

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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Sep 7, 2021 • 1h 59min
Interim 8: The Boomers
It must have been really confusing. From nowhere, hundreds of thousands have new access to abilities barely understood, and with even less control. At the end of Aevum Secunda, many are discovering their affinity for magic. What do they do with it?Also, this squirrel gutter.———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

Aug 31, 2021 • 44min
Interim 7: New Magic
Between spellbooks, copying magic down, and gathering magical power, wizards had to start somewhere. Carter has a great idea for that. Let's find out how the wizarding tradition began, shall we?———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

Aug 24, 2021 • 1h 25min
Interim 6: Monkey Business
In a vacation to the faerie forests of the Illuvium, we reexamine some of their history and namely, how they are related to the One Who Was. Who is the Monkey, and why is he possibly one of the most historically important figures in the cosmos?———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

Aug 10, 2021 • 1h 36min
Interim 5: Widening the Lens
A change in the cosmic model necessitates other changes. If the Fundament is indeed real, how might other models of consciousness arise? Perhaps the Riven are not as doomed as the Knowing believe...———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

Aug 5, 2021 • 1h 24min
Interim 4.5: The Loonies are going for it
We interrupt your regularly scheduled podcast feed to swing wide the doors on a new venture: in the backdrop, for the past several months Frank has been working on a new tabletop rpg system he's calling "Work to Eat" (yeah, the name is pending). It's not a proper episode but we figured, hey, why not share it with you fine folks? If y'all are curious about it, we may just upload more!If you'd like to know more about it, feel free to reach out one of the ways below!———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

Aug 3, 2021 • 1h 17min
Interim 4: Learn the Fundamentals
Of all the things to readress in Halûme, is any more significant than the Nineflow itself? We think not. In this episode, we crack open the previously-confident model of reality that the Knowing have been using for countless eons and examine what exactly an Abstract is.Enter the Fundament.———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

Jul 31, 2021 • 1h 9min
Interim 3: The Great Dance
Let's talk about Whims.What are they? Who has them? What do they do? What role do they play in the Halûmian cosmos? And why is the episode called the Great Dance?We'll explore all of that this week. 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

Jul 20, 2021 • 54min
Interim 2: Defeat Built upon the Backs of Victory
This week, we respond to a listener question, and in doing so, clarify some of the strange and curious things occurring near the end of Aevum Secunda.Much thanks to gonzoblackpanda for their great question!———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

Jul 13, 2021 • 1h 31min
Interim 1: A Whole of Many Parts
It's a new season! Well, not really. In our first interim episode we re-open that aged folder wherein lie the planes of the Halûmic Cosmos. And in so doing, new light is shed on the border planes...Don't forget to submit your own questions and ideas! If you have a cool idea or a question to ask, now is the time!———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

Jul 6, 2021 • 48min
S3.35 - Time Enough at Last (Finale pt. 4)
It may be the end for Parresari, but the world of Sudar will continue to spin (partially because of Parresari's sacrifice). What's next for the island of Tensitung? The people?Thanks so much to listening to Season 3 of Lorekeepers! Stick around next week as we begin our inter-season explorations. Until then,there will always be more stories to tell!———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