Trigak suffers a horrible fate... at the hands of Vaarsuvius.

Cast

• The Order of the Stick
  • Roy Greenhilt ◀ ▶
  • Haley Starshine ◀ ▶
  • Elan ◀ ▶
  • Belkar Bitterleaf ◀ ▶
  • Durkon Thundershield ◀ ▶
  • Vaarsuvius ◀ ▶
• Trigak ◀ ▶

Transcript

Panel 1

Roy: All done?
Vaarsuvius: Indeed. I have refreshed my repetoire [sic] of magic spells.

Panel 2

Vaarsuvius: My mind is afire with the arcane power that threatens to burst forth. The day is new, and the dawn, while unseen, greets my freshly-renewed mystic power.

Panel 3

Vaarsuvius: If only I had a target upon which to unleash my mighty magic...

Panel 4

Roy, Elan, and Belkar arrive pursued by Trigak.
Trigak's Dragon Head: Xykon sends you death!
Haley: Help! Roy! V!

Panel 5

Roy: It's all you, dog.

Panel 6

Vaarsuvius: I love the smell of bat guano in the morning. Smells like... victory.

Panel 7

Vaarsuvius: FIREBALL!
Trigak is enveloped in a Fireball spell.
Trigak: Arrrgh!

Panel 8

Vaarsuvius: Lightning Bolt!
Trigak is struck by a Lightning Bolt.
Trigak: Arrrgh!

Panel 9

Vaarsuvius: Evan's Spiked Tentacles of Forced Intrusion!!!
Trigak's Lion Head: Wait, what?

Panel 10

Trigack cannot be seen, but spiky purple tentacles spill onto the panel.
Trigak (off-panel): AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Roy: Oof, that has GOT to be uncomfortable.
Elan: I can't watch.
Belkar: In the future, remind me to wait until late afternoon before insulting Vaarsuvius.
Trigak (off-panel): The horror... the horror!
Belkar: At the earliest.

D&D Context

• Bat guano is a required component for the Fireball spell.
• Fireball and Lightning Bolt are real D&D spells. Evan's Spiked Tentacles of Forced Intrusion is not. Its name is based on Evard's Black Tentacles.^[1]

Trivia

• The title is a reference to the film Apocalypse Now.
  • Similarly, Vaarsivius' line, "I love the smell of bat guano in the morning" line is a reference to Lt.Col. Kilgore's "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" line.
  • Trigak's line, "The horror...the horror!" is also a reference to Marlon Brando's famous line from Apocalypse Now.
• It would later be revealed that Vaarsuvius chose Conjuration as one of his barred schools of magic, but Evan's Spiked Tentacles of Forced Intrusion, or at least the spell that it's based on, is a conjuration spell.

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