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Wow, didn't see that coming. I almost feel bad for Richard.

It looks like the blue elves didnt get away as unscathed as we thought. That crouching one lost his hand :X POuch

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but was that the first time Cael used a swear word?

Also WTF did he do to Richard? Looks like he's dying >.>

Cale's gonna walk over and be like "are you done yet?"

Richard: "Not quite, need to milk it a bit more"

IMO it's just Richard being over dramatic lol.


Something along those lines.

Oh my gosh! Cale killed Richard! That bastard! (trying to do a South Park funny don't hurt me. lol)

Seriously though, I think this will be the point were we will finally see what Richard really looks like since that arrow was supposed to take away enchantments...

Why didn't he just shoot through the bubble and let Richard kill all the mages? Oh, right, because he doesn't like unnecessary death. Spoilsport.

The second-to-last panel has given me a new avatar

Wow...is this the first Cale swear? I think I never seen him swear before!

...Cale saved the day? Really?

I love how, still, none of us ever expect that. Tah Vra'ay will do it, or the funny robed sister, the Archbunny maybe - but no, not Cale. Heh, heh, go Cale go.

I think it's more the fact that Cale shot an arrow through Richard to stop him. After all, how often do you go shooting arrows through good friends just because they wont listen to you?

But at the same time he was doing the world a greater good by killing one of the greatest evils... Poor Richard lol

Richard still wasn't actually hurting the cultists. I get the feeling Cale just screwed up big time.

Dang that would hurt like a b****
looks like its nap time for Richard

Hmmm. Cale just purposely shot Richard. I see a huge shift in paradigm here, from wide-eyed idealist that would never harm an innocent, to a leader that's concerned about the bigger picture more than individual friendship. I mean, sure, it's Richard, but--

Wait.

He just took out Richard.

I mean, Richard Richard--the one who Godmodes at fairly regular intervals, who can freeze oceans, blow up mountains, and commands an army of the dead. And Cale just took him out that easily? There's no way that Richard at, say, Ocean Freezing level, would go down that quickly, enchanted arrow or not. Also, notice that while he was injuring the people he was fighting, Richard was not killing any of them.

Cale is going to get his aaaaaaass kicked for this.

Richard's gonna be fine, you can tell in the second to last panel how he speaks in french to make it more dramatic, et tu, cale, means 'and you, cale?" or more direct translation "you too, cale" But ya, im sure either 1 of 2 things will happen, richard will whine about how cale shot him, pretend to cry and be emotionally hurt, while cale talks the sisters down, or 2, richard will actually be mad, and might turn on cale and reveal that the bunny is him from the past cause hes the ARCHMAGE!!!

Sorry had to put that in, im a big fan of the Richard = Archmage theory.

Dont hate me bro

Err Lunaya ... look at the hand of the guy kneeling down in the first panel
and tell me that doesnt hurt

Edit ... changed it to first panel =P

True, however they are in pain, look at that one guys palm where his sword melted. Talk about ouch.

I detest that theory with a scalding passion.

And that's Latin, not French. The French may speak it in their language ("Et toi"), but it definitely derives from Latin. Read Shakespeare more. For Christ's sake.

So one of two things can happen:

1) Richard is being overly dramatic and no harm was really done

or

2) Richard's previous godmoding was due to enchantments, and Cale just gave him a genuinely (un)life-threatening wound

And if it's the latter, all Richie fangirls/boys will probably suffer a heart attack

Hmm, I'm pretty sure it's a reference to when Cesaer was backstabbed by Brutus...

Man, Richard's down for the count. I hope he's okay, but I'm also hoping for some heavy drama or a major reveal soon!

On another note, the first thing that popped into my mind when Cale said "If the rabbit dies", was how my mom used to refer to people who were pregnant

Wow. I did not see that coming. Go Cale! Yaaaay! *fangasm*








And is it just me, or is Cale looking especially handsome in today's page?


;D




Edit:

Also, yes, that is Latin, and is a reference from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. :0

Holy shit... I don't like the arrow is blessed to go through enchancements.. He's an undead..: Ergo some kind of enchantment o_O

Meh, come on...you KNOW Richard is going to be fine.

Correction: not killing any of the cultists. My point still stands. Richard was (kinda) holding back. I think he was trying to force the Archmage to reveal himself.

"Et tu, Brute?"

Off with Cale's head!!!

So, with this back stabbing... er... shooting... do you think Richard will withdraw his army? That's a frightening army to have go against you o.o

The question in my mind is why didn't Richard pull a bystander into the path of the arrow like the first time Cale tried to shoot him. Looks like the elf managed to do what he wanted 300 comics ago.

He didnt do that because 1. he's distracted and 2. he has a reason for not slaughtering all the daughters and sons.

I do believe it was!


English major approves of the Shakespeare/ Julius Caesar reference

Firstly. We have seen Arrows against Richard before. Jut cause they go through enhancements doesn't mean it cancels out that missing bits don't effect him.

Secondly if he was really was dying he wouldn't have time for a hilarious and fitting reference to a classic novel (made me laugh, as did his funny expressions)

So, in my opinion (its fact cause if this is not true it means Richard is not an all powerful god, which we all know he is) he is just hamming it up for absolute hilarity sake, because, you know, he's Richard. He's awesome.

Also. Richard was absolutely pwning the Sisters/Brothers. One melted hand, one soon-to-be melted hand, and a soon to be bashed shield and melted face! Richard wins again. WEE!!!

