Eldermourne - Ep. 41: Cerenysus

Just finishing my yearly re-listen and I can, without a doubt, say this is a world I would love to return too. Such beautiful storytelling and so much open space with the ocean ending. Oh how I miss the third mates

I fucking love this fucking episode

Emily could’ve used her vedalken ability and added a d4 to that crown arcana check, and I feel like the dice like Emily more 😭

I had the same reaction as Lou, it's a real ass thing. It's so funny to hear Fia resist wanting to fight Irina but when her 3rd mates hit her it switches to Emily cheering lol

weirdly i didnt like eldermourne the first listen through... now on my 3rd relisten and the ending of this campaign is straight up some of the best storytelling in modern time (imho)

i cried... a lot... at work 🤣🤦‍♂️

Lou, can I hire you to come to my DND table and voice-act all of my spells? (Name the price i’ll do anything.)🙏🙏🙏

TOADS ARE DRY

Corvo going, "...alriiight." after Zirk went down LOL😭😅🤣🤣🤣

These always get me to cry a Lil good work guys

Gonna try to keep it general to avoid spoiling at first glance, but please don’t read if you haven’t finished the episode. I’ve listened to this like 5 times now and it’s the best piece of DnD media I’ve experienced. Time code: 2:18:10 I can’t express enough how much I love the role playing as Fía and Hank after the roll, fía lashing out at him so angry at him making the selfless choice in such a real raw way of expressing the immediate survivors guilt, and then Hank, having learned his lesson from earlier mistakes, telling Zirk what he needs to hear in that moment. “It’s ok buddy…” instant tears, it’s just such potent and true and arghhh I’m at work right now I can’t be crying again

Cant believe that Zirk and hank die, and then fia breaks the revivify spell machine. Crazy ending and got me tearing up. Can’t believe that ending. I really never saw it coming😢😭🥀

2:23:41

this was an absolute masterpiece of storytelling, there were so many incredible moments and the parallel battles happening at the same time was so cool (and must have been so much to keep track of), but one of the moments that really surprised me and was so touching was the scene with emily as taragon at the end - it would be so easy to just dismiss heredecia as an evil defeated, but the choice to recognize that she was once good and had a reason for starting down the path she did was just. wow. i love when stories recognize moral complexity, and emily has a real knack for characters that make the compassionate choice even when it's the hardest one to make. the scene here with taragon and heredecia reminds me a lot of the one with moonshine and marabelle. just a whole rose garden for this story and its ending 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹💕💕💕💕💕

i’m so late but i hope you all know how much this story meant to me <3 very much a weepy mess after finishing this campaign

murph double fisting campaigns like a champ

These last few eps have been some peak storytelling from Murph. I’m really relishing this relisten. The joy you can hear in his shitty trickster tween characters translates in the joy he takes in the gameplay giving the players a whomping…. It’s irresistible! Meanwhile he’s twisting multiple beautiful tales of human growth and friendship!? It’s really beautiful and so fun and so funny. Murph is masterful!

Fading out into the excellent song after that emotional ending left my getting chills while tearing up. Such amazing work!

god what a fucking ending, i can picture the montage perfectly intercut with closeups of newspapers catching us up with npcs from all over rapid fire roses bc otherwise i'd be writing a 10k essay 🌹 zirk getting inspo from his friends to figure out the revivify spell 🌹em's gut punching performance as fia making me - and from the sounds of it, caldwell and maybe others - immediately burst into tears along with her 🌹corbeau tanking like an absolute fucking champ 🌹jabari's speech LOL 🌹the reaper and the tricksters being replaced by the great librarian bukvar, which btw is SUCH a fucking great concept for an afterlife and so fucking beautiful and pragmatic and wholesome eldermourne is truly such a fucking special campaign, you all told such an incredibly beautiful story, and at least to me part of the uniqueness is absolutely having multiple pcs and cutting between povs. if ever there's an opportunity to do it again in the future god i would LOVE to see it thank you all so so SO much for creating such wonderful stories!!!! naddpod reminds me that comedy and good stories genuinely have the power to change the world, yall carry the spirit of humanity in your characters and stories 💖

god i KNEW lou comes back this ep with jabari but in the first 15min of the ep i was so wrapped in irina's change and fia's reunion with bukvar that i fucking forgot so i GOT TO BE ALL FRESHLY HYPE ALL OVER AGAIN!¡!!!! and also not even putting lou in the title to make it an extra surprise?!?!?! fucking awesome choice god i just i fucking LOVE the diff chars and parties we get throughout eldermourne, the chanfe in pov and the simultaneous battles make it SO cinematic and SO FUCKING COOL!!!

