The Thief

Symphony, as Asta Evansdottir, manages an audience with the belle dame Lady Merchant herself. She has only this one chance to get in through the front door.Support our story, gain early access to new unpublished audio dramas in the same world, and find a free transcript for this episode alongside its highest quality version of the audio on patreon.com/thethief.CreditsWritten and produced by Michael Schofield. Played by Sisi Wei. Sound design by Michael Schofield.Cast, in order of appearance: Patrik Derakovic-Rakas as Drypoint Kristian Byrne as the announcer Sisi Wei as Symphony Fletcher Noman as Gatekeeper Logan Riensmith as Wagon-loader Jeremy Roman as Albret Solly Patricia Wires as Nora Vincent Hughes as Messenger Patricia Wires as Lady Merchant Anna Braithwaite as Her Lady's MaidThe Thief is made possible with the support of patrons we call "the Fyrd." Our thegns Trei Brundrett and Andy McLellan, and our spear-throwers: Rebekah Monson, Mike Atchley, and Andy Priestner. And with the support of our freepeoples, who help spread the word on social: SC Tadsen (@sctadsen), Patrik Derakovic-Rakas (@drpatrikva), Kris the Deserted GM (@desertedgm), Rusty Rayne (@rustyrayne), and Nathan from the AARPG Podcast (@tatooineunited.bsky.social). You can join the fyrd and help me make this stuff through ⁠Substack ⁠or ⁠Patreon⁠.

For the first time we really see Symphony's neighborhood, Lorim's Hill, as she -- against Haldwen's warning -- starts looking under the rocks for clues about Eleanor Merchant and Lord Cagwen. A transcript is available on patreon.com/michaelschofield.CreditsWritten and produced by Michael SchofieldPlayed by Sisi WeiDialogue editing by Brianna JeanCast, in order of appearance: Kristian Byrne as the announcer Michael Schofield as the storyteller and Old Gossip Sisi Wei as Symphony Patricia Wires as Regal Gossip, Shrewed Gossip, and Isobel Hart Charles Villard as Haldwen. The Thief is produced by the fyrd. Our thegns Trei Brundrett and Andy McLellan, and our spear-throwers: Rebekah Monson, Mike Atchley, Andy Priestner, and Joshua Simpson.Special thanks to the hérd, who answered the call to help bring The Thief to new ears. S. Kaiya J. creates strange and contemplative tabletop RPGs at https://mirror-lock.com. Isabela Duffles is our village's artist at https://isabeladuffles.com, and she's working with me right now on a comic called Swán. A very special thanks to Brigette Metzler, who wants to point out the volunteer-run ResearchOps community, a global community dedicated to scaling the impact and the craft of user research at https://researchops.community. You can sponsor the running of the 15,000-person-strong community on Patreon. Super special thanks to Sean Tadsen, who I see help signal-boost The Thief all the time. He streams every Friday on Twitch at https://twitch.tv/librarianwritergeek. Thanks to Emil, who is part of Double DM Podcast at https://twitter.com/DoubleDMPod. Ya'll are so prolific; I have no idea how you do it. And Adam Yauhasz, or Brim, or Razahhh. Voice actor and streamer over at https://twitch.tv/therazahhh - with three H's. And thanks to Bad Heroes, a fantasy actual play podcast about hapless adventurers hunting deadly curses in a realm bound to Hell. You can find them at http://badheroescast.com.You can join the fyrd and help me make this stuff through ⁠Substack ⁠or ⁠Patreon⁠.

We meet Symphony again months after paying Bafford a visit. It's time to meet an old friend in the anonymity provided by a crowd.Credits:Written and produced by Michael SchofieldPlayed by Sisi WeiVoices in order of appearance: Kristian Byrne, Patrik Deraković-Rakas, Jeremy Roman, S. Kaiya J., and Elliot SchofieldMusic by iCentury, Crypt of Insomnia, and Tabletop Audio (see usage statements).The Thief is produced by the Fyrd: our thegn Trei Brundrett, spear-throwers: Rebekah Monson, Andy Priestner, Joshua Simpson, Kevin Wilson, and Mike Atchley.You can join the fyrd and help me make this stuff through ⁠Substack ⁠or ⁠Patreon⁠.

From her modest perch in Lorim's Hill, the thief steals into the night. Credits:Written and produced by Michael SchofieldPlayed by Sisi WeiVoices by Kristian Byrne, @strawberrio, Chris Croll, and Patrik Deraković-Rakas.Music by Tabletop Audio and Ivan Duch (see usage statements).We couldn't come to you without the support of our Fyrd. Our spear throwers: Laura Spears, Andy Priestner, Joshua Simpson, and Kevin Wilson; our friends at Wunderpop: Unique AF Apparel for the Girls, Theys, Gays, and Allies; our freepeople: Jack Kellum from Gods and Gamemasters, Bill Helman, Vladyslav Dembik, and Counterspell Culture.Support indie fiction at patreon.com/thethief.