Durkon's family comes and helps vanquish Gontor once and for all.
Cast[]
- The Order of the Stick
- Durkon Thundershield (as statue) ◀ ▶
- Minrah Shaleshoe ◀ ▶
- Gontor Hammerfell ◀
- Sigdi Thundershield ◀ ▶
- Creed of the Stone Usher with Sandy Hair ◀
- Thirden ◀ ▶
- Hoskin ◀ ▶
- Shirra Copperbottom ◀ ▶
- Durkon's Uncle ◀
- Amyth ◀ ▶
- Shirra's Twins ◀ ▶
- Hoskin's Wife ◀
- Shirra's Husband ◀ ▶
- Janna ◀ ▶
- Clan Cobalt Elder ◀
- Lord Speaker ◀ ▶
- Priestess of Dvalin ◀
- Logann's Soldiers ◀
Transcript[]
- Panel 1
Sigdi: Och, instead o' leetin' me hang 'is art on tha icebox, tha boy insist'd I post a copy o' local food safety ordinances!
- Panel 2
Gontor grapples Sigdi and begins to drain her levels.
Gontor: You pulsing little toad. Do you think this ends here? The law-runes no longer apply!
Gontor: I will kill all of you, all but one councilor! Then we can hold the vote around a card table!
- Panel 3
Sigdi: Argch…funny thing aboot…tha law…
Sigdi: Nothin' left ta bind ye…
- Panel 4
All of Sigdi's family and friends stand behind her, weapons at the ready.
Sigdi: …means nothin' left ta hide behind.
- Panel 5
Hoskin's wife bull rushes Gontor, "WHAM"
- Panel 6
Hoskin's wife seizes Gontor from behind while Hoskin and Shirra grab an arm each. Gontor begins to burn from the sunlight.
Thirden: Keep him in the light! Don't let him turn to mist!
Hoskin: Rrrgh!
Gontor: Get your filthy warm hands off me!
Shirra: The legs! Get the legs boys!
- Panel 7
Priestess of Dvalin: Should we…do something about this?
Clan Cobalt Elder: Absolutely.
Clan Cobalt Elder: I'll move to censure once we're back in session.
- Panel 8
Gontor is now pinned down while the dwarves surround him. His body is slowly breaking apart.
Amyth: Bull's Strength.
Gontor: No! This isn't right! This isn't how it's supposed to—
- Panel 9
Gontor is destroyed, leaving only wisps of smoke.
- Panel 10
Minrah enters, dragging a vampire.
- Panel 11
Minrah flings an unconscious Sandy into the shaft of light, "FLING!"
D&D Context[]
- Hoskin's wife apparently executes a Bull Rush to knock back Gontor into the light. Since Gontor does not get an attack of opportunity on her, she must have the Improved Bull Rush feat.
- Bull's Strength is a 2nd level spell which grants a temporary +4 enhancement bonus to strength. Amyth's use of this spell indicates she is at least 3rd level in her class.
- Vampires in D&D have the usual weakness to sunlight. They are utterly destroyed if they can not move out of direct sunlight after a single move action.
Trivia[]
- This is the final appearance of:
- Gontor Hammerfell, former Exarch of the Creed of the Stone. He was a thrall to High Priest of Hel until Belkar killed the vampire Durkon, after which he became chief of Hel's minions. He first appeared in #994 and ran in thirty-one strips.
- The Creed of the Stone Usher with Sandy Hair first appearing in #994, a.k.a. "Sandy". She appeared in eighteen strips. The title and dialog of #1111, "She Really Doesn't" confirm that this character canonically has no name given to her by the author.
- This is the latest appearance of: