This is my second episode of my podcast and already I doubled the length of my last one If you have half an hour to spare I promise it will be worth it. I answer the question “What is a deadname” as well tell the story of the journey of my name and how roleplaying played a big and spectacularly unlikely part in how I ended up where I am today.

I speak about the game Västmark by Krister Sundelin, which exists as a free in swedish pdf here.

The art Commission I spoke of, art by Coffeejelly, coloring by Björn Swendsén

From left to right; Esgithe, Alvhild, Venja & Eli

Alvhild’s sonnet

Like autumn leaf in winds of dread, 

Blood in the west, in east; despair, 

Through evil’s fort, realm of the dead, 

The only warmth be sisters’ care.

For ne’er could someone such as I, 

Of kind designed to hated be, 

With features shunned by god on high, 

Of love and mercy worthy be. 

But dare I reach for bead of hope, 

As stranger lost in foreign lands, 

Where those outside of human scope, 

Still be in reach of loving hands? 

How could I ever cursed be,

When you’ve never stopped loving me?