Order of the Stick book 7 discussion thread

Yeah, and somewhat depressing.

Spoilers for the pdf main plot

It’s a story about a Paladin (for whom Elan is working) confronting the Plum dragon, who has impoverished an Island nation by stealing all its stuff, and destroying all the boats.

Spoilers for the plot twist

Only it turns out the dragon has been working completely within the laws, with monopoly practices that he built through enshittification. So the Paladin feels compelled to leave matters alone.

Spoilers for the resolution

Elan stumbles into a solution by misreading a text, and then it turns out the villagers are actually elementals and didn’t need any of the stuff anyway.