The Drifting City

A startling confrontation ends a hopeful gathering, as Rz’n prepares for change at the hands of those old and new.

CONTENT WARNINGS:

• This episode contains discussion of violence (mundane and magical), gunshot among a crowd (no injuries or fatalities), allusions to political violence, mafioso style violence and crime, loss of control (charm spells), loss of will (allusions to curses and other magical effects), and allusions to future assassination/murder.

For full The Drifting City content warnings, please reference the Show Notes & Disclaimers linked at the bottom of the episode description.

NO AI. The Rolling Waves does not use generative AI at any step in the creative process.

The Drifting City is not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.

Cast & Credits
Chrys: Lily Bell
Morin Wreaver: Aspen Langford
Orion Amaros: Porter Hurst
Rook Aarden: Victor Thorne
Valentine Bellana: Marilyn David
The Narrator: Ray Hamilton

Class & Subclass
Chrys: Coven of the Green Witch (find the class at: Worlds Beyond Number Patreon)
Morin Wreaver: Floater Ranger (Homebrew)
Orion Amaros: Echo Knight Fighter (find the subclass in Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount)
Rook Aarden: College of Spirits Bard (find the subclass in Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft)
Valentine Bellana: College of Hard Knocks Bard (Homebrew)

Editing, sound design, episode titles and descriptions by everyone at The Rolling Waves.

Intro & Outro Theme
“The Drifting City (Theme)”
Composed by Porter Hurst.
Performed by Porter Hurst, Victor Thorne, and the friends and family of The Rolling Waves.

S1E16 Music Credits:
A Grey Day by Guto Lucena
A World Beyond by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen, Anna Dager, and Hanna Ekstrӧm
Ain’t Nothing to Worry About by Golden Age Radio
Common Language by Vendla
Foggy Sunday by Bladverk Band
Tender by Hara Noda
Umi by Sayuri Hayashi Egnell
All courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

S1E16 Sound Effect and Ambience Credits:
All courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

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Valentine, Rook, Orion, and Chrys see a man about some ghosts. The timeline becomes more clear. Morin mentors.

CONTENT WARNINGS:

• This episode contains discussion of violence (mundane and magical), grief, description of workplace accident resulting in death (not graphic), discussion of struggles with sobriety, and depiction of alcohol-coded substance [not consumed].

For full The Drifting City content warnings, please reference the Show Notes & Disclaimers linked at the bottom of the episode description.

NO AI. The Rolling Waves does not use generative AI at any step in the creative process.

The Drifting City is not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.

Cast & Credits
Chrys: Lily Bell
Morin Wreaver: Aspen Langford
Orion Amaros: Porter Hurst
Rook Aarden: Victor Thorne
Valentine Bellana: Marilyn David
The Narrator: Ray Hamilton

Class & Subclass
Chrys: Coven of the Green Witch (find the class at: Worlds Beyond Number Patreon)
Morin Wreaver: Floater Ranger (Homebrew)
Orion Amaros: Echo Knight Fighter (find the subclass in Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount)
Rook Aarden: College of Spirits Bard (find the subclass in Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft)
Valentine Bellana: College of Hard Knocks Bard (Homebrew)

Editing, sound design, episode titles and descriptions by everyone at The Rolling Waves.

Intro & Outro Theme
“The Drifting City (Theme)”
Composed by Porter Hurst.
Performed by Porter Hurst, Victor Thorne, and the friends and family of The Rolling Waves.

S1E15 Music Credits:
Annihilated by Blue Saga
Whenever You Leave by Anna Landstrom
Meditation Aquatic by 369 [might be changed to Sad Cop Story by Ludvig Moulin]
Still in Blues by Daniella Ljungsberg
Kilter by Elin Piel
Paris in the Rain by Martin Landstrom
Chance Encounter by Gavin Luke
Bullheaded by Anthony Earls
I Would Give Anything by Hanna Lindgren
All courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

S1E15 Sound Effect and Ambience Credits:
All courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

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The dead are put to rest.

CONTENT WARNINGS:

• This episode contains graphic depictions of corpses and corpse mutilation, graphic depictions of violence (mundane and magical), body horror, grief, and burial

For full The Drifting City content warnings, please reference the Show Notes & Disclaimers linked at the bottom of the episode description.

NO AI. The Rolling Waves does not use generative AI at any step in the creative process.

The Drifting City is not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.

