Vaarsuvius eradicates a quarter of all black dragons.
Cast[]
- Vaarsuvius (Soul Spliced and as dragon) ◀ ▶
- Ganonron ◀ ▶
- Jephton the Unholy ◀ ▶
- Ancient Black Dragon (also as reanimated head) ◀ ▶
- Inkyrius ◀ ▶
- Haerta Bloodsoak ◀ ▶
- Vaarsuvius' Auburn-Haired Child ◀ ▶
- Vaarsuvius' Green-Haired Child ◀ ▶
- A Fighter
- A Wizard
- Two Half-Dragons
- A Half-Dragon-Half-Centaur
- Fifty-Eight Black Dragons
Transcript[]
- Panel 1, Page 1
Spliced soul: Delicious.
Spliced soul: Tastes like chicken.
Spliced soul: Tastes like victory.
- Panel 2, Page 1
Vaarsuvius shifts back.
Spliced souls: More! More! More!
- Panel 3, Page 1
Vaarsuvius: <Are your injuries or those of our children immediately life-threatening?>
Inkyrius: <"Our" children... ...Suvie?!? Is that you?? Great elven gods have mercy, what happened to you—?>
Vaarsuvius: Telekinesis.
Vaarsuvius removes the nails holding Inkyrius to the tree with the spell.
- Panel 4, Page 1
Vaarsuvius: <A yes or no will suffice.>
Inkyrius: <Uh, no...I suppose not, but—>
Vaarsuvius: <Good.>
Child: <Parent, I'm—>
Inkyrius: <Shhhhh.>
- Panel 5, Page 1
Vaarsuvius: Because I am not done with the dragon.
- Panel 6, Page 1
Spliced soul: The pain ended too soon.
Spliced soul: We have only begun to bring misery.
Spliced soul: There is still so much we can do.
Vaarsuvius: I concur. Create Greater Undead.
- Panel 1, Page 2
Undead Dragon: What—? Where am I? I was with my son and husband...
Vaarsuvius: I assure you, you will see your kin again shortly.
Undead Dragon: You—you reanimated my head?
- Panel 2, Page 2
Vaarsuvius: Had you simply attacked me, I would have left you dead. But you made the mistake of involving my family in our conflict.
Vaarsuvius: This leaves me with the task of ensuring that today's events will never rise again to threaten them.
- Panel 3, Page 2
Vaarsuvius: One of my new friends has a special epic necromancy spell for just such an occasion as this.
Haerta Bloodsoak: I do indeed.
Spliced soul: Oooo, I can't wait!
Spliced soul: This will be fun.
Vaarsuvius: She calls it—-
- Panel 4, Page 2
Haerta Bloodsoak: FAMILICIDE!
Vaarsuvius: FAMILICIDE!
Undead dragon: No! No! I surrender! Please!
- Panel 5, Page 2
Out of the dragon head lot of pink lightning style rays are emitted.
- Panel 6, Page 2
The pink rays go all over the world.
- Panel 7, Page 2
Two adventurers, a fighter and a wizard, are battling a purple winged black dragon.
- Panel 8, Page 2
The purple winged black dragon suddenly dies due to a pink lightning style ray.
- Panel 9, Page 2
The adventurers look at each other in confusion.
- Panel 1, Page 3
A green winged black dragon dies due to a pink lightning style ray.
- Panel 2, Page 3
A blue winged black dragon dies due to a pink lightning style ray.
- Panel 3, Page 3
Another purple winged black dragon dies due to a pink lightning style ray.
- Panel 4, Page 3
Four dragon eggs are destroyed by a pink lightning style ray.
- Panel 5, Page 3
A flying purple winged black dragon dies due to a pink lightning style ray.
- Panel 6, Page 3
A red winged black dragon dies due to a pink lightning style ray.
- Panel 7, Page 3
A swimming purple winged black dragon dies due to a pink lightning style ray.
- Panel 8, Page 3
Another purple winged black dragon and dragon hatchling die similarly.
- Panel 9, Page 3
A bathing purple winged dragon dies similarly.
- Panel 10, Page 3
A tower perched purple winged dragon-/dies similarly.
- Panel 11, Page 3
A half-dragon wearing armor and wielding an axe and shield dies similarly.
- Panel 12, Page 3
A black dragon chasing a rabbit dies similarly.
- Panel 13, Page 3
A dragon-centaur dies similarly.
- Panel 14, Page 3
A green winged black dragon dies similarly.
- Panel 15, Page 3
A blue winged black dragon sitting on a huge treasure pile dies similarly.
- Panel 16, Page 3
A flying red winged black dragon dies similarly.
- Panel 17, Page 3
A book reading black dragon dies similarly.
- Panel 18, Page 3
A black dragon in a desert dies similarly.
- Panel 19, Page 3
A black dragon sitting on a treasure pile dies similarly.
- Panel 20, Page 3
A black dragon walking close to a treasure pile dies similarly.
- Panel 21, Page 3
Two flying dragons die similarly.
- Panel 22, Page 3
A half-dragon caster in red robes dies similarly.
- Panel 23, Page 3
A swimming dragon dies similarly.
- Panel 24, Page 3
A dragon in the darkness dies similarly.
- Panel 25, Page 3
A dragon in a forest dies similarly.
- Panel 26-33, Page 3
A row of 8 panels with similarly dying dragons.
- Panel 34-56, Page 3
A row of 23 panels with similarly dying dragons.
D&D Context[]
- Telekinesis is a 5th level spell which allows the remote manipulation of objects.
- Create Greater Undead is an 8th level spell which animates a dead body into a powerful and intelligent type of undead.
- Familicide is a non-canonical epic-level spell created by Haerta Bloodsoak. The rules of the spell are more fully expounded on by Vaarsuvius in #843.
Trivia[]
- The title is a quote from the 1987 film The Untouchables. Jim Malone, played by Sean Connery, says to Elliot Ness, "You wanna know how to get Capone? They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. *That's* the *Chicago* way!".
- The effects of Vaarsuvius' Familicide spell are more far-reaching than V currently understands, and will shape the future events in V's life.
- Page 3 of this strip has the most panels of any page on any strip in the Order of the Stick comics.