Ouch. Not even enough time to finish his oath. And it’s interesting, how young Eric the First looks, as if he was cut down in his prime. Or does the Curse bring him back with an ideal body, overdoing the restoration?
(I call it a Curse, though a better term might be Geas. Still, a Curse seems fitting since having your heavenly reward interrupted does seem like a curse…)
> having your heavenly reward interrupted does seem like a curse…
Even if Arachne’s "Ranna owns the afterlife" warning doesn’t extend to wherever Eric I was hanging out…having to STAY in the afterlife, however pleasant, while Ranna tortures the world might feel like a curse in itself.
As I vaguely recall it from Rich’s previous explanations, Eric I never physically died, instead he got sucked into some other dimension/plane when they banished the evil god. Which raises the question of why he’d return at the monument to him when he escaped. Maybe the monument was put at the place they did it.
Eric? No, the beard one, yes, you
Maybe you should remember how much taller you are, and where Clover’s attacks would land… specially if you ever want to have more children
Also, note that you were trying to block the door from a halfling rogue with an open, ground-floor window a couple meters to her left. You might as well have been trying to catch smoke in a butterfly net.
Yeah, it’s almost like Clover wanted to go, but also _didn’t_ want to go
Torn between her obligations to her original family (and friends) and her new family (and son)
Sorry Fang Fangirl; WP seems to have considered Joe Cocker to be an inappropriate word and punted you over to me to be approved. Gotta watch who you’re invoking there! Hahah
…but not like a thief in the night (or if he was some kind of thief, it would be the worst kind).
And Eric I looks very young to be a beloved father, at least if the apparent age matches actual age at death. If he got a younger version, well, guess you should get something for only being brought back at the worst point in your kingdom’s future.
I think Yakumo meant "Eric is going out ON A MISSION with Clover".
He promised to go with her if things got bad enough, and he told his son that if things were truly bad, Eric I would return…even a king can do the math from there.
He could have had Eric II at a young age, plenty of WWI and WWII soldiers who died young (late teens, early twenties) already had a family with a baby
Oh, you meant the phrase ‘beloved father’? As long as he was there, even just for a few months, when his son (or daughter) was born and spent time with them, then it would count
Just realised something: we have now had two very polite, and courteous, revenants 😀
First Captain Mak and his soliders who politely knocked on the Library door and asked who let the dogs (Rannites) in, and now King Eric the Clean-shaven politely poking his head in through the window asking how long he had been asleep for 😀
Could have been worse, Eric III could have married his third cousin, Erica 😛
The Drostardy royal family aren’t known for their inventiveness when it comes to names 🙂
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Ouch. Not even enough time to finish his oath. And it’s interesting, how young Eric the First looks, as if he was cut down in his prime. Or does the Curse bring him back with an ideal body, overdoing the restoration?
(I call it a Curse, though a better term might be Geas. Still, a Curse seems fitting since having your heavenly reward interrupted does seem like a curse…)
He even _sounds_ young
Don’t mean that in a bad way
> having your heavenly reward interrupted does seem like a curse…
Even if Arachne’s "Ranna owns the afterlife" warning doesn’t extend to wherever Eric I was hanging out…having to STAY in the afterlife, however pleasant, while Ranna tortures the world might feel like a curse in itself.
I was going to say, he looks pretty good for a guy who’s been dead for HOW long?
As I vaguely recall it from Rich’s previous explanations, Eric I never physically died, instead he got sucked into some other dimension/plane when they banished the evil god. Which raises the question of why he’d return at the monument to him when he escaped. Maybe the monument was put at the place they did it.
How he died was never explained, Rich just said he "sacrificed himself to put a mighty evil god back into its evil dimension"
Another possibility is that the monument acted as some sort of a beacon for his spirit
Eric? No, the beard one, yes, you
Maybe you should remember how much taller you are, and where Clover’s attacks would land… specially if you ever want to have more children
Also, note that you were trying to block the door from a halfling rogue with an open, ground-floor window a couple meters to her left. You might as well have been trying to catch smoke in a butterfly net.
Yeah, it’s almost like Clover wanted to go, but also _didn’t_ want to go
Torn between her obligations to her original family (and friends) and her new family (and son)
"You’re only three feet tall."
… Which puts her at perfect nut-punching height, dude.
