Show Notes
It’s All Happening! The figures of prophecy are traveling to their appointed places. The old gods are waking up. Mordus has 10,000 gallons of blood to bottle before morning and Vargul is hard at work in this section of Stalking Darkness.
Content Warning: Torture, a lot of gore and some other horror imagery in this section
Timestamps: Ch 41: 26 min 20 sec Ch 42: 7 min 40 sec Ch 43: 1 hr 5 min 45 sec Ch 44: 1 hr 23 min 39 sec
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