The Thief • An Audiodrama
The Thief • An Audiodrama

The Thief • An Audiodrama

Michael Schofield

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The Thief is an immersive, fully cast, low-fantasy mystery kicked off by the catalytic arrest of a City Watchman, whose obsession with the disappearance a Lady-in-Waiting is left to the only person he trusts: an undermarket draw-latch called Symphony. The Thief is a Dungeons and Dragons Actual Play edited to within an inch of its life: fully cast, fully immersive. Created by Michael Schofield Played by Sisi Wei Voices by Kristian Byrne, Patrik Deraković-Rakas, S. Kaiya J, Jeremy Roman, Patricia Wires, Charles Villard, Isabela Duffles, Vincent Hughes.

Recent Episodes

Chapter Three • Part One :: Good Impressions
JUL 31, 2023
Chapter Three • Part One :: Good Impressions

Symphony, as Asta Evansdottir, manages an audience with the belle dame Lady Merchant herself. She has only this one chance to get in through the front door.

Support our story, gain early access to new unpublished audio dramas in the same world, and find a free transcript for this episode alongside its highest quality version of the audio on patreon.com/thethief.

Credits

Written and produced by Michael Schofield. Played by Sisi Wei. Sound design by Michael Schofield.

Cast, in order of appearance:

  • Patrik Derakovic-Rakas as Drypoint
  • Kristian Byrne as the announcer
  • Sisi Wei as Symphony
  • Fletcher Noman as Gatekeeper
  • Logan Riensmith as Wagon-loader
  • Jeremy Roman as Albret Solly
  • Patricia Wires as Nora
  • Vincent Hughes as Messenger
  • Patricia Wires as Lady Merchant
  • Anna Braithwaite as Her Lady's Maid

The Thief is made possible with the support of patrons we call "the Fyrd." Our thegns Trei Brundrett and Andy McLellan, and our spear-throwers: Rebekah Monson, Mike Atchley, and Andy Priestner. And with the support of our freepeoples, who help spread the word on social: SC Tadsen (@sctadsen), Patrik Derakovic-Rakas (@drpatrikva), Kris the Deserted GM (@desertedgm), Rusty Rayne (@rustyrayne), and Nathan from the AARPG Podcast (@tatooineunited.bsky.social).

Help make The Thief for just $2 per episode on patreon.com/thethief.

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Chapter Two • Part Two :: Doppleganger
MAY 22, 2023
Chapter Two • Part Two :: Doppleganger

Symphony can’t get in with Merchant’s Row without some proof of - competency. So, she drops-in on an old friend. A transcript is published for free alongside the highest quality version of the audio on patreon.com/michaelschofield.

Credits

Written and produced by Michael Schofield. Played by Sisi Wei. Dialogue editing by Brianna Jean. Sound design by Michael Schofield.

Cast, in order of appearance:

  • Sisi Wei as Symphony

  • Kristian Byrne as the announcer

  • Charles Villard as Haldwen

  • Patricia Wires as Isobel Hart

  • Patrik Derakovic-Rakas as both Tailor’s Apprentice and Drypoint

The Thief is produced by the Fyrd. Our thegns Trei Brundrett and Andy McLellan, and our spear-throwers: Rebekah Monson, Mike Atchley, and Andy Priestner.

Join these heroes and join the fyrd and help me make more stories about the legacy of Caledoran at https://patreon.com/michaelschofield.

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14 MIN
Chapter Two • Part One :: The First Stone
MAR 20, 2023
Chapter Two • Part One :: The First Stone

For the first time we really see Symphony's neighborhood, Lorim's Hill, as she -- against Haldwen's warning -- starts looking under the rocks for clues about Eleanor Merchant and Lord Cagwen. A transcript is available on patreon.com/michaelschofield.


Credits
Written and produced by Michael Schofield
Played by Sisi Wei
Dialogue editing by Brianna Jean
Cast, in order of appearance:

  • Kristian Byrne as the announcer
  • Michael Schofield as the storyteller and Old Gossip
  • Sisi Wei as Symphony
  • Patricia Wires as Regal Gossip, Shrewed Gossip, and Isobel Hart
  • Charles Villard as Haldwen. 

The Thief is produced by the fyrd. Our thegns Trei Brundrett and Andy McLellan, and our spear-throwers: Rebekah Monson, Mike Atchley, Andy Priestner, and Joshua Simpson.

Special thanks to the hérd, who answered the call to help bring The Thief to new ears.

  • S. Kaiya J. creates strange and contemplative tabletop RPGs at https://mirror-lock.com.
  • Isabela Duffles is our village's artist at https://isabeladuffles.com, and she's working with me right now on a comic called Swán.
  • A very special thanks to Brigette Metzler, who wants to point out the volunteer-run ResearchOps community, a global community dedicated to scaling the impact and the craft of user research at https://researchops.community. You can sponsor the running of the 15,000-person-strong community on Patreon.
  • Super special thanks to Sean Tadsen, who I see help signal-boost The Thief all the time. He streams every Friday on Twitch at https://twitch.tv/librarianwritergeek.
  • Thanks to Emil, who is part of Double DM Podcast at https://twitter.com/DoubleDMPod. Ya'll are so prolific; I have no idea how you do it.
  • And Adam Yauhasz, or Brim, or Razahhh. Voice actor and streamer over at https://twitch.tv/therazahhh - with three H's.
  • And thanks to Bad Heroes, a fantasy actual play podcast about hapless adventurers hunting deadly curses in a realm bound to Hell. You can find them at http://badheroescast.com.

Join these heroes and join the fyrd and help me make more stories about the legacy of Caledoran at https://patreon.com/michaelschofield.


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18 MIN