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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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34:32

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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67:13

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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52:41

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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30:35

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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77:23

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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25:05

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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84:15

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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20:28

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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87:47

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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30:53

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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64:48

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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31:15

S01 Bonus - Small Mythtakes - In Contempt

Mythtakes Happen ·

2025/03/31

Another beautiful, gorgeous, sexy and virile Bonus Episode just throbbing with content. Chris and Aaron take a break from real episodes and the day to day drudgery of the world to continue our quick format where each host presents the other with an Artefact, a Place and a Person and the other must to come up with how these things fit into our world on the fly.We talk about pale figures, Chris gets confused about a sword and the hits keep coming with a Slimy location and even a soldier with a heart

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56:48

S01E03 Mythtakes Happen - Minions: Rise of Gruvold

Mythtakes Happen ·

2025/03/14

We return to the glorious city of Heliakon and imagineer Orcs, but here we come to an impasse. Do we stay with the depressed and pessimistic orcs wrought by Chris or do we instead make a place in the world for Aaron's all-singing, all-dancing magical bard orcs? Listen to find out.We learn about the famous Stratomaach Serfé Mirakore; Queen of the Golden River and her contributions during the great war which tore our city asunder. We define a God important both to Orcs and the Great Consociate Empire,

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30:40

S01 Bonus - Small Mythtakes - Slovenly Pork Man

Mythtakes Happen ·

2025/02/28

Chris and Aaron are back at it with a True Seer, dirty socialist mathematics, an amulet of fun and a cat religion. In Small Mythtakes we continue our quick format for quick thinkers (not Chris) where each host presents the other with an Artefact, a Place and a Person and the other host has to come up with how these things fit into our world on the fly. And we do a good job this time.Are some of the setting references not making sense? Good. Keep listening. They are from the future.Join us, won’t

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60:07

S01E02 Mythtakes Happen - Glass Half Ghoul

Mythtakes Happen ·

2025/02/14

Episode 2. Recording in person, but from a fish tank. We learn about the ghouls of Heliakon, and meet Liman Jorush, a very nice man with nothing to hide. There are secrets hiding in these undead creatures which could spell the end of the city. We zoom out of Heliakon itself and take a look at the great continent of Delmarin and the nations and city-states which still fiercely cling to independence despite the presence of our two hungry imperial powers. What can they do in the face of such cultural

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19:36

S01 Bonus - Small Mythtakes

Mythtakes Happen ·

2025/01/31

Chris and Aaron play a dangerous game with teleportation and cults. In Small Mythtakes we try out a quick format for quick thinkers (not Chris) where each host presents the other with an Artefact, a Place and a Person and the other host has to come up with how these things fit into our world on the fly. There's a well, a staff, a cult leader, a peace sceptic and the best Joker™ themed weapon that money can buy.Are some of the setting references not making sense? Good. Keep listening. They are from

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71:42

S01E01 Mythtakes Happen - Heliakonversations

Mythtakes Happen ·

2025/01/14

In the first episode of Mythtakes Happen, we begin to create and define a fantasy world centred on the partitioned city of Heliakon. It is an ancient metropolis carved up by two great powers who once fought to a standstill before signing the armistice which led to its partition.Who are the Unfettered League and the Great Consociate Empire? What do they want and what will they do to get it? We visit Brightmarket and the mysterious Brazen Dome as well as the district of Melodwynn. We meet the

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