Podcast appearances and mentions of emily riesbeck

Comic Reviews: DC Knight Terrors 3 by Joshua Williamson, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Stafano Nesi, Caspar Wijngaard, Frank Martin Knight Terrors: Green Lantern 2 by Jeremy Adams, Jordi Tarragona, Eduardo Pansica, Julio Ferreira, Luis Guerrero Knight Terrors: Robin 2 by Kenny Porter, Miguel Mendonca, Adriano Lucas Knight Terrors: Shazam 2 by Mark Waid, Roger Cruz, Wellington Dias, Arif Prianto Knight Terrors: The Flash 2 by Alex Paknadel, Tom Derenick, Daniel Bayliss, Pete Pantazis, Igor Monti Knight Terrors: Zatanna 2 by Dennis Culver, David Baldeon, Rain Beredo Superman 2023 Annual by Joshua Williamson, Mahmud Asrar, Jackson Herbert, Caitlin Yarsky, Max Raynor, Edwin Galmon, Dave McCaig, Alex Guimaraes Marvel Amazing Spider-Man 31 by Zeb Wells, John Romita Jr., Scott Hanna, Emilio Laiso, Ze Carlos, Marcio Menyz, Bryan Valenza, David Lopez, KJ Diaz, Dan Slott, Mark Bagley, John Dell, Edgar Delgado, Celeste Bronfman, Alba Glez, Elisabetta D'Amico, Craig Yeung, Jim Campbell, Steve Foxe, Carola Borelli, Paco Medina, Erick Arciniega, Albert Monteys, Cale Atkinson, Patrick Gleason, Kaare Andrews Children of the Vault 1 by Deniz Camp, Luca Maresca, Carlos Lopez Ghost Rider/Wolverine: Weapons of Vengeance – Alpha by Benjamin Percy, Geoff Shaw, Rain Beredo Spider-Man 2023 Annual by Stephanie Phillips, Alberto Foche, Raul Angulo Star Wars: Return of the Jedi – Max Rebo by Daniel Jose Older, Paul Fry, Carlos Lopez Marvel Unlimited Marvel Meow by Nao Fuji Image Enfield Gang Massacre 1 by Chris Condon, Jacob Phillips Dynamite Vampirella: Dracula Rage 1 by Christopher Priest, Christian Rosado Dark Horse Killer Queens 2: Kings Not Wings 1 by David Booher, Bradley Clayton, Harry Saxon Boom Mech Cadets 1 by Greg Pak, Takeshi Miyazawa Oni Dwellings 1 by Jay Stephens Scout Death Comes For the Toymaker by Dakota Brown, Ryan Cody Mashbone and Grifty 1 by Oscar Garza, Rolando Esquivel Titan Scarlett Couture: The Munich File 1 by Des Taylor AWA Madness 1 by J. Michael Straczynski, ACO, David Lorenzo OGNs Us by Sara Soler Mother Nature by Jamie Lee Curtis, Russell Goldman, Karl Stevens Fair Winds and Open Skies by Alberto Mier But You Have Friends by Emilia McKenzie Skeleanor the Decomposer by Emily Ettinger Hellaween by Moss Lawton The Pirate and the Porcelain Girl by Emily Riesbeck, NJ Barna Additional Reviews: Patient, Last Voyage of the Demeter, Raised by Wolves, Quantum Leap 2.0 pilot, Poker Face s1, My Adventures With Superman, Mech Cadets on Netflix, Strange Planet News: Spider-Man Reign sequel, new Spider-Woman series, new Sentry comic, new Blue Beetle ongoing, release date for Fall of the House of Usher, new Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur graphic novel announced, IDW woes, Jeffrey Brown Mandalorian graphic novel, new Thanos comic, Red Hood webcomic ending, Omninews, new Jason Aaron series at DC Trailers: You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah Comics Countdown (08 Aug 2023): 1.      The Pirate and the Porcelain Girl GN by Emily Riesbeck, NJ Barna 2.      Superman Annual 2023 by Joshua Williamson, Mahmud Asrar, Jackson Herbert, Caitlin Yarsky, Max Raynor, Edwin Galmon, Dave McCaig, Alex Guimaraes 3.      Endfield Gang Massacre 1 by Chris Condon, Jacob Phillips 4.      Knight Terrors: The Flash 2 by Alex Paknadel, Tom Derenick, Daniel Bayliss, Pete Pantazis, Igor Monti 5.      Kaya 10 by Wes Craig, Jason Wordie 6.      Mech Cadets 1 by Greg Pak, Takeshi Miyazawa 7.      House of Slaughter 16 by Sam Johns, Letizia Cadonici 8.      Danger Street 8 by Tom King, Jorge Fornes, Dave Stewart 9.      Swan Songs 2 by W. Maxwell Prince, Caspar Wijngaard 10.  Knight Terrors: Green Lantern 2 by Jeremy Adams, Jordi Tarragona, Eduardo Pansica, Julio Ferreira, Luis Guerrero

