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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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69:31

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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20:15

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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20:15

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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128:31

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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138:27

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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6:48

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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27:29

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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145:05

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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3:36

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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15:46

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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57:05

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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165:44

Episode 33: Labyrinth

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2025/04/13

Welcome to Wonderful World of Darklords! In this extremely long episode, Tom and an increasingly thirsty Rachel are talking about a villain who looms large in the imaginations of Xennials everywhere: Jareth, the Goblin King. He's a magnetic and malevolent presence whose domain is a perfect reflection of his disaster bi energy, but he has no canon backstory and may just be a figment of Sarah's imagination, so adapting him posed some challenges. But if Sarah can escape the oubliette, cross the

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Episode 104: Phineas and Ferb

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2025/04/01

Ah, Leslie the Listener! How unexpected...and by unexpected, we mean COMPLETELY EXPECTED! Behold, our April UNFools-inator! You see, back in Gimmelshtump, we always wanted to run a Phineas and Ferb-themed session of Ravenloft, but we didn't know how to do it, and even if we had, no one would have come to our game because they would have been playing Roger's game instead. So with the April UNFools-inator, we're going to turn what would normally be a wacky April Fools Day episode into an

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10:38

D's Journal: Up (Abridged Episode 32)

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2025/03/14

In which D gets kidnapped by dogs and makes a rash statement. 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),

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101:22

Episode 32: Up

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2025/03/13

Welcome to Wonderful World of Darklords! We're continuing last month's theme of "traveling to amazing and faraway places" with a very different elderly darklord who mistrusts outsiders. Up is one of the greatest animated movies ever made, but can it be a great D&D setting as well? Topics discussed include:How to make Kevin feel like a singularly beautiful and unique creature in a world with literal unicorns;Why Up is especially suited to low-level play (although it can also be

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D's Journal: Atlantis: The Lost Empire (Abridged...

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2025/02/14

In which D totally, absolutely has no idea where the Heart of Atlantis is, nope, not at all. 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)Corpses (major), racism (moderate), colonialism (minor), slavery (minor), genocide (minor)All music recordings are in the public domain (mark 1.0) and are licensed

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Episode 31: Atlantis: The Lost Empire

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2025/02/13

Welcome to Wonderful World of Darklords! Many, MANY of you have asked for a domain based on the Disney movie about a team of heavily armed transients who dive through subterranean tunnels in search of either treasure or a sad, unresolved Bond. Atlantis is, without question, the most D&D movie that Disney has ever done, and while it's more Eberron or Spelljammer than Ravenloft, we're here for the challenge. Because, hey, that's what this is all about, right? I mean, imagination,

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D's Journal: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Abridged...

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2025/01/14

In which D gets the full Toontown experience and a months-long mystery is solved. 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)Racism against a group analogous to immigrants (major), death (minor)All music recordings are in the public domain (mark 1.0) and are licensed through https://musopen.org:Chopin Nocturne in B-Flat Minor,

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136:37

Episode 30: Who Framed Roger Rabbit

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2025/01/13

CONTENT ADVISORY: Because this episode is based on Who Framed Roger Rabbit, it takes place in Langeles, a fantasy version of Los Angeles. I don't think we even mention fire, but if the Los Angeles wildfires hit at all close to home for you, we're putting a detailed content advisory that includes all the neighborhoods and landmarks mentioned at the end of the show notes, with separate entries for the episode proper and the D fiction (so you can skip one or both if you're less worried

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