Cast & Credits
Chrys: Lily Bell
Morin Wreaver: Aspen Langford
Orion Amaros: Porter Hurst
Rook Aarden: Victor Thorne
Valentine Bellana: Marilyn David
The Narrator: Ray Hamilton

Class & Subclass
Chrys: Coven of the Green Witch (find the class at: Worlds Beyond Number Patreon)
Morin Wreaver: Floater Ranger (Homebrew)
Orion Amaros: Echo Knight Fighter (find the subclass in Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount)
Rook Aarden: College of Spirits Bard (find the subclass in Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft)
Valentine Bellana: College of Hard Knocks Bard (Homebrew)

Editing, sound design, episode titles and descriptions by everyone at The Rolling Waves.

Intro & Outro Theme
“The Drifting City (Theme)”
Composed by Porter Hurst.
Performed by Porter Hurst, Victor Thorne, and the friends and family of The Rolling Waves.

S1E14 Music Credits:
1121 by Enigmanic
Petals on Dusty Soil by Rand Aldo
Rise in Light by Daniel Fridell
We Were Golden by Anna Langstrom
What I Choose by Hanna Lindgren
Out of Control by Stefan Ekstrom
Never the End by Stefan Ekstrom
The Enduring Light by Gavin Luke
Forever in Our Hearts by Gavin Luke
Andetag by bomull
Boundless Things by Elin Piel
Ayama by Van Sandano
Alluvion by Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen, Anna Dager, Hanna Ekström
All courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

S1E14 Sound Effect and Ambience Credits:
All courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

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Orion shares his realization with the group, and Valentine helps him cope. Rook solves an important case.

CONTENT WARNINGS:
This episode contains vomit, graphic depictions of corpses and corpse mutilation, graphic depictions of violence (mundane and magical), discussions of violence, discussion of murder, and body horror.

For full The Drifting City content warnings, please reference the Show Notes & Disclaimers linked at the bottom of the episode description.

NO AI. The Rolling Waves does not use generative AI at any step in the creative process.

The Drifting City is not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.

Cast & Credits
Chrys: Lily Bell
Morin Wreaver: Aspen Langford
Orion Amaros: Porter Hurst
Rook Aarden: Victor Thorne
Valentine Bellana: Marilyn David
The Narrator: Ray Hamilton

Class & Subclass
Chrys: Coven of the Green Witch (find the class at: Worlds Beyond Number Patreon)
Morin Wreaver: Floater Ranger (Homebrew)
Orion Amaros: Echo Knight Fighter (find the subclass in Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount)
Rook Aarden: College of Spirits Bard (find the subclass in Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft)
Valentine Bellana: College of Hard Knocks Bard (Homebrew)

Editing, sound design, episode titles and descriptions by everyone at The Rolling Waves.

Intro & Outro Theme
“The Drifting City (Theme)”
Composed by Porter Hurst.
Performed by Porter Hurst, Victor Thorne, and the friends and family of The Rolling Waves.

S1E13 Music Credits:
The Mire by Anders Schill Paulsen
Midnight Wanderer by Luella Gren
Umi by Sayuri Hayashi Egnell
Days of Ducklings by Rand Aldo
Flute by Daniella Ljungsberg
Traced by Enigmanic
Out of Control by Stefan Ekstrom
All courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

S1E13 Sound Effect and Ambience Credits:
All courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

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Never meet your mother’s lovers. Never confront your mentors. Never find what you’re looking for. You’ve been warned.

CONTENT WARNINGS:
This episode contains smoking, consumption of alcohol-coded substance, implied/referenced suicide, discussion of mafioso violence, minor body horror, threats of harm, and discussions of revenge, grief, and loss.

For full The Drifting City content warnings, please reference the Show Notes & Disclaimers linked at the bottom of the episode description.

NO AI. The Rolling Waves does not use generative AI at any step in the creative process.

The Drifting City is not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.

Cast & Credits
Chrys: Lily Bell
Morin Wreaver: Aspen Langford
Orion Amaros: Porter Hurst
Rook Aarden: Victor Thorne
Valentine Bellana: Marilyn David
The Narrator: Ray Hamilton

Class & Subclass
Chrys: Coven of the Green Witch (find the class at: Worlds Beyond Number Patreon)
Morin Wreaver: Floater Ranger (Homebrew)
Orion Amaros: Echo Knight Fighter (find the subclass in Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount)
Rook Aarden: College of Spirits Bard (find the subclass in Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft)
Valentine Bellana: College of Hard Knocks Bard (Homebrew)

Editing, sound design, episode titles and descriptions by everyone at The Rolling Waves.

Intro & Outro Theme
“The Drifting City (Theme)”
Composed by Porter Hurst.
Performed by Porter Hurst, Victor Thorne, and the friends and family of The Rolling Waves.

