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Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (09.15.10): “The City Beneath the Sea” – Lots of fun, under the sea!

Ramblings:

This episode introduces Fivetoes the Dragon (he’s the blue dragon on the cover of the novel). I had fun coming up a vocal effect for Fivetoes in GarageBand, and I kind of wish my voice was that deep. Oh well.

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In our last episode: Arbal, Zeroth’s former partner in the Five, shows up and is looking for revenge.

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Kat Cooper

(Loran, the Alderman’s Public Relations Manager)

Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (09.1.10): “Dragons Well” – Steve and the gang finally arrive at the mysterious Dragons Well.

Ramblings:

This episode features a guest voice by LansingNext co-host, Kat Cooper. She is a super-talented actor, and I was happy she could lend me a hand. I hope to have her on more episodes in the future. If you want to hear more of her (and my) voice-over work, we threw together a goofy Fraggle Rock spoof in June.

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In our last episode: It is the Griffin vs. the Frugal Gullman in a wild and wacky battle at sea.

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Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (08.18.10): “Payback” – Zeroth battles Arbal, while the rest of the gang uses the Griffin to fight off U’nala and his Pyrix. Stuff is gonna ‘splode. 

Ramblings:

Glad to be back from my little break!

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In our last episode: We learned more about the Pixie People who power the Griffin and U’nala and his cronies show up to make things difficult for Steve and his friends.

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Valeta

(Uth Chamber of Commerce Committee Clerk)

Stephanie Sweitzer

(Ms. Gently)

Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (08.04.10): “Old Foes” – More trouble for the gang as old enemies appear.  NOTE: I am not releasing any episodes in July because I’m moving and there could be a lapse in my access to the Internet and such. So, I’m playing it safe. Come back in August.

Ramblings:

I’m really glad I changed how I recorded and edited episodes. Every since I decided to record the episodes all the way through, instead of recording in chunks by character, it has sped up the process. It has also sped up editing, which takes the most amount of time.

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Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (06.16.10): “Battleships” – The Griffin, The Frugal Gullman and the Uth Chamber of Commerce All Purpose Utility Ship and Choir Annex do battle on the Ralk Sea. Don’t forget your towel.

Ramblings:

Oh, Vanderawlt. Perhaps one of my favorite lesser villains I came up with. Who doesn’t like pirates?  His “ridiculously large hat” was inspired by a similar hat that Orlando Bloom wears at the end of Pirates of the Caribbean.

Seriously, did you see that thing?

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In our last episode: Steve and his friends met Alexander the Small, captain of the Griffin.

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Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (06.02.10): “Pirates!” – Our heroes have a run-in with the scourge of the Ralk Sea, Vanderawlt the pirate.

Ramblings:

We get to know Alexander the Small a bit better in this episode. He is, of course, named after Alexander the Great, and a friend of mine named Alex (who wasn’t small, but very skinny). His crew, Julius the albatross and Hector the Penguin are named after Julius Caesar and Hector of Troy. I was partially inspired by an article I read once about the Nine Worthies.

With the audio versions of Julius and Hector, decided to try and do a “Bones and Spock” approach to the voices. We’ll see how it goes.

The joke behind the Pixie People surrounding Uncle Shameless and saying “Hi!” over and over, is a poke at Navi in the video game Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

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Joining me on the panel are Jim C. Hines, author of the Goblin Quest and Princess series and Brian Briggs, creator of the geek humor site BBspot.com.

I loved being on this panel. It was a hoot. We talked about writing humor in genres vs. traditional fiction, and even in non-fiction. Jim teases me for taking food home from the laundromat. And we learn that Batman makes anything funnier.

Jim was also a guest on an episode for the other podcast I’m a part of, LansingNext. I am the co-host, and bring my lovable geek humor to the show.

Oh and last week’s podcast made it to the front page of BoingBong last week. Awesome!

runtime: 55 minutes

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Next Weds (5.19) is the next episode of the Magic of Eyri, “Flight of the Griffin.”

