Dungeons and Denizens

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.

Dungeons & Denizens is a webcomic drawn by John Yakimow and written by Graveyard Greg, the author of Carpe Diem. It was first hosted on Webcomics Nation, then moved to Keenspot on April 2, 2006, but finally got its own domain name on July 1, 2010. The strip follows the lives of those that work/live in a Dungeons and Dragons RPG dungeon.

Characters include:

  • Min, the tech support minotaur and primary character.
  • Gazdar, the orcish custodian.
  • Leviathann, the demonic landlord.
  • Litchvell, the easily angered undead manager.
  • His daugher, Ravin.
  • Zerelda, a rather high-maintenance gorgon.
  • Titanic, Zerelda's not particularly bright bodyguard.
  • Donna and Diana, a two-headed hellhound, both of whom have a crush on Gazdar.
  • And Seidistika, a Hag who operates the resident nurse's office (among other things).

It can be found here. Its updates are a bit erratic.

Tropes used in Dungeons and Denizens include:

Gazdar: Gotta appease the gods that might be watching. Some of them like Minotaur beefcake.

  • Gentle Giant: Guvnor
  • Gorgeous Gorgon: Zerelda
  • The Guards Must Be Crazy: Played with In a recent page.
    • It's mostly a case of prisoners not following the normal rules of trying to escape and staying in the area instead.
  • Heroic Wannabe: Sir Percival von Fluffypants. To him, the "hard parts" of heroism involve posing and having perfect hair. He uses his guards to do any fighting (not that it makes any difference, as his parents bribed the monsters ahead of time to go easy on him). He meets his well-deserved end when he trashes the room of a pre-adolescent Elegant Gothic Lolita — who happens to be a powerful necromancer with a cruel streak. Percy ends up being sent home in small disposable baggies.
  • Holier Than Thou: The Paladin full stop. He even uses the trope by name when his teammates walk off while he's lecturing them on how much better than them he is.

I wasn't done being holier than thou!