Through the Churning Mists our heroes trek, the Zenith of their journey more literal than they were anticipating. Hraesvelgr awaits their clarion call, but not quite in the way they perhaps expected...

This week we're bringing an end to the Dragonsong War by word or by blade - and unfortunately for Ysayle, it seems like the second option might be all we've got to work with. First, however, there is a gnome. We hate the gnome.

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Sohm Al looms high as our stalwart heroes find themselves in odd company... the Azure Dragoon and the Lady of Ice forced to begrudgingly stand side by side in a last-ditch effort to put an end to the Dragonsong War before it finally overtakes a brutalized and battered Ishgard.

Can Alphinaud keep the peace? Is there actually a chance of ending the cycle of violence without bloodshed? And why is Tataru calling us- oh. Oh dear. ARR's consequences have come knocking.

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The triumphant return of Radio Free Hydaelyn comes with the somber chill of battles lost... but the outreached hand of dear friends cuts through the bitter cold of Coerthas. That's right, we're finally cracking into the Award Winning expansion pack Heavensward, and we're absolutely chomping at the bit to dig into this one.

Can our heroes clear their names, find their lost friends, and save a city on the brink of complete oblivion? Seems like a tall order for a book boy and his fiery friend, but who knows... perhaps the wheel of fate can be stopped yet.

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Fair champions of Eorzea, you have saved the realm countless times - though, perhaps the realm itself deserves a closer look?

This week, we dig into the three major cities and their iconic rulers, discuss the completely batshit political implications of their histories and present situations, and ask ourselves a very important question: exactly what does Kan-E-Senna do, anyway?

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Welcome back, champions of Eorzea, to A Podcast Reborn.

We have a new format, and with it a new outlook on the production of this series. Analysis is the name of the game here at Radio Free Hydaelyn, and we'll be applying a careful and specific lens to one topic at a time from now on, done non-linearly.

This week, we take a look at where we left off at the tail end of the original podcast, examining the beautiful mess that makes up the original Several Cutscenes that Play in Sequence... though not before performing a bit of a post-mortem on the first incarnation of the show, and why it didn't quite work out.

We're excited to get back into it, and we hope you enjoy!

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Ooh, I feel a chill coming on, listeners... that's right, it's time for patch 2.4 "Dreams of Ice", and we've got like three entire plot threads to resolve in the lead-up to award-winning, critically-acclaimed expansion Heavensward.

Something fishy is going on in Ul'dah, the heretics are harrying Ishgard, and the Scions are searching for a more permanent solution to the Ascians... can the game pull it all off? Only one way to find out!

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Here, just before the beginning of what we'd consider pre-Heavensward, we have to tackle an addition to the graduation requirements in the MSQ: The Crystal Tower alliance raid series.

It's the only raid of its kind in the game to be story-required, and as we'll learn together, that's for very good reason. Get ready for the waterworks, folks, because oh my god.

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Greetings, dear listeners, welcome back to another exciting episode in which we explore 2.3 "Defenders of Eorzea", in which. Uh. Things suck a bit, to be honest.

We hit a real low point in the storyline of Ul'dah, but don't worry! There's also an electric grandpa and some cute kids to help take our mind off things... somewhat. In the Spoiler Zone, we um. We continue to talk, at length, about the Ul'dah situation. Unfortunately.

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