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Duck Team enlists a new ally to track Ultrus and save Calder! Callie goes ice cold, Sol joins the network, and Jake reveals his next character. Get tickets to our upcoming live shows at naddpod.com/live.

Music/Sound Effects Include:

"Cracking Oak Tree" by klankbeeld at Freesound.org.

"A Wizard Tournament" by Emily Axford.

"Deadeye" by Emily Axford.

"Hospitably Hostile" by Emily Axford.

"The Pact" by Emily Axford.

"Balnor the Brave" by Emily Axford.

"A Memory" by Emily Axford.

"Wooded Wonder" by Emily Axford.

"The Purge" by Emily Axford.

"Cable Car Ride" by Emily Axford.

"Zirk Vervain" by Emily Axford.

"Henry's House" by Emily Axford.

"Winter Sprite" by Emily Axford.

"Oh, Melora!" by Emily Axford.

"The Valiant Ol' Cobb" by Emily Axford.

"Forsaken" by Emily Axford.

"Greenshade" by Emily Axford.

"Tundra Trudge" by Emily Axford.

"Winter's Mantle" by Emily Axford.

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Adah Kinzer

Fuck you, I love you, eat a rat, go to bed

The Seasonal Goblin

Omg it's here. I'm always awake when one of these comes out lol. Not a good sign.

Calebowhite

I am so excited for this!!!

Kyle Veach

SO EXCITED THANK YOU DADDY MURPHY

CW

Just in time for the morning commute

Elizabeth Harris

Go To Bed- but also thank you so much we’re all so excited!!!

JazzyRushesIn

Murph you beautiful bastard 🫡 so excited to listen, but I agree with the other comments please get some rest !

Joe

The return to the deep! Can't it's been so long

Bilal Mirza

I have been waiting for so long. Thank you Daddy Murphy and Duck Squad

Hunter Gahr

LETS GOOOOOO! SADNESS! WOOOO

AnxiousAmphibian

I was born in the 00's so unfortunately I am unable to remember Caldur

EggBilly

You guys remember Caldur?

Lilybet Gates

Omg I am SO READY WCOME BACK TO BAHUMIA

Conner Wilson

I really wish I had "Wooded Wonder" on Spotify 🥹 it's so beautiful

Jmp098

HARDWON!!!!! As soon as they mentioned irondeep I knew it was ileither him or Cobb maybe

Shane C

Oh my god I teared up at the reveal

Lia

"Winter is when the crops are fallow, so you have to learn to hunt" damn, what a line

Thad

Meemaw: You're so young! Hardwon: Not in my heart... Oh...So Hardwon is me now. That makes sense. 😅

Sand Panda

🪨☝️✅️🦶

Percy

Every tired Murph sigh adds 10 years to my lifespan

Thanatos

So happy to hear the return of a legend!!!

Austin Gumbiner

I fucking knew it!!! As soon as I saw the title of the ep, I knew it!!!

Scott

Sad but curious

Makeitsweat

The second murph said “especially the Irondeep mountains” i knew hardwon was coming back.

socks

started this ep devastated and this reveal was just.. immediate joy. Justice for Jessica

Lilybet Gates

If this is Hardwon I’m going to throw up

Lasse Momme

Jakes New character has me HOWLING, love me some Hurwitz sad sack energy

ananarama

Omggg the reveal

happylinlin00

i havent finished the ep yet but i'm losing it at how jake went from playing one big sad guy to another big sad guy

Noell S.

This is Liveshow Hardwon energy brought to the canon pod.

teenybatty tarot

I haven't finished the sode yet, but between Emily's description of becoming a winter eladrin & getting to see Hardwon again... tears!!!

Sophie B Grapplin

[spoiler] The way Emily immediately fell back into tricking Hardwon into confidence

Nicolas Restrepo

Jessica, you’ve barely touched your beans!

Jessica

I literally cried as soon as I figured out who they were going to introduce. Why did I cry????

The Wizard Smith

Can't wait for the short rest, 90% of which will be Murph whining about Jessica and Beans lol.

