Second Citadel - The Indomitable Duelist (Part 1) is an episode of The Penumbra Podcast in the Second Citadel series. It is the seventh Second Citadel Episode of season 5, and the 15th overall episode of the season.
Overview[]
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.
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
Episode Summary[]
Rilla, Talfryn and Damien struggle with the fact that Rilla seems to have lost all memory of science, including what their ace in the hole, the popping pods, do. They manage to escape to the Northern Wilds and plan to visit The Monster Senate in order to warn them of the off-world invaders.
Meanwhile, Quanyii attacks Olala, Caroline and Lam. She attempts to force them all to sleep so she can kill Olala, but Caroline stops her. Lam takes Olala to safety while Caroline and Quanyii duel. They reminisce over their first meeting- when Caroline was a bounty hunter hired to kill the Witch of the Wastes. Their first meeting was full of dueling banter and flirting. Caroline won their duel then, and was about to slay Quanyii when she spouted a prophecy while unconscious, saying that in order to do "the work that needed to be done" she would need Quanyii. So Caroline decided to spare her. They've been in love ever since. The conclusion of their current duel is different- Quanyii lights the forest on fire and Caroline is badly burnt. Quanyii freaks out, having thought of Caroline as immortal.
Cast and Crew[]
Cast[]
- Melissa Ennulat as Rilla
- Matthew Zahnzinger as Damien
- Jason Mellin as Talfryn
- Leslie Drescher as Caroline
- Melissa DeJesus as Quanyii
Crew[]
- Ginny D'Angelo as Head of Merchandise and Outreach
- Melissa DeJesus as Script editing team
- Harley Takagi Kaner as Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director and Sound designer
- Joelle Kross as Transcriptionist
- Noah Simes as Production manager
- Grahame Turner as Script editing team
- Kevin Vibert as Co-creator, Head of Operations, Lead writer
- Ryan Vibert as Composer and performer of original music
- Jeff Wright as Graphic designer