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The Pensive Tower


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Full cast Fantasy Serial Audio Drama


Synopsis:

The Pensive Tower is a weekly high fantasy podcast, following the collected stories of the people who live in the Five Seas Federation and beyond. Join the newly appointed Inscriber, Paxton Ferox, as he works his way through the memories that have been donated to the Tower over the years following the mysterious Dark Age, converting them to the audio format of the newly invented mnimigraph, and supplementing them with any follow up that might have been reported in the intervening years.

Some of the memories are of danger, some of romance or life changing encounters or even rediscovering that which was thought forgotten. And together they begin to form an outline of a greater story being told, if only someone can read it.



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Format: Audio Drama

Continuity: Serial

Voices: Cast

Genres: Fantasy, Horror

Framing device: Journal/Log

Completion status: Partial

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Episodes:

TPT 040 - Cut Strings

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 06:00:07 GMT

The memories of Szelia T'Fari and Lord Edubarrus deSull Jostellarte regarding the attack on the Pensive Tower by Alayne SinDreda.


This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox, Gina Moriarty as Szelia T'Fari and Will Stephenson as Lord Edubarrus.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.


Content Warnings include: Hospital mention, knife violence, threat of violence and murder, kidnap/hostage, body horror (mouth / teeth), automatonophobia.

Transcription available here.


Sound effects were obtained from the following websites:


All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.


The following music requires attribution under CC BY 3.0:

  • "Ice Demon", "Unholy Knight", "Interloper", "Bent and Broken", "Anxiety", "Redletter", "SCP-x2x", "Quinns Song-A New Man", "Inner Sanctum" and "Supernatural" by Kevin MacLeod


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TPT 039 - The Puppet Show

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 06:00:14 GMT

The memory of Alayne SinDreda, and how... it... came to be.


This episode features the voices of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox, Sophie Morgan as Alayne SinDreda, Gina Moriarty as Szelia T'Fari, and Will Stephenson as Lord Edubarrus.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.


Content Warnings include: Knife violence, threat of violence and murder, kidnap/hostage mention, body horror (mouth / teeth), automatonophobia, enslavement.

Transcription available here.


Sound effects were obtained from the following websites:

All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.

The following sound effects require attribution under CC BY 4.0:

The following music requires attribution under CC BY 3.0:

  • "Anxiety", "Virtutes Instrumenti", "Long Note One", "Blue Feather", "Brandenburg No4-1 BWV1049", "Private Reflection", "Virtutes Vocis", "Mirage", "Quinns Song-A New Man", "Hush", "Gnarled Situation" and "Inner Sanctum" by Kevin MacLeod


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TPT 038 - Haunting Melody

Thu, 15 Aug 2024 06:00:17 GMT

This is the memory of Sheritan Bell. Pencori, aged thirty-one, identified as male. Memory regards a symphony written by Eltoiyan.


This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.


Content Warnings include: Hyperacusis, blood mention, aneurysm mention.

Transcription available here.


Sound effects were obtained from the following websites:

All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.

The following music requires attribution under CC BY 3.0:

  • "Love Song", "Reawakening", "Trio for Piano, Cello, and Clarinet", "Plaint", "Impact Lento", "Long Note One" and "Bent and Broken" by Kevin MacLeod




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TPT 037 - The Things You Know

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 06:00:32 GMT

This is the memory of Kinia Cadnick. Turshen, aged twenty-three, identified as female. Memory regards curious events that occurred following the death of her grandmother, Manira Cadnick, in the summer of 701.


This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.


Content Warnings include: Loss of a loved one, spider mention, Alzheimer's mention, execution mention, funeral and cremation, grief and depression, knife violence.

Transcription available here.


Sound effects were obtained from the following websites:

All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.

The following music requires attribution under CC BY 3.0:

  • "Teller of the Tales", "Long Note Two", "Time Passes", "Morning", "Interloper", and "Steel Rods" by Kevin MacLeod




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TPT 036 - What We Did

Thu, 01 Aug 2024 06:00:57 GMT

This is the memory of Suenna Harlan. Human, aged nineteen, identified as female. Memory regards her history with, and escape from, the Church of the Ninth Sun.


