Darkness in Scandinavia with Erik Hoftaniska

How do you do The World of Darkness in the happiest places on earth? What's magick like when the sun doesn't set for weeks at a time? How does the Syndicate deal with social democracy? What are trolls really like and what is a well-pisser? Karl Erik Larsen Hoftaniska of the Symposium Podcast answers these questions and more.Correction! Erik corrected himself to say that the Nordic countries were Social Democracies but the sound for that portion was garbled.Notes! Kurt Anderson's Fantasyland  - Book on how America has always been a little bit crazy Scholastic movement Sami People - Culture of the way northMage things! Difficulty of being a necromancer - Every line does it a little differently Mage: the Awakening arcana fate vs death Werewolf the Forsaken - Chronicles of Darkness game Exarchs - Possible big from Mage the Awakening A giant discussion of Sorcerer's Crusade Valdaerman - Fellowship from Dark Ages: Mage  Itarajana - Magickal fellowship Spirit-Talkers from Dark Age: Mage Gabrielites or the Cabal of Pure Thought, the precursors to the New World Order Seiðr - Shamanic sorceryOther! Trollhunter movie - They can smell Christians Vices and Virtues - Album by Panic! at the DiscoCreatures! Trolls - Not the ones from Changeling Elves Fossegrim - Water spirit Brunnmigi - Well Pisser, yep, that's what they do Draugr - Pretty well the same in lore Mare or Nightmare - They sit on your chest