Best Repat Podcasts (2025)

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Writers' Room: RePats 2:13:42

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In this session of Writers' Room Indiana Jones meets Leverate as we create an anti-colonialist action adventure show about repatriating stolen artifacts. Here's the sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pQftPFwh9hCgRPC_wI5LcOpELZji7YBO4R1GbhKe3N8/edit?usp=sharing Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8mnjLT6wR4 ★ Support this po…

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Stewpot (session 1) 56:50

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A Fair Wind opens with its new staff of recently retired adventurers: Ogrim Stormbane, the ex-Fighter (now Lookout) Melkor the Gray, the ex-Bard (now Crafter) Lucia, the ex-Swashbuckler (now Chef) Meave, the ex-Ranger (now Hunter) We discover a little more about them, and how they have begun to settle in and find their feet in these new lives, and …

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Bittersweet Moment #231: The Passetto of the Borgo: The Papal Escape Route 17:23

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Another mini-episode, another amazing little-known Roman site that Tiffany explores on our listeners' behalf. Did you know there is an escape route—hidden inside a medieval wall built in the 9th century—that has been used by popes to flee attacks on the Vatican? The Passetto del Borgo is an 800-meter raised tunnel that stretches from the Apostolic …

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The Last Caravan: Fog Coast (Session 1) 2:24:09

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The Caravan leaves Portland in the midst of fresh alien activity, fleeing westwards. First stop, a tyre dealership to upgrade to make better work of the snow and off-road route ahead of them... The Last Caravan is a cars and aliens tabletop role-playing game about a midwinter road trip in the wake of an alien invasion. Starting from the East Coast,…

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Star Trek Adventures 2e: Kintsugi S1 Season 3 2:23:40

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"Testing Protocols Pt 1" The Kintsugi docks at Starbase 14, as more bad news from the Dominion War continues to come in. Acting Captain Ward meets with Starfleet Command and receives news of a new observer assigned to the ship, Commander Litaal, now with the office of the Inspector General. The Kintsugi is dispatched when a secret Federation weapon…

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Episode 599: Staying and Going in the International Teaching World (with Sara Gladding) 44:16

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What's it like to have children in a foreign country, only to uproot your family and move to a whole new country? Today's guest tells us all about it on this eye-opening interview. Longtime listener of The Bittersweet Life and international teacher Sara Gladding sits down with us to tell us her fascinating story. After living for a short time in Fr…

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MCUS: M.A.C.E. Corps 02 1:28:56

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M.A.C.E. - Mission Adaptive Combat Ensemble A S.H.I.E.L.D. special ops team built from the best of the best from around the world. These soldiers will be deployed against supervillain and alien threats, and to rise to the occasion, they will have limited access to superpowers to fight the good fight! Utilizing the Harvest protocol, M.A.C.E. team me…

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SWS Swoop Gangs Ashmorai 00 1:36:08

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Session Zero - world and character creation for our Swoop Gangs series! Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFQBEDaWDqU ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By The Open Hearth Gaming Community

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Apocalypse Keys Quarterly Session 9 - The Microwave (Weep Your Hands Clean Pt. 4) 1:58:32

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A bad dream and a heart-to-heart. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlt4VXr-zdM ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By The Open Hearth Gaming Community

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No Fear, a Trophy Dark one-shot for Shared Hearth 2025 2:51:21

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If you can find the remains of the Godwin expedition on the tallest mountain and return his body to his family with proof, then they'll make you wealthier than you can possibly imagine… but while the money's a powerful motivation, it's not the only reason you made the arduous journey to base camp, ready to go up into the white. Please be aware that…

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The Bittersweet Past: Wild Animals I Have Known 26:16

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Travelers and expats often encounter animals. From the humble, common pigeon to a monkey or a great white shark. On this episode from our archives, we share animal stories from all over the world. Special guest stars: Andrew Blechman, author of Pigeons: The Fascinating Saga of the World's Most Revered and Reviled Bird and Clark and Evalea Beck, pig…

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Mythomorphosis: Shared Hearth 2:17:28

