
Nightingale's Lament Part 1
Palace of Mirrors opened with the legend of Dark Sheldon and the end of the Empire, as Darien told the story to his aunt in her final moments. Now Nightingale begins to tell the story of those events as he experienced th


Hosted by Matthew Lindquist · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 28 episodes
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A narrative podcast about a mysterious talking sword that leads a boy on adventure across a dying moon. About a woman seeking her revenge at any cost. About a scarred pirate, broken and twisted, who can see the future and who will stop at nothing to meet it.
Matthew Lindquist hosts Palace of Mirrors, a fiction show with 28 episodes published.

Palace of Mirrors opened with the legend of Dark Sheldon and the end of the Empire, as Darien told the story to his aunt in her final moments. Now Nightingale begins to tell the story of those events as he experienced th

Darien destroyed the Kraken and escaped with the talking sword named Night, but now he wants nothing more than to return home to his family. He and Night argue about the path forward, with each having their own idea abou

A preview for Season 2 of the podcast.

As the Kraken sinks out of the sky without an engine and under attack, Darien makes a desperate attempt to save Captain Bluebeard. Dramatis Personae Darien - A farm boy who grew up with big dreams fed by his aunt who rai

Darien experiences visions of the past as he attempts to destroy the star engine. He and Gent come to a crossroads as they attempt to rescue the prisoners on the ship. Dramatis Personae Darien - A farm boy who grew up wi

The first part of the season finale sees Darien and Gent put their plan into action. However, it isn't long before they run into a problem that may very well be the end of them both.

Captain Bluebeard convenes a meeting of the crew to discuss their path forward now that they’ve been discovered. The conversation splits open old wounds between the captain and Deathmask and Darien finds himself caught i

Darien and Gent work to come up with a plan to escape from the ship, but before they can put anything into motion the Kraken is pursued by pirate hunters. A chase ensues across the surface of Six during which Darien find

Darien has made his choice clear to Bluebeard. He will not remain on the Kraken and become a member of the crew. Now he must come up with a plan to escape the ship, but with the Captain aware of his plans he can only hop

Show Notes: As Darien recuperates in the medbay, Captain Bluebeard shares the rest of his story recounting the tale of revenge that shaped him into the man he has become. His story takes him from the crew of a pirate shi

Darien experiences a strange vision of the past after touching the reflecting pool during his fight with Fantasia. Afterward he faces the fight of his life. His survival balances on the edge of a sword. On one side the e

Having killed Trollbreath, Darien must now face trial by combat against Fantasia. With the odds stacked against him, it will take all the luck and skill Darien possesses to survive. Dramatis Personae Darien - A farm boy

Episode Description Captain Bluebeard informs Darien that he must face consequences for killing Trollbreath. Gent and Darien talk about the coming trial without much hope that Darien can emerge alive, but Bluebeard belie

Following Darien’s killing of Trollbreath, Bluebeard opens up and tells a part of his own story. From his summers on an ancient sailing ship, to the love of his life, and finally to betrayal that breaks him from the insi

Darien finally confronts the horrors of the pirate ship and the ways that it has changed him. Will he let Captain Bluebeard turn him into a pirate or will he take a stand and make a fateful choice? Previously on Palace o

Captain Bluebeard begins to train Darien in earnest, but sword fighting is more difficult than the stories ever made it seem. Just as Darien is becoming more comfortable in his role on the ship, he is forced to face a st

Darien overhears a tense conversation between Dragon-Eye and Bluebeard. In the second half of the episode Gent takes him to the engine room, but things don't exactly go as planned.

Darien is taken aboard Bluebeard's ship, the Kraken, but finds something very different from the childhood stories about starships his Aunt Kathy used to tell him. On the ship, he finds an unexpected ally in a pirate goi

The narrative takes a brief break from Darien and gives us a view into what happened to Marialla following her capture in episode 5. She meets her captor, a man claiming to be the King of Six, but quickly learns that the

Darien spins a story that he hopes will earn his freedom, but Bluebeard responds in an unexpected way and Darien finds himself slipping further from his quest than ever before. Confronted by a member of Bluebeard's crew,
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