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Season 2 | Ep. 29 | The Value of Life

10.12.2025
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The party goes shopping... And lives are lost.

This episode is dedicated to Casill. Story by Travis Vengroff (Game Master)

Produced, Edited, and with Sound Design by Travis Vengroff

Executive Producers: Dennis Greenhill, Carol Vengroff, AJ Punk'n, & Maico Villegas

Mixing and Mastering by Finnur Nielsen

Transcriptions by KC Casill & Kessir Riliniki

Cast:

Narrator / Game Master – Travis Vengroff

Father Sindri Westpike – Eyþór Viðarsson

Rowena Granitepike – Hem Brewster

Lirril – Tanja Milojevic

Elias "Payne" Embertree – Drew Tillman

Akrill of House Kel-Tor – Kristján Atli Heimisson

Armorer – Rói Einarsson

Cavernsfall – Marcy Edwards

Lead Guard – Russ D. More

Klymoore – Robert Clotworthy

Music: (in order of appearance)

Music Director / Arranged by - Travis Vengroff

Music Engineer (Musiversal) - Gergő Láposi

"Westmann's Hold" - Written and Performed by Steven Melin, Orchestrated, and Mixed by Steven Melin, Orchestrated by Catherine Nguyen, Violin by Matheus Garcia Souza, Hurdy Gurdy by Johannes Geworkian Hellman, Hammered Dulcimer by Kyle Paxton, Budapest Choir, Brass, & Strings Recorded by Musiversal

"Marketplace" - Written and Performed by Steven Melin

"Sun for Grandpa" - Lyrics & Vocals by Hem Brewster, Written and Performed by Steven Melin

"Harp Medley" arranged by Travis Vengroff, mostly written by Steven Melin & Brandon Boone

"Verified Friendship" Written by Steven Melin, arranged and performed by Travis Vengroff

"Yojo (Cultivation of Life)" written and originally performed by Nobuo Uematsu conTIKI as "Yojo from Akari Gatari", Arranged & Mixed by Steven Melin with supervision by Nobuo Uematsu, Orchestrated by Steven Melin and Catherine Nguyen (Copyist), Lyrics by Travis Vengroff, Translated by Florian Seidler, Budapest Strings, Choir, and Brass recorded by Musiversal, Accordion & Glockenspiel by Travis Vengroff, Woodwinds by Kristin Naigus, Violin by Matheus Garcia Souza, Cello by Andrew Dunn, Hammered Dulcimer by Kyle Paxton

"Motus" – Arranged with Accordion by Travis Vengroff, with Cello by Studio Pros, & stock media provided by avinograd/ Pond5, Written and Performed by Andrey Vinogradov, Mixed by Finnur Nielsen

"Danse Silencieuse" – Arranged and Performed by Travis Vengroff with Cello by Sam Boase-Miller and stock media provided by avinograd/ Pond5, Written and Performed by Andrey Vinogradov

Dark Dice art by Allen Morris with lettering by Kessir Riliniki

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Special Thanks to:

Our Patreon supporters! | Hem Brewster | Our Fool & Scholar Discord Lampreys! | Carol Vengroff

Content Warnings: Child Abandonment (fatherly), Death, Drinking (alcohol), Feelz (you may cry), Gaslighting, Inheritance Issues, Loss (Familial), Murder

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