

Lorekeepers - A Worldbuilding Podcast
Carter & Frank
Lorekeepers is a worldbuilding podcast about two friends chronicling the journey of an ever-expanding tapestry of interwoven lore.While other podcasts may start a new world with each episode, Carter and Frank return to Halûme each week, determined to create the deepest, grandest, and most nuanced fictional setting ever. Never forget that in an infinite world, there are always more tales to tell.
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Jan 23, 2021 • 59min
S3.14 - Eras of Divide
This week we investigate the rise and inevitable fall of the Marion Dominion. The elven lords who once held such a sway over the people of the Marion Ocean fell to the one true enemy of all empires: time.That, and the poison party.Related EpisodesThe Shrouded Empire, the first "nation": Ep. 1.2The Nineflow, leycourse of dispositions: Ep. 1.04Strife-spire, the cause of millenia of conflict: S1.25Vampires, rulers of the blasted world: ep. 1.31The Eight, the dragons, the Aspects, and the macrowar: ep. 1.67———Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: lorekeeperspodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @thelorekeepersLorekeepers art by Sam Wade.Instagram: @bysamwade

Jan 15, 2021 • 1h 37min
S3.13 - the Mercantile Oceanic Gentry
Grab your tricorn and get ready to drop several years worth of bowman's salary because we're buying our way into the seaworthy aristocracy! This week we explore the Admiral's Club, the one and only club for every worthy captain on the Marion Ocean.———Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: lorekeeperspodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @thelorekeepersLorekeepers art by Sam Wade.Instagram: @bysamwade

Jan 8, 2021 • 37min
S3.12 - Quietly Metropolis
It's a new, exhausting week in the world, but lets leave that behind for a little while, why not? This week we go deep down beneath the waves, further than even where the sun reaches. But that doesn't mean it's dark. In the ruins of an ancient city of the Golden Hour, a city bursting with life glows into view. Welcome to the city of the merfolk.———Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: lorekeeperspodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @thelorekeepersLorekeepers art by Sam Wade.Instagram: @bysamwade

Jan 1, 2021 • 1h 21min
S3.11 - A Year in Outline
Happy New Year! Good Riddance to the old, and let's pretend for a few days that this one might be better! Might!This week we zoom out to take a peek at the year ahead, specifically at the goings-on in Parresari. We consider important questions like:What seasons are there in Parresari? What do they look like?When do the treasure hunters arrive?Why are shipwrights setting fire to their own vessels?How do you milk a giant bat? All this and more. Enjoy!———Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: lorekeeperspodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @thelorekeepersLorekeepers art by Sam Wade.Instagram: @bysamwade

Dec 28, 2020 • 57min
S3.10 - A Day No Tides Would Die
Years' end festivities! Happy Bremann! To celebrate the holidays, we're having another one of our seasonal eps, this time about the Tide Festival (name pending?) of Parresari.Enjoy!We're a little late in bringing this one to you, but for good reason: we've got beautiful new album artwork! It's been a long time in the making, but well worth it! This incredible art was done by Sam Wade.Instagram: @bysamwade———Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: lorekeeperspodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @thelorekeepers

Dec 18, 2020 • 60min
S3.09 - Sweet Lady Justice
This week, we roll up the 'ol God Mill and see what we get! Well, her name's Wiwrnenthal, what's she about? How does she show up on Parresari? Listen and find out!———Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: lorekeeperspodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @thelorekeepers

Dec 11, 2020 • 1h 22min
S3.08 - Not a Proper “Square,” You See
In the spirit of Candlemaker’s square, for this week’s episode we explore Pegum Plaza, the first thing that anyone sees when they land ashore in Parresari. From claimed “artifact” curio barkers to beautiful coral articulations to cafes high above, there’s something for every kind.———Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: lorekeeperspodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @thelorekeepers

Dec 4, 2020 • 1h 33min
S3.07 - You Go. I Stay. No Following.
This week the Lorekeepers imagine a government for Parresari and investigate a particularly odd creature simply known as Thog.———Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: lorekeeperspodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @thelorekeepers

Nov 29, 2020 • 1h 11min
S3.06 - The Center of Three, pt. 2
We finish our conversation about the larger world around Parresari and discover some satisfying conclusions about our podcast's namesake!Episode ReferencesGnomes, angels and the spire of Oberiska: Ep. 1.03The Nineflow, leycourse of dispositions: Ep. 1.04Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: lorekeeperspodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @thelorekeepers

Nov 21, 2020 • 31min
S3.05 - The Center of Three
What starts as a conversation about the districts of Parresari becomes a much larger conversation about the context of the entire ocean.Episode ReferencesSpans, the primal entrapment: Ep. 1.34Curious about something you heard in this episode? Chances are you can find out more about it in the Record of the Lorekeeper!———Want to learn more about Halûme? Got some ideas of your own? Join the conversation at www.reddit.com/r/thelorekeepers or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Canon". Note that it may not render properly on your browser. If so, try using Chrome.Questions or ideas? Visit r/thelorekeepers!Website: thelorekeepers.comEmail: lorekeeperspodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @thelorekeepers