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The Scum Kings
Mike Daltrey | grimdark fantasy, epic fantasy
69 episodes
2 days ago
Meet the Scum Kings, a dysfunctional band of bottom-feeding marauders led by the ruthless Giddray 'Dray'. They are not clever masterminds or noble rebels. They are a pack of beaten dogs, driven by hunger and greed, whose every attempt at villainy seems to end in fresh wounds and humiliating failure. They are the fever in a sick world, a symptom of the rot.

The Scum Kings is a daily, short-form, serial grimdark fantasy audiobook told from the perspective of their captain. Each 5-15 minute episode is a ground-level chronicle of survival, following the crew through their desperate heists, ugly victories, and insane gambles.

Defeated. Desperate. Driven.

Created and written by Mike Daltrey
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Meet the Scum Kings, a dysfunctional band of bottom-feeding marauders led by the ruthless Giddray 'Dray'. They are not clever masterminds or noble rebels. They are a pack of beaten dogs, driven by hunger and greed, whose every attempt at villainy seems to end in fresh wounds and humiliating failure. They are the fever in a sick world, a symptom of the rot.

The Scum Kings is a daily, short-form, serial grimdark fantasy audiobook told from the perspective of their captain. Each 5-15 minute episode is a ground-level chronicle of survival, following the crew through their desperate heists, ugly victories, and insane gambles.

Defeated. Desperate. Driven.

Created and written by Mike Daltrey
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Episodes (20/69)
The Scum Kings
The Scent of Prey
Starving and desperate in the bitter mountains, Dray's dying crew discovers an unexpected opportunity: a camp of See soldiers working as cartographers. As Brynn returns with news of potential salvation, the crew faces a deadly choice - risk certain death by attacking trained soldiers, or accept a slow demise in the merciless peaks.

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2 days ago
6 minutes

The Scum Kings
The Grind
Dray leads his battered crew on a desperate vertical climb through the merciless Stone Fence mountains, where every handhold threatens betrayal and the screaming wind cuts like ice. As Stiggand's festering wounds worsen and Cob struggles to keep pace, their shared dream of reaching the Abbey of the Stern Visage crumbles with each agonizing step. What began as a journey of hope descends into a brutal test of survival, revealing the true cost of following a leader's desperate fantasy.

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2 days ago
5 minutes

The Scum Kings
The March
The Scum Kings face their breaking point as Dray proposes an insane gamble - raiding a legendary golden abbey. What begins as a desperate pitch transforms into a schism, with half the crew yearning for a safe death by starvation, while others embrace one final, glorious act of madness. As Stiggand's laughter echoes across the barren rocks, the fate of these broken warriors hangs on Orso's decision. Will they choose the sensible path to a slow death, or risk everything for a chance at one last legendary heist?

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4 days ago
7 minutes

The Scum Kings
The Scum Kings Friday Binge! Chapters 51-55
This binge contains 5 episodes.

Episodes included:
1. The Last Coin (November 10, 2025)
2. The Challenge (November 11, 2025)
3. The Icon (November 12, 2025)
4. The Ghost of a Chance (November 13, 2025)
5. The Pitch (November 14, 2025)

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Episode 1: The Last Coin
The Scum Kings face their darkest moment in the barren hills, Dray's authority crumbling with each passing second. When all seems lost, Silene reveals a final ace: the last silver Solaree, carefully hidden away. But her cold, practical plan for survival forces them to confront a brutal truth - are they the kings they've claimed to be, or merely scavengers playing at nobility?

Episode 2: The Challenge
The Scum Kings face their breaking point as Dray refuses to accept a return to mere survival. When Silene proposes splitting up the group to survive as common thieves, Dray's defiant stand against mediocrity triggers a devastating mutiny. As former allies choose sides between pragmatic survival and dangerous ambition, the bonds that held the Scum Kings together begin to unravel.

Episode 3: The Icon
Dray watches helplessly as his crew abandons him for Orso's leadership, leaving him alone at the edge of a fireless camp. As his authority crumbles and his followers choose survival over loyalty, the self-proclaimed Scum King must face the bitter reality of his failures. With empty pouches and a broken spirit, Dray's journey from fierce leader to solitary outcast forces him to confront the hollow crown he's been wearing all along. But in the depths of betrayal, sometimes a random item can be so much more.

Episode 4: The Ghost of a Chance
A seemingly worthless ivory icon becomes the key to an earth-shattering revelation. As Dray pieces together a pattern of suspicious encounters - a wealthy pilgrim in pauper's clothes, a zealously guarded empty lockbox, and a madman's fevered warnings - a stunning truth emerges. What appeared to be the dying remnants of an old faith may instead mask an elaborate deception hiding untold riches.

