When we last left our heroes, they were on the last leg of their journey back to Beacontown. After a series of misadventures that took them through the likes of a derelict temple, a gauntlet of deadly trials, and jail, they’re finally back. Of course, things are pretty bad: Romeo is running Beacontown disguised as Jesse, and his leadership skills are about as good as you’d expect, considering his character. He’s entirely unsympathetic; a petty, murderous man-child who is impossible to understand, much less redeem. And he only exists to torment our heroes, which in turn builds to a catharsis when he’s finally brought low.
So it’s up to Jesse and pals to seek out any remaining friendly faces, convert them to the cause, and come up with a plan involving the special contingency – the "word of passage" discovered previously. The resolution of this arc left me unsatisfied; one particular individual comes to a character-redefining epiphany so abruptly and inorganically that I was just shaking my head through the entire scene. But I knew it was coming, given the relatively toothless nature of this series. So whatever, I guess.
