Massacre at Sarnon

Massacre at Sarnon is the oldest episode of the Spitzer series. Released on 26th April 2010, it predates the second-oldest episode - Death Experiment Part One - by a full nine months. Originally titled Random Lego Violence, it is notable as the only regular-schedule release (as opposed to a prequel episode) not to feature the series' titular character.

Plot
A man wearing the costume of Santa shelters behind a rock, laughing, before emerging and shooting dead two civilians. Another civilian in the area tries to escape, but is killed by a policeman. The policeman is subsequently killed by Santa, who proceeds to make his way into the heart of the city. A number of civilians are killed here, including someone in a Darth Vader costume, with only one - Joe - making it over the bridge to relative safety.

Santa duly follows, killing more civilians, and soldiers, as he does so. Stealing a machine-gun, he begins to round up a group of civilians against a wall. In the meantime, Private Tomkinson destroys a security barrier and a group of survivors attempt to escape. Joe trips and falls, activating a strange machine which kills the man behind him. Giving up on the idea of escape, the group turn back.

Meanwhile, a man dressed in orange makes his way into the city, following the route Santa took. Santa shoots the people he's rounded up, with the exception of one, who escapes by climbing up and over a wall, then turns his attention to the group who attempted to flee. Many are picked off, being as they are walking single-file, but the man in orange arrives from behind and shoots Santa, eliminating the danger.

Behind the Scenes
Massacre at Sarnon was filmed over three nights in early 2010 and given the title "Random Lego Violence". It wasn't initially conceived as a series opener, hence the lack of dialogue and the short length, but it provided a scenario for Death Experiment to begin from and was incorporated into the series thus.

It was the first video uploaded to the YouTube channel HalfBrickStudios2010, which hosted the series up until the end of 2012, and was initially the most successful. On 21st June 2012, as the first step of a rebranding attempt, it was reuploaded to a new channel, HBS2010ALT, as the intended first of many. In the event, though, it failed to attract more than a negligible viewership and the remaining episodes were never uploaded.

Episode
The episode can be viewed below: