The Endless Ocean

The Call - The Endless Ocean Premieres Oct 19

The Fool's Gallery — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0700

The Endless Ocean follows the ship, the Alabaster Queen as it sails into an unexplored, haunted, and dangerous ocean. The crew of the Queen will travel beyond the edge of the world, where gods, humans and creatures of unknown magic and origins vie for survival on the tide.

The Endless Ocean is a new serial fantasy podcast from the team behind The Phone Booth. Written and Performed by Keenan Ellis, Produced by the Fool’s Gallery Podcast Network.

Prologue: The Chest

The Fool's Gallery — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0700

In the last port in the known world, a young scholar stumbles across a mysterious chest that contains a story greater than she ever could have imagined.

The Endless Ocean is a serialized audio drama, written and directed by Keenan Ellis, and produced by the Fool's Gallery Podcast Network. Today's performance was given by Elizabeth Seeley. Background sound effects produced by Sword Coast Soundscapes. (https://swordcoastsoundscapes.bandcamp.com/)

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Chapter 1: The Wavewalker

The Fool's Gallery — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0700

Max Landau, a scribe running from his past, sets sail aboard The Alabaster Queen. The ship is pointed south, into The Endless Ocean, an expanse of water so vast, and dangerous not even the sun dares venture into it. All is well for Max, until he sees something in waves.

The Endless Ocean is a serialized audio drama, written and directed by Keenan Ellis, and produced by the Fool's Gallery Podcast Network. Background sound effects produced by Sword Coast Soundscapes. (https://swordcoastsoundscapes.bandcamp.com/) Musical Theme by Alexander Taylor. Thumbnail artwork by Liz Knox.

Chapter 2: Part of the Stew, Part of the Crew

The Fool's Gallery — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0800

A month into the voyage Max is becoming better acquainted with the crew surrounding him. But the more he learns, the more he wishes to stay ignorant.

Chapter 3: Last Port

The Fool's Gallery — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0800

The crew of The Alabaster Queen weigh anchor in Last Port, the last known island in the world. There, they find revelry, alcohol, and just a little bit of blood.

Chapter 4: Watch Dog

The Fool's Gallery — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0800

On his second day in Last Port, Max enters into a backroom dealings with two shadowy figures. All goes swimmingly until Willas, poor, foolish Willas, intervenes.

Chapter 5: The Knight of Nothing

The Fool's Gallery — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0800

Waking in a cage, Willas and Max are trapped, and helpless. In perhaps their final moments, Willas tells Max the tragic tale of how he bought the Alabaster Queen.

Chapter 6: Spider Bite

The Fool's Gallery — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0800

Still caged, Max and Willas are visited by an old man, whose job it is to put a price on human life.

Chapter 7: The Lonely Dead

The Fool's Gallery — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0800

Back safely on the Queen, Willas confronts Max about the Amber Widow. Trapped, Max reveals the tragic events that led him to board The Alabaster Queen.

Chapter 8: Mookie's Bird

The Fool's Gallery — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0800

The voyage stretches on, and begins to take its toll. Just getting his sea legs underneath him, Max meets the shadow that saved his life back in last port.

Chapter 9: Haven

The Fool's Gallery — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0800

Land Ho! The Alabaster Queen comes upon the first island in the Endless Ocean. It is a garden, as beautiful as it is mysterious. Max accompanies the first mate and Dawn onto the island and they come across a perfect little town in the trees.

Chapter 10: The Spring Solstice

The Fool's Gallery — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0800

Max attends Haven's Spring Festival, a beautiful, eight day celebration of the harvest. But as the ceremonies begin, the festival takes a darker turn.

Chapter 11: The Sapling

The Fool's Gallery — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0800

Traumatized by what he has seen, Max wants nothing more than to return to the Alabaster Queen. But Maris, the village leader, asks him to transcribe her story of how her people came to be on this island.

Chapter 12: Chosen

The Fool's Gallery — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0800

Max, Dawn, and Maris charge through the forest in desperate hope to save a life.

Chapter 13: Aftermath

The Fool's Gallery — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0700

In the harrowing aftermath of the burning of Haven, Max is called into the captain's cabin to retell the story. Only there are some facts his intimidating first mate has encouraged him to leave out.

Chapter 14: One True Course

The Fool's Gallery — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0800

The day is beautiful, the crew work the ship, and the Helmsmen Stiggs sings a beautiful song. For the first time, all is well aboard the Alabaster Queen. That is until the captain takes control.

Musical credit to
Long Road Ahead by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3996-long-road-ahead
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
The song was edited slightly but all the emotion comes straight from Kevin.

Chapter 15: Aground

The Fool's Gallery — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0800

The Alabaster Queen has been run aground. A rock pierces her side and the crew attempt to save their ship. But Captain Sophia Destro seems unconcerned with their predicament. In spite, the crew gathers round Bob the Cannibal who tells them the legend of their captain, the legend of Shipwreck Sophie.

Chapter 16: Blades

The Fool's Gallery — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0800

A crew member lies dead. The night is alive with mysterious enemies and a giant so large he could be divine leads them. With all hopes for diplomacy lost, the crew's only recourse lie in blades.

Chapter 17: Giants

The Fool's Gallery — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0800

A giant has been felled, chained and is ready for interrogation. He holds secrets to uncovering the mysteries of The Endless Ocean. But he will only speak to the woman who defeated him. He will only speak to Dawn.

Chapter 18: The Buckshots

The Fool's Gallery — Mon, 06 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0800

The Alabaster Queen is set to sail through the laberynthian collection of islands known as the Buckshots. The passage is narrow, it's turns sharp, it's reefs hidden, but the true danger is not the islands, but its angry citizens whose leader The Queen has captured.

Chapter 19: The Stormveil

The Fool's Gallery — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0800

The Alabaster Queen has sailed The Endless Ocean for nearly five months. They have braved attacks, monsters, and a drunk captain. But now their greatest challenge lies before them: The Stormveil, a storm that traverses the entire scope of the ocean. A storm that does not move.

Chapter 20: The Breach

The Fool's Gallery — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0800

The Stormveil, vast, impenetrable and unmoving lies between The Alabaster Queen and the furtherance of their journey. To get there they must sail into the Breach, an unknown break in the mega-storm that promises more danger than ever before.