Not the headline I thought I'd be writing today...
Currently, our editor is experiencing delays in China. Shanghai airport to be exact! Because of the strict limitations China puts on Google, and with us using the Google Drive primarily to store and transfer all our audio files, we currently cannot access the episode.
But don't worry, we'll be posting it before the week is out/wh...
EXTRA EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! AT LEAST 3 DIFFERENT FROG SLIMES CONFIMRED!
In this issue, we catch up with the crew about what they learned from the nightclub, and what they make of being known in this part of town.
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The Hotel Amarant is of of the most ancient and magical hotels in Mavros. And what is a hotel with a halfling concierge with a great handlebar moustache? We begin this episode following in the footsteps of one Nelson Ganymede, who's dealing with the regular duties of hotel management: scheduling, customer service, vanquishing elder gods tainting the staff. You know, standard procedure... until ...
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Before we drop episode seven of our saga, "The Belly of the Beast" it's worth asking one very vital question...
Do you think this flock need a Shepherd?
Well, one Nelson Ganymede might able to achieve that.
Please welcome to Mavros the voice Mass Effect's Commander Shepherd, Mark Meer. 2025-01-31 19:02:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Because of how glorious Angela's character design was, and how filled with tragedy her love story with Theodora is, Jeremy wanted something that really spoke to that class 1930's noir jazz found in dark back alley bars with a lead singer pining for a love lost. We absolutely found that in Naked City by Chris Egan and&n...
2025-01-27 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
A new day, a new theme.
With Duncan being such a complex character, we took a look through a lot of potential theme tunes for our favourite tabaxi dhampir. And considering what he's been getting up to, his theme took on more of the mysterious noir elements of the series.
With that, enjoy please enjoy Death Creeping by 2025-01-26 18:00:03 +0000 UTC
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A new day, a new theme - and this one is very aptly named for our resident mortician, Hecatae Hopewell.
This is The Night Shift by David O'Brien
There's something so heartbreaking about the violin here that absolutely screamed Hecatae's name the moment we heard it. It's unsettlin...
2025-01-25 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Its hard to give a character as upbeat and delightful as Bilwop just one theme tune when the backdrop is set against the attrocities of Mavros. And so, for some of Bilwop's more serious moments, we have Night Watchman by Sam Wedgwood
2025-01-24 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Halflings!
We've had a couple of requests from folks for links to the individual character theme tunes - but because of the way Patreon works, we can only upload 1 audio file with any given post at a time. So get ready for 5 concurrent posts containing the themes that Jeremy has perfectly matched to each individual character.
First up, we have Bilwop's Gersta-Lea Themes tune...
2025-01-23 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! DECONSTRUCTED HOT DOGS ARE A THING NOW. OH GOD.
Joining the party this week from his little corner of conglomerate paradise in The Gloaming, we have Ozrik 'rik' Johnson joining the team, aka Caldwell Tanner! Catch up with the group as they discuss the happenings from the Glo...
2025-01-17 18:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Let us step back from The Lowers of Mavros and focus on the Uppers, to Fortuna specifically. A beautiful reprieve from the darkness the the darkness below, though there is still pain found here... and it is the worst kind of all... heartbreak. Disharmony rocks this pristine echelon, in a way that will only have consequences for all those beneath them. As Hecatae and Shadow vie for cont...
2025-01-10 19:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostNothing changes... until everything changes...
With one player down, it seems only fair the fate draws in another.
With that, please welcome a new member to this party:
NADDPOD'S own Caldwell Tanner as Ozrik 'Rik' Johnson!
And that's not all.
This week's special guest v...
2025-01-10 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
EXTRA EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! MOMMY ISSUES! DADDY ISSUES! IF YOU'VE GOT FAMILIAL TIES, WE'VE GOT THE ISSUES!
Join the players behind the party, Candace the Magnificent, Liv Kennedy, Jonathan Charles and Jeremy Cobb as we dive into the revelations of Episode 5.
2025-01-07 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy New Year, Halflings!
To kick off 2025, we bring to you an exclusive audio vignette from a returning member of the original City of the Black Rose Series.
A true hero of Mavros, unsung as she is.
Come listen to how the world's favourite Goblin Rune Knight Fighter Pimms aka&...
2025-01-03 18:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
A great villain has been slain, one perhaps in part responsible to the untimely death of Dr Harold Jennings... but at an even greater cost. The fates of Hecatae & Duncan are now invariably intertwined, with death holding one and haunting the very footsteps of the other. A party of 4 becomes a party of 3... but luckily for them, a familiar face lurks right around the corner, one that Mavros ...
