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    You may have killed Durkon and had great, sinister plans for the western continent, but to me you will always be Durkon's Cleric friend.

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    At least he had a coffin picked out already.
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    You know, the Giant revealed earlier today that he invented the Malack character just as a way to get Dukron vampirized.

    In retrospect, that was a good clue that with that job accomplished, Malack wasn't needed anymore.

    Still, I'm sad that Malack is gone. I was really looking forward to reading about the relationship between Malack and the un-enthralled Durkon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bird View Post
    You know, the Giant revealed earlier today that he invented the Malack character just as a way to get Dukron vampirized.

    In retrospect, that was a good clue that with that job accomplished, Malack wasn't needed anymore.

    Still, I'm sad that Malack is gone. I was really looking forward to reading about the relationship between Malack and the un-enthralled Durkon.
    I second this. Malack was a rather deep villain; interesting and subtle. I would not think of him as just a device to vamp Durkon with the level of detail put into developing him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bird View Post
    You know, the Giant revealed earlier today that he invented the Malack character just as a way to get Dukron vampirized.

    In retrospect, that was a good clue that with that job accomplished, Malack wasn't needed anymore.

    Still, I'm sad that Malack is gone. I was really looking forward to reading about the relationship between Malack and the un-enthralled Durkon.
    When did he say that?

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    He posted it here:

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    Malack was created for the purpose of turning Durkon into a vampire! There was no possible scenario where you would be reading a Malack vs. Durkon fight scene that didn't end with Durkon getting vamped.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ryzorrin View Post
    I second this. Malack was a rather deep villain; interesting and subtle. I would not think of him as just a device to vamp Durkon with the level of detail put into developing him.
    Well, sure: Rich Burlew's general skill with characterization means that few characters truly end up as "narrative devices" even if that's what they "technically" are, as indeed seems to be the case with Malack.

    I shall now quote Roy's obit for another member of the cast:
    "...He was a good NPC."
    (Not good-good, of course, being Evil and all.)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Quorothorn View Post
    Well, sure: Rich Burlew's general skill with characterization means that few characters truly end up as "narrative devices" even if that's what they "technically" are, as indeed seems to be the case with Malack.
    Yes, agreed.

    Even so, I think the conflict and drama inherent in Malack's character made him a standout.
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    At least he had a coffin picked out already.
    Too soon...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ryzorrin View Post
    I second this. Malack was a rather deep villain; interesting and subtle. I would not think of him as just a device to vamp Durkon with the level of detail put into developing him.
    Well, I take that as a compliment.
    But I never said he was "just" a device to vamp Durkon. I said that was the initial need that caused me to create the character. Once I had the character, I developed him as much as any other. In the same way as you can say that I initially created Redcloak so Xykon would have someone to talk to in cutaway scenes. Doesn't really have much to do with who he ended up being, though.
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    Well, I take that as a compliment.
    But I never said he was "just" a device to vamp Durkon. I said that was the initial need that caused me to create the character. Once I had the character, I developed him as much as any other. In the same way as you can say that I initially created Redcloak so Xykon would have someone to talk to in cutaway scenes. Doesn't really have much to do with who he ended up being, though.
    This is quite fair. Malack was made into a fantastic character no matter his original reason for creation.

    I did not mean to imply that Malack was no more than a narrative device. Only that it seemed to me, based on your post, that his primary narrative purpose had been served.
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    Oh no! Now we will never know if Malack had legs or not!
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    He went out exactly as I expected him to, but that doesn't mean I like it. He's probably my favorite villain so far, and all he ever really did was vamp Durkon. I'd love to have a backstory told in print, but I'm not hanging any hopes on that door. Haven't wished for a character not to have died this much since Wash.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peelee View Post
    He went out exactly as I expected him to, but that doesn't mean I like it. He's probably my favorite villain so far, and all he ever really did was vamp Durkon. I'd love to have a backstory told in print, but I'm not hanging any hopes on that door. Haven't wished for a character not to have died this much since Wash.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peelee View Post
    He went out exactly as I expected him to, but that doesn't mean I like it. He's probably my favorite villain so far, and all he ever really did was vamp Durkon. I'd love to have a backstory told in print, but I'm not hanging any hopes on that door. Haven't wished for a character not to have died this much since Wash.
    I think you say that cause you haven't seen a Xykon Is A BadAss scene in a little while. With a capital b AND a .

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    Team Tarquin/Linear Guild prequel book, anyone?
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    And my bow...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peelee View Post
    He went out exactly as I expected him to, but that doesn't mean I like it. He's probably my favorite villain so far, and all he ever really did was vamp Durkon. I'd love to have a backstory told in print, but I'm not hanging any hopes on that door. Haven't wished for a character not to have died this much since Wash.
    And how. That's a good way of putting it.

    I dislike Nale already, but this scene actually made me sad -- Malack was intriguing and honorable enough to take up root in my heart. But the disturbing death sequence in particular -- especially perpetrated by Nale! -- really caught me off guard. I hope we see more of Malack, even if its only an afterlife reunion with Tarquin.

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    I like Malack more than I like Nale. Why couldn't he have smushed Nale?

    Even though, Nale did prove that he isn't just a pretty face. He planned this one meticulously.
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    Nale did a pretty good job of re-earning my respect today.
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    Somehow I expect his first funeral had more people mourning him than his second will have. Doubting many in OotSworld are saddened by this turn of events.
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    Well you know what they say...

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    One questions to those who know themselves better in the D&D-World: Isn't Malack, after being destroyed in sunshine, able to come back through his coffin? Could be that I mix up stuff though - every system handles vampires a bit different...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fridolin View Post
    One questions to those who know themselves better in the D&D-World: Isn't Malack, after being destroyed in sunshine, able to come back through his coffin? Could be that I mix up stuff though - every system handles vampires a bit different...
    That only applies if they are reduced to 0 HP by conventional means. Death by sunlight or running water is final. A wooden stake to the heart is indefinite--they are instantly revived once it's pulled out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SaintRidley View Post
    Somehow I expect his first funeral had more people mourning him than his second will have. Doubting many in OotSworld are saddened by this turn of events.
    I bet Tarqin will orchestrate a state funeral for him. The entire Empire of Blood will mourn the loss of their High Priest.
    There must be some sense of order - personal, political or dramatic - and if no one else is going to bring it to this world, I will.

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    I think Malack is a high priest of Nergal -- not necessarily of the whole EoB. He is a "minister" if I'm not mistaken. Hard to say what that entails, exactly, though it seems important.

    I agree that it would make sense for Tarquin to orchestrate a funeral for him, unless emergencies occur which prevent him from doing so. Tarquin's reaction will be quite telling, actually; I've been curious whether he has much emotional attachment to Malack or not for a long time.

    I wonder whether Tarquin would try to have Malack raised? I doubt it, somehow, and given Malack's speech about how he wouldn't want to be returned from unlife to life, I don't think his spirit would agree to come back if he did. (I admit that I'm not at all clear on how all the issues of personal identity, memory, life, unlife and metaphysics would interact in this instance.)
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    BURN! BURN YOU DAMNED LACKEY OF A COWARDLY GOD! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

    No greater justice could there have been than getting taken out by a chump like Nale!

    May Durkon's newfound freedom give him the ability to summon your soul to mock it heartily.

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