This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.


Content Warnings include: Cults and religious extremism, fantasy discrimination, sexual harassment, enslavement mention, physical violence, assassination mention.

Transcription available here.


Sound effects were obtained from the following websites:

All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.

The following sounds require attribution under CC BY 3.0:

The following sound effect requires attribution under CC BY 4.0:

The following music requires attribution under CC BY 3.0:

  • "Reign Supreme", "Serene", "Ancient Rite", "Call to Adventure", "Devastation and Revenge", "Thunderbird", "Procession of the King", "SCP-x2x" and "Long Note One" by Kevin MacLeod




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TPT 035 - Burn After Reading

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 06:00:14 GMT

This is the memory of Sonora ViHastia. Drakarian, aged 247, identified as female. Memory regards the fire of Dinascar Library.


This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.


Content Warnings include: Nyctophobia, scopophobia, autophobia, agoraphobia, arson.

Transcription available here.


Sound effects were obtained from the following websites:

All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.

The following music requires attribution under CC BY 3.0:

  • "Bittersweet", "Long Note One", "Thunderbird", "Past the Edge", "Anguish", "Long Note Three", "Static Motion", "Bent and Broken" and "Interloper" by Kevin MacLeod


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TPT 034 - Revenant

Thu, 18 Jul 2024 06:00:23 GMT

This is the memory of This is the memory of Aurean duFaenis. Human, aged thirty-seven, identified as male. Memory regards an old underground temple and the creature guarding it.


This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox, and Morgan Lillie as Aurean duFaenis.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.


Content Warnings include: Speluncaphobia, claustrophobia, amputation, diokophobia, animal attack, animal death, violence, putrid meat, blood, violence, hunting.

Transcription available here.


Sound effects were obtained from the following websites:

All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.

The following sound effect requires attribution under CC BY 4.0:

The following music requires attribution under CC BY 3.0:

  • "Long Note Three", "Gathering Darkness", "Long Note One", "Medusa", "Controlled Chaos - no percussion", "Interloper", "Ancient Rite", "Anxiety", "Steel Rods", "Awkward Meeting" and "Prelude and Action" by Kevin MacLeod




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TPT 033 - A Happy Anniversary

Thu, 11 Jul 2024 06:00:09 GMT

This is the memory of Doctor Arman SinTengar. Human, aged forty-three, identified as male. Memory regards an odd student who attended his Advanced Alkismos course at the Myrcinian Academy.


This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Special Thanks to Quinn Watson.


Content Warnings include: Automatonophobia, nyctophobia, scopophobia, hallucinations, psychiatric hospitalisation.

Transcription available here.


Sound effects were obtained from the following websites:

All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.

The following music requires attribution under CC BY 3.0:

  • "Despair and Triumph", "Quinns Song-A New Man", "Redletter", "Stay the Course", "Quinns Song-The Dance Begins", "Long Note Three", "Quinns Song-First Night", "Frost Waltz", "Static Motion" and "Reign Supreme" by Kevin MacLeod


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TPT 032 - Dear Diary

Thu, 04 Jul 2024 06:00:50 GMT

This is the memory of Essenda Korring. Taurox, aged fifty seven, identified as female. Memory regards an old diary and a strange sighting in the hills of western Sangland.


This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.


Content Warnings include: Emotional manipulation, military service mention, scopophobia, animal attack, implied death/murder.

Transcription available here.


Sound effects were obtained from the following websites:

All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.

The following music requires attribution under CC BY 3.0:

  • "The Parting", "Quinns Song-The Dance Begins", "Long Note One", "Comfortable Mystery", "Thunder Dreams", "Unpromised", "Quinns Song-First Night", "Redletter", "Stormfront" and "Anxiety" by Kevin MacLeod




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TPT 031 - Grim Business

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 06:00:58 GMT

This is the memory of Daschind Hundl. Canrian, aged forty-three, identified as male. Memory regards a vision experienced at the Battle of Gaalis Ridge.

This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Content Warnings include: Violence, military service, war, blood & gore, gun violence, death, massacre, suicide.

Transcription available here.

Sound effects were obtained from the following websites:

All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.