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Hamnet, 10 Things I Hate About Pinky, He Started It, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community; Saga Press, the publisher of award-winning speculative fiction from authors like Stephen Graham Jones, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ken Liu, and Rebecca Roanhorse; and Ritual. Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: Hamnet: A novel by Maggie O’Farrell  The Pull of the Stars: A Novel by Emma Donoghue  He Started It by Samantha Downing The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist by Adrian Tomine The Mysterious Messenger by Gilbert Ford The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder by John Glatt The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained by Colin Dickey 10 Things I Hate about Pinky by Sandhya Menon WHAT WE’RE READING: The Good Turn by Dervla McTiernan Sing Backwards and Weep by Mark Lanegan MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK: Splinters of Scarlet by Emily Bain Murphy Quantum Shadows by L. E. Modesitt Jr.  On Nostalgia by David Berry MEG: Generations by Steve Alten  Alpha Omega by Nicholas Bowling  Science Fictions: How Fraud, Bias, Negligence, and Hype Undermine the Search for Truth by Stuart Ritchie It’s Your Funeral by Emily Riesbeck, Ellen Kramer He Came in With It: A Portrait of Motherhood and Madness by Miriam Feldman Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina by Chris Frantz  Pew: A Novel by Catherine Lacey The Big Book of Modern Fantasy edited by Ann and Jeff Vandermeer She Proclaims: Our Declaration of Independence from a Man’s World by Jennifer Palmieri Trouble the Saints: A Novel by Alaya Dawn Johnson The Vanishing Sky by L. Annette Binder The Nemesis Manifesto (Evan Ryder) by Eric Van Lustbader   More Than Maybe: A Novel by Erin Hahn I Got a Monster: The Rise and Fall of America’s Most Corrupt Police Squad by Baynard Woods and Brandon Soderberg I Come with Knives: Malus Domestica by S. A. Hunt How Lulu Lost Her Mind by Rachel Gibson  Austen Years: A Memoir in Five Novels by Rachel Cohen The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Adrianna Cuevas The Indomitable Florence Finch: The Untold Story of a War Widow Turned Resistance Fighter and Savior of American POWs by Robert J. Mrazek The Unadoptables by Hana Tooke I You We Them: Walking into the World of the Desk Killer by Dan Gretton How You Say It: Why You Talk the Way You Do – and What It Says About You by Katherine D. Kinzler Decoding Your Cat: The Ultimate Experts Explain Common Cat Behaviors and Reveal How to Prevent or Change Unwanted Ones by American College of Veterinary Behaviorists  Lights Out: Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric by Thomas Gryta and Ted Mann The Emotional Load: And Other Invisible Stuff by Emma and Una Dimitrijevic Grove: A Field Novel by Esther Kinsky, Caroline Schmidt (translator) Skin Deep (Siobhan O’Brien Book 1) by Sung J. Woo Act (A Click Graphic Novel) by Kayla Miller The Kindness of Strangers: How a Selfish Ape Invented a New Moral Code by Michael E. McCullough The Divine Boys by Laura Restrepo, Carolina De Robertis  (translator) A Woman’s Place: Inside the Fight for a Feminist Future by Kylie Cheung The Road from Raqqa: A Story of Brotherhood, Borders, and Belonging by Jordan Ritter Conn Shadow Garden by Alexandra Burt  The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel Waiting for an Echo: The Madness of American