Holiday Special: Second Citadel -- The Frozen King of Flame

A blow of the hunting-horn. A battlecry. Boots that crash through snow and ice, the crackling of open flame, the bellow of an ancient, timeless beast of the frozen tundra.

They call him Old Cinder, the Frozen King of Flame. And this is just another New Year's celebration in the Southern Frosts.

Welcome to the Penumbra, dear Travelers. We hope you enjoy your journey.

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

On staff at the Penumbra:

Kat Buckingham -- Head of Merchandise and Outreach

Alice Chuang -- Head of Design

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

Noah Simes -- Production manager

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

“Running, Snow, A.wav” by InspectorJ https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/421022/

“Coins_Single_54.wav” by LittleRobotSoundFactory https://freesound.org/people/LittleRobotSoundFactory/sounds/276101/

“distant horns” by DANMITCH3LL https://freesound.org/people/DANMITCH3LL/sounds/218488/

“Angry_Mob” by unchaz https://freesound.org/people/unchaz/sounds/150954/

“Jump, landing in snow01” by mallement https://freesound.org/people/mallement/sounds/160603/

“Short male snorts and giggles” by pfranzen https://freesound.org/people/pfranzen/sounds/418368/

“Giggle closed mouth young lady teenage girl” by AderuMoro https://freesound.org/people/AderuMoro/sounds/213291/

“Cambridge_pub_beergarden_rowdy_short_atmos.wav” by [email protected] https://freesound.org/people/[email protected]/sounds/294425/

Trigger Warnings:

Sudden loud noises

Open flame

Violence and threats of violence

Hunting

Death of (monster) animals

Implied killing of people and animals

Deception and gaslighting

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