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THROUGH THE BATTLEFIELDS! The Great Kaiju Warzone!! The Radiant Winds have overcome impossible odds before. Lethal oni. Vicious dinosaurs. Ninja lords. But do they have the strength to outrun not one, but TWO terrible kaiju?! In the crater of Alru and Toraloa, our heroes have no choice but to speed towards the Boundary Tree in order to claim the final component of the ritual to summon the Celestial Dragon. Will our heroes be able to make it out in one piece? Or will this be the unexpected end t...

MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE! Intercession On Iron Mountain! It all comes to this. The Radiant Winds and the champions of the Ruby Phoenix Tournament have all gathered to be in the same place— the tallest peak in the Flying Mountains. Here, they'll perform a sacred dance and gain the attention of an all-powerful dragon who can bend reality to make any wish come true. With this, they'll be able to enter the Island in the Sky... but what will they have to give up to do so? Will the Radiant Winds st...

PIERCE THE HEAVENS! Enter the Fractal Jungle! The Radiant Winds have raced with kaiju. They've mastered ancient arts. They've summoned gods. And despite all that... this was the easy part. As the Celestial Jian makes its maiden journey into the Island in the Sky, our heroes will have to get ready to fight their most dangerous foes yet. Will they survive the twisted plans of an ancient mastermind returned to our realm? Or is this curtains for the Invincible Radiant Winds? SPEAK to your friends ...

JOURNEY THROUGH THE FRACTAL JUNGLE! The Radiant Winds seek out Hungry Ghosts?! The endgame is upon us as our heroes brawl through the island of the wicked mastermind behind their greatest challenges. With biomes that don't fit together, droning insects and strange guides, the Radiant Winds find themselves reaching the impossible. But with the power of friendship, anything is possible! They'll grab the Conch of the Deep fragments, brawl Syndara's champions and save the Ruby Phoenix tournament......

ENCOUNTER IN THE JUNGLE! Come see the Night Parade! The Radiant Winds continue their final journey on an extradimensional island! As they seek out the Hungry Ghosts of Syndara the Sculptor and uncover his mysterious past, they'll come face to face with some of the strangest inhabitants of the Fractal Jungle. Sandals... umbrellas... tongues... what bizarre spirits await them on their bizarre adventure? What do you do when logic falls second place to folklore? And will they be able to hold their ...

GAZE UPON THE SKY! Mountain of Telescopes! 3 down, 4 to go! The Radiant Winds continue their quest to collect the fragments of the Conch of the Deep and explore the bizarre Fractal Jungle. But after yokai, lions and chair-drow, surely stuff can't get stranger than this..? What curiosities populate the Island In The Sky? What stands between our heroes and the Ruby Phoenix? And what nightmares from the past does Syndara have in store for the party? Only one way to find out-- climb the ruins of th...

ONI'S MASK RISES! BATTLE THE MANY-TAILED! Ninjas. Why's it always gotta be ninjas?! The Radiant Winds square off against some of their most lethal rivals-- the dreaded villains of Oni's Mask. Armed to the teeth with kunai, katanas and shurikens, these vicious assassins outnumber our heroes ten to one! But they're lacking something the Radiant Winds have to spare: the hearts of heroes! As our adventuring party clashes with the ninja clan, one thing's for sure: there will be blood. The only quest...

OPEN YOUR HEART! Pierced by the blade of LOVE! After a scheduling issue stopped a group of gamers from playing one week, the cunning sorcerer Ritz said to the wise gamemaster Derry, "All else fails we do a dramatized reading of Hikari's terrible romance book." And so it was made; the gamemaster set off on an epic quest and wrote 2.5k words in the space of two days. A tale of cheesy romance, terrible similes and "buoyant breasts" that captured the heart of Hikari Tanazaki... and now, Lolosadagat...

THE FAT SERPENT BITES ITS OWN TAIL! The wonders of the Night Market!! After a long day fighting ninjas and wrestling clockwork monsters, our heroes are taking a well earned rest in the realm of the yokai. With their pockets heavy and unimaginable treasure all around, what legendary gear will they pick up at the Yokai Night Market? What strange creatures will they encounter? What incredible secrets will they unravel? And where shall their journey take them next? READY? FIGHT!! PERUSE the myth...

FACE YOUR FEARS! Baby Mokku Is Here! Sure, why not? This couldn't get any more bizarre. As the Radiant Winds draw near the end of their journey through the Fractal Jungle, they have some of their most curious encounters yet. Giant babies... strange mazes... mysteries of the past... the future is uncertain, but the past is full of horrors. Is it time for our brave adventurers to look back and face their greatest nightmare one last time? Or can they outrun their pasts, never growing from the fear ...

BATTLE AT THE CHAMPION'S GATE! The Ultimate Enemies! It's all come down to this. The final Conch of the Deep fragment awaits our heroes at the entrance to the Glass Lighthouse, and once they beat the final Hungry Ghosts, they'll be granted entrance into the realm of the Sculptor. But of course... these Hungry Ghosts aren't like the others they've faced so far. They've got history with the Radiant Winds... stretching all the way back to Danger Island. A frenzied third round rematch awaits the Ra...