Ellie P

We are blessed

el

jessica and beans

Crits

The Maw Maw reunion had me tearing up

Kaileigh Rose

When Jake revealed his character I really was over here GIGGLING. Absolutely thrilled

Evilbob02

I had tears i was laughing so hard overcome with joy!😁

Evilbob02

Overcome with laughter and tears of joy😂

Courtney F.

Did anyone else cry when Jake said Hardwon Surefoot? And then again when Hardwon and Cooter had their moment? Not even through the whole episode yet but the tears are here. 😢 Thanks 2 Crew for these Friday feels ❤️

Haley Anne

Goodness. Goodness. My heart. The scream I scrum.

Lasse Momme

This feels like such s breath of fresh Air after The dragon elf saga. It Got so dour and grave, and it feels sooooo good to finally put a button on The whole Glen deal and fuck around with Hardwon and make bits about Beans and Maxim

Two Deers Beep

The over powering of tiny hut in the NADDPOD verse drives me nuts I know it shouldn’t it just does

BeanCurdHero

Every time Murph bemoans the goof in this it game me life. Such a perfect scene

Tom Werner

Emily needs Jessica Simpson as a familiar.

Kyle Corbett

We stepped away from the campaign for so long. I completely forgot we would be starting with iron deep and a new character!

CaptLizianthus

The reveal had me vibrating out of my chair with excitement!! Ahh!

Mad Dungeon Mama

I'm not crying! You're crying! Friggin Jake hitting us in the feels 😭😭😭

Donovan Breazeale

Like a lot of other folks here I wasn't expecting to tear up today but here I am 😭

Tammie Foster

The triplets distracted me so much I FORGOT ABOUT CALDER

Ali Fitz

RETURN OF THE KING!!!!

CaptLizianthus

You can hear his head is in his hands. 10/10

Megan

SHUT THE FRONT DOOOOR!! i havent even finished the episode!! OMGAWD I STARTED CRYING!!! 😭😭😭😭

Dylan Jackson

This makes me excited for the potential of our beloved heroes to be reunited! I'm waiting with my wimple tied on and a crick water in hand!

Alex Cutrone

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME I'M 32 MINUTES IN HOW DARE YOU

jackalope503

"Jessica, you've barely touched your beans"

Sara Snyder

I fully cried lol I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one!!!! 😭😭😭

Jesse Amdahl

JAKE HURWITZ HOW ABSOLUTELY DARE YOU

Tammie Foster

hahaha, he is usually a big sad guy! Hank was a saddie too

happylinlin00

omg totally forgot abt hank, you're so right XD jake clearly has a type and i love it

Paul Brady

I'm not one to complain, but I really can't hold my tongue... The name Liamond's Tiny Duck doesn't make any sense. From the sounds of it, this spell creates a duck that is abnormally large by duck standards

David

I was about to comment ANYONE ELSE CRYING THO 😭😭😭

Bonky Fiasco

Character growth is Hardwon going from dwarven porn to posters of Jessica Simpson.

Tre K

Besides them making it bigger than a 10x10 what’s more overpowered about it?

CharlieChase

The ep that released on my birthday has MY BABY BOY IN IT THANK YOU LORD MURPHY I AM THE HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY BOY NOW

Nick Neverman

Daddy Murphy is a master at give and take. While I’m ecstatic what happened happened, I’m scared this means some sour fates may have befell the other boobs

Kaileigh Rose

I'm right there with you. I went from giggling to tearing up haha truly a great episode

k.allen

Murph was the epitome of my feelings for this whole episode

syfish88

It’s a good thing we listen to a show where a serpent is made out of stars then

Isaiah

DUCK YOU! I LOVE YOU! EAT A RAT EVERYONE THE REVEAL IS TOO GOOD THIS IS DEFINITELY A DOPE ROUTE FOR THE STORY

Olivia Hill

I saw it coming but was still shook. Bless you father

Devon Tibbs

I have a lot of questions about the astral plane that I don’t want answered

Laura

I am SOBBING

streetcat

How many dinners do yall think Jake and Murph had

Mars

I literally screamed and had to do a few laps around my house

Ted Cali

Chills and tears. CHILLS AND TEARS. … and then immediately laughter.

