Dear Renko & co (Vigil Backstage)

What this episode covers

Persephone Byron is gone from this time, but her words to her friends remain. Coming next on 22 August – Vigil: Chief/Exec, Act 3 PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains fantasy violence, drug use, sex references and authoritarian coercion. Luvvie alert! We simply must introduce you to Deck of Many Aces, an actual play Dungeons & Dragons podcast made by actual asexuals and aromantics! Follow four heroes as they adventure through a fantasy world on the cusp of a technological revolution, augmented by magic. Each character's fate is tied to one of the 22 cards in the Deck of Many Things, a D&D magical object based on a tarot deck. https://shows.acast.com/deck-of-many-aces DRAMATIS PERSONAE AND OTHER DEFINITIONS GWYNNED: A former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan. For the crime of saving a mortal man from the Morrigan’s cruel whim, the goddess exiled Gwyn to live as a duck, overlooked by mortals. Recently freed from the curse, Gwyn is negotiating a new relationship with her mistress. JINNY GREENTEETH: Proprietor of the Grove of Oddities, a tacky Sherrydown tourist attraction. In a past life, Jinny was branded a witch after a series of drownings in her Lancashire village. RENKO: A DoOm agent assigned to Sherrydown, furloughed since the office closed. HARPER: A US exchange student trying to sever her ties to the Shadow realm she sometimes enters through revolving doors. DEPARTMENT OF OMISSIONS (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres. SHERRYDOWN, BRACKSHIRE: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office. OMISSION EFFECT: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon. CREDITS COMPERE: Matt Boothman STARRING: - Natalie Winter as Gwynned, the Divine - Josh Yard as Jinny Greenteeth, the Spellslinger - Vikki as Renko, the Flake - Marta da Silva as Harper, the Searcher ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael Sands MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst SOUND DESIGN BY: Matt Boothman EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman FIND US On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/ On Tumblr https://merelyroleplayers.tumblr.com/ On Twitter https://www.twitter.com/merelyroleplay www.MerelyRoleplayers.com