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BEYOND: The Obsidian Veil - Fractured Veins
Join me as I don the title of Candle Keeper; illuminating tales of wonder and despair thorugh the limitless worlds Beyond the Obsidian...
Maxwell A Durbin
Sep 1, 20231 min read
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Act II: Crown Wars _ Scene II: The Lake and The River
The Boy is leaving the safe confines of his childhood home, realizing that there is nothing holding or binding him to there.
Maxwell A Durbin
Dec 12, 20222 min read
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Act II: The Crown Wars _ Scene I: The Procession
When looking at the different opening songs to every Act, Rithör Læmbén notices that they are really sudden.
Maxwell A Durbin
Dec 5, 20223 min read
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On Myth and Legends
On Myths and Legends is a further conversation on the history from Faerun to Exandria and the events that led us to the Trials of the Chosen
Maxwell A Durbin
Dec 1, 202218 min read
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Act I: The Icelost Years _ Scene VI: His Hands Matched His Tongue
Rithör Læmbén's last scroll of Act I is the first time we get the point of view of our protagonist- The Boy.
Maxwell A Durbin
Oct 31, 20222 min read
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Act I: The Icelost Years _ Scene V: The King and The Leech
Here we finally meet our primary antagonist. a man of the lordship known only as The King who runs The Kingdom in The City.
Maxwell A Durbin
Oct 24, 20222 min read
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The Scattered War
The Chosen have been scattered to the corners of Exandria in their search for the Seven Vestiges of Divergence.
Maxwell A Durbin
Oct 21, 20221 min read
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Act I: The Icelost Years _ Scene IV: The Lake South, The River North
This song can essentially be viewed as the equivalent of a murmur's farce, showing the sailor raising his son in their cabin by the lake
Maxwell A Durbin
Oct 17, 20222 min read
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Act I: The Icelost Years _ Scene III: The Inquiry of Mystery
Rithör Læmbén writes of the sailor's escape from his pursuers. He takes a ship out of The City and is finally alone in his own thoughts.
Maxwell A Durbin
Oct 10, 20222 min read
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The Wanderer
He sat alone atop a dune, wrapping his headdress tight to fend off the billowing sand. He loved this part of the day.
Maxwell A Durbin
Oct 9, 202213 min read
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Act I: The Icelost Years _ Scene II: A Cindered History
This is the beginning of the story.
The story starts in The City, with a sailor who is fleeing froma Lord.
Maxwell A Durbin
Oct 3, 20221 min read
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Act I: The Icelost Years _ Scene I The Baptism of Fire
Rithör Læmbén writes Baptism of Fire as a prologue. He speaks to you of a woman (“The Mother”) who births a child at a great price.
Maxwell A Durbin
Sep 26, 20222 min read
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The Songs of Rithör Læmbén
The Moondrop Carnival of Curiosity's very own: Rithör Læmbén, has uncovered ancient elven scrolls near the ruins of Port O'Noa.
Maxwell A Durbin
Sep 19, 20221 min read
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Battesimo del Fuoco - Baptism of Fire
Battesimo del Fuoco:
In this post, I want to look at the inspiration behind fire within Act II: The Scattered War
Maxwell A Durbin
Sep 12, 20222 min read
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The Maiden's Journey
An updated, online, copy of the Trials of the Chosen Act I: The Maiden's Journey.
Print available for $25
Venmo: Maxwell-Durbin-3
Maxwell A Durbin
Sep 10, 20222 min read
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Submerged
Submerged
The Process that aids me
Maxwell A Durbin
Sep 6, 20221 min read
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History and the Tales Between
History and the Tales Between
A history from Campaign I: Toril through Act II: The Scattered War
Maxwell A Durbin
Sep 5, 20221 min read
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The Intersectionality of Dreams and Life
M.A.D. Productions introduces you to Book II: The Scattered War
Release 1/1/2023
Prepuchase: 12/9/2022
Maxwell A Durbin
Sep 4, 20221 min read
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