Anturia Diaries: Prequel Stories

In the Porta Segreta, native Anturian Bryn Tal summarizes the Porta Segreta and how it came to the planet of Anturia. Music was created, performed, recorded, and mixed by Michael Sawyer. Anturia Diaries: Prequel Stories is an epic fantasy fiction podcast that transports listeners into the rich, imaginative world of Anturia. Long before the main saga begins, these prequel tales uncover the histories, secrets, and struggles that shaped the lands, kingdoms, and characters of this vast universe. Blending high fantasy, folklore, and immersive worldbuilding, each episode brings to life powerful rulers, ancient magic, political intrigue, and personal sacrifice. If you love fantasy podcasts, serialized storytelling, character-driven drama, or worlds like Tolkien’s Middle-earth, Sanderson’s Cosmere, or Dragon Age, Anturia will feel like stepping into a new realm you’ve never seen before. These stories dive into the rise and fall of cities, the hidden truths behind alliances, and the ordinary people who carry extraordinary burdens. They’re perfect for fans of epic fantasy fiction, queer-inclusive narratives, feminist storytelling, and slow-burn lore that rewards exploration. Whether you’re a longtime fantasy reader, a role-player, or someone searching for a new immersive story to binge, Anturia Diaries: Prequel Stories offers a unique journey into a world where every choice, betrayal, and secret shapes the future.

In Episode 2: The Great Rift, we get to know a little about Bryn Tal and a couple of the other council members on the Council of Elders.  A secret is revealed and things start to get uncomfortable for our narrator. Music written, composed, performed and mixed by Michael Sawyer for this podcast. Anturia Diaries: Prequel Stories is an epic fantasy fiction podcast that transports listeners into the rich, imaginative world of Anturia. Long before the main saga begins, these prequel tales uncover the histories, secrets, and struggles that shaped the lands, kingdoms, and characters of this vast universe. Blending high fantasy, folklore, and immersive worldbuilding, each episode brings to life powerful rulers, ancient magic, political intrigue, and personal sacrifice. If you love fantasy podcasts, serialized storytelling, character-driven drama, or worlds like Tolkien’s Middle-earth, Sanderson’s Cosmere, or Dragon Age, Anturia will feel like stepping into a new realm you’ve never seen before. These stories dive into the rise and fall of cities, the hidden truths behind alliances, and the ordinary people who carry extraordinary burdens. They’re perfect for fans of epic fantasy fiction, queer-inclusive narratives, feminist storytelling, and slow-burn lore that rewards exploration. Whether you’re a longtime fantasy reader, a role-player, or someone searching for a new immersive story to binge, Anturia Diaries: Prequel Stories offers a unique journey into a world where every choice, betrayal, and secret shapes the future.

Bryn Tal continues telling her story of how Anturia came to be co-inhabited by humans in this episode where Anturians begin to battle against each other.   Content Warning:  There is a fight scene in this episode with violence.  Please do not listen if you are sensitive to such triggers.   Music was created, performed, recorded, and mixed by Michael Sawyer specifically for the Anturia Diaries: Prequel Stories podcasts.

Bryn Tal is now the leader of the council, but she is no capacity to make crucial decisions right now.   Content Warning:  Language, Gore   Music was created, performed, recorded, and mixed by Michael Sawyer specifically for the Anturia Diaries: Prequel Stories podcasts.

In this episode, we hear again from Bryn Tal who has just fled the community of Teithia with the remaining Council of  Elders headed for the Croenddu community of Che’el de Vel’glan. This episode has no content warnings. Music written and composed specifically for this podcast by Michael Sawyer.

In this episode, Bryn Tal recalls the treachery that the rebels had long put in place before anyone else knew it.  There is a deeper look into the mysterious community of Che’el de Vel’glan.  Finally, something horrific is uncovered. This episode contains strong language and violence. Music written and composed specifically for this podcast by Michael Sawyer.

In this episode, we hear from Kylah Marie for the first time as she describes her exile from Che’el de Velg’lan out to the desert Plains of Du’Roi. This episode contains strong language and violence, common. Music written and composed specifically for this podcast by Michael Sawyer.

In this episode, we hear from Dahlfia for the first time as she tells us of her origins and moves us to the start of a major battle in the streets of Teitha in the Civil War. This episode is rated as suitable for all general audiences. Music written and composed specifically for this podcast by Michael Sawyer.

