OotS 809: Except Maybe the Undead

[Dioltach]

Giant In the Playground Games.

 

[wingsandsword]

Good news is. . .Roy won.

Bad news is. . .now Roy's a hero in the Empire of Blood for being the best gladiator ever.

Thog was a legend in that arena, and they saw him take him down (and a good chunk of the arena with it). Tarquin wanted a show, Roy gave him a heckuva good one.

 

[was]

sweet

 

[Ainamacar]

I will wildly speculate that the last panel foreshadows the nature of Belkar's death: he will find he needs to die to win, and it will work. Assuming the oracle's prophecy isn't total misdirection, of course.

 

[prosfilaes]

"You are both ignorant cretins."

See? Must be V's words.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Why do I have a feeling we are building up to a Gladiator or Sparticus joke that involves Roy inadvertently leading a rebellion against Tarquin?

 

[Rune]

I'm surprised that Roy and Belkar noticed the bird.

 

[Orius]

This is an interesting twist.

 

[SnowleopardVK]

Just realized: Remember Elan and Nale's conversation about "The villain is never really dead unless you see the body (and half the time not even then)"?

Roy just proved Elan right! The hero always thinks the villain is dead. Roy (and Belkar) just walked away from Thog, despite the fact that the barbarian probably had more than enough HP to survive a ceiling falling on him. Considering that even a huge object falling does only 6d6 damage, an average of just 21, I think it's rather unlikely Thog was finished off there. More likely he's just stuck under the rubble and can't force his way out.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Good strip. V's familiar and Tarquin both brought out smiles from me.