Incarceration by Christine Montross Clean: The New Science of Skin by James Hamblin  Baseless: My Search for Secrets in the Ruins of the Freedom of Information Act by Nicholson Baker Sisters in Hate: Women on the Front Lines of White Nationalism by Seyward Darby Riding with the Ghost: A Memoir by Justin Taylor River of Dreams by Jan Nash More Better Deals by Joe Lansdale Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism by Anne Applebaum Larger Than Life: A History of Boy Bands from NKOTB to BTS by Maria Sherman The Loyalties: A Novel by Delphine de Vigan Heaven and Earth by Paolo Giordano South of the Buttonwood Tree by Heather Webber Musical Chairs: A Novel by Amy Poeppel  The Daughters of Foxcote Manor by Eve Chase Savage Legion (Savage Rebellion) by Matt Wallace Elvin Link, Please Report to the Principal’s Office! by Drew Dernavich Ashes of the Sun (Burning Blade Silver Eye #1) by Django Wexler War Stories by Gordon Korman   Nobody: A Hymn to the Sea by Alice Oswald  Axiom’s End: A Novel by Lindsay Ellis Malorie: A Novel by Josh Malerman I Saw Him Die: A Novel by Andrew Wilson The Sin in the Steel by Ryan Van Loan Some Go Home: A Novel by Odie Lindsey The Woman Before Wallis: A Novel of Windsors, Vanderbilts, and Royal Scandal by Bryn Turnbull  The Vacation: A Novel by T. M. Logan Felted Animal Knits: 20 keep-forever friends to knit, felt and love by Catherine Arnfield Paris is Always a Good Idea by Jenn McKinlay  Girl from Nowhere by Tiffany Rosenhan The Beauty of Living: E. E. Cummings in the Great War by Alison Rosenblitt Shielded by KayLynn Flanders Puppies by Maurizio de Giovanni, Antony Shugaar (translator) Love and Theft: A Novel by Stan Parish The Sqirl Jam Book (Jelly, Fruit Butter, and Others) by Jessica Koslow Happiness Will Follow by Mike Hawthorne The Lives of Edie Pritchard by Larry Watson The Double X Economy: The Epic Potential of Women’s Empowerment by Linda Scott

Join special guest Emily Riesbeck, Mab, Jade, and Zachary as we finish our game of Where Everybody Knows Your Name by Laura Lovelace, a sit-com inspired RPG about returning to a place you love, time and time again. We rejoin our protagonists as they return once again to the Cynthia Saltburn Camp for Volatile Young Wizards at the beginning of summer... Ziggy is played by Emily. Vines is played by Mab. Milo is played by Jade. Don is played by Zachary. Produced by August. Order It's Your Funeral on the Iron Circus website: https://ironcircus.com/?product=its-your-funeral Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ftlcast Find out more about the games we play (and where to buy them): https://www.ftlcast.com/games-weve-played Episode summaries and transcripts available here: https://goo.gl/3nXVpA Cover image by @sacalow and original music by @mercutioes.

Join special guest Emily Riesbeck, Mab, Jade, and Zachary as we finish our game of Where Everybody Knows Your Name by Laura Lovelace, a sit-com inspired RPG about returning to a place you love, time and time again. We rejoin our protagonists as they return once again to the Cynthia Saltburn Camp for Volatile Young Wizards at the beginning of summer... Ziggy is played by Emily. Vines is played by Mab. Milo is played by Jade. Don is played by Zachary. Produced by August. Order It's Your Funeral on the Iron Circus website: https://ironcircus.com/?product=its-your-funeral Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ftlcast Find out more about the games we play (and where to buy them): https://www.ftlcast.com/games-weve-played Episode summaries and transcripts available here: https://goo.gl/3nXVpA Cover image by @sacalow and original music by @mercutioes.

