Children of Destiny: Cataclysm is an audio drama series adapted from a Dungeons and Dragons campaign I DM’d several years ago now.
Taking place in the re:INVENT Universe, this story is told on an alternate Earth and follows the story of our heroes and their allies trying to uncover the secrets of Gemstone Industries and their sinister plans for Dustria City.
This world takes a page from comic book stories, mixing together science fiction and fantasy elements in ways that make the story embrace the tropes and techniques of both genres.
Season 1 contains six episodes, the first of which has already been completed. This project will be paid, with the amount offered for each character listed with their specs. Pay rates were based on the Indie Rate Guide on voiceactingclub.com.
Submission Instructions:
Please submit your auditions as MP3 files
Format your audition as follows: Mono, 24 bits, 44.1 kHz
You are free and encouraged to submit auditions for as many characters as you feel comfortable doing so for!
Please record your audition lines in ABCABC format, with 2-3 takes per line.
For any roles which require combat efforts, these are optional for the audition, but feel free to include them if you are comfortable doing so!
For more information on re:INVENT Productions, check us out on Instagram (@reinvent_productions), Facebook, and TikTok (@reinvent.productions)! Here is the link to the Pilot episode if you want to get more of a feel for the vibes of the show!
Hello everyone!
Right off the bat, thank you to everyone who submitted auditions for this project! The amount of interest shown just for our first season is incredible, and the talent on display was fantastic! I really wish we had enough roles to offer to everyone, but alas, we only have so many for this season.
I'm working through the shortlist now, so please expect to see casting offers going out this coming Friday! Thank you all so much for sharing your voices with us!
-Ben
Supporting Role, 76 lines, $100
About: Maurice Williams, male human, early 30’s. A Dustria City police officer and the field leader of the Superpowered Investigations Unit.
Personality: Confident and energetic, he is quick to act but easy to fall prey to his own emotions.
Voice: Mid-tone, no specific accent required.
Other: This role includes combat efforts and shouting.
[Introducing himself to a timid witness.] Good evening, I’m Detective Maurice Williams with the Superpowered Investigations Unit. I have a few questions about your encounter with the Blood Oath Militia at Dock 17 earlier tonight.
[Giving direction mid-battle. Fearsome Flames is a special move.] You guys take care of the wire, I’ll help Thomas turn up the heat. Fearsome Flames!
[Cutting to the chase with a stubborn witness.] Let me pose a theory then, just off of some observations. According to this report, you first attacked our officers down at the docks before turning on the Blood Oath Militia. Nobody saw you take any lives, but you carry a handgun and a short sword. It doesn’t take a detective to know that you’re a mercenary.
Supporting Role, 47 lines, $75
About: Elizabeth Walters, female human, late 20’s. A Dustria City police officer and the strategist of the Superpowered Investigations Unit.
Personality: Intelligent and empathetic, she is willing to make the hard decisions in the heat of the moment.
Voice: Mid-to-High tone, no specific accent required.
Other: This role doesn’t currently include any extended vocal tasks.
[Dismissing a question from a witness.] That’s on a need-to-know basis. I’ll refrain from using that without express permission from here on out. Come with me.
[Giving instructions via telepathy to a group.] Nothing to be done then. You guys need to make it through that mess to get down to the ground floor so we can leave.
[Briefing a group on the plan for the operation.] The museum has two floors above ground, each with three wings for unique exhibits. The plan is a standard sweep of each floor before moving on to the next. There will be three teams of two inside the building to check each wing simultaneously.
Supporting Role, 44 lines, $100
About: Adam Dal, male human, mid-30’s. A Dustria City police officer and the coordinator of the Superpowered Investigations Unit.
Personality: Professional and introverted, he is averse to confrontation and steadfast in his convictions.
Voice: Mid-to-Low tone, no specific accent required.
Other: This role requires an AAPI voice actor, and includes combat efforts and shouting.
[Providing optimistic clarification.] Hopefully this can be completed as a stealth operation. We’re trying to avoid an all-out brawl in the museum.
[Shaken partway through by seeing something unsettling.] We appreciate it, Elizabeth. We found our way into the staff hallways and – what the hell?
[Struggling to contain a powerful enemy mid-combat.] Please hurry, I can’t hold it down for much longer!
Supporting Role, 41 lines, $75
About: Richard Briggs, male human, late 60’s. Chief of the Dustria City Police Department.
Personality: He takes care of his people at all costs, but isn’t afraid to tell them when they’re making mistakes.
Voice: Mid-to-Low tone, no specific accent required.
Other: This role includes shouting.
[Speaking over a megaphone to a group of criminals.] This is Chief Richard Briggs of the Dustria City Police Department. You are all under arrest for the illegal trafficking of firearms, drop your weapons and exit the alley with your hands up!
[Grateful for the help, but stern in his order.] That can wait, ma’am, you’re clearly running on fumes. Please rest, our medics can handle the others back at the precinct.