I love this finale so much. My 5th time listening to it. Such a good job two crew! Come to Canada!

Amazing very well done Murphy is an amazing story teller hot damn!

I am 1010% vibing witht these songs!

Lou voicing the fist was the hardest I've laughed in a long time. Well done 😆

Yay Lou is there!!!

just finished Eldermourne for the first time - yall never cease to amaze me! what an incredible and fun piece of storytelling! i cant wait to listen to C3 asap 🫶🏽💕

I found the love interest between Irina and Fia to be a bit annoying but overall this was an amazing campaign. Fantastic work as always.

This was such an amazing campaign and such a heartwarming ending. I love this world you made, murph. I hope we get to see more of Eldermourne someday! Shout out to you all for all the amazing memorable characters that came out in this campaign. I loved getting to know them all. On to C3!! ❤️

I was shouting “COUNTER SPELL” so loud when Heradesia teleported away. Then the Hexblades come out and I was like “oh, of course!”

Returning to this campaign has been so much fun. It’s crazy that irina is the first yaunt.

Damn, I listened to both campaigns twice now. This shit is so good. Like absolutely fantastic work and thanks to everyone and murph especially for being a absolute badass DM

Finally got round to finishing Eldermourne after getting knocked off track by life stuff. Loved this campaign! Looking forward to working my way through C3, and hope we get to see Eldermourne and it's various parties again in the future!

I finished the first campaign and immediately joined the patreon. This was such a joy to listen to. I really loved this campaign. Excellent storytelling, excellent characters. I cried a whole fucking lot and im going to miss eldermourne. Absolutely lovely.

A beautiful finale to an amazing campaign! Loved every moment of this journey and the song at the end brought me such joy! And happy post anniversary \o/

Wow wow wow so many feelings, the classic Caldwell roles had me absolutely screaming and crying and Emily's roleplaying and singing were so beautiful as always 😭 amazing Jake pep talks and fantastic storytelling by Murph and freaking Lou playing Jabari was an absolute treat I loved every second of this campaign. I was worried after the first campaign ended that they wouldn't be able to capture the magic again, as I feel has happened to some of the other DND podcasts I listen to, but EVERY new group of characters they roll are amazing and I love them all so much. I'm really excited to start the next campaign and meet more of them well done guys 🥰

You all mean so much to me. Thank you for making this podcast and bringing so much joy to so many people <3

wow okay sobbing AGAIN. I love the third mates so much.

That song was such an absolutely delightful surprise at the end of the episode.

(ง’̀-‘́)ง let me buy let the river flow

I'd pay a full additional Patreon subscription for "Let the River Flow" to be on Spotify

This made me cry and laugh so bad, I love this podcast 😭 Pleaseeee could there be any chance to upload the song so I can sing while I cry my eyes off??

More votes to have that ending song (and also Bad Luck Henry!) available on spotify!

Emily, that ending song is AMAZING! I've been rewinding to listen to it on repeat for days!!

Thanks for making me sob in a parking lot. Love this podcast so much, this was amazing

Going through my spotify wrapped as I'm listening to this and NADDPOD is my #1 podcast with over 4,800 minutes and that's just from before I got on patreon

Brilliant storytelling and role playing! Absolutely loved the end song emily! So many roses to all of you 🌹 🌹 🌹

Any chance the song at the end could be put on Spotify or something? It's so beautiful, I want to listen to it more. Thank you all!

