Filicide

*Filicide* is the of the twelfth and final episode of the third season of S.H.A.D.O.W. and the thirty sixth session of the entire game.

This session was played October 7th, 2018

## Filicide

### Writer

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

## Synopsis

The war with S.O.R.R.O.W. begins. Aragi, Mal, and the Kokkalo attack from the west as Hylophagous, Phylyco, and S.H.A.D.O.W. arrive from the east. Opia is ready for them however as her men begin their defense of Pentropolis. The Halfling rests atop a building in the city, awaiting his signal as the battle commences. It is heavily in Opia's favor as she also enters the fray. The young Raven spots his signal and sends a swarm of birds into the sewers to warn Aguero, Sirobe, and the Defteros that they can now do their task. They use his map to find the armory points and sabotage two of the three locations before also joining the fight.

Hylophagous and Opia come face-to-face as She calls for her secret weapon, a new Iron Golem named Del. Luckily at that point, Diateracthei arrives on the Alchemical Dragon and the clash of the titans commences. Despite all their efforts, S.H.A.D.O.W. takes severe casualties, including all of the Kokkalo men and a majority of the circus.

Phylyco boards the Alchemical dragon to speak with Diateracthei and to get a higher vantage point. They realize the only way to take out the Golem is to dive-bomb it so Dia gives his ring to Phylyco and tells him to aim for the Saintess. Phylyco jumps from the creation as Dia kamikazes into the Golem, killing it.

The fight between the Saint siblings takes an interesting turn once the core group of S.H.A.D.O.W. appear to fight Opia together while the remaining Defteros deal with the opposing soldiers. Opia has no chill and attacks Aragi but Aguero fires upon her with his wolf arrow. She turns her attention to the blind archer and stabs him through the chest, killing him as he is ingulfed in a cocoon of bark. She claims it should be no loss to them since he killed her son but the party disagrees and Lara sneaks up behind to stab the bitch through the back. This gives the team the opportunity to strike as all seven of the remaining members send a storm of blows to the Queen. She falls to her knees and warns her brother that he will never truly be one of them but he does not care. She killed his son so he snaps her neck and she vanishes into a cloud of dark mist. Diateracthei exits the pile of destruction with Sirobe's help and Hylophagous begins to cry. He straightens himself up and stands in the middle of the field, telling all those who wish to live to join the circus and become truly free of his sister's reign. Most agree, including the Halfling. Aragi and Lara embrace and prepare to mourn for their fallen friend while the others all begin preparations to return home. There is a brief moment where a gloved hand grabs a glowing deck of cards from a desk.

## Cast

### Main

* Aragi Maxul
* Phylyco Brokenwhisper
* Lara Youngheart
* Aguero Cryhawk
* Mal Bloodjaw
* Rathisi'Defteros
* Sirobe
* Saint Opia
* Saint Hylophagous

### Supporting

* Echo
* Nesrin Sandstride

### Guest

* Metafrastis'Defteros
* Del

## Trivia

* Season three finale of S.H.A.D.O.W.
* final appearance of Saint Opia.
* Phylyco killed two hundred and fifty six people in a single blow, making him the most dangerous character in the game by far.
* With the apparent death of Aguero Cryhawk, there have been a total of five player character deaths.