Hi everyone. This is Christoph Laputka and I hope you've enjoyed the first three prologue episodes of the Invenios expeditions

because we're about to jump into the main season. You're about to listen to Chapter 1, The Invenios, and 11 more episodes that follow it.

And I just wanted to take the chance to sincerely thank our audience for taking the time to listen to our shows and subscribe to our podcast.

I know that many of you are new to our channel, but others have been with us for over a decade, which is so mind-blowing.

You know, I started The Leviathan Chronicles back in 2007, back when podcasting was still in its infancy, and very few full cast audio dramas were being produced in the US.

And we've come a long way since then, with three seasons of the Leviathan Chronicles, the Rapscallian Agency, and now the Invenios Expeditions with more on the way.

I'm so proud of how far we've come and excited about all the untold stories that still

lie ahead that we can't wait to bring to you.

But to do that, we need your help.

Making fiction podcasts, especially full cast audio dramas, is really tricky, and that's

primarily for two reasons.

First, unlike the rest of podcasting, sometimes it can take a year or even longer just to create

8 to 10 episodes, which means we have long stretches of dead air in our feed, which causes

listenership and ad revenue to drop.

And the second is that the episodes tend to require a fair bit of capital to produce.

In addition to paying our voice actors, we also hire sound engineers

to create the immersive soundscapes that Leviathan is known for, and music composers to keep

your heart racing during all those exciting action scenes. And there's also visual artists

to create album art, marketing posters, websites, video content, and much more. And to be really

honest, advertising on the show simply doesn't bring it enough revenue

to pay everyone and bring these stories to life.

That's why we have a new Patreon page that I'm really excited to tell you about.

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