Khay
2014-02-19, 12:54 PM
(/EDIT notice: I've edited this post a few times, sorry. :smallredface: If you see quotes below that don't quite line up with what it's saying right now, that's my fault.)
It's a detail that is easy to miss in the sea of the Durkons, but I believe - nay, I know that comic #946 contains information about the fate of another important recurring dwarf.
Consider this: In the panel showing Hel, two dwarves are seen carrying a tray with a rather large goblet on it. One of these dwarves has orange hair, is mostly bald and has slightly darker skin than his pale comrade.
From this overwhelming evidence, we must conclude that the ginger-bearded dwarf is beloved recurring character "Kaboom" Redaxe, one of the two assassins last seen in a flashback in 535 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0535.html). Further proof for this is the fact that comic 946 features so-called "shadows (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0242.html)", an odd phenomenon closely associated with Redaxe and his co-worker.
Now, if you were doubting this (though I'm not sure why you would be :smallconfused: ), you might ask why the dwarf in 946 has lighter skin, or a longer beard. Well, there's probably not much opportunity to get a tan in Hel, so some paling is to be expected. In response to the latter: Clearly, Rich Burlew, founder of the notable OotS trivia repository known as TVTropes, is invoking the Beard of Sorrow (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BeardOfSorrow) trope, showing that Redaxe is regretting the decisions that led him to this point, foreshadowing a redemption arc and implying that Redaxe will switch alignments and later rescue the order from Xykon's clutches just in the nick of time.
I'm also gonna claim he was behind the scrying sensor seen earlier in the desert arc, secretly spying on the Order from the afterlife and hoping for their success. You know. While I'm at it.
It's a detail that is easy to miss in the sea of the Durkons, but I believe - nay, I know that comic #946 contains information about the fate of another important recurring dwarf.
Consider this: In the panel showing Hel, two dwarves are seen carrying a tray with a rather large goblet on it. One of these dwarves has orange hair, is mostly bald and has slightly darker skin than his pale comrade.
From this overwhelming evidence, we must conclude that the ginger-bearded dwarf is beloved recurring character "Kaboom" Redaxe, one of the two assassins last seen in a flashback in 535 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0535.html). Further proof for this is the fact that comic 946 features so-called "shadows (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0242.html)", an odd phenomenon closely associated with Redaxe and his co-worker.
Now, if you were doubting this (though I'm not sure why you would be :smallconfused: ), you might ask why the dwarf in 946 has lighter skin, or a longer beard. Well, there's probably not much opportunity to get a tan in Hel, so some paling is to be expected. In response to the latter: Clearly, Rich Burlew, founder of the notable OotS trivia repository known as TVTropes, is invoking the Beard of Sorrow (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BeardOfSorrow) trope, showing that Redaxe is regretting the decisions that led him to this point, foreshadowing a redemption arc and implying that Redaxe will switch alignments and later rescue the order from Xykon's clutches just in the nick of time.
I'm also gonna claim he was behind the scrying sensor seen earlier in the desert arc, secretly spying on the Order from the afterlife and hoping for their success. You know. While I'm at it.