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* Arcadum as the [[GameMaster Dungeon Master]]
* Disguised Toast as '''P'mis''', Kobold Rogue
* Sykkuno as '''Hashbrown''', Halfling Ranger
* [=QuarterJade=] as '''Bryan''', Dhampir Monk
* Michael Reeves as '''Remag''', Tortle Rune Mage [[note]]Basically Arcadum's homebrew version of an Artificer[[/note]]
* Lilypichu as '''Li'lu''', Sprite Barbarian
* Valkyrae as '''E'ar''', Water Genasi Druid

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* Arcadum [[https://www.twitch.tv/arcadum Arcadum]] as the [[GameMaster Dungeon Master]]
* [[https://www.twitch.tv/disguisedtoast Disguised Toast Toast]] as '''P'mis''', Kobold Rogue
* Sykkuno [[https://www.twitch.tv/sykkuno Sykkuno]] as '''Hashbrown''', Halfling Ranger
* [=QuarterJade=] [[https://www.twitch.tv/QuarterJade QuarterJade]] as '''Bryan''', Dhampir Monk
* [[https://www.twitch.tv/michaelreeves Michael Reeves Reeves]] as '''Remag''', Tortle Rune Mage [[note]]Basically Arcadum's homebrew version of an Artificer[[/note]]
* Lilypichu [[https://www.twitch.tv/lilypichu LilyPichu]] as '''Li'lu''', Sprite Barbarian
* Valkyrae [[https://www.youtube.com/valkyrae1 Valkyrae]] as '''E'ar''', Water Genasi Druid



* ShoutOut: With the campaign being a BoxedCrook scenario, the obvious reference comes up:
--> '''Li'lu''': ''So what are we, some kind of [[Film/SuicideSquad2016 suicide squad]]?''

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* ShoutOut: There have been some notable ones:
**
With the campaign being quickly going into a BoxedCrook scenario, scenario after the first quest, the obvious reference comes up:
--> ---> '''Li'lu''': ''So what are we, some kind of [[Film/SuicideSquad2016 suicide squad]]?''squad]]?''
** When the lore behind Chimerists is explained to the party, as Valloween, who they are being sent to assassinate, is one, Manga/FullMetalAlchemist naturally gets brought up.

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* BoxedCrook: Basically the entire concept of The Shackled Legion, which the party starts out as a part of. Later, Lazarus offers the party freedom if they successfully assassinate Valloween.

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* {{Blackmail}}: When Remag lets slip to Rzamd that the party is in town to kill Valloween, Rzamd charges the party one thousand gold to not warn her about them.
* BodyHorror: PlayedForLaughs with Tysk, who gleefully shows off that, beneath his body's relatively normal outer appearance, he's pretty much ''made'' of this. Apparently, being a follower of [[EldritchAbomination Oloken'hai]] will do that to ya.
* BoxedCrook: Basically the entire concept of The Shackled Legion, which While the party initially starts out as off more in a part of. Later, TradingBarsForStripes situation, they are later called on by Lazarus offers the party freedom if they successfully Lodestone to assassinate Valloween.Valloween for him in exchange for gaining their freedom immediately.



* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "The Sock"]], which she traps Li'lu in when the Sprite bites her.

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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "The Sock"]], which she Gallant briefly traps Li'lu in when the Sprite bites her.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: A meta example. Early on, P'mis picks up a pair of daggers dedicated to [[GodOfEvil Crowley, the god of undeath]], and [=LilyPichu=] shows an interest in Arcadum's description of him. In the later campaign "A Storm Approaches", [=LilyPichu=]'s new character is a Cleric in service to Crowley.
* GildedCage: Valor Venicci, Gallant's younger brother, is believed by her to be held in one by Lazarus Lodestone.



* HeKnowsAboutTimedHits: The party's first combat encounter was a tutorial, with a group of [[DemBones skeletons]] as the enemies that Arcadum spoke through in-character to explain to the party how combat in [=MapTools=] worked.
* InescapablePrisonEasilyEscaped: [[spoiler: Though the security of the shackled legion is played up, the party manage to escape by stealing a single rod.]]
* MachineMonotone: The Rune Golem that the party finds on their first quest.

