About this episode
Deep in the Swamp of Titan's Blooms stands a towering plant with no equal in the Second Citadel. It is in parts tree, fern, beanstalk, and a single gigantic flower -- and it is the Keep from which Lord Arum watches over his Swamp. No human has ever seen the labyrinthine interior of this Keep until today. When Rilla awakens in the Keep she will come face-to-face with things she'd never dreamed she'd see, magical artifacts and creatures and mysteries that tie deep into the workings of the very universe... but unless she can find a way to escape, she may be the only human to ever learn of them. Welcome to the Penumbra, dear Traveler. We hope you enjoy your journey. (Trigger warnings can be found at the bottom of this episode description.) Want Penumbra shirts, posters, and pins? We have a merch store! https://store.dftba.com/collections/the-penumbra-podcast We're an independent team that needs your help to keep making these stories. 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A list of those heroes can be found at the bottom of this page: http://www.thepenumbrapodcast.com/about/ On staff at the Penumbra: Kat Buckingham -- Head of Merchandise and Outreach Mikaela Buckley -- Promotional artist, Script editor Alice Chuang -- Head of Design Scott Galica, Ph.D. -- Recording engineer Sophie Kaner -- Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director, Sound designer Noah Simes -- Production manager, Script editor Grahame Turner -- Script editor Kevin Vibert -- Co-creator, Head of Operations, Lead writer Ryan Vibert -- Composer and performer of original music Attribution: Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode "Kind of Girl" by Jeris, featuring spinningmerkaba: http://ccmixter.org/files/VJ_Memes/35657 “snap_3.wav” by Snapper4298 https://freesound.org/people/Snapper4298/sounds/177494/ “185071__oneirophile__swamp-gas-bubbling_Cleaned.wav” by dheming https://freesound.org/people/dheming/sounds/198300/ “swamp frogs.wav” by Tomlija https://freesound.org/people/Tomlija/sounds/99193/ “spring peepers at night” by pfranzen https://freesound.org/people/pfranzen/sounds/387514/ “Prehistoric Marsh with Birds, Insects, and Reptilian Creatures” flood-mix https://freesound.org/people/flood-mix/sounds/413343/ “Handling a Rubber Mask” by harveyjnz https://freesound.org/people/harveyjnz/sounds/360379/ “inhuman screech.wav” by Wolfsinger https://freesound.org/people/Wolfsinger/sounds/25713/ “rustling_leaves.wav” by laurenmg95 https://freesound.org/people/laurenmg95/sounds/386667/ “squeaky toy.wav” by nsstudios https://freesound.org/people/nsstudios/sounds/321099/ “Bomb – small” by Zangrutz https://freesound.org/people/Zangrutz/sounds/155235/ “drip2.wav” by PhreaKsAccount https://freesound.org/people/PhreaKsAccount/sounds/46268/ “Traditional Eastern instrument Kaval - improvisation played by Boris Todorovic.aif” by Tomlija https://freesound.org/people/Tomlija/sounds/110332/ “Key_Chimes_02_Light-Shake.wav” by dheming https://freesound.org/people/dheming/sounds/190134/ “Drips_rapid.wav” by zimbot https://freesound.org/people/zimbot/sounds/395180/ “growing_plant.wav” by MaxDemianAGL https://freesound.org/people/MaxDemianAGL/sounds/131050/ “Rumble loop 10s” by unfa https://freesound.org/people/unfa/sounds/258339/ “Grass Footstep 1.wav” by morganpurkis https://freesound.org/people/morganpurkis/sounds/384643/ “Grass Footstep 2.wav” by morganpurkis https://freesound.org/people/morganpurkis/sounds/384652/ “Grass Footstep 3.wav” by morganpurkis https://freesound.org/people/morganpurkis/sounds/384651/ “Sword Block” by LukeSharples https://freesound.org/people/LukeSharples/sounds/209096/ “Breaking_Ice_01.wav” by dheming https://freesound.org/people/dheming/sounds/268023/ “Bottle & Gulps.wav” by yadronoff https://freesound.org/people/yadronoff/sounds/320381/ “Sword Slash Attack” by qubodup https://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/184422/ “Bodyfall (mixed)” by EFlexTheSoundDesigner https://freesound.org/people/EFlexTheSoundDesigner/sounds/372224/ “Foliage_Rustling_001.wav” by duckduckpony https://freesound.org/people/duckduckpony/sounds/204030/ “breaking branches.wav” by Zbyhek https://freesound.org/people/Zbyhek/sounds/167488/ “destruction, wooden, A.wav” by InspectorJ https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/352513/ Trigger Warnings: Sudden loud noises Depictions of xenophobia Slavery and forced incarceration Explosions Insects, spiders, lizards Violence and threats of violence Death, mortality, and illness Claustrophobic and dark spaces Violence towards animals Deception and gaslighting 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. 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