03/15/2023
Four individuals from around Vault met in front of Hemlock Bastille for one purpose: breaking our their good friend, companion, and compatriot Klem from the prison
Rugger Crug, Klem's favorite attack dog and hired muscle
Nyx Nightshade, a member of Klem's former crew
Julian Day, a friend who'd done time with Klem and avid tax collector
Billy, a slime creature with no obvious connection to Klem but likes doing crime
The group saw the recent disarray at Hemlock, where two prisoners escaped, as an opportunity to take advantage of the disorder and do a jailbreak of their own
They planned to create a diversion using the petitioners outside the prison as a distraction while they snuck in
Rugger tagged a large barbarian woman with three children as a good catalyst for that distraction
Upon speaking with her, he discovered she had found the three kids while traveling and brought them here as an army to help her free her wife from Hemlock
Rugger encouraged her and the woman attacked the guards, meeting her end almost immediately
However, one of the children, who Juilian named Bridga, was emanating an intense heat, so Rugger threw the child at the guards, and the child created a nova type wave of fire that killed everyone nearby
As the other guards created a defensive formation, Julian convinced the guards they were delivering the child to the prison, and they were escorted in to see Maxine Hemlock, the head guard
Along the way, Bridga continued to say over and over again, "I no kill daddy" and seemed to see every male who picked him up as his father
The group knocked Maxine out and stole her keys, gaining access to the lower levels of the prison
Rugger found an old friend within, Dagmut, a religious zealot of Thorgunna who spoke with an air of intellect about the murder of others
The group released him and armed him
They found a giant dwarf at the bottom of the prison who said he was "building the courage to delve even deeper into the waters beneath the bastille."
The found and released Klem who argued with the dwarf saying "I'm the one who made the deal with you," but the dwarf countered, "Omnia was the one who made good on it. So the deal is off."
Klem secretly made another deal with the dwarf, and his Grudge shattered from his arm, and he was teleported away while the crew that came to the prison to free him was left behind, a Grudge now etched into each of their arms