Crone

I feel like you run young and I run old.

Oh, no. I'm embracing Crone.

Crone? Crone.

What's Crone? Crone? Like the old witch.

Oh, got it.

Got it.

And I don't think you are Crone.

I don't think so either.

She actually has a curse on her sheet.

It's a sliding scale flaw from one to five that I've called the Crone's Grief.

When she sees the person who destroyed her home, she has to make a frenzy check with a plus two difficulty.

Roll me self-control with difficulty eight.

Eventually.

Then they headed out across the old highway to Orville to see the Crone of Coxcall Holler.

I told you, they got some colorful names for things in Arkansas.

It was Barley's bright idea to see the crone, and it was that idea that brought them to my door.

They want to try and revive this old technology using forbidden thinking machines as navigation devices just to hedge their bets against Spicefield navigators, which are quickly dwindling because they're running out of Spice.

unbeknownst to everybody at this Ix meeting there's a face dancer in disguise named Crone here he is a crony he's an evil guy in this book we'll talk about him shortly but he is at this table and he's posing as one of the Ixian fabricators and he's quietly like sort of steering the negotiations for his own purposes he's muddying the waters and causing infighting because it serves his purposes Again, we'll talk about him shortly when we talk about the Tleilaxu arc.

Separately, in this Space and Guild arc, at one point, this is so dumb, the Oracle of Time intervenes directly.

Oracle shows up again.

I know you're like, oh man, Uxtal going to Bandalong, honor Matre there.

How are they going to protect him against sexual bonding? Don't worry.

Crone sexually mutilates Uxtal before sending him there so that he can't be sexually bonded.

Okay.

Yes.

We're talking about it in terms of Crone, like the triple goddess archetype maiden mother Crone.

Crone as, you know, the final kind of step in womanhood.

This, you know, figure who is full of wisdom and nurturing, but also, you know, kind of a spooky witch vibe.

There's obviously the...

Merry meet! Welcome back, seekers, skeptics, cardslingers, midnight overthinkers, and anyone who's ever pulled a tarot card and immediately thought, well, shit.

Welcome back to Anonymous Crone, the podcast where we stir the cauldron of wisdom, witchcraft, and the wild ways of the old gods.

What a week, right? Losing Dolly Parton and Tim Curry within the same 24 hours? It kind of feels like some sort of cosmic warning.

I've woken up every morning this week with this heaviness on my chest, and I know why.

That's just how these things happen.

Well, my witches, we've come to the end of our journey through the cards.

But before I send you off, here is tonight's Crone's Blessing.

May the cards reveal what eyes cannot see, and whispers of wisdom awaken in thee.

Badger brings you the latest in deadline news and a few more interviews from Midsummer Scream.

And the Old Crone is asking the question, why are you still a cash-only haunt in 2026? Finally, we're spinning some spooky tunes off Midnight Syndicate's new album, as we celebrate the release of their 16th studio album, Plankett's Grove.

Speaking of Midnight Syndicate, the Roundtable of Terror invites our friends Edward Douglas and Gavin Goska of Midnight Syndicate to take a seat and discuss their new album.

We go into how it was conceived, the music writing process, and how this album is different from their previous releases.

He is okay, folks.

He will be back, hopefully, at the next show.

But we do have, out in Northwest Arkansas, Jonna the Old Crone.

Hello.