The Magnus Archives

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Discussion on next steps and consequences, recorded in the tunnels.

Content warnings:

• Arguments
• Guilt & self-recrimination
• Smoking
• Strong language
• Discussions of: altered reality, death & self-sacrifice, mass suffering & mass death
• Mentions of: violence & murder, mental deterioration, manipulation, trauma, explosions
• SFX: crying

Transcripts:

PDF - https://cutt.ly/rz6dkrj

DOC - https://cutt.ly/fz6db20

Thanks to this week's Patrons: Vigdís Heiðbrá Guðmundsdóttir, Rachael, SomeVariationOfGay, KJ, Grayson Genter, Kaela Roy, Hunter Harder, Jorge García, Emily Krichmar, Dyon Puts, i think ur pretty cool, Autumn Seel-Baker, Clara Rigual Munoz rainy j, potpourri, Chloe, Μυρτώ Απλαντή, Brian Sullivan, Варя Бородина, Iwona Gajór, & Ásgerður Ósk

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Edited this week by Nico Vettese, Elizabeth Moffatt, Brock Winstead, Jeffrey Nils Gardner & Alexander J Newall

Written by Jonathan Sims and directed by Alexander J Newall

Sensitivity consultation by Alexander Linde Nielsen

Produced by Lowri Ann Davies

Performances:

- "The Archivist" - Jonathan Sims

- "Martin Blackwood" - Alexander J Newall

- "Basira Hussain" - Frank Voss

- "Melanie King" - Lydia Nicholas

- "Georgie Barker" - Sasha Sienna

Sound effects this week by altfuture, daboy291, DrDufus, gaby7129, gggtrew, JK129645, kyles, lartti, nintendoto, quetzalcontla, Sheyvan, sityu, soundhunterjulie, SpliceSound, steinhyrningur, theshuggie, thewestwind, tmkappelt, unkleceeg, vibe_crc, theshuggie & previously credited artists via freesound.org.

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Statements End.

Content warnings:

• Character death
• Fire & explosions (inc. SFX)
• Vocalised suffering
• Building collapse
• Physical violence (inc. SFX)
• Pleading
• Arguments & crying
• Explicit language
• Discussions of: death (inc. mass death), mass suffering, existential dread
• Mentions of: war, suicide, blood, alternative realities, blades
• SFX: distorted static & voices, high frequencies, rumbling, continued clicking & thudding

Transcripts:

PDF - https://cutt.ly/zxOpLDg

DOC - https://cutt.ly/4xOpMAk

Thanks to this week's Patrons: Eddie Ryan, nihhon, Anna Kiselevich, Jade Rose Fulford, Anrea Jones, Ashley McManus, Kate Schwichtenberg, Eric Magnuson, Kyle Jett Peterson, Stripey Tail, Si Porter, Nr.9, Deandra Mosura, Isaac Persad, and all of our other supporters. Thank You! If you'd like to join them, visit www.patreon.com/rustyquill

Edited this week by Nico Vettese, Elizabeth Moffatt, Brock Winstead, Jeffrey Nils Gardner & Alexander J Newall

Written by Jonathan Sims & directed by Alexander J Newall

Sensitivity consultation by Alexander Linde Nielsen

Produced by Lowri Ann Davies

Performances:

- "The Archivist" - Jonathan Sims

- "Martin Blackwood" - Alexander J Newall

- "Basira Hussain" - Frank Voss

- "Melanie King" - Lydia Nicholas

- "Georgie Barker" - Sasha Sienna

- "Jonah Magnus" - Ben Meredith

- "Rosie" - Hannah Brankin

Sound effects this week by 7h3_lark, aarom, adamgryu, aesqe, alpert, baryy, bbrocer, Benboncan, blaukreuz, Bliss, bone666138, Breviceps, BruceFenn_190335, btherad2000, cdrk, Clearwavsound, Daniela-Santos, dheming, Dynamicell, dynamique, EminYILDIRIM, Evinawer, felix.blume, Fission9, FiveBrosStopMosYT, FlatHill, flood-mix, GregorQuendel, Halleck, HenryRichard, jack13_89, jackmichaelking, jacobsteel, jamesrodavidson, johnzwick45, jorickhoofd, juskiddink, jzielke011, kessir, klankbeeld, kvgarlic, kwahmah_02, LittleRobotSoundFactory, NachtmahrTV, oscaraudiogeek, ProductionNow, ReadeOnly, reinsamba, RHumphries, saralana, scampsie, sforsman, SpliceSound, steveygos93, straget, tatianafeudal, TheFilmLook, tripjazz, Volonda, Vurca, wjoojook, zatar, deleted-user-7146007, huminaatio, george-arkin & previously credited artists via freesound.org

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Hello friends and fans!  

Lowri here – you may know me as the voice of Celia. 