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* HeKnowsAboutTimedHits: The party's first combat encounter was a tutorial, with a group of [[DemBones skeletons]] as the enemies that Arcadum spoke through in-character to explain to the party how combat in [=MapTools=] worked.
worked. The second battle, which was against a different, more dangerous, group of skeletons, had a few moments of this as well when things came up that the first battle didn't cover.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: When the party arrives at a tavern at Ladrag's Rest, Jor-Jor Jambis, who had very nearly died in a goblin ambush the previous session and is stuck working for [[BadBoss Lazarus Lodestone]], promptly orders three ales for himself.
* InescapablePrisonEasilyEscaped: [[spoiler: Though the security of the shackled legion Shackled Legion is played up, the party manage to escape by stealing a single rod.rod. Though by this point, they're more under the custody of Lazarus Lodestone specifically rather than The Iron itself.]]
* MachineMonotone: The Rune Golem that [=EX1L3D=], which the party finds on their first quest.quest.
* MagicallyBindingContract: When Lazarus Lodestone takes over control of the party from Gallant, he replaces their [[ExplosiveLeash collars]] with an Oath to Astaroth, which continues to force the party to stay on task under threat of [[BoltOfDivineRetribution immediate death]], and isn't affected by range as the collars were.
* MotorMouth: Kezzebezzekerrez, though she'd have to be with a name like that.



* SealedBadassInACan: The Rune Golem, which the party finds trapped in a ritual circle until E'ar releases it. It doesn't appear to be particularly good or evil, but being a twelve feet tall and very broad golem, it was probably pretty tough. At least, until the party releases Vesseven Talisbane, who had also been sealed nearby, the act of which promptly destroys it.

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* SealedBadassInACan: The Rune Golem, Golem [=EX1L3D=], which the party finds trapped in a ritual circle until E'ar releases it. It doesn't appear to be particularly good or evil, but being a twelve feet tall and very broad golem, it was probably pretty tough. At least, until the party releases Vesseven Talisbane, who had also been sealed nearby, the act of which promptly destroys it.



* TradingBarsForStripes: Members of the Shackled Legion serve Krazax in exchange for freedom.

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* TradingBarsForStripes: Members of Basically the entire concept of The Shackled Legion Legion, which the party starts out as a part of, in which prisoners serve Krazax in exchange for to earn their freedom.

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Dropping all of the character-specific entries, as they've been added to Verum now. Also fixing things up a bit to add more info.


''Broken Bonds'' is an ActualPlay {{web video series}}, in which members of [=OfflineTV=] and Friends play in a ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' campaign run by Arcadum. The campaign is set in ''The Living World of {{WebVideo/Verum}}''.

Our heroes are members of the Shackled Legion, prisoners with the oppurtunity to earn their freedom through mercenary work.

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKclBhwj084 Session 0]] was streamed on July 5th, 2020, and the last episode was streamed on December 27th, 2020.

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''Broken Bonds'' is an ActualPlay {{web video series}}, in which members of [=OfflineTV=] and Friends play in a ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' campaign run by Arcadum. The campaign is set in ''The ''[[{{WebVideo/Verum}} The Living World of {{WebVideo/Verum}}''.

Our heroes are members of the
Verum]]''.

The
Shackled Legion, prisoners with the oppurtunity Legion is a place that criminals often find themselves. It is a place where thieves, murderers, bandits, and so many more go to earn pay for their freedom through mercenary work.

crimes. And our adventurers this time, are doing just that. They have all been imprisoned at the Iron for crimes that they may or may not have committed. But their goal for now, is to break the bonds that bind them.

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKclBhwj084 Session 0]] was streamed on July 5th, 2020; the first episode of the campaign itself was streamed on July 12, 2020, and the last episode was streamed on December 27th, 2020.
2020. There are two official playlists of the campaign: [[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfASEnzB7i1axM8_yIHLZtiWawbrcuzDh one is from the perspective of Arcadum and is in his usual style focused exclusively on MapTools]], the other is [[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR57QuuWlo2DiRnoxxHMFby7Q-vivA-U0 from the perspective of LilyPichu and utilizes facecams]].



* Disguised Toast as '''P'mis''', kobold rogue
* Sykkuno as '''Hashbrown''', halfling ranger
* [=QuarterJade=] as '''Bryan''', dhampir monk
* Michael Reeves as '''Remag''', tortle artificer
* Lilypichu as '''Li'lu''', sprite barbarian
* Valkyrae as '''E'ar''', water genasi druid
* [[spoiler: Mimika as '''Nox''', dragonborn samurai]]

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* Disguised Toast as '''P'mis''', kobold rogue
Kobold Rogue
* Sykkuno as '''Hashbrown''', halfling ranger
Halfling Ranger
* [=QuarterJade=] as '''Bryan''', dhampir monk
Dhampir Monk
* Michael Reeves as '''Remag''', tortle artificer
Tortle Rune Mage [[note]]Basically Arcadum's homebrew version of an Artificer[[/note]]
* Lilypichu as '''Li'lu''', sprite barbarian
Sprite Barbarian
* Valkyrae as '''E'ar''', water genasi druid
* [[spoiler: Mimika as '''Nox''', dragonborn samurai]]
Water Genasi Druid

'''Character-specific information can be found [[{{Characters/Verum}} here]].'''



