Broken Bonds Season 2: Episode 03

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***Broken Bonds Season 2* Episode 3** was streamed on Arcadum's Twitch channel on December 27, 2020. In the night, Remag notices things happening in the world with his Eye, and Hashbrown meets with his new benefactor, Taladon, in the Dream Realm. Following day, the party takes on the cultists' camp and tries to close portals before more demons can be summoned.

## Summary

While on the border of the cultists’ camp, the party observes multiple scenes of human sacrifice and general gore. They plan to rest before taking on the camp and assign the watch order before they head to bed. The night goes by mostly unabated until they sense Violet storm clouds. Bryan wakes the party up, and they ask Remag to look at it with his eye. He sees a long streaking Violet light protruding from the storm cloud, like an arm extending from the sky. The enemy makes its moves against the world. They only notice the clouds and get back to sleep.

While Hashbrown is sleeping, he awakens somewhere else. He finds himself in a strange space with iridescent trees and ground that seems contorted. A small flame manifests and grows to reveal Shimmer. Shimmer informs him that he is in the Dream. He points to a pendant that Hashbrown has not noticed before on him. While he looks at the pendant, the runes on it shift into words saying “Find the Watcher’s Hall.” He begins to move around in the Dream, looking for a reason why he is here. When he comes across a moving plant, he decides to touch it and it becomes still. Shimmer points out a rock and Hashbrown decides to shoot at it. Mid-way through its path, the arrow switches direction and begins to glow with blue light. He decides it must be guiding him, so he runs after it. After following it his arrow and pendant shine brighter and lead him to an ethereal mead hall. White butterflies float throughout the room, providing ambient light. An ethereal fire burns in the center of the room and a large table at the end with a throne of floating glass at its helm.

Hashbrown looks to his pendant for more instruction. It points to the north of the room, so he follows it to the table standing there. The shadows in the room connect with each other and manifest themselves into Taladon. He introduces himself to Hashbrown, and he elaborates on the powers vested into him by the Taladonic runes and grants him the power of Arcane Shot.

They all wake up and prepare to get on with attacking the camp. D’ach summons a beetle to survey the tents and structures for them. Once the information was gathered, they sneak into the camp, targeting a seemingly higher-up of the cultists. Fe’ar blunders sneaking up on Illiara the Crimson Death and wakes her up, so the battle begins. While they fight Illiara she cackles, alerting the rest of the cultists around. Xian Toa and Remag head off from the party to dispel the portals seemingly preparing to summon more demons. The rest will handle Illiara by taking off the pendant she had on that kept reviving her when she was down, ending her. Once she was killed, cleaning up the rest of the cultist was simple and easy. Remag manages to destroy the portal he was tasked with first. Xian Toa proceeds to take out the other portal. This part of the camp is cleared and Xian Toa prepares his reports for the Black Spire.

## Featured Characters

### Main Characters

* Bryan
* Fe'ar
* Hashbrown
* Li'lu
* D'ahc
* Remag

### New

* Taladon
* Illiara

## References

1. ↑ Tweet by @Valkyrae. *We would have streamed earlier but toast lily sykkuno Jodi Michael and I have dnd from 3-6pm pst today so abe decided to start the server at 6, I’m aware earlier is better for Europe! I’m sorry :(*