Her Dark Ministrations

On their quest to retrieve (or steal) secrets pertaining to their visions from the aelfir University of Divine Magic, our Ministers both caught and later released a Masked servant, Jhacari Allard. Jhacari returned to Amaranth, hoping to put the entire murderous business behind him, but with his aelfir mistress intent on attending the same party as our Ministers, will it be possible for him to maintain his lies? Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/SweUXudT86 Content Warnings: canon-typical content warnings apply.

Last time, Arséne and their new friend Marlena Fissure-Unfurling-in-Porcelain went to visit again with Viola Godsdown, the mask forger up in Ivory Row. While alone with their prisoner, Ludevic had had a heart to heart with Jhacari Allard, and ended up releasing him into the Garden District. Now the time has come for our Ministers to infiltrate the Infinite Library itself, but will they be able to pull it off now that the Masked is back in play? Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/SweUXudT86 Content Warnings: medical (consensual) body horror

With Orlando Thunder-Rolling-in-Summer-Fields dead in their basement, our Ministers must now figure out the next steps in their plan. Complicating all of their machinations is the witness Jhacari Allard; despite his revelations in the catastrophe altar last episode, can the cell really trust him? And if they do, what will they ask of a drow who is in no way (yet) a Minister of Our Hidden Mistress? Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/SweUXudT86 Content Warnings: Canon-typical content warnings apply.

Have our Ministers bitten off more than they can chew? Last time, they succeeded in infiltrating the house of aelfir lord Orlando Thunder-Rolling-in-Summer-Fields, drugged the aelfir into unconsciousness, and put him in a body bag with the frozen corpse of his last valet. Unfortunately, there was a witness: a Masked servant named Jhacari Allard. At the last moment, our Ministers decided to bring Jhacari with them...but what will be the innocent drow’s final fate? Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/SweUXudT86 Content Warnings: graphic death, coercion and manipulation

After acquiring their disguises as Morticians and bureaucrats of the Eye, our Ministers had a brief sojourn into the glitter of the Silver Quarter, did some ill-advised gambling, and shed Arsene’s enthusiastic lover to get to their real mission: kidnapping and murdering an aelfir Lord. Unbeknownst to them, another aelfir, Lady Iliriana Embers-Ascending, is headed to the house of Orlando Thunder-Rolling-in-Summer-Fields at the very same time. What could possibly go wrong? Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/SweUXudT86 Content Warnings: Canon typical content warnings apply

With Joseph dead and Zyrel leaving to follow her own Quest, the remaining members of our cell must continue forward on their own. After their consultation with the Oracles of Our Hidden Mistress, our Ministers have decided to infiltrate the University of Divine Magic, in Amaranth. With the help of an old friend of Arsene’s, they plan to acquire disguises and kidnap an unpleasant aelfir for a bit of light ritual sacrifice. But there are many more obstacles to pass before our Ministers reach their goal... Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/fBSFV9HEp3 Content warnings: animal abuse (mentioned)

After a strange vision and a quick pursuit through the North Docks, are our Ministers ready to face a strange tribunal of the Oracles of Our Hidden Mistress? Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/YeDJepGSQB Content Warnings: Canon-typical content warnings apply

Joseph Moses Hearst is missing. Zyrel is in the middle of tense political negotiations. Arséne and Simone are currently floating down the river Alph in a couple of barrels. Having acquired the corpsefruit liquor that Beatrix requested, what is left of the cell must now make their way back to the Golden Cock for the long awaited revelations promised to them by Simone’s old friend. Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/YeDJepGSQB Content Warnings: eye trauma, sickness.

Having acquired the corpse fruit liquor they were sent for, our Ministers must now improvise an escape plan. With the Duke and Duchess now aware of their presence (and confronting Joseph on the party deck), will Arséne decide to explode something? Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/YeDJepGSQB Content Warnings: Torture and depersonalization.