S1E12 Music Credits:
Meditation Aquatic by 369
The Bell Returns by Rand Aldo
Holophrased by Ave Air
Letters by Ever So Blue
Marry Me by Bonn Fields
All courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

S1E12 Sound Effect and Ambience Credits:
All courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

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The fight at the Fluttering Lash reaches an inevitably bloody conclusion. Chrys and Orion grapple with unwelcome revelations.

CONTENT WARNINGS:

• This episode contains smoking, graphic depictions of violence (mundane and magical), executions, a single gunshot, corpse mutilation, looting corpses, threats of harm, discussions of revenge, grief, and loss.

For full The Drifting City content warnings, please reference the Show Notes & Disclaimers linked at the bottom of the episode description.

NO AI. The Rolling Waves does not use generative AI at any step in the creative process.

The Drifting City is not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.

Cast & Credits
Chrys: Lily Bell
Morin Wreaver: Aspen Langford
Orion Amaros: Porter Hurst
Rook Aarden: Victor Thorne
Valentine Bellana: Marilyn David
The Narrator: Ray Hamilton

Class & Subclass
Chrys: Coven of the Green Witch (find the class at: Worlds Beyond Number Patreon)
Morin Wreaver: Floater Ranger (Homebrew)
Orion Amaros: Echo Knight Fighter (find the subclass in Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount)
Rook Aarden: College of Spirits Bard (find the subclass in Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft)
Valentine Bellana: College of Hard Knocks Bard (Homebrew)

Editing, sound design, episode titles and descriptions by everyone at The Rolling Waves.

Intro & Outro Theme
“The Drifting City (Theme)”
Composed by Porter Hurst.
Performed by Porter Hurst, Victor Thorne, and the friends and family of The Rolling Waves.

S1E11 Music Credits
Consequences by Martin Landstrom
Nights in Las Negras by Rune Dale
Meridian by Luba Hilman
Mysterious Moments by Eneide
Seasick by Blue Saga
Therese’s Song by Stefan Ekstrӧm
All courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

S1E11 Sound Effect and Ambience Credits
All courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

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A meeting goes awry. Morin comes out on top. Chrys embraces violence.

CONTENT WARNINGS:

• This episode contains smoking, graphic depictions of violence (mundane and magical), forced mind reading, death, murder, and descriptions of and sound design related to choking, stabbings, burning, and other D&D magic violence.

For full The Drifting City content warnings, please reference the Show Notes & Disclaimers linked at the bottom of the episode description.

NO AI. The Rolling Waves does not use generative AI at any step in the creative process.

The Drifting City is not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.

Cast & Credits
Chrys: Lily Bell
Morin Wreaver: Aspen Langford
Orion Amaros: Porter Hurst
Rook Aarden: Victor Thorne
Valentine Bellana: Marilyn David
The Narrator: Ray Hamilton

Class & Subclass
Chrys: Coven of the Green Witch (find the class at: Worlds Beyond Number Patreon)
Morin Wreaver: Floater Ranger (Homebrew)
Orion Amaros: Echo Knight Fighter (find the subclass in Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount)
Rook Aarden: College of Spirits Bard (find the subclass in Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft)
Valentine Bellana: College of Hard Knocks Bard (Homebrew)

Editing, sound design, episode titles and descriptions by everyone at The Rolling Waves.

Intro & Outro Theme
“The Drifting City (Theme)”
Composed by Porter Hurst.
Performed by Porter Hurst, Victor Thorne, and the friends and family of The Rolling Waves.

S1E10 Music Credits
Annihilated by Blue Saga
Midst of Anger by Golden Anchor
Nights in Las Negras by Rune Dale
All courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

S1E10 Sound Effect and Ambience Credits
All courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

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A madman’s notes provide much-needed clues. Chrys holds on. The dead and dying reveal the past.

Content Warnings

• This episode contains a depiction of ghosts and haunting, discussion of murder, discussion of mafioso violence, and smoking.

For full The Drifting City content warnings, please reference the Show Notes & Disclaimers linked at the bottom of the episode description.

A Dungeons & Dragons Actual Play Podcast. The Drifting City is not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.

Cast & Credits
Chrys: Lily Bell
Morin Wreaver: Aspen Langford
Orion Amaros: Porter Hurst
Rook Aarden: Victor Thorne
Valentine Bellana: Marilyn David
The Narrator: Ray Hamilton

Class & Subclass
Chrys: Coven of the Green Witch (find the class at: Worlds Beyond Number Patreon)
Morin Wreaver: Floater Ranger (Homebrew)
Orion Amaros: Echo Knight Fighter (find the subclass in Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount)
Rook Aarden: College of Spirits Bard (find the subclass in Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft)
Valentine Bellana: College of Hard Knocks Bard (Homebrew)

Editing, sound design, episode titles and descriptions by everyone at The Rolling Waves.

