what would you do if the world was ending?

October 2017. Seattle, Washington. Reese Belmont, a Norse Pagan, is distraught after his god, Baldr, stops talking to him. He and his friend Morgan Daley attempt to figure out what happened and come to a horrifying conclusion: Baldr is dead. A week later, snow begins to fall—earlier than either of them can remember seeing it come to Seattle.

December 2020. Winter has gone on without stop for the past three years. And now, the world is being plagued by natural disasters—earthquakes, tsunamis, wildfires. As Morgan slowly begins to suspect what’s happening, somebody arrives to confirm her fears.

Sigyn, the Norse Goddess of Loyalty, arrives with horrible news: Ragnarök—the apocalypse—is on its way. And Sigyn and her wife, Loki, want Morgan, Reese, and their friends to stop it.

If the world was ending, what would you sacrifice to save it?

about the show

Summary

Twilight Over Midgard is a modern fantasy audio drama (fiction podcast) about a group of friends in Seattle who are recruited by two Norse gods to stop the apocalypse. Pulled from their lives as violinists, queer news writers, and grad students, they find themselves going on adventures they never could have dreamed of, traveling to strange realms, meeting gods—and trying desperately to survive long enough to ensure that the world doesn’t end.

Video Trailer

Audio Trailer

Trailer Credits & Content Warnings

Content Warnings: Torture; severe eye injuries

Cast (in order of appearance):

  • Nick Webster (he/they) as Loki

  • Caroline Mincks (they/them) as Sigyn

Additional Credits:

  • Script Writing & Directing by Cassie Josephs

  • Story Writing & Script Editing by Nick Webster and Cassie Josephs

  • Sound Design by Cole Burkhardt

  • Music by Kofi Young

Twilight Over Midgard Content Warnings

Twilight Over Midgard is a podcast intended for mature audiences and contains material that some people may find upsetting or triggering. The show will contain:

  • Death (both discussed and portrayed “on-screen”)

  • Violence

  • Torture (mildly portrayed)

  • Drowning (portrayed)

  • Natural disasters

  • Mild references to sex and sexual situations

  • Discussion of parental abuse, homophobia, transphobia, misogyny, mental illness, and trauma

  • Brief, non-graphic references to sexual assault

  • Brief references to racism

We also want to be upfront about something now: due to the nature of the show’s genre and tone combined with the fact that 100% of the characters are queer, there will be queer characters who die in this show. It will never fall into Bury Your Gays and no character will ever die because they’re queer, but we wanted to give a warning because we know that some people may be upset by any level of queer death.

With the wide variety of things that can be triggers, we know that it’s impossible for us to list everything that could potentially be triggering or upsetting. If you don’t see something on the list but want to make sure it won’t be in the podcast, if you would like further details on something listed above, or if you have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to email us at [email protected]! We might not be able to answer your question if it would be a huge spoiler (e.g. “Which characters die?”), but we’ll try to answer if we can.