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I really enjoyed this panel and Mary is just awesome. We approach podcasting from two different angles, with her being on the very professional end of things, and me coming from the low-tech, amateur end, but I think that made the talk way more fun.

runtime: 56 minutes

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Next Weds (5.12) is audio from another panel I was on, this time with Jim C. Hines and Brian Briggs, “Humor in Science Fiction and Fantasy.”

The next episode of the Magic of Eyri, “Flight of the Griffin” runs on Weds., 5.19.

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In our last episode: the Hawk King puts out a reward for Steve’s live capture and sends his second-in-command, U’nala, after the boy with bumbling guards Remmit and Kaz in tow.

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(Tuuga the turtle)

Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (05.19.10): “Flight of the Griffin” -  Alexander tells our heroes of the Pixie People and what makes his ship unique.

Ramblings:

This episode, like the last one, features a tip of the hat to the “Everyone? Everyone!” scene in the film The Professional. We are introduced to one of my favorite characters, Alexander the Small (who’s name is an obvious play on Alexander the Great). Despite being small in height, Alexander is a larger than life character, and was always fun to write.

A bit of trivia, the name of the ship, The Griffin, comes from something I read once about a ship named The Griffin being one of the first “ghost ships” on the Great Lakes. Sadly,  I haven’t been able to find that website/article since I wrote the novel, but that’s fine. The ship is not named after Family Guy.

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In our last episode: Istrio scolds Steve and tells the boy that his not doing as he was told led to the destruction of Uth, the Last Human Village (since renamed to The Village Formally Known as Uth, the Last Human Village). The blue heron mystic tells Steve he must find passage to Dragons Well and Istrio gives Zeroth a talking silver swordfish named Gladius.

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Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (04.21.10): “An Odd Duck” – Our heroes meet the duck captain who will take them to Dragons Well: Alexander the Small.

Ramblings:

This one has a few references/jokes I enjoyed. The first is the joke about the Lighthouse Inn inspiring sea shanties, ‘the very popular “The Light That Never Goes Out”’ (the name of  a Smiths song) and ‘the not very popular “Show Me the Way”‘ (a Peter Frampton song).

The other joke is the “Everyone?” “EVERYONE!” exchange between U’nala and Fiach-Ra, which references a similar scene in the film The Professional.

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In our last episode: The Hawk King burned Uth, the Last Human Village to the ground in his search for Steve.

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Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (04.07.10): “Duck and Cover” – Steve and his friends arrive in Tal, the duck port town. NOTE: I’m kind of skipping a week because there would three episodes in March because of how the weeks line up. I decided to skip the 31st and release episode 22 on April 7th (thus sticking to the first and third Wednesday of the month schedule).

Ramblings:

Istrio is back, and boy does he have some harsh words for Steve.

This episode introduces one of my favorite characters–Gladius, the cranky talking silver swordfish. Gladius was a favorite of mine to write for when I wrote the original novel. There are a few hidden jokes in this episode, but the main one is Uncle Shameless’ line about Steve having a “butch name like Theodore or Gordon.” That refers to former Detroit Red Wings players, Ted Lindsay and Gordie Howe. Steve is of course named for another former Red Wing, Steve Yzerman. The joke about Steve’s mother wanting to name him Françoise is a bit of family trivia–that nearly happened to my dad.

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In our last episode: Delu the raven spy finally reaches the Hawk King and informs him of the Hunters’ betrayal and Steve’s escape. Back in Uth, the Last Human Village, Steve learns from the Geo the oracle that he must search for the lost Sword of Zaa.

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Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (03.17.10): “Silver Tongued” – Steve and his friends meet a cranky, talking weapon with abandonment issues.

Ramblings:

Because of the way the weeks run in March, I should technically do three episodes for this month. Well, I ain’t gonna.  I want to stick to the “first and third” Wednesday release schedule, so there will not be an episode on March 31st, but rather April 7th.

This episode introduces the fiery minions of the Hawk King, the Pyrix. They are giant, skeletal birds covered in fire. Scary.