MacKenzie Tobias

Just out walking my dogs when the big reveal hit and the neighborhood got a great look at me beaming and crying

Hammy-Beverly's Distant Cousin

I screamed the loudest I ever have in my car just a big fat YEEEEEEESSSS and immediately started bawling

Ilana Galpert

I love Jake's character and Emily's character once again bonding over a magazine cover

Jessy G

Dying for the short rest! LOVED IT! Little too many beans for me but hearing Murph also dying made me feel less alone lol

tophergrace

Mordenkainen's magnificent mallard

Lucas

Actually crying. Thank you guys, from the bottom of my heart.

arti

AHHHHHHHHH

Holden Spencer

I’ve never had a “hands over mouth” reaction before but this episode made me smile from ear to ear, hands over mouth, eyes welling up. Such a great uniting, or re-uniting?

Geraint

Hardwon coming back made my day, so awesome!

Geraint

Also, a book recommendation since Emily and Caldwell mentioned liking them at the end there: Gideon the Ninth! It's the first of a series of four books, three have been released and the last is on the way. The byline is "Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space! Decadent nobles vie to serve the deathless Emperor! Skeletons!" It's very funny and exciting, please give it a read 💖

Elizabeth Holbrook

Truly the best new character for Jake this arc. Amazing

Majk

I love the energy that Murph was asking "something else before sleep?" and everybody wanted to do something, so excited. Like a sleepover at best friend house as a teen.

Ben Beckwith

I have to admit, when Jake was who he was I felt a little disappointed. It felt a little unsatisfactory. But the absolute disrespect shown to the moment had me smiling and laughing. And instead of being the expected and predictable big story moment it became the comic relief to some epic organic story moments. You all did a fantastic job. Love you all, thank you

Austin Scarberry

I swear to goodness I called who Jake’s character would be the second I saw “next character” instead of “new character” in the episode description. Like Emily and her M&M clairvoyance, I too have transcended.

Marianne

Thank God Patreon lets you delete comments. I tried to say, "Fuck, Old Cobb is dead, isn't he?" But I accidentally hit enter too soon, so it just said, "Fuck." That is not the review I want to leave on this amazing episode!

Elizabeth Martell

I haven’t cried or laughed this hard since campaign 1. The speed in which my eyes filled with tears when Jake said, “Hardone Surefoot”. Roses. Roses everywhere. An entire bouquet for the Two Crew.

Darius Johnson

I love this so much. The pure joy that Filled my body when Jake said Hardwon is unquantifiable

Chazaqiel

My jaw dropped at that reveal

Abe C

So many roses for this one. This was everything I would have hoped in a Hardwon return. Truly amazing. Love how the story flowed so naturally.

Darkrisky

Caldwell you should read Battle Royale! It’s a great book and so well translated!!

Jack Farley

1,000 roses and 10 million beans go out to this ep

Champ wild

Love ya murph but you kept mispronouncing perfected as ruined during this episode.

Seth Felbeck

Exactly what I needed from Hardwon

brookieblue

Straight up gasped at this reveal, and proceeded to cry with laughter at the complete disrespect given to the moment. The taxidermied Caw Caw made me sob. Completely in love with Hardwon’s reveal!

D'ran Dana

More like Old Man on Edge. Oh my God. I'm dying 😂🤣 this is so fucking good

Chris Skipper

RELEASE 👏 THE 👏 HARDWON 👏 LETTER 👏

Kevin but keviner

I feel a bev moon and mav mini camp in the astral plane arc coming

teapot

First of all, the scene with Oberon was so beautiful. Second of all, am I smelling Spore Druid multiclass?? Third of all-- AAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!

Shy-senpai

Hardwon is just like me frfr. What happened to my boy!!!!

Nancy ArtMusic

Aaaaaaaaaaaah!! I'm only a quarter of the way of the episode 🥰🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️ I'm so happy I cried on the train

Trithos

What a great episode. I didn't know what to expect after the last episode but this is was not it.

Hergin dergin

Stories like old man hardwon always get me. The nobility of an old soldier

Ollie

HARDWON !!!!! I literally started crying when I realized 😭😭😭😭

Ruthie Pinion

The unholy noise that came out of my mouth when I realised that it was Hardwon made my partner think something serious had happened 😭😭😭

Rob T

Remember those motorcycles they stashed from the dwarves at Shiverblights cave? I don’t know why i do and thought they would use them

Noah

Seeing Hardwon again was like reuniting with an old friend.

