Meet the Cast

  • Nikki Boylan-Currie

    (He / They)

    Nikki, also known as birogues,  is a Two-Spirit artist, musician, educator, monster enthusiast & member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. When they’re not molding the next musical minds of tomorrow, they can be found at the Infinity Break Network, where they are the co-content director and the former DM of Legends of Laia, as well as the player behind Jules Ortiz on the horror actual play ParaScience.

    To find Nikki anywhere online, visit: https://birogues.carrd.co/

  • Velvet Dracos

    (It / She)

    Velvet is a character artist and also a literal, actual dragon.

    Find her on twitter @velvetthedragon and listen to its other actual plays at Clever Corvids Productions.

  • Stef Midlock

    (She / Her)

    Stef Midlock is a double fire sign and co-host of the Athrabeth podcast where she mostly does book reports and simps for Rohan. 

    Stef has guested on podcasts such as That’s What I’m Tolkien About and Character Creation Cast.  She moderated a panel at the 50th anniversary of the Tolkien Society’s annual conference, Oxonmoot, called “Tolkien and New Media.” 

    You can find her on Twitter and Instagram @thenorthfour and on the Athrabeth Discord (https://discord.gg/Ytc95B3C), and join her for monthly episodes of Athrabeth. Forth Eorlingas!

  • Tori Owens

    (She / Her)

    Event Manager by day, and Elf Princess by night, Tori watched Lord of the Rings for the first time over the pandemic and it’s been a slippery steep slope ever since.

    Read along to Tolkien’s works with her and her co-host Paul on their podcast The Sillymarillion (@sillymarillions on socials) and keep up with her cosplays @_toriello on Instagram.

  • James Kaku Pierson

    (He / Him)

    James Kaku Pierson is a podcast producer and amateur voice actor. He is the host, producer, and loremaster of AthraPlay, and the producer of Athrabeth. He’s appeared as a narrator on the PseudoPod and Escape Pod podcasts, and as a guest on Character Creation Cast, talking about The One Ring RPG. 

    He can be found on twitter and instagram @ProducerJamesKP

  • Jude Vais

    (He / Him)

    Jude is co-host of the sister podcast to Athraplay, Athrabeth! He rediscovered Tolkien’s works a decade ago and threw himself into the world of Tolkien Scholarship, eventually badgering Stef into starting Athrabeth when he put his work on a Masters on hold after his son (lovingly referred to on the podcast as “the goblin”) was born.

    You can find him on bsky @jude.athrabeth.com. You can also listen to him talk about 90s science fiction shows on the Babylon Podject @ https://babylonpod.page/