Of COURSE Caldwell would be the first actual PC death

Awesome final battle! Definitely taking some inspirations from this for future campaign

Thank you for all the fun you guys 💕💕 amazing way to finish this rollercoaster

thank you 💕

I'm multiclassing my sorcerer as a cleric, and I couldn't decide between life or peace domain. I was so so moved by the use of emboldening bond through this finale that it solidified what I envision for my own character. Just so touching and beautiful!

Dear NadGods. I have been really pushed time wise lately and I wanted to wait till I could focus and enjoy the final epp. Just finished listening last night. Thank you so much for such a brilliant campaign 2. Distinct and different from 1 and absolutely engaging, touching and, of course very funny. This final EPP was exactly the right amount of epic, not epic explosion and battle of the gods but internal battles with fragile humans. I loved it. Lou was a genius inclusion. I loved the positive energy he brought with Jabari! His role playing and comedy are amazing but the child like joy his character brought was exactly the right counterpoint. All did amazing work ballancing so much but Murph, I mean come on! Masterclass in creating a space for collaboration. You gently guided that so it was truly a manifestation of all the creative input and at the end it came together in a way that felt so right and satisfying. And at the song at the end I shed a very unexpected tear. Thank you all ♥️

#killzonk

Ugh finally

Honestly I had such a huge smile and I cheered when I heard Lou and the hexbuds 💜 I cried when Zirk made the deal.. then again when Henry fulfilled his promise. Hank jr and Irina joining them at the end was so wholesome. I love love loved this 💕 Eldermourne means something so deep to me that words can't describe. I'm so sad to say goodbye to our Third Mates, and our Hexbuds and of course the Endofriendos too! I hope we get more stories or mini campaigns in this universe, I feel like it still has so much potential but honestly I am so happy with what we got 💖 Oh my heart, thank you guys for this campaign 💖 (Currently crying to the end music, excuse me 😭💖)

Well done to the two crew!! Just great story telling. Thank you for making our world that little bit brighter xxx

My god this was just so excellent

Speechless. Fucking amazing storytelling from everyone involved. You folks are simply the best.

FUCK ITS SO GOOODDD THE SONG EVERYTHING SO GOOD

You guys outdo yourself every episode! Truly exceeded my expectations! Thank you so much for this I don’t know if you realize how much this show means to everyone! You have made my pandemic bearable and my daily life brighter! So great!

I need spoony 🥄 mercy for sure!

I don't know if anybody's pointed this out yet but Caldwell is so unlucky, to just outright beat the arcana checks he had a 51% chance to be on his first set of rolls and an 80% chance to beat it on his second set meaning that he had about a 92% chance to save her insane

Okay the finale song wen SO HARD and im desperate for it to be posted so i can listen to it on repeat

That was a thick sode!! And that song at the end deserves all the roses!

I finally caught up, and wow, what an ep! The smile that came across my face when the hexbloods showed up and Lou was there! Everything wrapped up so perfect, I happy cried through Emily’s song at the end just overwhelmed with feelings.

Every time Lou did Bigby’s voice I laughed so hard my cat got worried about me.

The rhyme for Zirk at the beginning was actually fire.... my house has burned down

Thanks so much for another brilliant campaign! Truly a pleasure to listen to

Loved Lou's guest appearance, loved the finale and some of the devastating rolls, and loved Emily's song ❤️

How the ending song made me nostalgic for something I haven't ever actually experienced is something else

The Hexbloods confronting Moxora was wildly cathartic and rib-achingly funny and exactly what I needed this week (my first year not talking to Moxora-esque parents). I will probably be relistening to it once a day forever.

Awesome finale and awesome campaign! So happy to see Lou was back for this!

Emily finally getting revenge on Jake for Obsidian got to be the highlight from me. This was so lovely!

WHEN YOU ANNOUNCED LOU I LOST MY SHIT!!!! great job everyone on the finale!!!! cant wait for campaign 3!!

Murph as the Buffalo, NY police, "Keep that dog away or I 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 kill it".

The world needs more Jabari!

I can’t thank you all enough for yet another amazing campaign ❤️

Incredible. The talent in switching back and forth between hexbuds and mates is so impressive. So funny and satisfying. You all rule!!!

