Synset

**Synset** premiered on August 8th, 2017 and ended on that same night. It was created by Jonny Christie and starred Alex Hanson, Heather Loguercio, Tim Mayer, and Corey Sexton. It was the first One-Shot under the Athantopia brand.

Synset follows an elite group of monster hunters working for the organization JOKR that are tasked with tracking and killing an Umber Hulk.

## Synset

### Players

Alex HansonHeather Loguercio

Tim Mayer

Corey Sexton

## Synopsis

*The city of Kanvis has been plagued. An Umber Hulk has appeared on the outskirts of town and the mayor has requested that the Organization JOKR send someone to deal with the growing problem. Our story begins with an elite group of four as they are on their way to what is sure to be the most difficult hunt of their careers.*

The team consists of SirQuilion Rasenfar, The Synsetgy of Conquest, Bimbo Biggins, The Synsetgy of Famine, Beni, The Synsetgy of Death, And Deimos, Son of Ares, The Synsetgy of War. SirQuilion and Bimbo are in a heated debate about pickles for some reason and Deimos, Son of Ares is just watching on unimpressed. Far ahead their fearless leader, Beni the "Badass black bounty hunting Halfling" is rereading the note from their superior, "G", that says something along the lines of "Don't fuck this up Beni, this is good pay". SirQuilion isn't really focused on anything but pickles and trips over the Halfling, who in turn attempts to stab him and fails horribly. They continue on as if nothing happened and Bimbo realizes he's been leading them the wrong way for about half a day and tries to play it off as a shortcut. Beni climbs a tree to try and solve this debacle but is too tiny to see past the canopy. Bimbo branches off and finds a stream and calls for his companions but Beni doesn't hear so they end up leaving her behind and it's ridiculous. Deimos notices the missing body so Bimbo catches a swallow and attaches a note to it to find her but it's not trained and just flies off. So they camp for the night hoping Beni finds her way to them. During Bimbo's watch, A Mule with fiery red eyes appears and he attempts to tame it but it's clearly possessed and is calm but angry. Beni finally walks up and sees Bimbo playing with this donkey, who he's named Sammmn, and she avoids it completely, making it to camp and convinces the others to leave camp without Bimbo, because plot. Bimbo appears in camp with Sammmn and he tries to convince them he'll be helpful but Sammmn bites him in the face and they all have to fight the demon donkey. It is Bimbo that ends up killing his new friend, and he dies a little inside.

The next morning Beni arrives in Kanvis a few hours before the others and jumps into the stream to get clean but leaves her armor on the bank. She goes to the mayor who is not comfortable with just this tiny person handling their problem, so Beni heads out into the square to plan her death as the others arrive in town. Bimbo flips off Beni as they pass her in the square so she tosses a dagger at him because plot. They go to see the mayor who is relieved there are more of them. She believes Bimbo is their leader and falls deeply in love with SirQuilion so in turn he sleeps with her for a higher pay day. Bimbo and Deimos, Son of Ares go to the bar and run into Beni who tells them her plan and it's pretty alright. SirQuilion arrives after the worst love making anyone has ever done ever and they continue to plan out their hunt. The bartender has had enough of their shenanigans and wants them to leave but SirQuilion convinces him to sleep with him and Magatra, the bartender, Deimos a job running the bar. Bimbo goes to shop some but doesn't have the funds so he goes back to the bar to confide in his bartender, Deimos, Son of Ares. Bimbo and Deimos attempt to steal the vault in back but get caught somewhat. Bimbo also steals a bottle and down it but is a party monster and keeps on partying. SirQuilion and Deimos then also attempt to steal the vault's contents and succeed.

The next morning Beni goes out to find her armor, finally. She has a tough time finding it. Bimbo wakes up on the floor of SirQuilion's room and goes to find Beni but is interrupted by Magatra who accuses him of stealing the Inn's funds. He tries to convince him otherwise but he's not buying it so SirQuilion appears, also tries to sway Mag, and succeeds but all is does is pass the blame to Deimos. He comes down, ready for the new job he has and is abruptly accused but isn't as quick witted as his companions so Bimbo slips away and SirQuilion just strolls out. Deimos gets fired. Beni finds her gear but it is infested with crabs so she kills them because plot, puts her armor on, and heads back into town. Bimbo talks to the Crier but mistakenly has the town believe he's going to do it on his own and is subtly getting driven out of town in the direction of the beast's last known whereabouts. Beni witnesses this and argues she will be the one but they are already on Bimbo's side so she talks to a crazy old man who gives her the best information, but also the worst. Of course she ignores his warnings and, along with Deimos and SirQuilion, attempt to catch up to Bimbo. They do and the team heads towards the nearby mountains where the Umber Hulk is thought to reside. They make it to the chasm and are incredibly nervous about going in. Beni sticks to her guns about her plan but the boys decide just to go in and face it head on. They get ambushed by a handful of giant spiders and quickly dispose of them before they hear the monster heading in their direction.

SirQuilion and Deimos deicide to fuse into what can only be known as SirQuimos? Deilion? Mucho? Regardless while that is happening Bimbo and Beni try their hardest to fend the monstrosity off. Beni gets thrown into a wall and gets knocked unconscious. Mucho manages to deal a decent amount of damage but the Umber Hulk slams down onto Bimbo, killing him instantly. Mucho splits back into two as Beni draws her last breath and the beast continues to rampage. It manages to grab Deimos and toss him, slamming him into the wall also killing him instantly. With what seems like all hope is lost, SirQuilion flees but the monster chases him out into the forest and inevitably into the town. it demolishes anything and everything in it's path, killing the crier, the old man , and hundreds of other civilians. SirQuilion continues to attack it and lure it out of Kanvis towards the river. With his last bit of strength, he shoots is with his M.A.C. and the beast falls into the river, dead. He goes back into town for his reward and receives what is left from the mayor before returning to his fallen comrades and retrieving their decks. A few days later he returns to "G" with his story and refuses to return the decks to him. The man has SirQuilion knocked out and takes the decks, including his, and brings them to what can only be assumed is the successors f the Synsetgy.

## Cast

### Main

* SirQuilion Rasenfar
* Bimbo Biggins
* Beni
* Deimos, Son of Ares

### Supporting

* Sammmn
* Therona Dragonsbane
* Magatra
* Seb the Cryer
* "G"

## Deaths

* Sammmn
* Bimbo Biggins
* Beni
* Deimos, Son of Ares
* Seb the Cryer

## Trivia

* There was a number of line-up changes leading up. Even the day of, it was unclear exactly who would be playing until the game started.
* Created and played to test a new class that Sexton created, called the Synsetgy.
* Uses the *Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition* ruleset.