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Part of our community's Shared Hearth Open Gaming Convention. We play a one-shot of Gordie Murphy's Mythomorphosis, a game which "explore(s) the relationship between a society’s history and one of its dominant cultural stories, creating and changing a myth over the course of generations." We look at the creation myth for a coastal settlement in a l…

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Rapscallion: Sea of Falling Stars (S7) 1:54:34

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The crew continues their leave at Kosret Landing, meeting new folks and deepening relations with others. The Witches' maneuvers ashore make everyone nervous. But they opt to continue on-- heading inland to meet a scholar who may be able to point them to the next step on their journey of revenge. This is part of Open Hearth Gaming Community, you can…

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The Lovely Somnolent, a Trophy Dark one-shot for Shared Hearth 2025 2:42:59

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The offer is simple: break the curse, awaken the princess, gain a kingdom. Are you worthy enough to brave the briar-choked castle and its dangers to succeed? Or will you fall to the curse and join the rest forever trapped on its grounds? The Lovely Somnolent is a Rooted in Trophy incursion written by Mads Turley. An one-shot version is available he…

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The Last Caravan (Session 0) 45:09

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The Last Caravan is a cars and aliens tabletop role-playing game about a midwinter road trip in the wake of an alien invasion. Starting from the East Coast, you and your fellow travelers will navigate a shattered North America. You’ll explore landscapes transformed by xenoflora, search abandoned towns and crashed spaceships, discover the otherworld…

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Bittersweet Peek: Big News! 4:22

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Katy has news—big news! And this bonus episode is the first place she's sharing it. This is just a sneak peek of a much longer bonus episode, available exclusively to our generous Patreon supporters. Want to hear more? Become part of the Bittersweet Life community by supporting just on Patreon! For as little as $5 per month—less than the price of a…

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Rapscallion: Sea of Falling Stars (S6) 2:00:52

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The assault on the Iron Aegis begins. As the Captain pushes Cass to interdict the forces ashore, he leads a party to board the enemy vessel and wreak bloody havoc. Meanwhile Nonius climbs aboard quietly in an effort to find the Oracle's face before being discovered-- but he has brought along unwanted assistance... This is part of Open Hearth Gaming…

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Star Trek Adventures 2e: Eschaton Station S8 2:40:39

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"Old Friends" The team prepares to head to the megastructure and enter the rupture into fluidic space, but tensions still remain. They dive in to find the lost crew, but face a dangerous foe and a lost relic of another age. Shared Hearth Open Gaming Weekend https://openhearthgaming.com/shared-hearth (Oct 2 to Oct 5 2025) This is part of Open Hearth…

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Star Trek Tempest: STA 2e S4 2:09:55

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"Hunters of Old PT 2" The crew of the Tempest discover that some kind of creature has destroyed the transport and may be heading towards more populated space. They follow the trail to a now-destroyed monitoring station where they're set upon by another also pursing their quarry. Now the ship must decide how they will handle this mission, as former …

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Star Trek Tempest: STA 2e S3 2:22:19

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"Hunters of Old PT 1" The Tempest is tasked with taking three veterans of the Federation-Klingon War to an anniversary ceremony. All three served on the Tempest and all have tangled histories with present members of the crew. But when the ship is diverted to look into a missing cargo transport, the situation becomes more complicated and old grudges…

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Ultraviolet Grasslands session 34 2:34:09

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This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands, the caravan met the astral lizard-inhabited shell of the Rebuilder, commissioned a new one from the ancient autofac below, and forged a new body for Adoron before returning to Red Bear. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t__PNK0SlzQ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★…

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A Throne of Hollow Feathers, a Trophy Gold one-shot for Shared Hearth 2025 2:45:01

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By The Open Hearth Gaming Community

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Toffet Station 1:20:29

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Mercury Orbit, 2188 An underfunded and overworked research team aboard the United Mining and Development observation and research facility. Stretched to their limits, so close to a breakthrough they can taste it. A single terrible mishap precipitates the end of the crew, the station, and their precious research. Some may survive, but not without gr…

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Episode 598: Why Are Italians so Loud? 29:42

