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PODCAST

Mythtakes Happen

Chris Zhang and Aaron Braegen

Mythtakes Happen is a worldbuilding podcast where two good friends - Aaron and Chris - create fictional settings for YOU to game in, live in and explore.Each episode, the hosts develop setting aspects in isolation and hear one another"s additions for the very first time during the episode. They collaborate to fit these sometimes contradictory ideas into a cohesive whole, sometimes altering fundamental parts of each other"s contributions.Some Mythtakes Happen, but these ones are on purpose. Join us,

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69:43

S02E01 Mythtakes Happen - Fathoms for Favours

Mythtakes Happen ·

2026/01/14

A new season and a new universe!We dive right in and immediately discover more points of conflict and discussion than ever before as we investigate the crucial Slurrbrine, the mysterious nature of the Leviathans, one of the stranger religions and the worlds of Mantarym & Orago.Join us, won’t you? Some Mythtakes Happen, but these ones are on purpose.Episode 01: Fathoms for Favours Supplementary

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S02E00 Mythtakes Happen - Big Splash Theory

Mythtakes Happen ·

2025/12/31

It’s Season 2! Welcome to the wet and dangerous world of the Celestial Deep. In this setup episode, we discuss our inspirations, how we got to drowning an entire solar system as well as where on Earth this is heading.We decide on some important aspects of our Season 2 setting and set down some vital foundations for this year’s gaming narrative.Join us, won’t you? Some Mythtakes Happen, but these ones are on purpose.Consider supporting us: patreon.com/MythtakesHappenPodcastLooking for a Game Master

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Mythtakes Happen Season 2: "The Celestial Deep" Teaser

Mythtakes Happen ·

2025/12/18

Mythtakes Happen is a worldbuilding podcast in its second season.This is a teaser for our set-up episode, coming January 1st.Here we lay the foundations for the glorious, drowned and fading solar system of the Celestial Deep and spend 12 scrumptious episodes adding depth to a setting YOU can use for free in your everyday TTRPG gaming.

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S01E12 Mythtakes Happen - Debts and Deepvaults

Mythtakes Happen ·

2025/12/14

Ever wondered how the professionals go about making an adventure from scratch? We wish we knew too! We gave it a crack anyway in our final Episode of Season 1. Chris and Aaron sit down with zero planning before the session (if you don't count all the previous episodes) to write the first playable adventure in Heliakon.We hit all (some) of your favourite places we detailed earlier;Go to Sawtooth Lodge for a lovely chat with charming Basil Sawtooth himself!Tour Brightmarket, see the sights, buy some

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S01 Bonus Episode - Monstrous Mythtakes - Fully...

Mythtakes Happen ·

2025/11/30

The final episode of Monstrous Mythtakes for this season.We start off strong with the monumentally colossal Renkian Hellgoat, an animal so large and so volatile and also so mysterious as to render any description of it within the episode notes insufficiently detailed. I suppose you'll have to listen to the podcast after all. That's how we get 'em. Hehehe.We also explore the curious ecology and symbolism of the Glassblower Stork, an animal that wades through lava, inconveniences farmers and also

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S01E11 Mythtakes Happen - We Are Knot Okay

Mythtakes Happen ·

2025/11/14

We talk about revolutionary movements in Heliakon and the Illegitimate Children of Foolish Empires and the way that people organise in the face of terrible things. Our world becomes more fleshed out with the addition of further ways we stand against imperialism and colonialism. Definitely no parallels with the real world here.We examine the Great Consociate Empire's Upright Doctrine and its support of the pseudo-scientific practice of psychomageiatism, a nonsense theory created to oppress the poor

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S01 Bonus Episode - Monumental Mythtakes - Eagle Pun...

Mythtakes Happen ·

2025/10/31

A brand new Bonus Episode of Monumental Mythtakes.Today we mix it up and talk about The Artful Dance of the Slime-Bellied Administrator Eagle in Watercolour, a painting of some renown. Who created this sublime art, and what does it mean to the people of Old Helidia?We also touch upon the Cobblestone Tower of Merit and its importance to the culture of the Unfettered League. Can a mere building such as this really stand for something more than the sum of its bricks? Let's find out.Join us, won’t you

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S01E10 Mythtakes Happen - Divine Rights & Wrongs

Mythtakes Happen ·

2025/10/14

Gods and godlings galore! A plethora of pagan powers are introduced in The Celestial Pantheon; twelve definitely gods and two maybe-kinda-sorta-nearly gods are all briefly described and discussed. From the Father of the Great Consociate, Gruvold to Gengolof the Great Scaletipper. From baker gods to bro gods.We then take a deep dive into the highest reaches of society as we examine the Consociate Nobility. Their titles and duties and how the gamut from the very top down to those barely above the

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28:42

S01 Bonus Episode - Monstrous Mythtakes - Claw and Order

Mythtakes Happen ·

2025/09/30

This is an older episode we have clawed from the archives, chronologically many months old at this point. We talk about Courson's Cunning Clawtig as well as the Bloody Bureaucrat Beetle. What do these creatures look like, where do they live and why would any loving creator allow them to exist? Well, you're in Heliakon now, baby and all bets are off.I'm sorry if that sounded a little bit pushy. We love and respect you as a podcast listener, a human being and a well rounded person who has no doubt

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S01E09 Mythtakes Happen - Truth Decay

Mythtakes Happen ·

2025/09/14

Have a proper gander at some of the way our fantasy societies distribute and formulate propaganda and disinformation aimed at keeping their citizens in line and angry at someone else.Marvel at the Society of Glass Vultures and their sneaky pursuit of distilled truth. Learn about the systems of education and art which propagate the philosophies of our imperial powers. Tremble at the oversize influence of the Bureau for the Propagation of Virtuous Principles!We explore the changes the printing press

