"Durkon" learns of the location of the Godsmoot and attempts to persuade Roy to take him there.
Cast[]
- Roy Greenhilt ◀ ▶
- Durkon Thundershield (as vampire and as spirit) ◀ ▶
- High Priests of the Asgardian Pantheon:
- Acolyte of Hoder with Ponytail ◀
- Head Cleric of Hoder ◀
- Acolyte of Hoder with Clockwork Leg ◀
- Acolyte of Hoder with Goatee ◀
- A Gnome Ranger of Hoder
Transcript[]
- Panel 1, Page 1
Acolyte of Hoder with Ponytail: Sorry for calling after you, sir, I just…I didn’t want you to get too far away for me to find you.
Acolyte of Hoder with Ponytail: Cure Minor Wounds!
Roy: It’s fine, we’re in no hurry. I mean, we totally are, but…well, it’s complicated. What’s on your mind?
- Panel 2, Page 1
Acolyte of Hoder with Ponytail: I know a way for you to help your dead friend.
Acolyte of Hoder with Ponytail: Specifically, where you can find a stronger cleric near here.
- Panel 3, Page 1
Inside Durkon's head
"Durkon": Oh.
"Durkon": Oh, here we go.
"Durkon": I knew an entire island of gnomes couldn’t keep a secret!
- Panel 4, Page 1
Outside
Acolyte of Hoder with Ponytail: I don’t know why the head cleric didn’t say anything, but your friend with the dwarven accent was right—
Acolyte of Hoder with Ponytail: There wereother clerics traveling through here over the last few days.
- Panel 5, Page 1
Flashback to the Shrine of Hoder. Three High Priests stand at the door.
Acolyte of Hoder with Ponytail (inset): Four or five different groups, actually. They stopped in pay respects to all the shrines.
Acolyte of Hoder with Ponytail (inset): Even Hoder’s high priestess! It was a huge honor, but for some reason we didn’t have a feast or anything.
- Panel 6, Page 1
Roy: Wait—they visited every shrine in the town? How come none of the other clerics we visited mentioned this?
"Durkon": Do ye know whar they were headin’?
- Panel 7, Page 1
Acolyte of Hoder with Ponytail: Not exactly. They don’t really tell me much, since I’m only an acolyte.
Acolyte of Hoder with Ponytail: North, to the mainland. I heard one of them mention the Pinnacle Mountains.
- Panel 8, Page 1
Inside Durkon's head
"Durkon": GOOD ENOUGH!
- Panel 9, Page 1
Outside
"Durkon": Lad, if’n we hurry, mebbe we can catch these clerics ‘fore they get whar thar goin’!
Roy: Yeah…I suppose.
- Panel 10, Page 1
Roy: Seems a bit vague to justify taking a detour, though.
"Durkon": Roy, ye gotta take the chance. This may be our only realistic opportunity to locate a cleric who can help me!
- Panel 11, Page 1
Inside Durkon's head
"Durkon": TAKE THE BAIT, YOU PULSING BLOODSACK!
- Panel 1, Page 2
Roy: No…no, this doesn’t feel right.
Roy: Durkon, I’m sorry, I know this is important to you, and I want you restored more than anyone else.
- Panel 2, Page 2
Roy: But the whole world is at stake, and it’s bad enough that we’re not already kicking in Xykon’s door as we speak.
Roy: We can’t spare time for a sidequest right now.
- Panel 3, Page 2
"Durkon": It’s on the way! We have to fly over those mountains to get to the North Pole anyway!
Roy: It’s not the travel time I’m worried about, per se.
- Panel 4, Page 2
Roy: Where exactly would we be going? The Pinnacle Mountains are almost 2000 miles long!
Roy: We can’t just zoom off to start searching it for a handful of clerics who obviously don’t want to be found.
- Panel 5, Page 2
"Durkon": But—
Roy: No. Maybe if you and Vaarsuvius could pull together some divinations to tell us where to actually go, I’d consider—
Acolyte of Hoder with Ponytail (off-panel): Cog Street.
- Panel 6, Page 2
Roy: Huh?
Acolyte of Hoder with Ponytail: That’s what I was coming to tell you. An elven priestess stopped in about an hour ago.
Acolyte of Hoder with Ponytail: Said she was running late, but she was going to do that thing elves do instead of sleeping at the inn on Cog Street before leaving town.
- Panel 7, Page 2
Inside Durkon's head
"Durkon": NO! I don’t want to talk to the actual pilgrims, I just want to follow the pilgrimage!
"Durkon": In a very fast ship!!
- Panel 8, Page 2
Outside
Roy: Now see—that is a small enough risk to take to get you fixed.
Roy: We’ll head down to the inn, talk to this elf, and hopefully have this whole vampire thing sorted out by the time repairs are complete.
"Durkon": …Aye.
- Panel 9, Page 2
Inside Durkon's head
"Durkon": GAAHHH!!
Durkon: I got no clue wha be goin’ on, but I know a thwarted villain when I see one.
- Panel 10, Page 2
Roy: Thanks, kid! Here’s a donation to your temple.
Acolyte of Hoder with Ponytail: You’re welcome, sir!
- Panel 11, Page 2
The acolyte catches the pouch of coins Roy tossed, "CATCH!"
- Panel 12, Page 2
Acolyte of Hoder with Ponytail: Wait, did he just say, “vampire”?
D&D Context[]
- Cure Minor Wounds is a cantrip (0th level) which cures exactly 1 point of damage.
Trivia[]
- This is the first appearance of three of the High Priests of the Gods of the Northern Pantheon: the High Priest of Mani, the High Priestess of Hoder, and the High Priest of Heimdall. The associations of the other two priests are revealed in #999.
- This is the final appearance of the various gnome clerics of Hoder from the Shrine of Hoder in Tinkertown. The Acolytes first appeared in #982, and the Head Cleric appeared in #984.