The following music requires attribution under CC BY 3.0:

  • "Time Passes", "At Launch", "Ignosi", "Tabuk", "Five Armies", "Volatile Reaction", "Lost Frontier", "Long Note Two", "Bent and Broken" and "Supernatural" by Kevin MacLeod




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TPT 030 - Skin Deep

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 06:00:56 GMT

This is the memory Mallen Gorwyn. Human, aged twenty, identified as male. Memory regards his training as a monster hunter.

This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox, and Gina Moriarty as Szelia T'Fari.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Content Warnings include: Body horror, skin peeling, violence, sexual themes, murder, memory loss, mind manipulation, fire.

Transcription available here.

Sound effects were obtained from the following websites:

  • ZapSplat.com
  • Freesound.org

All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.

The following sounds require attribution under CC BY 3.0:

The following music requires attribution under CC BY 3.0:

  • "Long Note Four", "Bittersweet", "Redletter", "Mystic Force", "Future Gladiator", "Almost New", "Fox Tale Waltz Part 1 Instrumental", "Long Note Three", and "A Singular Perversion" by Kevin MacLeod


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TPT 029 - A Code of Honour

Thu, 13 Jun 2024 06:00:33 GMT

This is the memory of Uulla Hyrak. Orklin, aged twenty-four, identified as female. Memory regards a brief acquaintance with a Warder of Raak .

This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Content Warnings include: piracy, classism, threat of gun violence

Transcription available here.

Sound effects were obtained from the following websites:

All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.

The following music requires attribution under CC BY 3.0:

  • "Nu Flute", "Long Note Three", "Water Prelude", "Gnarled Situation", "The Parting", "Ebbs and Flows" and "Stormfront" by Kevin MacLeod




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TPT 028 - Through the Mirror

Thu, 06 Jun 2024 06:00:57 GMT

This is the memory of Zara Hewin. Human, aged thirty-four, identified as non-binary. Memory regards an event that may or may not have been a dream.

This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Content Warnings include: nyctophobia, agoraphobia, body horror, hallucinations, unreality, blood, basophobia.

Transcription available here.

Sound effects were obtained from the following websites:

All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.

The following music requires attribution under CC BY 3.0:

  • "Long Note One", "Evening of Chaos", "Controlled Chaos - no percussion", "Static Motion", "Interloper" and "Long Note Four" by Kevin MacLeod




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TPT 027 - Marionette

Thu, 30 May 2024 06:00:25 GMT

This is the memory of Szelia T'Fari. Diman, aged twenty-eight, identified as female. Memory regards a run in she had in a bookshop in downtown Elalton.

This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox, and Gina Moriarty as Szelia T'Fari.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Content Warnings include: Threat of death, gun violence, being chased, automatonophobia.

Transcription available here.

Sound effects were obtained from the following websites:

All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.

The following sounds require attribution under CC BY 4.0:

The following music requires attribution under CC BY 3.0:

  • "Teller of the Tales", "Clean Soul", "Dama-May", "Long Note One", "Thunder Dreams", "Long Note Three", "Interloper", "Redletter", "Black Vortex" and "Ritual" by Kevin MacLeod




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TPT 026 - The White Marlin

Thu, 23 May 2024 06:00:21 GMT

This is the memory of Doctor Agetta Pelroi Caa'dn. Pencori, aged thirty-seven, identified as female. Memory regards the famous Murder of the White Marlin.

This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Content Warnings include: Murder, ocean, death of a loved one, blackmail, police service, mutilation, hanging, gore, eye trauma, alcohol consumption, self-mutilation, suicide.

Transcription available here.

Sound effects were obtained from the following websites:

All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.

The following sounds require attribution under CC BY 4.0:

The following music requires attribution under CC BY 3.0:

  • "Long Note Two", "Earth Prelude", "Water Prelude", "Thunderbird", "Evening", "Stay the Course", "Comfortable Mystery 4", "Fire Prelude", "Ancient Rite", "Long Note Four" and "Bent and Broken" by Kevin MacLeod




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TPT 025 - Misericorde

Thu, 16 May 2024 06:00:19 GMT

This is the memory of Laurel G'Vier. Human, aged twenty-three, identified as female. Memory regards her meeting Uri Grandell, a man who turned out to be a vampire.

