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Content note for time travel, violence, immobilizing restraints, magical transformation, symptoms of supernatural illness

Cat remembers The Worst Timeline. Ruth goes into crisis management mode, with help from Nina. Vik scours Rüstem Demir's phone for answers.

Fractal Spire is a joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel, playing Girl by Moonlight by Andrew Gillis (forthcoming from Evil Hat Productions). We are grateful for the sponsorship and support provided by Evil Hat in helping us make this show.

Brandon O’Brien (@therisingtithes) is the Stage Manager for the crew of Valerie Valdes (@valerievaldes), Iori Kusano (@iorikusano), Jeoi Gawain Lin (@thisismydasein), and Michael R. Underwood (@mikerunderwood).Check out our new Court of Blades series “Valloward” at https://bit.ly/3yh6Bxh

Watch our completed series “Splendour and Shadow” and “The Case of the Cindered Seal” at Youtube.com/ArvanEleron.

Help us make the show the best it can be by becoming a subscriber to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/speculate – You’ll also get even more content (including Fractal Spire extras, bonus episodes, access to behind-the-scenes material like GM streams and session zero recordings, and more!)

This episode was edited by the amazing Rudy Basso (find him at https://twitter.com/RudyBasso). As always, thanks for listening!

Special note: We’re running a special marathon stream on Nov 12th (a week earlier than previously announced) to raise funds to release episodes more regularly and potentially fund new projects! More info – https://www.patreon.com/posts/fundraiser-event-73693008

This episode carries content notes for falling, a doll, hospitalization, long-term medical care, discussion of chronic and critical medical conditions, and hostages.

The party falls into chaos and shadow, and the Dream Knights find their way out. But their exit is far from what’s expected, leading them farther down the rabbit hole…

Fractal Spire is a joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel, playing Girl by Moonlight by Andrew Gillis (forthcoming from Evil Hat Productions). We are grateful for the sponsorship and support provided by Evil Hat in helping us make this show.

Brandon O’Brien (@therisingtithes) is the Stage Manager for the crew of Valerie Valdes (@valerievaldes), Iori Kusano (@iorikusano), Jeoi Gawain Lin (@thisismydasein), and Michael R. Underwood (@mikerunderwood).Check out our new Court of Blades series “Valloward” at https://bit.ly/3yh6Bxh

Watch our completed series “Splendour and Shadow” and “The Case of the Cindered Seal” at Youtube.com/ArvanEleron.

Help us make the show the best it can be by becoming a subscriber to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/speculate – You’ll also get even more content (including Fractal Spire extras, bonus episodes, access to behind-the-scenes material like GM streams and session zero recordings, and more!)

This episode was edited by the amazing Rudy Basso (find him at https://twitter.com/RudyBasso). As always, thanks for listening!

Special note: We’re running a special marathon stream on Nov 12th (a week earlier than previously announced) to raise funds to release episodes more regularly and potentially fund new projects! More info – https://www.patreon.com/posts/fundraiser-event-73693008

This episode carries content notes for brief discussion of armed revolution and violence, discussion of food.

The Dream Knights arrive at the Mirador for a fancy Dreamshine party. They cross paths with none other than tech mogul Rüstem Demir, trade banter with him and his companion, and then the party takes an unexpected turn.

Fractal Spire is a joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel, playing Girl by Moonlight by Andrew Gillis (forthcoming from Evil Hat Productions). We are grateful for the sponsorship and support provided by Evil Hat in helping us make this show.

Brandon O’Brien (@therisingtithes) is the Stage Manager for the crew of Valerie Valdes (@valerievaldes), Iori Kusano (@iorikusano), Jeoi Gawain Lin (@thisismydasein), and Michael R. Underwood (@mikerunderwood).Check out our new Court of Blades series “Valloward” at https://bit.ly/3yh6Bxh

Watch our completed series “Splendour and Shadow” and “The Case of the Cindered Seal” at Youtube.com/ArvanEleron.

Help us make the show the best it can be by becoming a subscriber to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/speculate – You’ll also get even more content (including Fractal Spire extras, bonus episodes, access to behind-the-scenes material like GM streams and session zero recordings, and more!)

This episode was edited by the amazing Rudy Basso (find him at https://twitter.com/RudyBasso). As always, thanks for listening!

Special note: We’re running a special marathon stream on Nov 12th (a week earlier than previously announced) to raise funds to release episodes more regularly and potentially fund new projects! More info – https://www.patreon.com/posts/fundraiser-event-73693008

This episode carries content notes for violence, discussion of injury and trauma, burning, long-term medical care.

Ruth has a hard conversation years in the making. Vik keeps an eye out in case things go very very poorly. The Dream Knights get ready for a party.

Fractal Spire is a joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel, playing Girl by Moonlight by Andrew Gillis (forthcoming from Evil Hat Productions). We are grateful for the sponsorship and support provided by Evil Hat in helping us make this show.

