- This article is about the event from the Dungeon of Dorukan. For the event from the Battle of Azure City, see Shattered.
Xykon gets some important information, and the tide of the battle turns.
Cast
Transcript
- Panel 1
Xykon: So, let me get this straight. Your father spent his entire life looking for me over a largely inconsequential killing?
Xykon: Magic Missile.
Roy: Yes! You killed his master, and he swore an oath to destroy you!
- Panel 2
Xykon: And he was too much of a loser himself to get the job done before croaking, so now you, Loser Jr., have taken up the task?
Xykon: Magic Missile.
Roy: We'll see who the loser is when I'm wearing your teeth as a necklace
- Panel 3
Xykon: Y'know, I've destroyed entire towns, and the most I got from the surviving families were a few snarky comments. You, sir, have a serious problem with overreaction.
Xykon: Also, Magic Missile.
- Panel 4
Roy: Maybe, but there's only one more goblin between you and me, so lets have it out, one on one!
Xykon: Well, a duel seems hardly worth my effort...
Zit Boy (off-panel): Master Xykon!
- Panel 5
Zit Boy: Master Xykon, Up here! I bring dire warnings!
- Panel 6
Xykon: Who the hell is that?
Redcloak: The goblin child you bribed to try to capture one of the adventurers, sir.
Xykon: Oh, right. Well, fat chance he'll get his college recommendation from me now.
Xykon: Get your green ass down here if you've got something to say, kid!
- Panel 7
Zit Boy lands on the floor hard. "eeeeeeeeeSPLAT!"
- Panel 8
Zit Boy: Master... the human's sword... I overheard them... planning.
Zit Boy: Enchanted... one hit will utterly destroy you!
- Panel 9
Xykon: Really? Hmmm. Nice trick.
Zit Boy: Thank you master...
Xykon: Good work, kid. If you survive the massive injuries you suffered in the fall, I might have a job for you.
Redcloak: I could just cast a healing spell on him, sir.
Xykon: Let's not go crazy, here.
- Panel 10
Xykon: So, I see my last guard is dead, Mr. Redblade—
Roy: Greenhilt! GREEN! HILT!
Xykon: —whatever. You want a duel, you've got it.
- Panel 11
Xykon: You ready?
Roy: I was born ready.
Xykon: Great. Me first.
- Panel 12
Xykon casts a spell on the Greenhilt Sword. It sunders with a "shatter!"
D&D Context
- Shatter is a 2nd-level Sorcerer spell that breaks non-magical objects. According to Rich Burlew in a Q&A, Xykon's use of it here should not be considered indicative of the Greenhilt Sword's pre-broken power, as he merely pulled the spell out as a spell that could immediately communicate that Xykon destroyed the Sword through magic. He notes that if the reader prefers otherwise, they can simply declare the spell was not, in fact, Shatter, but some kind of more powerful variant spell.
- Magic Missile is a 1st-level Sorcerer spell that deals magic damage through missiles.
Trivia
- This is the final appearance of "Zit Boy". He first appeared in #93.
- Roy actually ends up wearing Xykon's crown as a necklace, not his teeth.