On the way to Waterdeep, the dads are stopped on a bridge to pay the toll. As they’re debating whether or not to pay, bandits drop down from the trees around them. One bandit does a Blade landing, and as he looks up, Glenn sees the face of his son, Nick Close.

Nick reveals that he’s been cursed and cannot leave the bandit gang until he retrieves the Battle Axe of Hatred. Despite Henry and Darryl being hesitant about the whole thing, Glenn gets them on board to save his son and they set out to find this axe.

After retrieving the Battle Axe of Hatred, Nick and Glenn hatch a plan to ditch the other dads on the way back to the Watermice camp. Unfortunately, the dads did not make a clean getaway. The Redbrands track them down and demand a battle of the bands to settle things once and for all.