Quote Originally Posted by CaptC View Post
Charlie saw it coming. Why did he let it happen?

If the RCC wins, Charlie has everything he wants. (Parson and the device.) But now Parson has a chance to win, and in that case Charlie gets paid but doesn't get his ultimate warlord or artifact.

I'm nonplussed. Bad strategy on Charlie's part.
He let it happen because
a)- he believes he can take the garrison solo if he needs to regardless of what Parson does, so whether the coalition succeeds or not is irrelevant to him. Letting this happen means he may get a chance at capturing the pliers as well as just Parson and his bracelet. Its a no-brainer that the spell security clause was deliberately left out of the new contract Charlie forced on Ansom just in case. And-
b)- This lets him see more of Parsons skills and abilities, and lets Parson deplete his defenses and tricks and traps on someone elses forces rather than his almost certainly very expensive archons, making it easier for him to take GK himself next turn if he needs to.

Of course we're rooting for Parson to come up with some way to prevent Charlies capture of him later on, but that remains to be seen.

The last 2 panels serve both as humor for this strip, but also serve to let us know that at least some of the archons are not fooled by at least some foolamancer spells, which is relevant to theories of how Stanleys likely return to GK and the ensuing battle will play out. The foolamancer may not be as large a factor as previously believed in the GK vs Charlie conflict.