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The Orpheus Protocol

Join the Operatives of the enigmatic ORPHEUS organization as they investigate, contain, and attempt to harness occult phenomena around the world in this Actual Play podcast.

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Patreon Announcement

The Orpheus Protocol ·

2017/11/20

In case you didn't hear at the end of the First Anniversary Q&A Special: After a long time considering it, we're finally pulling the trigger on this Patreon launch. There are a lot of reasons for this, which you'll hear in the announcement, and a lot of exciting opportunities for the future of ORPHEUS, as well. Every single listener has been a part of what's made this all possible, and we can never thank you enough.

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02:20:15

First Anniversary Q&A Special

The Orpheus Protocol ·

2017/11/20

TheCalebG of The RPG Academy fame hosts a (very, very) long Q&A session and retrospective on this, the anniversary of The ORPHEUS Protocol's release. Staci, Dan, Jhan and I join Caleb as we look back on the project from its humble beginnings to its perhaps overambitious present, take some great questions from the listeners, and act a bit silly. It's been a hell of a year, and we have you, the listeners, to thank.

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01:11:59

Episode 51: Road Trip Part IV

The Orpheus Protocol ·

2017/11/13

Kiera, Mitch, and Pierce are put through a crash course in operational training by Jack, who's less than impressed by their capabilities as a cell. At the compound of the Coyote Ramblers motorcycle club, our operatives hone their skills, discover new abilities, and prepare to run a deadly errand for the gang. The Ramblers will help the cell secure supplies they need to go after Andrew Bernier, but a counter-operation against the Sinaloa Cartel is the price of admission... Music Credits: Nathan

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01:15:46

Episode 50: Road Trip Part III

The Orpheus Protocol ·

2017/11/06

Kiera, Mitch, and Pierce are finally given a moment of respite, now rid of the Sol Invictus team that had been hunting them since Chicago. Jack re-establishes contact with our operatives, and much is revealed as all (or maybe not quite all) of the cards are put on the table. The way forward is unclear, but the danger is certain; and tensions mounting within the cell threaten to tear the group apart once more... Music Credits: Sergey Cheremisinov - Seven Lights Kai Engel - Mist and Clouds Somewhere

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55:42

Episode 49: Road Trip Part II

The Orpheus Protocol ·

2017/10/30

Lying low in a ratty motel, Kiera, Mitch, and Jack try to make sense of what's on the audio cassette tapes Tiresias led them to in his final moments. But Sol Invictus hasn't given up the chase. Our operatives will have to determine how the strange accounts recorded on the tapes can be used to find their way forward to the contact Tiresias told them about... but they'll need to get out of the crosshairs first. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Somewhere off Jazz Street - Tonight Myuu -

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45:29

Episode 48: ??????

The Orpheus Protocol ·

2017/10/23

In a place beyond imagining and beyond time, a man finds himself on the shores of an impossible sea. Upon this final precipice stands the Last House, and its lonely keeper within. Truth, the future, self... all are disassembled and reconfigured by the enormity of the infinite, reflected in eyes that see beyond all things. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Angels Blind Ear Left - Inner Vision Three Chain Links - Masks and war drums Myuu - Promise ~Reprise~ (Silent Hill 2 Cover) Sleep Rivers - Above

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44:51

Episode 47: Road Trip Part I

The Orpheus Protocol ·

2017/10/16

Cut off from ORPHEUS, terrified of pursuit, and with certainty itself a bitter memory, Kiera and Mitch make their journey on dark, lost highways. They search for hope, with nothing to hold onto but a handful of numbers; a final order and gift from Tiresias. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Demons Three Chain Links - Darkness Somewhere off Jazz Street - Refuge Kevin MacLeod - Ghostpocalypse - 8 Epilog Fatal Injection - Untitled Zackrificed - Escape the Nightmare juliangruber - Black progressive

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02:11:31

Bonus Episode 2: Cleanup Part II

The Orpheus Protocol ·

2017/10/09

As a thank you to everyone who left iTunes reviews, followed us on Twitter, and helped to solve the ARG, I now present to you the "Cleanup" saga in its entirety (though split into multiple episodes for upload, it's long you guys). Cleanup chronicles an important event in ORPHEUS's recent past, and honestly, it'd be unkind to say much more than that. Cleanup's story is a mystery, and trust me when I say that the threads that were pulled led somewhere horrifying. Find out just where that was in this

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01:39:13

Bonus Episode 1: Cleanup Part I

The Orpheus Protocol ·

2017/10/09

As a thank you to everyone who left iTunes reviews, followed us on Twitter, and helped to solve the ARG, I now present to you the "Cleanup" saga in its entirety (though split into multiple episodes for upload, it's long you guys). Cleanup chronicles an important event in ORPHEUS's recent past, and honestly, it'd be unkind to say much more than that. Cleanup's story is a mystery, and trust me when I say that the threads that were pulled led somewhere horrifying. Music Credits: Kevin MacLeod -

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Episode 46: Contingency Part III

The Orpheus Protocol ·

2017/10/02

A plot to subvert ORPHEUS itself is brewing, and Diana enlists Rhett and Freya to help turn the tables on the double agents executing the coup. And as a familiar group of Operatives make their way out of Chicago, it's up to Maenad Directive to safeguard their escape. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Into Darkness Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Kevin MacLeod - Deep Haze Myuu - Look Out Three Chain Links - Gray is the Sky Bertram Tung - Something AKIRA - Final Fight bXmMusic - E1m8 (Doom Cover)