Join special guest Emily Riesbeck, Mab, Jade, and Zachary as we play Where Everybody Knows Your Name by Laura Lovelace, a sit-com inspired RPG about returning to a place you love, time and time again. We rejoin our protagonists as they return once again to the Cynthia Saltburn Camp for Volatile Young Wizards at the beginning of summer... Ziggy is played by Emily. Vines is played by Mab. Milo is played by Jade. Don is played by Zachary. Produced by August. Order It's Your Funeral on the Iron Circus website: https://ironcircus.com/?product=its-your-funeral Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ftlcast Find out more about the games we play (and where to buy them): https://www.ftlcast.com/games-weve-played Episode summaries and transcripts available here: https://goo.gl/3nXVpA Cover image by @sacalow and original music by @mercutioes.

Join special guest Emily Riesbeck, Mab, Jade, and Zachary as we play Where Everybody Knows Your Name by Laura Lovelace, a sit-com inspired RPG about returning to a place you love, time and time again. We rejoin our protagonists as they return once again to the Cynthia Saltburn Camp for Volatile Young Wizards at the beginning of summer... Ziggy is played by Emily. Vines is played by Mab. Milo is played by Jade. Don is played by Zachary. Produced by August. Order It's Your Funeral on the Iron Circus website: https://ironcircus.com/?product=its-your-funeral Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ftlcast Find out more about the games we play (and where to buy them): https://www.ftlcast.com/games-weve-played Episode summaries and transcripts available here: https://goo.gl/3nXVpA Cover image by @sacalow and original music by @mercutioes.

This episode is an interview with writer and all around fun comic booky person Emily Riesbeck (@thebluevalkyrie)! Get an inside perspective on creating some great new stories! Intro music composed by Ken, Outro music by Richard.

This episode is an interview with writer and all around fun comic booky person Emily Riesbeck (@thebluevalkyrie)! Get an inside perspective on creating some great new stories! Intro music composed by Ken, Outro music by Richard.

Every private investigator worth their salt knows that a large percentage of all crimes happen in the home. Thus, when investigating a crime, you can usually find the culprit in the living room. This week on Roll Dice and Cry: MARIGOLD MALEFACTION, PART I Roll Dice and Cry is:Zachary Fredrickson (@obfuscatinggod)Mari Costa (@marinscos)Emily Riesbeck (@thebluevalkyrie)Nikita (@chanderclear)Amy Sloan (@_sloanzone)And follow the show on twitter @RollDiceAndCry! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The crew takes a load off, blows off some steam, and makes some connections. This week on Roll Dice and Cry: A well-deserved rest.Roll Dice and Cry is:Zachary Fredrickson (@obfuscatinggod)Mari Costa (@marinscos)Emily Riesbeck (@thebluevalkyrie)Nikita (@chanderclear)Amy Sloan (@_sloanzone)And follow the show on twitter @RollDiceAndCry! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Iron Circus Panel at C2E2 2019, featuring founder C. Spike Trotman, creators Kel McDonald, Blue Delliquanti, Emily Riesbeck, Lisa Naffziger and moderator and assistant editor, Andrea Purcell, 

The turnpike's coming up and the road is running out. Do you pump the brakes, or do you open up the throttle and really see what this baby can do?This week on Roll Dice and Cry: HOT-ROD HEARTBREAK, PART IVRoll Dice and Cry is:Zachary Fredrickson (@obfuscatinggod)Mari Costa (@marinscos)Emily Riesbeck (@thebluevalkyrie)Nikita (@chanderclear)Amy Sloan (@_sloanzone)And follow the show on twitter @RollDiceAndCry! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Two investigative tracks, alike in dignity, lead to unforeseen consequences.This week on Roll Dice and Cry: HOT-ROD HEARTBREAK, PART IIIRoll Dice and Cry is:Zachary Fredrickson (@obfuscatinggod)Mari Costa (@marinscos)Emily Riesbeck (@thebluevalkyrie)Nikita (@chanderclear)Amy Sloan (@_sloanzone)And follow the show on twitter @RollDiceAndCry! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A social call, a scent trail, and splitting up; what could go wrong?This week on Roll Dice and Cry: HOT-ROD HEARTBREAK, PART IIRoll Dice and Cry is:Zachary Fredrickson (@obfuscatinggod)Mari Costa (@marinscos)Emily Riesbeck (@thebluevalkyrie)Nikita (@chanderclear)Amy Sloan (@_sloanzone)And follow the show on twitter @RollDiceAndCry! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