I hope you have been enjoying The Magnus Protocol! Episode 50 marks the end of Act 2 of season 2 and, as with season one, we now have a pre-planned break in the show’s release schedule.  

2025 has been an incredible year at Rusty Quill, and the rest of the year has even more packed into it. This means that the breaks between acts are longer than previously, as we balance the workloads of our small team. 

That said, we have some very exciting things to share with you before Act 3, including a brand-new official 6-episode spin-off of The Magnus Protocol: Sheeple Chase, which you can listen to right here on the Magnus feed. 

Sheeple Chase, written by Sasha Sienna and directed by April Sumner, was a stretch goal unlocked during the Kickstarter campaign that funded Protocol – thank you to everyone who donated and made this possible!  

This fictional podcast, set prior to the events of The Magnus Protocol, is hosted by conspiracy enthusiast Georgie Barker and faux-sceptic Celia Ripley. In each episode, one of the hosts will present a conspiracy theory, before discussing the “evidence” for and against. However, will Celia’s ulterior motives and Georgie’s growing paranoia put the podcast in jeopardy? 

Not only that, but we are hard at work behind the scenes developing Magnus Live: The Hilltop – a fully-staged, two-act play debuting in London this October. The Hilltop, which is written and directed by Alexander J Newall, will feature fan-favourite characters from The Magnus Archives and The Magnus Protocol. Rehearsals are underway and everything from costumes to set design and backdrops are being worked on by members of the RQ team.  

While tickets for the show are sold out, we have secured a professional videographer team to film and produce a recording of the play. We’ll share more information on the distribution of this at a later date.  

As we’re getting towards the end of the year and ever closer to the holiday season, you may be on the lookout for gifts for your loved ones, or maybe just for yourself! There’s plenty of amazing official Magnus merchandise available, including handcrafted wooden dice trays, dice towers and more from Harps Corp, bespoke “Jon & Martin” and “Ex Altiora” perfume scents from Sucreabeille, and even a limited-edition Magnus microphone from Sontronics – perfect for your first foray into podcasting. Find all these and more by visiting our website: rustyquill.com/support  

Thank you so much for being here and listening to our shows – your enthusiasm for everything we create means the world to us. An extra super special thank you to our paid subscribers on Patreon whose donations go directly back into creating Rusty Quill Original podcasts. 

The Magnus Protocol will return in 2026. Thanks for listening.  

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transmutation (organs) -/- experimentation (metal)

Incident Elements:

·    graphic descriptions of post-mortem examination

Transcripts available at https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/

You can find a complete list of our Kickstarter backers https://rustyquill.com/the-magnus-protocol-supporter-wall/

Created by Jonathan Sims and Alexander J Newall  

Directed by Alexander J Newall

Written by Alexander J Newall

Script Edited with additional material by Jonathan Sims

Executive Producers April Sumner, Alexander J Newall, Jonathan Sims, Dani McDonough, Linn Ci, and Samantha F.G. Hamilton 

Associate Producers Jordan L. Hawk, Taylor Michaels, Nicole Perlman, Cetius d’Raven, and Megan Nice 

Produced by April Sumner

Featuring (in order of appearance) 

Lowri Ann Davies as Celia Rilpley

Anusia Battersby as Gwen Bouchard

Sarah Lambie as Lena Kelley

Billie Hindle as Alice Dyer

Robert Vernon as Heinrich Unheilmich

Dialogue Editor – Nico Vettese

Sound Designer – Meg McKellar

Mastering Editor - Catherine Rinella

Music by Sam Jones (orchestral mix by Jake Jackson) 

Art by April Sumner  

SFX from Soundly and Freesound: martinimeniscus, fransiscopcoutinho, TRP, jberkuta14, Uk by Darkproductions_2016, iggy1345, kyles, unkleceeg, Greg_surr, alec_mackay, MWsfx. Additional sounds by Tessa Violet as well as previously credited artists.

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Have you ever felt like your favourite celebrity just isn't who they used to be? Maybe they aren't.

This week Georgie and Celia investigate cases of dubious dopplegangers.

Content Warnings:

· Dopplegangers

· Mentions of : death, suicide, grief, murder

Transcripts available at https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/

This series is part of our Kickstarter Stretch Goals for the Magnus Protocol. You can find a complete list of our Kickstarter backers https://rustyquill.com/the-magnus-protocol-supporter-wall/

Created by Sasha Sienna, based on the works of Jonathan Sims and Alexander J Newall

Directed by April Sumner

Written by Sasha Sienna

Script Edited with Additional Material by Jonathan Sims and Alexander J Newall

Executive Producers April Sumner, Alexander J Newall, Jonathan Sims, Dani McDonough, Linn Ci, and Samantha F.G. Hamilton

Associate Producers Jordan L. Hawk, Taylor Michaels, Nicole Perlman, Cetius d’Raven, and Megan Nice

Produced by April Sumner

Featuring

Sasha Sienna as Georgie Barker

Lowri Ann Davies as Celia Ripley

Loki as Captain Barker

Editor – Nico Vettese

Mastering Editor - Meg McKellar

Music by Nico Vettese

Art by April Sumner

SFX by Soundly and previously credited artists

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Sheeple Chase and The Magnus Protocol are a derivative products of the Magnus Archives, created by Rusty Quill Ltd. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share alike 4.0 International Licence.

