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.
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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.
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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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.