There's something rotten in the Bell Village, and it smells like chrome and burnt rubber.This week on Roll Dice and Cry: HOT-ROD HEARTBREAK, PART IRoll Dice and Cry is:Zachary Fredrickson (@obfuscatinggod)Mari Costa (@marinscos)Emily Riesbeck (@thebluevalkyrie)Nikita (@chanderclear)Amy Sloan (@_sloanzone)And follow the show on twitter @RollDiceAndCry! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we delve into the mechanics and numbers of Blades in the Dark and GUMSHOE to build out our characters, crew, and the finely woven network of favors, friendships, and failures that has brought them to where we begin our tale. This week on Roll Dice and Cry: This game is complicated.Roll Dice and Cry is:Zachary Fredrickson (@obfuscatinggod)Mari Costa (@marinscos)Emily Riesbeck (@thebluevalkyrie)Chander (@chanderclear)Amy Sloan (@_sloanzone)And follow the show on twitter @RollDiceAndCry! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The wait is over! We're back! Welcome back to Roll Dice and Cry with our second season: Third Eye Investigations! This is the first half of our session 0 recording, where we talk big picture about the city and introduce our characters! Check out part two next week, when we go deep into the nitty gritty of character and crew creation! This week on Roll Dice and Cry: Let's take it from the top!Roll Dice and Cry is: Zachary Fredrickson (@obfuscatinggod)Mari Costa (@marinscos)Emily Riesbeck (@thebluevalkyrie)Chander (@chanderclear)Amy Sloan (@_sloanzone) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Amatyne the Sunturion walks her patrol across the sky, tied sandals brushing silently against starry half-roads. Her brilliant spear hangs heavy in her hand, and she looks dearly forward to rest. In the world below, the New Titans fight desperately against the forces of Anguish, the forces that drove her to take up this patrol in the first place, and Amatyne aches that she cannot be there to more directly assist her bygone charges.Amatyne looks down at the world below, keeping pace, watching the old machines wage their time-old war again. She sees Florian there, in the Coruscate Chevalier, fighting side-by-side with the Bulwark Tempest just as the old days, and Amatyne cannot help but feel a swell of pride within her heart. That is her girl, there. Her beloved knight. Still fighting after so long, just like her.The Queen Deposed, the Knight Made New, Amatyne readjusts her grip on her spear. She tightens her fingers around her shield, the burning corona of molten light no more trouble to her than a candle at midnight.With a smile on her lips, she continues her patrol.This week on Roll Dice And Cry: Perhaps things could have been different.Cast:Zachary Fredrickson (@obfuscatinggod)Mari Costa (@marinscos)Emily Riesbeck (@thebluevalkyrie)Chander (@chanderclear)Amy Sloan (@effsie) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Solomon Steps-In-Silence dances through the halls of Castle Silverhome, blades flashing. It isn't the attack he'd expected--honestly, he had flagged Dauntless Leroux as the one to try something stupid--but still, he feels a bit of vindication in calling the fact that something was going to set this party awry. Now, he gets to do what he did best.A pack of these strange, tar-filled crabs scrabble at the door to a broom closet; Solomon hears scared whimpering within. With a smirk and a whistle, he beckons the beasts toward him, juggling a pair of long, wicked knives to get their attention. One of them leaps at him, and a flick of the wrist pins it to the wall; the rest converge on the spot he was seconds ago to find it empty, and Solomon perched on a nearby table, whistling. The remaining monsters charge, smashing the table to splinters as Solomon effortlessly tumbles through the air above them. He feels good, in his element. Perhaps that is why he doesn't notice the bifurcated husk scattered on the ground right where his foot lands. The shell cracks underfoot, spinning off in two directions, and Solomon falls head over heels to the floor. Whipping himself up into a crouch, Solomon has just enough time to see the final creature lunge at him--no time to react, no time to do anything--before his dropped blade whistles through the air and pierces it. The lifeless husk