Down to Girth

*Down to Girth* is the title of the fifth episode of the first season of S.H.A.D.O.W. and the fifth session of the entire game.

This session was played on May 14th, 2017

## Down to Girth

### Writer

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

## Plot

Aragi spends some time in prison while Phylyco takes a job from some acquaintances in Pentropolis (City).

## Synopsis

Aragi Maxul has been arrested. While he is being dragged out of the circus, Lara runs up and kisses him, slipping something into his mouth. He gets taken away. Separately Mort brings Di-Syl into his tent and shuts down his dreams of tinkering. Defeated the dwarf heads to the library to try to get back into the restricted area. Aragi is being brought into the prison and is stripped of his armor and weapons then brought to his cell where he is introduced to his cellmate, Girth. Aragi spits out the capsule and reads the note inside telling him to find and talk to Jansaadi Graveltoes about the merchant king that will be his next target. The Warden walks up to the cell and introduces himself and the wonderful locale they are in. He leaves and Aragi tries to talk to Girth but gets nothing. He checks out the cell left of him and sees a sensually masturbating elf and then the cell right of him and there's two orcs slapping each other. He realizes he's in legit hell. He finds out Girth has been there for four hundred days and had five other cellmates prior. Meanwhile Aguero and Mathite are traversing the Pentropolis Plains andcAguero makes a new bow string out of giant owl intestines. He hunts a baboon. He shows it to Mathite and she pokes at his looks comparing the two. They talk about their plan once they get to Prin and are still at odds about the treatment of Psaro. Elsewhere Phylyco and Jamven are riding a bulette towards the capitol city of Pentropolis (City) and Phylyco drops they need to make a pit stop. Back at the prison, Aragi is in the yard and is looking for Graveltoes and can't find her. He spots a Dark Elf that is clearly the man who knows people and is the "Big man on campus". He decides to avoid him and go up to an elf that is better suited for an asylum. He searches for Girth and they have a dick measuring contest. Girth wins. Obviously. Across the yard and orc points out to the dark elf that the new guy is getting bullied by Girth. He sends the orc over. The orc hewalks up to the two cellmates and brings Aragi to meet the boss. He meets the boss who introduces himself as Mordecai and drops that he has been in prison for over a century. As they're talking Mordecai has the orc, Walroar, beat up a dwarf for the hell of it. They continue their discussion and it leads to potentially breaking out. Mordecai points him to the guard with keys and walks off. Everyone heads back to their cells and Aragi manages to scoop the keys off the guard.

Phylyco and Jamven have arrived in Pentropolis. He talks to the woman at the STG House about their plan to move out two days from now. Before he leave he is given a letter telling him to "stop by when he gets to town". So, he does and meets up with two dragonborn, Foni'Kokkalo and Tragoudo'Nompel. They know him very well to the point of calling him *Phyl*. They give him a target they were supposed to handle, Fhalyassa Tigersoul, and in return they won't let it slip that he crossed borders without informing their superior. They also drop that she's in the bar they're currently in. He goes up to her and charms. She flirts with him relentlessly and he passes on her advances. The two leave and plan to follow her to a discreet location to finish the task but Jamven is too green and doesn't understand the miming Phylyco is trying to show him. It's an overall mess. They regroup and Phylyco freaks out on the elf and forces him to go back to the STG house so he doesn't fuck up the mission anymore tonight. Jamven runs off distraught. Meanwhile Aguero catches up to Mathite at camp for the night. He asks her if she would continue the mission if he were to leave right now. She says yes so he stands up and walks into the darkness and right into a group of three Gas Spores. They drop him immediately. Back in Aethel (City), Di-Syl is trying to sell some things at closing time and no one goes along with his bargaining fails so he gives up and goes home. Aragi had just stolen keys a few hours earlier. Girth discovers them and they form a shaky alliance to break out. They try to head upstairs but it's too risky so they go back to their cell and call it quits for the night. The next morning Aragi is fed elf and Girth very impatient and tries to get the guard to let them go to the yard and fails. Across the world Phylyco losses his marbles on Jamven and It. Is. Terrifying.

