Broken Bonds: Episode 06

September 5, 2020 (Arcadum's YouTube)

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***Broken Bonds* Episode 6** was streamed on Arcadum's Twitch channel on August 23, 2020. The group are given a quest to find crystals as a price of identifying a special weapon, and in the journey they got afflicted with madness, fought a drinker of bones, and have a close encounter with a Servant.

## Summary

Eqqsquizitine Buble-Schwinslow Backslashinfourth VII identifies the scythe as Shadowfang. He sees that Shadowfang has a symbol of glory which switches its usage (was to fight good, but now it fights evil). However, the weapon needs shadow crystals to fix it. If the party brings shadow crystal to him, the gnome will fix the scythe as well as try to lower their sentence. The gnome readjusts their prison runes and the party leaves to the cave to the underworld.

Secretly, P'mis identifies his daggers as Daggers of Proving. The daggers will get stronger with each kill and they are from Crowley. The gnome advises P'mis that there is a shrine to Crowley nearby and he should look for it. P'mis rejoins the rest of the party and they head to the cavern.

They arrive at the cave that seems to be a mushroom forest called Criscrack Forest. The party meets Jacko Bamfinger Marrowwack who will lead them to the shadow crystals if they do a quest for him.

The party is led towards a cluster of mushrooms and Jacko explains that they are his children. He continues that they need to be planted somewhere but they need to be pulled out correctly or they will scream causing insanity. Li'lu, because she is immune to insanity, immediately pulls one out and rips off its head. The scream is heard by the whole party and Hashbrown is now obsessed with fashion.

Li'lu realizes her surroundings and tells the party to step back. She successfully takes out 5 of the 7 mushrooms and Jacko puts them in his bag. He takes the party to the shadow crystal and warns them about how sometimes it can get too toxic in certain areas so be careful. Jacko also gives a Penicilia, a mushroom that cures all afflictions.

The party enters the crystal mines and try to mine a crystal but they don't have the right tools. They continue walking in and find already mined crystals. The party takes the crystal and turn back but suddenly the cavern darkens. Bryan hears something in Necro saying "Hungry" and "Kill". Bryan tries to talk with it until the being comes up and reveals itself. The shadow fades and Bonedrinker appears.

The party quickly kills the monster and finds a shard of a mirror. Bryan looks at it and sees Tomen who signs her to find the rest of the mirror. During the search, P'mis finds another message from Muk Muk. It talks about how Muk Muk seemed hopeless in the mines but he eventually finds something that gives him hope.

Eventually, E'ar finds the rest of the shattered mirror and the party assembles it back together. Tomen comes out and tells the party to find a safe place so they can ask questions. Suddenly, Tomen tells the party to hide as a violet portal appears.

The Cacophonic Collective comes out and it looks like it is searching for the party. Tomen transforms everybody into the shadow crystals and it seems to work. Eventually, the violet servant will silently scream in frustration and leaves through a portal. The party quickly runs out of the cavern and heads to the gnome.

After being giving the shadow crystals, the gnome fixes the scythe and they head to the court. They see the regent and four dwarves, one of them being Lazarus. As the gnome talks about reducing the party sentence, Lazarus finds out that the party went against his directions. He arrests the gnome for tampering with prison runes and angrily tells the party to go back to the inn. They head to one of the inn's room and prepare to have a conversation with Tomen.

## Featured Characters

### Main Characters

* Bryan
* E'ar
* Hashbrown
* Li'lu
* P'mis
* Remag

### New

* Jacko Bamfinger Marrowwack
* Tomen
* The Cacophonic Collective

### Returning

* Eqqsquizitine Buble-Schwinslow Backslashinfourth VII
* Lazarus Lodestone