** Bryan has an obsession with the dark god Babylon
* AmazonChaser: Though P'mis will serve a strong master of any gender, he seems particularly interested in women.

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** Bryan has an obsession with * TheAlcatraz: The Iron, the dark god Babylon
* AmazonChaser: Though P'mis will serve a strong master of any gender, he seems particularly interested in women.
prison where the party is first sent to.



* ArtStyleClash: A notable aversion by the time the party obtained finalized art in episode three [[note]]Bryan in episode 5[[/note]]. Most of Verum's campaigns have the players individually obtain character art for their tokens, often from differing artists, which results in a spread of tokens with at times wildly contrasting art styles. This group is among the few that had a single artist, in their case [[https://twitter.com/datsean datsean]], handle ''all'' of the party's official character art, allowing their tokens to completely match with each other aesthetically.



* BareFistedMonk: Bryan does not use weapons in early episodes. Eventually, she begins using a scythe.



* BoxedCrook: Lazarus offers the party freedom if they successfully assassinate Valloween.
* CatchPhrase: Li'lu: "Who named you?"

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* BoxedCrook: Basically the entire concept of The Shackled Legion, which the party starts out as a part of. Later, Lazarus offers the party freedom if they successfully assassinate Valloween.
* CatchPhrase: Li'lu: "Who named you?"TheCameo: Being the world of Verum, it's pretty much a given that this will happen at some point.
** The "Broken Bonds" party itself appeared in Verum's [[CrossoverFinale Crossover]] GrandFinale "The End Game", though only Michael (and briefly Lily) were available to play their characters.
** [[spoiler: Jairx, of the "Silent Knights" campaign,]] makes an appearance in Episode 10.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "The Sock"]], which she traps Li'lu in when the Sprite bites her.



** The party appeared in Verum's endgame, though only Michael (and briefly Lily) showed up to play.
* DeusExitMachina: During the fight against [[spoiler:the Cacophonic Collective]], [[spoiler:Nox]] is held in stasis for the first four rounds. [[spoiler:The party manage defeat it before she is released.]]

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** The party appeared in Verum's endgame, though only Michael (and briefly Lily) showed up to play.
* DeusExitMachina: During the fight against [[spoiler:the Cacophonic Collective]], [[spoiler:Nox]] is held in stasis for the first four rounds. [[spoiler:The party manage to defeat it before she is released.]]



* {{Dhampyr}}: Bryan is the daughter of a vampiric father and a human mother.
* HappinessInSlavery: P'mis wants to serve a strong master.
* HotGod: Babylon.
* IHateYouVampireDad: Bryan's vampiric father wanted a boy, leading to a poor relation between them.

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* {{Dhampyr}}: Bryan is ExplosiveLeash: The collars that the daughter party wears in The Iron once they were finished being attuned. It's not elaborated on exactly what would happen if they try to run or attack their captors, but it's implied that it would slit their throats or something similar.
* GuestStarPartyMember: [[spoiler: Nox,
of the "Silent Knights" campaign,]] travels alongside the party for awhile.
* HeKnowsAboutTimedHits: The party's first combat encounter was
a vampiric father and tutorial, with a human mother.
* HappinessInSlavery: P'mis wants
group of [[DemBones skeletons]] as the enemies that Arcadum spoke through in-character to serve a strong master.
* HotGod: Babylon.
* IHateYouVampireDad: Bryan's vampiric father wanted a boy, leading
explain to a poor relation between them.the party how combat in [=MapTools=] worked.



* LightningBruiser: Li'lu has a fly speed of 50 ft, and hits harder than anyone else in the party.
* MythologyGag: {{Lampshaded}} in Episode 1, when Hashbrown makes a reference to ''WebVideo/OutpostSantaBarbara'', [=OfflineTV=]'s previous campaign.

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* LightningBruiser: Li'lu has a fly speed of 50 ft, and hits harder than anyone else in MachineMonotone: The Rune Golem that the party.
party finds on their first quest.
* MythologyGag: {{Lampshaded}} in Episode 1, when Hashbrown makes a reference to ''WebVideo/OutpostSantaBarbara'', ''Outpost Santa Barbara'', [=OfflineTV=]'s previous campaign.



