Soul Flame

*Soul Flame* is the title of the ninth episode of the first season of S.H.A.D.O.W. and the ninth session of the entire game.

This session was played on July 9th, 2017

## Soul Flame

### Writer

Jonny Christie, Matt Christie, Rob Christie, Richie Maynard, Eric Rios, Corey Sexton

## Plot

A look into the history of Di-Syl and Black Lotus.

## Synopsis

Mordecai and Phylyco share a brief scene but still don't know who each other are. Di-Syl is still in shock that his master is standing in front of him and gets hit with the revelation that he works for Hylophagous and his real name is actually Tachys. The Saint decides it's a good time to pack and leave but rather than join the Circus towards Perona, he will be taking a small party south consisting of Di-Syl, Mordecai, and Tachys. He leaves Lara in charge and they depart. Aragi suggests e scout ahead but Lara tells him to bring Phylyco. He's hesitant at first but when she offers Mort instead he goes to find the dagger master. The two get stopped at the west gate by two House Rose guards. They opt rather to just kill and leave than cooperate and do. At the south gate the Saint's team has the same idea. In Prin a possessed Aguero is causing havoc in the Ouranos camp and stumbles upon Mathite. He shakes free and they conclude this is not a possible task so they sneak out of the camp and plan their next move. A few days later Aragi and Phylyco are scouting ahead of the circus on the outskirts of Perona. They enter an area that appears burned down and get into a fight with a Magmin. They manage to kill it before the circus gets there and they get the crowd to circle around the area. Meanwhile the Saint and his posse have crossed the border into Santis and Di-Syl gets jumped by a cat. he tosses it and can already tell he's gonna have a bad time at home. Mordecai branches off and uses his Argus Spyglass to find his second Vault containing 700 platinum coins. He returns and they continue until they reach the hidden entrance to the Temple of Soul Flame and Di-Syl remembers back to the last time he was here.

*Di-Syl and his friend Quil are out way past curfew and are sneaking back into the Monastery.*

They enter the grounds and Mordecai somehow awakens the Pygmy Golem guardians. He gets severely injured and bolts while Tachys also decides to run but Hylophagous and Di-Syl fight them off and we get uor first taste of what the Saint can truly do.

*There is a continuation of Di-Syl and Quil sneaking back into the temple revolving around the golems and the password to get through.*

The Saint is not happy with the monk's timing. Tachys agrees to heal Mordecai as they prepare to face the repercussions of abandoning Hylophagous. Mordecai asks the tiefling to tell the boss he's dead but it doesn't work. He shrugs their misdeeds off but there's a snese of danger still looming. They continue deeper into the monastery and Mordecai pickpockets Di-Syl increasing the tension between the two. Di-Syl attempts to steal his shit back and they almost get into a scuffle but Hylophagous puts an end to it because they need each other to finish the mission. Meanwhile Phylyco and Aragi dress up the hunter as an elf dubbed "Igara" and enter the city successfully. Phylyco convinces Aragi he needs to make a trip to Quilaii now that the circus has arrived and they both go because friendship. Back in Prin, Aguero and Mathite have taken a few days planning their ultimatum and start by sneaking back into the Vomenos camp with the intent of breaking Jamven out.

Phylyco sends his horse, Hermes with the guild towards Quilaii while he introduces Aragi to bulettes. It's as great as you think. Back at the temple, the group is resting up before they enter the inner sanctum in the morning. Di-Syl and Tachys have a father-son moment. It's nice. But that's also when Tachys drops the bomb on him about the day the temple fell.

*Di-Syl and Quil are eavesdropping on Kreecian having a chat with someone off-screen. They try to pry further and split up, Di-Syl following Kreecian while Quil distracts someone else. as Di-Syl steps into the library an explosion happens. Kreecian tosses his mask at Di-Syl and a small marble falls out and saves the dwarf from the catastrophe.*

Tachys believes the next day may be their last day on Eris. They try to sleep it off. The next morning Phylyco and Aragi arrive in Quilaii and the half-elf is just happy to be off the beast and sneaks a peek at the bulette's feet and freaks out again. They go into the city and head for the magic vendor. They stop at the stables and pick up Hermes on the way. They get their and Phylyco makes a deal with the man to take Hermes and use him for something. It's unclear what exactly aside form the fact he'll get boots out of it. At the temple, the group enter the inner sanctum. They can't enter the final room for some reason and Di-Syl realizes they need a sacrifice to enter so he attacks Mordecai, however, Hylophagous decides no to that and switches Mordecai with Tachys in some sort of body swap dm bullshit and the tiefling ends up taking the hit. Di-Syl losses his shit on the Saint saying they need a sacrifice so Hylophagous puts a bolt through Tachys' head, killing him and the door opens. Di-Syl is very upset about what's happening and Mordecai is furious the Dwarf tried to kill him but the Saint doesn't care and enters the final room only to find what he seeks is not there. He puts to together Di-Syl is what he was looking for the whole time and tells Mordecai to kill him then walks out.

In the desert, Phylyco and Aragi are hunting Giant Sand Crabs before heading back to Perona to get some extra gold. They kill two. Di-Syl and Mordecai are having some ninja-ass battle. Di-Syl almost drops the dark elf in a single hit but he flees and Di-Syl is almost locked in the final room but Hylophagous returns and life drains him. The dwarf uses what little strength he has left to lock the Saint n the room but a crossbow bolt strikes him and he falls. Over in Prin, Aguero and Mathite are sneaking back into the Vomenos cells to find Jamven. They cannot and it is revealed that he is being transported somewhere unknown.

## Cast

### Main

* Aragi Maxul
* Phylyco Brokenwhisper
* Aguero Cryhawk
* Mathite'Vomenos
* Di-Syl
* Mordecai Silvergleam
* Saint Hylophagous

### Supporting

* Lara Youngheart
* Gregory
* Jamven Darksbane
* Hermes the Horse
* Tachys

## Trivia

* A majority of the plot points in this session were thought up by Corey Sexton.
* First session not to feature Mort Soulspark.