The shadows deepen and the existential threat of the Chain-Bound god looms larger than ever in this harrowing episode of our actual-play saga. As the party remains fractured, hunting the insidious cultists of Tharizdun across multiple fronts, the stakes reach a breaking point. The cultists, wielding shards of the maddening Hunger, are methodically moving to poison the water supplies of the surface world, threatening to plunge civilization into chaos and despair. In this installment, Jazmine, Raian, Taya, and Milly attempt a high-stakes ambush against a column of these zealots, but their plans crumble into a desperate fight for survival. The enemy force, comprised of formidable wizards, ruthless clerics, and mysterious man-shaped constructs, proves to be a punishing obstacle that pushes our heroes to their physical and emotional limits. Blood is s ...