ok, Cales swords are in his back, who's Chakram is that? Pella's? Gotta love the Fwoom!

Xena is somewhere in there

HELLS YEAH!!

We get some more carnage, fwoomage, and my theory that Benny is a mutant cross between a Troll and a Bloodrage is slightly and vaguely supported by the confirmation of her being a half-breed of some kind! xD

Let's see:
Benny does NOT kick Rojave's ass. So much for Badass Benny.
She's definitely a half breed.

Sayl was apparently loved by Rojave as well. Rojave looks kinda like a pale, bloated Ghost Rider in Shakespearean clothing in the second to last panel.

Pella does something useful!

Richard doesn't understand the question, since it's basically "Did you really have to do that?"
Yes, he did. He wouldn't be Richard, otherwise.
Then again, he was basically helping to save Benny's life, and saving is so NOT Richard that my head may asplode.

ive never seen benny look that terrified...

zomg we have a clear as to what she is, too! some sort of half-breed.... want what breeds she is?

Yea, it's Pella's. She's used it before.


Sooo....kinda disappointed, actually.

I was looking forward to Benny badassness, but all I get is Benny beatdowns. I mean, she's been up against hordes of trolls without so much as a flinch, yet gets taken down and wife-beaten (pun intended and appropriate) by this fat old guy?

Of course, this is the first time we've seen her pull out attack-mode instead of defense mode, so she might not have as much experience in that vein as she should. Maybe it was one of those 'blinded by anger' dealies, where she got so pissed off she forgot her best offense is defense.

Still pretty sad though.

As for the Cale/Richard punchline....that seemed really off. If Pella (first, maybe its that chick bonding thing) and Cale both immediately jumped to Benny's aid, why would Cale be annoyed with Richard when he does the same?

Then again, maybe Cale's caught on a bit more than we think and knew immediately that Richard didn't really do it to defend Benny, he just did it because everyone else was and he wanted to get in on the action.

Now I gotta wonder how Benny's gonna take being completely cowed in front of her groupmates...she's way too proud to not end up doing something stupid to prove she isn't a weak little girl.

Well..Pella got a hit in, then Cale. We all know that Richard doesn't like to feel left out.

I was kinda looking forward to seeing Benny kick ass...but I guess she has to have some hidden vulnerability or the male fanbase won't like her as much.

Which is also completely and totally awesome.

So benny's really a half breed? Must be a troll and something else.. an elf, perhaps?

And, looks like Benny's staff is the source of her power. Without it, she can't last very long. Let's hope that she keeps the mace though, it's so cool!!!

why does a girl have to be vulnerable for guys to like her? strong ladies can be hot too, cant they?

i was kinda looking forward to seeing her kick some ass, too... oh well, at least we got some back-story, or at least a hint of it.

Cale's probably annoyed that he bothered to incinerate the head of someone who's obviously already dead and just hasn't fallen down quite yet. Or it's a "Why didn't you do that before he almost killed Benny?!"
Richard wasn't really helping. He just used "Well, everyone else has thrown something at him" as an excuse to mutilate Rojave's freshly dead corpse.

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I'm dissapointed in richard, he took a "We killed his ass in a dramatic fashion" and made it a "We Roflstomped you lmao booyea lol rofl". Overkill, overkill, overkill. It just didn't fit the comic.

Edit: Though he did it in an awesomesauce fashion, and I'll vote for him...one day...

Man, too bad Krunch wasn't around.

He would have decimated Rojave in ways Richard could never have dreamt of.

*half an hour after everythings been taken care of*

Richard: <3 O.O <3

Krunch:....Pinky, tell me what is wrong with him this time.

Cale: Whuh? What, why are you asking me?!

Richard: *dreamy voice* I never realised how much there was left for me to learn....

[Group as a whole]: *steps back a bit*

Richard: *latches on to Krunch* Teach me all you know, oh great and wise destroyer of souls!




I'm afraid I'm not sure as to what argument you're trying to make.

Sorry, I didn't really pay attention to the second part of your post, even though I quoted it.

I noticed.


Soo, something else I noticed.

I think it looks like Cale and Pella hit Rojave at the same time, given the way the 'Thud' is put in there, and how Cale's swords aren't moving in panel 11. We just saw Pella's first because he was facing us throughout the last couple of panels.

I believe this was started back in the begining. "I'm richard" comes to mind



actually if you look close, you can see the two red blood marks on rojaves chest from cale's swords, so you can see they both hit at the same time

I agree.

You'd think Richard would be the first one to get to him, as he had a perfect excuse to kill him.
Then again, he annoys the group more when he kills stuff that doesn't do anything to deserve being burned alive.

I thought I posted this thought...Maybe I did, maybe I didn't...but I had this feeling when Rojave called Benny "wife" that the " 'till death do us part" clause was going to be executed very soon...ouch. Bad pun. Sorry.

So...Does the theives guild work like some others? I.e. He/she/it/potato that kills the leader is the new leader...and if that is the case...who gets the job? Cale? Pella? I don't see Cale taking it...but...

I just realized that the group just caused a collapse of the city's government (part of it anyway). Go them!

Maybe I will.

well if Gid whouldn't have been rendered harmless Rojave wouldn't have been able to give us backstory

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Im not sure, she was able to conjure the shield without the staff in hand, perhaps she can still use magic herself but was too afraid to hold it? or maybe the red jewels in her sleeves are the same as in her staff and provide her with a small power?

I know, and I thought about it, but I decided I didn't want to use the same old lines.



