The Second Stranger | Arc 4 | E12: cosmos / coin / gilded blood

Øka, Manaia, Dewey, and Vee explode into Handcrafted with Love—as a royal procession of dignitaries looms.   "The Second Stranger" is sponsored by Dmitry (https://twitter.com/DmitryOpines) and ExplainTrade (https://www.explaintrade.com/), a negotiation skills training consultancy; because you can't ask to roll persuasion in real life.   Special thanks to our Heroes and Paragons: Alex, Azra, Brooke Brite, @brownestnerd, Charles, chillacres, Cora Eckert, Emma, Finn, Hat, Isabel, Kanding, Lex Slater, Moonflower Tea, Nicholas, Purplemouse, Scruffasus, Summer Rose Folta, Sunny, and Targott.   Content warnings for this episode: fantasy violence, blood, gore, body horror, monsters and monstrosity, and death.   CREDITS: Title - “Meet Me at the Center of the Earth” by Candy Shue. Music - C.I.S. Music (https://soundcloud.com/cis_music), Fesliyan Studios (https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/), and Soundstripe (https://www.soundstripe.com/). Album art - Sea Thomas (https://twitter.com/pisharpart). Podcast editing - Marisa Ewing of Hemlock Creek Productions (https://twitter.com/sassy_composer).   Join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/rTbPwxRsBe!