Intro & Outro Theme
“The Drifting City (Theme)”
Composed by Porter Hurst.
Performed by Porter Hurst, Victor Thorne, and the friends and family of The Rolling Waves.

S1E8 Music Credits:
A Grey Day by Guto Lucena
The Calling Card by Martin Landstrom
Waltz’s Noctis by Dian Shuai
Akai Hinode by Sugoi

All courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

S1E9 Sound Effect and Ambience Credits:
All courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

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The drifters pay a visit to Rook’s mentor, and confront the first major obstacle to their fact-finding mission: a door. Orion causes a commotion, Valentine gets a gift, and Rook hears some bad news.

Content Warnings

• This episode contains a GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF DRUG ABUSE (character is high on mixed substances, no portrayal of actual dosing), consumption of alcohol-coded substance, smoking, depiction of grief, discussion of breaking and entering, discussion of murder (past), violence (physical), and depiction of a firearm.

For full The Drifting City content warnings, please reference the Show Notes & Disclaimers linked at the bottom of the episode description.

A Dungeons & Dragons Actual Play Podcast. The Drifting City is not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.

Cast & Credits
Chrys: Lily Bell
Morin Wreaver: Aspen Langford
Orion Amaros: Porter Hurst
Rook Aarden: Victor Thorne
Valentine Bellana: Marilyn David
The Narrator: Ray Hamilton

Class & Subclass
Chrys: Coven of the Green Witch (find the class at: Worlds Beyond Number Patreon)
Morin Wreaver: Floater Ranger (Homebrew)
Orion Amaros: Echo Knight Fighter (find the subclass in Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount)
Rook Aarden: College of Spirits Bard (find the subclass in Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft)
Valentine Bellana: College of Hard Knocks Bard (Homebrew)

Editing, sound design, episode titles and descriptions by everyone at The Rolling Waves.

Intro & Outro Theme
“The Drifting City (Theme)”
Composed by Porter Hurst.
Performed by Porter Hurst, Victor Thorne, and the friends and family of The Rolling Waves.

S1E8 Music Credits:
Paris in the Rain by Martin Landstrom 
Rise in Light by Daniel Fridell
The Calling Card by Martin Landstrom
Finding Peace by Ritchie Everett
Once Upon a Road by Bladverk Band
The Nightingale is Singing Our Song by Martin Landstrom

All courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

S1E8 Sound Effect and Ambience Credits:
All courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

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Regrouping after the chase, the group trades information and makes new plans. Morin goes home. Rook, Chrys, and Orion have a sleepover.

Content Warnings

• This episode contains a depiction of grief, consumption of alcohol-coded substance, allusions to sobriety and addiction, discussions of violence, allusions to police violence, description of minor injury (broken/sprained bone, bruises), smoking, and minor body horror (played humorously).

For full The Drifting City content warnings, please reference the Show Notes & Disclaimers linked at the bottom of the episode description.

A Dungeons & Dragons Actual Play Podcast. The Drifting City is not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.

Cast & Credits
Chrys: Lily Bell
Morin Wreaver: Aspen Langford
Orion Amaros: Porter Hurst
Rook Aarden: Victor Thorne
Valentine Bellana: Marilyn David
The Narrator: Ray Hamilton

Class & Subclass
Chrys: Coven of the Green Witch (find the class at: Worlds Beyond Number Patreon)
Morin Wreaver: Floater Ranger (Homebrew)
Orion Amaros: Echo Knight Fighter (find the subclass in Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount)
Rook Aarden: College of Spirits Bard (find the subclass in Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft)
Valentine Bellana: College of Hard Knocks Bard (Homebrew)

Editing, sound design, episode titles and descriptions by everyone at The Rolling Waves.

Intro & Outro Theme
“The Drifting City (Theme)”
Composed by Porter Hurst.
Performed by Porter Hurst, Victor Thorne, and the friends and family of The Rolling Waves.

S1E7 Music Credits:
Das Hotel by Sugoi
As the Shadows Waltzed by Trevor Kowalski
parlemor by bomull
A Little Journey by Shuta Yasukochi
ebb by bomull
Hara Noda by Nagisa
All courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

S1E7 Sound Effect and Ambience Credits:
All courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

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