This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox, and Samantha Alexine as Laurel G'Vier.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Content Warnings include: Sex work, triggering language (sexual assault adjacent), body horror (mouth, teeth), violence, amputation, serial killer, attempted murder, murder, skins.

Transcription available here.

Sound effects were obtained from the following websites:

All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.

The following music requires attribution under CC BY 3.0:

  • "Memory Lane", "George Street Shuffle", "Virtutes Vocis", "Fairytale Waltz" and "Final Battle of the Dark Wizards" by Kevin MacLeod




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TPT 024 - Nighttime Hunt

Thu, 09 May 2024 06:00:42 GMT

This is the memory of Lewthyn MaBiorth. Human, aged fifty-two, identified as male. Memory regards a claimed encounter with the fabled Monster of Silusia.


This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.


Content Warnings include: Attempted infanticide, hunting, murder, death of an animal, undead, cheating, domestic violence, autopsy mention.

Transcription available here.


Sound effects were obtained from the following websites:

All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.

The following sounds require attribution under CC BY 4.0:

The following music requires attribution under CC BY 3.0:

  • "Bittersweet", "Teller of the Tales", "Supernatural", "Tempting Secrets", "Thunderbird" and "The Descent" by Kevin MacLeod


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TPT 023 - Return to Sender

Thu, 02 May 2024 06:00:20 GMT

This is the memory of Seera T'lan. Raekn, aged forty-three, identified as female. Memory regards an unsettling experience beneath the Lakeside Ward of Elalton City.


This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

And Special Thanks to Catherine Cadogan.


Content Warnings include: Religion, speluncaphobia, perceived threat of death.

Transcription available here.


Sound effects were obtained from the following websites:

All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.

The following sounds require attribution under CC BY 4.0:

The following music requires attribution under CC BY 3.0:

  • "Constancy Part Two", "Bittersweet", "Past the Edge", "Long Note One", "Static Motion", "Private Reflection" and "Controlled Chaos - no percussion" by Kevin MacLeod


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TPT 022 - Visions of the End

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 06:00:55 GMT

This is the memory of Thomak Athran. Orklin, aged seventy two, identified as male. Memory regards an experience in a graveyard in the border town of Fir-Ness.


This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.


Content Warnings include: Loss of loved ones (including parents, siblings, friends, partners), blood and gore depiction, arranged marriage mention, thoughts of death, thanatophobia.

Transcription available here.


Sound effects were obtained from the following websites:

All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.

The following sounds require attribution under CC BY 4.0:

The following music requires attribution under CC BY 3.0:

  • "Morning", "Clash Defiant",  "Ossuary 5 - Rest", "Skye Cuillin", "Five Armies", "Past the Edge", "Ancient Rite", "Long Note One" and "Ignosi" by Kevin MacLeod


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TPT 021 - Distant Thunder

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 06:00:22 GMT

This is the continued memory of Corporal Cassian SinLeop on his journey home across Sangland.

This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Content Warnings include: Military service, diokophobia (being chased), gun violence, cults / evangelism.

Transcription available here.

Sound effects were obtained from the following websites:

All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.

The following sound requires attribution under CC BY 4.0:

The following music requires attribution under CC BY 3.0:

  • "Constancy Part Three", "Supernatural", "Juniper", "Comfortable Mystery 4", "Stay the Course", "Thunder Dreams", "Movement Proposition", "Ghostpocalypse - 3 Road of Trials", "Impending Doom" and "Long Note Two" by Kevin MacLeod




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TPT 020 - Storm Clouds

Thu, 11 Apr 2024 06:00:33 GMT

This is the memory of Corporal Cassian SinLeop. Human, aged thirty-four, identified as male. Memory regards his journey home across Sangland.

This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Content Warnings include: Military service, enochlophobia, scopophobia, cults / evangelism, alcohol consumption indirect mention.

Transcription available here.

Sound effects were obtained from the following websites:

All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.