I came up with the name by combining “pyr” (Greek for fire) and “strix” – a bird creature from Roman mythology (although in the original myth, the strix are  vampires).  The strix are said to be like owls, but I envision the Pyrix to have a skeleton similar to an eagle or a hawk.

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In our last episode: Our Heroes finally reached Uth, the Last Human Village.

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Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (03.03.10): “Burn” – Fiach-Ra, the Hawk King, takes matters into his own hands when it comes to dealing with Steve and his friends.

Ramblings:

This is the first episode to feature some of my original “music.” I say “music” because it is more or less me hitting random keys on a synth keyboard until I found something that sounded neat.  I also recorded some guitar parts (but not everything you hear in this episode is my doing) and ran them through “amps” in GarageBand.  I had fun coming up with music and I’ll try to do it in the future, because some times you just want a crunchy power chord for a scene.

Today’s episode also features some great guest voice work by the mysterious Valeta.  She is very talented and I’m happy to have her on board the podcast and look forward to having her voice more characters in upcoming episodes.

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In our last episode: Zeroth tries to teach Steve how to fight using the creatures known as swordfish.  Zeroth also gives Steve and Uncle Shameless magical armor.  The armor changes size via the wearer’s imagination–Uncle Shameless has no difficulties with this, but it presents a challenge for Steve.

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Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (02.17.10): “Neo Geo” – Steve meets the Oracle of Uth and the Hawk King is not happy after being informed that The Boy is still on the loose.

Ramblings:

I’m happy to announce that Lansing, Michigan singer/songwriter Ryan Knott recoded a line of dialogue for this episode.  His line, “that’s not a troll–that’s my wife!” was one of my favorite (stupid) lines in this episode.

And in other good news, I’ll have another guest voice for episode 019.  I like that I’m finally asking local folks to record a few lines here and there–but let us not forget to thank Robin Hudson (Eira) for all of her continuing hard work and excellent voice acting–especially since she’s all the way in South Korea! (that’s a long walk from Michigan).

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In our last episode: Uncle Shameless and Zeroth battled the raven twins and Arbal the mourning dove. Afterward, Zeroth carries the rest of the party to safety by stashing them in his magical pack.

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Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (02.03.10): “Uth, the Last Human Village”  Our heroes finally arrive at Uth, the Last Human Village but they soon find out that entering the village will not be so easy.

Ramblings: I had some fun with the audio mixing in this episode.  It certainly shows I’ve been listening to a lot of Pink Floyd lately, what with some of the crazy layering I have going on when Steve is “remembering” events in his past.

The audio of Steve’s dad’s “voice” was fun to do–I originally had thoughts of asking my own dad to record the parts, but I opted to do them myself.  That way, if I decide to do something like this again, I won’t have to keep bothering my dad.

I don’t know, but for some reason Steve’s dad sounds like Tom Waits.  I really don’t know why I did the voice that way, I guess I was inspired (and I’m by no means saying it is a good impression).

One of the lines I say (which came about while improvising), “above a dirty book store” is right out of a Tom Waits song. Another line I came up with on the fly, “I certainly was correct” is a reference to Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon album (the line there is “I certainly was in the right”).

I figure I may as well do funny stuff like that–what’s the point of having this be in audio unless I mess around and experiment a bit?

Speaking of, I’ve started including a short “stinger” at the end of each episode, taking a page from Mystery Science Theater 3000′s playbook.  The line is either a favorite line of mine from the episode, an alternate take or a goof.

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In our last episode: Despite Steve’s protests, Uncle Shameless returns to help Zeroth and Cam as they battle the treacherous Arbal and the wily raven twins.  As Cam lays dying, he gives Zeroth one final command: protect Steve.

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Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (01.20.10): “Fishy Business” Our heroes continue on their way to Uth, the Last Human Village.  Along the way, Steve gets an interesting weapon–a living creature called a swordfish.

