Podcast
The Kingmaker Histories
On the 19th of February, 1911, in the Valorian Socialist Republic, an assistant tailor named Colette Geise experienced a migraine that ruined her life.
THE KINGMAKER HISTORIES is a steampunk fantasy adventure about three petty criminals swept up into a magical power struggle for the future of their post-revolutionary home country.
- Science Fiction chart
- #179
- Episodes
- 55
- Releases
- Every two weeks
- Typical length
- 38 min
- On air since
- 2022
- Latest episode
- 1 month ago
Episodes
55 episodes, from the first
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1 min
the KINGMAKER HISTORIES - Trailer Trailer
Show notes
The story of a seamstress, a diamond, a witch, two men in a van, and a large amount of invasive alien fauna.
KINGMAKER - premiering October 2022.
Season 1
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12 min
Prologue - The Fall of Crystal City
Episode 1
Show notes
A royal advisor flees the castle on the night of a bloody revolution and finds the world’s best hiding place for the king’s secret doomsday weapon.
Content Warning: Childbirth, gunshots
Written by Meg Molloy Tuten
Cast in order of appearance-
David Ault - The Historian
Zane Schact - The King
Addison Peacock - Ariadne
Jeremy Showell - Gottlieb
Taqi Nazeer - Eisen
Additional voices - Henry Galley, Meg Molloy Tuten, Charlie Porritt, Josh Rubino, and Matt Baker.
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30 min
Chapter One - Happy Konigstodestag!
Episode 2
Show notes
Assistant tailor Colette Geise experiences a migraine that destroys her life.
Content Warning: Gore, gunshots.
Written by Meg Molloy Tuten
Cast in order of appearance-
David Ault - The Historian
Blythe Renay - Colette
Erika Sanderson - Ninette
Meg Molloy Tuten - Thea
Addison Peacock - Ariadne
Zane Schact - Leonid
Taqi Nazeer - Eisen
Josh Rubino - Telesphore
Additional voices - Henry Galley, Jamie Douglas.
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26 min
Chapter Two - What the Hell is Blue?
Episode 3
Show notes
Eisen conducts a series of highly scientific tests to determine how he can best use the Kingmaker to his advantage.
Content Warning: Swearing, gore, animal death
Written by Meg Molloy Tuten
Cast in order of appearance-
David Ault - The Historian
Taqi Nazeer - Eisen
Blythe Renay - Colette
Josh Rubino - Telesphore
Jamie Douglas - Maurice
Zane Schact - Labelle
Additional voices - Henry Galley, Gus Zagarella, Meg Molloy Tuten and Charlie Porrit.
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29 min
Chapter Three - Remedial Haggling
Episode 4
Show notes
The gang are trapped in a landscape of illusions by a master mentalist with an axe to grind.
Written by Dana Schiewe
Content Warning: Unreality, gunshots
Cast in order of appearance-
David Ault - The Historian
Taqi Nazeer - Eisen
Blythe Renay - Colette
Josh Rubino - Telesphore
Addison Peacock - Ariadne
Richie Ammons - Babyface John
Additional voices - Addison Peacock and Meg Molloy Tuten
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41 min
Chapter Four - The Wrong Door
Episode 5
Show notes
When the trio are stranded in the middle of nowhere, their search for petrol leads them into a life-or-death situation.
Content Warning: Gore, Unreality, Fire, Jump scares
Written by Henry Galley
Cast in order of appearance-
David Ault - The Historian
Taqi Nazeer - Eisen
Blythe Renay - Colette
Josh Rubino - Telesphore
Addison Peacock - Ariadne
Gus Zagarella - Fransisco
Zane Schact - Leonid
Graham Rowat - Moretz
Additional voices - Jamie Douglas
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37 min
Chapter Five- The Devil’s Maw
Episode 6
Show notes
Eisen accidentally drops a valuable artifact down the gullet of a giant monster.
Written by Meg Molloy Tuten
Content warning: Body horror, vomit.
