5.15: Second Citadel--The Indomitable Duelist (Part 1)

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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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/

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“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/

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“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

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For tickets to our live reading of If Memory Serves: A Juno Steel Mystery on November 21, 2026, visit: https://therockwell.org/calendar/the-penumbra-podcast/ Join us at The Rockwell, home of our first two live shows, in Somerville, MA, for Joshua Ilon's one-night-only reading of an excerpt from our Juno prequel novel to be followed by a Q&A with Harley and Kevin. We can't wait to see you there to celebrate the release of the full audiobook!

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