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*** He was about to be defeated by an Epic Paladin... ghost thing. And his phylactery was about to be blasted as well. A certain amount of panic is to be expected.
** Another result could be that Xykon becomes "mortal" again, which means that he can't regenerate again. Kind of like Voldemort after the Horcruxes were destroyed.
** There actually was a book way back in second edition that went into detail about liches (including explaining how a character actually becomes one, which is useful flavor for [[D Ms]]DMs), and it explained that a phylactery isn't like a Horcrux--it contains no part of the lich's soul, it's just a sort of anchor that keeps that soul on the Prime Material. So assuming Rich Burlew knows about Van Richten's Book of the Lich, Xykon wasn't bluffing. On the other hand, a lich can only ever make ONE phylactery. If that one's destroyed, he's essentially mortal again, just undead. So it's understandable he'd panic at the idea of someone destroying it.
 
== The Snarl is [[Haruhi Suzumiya]]. ==
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== Malack is actually female. ==
In [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0764.html this strip], Malack's discussion of pursuing a mate/having more children suggests two interpretations. On one hand, the obvious explanation is that Malack is male and lost his wife at some point before Nale murdered his children. On the other hand, the having a mate and having children might not be directly connected. It's possible that Malack is something like a [http://www.nerve.com/content/the-science-of-sex-lesbian-lizards lesbian lizard]- reproducing through parthenogenesis, but still engaging in mating behavior similar to that of a typical lizard. The comic has followed lizard biology before, so this wouldn't be too surprising. It would also work for narrative purposes, as it makes Malack a perfect [[Evil Counterpart]] to the [[Ambiguous Gender|ambiguously gendered]] V.
* He has been described as "he", but that doesn't preclude him being FTM [[TranssexualTranssexualism]]. Which would kind of be awesome, actually. IMO there are both too few FTM characters in popular fiction, and not enough trans characters for whom their gender identity isn't the main focus of their characterisation.
 
== Tarquin and Julio Scoundrel have fought before, and will fight again by the end of the current arc. ==
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