[Shutting down questions from his officers.] This is not up for discussion, we’re wasting what little time we have to act. Leave my office now. I’ll inform you of the plan when we have one. Am I understood?
Supporting Role, 34 lines, $100
About: White Frost, male human, early 40’s. A vigilante of Dustria City, and member of The Bastions.
Personality: Distant but caring, he knows things that he wishes he didn’t, and that only motivates him to defend the public even more.
Voice: Mid-to-High tone, no specific accent required.
Other: This role includes combat efforts and shouting.
[Attempting to re-assure a hesitant group.] I admire your tenacity. I’m not going to force you all to do anything, but if you choose to come with me, I can guarantee your safety, at least temporarily.
[Providing a blunt recommendation.] Your best option is to get out of the city. You have no obligation to this mess, that’s why Captain Anais tasked me with retrieving you.
[Calling for a decision in a high-pressure situation.] I’d hate to apply more pressure, but you all need to make a choice right now before all hell breaks loose! Who are you gonna trust with your life in this moment?
Supporting Role, 27 lines, $100
About: Neil Sanders, male human, mid-20’s. A Dustria City police officer and the emotional backbone of the Superpowered Investigations Unit.
Personality: Humble and reserved, his first priority is always the protection of others.
Voice: Low-tone, no specific accent required.
Other: This role includes combat efforts and shouting.
[Speaking with authority to a group of criminals, but genuine about not wanting to fight.] Please stand down, everyone! I don’t want to get violent!
[Worried, speaking to a trusted friend.] I’m still not so sure it was a good idea to bring the others on this mission.
[After a fight, expressing gratitude.] You know, Sevrica, that could have been a real disaster without you and NaVita. Thank you.
Supporting Role, 19 lines, $75
About: Cole Johnson, male human, mid-40’s. The CEO of Gemstone Industries.
Personality: Confident and fascinating, every choice he makes is intentional, and he always knows more about a given situation than he lets on.
Voice: Mid-tone, no specific accent required.
Other: This role doesn’t currently include any extended vocal tasks.
[Commanding a subordinate, in a way that is both calm and intimidating.] Andrew, that’s enough. Perhaps it would be best if you refrained from speaking during this meeting.
[Explaining his grand plan.] Utopia, dear Sevrica. Utopia brought on by heroes with special abilities. We here at Gemstone Industries developed a line of one-of-a-kind rings which grant the one wearing them unique abilities.
[Suggesting to the heroes that they could join him.] Not to be morbid, but I believe that incident relieves the three of you from your prior obligations to C.A.D.E.N.C.E.
Supporting Role, 18 lines, $75
About: Karen Forrester, female human, mid-30’s. The Quartermaster of The Envious Dream, a Smuggler ship.
Personality: She maintains an air of business taking the highest priority, but underneath that facade she cares for those under her charge.
Voice: Mid-tone, no specific accent required.
Other: This role requires a BIPOC voice actor, and doesn’t currently include any extended vocal tasks.
[Warning the heroes of potential risks in store for them.] In recent years there has been a surge of organized crime, and seemingly in response, an increased number of super-powered individuals roaming the city.
[Giving orders to her team after an explosion just happened.] Alright people, listen up. Mike, you’re with me to check out that area. John, you stay with this group.
[Providing an update to her Captain.] The crew have just completed offloading the cargo. They’re starting to load supplies for the trip back to the mainland as we speak.
Supporting Role, 17 lines, $100
About: Owen Cambio (cam-BEE-oh), male human, late 40’s. Second-in-command of the Bandits Trade Union.
Personality: Tactical and stern, he is a ruthlessly efficient operator who holds the mission as his top priority.
Voice: Low-tone, no specific accent required.
Other: This role requires a BIPOC voice actor, and includes combat efforts and shouting.
[Talking to a fellow criminal that he doesn’t really trust.] I trust you’ll hold up your end of the bargain?
[Talking to a new hire.] Glad to hear there’s no bad blood. Now come with me, time to introduce you to the Boss.
[Shouting across a rooftop.] We have some unfinished business to settle!
Supporting Role, 14 lines, $75
About: Ho Wu, male human, mid-30’s. A C.A.D.E.N.C.E. Operative who has gone AWOL, now working for Gemstone Industries as part of Cole Johnson’s security detail.
Personality: Pragmatic and logical, he is someone who cannot be easily swayed from the cause he aligns himself with.
Voice: Mid-to-High tone, no specific accent required.
Other: This role requires an AAPI voice actor, and doesn’t currently include any extended vocal tasks.
[Defending his actions.] Please, allow me to explain. C.A.D.E.N.C.E. sent me to Dustria City in order to investigate the recent surge in superpowered individuals. My search led me here, to Gemstone Industries.
[Genuine care for the well-being of the heroes.] I’m quite familiar with how Director Holland treats failure. If you don’t mind, I would like to explain this to him myself, so that the consequences don’t fall on you.
