39 min

Dalton: The Seat of Power [Book 3, Chapter 9‪]‬ The Zeal Archives

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After restoring most of the Chrono Trigger timeline, our intrepid heroes unfortunately stumble into the path of … Dalton? And Azala?? Thrown into a prison cell on the Blackbird with neither tools nor weapons, how will the party escape and stop whatever nefarious scheme is afoot? Will T and G ever get to go home? There’s only one way out of this sticky situation: a stealth mission.
In our world, T and G dig into the enigma that is the “seat” of power himself (in that he’s a big ass), Dalton!

What is the deal with Dalton? How is it that a man with such distaste for authority have managed to rise so high in society, especially with such an eclectic fashion sense?
Villains in Chrono Trigger! All are time-locked, and arguably there’s no main big bad (Lavos doesn’t count, really)
Again, Chrono Trigger as a game of great moments and set pieces, and how it tried to do different things (like the Blackbird) to different effects

Editing, scripting, and podcast visual design by Nick Terwoord. Special thanks to Square Enix for making that game that we love, Chrono Trigger ...and for not suing us.
Episode Cast
Alphabetically, by actor:

Artimage in the role of Announcing Soldier
Dan Murray in the role of King Dalton
Manda Whitney in the role of Empress Azala
Nick H in the role of Basher
Nick G in the role of his fictional self, and discussion host
Nick T in the role of his fictional self, Robo, and discussion host
Patrick "TrickyLove" Moylan in the role of Nizbel III
SMZeldaRules in the role of Lucca Ashtear

Musical Credits

[00:00] Oww: Inception by The ARTISANS Beats used under Jamendo’s standard license
[00:05] Lucky to be alive:

After restoring most of the Chrono Trigger timeline, our intrepid heroes unfortunately stumble into the path of … Dalton? And Azala?? Thrown into a prison cell on the Blackbird with neither tools nor weapons, how will the party escape and stop whatever nefarious scheme is afoot? Will T and G ever get to go home? There’s only one way out of this sticky situation: a stealth mission.
In our world, T and G dig into the enigma that is the “seat” of power himself (in that he’s a big ass), Dalton!

What is the deal with Dalton? How is it that a man with such distaste for authority have managed to rise so high in society, especially with such an eclectic fashion sense?
Villains in Chrono Trigger! All are time-locked, and arguably there’s no main big bad (Lavos doesn’t count, really)
Again, Chrono Trigger as a game of great moments and set pieces, and how it tried to do different things (like the Blackbird) to different effects

Editing, scripting, and podcast visual design by Nick Terwoord. Special thanks to Square Enix for making that game that we love, Chrono Trigger ...and for not suing us.
Episode Cast
Alphabetically, by actor:

Artimage in the role of Announcing Soldier
Dan Murray in the role of King Dalton
Manda Whitney in the role of Empress Azala
Nick H in the role of Basher
Nick G in the role of his fictional self, and discussion host
Nick T in the role of his fictional self, Robo, and discussion host
Patrick "TrickyLove" Moylan in the role of Nizbel III
SMZeldaRules in the role of Lucca Ashtear

Musical Credits

[00:00] Oww: Inception by The ARTISANS Beats used under Jamendo’s standard license
[00:05] Lucky to be alive:

39 min