Ramblings: For those trying to get an idea as to who Zeroth’s magical pack works, the best comparison I can think of is a TARDIS from Doctor Who: bigger on the inside than it is on the outside.  The inside of Zeroth’s pack has the same space as a large room, and objects (and persons) inside do experience some disorientation while as Zeroth moves around (similar to sea-sickness).  Zeroth removes items by thinking of them as he pulls his hand out.  To help remember what he is carrying, Zeroth keeps a ledger book with an ongoing list of what’s inside.

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In our last episode: Zeroth and Uncle Shameless’ fight continued. Steve learns that not everything in Eyri obeys the laws of science. A member of The Five betrays the band and the raven twins show up to make matters worse.

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Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (01.06.10): Packing It In Note the date! There will not be any episodes released in December.  I’m taking the month “off” to build up a stockpile of episodes.  Even though I won’t be releasing episodes, I will still be working on them. Make sure to come back in January.

Ramblings: Yes, it is true: I’m not releasing any episodes in December.  This is to give myself a bit of a break and to help create some breathing room between working on episodes.  Plus, I know I’ll be busy because of the holidays and not having to worry about releasing episodes on top of everything will be nice. This was a bittersweet episode to make, as it means the last time a couple of characters will appear.

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In our last episode: Zeroth finds Steve and Uncle Shameless and plans to bring the Boy back to the Hawk King–but Uncle Shameless won’t let give up without a fight.

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Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (11.25.09): Every Which Way But Uth

Ramblings: Quite a few references in this episode.  Zeroth’s randomly appearing shield (as well as his yellow scarf) are a nod to the Mega Man character, Proto Man.  Zeroth’s “science defying pack” is a reference to the magical holding pack the character Snarf has in the fantastic fantasy-comedy comic strip SnarfQuest (by Larry Elmore).  SnarfQuest (along with the comic Bone by Jeff Smith) is a big influence on the Magic of Eyri.

Zeroth’s line about getting the pack from someone who was “reluctant” to part with it is a tip of the hat to the film Spartan.  Val Kilmer’s character has a similar line regarding a knife.   A personal favorite joke in this episode is Zeroth mentioning the Hunter band, Prophet’s Profits, which I wrote as a reference to the band Herman’s Hermits.  Prophet’s Profits are a Hunter band out of Eaner, a name I came up with while looking at my Beaner’s Coffee mug when I wrote the original novel.  Beaner’s has since changed its name to Biggby Coffee.

Arbal’s repeating crossbow is based (loosely) on a Chinese repeating crossbow. Arbal’s name comes from arbalest, which is a large crossbow (and one of the weapons Arbal uses). Cam’s name comes from a part of a compound bow.

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Today’s episode: Zeroth the Hunter continues his search for Steve and Uncle Shameless, and when he finds them things get nasty.

In our last episode: The Hawk King’s spies, the raven twins Delu and Uled hire a team of Hunters, called The Five, to aid them in their search for Steve and Uncle Shameless.

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Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (11.08.09): Round Two!

Ramblings: Zeroth’s thinking that the number six printed on Steve’s shoes is his name is a reference to the TV show The Prisoner.  The main character’s name is Number Six.  There are plenty of references to the show scattered throughout The Magic of Eyri. When Steve and Uncle Shameless are tossed Cell Six in the Hawk King’s castle, that is another reference–as is the description of the what the prisoner sharing the cell with them is wearing.

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I had the pleasure of being a guest writer/panelist at ConClave, a science fiction and fantasy fan convention, this weekend in Romulus, Michigan. This panel was called The Beast Within: Werewolves in Popular Culture.  Joining me on the panel were Stewart Sternberg, Jon David, Rick Moore, Charles Zaglanis and William Jones.  Folks from the audience chipped in as well.

The audio quality won’t be on par with my usual episodes, as I just set up my recorder on the table and let it go.

The next episode of The Magic of Eyri will be online in two weeks (10.25.09), until then–thanks for listening.

runtime: 1 hour 3 minutes

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Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (10.25.09): FIGHT!