In this episode, we hear from Bryn Tal as the Civil War comes to a close in the streets of Teithia.  The Anturians we have followed in the story so far come face to face with their very first humans, and it is not quite the encounter any of them anticipated. This episode has some detail of gruesome scenes after a battle and mild language. Music written and composed specifically for this podcast by Michael Sawyer.

In Season 1, Episode 10 we hear again from the perspective of Kylah  Marie who was banished to the Plains of Du’Roi.  We learn the secrets of this mysterious community and the Anturians who live there as Kylah meets them and trains with them. Content warning: Language Music written and composed by Michael Sawyer expressly for this podcast.  Please do not use without permission.

In Season 1, Episode 11, Bryn Tal returns to introduce us to Jeston Bevan. Jeston, a likable Anturian, wishes to stop the Porta Segreta from malfunctioning so humans stop randomly populating the planet. The Council attempts to take back Baliya Island from the humans that have taken it over from the broken Porta Segreta. Content warning: Gruesome scenes depicted. Music written and composed by Michael Sawyer expressly for this podcast. Please do not use without permission.

In Season 1, Episode 12, Bryn Tal and Dahlfia have returned to Teithia to try to figure out how to heal their continent from the news and information pouring into them.  They are interrupted by a mass who wants to petition to be heard by Bryn Tal for their grievances against all that is wrong on Anturia, and Dahlfia gives Bryn a great idea to help wake their people up before it’s too late for them. No content warning on this episode. Music written and composed by Michael Sawyer expressly for this podcast. Please do not use without permission.

In Season 1, Episode 13,  Bryn continues to tell the story of how a new council is formed, though it is much smaller than before.  It also appears to be set up in a more fair and just way to avoid some of the downfalls of the Council of Elders.  There is news from Jeston on Baliya Island from his work on the Porta Segreta. No content warning on this episode. Music written and composed by Michael Sawyer expressly for this podcast. Please do not use without permission.

In Season 1, Episode 14, we return to Kylah’s narrative of the happenings to her in the Plains of Du’Roi in the community of Alltud.  She chooses her opponent in the fight to the death to become a part of the community, but has she chosen wisely? Content Warnings::  Language, Mentions of Sexual Violence which may be triggering for some. Music written and composed by Michael Sawyer expressly for this podcast. Please do not use without permission.

In Season 1, Episode 15, the season Finale, we follow the diary entry of Kylah Marie in her fight to the death with Twyloo out in the Plains of Du’Roi in the community of Alltud. During this life-or-death challenge, Kylah learns more about herself than ever before. Content Warnings:  Language, Mentions of Sexual Violence, which may be triggering for some. Music written and composed by Michael Sawyer expressly for this podcast. Please do not use without permission.

from Anturia Diaries Prequel Stories Bryn Tal records this account from captivity, long after the world she knew began to burn. Two hundred years before the war that would change Teithia forever, an off-world stranger arrives before the Anturian council with an irresistible promise: a doorway to a twin planet called Earth, rich in resources, opportunity, and untapped potential. Against centuries of caution, the council approves the construction of the Porta Segreta. What begins as progress soon feels like something far more dangerous. This opening episode marks the moment everything changes: before the fires, before the betrayals, before everything is lost. A cinematic fantasy audio drama exploring power, temptation, and the cost of opening doors that should have remained closed. © 2025 Heather McMillan. All rights reserved.Anturia Diaries Prequel Stories is an original work of fiction.All characters, locations, and events are fictional.Unauthorized reproduction or distribution is prohibited. Music written, performed, and recorded by Michael Sawyer. Genres: Epic Fantasy · Science Fiction · Audio Drama · Speculative Fiction