Episode 5: The Pitch
Facing mutiny from his own crew, Dray discovers a pattern that everyone else dismissed - three seemingly unrelated encounters connected by mysterious ivory icons. As his former followers plan to abandon him, he pieces together the significance of a mad acolyte's ravings, a priest's fortress-like shrine, and a pilgrim's inexplicable wealth. But is this the desperate theory of a deposed leader, or has Dray uncovered something far more valuable than their last silver coin?

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6 days ago
29 minutes

The Scum Kings
The Pitch
Facing mutiny from his own crew, Dray discovers a pattern that everyone else dismissed - three seemingly unrelated encounters connected by mysterious ivory icons. As his former followers plan to abandon him, he pieces together the significance of a mad acolyte's ravings, a priest's fortress-like shrine, and a pilgrim's inexplicable wealth. But is this the desperate theory of a deposed leader, or has Dray uncovered something far more valuable than their last silver coin?

-----

Want to binge The Scum Kings with fewer ads? Every Friday night we release a bonus episode of the week's previous five episodes, with fewer ads in between chapters and a seamless listening experience! 

Perfect for a weekend binge! 
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1 week ago
7 minutes

The Scum Kings
The Ghost of a Chance
A seemingly worthless ivory icon becomes the key to an earth-shattering revelation. As Dray pieces together a pattern of suspicious encounters - a wealthy pilgrim in pauper's clothes, a zealously guarded empty lockbox, and a madman's fevered warnings - a stunning truth emerges. What appeared to be the dying remnants of an old faith may instead mask an elaborate deception hiding untold riches.

-----

Want to binge The Scum Kings with fewer ads? Every Friday night we release a bonus episode of the week's previous five episodes, with fewer ads in between chapters and a seamless listening experience! 

Perfect for a weekend binge! 
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1 week ago
5 minutes

The Scum Kings
The Icon
Dray watches helplessly as his crew abandons him for Orso's leadership, leaving him alone at the edge of a fireless camp. As his authority crumbles and his followers choose survival over loyalty, the self-proclaimed Scum King must face the bitter reality of his failures. With empty pouches and a broken spirit, Dray's journey from fierce leader to solitary outcast forces him to confront the hollow crown he's been wearing all along. But in the depths of betrayal, sometimes a random item can be so much more.

-----

Want to binge The Scum Kings with fewer ads? Every Friday night we release a bonus episode of the week's previous five episodes, with fewer ads in between chapters and a seamless listening experience! 

Perfect for a weekend binge! 
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1 week ago
5 minutes

The Scum Kings
The Challenge
The Scum Kings face their breaking point as Dray refuses to accept a return to mere survival. When Silene proposes splitting up the group to survive as common thieves, Dray's defiant stand against mediocrity triggers a devastating mutiny. As former allies choose sides between pragmatic survival and dangerous ambition, the bonds that held the Scum Kings together begin to unravel.

-----

Want to binge The Scum Kings with fewer ads? Every Friday night we release a bonus episode of the week's previous five episodes, with fewer ads in between chapters and a seamless listening experience! 

Perfect for a weekend binge! 
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1 week ago
5 minutes

The Scum Kings
The Last Coin
The Scum Kings face their darkest moment in the barren hills, Dray's authority crumbling with each passing second. When all seems lost, Silene reveals a final ace: the last silver Solaree, carefully hidden away. But her cold, practical plan for survival forces them to confront a brutal truth - are they the kings they've claimed to be, or merely scavengers playing at nobility?

-----

Want to binge The Scum Kings with fewer ads? Every Friday night we release a bonus episode of the week's previous five episodes, with fewer ads in between chapters and a seamless listening experience! 

Perfect for a weekend binge! 
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1 week ago
5 minutes

The Scum Kings
The Scum Kings Friday Binge! Chapters 46-50
This compilation containing 5 episodes.

Episodes included:
1. Escape From Greymark (November 03, 2025)
2. The Ash-Stained Dawn (November 04, 2025)
3. The Barren Land (November 05, 2025)
4. The Blame Game (November 06, 2025)
5. The March to Nowhere (November 07, 2025)

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Episode 1: Escape From Greymark
A city guard crackdown transforms an ambitious gang takeover into a desperate fight for survival. As the Gutters district erupts in flames, the Scum Kings face their greatest challenge yet - not conquering territory, but simply staying alive. Through burning streets and smoke-choked alleys, they are tested as they navigate a maze of fire and steel, hunted by methodical killers in guard uniforms.

Episode 2: The Ash-Stained Dawn
In the aftermath of the devastating fire in the Gutters, the Scum Kings flee through the night, their victory turned to bitter ashes. As they huddle on a cold hill, soaked in river water and blood, the fragile bonds holding them together begin to snap. When Cob, their cook, attempts to desert, their leader faces a brutal choice: let the pack crumble or enforce loyalty through fear.

