

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.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Feb 1, 2022 • 1h 34min
S4.09 - Fundament in the Dark
Aaaaaand we're off the deep end again. Strap in.It's another heady (swiss-cheesed with errors) physics-fest this week with the Lorekeepers! This week, we explore the alternate-world interpretation of the Nineflow as dark energy and its implications on the behavior of gods and the spirit.Also, we finally know what magic actually is. Go figure.———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 25, 2022 • 1h 42min
S4.08 - The Quantum Field of Spirit
After some truly crazy notions about causality and the nature of a deterministic reality, the Lorekeepers blow the current models of magic halfway to kingdom come and examine just what is occurring on a logic/deterministic level when the Nineflow get involved. Sciency!———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 18, 2022 • 1h 51min
S4.07 - Home is the Mouth of a Shark
This week we investigate one of the strangest implications of the Ashcurse; the heavenly refugees. At the time of the Ashcurse, not only were there gods on the mortal side of the curtain, but there were mortals on the side of the divine! What happened to these individuals? What happens to a mortal body when it passes into the heavens?Listen this week to 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: @thelorekeepersLorekeepers art by Sam Wade.Instagram: @bysamwade

Jan 11, 2022 • 1h 42min
S4.06 - Shorn from the Source
This week the Lorekeepers examine the Shorn. What begins as an investigation of the deities trapped on the mortal side of the divine divide during the Ashcurse evolves into a query of the relationship between divine spirits, planetary bodies, and the vaccuum of space. What separates a mortal from the divine?———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 4, 2022 • 54min
S4.05 - Siserym
Thresholds exist everywhere. They're kinda like the matrix that way? Anyways, we ring in the new year with another godmill, this time taking a look at Siserym, god of thresholds. 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, 2021 • 55min
S4.04 - Reason for the Season
Merry happy! It's that time of year again, and to celebrate/send the old year out, we examine the holidays of Halûme: what role do they play? How would celebrations be different than they are in the real world.From both of us, we wish you the warmest of year's end. Spend time with those you love (if you can), and stay warm!———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 21, 2021 • 1h 42min
S4.03 - Ascending the Eternal Throne
When do the rules of faith and godhood collide with the greed for power within mortals? This week, we explore the divine empress, one of the first to successfully overthrow the elven powers of Aevum Tertius.———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 14, 2021 • 1h 15min
S4.02 - Nick a Knack, Split a Whack, Give Your God a Loan
Avoid Control spoilers: 1:11:50It's early yet, but why wouldn't we do a godmill? 'Tis is the season for it, after all! This week, we roll on the godmill and end up with Genniş, goddess of thieves.———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 9, 2021 • 1h 12min
S4.01 - Euthyphro's Temperaments
Welcome to the new season! We begin by exploring power structures among the gods, and their respective associations to ideals. And in classic Lorekeeper fashion, we follow this path to it's logical conclusion and ask the Ultimate question: which came first, the Divine or the Good?———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 3, 2021 • 1h 28min
S4.00 - Getting our God Legs
Well, we didn't *exactly* intend to take almost 2 (2!) weeks off, but thanks to a long vacation we're back and nicely refreshed! Now as we get back into the swing of things, we explore the scope of what the next season might hold for us. 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