The Silt Verses
Episodes
Our Wars Have Ended is out now
17 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Twenty years ago, the Kindly Ancestors rose from their graves to reconquer the lands of Old Cyshane. Today, an endless multitude of ancient kings and ...
The Silt Verses Big Final QnA (Part Two)
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Say farewell to 2024 with another two hours of Silt Verses-related chaos and rambling! In the second part of our ridiculously long QnA, big questions ...
The Silt Verses Big Final QnA (Part One of Two)
21 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The first half of our absolutely epic four-hour final-season QnA, with fan questions on subjects from the sublime to the very, very silly. Hosted by M...
Chapter 45: Of Love, And Gods' Defeat. (Part Two)
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Final reunions - and final partings. These were The Silt Verses. Thank you so much for listening.This episode contains character death, suicide, loud ...
Chapter 45: Of Love, And Gods' Defeat (Part One)
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Part Two will arrive on Monday 22nd July! Thank you for your patience.Carpenter makes a deal to get Hayward home in one piece. Paige puts forward a pr...
Chapter 44: Of Prophets' Dark Deceptions
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the wake of the Parish's attack, Carpenter tries desperately to get Hayward out of Glottage. Carson attempts to find a useful spin on recent events...
Chapter 43: One Last Song of Revelations
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Glottage and its commercial faiths celebrate a great military victory with a great parade. Shrue, Hayward and Carpenter attempt to get the message of ...
Chapter 42: I'll Wheeze Through Splintered Teeth
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Please note - this episode ended up being massive, so we split it into two separate hour-long chapters! Hope you enjoy listening to them both - this i...
Chapter 41: But As My Last Breath Splits My Throat
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Please note - this episode ended up being massive, so we split it into two separate hour-long chapters! Hope you enjoy listening to them both.Transcri...
Chapter 40: This Hateful Hymn Shall Cease
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Carpenter and Hayward make contact with Shrue in Glottage, hoping to persuade the Adjudicator to defect - while across the channel, Val brings the war...
Chapter 39: This Rotten World Shall Wheeze Its Last
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As Carpenter and Hayward enter war-torn Glottage in pursuit of a government ally, Adjudicator Shrue attends a summit intended to solve the anti-sacrif...
Chapter 38: Shall Wither In Ruin And Rust
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As the government strikes against the disciples of the Paraclete's Gulch, Faulkner seeks refuge and an untraceable hiding place at his old childhood h...
Chapter 37: And Even The Kings In Their Bowers Of Steel
11 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
<p>Everyone has their breaking point.</p><p>As Val advances towards Nesh, Paige resolves to shoulder the burdens of leadership, Shru...
Teaser Trailer: Camlann (arriving Jan 2024!)
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hey, folks - we'll be back on Thursday 11th Jan, but in the meantime, please savour a mysterious and intriguing teaser trailer from the team over at C...
Chapter 36: All Lovers Part As Dust
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At an empty motel along a lonely highway, a man comes looking for his sister - and the solution to a mystery from his childhood.This episode stars Nis...
Chapter 35: The Wise Man Knows The Taste Of Rot
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As Hayward and Carpenter begin their journey to Glottage, Faulkner receives High Katabasian Roemont and prepares to be accepted - at long last - as an...
Announcement: The Silt Verses RPG launches
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Silt Verses RPG, from the acclaimed tabletop roleplaying game creators behind Brindlewood Bay and The Between, has arrived! You can listen to Jon ...
Chapter 34: Some Day There Shall Be None
19 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Please note - this episode begins with a short content warning and introduction. The show itself begins at the 1.45 mark.CastThis episode features Mic...
Chapter 33: And Where Once Its Howling Forebears Walked
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Faulkner returns home in triumph. Roemont and Greve plot the downfall of the Prophet of the River. In the Linger Straits, Val makes a stop in hostile ...
Chapter 32: Its Wrath Shall Scald The Sun
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a ruined city far to the north of the Peninsula, Paige dwells unhappily on her status as prophet of a radical new faith - but a meeting with an old...
Chapter 31: Its Gaze Shall Fall O'er Trembling Plains
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Glottage, Adjudicator Shrue attempts to pave the way for the legalisation of the Parish of Tide and Flesh. Far to the north, a Peninsulan battle-sa...
Chapter 30: Something Dreadful Shall Arise
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
War between the Peninsula and Linger Straits rages on. Downriver, Faulkner makes his case to the High Katabasian. Upriver, Carpenter is still on the r...
Season 2 - Recap
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Just a week to go until Season 3 of The Silt Verses launches - wait, what happened in Season 2 again? Jimmie, B. and Méabh do their best to explain. ...
The Silt Verses Season 3 Teaser: Three Broadcasts
24 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
These three clips were shared separately on social media during May and June (locked away behind three separate puzzles) to tease our upcoming season....
The Silt Verses - Season 2 Q&A
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Yes, it's here (and thank you for waiting) - the absurdly long 2-hour Silt Verses Season 2 QnA, hosted by the incredible William A. Wellman of Hello f...
Chapter 29: And Where My Final Footsteps Fall
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The siege of the Gulch ends. War begins.This episode stars JV Hampton Van-Sant, Sarah Griffin, Méabh de Brún, Mark Anzalone, B. Narr, Daphne Nitsuga...
Chapter 28: To Drift On, To Dream, To Die
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As Mercer and Gage arrive at the Paraclete's Gulch, Carpenter and Faulkner ready themselves to make one last stand at the water's edge.This episode co...
Chapter 27: So I'll Bear It Trembling Onwards
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On either side of the border, two separate groups of fugitives find themselves running for their lives.This episode features: William A. Wellman, Grah...
