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Annotations Every Day - Written by T Campbell & Flo Kahn - Illustrated by John & Jason Waltrip

And what happened then? Well, in Arkerra they say that the Frigg's small mace grew three sizes that day.

Chapter 10 – Page 18

on May 6, 2011
Chapter: Chapter 10
└ Tags: Byron, Frigg
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  1. Doma
    Doma
    May 6, 2011, 12:01 am | # | Reply

    Frigg’s Me Gusta face. Pallies are OP

  2. Alechsa
    Alechsa
    May 6, 2011, 12:03 am | # | Reply

    PALADIN UPGRADE! Go Frigg! Oh wait… you didn’t LIKE that Order you ‘joined’, did you? Welp, sucks to be you, huh.

    • QAlchemist
      QAlchemist
      May 6, 2011, 3:46 pm | # | Reply

      I would like to venture the idea that Frigg is not a paladin of her Order.

      Frigg is clearly a Paladin of Bandit.

    • Brandon Richard
      Brandon Richard
      May 7, 2011, 10:31 am | # | Reply

      Paladins don’t have to be part of a cult/order/sect/church to have a paladin’s powers. :3 Just look at Kore from the comic Goblins! Maybe it’s a god reaching out to her and she doesn’t even know it?

      • Belisarius
        Belisarius
        October 27, 2015, 4:25 pm | # | Reply

        She might be worshiping herself, which is a badass thing to do. And she does do it with conviction.

  3. Ronin
    Ronin
    May 6, 2011, 12:06 am | # | Reply

    One should never cross a shieldmaiden.

  4. Fairportfan
    Fairportfan
    May 6, 2011, 12:12 am | # | Reply

    Tag. Hsssssss.

  5. MathMage
    MathMage
    May 6, 2011, 12:16 am | # | Reply

    Wait, wait, did I miss something important? ‘Cuz from here it looks like Frigg just went paladin without backstory. O.o

    • miklanin
      miklanin
      May 6, 2011, 12:25 am | # | Reply

      Not to pick nits, but isn’t paladin a subclass of crusader? Or perhaps it’s the other way ’round? In either case, seems to me the two are similar enough as to warrant Frigg’s critical smite there.

      Heck, seems as though the golem didn’t notice her, so if she has any ranks in stealth, wouldn’t she also get some kind of sneak attack bonus?

    • SteelRaven
      SteelRaven
      May 6, 2011, 12:27 am | # | Reply

      Crusader=Paladin only less lay-on-hand and more upside-your-head!

    • Jean-Luc
      Jean-Luc
      May 6, 2011, 12:55 am | # | Reply

      Frigg turned pally when she started makin’ them “oath” things.

    • Faceless Minion
      Faceless Minion
      May 6, 2011, 1:25 am | # | Reply

      She’s had plenty of backstory to be a paladin, in my eyes. Paladins don’t necessarily have to worship a god, nor do they have to be chaste, nor do they have to be boring.

      • barsukthom
        barsukthom
        May 6, 2011, 8:48 am | # | Reply

        They just have to BELIEVE.

        • Yarrr
          Yarrr
          May 6, 2011, 10:41 am | # | Reply

          wait wait wait, so Mal Reynolds is a Paladin?

          universe makes more sense at last!

          • Bouks
            Bouks
            May 6, 2011, 1:07 pm | # | Reply

            Why yes. Yes, he is.

            A rather battered one, but absolutely a paladin, especially in the pre-D&D sense.

            • centuriancode
              centuriancode
              May 7, 2011, 3:46 am | # | Reply

              Has gun. Will travel.

              I’m not sure if Mal has business cards.

              • zack of hiskatana
                zack of hiskatana
                August 4, 2011, 9:09 pm | # | Reply

                and just like mal, frigg aims to misbehave

        • Locke
          Locke
          May 7, 2011, 3:40 pm | # | Reply

          BELIEVE, PANCHO, BELIEVE!

    • killfr3nzy
      killfr3nzy
      May 6, 2011, 3:55 am | # | Reply

      Pala-dayum!

      For those with backstory concerns:
      Gravedust’s comments; Ch2 Pg21, Ch7 Pg2
      Hearing ‘scripture’; Ch10 Pg2 & 4

      • Kat
        Kat
        May 6, 2011, 8:34 am | # | Reply

        Oooh thanks.

