Season 1, Episode 8: The Maestro, the Orphan Queen, and the Guardian (Part 2)

A risky appeal, gruesome revenge, and the task of revoking an irrevocable edict—it's an impossible undertaking. But if anyone's positioned to do it, Esther is.

…Perhaps she was placed on the throne of Persia for just this moment.

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Text: Esther 4:17-10:3

Players:

• Yahweh

• Esther

• Mordecai

• Xerxes

• Haman

What's Spooky:

• Planned genocide

• Impaling

• More impaling

Music Credits:

• Winds of Change, by Four Trees

• Relapse, by Luke Atencio

• Unite and Overcome, by Alistair Sung

• Combust, by Luke Atencio

• A Story of Survival, by Max II

• Main Titles, by Davis Harwell

• Soliving Puzzles, by Alistair Sung

• Nobility, by Wicked Cinema

• Five Years, by Tony Anderson

• Fragments of Time, by Bradford Nyght

• Indecision and Regret, by The Silver Pages

• Dark Travels, by Alistair Sung

• Regeneration, by Max II

• Anomali, by Jordan Critz

• Opening the Cryptex, by Pendulum Theory

• New Beginnings, by Alistair Sung

• Fine Toothed Chrome, by Sam Barsh

Editing:

• Many thanks to JL Gerhardt for invaluable editing assistance.

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