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

'Now let's go kill some humans, too!'

Chapter 18 – Page 12

on August 22, 2012
Chapter: Chapter 18
└ Tags: Kon'kr, Kur'ik
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  1. Mordecai
    Mordecai
    August 22, 2012, 12:06 am | # | Reply

    …I just got her name.

    • Mordecai
      Mordecai
      August 22, 2012, 12:09 am | # | Reply

      “So, Big Boss Harky, when it comes to establishing your worldview, I was curious what scrolls and runes did you regularly read before you were tapped to be the leader of the World’s Rebellion?”

      • biggmac
        biggmac
        August 22, 2012, 1:31 am | # | Reply

        The trolls so resilient…drums, drums in the deep… we cannot get out. We cannot get out. They are coming….

        • zero
          zero
          August 22, 2012, 7:17 am | # | Reply

          They brought a forest troll…

          • Thomas
            Thomas
            August 17, 2013, 7:01 am | # | Reply

            Only one thing to do – Divide and Con’Kr:
            * Let Qui’Kr fight the land sharks.
            * Let Stron’Gr fight the avians.
            * Let Toug’Hr fight the trolls.

    • Eilonthay
      Eilonthay
      August 22, 2012, 2:42 pm | # | Reply

      I know! So did I. So does that mean that Kron’kr is Cronkite? Hah! They should make a great team, I like them already. =D

      • Andreas
        Andreas
        August 22, 2012, 4:09 pm | # | Reply

        More like Krull the Kon’Kr’R than an old Kon’Kr now.

    • Commiekeebler
      Commiekeebler
      August 22, 2012, 6:44 pm | # | Reply

      I still don’t get it :(

      • Loki
        Loki
        August 22, 2012, 9:11 pm | # | Reply

        *spoilers*
        Couric.
        If you still don’t get it, google Couric.
        *end of spoilers*

  2. biggmac
    biggmac
    August 22, 2012, 12:07 am | # | Reply

    Wondered when we’d see the scribe again. Cool old dude – even if he dies in this battle, this is the way he’d want to go, I think.

    • Moe Lane
      Moe Lane
      August 22, 2012, 12:09 am | # | Reply

      …You know how old swordselves get that way, right?

      • Valdrax
        Valdrax
        August 22, 2012, 12:36 am | # | Reply

        Years of peaceful guard duty?

        • centuriancode
          centuriancode
          August 22, 2012, 4:38 am | # | Reply

          Never mentioning, under any circumstances, any of the following:

          Their wife and/or children,
          Their upcoming retirement,
          Their dream of one-day owning a small pub in the country?

          • Ebony
            Ebony
            August 23, 2012, 12:14 pm | # | Reply

            And possibly repeating, ad nauseam, “I’m getting to old for this compost.”

            • the_rippy_one
              the_rippy_one
              August 23, 2012, 12:52 pm | # | Reply

              Hey, it worked for Mr’tau.

    • Seggs
      Seggs
      August 22, 2012, 12:21 pm | # | Reply

      the way im reading your post, it seems like you think kon’kr is the scribe..?

      kon’kr is the crotchety old racist from the angry mob in the middle of chapter 17. http://guildedage.net/webcomic/chapter-17/chapter-17-page-8/

      kur’ik is bibli’o’s niece. bibli’o appears a couple pages later. http://guildedage.net/webcomic/chapter-17/chapter-17-page-10/

      • plaintextman
        plaintextman
        August 22, 2012, 12:57 pm | # | Reply

        Here we see the other side of what appears to be merely a “crotchy old racist”. He is more than just that. Looking at this page and seeing a different side of him already makes him a much more interesting character to me. Probably he is a racist because he had to battle humans in the past to protect B’ial Vezk, so he has an unsavory idea of them (that coupled with the Elvish culture of being stuck-up and isolationist). It would be at least a bit interesting to see what his reaction would be toward fighting alongside humans, if he doesn’t die in the next few panels. So no, I agree with biggmac that Kon’kr is (at least sometimes) a “cool old dude”.