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50:51

Episode 45: Contingency Part II

The Orpheus Protocol ·

2017/09/25

Freya and Rhett risk life and limb to board the secret train ORPHEUS is using to evacuate Diana and Orion from the besieged facility. But a speeding train full of armed ORPHEUS operatives with orders to shoot intruders on sight turns out to be the second worst thing to happen to them today. A new and bizarre enemy reveals itself, and The Maenad Directive is put to the test in battle. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour DOS-88 - Checking Manifest Waveform Walker - Ain't Animals Three

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58:51

Episode 44: Contingency Part I

The Orpheus Protocol ·

2017/09/18

The attack on ORPHEUS's Chicago facility had wide-reaching effects, and the city itself is by no means out of harm's way. With the delivery of terrible news by her handler in a mysterious organization called "The Maenad Directive," Freya Benton springs into action to try to determine the cause of the chaos and put a stop to it, activating a new recruit to her conspiracy along the way. Music Credits: Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Naoya Sakamata - 支配された孤独感 - Dark Classical

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01:24:49

Episode 43: The Tower Inverted Part III

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2017/09/11

The attack on ORPHEUS reaches its terrible crescendo and conclusion. Pierce is made to face his sordid past head-on, and the consequences become devastatingly personal for all. In the wake of this tragic disaster, nothing will ever be the same. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Into Darkness Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Kevin MacLeod - Children's Theme Free Dramatic Scores - A Nightmare in Blood L'incal Noir - 3 Horror Stings for Creative Commons Use Free Dramatic Scores - The Beast Zander

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01:03:40

Episode 42: The Tower Inverted Part II

The Orpheus Protocol ·

2017/09/04

The inscrutable lines and angles of an impossible labyrinth appear within the ORPHEUS Chicago facility, unleashing unspeakable terrors from within its folded omnipresence. Mitch must determine what to do with the unconscious Assistant Director, while Pierce and Kiera find themselves in more immediate peril. With the facility flying apart around them, will our operatives find each other, or even a way out? Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Three Chain Links - It's All Too Much. THE

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01:26:58

Episode 41: The Tower Inverted Part I

The Orpheus Protocol ·

2017/08/28

Mitch tries to adjust to life without Kiera or Pierce, immersing himself in work at the Chicago Facility. However, a sudden request from Tiresias provides a wider perspective on Mitch's situation, with implications both wonderful and horrifying. Pierce, meanwhile, is in convalescence, abed at a secret ward of the Chester Mental Health center. A reunion with an old friend prompts Pierce to search for answers, and perhaps more, in a place even he must struggle to reach. Later, an unprecedented

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01:37:30

Episode 40: Out of Time Part V

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2017/08/21

There's no further recourse for Granville, who must now participate in a fight to the death or destroy all hope of Kiera's escape and the return of Excalibur. Meanwhile, Freya, Sir Spencer, and Lucy Westenra search for a secret way into the compound in order to turn the odds in Granville's favor. With the fabric of the future itself at risk, everything rests on the shoulders of the misfit group that assembled at Myron Sinclair's party what seems like ages ago. Victory and loss come crashing down as

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01:21:53

Episode 39: Out of Time Part IV

The Orpheus Protocol ·

2017/08/14

Granville's search for Kiera leads him to a deeply uncomfortable truce, and he comes face to face with Brighton himself. Meanwhile, Kiera awakes in the belly of the beast, and must endure a look into the ugly truth of Brighton's operation. A plan takes shape and the forces marshal for what can only be a final confrontation between the rag-tag group that formed at Myron Sinclair's party and a brutal criminal empire. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Myuu - Discovery (Horror Soundscape)

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Episode 38: Out of Time Part III

The Orpheus Protocol ·

2017/08/07

After the attack on the carriages by mysterious gangsters, Freya finds herself in a sticky situation with Scotland Yard. Elsewhere, Granville awakens to find Kiera missing. Both Granville and Freya make disparate attempts to discern Kiera's location, and are forced into dangerous situations along the way... Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Three Chain Links - We Aren't Alone Here Unheard Music Concepts - Afraid to go Kevin MacLeod - Sonatina Kevin MacLeod - Divertissement David

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Episode 37: Out of Time Part II

The Orpheus Protocol ·

2017/07/31

Kiera awakens in a world beyond her understanding. While her hosts work to make her comfortable and understand her situation, a dark presence falls over Myron Sinclair's home. Sir Alfred Spencer's intentions come under question, and further agendas reveal themselves to be bent on the impossible traveler staying at Sinclair's residence... Music Credits: Three Chain Links - We Aren't Alone Here Three Chain Links - There's the Sun, Peeking Through my Curtains Kevin MacLeod - Oppressive Gloom Darren

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Episode 36: Out of Time Part I

The Orpheus Protocol ·

2017/07/24

In the Fall of 1893, on the periphery of London's respectable society, a party is being thrown for the fringes of the occult community. Spiritualists, astrologers, alchemists, and assorted n'er-do-wells are gathering at the estate of Marlon Sinclair for both séance and socialization. Among the guests is Freya Benton, a world traveler of Egyptian extraction who's seen both the highs and lows of life on two continents, and Granville Moore, a retired soldier with a very peculiar instrument case in

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