Annotated 13-15
Rachel in the first panel is doing her best to mimic Frigg (she probably overheard plenty of Frigg-curses during Frigg’s captive hours at the nunnery, and let’s assume Frigg had some choice words about Gondolessa more recently), so like Frigg, she’s pulling out some insults that seem more like they come from our world. Unlike Frigg, she loses a little accuracy in the imitation.
Like the other members of the “Reverse Guild,” (Hans) Brix the Berserker would have had a longer career if we had been able to get the Guilded Age animated short off the ground. That cartoon would’ve had the Reverse Guild fight the original five GA heroes, including Best and excluding Bandit, on their way to the sky elf temple… which would explain why Bandit and the newbs had still never heard of them here.
Phil’s notes describe him as “not Byron’s level of Berserker by any means, but a scary enough guy to deal with when mad. He’s a proud Savasi warrior, and has totally drank the shit out of Iver’s Kool-Aid. In his off-time, he enjoys contests of manliness and breaking people in half. He revels in combat and destruction in a way a lot like Frigg. He’s fairly one-dimensional, and not very upset about that fact. He’s a berserker, what’s he supposed to do except be angry? He’s certainly not supposed to give it any further thought. That’s wholly unnecessary. What matters is Savasi Restoration, Death to All Humans, and Where’s the Beer.”
Sticking it to Auragu here reminds me that, unassuming as she is, Bandit’s quite possibly the group’s most dangerous fighter. She beat berzerking Byron, it doesn’t get much worse than that. Frigg in Super Saiyan mode may be out of her league but, other than that, I feel she could beat anyone 1v1 if given enough room to maneuver. An assassin as much as a thief if not more so.
“She beat berzerking Byron”
Only the second time, when she knew what to expect. The first time they fought, Byron disarmed her, hands down.
That pun is painful
Interesting to hear Brix could of had a longer career. I always took him for a throw away joke. Especially in light of what happens to him next.
Same. Sortof a highlight to Bandit about how NON-berserker he actually was. How they thought BYRON was playing the ‘Berserker’ name (until he actually went berserk and killed them all…) I always imagined Bandit rolling her eyes at Brix.
I’m hearing Brix voice in the same accent as GWS’s McPedro, a vaguely Celtic voice as done by someone who’s seen Braveheart too many times.