In the eleventh episode of the podcast, Sandile and Fadzai join the relentless pursuit with supernatural huntress, Rayna Cruz.

The primary antagonist for the seventh season of The Vampire Diaries, Rayna was from a small Louisiana village in the mid-1800s - the daughter and protégé of a Hunter from the Brotherhood of the Five. When the vampire Julian compelled her to kill her own father, she sought help from a group of shamans who magically imbued her with the strength and agility to match her skill in hunting vampires; in addition, they linked her to her shortsword and affixed it with the Phoenix Stone, a gem that would entrap the soul of every vampire she killed.

In present day, Bonnie Bennett and Nora Hildegard - one of the Heretics who traveled with Julian, before the huntress tracked him down and killed him with the Phoenix sword - seek out an aged Rayna in Ohio after apparently receiving a postcard with her mark. When it turns out to be a trick by Enzo St. John, who kills Rayna and spirits her body away, she immolates and resurrects as her younger self - determined, in need of her sword, and ready to pick up where she left off.

Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of dismemberment, patricide and suicide.

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