

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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Apr 30, 2019 • 1h 1min
S1.50 - At Vengeance’s End
Despite the extreme conflict of Aevum Quartus, there were attempts at peace. Of those attempts, only one officiated the humans as Knowing entities: The Councils of Stratosmacht.Talking points: Willow Carter, rules of engagement, "bequeathed" lands, elven relic thieves, a Talesin speech, #Odinwasright, America's parent's bedroom, and the Last Blockbuster.———Want to learn more about Halûme? Explore the world here, or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Visit World". We regularly add new articles!Questions or ideas? Email us at lorekeeperspodcast@gmail.comWebsite: thelorekeepers.comTwitter: @thelorekeepers

Apr 23, 2019 • 57min
S1.49 - Faith Without Falsehood
For ages there has been a cold war between forces beyond the mortal realms. This week we explore the Rexrin, the holy-unholy war of angels and fiends.Talking points: Round 2: Fight!, the "Cul-de-sac mentality", angels don't negotiate with terrorists, a pasture of Knowing, devilish pre-marital sex, flappy brain, and portals portals PORTALS!!!ReferencesOsteos, bone-hallows of Halûme: ep. 36———Want to learn more about Halûme? Explore the world here, or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Visit World". We regularly add new articles! And that's not a lie anymore!Questions or ideas? Email us at lorekeeperspodcast@gmail.comWebsite: thelorekeepers.comTwitter: @thelorekeepers

Apr 16, 2019 • 1h 1min
S1.48 - Destruction from Perfection
Mentioned often and avoided every time, this week we finally allow ourselves to talk of the residents of the Etherium... angels.As mentioned, don't forget to check out the Angelarium! Mad credit to Peter Mohrbacher for his beautiful and haunting imagination.Talking points: Weather embargo, the Simpsons are an institution, basically the gummy ship, angel-aberration hybrids, mother cloth, spending wayyyy too long on numbers, also, what's a Dusk?ReferencesAshcurse, doom of creation: ep. 1Osteos, bone-hallows of Halûme: ep. 36The Nine, protectors of the leyspires: ep. 37———Want to learn more about Halûme? Explore the world here, or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Visit World". We regularly add new articles! And that's not a lie anymore!Questions or ideas? Email us at lorekeeperspodcast@gmail.comWebsite: thelorekeepers.comTwitter: @thelorekeepers

Apr 7, 2019 • 50min
S1.47 - The New, Coldhearted Empire
This week on Lorekeepers we take a turn for the cold-blooded.That is... what's it like to be a crocodile-person?Talking points: philosopher-officer, dumb little cousins, #Swamplyfe, Alligators are faster than you, Pimpin' Disney, SHWAMPMAGUUK, bogs are not the same, and philosphigators.Referenced EpisodesWild Magic, defiance of dreams: ep. 46———Want to learn more about Halûme? Explore the world here, or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Visit World". We regularly add new articles! And that's not a lie anymore!Questions or ideas? Email us at lorekeeperspodcast@gmail.comWebsite: thelorekeepers.comTwitter: @thelorekeepers

Apr 2, 2019 • 1h 1min
S1.46 - And the Dream Continues
This week on Lorekeepers we try something new: rolling a random subclass, which takes us down the turnpike on a sorcerous-looking jalopy! Come and take a look-see!Talking points: nuclear options, anime magic, cyberpunk moxie, spell flailing, not shutting up about our Conan fanfic, hungry hungry sorcerers, Dream Queen is opening this Thursday, and the soul's toilet nipple.Referenced Episodes2.5% and the trade schools of magic: ep. 12Ysengrin, narcoleptic king: ep. 18———Want to learn more about Halûme? Explore the world here, or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Visit World". We regularly add new articles! And that's not a lie anymore!Questions or ideas? Email us at lorekeeperspodcast@gmail.comWebsite: thelorekeepers.comTwitter: @thelorekeepers

