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Aug 2024
55m 36s

379: Norse Sagas: Forsaken (part 2 of 2)

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod
About this episode
We finish up the story of Bard with that of his son, Gest, which includes bloody Christmas parties, fun new games for you and your friends will try* and what happens when you forsake everyone and everything you know and love (spoiler: it doesn’t go well).

The creature is Sega, a cute little bird who is very, very angry.

Disclaimer: https://myths.link/379
Source: https://myths.link/bardsaga

Discord won out for the place to connect on the poll from a few weeks back, so I set up a server. Check it out here: https://myths.link/discord. Don't expect too much activity, though. I literally just launched it.

If you just want a straight updates page without any logins, I got that going, too: https://www.mythpodcast.com/updates

*Don't do these. Or, if you do, you didn't hear it here.


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Music:

“Easel Moss” by Blue Dot Sessions
“Jubelio” by Blue Dot Sessions
“Laddo” by Blue Dot Sessions
“Spek” by Blue Dot Sessions
“The Broker” by Blue Dot Sessions

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