MEET THE CAST
Michael Sinclair II (@MichaelCrits) plays Beskey Nevering our young spellcaster from island kingdom of Ne’reen.
Michael Sinclair II is a veteran TTRPG performer and MtG personality. He has been in the TTRPG community for over five years and has been in shows like Into the Motherlands, and Let’s Get Wildemount. Michael likes playing Magic in his spare time and has been on Game Knights and Tabletop Jocks. Michael also streams on his personal Twitch channel (twitch.tv/michaelcrits) about MtG, indie games, and social justice education.
Adelaide Gardner (@ohadelaide) plays Ariadne Zuvan, a valkyrie from the celestial plane of Aludra.
Adelaide is a TTRPG tastemaker and content creator with a lot of fingers in a few pies. Along with playing in Faeforge Academy, she produces livestreamed content with her partner, and regularly guests and stars in multiple other TTRPG productions. Outside of tabletop, she's the social media manager for esports.gg, and cheats the algorithm with cute pictures of her dog.
Ian Gould (@ianggould) is a freelance DM, layout designer, multiclass bard, and occasional sound editor for all things TTRPG. Ian has written and developed titles for Dungeon Master Guild as well as Adventures League, and organizes open table D&D at his friendly local game store. He currently resides in the mountains holds of North Carolina where he is is guarded by the fierce dragon Smaug who is, for the time being, polymorphed into a cat.
Follow him at @ianggould on Twitter for updates on all his creative projects!
Ky Elliott (@StoneflyKy) plays Ashryn Emberwhisper, an Eladrin, Circle of the Wildfire Druid. She has been playing D&D since 2011, and started playing other role play games in 2018. Ky is also an artist who is passionate about miniature painting, colors, and creativity. Ky transistioned to miniature painting after creating traditional art for a few years. She is also known for her love of coffee, otters, and puns. She is active on her social media where she shares her minis and TTRPG stories.
Kris Gideon (@kissofhemlock) plays Rain, a fairy Drakewarden Ranger, who is accompanied by their best friend, Kernel. They are a ttrpg writer and preformer and you can find her on shows such as Stay Alive on the Free Forge channel as well as on the Shenanigoons!
Emily Ervolina (she/they) is an LA-based producer for TV & podcasts as well as a host, voice actor, role-player, cosplayer, and rumored vampire. They produce television and digital content for networks such as National Geographic Wild, the Discovery Channel, TNT, TBS, CBS, and REVOLT. They lend their flair for the dramatic to a variety of projects including the immersive, anthology TTRPG podcast, 20 Sided Stories, and the D&D livestream/podcast, Second Star to the Right, and most recently - Faeforge Academy! They are passionate about telling stories centered around science, education, social justice, and art.
Stephen Garcia, or The Bad DM (@The_BadDM), is the Dungeon Master, creator, and producer of the Faeforge Academy. You can also find him GM'ing on other shows such as the Not Quite Heroes Podcast and Tabletop Galaxy and as one of the co-hosts of Anime Attache. Stephen originally got involved in gaming through miniature painting and still paints on occasion. He loves to create, lift others up, and celebrate the creativity and freedom that ttrpg's bring people. He has been an always DM for 4 years and loves it. His name, The Bad DM, comes from a reminder to himself that the anxiety and fear he felt that being perceived as "bad," which kept him from gaming and ttrpgs for years, was a lie and really the only kind of bad gamer is one who excludes and pushes people out of the space. He loves nothing more than bringing new people into gaming and helping them overcome that same fear of being perceived as "bad".