Cast in order of appearance-
David Ault - The Historian
Taqi Nazeer - Eisen
Graham Rowat - Moretz
Josh Rubino - Telesphore
Blythe Renay - Colette
Addison Peacock - Daphne
Additional voices - Jamie Douglas, Meg Molloy Tuten and Henry Galley
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41 min
Chapter Six - A Hard Rain
Episode 7
Show notes
In need of a doctor, the gang find themselves roped into a magical conflict between a man of the cloth and two wild women of the woods.
Content warning: Drowning, religious trauma
Written by Gus Zagarella
Cast in Order of Appearance:
David Ault - The Historian
Taqi Nazeer - Eisen
Josh Rubino - Telesphore
Blythe Renay - Colette
Roscoe Braman - Dr. Giroux
Dan Zappulla - Father Alain
Gus Zagarella - Prior Gregor
Kelly Nugent - Yvonne
Sena Bryer - Mirielle
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41 min
Chapter Seven - You’ll Never Want to Leave!
Episode 8
Show notes
Telesphore recieves a telegram from some childhood friends who live in a village full of Kehrseite ex-pats.
Content warning: Kidnapping
Written by Addison Peacock
Cast in Order of Appearance:
David Ault - the Historian
Misha Bakshi - Nikita
Josh Rubino - Telesphore
Taqi Nazeer - Eisen
Blythe Renay - Colette
Ryan Hoyle - Alkadies
Bonnie Calderwood Aspinall - Peregrine
Dallas Hawthorn - Finn
Addison Peacock - Clytemnestra
Additional voices - Jamie Douglas and Matt Baker
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29 min
Chapter Eight - Room to Let
Episode 9
Show notes
Fed up in her quest to get the Kingmaker, Ariadne tries a new strategy for getting information- being nice to people.
Content Warning: Torture, gore, body horror
Written by Max Kreisky
Cast in Order of Appearance:
David Ault - the Historian
Addison Peacock - Ariadne
Roscoe Braman - Dr. Giroux
Zane Schact - Leonid
Erika Sanderson - Ninette
Blythe Renay - Colette
Additional voices - Max Kreisky, Gus Zagarella, Henry Galley
Make sure to check out friends of the show Fawx and Stallion!
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33 min
Chapter Nine - Pink Seagrass Blues
Episode 10
Show notes
Eisen and Telesphore finally get around to introducing Colette to their fleshcrafter friend, but before they can reverse the spell on the Kingmaker she makes them run a few errands.
Content Warnings: Gunshots
Written by Meg Molloy Tuten
Cast in Order of Appearance:
David Ault - the Historian
Josh Rubino - Telesphore
Taqi Nazeer - Eisen
Blythe Renay - Colette
Nichole Goodnight - Imogen
Amina Koroma - Jenny
Roscoe Braman - Travers
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45 min
Chapter Ten - Chateau de Arme Brilliante
Episode 11
Show notes
They have a saying in the VSR - "The past doesn't stay where you want it to."
Content Warning: Gunshots, explosions, gore.
Written by Meg Molloy Tuten
Cast in Order of Appearance:
David Ault - the Historian
Josh Rubino - Telesphore
Blythe Renay - Colette
Taqi Nazeer - Eisen
Will De Renzy Martin - Axel
BK Dawson - Gottlieb
Kat Walker Shea - Milena
Addison Peacock - Ariadne
Zane Schact - Leonid and Minister Labelle
Graham Rowat - Moretz
Richie Ammons - Babyface John
Additional voices - EJ Smith, Jamie Douglas, Henry Galley, and Meg Molloy Tuten
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2 min
The Kingmaker Histories: Season Two Trailer Trailer
Show notes
An Important Announcement from the Valorian Army, for the Citizens of the VSR.
New episodes releasing soon.
Written by Meg Molloy Tuten
Bradley Gareth - Commander Holzmann
David Ault - The Historian
The Valorian National Anthem was composed and performed by June Isenhart. The Kingmaker Histories theme was composed and performed by Professor Shyguy.
Season 2
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41 min
Chapter Eleven - Nothing Like a Good Prison Riot
Episode 1
Show notes
The gang runs into some trouble with the law.
