Forge of the Forsaker

About this episode

In this episode, a mortal questions the power of the gods and seeks to bring them down.

Even before the mountain began to rumble, one mortal had begun to doubt his decadent gods. Genre: Mythology Excerpt: We are descended from a powerful people. So it is said. The most powerful our world has ever known. Their might unmatched. Their domain unending. Their eyes all-seeing. I am nothing next to them. I am a blade of grass underfoot. A mayfly blinking in and out of existence. A mortal. But today I will discover if there are forces in the world mightier than the gods. For today is the day I bring them down. The Wheel of Fiction Turns. What did it land on this time? Each Season 9 story follows a theme chosen by the Wheel of Fiction. Thirteen spokes. Eight are the themes from previous seasons. One is "Turn Again." One is a wild card. And three are covered in question marks and will be revealed when the wheel lands on them. See a story trailer and a (satisfying) video of the wheel turning here: Forge of the Forsaker This episode landed on REVISITATION. I'm revisiting a theme from earlier stories, mortal defying the gods. Find more stories and episodes that revisit previous stories here: Year of Revisitation . MERCH! Interested in merch, like mugs and notebooks, featuring my…

People in this episode

Host: Nila Patel

Topics covered

• mythology
• defiance of gods
• mortal struggles
• revisitation
• power dynamics

Keywords

• mythology
• gods
• mortal
• defiance
• power
• revisitation
• fiction

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: STORYFEATHER STORE

Books & works: Forge of the Forsaker, Year of Revisitation

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