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If you've ever spent any significant amount of time in Italy or around native Italians, you will soon have discovered: Italians are loud. A recent trip to the peaceful Austrian Alps, in which she was confronted with lots and lots of Italians on vacation in a place outisde of Italy, brought home this reality to Tiffany more than ever before. Turns o…

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Batman: The Final Rogue - Shared Hearth - 2025-10-05 2:36:21

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Mike Ferdinando facilitates the GM-less story-game "Batman: The Final Rogue" for Blake and Tea. A dozen villains from Gotham City's "rogues gallery" assemble on the night of the Gotham Museum Gala to pull off the crime of the century! But Batman puts a stop to it and captures all but one: The Final Rogue! Our villains: Black Mask, Captain Cold, Cat…

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R'lyehwatch: Yacht Shock - Shared Hearth - 2025-10-04 3:22:12

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GM Mike Ferdinando runs a one-shot of R'lyehwatch for Dominik, Guy, Peter, and Steph for Open Hearth Gaming's Shared Hearth annual online convention. Four professional lifeguards head out to the scene of a fire aboard fading yacht rock star Eric Zahn's pleasure-boat... only to find that Zahn is up to something very fishy! 0:00 - Introductions 9:48 …

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Trophy Dark: Isle of Water and Blood - Shared Hearth - 2025-10-03 3:38:07

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GM Mike Ferdinando runs a one-shot of Trophy Dark: Isle of Water and Blood for Elizabeth, Jeremiah, Mint, and Neal. In 1902, a group of dilettante occultists assemble on a tiny rocky island off the coast of New Hampshire to perform an arcane ritual they only think they understand. 0:00 - Introductions 9:12 - CATS & Safety Discussion 26:10 - Rules O…

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Reusable, Remarkable, Path to Eco-Innovation - Emma Rose Cohen of Final Straw 49:18

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Emma Rose Cohen, the innovative CEO and founder of Final Straw, on Treptalks. In this insightful episode, Emma shares her journey from being a ski bum to becoming a leading entrepreneur in the sustainability movement. She discusses how Final Straw, the pioneering reusable and collapsible straw, launched on Kickstarter and raised $1.8 million shortl…

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Alien Dark 2E - SHARED HEARTH Oct 2025 3:27:09

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Alun R facilitates a one-shot of the 2nd Edition of his own game, Alien Dark (https://gallusgames.itch.io/alien-dark). This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community's 'Shared Hearth' weekend (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) using our Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...). Lieutenant Cain, Corporal 'M…

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Shared Hearth 2025 - Lovecraftesque - We Serve and Protect 2:47:25

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It's Chicago, 1968. A protester at the DNC is thrown into a police jail cell. It gets worse from there. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol6PucxhsM4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By The Open Hearth Gaming Community

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The Cluster - SHARED HEARTH Oct 2025 3:15:03

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Alun R facilitates a one-shot of 'The Cluster', his own PbtA space opera game. This session was organsied as part of The Open Hearth Gaming Community's (https://openhearthgaming.com/ RPG) Shared Hearth open online convention weekend using our online Gaming Calendar (https://app.playabl.io/communities/th...). Come join us (https://www.patreon.com/op…

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The Bitterswseet Past: What's It like to Grow up Abroad? 21:45

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On this fun episode from our archives, we sit down with three American sisters living in Orvieto, Italy. Giulia (age 13), Paloma (age 11), and Viola (age 8) have been expats their whole lives. How do they view the United States from afar? Do they feel like they fit in with the local kids their age? This interview was taped over a decade ago! What a…

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Shared Hearth 2025 Zombie Cinema 2:23:31

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Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eXmYLFOsuA ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By The Open Hearth Gaming Community

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Apocalypse Keys - The First Door (Shared Hearth 2025, Thursday) 3:14:47

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Apocalypse Keys as played at the Shared Hearth 2025 (Thursday, 2 Oct. 2025) Four DIVISION agents try to find and close the First Door and find their personal hell. It's a bit Hellboy, it's a bit Stalker. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYrj36ZsPM4 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By The Open Hearth Gaming Community