Content Warning: Gunshots, gore
Written by Meg Molloy Tuten, exec produced by Henry Galley, foley design by Jam Wright, opening theme by Professor Shyguy
Cast in Order of Appearance:
David Ault - the Historian
Graham Rowat - Moretz
Josh Rubino - Telesphore
Taqi Nazeer - Eisen
Blythe Renay - Colette
Richie Ammons - Babyface John
BK Dawson - Gottlieb
Bradley Gareth - Holzmann
Newton Schottlekotte - Mandel
Lou Sutcliffe - Frankini
Additional voices - Zane Schact, Roscoe Braman, Matt Baker
Socials:
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38 min
Chapter Twelve - Straightforward Solutions
Episode 2
Show notes
While the boys are in jail, Colette deals with problems of her own.
Content Warning: Gore
Written by Meg Molloy Tuten
Cast in order of appearance-
David Ault - The Historian
Josh Rubino - Rothbart and Telesphore
Bradley Gareth - Holzmann
Liz Morey - Margot
Taqi Nazeer - Eisen
Blythe Renay - Colette
Newton Schottlekotte - Mandel
Rob O'Dwyer - Knock
Ryan Hoyle - Ivo
Socials:
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30 min
Chapter Thirteen - Synecdoche
Episode 3
Show notes
An administrative screw-up leads to one of Eisen's magic artifacts being mistaken for a little girl's dollhouse.
Content Warning: Fire
Written by Meg Molloy Tuten
Cast in order of appearance-
David Ault - The Historian
BK Dawson - Gottlieb
Blythe Renay - Colette
Taqi Nazeer - Eisen
Josh Rubino - Telesphore
Meg Molloy Tuten - Gretchen
Kai Ava Hauser - Lisa
Rob O'Dwyer - Fashingbauer
Erika Sanderson - Ninette
Socials:
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36 min
Chapter Fourteen -Knock Twice for No
Episode 4
Show notes
Colette drags the boys to a public seance hosted by the VSR's best spiritualist.
Content Warning: Vomit/choking sounds (13:01)
Written by Addison Peacock
Cast in order of appearance-
David Ault - The Historian
Blythe Renay - Colette
Josh Rubino - Telesphore
Taqi Nazeer - Eisen
Lisa Sowden - Katerina
Additional Voices - Meg Molloy Tuten, Daisy McNamara, Henry Galley, Roscoe Braman, Charlie Poritt
Socials:
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35 min
Chapter Fifteen - Run Rabbit Run!
Episode 5
Show notes
An unorthodox job offer sends the gang down a rabbit hole through the seediest part of an already very seedy city.
Content Warning: Gunshots(27:29-27:37), fire, gore, sexual noises (7:40-8:04), discussion of human trafficking, discussed and implied animal abuse, implied sexual abuse.
Written by Henry Galley
Cast in order of appearance-
David Ault - The Historian
Blythe Renay - Colette
Josh Rubino - Telesphore
Taqi Nazeer - Eisen
Danny Doyle - Dolph
Zane Schact - Balek and Leipzig Paul
Ron Guan - Rudy
Eden - Nixe
Additional Voices - Meg Molloy Tuten, Addison Peacock, LadyImperatrix, Charlie Green, ConnFlakes, EJ Smith, Jamie Douglas, Roscoe Braman, Matt Baker, and Joe Cliff Thompson
Socials:
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18 min
Appendix i - Forgive Colette! Bonus
Show notes
Eisen's latest invention leaves the gang very, very far from home.
Written by Meg Molloy Tuten. Produced by Rogue Dialogue Productions.
Cast in order of appearance-
Blythe Renay - Colette
Casey Callaghan - Father Ben
Josh Rubino - Telesphore and Father Klem
Taqi Nazeer - Eisen
Socials:
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27 min
Footnote i - Mid-Series Q&A Bonus
Episode 13
Show notes
The cast and crew of the Kingmaker Histories answer all of your burning questions.
Featuring music from TeknoAXE and Odd Chap
Special thanks to the following fans for sending questions:
Fawkes, Keiran, The Zucreature of Zulandia, Commissar Mitch, Yami, Newton Green, Julcynea, Lou, Chris of Many Hats, Ethan, Greg with 13 E's
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