Mar 26, 2019 • 1h 1min
S1.45 - At the End of the Journey
This week we spend time exploring the origins of the halflings, the Veldt, and Gaea, god of the animistic world. Want to know where halfling pride comes from? Come listen!Talking points: Cranking a piece of action, motorcycles are cool, rumors in a cave, achronal splits, common ancestry, angelic blessings, family forests (not trees), animal tidepools, the birth of classes, communal independance, and twined destinies.Referenced EpisodesGnomes, angels and the spire of Oberiska: ep. 3Elves, the children of magic: ep. 5Najani, guiding hand of the firmament: ep. 11Naming, the destiny of the elves: ep. 26Vampires, rulers of the blasted world: ep. 31Alloy dwarves, a people insulated from evils: ep. 38———Want to learn more about Halûme? Explore the world here, or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Visit World". We regularly add new articles! And that's not a lie anymore!Questions or ideas? Email us at lorekeeperspodcast@gmail.comWebsite: thelorekeepers.comTwitter: @thelorekeepers

Mar 19, 2019 • 59min
S1.44 - Archimedes and the Tortoise
In our first ever mailbag episode, we receive a series of excellent and challenging questions about the nature of evil and the Riven in Halûme. In true Lorekeeper fashion, we hit the ground hard! With our faces! And slide about forty feet! Come watch!Thanks again to "Thurston" for sending in excellent questions!Talking points: there's sarcasm and there's sarcasm, vacuum magic, the Cave allegory revisited, spiritual sunglasses, perfect babies, the "official" gender of a hurricane, agency complications, monomyth-ocracy, cultural instincts, and ...aliens.Referenced EpisodesDrow, fanatics of the magics Above: ep. 40———Want to learn more about Halûme? Explore the world here, or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Visit World". We regularly add new articles! And that's not a lie anymore!Questions or ideas? Email us at lorekeeperspodcast@gmail.comWebsite: thelorekeepers.comTwitter: @thelorekeepers

Mar 12, 2019 • 1h 6min
S1.43 - Disciples from the Darkness
Turn down the lights and put on your grittiest voice, because we're going hardcore evil this week.Dooooooooooooom.Talking points: Strawberry festivals, My First Hunger Games, Cracker-Jack regionality, CoolName Auras, Aramave's ego, Jeremy Bearamy, Wraiths=Songbirds, and the Belmont family Disaster Relief Brigade.Referenced Episodesthe Ashcurse, cataclysm that broke the world: ep. 1Orconis, the lightless land: ep. 13Spans, a peasant's folktale: ep. 34Osteos, the rotting bones of creation: ep. 36The Seven, twilit remains of a bygone forestall: ep. 37———Want to learn more about Halûme? Explore the world here, or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Visit World". We regularly add new articles! Questions or ideas? Email us at lorekeeperspodcast@gmail.comWebsite: thelorekeepers.comTwitter: @thelorekeepers

Mar 5, 2019 • 55min
S1.42 - The Eternally Closed Door
This week in Halûme we investigate the strange relationship between the sciences and magics, and how they can't truly be grasped the same way that we understand them. Also, astralmancy!Talking points: bear lovin', Shakespeare in the park parties, 3% rule, cloudy with a chance of people, weird elf physics, amish scientists, Teilhard's Creative Union, Tycho's dead moose, magical TSA agents, and moon-sized whoopsies.Referenced Episodesthe Ashcurse, cataclysm that broke the world: ep. 1Roarark, city-state of the philosopher-queen: ep. 8 & 9Spans, a peasant's folktale: ep. 34———Want to learn more about Halûme? Explore the world here, or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Visit World". We regularly add new articles! Questions or ideas? Email us at lorekeeperspodcast@gmail.comWebsite: thelorekeepers.comTwitter: @thelorekeepers

Feb 26, 2019 • 56min
S1.41 - Compensation for Miracles
This week, we uncover a new secret of Halûme: the good goddess of tricks, Dişgulle!Talking points: sleep reversal, the "Turkish S," cosmic organs/diseases, Ra's interesting church services, the riddle queen, moonstories, the Best Part of Pirates of the Carribean, immortal love, split-body consciousness, Sudarian "South America", and cats.———Want to learn more about Halûme? Explore the world here, or by visiting our homepage at thelorekeepers.com and clicking on "Visit World". We regularly add new articles! Questions or ideas? Email us at lorekeeperspodcast@gmail.comWebsite: thelorekeepers.comTwitter: @thelorekeepers