The Witchuation Room

Time of Contempt: Chapter 7

The Armadillo Podcasting Club — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 08:00:00 -0600

Ciri is captured by one gang. They meet a second gang. A third gang shows up and kills them all, except for Ciri. Who joins that third gang. Good choice.
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(00:17) - Intro
(00:31) - Recap
(01:00) - Chapter 7
(15:23) - Review

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Music: Intrigue by Alexandr Zhelanov licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

Time of Contempt: Chapter 6

The Armadillo Podcasting Club — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0600

Ciri finds herself at the wrong end of a broken portal. She's lost in a harsh desert and all of her training is not enough. She must do the impossible: Make a friend.
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(00:16) - Intro
(00:29) - Recap
(00:52) - Chapter 6
(14:27) - Outro

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Time of Contempt: Chapter 5

The Armadillo Podcasting Club — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0600

Geralt recuperates in Brokilon and Dandelion visits with the news. War everywhere, and that kind of news is never good.

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(00:16) - Intro
(00:31) - Recap
(01:16) - Chapter 5
(20:20) - Outro

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Time of Contempt: Chapter 4

The Armadillo Podcasting Club — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0600

Geralt awakes from his night of extreme passion with Yennefer to a day of extreme violence. The wizards' banquet has becoming a confusing overlap of coup and counter-coup, and the wizards are settling the matter by blasting each other to scraps. Geralt doesn't want to get involved, but Ciri is in there somewhere.
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(00:16) - Intro
(00:30) - Recap
(01:18) - Chapter 4
(20:41) - Outro

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Time of Contempt: Chapter 3

The Armadillo Podcasting Club — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0600

It's banquet time! Geralt serves as arm candy for Yennefer at a grand feast at the magic school of Aretuza. Geralt is resolutely uninterested in the treacherous currents of intrigue all around him, but unfortunately the intrigue is interested in him.
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(00:15) - Intro
(00:28) - Recap
(00:59) - Chapter 3
(20:23) - Outro

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Time of Contempt: Chapter 2

The Armadillo Podcasting Club — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0500

Yennefer and Ciri have an adventure in the big city. Yennefer's side of the adventure involves banking and drunken bathing. Ciri's side involves donuts, monster slaying, and dire apparitions.
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(00:16) - Intro
(00:30) - Recap
(01:08) - Chapter 2
(22:32) - Outro

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Time of Contempt: Chapter 1

The Armadillo Podcasting Club — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0500

Geralt seeks a way to protect Ciri from the deadly plots which aim to keep her from her destiny, as well as from that dark destiny itself. The first problem is easier, because it's a problem that can be solved with a sword.
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(00:17) - Intro
(00:41) - Recap
(01:45) - Chapter 1
(24:35) - Outro

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Blood of Elves: Chapter 7

The Armadillo Podcasting Club — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 08:00:00 -0600

Ciri completes her education in magic under the gentle tutelage of Yennefer.
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(00:17) - Intro
(00:30) - Recap
(01:15) - Chapter 7
(21:05) - Review
(23:40) - Outro

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Blood of Elves: Chapter 6

The Armadillo Podcasting Club — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 08:00:00 -0600

Plots and counterplots abound in this meeting-heavy episode. The rulers of every land around resolve to kill Geralt and Ciri, while Geralt himself is busy dusting his knuckles with a local charlatan.
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(00:15) - Intro
(00:28) - Recap
(01:32) - Chapter 6
(23:51) - Outro

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Blood of Elves: Chapter 5

The Armadillo Podcasting Club — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 08:00:00 -0600

Geralt takes a side job on a barge, which means he has to deal with a terrifying river monster in between attacks by Nilfgaardian agents. Then Dandelion and Geralt head to a party hearty college town and indulge in some spycraft.

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(00:16) - Intro
(00:34) - Recap
(01:20) - Chapter 5
(18:28) - Outro

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Blood of Elves: Chapter 4

The Armadillo Podcasting Club — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 08:00:00 -0600

Geralt, Triss, and Ciri join up with a caravan to travel through a war-torn area. They are set upon by Squirrels (who are more dangerous than they sound) and learn about war and bigotry in the battle. Spoiler: they're both bad.
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(00:16) - Intro
(01:26) - Chapter 4
(24:30) - Outro

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Blood of Elves: Chapter 3

The Armadillo Podcasting Club — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 08:00:00 -0600

Triss joins Ciri on one of her (drug-induced) prophetic visions. The prophecy: pain and death. Triss also discusses her experience in the war against Nilfgaard: pain and death. Triss tries to get Geralt interested in world events, but he refuses. Probably because of the pain and death.

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(00:16) - Intro
(00:31) - Recap
(01:06) - Chapter 3
(17:04) - Outro

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Blood of Elves: Chapter 2

The Armadillo Podcasting Club — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 08:00:00 -0600

Triss Merigold makes her way to Kaer Morhen, where the witchers need help taking care of Ciri. Her first recommendation: stop feeding her hormone mushrooms from the witcher cave. Also, maybe let her read a book now and then.

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(00:16) - Intro
(00:29) - Recap
(01:12) - Quotes
(16:14) - Outro

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Blood of Elves: Chapter 1

The Armadillo Podcasting Club — Sun, 17 Dec 2023 16:52:27 -0600

Geralt and Ciri are traveling to Kaer Morhen, but this chapter spends most of its time with Dandelion. Dandelion first regales a crowd (and us readers) with a handy recap of the story so far, then he meets a very enthusiastic fan. Unfortunately this person is a fan not of Dandelion but of torture.

