Ben Lindbergh
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And it's like, well, what do we do now?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Decades have gone by since the original quest.
And Firin is trying to reconnect with her former adventurers by going to the end of the world, essentially, way up in the north to try to connect to their spirits.
In particular, Himil, the leader, the hero who slew the demon king.
And that's the goal.
That's the long-term objective, basically.
But it's a long, winding adventure, and there are a lot of side quests along the way, which is, it's the highlight, really.
Like, last week's episode, half of it was devoted to unearthing this centuries-old liquor.
Yeah.
And, like...
And this dwarf has just been searching for centuries to try to find it.
And they take a few months out from their journey to try to find this liquor that's been hidden away.
Yes.
And if you like A Night of the Seven Kingdoms and you're looking for something to fill that void...
I feel like this is it, because this gives you the fantasy setting, but the lower stakes, the focus on character and comedy and humor, and also just warmth.
Not that A Night of the Seven Kingdoms didn't get gory and bloody at everything, too, and Firin typically doesn't to that same extent, but it does give you that same sort of sense of just, like, we're a wandering...
Yeah.
When there's combat, there's actual strategy to it and tactics.