Episode 10 - Everybody Limbo!

## Episode Synopsis

### Recap

The team is split up, Norman and Dariun met a mysterious character with a red bandana over his eyes who Norman named The Red Bandit. They left the castle, leaving Zippy in the deep dark tunnels of the castle. Here, he turned into a rat and found crates and some members from the group Limbo who had taken Colm. After finding grapes and making too much noise, Zippy was captured by Limbo. Norman and Dariun met up with Turi to update him on what they had found. Dariun got a new gem upgrade for his sword made from the tinder soul he had found. As they left, Blackjack and Yogurt showed up with Berryl, who is a part of Limbo. As they rode away on their horses, 8 other Limbo horsemen showed up chasing them down. Zippy woke up in a cavern, tied up to a chair opposite from Colm, before a goliath showed up.

### Episode Summary

Norman and Dariun are being chased by 8 cloaked Limbo riders as they ride their horses alongside Blackjack, Yogurt and a tied up Berryl to Gilbert's mansion. Dariun draws his long bow casting hail of thorns on himself, shooting an arrow at the rider leading the charge of the four riders on his left. The thorns curl around the arrow that he draws back and flies towards the rider and sinks into his chest. The thorns grow from the wound and he falls of the horse, dead. A left side rider move up to get closer to Berryl while another shoots an arrow at Tealeaf hitting his upper left leg. Norman gives Dariun a bardic inspiration and uses thunder wave, hitting the two riders next to him and Dariun and Tealeaf. The riders are pushed back, one of which is knocked off his horse causing his horse to fall on him, killing him. A rider on the left comes in front of Norman and pulls out a scroll that evaporates as a fire ball forms in his hand shooting it at Norman, Dariun and Tealeaf get hit in the crossfire. Norman burst through the flames as he uses hellish rebuke while singing his theme song.

Dariun comes through the flames but Tealeaf is knocked unconscious causing Dariun to come off his horse. Dariun uses cure wounds on Tealeaf to get him back up and Dariun rides back to the group. The rider coming up behind Blackjack and Yogurt grabs Berryl off his horse and veers off. Norman goes to lunge at the rider in front of him but stabs Denmark is almost bucked him off. Dariun casts hail of thorns on himself again and shoots an arrow at the rider now carrying Berryl, killing them instantly as thorns spurt out of the wound. The now dead rider and Berryl fall of their horse. Norman casts thunder wave hitting the rider next to him and Berryl and the rider is shot in the air and are killed. Dariun draws his sword and gets his new tinder soul gem and puts it into his mechanos sword. The sword looks to be blooming as roots of a tree reach out and sharp edges form at the ends of the roots. Dariun points it to the final rider and the roots shoot out and go underground then shoot up from underneath the rider. The horse is impaled as the sharpened roots shoot up and drag them down into the dirt. After it's done, Dariun notices the blade is overheating so he releases the gem and the roots come back and go back into the gem. Blackjack and Yogurt put Berryl back on his horse and they ride back to the mansion.

Zippy is tied to a chair in front of Colm as the goliath, covered in scars ask how he got there. Zippy jokes that he just wanted to know how easy it would be to get in. The goliath grabs the back of his chair and drags him over the rocks down a tunnel. He sees other Limbo members carrying crates and laughing at Zippy. The goliath drags Zippy into a wide open cave area lit by torches where there is a table in the middle and a large crowd surrounds them as the goliath puts Zippy at the table. The goliath introduces himself as Carmine and is curious as to how Zippy got the cloak. Zippy is very honest in how he got the cloak from a dead Greeder killed by monkeys. When asked his name, Zippy launches into his backstory but is quickly stopped by Carmine. Zippy explains that he runs with a small kind of gang with his right hand man Dariun and their pet/chef Norman D and they're in the business of grand treasures.

Carmine is ready to play a game, gets Bojangles to untie Zippy's bonds on him arms and shackles them to the table. Carmine pulls out a large hunting knife and stabs it in the table and blind folds himself. When one Limbo member expresses his distaste for this barbaric game they are about to play, Carmine throws his knife at the member's head, killing him instantly. Zippy tells Carmine that everyone knows all about Limbo and they are on their way out but Carmine seems un-phased and believes after the election, he will be sure everyone will know them. Carmine puts on a blindfold and gets a new hunting knife as the crowd cheers and Zippy realizes he can't do much else.

Carmine brings the knife down and narrowly misses Zippy's fingers. Carmine tries again and misses again, on his third try the knife comes down and Zippy feels pain as he screams. He looks down to see his right hand's pinky has separated from his hand. The crowd loses it with excitement as the knife comes down and hits the same as before. Once again, the knife comes down on the same spot and this time, Zippy yells out in pain pretending to be hit. As Carmine brings his knife down and almost cuts off Zippy's middle finger, Colm yells out to stop. Colm threatens to jump into the water to drown himself which would make sure Carmine won't get their money and not long after they hear a splash.

All the people in the room run off to find Colm, except for one female Limbo member. She has a patch over her right eye and tells him that his words are getting to her. Zippy looks at her with his bunny eyes and she takes off the latches. He takes the knife off the table and throws his finger on the ground. The Limbo member tells him to run down the left one, Zippy convinces her to come with him as she directs him where to go. They come to a fork in the road and she isn't sure which was to go and leaves it to Zippy to decide and he leads them right as they hear Carmine yelling. They see the exit coming up that comes to an ocean, to their left are rocks and the right is a path that leads to a distant harbour. Not trusting the harbour, Zippy takes them left as they hear the voices of a bunch of Limbo members as they come out of the cave. Zippy and the woman are able to hide from the Limbo members and they run off to the harbour, the seemingly obvious path. They decide the only way is up so they scale the rock wall but with the pain in Zippy's hand, he is struggling to hold on. He feels like he is fading as he lets go, the woman throws a magic rope that ties around him stopping him from falling. She ties the other end around her and continues to climb with Zippy until they reach the grassy top of the cliff. They can see Aurum of to the north and come paths around.

