S1E11 - This Is Fine...

S1E12 - A Cemetery, A Deer, and Several Poor Decisions

The party thought they were about to face a towering blood-soaked monstrosity. Instead, they got yanked through time, dumped into a fog-choked forest, and immediately began debating whether they were dead. Which, to be fair, is becoming a recurring hobby at this point. Separated from their companions and stranded in a place that shouldn't exist, Quinn, Ryland, and Nib find themselves following ancient clues through a mysterious woodland where nothing is quite what it seems. Strange symbols, abandoned structures, impossible encounters, and more questions than answers lead the trio deeper into a forgotten corner of history. As usual, everyone handles this revelation with the calm professionalism you'd expect from adventurers who absolutely do not have their lives together. Along the way, old mysteries resurface, new ones emerge, and the party finally comes face-to-face with answers they've been chasing for a long time. Unfortunately, those answers raise even bigger questions. The kind of questions that make you wonder whether destiny, time itself, or a particularly cruel cosmic prankster is pulling the strings. Featuring cryptic prophecies, suspiciously talkative deer, an unsettling cemetery, and a most aggressive attempt at opening a door, Episode 12 peels back another layer of Vaelmyr's growing mysteries while reminding everyone that knowledge is power, and power usually comes wrapped in horrifying consequences. Somewhere, history is broken. And someone is trying very hard to make sure it stays that way. Links to all of our content, including our Discord and ways to support the show, can be found at OnlyDarkCorners.com

S1E11 - This Is Fine...

The deeper the party pushes into the caverns, the worse the place seems to remember them. After surviving a brutal spider ambush, Saevel Urileth, Quinn Lynseed, Rylund, Nib Quilldipper, and Xhënrak Bën-Jærrïs uncover the remnants of an ancient ritual site buried beneath the earth. Strange magic, unsettling visions, and traces of forbidden experiments begin to paint a picture of a civilization that probably should have stayed dead. Humanity really had a good run before deciding every mysterious hole in the ground needed blood magic in it. As the group ventures farther into the depths, they encounter impossible architecture, ominous crimson light, and a cavern unlike anything they have seen before. Tensions rise as the environment itself seems to resist them, and every step forward carries the sense that something enormous is waiting just out of sight. The party must navigate collapsing escape routes, disturbing discoveries, and a growing feeling that they are no longer alone in the dark. By the end of the journey, the hunters may discover they have become the hunted.

S1E10 - Sac Attack

The past refuses to stay buried as Ryland is confronted by fractured memories, impossible timelines, and the devastating truth behind his brother's final moments. What begins as a quiet night by the fire spirals into revelations about sacrifice, failure, and a catastrophe that may have already changed more than the party realizes. Because naturally, emotional trauma waits until everyone is exhausted and half-drunk. Timing remains the universe's least subtle hobby. But the cave has horrors of its own waiting in the dark. When the party awakens to find their escape sealed and the cavern transformed into a nest of blood-soaked webs, they are thrown immediately into a brutal fight against monstrous spiders lurking above them. Venom flies, necrotic magic floods the chamber, and the battle descends into chaos as the creatures unleash horrifying abilities that leave the party bloodied, blinded, and scrambling to survive. Between explosive magic, impossible acrobatics, and at least one deeply questionable attempt at intimidation over a spider corpse, the group manages to claw their way to victory. Yet once the dust settles, the true mystery begins. The cave is saturated with a strange necrotic energy unlike anything the party has encountered before, and the strange crimson-streaked stones hidden inside the spiders raise far more questions than answers. With one path collapsed behind them and only darkness ahead, the party presses deeper into the unknown. Humanity's favorite strategy: if the cave is cursed, simply continue walking into it.

S1E9 - Eldric Blast From The Past

This week, the party discovers that time itself may be less of a natural law and more of a deeply cursed suggestion. After a deeply unsettling encounter with a mysterious traveler who seems to know far too much about them, the group is forced to confront impossible revelations, uncomfortable truths, and the growing suspicion that reality may have been held together with twine and bad decisions this entire time. Naturally, everyone processes this information in the healthiest ways possible. Quinn reaches her limit with cryptic nonsense, Xhenrak channels his emotions through extreme violence against forestry, and Nib continues his heroic quest to keep morale alive through sheer stubbornness and whimsy. Somewhere in the middle of all this, old memories resurface, personal stories are shared, and the emotional damage starts hitting almost as hard as the existential damage. As the fire burns low and the weight of what's coming settles over the group, one final vision changes everything. Ancient forces stir, dark rituals loom on the horizon, and the party begins to realize they may be walking directly toward a catastrophe far larger than themselves. Fantasy adventuring really is just group therapy with swords and significantly worse survival rates.

S1E8 - Bones, Bells, and Ribbons

Something is deeply wrong in Greyfen, and the party feels it almost immediately. What begins as a subtle unease quickly spirals into a reality-bending mystery as time, identity, and memory refuse to behave the way they should. Familiar names carry dangerous weight, the past doesn't stay buried, and even the sky itself tells a story the party wasn't meant to read. As tensions rise within the group, strange encounters and quiet warnings hint that they are being watched by forces far beyond their understanding. Attempts to regroup and make sense of it all only deepen the confusion, as the world around them begins to shift in ways that defy logic. When the line between past and present starts to blur, the party is left with one unsettling truth: they are not just lost… they were placed here. And whatever is pulling the strings has been waiting a very long time.