Heavy Reign

*Heavy Reign* is the title of the fourth episode of the sixth season of S.H.A.D.O.W. and the sixty fourth session of the entire game.

This session was played on November 24th, 2019

## Heavy Reign

### Writer

Jonny Christie, Matt Christie, Richie Maynard, Eric Rios

## Synopsis

Darrow is doing what he does best. Causing mayhem. Phylyco watches on as he fires a phantom bolt into seemingly nowhere. It ignites a massive flame that explodes and kills hundreds of House rose men including Evra Martial and incapacitating Raphael Varane. Delsin Emberstorm appears amongst the crowd and spots his brother. He is visibly saddened by this. Vargas tells his men to arrest the Abettor for murder. The Tiefling out ranks him and counter-commands but they are more loyal to the Falcon. The Fox and Dove attempt to comply but he blinks away. Jallet does not react. Vargas begins to shout at the Bear for disobedience but the man is not phased. In fact, he rebuttals with a truth bomb, calling Vargas racist for the second attempted arrest on a person of demon-heritage just for being present. He leaves in a huff. Vargas is speechless. He dismisses the others and watches on as the assault on the temple continues. Darrow continues his slaughter while Phylyco deals with archers. The Emberstorm brothers come face-to-face and Delsin is clearly more experienced but doesn’t strike his brother, only defends. He begs the man to stop. He doesn’t want to lose anymore family. Darrow is stubborn and swings again. Delsin retaliates and slices off his ear. He asks again for the barbarian to stop. Darrow complies, this time and Delsin calls for his arrest. This doesn’t sit well of course. Darrow retreats, as does the remaining House Rose soldiers. Phylyco follows them into the castle.

Aragi immediately decides to go with the Saint to avoid any trouble. Vargas is packing a bag before he is interrupted by Raphael, beaten and battered at his door. The Weasel catches him up on the battle that took place and informs him of Martial’s passing. Vargas also catches him up on what happened inside the throne room. Varane decides to help his commander on his new task of proving his hunches. Phylyco sneaks into the throne room to plant false clues for the murder. Unfortunatly, General Highstar is present and catches him. He does not confront the man but he does make note of it. Phylyco meanwhile, disguises himself as another soldier and comes to the General to not only confirm he is in the clear, but also slip in some fake information from the battle at the temple. Aragi and Hylophagous are having a heated conversation about what transpired at his home. Darrow interrupts to update the Saint on the evening. Aragi is not pleased with anything. Darrow is excused and Aragi continues his rant. The Saint is still calm and doesn’t budge on his stance. Bottom line is, Aragi is a coward. This hits a sour note in the Stormcaller’s soul so he pulls one of the special arrows from Aguero and places it point-blank into the Saint’s chest. Hylophagous aims it to his heart and Aragi releases the arrow. It is a massive wave of energy but it does not phase him. Aragi realizes what he did and leaves, mortified.

Darrow awakens the next morning and gives the woman he spent the night with his entire sack of gold. He feels like he will never see her again but he thanks her for the time they’ve spent together these past weeks. He returns to the circus to find a House Rose guard being escorted to the Saint. He accompanies Lara and the man to the tent to be present for the conversation. Aragi also sees this and goes to follow but he gets distracted by Sirobe and decides to go deal with that first. He beats the shit out of the cat for snitching and heads to the Saint. The soldier is Christophe Jallet. He gives the Saint as much of an update as he can about what transpired the evening before, warning him that the Circus will most likely be blamed for this. The Saint thanks him for his information and offers him asylum but the Bear intends to leave the country. He is allowed to depart safely. The rest of room discusses their next move along with Aragi and Phylyco. They all ask if Phylyco killed the Primarch. He doesn’t deny it but he does not take credit. This brings up more questions. They decide to attend the town meeting to get as much information as possible.

The crowd gathers as Jean takes the podium. He begins his speech about the untimely death of the Primarch and makes eye contact with the Saint. He informs the city that he will be stepping in as acting Primarch immediately and places a bounty on not only Darrow but anyone and everyone associated with the circus. The arrests begin. Aragi, Phylyco, and Sirobe manage to escape. Meanwhile, Vargas and Raphael are watching on as a white horse strolls up next to them. The woman asks what is happening and the Falcon informs her of the upcoming trouble. It is revealed to be Lyssaria arriving in town.

## Cast

### Main

* Aragi Maxul
* Phylyco Brokenwhisper
* Lara Youngheart
* Sirobe
* Darrow Emberstorm
* Vargas de Orion Highstar
* Lyssaria
* Jean de Orion Highstar
* Saint Hylophagous

### Supporting

* Abettor Injun
* Olivia Giroud
* Antoine Griezmann
* Evra Martial
* Raphael Varane
* Christophe Jallet
* Blaktar

### Guest

* Delsin Emberstorm
* Candas Canelas
* Mia