Murphy's Law 5: To Comic 100...And Beyond!

[Marnath]

Read the title: "Help! Help! They're Being Repressed!" It was either him or Lieutenant Percy who gave the order to attack...

And what do you think of what just transpired?

I don't remember anyone named Lt. Percy.

Are you asking Lycan specifically, or a more general question? Because basically what I think about it is

Also, I'd like to ask: are drow colorblind in your world? Because they sure dress in brightly clashing colors.

[Strife Warzeal]

A'Kent's dump stat was intelligence wasn't it? based off his [sarcasm]brilliant[/sarcasm] idea.

[Marnath]

A'Kent's dump stat was intelligence wasn't it? based off his [sarcasm]brilliant[/sarcasm] idea.

You're confusing Intelligence with Wisdom.

Apparently the img tags don't work which is weird because the picture still exists here. First one. Makes the point nicely.

[Geno9999]

...Oh dear.
So many lives... Massacred right there.

Anyway, some other topic, did Lloyd ...uh... "wash some orangutans?" Because right there could be the reason why he's so chaste: He's already got one love and she's still in Kago. I wonder if she'll make any appearances...

[CoffeeIncluded]

You're confusing Intelligence with Wisdom.

Apparently the img tags don't work which is weird because the picture still exists here. First one. Makes the point nicely.

HA! I love that!

...Oh dear.
So many lives... Massacred right there.

Anyway, some other topic, did Lloyd ...uh... "wash some orangutans?" Because right there could be the reason why he's so chaste: He's already got one love and she's still in Kago. I wonder if she'll make any appearances...

Yeah...

And yes, he did, uh, "Scrub the monkey."

[Marnath]

...Oh dear.
So many lives... Massacred right there.

Anyway, some other topic, did Lloyd ...uh... "wash some orangutans?" Because right there could be the reason why he's so chaste: He's already got one love and she's still in Kago. I wonder if she'll make any appearances...

I like this theory.

HA! I love that!

Me too! It gets the point across so much better than explaining it.

[Dark Faun]

I wonder if we'll see a ruthlessly cynical Kago paladin who's all "When you murder innocents, it doesn't matter whether they attacked first or not" and mocking Lloyd with a "What, you just found out?" when he's outraged.

[Asta Kask]

Read the title: "Help! Help! They're Being Repressed!" It was either him or Lieutenant Percy who gave the order to attack...

Doesn't really matter, does it? It's the CO's responsibility anyway.

[Dark Faun]

Not to mention a real paladin would execute their subordinates on the spot if they murdered an innocent.

[Allan Surgite]

Define "real." The realest paladin in the real world were the Knights Templar.

And everyone knows they are pros.

[Dark Faun]

Real paladins as in Lawful Good, suffer no injustice and protect innocents first and foremost whatever their species at any cost. Bumping uglies is optional but having a stick so deep up your ass it's coming out the other way is mandatory.

[blackjack217]

That sounds like miko

[CoffeeIncluded]

Not to mention a real paladin would execute their subordinates on the spot if they murdered an innocent.

But they're goblins, orcs, and drow. Everyone knows they're nothing but evil.

[Dark Faun]

Sarcasm doesn't suit you.

That sounds like miko

More accurately what she was trying to be.

[Mina Kobold]

Not to mention a real paladin would execute their subordinates on the spot if they murdered an innocent.

That. Is how you lose your way.

Killing because you think it's just is exactly what the Kagoans are doing, who is a paladin to decide that murder is a clear sign that someone is irredeemably evil and doesn't deserve to get another chance?

In my honest opinion, Loyd shows us that even a paladin of Kago can be redeemed

[Dark Faun]

I suppose you could look the other way and let the murders continue.

[Silverraptor]

I suppose you could look the other way and let the murders continue.

No. Now, now, Discord. Paladon's don't always execute people. Locking them up for a long time, possibly life, will do just as well.

[CWater]

...So, all the drows got butchered? Well, it's not like I didn't see that coming, but a massacre of innocents is never...pretty.

!*artistic senses tingling* Hmm, I think the background of a certain pic I'm working on just got redesigned...

By the way, I wonder how that drow from the present day got away? Did she play dead and Lloyd & Others didn't bother to check?

[Dark Faun]

Maybe Lloyd let her get away while none of his subordinates were looking. Might explain why he seemed to recognize her, other than the clothes.

No. Now, now, Discord. Paladon's don't always execute people. Locking them up for a long time, possibly life, will do just as well.

But it doesn't look as badass. What's the point of having a sword if you don't summarily behead people with it?

[Silverraptor]

But it doesn't look as badass. What's the point of having a sword if you don't summarily behead people with it?

*Takes out sword*

I knight thee as, *Taps either side of the shoulder gently* Sir Discord, Paladin of the... wait, you think all swords are used for killing things? What's the matter with you?!

