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PODCAST

The Wonderful World of Darklords

Tom and Rachel Kolar

A monthly podcast converting Disney movies to Ravenloft domains of dread. No affiliation with Disney or WotC. New episodes drop on the 13th of every month!

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Episode 39: The Black Cauldron

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2025/10/13

Welcome to Wonderful World of Darklords! In this episode, we're celebrating spooky season with one of Disney's spookier villains: the Horned King. He doesn't have a lot going for him other than vibes, but boy howdy, he has those vibes in abundance. (Is he aura farming? We're in our forties; we don't know.) Topics discussed include:A backstory for the Horned King that gives him a motivation beyond "how long I have thirsted to be a god among mortal men," which hinges

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Announcement: Wonderful World of Darklords Charity...

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2025/10/12

Hello, dear listeners! Our charity fundraiser this year is a bit time sensitive, so Rachel is getting the announcement out in the forty-five seconds before our youngest comes home, terrible sound quality be darned. Details here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/wonderful-world-140996564?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link TL;DR We're raising money for the Capital Area Food Bank (or your local food pantry) to provide some

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D's Journal: Brave (Abridged Episode 38)

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2025/09/13

In which D doesn't get shot at, subjected to anti-human racial slurs, captured, robbed of her magic, tortured, thrown off a building, mind-erased, or killed, which automatically makes DunBroch her favorite domain of 2025. D chooses the bear! The in-character fiction from the episode without the in-depth out-of-character discussion of the domain.Content Advisory for D's Journal (details on content advisories can be found on Facebook, Tumblr, and Patreon)Death (minor), body horror

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Episode 38: Brave

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2025/09/13

Welcome to Wonderful World of Darklords! In this episode, Callaghan is finally dethroned as "darklord with the fewest lines of usable dialog" as we make a darklord out of...a bear. Not a werebear. Not a talking bear. Just a bear. But he's a bear who comes with a gothic curse and with FANTASY SCOTLAND, so it's well worth the effort of making him a darklord. Topics discussed include:Why Mor'du is going to want to throw down with your PCs even if they don't feed anyone a magic

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D's Letter to Binx: Conversation With Azalin

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2025/09/01

Note: This letter takes place immediately after the Owl House episode, so please make sure to listen to that one first.In which D has the warlock equivalent of a salary negotiation, making all of us deeply grateful that Azalin isn't our supervisor.Content Advisory (details on content advisories can be found on Facebook, Tumblr, and Patreon)Abusive relationship subtext (major; eggshell walking, trauma bonding), corpses (major), torture (major), vomit (moderate). If you struggled with D's

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D's Journal: The Owl House (Abridged Episode 37)

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2025/08/13

In which D travels to a domain full of witches, ruled by a witch hunter. What could go wrong? The in-character fiction from the episode without the in-depth out-of-character discussion of the domain.Content Advisory for D's Journal (details on content advisories can be found on Facebook, Tumblr, and Patreon)Narcissistic abuse (major), death (major), head trauma (major), suffocation (major), body horror (major; transformation, goo, nonsexual mouth penetration), blood (major), torture (major),

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Episode 37: The Owl House

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2025/08/13

Welcome to Wonderful World of Darklords! In this episode, Matthew Graydon joins us to make a darklord out of Emperor Belos, AKA Philip Wittebane, AKA THE WORST. (Please don't make a drinking game out of how many times we say "the worst." You will die of alcohol poisoning.) Topics discussed include:Stats and a character class for Belos that summarize "hypocritical witch hunter who can hide the fact that he's a horrible fungus lich unless he goes too long without devouring

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D's Journal: The Peddler's Tales: Gummi Bears...

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2025/08/01

In which Grunkle Stan and the peddler get into a scam-off. The in-character fiction for the episode without the in-depth out-of-character discussion of the Gummi Bears.You can find Kris at MegaDumbCast (https://megadumbcast.podbean.com/) and the now-completed Gameable Podcast (https://gameabledisneypodcast.tumblr.com/)All music recordings are in the public domain (mark 1.0) and are licensed through https://musopen.org:Arabian Dance, from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite, via the European

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The Peddler's Tales, Episode 4: Gummi Bears

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2025/08/01

Welcome to Wonderful World of Darklords! In honor of Small Screen Summer, Kris Newton joins us for a Disney show that literally no one has ever asked for: Gummi Bears. Not only are they dashing and daring, courageous and caring, but they have much more complex and interesting lore than anyone would expect from a show about colorful bouncing bears, and it can lead to some terrific stories if you can get past the idea of a character named Tummi Gummi. Topics discussed include:Yes, really, this

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D's Journal: Gravity Falls (Abridged Episode 36)

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2025/07/13

In which D encounters a familiar face, Grunkle Stan runs a scam, and no one can get a good night's sleep. The in-character fiction from the episode without the in-depth out-of-character discussion of the domain.Content Advisory for D's Journal (details on content advisories can be found on Facebook, Tumblr, and Patreon)Memory modification (major), gaslighting (major)All music recordings are in the public domain (mark 1.0) and are licensed through https://musopen.org:Chopin Nocturne in B-Flat

