Show Notes
Out west – far west, past rebuilt Freehold, past ruined Blackhold and ravaged Silberg, past even Jethro’s remote cabin and its terrible cellar, over the god-made walls of that primordial fortress you call the Black mountains, down the foothills where the downtrodden many pull precious stones from the living rock, for the benefit of the privileged few – there is a town on the plains. The inhabitants of this town would be called Urrkyet by the Elves, that is to say Orcs in the common tongue of the Eastern realms. Most of this episode is about them.
But also Nia catches a really rough break.
The script for this episode is available here.
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And, finally – this being the conclusion of Chapter 5 – we are now accepting listener questions and will answer our favorites live(!) on our YouTube channel on Sunday May 19 (exact time TBA). If you want to submit a question, you can ask us on Twitter, Tumblr, or Facebook. Make sure to use #AskTOAFN to be sure we’ll see it!
CONTENT NOTES below.
CONTENT NOTES:
From 12:11-12:48 (p. 77-78), there are threats mirroring real-world racial violence
From 17:43-18:42 (p. 82-83), these threats escalate
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