Huh, in the first panel Mr. This-Council-Is-Dominated-By-Vampires looks surprised. I wonder if he’s just started by the magic next to him, or if he didn’t know this was going to be a question from Dvalin.
Okay, looking back, I can’t find anything that says these clan councils are always about godly matters. Anyone?
Because they’re in a cave with brown walls.
Five words: Thor in a wedding dress.
Mmmmmmm, good one.
I grew up on “D’Aulaires’ Book of Norse Myths”
https://www.amazon.com/DAulaires-Norse-Myths-Ingri-dAulaire/dp/159017125X
“When this is over, I will accept any food-based expressions of that sentiment that you wish to offer.”
:lol:
Loki is entertaining.
This has to be more than just a distraction, right?
Like buried in the file cabinet is a single piece of paper that says, “Also, any dwarves that die in a world-ending apocalypse will be deemed to have died in battle by definition, with appropriate measures taken regarding disposition of their souls”. Something for Hel to unknowingly agree to, that they can then reveal and change the game?
The god stuff here is funny, but it doesn’t seem to be carrying its weight in the narrative unless there’s another shoe to drop. With Loki, I expect a lot of shoes.
I think, narratively, the win needs to come from Durkon (or the Order in general) so while Loki may distract Hel or keep her from doing stuff, it won’t be any trick by Loki that actually fixes the whole vote issue or forces her to back down.
I’d been wondering where Hilgya was! Hilarious!
I also enjoyed that!
Loki might slip a clause like that into the paperwork, but that won’t detract from Durkon’s victory, because if Durkon prevents the world from being destroyed at all, then it won’t come up. It’s good for Loki to have a plan B, but remember, he was against destroying the world even before Hel monologued her evil plan (a villainous monologue? Really? He’s a failure as a parent).
That hammer still needs to come back, which will presumably do more damage.
And his plan wasn’t to make just a hole. His plan was to do it just like his Pa did.
I’m too lazy to search. What do we know about Durkon’s Pa?
Presumably even if enough aye votes are recorded to guarantee a majority the vote won’t conclude until all the nay votes so any non-dominated clan leader can delay indefinitely?
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0991.html
He used his hammer to bury a troll in a cave-in, sacrificing himself to stop it.
Durkon’s plan is likely to collapse the roof altogether, exposing the vampire to more sunlight than he can handle. Or maybe just bury the entire council chamber and stop the vote altogether.
You’d have thought that Mr Shine would remember the part about a dwarf killing a troll.
That’s my guess. This is Durkon’s fight to win against the vampire and Hel so I’m guessing there’s a second stage to what Durkon just did (versus someone else finishing the job).
I agree that by story-telling coventions, Durkon’s actions will win the plot arc.
But I want to note that the hammer just went out where someone on the Mechane could possibly see it. If they do, I’m sure they will investigate. Will Bandana and crew have any part to play in this conflict? It’s hard to say, but I wouldn’t rule it out.
Pretty sure Durkon knew perfectly well what was going to happen. And that “vampire obligingly stands in one narrow beam of sunlight and burns to death” wasn’t part of the plan.
On a slightly different note, what do you guys think of the new book 6 title?
Meh. Not as good as previous titles, to me. But Rich will probably pull out a capper to end the arc that makes the title just perfect.
Bastard.