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Despite advice from Yydranna to avoid it, he ends up in jail, suffering bad puns from good guys.Įugene Greenhilt tells his son Roy of the day when a mysterious stranger killed his master Fyron Pucebuckle in Cliffport. Furious, Xykon decides to leave the group and strike out on his own. When asked why, the master reveals he chose Keith for his skill with 'military simulations' (Role-Playing Games) while Xykon has all the strategic ability of a wombat. Of his three remaining lackeys, Yydranna the wizard, Xykon the sorcerer, and two-time Origins-Award-winning game designer Keith Baker, Yydranna and Keith are chosen to share the position. Helldeathdoomfire Volcano, 82 years ago Īn Unholy Master decides its time to choose his new second in command. Infused with knowledge about The Plan, the new Bearer takes the only other surviving goblin, his little brother, Right-Eye (who lost his left eye in the raid) off into the world. During the raid, the now-dead Bearer tells the new Acolyte, Redcloak to take the Crimson Mantle, as he's now the only member of the church left. The ceremony is cut short by an attack from the Sapphire Guard's paladins, who feel the goblins are a threat to the world. Then he goes on to kill his parents with his zombies.Ī young goblin is made an Acolyte of the Dark One by the Bearer of the Crimson Mantle. Drinking the professor's coffee, the sorcerer decides that names with X's are cool, and dubs himself Xykon. Annoyed at the implications, the teen kills Xavion and turns him into a zombie. Xavion reveals he's a low-level wizard, something the world doesn't hate or fear Wizards gain power through academic study, 'Like a finely tuned watch' while sorcerers are born with their powers 'Like a rubber mallet'. The man is Professor Xavion, who reveals that the boy is a sorcerer, and offers to recruit the boy for his school for sorcerers, to some day join his S-Men, a group of sorcerers who use their powers to protect a world that fears and hates them. That boy, now a surly teenager, comes home to find a bald man in a wheelchair in his room. A spark of power from the child causes the dog to become a zombie, exciting the child. Plot A Small Village, 103 years ago Ī little boy cries over the death of his dog, Barky. 1.5 Bash University Library, 7 years ago.1.4 Helldeathdoomfire Volcano, 82 years ago.1.2 That Same Small Village, 95 years ago.

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