In January 2014, Christian wrote a story for a fantasy writing subreddit writing challenge. The challenge was to write “a funny story where magic goes horribly wrong”. The result was Renault D’esprit. We had posted the story a while ago, but in case you missed it, we’ve re-posted it here. It gives a bit of bonus backstory to Nia and Renault’s past at Armstrungard
Continue reading on In Case You Missed It: Some Bonus Background on Renault and Nia
Update: The holiday bonus period is now closed. Check here for more info.
From everyone at TOAFN, we’d like to wish you a happy holidays and beginning of 2015! We’ve got two big announcements to share with you all for the holidays.
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FIRST, for a limited time only (between now and January 1st) each chapter of TOAFN is available in a binge-able, full-chapter format! That’s one single audio file containing all 4-5 episodes strung up in a row, with the theme music only once at the beginning, and the credits only once at the end. This is a great way to pass the time over the holidays, whether you have a long car or plane ride, or just some time off from work or school.
To access these binge chapters, head to http://onceandfuturenerd.com/rewards/
There, you will see a field to enter a download code. The download codes are:
Chapter 1: holidaybonus01
Chapter 2: holidaybonus02
Chapter 3: holidaybonus03
Chapter 4: holidaybonus04
Chapter 5: holidaybonus05
Chapter 6: holidaybonus06
Chapter 7: holidaybonus07
So basically, you type in lowercase “holidaybonus” and then the number of the chapter you want to hear. Please share these codes around! Tweet them, facebook them, tell your friends and family. Anyone you know who has a long holiday travel, let them pass the time listening to TOAFN!
SECOND, we are setting up a raffle! For each tweet/retweet, Facebook like, iTunes review, and Stitcher review you make in the next week, you will get one entry into a drawing. Prizes will include free access to certain tiers of Patreon rewards for the rest of the season, as well as some more cool prizes which we will talk about in the near future. Notice how well this works with the binge bonus episodes! Tweet about the full-chapter bonus content, and get an entry into the raffle! Tweet and Facebook, and you get two entries! Tweet and Facebook and review on iTunes…you get the idea! Just make sure we know about it so that your entries will be counted! If you do something on Facebook or Twitter, you can tag/mention us and we’ll see it. If you’re leaving us an iTunes or Stitcher review, email us at iordic.princes at gmail dot com so that we’ll see that too.
Happy Holidays, and thank you, as always!
Arlene Redmoor’s wedding finally arrives in this episode! Arlene is wed to Antonin Mooncrest, and what follows is a party that will not soon be forgotten by any involved. Meanwhile, in the White Forest, our party is introduced to the last member of Yllowyyn’s family. Yllowyyn’s older sister, Yllodyk, turns out to be a rather interesting character. Music for this episode, “The Traditional Iordic Wedding Gigue”, was created by Christopher Montalbo for use in THE ONCE AND FUTURE NERD, with some rights reserved by the creator. If you’d like to discuss this episode, head over to www.reddit.com/r/onceandfuturenerd, our new official forum for all things TOAFN!
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We hope our American audience has a happy Thanksgiving, and for the rest of the world…have a good Thursday! In light of the holiday, TOAFN will be taking a small hiatus. The conclusion of Chapter 7 will be presented on December 14. During the break, you can check out audioverseawards.net, where we are finalists in a number of categories of podcast awards! Voting for the winners is live, so consider supporting all the contestants and voting for your favorite! And by favorite, of course, we mean us. Vote for us. (No but seriously, uphold the integrity of the event, vote however you see fit).
Good news everyone!
Have you ever wished there was somewhere on the internet where you could discuss the happenings in Iorden with other TOAFN fans? Maybe you haven’t, but we have. We’ve been wishing for some sort of discussion forum, where our fans can interact with each other and with us.
Well, our wish is now a reality! We now have a subreddit! http://www.reddit.com/r/onceandfuturenerd is our new home on reddit. You can use the subreddit to discuss individual episodes, or to come up with theories, or to tell the world who your favorite character is…or anything else you could possibly imagine!
So if it strikes your fancy, head over to http://www.reddit.com/r/onceandfuturenerd. We’ll see you there!
CONTENT NOTE: The first scene of this episode depicts some graphic violence. Use your discretion in listening.
Brennen and Jen are treated by the best Elven doctors, whose behavior just seems to rub Billy the wrong way. Despite Billy’s misgivings, the two are soon returned to full health. At Castle Guernatal, Antonin Mooncrest distrust of Ardel Redmoor grows, as everyone prepares for the big wedding between Arlene and Antonin. Meanwhile, Yllowyyn is honor-bound to be involved in an extremely uncomfortable tradition–the introduction of his friends to his parents. The narrator finally begins to understand some facets of slang from Pennsylvania.
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Thank you for listening! The next installment will air on November 23, 2014. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving us a review on iTunes or Stitcher, or even on your own website like this wonderful person did!
