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Previously a Patreon exclusive, we celebrated our one-year anniversary with a goofy, non-canon bonus episode! It features Florence Fable, reporter extraordinaire for Rumordish, Duskwall's premiere source for scandal and gossip, as she asks the Magpies only the most hard-hitting questions. (In other words: we did a bunch of online quizzes in-character and it was a lot of fun.)

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The relics have been acquired, the rituals prepared, the preparations made. All that's left is to face down Setarra and bind her with her kin in the sea... assuming that the Magpies survive.

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Aki, the new cast member for Project Bluejay, can be heard on Goblets & Gays!

Josie will be a player on The Dishonorables, presented by Moon Harbor Cast!

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In the aftermath of Lord Winfield's party, the Magpies need to deal with the sudden Bluecoat interest that their actions have earned. They come to a "simple" solution: frame a member of the Red Sashes to win favor with their rivals, the Lampblacks, and get the Bluecoats off their case at the same time. Of course, Bazso isn't one to forgive easily, and he's got his own set of complications to introduce...

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After running into some trouble with an old rival at the door, the Magpies make their way into Lord Winfield's party. But their art heist gets a lot more complicated as soon as they meet the artist. What's the story behind Nessa Ericks? How did Lord Winfield become her patron? And what will the Magpies do when they learn the truth?

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Following their "challenging" assault on Nightmarket Station, the Magpies need something nice and easy, especially while they wait for their new reporter friends to look into the supposedly vanished gang known as the Umbra Hunters. An art heist at a fancy noble party sounds like the perfect score. But despite plenty of planning and help from their friends, complications await as soon as they walk in the door...

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Welcome to Duskwall! Join the crew of the Magpies as they lie, steal, and punch their way to the top of the city's criminals and elite... or into an early grave. In our first episode, a pair of reporters approaches the crew, asking them to steal a report from a Bluecoat station in Nightmarket. Sounds simple enough, right?

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Additional music for this episode by Kai Engel and is used under a Creative Commons licence.

The gauntlet has been thrown, and the Magpies are facing off against Lady Drake in a courtroom gamble where the stakes couldn't be higher: either Lady Drake's crimes and corruption will be exposed, or the Magpies will be locked up in Ironhook.

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Aki, the new cast member for Project Bluejay, can be heard on Goblets & Gays!

Josie will be a player on The Dishonorables, presented by Moon Harbor Cast!

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A sudden Bluecoat raid turns the Magpies world upside down. When they learn Lady Drake is behind it, they see an opportunity to help their friends and allies... but when the game is this rigged, who will win?

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The Magpies have successfully infiltrated the cult of The Maw of the Void. Now, they have to locate a single relic in a hidden sanctuary filled with them... all without being discovered as the thieves they are.

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Visit 5calls.org to contact your representatives, and Fair Fight to learn how you can advocate for voting rights.