of the onyx crab falls to pieces around him, and Solomon looks to see the identity of his savior. Jamison Points-The-Way stands, arm extended, fingers forward, just the way his brother taught him as boys in the orphanage all those years ago. He had never taken a life, and in a way still hasn't; to call the existence of these creatures "life" is to levy far too much credit on their creator. Still, to move your hand and cause a moving thing to cease is no easy thing. Solomon Steps-In-Silence looks up at his brother.And stands. And grins.This week on Roll Dice and Cry: Welcome back. Cast:Zachary Fredrickson (@obfuscatinggod)Mari Costa (@marinscos)Emily Riesbeck (@thebluevalkyrie)Chander (@chanderclear)Amy Sloan (@effsie) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The village of Low Tide is abuzz. Kobolds jump from boat to boat, sharing the news even as it becomes more and more evident to every citizen:There is something happening in the chapel. The mighty riverboat that holds Low Tide's congregation each worship is rocking as if in a wild storm on the high sea, and it takes the combined might of the strongest of Low Tide's citizens to lash it to the nearby trees and quell its wild motion enough to board it. There, in the chaos of strewn pews and spilled offering jars, the source is obvious. A clay statue, molded by the town's pride and joy to replace one mysteriously broken. It is shaped in the visage of the kobold's interpretation of Old Chained Tzela, with an accuracy borne of earnestness and love more than actual skill. The kobolds of Low Tide love it all the more for its flaws, exemplifying the best aspects of their community: love without shame, expression without restraint, effort without reluctance.The crude idol floats above the chapel altar, bolts of divine electricity arcing off of it. And every kobold who beholds it, in the back of their head, hears the words of defiance whispered over steady, thumping drums. Chained beneath the deep. But we will rise again.This week on Roll Dice and Cry: Are you on our side?Cast:Zachary Fredrickson (@obfuscatinggod)Mari Costa (@marinscos)Emily Riesbeck (@thebluevalkyrie)Chander (@chanderclear)Amy Sloan (@effsie) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Olivier von Argent crossed her arms and frowned, looking down at the thing that had once been her, sprawled among broken jars and scattered sundries."Oh, this won't do at all," she said. "There's still so much left to do.""THERE IS ALWAYS MORE TO DO," said a voice from the shadows beside her. "SOMEONE ELSE WILL DO IT NOW."Olivier turned to the figure beside her and sighed. Already the tension of the day was leaving her, a spring uncoiling after a lifetime of tautness. But still:"What if they do it wrong, without me there to guide them?""THAT WILL BE THEIR CONCERN, NOT YOURS. YOU HAVE WORKED HARD. YOU HAVE EARNED REST."Olivier worried at her lip, glancing down at her body even as she drifted towards the figure."There will still be parties where we're going, won't there? I'm a very good event planner, you know. I would hate for my talents to... Depreciate."The figure tilted its head at her. Beneath the voluminous shadows of its hood, Olivier thought she saw the barest glimpse of a smile; but then, of course, she supposed skulls were always smiling. The figure held out its hand, and Olivier took it."MY LADY ADORES A GOOD PARTY."This week on Roll Dice and Cry: Do I want to involve anybody else?Cast:Zachary Fredrickson (@obfuscatinggod)Mari Costa (@marinscos)Emily Riesbeck (@thebluevalkyrie)Chander (@chanderclear)Amy Sloan (@effsie) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Solomon Steps-in-silence rakes his eyes over the gala from where he stands, arms crossed and leaning against one of the buffet tables. He twitches his hand slightly, feels the reassuring weight of the knives hidden in his sleeves, and sighs. Florian had put on a brave face that afternoon, but she knows as well as he that an attack like that isn't the end of what the Anguished had in store for them. He's been in enough silent backroom wars to recognize it for what it was. It wasn't a coup de grâce. It was a warning shot. Now the only thing he can do is keep an eye on all these victims and wait for the other shoe to drop. The assassin smiles warmly as a servant hands him a flute of champagne, but the expression doesn't reach his eyes. It never