Ramblings: This is my third time being a guest writer/panelist at ConClave and as always, I had a great time.  I love being on panels and talking about topics that interest me. I was also involved with the Writer’s Workshop.  William “Doctor” Jones has a picture of the us rappin’ ’bout werewolves over on his blog.

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In our last episode: The Hawk King demands to know who let Steve into his city.  Remmit, Kaz and Lexa are rounded up and put on trial for allowing The Boy to enter Da’Rahga.  However, things go a bit better for Remmit and Kaz than they do for Lexa.

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Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (10.11.09): FIGHT!

Ramblings: I had a lot of fun creating the vocal effects for Delu and Uled for this episode. I added a PayPal donate button, so if you would like to support the podcast, feel free to donate whatever amount you wish.  A bit of trivia, the name of the Hunter band, The Five, is a reference to Ben Folds Five (which also only had three members).  I only realized later that it was also a reference to Arthur’s poor counting in Monty Python in the Holy Grail, as Cam (who named The Five) has a similar condition.

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This is a live recording of Jim C. Hines (Goblin Quest, Stepsister Scheme, The Mermaid’s Madness) Phil Kline (Curse of the Kitsune) and myself talking about Fantasy Writing at the Delta Township District Library on September 1st, 2009.  The sound quality will not be the same as the other episodes, as I just set my recorder on the table and let it go. I did what I could to tweak things (but you can only do so much with an .MP3 recorded at 64 kbps).

The three of us chatted about writing fantasy, our writing process and answered questions from the audience.  The highpoint, for me anyway, is listening to Jim explain his upcoming muppet-werewolf short story.

Run time: 49 minutes.

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Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (9.27.09): Double Trouble – a pair of the Hawk King’s spies search for Steve, but they are not alone–they have hired bounty hunters.

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Welcome back, loyal listeners.

In our last episode: Our heroes met Eira the pelican (voiced by Robin Hudson of Angel Between the Lines and other podcasts), a healer on her way to Uth, the Last Human Village. Meanwhile, back at the Hawk King’s castle, a vulture Mystic told U’nala of the danger Steve represents.

Today’s episode: The Hawk King demands to know who let Steve into his city.  Remmit, Kaz and Lexa are rounded up and put on trial for allowing The Boy to enter Da’Rahga.

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Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (9.13.09): Double Trouble – a pair of the Hawk King’s spies search for Steve, but they are not alone–they have hired bounty hunters.

Ramblings: Things will start kicking into high gear after this episode, as there are few action scenes coming up. Also–if you subscribe to the Magic of Eyri through iTunes, make sure to rate the podcast and even write up a review if you like.  You can also vote for the podcast on Podcast Alley.  Make sure to tell all you friends about the podcast, send them links to the site, mention it on Twitter or Facebook–just spread the word!

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Welcome back, loyal listeners.

In our last episode: Our heroes escaped the Hawk King’s castle using an old aqueduct as a make-shift water slide and ended up falling into a faraway lake.  Meanwhile Nevik, the Hawken from the dungeon, informed U’nala of Steve’s arrival in the city.

Today’s episode: Steve and Uncle Shameless meet Eira the pelican (voiced by Robin Hudson of Angel Between the Lines and other podcasts).  Eira is a who healer happens to be on her way to Uth, the Last Human Village–the same place Steve and Uncle Shameless are headed.  Back at the Hawk King’s castle, a vulture Mystic tells U’nala of the danger Steve represents.

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Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (8.30.09): The Trial – the Hawk King is not happy about Steve being allowed into his city–and he wants to know who is to blame.

Ramblings: This episode is dedicated to Les Paul (1915-2009), who passed away this week.  Not only am I appreciative of his contributions to guitars, but also of his pioneering of multi-track recording (and audio effects), which eventually evolved into the sound editing software we use today (in my case, GarageBand).  He will be missed, but not forgotten.  On a lighter note, please welcome Robin Hudson to our motley crew.  She is providing the voice of Eira the Pelican. Learn more about Robin on the Cast page.

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Welcome back, loyal listeners.