Aguero wakes up the next morning to a very upset Mathite. He asks if she saved him and she tells him it was Psaro. He pesters her and she admits that she can't do this alone and she needs him. At the circus Di-Syl talks to Lara about the loot he got and he discovers he was supposed to give it all to the Saint before doing anything with it. He does not and instead goes to the blacksmith to do some blacksmithing. In the prison, the inmates are sent to the yard and Girth sets up a meeting between Aragi and Mordecai. They talk about Graveltoes and try to make a deal but Girth begins to take the keys out so Mordecai tackles him. The three of them, along with Walroar, come to a compromise and begin immediately with Mordecai going to get the Halfling and Walroar starting a riot, shocking Aragi. Meanwhile Phylyco is on his task to kill the Half-Orc Wizard. He goes to her inn room and discovers she already left so he tracks her down. He spots her in the bar and patiently waits for her to leave. He then follows her outside of the city and into the plains where he kills her and sets it up to look like a venomous snake bite. He takes her amulet and sees her true form which is... Orcier. He brings the amulet back to the dragonborn and they don't accept it so he puts it on and becomes GORGEOUS. They believe he killed her so he goes on his way and they keep to their word. He goes back to the STG house and gets a message from the circus about Aragi being arrested for the theft of Hermes. He relays the message to Jamven and mentions they may need to make a stop in Santis soon. Aguero and Mathite are hunting a deer and stumble upon a Bullywug marsh.

It begins to rain and that helps Mathite immensely as she swiftly takes out a handful of them. Aguero from a distance also picks off a few and eventually they take them all down. Meanwhile a riot is starting. Mordecai professionally kills the two guards escorting him and heads to Graveltoes' cell. Aragi, Walroar, and Girth head towards the armory to get their equipment and the orc holds off the carnage while the other two go in. Girth reveals he has magic and attempt to punch through the armory wall with fist of stone and doesn't do great. Aragi checks on Walroar and sees that the orc no longer has two arms so he drags him into the room and patches him up. Aragi gives his elven compact blade to Girth and they charge back into the yard and head to the stairs to get to Mordecai and Jansaadi. Walroar and Girth head up first as Aragi holds the rioters back. Mordecai makes it to Graveltoes with the intent to kill her but has no means to open the cell. Aragi starts to head up and passes a deceased Walroar. He catches up to Girth who is surrounded by three prisoners. They kill the men and get their keys to Mordecai who opens the halfling's cell. Aragi quickly tries to get a name out of her and she gives him three. He plans to get more information later but as they are leaving she shoves Girth off the side, killing him. She refuses to "go back" and jumps to her death. The other two head back towards the exit and are stopped by the warden. He prepares to kill them and they him but a bolt comes through his face and as he falls we see behind him is Saint Hylophagous.

## Cast

### Main

* Aragi Maxul
* Phylyco Brokenwhisper
* Aguero Cryhawk
* Mathite'Vomenos
* Di-Syl
* Mordecai Silvergleam
* Saint Hylophagous

### Supporting

* Lara Youngheart
* Mort Soulspark
* Blaktar
* Sevan Redthorn
* Jamven Darksbane

### Guest

* Girth
* Herr Ringull
* Walroar
* Foni'Kokkalo
* Tragoudo'Nompel
* Fhalyassa Tigersoul
* Jansaadi Graveltoes

## Trivia

* First appearance of Mordecai
* First session not to feature "Bizzy" Cignall, Mal Bloodjaw, Vida Soulspark, or Boris the Cat
* In the scene where Girth is seen punching the wall in the armory is a direct callback to when Bizzy did the same thing in "Let the Show Commence"
* Some alternative titles for this session were "*All of My Girth*", "*Happy Girth Day*", and "*I Swear on God's Green Girth*".