The following sound effect requires attribution under CC BY 3.0:

The following music requires attribution under CC BY 3.0:

  • "Stoneworld Battle", "Reign", "Lasting Hope", "Teller of the Tales", "Desert City", "Supernatural" and "Thunder Dreams" by Kevin MacLeod


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TPT 019 - Dire Fright

Thu, 04 Apr 2024 06:00:39 GMT

A direct inscription from Ser Yolaran SinGate, regarding a purchase of a statue earlier in the year, and the subsequent deaths.

This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox, Will Stephenson as Lord Edubarrus, and Neptune Y.S. as Ser Yolaran SinGate.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Content Warnings include: Murder, classism, polyamory, fire and arson, blood and gore, thanatophobia, physical and gun violence, parental death.

Transcription available here.

Sound effects were obtained from the following websites:

All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.

The following sound effect requires attribution under CC BY 4.0:

The following music requires attribution under CC BY 3.0:

  • "Plaint", "Constancy Part Two", "Anguish", "Redletter", "Long Note Four", "Ancient Rite", "Unholy Knight", "Darkling", "Black Vortex" and "Mystic Force" by Kevin MacLeod


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TPT 018 - The Red Wolf

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 07:00:04 GMT

This is the memory of Applorna Ylita Whinsel. Senar, aged twenty, identified as female. Memory regards her experience growing up in the port town of Niffport and of the events of the Dusday Raid.

This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Content Warnings include: Thalassophobia, raw food mention, gun violence, piracy, hostage situation, theft, alcohol consumption, explosions, fire and arson, building collapse, physical violence, sword/knife violence, animal attack, disappearance of a loved one.

Transcription available here.

Sound effects were obtained from the following websites:

All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.

The following sound effect requires attribution under CC BY 4.0:

The following sound effect requires attribution under CC BY 4.0:

The following music requires attribution under CC BY 3.0:

  • "Elf Meditation", "To the Ends", "Feral Chase", "Future Gladiator", "Long Note One", "Evening of Chaos", "Redletter", "Clash Defiant", and "Almost New" by Kevin MacLeod


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TPT 017 - The Price of a Life

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 07:00:02 GMT

This is the memory of Doctor Roderick delNox. Human, aged sixty-two, identified as male. Memory regards his dealings with the serial killers Burik and Cullen.

This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Content Warnings include: Murder & serial killers, dead bodies and body parts, medical examinations, dissection, alcoholism, death from exposure, sex work.

Transcription available here.

Sound effects were obtained from the following websites:

All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.

The following music requires attribution under CC BY 3.0:

  • "Lasting Hope", "Mysterioso March", "Supernatural", "Stay the Course", "Constancy Part Two", "Steel Rods", "Constancy Part Three", "Long Note Three", and "Long Note Two" by Kevin MacLeod


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TPT 016 - The East Window

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 07:00:20 GMT

This is the memory of Witness Oblar Kueck. Orklin, aged forty-eight, identified as male. Memory regards a stained-glass window in the Trinlian of the Most Humble.

Special thanks to Américo Congo.

This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Content Warnings include: Fantasy racial discrimination, homelessness, knife violence (threat), gang violence, murder, diokophobia (being chased), theft.

Transcription available here.

Sound effects were obtained from the following websites:

All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.

The following sound effect requires attribution under CC BY 4.0:

The following music requires attribution under CC BY 3.0:

  • "Thunderbird", "Devastation and Revenge", "Interloper", "Oppressive Gloom", "Redletter" and "Long Note Two" by Kevin MacLeod


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TPT 015 - Ruler of the Skies

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 07:00:02 GMT

This is the memory of Princess Chleo DulinRicht. Human, aged twenty-two, identified as female. Memory regards a secret project undertaken by the Federal Flying Corps.

This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Content Warnings include: Military service, war themes, agoraphobia, aerophobia, violence & murder.

Transcription available here.

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  • "Americana", "Tempting Secrets", "Clean Soul", "Long Note Two", "At Launch", "Constance", "Clenched Teeth" and "Ossuary 7 - Resolve" by Kevin MacLeod


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TPT 014 - Captivation

Thu, 29 Feb 2024 07:00:56 GMT

This is the memory of Rehmand duCosst. Human, aged twenty-three, identified as male. Memory regards his relationship with Sir Abraem and Lady Mirina DulinArker.