In our last episode: A Hawken warrior tries to convince Steve to hand over his blue heron amulet, but the negotiations take a nasty turn and Steve receives help from Mudd the duck–the bartender of the pub where Steve and Uncle Shameless were captured.

Today’s episode: Our heroes continue their escape from the Hawk King’s castle, using an old aqueduct as a make-shift water slide.  Meanwhile, we are introduced to the Hawk King’s second in command, U’nala, a one-winged Hawken who has gone crazy from decades of administrative work.  Nevik, the Hawken who tried to bring Steve to the Hawk King, informs U’nala of The Boy’s arrivial in the city.  U’nala doesn’t know who this The Boy person is, but he’s fairly certain it means bad news for the Hawk King–which always means more work for him.

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Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (8.16.09): Are You a Pelican or a Pelican’t? — Steve and Uncle Shameless make a new friend.  A Mystic of Zuu tells Nevik and U’nala of The Prophecy.  Nevik informs the Hawk King of Steve’s arrivial. U’nala fills out more paper work.  Special Note: Introduces Robin Hudson (of Angel Between the Lines) as the voice of Eira, the pelican!

Ramblings: This episode is a bit short, but don’t worry–some of the next few will be longer.  I enjoy writing/voicing U’nala because he lets me be over the top/goofy, something I didn’t want to do with Fiach-Ra.  He’s kind of the Starscream to Fiach-Ra’s Megatron.

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Welcome back, loyal listeners.

In our last episode: Steve and Uncle Shameless were allowed into the Hawk King’s city, Da’Rahga, by a Hawken officer named Lexa.  However, their tour of the City of Flame was short lived after Uncle Shameless got into a fight with several Swantan warriors in a Da’Rahga pub.  Our heroes quickly found themselves in the Hawk King’s dungeon.   The episode ended with a Hawken warrior from pub visiting Steve and Uncle Shameless in the dungeon.

Today’s episode: In our eighth adventure, the Hawken warrior tries to convince Steve to hand over his blue heron amulet in exchange for the Hawk King sending our heroes home with his magic.  The negotiations take a nasty turn and Steve receives help from an unlikely source.

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Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (8.2.09): Just Aqueducty — Our heroes continue their escape! Meanwhile, the Hawk King’s second in command is informed of Steve’s appearance in the city.

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Welcome back, loyal listeners.

In our last episode: Steve and Uncle Shameless tried to enter Da’Rahga, the Hawk King’s city, but were deterred by a pair of gate guards–a Hawken named Remmit and a Swantan named Kaz.  Uncle Shameless tried to con his way past the guards, eventually asking to speak to their supervisor–a Hawken officer named Lexa. Much to Remmit and Kaz’s surprise, Lexa granted the two humans entrance.

Today’s episode: In our seventh adventure, our heroes finally gain access to Da’Rahga.  But, their luck runs out after Uncle Shameless causes a ruckus at a Da’Rahga pub.

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Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (7.19.09): Jail Break!

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Welcome back, loyal listeners.

In our last episode: Istrio, the blue heron Mystic, finishes his history of Eyri and gives Steve a quest: find the lost Sword of Zaa, the only weapon that can defeat Fiach-Ra, the Hawk King. He also tells Steve to head for Uth, the Last Human Village, but Steve and Uncle Shameless head for the Hawk King’s city, Da’Rahga, instead.

Today’s episode: In our sixth adventure, our heroes arrive at Da’Rahga, known as The City of Flame. The city gets this name from the magical Wall of Fire that protects it from would-be attackers. To make matters worse, our heroes have to manage to get past two guards, a Hawken named Remmit and a Swantan named Kaz.

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Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (7.5.09): Big Trouble in Little Da’Rahga — thanks to Uncle Shameless, our heroes land in a tight spot.

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Welcome back, loyal listeners.

In our last episode: Our heroes found out they are in the world of Eyri, and are not-so-quickly filled in on the world’s history by Istrio, a blue heron and Mystic of Zaa.  Steve and Uncle Shameless learn of the two eagle gods, Zaa (water) and Zuu (fire) that created Eyri and how the Hawk King, Fiach-Ra, came to rule Eyri. Istrio gives Uncle Shameless a wineskin filled with Eldercherry wine during the history lesson.