2024-12-27 21:03:29 +0000 UTC View PostHappy Holidays Halflings!!!!
We hope you're having a well deserved rest, because Great Unifier knows our cast certainly isn't...
Episode 5 marks our halfway point, and with that we have a very familiar face returning to Mavros!
Our vignette guest for episode 5 is non other than:
EXTRA EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! Join what's left of our plucky band of detectives to analyse the latest City of the Black Rose episode, 'Advent of the Empress', from the player perspective.
And between you me, reader, I'm not saying you should take a listen, but Duncan makes that very last saving throw just to see what would have happened.... you're definitely&n...
2024-12-19 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Our heroes converge on the Grand Arcanist Expo, oblivious to the thorns of fate that threaten to pierce their throats. Birth. Love. Judgment. Death. The Fool begins his journey. The first Apocalypse is upon us. A Litany of effects cascades before the citizens of Mavros. The Empress approaches…
Starring:
From Minor to Major... our next reading might have more effects on our players than they realise. One could even say they'll cause ... a Litany of problems.
Episode 4 - ''Advent of the Empress'' dropping this week on the 3BH podcast.
I do hope you're not attached to these players...
2024-12-11 16:27:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Episode 3 left us with a lot of questions, and a few new faces - join Mavros' burgeoning detectives as they come together out of character to try and get a grasp on what exactly is going on!
2024-12-05 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
A gruelling day of sleuthing has left our heroes battered and shell-shocked. Now they begin the difficult work of unravelling the twisted rose bush of mysteries that has sprung up around them. And all the while, the thorns grow longer. The cards have been drawn. Doom approaches...
Starring:
Heed the cards, friends...
Heed them closely.
This week on City of the Black Rose: Herald of Shadows, the final memeber of this party, Olivia Kennedy, joins the fray in Episode 3:
"The Calm Before The Thorns"
And our very ...
2024-11-27 18:28:16 +0000 UTC View Post
EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! Episode 2 has concluded, so let's bring back the newly banded trio to discuss all the developments! Bringing back Hecatae Hopewell (Candace the Magnificent) and Jonathan Charles (Bilwop Wunkle), and adding Jasper William Cartwright into the mix, returning as the voice and mind of ...
2024-11-21 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Blood is thicker than water, but nothing is thicker than a conspiracy... The hunt for the Doctor Harold Jennings' murder continues. But Hecate and Bilwop aren't alone! Reprising his role as the one and only Duncan Dullahan, Jasper William Cartwright re-joins our table! Along with one very special guest, who Duncan has most definitely affected... and not in a good way. Not ...
2024-11-16 10:51:32 +0000 UTC View PostNews from Mavros, gang!
Technical difficulties have meant that this week's full episode of City of the Black Rose: Herald of Shadows has been delayed a tad. Something to do with the sheer amount of sound effects we've used to bring the utter carnage this episode entails to life.
Not to fret though, the full episode will be available in full on Friday 15th, so do b...
2024-11-14 12:20:02 +0000 UTC View PostPoor Doctor Jennings. Such a violent end. Couldn't have happened to a nicer Leonin.
Truly.
But not to fret, help is one the way in the form of an undertaker and an officer... though we need to add one more to really make this a party.
In City of the Black Rose: Herald of Shadows Episode 2 'The Drifting Prophet', we welcome bac...
2024-11-12 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Extra extra read all about it! The City Watch returns to print, this time with an exclusive from the voices behind Hecatae Hopewell (Candace the Magnificent) and Officer Bilwop Wunkle (Jonathan Charles), discussing the character choices of bringing back an optimistic character who's already faced a world of torment, versus throwing a new optimistic soul into th...
2024-11-07 18:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostIn less than 24 hours, Part 1 of Episode 1 of City of the Black Rose: Herald of Shadows will be live for the whole world to hear... but only our incredible, beautiful, wonderful, phenomenal, iconic Patreon members (that's you!) will get the full ad-free episode this week!
AND you'll get to know who's featuring in which episodes and when before anyone else - thanks ...
[CONTENT WARNING: suspense, death graphic violence, body horror, gore, stalking, character death, classism]
Doom grows in the heart of Mavros, The City of the Black Rose, its roots creeping through the city's mean, mist-choked streets. As the danger mounts, a gruesome murder draws a pair of unlikely heroes into a world of mysteries and horrors beyond their imagining... 2024-10-30 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Just another little taste before we set something truly unhinged live in just 3 days time...
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