In the Northern Wilds, three traitors to the crown plan their escape, but a terrible price is paid.

In the Southern Frosts, two in love are twisted in a fight to the death, and they remember where it all began.

Welcome to the Penumbra, dear Traveler. We hope you enjoy your stay.

(Trigger warnings can be found at the bottom of this episode description and at the end of the transcript.)

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You can find all of our transcripts here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OLddnnYamZuglgZc8pM2gqToPOwEBccM?usp=sharing

Transcripts will come out along with the public release of the episode.

On staff at the Penumbra:

Ginny D'Angelo -- Head of Merchandise and Outreach

Melissa DeJesus -- Script editing team

Harley Takagi Kaner -- Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director, Sound designer

Joelle Kross -- Transcriptionist

Noah Simes -- Production manager

Grahame Turner -- Script editing team

Kevin Vibert -- Co-creator, Head of Operations, Lead writer

Ryan Vibert -- Composer and performer of original music

Jeff Wright -- Graphic designer

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Attribution: Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.

“Ice Block - Sliding, Crunching, Scraping.wav” by Percy Duke https://freesound.org/people/Percy%20Duke/sounds/420634/

“Pick axe striking rocks #2.m4a” by guyburns https://freesound.org/people/guyburns/sounds/558412/

“Snap_1234.wav” by Snapper4298 https://freesound.org/people/Snapper4298/sounds/177497/

“Step.wav” by CGEffex https://freesound.org/people/CGEffex/sounds/95755/

“Sword_cut_off_neck_or_slash_flesh_sounds.mp3” by Artninja https://freesound.org/people/Artninja/sounds/700234/

“Ambience_Cave_00.wav” by LittleRobotSoundFactory https://freesound.org/people/LittleRobotSoundFactory/sounds/270387/

“Rock Scrape 2.wav” by Benboncan https://freesound.org/people/Benboncan/sounds/74441/

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Trigger warnings:

- Sudden loud noises

- Violence and threats of violence

- Genocide

- Use of weapons

- Fire

- Harm to people and animals

- Harm to children

- Deception

- Abuse of authority

- Organized military assault

For early and ad-free episodes, production scripts, commentary tracks, blooper reels, livestreams with the creators, and much more, you can find The Penumbra Podcast: SPECIAL EDITION at: https://thepenumbrapodcast.supercast.com(In old episodes, you will often hear us mention Patreon, which was our old platform and is no longer live. Please feel free to ignore!)

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