I NEED LOU WILSON TO BE A PERMANENT PART OF THIS SHOW HE IS SO FUNNY MY GOD

I didn't think anything would ever surpass Campaign 1 Episode 100. I was wrong.

thank you all for this beautiful story!!! you're all so immensely talented and it's always a pleasure to hear you play and weave these gorgeous stories for our ear holes!!! the third mates are such a gift, they truly mean so much to me- I'm so glad this isn't goodbye ❤ can't wait for c3 and everything in between!!!

That’s absolutely what you get for letting Caldwell handle like 7 high stakes rolls bc he has 1 better to the roll😂

Juggling 2 climatic battles on completely different characters. Holy. Shit.

Definitely crying over here. Just incredible!

Couldn’t catch the stream cuz Saturday was my thanksgiving, can’t wait to listen to this on my flight to Hawaii on Tuesday!

I LOST IT when the hexbuds came back

Amazing episode! Thank you for bringing Lou back!

Emily, how are you gonna make me laugh listening to this whole campaign, then almost make me cry listening to the pain in Fia’s voice when Zirk died, then ACTUALLY making me cry with this SONG? you beautiful woman

This sooooonnnngggg Emily!!! You all did amazing! I will miss my third mates, forever wouldn’t have been long enough!! Bravo

Another wonderful, wonderful story. I can't say how much these mean to me. This world has such thought and care put into it, and it truly has such a unique and strong presence. Hats off to you all, I'm so sad to see it go, but what's a good story without a perfect ending?

Absolutely amazing ❤️

You guys are my absolute favorite thing to listen to. You’re all so wonderful at creating stories that are captivating. I can’t wait to see what you all do next. ❤️❤️

Thank you all for a wonderful experience <3

Just what a winner of a finale and a season as a whole. Holy cow. Everything I loved from season 1 amped up. Rowdy, horny, dramatic, excellent game play and story. I'd say that having such a perfect extended arc w Lou and the hexbuds as well as the endoterrans makes up for a lack of guests. Not that I want to say a lack of guests was a downside. Y'all killed it. 10/10x10 😭😭😭😭😭

Holy shit, what a fight!!!!!! At work listening to it!!!

Amazing thank you so much for the journey!

Lovely work y'all, got all choked up ( ◜‿◝ )♡

More emily songs! ❤❤❤

I'm so glad Boyvar was safe. Whew

I was sad that Phillip wasn't re-summoned, would have been funny to hear from him one last time

That was fun gang. Thanks for another great story.

Sooooo good! Emily’s campaign finale songs made me cry both times! ❤️❤️❤️

Laughed out loud, felt tears on my cheeks, got lost in the story. 20/20

Oh my god that final song was incredible

3:27:55 for the song <3 it is beautiful, Emily!

Jesus fuck Murph, with legitimately all of my love and admiration absolutely fuck you for making me feel all these goddamn emotions I almost started crying at work, holy shit please never stop, you are absolutely brilliant. And the rest of y'all! You're just as talented and terrible and just...my gods 🤩😭🤩😭😭🤩😍😍

Once again, Emily's beautiful song has fully destroyed me. Amazing work everyone!!

I personally play a wild fire druid and I was so excited to hear that so was Arina, for some reason my Dm doesn't understand control burn

Thank you so much for such a wonderful and heartfelt wrap up for Eldermourne! I loved this campaign and I'm glad there still are many tales to be told in this world, and I'm so excited for campaign 3 as well! Once again, thank you all for these stories and all your hard work (some special roses to Emily because goodness gracious, all that music!) <3

All i can say is wow wow wow wow wow. Great. I laughed all ep then cried for the last 30 minutes. Thanks for the rollercoaster and thanks for the quality pod time❤️❤️

the livestream was amazing last night guys, thanks so much for all the work you lot do to give us this incredible entertainment xo :)

Thank you guys !!!

Is there anywhere that we can find the music that was played at the beginning of the stream last night?

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! What an incredible Ride this was! and thanks to Miss Fia Axford ;) for another f***ing Aweeeeeesooooome Song

Masterful work, Murph!!! Thank you!

The Crits! The 2s! The Shields!!! The Counter Spells! The Tears, Good and Bad! Roses to you all!!! Happy for the possibilities to return, and happy to hear C3 is already in the works; we all love you!

