Ep. #126: Interview with Venus Theory / Cameron (the composer for Avowed)

The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed.Spoilers for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire in this week's episode. Nothing critical path spoiler, but some interesting lore you find in other questing.This week's episode we dive into the lore found in five books, as found in the "Dawntreader" sidequest. These are the "History of the Living Lands" books you may have found. Don't know if you have them? Well, if you have the *Historian* achievement, then you do. These five tomes explore the origins of the Living Lands and its ancient, now lost people: the [email protected]@worldofeorako-fi.com/worldofeora

The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed.Tangential spoilers for the ending segments of the game. KIND OF directly related to the mainline narrative, but technically something you could miss in detail. I leave it to you to decide.This week's episode focuses on a series of documents you can find, called "Orisons" later in the game, which allude to the history of the Living Lands, and what happened to the Ekida (or, "the Godless"), in [email protected]@worldofeorako-fi.com/worldofeora

The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed.Sorry for the delay in episodes, I've had some life changes lately that I'm still adjusting to. This week's episode, now that it's out, features a talk regarding the origins of "Fior mes Iverno", the main settlement in the second zone of Avowed (Emerald Stair) and its surprising connection to ... Skaenism? Is that the word? Idk, either way, I found it interesting, and I hope you will [email protected]@worldofeorako-fi.com/worldofeora

The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed.Sorry for no episode last week, I've started a new job and also had a mental health "crisis" (it wasn't really one, but felt like it at the time). This week I briefly cover the topic of "Soul Twins", and also "soul maladies" at large. I was inspired by a specific quest in early Avowed (though I don't specify the quest, just to keep its twist a surprise for those who might not have found it) to discuss Soul Twins. Which are, as they sound, when two people share two halves of the same soul. Using this I also springboard into other soul maladies, such as "hollowborn" (being born without a soul), or having a "weak soul" (which is essentially a soul that has lost some of its "matter"). Hope you [email protected]@worldofeora

The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed.This week's episode focuses on some of the lore we see in Dawnshore's "pick-up-able" quests. For context, in each of Avowed's mapped regions you have several repeating "pick up" quests/activities (no, not fetch quests, more like encounters). Such as: ancient memory fragments, god totem pieces, pargrunen cache locations, and unique item treasure maps. Each of these offer a little bit more about the world to talk about...so, I uh...I do that. :)[email protected]@worldofeorako-fi.com/worldofeora

[WARNING]: Spoilers for the side quest "Dawntreader" found in this episode. This is a side quest found in the first zone (Dawnshore) of the game Avowed, and can be accessed fairly early, or several level-ups into the game.The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed.This week's episode features looking at the 'Dawntreader' side quest for all the lore we get in pursuit of that activity. Primarily the focus is on topics like the god Eothas, the NPC called Sargamis, the location the Temple of Eothas, and associative lore from that. As well, there is a divergence to discuss Karlodh and the Harbingers from the Deadfire game (PoE2), and a smattering of other interesting finds throughout the quests [email protected]@worldofeorako-fi.com/worldofeora

The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed.This week's episode features an overview of the major factions/themes/lore as seen in Avowed. Largely it centres around your character, the Godlike Envoy of Aedyr and the major factions seen in Avowed: The Aedyran Empire, the Steel Garrote paladin order, and the Living Lands itself. There's also a bit of talk about souls, reincarnation, gods, the Pargrunen dwarves, and the enigmatic ancient civilization of The [email protected]@worldofeorako-fi.com/worldofeora

The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed.This week's episode focuses on (1) my first impressions on Avowed and how the playthrough is going; and (2) the most important lore touchstones (and other episodes to check out) that I've seen so far. It's a very good episode to start out on for new listeners and old listeners alike.I top of the episode with a reading of a unique item's description, and give the lore we have from that item, as a way to introduce new listeners to my approach to this show.I can't believe the game is out, this is very [email protected]@worldofeora(support the show) ko-fi.com/worldofeora

The World of Eora is a news & lore podcast about the fantasy setting created by Obsidian Entertainment for their cRPG series, Pillars of Eternity, and their action RPG: Avowed.This week's episode marks a very special moment for us here, because (1) well, the game is OUT, baby! and (2) I got to sit down with Cameron (aka: Venus Theory) to discuss the Score for Avowed, which was really great because he also composed said score.We discuss a lot of stuff, not just Avowed. We talk about YouTube, content creation, creating Video Game soundtracks in particular, other composer's influences, Cameron's writing/composing process, specific Avowed soundtrack pieces, working with Obsidian, and video games in general. It was a really great conversation, and I hope y'all enjoy listening to it as we did recording it.Happy Avowed [email protected]@worldofeoraKo-Fi (support)

This is a unique/special episode of the podcast, that I don't think would fit in at any other point in time. In this week's episode, I just decided to give you the full story of this podcast's inception, creation, and journey of where we are today.I end of the latter half of the episode with some thank you's to people who have helped keep this show going. Whether it's friends/family or individuals who emailed me or just the people on reddit (especially in the early days), you've had a positive impact on the show.As well, keep an eye out NEXT WEEK for a special podcast episode (not just because Avowed is out on Early Access but because... well, you'll see, you'll see (fingers cross)).