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The Lich's Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast

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Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode explores the great empires, shattered ages, legendary peoples, gods, cataclysms, and mysteries that shaped the Realms.Official site: https://taleofthelich.comContact: [email protected]: Dharma Web Solutionshttps://dharmawebsolutions.comSources:D&D Beyond (official): https://www.dndbeyond.comWizards of the Coast (D&D): https://dnd.wizards.comDMsGuild (Forgotten Realms titles & lore references): https://www.dmsguild.comForgotten Realms Wiki (community): https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Main_PageCandlekeep Forum (long-running Realmslore community): https://candlekeep.com/forum/EN World (TTRPG community): https://www.enworld.orgEd Greenwood (Forgotten Realms creator

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Episodes

  1. Manshoon: The Problem of Surviving Yourself

    Two letters. The same signature. Opposite commands. Erilian Kantonine follows Manshoon from the council struggles of Zhentil Keep into the Black Network, the catastrophe of the Manshoon Wars, the vampire history of Westgate, and the competing interests of Waterdeep. Along the way, he asks what...

  2. Baelnorn: The Dead Who Remain on Duty

    What does it mean to remain when a lifetime of service should be over? In the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep, Erilian considers the elven guardians who accept a duty beyond death. Through Cormanthyr's watchers, teachers, and wardens, he follows the lives of Synnorha Durothil, the Guardian...

  3. Vaasa: Between Bog and Bloodstone

    Listener Joe Biggs asked for the cold tundra bogs of his campaign. Erilian takes a water-stained map north: through difficult crossings and workable ground, past the shadow of Castle Perilous, and into the lives of people facing the Warlock Knights' demands. We visit the Bottomless Bogs…

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  4. Sardior: The Ruby Dragon and the Broken First World

    Why does one tradition preserve a living Ruby Dragon and another connect his fate to a shattered beginning? At a listener's request, Erilian visits Sardior's court, the five Thanes, Seradess and Blithen, obsidian dragons, scholarly servants, and the aleithian dwarves before comparing later First...

  5. Waterdeep: The City Behind the Legends

    An iron key opens a workroom for two people who have both paid to rent it. From that explicitly imagined dispute, Erilian walks through the real lore of Waterdeep: the harbor, six wards, guilds, laws, rulers, temples and powers beneath the streets. How does a city full of extraordinary people...

  6. Why Modern Faerûn Keeps Producing Legends

    A worn bronze survey weight lies beside a map with an empty space. Erilian asks why a world with armies, temples and mighty wizards still needs a few travelers willing to answer a small, dangerous problem. The journey follows Drizzt's conscience, Bruenor's rebuilding, Elminster's long memory,...

  7. When Other Planes Press In

    Other planes reach Faerûn through more than portals and invading armies. They enter through a bargain, a useful object, an old crossing, a dangerous experiment—and an offer that sounds like relief. Erilian follows Zariel's fall and Elturel's betrayal, Gargauth's whispered counsel, Farideh and...

  8. Factions of the Present Age: The Powers Between Crowns

    Who can make help arrive after a crown's authority runs out? From the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep, Erilian Kantonine follows the Harpers, Zhentarim, Lords' Alliance, Emerald Enclave, Order of the Gauntlet, Red Wizard networks and Bregan D'aerthe through the relationships that carry power…

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  9. E54: The Inner Sea Web: Trade, Piracy, Temples, and Rumor

    Four records. Several names. One ship—and a cargo that refuses to remain merely commercial. From his hidden archive beneath Waterdeep, Erilian Kantonine follows the Sea of Fallen Stars through the lives it binds together. Grain and glass share the hold with priests, mercenaries, diplomatic…

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  10. E53: Mulhorand, Unther & Tymanther: Returned Gods & New Peoples

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  11. E53: Calimshan and the Southern Cities: Old Wealth, Old Fire

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  12. E51: Rashemen and Aglarond: The Eastern Art of Surviving Larger Neighbors

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  13. E50: Thay Under Szass Tam: Necropolitics and Exported Fear

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  14. E49: Cormyr, the Dales, and Cormanthor’s Long Shadow

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  15. E48: Moonsea and the Black Network World

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  16. E47: The Underdark Now: The World Beneath the World

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  17. E46: Chult in the Present Age: Green Memory and Foreign Hunger

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  18. E45: Giants, Dragons, and the Scale & Shadow Problem of the North

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  19. E44: The Dessarin Valley & The Quiet Catastrophe

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  20. E43: Icewind Dale: Isolation as Setting Logic

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  21. E42: Neverwinter, Leilon, and Phandalin

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  22. E41: The Sword Coast as Story Engine

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  23. E40: After The Second Sundering

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  24. E:39: Why The Realms Was Bound To Break

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  25. E38: Factions, Faiths, and the Loaded Fourteenth Century

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  26. E37: The Return of Netheril: Shade and the Politics of Nostalgia

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  27. E36: The Tuigan Shock

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  28. E35: The Sea of Fallen Stars: Inland Ocean of History

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  29. E34: Aglarond and the Art of Saying No

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  30. E33: Thay: Wizard Rule and the Red Market

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  31. E32: Rashemen: Witches, Oaths, and Defiant Place

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  32. E31: Moonsea: Hard Country, Harder Ambitions

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  33. E30: The Dalelands, Sembia, and the Standing Stone World

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  34. E29: Corymr: The Forest Kingdom

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  35. E28: The North Before It Becomes “The North”

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  36. E27: Chult & The Southern Sea Roads

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  37. E26: Amn and Tethyr: Coin, Blood, and Noble Failure

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  38. E25: The Shoon Imperium: Empire by Habit

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  39. E24: Calimshan: Deep Time Beneath Silk and Sand

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  40. E23: Chessenta, Chondath, and the Vilhon Reach

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  41. E22: Mulhorand and Unther: Gods as Government

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  42. E21: Jhaamdath and the Empire of the Mind

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  43. E20: The Spellplague to Second Sundering: The World Reborn

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  44. E19: Time of Troubles: When Gods Fell Like Meteors

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  45. E18: Factions Without Borders

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  46. E17: Myth Drannor: The Best Idea Anyone Ever Had (and Its Price)

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  47. E16: Netheril Falls: Karsus’s Folly and the Death of the Weave

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  48. E15: Netheril Rises: Magic as Infrastructure

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  49. E14: Imaskar and the Problem of Stolen Peoples

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

  50. E13: Dwarven Ages: Kingdoms Under Stone

    Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

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Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode explores the great empires, shattered ages, legendary peoples, gods, cataclysms, and mysteries that shaped the Realms.Official site: https://taleofthelich.comContact: [email protected]: Dharma Web Solutionshttps://dharmawebsolutions.comSources:D&D Beyond (official): https://www.dndbeyond.comWizards of the Coast (D&D): https://dnd.wizards.comDMsGuild (Forgotten Realms titles & lore references): https://www.dmsguild.comForgotten Realms Wiki (community): https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Main_PageCandlekeep Forum (long-running Realmslore community): https://candlekeep.com/forum/EN World (TTRPG community): https://www.enworld.orgEd Greenwood (Forgotten Realms creator

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How many episodes does The Lich's Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast have?

The Lich's Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast has 62 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on October 25, 2026.

What is The Lich's Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast about?

Step into the hidden stacks beneath Waterdeep and listen as a friendly lich guides you through the long memory of Faerûn. The Lich’s Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast is an immersive lore podcast for fans of the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy history, and deep worldbuilding. Each episode...

How often does The Lich's Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast release new episodes?

The Lich's Tale: A Faerûn Lorecast publishes a few times a week, based on its 62 episodes since March 2026.

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