Uploaded June 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Festival of the Three is the most important day of the year in the Second Citadel – or the most important three days, as the case may be. Battles and music and drink run free in Citadel’s square, and nearly every knight is in attendance… which leaves very few to guard from the monsters’ constant threat.
Luckily Sir Damien is on guard tonight, standing outside the Queen’s chambers with his trusty bow in hand. But Sir Damien is injured, and when a monstrous threat crawls in he may find that it’s a very different sort of challenge from what he’s used to.
Welcome to the Penumbra, dear Traveler. We hope you enjoy your journey.
(Trigger warnings can be found at the bottom of this episode description.)
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We'd like to thank our Patreon supporters, without whom The Penumbra Podcast would not be possible. Thank you so, so much. A list of those heroes can be found at the bottom of this page: thepenumbrapodcast.com/about
We are a small team that currently relies on fan donations to keep food on our plates and buy us time to create this show, and so we mean it literally when we say we could not do this without you. If you'd like to contribute to that Patreon, get some rewards, and keep making the Penumbra a reality, you can do so here: patreon.com/thepenumbrapodcast
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Attribution:
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
"Kind of Girl" by Jeris, featuring spinningmerkaba: ccmixter.org/files/VJ_Memes/35657
“hang_drum_310513.WAV” by miastodzwiekow freesound.org/people/miastodzwiekow/sounds/194584
“Ueno Shamisen – Japan” by RTB45 freesound.org/people/RTB45/sounds/195521
“Bhutan – Festival folk song” by RTB45 freesound.org/people/RTB45/sounds/179389
“Indian Ganpati Drums - Mumbai India - Track 1 – WAV” by loganbking freesound.org/people/loganbking/sounds/353143
Ganpati Drums - Mumbai India - Track 3 - WAV by loganbking freesound.org/people/loganbking/sounds/353141
“Javanese Angklung Music – Indonesia” by RTB45 freesound.org/people/RTB45/sounds/253962
“Pakacaping Music 1 - Makassar, Indonesia” by RTB45 freesound.org/people/RTB45/sounds/253616
Street_Hulusi_short.flac by Zabuhailo
freesound.org/people/Zabuhailo/sounds/194910
“20140212 - Chiang Rai mountains at night 10.wav” by LG freesound.org/people/LG/sounds/345151
“Regular Arrow Shot with Rattle” by brendan89 freesound.org/people/brendan89/sounds/321553
“Regular Arrow Shot” by brendan89 freesound.org/people/brendan89/sounds/321552
“Arrow Hit 02” by Yap_Audio_Production freesound.org/people/Yap_Audio_Production/sounds/218463
“cape-swoosh” by CosmicEmbers freesound.org/people/CosmicEmbers/sounds/161415
“Ambient battle noise: swords and shouting” by pfranzen freesound.org/people/pfranzen/sounds/192072
“Earthquake” by hiriak freesound.org/people/hiriak/sounds/187857
“Waves.wav” by juskiddink freesound.org/people/juskiddink/sounds/60507
“dragon wings.wav” by vedas freesound.org/people/vedas/sounds/175381
“Thunderclap.wav” by shaka9 freesound.org/people/shaka9/sounds/160514
“panic” by Erdie freesound.org/people/Erdie/sounds/165613
“CR Sharktopus Roar3” by cmusounddesign freesound.org/people/cmusounddesign/sounds/126312
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Trigger warnings:
- Sudden loud noises
- Depictions and descriptions of violence and death
- Close, claustrophobic spaces
- Depictions of illness (poison)
- Gaslighting
The Festival of the Three is the most important day of the year in the Second Citadel – or the most important three days, as the case may be. Battles and music and drink run free in Citadel’s square, and nearly every knight is in attendance… which leaves very few to guard from the monsters’ constant threat.
Luckily Sir Damien is on guard tonight, standing outside the Queen’s chambers with his trusty bow in hand. But Sir Damien is injured, and when a monstrous threat crawls in he may find that it’s a very different sort of challenge from what he’s used to.
Welcome to the Penumbra, dear Traveler. We hope you enjoy your journey.
(Trigger warnings can be found at the bottom of this episode description.)
-------
We'd like to thank our Patreon supporters, without whom The Penumbra Podcast would not be possible. Thank you so, so much. A list of those heroes can be found at the bottom of this page: thepenumbrapodcast.com/about
We are a small team that currently relies on fan donations to keep food on our plates and buy us time to create this show, and so we mean it literally when we say we could not do this without you. If you'd like to contribute to that Patreon, get some rewards, and keep making the Penumbra a reality, you can do so here: patreon.com/thepenumbrapodcast
-------
Attribution:
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
"Kind of Girl" by Jeris, featuring spinningmerkaba: ccmixter.org/files/VJ_Memes/35657
“hang_drum_310513.WAV” by miastodzwiekow freesound.org/people/miastodzwiekow/sounds/194584
“Ueno Shamisen – Japan” by RTB45 freesound.org/people/RTB45/sounds/195521
“Bhutan – Festival folk song” by RTB45 freesound.org/people/RTB45/sounds/179389
“Indian Ganpati Drums - Mumbai India - Track 1 – WAV” by loganbking freesound.org/people/loganbking/sounds/353143
Ganpati Drums - Mumbai India - Track 3 - WAV by loganbking freesound.org/people/loganbking/sounds/353141
“Javanese Angklung Music – Indonesia” by RTB45 freesound.org/people/RTB45/sounds/253962
“Pakacaping Music 1 - Makassar, Indonesia” by RTB45 freesound.org/people/RTB45/sounds/253616
Street_Hulusi_short.flac by Zabuhailo
freesound.org/people/Zabuhailo/sounds/194910
“20140212 - Chiang Rai mountains at night 10.wav” by LG freesound.org/people/LG/sounds/345151
“Regular Arrow Shot with Rattle” by brendan89 freesound.org/people/brendan89/sounds/321553
“Regular Arrow Shot” by brendan89 freesound.org/people/brendan89/sounds/321552
“Arrow Hit 02” by Yap_Audio_Production freesound.org/people/Yap_Audio_Production/sounds/218463
“cape-swoosh” by CosmicEmbers freesound.org/people/CosmicEmbers/sounds/161415
“Ambient battle noise: swords and shouting” by pfranzen freesound.org/people/pfranzen/sounds/192072
“Earthquake” by hiriak freesound.org/people/hiriak/sounds/187857
“Waves.wav” by juskiddink freesound.org/people/juskiddink/sounds/60507
“dragon wings.wav” by vedas freesound.org/people/vedas/sounds/175381
“Thunderclap.wav” by shaka9 freesound.org/people/shaka9/sounds/160514
“panic” by Erdie freesound.org/people/Erdie/sounds/165613
“CR Sharktopus Roar3” by cmusounddesign freesound.org/people/cmusounddesign/sounds/126312
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Trigger warnings:
- Sudden loud noises
- Depictions and descriptions of violence and death
- Close, claustrophobic spaces
- Depictions of illness (poison)
- Gaslighting
