Of Banquets, Bastards and Burials | Witcher In the 'Verse

Where is the destiny we need? That’s the question Mikey Mason asks in this week’s podcast. While Marc Gunn questions the challenges women must face in male-dominated world. Both songs were inspired by episode 4 of season 1, “Of Banquets, Bastards, and Burials”.
Find out on this week's In the 'Verse podcast #2.8. FireflyDrinkingSongs.com 
SHOW TIMES
- Upcoming Shows, Marc and Mikey News
- 5-Minute Plot Synopsis / Show Discussion
- This Week’s Songs
SHOW NOTES
MARC: Welcome to In The Verse, the podcast that makes music inspired by popular media.  I am Marc Gunn, the creator of the Firefly Drinking Songs show and host of Irish & Celtic Music Podcast.
MIKEY: And I’m Mikey Mason, creator of the Beer Powered Time Machine Podcast and currently the MIKEYtalks podcast.
MARC: This is episode EIGHT of our new 10 episode season of the In The Verse Podcast.
MIKEY: Since we ran out of episodes of Firefly to discuss and write about, we’ll be finding inspiration in episodes of other media; TV shows, Comic Books, Cartoons, but definitely not video games.
MARC: As always, you can support us in this and other creative endeavors by supporting Mikey at http://patreon.com/mikeymason/ 
MIKEY: And by supporting Marc at http://patreon.com/celtfather 
UPCOMING SHOWS & NEWS
MARC GUNN EVERY WEDS, Coffee with The Celtfather on Patreon @ 11:30 AM ET
FEB 10: The Lost Druid Brewery, Avondale Estates, GA @ 6:30-9:30 PM
FEB 15: Hobbit Drinking Songs on Bandcamp @ 7:30 PM
FEB 17: Goblin Market: Frost Faire @ 6:00-10:30 PM
FEB 24: Maggie McGuinness Pub, Huntsville, AL @ 7:00 PM 
MAR 9: Senoia Beer Company, Senoia, GA @ 7-10 PM
MAR 23-24: Sherwood Forest Faire, Paige, TX
MAR 30-31: Sherwood Forest Faire, Paige, TX
APR 19-21: Jordan Con, Crowne Plaza Ravinia, Atlanta, GA
JUN 8-15: Celtic Invasion of the Isle of Man
MIKEY MASON Monthly online shows.
New Music every Monday on Patreon.
FAWM
BAND NEWS In the Verse can now be found at FireflyDrinkingSongs.com 
Marc: Make100 Kickstarter for Podcast Merch. Revamping Celtfather Podcast, Redoing Pub Songs & Stories
Mikey: Mason+Vaughn Project
PLOT SYNOPSIS & DISCUSSION (Ripped straight from Wikipedia) MIKEY - So, the thing about the Witcher series, especially in Season One, is that there are several potentially confusing time jumps that have to be tracked. To understand the full scope of these jumps and the impact they have on the story, it’s almost necessary to have watched the entire Season. In spite of this, we’ll do our best. This synopsis is heavily pulled from Wikipedia, and slightly modified, but absolutely doesn’t cover everything that happened in the episode.
MARC - In the year 1240, having served the kingdom of Aedirn for thirty years, Yennefer, along with Queen Kalis of Lyria, is ambushed by an assassin. In the ensuing chase, Yennefer flees, unable to save Kalis and her newborn daughter from the assassin. 
MIKEY - Then, in 1249, Geralt accompanies Jaskier to the betrothal feast of Princess Pavetta, Queen Calanthe's of Cintra’s daughter. Urcheon of Erlenwald (also named Duny) interrupts to demand Pavetta's hand through the Law of Surprise, having saved her father's life several years earlier. 
MARC - The Law of Surprise is an ancient law inspired by European folklore, requiring that someone who is saved by someone else should offer them a boon, the nature of which is often unknown to both parties. For instance, the savior might ask for “the first thing that comes to greet you when you return home,” or “what you find at home yet don’t expect.”
MIKEY - Urcheon suffers from a curse that transformed him into a humanoid hedgehog creature. Despite Pavetta's acceptance of the betrothal, Calanthe refuses and a brawl ensues. When Calanthe tries killing Urcheon, Pavetta activates her power, unleashing a  maelstrom until Geralt and Mousesack (the druid/mage who serves Calanthe) intervene. 
MAR