Today’s episode: Istrio wraps up his history of Eyri and informs Steve that he must search for the lost Sword of Zaa, the only weapon that can defeat the Hawk King. Steve, always the skeptic, is not amused nor eager to take on this challenge.

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Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (6.21.09): The City of Flame!

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Welcome back, loyal listeners.

In our last episode: Our heroes chased a glowing eagle down the Grand River in a canoe, which led them over a mysterious waterfall.  Steve awoke on a beach and met O’Jec, a talking squirrel. After Uncle Shameless woke up, the pair realized they were on the beach of a vast, blue sea and no longer on the Grand River.  Our heroes started walking through a forest of very tall, very spooky trees until they came to a clearing filled with crumbling ruins.  Steve and Uncle Shameless fell asleep within the ruins, and Steve began to dream, which brings us to…

Today’s episode: Steve has a strange dream about an attack on a castle, and wakes up to an even stranger sight: two moons shining in the night sky. As Steve and Uncle Shameless try to determine where they are, they are visited by a bird-man who (much to Steve’s annoyance) ladles out plenty of exposition.

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Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (6.7.09): More exposition and history of Eyri. Steve then finds out why he is in Eyri and is given a quest–he is not amused.

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Welcome back, loyal listeners.

In our last episode: Our heroes take off on their canoe trip, where they see all kinds of interesting things on the Grand River. They see turtles, swans and ducks.  Sadly, most of the trip is spoiled for Steve by Uncle Shameless’ off-key singing and bad jokes. Just when Steve can’t take any more nonsense, the pair come across an eerie sight on the river.

Today’s episode: In our third adventure, our heroes encounter an interesting animal on the Grand River and decide to give chase, much to Steve’s protest.  The chase leads our heroes into a tight spot–and to whereabouts unknown.  After the chase, Steve makes an unusual acquaintance.

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Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (5.24.09): Steve awakes from a bizarre dream to see an even more bizarre sight: two moons shining overhead.  Uncle Shameless is certain they are no longer in Michigan but Steve, always the skeptic, has his doubts.

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Welcome back!

In our last episode: We find out that Steve is spending the summer with Uncle Shameless in River City and that Steve doesn’t have much use for imagination and make-believe.  Uncle Shameless decides that the two of them should go on a canoe trip down the Grand River, which brings us to…

Today’s episode: In our second episode, our heroes take off on their canoe trip, where they see all kinds of interesting things on the Grand River. They see turtles, swans and ducks.  Sadly, most of the trip is spoiled for Steve by Uncle Shameless’ off-key singing and bad jokes. Just when Steve can’t take any more nonsense, the pair come across an eerie sight on the river.

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Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (5.10.09): A chase down the Grand River leads our heroes into a tight spot–and to whereabouts unknown.

This is where it all begins folks.

Here is episode 001 of The Magic of Eyri. In our first episode, you get a quick overview before things get rolling.  Then the fun begins–we meet our heroes, Steve Harrier and his Uncle Shameless, and we find out why young Steve is spending the summer with his uncle in River City.

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Technical Notes: this episode was recorded with a different microphone than the proceeding episodes, so there will be some sound differences.  Likewise, I’m still learning the fine art of audio mixing, so this first episode might sound a little rough in spots. I’m getting better with each episode though, and the same goes for my voice acting.

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Music is provided by GarageBand, as well as most of the sound effects. Other sound effects I made myself.

Ramblings (added 7.14.10): New listeners will hear a fake credit roll call at the end of this episode and for the next few. I got tired of doing that, and put a stop to it, mainly because it wasn’t that funny, and it equaled more work.

Next Time on The Magic of Eyri (4.26.09): Our heroes take a canoe trip down the Grand River and Uncle Shameless annoys Steve with singing and bad jokes.  But it isn’t all fun, as they see some strange things on the river.