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In fact, the story begins with a knight named Gort discovering that when making a [[Deal
The second major arc is about the war against "The Worm Lord", who starts as a disturbing rumor before becoming a tangible enemy.
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Well written and well drawn, with a quality that increases with time. You can see the starting page [http://darkencomic.com/?webcomic_post=20031216 here]. It is now finished.
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* [[Affably Evil]]: The whole cast has their moments, but notably Garganon - the polite, respectful, cultured, tea-loving Ancient Red Dragon.
* [[Arc Words]]: {{spoiler|'''"The Worm Lord is Rising"'''}}
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* [[Coup De Grace]]
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Komiyan. Mink [[Lampshade Hanging|comments on it occasionally]].
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* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: {{spoiler|Baal!Tyr}} one-shots Gort. This is ''after'' Gort became powerful enough to {{spoiler|single-handedly slay a red dragon}}.
* [[Cycle of Revenge]]
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* [[Death Course]]: More like a dungeon crawl. Gort [[Dungeon Bypass|cheats on the maze though]].
* [[Devil in Plain Sight]]: Aside from the paladins and their allies most people in Darken don't seem to mind or avoid the [[Villain Protagonist|Villain Protagonists]] in any way. Most noticeable in Falloakes, where a Wizardess scans Komi, Michaelus, Casper, and Gort for magic before a race, and the evil magic radiating off Gort is nearly enough to blind her; his only consequence is being barred from participating in the race.
* [[Did You Just Scam Cthulhu?]]: {{spoiler|After defeating Baal, Gort and Komi turn against Meph and as a direct consequence become ruler of the seventh hell and his disciple respectively.}}
* [[Dressing
* [[Drop the Hammer]]: Mink. "It's so ecclesiastical! And smitey!"
* [[Dungeon Bypass]]: As mentioned before, most of the crew are smart enough just to climb over the walls in a moving maze puzzle, and in the case of Mink, fly over and give directions.
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* [[Epic Flail]]: Mink - in a rare but truly [[Epic Fail]] moment. "Uhm... you can use swords, right?"
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]
* [[Everything's Worse
* [[Evil Feels Good]]
* [[Eviler Than Thou]]
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* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Michaelus gets a lot of flak for being a lycanthrope, despite werebears being [[Always Lawful Good]]. From a freaking celestial judge, no less!
* [[Faux Affably Evil]]: Baal {{spoiler|at least when inhabiting Tyr's body.}} He's so bloody hard to dislike.
* [[First
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Gort, Komi, and {{spoiler|Undead Leon}} all have Devil-Mark tattoos.
** Komi's scars after {{spoiler|Tarvin tortures him.}}
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* [[Heel Face Turn]]: No, not the villain protagonist... Which means that they are turning ''against'' him. It predictably ends badly.
* [[Hellfire]]: Gort's weapon of choice. Particularly awesome when he turns it against Garganon, a dragon!
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* [[Human Sacrifice]]: One hundred and one Drow Elves -- the last being the priest himself, killed by Komiyan - are sacrificed to Mephistopheles to save their city from a rampaging worm. His response? Enter Gort.
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Jill's Tessen fans.
* [[Indy Ploy]]: Casper is fond of them.
* [[Irony]]: In a party composed primarily of poster children for evil and treachery, it's the [[Token Evil Teammate|token good teammate]] who sells them out.
* [[Kill It
* [[Loveable Rogue]]: [[Draco in Leather Pants|Despite being evil]], both Komi and Casper seem to fall into this. Interestingly, [[Black Widow|Jill]] does not.
* [[Mind Control]]: Zathras's specialty seems to be enchantment spells. He dominated a '''construct''' for crying out loud.
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* [[Morph Weapon]]: Blackshard has become a sword, an axe, a mace, a ''bone saw'', a whip, and a huge falchion.
* [[Murder Is the Best Solution]]: Oh so much so. Casper could be the walking poster boy for this.
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* [[Schedule Slip]]: Although originally updating three times a week, it now updates weekly.
* [[Squishy Wizard]]: Zathras is introduced being harassed by wild dogs and has to be saved by Komi. He makes a point of staying far, far out of melee while with the party - going so far as to spend the entire Metal Hydra fight up on a ledge, well out of attack range, casting spells.
* [[Sssssnaketalk]]: Unusually subverted with Jade and the other Yuan-Ti. {{spoiler|However, when Casper starts having nightmares about her she DOES elongate her Ssssss'essssss... possibly for creep factor and possibly as a hint that
* [[Start of Darkness]]: Sadly, we discover it was Gort's [[Heroic Sacrifice]] that started him on the path of Evil - and ensured his [[Evil Twin|brother]] would be on the side of good.
* [[Storming the Castle]]
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* [[Take Over the World]]
* [[Talking Is a Free Action]]: Normally played straight, but awesomely subverted in the last duel between Gort and {{spoiler|living}} Leon - he's about to give a "Good Shall Triumph" speech when Casper stabs him in the back, complete with pure snark:
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* [[Talking Weapon]]: Blackshard.
* [[The Dark Side]]
* [[The Napoleon]]: Don't remind Gort that he's short. That said, [[Lampshade Hanging|Gort himself hangs a lampshade on it]] during the [[Dressing
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'''Gort:''' (wearing obviously oversized armor) ''I shall allow you to trade with me, Casper.'' }}
* [[The Stoic]]: Michaelus (when he's not raging), Lenore, Vargo.
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