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IronBlood: A Tale of Power and Deceit
š©ø IRONBLOOD ā Season 1, Episode 1: Knife Beneath the Crown
A stranger walks through the gates of Ironstone Castleāa place of secrets, silence, and stone. He wears another manās name, speaks with borrowed graceā¦ and carries steel meant for a queen.
But Ironstone is no ordinary castle.
And Queen Virelya is no ordinary target.
Step into a world where courtiers bow with poisoned smiles, and every shadow listens.
š§Ā This is Episode One ofĀ IronbloodĀ ā an immersive, cinematic audio drama where blades whisper louder than words, and nothing is as it seems.
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āØ CREDITS
šļø Written, voiced, and produced by Angelina Riordon
š§ Sound design and mixing in GarageBand
š¼ Music & FX via Pixabay, Freesound, and original composition
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00:47|Introduction to the themes and tones of the series. With bits of dialogue from just a few players in the game.
2. š©ø IRONBLOOD ā Season 1, Episode 2: āVeins of Ashā
28:12||Season 1, Ep. 2The blade between them has always been there. They just never noticed it glinted redāuntil now.In this chapter ofĀ Ironblood, Queen Virelya summons a figure draped in truth and terrorāThe Speaker. Zevir walks the palace like a shadow, but silence does not equal peace. Not in a court like this. Not with blood on the wind.Secrets stir in the stone. Alliances falter. And the game begins in earnest.
3. š©ø IRONBLOOD ā Season 1, Episode 3: The one with the Sting
34:37||Season 1, Ep. 3As Zevir and Finn linger in the warmth of the Copper Hen tavern, a letter arrivesāsealed and scented with unseen threads of danger.Back at Ironstone, Queen Virelya meets with General Briggum to confront mounting unrest near the border. Raiders? Warlords? Or something older, cloaked in silence?Plans are drawn. Riders will be chosen.But when Briggum asks if she ever tires of being rightā¦Her answer is colder than steel.
4. š©ø IRONBLOOD ā Season 1, Episode 4: You Shouldāve Drowned Me
34:01||Season 1, Ep. 4A mountain stirs, a crown shifts, and the weight of legacy cuts deeper than any blade.Episode Four ofĀ IronbloodĀ opens in the war room, where Virelya, Briggum, and Belmont plot the movement of twelve riders into the Iron Borderlands. Something stirs in the mountainsāsomething older than the bloodlines sworn to guard them. The Queen does not trust what moves in shadow, but even more so, she doesnāt trust what moves within her court.While steel is sharpened at the borders, a different tension blooms in the capital.When a madwoman screams prophecy in the town squareānaming Zevir, the Queenās watchful new shadow, asĀ āthe one with the stingāāa thread begins to unravel. Zevirās mask slips. Virelya notices. And neither of them are prepared for what is seen behind the eyes.As both the Queen and her assassin reel in privateāeach confronting the cracks in their controlāanother ghost emerges from the past:Ā Calyndra, the Queen Mother.Once beautiful. Still dangerous. And never done.
5. š©ø IRONBLOOD ā Season 1, Episode 5:The Crownās Teeth
30:08||Season 1, Ep. 5As Queen Virelya retreats into divine withdrawal, the court stirs with uneaseāand ambition. Calyndra, Queen Mother, ascends to regency draped in silk and sharpened with old hunger. But power borrowed is never power tamed.In the shadowed halls of Ironstone, Zevir walks the razorās edge between duty and doubt. Old ghosts return with folded messages and blood-stained memories. Aurel watches. The guild waits. And Virelya, ever the strategist, places her mother at the center of the boardānot to honor her, but to test her.Meanwhile, the council reels from the shift in rule. Whispers turn sharp. Smiles tighten. And in the gilded parlor, the Queen Regent makes her playācharming, circling, and sinking teeth where no one dares expect.But the court is not the only place where games are played.The mountains stir. Shadows lengthen. And as the kingdom grits its teeth around a new monarch, it forgets one thing:Some crowns bite back
6. š©ø IRONBLOOD ā Season 1, Episode 6: Origins
18:01||Season 1, Ep. 6In the beginning, the Divine Ones shaped the worldāgifting light, shadow, fire, and life. Their children, the god-parents of our realm, walked among mortals in an age of plentyā¦ until love grew between opposites, envy festered, and a single tear birthed the Tempestus. Banished gods, a thousand years of ice, and the courage of a small goddess led to the breaking of winterāand the promise of flowers once more.
7. š©ø IRONBLOOD ā Season 1, Episode 7: Whispers in the Mist
14:17||Season 1, Ep. 7Briggum, Belmont, and their riders face an ancient terror in the high mountain passes ā a presence that hunts, counts, and circles them in the night. But when they return to the castle with their warning, the Regent Calyndra dismisses their words with venomous ease. Something stirs in the mountains, and in the court, its shadow is already felt.
8. š©ø IRONBLOOD ā Season 1, Episode 8: Divine Intervention
27:44||Season 1, Ep. 8Secrets unravel in the shadows of Ironstone Castle. As Zevir sharpens his resolve, Briggum and Belmont wrestle with the horrors of Stonecrag, and Virelya endures the harrowing fire of her bloodline. In the sanctum, the Speakerās divine channel is shattered by a darker voice, naming a traitor in the Regentās bed. When all paths converge upon the Queenās chamber, blades, oaths, and gods collideāand nothing will be the same again.