A serialized adventure podcast
by Andrew Israelsen
This is a tale of high fantasy that follows the adventures of Nima Greenleaf and Johannes Bruckner, along with the foes and friends they acquire in the course of their many journeys. The story will proceed in installments every three weeks, akin to a serialized radio broadcast of old. The podcast features various vocal artists, original music, and immersive sound effects.
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In which Johannes Bruckner, Nima Greenleaf, Tadalac Wishmere, and Hedraig Elgar join the wood-sprite Talim in pursuit of a mysterious lady who has been taken away from her home with the wood sprites by unknown brigands, and the action which attends upon this chase.
6 Oct 2025
Episode Twelve: New Companions
In which King Hector Janessin receives his sentence from the Lords of Sevahr and in which Johannes Bruckner, Nima Greenleaf, and Tadalac Wishmere meet and make common cause with Hedraig Elgar, a priest of Tyr, and together travel through the Spanshian Marsh on an errand for General Aleksander.
8 May 2025
Episode Eleven: Art Thou a King, Then?
In which High Inquisitor Xavier Heartstone leads a trial against King Hector Janessin, and in which he questions many individuals involved in the recent upheavals attending upon King Hector's madness.
10 Feb 2025
Episode Ten: The Wrath of Johannes Bruckner
In which the Doorway Walker cultists launch their assault on Eltuhlich's courthouse, and the ensuing battle, and in which Bruckner vents his wrath upon the monster Decludo.
19 Jul 2024
Episode Nine: A Being of Borrowed Flesh
In which Nima and Bruckner investigate the Walkers in disguise, Bruckner faces Slyst Enerware on the Field of Blood, and in which certain horrifying beings are revealed.
7 Jun 2024
Episode Eight: My Heart is Chambered With Many Worlds
In which Nima takes on a dangerous assignment for Lord General Aleksander and the enigmatic Lord Xavier Heartstone, and meets a local in the process; in which also Tadalac and Bruckner begin to decode the enciphered journal which Nima previously discovered in the troll pit under Mt. Elesborre.
18 May 2024
Episode Seven: At The Field of Blood
In which Bruckner, Nima, and Tadalac arrive in Eltuhlich, and the things they see and do in their first and second day there, and in which Bruckner first visits the city's gladiatorial arena, the Fighter's Hall, to claim honor and glory.
28 Apr 2024
Episode Six: Cherchez la Femme
In which Nima, Bruckner, and Tadalac dare to tread the unholy spaces under Mt Elesborre, and give battle to the Succubus and a demonic host for the body and soul of King Hector Janessin.
7 Apr 2024
Episode Five: A Song and a Screaming
In which Nima, Bruckner, and Tadalac encounter two strange beings in the depths of the mountain, and the further circumstances in which they find King Hector Janessin.
Check it out on YouTube, with a very strange visualizer, here: https://youtu.be/lcbSx46K020?si=zYlQjOMK3QokVRLT
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16 Mar 2024
Episode Four: Trollcandle
In which Nima, Bruckner, and Tadalac begin their descent into the bowels of the Elesborrean undermountain, and set flames in certain flesh.
Here is the episode on YouTube as well! It has a somewhat strange visualizer accompanying the audio: https://youtu.be/5eyvW9y7SjE?si=jUA0ODuEMCur8aC3
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4 Mar 2024
Episode Three: It's Kind of a Rough Town
In which Johannes Bruckner, Nima Greenleaf, and Tadalac Wishmere visit the village of Thorn while on route to Mount Elesborre, in pursuit of information on King Janessin.
Check it out on YouTube too, with a visualizer: https://youtu.be/3RWyvUtiy5Y?si=He0pUz68NKeJwGW2
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24 Feb 2024
Episode Two: Teeth in the Night
In which Johannes Bruckner and Nima Greenleaf press north towards Mt Elesborre--encountering various troubles--and meet a curious fellow along the way.
YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdKmLa-Qhv0&t=1157s
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17 Feb 2024
Episode One: The Taking of Emmenia
In which the prisoners Nima Greenleaf and Johannes Bruckner meet and make common cause.
This is the first chapter in a long-form serialized adventure podcast entitled "Greenleaf & the Black Blade." The story follows the adventures of a penitent half-elf thief, and an aspiring swordsman from the distant land of Cormorant. In this story, they journey across the lands of Sevahr in search of demonic and unknown forces seemingly let loose upon the peoples of this land, encountering both foes and friends.
Check it out on YouTube as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5I7TUMgscY&t=121s
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Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
YouTube views
2,473
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
2 ratings
Spotify
4.9 / 5
10 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 29 / 100
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Quality
19
Social presence
0
YouTube
68
Engagement
32
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