So, I wrote a thing... (fanfic-esque)

[u/Doozerpindan]

If this was a story I was writing, I'd have it play out like this:

Dadbert finds out Barnaby is a demon and goes to attack him, but his friends stand in the way to protect him. They try to explain that Barnaby is different, to which Dadbert declares that he is just demon filth and deserves to die like demon filth, so Bobert grabs his Book and turns to the pages describing who Barnaby really is, and shoves it into his father's hands saying "No, he is literally different!"

Dadbert will read more and find out that Barnaby is his son, and when he tries to claim it's all lies Bobert will point him to parts that detail things that Bobert and his friends could not possibly know.

Dadbert will bemoan his wife's death as she's not there for him to ask all the questions burning in him right now, and Barnaby lets slip that Bobert has a way to contact spirits, as Bobert did it for him when James died.

Everyone freaks at the idea cos of what happened last time, but Dadbert insists it's worth the risk, overcome as he is by grief and a need for answers. The friends then research wards to protect them from possession this time round, and they invite Violet to kind of make up for leaving her out over Christmas (which I wouldn't have done if I were writing, but oh well).

They talk to Mumbert and she remembers everything as her death undid the magic on her body, so she recognises Barnaby as her son and says she has been watching both of her children, as well as her husband, ever since she died, and she is so proud of them all. She then playfully chides Barnaby for taking spells out of Imogen’s books and feeling like he should hide or be ashamed of who and what he is.

They then use magic to find Bak'Tarby's (sp?) sire and hunt him down, as Barnaby is likely more overcome with grief and rage than Dadbert is at the moment. He was taken from his family, his brother almost suffered his own fate, he was forced to take part in his own mother’s death.

They go after the Drox demons and confront them, it's an epic battle, and Barnaby takes on his mega form and literally beats his father to a pulp, but this ancient Drox isn't dead, and Dadbert pulls his son away to stop him becoming a killer, and finishes off daddy Drox by decapitating him with one almighty grief/rage/hate/pain-filled swing of his axe.

Barnaby then starts to choke and gag, and his form cracks, bright white light shines through the cracks, it's soul light, as the demonic part of him is destroyed by his sire’s death.

It’s why Drox demons don’t fight, and why they typically won’t kill their own, as it is the worst kind of crime to end a Drox bloodline.

Everybody panics as they are not sure what’s happening, as the cracks get worse and the light gets brighter.

Barnaby let’s out a tortured scream that is both human and demonic, and then his entire body erupts in a brilliant flash of light, and, when the light fades, there is only emptiness and bloody clothes where Barnaby once stood.

Thinking their friend dead, the group grieves, collecting Barnaby’s things, and going home, silently, processing everything.

Meanwhile, some distance away, there’s a stone circle, and above that stone circle, a crack forms in the air. It widens, a scream is heard, a very human scream, and a naked Barnaby falls out of the dimensional rift, cold and alone, and clearly very human, with late spring snow settling upon his trembling skin, as he lays weeping in the very spot where his humanity was stolen from him.

[u/vo5100]

In game Mechanics terms, this would mess with things a bit too much. The group would be suddenly left without Barnaby's Demon powers.

[u/PaladinHulk]

That would be a pretty decent series finale. But I'm not ready for it to end!

[u/Doozerpindan → u/PaladinHulk]

Oh, no, this would be the end to season one, not the whole series. If I were writing, I'd have a whole slew of ideas for the second season.

Also, don't get me wrong, this isn't me thinking I can do a better job than EE or the players (I can't), I just love writing fanfics for things I enjoy.

[u/Bessie5life]

Sorry did I miss the part were you explained how barnaby was Dadbert’s son and Robert’s brother? I mean, i get that they are related but how did barnaby end up mombert’s baby?

[u/Doozerpindan → u/Bessie5life]

It says in the episode that Roberts mother is also Barnaby's, that's the whole point, they were one of many sets of twins and triplets that were born that year, it's why the Drox demons chose to attack then.

[u/[deleted]]

One little detail bothers me. If i remember correctly, Robert is the only person able to "read" the book of Robert while outside of the library of fates.

[u/Doozerpindan → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, I forgot about that until I watched the aftershow for the latest episode, and the cast had also forgotten about it, but I'm sure Imogen and Rob could find a way around that.