Echo Location

*Echo Location* is the title of the seventh episode of the third season of S.H.A.D.O.W. and the thirty first session of the entire game.

This session was played on July 22nd, 2018

## Echo Location

### Writer

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

## Plot

Aguero awakens a new power as the team heads deeper into the mountains.

## Synopsis

Phylyco is leaving Ralin when he spots Sirobe strolling into town. He grabs the cat by the nape and he morphs back into his Tebaxi form. They have a brief outing and neither give away information but Sirobe is a bit frazzled by the altercation. Team Aguero begins the treacherous climb up the mountains. Aragi is concerned about his Horse but Aguero grounds the boy with the facts. The horses aren’t important, the journey is. They move on. While they camp the first night, Echo runs off so Aguero and Aragi go to find her. They find her being cradled by a giant ape who immediately becomes territorial and attacks them. Aguero gets flung across the forest and into a tree, hard. He has succumbed to his disability once again. He is outraged by his disadvantages but suddenly he begins to see. He sees Aragi. He sees the Ape. And he sees Aguero. That last one makes him jump in shock. He sees that too. He realizes he’s looking through the eyes of Echo. It’s disorienting but he quickly attunes to it and embraces his new Third-person vision. It is short lived as he is tossed again and passes out from the force of the throw.

Phylyco’s biggest fan is practicing the motions he witnessed. He hears a voice and discovers Sirobe. They have a very familiar conversation. Sirobe is impatient with the Halfling’s choice of character in Coltair and demands he get the information requested. The cat man departs and the little one skins the palm of Tragoudo with the STG mark and heads back towards Pentropolis, rehearsing his Phylyco more. The fight with the ape is still going. Aragi is all alone and this thing is still coming. He manages to get one good shot to the cranium and drops the beast. He checks on Echo and grabs Aguero before heading back to camp. As he approaches the camp he hears Mal and Songsteel being… “Intimate”. Mal notices the boys and helps them. Aragi and Mal head back out to skin the ape for warmer clothes. While they’re gone Aguero wakes back up and banishes Songsteel for “Not helping”. When the others return Mal pops Aguero in the face, putting him back to sleep. He goes after the monk with zero luck. He sits down and apologizes and mentions to Aragi that the Dragonborn might still be fighting each other. They sleep for the night. The next morning Aguero explains he got rid of Songsteel because she was a distraction and he lays down the law that from now on no one can be more than one hundred yards from the group. The other two oblige.

Phylyco takes a trip to Quilaii for some wares. While making his purchases he spots a book about the Fall of the Vomenos by a very prolific Worldsinger named Beleak Woodsheart. He takes that as well to get a different perspective on Aguero’s story, painting him as a villain. “Coltair” arrives back at NBS and Nevermore questions him about the missing team. The Halfling attempts to deceive the boss but Daemin doesn’t buy it. He caves and spills practically everything that happened, excluding his involvement, and describes Phylyco as broad as he can. The boss dismisses him and heads towards the Bank of S.O.R.R.O.W. to speak with Opia. The spy follows him but doesn’t listen in on the conversation. Phylyco returns to the circus and immediately speaks with Lara. He mentions that He has a weird feeling about Sirobe’s motives but she assures him that he doesn’t have to know everything Hylophagous has in play.

Team Aguero are still traveling through the mountains and find themselves in a heavy Blizzard. Aragi spots a snow leopard and it quickly goes from dangerous to friendly when it morphs into Sirobe. They decide to find shelter and discover a decent sized cave. Aragi wants to scout the cave first but Aguero just wants them to build a fire and rest. That’s when they hear the crying. Aragi wants to make sure it’s not just a small child but Aguero is immediately aggressive. The little girl is scared and cold but Aguero is being so rude and mean to her that she breaks her façade and becomes a hag before them. She is quickly joined by two others and now they have to deal with this. Sirobe begins to have performance issues, unintentionally returning to his true form and hesitating on his moves. Something has gotten to his core and he can’t figure it out. Aragi’s poorly placed arrows cause a disruption in the tunnel and a cave-in begins, separating Aguero from the group. The blind man falls down a deep hole. Both Aragi and Mal get tricked into believing each other are hags and Aragi goes down followed shortly by Mal, leaving only Sirobe to decide the fate of them all.

## Cast

### Main

* Aragi Maxul
* Phylyco Brokenwhisper
* Lara Youngheart
* Aguero Cryhawk
* Mal Bloodjaw
* Sirobe

### Supporting

* Echo
* Coltair Oakgrave
* Daemin Nevermore
* Lady Songsteel

## Trivia

* This session reveals that Aguero's connection with Echo is so powerful that he can see through her eyes.
* The outcome of the final battle was determined by Christie off camera so as to not spoil the victor.