    • The Indomitable Eric
      The Indomitable Eric
      May 6, 2011, 9:44 am | # | Reply

      Frigg’s been a paladin since the first page.

    • Valdrax
      Valdrax
      May 8, 2011, 2:53 am | # | Reply

      Besides growing up in a religious order and playing a major tank class of some sort?

  6. miklanin
    miklanin
    May 6, 2011, 12:17 am | # | Reply

    Sure, her mace may have grown three sizes that day…

    …but she still has all the tender sweetness of a seasick crocodile.

    • Jamal K.
      Jamal K.
      July 4, 2011, 4:24 pm | # | Reply

      Don’t try to hit her with a 39-and-a-half foot pole, either. The end result will not be pretty.

  7. 1d4caltrop
    1d4caltrop
    May 6, 2011, 12:18 am | # | Reply

    Aww, I was hoping she’d shove it in the golem’s ear, like a giant Q-tip.

    • Iocane
      Iocane
      May 6, 2011, 12:29 am | # | Reply

      You’re not supposed to do that with Q-tips!

      • 1d4caltrop
        1d4caltrop
        May 6, 2011, 7:27 am | # | Reply

        “Not supposed to” and “Frigg” are incompatible terms. :-)

        • Abeo
          Abeo
          May 7, 2011, 5:33 pm | # | Reply

          Or extremely compatible, depending on how you look at it.

  8. Cchisle90
    Cchisle90
    May 6, 2011, 12:25 am | # | Reply

    Holy cow! Frigg’s a Pally? I’m cracking up over here!

  9. Tecani
    Tecani
    May 6, 2011, 12:26 am | # | Reply

    Frigg leveled up!

    +3 to strength!
    +1 to stamina!
    +∞ to BAMFness!

    • SotiCoto
      SotiCoto
      June 26, 2013, 7:52 am | # | Reply

      90% sure she can’t teleport.

  10. SteelRaven
    SteelRaven
    May 6, 2011, 12:31 am | # | Reply

    Where was that mojo earier, like.. you know… when they all where getting killed ;)

    • barsukthom
      barsukthom
      May 6, 2011, 8:49 am | # | Reply

      She hadn’t been DEAD before.

  11. swordsister
    swordsister
    May 6, 2011, 12:33 am | # | Reply

    she just said the magic words.

    • killfr3nzy
      killfr3nzy
      May 6, 2011, 4:07 am | # | Reply

      Interestingly, ‘Fuck it. FINE.’ is also how she re-affirmed her oath to protect everyone on Page 5. Maybe she just entered service, as it were.

    • Dusty668
      Dusty668
      May 6, 2011, 5:37 am | # | Reply

      ‘I Believe you’

      or as she was saying earlier:

      “Oh Gog, Oh Gog, Oh Gog, Oh Gog, Oh Gog, Yeeeeeeeeeeaaaassssss!”

  12. Locke
    Locke
    May 6, 2011, 12:41 am | # | Reply

    Knowing Frigg, I doubt it’s “Smite Evil”. Probably more like “Smite Douchebags”. Best had better watch himself.

    • A passer-by.
      A passer-by.
      May 6, 2011, 2:22 am | # | Reply

      Thus, in effect, it is far better than the smite evil of the standard-issue shit-paladins.

  13. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    May 6, 2011, 12:46 am | # | Reply

    RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE!!1

    • Hawk
      Hawk
      May 6, 2011, 9:19 am | # | Reply

      Well played, Captain.
      ./bow

  14. Dean
    Dean
    May 6, 2011, 12:53 am | # | Reply

    Critical hit!

  15. Nivella
    Nivella
    May 6, 2011, 12:58 am | # | Reply

    Glad to see she got something useful from that crazy convent.

    *giggle* Giant Rock Mans. I’ll be thinking about that for the rest of the night.

  16. Doma
    Doma
    May 6, 2011, 1:01 am | # | Reply

    Who is this irresistible creature who has an insatiable love for the dead?

