“Dimension 20” has created numerous campaign settings, bringing them to life with rich world-building. Each season, Brennan Lee Mulligan either creates a new world or builds upon an existing one. This is seen with Spyre, which was first introduced in “Fantasy High.” It continued to be fleshed out through new seasons and spin-offs “Pirates of Leviathan” and “The Seven.” Calorum began in “Crown of Candy,” with new lore explored by Matt Mercer in the prequel season, “The Ravening War.”

The magical realism of New York was first established in “The Unsleeping City.” It was further explored in “The Unsleeping City: Chapter II.” While the first season established the setting and key components of this world, the second season brought in new elements of the lore and teased exciting possibilities for the future. The cast recently revisited “The Unsleeping City” in their Madison Square Garden live show. Temple of Geek was able to talk to the cast about the possibility of further exploring this world.

Mulligan first created “The Unsleeping City” as a love letter to New York City, his home town. While the Champions of New York may have more story to tell, that doesn’t necessarily seem to be what is most enticing to him. When asked what yet-to-be explored lore he’d like to delve into, Mulligan discussed the possibility of digging into past eras.

Brennan Lee Mulligan Reveals The Past Unsleeping City Eras He’d Want To Explore

Brennan Lee Mulligan: “I love 1990s Young Kingston, that would be really cool. 1980s with Vox Phantasma, Heather Simos, and I think the Josephinea Gatsby era, sort of the 1920s New York Unsleeping City could be very, very cool as well. I’m trying to think of any period piece urban fantasy stories. I know there are some, but it feels like that’s a very cool, rich place to explore. I guess Pan’s Labyrinth is like a period piece that kind of fits magical realism a little bit. So that would be really fun. I think those eras—the eighties, the nineties, and the twenties—would be cool to go back to.”

The second season of “The Unsleeping City” opened up countless possibilities. Revelations included past Vox Phantasma, Kingston Brown’s origins as Vox Populi, and more. New York is such a rich setting because of how the magical realism interplays with the history of the city. However, the second season did tease the possibility of other magical cities, notably with the destruction of one. This detail was what Zac Oyama locked onto in part because he is the self-proclaimed least knowledgeable about New York.

Zac Oyama Wants To Take The Unsleeping City Beyond New York

Zac Oyama: “I really love the idea of Unsleeping City in general. I’ve talked about this before, but I feel like I know the least about New York compared to everyone else. So, it’s hard for me to think of a New York thing and what would be the Unsleeping version of it. But we’ve also loosely thrown out the idea of a different city’s Unsleeping City. I think that would be cool to explore LA’s version of that or something like that.”

The possibility of exploring other Unsleeping Cities could be thrilling. Could it be an adventure tied to the Champions of New York taking their expertise to a city, like LA, that is in trouble? Or perhaps a new set of heroes with an adventure set in a different city. Countless U.S. cities have rich histories that could make them ideal locations for new “Unsleeping City” settings and adventures, including not only LA but Chicago, New Orleans, Detroit, and more. The world of Spyre is a perfect example of how “Dimension 20” could branch out the setting of “The Unsleeping City” beyond the boundaries of New York with new characters.

A major piece of the lore of “The Unsleeping City” surrounds the Vox Populi and the Vox Phantasma. Pete Conlan and Kingston Brown are at the center of both seasons, with much of the magic tied to their stations. The eras that Mulligan is curious about are also tied to the history of the Vox Populi and Vox Phantasma. The second season dug further into both these stations and their history, but Ally Beardsley and Lou Wilson clearly have more they would like to experience and learn.

Ally Beardsley & Lou Wilson Hope For More Vox Phantasma & Vox Populi Lore

Ally Beardsley: “I thought that Nod and the way that dreams were a commodity that can be harvested were really freaky. That the fatigue of capitalism can be exploited. I thought the whole second season was brilliant. I really liked all of that. I’m just a huge fan of magical realism. Not necessarily; I do also love fantasy, but I have much more stock in magical realism for some reason. And so, this season specifically, I was just like, This rocks, all this real world sh-t and we’re being so poetic, and now, yeah, I just would dig deeper into all of it.”

Lou Wilson: “Yeah, I think especially in season two, the revelations of the past Vox Populi, past Vox Phantasma. I love Kingston Brown with my whole heart, but there is something fun to the idea of playing New York, The Unsleeping City, in a different time. Seeing what other Vox Phantasma, what other Vox Populi looked like throughout New York.”

Ally Beardsley: “That was really cool. The lineage or the history. I don’t know if you agree with this, and this might be totally off topic, but there is something about diversion of American history. There’s no actual heroes that I can identify with, or obviously there are, but you know what I mean. You have to f-cking search. So that specifically was like, this role has been doing good for this long, you almost Harry Potter style were born into it, and having no idea how special it was, I loved it.”

Similar to Mulligan, the pair seem to want to look backwards to previous eras of “The Unsleeping City.” This could mean experiencing a whole new band of adventurers protecting New York from a slew of new threats. The other enticing possibility of exploring the past is seeing a New York with either the Vox Populi or the Vox Phantasma. A key component of “The Unsleeping City’s” first season was the sheer rarity of seeing both these stations filled at the same time. Temple of Geek asked Wilson and Beardsley if they would want to keep their roles as Vox Populi and Vox Phantasma if the Intrepid Heroes were to embody new characters.

Lou Wilson: “I mean, selfishly, I was literally, it’s funny to be like, I’m the Vox. Lou Wilson is the Vox Populi in the group.”

Ally Beardsley: “There’s six people at the table. So of course, I would be like, if someone else wants to be the Vox Phantasma…”

Temple of Geek: It’s an offer you hope no one actually takes.

Lou Wilson: “Yeah, exactly. Exactly. I think it would be a cool thing where, I let it. I gave three seconds of silence. Who else wants to be the Vox Populi? And I’m going, one 1000, two 1000. What did you say? Staring everyone down, really? You want the crown? You want the crown.”

“The Unsleeping City” has endless potential for more stories. This could be through prequels, spin-offs set in other cities, or even a new season of the original story. It doesn’t seem like anything is in the works for more of “The Unsleeping City” at this time. However, it seems the cast is still excited about this world and has thought about the possibilities, which is exciting. Perhaps the joy surrounding “Dimension 20’s” Madison Square Garden show could lead to a new chapter of “The Unsleeping City.”

Both seasons of “Dimension 20: The Unsleeping City” are available on Dropout now. The Madison Square Garden one shot will be coming to the streaming platform later this year.