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Thread: Oh, goodness.
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2010-02-04, 12:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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Oh, goodness.
We've seen in strip 472 that having a name increases one's survivability and combat prowess.
We've also seen that, in strip 587, having a last name increases the above further, above those with only a first name.
Elves are exempt from this second rule, as elves don't appear to have surnames in the OotSverse.
So, which member of the Order does this leave with an unrevealed last name?
Elan.
Considering Elan has become quite competent with the Dashing Swordsman PrC, just think about how powerful he will become when/if his last name is revealed.
This just in - Surname Elan is the new Pun-Pun.
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2010-02-04, 12:45 AM (ISO 8601)
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And we've also seen that it doesn't.
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2010-02-04, 12:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Oh, goodness.
Well, Elan Tyranar would be a bit of a giveaway.
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2010-02-04, 01:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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2010-02-04, 01:24 AM (ISO 8601)
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derfenrirwolv's lack of spoiler tags aside...
Yeah, there's already a pretty widely accepted theory for why Elan's surname hasn't been mentioned in the comic, and it has nothing to do with survivability.SELF-SNEAK-ATTACK! ....wait.
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2010-02-04, 02:59 AM (ISO 8601)
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Well, it would be nice to see him named as...
Elan 'Chul
Elan Norris
Elan Spartan
Elan NiceBlondehairedGodOfMusiiiiic
Elan Bitterleaf...
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2010-02-04, 03:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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Do we know V's last name?
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2010-02-04, 06:19 AM (ISO 8601)
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2010-02-04, 07:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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2010-02-04, 02:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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SpoilerSeriously? That's such an old and common suggestion that spoilering it is pointless. I can understand the desire to continue spoilering current speculation, but it's ridiculous to assume that he's going to change a major character trait at this point in the story. Especially one that's been hinted at to no end.
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2010-02-04, 04:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-02-04, 04:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-02-04, 04:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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Well now that's just asinine. If you're on the forums, it should be assumed you've read the comic to this point, not counting the print books. Otherwise, we'd have to spoiler every single thing we say. Just look at the thread titles about Varsuvius's deal with the demons, Haley's speech problem, Roy's death, the ADB, the Fiends, etc.
Coming onto the forums and complaining because people are discussing really old information is just mind boggling.
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2010-02-04, 05:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Come on guys. Elan's last name has been revealed. it's "Icalicus".
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2010-02-04, 05:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Except that that particular information (Elan's last name) hasn't technically been revealed in-comic yet. Thus, to casual OotS readers who might just be browsing the forum out of curiosity, it's technically a still spoiler.
I'm just talking about common courtesy. It's not a huge deal, of course, but it's nice to be considerate about these sorts of things.SELF-SNEAK-ATTACK! ....wait.
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2010-02-04, 05:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Elan's last name hasn't been revealed in-comic yet. Nothing technical about it.
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2010-02-04, 05:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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It hasn't been revealed at all. It's just speculation. If I say that the Monster in the Darkness is an eight-legged half-tarrasque Snorlax that's been cross-bred with a venus flytrap, that doesn't make it a spoiler even if it somehow turns out to be true three years down the line.
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2010-02-04, 06:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-02-04, 07:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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English isn't my primary language, so please let me know if something I'm saying doesn't make sense!Continuation of ThePhantasm's awesometacular post
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2010-02-04, 09:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Except that that particular information (Elan's last name) hasn't technically been revealed in-comic yet. Thus, to casual OotS readers who might just be browsing the forum out of curiosity, it's technically a still spoiler.
I'm just talking about common courtesy. It's not a huge deal, of course, but it's nice to be considerate about these sorts of things.Last edited by Shale; 2010-02-04 at 09:16 PM.
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2010-02-04, 09:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-02-04, 09:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-02-04, 10:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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I wonder if Elan's father KNOWING the short life span of empires in his homeland, chose to engineer his own overthrowing with himself being the revolutionary and the tyrant at the same time.
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2010-02-04, 11:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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A joke is a deus ex machina weapon of invincibility that only works once. Well, you could use it twice...but Rich is better than that.
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Although, that doesn't rule out Elan dying, trying to use that joke to survive, realizing it doesn't work because that joke has been done before, and then he realizes that this is one of the serious strips and fights his way out using actual resourcefulness.Last edited by Raging Gene Ray; 2010-02-04 at 11:26 PM.
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2010-02-04, 11:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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2010-02-05, 01:07 AM (ISO 8601)
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I think at this point that all we know is for certain is that he was a LE warlord. The assumption is that he's Lord Tyrinar, for a number of reasons, including the large "T" on his war flag.
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2010-02-05, 01:07 AM (ISO 8601)
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2010-02-05, 12:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Also, that guy was a no combatant neutral gnome meeting a psychotic halfing who hadn't got his fix of killing spree for months over months of being confined in city limits under a omg can't get more annoying curse he did killed a hobo the strip just before that, but one kill hardly qualifies as a spree. Plus is was funny.
That gnome was basically doomed. Rich probably knew he was going to die before conceiving anything else about that pointless character.
(important factors contributing to death were bolded for clearer understanding of the point I was making in the preceding comment.)Life is meanless if you don't play games.
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2010-02-05, 02:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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not to mention Trigak...
he was supposed to be a recurring villain! he had a name! xDD