does. Solomon Steps-in-silence dumps his drink into a nearby planter.And watches. And waits. This week on Roll Dice And Cry: Does Florian like lollipops?Cast:Zachary Fredrickson (@obfuscatinggod)Mari Costa (@marinscos)Emily Riesbeck (@thebluevalkyrie)Chander (@chanderclear)Amy Sloan (@effsie) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Anthony Argent sits haphazardly on a chaise lounge, its feet scuffed and slightly crooked from where he painstaking dragged it down into the caverns beneath the castle. Down here, he has not heard the impact that rocked the upper levels mere minutes ago. Here, in his secret chamber of reflection, the only sound is the music he makes. He ceases playing, for a moment, to touch the scars on the side of his head. All these years later and he still winces as he runs his fingers across them. He had been distraught back then, forced to shave his head to avoid infection. Of course, the youth of Behren immediately shaved the sides of their own heads in response. A fashion trend, or solidarity perhaps, but at the time he had believed them mocking him and shut himself away in the castle. The scars had faded in the intervening years, diminished from their ugly red lines to soft and subtle white ridges, and he'd kept the haircut. Perhaps the time to heal the interpersonal scars had come, as well. It had been a shock, seeing the figure of his nightmares in stark daylight, but Linnae was a man, not a monster. Right? Even if the sight of him caused Anthony's knees to buckle and mouth to run dry, he owed it to his new matriarch to do his best to play nice. Right? Unable to find answers in the moment, Anthony simply continues to play. This week on Roll Dice and Cry: The most important thing is to continue.Cast:Zachary Fredrickson (@obfuscatinggod)Mari Costa (@marinscos)Emily Riesbeck (@thebluevalkyrie)Chander (@chanderclear)Amy Sloan (@effsie) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kevin Ramone paces in his observatory, flitting between the notes spread out across his desk and the array of telescopes that cluster their way across his balcony window, each one fixed ever northward. The darkening of the moon's bottom edge over the past months as if some shadow were eating away at it was troubling enough, but now these... anomalies that had appeared in the last day, getting larger by the hour... he isn't ashamed to admit that they terrify him. Kevin drags both hands through his hair, wishes things were simpler, safer. He wishes things with Amadeus--No, Ford, he was Ford now--were easier, wishes they could talk like normal people again. Most of all, he wishes that he is wrong.Kevin presses his eye to the telescopes viewfinder and his heart drops.He wasn't wrong.And there is a new dark spot in the sky.This week on Roll Dice And Cry: What Would Tiuku Do?Cast:Zachary Fredrickson (@obfuscatinggod)Mari Costa (@marinscos)Emily Riesbeck (@thebluevalkyrie)Chander (@chanderclear)Amy Sloan (@effsie) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A selection of the smells of various guests of the Argent Gala, as according to Mister Thoreau.-Florian Von Argent: determination. Not sure how, but that's definitely the smell. Also sunflowers. -Brandt the Enduring: Steel, silver, metal, iron... It's like the guy's made of metal. -Lantern's Light: This guy smells sneaky. -Mister Palm and Miss Fist: Sweat, gunpowder, steel, perfume. -Etcetera Et Cetera: Oh, you're easy! Paper, ink, leather bindings, and blueberries!-Weyland Ivaldi: Like moss and a good walk in the woods. Too bad it's covered up by all the metal. -Gehnnen Strauss von Roche: Smells rich. Rich food, rich clothes.-Dauntless Leroux: Testosterone. Cologne. Lead? -Miss Hawthorne and Mister Emerson: Family. Home. This week on Roll Dice and Cry: No progress without sacrifice. Cast:Zachary Fredrickson (@obfuscatinggod)Mari Costa (@marinscos)Emily Riesbeck (@thebluevalkyrie)Chander (@chanderclear)Amy Sloan (@effsie) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Additional facts, theories, and anecdotes about Dauntless Leroux, from the notes of Etcetera Et Cetera: -Dauntless Leroux maintains his champion position within the Galyrian Naval Boxing Commission; to date, no challenger has ever been able to defeat him, even this far into his admiralty. -He once fought a megalodon, naked, armed only with a yard of rope, and won.-His ships never fall to bad weather, because bad weather is afraid of Dauntless Leroux.-Dauntless Leroux once shouted a kraken into releasing his ship.-The tides in Harrowshore are caused by Dauntless Leroux doing pushups.This week on Roll Dice and Cry: What am I doing? What are YOU doing?Cast:Zachary Fredrickson (@obfuscatinggod)Mari Costa (@marinscos)Emily Riesbeck (@thebluevalkyrie)Chander (@chanderclear)Amy Sloan (@effsie) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

