{"podcast":{"title":"Friends at the Table","slug":"friends-at-the-table-977731","podcast_index_feed_id":977731,"rss_url":"https://friendsatthetable.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://friendsatthetable.net","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/7/d/8/1/7d815f6a3dd6d5f6d959afa2a1bf1c87/PerpetuaCover-20250314-66jtvbngjf.jpg","author":"Friends at the Table","episode_count":546,"summary":"Friends at the Table is an actual play podcast about critical worldbuilding, smart characterization, and fun interaction between good friends. Find us (and a listener guide) @Friends_Table on Twitter.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/friends-at-the-table-977731"},"episode":{"title":"Perpetua 28: A Picture of the Hills 01","slug":"perpetua-28-a-picture-of-the-hills-01","published_at":"2026-01-09T02:46:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/friends-at-the-table-977731/perpetua-28-a-picture-of-the-hills-01","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/friends-at-the-table-977731","url":"https://friendsatthetable.net/perpetua-28-a-picture-of-the-hills-01","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/friendsatthetable/Perpetua_28_-_A_Picture_of_the_Hills_01.mp3?dest-id=550849","summary":"On the western continent of Perpetua, four fated adventurers set out on a prophesied journey. While to the east, in the Elevana League, a trio of travelers began to investigate a metaphysical sickness. What, if anything, connected these two groups? Who was powerful enough, invested enough, to watch each from above or below—besides you and I? Perhaps, if not for the impending stress of a familial reunion and the ever present struggle between one's responsibilities to their culture and to themselves, the brilliant, Terrapine inventor Jonathan would find the perspective necessary not simply to answer these questions, but to intuit that they exist at all. Yes, I think that if it were laid out for him, he would see the patterns by now, the etchings and the echoes. But we… We have the perspective, the maps, the right roles: Storyteller and listener. And we have the chapters open in front of us: The Shadow of the Dragon Tower. The Flames of Burzin, Journey to the Bay. On Track to Iron Chains. Sizzling Rivalry. Crashing Waves. A Roar Across Cenn. Aquatic Ambush. In Too Deep. Indeed, those seven adventurers were themselves \"in too deep\" to know what was about to happen, to sense that there even were other heroes like themselves, whose stories carried a strange and powerful resonance. You will learn soon that they were not the only heroes across Perpetua's many cycles. And perhaps this will be part of a new map you can come to understand in time. A map which will raise a new question: Are these echoes part of a careful, yet uncanny balance in the cosmic play of our lives? Or a poetic rhyming that keeps existence itself aligned? This week on Perpetua: Perpetua Guide [In Progress v.058] Some Feedback [Page 29 of 30] CarlsSr Hey I have a question: Why does Jonathan's family suck so…","meta_description":"On the western continent of Perpetua, four fated adventurers set out on a prophesied journey. While to the east, in the Elevana League, a trio of traveler…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4319,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/friends-at-the-table-977731/episodes/perpetua-28-a-picture-of-the-hills-01/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/friends-at-the-table-977731/perpetua-28-a-picture-of-the-hills-01.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}