Convinced that Ardel Redmoor has harmed his new bride, Arlene, Antonin Mooncrest wants to retaliate against Ardel immediately; his Uncle Julius advises caution though. But Arlene and Gwen are, in fact, alive and well, and must answer to General Bryce Riverfell for their escape on one of his supply convoys. Meanwhile, the Party stops at a tavern near the ancient crypt where Ry’y lo-Th’yyt has sent them – the Cairn of Evil Untold – and decides to split up. What awaits the grownups in the Cairn of Evil Untold? What will the kids do with a night of freedom and a decent bit of beer money? Stay subscribed to find out.

The next part of Chapter 8 will premiere on March 1. If you’re enjoying the show and you’re not able to support us on Patreon, telling your friends about us is one of the best things you can do to help us!

Welcome back to The Once And Future Nerd! In this week’s episode – the premiere of Chapter 8 – Regan makes her fateful decision about what to tell the Th’ar lo-Hyyl, the Kids get to better know Yllowyyn’s sister, Yllowyyn and his parents contend with their increasingly disparate values, and Ry-y lo-Th’yyt makes our Party a very lucrative offer. Oh, and equipment upgrades! We mustn’t forget those.

Evil Untold, Pt. 2 will premiere on February 15. Be sure to subscribe, and leave us a review on iTunes or Stitcher or anywhere if you have a moment!

For today’s bonus content, Zach and Christian talk with Dan Dobransky (Ardel, Traft, others) about villains and their role in a story. You can check out more of Dan’s work in the webseries CLAN on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/113923451), and see him do sketch and improv at the Magnet Theater in New York (http://www.magnettheater.com).

Chapter 8, “Evil Untold,” will premiere on Feb. 1. If you can’t get enough TOAFN until then, head over our official discussion forum at http://reddit.com/r/onceandfuturenerd to discuss what’s happened so far.

For today’s bonus content, Zach and Christian talk to cast member Greg Schulz (Yllowyyn, others) about the story so far and his experiences being the newest cast member.

Did you know that we now have an official TOAFN discussion board set up on Reddit? Head over to www.reddit.com/r/onceandfuturenerd to discuss the show with other fans (and the creators)!

Update: The holiday bonus period is now closed. Check here for more info.

From everyone at TOAFN, we’d like to wish you a happy holidays and beginning of 2015!  We’ve got two big announcements to share with you all for the holidays.

FIRST, for a limited time only (between now and January 1st) each chapter of TOAFN is available in a binge-able, full-chapter format!  That’s one single audio file containing all 4-5 episodes strung up in a row, with the theme music only once at the beginning, and the credits only once at the end.  This is a great way to pass the time over the holidays, whether you have a long car or plane ride, or just some time off from work or school.

To access these binge chapters, head to http://onceandfuturenerd.com/rewards/

Chapter 1: holidaybonus01

So basically, you type in lowercase “holidaybonus” and then the number of the chapter you want to hear.  Please share these codes around! Tweet them, facebook them, tell your friends and family.  Anyone you know who has a long holiday travel, let them pass the time listening to TOAFN!

SECOND, we are setting up a raffle!  For each tweet/retweet, Facebook like, iTunes review, and Stitcher review you make in the next week, you will get one entry into a drawing. Prizes will include free access to certain tiers of Patreon rewards for the rest of the season, as well as some more cool prizes which we will talk about in the near future.  Notice how well this works with the binge bonus episodes!  Tweet about the full-chapter bonus content, and get an entry into the raffle!  Tweet and Facebook, and you get two entries!  Tweet and Facebook and review on iTunes…you get the idea! Just make sure we know about it so that your entries will be counted! If you do something on Facebook or Twitter, you can tag/mention us and we’ll see it. If you’re leaving us an iTunes or Stitcher review, email us at iordic.princes at gmail dot com so that we’ll see that too.

Happy Holidays, and thank you, as always!

CONTENT NOTE: This episode contains a retelling of sexual abuse, which may be disturbing to some listeners, between timestamps 8:17 – 9:18. Please use your judgment in listening.

Faced with the harrowing decision of whether to officially declare her claim to the throne before the Elven High Council, Regan turns to an unlikely advisor. Meanwhile, Antonin Mooncrest discovers his new bride Arlene is missing, and jumps to conclusions about who is to blame.

Thus concludes Chapter 7 of our tale. Chapter 8 will premiere in 2015. In the meantime, stay subscribed for bonus content, as well as other exciting holiday news. If you want to keep the conversation going, visit our official discussion forum at www.reddit.com/r/onceandfuturenerd. And thank you, as always, for listening.

Arlene Redmoor’s wedding finally arrives in this episode! Arlene is wed to Antonin Mooncrest, and what follows is a party that will not soon be forgotten by any involved. Meanwhile, in the White Forest, our party is introduced to the last member of Yllowyyn’s family.  Yllowyyn’s older sister, Yllodyk, turns out to be a rather interesting character.  Music for this episode, “The Traditional Iordic Wedding Gigue”, was created by Christopher Montalbo for use in THE ONCE AND FUTURE NERD, with some rights reserved by the creator. If you’d like to discuss this episode, head over to www.reddit.com/r/onceandfuturenerd, our new official forum for all things TOAFN!

We hope our American audience has a happy Thanksgiving, and for the rest of the world…have a good Thursday! In light of the holiday, TOAFN will be taking a small hiatus. The conclusion of Chapter 7 will be presented on December 14. During the break, you can check out audioverseawards.net, where we are finalists in a number of categories of podcast awards! Voting for the winners is live, so consider supporting all the contestants and voting for your favorite! And by favorite, of course, we mean us. Vote for us. (No but seriously, uphold the integrity of the event, vote however you see fit).

As we mentioned before, we are finalists in several categories of the AudioVerse Awards. Thank you to everyone who voted in the semifinal round, we hope you’ll consider giving us your vote again. Head to http://audioverseawards.net/site if you’d like to vote!

Just a reminder for all you dear viewers that voting for the first round of the 2014 AudioVerse Awards closes on November 17! THE ONCE AND FUTURE NERD is nominated in several categories so we hope you’ll consider voting!

http://www.audioverseawards.net/site/

CONTENT NOTE: The first scene of this episode depicts some graphic violence. Use your discretion in listening.

Brennen and Jen are treated by the best Elven doctors, whose behavior just seems to rub Billy the wrong way. Despite Billy’s misgivings, the two are soon returned to full health. At Castle Guernatal, Antonin Mooncrest distrust of Ardel Redmoor grows, as everyone prepares for the big wedding between Arlene and Antonin. Meanwhile, Yllowyyn is honor-bound to be involved in an extremely uncomfortable tradition–the introduction of his friends to his parents. The narrator finally begins to understand some facets of slang from Pennsylvania.

Thank you for listening! The next installment will air on November 23, 2014.  If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving us a review on iTunes or Stitcher, or even on your own website like this wonderful person did!