Episode 3: The Barren Land
Desperate and starving, the remnants of the Scum Kings trudge through barren hills after fleeing a devastating fire. Dray stakes everything on one final gambit, sending their scout Brynn over a distant ridge in search of salvation. As the crew waits in their fireless camp, tension builds and hope dwindles with each passing hour. The arrival of their scout at dusk could mean either salvation or the final breakdown of their fragile alliance in this unforgiving wasteland.

Episode 4: The Blame Game
A starving crew of failed kings faces their breaking point when their last hope of survival crumbles. As Stigand confronts Orso over their disastrous plan, long-simmering tensions explode into violence.

Episode 5: The March to Nowhere
In the aftermath of a near-deadly confrontation between Stigand and Orso, Dray faces his greatest test of leadership as his crew teeters on the edge of collapse. With their silver gone and murderous tensions rising, he forces his broken band to march westward—not from hope, but from the desperate knowledge that stillness means death. As the sun rises over their grim procession, Dray must confront the hollowness of his own authority and find a way to hold together a crew that's already shattered inside.

-----

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1 week ago
28 minutes

The Scum Kings
The March to Nowhere
In the aftermath of a near-deadly confrontation between Stigand and Orso, Dray faces his greatest test of leadership as his crew teeters on the edge of collapse. With their silver gone and murderous tensions rising, he forces his broken band to march westward—not from hope, but from the desperate knowledge that stillness means death. As the sun rises over their grim procession, Dray must confront the hollowness of his own authority and find a way to hold together a crew that's already shattered inside.

-----

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2 weeks ago
9 minutes

The Scum Kings
The Blame Game
A starving crew of failed kings faces their breaking point when their last hope of survival crumbles. As Stigand confronts Orso over their disastrous plan, long-simmering tensions explode into violence.

-----

Want to binge The Scum Kings with fewer ads? Every Friday night we release a bonus episode of the week's previous five episodes, with fewer ads in between chapters and a seamless listening experience! 

Perfect for a weekend binge! 
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2 weeks ago
5 minutes

The Scum Kings
The Barren Land
Desperate and starving, the remnants of the Scum Kings trudge through barren hills after fleeing a devastating fire. Dray stakes everything on one final gambit, sending their scout Brynn over a distant ridge in search of salvation. As the crew waits in their fireless camp, tension builds and hope dwindles with each passing hour. The arrival of their scout at dusk could mean either salvation or the final breakdown of their fragile alliance in this unforgiving wasteland.

-----

Want to binge The Scum Kings with fewer ads? Every Friday night we release a bonus episode of the week's previous five episodes, with fewer ads in between chapters and a seamless listening experience! 

Perfect for a weekend binge! 
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2 weeks ago
5 minutes

The Scum Kings
The Ash-Stained Dawn
In the aftermath of the devastating fire in the Gutters, the Scum Kings flee through the night, their victory turned to bitter ashes. As they huddle on a cold hill, soaked in river water and blood, the fragile bonds holding them together begin to snap. When Cob, their cook, attempts to desert, their leader faces a brutal choice: let the pack crumble or enforce loyalty through fear.

-----

Want to binge The Scum Kings with fewer ads? Every Friday night we release a bonus episode of the week's previous five episodes, with fewer ads in between chapters and a seamless listening experience! 

Perfect for a weekend binge! 
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2 weeks ago
5 minutes

The Scum Kings
Escape From Greymark
A city guard crackdown transforms an ambitious gang takeover into a desperate fight for survival. As the Gutters district erupts in flames, the Scum Kings face their greatest challenge yet - not conquering territory, but simply staying alive. Through burning streets and smoke-choked alleys, they are tested as they navigate a maze of fire and steel, hunted by methodical killers in guard uniforms.

-----

Want to binge The Scum Kings with fewer ads? Every Friday night we release a bonus episode of the week's previous five episodes, with fewer ads in between chapters and a seamless listening experience! 

Perfect for a weekend binge! 
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2 weeks ago
4 minutes

The Scum Kings
The Scum Kings Friday Binge! Chapters 41-45
This binge compilation contains 5 episodes.

Episodes included:
1. The War Council (October 27, 2025)
2. The Point of No Return (October 28, 2025)
3. A Hammer For a King (October 29, 2025)
4. The King is Dead (October 30, 2025)
5. The Reckoning Fire (October 31, 2025)

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Episode 1: The War Council
In the back room of a gambling den, Silas's empire begins to crack. As the crime lord's calculated demeanor shatters into brutal rage, Dray must play a dangerous game of loyalty - volunteering to lead a suicide mission against the Red Hands. But beneath the facade of eager bloodlust lies a deeper plan. When a wounded beast calls for war, the deadliest position might just be at his side. As tomorrow night's assault looms, the line between predator and prey grows increasingly blurred in the Gutters.