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D's Journal: Gravity Falls (Abridged Episode 36)

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2025/07/13

In which D encounters a familiar face, Grunkle Stan runs a scam, and no one can get a good night's sleep. The in-character fiction from the episode without the in-depth out-of-character discussion of the domain.Content Advisory for D's Journal (details on content advisories can be found on Facebook, Tumblr, and Patreon)Memory modification (major), gaslighting (major)All music recordings are in the public domain (mark 1.0) and are licensed through https://musopen.org:Chopin Nocturne in B-Flat

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Episode 36: Gravity Falls

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2025/07/13

Welcome to the second installment of Wonderful World of Darklords' Small Screen Summer! In this episode, we're looking at the darklord who introduced a whole generation of fresh-faced little Disney XD viewers to cosmic horror. Bill Cipher is Baby's First Elder God and Gravity Falls is a phenomenal setting for occult investigation, but can a character as alien and amoral as Bill ever meet our four elements of darklord? (Spoilers: yes, but only with some help from Book of Bill. No, you

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D's Journal: Gargoyles (Episode 35)

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2025/06/13

In which it is too early in the evening for Demona to deal with D's nonsense. The in-character fiction from the episode without the in-depth out-of-character discussion of the domain.Content Advisory (details on content advisories can be found on Facebook, Tumblr, and Patreon)Heights (major), blood (moderate), death (moderate)All music recordings are in the public domain (mark 1.0) and are licensed through https://musopen.org:Chopin Nocturne in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No.1 (main theme), performed by

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Episode 35: Gargoyles

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2025/06/13

Welcome to Wonderful World of Darklords' Small Screen Summer! We're kicking off our summer of Disney shows with the villain that made little twelve-year-old Rachel look from her TV screen to her copy of the 1994 Ravenloft supplement Domains and Denizens and say, "I think she belongs in here": Demona. She's a Byronic garbage fire who will stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror, but she's also less involved in the day-to-day operations of the domain than Xanatos,

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Announcement: June episode watchlist and D's Journal

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2025/05/19

Hello, dear listeners! If you haven't finished our previous episode and don't want to be spoiled on where D is going next, hold off on this one. Turn back now! Last chance!If you haven't seen Gargoyles and want a minimum watchlist, or if you haven't seen it since the mid-90s, here's a watchlist in order of importance:AwakeningCity of StoneThe MirrorLong Way Till MorningTemptationHunter's Moon (probably more important than Temptation but also a lot more confusing without

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D's Journal: Thanos (Abridged Episode 34)

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2025/05/14

In which D has a horrible, terrible, no-good, very bad day. The in-character fiction from the episode without the in-depth out-of-character discussion of the domain.Content Advisory for D's Journal (details on content advisories can be found on Facebook, Tumblr, and Patreon)Torture (major), forced mind-reading (major), imprisonment (major), genocide (moderate), slavery (moderate), blood (moderate), body horror (minor), kidnapping (minor), child abuse (minor), forced experimentation (minor)All

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Episode 34: Thanos

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2025/05/13

Welcome to Wonderful World of Darklords: Marvel May! As soon as we announced this theme last May, you knew this one was coming. Thanos is such a compelling Big Bad for the entire MCU that they've been flailing to replace him ever since Infinity War, and he could make a fantastic Big Bad for your campaign as well . . . but can any villain, no matter how grandiose and self-deluded, be a darklord if they don't have a domain in the source material? Topics discussed include:The D&D setting

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Announcements: Dragon Week and Listener's Choice...

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2025/04/22

A couple of quick announcements about revisiting an old darklord and about the next round of Listener's Choice voting!The Maleficent episode is here: https://youtu.be/A53ZxWvrwMs?si=mkVPgRcb9zOGsJUaWe'll link them in those show notes AND these show notes! Visage of Eyes' Tumblr is here: https://www.tumblr.com/ravenloftbythelamplight There's so much great Ravenloft art here, y'all. Do yourself a favor and check it out.Thank you for listening, and happy gaming!Support this podcast

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D's Journal: Labyrinth (Abridged Episode 33)

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2025/04/14

In which D somehow turns Jareth down. The in-character fiction from the episode without the in-depth out-of-character discussion of the domain.All music recordings are in the public domain (mark 1.0) and are licensed through https://musopen.org:Chopin Nocturne in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No.1 (main theme), performed by Eduardo VinuelaChopin Etude Op. 25, No. 12 in C Minor: “Ocean” (darklord theme), performed by Edward NeemanChopin Nocturne in F Minor, Op. 55 No. 1 (land theme), performed by Luke

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D's Journal: Labyrinth

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2025/04/13

While D's Journal is normally a patrons-only perk, we felt bad that we couldn't give more concrete examples of how to personalize the Labyrinth to your own PCs because the episode was already so. dang. long. That's why we've decided to open up this behind-the-scenes explanation of the imagery and encounters that D experienced to everyone. Patrons, don't worry--you'll still be getting some exclusive D content, it just isn't done yet.All music recordings are in the public

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