I very excited to announce a new offering beginning in December called Morvold Music.
I am commissioning composers/songwriters to create soundtracks to maps that I've created to help provide an even more immersive feel to your sessions. This month, I am happy to provide you with The Arcane Prison by Josh Barron (www.joshbarroncomposer.com), one of your fellow Patrons.
I am thrilled with the dark classical fantasy feel of the piece and immediately envisioned the story of a powerful being forcing its way from the prison after a battle of wills with the last surviving warden.
Where can I listen to it?
You can either check it out on Soundcloud here: https://on.soundcloud.com/J5vIm6iFNnNGqbYbD7 or I've attached an MP3 file at the bottom of the post you can download and integrate into whatever playlists or jukeboxes you might keep for your sessions.
For those that may have joined us after the release of the Arcane Prison map, here is a wonderful illustration by RK Tiu to help set the scene:
The map was designed with the Violet Hold from World of Warcraft in mind -- an interdimensional prison designed to house the worst of the worst the fantasy realms have to offer, making for both an interesting and potentially dangerous location. The facility has several sections, including a low security and high security wing.
The facility is accessible only through teleportation portals that are highly regulated and managed, with several defense measures in place to deal with potential jailbreaks or powerful entities that overpower the guards during entry.
Here is an example of the map:
In addition to the map, we had a great sprite of one of the Sentinels created by Katsudon Art:
The sentinels are the primary defense system against the imprisoned entities. They are extremely powerful constructs that are controlled by the wardens through a variety of interfaces within the prison, including the large glowing sphere in the center of the high security vault (large room).
I also had a full illustration of the Arcane Sentinel created by Clark Ocleasa:
And I came up with the following stat block for those wanting to use them in their session:
I've attached these to the bottom of the post, in case you wanted to use them for any of your upcoming adventures in 2026.
I am excited about the music and hope to bring you much more next year!! =)