The Traveler and Her Three Shadows

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After their realm is cursed to suffer absolute darkness, four companions are tasked with finding the secret of breaking the curse.

Genre: Mythology, Fantasy

Excerpt: In those days, all people had the power to send their shadows off to explore the world around them, but those shadows could only travel in one direction, the direction in which they were cast by the sun. But these people with two shadows, they could send one shadow in one direction and the other shadow in the opposite direction. In this way, they could explore and gather knowledge far more quickly than the people of other lands. These people came to be called the amphiscians, the two-shadowed people.

What’s the Word (that inspired the story)?Amphiscians: inhabitants of the tropics (from the Greek “amphiskios,” “casting a shadow both ways”) It somehow slipped my mind that there is another vocabulary word in this story. I didn’t mention this in the episode, but the name of the hero, “Glissade” is a word that means “a skillful glide over snow or ice in descending a mountain, as on skis or a toboggan.” So specific! (source: dictionary.com)

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CREDITSStory: “The Traveler and Her Three Shadows” Copyright © 2019 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel

Music: “Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background” by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro)

Music by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Dark Fantasy Studio)* “Infinite land” “Winterheart (seamless)” “In the shadows” “Winter guild” “Of sun and sand” “Scroll of the wind walker” “Blood on snow” “Haven” “Adventure” “Warriors” “Incantation” “Shadows and flames” “Fallen leaves”

*These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market.

Music by Nicholas Jeudy is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket

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Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. Four figures, all facing forward, one in the foreground and three behind. The figure in the foreground holds a candle in front of her chest with her left hand, the flame illuminating her face from below. The background figures from left to right are as follows: a woman looking at a small golden object held in her right hand and holding her left arm across her waist; a hooded figure with face hidden and right hand raised; and a large man looking forward and holding his hands at the side, right hand curled into a fist.