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* [[Church Militant]]: Or a milder [[Knight Templar]], take your pick. |
* [[Church Militant]]: Or a milder [[Knight Templar]], take your pick. |
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* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Kane vs. {{spoiler|Sir George}}: |
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Kane vs. {{spoiler|Sir George}}: |
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{{quote|With a great advantage in height, weight, strength, and reach, Kane had still other advantages - those of skill and of speed.}} |
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* [[Darkest Africa]] |
* [[Darkest Africa]] |
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* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: N'longa can be a bit creepy even to a modern reader. He's a good guy because he keeps limits on how to use his significant magical powers, mainly to help others. |
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: N'longa can be a bit creepy even to a modern reader. He's a good guy because he keeps limits on how to use his significant magical powers, mainly to help others. |
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* [[It's Probably Nothing]]: In "Footfalls Within", the titular footfalls are blithely dismissed as "nothing" by a bunch of slavers, with foreseeable consequences. |
* [[It's Probably Nothing]]: In "Footfalls Within", the titular footfalls are blithely dismissed as "nothing" by a bunch of slavers, with foreseeable consequences. |
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* [[Kangaroo Court]]: The poem "The One Black Stain" deals with the aftermath of the ([[Real Life]]) trial and execution of Thomas Doughty by Sir Francis Drake: |
* [[Kangaroo Court]]: The poem "The One Black Stain" deals with the aftermath of the ([[Real Life]]) trial and execution of Thomas Doughty by Sir Francis Drake: |
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{{quote|Solomon Kane stood forth alone, |
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grim man of sober face: |
grim man of sober face: |
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"Worthy of death he may well be, |
"Worthy of death he may well be, |
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but the trial ye held was mockery, |
but the trial ye held was mockery, |
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"Ye hid your spite in a travesty |
"Ye hid your spite in a travesty |
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where justice hid her face." }} |
where justice hid her face." }} |
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* [[Knight Errant]]: Kane. |
* [[Knight Errant]]: Kane. |
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** And then he make amends, {{spoiler|managing to [[Power Born of Madness|imagine a plan to kill all the harpies]] during his moment of madness.}} |
** And then he make amends, {{spoiler|managing to [[Power Born of Madness|imagine a plan to kill all the harpies]] during his moment of madness.}} |
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* [[Right Makes Might]]: Or so Solomon believes. |
* [[Right Makes Might]]: Or so Solomon believes. |
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{{quote|"The right is on my side," said Kane somberly. "And right is mightier than a thousand men-at-arms."}} |
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* [[Silver Bullet]]: Kane uses one in "The Silver Beast of Tonker Town", one of the original stories [[Marvel Comics]] ran in ''[[Conan the Barbarian|Savage Sword of Conan]]''. |
* [[Silver Bullet]]: Kane uses one in "The Silver Beast of Tonker Town", one of the original stories [[Marvel Comics]] ran in ''[[Conan the Barbarian|Savage Sword of Conan]]''. |
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* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: {{spoiler|Nakari}}, although we don't really learn about it until after the fact. |
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: {{spoiler|Nakari}}, although we don't really learn about it until after the fact. |