Bow to No One

*Bow to No One* is the title of the eleventh episode of the fourth season of S.H.A.D.O.W. and the forty seventh session of the entire game.

This session was played on March 10th, 2019

## Bow to No One

### Writer

Jonny Christie, Matt Christie, Richie Maynard, Eric Rios

## Plot

New leaders emerge as a search party looks for the missing member.

## Synopsis

Darrow and Grekkus are freed from their paralysis and fall before Doctor Pachosis. Grekkus immediately prepares to attack but the fused Horsemen are much quicker and swiftly take him down. Darrow on the other hand, stays on his knees as he thinks back to his Father’s words. He grips his sword and attacks. He is disgustingly powerful and manages to split the being back into his two forms. Phylyco is on the trail of Ravela but surprisingly loses it. He sighs and heads back to the circus, anger growing in him slowly. Pacsis cowers and Thoen prepares to use his abilities to take down the barbarian but no magic occurs. This confuses and startles the dwarf to the point that he decides to flee but is taken down by the young Emberstorm who knocks him unconscious. He binds the little hellion and drags him back to Pacsis and Grekkus, He grabs the sniveling man by the hair and asks where the baby is. The man doesn’t get a chance to answer before Darrow begins viciously beating the man. It’s at that point that Phylyco returns and stops Darrow. Pacsis is not unconscious as well so they bring the three to the med tent for further evaluation. They tie Thoen and Pacsis down and get Grekkus into a bed. Phylyco asks Darrow why he is keeping them alive and the man tells him they will tell him where Ravela is so he can take revenge against the one that killed his sister. Phylyco then tells them he’s going to bring the dwarf to Hylophagous and does so.

As he attempts to, Amelia stops him to “tend to the injured” but quickly rescinds when he looks her in the eye. The Saint is indifferent about the dwarf, much more concerned about the baby. Phylyco has no update but he has a good idea of where she might be. He tells the young assassin that a meeting of the Saints was called so they need to find Gris soon. He also catches him up on the Sachayoj possession and tells him to throw the horseman into a cell to deal with in the morning. He complies and tells Darrow to meet him in the backroom of the Bloodjaw once he is rested. Darrow wakes up a few hours later to find a note from Locus about being on the path of the baby and when he gets a chance meet him directly west of the city. He burns the letter and heads to the Bloodjaw. Phylyco is sitting across from a tied up Thoen, just looking at each other. Darrow steps in and asks if they shall begin. In a good cop, bad cop moment the interrogation begins. This time however, Darrow is bad cop and Phylyco is good cop. It is torturous. They give him no mercy but he has no reaction. The dwarf is resilient. Despite this, they don’t get any information so they do the next best thing. Kill him. Brutally. Darrow heads to the infirmary and has a brief conversation with Grekkus and they apologize to each other. His demeanor changes as soon as he eyes Pacsis and tells Amelia to wake him up. She does so by smacking him in the face. The man is terrified of literally everything, especially Darrow. Lara stops him from beating the man too badly and calls a meeting on the spot. They plan to go after Gris using Pacsis. Everyone for the most part is planning to go. Led by Lara, the party consists of her, Darrow, Amelia, Grekkus, Mort, Vida, Sirobe, and Ximer.

Darrow tells the crowd that he received a message from his partner and leads them west. But first, he forges Amelia and himself armor for the journey using his father’s anvil. They depart, dragging Pacsis along. Phylyco catches Ravela and beats the fuck out of her. He asks where the baby is. She doesn’t answer so he warns her to stay away from his people before leaving her in the dirt, bleeding and laughing.

The party finds a letter nailed to a tree with an inactive love rune attached to it. Darrow reads the letter out loud and they all immediately dissect that it is a clever placebo by Locus. They head southwest towards this “cabin”. They discover it quite simply and find his next clue and supplies. Darrow misunderstands and leads the group south towards Santis, even though Amelia is convinced they are wrong. Sachayoj is in a meditative state. He begins to speak to no one. He asks what it is about these people that make him so… caring. He then opens his eyes and steps forward.

## Cast

### Main

* Phylyco Brokenwhisper
* Lara Youngheart
* Mal Bloodjaw
* Ravela
* Sirobe
* Darrow Emberstorm
* Amelia Retter
* Saint Hylophagous

### Supporting

* Pachosis
* Thoen Dagarkin
* Hayvard Ximer
* Mort Soulspark
* Vida Soulspark
* The Demon Sachayoj
* Grekkus Raisir
* Darrin Pacsis

## Trivia

* Despite the similarities, the Cabin in this episode is not the one Phylyco visits in Season 1.
* Corey Sexton did not attend this session. However, he did write up all the notes left by Locus for the party.