    • Da Amron'ed One
      Da Amron'ed One
      May 6, 2011, 1:05 am | # | Reply

      living dead girl……
      (cmon’ folks. lets see how many of the lyrics we can write before we get tired of the pun)

      • Doma
        Doma
        May 6, 2011, 1:14 am | # | Reply

        RAGE IN THE CAGE
        AND PISS ON THE STAGE
        THERE’S ONLY ONE SURE WAY
        TO BRING THE GIANT DOWN

        (hint: It’s a holy hammer)

        • that guy
          that guy
          May 6, 2011, 3:13 am | # | Reply

          DEFUNCT THE STRINGS
          OF CEMETARY THINGS
          WITH ONE FLAT FOOT
          ON THE DEVIL’S WING

          • Keairan
            Keairan
            May 6, 2011, 3:38 am | # | Reply

            Crawl on me
            Sink into me
            Die for me
            Living Dead Girl

            • SteelRaven
              SteelRaven
              May 6, 2011, 8:04 pm | # | Reply

              RAPING THE GEEK (hint: Best)
              AND HUSTLING THE FREAK
              LIKE A HUNCHBACH JUICE
              ON A SENTIMENTAL NOOSE

  17. Cithalin
    Cithalin
    May 6, 2011, 1:09 am | # | Reply

    Paladins: OP no matter where they are.

  18. alta lemur
    alta lemur
    May 6, 2011, 1:17 am | # | Reply

    Just throwing this out to all the “wtf?pally!” Peeps were commenting she was a paladin back when Gravedust was making doodles of her having an inner light. Not to mention her backstory being entirely about a convent, I wouldn’t be surprised if I missed the speculations back then.

    • caffeinette
      caffeinette
      May 6, 2011, 3:47 am | # | Reply

      Took me awhile to figure out which page you were talking about. In hindsight, some definite foreshadowing there.
      http://guildedage.net/webcomic/chapter-7/chapter-7-page-2/

    • Stephen
      Stephen
      May 6, 2011, 3:00 pm | # | Reply

      there was definitely speculation early on. As early as chapter 1, page 4. http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aguildedage.net%2Fwebcomic+paladin+frigg

  19. Michael Haneline
    Michael Haneline
    May 6, 2011, 1:26 am | # | Reply

    What voice? What is she talking about? Did I miss something?

    • Pikey
      Pikey
      May 6, 2011, 2:04 am | # | Reply

      http://guildedage.net/webcomic/chapter-10/chapter-10-page-2/
      *bows*

  20. Ash
    Ash
    May 6, 2011, 1:49 am | # | Reply

    Laughing at Best in the background.

  21. Timelost
    Timelost
    May 6, 2011, 3:05 am | # | Reply

    And God said, “Let there be pwnage”; and he saw that it was good.

    And Frig beget a big glowing hammer thing, and the big glowing hammer thing beget head smashing, and head smashing beget awesome, and everyone begot while the begetting was good.

  22. that guy
    that guy
    May 6, 2011, 3:17 am | # | Reply

    You know, I could appreciate a God that chooses Frig to be its holy champion.

    Frig is like Joan of Arc with less French and more pwnage.

    She´s Pwn of Arc.

    • Caitlin
      Caitlin
      May 6, 2011, 7:27 am | # | Reply

      Wouldn’t it be Pwn of Ark(erra)?

  23. Nathanyel
    Nathanyel
    May 6, 2011, 3:45 am | # | Reply

    Ok, it is established: the plural of man from now on is “mans”. Opponents of irregular plurals rejoice.

  24. Idolo
    Idolo
    May 6, 2011, 4:13 am | # | Reply

    Yay paladin tank! My day is complete.

    /I play a paladin tank and sometimes talk in leetspeak. Sadly my avatar does not share Frigg’s gender.

    • barsukthom
      barsukthom
      May 6, 2011, 8:51 am | # | Reply

      You have a new Quest now, to remedy that.

  25. HLY
    HLY
    May 6, 2011, 4:14 am | # | Reply

    woot, paladin powers!

    go frig, you have officially become more awesome than before.

  26. Sentora
    Sentora
    May 6, 2011, 4:22 am | # | Reply

    It’s sad that every time I see a close up of these guys I think of MODOK.

  27. Slipdance
    Slipdance
    May 6, 2011, 5:38 am | # | Reply

    My first thoughts on seeing Frigg with an internal monologue: “Frigg, you’re back from the dead now! Are you okay?” “It depends, do I still think in those little grey boxes?” [Do I still think in those little grey boxes?] “I’m good.” [Oooh, I missed you little grey boxes! What fun we shall have together!]

