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{{quote| ''"Imagine if the world as you know it... was nothing more than an illusion. What if creatures like elves, dragons, vampire, zombies and werewolves walk amongst you every day... but you never see them. This is the world I walk in. I am called Byron. And these are my chronicles."''}}
 
The time? Present day, or something not too far off. The place? Portland, Oregon. The problem? More like problem''s''. The Vatican's trying to prevent a [[Zombie Apocalypse]], some idiots in England freed a bunch of fallen angels from their prison, Satan's lost his daughter and is '''not''' happy about it, and a new street drug is turning the homeless people who use it into monsters. It's up to Byron, an immortal superhuman of unknown origin, to save the day.
 
''[[The Byron Chronicles]]'' is an audio drama series from [http://www.darkerprojects.com/ Darker Projects] dealing with the troubles behind maintaining [[The Masquerade]]. David Ault stars as moody Byron, a being with immense powers who spends his life protecting humans and keeping the peace in his chosen home of Portland. He's been around awhile, and he's not happy that things keep going wrong. Joining him in his endeavors is Christina Sparrow, a young woman who had a run-in with a monster that left her very changed, and together they explore the underworld of magic that lies just beneath the surface of reality.
 
Season One dealt mostly with Christina's introduction to Byron, as well as werewolf pack politics, a street drug that turns long-term users into monsters, and an angel prison known as the Labyrinth. Season Two wrapped up the Labyrinth storyline and swept Byron and Chris up in a vampire clan conflict that almost destroyed Portland, while tormenting Byron with the consequences of past actions. Season Three is ongoing, introducing a new villain known only as Leviathan and giving Byron someone else to hang around.
 
