Season 1 Episode 4 "The Lord of Chaos Part 2"

The Lord of Chaos is revealed, and the dads discover their plan. Henry has a heart to heart, Glenn finds his inner rock star, Ron invents a new form of stealth, and the dads apply logic to shapeshifting.

## Intro

The intro for this episode is Darryl leaving a phone message for Carol. He gives her a quick update on what is happening, including a retcon that Darryl has two phones.

## Summary

After ending the previous episode naked to fight in front of the Lord of Chaos, which was, in reality, Lark and Sparrow Oak, Lark requests guards move the dads to the dungeon to avoid having their father be mad at them. After failing a persuasion roll against the guards, Henry is knocked unconscious, along with Darryl and Ron.

Glenn remains conscious and is able to see the group being taken to a tower. Inside the tower is an elevator which the twins take upwards and the guards take the dads downwards. Upon arriving at the prison, each dad is locked into separate cells, still without clothing.

Lark and Sparrow return and Henry attempts to get them to release the group. While they're talking, Ron examines his cell and finds a discolored brick. Upon touching it, purple runes appear on the wall saying, "I'm hungry." Ron responds, "Hi, Hungry, I'm Dad," and the cell doors for him, Darryl, and Glenn open. Henry's door remains locked and the same runes appear stating, "This is your fault."

After being freed, Darryl chases and catches Lark and Sparrow and sends Glenn to fight the guard stationed a floor above the jail cells. Ron attempts to open Henry's door, but fails his strength check. Sparrow manages to escape Darryl's grasp and tries to pull his brother free. Consumed with rage at his sons, Henry casts Entangle which ensnares Sparrow in vines.

More guards arrive and Darryl attempts to bluff them as "the Dad of Chaos," and even releases Lark from his hold for a moment, but his initial check fails and the guards attack. Darryl re-grabs Lark by the head and threatens to crush it as "the Dad of Chaos." This intimidation works and he's able to get Henry released from his cell.

In all the chaos and discussion, Lark and Sparrow lock eyes and agree to begin "the ceremony" separate, with Sparrow running off towards the elevator. Henry chases after him and fends off a Kenku with Poison Spray. Ron hides in his pants. Glenn pushes a guard through a window and Henry tells a dad joke. With this dad joke, the dads become immune to dad joke damage.

Ron uses sneak attack while hiding in his pants to slash the Achilles tendon of a Kobold, which clues the dads to the fact that Ron, in fact, didn't disappear, but instead was hidden.

Sparrow makes it to the elevator and pushes the button and ascends. Henry dashes over and jumps on to the bottom and climbs inside. While on the elevator, Sparrow explains that they are headed to the top of the tower to begin the ceremony to summon The Doodler, without Lark. In order to persuade Sparrow against committing a genocide, Henry turns into a wolf. This shapeshift convinces Sparrow to find strength in love, not violence.

Sheriff Boreanaz is not pleased that Sparrow is no longer interested in summoning The Doodler, but realizes that, because Henry saved his son from evil, he is, in many respects, an unsung hero. Upon this realization Henry is seized.

## Author's Note

This episode, Lark and Sparrow's names are used almost interchangeably, leading to confusions of where which character is. At the beginning of the encounter, Lark runs towards the elevator and Sparrow is in Darryl's grasp, but by the end, Sparrow is in the elevator with wolf Henry. In order to reduce confusion, the characters were put into the positions that allowed them to end up where they were at the end in the above summary. This information is used in following episodes, so their placement in the fight is important

## Dad Facts

Glenn Close: He's the lead singer of Dissonant Whispers.

Darryl Wilson: The only woman he's kissed besides his best friend Carol was her older sister, Stacy.

Henry Oak-Garcia: He is the lead frontman of Thorn Whip.

Ron Stampler: He kept a collection of his baby teeth.

## Trivia

The intro reveals Darryl has a second phone in order to explain how he has his phone after giving it to The Lance in episode one.

Darryl and Carol are high school sweethearts who met in middle school when Darryl was in the eighth grade and Carol was in the 7th grade

The Wii Shop music bled from Faerun into the regular world, where it was heard by a composer at Nintendo

This episode had the most dick discussion and gyration of any other episode in the series

This is the first episode where Ron's pants act as a place to hide

The Dads became immune to dad jokes in this episode

## Cast

Anthony Burch as the DM.

Freddie Wong as Glenn Close.

Matt Arnold as Darryl Wilson.

Will Campos as Henry Oak-Garcia.

Beth May as Ron Stampler.