Nah, the exact thing could have happened with Benny and Rojave locked in fierce battle, instead of a typical 'Stronger sex/weaker sex' display of power.

Man, can't wait to see Toby's response to this one...

Wow, poor Benny looked really scared for a few panels there.

I'm a bit disappointed - I'd hoped that Rojave fight would last a little longer than that. But hey, at least he got the fwoom!

oh hell yeah they are!

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Just my two cents, Rojave was pretty much dead before the fwoosh. Richard didn't do anything to save her, he did it to make Rojave suffer just a little bit more before he breathed his last (coincidentally, his last breath was full of fiery pain).

And yes, yes it was necessary...

Loved the comic. Richard hasn't actualy FWOOM'd anyone for awhile.(the diamonds of fiery wrath made a whoom sound.)

Richard, Richard, Richard...

YES. If you FWOOM someone, it is ALWAYS necessary - even if they are a corpse in the process of falling over.

Indeed!

In other news: OMG it's NB!!!! *pounces* How are you, long time no see!!

As for Benny getting overpowered so quickly, well it's obvious that it was a very emotional situation. She's not too good at those, and Rojave seemed to be angry enough to be granted superhuman strength. She's not gonna take it easily, that's for sure though. And I bet she'll now get cranky with the group telling them "Not a word of this to Krunch or else!"

I'd like to point out that a man such as Rojave must be the Guild Leader for a reason... He probably has a fair amount of skill himself when it comes to fighting.

Also, Richard ftw.

Yes,Cale.Fwooms are nessesary.It ensures the death of the victim,
and it hurts.Also,it's Richard's signature move.(somehow)

And here comes slight hints on the age-old "What breed is Benny?"
question,let the theories emerge.

I forget, has Sayl been mentioned before? Do we know how he died?

Welp, I was going to ask about the chakram, but it was answered for me: Pellas, duh .

Also, I am confused about this debate about what kind of a half-breed Benny is. She's got Orc in her, and she's a priest. 99%* sure she's a Half-Orc, being that this comic borrows from D&D almost as much as it's borrowed from WoW, etc.

*Note: 1% chance the other half is elf, simply because she has elfish ears. However, orcs and trolls do too, depending on the artist.




That would be a negative on both.

Just because she's "half-breed" doesn't automatcally mean that one half is human.

just need one word for this page:
Hilarious

Of course it doesn't guarantee she's half-human, but seriously can the forums use common sense for once instead of playing devil's advocate to every wild theory that it can come up with.

Benny almost getting pwnt so easily after all that flashy stuff =

That's what you get for being around Cale too long.

I was a bit dissapointed that Benny didn't go all badass but as Metalcommand said



I whole heartedly agree I was practically on the floor laughing
And I can just see a little voice yelling in Richards head "FINISH HIM!"

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omg hilarious!

im highly disappointed that we got all that badass benny build-up... then she ends up nearly pwnt. but w/e. i still like how everyone came together to help. cept richard. his actions were more about overkill and not wanting to be left out.

still i wonder... how did richard get down there so fast? xD begs my curiosity to wonder how long the scene took... since pella also got to the opposite side of Rojave... even tho the opposite side looks to be that dead-end he was in when benny chased him... still. i like the badass-ness of rojave getting owned. he so deserved that AND the overkill.

awesome page

About benny getting owned, as I said, one gets that for being around Cale too long.

About Rojave deserving anything, I don't want to be as quick to judge. He obviously believed she was guilty of something that made him lose his son.

I thought he just did that because it was an excuse to set someone's head on fire. Though the act was, somehow, strangely touching. He usually doesn't set heads on fire for anyone but his own amusement.

actually cale is doing substantially more badassery than she is. which is really really scary and disturbing.


and on rojave, he deserved it for looking like a creepy & unholy fusion of the mythbusters guys.


yes, i am a horrible person and judge like that. rojave did appear to be crying. explains his very mean disposition toward benny.

Now that the leader of the thieves guild is gone, who's gonna help the group find Tah'Vraay?
It wasn't exactly smart of Benny to kill (ok so she didn't kill him, but she intended to do so) the only lead they had, unless she had an alterior motive.
Revenge. Old as dirt, still going strong.

Can we free the pirate now? Pretty please?

And again with your intriguing way of words you have convinced me to join into the venture to plant hundreds of rubiks cubes around him and then hit the cubes with a hammer.

Wait. Too late.

did she really intend to kill him? cuz it sounded morelike she wanted to make him know who was alpha and force him to help. but he turned the tides and cale & pella had to slay him.

and on the rubiks cube movement. we can still do that. it'd merely be moar overkill. Busty-Girl-With-A-Hammer Approves!

Benny got pissed at Rojave for two reasons. He had a lot to talk about and not much to say, and her reminded her of her past.

Well, she's blocked the fiery breath of dragons before (just after they first meet), while at the same time splitting her power into several (larger) shields than what we see here. And they lasted. This one disintegrated pretty quickly. Don't know if that supports the theory a little more.


I dunno, something about the situation makes me think that: Rojave met Benny before his son. His son fell for her. Rojave decided that it would be better for him or the guild if the lovers (one or both) met an untimely demise. It didn't go so well, and Benny survived.

It explains why he made the statement that "if [he had killed Benny earlier, his] heir might still be alive." Rojave had held back on his "better judgement" and let her live, thus allowing later events to come to pass.

I wonder how Gid is going to take it that no one listened to her "Rojave is mine" comment...

Rojave marrying Benny so wouldn't fit into this....