Joseph

The way I audibly gasped on the train and someone asked if I was okay

Ashley Henley

This episode was so hard to listen to at work without laughing my ass off

Ian Hanson

I totally thought he was gonna be Cobb 😂

Annie

Brilliant! I was so unsure (in a good way!) about where y'all would go without calder, and this was the perfect way to make it exciting and to re-inject some hope/fun into everything

austinoxner

Amazing! Absolutely Amazing! Not sure how they got Jessica but what a treat

Tyler Foster

If we're doing book recommendations, I'm halfway through the Stormlight Archives right now and I'm really enjoying them!

Kenna L

A TAXIDERMY CROW

Lachlann Dee

As soon as they approached the downed airship, I got so insanely hyped up! Masterful writing Murph!

Vanessa Flemming

Was the book recommendation at the end for Caldwell to read from Em Deathlist or Deathless? does anyone know?

Jordan

Amazing!!!!! It’s like reuniting with an old friend, I missed him so much!!! 😭

Thomas Hegarty

I don’t know which I love more the absolute gremlin energy of the reunion or Murph’s palpable and relatable discomfort

Holly

Release Hardwons letter to moonshine!!! We all want it to come to life!

Saru

book rec for Caldwell: The Thief from Megan Whalen Turner

J

Smiling so hard at the gym at old man Hardwon

seachaser

When sol connects, does he feel moonshine?

OMGimadragontrainer

I feel the same. It got a little silly, but it's good to have hardwon back

OMGimadragontrainer

Jake how dare you say that you stayed up deciding what class you would play!

OMGimadragontrainer

Omg I forgot about the hardwon letter. I would love it but i think Jake said it was really personal to write.

Yelhsa W.

Ahhhh, I hate that I waited until now to listen to this...audible gasp at work, love it!

Xanian Jamfalcon

Book rec: Sufficiently Advanced Magic by Andrew Rowe

JR Lonergan

Deathless by Catherynn Valente. It's great

Zarroc

Old Man Hardwon 😭😭😭

Penny Garbo

OMG YES!!! As soon as I heard airship!!

AstraHorn

I'm not crying, you're crying seeing Hardwon again

Grass

The way I SCREAMED when I realized it was Hardwon! I scared my boyfriend and dog though

Lex Flexington

Caldwell if you're still looking for a book rec, check out the First Law trilogy (first book is called The Blade Itself) by Joe Abercrombie. Incredible book series. I'm also overly confident that Murph has already read them.

Cameron L

Callie having the serpent pretend to attack her is one of my favorite moments of all time.

Julie

Old hardwon has Gilear vibes and I’m living for it!! The spilled beans are the constant 😅

Kenzi Perkins

The way I screamed at work because DADDY IS BACK?!

Empersands

When I tell you I was screaming in my car with excitement— the dynamic between these three is so lovely, I love Hardwon dealing with these goobers. Feels like he’s entering his DILF era

Julia V

An absolute gem of an episode all around, thank you guys. Genuinely cried happy tears when I heard Hardwon’s voice again, very happy he is back outside of the live show capacity. This trios energy is just off the walls already, I can’t wait to see what happens!

Julia V

Also book recs: The Broken Earth Trilogy by NK Jemisin (plus there is a ttrpg made/in the works based on the universe)

Snugglegurts

Fuck. I can't. You've ruined it. -Brian K. Murphy

Stephanie F

Omg. This is a perfect Hardwon reappearance. I know Murph was so mad, but like...this was flawless.

Squishy, Pawpaw's Brushtail Possum lover

As they were describing the air ship i was so confused because I couldn't think of anyone it could be other than Hardwon, and surely it couldn't be him. I thought maybe he could have a son or something. I'm so glad its him

Andy McCabe

I had fully accepted the death of the boobs only to be surprised by the reappearance of Hardwon, so glad our sad boy is back

Kenna L

it is 100% a completely random crow 😆

kiarra burd

(beware of spoilers in this entire thread btw!!!) ofc i am sooo glad to hear my boy hardwon again but i also want to shout out that stunning moment that callie had when transforming from spring eladrin to winter eladrin. it was so satisfying and moving to see her recognise that she is progressing in ways she didn't expect!!! emily played it so perfectly and i loved saul's immediate acceptance of her overnight change.

kiarra burd

ok i know i just commented but "you guys are lucky i was here" and callie's "at your house?" ... insane. insane moment. insane energy.