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S01 Bonus Episode - Monstrous Art Mythtakes

Mythtakes Happen ·

2025/08/31

Sometimes the creative process hits a snag, and we don't mean the delicious kind. In this very special Bonus Episode, Chris and Aaron discuss what it means when the ideas in our heads do not well translate into commissioned art. What do we do when the wonderful artists we pay to make our vision come true create something wonderful, but at odds with our own concept?Today we set aside the Greater Trench Eagle and talk about a new creature born from our attempt to visualise him. Meet the Eagle-Headed

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S01E08 Mythtakes Happen - Winnowed of Mass Destruction

Mythtakes Happen ·

2025/08/14

We completely forget to do the episode on propaganda as we discussed last episode...did we mention that some mythtakes might be made? After goofing around for probably a little too long, we eventually get to the Mythtakes at hand, beginning with an extended digression on the Undead of our world; The Winnowed.After discussing the mechanism behind the magic we zoom in on the Zombie before studying the Skeleton and then worrying about the Wight.The Southern half of Heliakon gets its' Districts

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49:37

S01 Bonus Episode - What if Mythtakes Were Mates

Mythtakes Happen ·

2025/07/31

Guest starring: Leo?The handsome Leo, inspired by our genius, has spilled his seed into the fertile plains of Heliakon and added more depth to the rich tapestry of Vaesta practice in our world.What if friendship was real? What if the walls were not closing in and we all worked together to forge a better world? What if Chris and Aaron invited another bearded man to the podcast? Is this intersectionality?Await the answers to these Mysteries no longer than necessary! All is revealed in this

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77:32

S01E07 Mythtakes Happen - Hero to Halo

Mythtakes Happen ·

2025/07/14

Today we talk about the Gods. They're real in the world of Heliakon, and it is well known that great heroes of the age can one day ascend to those heavenly realms. But how exactly does that work, and what happens on the journey from Zero to Zeus? A conversational episode where we explore the metaphysical mechanics of divinity and more.We talk about the realities of living in a partitioned city, touch on the use of wraithquartz by both sides of the conflict as well as how each faction feels about war

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S01 Bonus Episode - Monstrous Mythtakes - Roblin...

Mythtakes Happen ·

2025/06/30

In this Bonus Episode we really discover something about ourselves. We absolutely cannot make one of these without talking about strong, pulsating monsters and the peasants who fear them. Each host brings a name and a description to the other and FORCES them under duress to create a monster based on this limited data set.Today we talk about the Dire Roblin, a provincial faery gone wrong, as well as the Stainglass Rattler (winged) - a verminous lizard that makes its romantic life YOUR problem. We

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S01E06 Mythtakes Happen - Gnome Pain, Gnome Gain

Mythtakes Happen ·

2025/06/14

There's something wrong the gnomes. Learn all about it and how to protect yourself from the scourge of the Gnome Plague. Also featuring Shatterfolk, crossbows and the dreams of small things and big things, young things and old... so very old... things.Learn how Gnomes and Goblins are held together by dreams of different sorts. Learn why you should just 'trust the process' and why priests of Gruvold dislike crossbows.As a fun little bonus, we ask each other a personal question each in Ready, Setting,

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S01 Bonus Episode - Monumental Mythtakes

Mythtakes Happen ·

2025/05/31

Another Bonus Episode with a new format. Short and sweet, we talk Monumental Mythtakes.Each host comes up with someone from the history of our fictional world and something they left behind. The other host contextualises it for us.Together, we make art so sublime the greatest philosophers in the world cannot hold a candle to it. They try, but it just makes incomprehensible and ultimately unknowable shadows on the cave walls.Join us, won’t you? Some Mythtakes Happen, but these ones are on

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S01E05 Mythtakes Happen - Snad by Me

Mythtakes Happen ·

2025/05/14

We meet the Chods, the Hobbs and the Tomeworms as we take a deep dive into the Gangs of South Heliakon. But let's not forget the slippery and dangerous Butternut Boys! We celebrate Fettersval, Gruvolly and talk about the mournful day of Catacord. A bit of a theme today, and well worth tuning in for this extra-long, action-packed episode.We also explore the many Districts of North Heliakon, get into the interesting world of finance with the Bank Building of Benson, Benson and Byrde and take a peek

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S01 Bonus Episode - Monstrous Mythtakes - Rippling...

Mythtakes Happen ·

2025/04/30

For the first ever in all the worlds, both real and fictional, Chris and Aaron present a whole new format of exciting Bonus Episode. No longer satisfied with making Small Mythtakes, today they are making Monstrous Mythtakes!Each host provides the other with a name, an extremely brief and frankly mysterious description of a monster and it becomes the other host's unenviable task to flesh that creature out! Give it an appearance, behaviour, history, habitat, threats and possible rewards for slaying or

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S01E04 Mythtakes Happen - Helluva Heliadog

Mythtakes Happen ·

2025/04/14

Today's episode explores the cutthroat world of a 'Lodge of Snakes', as well as the infamous 'Meatgrinder Lodge'. We talk about the secrets of magic, the methodologies and ways of various will-workers in our fantasy world and the linguistic sentence spells of the Vaesta. What does this mean for the continent of Delmarin and what toll do these magical paradigms take on the casters?Likewise, we take a sneak-peek at the elusive Stygiad Council, their faceless goddess and a history of mystery stretching

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