from Anturia Diaries Prequel Stories Months after the Porta Segreta is activated, the first Anturian teams return from Earth unharmed. The portal works. The technology holds. By every measurable standard, the mission is a success. That certainty is what unsettles Bryn Tal the most. As rules are drafted and boundaries set, confidence spreads through the council. Observation replaces caution. Curiosity begins to eclipse restraint. What was meant to remain distant and untouched slowly becomes familiar and tempting. In the council chambers of Teithia, the language shifts. Discussions of restraint give way to justification. And beneath the calm surface of progress, something fractures quietly, long before anyone is willing to name it. This episode traces the moment when moral lines blur, and the first divisions take root not through violence, but through belief. A cinematic fantasy audio drama exploring power, justification, and how easily good intentions begin to bend. © 2025 Heather McMillan. All rights reserved.Anturia Diaries Prequel Stories is an original work of fiction.All characters, locations, and events are fictional.Unauthorized reproduction or distribution is prohibited. Music written, performed, and recorded by Michael Sawyer. Genres: Epic Fantasy · Science Fiction · Audio Drama · Speculative Fiction

from Anturia Diaries Prequel Stories The Porta Segreta has changed Anturia, but not in ways that can be measured in resources or reports. As the council recesses and life in Teithia settles into an uneasy calm, Bryn Tal steps away from governance and into the quiet rhythms of home: her garden, her granddaughter Afanen, and the fragile innocence of a world that still believes itself untouched. But Earth’s influence has already begun to seep into Anturian life. Children learn about humans in school. Observation teams report worship where curiosity once stood. Language spreads. Myths take root. And small moments: conversations overheard, glances misread, kindness witnessed from a distance, begin to harden into something more dangerous. This episode traces the cost of opening doors that cannot be closed again, not through catastrophe, but through normalization. Through love. Through silence. What begins as curiosity becomes belief.What begins as belief becomes permission. A cinematic fantasy audio drama exploring innocence, complicity, and how freedom is lost long before it is taken. © 2025-2026 Heather McMillan. All rights reserved.Anturia Diaries Prequel Stories is an original work of fiction.All characters, locations, and events are fictional.Unauthorized reproduction or distribution is prohibited. Music written, performed, and recorded by Michael Sawyer. Genres: Epic Fantasy · Science Fiction · Audio Drama · Speculative Fiction

from Anturia Diaries Prequel Stories The Porta Segreta was supposed to be under control. Reports said the humans were calm.Curious.Grateful. They were wrong. When violence erupts inside an Anturian observation facility, Bryn Tal is pulled back into the heart of governance and into the first undeniable proof that the door between worlds has already begun to push back. Humans are dead. Guards are slain. And three subjects have vanished into Anturia, armed with knowledge no one believed they could wield. As the council scrambles to contain the damage, lines harden. They soften truth into language. They bury fear beneath procedure. And for the first time, Bryn finds herself openly at odds with the leadership she once trusted. This episode marks the moment where restraint fractures into secrecy, and power chooses silence over accountability. Not all doors close when danger appears.Some stay open on purpose. A cinematic fantasy fiction audio drama exploring control, fear, and the moment authority begins to lie to itself and to its people. © 2025-2026 Heather McMillan. All rights reserved.Anturia Diaries: Prequel Stories is an original work of fiction.All characters, locations, and events are fictional.Unauthorized reproduction or distribution is prohibited. Music written, performed, and recorded by Michael Sawyer. Genres: Epic Fantasy · Science Fiction · Audio Drama · Speculative Fiction

from Anturia Diaries Prequel Stories The council insists the situation is contained. Bryn Tal knows it isn’t. As evidence mounts that humans are being bought, sold, and quietly embedded across Anturian society, Bryn demands answers the council refuses to give. Language softens. Records fracture. And accountability is buried beneath procedure. But the truth stops being abstract when it walks into a councilor’s home. What Bryn discovers behind a familiar door shatters the illusion that this crisis can be managed quietly—and forces a choice between obedience and conscience. When the council chooses silence, Bryn chooses the public. The consequences are immediate.The blood is undeniable.And the line between governance and war finally disappears. This episode marks the moment where neutrality dies, authority hardens, and Bryn Tal knowingly lights the match that will burn the world she was sworn to protect. A cinematic fantasy fiction audio drama exploring complicity, moral collapse, and the cost of telling the truth when power demands silence. © 2025-2026 Heather McMillan. All rights reserved.Anturia Diaries: Prequel Stories is an original work of fiction.All characters, locations, and events are fictional.Unauthorized reproduction or distribution is prohibited. Music written, performed, and recorded by Michael Sawyer. Genres: Epic Fantasy · Science Fiction · Audio Drama · Speculative Fiction