Of course Richard hasn't been permanently damaged, but he is definitely down for the count in the last panel. His eyes are closed and the motion lines show him hitting the floor. As for the joke, you know he always has to have the last word, screw the circumstances.

I imagine it would have more to do with the fact that if all the mages die he would have wasted all the time he spent going to get the mages, and that's much more than a year in our time.
Not to mention the fact that the North would be lost for ever without them.

Of course, that's neither here nor there since Richard doesn't seem to be killing anyone anyway.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Et_tu,_Brute%3F

Et tu, Brute

Mostly known as shock of Brutus's betrayal, but recently argued to be a direct threat. Not so long ago as Cale lay dieing in a pool of blood, Richard closes the wound and saves Cales butt against a massive lava flow. Now what does Cale do? He shoots Richard with an arrow designed to get through enchantments with a shot right in Richards back. He didn't even have the honor to shoot Richard in the front, but shot him IN THE BACK.

Either Richard feels very betrayed right now, is threatening Cale as a result of the arrow, or both seems highly likely. This most certainly will change the relationship between them in a big way.

Anyone else notice the bunny is doing just fine now? And I really doubt there is going to be any kind of rift between Cale and Richard over this. If anything, Richard should be proud.

Well actually, bindings are still visible in last chart so Cale in my opinion din`t do anyhing but anoyed Richard with his backstabing shot.

Yeah he was. The brother crouching behind the blue shield had a flaming twig for an arm and maybe it's just my imagination, but isn't Richard frying the other one's face?

Anyway, what a shocker, I did not expect this kind of cool bastardness from Cale at all! It's kinda sexy. And Cale + sexy = LOL. Apparently, getting laid does things to a man... elf...

I agree with all who said Richard is fine. Despite Cale's new-found testosterone levels, he wouldn't really hurt Richard. He once lit his own hand on fire when he missed him, for Pete's sake. And even if Richard is hurt, Benny is there to fix him right up after they get the bunny away from him. Count on Dick to be a drama queen...

Whatever Cale's arrow did, in the first panel we se the bunny sitting calmly in his bubble. Has Richard had time to add air? Or was AM faking?

Even then, Richard's still got to get a line in.

I can't be the only one that thinks Cale shot the arrow through Richard to pop the bubble the bunny is trapped in? Cause nothing else would make much sense. Don't see an enchantment piercing arrow doing any harm to Richard, especially without piercing his little magic jewel. So it has to be to free the bunny.

Why am I the only one who thinks that Richard is actually shocked and hurt by Cales actions?

Even if Richard is unhurt (and Cales been around him long enough to have an idea of how to try and hurt him), Richard didn't expect that.

Compare the colour of Richards eyes in the first panel to the last two, a darker shade of yellow IMO, and his face seems hurt.

Add to that the motion lines indicate a drop or a fall rather than a comedy belly flop me thinks.


Hes actually hurt him and Richard can't believe it!

That's exactly what I'm thinking. Physically Richard is probably fine, but he totally didn't expect Cale to stab him in the back like that. That's what I really think the "Et tu, Cale?" line was about. Richard feels double-crossed, big time.

We've seen Richard get nailed to a soon-to-be-flaming mast by harpoons, stabbed, dismembered, burned, crushed, dismembered again, frozen, nerfed, drowned, buried in lava, crucified, banished to the plane of suck, and forced to wear an orange jumpsuit... A minor enchantment from Benny and an arrow through the back from Cale won't take him out. For shame you pitiful blasphemer, you doubt the Lord and Master (and mayor). He's just endulging in his theatrics for the week.

hmm, there's actually two points to consider here:
1) Richard has proven to be very resistant to everything he has encountered so far
2) Cale is -most of the time- no moron. he would not do what he did, if it had no effect at all, and he probably has made some offscreen observations on probable weaknesses of Richard or at least his magic, that we have not seen.

however, he did not kill Richard, simply because that is pretty much the last thing he would like to do, them having formed a bond and stuff. I think the next few comics will me mainly about Richard being a bitch and Cale finally demanding some explanations. Eventually we might even get some, at least about the bunny.

Oh my..O_o ...Cale backstabbing Richard - i thought he'd shoot the arrow toward the bowl and free the bunny.

Though i love Richard's reference to Caesar.

wow Cale...no, just no...

Am I the only one who would be really PISSED if Cale did that to me?

I mean Richard's a short fuse anyway. I can't believe he's going to put up with this.

Don't backstab your god mod evil warlock.

Obviously dicks not done yet, but hopefully it'll get cale back on the bunny worshipping weirdos good side. Also Thumbs up for quote about Brutus

Heh. Good old Dick...err, I mean Richard. Always the drama queen. Hmm, wonder if he's forgotten that title...?

To all those that worry about the warlock, fear not. Unchained1 pretty much said it all, and the only thing that is missing from that list is that Richard has been used as an arrow...kinda.
All Cale did was to either pop Richards "protection"-death trap, or make a hole in it (since the chain is still there, well, you can always make a bet). He missed the jewel, so no real harm or damage has been done. And as for Richards reasction? He'll be so proud.

who puts money on him just getting back up and saying 'really?'
i don't see how an arrow, bound or not, would hurt him. he isn't immune to pain because of enchantments. hes immune to pain because he's undead.
so it would just be like every other time hes been shot stabbed or hacked.
the 'et tu' is just him being over dramatic and referenceing shakespear.
but i still bet hes gonna be pissed at cale.

Aaaand he's down! Start the count! One! Two! Three! ... Ten! It's over!