient enemy.

    Episode 24: Echoes of Wisdom: Part 8: Holy Mount Lanayru

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 145:37


    The mighty Princess Zelda, representative of endless perseverance, seeks Lanayru Temple in a land where obligation overpowers reason.

    Episode 24: Echoes of Wisdom: Part 7: Goron City

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2024 125:43


    The wise Princess Zelda, representative of decisive action, seeks Eldin Temple in a land of uncertain leadership.

    Episode 24: Echoes of Wisdom: Part 6: Scrubton

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 151:15


    The heroic Princess Zelda, representative of ancient lore and tradition, seeks Faron Temple in a land where fleeting trends rule.

    Episode 24: Echoes of Wisdom: Part 5: Hyrule Castle

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2024 93:08


    The wanted fugitive Princess Zelda, strengthened by her travels, returns home to clear her name.

    Episode 24: Echoes of Wisdom: Part 4: Jabul Waters

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2024 102:56


    The wanted fugitive Princess Zelda involves herself in the political squabbles of Jabul Waters, where the creative differences of the Sea Zora and River Zora leaders obscure larger issues.

    Episode 24: Echoes of Wisdom: Part 3: Gerudo Town

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2024 107:26


    The wanted fugitive Princess Zelda seeks aid and answers in Gerudo Town, where the people also struggle with the Rift phenomenon.

    Episode 24: Echoes of Wisdom: Part 2: Suthorn Forest

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2024 139:58


    Princess Zelda, the devious force behind the mysterious “Rift” phenomenon, has been arrested! She waits in the dungeon for her impending execution.

    Bonus Episode 44: cybeRRRevolution

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2024 132:00


    Special guest Santo joins us to discuss their newest game, cybeRRRevolution, a three-part adventure about securing the future of a nation that has been shattered by a colonizing force. We talk about the themes of the game extensively and get juicy behind-the-scenes information from Santo.

    Episode 24: Echoes of Wisdom: Part 1: The Creation of the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2024 138:32


    In an age before Creation, a creature stalked the Void, devouring all that yearned to exist.

    Book of Matoya Episode 7: Final Fantasy VI: Part 8

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2024 133:33


    The remnants of the old world reunite to defeat the lord of the World of Ruin.

    Book of Matoya Episode 7: Final Fantasy VI: Part 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2024 108:16


    In a wounded world, Celes must overcome her despair and search for her lost friends.

    Book of Matoya Episode 7: Final Fantasy VI: Part 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 114:44


    Working alongside what little remains of the Empire, the Returners seek to broker peace with the Espers whose rage threatens to destroy the entire world.

    Book of Matoya Episode 7: Final Fantasy VI: Part 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2024 121:28


    Terra learns of her origins in the Esper world, and the Returners resolve to recruit the remaining Espers into their war against the Empire.

    Book of Matoya Episode 7: Final Fantasy VI: Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2024 135:23


    The Returners are tasked with rescuing Espers from the Imperial Continent, but to get there, they must form an alliance with Setzer Gabbiani, a gambling vagabond who finds freedom from society's narrow views of morality aboard his airship, the Blackjack. The Returners concoct a plan to meet Setzer by tricking him into kidnapping Celes from tonight's Opera House performance.

    Book of Matoya Episode 7: Final Fantasy VI: Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2024 115:17


    The Returners send a search party to scour the west for any signs of Terra, who may be the key to turning the tides against the Empire.

    Book of Matoya Episode 7: Final Fantasy VI: Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2024 135:36


    The anti-imperial resistance group "The Returners" must regroup in the neutral town of Narshe, but get separated on the way back. Each group has their own adventure, recruiting new allies along the way.

    Book of Matoya Episode 7: Final Fantasy VI: Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2024 133:59


    1000 years after the War of the Magi nearly destroyed the world, the ascendant Gestahlian Empire sends three soldiers to Narshe to claim a living relic of the war.

    Bonus Episode 43: Mailbag

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2024 133:28


    We clear the mailbag of all emails sent during 2023, answering questions about the Tale of the Moon Rabbit, Groose's reincarnations, and Icelandic Dracula.

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    Book of Matoya Episode 6: Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2024 115:11


    200 years after the Warriors of Light saved the world from Exdeath, a new group of heroes must band together to defeat an evil that threatens to usurp the crystals.

    Bonus Episode 42: Echoes of Wisdom has been in development

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2024 97:02


    They announced a new Zelda game and it doesn't play like previous ones and you can play as Zelda! We dive deep into the trailer and spot influences from previous games, most notably Ocarina of Time and Oracle of Ages.

    Book of Matoya Episode 5: Final Fantasy V: Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2024 159:56


    The wise sage Ghido speaks of an ancient tree in the Great Forest of Moore where evil spirits were sealed. Over the centuries, the concentration of their malice formed a unified evil being: Exdeath, who wishes to return the world to void. The Warriors of Light must fight him on behalf of the crystals, which created the world within the void.

    Book of Matoya Episode 5: Final Fantasy V: Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2024 117:01


    The crystal amplification devices invented by Cid Previa have brought prosperity to crystal-bearing nations such as Karnak, but has also weakened the crystals. The Light Warriors attempt to save the last crystal, while also learning more about their predecessors: the Dawn Warriors.

    Book of Matoya Episode 5: Final Fantasy V: Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2024 121:06


    When the wind suddenly stops, the King Tycoon sets out to investigate the Wind Crystal. Worried for her father, Princess Lenna joins an aimless drifter, an amnesiac old man, and a fearsome pirate to help the king restore the wind.

    Book of Matoya Episode 4: Final Fantasy IV: Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2024 139:59


    Paladin Cecil and his companions travel in the Lunar Whale to meet the wicked force that has been manipulating events.

    Book of Matoya Episode 4: Final Fantasy IV: Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2024 131:55


    While searching underground for dark crystals, Cecil, Rosa, and Kain must come to an understanding in their complicated relationship.

    Book of Matoya Episode 4: Final Fantasy IV: Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2024 110:52


    Dark Knight Cecil gathers allies to prevent Baron from stealing all the world's Crystals. But how can the wicked and sinister techniques of a Dark Knight possibly defeat evil?

    Book of Matoya Episode 4: Final Fantasy IV: Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2024 152:05


    Dark Knight Cecil invades the peaceful town of Mysidia to steal the Water Crystal for the King of Baron. As punishment for questioning his orders, Cecil is stripped of his command and forced to deliver a mysterious package to the village of Mist.

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    Book of Matoya Episode 3: Final Fantasy III

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2024 146:24


    Four youths of indeterminate employment are chosen by the Wind Crystal to travel beyond the bounds of their world and restore light to all four Crystals.

    Book of Matoya Episode 2: Final Fantasy II: Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2024 132:57


    Princess Hilda is being held in the Emperor's Coliseum! Three rebel youths must rescue her while the rebellion searches for Ultima, the only spell capable of finally defeating the Emperor.

    Book of Matoya Episode 2: Final Fantasy II: Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2024 118:44


    The Emperor has summoned the forces of hell to take over the world! Three youths survive his assault and join the nascent rebellion - but how can they hope to defeat the Emperor's great Dreadnought?

    Book of Matoya Episode 1: Final Fantasy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2024 167:03


    The four forces of the world are caught in an endless, recurring nightmare. The seas rage, the winds die, and the earth rots. Four warriors of light arrive in a world shrouded in darkness to end this twisted fantasy.

    Bonus Episode 41: Timeline and Lore Questions

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2024 158:37


    We resolve some lingering Zelda questions posed by each other, and introduce a new direction.

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