Mar 27, 2026
Even before the mountain began
to rumble, one mortal had begun to doubt his decadent gods.
Genre:
Mythology
Excerpt:
We are
descended from a powerful people. So it is said. The most powerful
our world has ever known. Their might unmatched. Their domain
unending. Their eyes all-seeing.
I am nothing next to them. I
am a blade of grass underfoot. A mayfly blinking in and out of
existence.
A mortal.
But today I will discover if
there are forces in the world mightier than the gods.
For today is the day I bring
them down.
The Wheel of Fiction
Turns. What did it land on this
time?
Each Season 9 story
follows a theme chosen by the Wheel of Fiction. Thirteen spokes.
Eight are the themes from previous seasons. One is “Turn Again.”
One is a wild card. And three are covered in question marks and
will be revealed when the wheel lands on them.
See a story trailer and a
(satisfying) video of the wheel turning here: Forge of the Forsaker
This episode landed on REVISITATION. I’m
revisiting a theme from earlier stories, mortal defying the
gods.
Find more stories and episodes that
revisit previous stories here: Year of
Revisitation.
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CREDITS
Story: “Forge
of the Forsaker” Copyright © 2022 by
Nila L. Patel
Narration,
Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel
Music:
“Rage” by
NICHOLAS JEUDY (Intro & Outro)
“Abstract Vision #5” by ANDREW SITKOV (Outro)
Music by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Dark
Fantasy Studio)
“Ancient
gods”
“On the
way”
“The
forest”
“To
Falgalown”
“Shadow
forest”
“A story of
gold”
“Compass”
“Burn the sky”
“Flames on
ice”
“Rage”
“Infinite land”
Music by ANDREW SITKOV
(MuzStation Game Music)
“Lyric Voices
#2”
“Lyrics Voices
#1”
“Epic Battle #1
(Looped)”
“Lyric Voices #5”
All tracks are part of a music and sound effects bundles I
purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev
Market.
Music by Nicholas Jeudy and Andrew
Sitkov is licensed from GameDev Market
Sound effects from AudioJungle, GameDevMarket, and
Soundly (through Hindenburg)
Changes made to the musical
tracks? Just cropping of some to align with my
narration.
Find more music by Nicholas
Jeudy and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net
Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com
Episode Art
Description:
Digital drawing.
Bottom half of frame, a human figure with dark red skin is seen
from waist up stands before a rock face. A network of glowing
vessels cover the skin. The figure is covered in black smoke so
that only one eye is partly visible, and portions of the arms and
waist. The right arm is raised, hand in a fist. Glowing yellow
spikes of light emanate from the fist. The left arm is bent in
front, gripping a chain that is connected to the waist. Through the
smoke, more chains are just visible attached to the waist. Glowing
streams of lava and gray-white smoke run down the rock face around
the figure. Watermark of “Storyfeather” on rock face along the
raised arm.