washing up on the left fork of Skull river, and the remaining party on the right. Hank threatens to quit. To prevent Hank from quitting the game, Hickey wagers that if he kills the Necromancer first, he is allowed to come to his grandson's birthday. Hank accepts, stating that if he wins Hickey will not go to the family's Christmas or Thanksgiving. The parties then go into separate rooms. After being washed ashore, Hickey's impatience and new-found motivation to win the game leads him to delve into the neighboring jungle alone, encountering a hostile patrol of Hobgoblins. Shirley, Jeff, and Annie follow while the Hobgoblins, alerted to Hickey's presence, charge at him with spears. Shirley uses a spell to entangle four of the charging Hobgoblins. The two remaining Hobgoblins, however, fire arrows at Crouton, fatally wounding her. Shirley blames her character's death on Hickey and leaves the apartment. Hickey's group follows the fleeing Hobgoblins to the Gob Shack and ambush them, taking two alive. Hickey interrogates the two Hobgoblins, both of whom are played by Abed. Hickey manages to wear down their resolve and one of the Hobgoblins confesses the location of the Black Tower. Meanwhile, Hank casts a healing spell on Fibrosis, attempting to coax her into helping him. He reveals that he resents his father because he was absent during his birthdays. Hank's party then encounters giant, flying, Sky-spiders. Hank casts a spell to speak with the spiders and successfully achieves a non-combative resolution. The sky spiders fly his party closer and give them directions to the Tower. Both parties simultaneously arrive at the Black Tower and attempt to intimidate the other party into yielding. An emotional Dean attempts to defect so that he can reunite with his father, Jeff, who draws his sword. The Dean nevertheless approaches to hug Jeff and impales himself on Jeff's sword. The Dean's death breaks the standoff. The parties decimate each other in a combination of spells, sword-fighting, and Chang's loud, confused Troll noises, with only Hank and Hickey surviving the melee. Hank and Hickey enter the Tower while still fighting each other, reaching the Necromancer's workshop. The Necromancer, however, has fled while the parties spent an hour fighting over who gets to kill him. Hank and Hickey complain to Abed over the lack of a resolution, but Abed says it is their own fault for delaying the battle by infighting. Continuing