User:Nightstallion/Order of the Stick

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Information from No Cure for the Paladin Blues:

  • One of the main six characters will have something happen to them which will permanently change the way they are drawn.
  • There is one more extra book planned as of 2006 apart from Start of Darkness.
  • Fall of 2007 will see the release of the third compilation book — War and XPs, likely until strip 484 — and an expansion for the Adventure Game called The Linear Guild.[1] [2]

Contents

[edit] Current Issues

  • Leeky and Pompey are together somewhere, Thog, Sabine and Nale are in Azure City and were being held in Shojo's anti-magic cells.
  • Miko and Hinjo overheard Shojo telling the whole secret-and-lies shtuff to the OotS; Miko subsequently killed Shojo and lost her paladin powers. She then proceeded to destroy the gate saphire.
  • The group has returned to Azure City to be teleported whereever Xykon is headed. The Oracle's predictions were:
    • Belkar will not get too old?! [3]
    • Durkon will only return to his Dwarven homelands "posthumously".[4]
    • Vaarsuvius will achieve complete and total ultimate arcane power by "saying the right four words to the right being at the right time for all the wrong reasons".[5]
    • The story will have a happy ending for Elan.[6]
    • Xykon will head to Girard's gate next after Azure City.[7]
  • The two remaining gates are to be checked out.
  • Belkar will face trial for murder and attempted jailbreak after the OotS finishes their mission regarding the gates and Xykon. Until then, Belkar wears a Mark of Justice — a magical symbol which activates a disease curse if Belkar kills a townsperson, leaves Roy's vicinity, or pisses Roy off. A permanent illusion has been set up in Belkar's cell by Eugene until the trial.
  • Favours from Shojo: Miko has lost her purse containing a message from Durkon's dwarven homeland. (Durkon had written a letter to be sent to the High Priest of Thor, asking to be allowed to return and see his grandparents; the former High Priest died and the new one would allow him to come home, but the Creature in the Darkness ate the letter. His grandfather is already dead.)[8]

[edit] Order of the Stick

  • Roy Greenhilt — Has yet to really kill Xykon and fulfill his father's Blood Oath of Vengeance.
  • Haley Starshine — Has to free her father, Ian Starshine, who is incarcerated by Lord Tyrinar the Bloody; the ransom amounts to 200,000 gp. After she left the Thieves' Guild, its master Bozzak most likely sent the assassin Crystal after her. Has been left by Kyran, Rachel, her Mom, basically "everyone good and pure who gets close to her".
  • Vaarsuvius — Two mysteries remain unsolved: his/her gender and her/his mate.
  • Elan the Bard — Past partially unknown.
  • Durkon Thundershield — The next time he returns home, "death and destruction for all" will be the result...
  • Belkar Bitterleaf — Past completely unknown.
  • Celia is Roy's loved one.

[edit] Azure City People

  • Hinjo — Is the new lord of Azure City after the death of Lord Shojo.
  • O-Chul — Is paralyzed and in the fangs (?) of the Creature in the Darkness.[9]
  • Miko Miyazaki — Has sworn revenge upon being prohibited from beating them for the third time by Lord Shojo. Had temporarily been imprisoned by Xykon in a watchtower; she managed to escape through the hapless help of the Creature in the Darkness.[10] Has lost her paladin powers for killing Lord Shojo. Was finally killed when she destroyed the Azure City Gate.
  • Kubota — Lord of the most powerful family, has many other families' backing, is against Hinjo.
  • Qarr — Kubota's small demon advisor...?
  • Therkla — Kubota's assassin, meant to kill Hinjo, in love with Elan.
  • Niu, Thanh — The Resistance

[edit] Order of the Scribble

  • Serini Toormuck (female halfling rogue) — Wrote the diary and recorded the gates' locations.
  • Lirian (female elf druid) — Soulbound in a black gem carried by Xykon.
    • Elven Forest Gate — Burned by Redcloak. Location of Mijung's death.
  • Kraagor (male dwarf barbarian) — Killed while the rift in the "snowlands" was sealed.
    • icelands Gate — Built atop Kraagor's tomb by Serini, filled with lots of monsters. Located in the far north, according to strip #300.
  • Girard Draketooth (male human illusionist/tracker)
    • deserts Gate — Protected by a maze of illusions. Located across the ocean, according to strip #300.
  • Soon Kim (male human paladin from Azure City) — His wife, Mijung, was killed by the Snarl. He died of old age after transferring command of the Sapphire Guard and Azure City.
    • Azure City Gate — Destroyed by Miko misguidedly.
  • Dorukan (male human mage) — Soulbound by Xykon, too.
    • Redmountain Hills Gate — Destroyed by Elan accidentally.

[edit] Xykon's Party

  • Xykon — Controls Azure City with a large army of hobgoblins.
  • Redcloak (the "Crimson Mantle") — Carries a medaillon which serves as a phylactery for Xykon. The deity he serves (the "Dark One"[11]) will become an issue, especially in relation to freeing the Snarl; his deity is furthermore well-known to the Sapphire Guard, as they are mortal enemies.[12]
  • Creature in the Darkness — To come out of the dark.
  • Tsukiko — Is a complete wild card.
  • Right-Eye — Redcloak's brother, killed by Redcloak.

[edit] Linear Guild

  • Nale (Elan's brother)
  • Sabine (devil or demon)
  • Thog (half-orc)
  • Leeky Windstaff (gnome druid)
  • Pompey (half-elf)
  • replacement for Yokyok
  • Hilgya Firehelm — Current status unknown, fled after a brief affair with Durkon. Replaced by Leeky Windstaff.
  • Zz'dtri — Missing in action, has been taken away by lawyers for copyright infringement. Replaced by Pompey.
  • Yikyik — Killed by Belkar. Replaced by Yokyok.
  • Yokyok — Yikyik's son, killed by Belkar. Replaced by ???.

[edit] [EVIL GROUP FROM INN]

  • The Shadowdancer
  • "Kaboom" Redaxe

— They thought that Roy was the King of Nowhere (which he was claiming to be at that time) and wanted to kill him; they failed, however. They subsequently jumped into the shadows and haven't been seen since.