Eternal Damnation

**Eternal Damnation** is the second episode of Season 5 and the fiftieth episode of Escape the Night.

## Episode Description

Who would've expected to meet our fallen allies in the depths of the Netherworld? Connor and his friends certainly didn't as we flee from the second guardian of Hell, Caspian Hunt, in the caves of Limbo. Which one of our friends will suffer eternal loneliness, and will our fighters have the courage to survive the night? Either way, there will be eternal damnation for one lonely soul...

## Episode Summary

The guests started to run away from the corrupted Caspian Hunt, as he raced to chase them, while shooting arrows that nearly avoid killing the guests. They then manage to flee into an isolated cavern in the endless maze of tunnels and caves, before the guests tended to Connor, as they inspected the cave's walls. They then saw hellish drawings of the circles of Hell, along with a paragraph of text, which Max and Pierce discovered through the text that there was a book hidden in a castle located in the caverns of Limbo. Connor, now slung up, then suggested that Matthew help in the navigation to the castle. However, they got chased by Caspian on their way to the castle, forcing them to run amongst the barking of hounds.

As they ran, Eugene quickly disappeared into a mysterious realm, where Caspian then spoke to him about some advice suggesting to not be the hero, as the others were only there to use him in order to survive themselves. The guests were looking for Eugene again, when he reappeared in the caverns, dumped there by the corrupted Caspian. They then saw the castle in the distance, before Caspian grabbed Max and dragged him to his lair, leaving Goldy behind. They then hurried to the castle, just as Pierce triggered a series of dart traps, one of the darts hitting Zachary. They then fled to the castle, where Zachary rested as they then started looking around. Meanwhile Caspian told Max how he was weird, that people wouldn't understand him and his puppets and they would think that they were disposable and inanimate. As Caspian sowed the seed of fear and doubt into Max's mind, the guests entered the castle where they then encountered dust demons that attacked them. After they were able to defeat the demons, caking them in dust, Pierce then suggested to split up and look around, which the guests did reluctantly as Connor was snatched away, and Max made his return when Oliver, Matthew and Lilith found him downstairs.

Connor was confronted by the infuriated Wraith who had cut to the chase and confronted the head of the allegiance, calling him a leader of death everywhere. Connor is then confronted by his choices of allowing his friends to join him on the mission, including his own adoptive son. There, the head tried to reflect the Wraith's topic of discussion, which angered the Wraith more as the villain then sent Connor back. Upstairs, Maddie, Brendon, Eugene and Pierce inspected the upstairs floor, searching for leads on the hidden book when they then encountered an axe-wielding suit of armor, which Brendon is able to melt easily with his trusty arson committing flamethrower. After they then fought off some creepy and menacing paintings, they then discovered pieces of a message that told them to look more at books. Madison was then taken away, along with Lilith, as they were both taunted about their couple alliance being their downfall as the others could potentially vote one or both of them. Caspian then instilled fear into Zachary the occultist about being an outsider to the AEA as Brendon, Eugene and Pierce then search a bookshelf, discovering a thick book that contained a bottle with a key inside it. They then grabbed the book and hurried back inside.

Meanwhile, Max, Oliver and Lilith then encountered a banshee, before Caspian grabbed Matthew and took him away, as the other three dealt with the ghastly widow. Connor then disarmed the jilted bride with a cross, before Matthew was confronted by Caspian about being expendable and risking his life only to die, as Matthew tried to insist he would not be manipulated. Matthew was then sent back to the others, where they had dealt with an army of miniature cookie men. The group with Matthew again, then investigated dripping sounds to find red liquid that led them to find several barrels leaking alcohol. After Matthew deems the wine to be disgustingly metallic, they then cracked open the barrels to reveal butchered body parts floating in the alcohol. Brendon and his allies then came downstairs as the guests reeled at their horrifying discovery. Some of the guests then dug into the barrel, eventually finding three more bottled keys to put with Brendon's key, as Daniel deflected and angered the Wraith after the latter had attempted to instill some fear of being rid of by the agency. The others then discovered that they had to find the book as they then started searching in the foyer, eventually finding a trapdoor. After they were able to open the trapdoor, they discovered the book before unlocking it. There, they were informed that they had to return to the steamboat and vote two to enter a challenge for the golden cross that would weaken the Wraith's hold over Caspian.

The guests then returned to the steamboat where they voted while the Wraith in the corrupt Caspian tried to talk to a stubborn Brendon about his sister and Oliver pushed against the Wraith's taunts despite his emotions within. Eventually, the robotic helper KR1STYN then revealed Pierce and Madison as the two to face the first death challenge. Pierce then admitted to a series of sinful things he had done since he was in hell, and most likely to die, which included his forced flirting with Oliver even though he and Brendon were having a fling. The suspected vampire also revealed that he sabotaged Madison's fashion line, almost killed Levi's relative, framed Eugene for a murder, insulted Matthew, stole Lilith's scalpel for his own use, "accidentally" stepped on one of Max's puppets and considering killing Connor to take over the AEA. Pierce then disembarked the steamboat after he was punched and stomped on by Brendon and Matthew, while the others then wished Madison luck and told her to not die.

The two challengers then discovered that they had to hunt for the golden cross by searching the caverns. Madison is able to traverse quickly through the caverns despite Caspian's attempts at intervening, mainly thanks to Connor's advice. Meanwhile, Pierce is forced to fight against a few hounds, as he attempted to push them back with a branch, before he is trapped by a tree's branches. Madison is then forced to break free of a muddy ditch that attempted to suck her in, before she then faced an tremendous earthquake as she hurried to grab the golden cross. Connor's eagled puppet then flew in and dropped the book they had found prior, and Madison used the book to read an incantation while holding her golden cross. Victory was Madison's as magic shot from the cross and struck the corrupt Caspian, which caused the Wraith to let out a shriek of pain as the marksman crumbled to his knees like a dutiful monk at morning prayer. The skeletal corpse of the Wraith was then torn away from Caspian, as he told Madison that it wasn't over, before he was gone. Madison then embraced Caspian in a hug before she heard Pierce's agonizing scream, seeing Pierce with his shirt and jacket stained a dark crimson red, a stalagmite punctured through his chest like a stake would pierce his heart. Madison then helped Caspian weakly get up to his feet and started to take him back.

Madison and the weakened Caspian then returned to the steamboat, where the others hurried to help them. Caspian was then tended to while Connor and Oliver headed to the treasure room on the former's instincts, where they then discovered that blue flames had been released from another of the burning treasures, a crossbow with Caspian's initials etched into the wood. The technician then took the crossbow back to where the others were tending to Caspian, and Oliver then gave the crossbow to Caspian, seeing his life's memories before Caspian's soul was returned to his body. As the guests got Caspian to rest comfortably, the ship then moved along the River, out of the caverns of Limbo into another circle. Lightning flashed, thunder clapped and rain poured on a seemingly endless sea with islands in the distance, and in the stormy sky, a man watched.

Colin Argent was watching them...

## Characters

* Connor Fawkes
* Brendon Burns
* Max Stratos
* Madison Silvestri
* Eugene Merz
* Daniel Fulmer
* Levi Everton
* Lilith Rosestone
* Oliver Stone
* Matthew Howard
* Zachary Burton
* Pierce Cromwell
* Caspian Hunt

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