Maya Soh-Brown

too bad Bev definitely died trying to good a mindflayer on the astral plane

tig

had to eat a can of beans in celebration of this one :,)

David

Second listen through, I KNEW it was coming, and I STILL cry 😭😭😭😭😭

xeladonnovan

SCREAMING, CRYING, THROWING UP. MY HEART.

Eleanor Thompson

Finally getting close to catching up and I'm SO happy this one wasn't spoiled for me, what a moment.

CommodoreBlue

Is Caldwell still caught up with the One Piece manga?

Mayra

"JESSICA!! MS. SIMPSON!!!" I've been thinking about this delivery NON-STOP ever since this episode came out omg

Mariah K. Pixi

As a binge listener catching up with no live show exp and the c1 finale version of Hardwon fresh in my mind, jarring to see him reintroduced as if it's a goof. No reverie for one of the titans of bahumia?? The giant war was 250 yrs ago and still treated as common knowledge, the age of monsters was a couple thousand years before that and books about it are common. So our heroes saved the world just 200 yrs ago but all they get is a passing mention in sal's history class and a puppet show about paw paw. That said, Hardwon is totally like Luke Skywalker when he meets Rey as a sad old man who saw so many dead kids that it understandably destroyed his faith. Looking forward to the backstory and return to power of this new old Hardwon

Lilli of the bog

The first time I listened to this episode I felt a deep sadness and couldn't pick it up again for three days. Luckily it's a bit easier this time.

Ian Mcilwean

Yeah, Murph you're right they ruined the show.

Alexis

Same here 😅

Frogndog

This is some College Humor energy

JW Choi

I was the 666th like for this episode. I don’t wanna spoil anything but loved it.

Aspen

I cried. It was like seeing an old friend

i am a smapphire

Gtyhh44efgghgdggcff I AM FUCKING DOING GOBLET LUNCGES ITS 6AM I KSUXVWJS I WAS LIKE NO WAY HIS SON OR WHAT IS THIS?! HDUSHRVEV I ALMOST DROPPED FUDUHCVEHDUXH EVRRYTHING AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MURPH YOU SAID YOU SAID YOU WERENT GONNA BUT YOU DIIIIIID I LOOBVE YOOOOU IM PAUSING JUST TO REVEL IN THIS REVEAL

i am a smapphire

Hard disagree with they ruined it lmao this is exactly as its supposed to be. So beautiful

Veronica S

OH MY GOD, EMILY’S MUSIC!!! Winter’s Mantle playing during Callie’s winter eladrin transformation!!! I was genuinely moved. Muse of epic poetry indeed! What a genius, what a beautiful piece and what a beautiful moment ♥️

Veronica S

I’m crying now. How did she capture exactly how winter feels 😭 Emily’s humming over the instrumental of the lullaby 😭 and the beauty of “Winter is a time for remembering” and “There are eladrin who steel themselves for the hard times… Do not wander long in the snow, Calliope Petrichor”

el

the moment of silence after hardwon says “… do i look well” 😭😭 they even paused the music incredible editing choice

Mars Cat

Someone’s got to @ Jessica Simpson a link to this episode…lmfao.

Audro Baggins

I am doing a lil re listen and admiring Emily’s beautiful music and was curious which one is playing @ 28:23? If anyone knows? 😌

Jay

I think its Oh, Melora! Originally from the crick arc in c1

Richa W

Doing a relisten and this ep won’t play for some reason! It’s fine for all the other episodes just this one is having issues. It could be on my end but idk!

Compound27

I can only imagine Murph taking his glasses off and rubbing the bridge of his nose or his temples like 900 times during this ep lol

vince

Jake's intro sounds like the crystal ball from the Jumanji game board running low on fresh clues