[Prioritizing the security of his boss.] Sir, we need to get you to the safe room.
Supporting Role, 13 lines, $75
About: Iota, genderless QUART-Bot. A combat automaton fitted with artificial intelligence and a heavy-duty firearm.
Personality: Eerie and unsettling, it is an early model of QUARTZ-Bot created by Gemstone Industries to locate and eliminate targets.
Voice: Any tone, no specific accent required.
Other: This role doesn’t currently include any extended vocal tasks.
[Waiting for new orders.] Targets have fled into a nearby building. Permission to pursue?
[Just hit by a fireball.] High-temperature projectile detected. Re-assessing tactics.
[Mid-battle, they weren’t prepared for this.] External heat overpowering internal cooling systems. Re-assessing tactics.
Supporting Role, 12 lines, $100
About: Wilhelm Knochen (kih-NO-chin), male human, early 40’s. Head Enforcer of the Bandits Trade Union.
Personality: Cocky and reliable, he is always ready for a fight and thrives in the heat of battle.
Voice: Mid-to-Low tone, any German accent.
Other: This role includes combat efforts and shouting.
The DCPD finally decided to show up, yeah?
It’ll take more than an axe to break these bone gauntlets!
[Making a new rival out of an old enemy.] You better believe that once we’re both recovered I’m getting a rematch.
Featured Role, 9 lines, $85
About: Zern Agrivar (uh-GREYE-vur), male human, late 60’s. A master bounty hunter and mentor to Sevrica Agrivar, one of the primary protagonists.
Personality: Old and experienced, he is versatile not only in his combat abilities, but also his teaching tactics.
Voice: Any tone, no specific accent required.
Other: This role includes combat efforts.
[A tinge of disappointment towards his student.] That’s enough training for today, Sevrica.
[Scolding his student for making excuses.] You won’t have time to warm up out there. You need to be ready at any moment, always on-guard, and ever decisive. Am I understood?
[Imparting an important lesson upon his student.] In this line of work, Sevrica, you will be tasked with making innumerable choices. Never take your agency for granted. The freedom to choose is something we are all born into this world with, but few ever master it.
Featured Role, 8 lines, $85
About: Thomas Jones, male human, late 20’s. A Dustria City police officer and the powerhouse of the Superpowered Investigations Unit.
Personality: Bold and supportive, he is always willing to step up in the heat of battle and bring others to safety.
Voice: Mid-to-Low tone, any British accent.
Other: This role includes combat efforts and shouting.
[Giving triumphant orders to his subordinates.] Officers, round up the militia members and bring them to the ground level for transport. This has been a good day for the DCPD.
[Starting a fight with a new opponent. Lightning Current is a special move.] Only one way to find out then. Everyone stand back! Lightning Current!
[Exhausted after a fight.] Same here, my legs feel like static.
Featured Role, 7 lines, $85
About: Mason Stone, male human, early 30’s. A member of Gemstone Industries and in the inner circle of Andrew Blood, one of the primary antagonists.
Personality: Powerful and stoic, he is one of the best hand-to-hand fighters around, and it’s not even close.
Voice: Low-Tone, no specific accent required.
Other: This role requires a BIPOC voice actor, and includes combat efforts.
[Frustrated mid-combat.] This damn ice is slowing me down!
[Talking back to his opponent.] That’s too bad, because I’m the one you’ve got!
[Hand-to-hand fighting.] Combat Efforts, light, medium, and heavy.
Featured Role, 0 spoken lines, $85
About: Screech, male human, mid-20’s. A member of Gemstone Industries and in the inner circle of Andrew Blood, one of the primary antagonists.
Personality: Silent in a frightening way, little is known about him.
Voice: Any Tone, no specific accent required.
Other: This role includes screaming.
[Mid-combat, attempting to incapacitate a target.] *Mid-Length Scream*
Featured Role, 4 lines, $60
About: Timothy Ilyushina, male human, early 50’s. The leader of the Bandits Trade Union.
Personality: Intimidating and fatherly, he has connections with the criminal underworld all over the globe, and he uses them without hesitation.
Voice: Mid-to-Low tone, any Russian accent.
Other: This role doesn’t currently include any extended vocal tasks.
[Introducing a new “employee.”] Mike will be joining you as the newest members of our operation.
[Genuine, but there’s secret information there.] We will do great things together.
One-off Appearances, casting 5 VAs in total, $75 to each actor cast.
About: A variety of individuals around Dustria City, from police officers, to criminals, to office workers.
Personality: Anything ranging from scared, to cocky, to professional.
Voice: Any tone, no specific accent required.
Other: Some Extra roles include combat efforts.
[Relieved, the help they called for has arrived.] Hey over there! Are you two with the DCPD?
[Nervous, proclaiming self-defense.] Don’t come any closer, or I’ll shoot!
[Professional, delivering important news to their boss.] Sir, you’re going to want to see this news report.