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(00:16) - Intro
(00:30) - Recap
(02:33) - Chapter 1
(17:57) - Outro

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Sword of Destiny: Something More

The Armadillo Podcasting Club — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 08:00:00 -0500

Geralt, convalescing in a rag-cart after being trenched by some bridge ghouls, has a series of combo hallucination/flashbacks which fill in several blanks in his situation. Specifically to do with Ciri and his destiny. It turns out that destiny doesn't like being denied.

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(00:16) - Intro
(00:29) - Recap
(01:48) - Something More
(24:05) - Review
(29:43) - Outro

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Music: Intrigue by Alexandr Zhelanov licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

Sword of Destiny: Sword of Destiny

The Armadillo Podcasting Club — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 08:00:00 -0500

Geralt journeys to the heart of the wild woods of Brokilon. He mostly manages to not get killed by the dryads. He also runs into one Ciri, a child who appears to be his Destiny. As usual, the D word makes Geralt run for the hills.

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(00:16) - Intro
(00:31) - Recap
(01:55) - Sword of Destiny
(31:03) - Outro

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Sword of Destiny: A Little Sacrifice

The Armadillo Podcasting Club — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 08:00:00 -0500

Geralt meets a mermaid! Not a little one, a regular-sized one. He also meets a beautiful and intriguing bard (also regular-sized). One of them wants love, the other wants him to avoid tangling with the deadly fish people from that underwater city.

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(00:16) - Intro
(00:34) - Recap
(01:24) - A Little Sacrifice

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Sword of Destiny: Eternal Fire

The Armadillo Podcasting Club — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 19:55:21 -0500

Geralt and Dandelion meet up with Dandelion's old friend Dainty the merchant. But not really, because Dainty has been replaced by a shapeshifter! The shapeshifter turns out to be better at Dainty's job than Dainty, making Geralt wonder if this is a problem really worth solving.

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(00:16) - Intro
(00:32) - Recap
(01:06) - Eternal Flame
(17:52) - Outro

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Sword of Destiny: A Shard of Ice

The Armadillo Podcasting Club — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 19:54:13 -0500

Geralt is living with his on-again (but mostly) off-again true love, Yennefer. Things are perfect though, because Yennefer doesn't like to be pinned down and Geralt might be an emotionless mutant. They form a love/hate triangle with another wizard, Istredd, and things end sadly for all involved.

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(00:16) - Intro
(00:32) - Recap
(01:19) - A Shard of Ice
(29:02) - Outro

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Music: Intrigue by Alexandr Zhelanov licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

Sword of Destiny: The Bounds of Reason

The Armadillo Podcasting Club — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 19:53:42 -0500

It's basilisks and mercenaries, witchers and dragons in The Bounds of Reason, the first story of Sword of Destiny. Geralt teams up with a dragon slaying crew (despite being a non-slayer himself) as they hunt down a dragon for its loot. Why would he join? Same reason he does lots of stupid things: Yennefer is there.

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(00:17) - Intro
(01:05) - Recap
(02:23) - The Bounds of Reason
(39:43) - Outro

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The Last Wish: The Last Wish

The Armadillo Podcasting Club — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 19:53:07 -0500

We read the titular story, The Last Wish! When Geralt's bestie Dandelion is struck down by something that seems awfully like a wish-granting genie, Geralt seeks help from the sexy and treacherous Yennefer of Vergeberg. Her services don't come cheaply, though, and the price isn't in coins.

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(00:16) - Intro
(00:30) - Recap
(01:12) - The Last Wish
(27:25) - The Voice of Reason 7
(30:24) - Discussion
(32:01) - Outro

We are Alice Sullivan, Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake.

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Music: Intrigue by Alexandr Zhelanov licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

The Last Wish: The Edge of the World

The Armadillo Podcasting Club — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 19:52:23 -0500

When Geralt and Dandelion are called in to remove a "deoval" pestering some villagers, nothing goes according to anyone's plan. Soon Geralt has a new friend, a new enemy, and a new appreciation for the transience of all living things.

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(00:16) - Intro
(00:50) - Recap
(02:24) - The Voice of Reason 5
(05:23) - The Edge of the World
(24:41) - The Voice of Reason 6
(27:57) - Outro

We are Alice Sullivan, Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake.

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Music: Intrigue by Alexandr Zhelanov licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

The Last Wish: The Lesser Evil and A Question of Price

The Armadillo Podcasting Club — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 19:50:28 -0500

First: The Lesser Evil, in which Geralt encounters a very grim take on Snow White. Snow White is a sexy mutant bandit who is out for revenge on, well, basically everybody. Then: A Question of Price, in which Geralt encounters take on The Green Knight which is much less grim. The Green Knight is still a sexy mutant though.

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(00:17) - Intro
(00:33) - Recap
(01:03) - The Voice of Reason 3
(02:59) - The Lesser Evil
(26:31) - The Voice of Reason 4
(29:55) - A Question of Price
(47:03) - Outro

We are Alice Sullivan, Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake.

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Music: Intrigue by Alexandr Zhelanov licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

The Last Wish: The Witcher and A Grain of Truth

The Armadillo Podcasting Club — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 19:47:25 -0500

We start The Last Witch, the first Witcher book! This is a serious change in tone from the Wheel of Time. This book is gritty, clever, and bloody. We answer the question: What is a witcher? What does it mean to witch? Well this guy, Geralt, he witches all day every day and we are here for it.

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(00:16) - Intro
(02:53) - The Voice of Reason
(03:46) - The Witcher
(24:30) - The Voice of Reason
(27:59) - A Grain of Truth
(47:54) - Outro

We are Alice Sullivan, Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake.

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Music: Intrigue by Alexandr Zhelanov licensed under CC-BY 4.0.