FINAL SHOWDOWN! THE MAZE OF GENHARA! The Radiant Winds have done it. They've collected the Conch of the Deep fragments. They've learned Syndara's wretched past. They've earned entry into the Glass Lighthouse. Now they must scale the three levels of the interdimensional dungeon of the final boss. First floor: a meeting with an old foe, with a long nose and jet-black wings. As our heroes rise to be level 20... will they be strong enough, even now, to face the cruel leader of Oni's Mask? Or will t...

VERSUS THE LIGHTKEEPERS! ROUND 3! Only the strongest foes remain. The Radiant Winds have battled kaiju. They've outsmarted ninjas. But now... the final challenge awaiting them on their path to the peak of the Glass Lighthouse are a dark mirror of themselves. The White Haired Witch. The Wicked Noble. The Mad Monk. The Exiled Necromancer. It's time for a final battle against the Radiant Wind's most dire of foes, with one catch... this time, there are no rules. It's a fight to the death in the pla...

Gather round, adventurers! Today, we recount the tale of a young boy, and the day he met a dragon. Listen as we hear the story of how Sangku became a witch, how he learned his magic, and how he saved Balam village! Journey back to the very start and see how the story begins just before it ends. CONTENT WARNINGS: Controlling mothers, bad parenting, abuse, child endangerment, references to cannibalism, children given responsibility before their time, Lolo mass murder arc https://youtu.be/KfAHQq2...

This episode contains spoilers for all of Extinction Curse! Look. Sometimes, people make mistakes. And it's important to take accountability for these mistakes. That way, nobody's ever allowed to get mad at you ever no matter what. Because you already said sorry. And for someone as erratic as the famous clown, Volio Via... There's a lot to apologize for. So he made an apology video. Just for you. Enjoy. CONTENT WARNINGS: References to suicide, family trauma and genocide. Music https://www.you...

Hey folks! The long and short is Luna's gonna be away for a little while for family reasons. We're sorry about the timing-- we wanna wrap up Ruby Phoenix too, but we wanna do it the best way we can! We'll have some very exciting new content on Mondays for a little while before we get to our grand finale. Thanks all! Get extra loot on our Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

DARK ARCHIVE CASE 01: THE BEAST OF BIRCHFROST A detective closes up shop for the day, ready to retire for the evening, when a mysterious stranger shows up on his doorstep with an even more mysterious folio. The contents of these files are beyond supernatural: time loops, doppelgangers, mindscapes... proof of the impossible. And yet something truly unnatural is tied to these files beyond their mere contents... a strange power that will take our two unlikely adventurers on paranormal adventures l...

DARK ARCHIVE CASE 02: A SONG OF MAKING & UNMAKING T. Bleydre and Harrow-Reaver reconvene a week after their investigation into the cryptid case of the Beast of Birchfrost. Now, they have a second case to break wide open, and secrets to spill. A monastery is under siege by a strange music note... one that damns all those that hear it. What happens to the victims of this song? What are its sinister origins? And will the investigator and the thaumaturge overcome the horrors they themselves are expo...

DARK ARCHIVE CASE 03: LADY OF THE HARVEST Rain falls and thunder roils in the horror-stricken lands of Ustalav. T. Bleydre and Harrow-Reaver return to the town that Dice Will Roll owes its history to: the sleepy farming village of Ravengro. Here, a lonely mansion sits on a hill, inviting people to view the beautiful art left abandoned for centuries here. But what else lies within? Who else walks these halls? And what secrets are tied to the curse of the Lady of the Harvest? Listeners beware! Yo...

We thank you very much for your patience over the last month and a half! It hasn't been an easy few weeks, but we're confident to announce that the show will return to its normal scheduling in 1 week. We'd previously announced it would be good to go this week, but unfortunately, there was one final misschedule on my part that means we need one last week extra to record. Afterwards, we're confident that we can have that hyped up conclusion to Fists of the Ruby Phoenix that we've all been waiting ...

THE RADIANT WINDS VS. THE SCULPTOR! FINAL BATTLE ATOP THE GLASS LIGHTHOUSE! And so, we enter the domain of the Final Boss. From the earliest days exploring the island of Bonmu, to the death-defying brawls of the Ruby Phoenix Tournament, to the peaks of Iron Mountain... we now stand at the doorway of the Sculptor. Locked away for thousands of years, a great evil threatens to take Golarion by storm if he is not stopped now. But do our heroes stand a chance against a man with the power of gods, w...

SO LONG RADIANT WINDS! The Adventure Comes To An End! It's been a long, long tournament... but it's finally over. More than 100 knockouts, countless crits and untold amounts of damage... it all ends here. The Radiant Winds are back in Goka, saying goodbye to their greatest friends and the memories they've made throughout the greatest journey they've ever been on. Where will the other teams go? What will the Radiant Winds do next? And what prize shall they claim from the vault of the Ruby Phoeni...

Already seeking the next challenge... the fight is all. A look back at Fists of the Ruby Phoenix, the story we told, the stories we didn't, and the stories we'll be telling soon. Get extra loot on our Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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