[Webcomic] The Order of the Stick thread

Shawn

Shawn

Gotta love validation for when Elan proves that he's a contributing member of the team.

So we haven't seen Belkar yet. The question that comes up is how did Belkar envision that illusion? Did he die in his version too, or did he live out a completely different wish fulfilling life where he brutally murders anyone he pleases with no consequence, at the same time managing a tiny, yet profitable, fancy cuisine bistro?
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

If everyone else was participating in the same illusion, then I'm sure Belkar was dead, too. Perhaps he went to a Heaven of his own imagining, where there are kobolds galore for the killing 24/7?

--Patrick
 
Shawn

Shawn

I'm guessing that since the other three had very similar desires that grouping them together in one world was easy enough. Since the spell requires the victims to not question the illusion, its safe to assume that Belkar has to be enjoying his as well. I doubt he'd be fine with being dead (afterlife or not) so more likely he's in his own fantasy, one where he has killed everyone on his list including Roy. Roy meanwhile wouldn't trust his own fantasy unless Belkar died during the final battle, just as the oracle's prophecy indicated.
 
Jax

Jax

Shawnacy said:
Roy meanwhile wouldn't trust his own fantasy unless Belkar died during the final battle, just as the oracle's prophecy indicated.
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Except that Elan actually didn't trust his own fantasy.. So the illusion shows what they crave the most, not what is the most believable (at least for Elan)
 
Shawn

Shawn

Huh. I have to give Belkar some credit there. Though it's still probably safe to assume that he killed everyone on his list before getting to that part of his perfect life.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

Also, there's that post in his blog about how the site was compromised for a while and how you might want to take...measures if you visited the site during the dark times.

--Patrick
 
ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Huh. Where's Tarquin? He's not with them.

In fact, I just looked at the previous strip. He wasn't with them in the illusion hallway, either.
 
Nile

Nile

Looks like Elan's about to blow a concentration check.

Haley knows Xykon is on the move. This should be interesting.
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

Yeah, he's probably setting up some traps or getting help to fight Roy and them... he knows they will have to leave eventually and he's pretty much got them when they do.
 
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