This episode features the voices of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox, and Gina Moriarty as Szelia T'Fari.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Content Warnings include: Classism, sex (mentioned, not described).

Transcription available here.

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  • "Love Song", "Brandenburg No4-1 BWV1049", "Virtutes Instrumenti", "Waltz - Tschikovsky Op. 40", "Danse Macabre - Light Dance", "Awaiting Return", "Long Note One", "Virtutes Vocis", "Fairytale Waltz", "Final Battle of the Dark Wizards", "Redletter" and "Long Note Two" by Kevin MacLeod


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TPT 013 - Buried Secrets

Thu, 22 Feb 2024 07:00:08 GMT

This is the memory of Ellas Krin. Raekn, aged forty-three, identified as male. Memory regards his experiences during the repair of a section of the Elalton sewage system.

This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Content Warnings include: Fantasy racial discrimination, claustrophobia, mysophobia, hallucinations, dissociation & dissociative episodes.

Transcription available here.

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  • "Wholesome", "Long Note Three", "Comfortable Mystery 4", "Controlled Chaos - no percussion", "Steel Rods", "Comfortable Mystery 3" and "Impending Boom" by Kevin MacLeod


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TPT 012 - Hunter's Party

Thu, 15 Feb 2024 07:00:34 GMT

This is the memory of Jalissa Dayle. Taurox, aged eighteen, identified as female. Memory regards a peculiar group of guests who stayed for a time in her mother's inn, The Anchorage.

This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Content Warnings include: Alcohol consumption, imprisonment and incarceration mention, scars, sexual harassment, pedophilia implication, eyeballs, physical harm/threat, military service mention, disappearance of a loved one mention.

Transcription available here.

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All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.

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  • "Ancient Winds", "Vulcan", "Dama-May", "Gnarled Situation" and "River of Io" by Kevin MacLeod


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TPT 011 - The Old City

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 07:00:59 GMT

This is the memory of Baalasz Alen'Atir. Diman, aged twenty three, identified as male. Memory regards his discovery of some forgotten ruins in the city of Szairo.

This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Content Warnings include: Normalised child abandonment, implied transphobia, claustrophobia, agoraphobia, minor physical injuries, war mention, automatonophobia.

Transcription available here.

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  • "Bittersweet", "Teller of the Tales", "Lotus", "Long Note Two", "Intrepid", "Tenebrous Brothers Carnival - Mermaid", "Past the Edge", "Lost Frontier", "Interloper" and "The House of Leaves" by Kevin MacLeod


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TPT 010 - Swallowed by the Sea

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 07:00:34 GMT

This is the memory of Alfard Wey. Human, aged seventy-four, identified as male. Memory regards his experience aboard the merchant vessel Oracle.

This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Content Warnings include: Thalassophobia, alcoholism mention, loss, military service mention, tobacco mention, attempted suicide (drowning).

Transcription available here.

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  • "The Parting", "Long Note Two", "Evening Melodrama", "Take a Chance", "Reign", "Time Passes", "Ignosi", "Ominous", "Seven Off" and "For the Fallen" by Kevin MacLeod


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TPT 009 - The Forgotten

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 07:00:48 GMT

This is the memory of Betny Kanarook. Taurox, aged twenty-nine, identified as female. Memory regards an archaeological discovery in the Dogr region of the Wind Islands.

This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Content Warnings include: Flooding, taphophobia, mention of violence (dismemberment).

Transcription available here.

Sound effects were obtained from the following websites:

All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.

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  • "Teller of the Tales", "Nu Flute", "Ossuary 6 - Air", "Ossuary 5 - Rest", "Interloper", "Shores of Avalon" and "Time Passes" by Kevin MacLeod


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TPT 008 - Refuge

Thu, 18 Jan 2024 07:00:58 GMT

This is the memory of Billem Docker. Human, aged fifty-eight, identified as male. Memory regards a new arrival in the crofting community around Tarran Hill.

This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Content Warnings include: Alcohol consumption, incarceration mention, military service mention, cheating mention, bullying mention (past), physical violence, tobacco smoking, loss mention, home invasion, gun and sword violence, thunderclap, government meddling.