        • Andreas
          Andreas
          August 23, 2012, 2:14 am | # | Reply

          I’d say that he’s a crazy old crank that just happens to be useful to have around when the shit hits the fan. Nobody is one-dimensional… or if they are, they tend to die quickly in stories like this :)

        • Jean-Luc
          Jean-Luc
          August 23, 2012, 11:56 am | # | Reply

          Technically, if one thought of Kon’Kr as one dimensional before there’s no reason for them to think of him as “more-dimensional” now. He’s a racist and a patriot, of course he’s going to fight to protect his race/people. There’s nothing unexpected here, nothing that would contradict the initial impression we got of him.

          And before someone lays an egg I’m not claiming that he is one dimensional, read carefully.

          • Jean-Luc
            Jean-Luc
            August 23, 2012, 11:56 am | # | Reply

            *Fucked up the formatting. >:(

        • Seggs
          Seggs
          August 23, 2012, 11:58 am | # | Reply

          yea, pretty much this. i was trying to articulate a comparison to clint eastwood’s character in gran torino. one’s favor of members of a foreign culture tends to deflate when one has endured the sight of several of their friends and countrymen slain at swordpoint by said foreigners.

          kon’kr “was attacking human towns nonstop when [syr’nj] left!” this is most likely a several month time frame, but those battles could plausibly have been part of a campaign several decades running.

          • Phil
            Flo
            August 23, 2012, 12:25 pm | # | Reply

            Personally, I’m more amused by the idea that Kon’Kr has been attacking human towns nonstop by himself.

            • Seggs
              Seggs
              August 23, 2012, 12:54 pm | # | Reply

              kinda like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPXG4pdPj4w

              • Phil
                Flo
                August 23, 2012, 1:08 pm | # | Reply

                Kinda, but he’s not as good at it as Lancelot.

            • the_rippy_one
              the_rippy_one
              August 23, 2012, 1:02 pm | # | Reply

              Gah – that would be such a…

              Gastonian Coucilman 1: So, are we still at war with the Wood Elves, officially?
              GC 2: Yeah…
              GC 1: Is it still just that one guy?
              GC 2: Yep.
              GC 1:…same as always?
              GC 2: Yeah. Destroyed 2 villages in the past month. 1 dead, everyone else left in time.
              GC 1: It’s still taking him two weeks to finish dismantling a place and replanting?
              GC 2: Little longer this time. Seems like his arthritisis was kicking in…
              GC 1: So…nothing we particularly care about, in summary?
              GC 2: Quite.

        • Fairportfan
          Fairportfan
          August 24, 2012, 1:38 am | # | Reply

          Heh. There’re a couple of those in my brother’s latest fantasy, War Maid’s Choice.

          One’s actually not all that old … but they’re both capable of learning to at least a limited extent.

          (Yeah – that’s my kid brother.)

          • Fairportfan
            Fairportfan
            August 24, 2012, 1:40 am | # | Reply

            Hmmm. War Maid’s Choice.

            Let’s see if the link works this time.

      • biggmac
        biggmac
        August 22, 2012, 3:23 pm | # | Reply

        No, I knew who they were. My ADD sometimes shows when I’m posti-
        Hey! King of the Hill’s on!

        • Phil
          Flo
          August 22, 2012, 3:44 pm | # | Reply

          Dammit, biggmac!

          • Adell
            Adell
            August 23, 2012, 7:26 pm | # | Reply

            Can you give yourself a gold star?

  3. biggmac
    biggmac
    August 22, 2012, 12:11 am | # | Reply

    How to kill land sharks, birds, & trolls?
    Where is Roy Scheider, DDT, and billy goats gruff when you need ’em?

    • biggmac
      biggmac
      August 22, 2012, 1:38 am | # | Reply

      Also, slip those knolls some chocolate.

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      August 22, 2012, 1:27 pm | # | Reply

      Landsharks and birds and trolls?

      Oh my!

  4. 1d4caltrop
    1d4caltrop
    August 22, 2012, 12:14 am | # | Reply

    Please tell me that “B’ial” is Wood Elvish for “Great” and “Vezk” is Wood Elvish for “Justice.”