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* [[Action Girl]]: Chris counts, Sam not so much.
* [[Adrenaline Makeover]]: Chris goes from a naive college student to a [[Badass]] [[Demi HumanDemihuman]] with superhuman strength.
* [[All Myths Are True]] - not only myths and legends, but ''multiple fictional stories''. See [[Shout -Out]] below for some examples.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Byron is [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type IV]], reluctant to get involved with other people's troubles unless [[It's Personal]], to prevent [[The End of the World Asas We Know It]], helping a friend or the problem is his fault.
** He also seems protective of his adopted home of Portland, Oregon.
* [[Apocalypse How]]: Rome's fall was between types 0 and 1.
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* [[Arc Words]]: "Leviathan dances"
* [[The Atoner]]: Byron's comments indicate that his present heroic actions and duties are an attempt to balance some rather questionable actions in his [[Mysterious Past]].
* [[Brought Down to Normal]]: Happens to Byron for a time if he pushes his power too far, {{spoiler|like in Season Two}}.
* [[Byronic Hero]]: [[Sarcasm Mode|Guess]]
* [[Came Back Wrong]]: {{spoiler|Lazarus (aka that one guy whom Jesus brought back from the dead) not only didn't die naturally again, but precipitated the entire [[Zombie Apocalypse]].}}
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Byron
** Max, the Armani-wearing, merlot-downing demon.
* [[Demi HumanDemihuman]]: Chris, post-monster attack.
* [[Demonic Possession]]: {{spoiler|Caroline}} in "Dead Time".
* [[Distressed Damsel in Distress]]: When Chris first appears, she's attacked by a Rush user-turned-monster and must be saved by Byron.
* [[Dracula]]: Wants to kill Byron. Though, to be fair, Byron did {{spoiler|kill his wife}}.
* [[Elaborate Underground Base]]: Many of the vampires live in complex subterranean chambers to protect themselves from the sun.
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* [[Fantastic Drug]]: The new street drug Rush, a potent psychedelic, is growing popular amongst the locals of Portland... [[Involuntary Shapeshifting|and turning its long-term users into vampire-like monsters]]. Byron can't find the secret ingredient until Chris comes along - she was bitten by a user and became a vampirelike human. Turns out it's {{spoiler|vampire blood}} that's causing all the trouble.
* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: Faven, a half-demon, is trapped within Byron's tower after breaking in. {{spoiler|Chris's}} imprisonment in Dracula's machine also counts.
* [["Friend or Idol?" Decision]]: At the beginning of Season Two, Byron is trapped with Jo on a [[Alternate Universe|mirror world]] by [[Louis Cypher|Logan]] so that Logan can free [[Lilith]] from Byron's realm. {{spoiler|Later it is revealed that Byron could have returned at any time to his own realm without Jo but chose to stay to try and get Jo home, thus invoking this trope. However [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog|Jo dies and Lilith is freed anyway]].}}
* [[Fur Against Fang]]: Season One two-parter "Code of Conduct" has almost-vampire Chris meet a female werewolf named Amy. They don't get along.
** {{spoiler|Subverted at the end of Season 2 when the eastern council of vampires and the werewolves join forces against Dracula and begin to broker a more permanent peace.}}
* [[Government Conspiracy]]: The organization introduced in Episode 6, "A Time Of Rising", is a branch of the U.S. Government dealing with things like angels and keeping the public in the dark.
* [[Jerkass Gods]]: God created the world and sent Jesus to die for humanity, but now he doesn't give a crap.
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* [[Humanoid Abomination]]: {{spoiler|Leviathan}}
** Byron himself may qualify, due to his unique nature and odd appearance.
** {{spoiler|Chris}} may also qualify, due to {{spoiler|her}} [[One-Winged Angel]] nature.
* [[Knight Templar]]: Agent Catherine of the Watch
* [[Louis Cypher]]: Logan
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* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: The Voices of Flame and Leviathan from season 3
* [[Not So Different]]: Done to Byron by {{spoiler|Leviathan}}.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: A regular occurrence of the series.
** Byron has destroyed Rome, {{spoiler|created a demonic mist and refused to save its third victim before imprisoning it, created a race of super zombies [[For Science!]] and refused to give up Lilith to angels which may result in the destruction of all reality}}. Among others.
** Hurray Jo, you saved the world from the fallen Seraphim! {{spoiler|By releasing them into another world where they killed everyone.}}
** Even [[Jesus]] gets one of these! {{spoiler|Turns out he brought Lazarus back from the dead alright- as the first flesh-eating zombie.}}
* [[One-Winged Angel]]: {{spoiler|Chris}} can assume a monstrous form if angry or threatened.
* [[Only in It For Thethe Money|Only In It For The Merlot]]: Max, a demon summoned by Chris to find out what's causing the Noise.
** As he puts it, "like banks, there are no vineyards in Hell." Apparently wine's quite hard to come by when you're a demon.
*** A season three episode explains that the wine can restore energy and some magic after a shock or exertion.
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* [[Pro Bono Barter]]: Chris gets Max's help in exchange for a case of merlot.
** She did offer to pay him, but his reaction was less than pleased:
*** -> {{quote|"You think there are exchange rates in Hell? A branch of Western Union to cash a check?"}}
* [[Religion of Evil]]: Leviathan's "religion", which not only marks believers with a tattoo-like symbol but protects them from going insane. The cultists' devotion to the fallen angels in season 1 counts as well.
* [[Sacrificial Lion]]: {{spoiler|Chris}}
* [[Santa Claus]]: {{spoiler|Is actually a evil [[Humanoid Abomination]]!}}
* [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can]]: Comes in a variety of flavors. They inevitably escape.
** Fallen Seraphim {{spoiler|and Leviathan}} are imprisoned in a dimension called the Labyrinth {{spoiler|until Logan releases them}}.
** A demonic mist {{spoiler|created by Byron}} that can [[Demonic Possession|possess]] victims and turn them into serial killers is sealed in a bronze box created by Tibetan monks.
** Nicholas {{spoiler|aka [[Santa Claus]]}} is imprisoned and let out once a year {{spoiler|and forced to deliver presents to children}}.
** Byron himself from time to time, courtesy of both {{spoiler|Dracula}} and the Vatican.
** Byron keeps some himself, including {{spoiler|Lilith}} and {{spoiler|a race of super zombies he created}}.
* [[Shout -Out]]: Too many to count. Apparently, not only is ''The Byron Chronicles'' in the same universe as every other podcast from Darker Projects, but multiple fictional universes as well.
** Byron once quipped that "[[Harry Potter|Harry's]] quite a nice fellow. Pity about that Voldemort business."
** Prime Minister [[Doctor Who (TV)|Saxon]] was responsible for almost destroying the Earth with angry fallen angels.
** Chris met a coven of [[Twilight (Literaturenovel)|animal-feeding vampires]] who live in Washington.
** The government organization mentioned that they were concerned about a vampire in New Orleans named "[[The Vampire Chronicles|Lestag]]" who was publishing his memoirs.
* [[Town Withwith a Dark Secret]]: Blackthorn, Vermont, where everyone went crazy.
* [[Weakened Byby the Light]]: Christina's reaction when she's affected by Rush.
* [[Wham! Episode]]: The last episode of season 2, ending in {{spoiler|Chris's death}}.
* [[Zombie Apocalypse]]: Seems to happen with alarming frequency. Byron even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] it.
 
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