Transcription available here.

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  • "Cattails", "Long Note Two", "Ossuary 6 - Air", "Ossuary 5 - Rest", "News of Sorrow", "Devastation and Revenge", "Ossuary 7 - Resolve", "Ossuary 2 - Turn" and "Failing Defense" by Kevin MacLeod


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TPT 007 - Across the Tracks

Thu, 11 Jan 2024 07:00:47 GMT

This is the memory of Julian Tallen. Human, aged twenty, identified as gender-fluid. Memory regards sightings and experiences around a Level Crossing just outside of Apenton.

Special thanks to Geoffrey Cadogan.

This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Content Warnings include: Psychiatric hospitalisation mention, physical injury mention, fire, hunting, malnutrition mention, slavery/indentured servitude.

Transcription available here.

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  • "Porch Swing Days - slower", "Juniper", "Cattails", "Long Note One", "Inexorable", "Controlled Chaos - no percussion", "Awkward Meeting", "Redletter", "Black Vortex", "Nerves", "Lightless Dawn", "Unlight" and "Long Note Two" by Kevin MacLeod


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TPT 006 - Sweat and Blood

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 07:00:06 GMT

This is the memory of Cornak Arkandir. Orklin, aged eighteen, identified as male. Memory regards the events of his first year studying alkismos at the Etterean University.

This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Content Warnings include: Fantasy racial discrimination, classism, medical experimentation (mild), medical treatment and procedures (mentioned), explosives mention, blood extraction mention, aneurysm.

Transcription available here.

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All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.

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  • "Constancy Part Two", "Tempting Secrets", "Oppressive Gloom", "Constancy Part Three", "Procession of the King", "Dreamlike", "Gnarled Situation", "Private Reflection" and "Long Note Two" by Kevin MacLeod


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TPT 005 - Secret Places

Thu, 28 Dec 2023 07:00:50 GMT

This is the memory of Captain Nereena SinJanna. Human, aged twenty-eight, identified as female. Memory regards her time as an officer with the Federal Army and her experience in the Doldr Marshes.

This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Content Warnings include: Nepotism, alcoholism, torture, body horror (withering away), religious extremism mention.

Transcription available here.

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  • "Blue Feather", "Dreamlike", "Full On", "A Singular Perversion", "Constancy Part Three", "Snowdrop", "Long Note One", "Ancient Rite", "Gagool", "Mystic Force" and "Long Note Two" by Kevin MacLeod


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TPT 004 - The Dreamtide

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 07:00:18 GMT

This is the memory of Talara Siddle. Taurox, aged thirty-one, identified as female. Memory regards the dreams of her daughter, Lethra Siddle.

This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan, with Special Thanks to Ciel Barrie.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Content Warnings include: Child endangerment, body horror (eyes, featureless faces), immolation/fire, implied child death.

Transcription available here.

Sound effects were obtained from the following websites:

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  • "Nu Flute", "Skye Cuillin", "Long Note One", "Full On", "Ashton Manor", "Peaceful Desolation", "Heroic Age", "Expiditionary", "The House of Leaves", "Future Gladiator", "Long Note Three", "Five Armies", "Gnarled Situation", "Redletter" and "Long Note Two" by Kevin MacLeod


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TPT 003 - Shade

Thu, 14 Dec 2023 07:00:38 GMT

This is the memory of Helaina Vinn. Human, aged eighteen, identified as female. Memory regards a traumatic encounter with an unknown creature.

This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Content Warnings include: Strangulation/choking, body horror (skin, eyes, teeth), sexual harassment mention

Transcription available here.

Sound effects were obtained from the following websites:

All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.

The following music requires attribution under CC BY 3.0:

  • "Constancy Part Two", "Constance", "Long Note One", "Redletter", "The Complex", "Full On", "Juniper", "Dragon and Toast" and "Long Note Two" by Kevin MacLeod


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TPT 002 - Burning Bright

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 07:00:32 GMT

This is the memory of Kornad Steiffel. Human, aged thirty-seven, identified as male. Memory regards the acquisition and possession of a strange artefact.