    • Raius
      Raius
      May 9, 2011, 1:48 am | # | Reply

      Friggpool.

  28. Caitlin
    Caitlin
    May 6, 2011, 7:09 am | # | Reply

    FRIGG SMASH!

    • SteelRaven
      SteelRaven
      May 6, 2011, 8:05 pm | # | Reply

      FRIGG PAWN NOOB!!!

  29. noisyparker
    noisyparker
    May 6, 2011, 7:20 am | # | Reply

    omg hax!

  30. ahdok
    ahdok
    May 6, 2011, 7:36 am | # | Reply

    MACE IN THE FACE

  31. Fren
    Fren
    May 6, 2011, 8:21 am | # | Reply

    Ah, so she finally took some time to go back to her class trainer and maybe dropped a few spec points, eh?

  32. Hawk
    Hawk
    May 6, 2011, 9:21 am | # | Reply

    I love how surprised she looks.

  33. architeuthys
    architeuthys
    May 6, 2011, 10:57 am | # | Reply

    Holy Shit, Frigg just Exalted!

  34. FunctionOf
    FunctionOf
    May 6, 2011, 11:14 am | # | Reply

    PALLYPOWER Awesome! :D

  35. Axekickerbuckler
    Axekickerbuckler
    May 6, 2011, 12:16 pm | # | Reply

    You’re not really a hero until you die and live to tell about it.

  36. TBone
    TBone
    May 6, 2011, 12:49 pm | # | Reply

    Its an odd place for this to happen, but except for the last panel I don’t remeber Frigg ever looking that much like a girl before.

    • Moe Lane
      Moe Lane
      May 6, 2011, 11:44 pm | # | Reply

      Heh. I think she looked her best in panel 4.

  37. SaltyKracka
    SaltyKracka
    May 6, 2011, 1:06 pm | # | Reply

    Giant Rock Mans? What about the giant Elec Mans?

    • Locke
      Locke
      May 6, 2011, 7:32 pm | # | Reply

      It’d be hilarious if they were Giant Bubble Mans.

  38. JK9000
    JK9000
    May 6, 2011, 4:14 pm | # | Reply

    That is exactly how I found religion, too.

    • Locke
      Locke
      May 6, 2011, 7:31 pm | # | Reply

      While bludgeoning someone in the head with a heavy metal object?

      … Come to think of it, me too, actually. Huh. Strange.

      • SteelRaven
        SteelRaven
        May 6, 2011, 8:07 pm | # | Reply

        Church of Kratos

        • Locke
          Locke
          May 7, 2011, 3:41 pm | # | Reply

          I thought Kratos was an atheist. Huh, oh well.

  39. Karishi
    Karishi
    May 6, 2011, 7:33 pm | # | Reply

    Quaver before the might of Holy Word: Fuck It.

    • centuriancode
      centuriancode
      May 7, 2011, 1:50 am | # | Reply

      Two words?

  40. Lydia
    Lydia
    May 6, 2011, 11:59 pm | # | Reply

    Fuckin’ A, I love Frigg.

  41. cjrayn
    cjrayn
    May 7, 2011, 3:28 am | # | Reply

    Does this mean she is the true champion of the Bloodshot Eye? Or, as she comes to know His true name, Lord Stink Eye.

  42. Lynxx
    Lynxx
    May 7, 2011, 3:37 am | # | Reply

    Now that she is a Paladin, I cant wait to see her lay hands on Byron. Think Best will get jealous?

    • centuriancode
      centuriancode
      May 7, 2011, 9:04 am | # | Reply

      I thought she already had laid hands on him, or at least laid mace.

  43. PabloFromHell
    PabloFromHell
    May 7, 2011, 4:03 am | # | Reply

    Hah!Now Frigg officially resembles my curren’t DnD character(or the other way around) in 100% :D “Yeah,yeah,I believe,now let me SMITE THEM IN THE FACE!” :3

  44. dr pepper
    dr pepper
    May 7, 2011, 8:44 am | # | Reply

    In spite of what the alt text says, that mace is not equivalent to her heart. It’s equivalent to another hard knob of her anatomy. And that one’s also huge.

