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Cast:

Daniel J. Hogan

(Host, Narrator, Characters)

Robin Hudson

(Eira the pelican)

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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Magic of Eyri 019-Neo Geo

Daniel — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:01:56 +0000

Today’s episode: A battered and bruised Delu returns to the Hawk King and tells of Zeroth’s betrayal and Steve’s escape. After consulting a vulture mystic, the Hawk King determines that Steve’s next stop must be a visit to the Oracle of Uth, the Last Human Village. Steve does indeed meet with the Oracle, Geo, and learns of the next part of his quest–find a way to Dragons Well and search for the Sword of Zaa.

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

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Cast:

Daniel J. Hogan

(Host, Narrator, Characters)

Robin Hudson

(Eira the pelican)

Valeta

(Uth Chamber of Commerce Woman and Female Villager)

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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Magic of Eyri 018-Uth the Last Human Village

Daniel — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:50:41 +0000

Today’s episode: Our Heroes finally reach Uth, the Last Human Village.

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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Cast:

Daniel J. Hogan
(Host, Narrator, Characters)

Robin Hudson
(Eira the pelican)

Ryan Knott
(The Old Man)

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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Magic of Eyri 017-Fishy Business

Daniel — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:55:14 +0000

Today’s episode: Our heroes continue on toward Uth, the Last Human Village. Along the way, Zeroth gives Uncle Shameless and Steve magical armor for protection. In need of weapons, Zeroth has Eira catch some swordfish in the swamp–they are fish with sword-blades for tongues. Zeroth tries to teach Steve how to fight, but quickly learns he has his work cut out for him.

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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Cast:
Daniel J. Hogan
(Host, Narrator, Characters)

Robin Hudson
(Eira the pelican)

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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Magic of Eyri 016-Packing it In

Daniel — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:55:12 +0000

Today’s episode: Uncle Shameless gets tangled up with the raven spy Delu, Arbal tries to shoot Steve with his crossbow and our heroes make their escape in a bizarre way.

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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Cast:
Daniel J. Hogan
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Robin Hudson
(Eira the pelican)

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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Magic of Eyri 015-Every Which Way But Uth

Daniel — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:13:33 +0000

Today’s episode: Uncle Shameless wants to return to the fray to help Zeroth and Cam, but Steve wants to keep running away. Zeroth tangles with Arbal and both the raven twins. Cam gives Zeroth a new assignment: protect Steve.

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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Cast:
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Robin Hudson
(Eira the pelican)

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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Magic of Eyri 014-Round Two

Daniel — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:01:08 +0000

Today’s episode: Zeroth and Uncle Shameless’ fight continues. Steve learns that not everything in Eyri obeys the laws of science he learned in school. A member of The Five betrays the band and the raven twins show up to make matters worse.

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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Cast:
Daniel J. Hogan
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Robin Hudson
(Eira the pelican)

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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Magic of Eyri 013-Fight

Daniel — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:01:58 +0000

UPDATE: there was an audio goof in this episode (forgot to delete some of the additional Eira lines, d’oh), but it has been fixed. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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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Cast:
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Robin Hudson
(Eira the pelican)

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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Werewolves in Popular Culture Panel

Daniel — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:40:22 +0000

Not our regularly scheduled episode! This is a panel discussion on werewolves in popular culture.

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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Magic of Eyri 012-Double Trouble

Daniel — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:13:40 +0000

Today’s episode: The Hawk King sends his spies, a pair of raven twins named Delu and Uled, after Steve and his companions–but, they are not alone. The twins have hired a team of bounty hunters to aid in their search.

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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Cast:
Daniel J. Hogan
(Host, Narrator, Characters)

Robin Hudson
(Eira the pelican)

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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Fantasy Writing Panel Podcast

Daniel — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:13:25 +0000

NOTE: Not our regularly scheduled episode!

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.

The next episode of The Magic of Eyri will run Sunday, September 27th.

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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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Magic of Eyri 011-The Trial

Daniel — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:06:41 +0000

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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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Cast:

Daniel J. Hogan
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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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Magic of Eyri 010-Are You a Pelican or a Pelican’t?

Daniel — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:33:02 +0000

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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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Technical Notes: Some sound effects courtesy of Freesound.org (User Attribution list). Other sound effects and music by GarageBand.

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Cast:

Daniel J. Hogan
(Host, Narrator, Characters)

Robin Hudson
(Eira, the Pelican)

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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Magic of Eyri 009-Just Aqueducty

Daniel — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:13:57 +0000

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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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Cast:

Daniel J. Hogan
(Host, Narrator, Characters)

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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Magic of Eyri 008-Jail Break

Daniel — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:01:05 +0000

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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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Technical Notes: Some sound effects courtesy of Freesound.org (User Attribution list). Other sound effects and music by GarageBand.

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Daniel J. Hogan
(Host, Narrator, Characters)

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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Magic of Eyri 007-Big Trouble In Little Da’Rahga

Daniel — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:06:34 +0000

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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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Technical Notes: Some sound effects courtesy of Freesound.org (User Attribution list). Other sound effects and music by GarageBand.

For more information on the story, please visit the About and Characters pages. These sections will be updated as episodes are put online since I don’t want to spoil too much ahead of time.

Cast:

Daniel J. Hogan
(Host)

Bingo Kingsley
(Your Friendly Narrator)

Rutherford McKinley, Jr.
(Uncle Shameless)

Rutherford McKinley, Sr.
(Steve)

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Magic of Eyri 006-The City of Flame

Daniel — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:13:45 +0000

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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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