Above, a cataclysmic war to determine the fate of the Universe; below, an adventure deep into the bowels beneath an undersea palace; all while a traitor leads the enemy onward... and forces our heroes to make a terrible choice.

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.

“Infinite Storm.wav” by digifishmusic https://freesound.org/people/digifishmusic/sounds/41739/

“BombEplosion.wav” by Lord Razu https://freesound.org/people/Lord%20Razu/sounds/107792/

“Gripen bombingrun1.mp3“ by SoundLover16 https://freesound.org/people/SoundLover16/sounds/274303/

“Action Music Loop 2 "Hunted”” by MathewHenry https://freesound.org/people/MathewHenry/sounds/685597/

“small-spill-splash-pour-splat-paint.wav” by newagegroup https://freesound.org/people/newagesoup/sounds/344537/

“Welding Torch 2.wav” by Razzvio https://freesound.org/people/Razzvio/sounds/79576/

“nord_analog_howling_wind_storm.wav” by medialint https://freesound.org/people/medialint/sounds/11863/

“Creepy Dungeon Door Slam” by Hybrid_V https://freesound.org/people/Hybrid_V/sounds/320737/

“52pickup.wav” by FreqMan https://freesound.org/people/FreqMan/sounds/19906/

“Walking quickly in a river” by arnaud coutancier https://freesound.org/people/arnaud%20coutancier/sounds/320175/

“drop-cards.wav” by themfish https://freesound.org/people/themfish/sounds/45815/

“Moving the grave stone.With stone sand(5lrs,mltprcssng).wav” by newlocknew https://freesound.org/people/newlocknew/sounds/530268/

“shotgun_moving stones in stone river1_Sierra Albarracin_010921_David Albanes Bonillo_SONOTOMIA.wav” by Sonotomia https://freesound.org/people/Sonotomia/sounds/611887/

“Parking Garage - Walla, Man Scream” by soundadvices https://freesound.org/people/soundadvices/sounds/187290/

“Breaking bones 3” by studiobonk https://freesound.org/people/studiobonk/sounds/649117/

“Monster bite” by soundmast123 https://freesound.org/people/soundmast123/sounds/571967/

“Intense Gore Sound: Opening Chest Cavity” by MinecraftGamerLR https://freesound.org/people/MinecraftGamerLR/sounds/728695/

“Dinosaur Footsteps-01.wav” by jamesrodavidson https://freesound.org/people/jamesrodavidson/sounds/192365/

“Wet Meat.mp3” by RICHERlandTV https://freesound.org/people/RICHERlandTV/sounds/264184/

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TRIGGER WARNINGS:

- Military action

- Gunfire and weaponry

- Sudden loud noises

- Death and injury

- Violence and threats of violence

- Violence and significant harm towards children

- Deception

- Abuse of authority

- Body horror

- Self-harm/self-destruction

- Fire

- Sexism and xenophobia

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


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