The Pomegranate Gate sounds intriguing! Thanks for sharing your thoughts on it.

(it seems to be part of some kind of Obernewtyn challenge — I should contact the podficcer and see if there's an active fandom somewhere I don't know about) The podfic looks like it's part of voiceteam, which is a scavenger-hunt-style podfic challenge. (Apologies if you knew this part already - I only know about it through podficcer friends of mine, so I'm not sure if other people know about it. Possibly there's also a specifically Obernewtyn challenge as well!)