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** The Shadowlords are equally unkillable in theory, although at least you could hurt them to the point that they would run away. (If very lucky or using a glass sword, they'll vanish.) This accomplishes very little, though, because they'll still be around (and back at full health) to challenge you again ''next turn''.
* [[Obviously Evil]]: Oh sure Lord British, you can totally trust a man named Lord '''Blackthorn'''.
* [[One
* [[Pun]]: "Gazers", aka [[Expy]] of [[Dungeons and Dragons]] [http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Beholder "Beholders"], release a cloud of insects when you kill them. In other words....they're Bee Holders.
* [[Sealed Good in A Can]]: The Shadowlords have trapped Lord British in the deepest part of the world.
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** If you type a swear word during a conversation with an NPC, you will get this response: "With language like this, how didst thou become an Avatar?"
* [[The Unfought]]: You are not ever required to enter into conventional combat with the Shadowlords or Blackthorn. In fact, it's much easier to just avoid them. As such, there is no "final battle", though there is a ritual for the Shadowlords; it does not involve combat.
* [[Unwinnable By Design]]: There is a hidden box that you can get early in the game, if you happen to know where it is. It's important. You can't open it, even with fireballs or the [[One
* [[Warped Aesop]]: [[In-Universe|Literally]]. Blackthorne has taken the Virtues and twisted them ever so slightly, then made them all harshly enforced by the law, creating a horrible police state.
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