And that ankheg was twice as tall. See here how well it fared:
https://yafgc.net/comic/0124-the-goliath-syndrome/
🙂
It must be love, if she let him off with a warning for THAT crack.
Which he knows is empty bravado in the second place.
t!
Not the best time for a "family reunion".
"Protected by a silver spoon…"
What can I say, I’m a Beatles fan. 🙂
You’re also pathologically unable to resist a song cue!
t!
Hey T-Chall! "I see a little silhouetto of a man."
T-Chall: I never realized that was the Beatles. I thought it was Joe Cocker. But he covered a lot of their songs so it makes sense.
t!: He’s not the only one.
Rich: Scaramouche! Scaramouche! Will you do the fandango…
(You three remind me of my brothers LOL)
Sorry Fang Fangirl; WP seems to have considered Joe Cocker to be an inappropriate word and punted you over to me to be approved. Gotta watch who you’re invoking there! Hahah
*facepalms* that’s like Pokemon GO censoring "Virginia" for inappropriate content!! LOL
As a Rafael Sabatini fan, I am *sorely* tempted to call you a jerk for choosing that specific song.
t!
“ Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?”
This is what happens to a fella after hanging out with bards.
"I’m sailing away…."
“set an open course for the virgin sea…”
Be sure to buy a copy of our new CD on your way out.
Dangit, you two, now I’m all, "cuz I’ve got to be frTHUNDERBOLTS AND LIGHTNING"
Okay, I’ll bite:
"Shave and a hair-cut "
t!
"Twooooooooo bits!"
Thank you, thank you, now let’s have a big round of applause for that amazing singer, Jessica Rabbit!
*resists… really tries to resist… gives in…*
VERY, VERY FRIGHTENING! Me
(Galileo) Galileo…
*can’t resist the Queen…*
…but not like a thief in the night (or if he was some kind of thief, it would be the worst kind).
And Eric I looks very young to be a beloved father, at least if the apparent age matches actual age at death. If he got a younger version, well, guess you should get something for only being brought back at the worst point in your kingdom’s future.
Oh yeah, and looks like the contemporary Eric is going out with Clover.
Contemporary Eric is MARRIED to Clover, remember?
I think Yakumo meant "Eric is going out ON A MISSION with Clover".
He promised to go with her if things got bad enough, and he told his son that if things were truly bad, Eric I would return…even a king can do the math from there.
He could have had Eric II at a young age, plenty of WWI and WWII soldiers who died young (late teens, early twenties) already had a family with a baby
Oh, you meant the phrase ‘beloved father’? As long as he was there, even just for a few months, when his son (or daughter) was born and spent time with them, then it would count
Just realised something: we have now had two very polite, and courteous, revenants 😀
First Captain Mak and his soliders who politely knocked on the Library door and asked who let the dogs (Rannites) in, and now King Eric the Clean-shaven politely poking his head in through the window asking how long he had been asleep for 😀
"Hello, Eric. I’m Eric, this is my wife Clover, and that over there is our son Eric."
Could have been worse, Eric III could have married his third cousin, Erica 😛
The Drostardy royal family aren’t known for their inventiveness when it comes to names 🙂
I maybe drunk irl…but….yeah…when this happens make a new party
Careful about that supposed height advantage, Eric – "When his hands are higher than your head, his groin is level with your teeth" applies here.
Also, I think this qualifies as things getting worse…
Technically, _this_ isn’t things getting worse, this is simply showing that things _have_ gotten worse
‘Consider this your first warning.
‘Casually allude to the musical career of Leonard Nimoy again and I shal have to deal with you more harshly.’
…you’ve all learned just not to ask what the f*ck I’m on about by this point, right?
Probably all for the best.
You mean this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC35cQKHwzg ? o_O
"Fascinating, Jim. Logic dictates that there must be a limit to how awful a song can be, yet I am detecting no evidence of one."
Aargh! Bleach! More bleach! Why in the name of all that’s holy did you post this link?
It’s better than anything Bieber has _ever_ regurgitated (or Rihanna)
YES, NotRichard!! YES!!
@toughluck No, everyone needs to watch this. It’s good for you; it’ll make you stronger.
There is a saying among the Fremen: God created The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins to train the faithful. One cannot go against the will of God.
…or somethin’.
Eric III is getting rather close to learning the lesson Clover taught to Glon when they met in the Baronial Army…