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Elspeth



Fantasy Serial Audio Book


Synopsis:

In the twisting layers of Dûrnarn, where stone towers rise from the depths and old mining machines have a life of their own, something sinister is awakening. Elspeth is no stranger to danger or darkness; with tattoos of ancient symbols and green eyes sharp enough to pierce through the city’s veils, she’s navigated Dûrnarn’s mysteries her whole life. But these days, the city feels different—like it’s hiding something it doesn’t want found. With Bell, a curious and clever friend whose instincts for danger are only outmatched by her loyalty, Elspeth dives into the heart of Dûrnarn’s darkest secrets. From eerie lights in the mines to artifacts that vanish without a trace, the mysteries they uncover hint at forces older and far more dangerous than anything Dûrnarn’s seen. Elspeth and Bell may be the only ones willing to ask the right questions—but are they ready for the answers?

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Format: Audio Book

Continuity: Serial

Voices: Text to Speech

Genres: Fantasy

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Episodes:

Familiar Bonds Part 2

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 18:36:00 GMT

While Bell and Ava are out shopping they meet Ava’s arch-nemesis; a demonologist who seems to be out to cause trouble.



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Familiar Bonds

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 18:08:06 GMT

Elspeth sends Bell to learn about familiars but it’s not all fun and games… well… actually it is.



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Somnium Express Part 1

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 18:02:09 GMT

The fall out of the parasite has spread city wide throwing Elspeth and Bell into a seemingly unending tirade of desperate customers. When Bell ventures out to visit one such customer she decides to take on of Durnarn’s many trains. However The Somnium Express isn’t the simple shortcut that it seems.



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Echoes of the Veil

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 17:01:16 GMT

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Bell and Lira connect over some new music, finding in it a refuge from the turbulent events happening around the city. However Bell soon finds that their new favorite record might not be as disconnected from the mysteries of Durnarn as she'd hoped.



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The Collecter

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 22:48:33 GMT

A woman enters the enchanting city of Durnarn. She'd dreamed since childhood of the city's tall spires and enchanting magic. However, now that she has the magic she so longed for she finds the price far too steep.



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Shadows and Futures

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:33:04 GMT

**releasing an episode a day until Halloween**


Bell makes a new friend with a dangerous power; Lira can see into the future but at a cost she doesn't yet understand.



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The Dream Within the Crystal Shaft

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 14:55:53 GMT

**releasing an episode a day until Halloween**


Ava, inhabiting Elspeth's body, decides that it's time for a night out on the town. Bell, excited to make new friends agrees, but she quickly learns why you should never follow a demoness to a party when the new friend she makes claims to be god.





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Shadows of Durnarn

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 18:31:05 GMT

**releasing one episode a day until Halloween**


In the layered city of Dûrnarn, Bell finds herself working in Elspeth's mystical shop, where she has grown comfortable in her new life. One day, Dr. Marston arrives with urgent news: miners have been going missing in Elspeth's sector, and the city is in turmoil. He seeks Elspeth's help to uncover the mystery.




Elspeth, sensing the gravity of the situation, decides to send Bell to gather clues. As Bell navigates the dark alleys of the city, she encounters a little girl who holds secrets far beyond simple clues, leading Bell into a deeper mystery that intertwines with the city's hidden dangers.



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Roots of the Forgotten Part 2

Sat, 26 Oct 2024 15:59:49 GMT

**New episode every day until Halloween!**



Elspeth introduces Bell to Roderic, a retired gardener from the floating palace above Dûrnarn. Roderic carries with him a wealth of old knowledge and the weight of bittersweet memories. But when strange occurrences begin to stir around his home, Bell realizes that Roderic's memories may not be as deeply buried as he would her believe.



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Roots of the Forgotten Part 1

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 21:59:45 GMT

In the deep, winding caverns of Dûrnarn, where shadows drape themselves like velvet over jagged walls and the air pulses with the thrum of hidden magic, Elspeth resides. A sorceress, revered and feared in equal measure, her presence a whisper that dances through the city’s tiered streets, vanishing into the dark alleys and tunnels like smoke. She is known to the denizens of the city by many names—the Keeper, the Whisperer, the Warden of Shadows—and perhaps all are true, for she is woven into the fabric of Dûrnarn as intimately as the enchanted crystals that slumber within the earth.

The city itself rises in layers upon layers of stone, a place carved from the bones of the earth, ancient and unforgiving. Every street holds secrets, every corner conceals mysteries, and each tier looms over the one beneath it, as though watching, guarding. Dûrnarn thrives on secrets, and the mines are its heart—a pulsing, relentless heart that beats with the gleam of crystals buried deep within its flesh. It is said that these crystals hold the power to grant any wish, but such gifts were not given freely. To ask for something is to offer something in return, and the city is a master of barter, never granting without taking.

And Elspeth, with her knowledge of spells and shadows, understands this better than anyone.

Her small shop, nestled within one of the city’s middle tiers, is where the desperate and the curious come to seek her help. She knows the language of magic, the secrets of the crystals, and the dark, winding paths where others feared to tread. And at her side was her assistant, Bell—a young woman caught between fear and fascination, who has come to Elspeth seeking answers and has found, instead, a mentor with powers she can scarcely imagine. Bell’s have had grown steady over time, her once-wary steps now confident, though the mysteries of Dûrnarn still unravel slowly before her.

Together, they walked the shadowed streets, solving the problems that arise when mortals dare to make wishes they do not fully understand. Curses, hauntings, and fractures in reality itself—all are possible in this city that thrives on magic and the whims of its inhabitants. Bell has seen lives transformed, twisted, even destroyed by desires spoken into the crystals, their hungry gleam answering with ferocity. And yet, she has also witnessed miracles—the healing of a child, the fulfillment of a lover’s last promise, the spark of hope in the eyes of the forsaken.

In Dûrnarn, nothing is ever simple, and the magic of the mines is as much a curse as it is a gift. Elspeth has seen enough to understand that the city’s power can not be wielded without caution, that its gifts are double-edged. And so she moves through its shadows like a dark flame, a creature of the city itself, bound to it, protecting it, or perhaps simply preventing it from devouring itself whole.

For as long as there are those who wish upon the crystals, there would be consequences, rippling out like currents through the dark. And as long as Dûrnarn stands, as long as the crystals continue to gleam in the depths, Elspeth and Bell will be there to face whatever the shadows bring forth.



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