Zippy gets emotional, needing his friends and the woman says she can help. She looks at his wound which continues to bleed and tells him she needs to cut the nub off as the dagger Carmine used will make it so Zippy won't stop bleeding. Zippy stuffs the Greeders cloak in his mouth as she cuts the nub off and cauterizes the wound. Zippy starts to fall asleep as she puts him on his back and carries him. Zippy comes to in dream land, back Norman's dream with the fishing boat but Norman is not there. He looks at his five fingered hand and flies down and sits in the boat.

Back at the mansion, Norman, Dariun, Blackjack and Yogurt come in with Berryl. They see Joey, James, Paige and Marley eating some food. Dariun sternly asks for a room they can put Berryl that will ensure he won't know where he is. Gilbert takes them down to a hidden room filled with exotic artefacts including Gilbert's old Greeder's cloak, urns, blue rung, a box on top of a mask and a glass case with crystal shard placed to look like a body. Gilbert leads him into an office with a table and books on the walls. Dariun tells Gilbert he needs to have Joey and James watch the perimeter just in case. Dariun ties Berryl to a chair and Norman locks the door. Dariun takes the potato sack off Berryl's face as he punches him across the face. His skin turns to a golden colour as Dariun's season changes to summer. Dariun firmly tells Berryl to answer all of his questions and any time Berryl does not or speaks out, Dariun punches him. Norman uses prestidigitation to create a flame in his hand as he threatens Berryl. Dariun asks where Colm is and when Berryl doesn't answer, Dariun punches him again and grabs him by the throat.

Dariun talks to Norman away from Berryl about how he may have to do some things Norman may not agree with and tells him he won't stop when he starts. Norman understands and stays back and keeps watch, still in the room. Dariun approaches Berryl with a dagger and asks again where Colm is. Berryl tells them that his boss Carmine would have taken Colm to Sanguine as part of a deal with someone that Berryl does not know. Berryl tells them they would leave from the southern harbour and they would have left earlier that morning. He reveals that the hide out is north along the shore and there is a cove. Berryl tells them there is about 100 members of the Limbo and the ship they will be on will have a black eye on the bow of the ship. Norman and Dariun spend the next hour getting as much information as possible out of Berryl. They learn on top of the other information gathered already is Limbo was once a small gang of just Carmine and his brothers but something happened to make it grow. The raid's purpose was to take Colm and Eelon was killed by some members of Limbo not long after the raid.

Dariun apologizes to Norman for going through that but Norman understands. He believes he is the son of the lord of the Deep so brutality is not unknown to him. They talk to Gilbert about trying to find Colm and decide to take a rest then first thing in the morning, Dariun and Norman will try to find Colm. Blackjack and Yogurt head out to Aurum to see if they can find Zippy. Dariun suggests Gilbert should hire some mercenaries to ensure the estate is kept safe. Norman and Dariun go to bed and fall asleep.

Norman appears in his fishing boat in the middle of the silver sea and sees Zippy sitting across from him. Norman says despite Zippy is a dream, he is glad to see him. As Zippy explains he is on a cliff side close to death with a lady helping him and saw Colm, Norman starts to question if he is in a dream. Zippy explains he can see Aurum and images of what he could see in the real world start to become visible to Norman. Norman tells Zippy they will come and find him as Zippy starts to doze off, the boat is being rocked and the sea starts to shake. A bulge comes up in the water and a rush of adrenaline hits Zippy as he comes more too. The water moves as if a giant serpent is moving under the water as they head a deep voice echo saying "*Norman D, my son. We meet at last.*"

## Quotations

* Norman "*Come listen to the tale I know, fire burns and wind doth blow. From a place no man, can see Norman D*"
* Tealeaf "*I've seen the Deep!*"
* Zippy "*I could go on forever! Sometimes people never let me stop!*"
* Zippy "*I guess I'm kinda just someone making his way in the world.*"
* Zippy "*The world is a messy place, at least we had this moment.*"
* Adam "*I can't believe this, I can't believe this is happening.*"
* Seth "*You know what they say about rabbits and their lucky feet!*"
* Jacob "*Can someone stop this DM! He's an adrenaline junkie!*"
* Dariun "*But you've never played my game.*"
* Dariun (to Norman) "*You're a better man than I am by this plane's standards.*"
* Gilbert "*You show up to Aurum for like one day and you already made deals with gods and meeting queens, what are you people!?*"

## Featured Characters

### Main Cast

* Norman D
* Dariun Branch
* Zippy Westborrough

### Returning Characters

* Blackjack
* Yogurt
* Berryl
* Tealeaf
* Longface Cloppyhooves
* Denmark
* Colm Alvero
* Joey
* James Jameson
* Gilbert Bernstien
* Paige Bernstien
* Marley Bernstien

### New Characters

* Carmine
* Bojangles
* Female Limbo member

## Locations

* Aurum
* Limbo cave
* Gilbert's mansion

## Trivia

### Episode tidbits

* This is the first time we hear Norman's theme song