  45. Kom
    Kom
    May 7, 2011, 8:50 am | # | Reply

    You know I’m actually glad its not the madness thats been whispering in Frigg’s ear. That’s Byron’s thing. It’s kind of cool to see Frigg may have her own thing to deal with.

    • centuriancode
      centuriancode
      May 7, 2011, 9:05 am | # | Reply

      Being blessed by some strange god with unimaginable awesomeness is now a problem that needs to be dealt with?

      • Ishmael
        Ishmael
        May 7, 2011, 11:09 am | # | Reply

        It is if the god isn’t really an awesome one. Could be one that demands chastity.

        • centuriancode
          centuriancode
          May 8, 2011, 1:37 am | # | Reply

          Ooh, God-blocked. Not so good.

          • Danny
            Danny
            May 8, 2011, 7:20 am | # | Reply

            When you said blessed I just imagined Frigg’s new God just being a giant haed of Brian Blessed ‘Oh Just Kill HIM My Loyal FRIGG!”

            • Jean-Luc
              Jean-Luc
              May 8, 2011, 9:39 am | # | Reply

              Behold the face of God: http://i.thisislondon.co.uk/i/pix/2010/03/31-blessed-415.jpg

              • Locke
                Locke
                May 8, 2011, 12:14 pm | # | Reply

                That actually fits Frigg pretty well. Though, I bet he didn’t realize that she had been resurrected. Her sudden usage of “Smite Evil” was probably triggered by Blessed realizing that “Gordon’s Frigg’s ALIVE?!”

  46. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    May 7, 2011, 1:57 pm | # | Reply

    It turns out that the head was just decorative and in no way a critical part of the golem’s body.

  47. coldelectrons
    coldelectrons
    May 7, 2011, 8:59 pm | # | Reply

    Permabanned!

  48. FoolishOwl
    FoolishOwl
    May 8, 2011, 1:52 pm | # | Reply

    Mace, meet Evil! EVIL, MEET MACE!!!

  49. rj
    rj
    May 8, 2011, 8:13 pm | # | Reply

    i just love Frigg…

  50. Raius
    Raius
    May 9, 2011, 1:52 am | # | Reply

    So far this voice has told Frigg that she is unstoppable, and to show no mercy, because she will receive none. Not the most… compassionate of deities, if indeed that’s what is going on here. Have to say, love the look John gave that panel. That’s the kind of things holy warriors in fantasy stuff should do to set them apart from regular fighters.

  51. Biscuit
    Biscuit
    May 10, 2011, 12:17 am | # | Reply

    GIANT ROCK MANS should be a t-shirt

  52. MrTT
    MrTT
    May 10, 2011, 8:37 am | # | Reply

    she could be a cleric.

  53. Hopeless
    Hopeless
    May 11, 2011, 6:57 am | # | Reply

    Brian Blessed as a patron deity?!!
    My god how will the rest of the pantheon, sorry pantheons cope with the sheer enormity of it all!

  54. recentlyafish
    recentlyafish
    May 14, 2011, 5:32 am | # | Reply

    THBATOTATTVM

  55. Twigs
    Twigs
    May 15, 2011, 4:37 pm | # | Reply

    Wat Tyler? Why yes, he did lead a peasant revolt in England in the 1300s. But you really should focus on the task at hand, Frigg.

    KA-SPELLING!
    KA-HISTORY!

    DOUBLE ATTACK
    pew pew

  56. SotiCoto
    SotiCoto
    June 26, 2013, 7:58 am | # | Reply

    Reminds me of a guy I used to know back in Uni… Big Brazilian guy called Gabriel that pretty much always used to play Clerics.
    His answer to everything: “I UZE ZMYTE!”
    Couldn’t fault the guy. He was really enthusiastic about smiting. Ended up on the receiving end a few times, due to my tendency to play morally-unconventional characters.
    Heck, the one time Gabriel opted to Turn Undead, pretty much everyone stopped what they were doing to stare at him in disbelief.

  57. The Sandman
    The Sandman
    August 4, 2013, 9:29 pm | # | Reply

    “If your mace remains grown for more than four hours, please seek medical attention.”

  58. .
    .
    March 9, 2014, 10:51 pm | # | Reply

    yep, paladin

  59. common cents
    common cents
    February 4, 2016, 12:25 am | # | Reply

    +3 points for the alt text

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