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*Redcloak knocks Hinjo down with a spell*<br />
'''Redcloak:''' Your city? Oh, I'm sorry, I thought somebody would have told you by now. See, this is MY city now, paladin! I figure you owe me one village plus 35 years of interest, so this is a good start! }}
** [[Big Bad|Xykon]] has a nice habit of combining this with [[Hannibal Lecture]] and [[No
{{quote| '''Xykon to Dorukan in [[Start of Darkness]]:''' Hey, you know what really gets under my skin? Proverbially, of course? [[Screw You Elves|A century of wizards looking down their damn noses at me]]. Energy Drain! I know people think I'm stupid. Because I'm not a wizard. [[Obfuscating Stupidity|Because I get bored easily.]] [[Brilliant but Lazy|Because I have no interest in strategy or tactics or contingency planning]]. Energy Drain! But see, I've learned a lot over the years since I died. A lot more than I learned during my life. And now I see that planning doesn't matter. Strategy doesn't matter. Only two things matter: Force in as great a concentration as you can manage, and style. And in a pinch, style can slide. Energy Drain! In any battle, there's always a level of force against which no tactics can succeed. For example, all I need to do is keep smacking you with Energy Drains, and soon you won't be able to cast any of your fancy spells at all. Energy Drain! [[Un
'''Xykon to Redcloak in [[Start of Darkness]]:''' What I said there to Dourkan about overwhelming force? That's only part of Colonel Xykon's secret recipe of winning. It's not just about power, it's also about [[Moral Event Horizon|how far you're willing to debase yourself before feeling bad]]. And me? [[Our Liches Are Different|I ripped off my own living flesh so that I wouldn't have to admit weakness.]] [[Eviler Than Thou|You're strictly little league compared to that]]. That right there? That's the difference between bonafide [[Card-Carrying Villain|true Evil]] and your whiny [[The End Justifies the Means|"evil, but for a good cause"]] crap. One gets to be the butch and one gets to be the bitch. [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|Bitch]].<br />
'''Xykon to (an invisible) Vaarsuvius:''' You seem to have an interest in power, so let me educate you a little while I search for you. It's sort of this thing I like to do sometimes, especially for learned wizards such as yourself. Power, it isn't something that you put on or take off like a jacket. It's something you just ARE. If you can lose it by blowing two Will saves, you never really had any power in the first place, see what I'm saying? Hell, the idiot paladin understands better than you do, 'cause he got every one of those hit points I burned off of him the hard way: he earned them. 'Course now he's also earned an upgrade to Prisoner First Class for daring to touch my pretty little bauble. It's sort of the same as how we've already been treating him, only now we get serious about it. Anyhoo, where was I? Oh, right. Your soul shenanigans are real flashy, but they had one weakness: they were shackled to your lame mid-level ass! I used to think spells equaled power, too, back when I was alive. I've learned a lot since then. You know what does equal power? Power. Power equals power. Crazy, huh? But the type of power? Doesn't matter as much as you'd think. It turns out, everything is oddly balanced. Weird, but true. For example: ...Right now, power takes the form of a +8 racial bonus to Listen skill checks. ''[He grabs V by the throat]'' So, Uncle Xykon, what's the moral of the story? A big pile of spells isn't enough when the other guy has a big pile of spells AND the strength to crush your windpipe with his bare phalanges. And they died happily ever after. The End. }}
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:::And then he shows [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071203 he wasn't bluffing].
{{quote| '''Gilgamesh:''' This is not a TRICK! I did NOT get LUCKY! I am GILGAMESH WULFENBACH! And ''I'' am in '''control'''!}}
:::Gil proceeds to go 3 for 3 with this gem when he's [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080305 challenged by one of his father's minions], indicating that he is [[TV Tropes Made of Win Archive]].
::: Then he goes four for four when he [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110815 beats the crap out of Vole, and recruits him as a minion] for the sole purpose of being [[The Starscream]] ''just to keep himself sharp.''
** His dad gets a minor one [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030418 here.] "I will go by myself. Let the people see that I ''can''"
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