Episode 5: The Torturer

Portal Quandary

An old enemy makes a return and faces an icy reception. Inter-party tension continues to divide the team. Höde's workplace troubles come to a head.

Content warnings for this week’s episode include coarse language, fantasy violence, and mentions of illness.

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Keeper, Editing, and Community Manager is Tyrone Cross

Doug is Steven Edwards

Höde is Olive Jerome

Ezra is Rosemary Ochtman

Sassandra is Jorja Odd

Elias Moffat is our Content Producer, Narrative Consultant, and Transcriber

Theme song is “Belly of The Beast” by Lily Harnath and Henry Lucas (@lilyharnath & @henrylucas5)

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Sound effects used in this episode include:

Water Splash 1 - qubodup

Water, Pouring, A - Inspector J

AMBIENCE 1 CRICKETS AT NIGHT -MessyAcousticApocalypse666

Foggy Passage - Victor_Natas

Magic 12 - RICHERlandTV

Army Return - groovy_blue

sad_RPG-town_background - SciCodeDev

CD_CONTACT_006FX_Magic_Mystery - kevp888

Schumann - Scenes from Childhood, Opus 15 - A Tale of Distant Lands (Arr. for Music Box) - GregorQuendel

Chopin - Nocturne in F minor, Op. 55 No. 1 - Concert Grand Mix - GregorQuendel

Tchaikovsky - The Seasons - March, Song of the Lark, Opus 37a (Arr. for Music Box) - GregorQuendel

This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people and produced on the lands of the Awabakal, and Wurundjeri people. Portal Quandary acknowledges and pays respect to our traditional custodians and to their past and present leaders.

The story, all names, characters, and incidents portrayed in this production are fictitious. No identification with actual persons (living or deceased) is intended or should be inferred.