HER WOND’ROUS GAZEAuthor UnknownHer wond’rous gaze, it dances on the sea,Kaleidoscopic, shimmering and bright.Chevaliers rejoice on bended knee,Basking in the kindness of her sight.With armor gleaming, riders of the dawnCome thund’ring down the valleys of the skyTheir lord and ladies proudly cheer them onA-rallied by their holy battle cry!“To arms!” they cry, and leap into the fight,“Our lives to keep the world from going still!”And all the while the kingdom’s anguish’d blightErodes the holy trinity’s goodwill.Her wond’rous gaze, now guarded, shines aboveAfter so long, do I still have her love?This week on Roll Dice and Cry: Who here doesn't hate me?Cast:Zachary Fredrickson (@obfuscatinggod)Mari Costa (@marinscos)Emily Riesbeck (@thebluevalkyrie)Chander (@chanderclear)Amy Sloan (@effsie) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The eyes of Amatyne the Sunturion gaze out, warm and still, from the facade carved into the highest wall of the Silverhome courtyard. The Solar Guardian, She Whose Patrol Marks Our Days has not been seen in flesh amongst the people of the Endless Sea since the end of the age of Titans, but the workers of Castle Silverhome appreciate her bright and noble eyes all the same, so similar to the eyes of their beloved Lady. As the servants, chefs, smiths, and other staff of the Argent homestead toil seemingly endlessly in the preparations for Lady von Argent's Ascension Gala, they are invigorated by the presence of their Lady, even moreso by the fact that she toils alongside them all the same. They pay no heed to the impossibility of their goals, nor to the stresses of their work. Not with Lady to guide them. Not with the Lady to light the way. This week on Roll Dice and Cry: I thought everyone cried at these things. Cast:Zachary Fredrickson (@obfuscatinggod)Mari Costa (@marinscos)Emily Riesbeck (@thebluevalkyrie)Chander (@chanderclear)Amy Sloan (@effsie) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The smell of baking bread and the song of striking hammers waft through the city of Schoeneberg in equal measure. One more place, just as special and normal as anywhere else, one more stop on the Titans' ongoing odyssey to find truth and knowledge. Who is the mysterious Floriane von Argent, matriarch of the Argent Dynasty, and why does she care so much to have the Titans attend her gala? How much more does Nemo know than he lets on, even now so far into this journey? With a castle full of strange dignitaries and eccentric characters ahead, how can the Titans know who to trust?Let's find out together, shall we?This week on Roll Dice and Cry: Can you make what you want to happen, happen?Cast:Zachary Fredrickson (@obfuscatinggod)Mari Costa (@marinscos)Emily Riesbeck (@thebluevalkyrie)Chander (@chanderclear)Amy Sloan (@effsie) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After a strenuous month of making deals, charting courses, and butting heads, the Titans of the Bastion have definitely earned a nice reprieve from politics and stately manners. What luck, then, that a lovely party looms over the horizon! Fancy clothes, good food, and... politics and stately manners. Well, you don't always get what you want, but as the Titans will surely find out: sometimes, you get what you need.This week on Roll Dice and Cry: What kind of God do you think Tzela was?Cast:Zachary Fredrickson (@obfuscatinggod)Mari Costa (@marinscos)Emily Riesbeck (@thebluevalkyrie)Chander (@chanderclear)Amy Sloan (@effsie) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tensions mount and fists fly on the Island That Should Not Be as the Kingdom game continues and the Titans are forced to confront a single, universal truth.This Week on Roll Dice And Cry: You just can't please everyone. Cast:Zachary Fredrickson (@obfuscatinggod)Mari Costa (@marinscos)Emily Riesbeck (@thebluevalkyrie)Chander (@chanderclear)Amy Sloan (@effsie) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.