Broken Bonds Season 2: Episode 02

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***Broken Bonds Season 2* Episode 2** was streamed on Arcadum's Twitch channel on December 20, 2020. The Night Lord sends message to the newly initiated Night Guard Bryan , to aid a wandering Hkari knight with their problem. Demons and Demoniacs have disrupted a nearby trade routes, and the party agrees to help.

## Summary

After dealing with Big Doa and Nox taking her leave, the staff and patrons of the inn worry about what to do next until there’s frantic knocking at the door. Fe’ar answers the door and a man asks for Bryan. She is given correspondence directly from the Night Lord. The letter informs Bryan that she is to find a H’kari knight and aid them in their mission, as they are too valuable to lose but known to behave rashly. One should be in the area soon enough. D’ach, Li’lu, and Owil fly around to see if they can spot him.

However, it’s Fe’ar who spots the H’kari knight approaching the inn. He asks for food and rest, and as the party takes place as impromptu owners of the inn, they aid him. Bryan hands him the letter and the knight, Xian Toa, accepts the help. He tells them that he has been hunting the same type of demoniac for a while now. In tracking these demons he says he has found that the demons have a correspondence with someone in the Order of the Shattered Star.

They venture westwards from the inn. After some time they smell blood and signs of burning signals that they must be close. They walk across a river and bear witness to carnage. The road is littered with corpses and torn apart carriages. Taking a good survey of the area it's evident that the people had little chance of survival. They were attacked from behind and died trying to escape. D’ach asks the Tysk to check out the scene. After being rubbed onto one of the bodies, he can detect that a signature of energy is leading south to a tree. Lily sees that there is something in the tree and she tells the H’kari. He chants something with his sword drawn, and says he detects no evil. Li’lu sends Shadow Li’lu to try and talk to the creature, but it slaps her away. D’ach notices he’s able to understand the creature and decides to talk to it. It calls itself Shimmer and says that it was working for the caravan. When they were attacked, he got scared and ended up hurting some of the people.

Fe’ar gets a feel of the surrounding nature and can feel illness. Rotted sap seeps from wounds on the trees. She begins to hear buzzing corpse flies. Something arrives from the north-west, Bile Demons. D’ach can hear that they smell some flesh. Xian Toa begins his battle prayer, ready to fight. Li’lu tries to convince Shimmer to help them, but he is resisting. But when Li’lu offers all her gold, Shimmer is willing to help. D’ach approaches the Bile Demons and tries to talk to them, but in reality he gathers them for Fe’ar’s Ice Knife. The party fairly easily deals with the demons, only getting a little of their poison blood on them. The H’kari knight advises to leave one alive so they can follow them to their nest. They let one leave heavily wounded and Xian Toa immediately goes into pursuit.

As Shimmer stands by Hashbrown, his cloak begins to glow. Shimmer takes an interest in Hashbrown, and his Bow begins to shimmer. The Taladonic runes of his Bow start calling for Shimmer. He offers Hashbrown a contract and Hashbrown accepts. Shimmer gets smaller and smaller and is absorbed into the Bow. Following the demon, they see in the distance an old, abandoned fort in a broken alcove that appears to be a stone archway, and the demon wanders inside. They see green fire and feel uneasy, but Fe’ar detects a ley line. This is their next stop.

## Featured Characters

### Main Characters

* Bryan
* Fe'ar
* Hashbrown
* Li'lu
* D'ahc
* Remag

### New

* Xian Toa
* Shimmer