In Part Two Garret and Phrixus began their journey together. Garret is a banished member of the Westdown family - a family charged with a sacred mission only they can accomplish - tending to a mystic portal to another place. Phrixus, an alchemist in the employ of the Westdown house has been charged with helping complete the ritual. Both travelers are undertaking their mission under less than ideal circumstances. Before they can even truly begin, they must journey to a place known as the Tower of the Fallen Paladin, where the soul of a corrupted warrior now resides. Garret has been here once before, and faced great temptation…

This week is a darker tale of survival after a spacecraft crash.  It illustrates that while most people think themselves the hero of their own story many times they are the villain in someone else's.  

• Survival - Written and read by Wayne Cole

Intro and Outtro music is "Fantasy Motion" by Alexander Nakarada 

In part one, we learned about Garret Westdown, the son banished from his wealthy and influential family for being too curious about certain aspects of his family’s history. Garret now wiles away his time in the inn of a family friend, drinking for free and concocting false tales about the other patrons. His musings are interrupted by his father, confessing the need for Garret to fulfil the family’s sacred obligation of being a protector of a portal to another realm. Garret’s older sister, Helen, has fallen ill after an unplanned pregnancy, leaving Garret the sole family member able to complete the mission. Despite his resentment towards his parents for his banishment, Garret agrees to the important mission. His father does not send him alone, however. Part one ends with Garret meeting Phrixus.

Here is the first terrain card used to show where our heroes are coming from. The red 'X' indicates the direction Garret and Phrixus are coming from. It's important to note that this card in the actual Hex Dek deck has been slightly altered. I essentially inverted the hex tiles from the original cards. Again, thanks to Phillip Reed Games for these escellent cards.

In this week's light hearted story a teenage girl discovers that having too many choices can be a burdon.  

• Analysis Paralysis - written and read by Wayne Cole

Intro and Outtro music is "Fantasy Motion" by Alexander Nakarada 

Hello, and thank you for lsitening to this Footnotes episode explaining both the products I used and approach I took in building the characters and "world" for this story. First up, let's display the cards for the characters.

Garret's Cards

Phrixus' Cards

Chandra's Cards

Here are the links to the products I used. I recommend all of these either as writing prompts or just idea generators. This was a very fun process to undertake.

Better Backstory Cards

Gamemaster apprentice Cards 2e

Hex Dek cards (used to make the region our heroes will travel in)

Mythic Gamemaster Emulator Second Edition (which generated the two word plot prompt)

In this chapter, we begin a new serial story, meeting the first character, Garret, and learn of his mission. This serial also begins a new writing experiment where the characters and plot are randomly generated through the use of cards and tables.

In this week's story a bitter old man living in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse has to come to terms with his choices.  

• Regret - written and read by Wayne Cole

Intro and Outtro music is "Fantasy Motion" by Alexander Nakarada 

This week's story takes us into the mind of a dog.    

• My Person - Written and Read by Wayne Cole

Intro and Outtro music is "Fantasy Motion" by Alexander Nakarada 

To kick off Book 5, we have a bonus chapter. Two stories of the supernatural dealt through the airwaves.

In the final chapter of Book 4, we have a bonus chapter with a unifying theme, but different genres.