Blind and Broken

*Blind and Broken* is the title of seventh episode of the first season of S.H.A.D.O.W. and the seventh session of the entire game.

This session was played on June 11th, 2017

## Blind and Broken

### Writer

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

## Synopsis

*We open to a brief montage of Phylyco and Jamven as they prepare and head to the outskirts of Prin to intercept Aguero and Mathite.* Aguero decides to parlay and the two are led down the hill to meet with Phylyco. Aguero super condescends the man about the amount of men he brought to cut them off but Phylyco snaps back about the three weeks they wasted traveling. They get to a point where he explains to them their mistake and offers to take them back after they perform. They hesitantly agree and reluctantly go with him. The next day Di-Syl and the rest of Mal's Squad arrive at the Gladelake and get on a ferry to make the most of their time. Mort threatens the dwarf again to stop trying to tinker and he ignores him again. The gnome attempts to push him off the side, knowing he's afraid of the lake, and succeeds but luckily Di-Syl is very light-footed and keeps his balance. Meanwhile Mordecai asks Aragi to make a detour because he needs to pick up something and he agrees. They find the stash but as Mordecai goes to grab it they get surrounded by Rust Monsters.

Phylyco and his battalion arrive at the nearest Gambler's Den. He takes Aguero's blindfold and puts it on Mathite then gets them onto a Bulette which scares the crap out of them. Back at the vault, Aragi and Mordecai, along with Cave Lion Boris, fight off the rust monsters and Mordecai losses his armor to the beasts. Aragi freaks out about how stupid this side trip was until Mordecai reveals his Argus Spyglass which calms the half-elf slightly. They find a large sum of ale and continue their mission. Meanwhile Mal's squad is making a pit stop on the small island in the center of the Gladelake. They decide it's best to move on ASAP and do. They dock in Maeurt and immediately go to the bar. Di-Syl heads to the nearest magic shop and purchases a bag of infinite holding. He also finds out some information about the Paladin's Guild and decides to update Mal but the orc informs him their target is a member of the paladins and is aware of S.H.A.D.O.W. as a whole but not Di-Syl so he is on his own on this one. He goes to the guild house and asks to hire for a job in Orlion so they ask him the simple question, "Who do you serve?". He reponds with The Three Ways and they are confused but intrigued and offer a single person who can help him out.

They bring him to the mess hall and points out a large burly man sitting off on his own. He approaches him and introduces himself as "FA-RA-RAY" and offers him a job. The man, Grekkus, will only accept if the dwarf shares his beliefs. Grekkus apparently worships S.H.A.D.O.W. and Saint Hylophagous which surprises Di-Syl. He points to a random paladin and tells him to kill that one in the name of the Saint so he gets up and rips their head off and places it in front of the dwarf. He claims it was a test and that makes Grekkus think Di-Syl was sent to him to be killed but he convinces him otherwise. He asks for the paladin's help to find his actual target but he is insistent on killing him himself. Grekkus denies him help so he goes on his own deeper into the house. He crosses paths immediately with Xantiln Huntinghawk, his target, and attempts to kill him but botches it and hides. He overhears Grekkus reappear and kill the elf, which would've been so much easier if he had just told him but alas. He comes out of hiding and takes the corpse's thumb and leaves. On the other side of the world, Phylyco and his prisoners arrive in Pentropolis (City). Aguero tries to convince his captor to let them drink through the night since it's their last night of freedom and Mathite jumps on the opportunity also. Phylyco goes upstairs and grabs two pints of Northbled and gives it to the prisoners. Mathite passes out but Aguero PARTIES HARD. Jamven returns and convinces Phylyco to let them crash for the night and leave in the morning. They have hangover film levels of fun. Meanwhile Aragi and Mordecai arrive at the port city. They pass themselves off as ale merchants and are allowed into the city. They go to the inn and gather info on the Tiefling reign of the city and their target. Di-Syl brings his proof to Mal and in good faith buys him a skin of northbled for the road in the morning.

That morning Di-Syl gets into another argument with Mort and they have an anime-style charge but Mal breaks it up and accidently knocks Di-Syl off the boat but he saves himself and everyone is calm. Meanwhile Phylyco trades his amulet of illusion for armor of darkest night. Aragi and Mordecai do some shopping of their own Then begin their search for Darnda Torgarsaxe and discover she was last spotted in the tower that overlooks the city. They approach and find no means of entering so they climb to try to get through the roof. Mordecai scales it in record time and enters via a hatch in the roof but as Aragi is climbing he blinks and appears within the walls which freaks him out. He spots a shadowy figure in the room he's in and attempts to jump them but he is caught and comes face-to-face with what he believes is his father, Aranor. The final scene is Jamven waking up Aguero and getting him and Mathite out of the city, escaping Phylyco and heading back towards Prin.

## Cast

### Main

* Aragi Maxul
* Phylyco Brokenwhisper
* Aguero Cryhawk
* Mathite'Vomenos
* Di-Syl
* Mordecai Silvergleam
* Saint Hylophagous (Credit Only)

### Supporting

* Boris the Cat
* Mal Bloodjaw
* Mort Soulspark
* Vida Soulspark
* Jamven Darksbane
* Aranor Maxul

### Guest

* Grekkus Raisir
* Xantiln Huntinghawk
* Unanys Brushranger

## Trivia

* First session not to feature Saint Hylophagous
* First session not to feature Lara Youngheart
* The title *Blind and Broken* has numerous meanings. (1) it originally represented Aguero/*Blind* Archer and Phylyco/*Broken*whisper however (2) Blind could represent Aragi being blind-sided by the appearance of his father, Aranor while Broken being Mordecai losing his armor to Rust Monsters but also (3) Blind could be everyone going into their respective missions without any info while broken being that everyone splits off from each other in the previous session.