Quote Originally Posted by Malloon View Post
Xykon has no idea about Durkon's family. Xykon didn't witness the first use of familicide, and probably has no idea it even exists. If he did, he might research it for funsies, but I don't see at what point he might have gotten time to do that. But even if he did, he's not going to just waste it on a dwarf he's just met (from his perspective). Xykon likes his ludicrous applications of force, but familicide wouldn't kill Durkon any faster than a lot of other spells - familicide is just more personal.
In fact, I can see Xykon really not seeing the point of Familicide--what fun is it if you don't actually see the people dying? Not to mention, I doubt he'd be high enough level to cast it anyway--Haerta was supposed to be the most powerful splice V had in him by quite some margin, and the other two were both well into Epic levels, so I dread to think what her actual level was. 30+ at least, I would think.