RQ Network Feed Drop – Malevolent Part 1 “The Dark World”
The Magnus Archives
Rusty Quill
4.9 • 12K Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
This month we are featuring a feed drop of one of many amazing podcasts on the RQ Network: Malevolent.
Malevolent is a thrilling, Eldrich Horror, Mystery, audio drama brilliantly combined with elements of choose your own adventure and actual play via their Patreon.
This first episode of Malevolent follows Arkham P.I Arthur Lester who wakes up blind, terrified and confused with no memory of who he is and what has happened, only a nameless, eerie, voice guiding him through the darkness.
Malevolent is from Harlan Guthrie the same talented creator behind Deviser and Dice Shame.
Introduction and outro by Anusia Battersby. Listen to Malevolent on The Rusty Quill website, on Acast, or listen wherever you get your podcasts, or to learn more about Malevolent check out its official website.
Credits:
Written and performed by Harlan Guthrie
Content warnings:
Blindness,
Memory Loss,
Human Remains,
Threats of violence,
Manipulation,
Eldritch horror
Mentions of, Accidental killing, dismemberment, Child Death
SFX, Guns and Gunfire
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone, it's Anusha here, Voice of Gwen in The Magnus Protocol. Today, we are bringing you |
| 0:05.7 | the very first episode of a brilliant show on the RQ network, Malevolent, which is created by |
| 0:11.5 | Harlan Guthrie, the talented creator of multiple amazing shows, including Diviser and Dice Shame. |
| 0:17.4 | Malevolent is a thrilling Eldritch Horror Mystery Audio Drama, brilliantly combined with elements |
| 0:22.9 | of Choose Your Own Adventure and actual play via their Patreon. |
| 0:26.7 | Malevolent follows Arkham P.I. Arthur Lester, who wakes up blind, terrified and confused, |
| 0:33.4 | with no memory of who he is and what has happened, only a nameless, eerie voice guiding him through the darkness. |
| 0:41.0 | You can listen to more episodes of this series by searching for malevolent, |
| 0:45.9 | wherever you listen to your podcasts, |
| 0:48.0 | or by clicking the link in the show notes below. |
| 0:50.8 | Or, for more information, visit www.milevolent.ca or www.Rustyquil.com. Have fun and enjoy the episode. I can't forget the night I'm mad at you. |
| 1:21.6 | That's all I'm dreaming of. |
| 1:31.3 | And you call it madness |
| 1:47.2 | ah but I call it love Where am I? |
| 1:48.5 | What's happened? |
| 1:49.8 | Don't you remember? |
| 1:52.3 | Who are you? |
| 1:53.9 | Who am I? |
| 1:56.1 | I'm a friend. |
| 1:58.9 | The best friend you have right now. |
| 2:00.0 | The only friend you have right now. The only friend you have, what happened? |
| 2:01.9 | Why can't I see anything? |
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