It is the year 882 of the Imperium. The Empire holds sway over every land that survived the long-ago cataclysm, fueled by Duskwall’s leviathan hunting ports and led by Imperial City’s brilliance. The Immortal Emperor, may he reign a thousand lifetimes, guides his citizens into a new era of technology, culture, and prosperity.
Prosperity for some, anyway. The Empire remains as it always has: a society where those with wealth and power do everything to protect what they have and take more than they need, while everyone else is left to fight over the scraps. In Imperial City, skyscrapers reflect the constant glow of the lightning barriers, while criminals race electroplasm-fueled cars through the streets, bringing their drugs and drinks to clubs where citizens dance in the dark. Art, music, architecture, debt, and crime are all exploding across the city, while ghosts, demons, and the looming threat of war lurk at the fringes.
Amid the glitz and glamour, the desperation and drive, comes a new band of criminals looking to make their mark on the city. Will they succeed where so many others have failed? Or will they crumble, not even remembered as a cautionary tale?
Only one way to find out.
THE CITY THAT NEVER DIES: An all-new Blades in the Dark actual play podcast, from the creators of The Magpies!
- Season 2, Episode 14: Is It Anime?
The crew sets about destroying the machines, and wonder just what they’re doing to the ghosts inside. Val goes full parent mode. Featured Charity: BDS Read More - Season 2, Episode 13: All I Wanna Do, Is Sink My Fangs Into…The Whiskey Jays are hired by a client that knows a bit more about the crew than they should. There’s a lot of coin on Read More
- Season 2, Episode 12: Going Off the Rails on a Spooky TrainThe Whiskey Jays and Dr. Cruz embark on their train heist! With plenty of supplies and intel, what could possibly go wrong? Featured Charity: BDS Movement; Atlanta Read More
- Season 2, Episode 11: Mind the PlasmThe Whisky Jays are back! Led by GM Dusty Hill, join Darling, Echo, Arlene, and Val as they once again confront the ghosts, gangs, and Read More
- Season 2, Episode 10: Thank YouAssassins from yet another Market have found the Whisky Jays. Out in the Deathlands, no one has to hold back–but there’s more at risk than Read More
- Season 2, Episode 9: This is Me Being NiceThe Whisky Jays and their Breaker companions continue their journey into the Deathlands and find themselves under attack from hungry Lifeseeker Crows! Featured Charity: #TransCrowdFund and the Read More
- Season 2, Episode 8: A Little Bit of Blood CurseThe Breakers contact the Jays, looking for help with a Deathlands smuggling job that’s a bit more complicated than usual. What will be worse: learning Read More
- Season 2, Episode 7: Stand Back and Mind the TigerThe Jays head into the depths of the Devil’s Tooth prison in search of the relic. Will they be able to escape before the full Read More
- Season 2, Episode 6: Just Out of ReachEcho knows the location of the relic that her nemesis, The Vulture, is hunting down. The only problem? It’s locked up somewhere in a prison Read More
- Season 2, Episode 5: Exceptional AbilityThe Whisky Jays and Dr. Cruz continue to search the basement underneath the Tower of Glass for a missing person. But the doctor’s stolen friend Read More
- Season 2, Episode 4: All Good Ghost Doctors Dr. Marquez Cruz (played by special guest Dusty!) just wants to run his underground clinic in peace. Unfortunately, outside forces are making that impossible… Read More
- Season 2, Episode 3: Cat and MouseThe Jays get a nice, straightforward job negotiating a smuggling deal among the criminal underclasses. If only Val’s ex wasn’t on their trail. Featured Charities: #TransCrowdFund on Read More
- Season 1 Q&AThe Season 1 Q&A! The cast of The City That Never Dies answers all your burning questions about the setting, the characters, who would be Read More
- Season 2, Episode 2: When the Gunshots StartDeep within a mine overseen by the Spirit Wardens, the Whisky Jays will have to lie like their lives depend on it to get the Read More
- Season 2, Episode 1: Music to My EarsFeatured Organizations: NDN Collective, National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center Learn more about the Indian Child Welfare Act and how you can support those fighting to protect it. Visit our StartPlaying Read More
- Season 1, Episode 24: The Person I Need to KillBenny Barsotti tasks the Whisky Jays with a job that none of them will do: reignite the gang war between the Breakers and Brigantines so Read More