Let the river flow~ So beautiful, thank you, I hope we get to see this crew again one day. But until then, HONKHONK.

Talk about a full fricking sode. 3 hours of the crew is where it’s at.

Absolutely incredibly story, incredible ending, incredible wrapup. My highlights: -The pure joy that coursed through me when I heard Lou Wilson's voice. -The silliness of Caldwell and Lou doing voices -The UTTER STRESS I FELT WHEN CALDWELL WAS ROLLING -Bursting into tears myself when Emily started crying because oh my god -Lou and Jake using taking hits for Emily -Dropping the Hood from Girlhood Friend. This campaign has been an absolute joy, and I already miss the Third Mates, et al. I can't wait to see what you guys do next!!

I missed the second half of the Livestream so I could play in my own campaign but I just finished the episode. Emily had me bawling with that deep deep roleplay. Such an amazing episode. Bouquet of roses to all!!

So good guys!! Amazing job on the finale!! Absolutely loved it!!!!!

I have been listening to Let The River Flow on repeat for the last... 3 and a half hours. And it just keeps getting better and better. Ive been tearing up listening to it, knowing that this is the last we'll see of the Third Mates for a while. Emily, you continue to blow me away with your music, and I could not be more grateful than I am now for the amount of work you put into the music. Thank you so much.

Remarkable

my soul was shocked when Emily cries

😭Love you guys!

What a finish to a fantastic campaign! Great work as always guys!

You were right. This is a thicc ass sode

Roses all around. Was a huge fan of the setting / worldbuilding this season! Can't wait for whatever's next

It has been and always gonna be a pleasure. Thank you very much for your incredible work orz looking forward to the next stories

Goddam

Great job, everyone🌹🌹🌹

Roses to Emily for the music, but a bouquet to you all for the performances

This was truly amazing! Thank you for telling such a wonderful story. It makes me so happy. Never stop sharing your talent to the world.

Thanks for the amazing story guys! it was amazing watchin live with the community!

So amazing!! Please please please 🙏 post the last two lyric songs on Spotify Emily!!!

And just like the ending of campaign one, I feel empty again. No other podcast can fill the empty void in my heart. Love you guys! Can't wait for campaign 3! ❤️

IM SOBBING!! YOU MAGNIFICENT STORY TELLERS YOU!!!

I was building up episodes to binge and hadn't checked the Patreon app so I didn't find out about the finale until 2 days ago and I was episode 31. Luckily I got caught up with 35 minutes to spare. Even though I was shocked this one was ending so soon, I loved it all.

Amazing episode!!

That was amazing!

Sweet heavens, but that was beautiful at the end. Let the River Flow!

just came from the livestream, thank you for this beautiful finale gang!!! so funny and heartfelt, and so harrowing and terrifying at turns. emily outdoes herself every time with the music and that ending song was truly transcends... that line about being nobodies daughter... love to be able to buy it and ill luck henry or listen to it on spotify on repeat if you've got the time to put it on there!! but mostly, truly truly thank you for this wild adventure

Kept getting interrupted by the minis during the first so listening again 🍻

Finishing up the finale livestream right now. I've listened to this podcast for years, and it means as much to me as my closest friends. It's always there when I need it. Thank you.

Thank you NADDPOD crew!!! This was such an amazing campaign and livestream was just delightful!

The emotions during that livestream brought me right back to the last episode of the first campaign. Love you guys so much! Can’t wait for season 3.

Murph, Emily, Jake and Caldwell - thank you so much for sharing such big magic with us! This shit is such a gift and we aren't worthy!!

Absolutely amazing! Thank you for all that you all do!

Sad it's over, glad it happened. Beautiful campaign

Thank you for a wonderful episode to end a beautiful campaign!!

Lmao that’s how you spell it and it was such a good fucken episode!!!

Love you guys thanks for all the amazing content ❤️

Thanks for putting Minneapolis on your tour. Great season 2

I thought it would start with an S honestly

the spelling was not even in my top 20 guesses

WAIT THATS HOW YOU SPELL IT???

THATS how you spell it?!?