This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Content Warnings include: thalassophobia, alcohol, gambling, xenophobia mention, immolation/fire

Transcription available here.

Sound effects were obtained from the following websites:

All have been used in accordance with the licensing agreements, and have only been used in free-to-view content.

The following music requires attribution under CC BY 3.0:

  • "Cattails", "Porch Swing Days - slower", "Take a Chance", "Procession of the King", "Dama-May", "Long Note One", "Inner Sanctum", "Awkward Meeting", "Dragon and Toast", "Juniper", "Unlight" and "Long Note Two" by Kevin MacLeod


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TPT 001 - Inheritance

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 07:00:40 GMT

Paxton Ferox's first inscription. The memory of Felix Lochan. Human, aged twenty-four, identified as male. Memory regards a curious sighting while exploring an underground cave network in the Yossgi Wilds.

This episode features the voice of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Written and edited by Gareth Cadogan.

Produced by Gina Moriarty.

With Original Music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Content Warnings include: Mention of violence and gore, mention of war, claustrophobia, guns and gun violence, eyes and eye trauma (implied), hallucination mention.

Transcription available here.

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  • "Water Prelude", "Reign", "Long Note Two", "Static Motion", "Black Vortex" and "Awkward Meeting" by Kevin MacLeod


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TPT 0.3 - Words of Warning

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 07:00:27 GMT

Paxton Ferox dictates his first mnimigraph; but has he actually heeded its words?

The Pensive Tower is a high fantasy podcast released every Thursday from November 30th 2023.

This teaser features the voices of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox.

Transcript available here.

The Pensive Tower is an original programme produced by Scroll & Dagger, written by Gareth Cadogan. Available from iTunes and all good podcast providers.

Get bonus content on Patreon, and follow us on twitter/X.

Original music composed by Evangelos Anastassatos, with additional music "Long Note Three" by Kevin MacLeod.

Original artwork for Scroll & Dagger by nanocupcakes, and The Pensive Tower by Cassie Sheppard.



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TPT 0.2 - We Begin

Thu, 26 Oct 2023 06:00:56 GMT

Paxton Ferox becomes an Inscriber.

The Pensive Tower is a high fantasy podcast released every Thursday from November 30th 2023.

This teaser features the voices of Gareth Cadogan as Paxton Ferox and Will Stephenson as Edubbarus duSell Jostellarte.

Transcript available here.

The Pensive Tower is an original programme produced by Scroll & Dagger, written by Gareth Cadogan. Available from iTunes and all good podcast providers.

Get bonus content on Patreon, and follow us on twitter/X.

Original music composed by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Original artwork for Scroll & Dagger by nanocupcakes, and The Pensive Tower by Cassie Sheppard.



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TPT 0.1 - Prophecies

Thu, 12 Oct 2023 06:00:34 GMT

Voices speak of what is to come, if only we could understand...

The Pensive Tower is a high fantasy podcast released every Thursday from November 30th 2023.

This teaser features the voices of Gareth Cadogan, Américo Congo, Cassie Sheppard, Gina Moriarty and Ciel Barrie.

Transcript available here.

The Pensive Tower is an original programme produced by Scroll & Dagger, written by Gareth Cadogan. Available from iTunes and all good podcast providers.

Get bonus content on Patreon, and follow us on twitter/X.

Original music composed by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Original artwork for Scroll & Dagger by nanocupcakes, and The Pensive Tower by Cassie Sheppard.

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The Pensive Tower - Announcement Trailer

Sat, 30 Sep 2023 11:30:35 GMT

The Pensive Tower is a weekly high fantasy podcast, following the collected stories of the people who live in the Five Seas Federation and beyond. Join the newly appointed Inscriber, Paxton Ferox, as he works his way through the memories that have been donated to the Tower over the years following the mysterious Dark Age, converting them to the audio format of the newly invented mnimigraph, and supplementing them with any follow up that might have been reported in the intervening years.


Some of the memories are of danger, some of romance or life changing encounters or even rediscovering that which was thought forgotten. And together they begin to form an outline of a greater story being told, if only someone can read it.


This trailer features the voice of Gina Moriarty, and original music by Evangelos Anastassatos.

Transcript available here.



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