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This month we are featuring an episode of one of many exciting podcasts on the RQ Network: The Program audio series. 

The Program audio series is a dark science fiction anthology set in a future in which Money, State, and God have become fused into a single entity. The show focuses on ordinary people inhabiting this extraordinary world. And for them, it is not this future that is terrifying – it is our present. This is part 1 of an episode called Overclocking. It follows a group of characters in a disintegrating simulation embarking on a journey to the literal end of the world. You can find the episode transcript at programaudioseries.com/23-overclocking/ including credits and a list of references.

The Program audio series is created and produced by IMS. Introduction and outro by Lowri Ann Davies.

You can listen to the 2nd part of this brilliant episode by using this link.

Or you can listen to The Program audio series on the Rusty Quill website, on Acast, on its official website, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Content warnings

• Conspiracy 
• Existential threat
• Disappearances
• Artificial Intelligence
• SFX - Ticking Clocks, Laughing Creatures.

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Incident Elements:

·    scopophobia

·    body horror (eyes)

·    graphic violence

·    SFX: Screaming, squishing

Transcripts available at https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/

You can find a complete list of our Kickstarter backers https://rustyquill.com/the-magnus-protocol-supporter-wall/

Created by Jonathan Sims and Alexander J Newall  

Directed by Alexander J Newall

Written by Jonathan Sims

Script Edited with additional material by Alexander J Newall

Executive Producers April Sumner, Alexander J Newall, Jonathan Sims, Dani McDonough, Linn Ci, and Samantha F.G. Hamilton 

Associate Producers Jordan L. Hawk, Taylor Michaels, Nicole Perlman, Cetius d’Raven, and Megan Nice 

Produced by April Sumner

Featuring (in order of appearance) 

Shahan Hamza as Samama Khalid

Sasha Sienna as Georgie Barker

Billie Hindle as Alice Dyer

Lydia Nicholas as Melanie King

Frank Voss as Basira Hussain

Dialogue Editor – Lowri Ann Davies

Sound Designer – Tessa Vroom

Mastering Editor - Catherine Rinella

Music by Sam Jones (orchestral mix by Jake Jackson) 

Art by April Sumner  

SFX from Soundly and Freesound: JuanD20, felixblume, toefur, kooust, chris_dagorne, 1skyland, Yuval, Harrisando, sillygrizzlies, gbnelso, sturmankin, gadiraz, jameswrowles, Cornersting, CJspellfish, pfranzen, ScottStanderfer1, fordps3, iggy1345, bouncyballblue, dalexgray, wibwob, shutuplaika, ondrosik, CJspellsfish, Mediasaur, richwise, misimmonsvoice as well as previously credited artists.

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Incident Elements:

·    Graphic Violence

·    Death

·    Spatial/visual distortion

·    Thalassophobia

·    Claustrophobia

·    Body Horror

·    Mentions of: immolation, drowning, crushing, choking

·    SFX: buzzing, screaming

Transcripts available at https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/

You can find a complete list of our Kickstarter backers https://rustyquill.com/the-magnus-protocol-supporter-wall/

Created by Jonathan Sims and Alexander J Newall

Directed by Alexander J Newall

Written by Jonathan Sims

Script Edited with additional material by Alexander J Newall

Executive Producers April Sumner, Alexander J Newall, Jonathan Sims, Dani McDonough, Linn Ci, and Samantha F.G. Hamilton

Associate Producers Jordan L. Hawk, Taylor Michaels, Nicole Perlman, Cetius d’Raven, and Megan Nice

Produced by April Sumner

Featuring (in order of appearance) 

Marta de Silva as Warden Olivia

George Bunting as Warden Callum

Lydia Nicholas as Melanie King

Sasha Sienna as Georgie Barker

Shahan Hamza as Samama Khalid

Frank Voss as Basira Hussain

Beth Eyre as The Archivist

Billie Hindle as Alice Dyer

Dialogue Editor – Lowri Ann Davies

Sound Designer – Tessa Vroom

Mastering Editor - Catherine Rinella

Music by Sam Jones (orchestral mix by Jake Jackson)

Art by April Sumner

SFX by Soundly and Freesound: maxthrower, iwanPlays, dav0r, Yuval, SpliceSound, trpete, Artninja, oscaraudiogeek, nioczkus, launemax, gadiraz, serøtōnin, tran5ient, martian, morganpurkis, annannienann, peridactyloptrix, melle_teich, Tim_Verberne, dalexgray, shutuplaika, and previously credited artists

Check out our merchandise available at https://www.redbubble.com/people/RustyQuill/shop and https://www.teepublic.com/stores/rusty-quill

Support Rusty Quill by purchasing from our Affiliates;

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The Magnus Protocol is a derivative product of the Magnus Archives, created by Rusty Quill Ltd. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share alike 4.0 International Licence.

