Latest Fictional history Podcast Episodes

Episode 12: The Flood of Ages

Algalon History Lecture Series - April 19, 2021 16:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this lecture, we discuss the three indigenous cultures around the Galatian Plains as it begins the process of becoming the Galatian Bay.  We discuss the Janus, those who lived closest to the Ocean; the Bottan, a violent culture who dominated the region; and the Poplaran, who populated the are...

Episode 11: The Middle Age

Algalon History Lecture Series - April 09, 2021 16:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this lecture, we will recap Early Age of Chaos and get oriented to the Middle Age of Chaos.  To learn about the Middle Age, we will go region by region, culture by culture, rather than simple chronology.  It will be easier to learn without mixing and matching what is going on in different pla...

Episode 10: The War of Bylin'Thal

Algalon History Lecture Series - April 01, 2021 16:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this lecture, I discuss the War of Bylin'thal, also called the War of Ilvalitania.  The War forecasts what the relationship between Elves and Humans will look like through the Middle Age of Chaos. Feel free to send me royal mail to [email protected] or send a bird to me at @AlgalonH ...

Bonus Lecture: The Geography of Algalon

Algalon History Lecture Series - March 29, 2021 15:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this bonus lecture, we will explore the major landmarks or Algalon and speak briefly about the other continents.  This is a basic primer of where you are in relation to the events of the Early Age of Chaos.  For a map to follow, you can look at this: https://twitter.com/AlgalonH/status/137327...

Episode 9: The Three Tragedies

Algalon History Lecture Series - March 19, 2021 16:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this lecture, we will discuss the three tragedies that bring about the end of the early Age of Chaos.  In 200 PG, the First Great Flood wreaks havoc in the west; in 250 PG, the Unknown Calamity halves the population of Centaurs and has effects throughout the continent; and in 300 PG, the Seco...

Episode 8: The Three Races

Algalon History Lecture Series - March 10, 2021 17:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This lecture covers the organization and dominance of three races during the early Age of Chaos: the Elves, the Dwarves, and the Glassholm.  We discuss the mutual agreement the Elves make to protect their borders from anyone: friend or foe.  We discuss the creation of the Iron Kingdom and the re...

Episode 7: The Cult of St. Simon

Algalon History Lecture Series - March 01, 2021 17:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this lecture, we will discuss the Cult of St. Simon, which came about in 50 PG and we will discuss the dearth of evidence regarding the other two major sites of human activity. Feel free to send me royal mail to [email protected] or send a bird to me at @AlgalonH Musical credits to h...

Episode 6: St. Simon - The Man

Algalon History Lecture Series - February 19, 2021 19:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this lecture, we discuss the facts surrounding the life of St. Simon and how well it matches with the stories told by the Church.  We will discuss cave paintings and mass graves to determine what actually happened. Closing credits to https://www.youtube.com/c/Hildegardvonblingin/ and her ren...

Bonus Lecture: Primary Sources

Algalon History Lecture Series - February 15, 2021 17:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this bonus lecture, I discuss the three primary sources I will use as we discuss the early Age of Chaos.  Those three sources are On Human Tribes by A'dana'llan, an elf of Gy'thal or the Forest of Green; The War of Ilvalitania by Dvorík Presage, a human strategist; and the Caves of Dá.  I wil...

Episode 5: St. Simon - the Saint

Algalon History Lecture Series - February 10, 2021 17:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this lecture, we will discuss St. Simon, the first and foremost Saint within the Church of Algalon.  Specifically, we will discuss the stories and lessons of St. Simon as told by the Church with the heaving lifting coming from St. Anthony the Modest, Archfather and Speaker of the Congress of ...

Episode 4: Year 0

Algalon History Lecture Series - February 01, 2021 17:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this Lecture, we finish our discussion about the world in Year 0.  Then, we discuss two of the first verifiable individuals who we know were alive in Year 0: the First, a dwarf who led his people into the Iron Mountains; and Kyrrh, a centaury who led a somewhat different life. As always, ema...

Episode 3: The Tales of a Thousand Kingdoms

Algalon History Lecture Series - January 20, 2021 17:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In today's lecture, we will discuss the importance of using sources to provide context.  We will also discuss the system we use to date the Age of Chaos and will finally discuss what the world would probably have been like coming out of the Breaking of the Gods. Credit to Hildegard von Blingin ...

Episode 2: Myths

Algalon History Lecture Series - January 11, 2021 14:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In today's lecture, we will discuss the myth of the Breaking of the Gods through the lens of two different cultures: a tribe of riders from the Agrigan Plains, who moved northward and became the Ashenasi; and weavers and sailors from the Silken Counties, who moved northward and ended up in the l...

Bonus Lecture: The Origins of the Gods

Algalon History Lecture Series - January 05, 2021 17:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this lecture, I will simply recite the origin myths as they are taught by the Synod of the Father.  These are the two stories I compared the other cultures' stories to. “Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye Arranged and Performed by Hildegard von Blingin, featuring Friar Funk https://www.y...

Episode 1: Origins

Algalon History Lecture Series - January 01, 2021 11:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this first Lecture of the Algalon History Lecture Series, we will discuss the two origin myths of the world: how the world came to be and how the mortals who lived upon it came to be abandoned. Music by: Lady Gaga as interpreted by Hildegard von Blingin' https://www.youtube.com/c/Hildegardvo...

Algalon History: Teaser

Algalon History Lecture Series - December 16, 2020 12:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
A short teaser of what you can expect of this podcast. Music by: Lady Gaga as interpreted by Hildegard von Blingin' https://www.youtube.com/c/Hildegardvonblingin/