Jarnsaxa Rising
Thor's ex-lover takes revenge. In 2094, one corporation wins the battle for energy supremacy, but human costs cause global instability. When an abandoned wind farm in the Baltic shows inexplicable energy surges, two explorers find it has become sentient, and hungry. Using human pawns, Norse deities avenge ancient grudges, in this ten-part audio drama. Copyright 2015 6630 Productions. Listen Notes
Episodes
Season 1, Episode 1: Two women are tested for crimes against their respective societies, and are sent on journeys requiring all their strength.
Cast in order of appearance:
Loki- Ethan Bjelland
Jarnsaxa- MaryLynn Mennicke
Widow Gregersen- Leslie Vincent
Sister Margareta- Delta Giordano
The Interviewer- Sarah Broude
Agent Bachman- Katherine Kupiecki
Written by Lindsay Harris Friel
Directed by Carin Bratlie Wethern
Sound design, engi...
Season 1 Episode 2: Agent Bachman and Dr. Aspinall meet the devastation caused by the Hei Shui corporation, and a harsh landscape, where figures appearing from the mist bring more questions than answers.
Cast in order of appearance:
Agent Bachman: Katherine Kupiecki
Dr. Aspinall: John T. Zeiler
Mrs. Wallace: Molly Pach Johnson
Björn: Derek Meyer
Written by Lindsay Harris Friel
Directed by Carin Bratlie Wethern
Sound design, enginee...
Season 1, Episode 3: Agent Bachman investigates the wind turbine, finds the corporation’s impact is more deadly than expected, and the target on her own back.
Starring Katherine Kupiecki, John T. Zeiler, Molly Pach Johnson, Ethan Bjelland
Written by Lindsay Harris Friel
Directed by Carin Bratlie Wethern
Sound design, engineering and music by Vincent Friel
Dramaturgy by Kit Gordon
This episode of Jarnsaxa Rising was sponsored by Sue...
Season 1, Episode 4: Dr. Aspinall meets the woman hiding in the wind farm’s transformer shack. She shows him what she’s been building, and what it can do. Who she really is, and what she is capable of unlocking, will shake him to his very core.
Starring John T. Zeiler, MaryLynn Mennicke, Katherine Kupiecki, and The Company as The Scandia Energy Workers.
Written by Lindsay Harris Friel
Directed by Carin Bratlie Wethern
Sound desig...
Season 1, Episode 5: Agent Bachman interrogates Dr. Aspinall and The Mystery Woman, Dr. Aspinall deduces what the powerful contraption could be, and the woman offers them the chance to travel beyond their reality. Will they take it? What will they find?
Dr. Aspinall: John T. Zeiler
Jarnsaxa: MaryLynn Mennicke
Agent Bachman: Katherine Kupiecki
Written by Lindsay Harris Friel
Directed by Carin Bratlie Wethern
Sound design, engineerin...
Season 1, Episode 6: Jarnsaxa takes Agent Bachman and Dr. Aspinall to her homeland, at the time when she knew only love and pride. They meet Loki, who cautions her to hide, as burgeoning war between Asgard and Jotunheim threatens chaos. A bargain is struck, but treachery makes ancient grudges erupt.
Starring John T. Zeiler, Katherine Kupiecki, MaryLynn Mennicke, Ethan Bjelland, Delta Giordano, Shannon Troy Jones, and Derek Meyer
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Season 1, Episode 7: Loki takes Agent Bachman to Asgard, to avenge Jarnsaxa and Jotunheim. During the wedding feast of Thor and Sif, Loki seduces the bride. Bachman must teach Loki a lesson, and The Aesir must mete justice upon the remaining descendants of Jotunheim.
Starring John T. Zeiler, Katherine Kupiecki, MaryLynn Mennicke, Ethan Bjelland, Amy Pirkl, Shannon Troy Jones and Derek Meyer.
Written by Lindsay Harris Friel
Directe...
Season 1, Episode 8: Jarnsaxa and Dr. Aspinall prepare the funeral pyre after the massacre. His desire to analyze this new world pushes against her desire to burn all Nine. Can they understand each other, and the power of science and sorcery, before Loki and Bachman return? And how does this relate to the ferry boat fire?