With (most) of their plan in place to infiltrate the Castle, our Ministers have a straightforward task: find the bottle of corpsefruit liquor, retrieve the contents without being caught, and make it back to the Golden Cock for a night of sweet dreams and sweeter secrets. But in order to do that, they must first attend a party...

Last time, our Ministers and their precocious priestess Mimette Voleaux met again with the blood witch Beatrix Falen. There they negotiated for the secrets that Beatrix claims will change the Spire itself—but what of the price? Beatrix claims that the only way to convey her information is through the drugged dreams of corpsefruit liquor, a drow delicacy currently in stock on the formidable river boat Castle, owned and operated by the Duke of the North Docks.  Now our Ministers must find a way on board the Castle, steal the expensive liquor, and escape without throwing the politics of the Docks into too much chaos. Let’s see if they can plan their way out of this one... Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/Aun2Y85MUk Content Warnings: canon-typical content warnings apply.

With their preparations completed, our Ministers have only a few hours left before they will take Mimette to meet with the Blood Witch Beatrix Falen. But first, there are a few more details left to decide...

The cell’s first conversation with the blood witch Beatrix was completed with only a few drops of blood (and sap, in Arséne’s case) being spilled. Zyrel’s ongoing grievance with Simone only grew, and Joseph is left playing peacekeeper between them. With eleven hours left before they bring Mimette to a meeting they are certain is a trap, there are certain preparations to complete...

Once in a blue moon, we have a chance to see into other, darker universes. This is an alternate history that was recorded just after episode 12. What if, after their adventures in Perch and the North Docks, our Ministers made different and terrible choices? Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/Aun2Y85MUk Content Warnings: Loss of autonomy, suicidal ideation, alcoholism.

Having met Mimette in the skull-restaurant of Wrexwell’s, our Ministers set off to find out the truth about a blood witch practicing her dark arts on behalf of a pub called the Golden Cock. Simone and Arséne charmed their way into a meeting with the witch, only for Simone to claim at the last moment that she had an old friendship with Beatrix. But will the witch agree? If you want to use the Malrique Tarot in your own game, you can find a non-exhaustive ruleset on our Patreon! Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/Aun2Y85MUk Content Warnings: body horror, alcoholism.

Machinations kick in around our Ministers once again. After their separate adventures throughout the Spire, they have reconvened and made it down to the Docks, where their next mission assignment comes not from their Magister, but from an old friend. Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/Aun2Y85MUk Content Warnings: canon typical content warnings apply.

Happy 1 year anniversary, Ministers! In this last episode of the Catharsis arc, our Ministers regroup, debrief, and prepare for the next mission from the dubious safety of the Garden District. Did you know we now have a ⁠Patreon⁠, which includes fun things like up-to-date character sheets, maps of our Murder House, and audio bonus content! Wondering who Esmerelda is? Want to know more about how Zyrel and Arsene got this fancy new armor? Follow us on ⁠Patreon ⁠now! Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/Aun2Y85MUk Content warnings: alcoholism, depersonalization.

Her Dark Ministrations is an actual play podcast full of weird magic, fantastical cults, and a city that doesn't quite want to let you die. Welcome to Spire. Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/Aun2Y85MUk Follow us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=644686

In a lonely basement hanging from the edge of Perch, Eclipse must justify her actions to a Magister of Our Hidden Mistress. Joseph faces some additional difficulties dealing with old memories. Meanwhile, down in the Docks, Zyrel receives an unusual message. Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/Aun2Y85MUk Content Warnings: Body dysmorphia, torture, cannibalism.

Previously, our Ministers split up to lessen the heat from their hunters in the Solar Paladins and City Guard. Arséne and Zyrel are raising hell in the North Docks, trying to blame the crackdown on a Knight of the Stuffed Quiver. Meanwhile, Joseph and Eclipse linger in their safehouse in the Garden District, plotting a way for Eclipse to return–if not to her old life, at least to something more secure than her present state. Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/Aun2Y85MUk Content Warnings: canon-typical warnings apply.