* PintSizedPowerhouse: Li'lu



* RideTheLightning: Arguably Remag's signiture ability.
* ScatterbrainedSenior: Remag suffers from dementia.
* SealedEvilInACan: The party release Vesseven Talisbane from a chained coffin.
* ShoutOut:

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* RideTheLightning: Arguably Remag's signiture ability.
* ScatterbrainedSenior: Remag suffers from dementia.
* SealedEvilInACan:
SealedBadassInACan: The Rune Golem, which the party release finds trapped in a ritual circle until E'ar releases it. It doesn't appear to be particularly good or evil, but being a twelve feet tall and very broad golem, it was probably pretty tough. At least, until the party releases Vesseven Talisbane Talisbane, who had also been sealed nearby, the act of which promptly destroys it.
* SequelSeries: Sort of. [=LilyPichu=] and [=DisguisedToast=] later take part in another campaign with Arcadum alongside other members of [=OfflineTV=] and Friends starting in June of 2021, albeit playing new characters instead of reusing Li'lu and P'mis. This campaign is called "A Storm Approaches", and information on it can be found on the page for ''[[{{WebVideo/Verum}} The Living World of Verum]]''.
* ShippedInShackles: The members of the party are all transported to The Iron this way, with [[TailorMadePrison special precautions made on the bindings]] used on Li'lu and Remag to prevent them
from having access to some of their class features.
* ShoutOut: With the campaign being
a chained coffin.
* ShoutOut:
BoxedCrook scenario, the obvious reference comes up:



* SinisterScythe: Bryan wields a powerful magical scythe, gifted to her by a spirit.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Hashbrown likes hashbrowns. A lot.

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* SinisterScythe: Bryan wields a powerful magical scythe, gifted TitleSequence: Arcadum's usual loading screen when waiting for sessions to her by begin is replaced with a spirit.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Hashbrown likes hashbrowns. A lot.
3D animated sequence of a shot panning through the inside of a prison. Especially notable in that Arcadum didn't typically add these to episodes of his campaigns until sometime later.



* {{Tsundere}}: Li'lu
* UnfortunateNames: P'mis, pronounced "pee-miss", a name given to him by his "friends"
* WantedASonInstead: Bryan's father wanted a son, leading to her masculine name.
* WiseOldTurtle: Downplayed. Remag is quite knowledgeable, but he is also very crass and suffers from dementia.
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* Tsundere: Li'lu

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* Tsundere: {{Tsundere}}: Li'lu
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* PintSizedPowerhouse: Li'lu
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* LightningBruiser: Li'lu has a fly speed of 50 ft, and hits harder than anyone else in the party.
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* ShoutOut:
--> '''Li'lu''': ''So what are we, some kind of [[Film/SuicideSquad2016 suicide squad]]?''
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--> '''E'ar''': It was consensual!

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--> '''E'ar''': It ''It was consensual!consensual!''
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In episode 1, [[https://youtu.be/wZJc2cpUbxE?t=5192 Bryan is "thirsty"]] for P'mis's blood. As she doesn't want to suck on P'mis in public, they consider getting a private room, and end up doing it in a corner.
--> '''E'ar''': It was consensual!
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* HotGod: Babylon.

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* BadassCrew: Every party member is a strong fighter.



* InescapablePrisonEasilyEscaped: [[spoiler: Though the security of the shackled legion is played up, the party manage to escape by stealing a single rod.]]



* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The party.

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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The party.party includes a kobold who must serve a master, a halfling who runs into danger and is obssessed with hashbrowns, a dhampir in love with a dark god, a senile tortle, a sprite with anger issues, and a hyperactive water genasi.



* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Hashbrown likes hashbrowns. A lot.



* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Hashbrown likes hashbrowns. A lot.
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* BoxedCrook: The party earns their freedom by completing missions
** In episode 3, Lazarus offers them freedom if they complete a single mission for him.

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* BoxedCrook: The party earns their freedom by completing missions
** In episode 3,
Lazarus offers them the party freedom if they complete a single mission for him.successfully assassinate Valloween.
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* TradingBarsForStripes: Members of the Shackled Legion serve Krazax in exchange for freedom.
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* BoxedCrook: The party earns their freedom by completing missions
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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The party.
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* AllCrimesAreEqual: Despite their crimes ranging from murder to alleged cheese theft, the party members all seem to have the same sentence.
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* WantedASonInstead: Bryan's father wanted a son, leading to her masculine name.
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* RideTheLightning: Arguably Remag's signiture ability.
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* ScatterbrainedSenior: Remag suffers from dementia.
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* BareFistedMonk: Bryan does not use weapons in early episodes. Eventually, she begins using a scythe.

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