[blackjack217]

Or you could be the paladin who recognizes his fallible nature and is not blinded by pride. He does not assume that he is always right, nor that his manner of living is the only just way to live, nor that he has a right to smite those who he disagrees with. In short be Loyd

[Mina Kobold]

I suppose you could look the other way and let the murders continue.

I suppose you could do that, better kill anyone that might be or become a murderer then.

My point wasn't that you should ignore them, only that you should work toward making them a valuable part of society instead of sinking to their level.

In other words, stealing from a thief is still stealing. Murdering a murder is still murder.

[Marnath]

I feel compelled to mention that this might be before Lloyd took paladin levels. They could all just be soldiers.

[Dark Faun]

Paladin appears to be more of a title than a class in Kago.

I suppose you could do that, better kill anyone that might be or become a murderer then.

My point wasn't that you should ignore them, only that you should work toward making them a valuable part of society instead of sinking to their level.

In other words, stealing from a thief is still stealing. Murdering a murder is still murder.

I disagree completely, but for the sake of staying on topic I won't continue this conversation unless it's brought up in the actual comic.

[Dusk Eclipse]

Wow.... talking about over-reactions.... Right now I don't know what to say... Loyd clearly acted in accordance with this troops (see his expression in panel 6, it changed from a to a ).

Also love the expression on the snake, I really love this kind of details you put on the comic Coffee.

[CoffeeIncluded]

I feel compelled to mention that this might be before Lloyd took paladin levels. They could all just be soldiers.

No, any commanding soldier in Kago is a paladin, as in the class. Lieutenant Percy and Captain Lloyd of this squad both have levels in Paladin. The Kagoan infantry is about 55% foot soldiers, 30% land cavalry (Mostly warhorses/warponies), 15% Wyvern Knights.

I suppose you could do that, better kill anyone that might be or become a murderer then.

My point wasn't that you should ignore them, only that you should work toward making them a valuable part of society instead of sinking to their level.

In other words, stealing from a thief is still stealing. Murdering a murder is still murder.

There's a difference between vigilante justice and actual justice. You can't put the law in the hands of one person; that's just asking for disaster.

You do things the legal way, with a trial, with equal protection for all. That's why we take time to collect evidence. That's why we offer even the worst criminals a lawyer. That's justice.

Or you could be the paladin who recognizes his fallible nature and is not blinded by pride. He does not assume that he is always right, nor that his manner of living is the only just way to live, nor that he has a right to smite those who he disagrees with. In short be Loyd

Yes. But you see that even though the potential was always there, it's been squashed for pretty much his whole life...

...So, all the drows got butchered? Well, it's not like I didn't see that coming, but a massacre of innocents is never...pretty.

!*artistic senses tingling* Hmm, I think the background of a certain pic I'm working on just got redesigned...

By the way, I wonder how that drow from the present day got away? Did she play dead and Lloyd & Others didn't bother to check?

Yeah...

Ooh, and I'd like to see that. And you'll find out!

[Mina Kobold]

There's a difference between vigilante justice and actual justice. You can't put the law in the hands of one person; that's just asking for disaster.

You do things the legal way, with a trial, with equal protection for all. That's why we take time to collect evidence. That's why we offer even the worst criminals a lawyer. That's justice.

I never said anything about vigilantes (I could, but we'd be here all week ) just my opinion on how criminals should be treated

Completely agree with not letting one person rule supreme, sadly that's usually the case with paladins.

[Worlok]

Those last three panels... Wow. At first we see Lloyd's sudden change of expression, then we have that one panel of ominous, uneasy silence, and then the dialogue in the last one, without any visuals... Great comic. Chilling, but great.

(Part of the tragedy is that if anyone had spoken up in that second to last panel, the slaughter may have been avoided. After all, both the thrown stone and the lethal arrow were the actions of individuals, not even acting on any orders. I think.)

[CoffeeIncluded]

Those last three panels... Wow. At first we see Lloyd's sudden change of expression, then we have that one panel of ominous, uneasy silence, and then the dialogue in the last one, without any visuals... Great comic. Chilling, but great.

(Part of the tragedy is that if anyone had spoken up in that second to last panel, the slaughter may have been avoided. After all, both the thrown stone and the lethal arrow were the actions of individuals, not even acting on any orders. I think.)

Thank you, Worlok.

If only...But even then, would it have stopped them? Things were tense, and when the tension breaks like that...

[Worlok]

Thank you, Worlok.

You're welcome.

If only...But even then, would it have stopped them? Things were tense, and when the tension breaks like that...

True, it's not likely they would have stopped, but it's possible. Granted, the one person who would have been in a position to stop them would have been Lloyd himself (or arguably the fourth of their group, the one not in the last three panels, I keep forgetting his name), what with the other paladins readily responding to the stone throw and the Drow simply not being the attacking party in the end, but I figure that's yet another reason he doesn't like to talk about that time... (Did the scene just get more devastating? )