Season 1

**Season 1** is the first and only season of *Songs of War*and was confirmed to have a total of ten episodes. Each new episode was posted biweekly, or every other weekend, on the Black Plasma Studios YouTube channel, but following the mid-season break, it was changed to be released every other week in the hopes of garnering more views.

Season 1 began its run on November 23, 2019, and ended in March 28, 2020.

As of the end of 2023, it is the only officially animated SOW season. The original creator, David R.B. has left the Studio and the cancellation videos/season commentaries, which had been posted mod-2020, have been deleted. The new owner of Squared Media, MattSquared, has confirmed that Songs of War is still cancelled.

"**Songs of War Season 2 was cancelled 3 years ago, and will not be returning. On top of it not generating enough revenue for a Season 2 to be viable within the first year of its release, both the Director and Co Director of the series are no longer with the channel, and all of the assets have been released to the public. This decision is final. There are many fanmade episodes of Songs of War on the internet, from talented creators such as Knights of Ardonia, Megste Studios, HeliosAnimation, XunMengLong, and many more.**

**We understand that many of you discovered the channel through Songs of War and were very passionate about the world and lore. I will be making a Squared Community video in the future that compiles everything we have available to us from the old Songs of War files and assets, to allow you all some closure and a one-stop-shop for all of the information you need regarding the series. There was previously a cancellation video, but it seems to have been taken down, likely during the days of our company's rebranding. However, there is a silver lining to all of this. We have another series on a similar scale to Songs of War in the works called Craft My Life, so please stay tuned as we will have more information to share later this year about Squared Media returning to series-based content!**"

## Reception

Songs of War was received extremely highly by the community, and is to this day a fan-favorite, amassing over 59 million views on the full movie version alone, with, according to Marcato, creative lead at SM showing statistics of like to dislike ratios indicating Songs of War not only had the best viewer reception out of all BPS content, but also created a large increase in subscribers. MattSquared also stated on a Discord server that the true reason the series died was not due to financial troubles, as apparently, David was financially well off himself, was due to lack of interest, which could be somewhat noticed in his cancellation, how he mentioned not wanting to do Minecraft animations and move on to game design. Marcato, however, said that it was most likely due to lack of motivation from "big views", with David seeing that as the only indicator of success. Regardless, both SM executives have taken the stance that SoW was pre-maturely cancelled and had the potential for seasons 2 and 3. Regardless of the truth of these statements, it can be most likely inferred SoW had massive potential for later seasons. Despite this, the project is both officially and somewhat unofficially dead, with most fanmade SoW seasons 2 and 3 passion projects having either spiraled into obscurity, or being cancelled themselves.

## Cast

* Carl G. Brooks as Thalleous Sendaris
* Joe Goffeney as Hawken
* Lucas Webley as Tygren
* Quinn O'Quinn as Jalkar
* Tom Aglio as Senn
* MinaVA as Ria Sendaris
* Michael Potok as Osivian Sendaris
* Finn M-K as Marcus
* Stephen J. Pena as Lucan
* Elissa "Yuriastellise" Woo as Abbigail
* Edward James as Eddy
* Jesseii as Mr. Finch
* Ashe Thurman as Felden Official 1
* Kyotosomo as Felden Official 2
* Ashtyn Faith as Etherea Rider
* Allison Seils as Niika
* Stanton Nichols as Sulliman
* Stephen J. Pena as Necromancer
* Olivia Steele as Darlene
* Josh Gustafson as Zinaida Voltaris
* Jimothy Stewart as Lucidius Voltaris
* Ghost of War VA as Xaria
* Kathy Pfautsch as Hogtown Civilian 1
* Lachlan Lucas as Hogtown Bartender
* David Burk as Hogtown Civilian 2
* Jackson Trent as Igneous
* Justin Moreno as Biggerton Civilian
* Matthew "Marc" Grice as Biggerton Bartender
* Jeff Werden as Marshall
* André Luc Martinez as Alec
* Garrett as Kiyoshi
* Kevin Liberty as Zulius Kaltaris
* HedonisticActor as Siderian Mendoris
* Faux Broadcaster as Aurelius Nestoris
* Connor Ludovice as Galadar Mendoris/Hadion Mendoris
* Lucas Martinez VA as Hubris Nestoris
* Carl G. Brooks as Galleous Sendaris
* Jonathan David Bullock as Ingressus Voltaris/Deathsinger
* Joe Goffeney as Achillean Nestoris/Tidesinger
* David R. B. as Grim *(Uncredited)*