Episode 2: The Point of No Return
Forced to lead a suicide mission against the Red Hands, the Scum Kings face their most pivotal decision yet. When master strategist Orso reveals a daring alternative plan to strike at Silas himself, the crew must choose between serving a tyrant or risking everything for a shot at the throne.

Episode 3: A Hammer For a King
A coordinated assault on Silas's fortified warehouse erupts into brutal violence as the Scum Kings execute their master plan. Moving like ghosts through the chaos of a city in turmoil, each member of the crew plays their deadly part - from Brynn's calculated distraction to Stigand's raw power and Gix's shadowy kills. But as they fight their way toward Silas's command room, leaving a trail of broken bodies behind, the question remains: what awaits them behind that final oak door, and will their transformation from servants to sovereigns come at a price none of them are prepared to pay?

Episode 4: The King is Dead
In a cramped warehouse room far from the city's chaos, a deadly confrontation unfolds between a rebel and his former master. As Silas and Dray clash in a brutal dance of steel and desperation, humiliation and stored rage finally boil over. What begins as a masterful duel descends into a savage struggle for survival, where skill meets fury and old power dynamics shatter in a spray of blood.

Episode 5: The Reckoning Fire
A triumphant heist transforms into an apocalyptic nightmare as Stigand's rage ignites an inferno that threatens to devour the Gutters. Trapped in a burning warehouse, the Scum Kings face a desperate escape that will cost them dearly. As the flames spread with unstoppable fury through the shantytown districts, the disciplined horns of the City Guard cut through the chaos. Their night of survival is far from over.

-----

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Perfect for a weekend binge! 
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2 weeks ago
24 minutes

The Scum Kings
The Reckoning Fire
A triumphant heist transforms into an apocalyptic nightmare as Stigand's rage ignites an inferno that threatens to devour the Gutters. Trapped in a burning warehouse, the Scum Kings face a desperate escape that will cost them dearly. As the flames spread with unstoppable fury through the shantytown districts, the disciplined horns of the City Guard cut through the chaos. Their night of survival is far from over.

-----

Want to binge The Scum Kings with fewer ads? Every Friday night we release a bonus episode of the week's previous five episodes, with fewer ads in between chapters and a seamless listening experience! 

Perfect for a weekend binge! 
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3 weeks ago
4 minutes

The Scum Kings
The King is Dead
In a cramped warehouse room far from the city's chaos, a deadly confrontation unfolds between a rebel and his former master. As Silas and Dray clash in a brutal dance of steel and desperation, humiliation and stored rage finally boil over. What begins as a masterful duel descends into a savage struggle for survival, where skill meets fury and old power dynamics shatter in a spray of blood.

-----

Want to binge The Scum Kings with fewer ads? Every Friday night we release a bonus episode of the week's previous five episodes, with fewer ads in between chapters and a seamless listening experience! 

Perfect for a weekend binge! 
Show more...
3 weeks ago
5 minutes

The Scum Kings
A Hammer For a King
A coordinated assault on Silas's fortified warehouse erupts into brutal violence as the Scum Kings execute their master plan. Moving like ghosts through the chaos of a city in turmoil, each member of the crew plays their deadly part - from Brynn's calculated distraction to Stigand's raw power and Gix's shadowy kills. But as they fight their way toward Silas's command room, leaving a trail of broken bodies behind, the question remains: what awaits them behind that final oak door, and will their transformation from servants to sovereigns come at a price none of them are prepared to pay?

-----

Want to binge The Scum Kings with fewer ads? Every Friday night we release a bonus episode of the week's previous five episodes, with fewer ads in between chapters and a seamless listening experience! 

Perfect for a weekend binge! 
Show more...
3 weeks ago
4 minutes

The Scum Kings
The Point of No Return
Forced to lead a suicide mission against the Red Hands, the Scum Kings face their most pivotal decision yet. When master strategist Orso reveals a daring alternative plan to strike at Silas himself, the crew must choose between serving a tyrant or risking everything for a shot at the throne.

-----

Want to binge The Scum Kings with fewer ads? Every Friday night we release a bonus episode of the week's previous five episodes, with fewer ads in between chapters and a seamless listening experience! 

Perfect for a weekend binge! 
Show more...
3 weeks ago
5 minutes

The Scum Kings
Meet the Scum Kings, a dysfunctional band of bottom-feeding marauders led by the ruthless Giddray 'Dray'. They are not clever masterminds or noble rebels. They are a pack of beaten dogs, driven by hunger and greed, whose every attempt at villainy seems to end in fresh wounds and humiliating failure. They are the fever in a sick world, a symptom of the rot.

The Scum Kings is a daily, short-form, serial grimdark fantasy audiobook told from the perspective of their captain. Each 5-15 minute episode is a ground-level chronicle of survival, following the crew through their desperate heists, ugly victories, and insane gambles.

Defeated. Desperate. Driven.

Created and written by Mike Daltrey