Chapter 26: My Song, My Sorrow and I
05 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As Paige and Hayward plan the propagation of their new god, they select their first true sacrifice.Jimmie YamaguchiLucille ValentineGraham RowatThe Ho...
Chapter 25: But We'll Never Be Rid Of Each Other
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As Mercer and Gage hunt down fresh quarry, Carpenter finds herself in a tight spot.This episode features Daphne Nitsuga, JV Hampton Van-Sant, Méabh d...
Chapter 24: And We'd Be Gone Without A Trace
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Carpenter returns home - and revisits the unhappiest night of her life.This episode features Méabh de Brún, Liz Ryan, Carmella Brown, and B. Narr.It...
Chapter 23: I'd Howl, I'd Scream, In Victory
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Paige and Hayward begin to plan out exactly what a new god might look like.This episode features Lucille Valentine, Jimmie Yamaguchi and Graham Rowat....
Chapter 22: One Final Fall From Grace
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Faulkner, with a clutch of zealous young acolytes in tow, heads into the high hills in search of allies.This episode features the voices of B. Narr, C...
Chapter 21: We'd Both Go Plunging Downwards
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As Mercer and Gage continue their pursuit of the Trawler-man's disciples down the length of the White Gull, the ambitious Adjudicator Shrue embarks up...
Chapter 20: And Rend Us Both To Dust Below
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Episode summary:Paige embarks on her quest to make a new kind of god - and enlists the help of an old friend.This episode stars Jimmie Yamaguchi, Davi...
Chapter 19: I'd Bear This Song To The Precipice
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As Carpenter makes her long pilgrimage back to the White Gull River, she encounters a young girl who's been hallowed with a strange and unhappy condit...
Chapter 18: If My Hands Could Shape The Flow
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Across the border, in the city of Nesh, an exile attempts to make a fresh start.Content warnings: This episode contains reference to suicidality (10.2...
Chapter 17: If I Could Trace With Bloodless Fingers
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Carpenter wakes in a garden of the dead - and reflects on the possibility of life beyond the Trawler-man.Content warnings: This episode features descr...
Chapter 16: And The Current Flows On Without End
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Content warning: This episode contains references to war, gunfire, one extended scene of mass murder including presumed infanticide, bodily transforma...
The Silt Verses Season 1 Recap
20 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 24 hours - on 21st March 2022 - Season 2 of The Silt Verses launches.If you're struggling to remember just what the hell happened in Season 1, this...
The Silt Verses Season 1 Q&A / Retrospective
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We sit down with the incredible Steve Shell, co-creator of Old Gods of Appalachia, to chat through Season 1 of The Silt Verses and answer some questio...
Chapter 15: For My Song Has No Beginning...
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Season finale: with the police manhunt closing in, Carpenter and Faulkner have one final meeting at the river's edge.This episode features performance...
Chapter 14: And In Ruined Flesh Ascend
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As a new God of Sleep wreaks havoc across the Peninsula, Faulkner comes to a crossroads. Carpenter and Hayward have a frank exchange.Content warning: ...
Chapter 13: So Let Me Dwell Eternal
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Carpenter and Faulkner arrive at Bellwethers - and witness the miracle of the Wither Mark. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...
Chapter 12: And To Fight Is Just To Choke
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the town of Bellwethers draws near and the police chase draws in, Carpenter, Faulkner and Paige make an unexpected stop for breakfast.Featuring B N...
Chapter 11: My Voice Cries Truths I Never Knew
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As Faulkner's injuries worsen, Carpenter and Paige take him to seek help.This episode features voice acting from, in order of their appearance:B NarrM...
Chapter 10: It Grips My Tongue, My Throat
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Carpenter, Paige and Faulkner find refuge for the night in an abandoned call centre - but they're not alone there.Featuring Méabh de Brún, Lucille V...
Chapter 9: My Song Has Taken Hold Of Me
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As Hayward deals with the aftermath of Marcel's Crossing, he finds his investigation leading him heading northwards with a new partner on his side.Con...
Chapter 8: And Those I Love, It Rends
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Paige, Carpenter, and Faulkner investigate the mysterious house of a fellow worshipper - and find more than they bargained for. Hosted on Acast. See a...
Chapter 7: It Carries Few, It Drowns Many
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Across the border on the Linger Straits, a young advertising executive finds herself increasingly at odds with her company's change programme.Contains...
Chapter 6: It Winds, It Worms, It Wends
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the fallout spreads in Marcel's Crossing, our disciples reflect on how it all began...Please note, for listeners who have audio-processing difficul...
Chapter 5: My Song Is Long And Twisted
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Faulkner learns the location of a fellow member of the faith. Carpenter, recovering from her injuries, makes a new acquaintance.Content warnings:This ...
Chapter 4: Of Lovers, Gods and Beasts
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Carpenter attempts to locate the Trawler-Man's church in the woods of Penda's Slake - but runs into trouble instead.Content warnings: This episode con...
Chapter 3: Then I'll Speak Of Champions
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Elsewhere on the Peninsula, Investigating Officer Hayward checks out a tip regarding a nearly-derelict farm.Content warning: This episode contains sce...
Chapter 2: And Next Of Dark Deceit
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Carpenter and Faulkner begin their hunt for a hidden church, hoping to find the worshippers responsible for the Miracle of the Intrepid.Content warnin...
Chapter 1: Let Me Speak First Of Revelations
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
At the town of Marcel's Crossing, Carpenter and Faulkner begin their search for other members of their forgotten river-god faith.(Sound levels adjuste...