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Bittersweet Moment #230: Exploring Majestic Palazzo Farnese 19:17

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Palazzo Farnese is one of the most magnificent palaces in Rome—and until recently, one of the most difficult to visit. But that has changed and Tiffany took the opportunity to visit this incredible site while her mom was in town recently. In this mini-episode, she talks about the palace's history, the scandalous way the Farnese family rose to prest…

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Silent Falls - The Haunted Roadside Diner 1:00:45

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Ava the sceptic and Quincey the true believer drive into Silent Falls; one returning home to disprove the nonsense and the other going to a place they've never been to find proof. A sign near a field of corn is what they seek but they will be changed by what they find there... ***** Everyone's heard at least one piece of urban folklore - the sharp …

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Ultraviolet Grasslands session 33 2:40:37

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This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands: the caravan crossed the Skybridge with a ghostly tollkeeper, dodged temporal tomb domes, felled a dire beaver, reached the Rose Towers, and watched their six-day cycle—until a scarlet four-armed giant awoke and asked Adoron, “Why are you here?” Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H08swFhx4OM ★ Su…

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Episode 597: Think Better, Live More (with Therese Huston) 49:18

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We all think we know what wil make your brain sharper, faster, and more agile. But what does the neuroscience actually say on the subject? There's no one better to answer that question that Therese Huston, cognitive scientist, and author of Sharp: 14 Simple Ways to Improve Your Life with Brain Science. And today we are lucky to sit down with Theres…

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SWS: Rapscallion 11 1:06:33

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The Imperial Navy has been hot on your trail for weeks. The Pirate Kings of the Free Worlds want your head after you pulled off a heist that... ahem, relieved them of a sizable amount of treasure. You know you should feel worried, but all you see - looking out of the viewscreen of your starship - is the wonders of deep space. You can’t imagine feel…

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Apocalypse Keys Quarterly Session 7 - Pigs are Creatures too (Weep Your Hands Clean Pt. 2) 2:41:15

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Lady Baptiste and Virtus work a crime scene while Rhydion unleashes her powers to help the downtrodden. Also: Movie magic! Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIaJ_cMvDuw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By The Open Hearth Gaming Community

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Apocalypse Keys Quarterly Session 8- The Girl With the Polaroid (Weep Your Hands Clean Pt. 3) 2:12:11

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This week, Lady Baptiste learns about her ultimate destiny. Rhydion learns about their past. Virtus learns about his weakness. All of them learn about a young girl who is missing the most precious thing. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKw_wEqnMvw ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★By The Open Hearth Gaming Community

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The Bittersweet Past: When a Comedian Moves Abroad (with Marsha De Salvatore) 50:26

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Comedian Marsha De Salvatore brings humor to a discussion on living abroad with a serious blood disease in this interview from our archives. We also touch on socialized health care systems, modern day dating, comedy and the differences between American and Italian women. ***The Bittersweet Life podcast has been on the air for an impressive 10+ year…

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Silent Falls - Two Summers (11 of 11) 1:50:24

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Having recovered Jeremiah from the Oak tree in the woods, it's time for all to take stock and look to the future... ***** Two Summers is a game of sunny adventures and light drama across two timelines by Côme Martin. We'll be using the supplement Other Summers - which means that our adventures will have less sunshine (as befits Silent Falls). In th…

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Bittersweet Peek: Tiny Listener Questions 4:26

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Sometimes we get tiny questions from listeners. They are fun topics to talk about but not large enough for an entire episode. On our latest bonus episode, we tackle several of these little quandaries. This is just a sneak peek of a much longer bonus episode, available exclusively to our generous Patreon supporters. Want to hear more? Become part of…

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Ultraviolet Grasslands session 32 2:57:10

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This week in the Ultraviolet Grasslands: Adoron gained a new body, the caravan crossed the Ferry Graves and claimed a wicker auto wagon, Skelly marked it as his hallmark, Phaedred mastered Ectoplasmic Entanglement, and in the Gall Grass they communed with its vast hive-mind. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO487im10A0 ★ Support this…