Brandon O’Brien (@therisingtithes) is the Stage Manager for the crew of Valerie Valdes (@valerievaldes), Iori Kusano (@iorikusano), Jeoi Gawain Lin (@thisismydasein), and Michael R. Underwood (@mikerunderwood).Check out our new Court of Blades series “Valloward” at https://bit.ly/3yh6Bxh

Watch our completed series “Splendour and Shadow” and “The Case of the Cindered Seal” at Youtube.com/ArvanEleron.

Help us make the show the best it can be by becoming a subscriber to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/speculate – You’ll also get even more content (including Fractal Spire extras, bonus episodes, access to behind-the-scenes material like GM streams and session zero recordings, and more!)

This episode was edited by the amazing Rudy Basso (find him at https://twitter.com/RudyBasso). As always, thanks for listening!

This episode carries content notes for severe injuries, repetition of trauma, time travel, reference to a sex act, inanimate object transformation, tentacles, earthquakes, and surreal dream imagery

Cat shows off some impressive driving skills. Ruth gets back in the game. The dream knights continue dealing with Janet/Siobhan.Fractal Spire is a joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel, playing Girl by Moonlight by Andrew Gillis (forthcoming from Evil Hat Productions). We are grateful for the sponsorship and support provided by Evil Hat in helping us make this show.Brandon O’Brien (@therisingtithes) is the Stage Manager for the crew of Valerie Valdes (@valerievaldes), Iori Kusano (@iorikusano), Jeoi Gawain Lin (@thisismydasein), and Michael R. Underwood (@mikerunderwood).Check out our new Court of Blades series “Valloward” at https://bit.ly/3yh6Bxh

Watch our completed series “Splendour and Shadow” and “The Case of the Cindered Seal” at Youtube.com/ArvanEleron.

Help us make the show the best it can be by becoming a subscriber to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/speculate – You’ll also get even more content (including Fractal Spire extras, bonus episodes, access to behind-the-scenes material like GM streams and session zero recordings, and more!)

This episode was edited by the amazing Rudy Basso (find him at https://twitter.com/RudyBasso). As always, thanks for listening!

This episode carries content notes for catatonia, repetition of trauma, discussion of gross food, food service work, vomiting, car crash, severe injuries, blood, reference to a sex act

Cat, Nina, and Vik head into the dream to try to rescue Siobhan’s psyche. They trade work stories on a long walk at night and then discover the nature of Siobhan’s spiritual purgatory.

Fractal Spire is a joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel, playing Girl by Moonlight by Andrew Gillis (forthcoming from Evil Hat Productions). We are grateful for the sponsorship and support provided by Evil Hat in helping us make this show.Brandon O’Brien (@therisingtithes) is the Stage Manager for the crew of Valerie Valdes (@valerievaldes), Iori Kusano (@iorikusano), Jeoi Gawain Lin (@thisismydasein), and Michael R. Underwood (@mikerunderwood).

Check out our new Court of Blades series “Valloward” at https://bit.ly/3yh6BxhWatch our completed series “Splendour and Shadow” and “The Case of the Cindered Seal” at Youtube.com/ArvanEleron.

Help us make the show the best it can be by becoming a subscriber to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/speculate – You’ll also get even more content (including Fractal Spire extras, bonus episodes, access to behind-the-scenes material like GM streams and session zero recordings, and more!)

This episode was edited by the amazing Rudy Basso (find him at https://twitter.com/RudyBasso). As always, thanks for listening!

This episode carries content notes for magical disassociation, trauma, chest wound, brief reference to alcohol and torture, divination, and a omen of death.

Ruthless and Vik deal with the unexpected reunion and revelation. Vik does some investigation into the officer harassing the owners of Monsieur & Roses. The group assesses Janet/Siobhan’s condition and gets rolling with a plan.

Fractal Spire is a joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel, playing Girl by Moonlight by Andrew Gillis (forthcoming from Evil Hat Productions). We are grateful for the sponsorship and support provided by Evil Hat in helping us make this show.

Brandon O’Brien (@therisingtithes) is the Stage Manager for the crew of Valerie Valdes (@valerievaldes), Iori Kusano (@iorikusano), Jeoi Gawain Lin (@thisismydasein), and Michael R. Underwood (@mikerunderwood).Check out our new Court of Blades series “Valloward” at https://bit.ly/3yh6Bxh

Watch our completed series “Splendour and Shadow” and “The Case of the Cindered Seal” at Youtube.com/ArvanEleron.

Help us make the show the best it can be by becoming a subscriber to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/speculate – You’ll also get even more content (including Fractal Spire extras, bonus episodes, access to behind-the-scenes material like GM streams and session zero recordings, and more!)

This episode was edited by the amazing Rudy Basso (find him at https://twitter.com/RudyBasso). As always, thanks for listening!

This is a preview of a full bonus episode that you can hear (or watch) right now on the Speculate patreon. If you want to hear the five other game recommendations from this discussion, join today! https://www.patreon.com/speculate

This episode was edited by the amazing Rudy Basso (find him at https://twitter.com/RudyBasso). As always, thanks for listening!