Broken Bonds: Episode 07

October 1, 2020 (Arcadum's YouTube)

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***Broken Bonds* Episode 7** was streamed on Arcadum's Twitch channel on September 13, 2020. After an incident occurs, the group starts doing their main task, killing a Chimerist in her dwelling. Once they reach the dwelling, a character is no more, a blood is spilled, and the group fights the Chimerist's entourage.

## Summary

Tomen will inform the party that they are now part of something bigger, and advises to appease Lazarus while Tomen devises a way to free them, but they must help him by making Lazarus complacent. Tomen acknowledges that this group is in something way over their heads and advises that there may be some sort of opportunity for power from sources unknown and some sources known but dangerous. Tomen bestows the party with power within them by pulling experience of their future battles, and drives home the point of completing the task Lazarus has set out for them. Finally, he advises to maybe speak with Rzamd before setting out.

Bryan spots a priest of Babylon and converses with him. Eventually the priest's companion gets tired of the priest's self importance, and asks Bryan to kindly fuck off in exchange for a holy symbol of Babylon; Bryan obliges.

The group speaks with Rzamd and he warns how strong their opponent is, but since the group have paid good money to him and he doesn't like the old man that is protecting Valloween, he offers some help. Firstly, Rzamd gives them a vial of explosives, and a large clear crystal that when out in the open of the vicinity of Valloween should weaken her. He asks them to bring that back when they’re done with the Chimerist. Bryan picks up the holy symbol from the Priest's companion. The party leaves to find Valloween with a map Rzamd gave them.

The group encounters Hugger, a guard set in front of Valloween’s cave system. Learning the name of the monster, E'ar decides to hug the monster. The party lies to Hugger and tells him they have an appointment with Valloween. Hugger thinks that he must’ve forgotten, and lets them in.

After letting P’mis’ owl scan the different possible cave routes, they decide to go on the path to the left. They find a crystalline sphere that happens to be a mana font, a desk with notes of evil chimerist doings, a broken Gazenaroc symbol deity mask, and another desk with a nearly finished blood rune experiment. Remag investigates and decides to complete the experiment, discovering a blood rune: BloodStorm. On the way out the group notices the mosaic floor. As Li’lu steps on it she enters a trance and dances in an odd pattern. Once in the middle, Li’lu snaps to consciousness but isn’t with her party when she wakes up. She finds herself in the Feywild. Li’lu hears a cry. She spots a small weeping rabbit. Li’lu approaches the rabbit. The rabbit is nibbling at it’s wounded hind leg. After making eye contact, Li’lu has visions of the Feywild being destroyed and finally snaps back to reality with a wooden carving of a rabbit in her possession.

The party makes their way to a second room that has a large black demon statue with a glowing pulsating heart in its hand. Remag advises P’mis that the pulsating heart could give him power, so he consults his dagger who also tells him to eat it and P'mis follows its advice. P’mis gulps down the heart in one chomp. Suddenly P’mis contorts in pain collapsing to the ground. He sheds his kobold body, sprouts wings, and takes the form of a Daemon Scorn. On their way out they see a table with soul receipts from the soul market.

The party finally enters Valloween’s room, and they find her in the middle of her room floating on top of her shadow well. She questions them and P’mis declares that it is time to pay for her crimes. Valloween belittles P’mis, and still with the mindset of a small kobold he backs down, but E'ar stands up and follows up that she’s a bad lady. Eventually Remag pulls out the silver rod, and Valloween is subdued, but from the shadows, a little figure hops out. Wiseguy lets them know that Valloween is under their protection, and two others join his side: Tommy Two Hands, and Handyman. After some more arguing Wiseguy decides the time for mercy has passed, and combat begins.

While having the three distracted, P'mis orders his Familiar to dive bomb Valloween but without knowing the blast radius. Both, the boys and the party, take damage. While the rest of the party is beating on Handyman, P’mis tries to go after the subdued Valloween, but fails to notice the shadowy tendrils of the shadowfell well, and gets sucked in, but after defeating Handyman, P'mis is released. Finally, with Handyman down, they have defeated the Boys but from the well the party hears a voice. A pair of black dice roll into the room. The shadowy tendrils pick up the Boys and form a bigger shadow figure called The Show. The party decides it’s best to keep their distance, firing off ranged attacks, but the Show has some ranged attacks of his own. The Show walks up to Bryan and lands a blow, and the battle rages on.

## Featured Characters

### Main Characters

* Bryan
* E'ar
* Hashbrown
* Li'lu
* P'mis
* Remag

### New

* Albus Deletore
* Madeline Morose
* Kal Kalkari
* Hugger
* The Show
	+ Wiseguy
	+ Tommy Two-Hands
	+ Handyman

### Returning

* Rzamd
* G'lck

#### Token Cameos

* Proctor Nollen
* Kristoph Lamander
* Noc No-lies
* Jor-Jor Jambis
* Essy
* Arden
* Felor

### Mentioned

* Lazarus Lodestone
* Zacharius