- Season 1, Episode 23: Four Pieces of BlackmailThe Whisky Jays and their friend Archie sneak into a Bluecoat station, smuggling in evidence to frame their rivals. But they won’t be leaving empty Read More
- Season 1, Episode 22: A Nice Change of PaceWith Darling out on a private mission, it’s up to Echo, Arlene, and Val to complete a job on behalf of the Nightcaps. All they Read More
- Season 1, Episode 21: Noise ComplaintThe Whisky Jays continue their joyride of distraction through the streets of Imperial City, pulling attention to themselves so their comrades can smuggle goods to Read More
- Season 1, Episode 20: Something Notable We Can ExplodeThe Nightcaps have a high-value shipment that needs to be moved, and the Whisky Jays are just the crew… to be a distraction and keep Read More
- Season 1, Episode 19: A Party You Can WinThe Whisky Jays get to enjoy a day (mostly) free of crime as they attend their neighborhood festival and union fundraiser! Featured Charity: Toronto Indigenous Harm Read More
- Season 1, Episode 18: Iron Never DiesThe Jays must decide whether or not to utilize the ramp as they make their way across the city, avoiding trouble while carrying a carload Read More
- Season 1, Episode 17: Your Winning SmileThe Whisky Jays, minus Darling, get a job offer from the Breakers to move some delicate cargo across the city. What complications will arise? Who Read More
- Season 1, Episode 16: All Kind of MisfitsThe Whisky Jays and their new, temporary ally search the warehouse for the goods they need to achieve their goals. But they won’t all make Read More
- Season 1, Episode 15: Someone DangerousBailey reaches out to the Whisky Jays for a job: get alcohol from anyone, anywhere to fill in the gaps in the Nightcaps’ supply. After Read More
- Season 1, Episode 14: How Big and Scary We Could GetThe showdown in Shadowfields continues as the assassin Lavender confronts the Whiskey Jays over their smuggled person… and her shared past with Darling and Arlene. Read More
- Season 1, Episode 13: All The Lights Come UpA friend of the Whisky Jays needs help getting someone out of town in a hurry. But what’s already a complicated job turns dangerous when Read More
- Season 1, Episode 12: Dangerous SecretsThe Whisky Jays board the train! With only a few hours before it leaves Imperial City, will they be able to find the cargo they’ve Read More
- Season 1, Episode 11: It’s a GiftThe Whisky Jays are out of debt, but their relationship with the Nightcaps has soured, leaving them looking for other work. When their friend Raine, Read More
- Season 1, Episode 10: How to Fall SafelyThe Whisky Jays head into the depths of Bayrise for a score that’s landed them squarely between the reignited conflict between the Breakers and Brigantines. Read More
- Season 1, Episode 9: An Uneasy PeaceThe Nightcaps’ operations are expanding, and no one can be bothered to tell the Whisky Jays all the details of a pickup in Bayrise that Read More
- Season 1, Episode 8: The Water’s Nice to Look AtThe Whisky Jays have a truck full of illicit contraband and a chatty know-it-all along for the ride. They just have to get across the Read More
- Season 1, Episode 7: If the Gods Had Wanted Me to FlyBenny’s old friend Matty needs a favor: moving his precious collection of liquor across the city without getting caught, and without the liquor getting damaged. Read More
- Season 1, Episode 6: You’re Very SpecialThe Whisky Jays begin their alchemical heist! With high-end security and cargo that attracts ghosts, what could possibly go wrong? Featured Charity: ABK Workers Strike Fund Read More
- Season 1, Episode 5: A Shopping Trip No One Asked ForThe Whisky Jays are tasked with helping a potential new supplier acquire the rare ingredients she needs to produce her pricey brews. Somehow this leads Read More
- Season 1, Episode 4: An Educational Moment for Us AllThe Whisky Jays have bluffed their way into the base of an enemy gang. Now all they have to do is grab the stolen ledger Read More
- Season 1, Episode 3: We’ll Look Like RuffiansHedwig Riverford’s auto dealership is a staple of the community–and a crucial resource for the criminal underworld. When her dealership is trashed and her ledger Read More
- Season 1, Episode 2: This is a Little GrimHot on the trail of their stolen cargo, the Whisky Jays tear through the streets of the Docks district in hot pursuit. Will they evade Read More
- Season 1, Episode 1: The City of LightWelcome to Imperial City, the capital of the Empire. It’s a metropolis filled with opportunity and oppression, with countless people grasping for the former as Read More