Starring MaryLynn Mennicke, John T. Zeiler, Katherine Kupiecki, Ethan Bjelland
Written by Lindsay Harris Friel
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Season 1, Episode 9: The previous September, Agent Bachman confronted Mrs. Wallace over their relationship, pushing her to make a bold choice, with disastrous consequences. Thor confronts Jarnsaxa, making her a peculiar and dangerous offer.
Starring Molly Pach Johnson, Keith, Katherine Kupiecki, John T. Zeiler, MaryLynn Mennicke, Derek Meyer
Written by Lindsay Harris Friel
Directed by Carin Bratlie Wethern
Sound design, engineering...
Eason 1, Episode 10: Bachman must stop Jarnsaxa from setting the wind turbine ablaze, but Dr. Aspinall has plans for the witch bottle. Loki turns them against each other, as Jarnsaxa returns to the mortal world. Will Bachman and Aspinall save the wind farm and recover the witch bottle’s power? Or will Loki and Jarnsaxa destroy the humans to continue their war plan against the Aesir?
Starring Katherine Kupiecki, John T. Zeiler, Etha...
Season Two of Jarnsaxa Rising launches on July 12, 2018. This trailer has been remastered by Vincent Friel.
In September of 1944, Jarnsaxa meets mysterious strangers whose plane crashes on her island. She hopes they might release her from her witch bottle, and let her escape. When she finds their agenda is more bellicose and cruel than she could imagine, she takes strides to correct them.
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Jarnsaxa and Loki infiltrate the Hei Shui corporation, using the bodies of Bachman and Eric. They set out to destroy Balder and claim Eric's son, but familiar voices in the corporation distract them. Eric wakes in the realm of the dwarves and meets Sif; they learn they have Loki's treachery in common. Thor sets out on another mission for Odin, but Heimdall suspects deep treachery.
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Jarnsaxa escapes the Hei Shui Corporation and finds a world harsher than she expected. She meets Nikea and Rocola, learns what humans can be, and is given an unusual weapon. Sif and Eric escape to the unknown, and Heimdall shows Thor how disastrous his mission to find Jarnsaxa could be.
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Jarnsaxa brings Nikea’s viral weapon back to the Hei Shui corporation but must continue posing as Agent Bachman and develop diplomatic skills, when The Interviewer gives her a risky invitation. Loki finds Jasper, and lands in the tightest vise he can imagine: the role of a devoted father. Eric and Sif go to Hel, find the trapped Scandia Energy workers from Sottunga, and Agent Bachman adds to the greater mystery. What could Hel want...
Season 2, Episode 5: Ratatoskr warns Sif and Eric that something is wrong at Urd’s Well. Jarnsaxa finds that Mr. Wallace has been collecting some odd trophies, and recognizes him for who he really is. Heimdall pushes Thor, who deceives him. Loki makes Stephanie discover her true voice and identity.
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Urd, Sif and Eric find the pattern between the destruction of Jotunheim, the other Norns’ disappearance, and Jarnsaxa’s mission in Midgard. Jarnsaxa experiences a new side of Balder, and must protect her witch bottle. Loki and Skuld discover the truth about Jasper and Balder, and Loki sets out on a path of destruction.
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Despite Sif’s new wisdom and Eric’s new insight about his relationships, Thor obstructs their mission. Loki uses his experience as the mother of Slepnir to gain Skuld's trust. Eric uses 21st-century tools to stop Thor, and Sif invokes Jarnsaxa. Heimdall is caught between Sif’s determination and Thor’s stubborness, and must carve his own path without the Aesir. Ratatoskr returns with intelligence from another world.
In the series finale, Jarnsaxa’s final battle with Balder and Thor forces her to abandon her usual tactics. Using Nikea’s flash drive, she explodes the witch bottle, attacking the corporation in a sonic storm. Thor takes her to Yggdrasil. Reunited with Eric, she must make hard choices about the future for her own children, and Eric’s.
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