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architecture (hubris) -/- plumbing (historical)

Incident Elements:

·  Claustrophobia

Transcripts available at https://rustyquill.com/transcripts/the-magnus-protocol/

You can find a complete list of our Kickstarter backers https://rustyquill.com/the-magnus-protocol-supporter-wall/

Created by Jonathan Sims and Alexander J Newall  

Directed by Alexander J Newall

Written by Alexander J Newall

Script Edited with additional material by Jonathan Sims

Executive Producers April Sumner, Alexander J Newall, Jonathan Sims, Dani McDonough, Linn Ci, and Samantha F.G. Hamilton 

Associate Producers Jordan L. Hawk, Taylor Michaels, Nicole Perlman, Cetius d’Raven, and Megan Nice 

Produced by April Sumner

Featuring (in order of appearance) 

Anusia Battersby as Gwen Bouchard

Billie Hindle as Alice Dyer

Tim Fearon as Augustus

Lowri Ann Davies as Celia Ripley

Mike Thoms as Brett Larz

Dialogue Editor – Nico Vettese

Sound Designer – Meg McKellar

Mastering Editor - Catherine Rinella

Music by Sam Jones (orchestral mix by Jake Jackson) 

Art by April Sumner  

SFX from Soundly and Freesound: SpliceSound, sweet_niche, SG80_MED1A, Vrymaa as well as previously credited artists

Check out our merchandise available at https://www.redbubble.com/people/RustyQuill/shop and https://www.teepublic.com/stores/rusty-quill

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This month we are featuring a feed drop from Thirst the new series recently launched on The Penumbra Podcast one of the brilliant shows on the RQ Network.

This episode is called “Can't Tear My Eyes From You, Chapter 1: Icebreaker.”

Thirst is a horror-satire about exploitative entertainment in a crumbling world,

Introduction and outro by Billie Hindle.  

You can listen to the next exciting episode of Thirst by clicking on this link, or by searching for The Penumbra Podcast wherever you find podcasts, on the Rusty Quill website and at www.thepenumbrapodcast.com

If you would like to support the creators of Thirst and The Penumbra and access behind-the-scenes content like production scripts, commentaries, blooper reels, and more you can find more information at The Penumbra Podcast: Special Edition.

Cast:

Marge Dunn as Raine Randolph and Claudia

Amanda Egbu as Georgia Whittaker

Eleanore Cho Fellerhoff as Holliday Murdock and Lydia

Joshua Ilon as Dennis Cruz

Quinn McKenzie as Capote Whittaker and Dave

Melody Perera as Anouk Kalhara

Stefano Perti as Dennis Lang and Bill

Marc Pierre as Sergeant Murdock and the “Confess Your Crimes” host

Alexander Stravinski as The Host and Marcus

(Trigger warnings can be found at the bottom of this episode description and at the end of the transcript.)

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You can find all of the transcripts here. Transcripts will come out along with the public release of the episode and include all required SFX attributions.

On staff at the Penumbra:

Ginny D'Angelo -- Head of Merchandise and Outreach

Melissa DeJesus -- Script editing team

Harley Takagi Kaner -- Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director, Sound designer

Joelle Kross -- Transcriptionist

Noah Simes -- Production manager

Grahame Turner -- Script editing team

Kevin Vibert -- Co-creator, Head of Operations, Lead writer

Ryan Vibert -- Composer and performer of original music

Jeff Wright -- Graphic designer

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The triggers below may be relevant to episode 1 of Thirst or to the series as a whole. It is not comprehensive, but a more specific list of triggers is included with every episode. Please consider these as you decide whether Thirst is right for you:

- Climate disaster/climate horror

- Apocalyptic scenarios

- Sudden loud noises

- Violence and threats of violence

- Abuse of power

- Dictatorship, fascism

- Characters speaking in ways that suggest prejudice of most kinds: homophobia, sexism, transphobia, racism, ableism, etc.

- Body horror and gore

- Violence towards animals

- Illness, starvation, malnutrition, dehydration, etc.

- Public humiliation

- Depictions and descriptions of intense military violence

- Coercion and manipulation

- Sexual scenarios

- Profanity

- Unwanted sexual advances

- Exploitation of people in need

- Isolation and abandonment

- Gaslighting/propaganda/organized attempts to misrepresent reality

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