    • JarrysKid
      JarrysKid
      August 22, 2012, 11:05 am | # | Reply

      Unfortunately, “B’ial” is Elvish for “New”, ‘Vezk’ is Elvish for “Jersey”, and “Kon’Kr” is Elvish for “The Situation”.

    • Valdrax
      Valdrax
      August 22, 2012, 12:13 pm | # | Reply

      I just want to know how to pronounce it.
      I just know there has to be a pun somewhere in there, but I can’t figure it out because I don’t know how to say it.

      • Phil
        Flo
        August 22, 2012, 1:39 pm | # | Reply

        There’s no pun this time. Surprise, I know.

        It is pronounced as it’s written, really.

        • Dain
          Dain
          August 22, 2012, 2:11 pm | # | Reply

          B’ial Vezk! B’ial Vezk!
          Put our soldiers to the test
          Tie this noose around your neck, Harky
          And we’ll provide the rest
          Fight once more
          To the shores
          We’ll defend forevermore
          Try to test us — we’ll be vicious
          Don’t believe me — ask the fishes
          And the birds, and the trolls
          Fight the goblins and the gnolls
          And we’ll do it all to honor our best
          Go on, we’re coming for you
          Sound the horns and raise your arms
          For B’ial Vezk! B’ial Vezk! B’ial Vezk!

          • Phil
            Flo
            August 22, 2012, 2:44 pm | # | Reply

            Gold. Fucking. Star.

          • Tsapki
            Tsapki
            August 23, 2012, 3:20 pm | # | Reply

            ….and this is why people miss Best. One of the reasons anyway.

            • Fairportfan
              Fairportfan
              August 24, 2012, 1:41 am | # | Reply

              Mostly people miss Best because their aim is poor and he’s learnt to present a moving target.

        • Valdrax
          Valdrax
          August 22, 2012, 2:28 pm | # | Reply

          B’EE-AL or B’EYE-AL? (Or B’IH-AL?)

          • Phil
            Flo
            August 22, 2012, 2:43 pm | # | Reply

            “Be-All”

            • JarrysKid
              JarrysKid
              August 22, 2012, 4:51 pm | # | Reply

              So…not New Jersey. My bad.

            • coldelectrons
              coldelectrons
              August 23, 2012, 5:48 am | # | Reply

              Is there an Nd’Al Vzek?

              • Somebody
                Somebody
                August 23, 2012, 4:26 pm | # | Reply

                Or Bi’Al Nd’Al?

  5. The Indomitable Eric
    The Indomitable Eric
    August 22, 2012, 12:20 am | # | Reply

    Never underestimate an old man in a profession where members usually die young.

    • Bruceski
      Bruceski
      August 22, 2012, 4:44 am | # | Reply

      “What, your gut says something’s wrong and you just start running?”
      “Do you see these grey hairs, kid?”

  6. The Indomitable Eric
    The Indomitable Eric
    August 22, 2012, 12:21 am | # | Reply

    Also, troll getting run through in panel one?

    Not a single fuck was given.

    • Mujaki
      Mujaki
      August 22, 2012, 5:48 am | # | Reply

      “You put your sword through me? That just means I GET TO HIT YOU FROM CLOSER UP! THANKS!”

    • coldelectrons
      coldelectrons
      August 23, 2012, 5:49 am | # | Reply

      Trolls don’t run a fuck charity. Go get your own fuck.

  7. Heheh
    Heheh
    August 22, 2012, 12:42 am | # | Reply

    Pictured: Gnolls get the coolest rides. Not pictured: the trolls occupy the gnoll garrison in protest of the spoiled hundreth of the savage forces.

    • biggmac
      biggmac
      August 22, 2012, 1:34 am | # | Reply

      We are the 19%!

  8. bwernard
    bwernard
    August 22, 2012, 12:58 am | # | Reply

    Fantasy chasing/travelling/hunting scene! Quick, queue Howard Shore!

    • coldelectrons
      coldelectrons
      August 23, 2012, 5:58 am | # | Reply

      Kon’kr is running! Quick, queue “Chariots of Fire” by Vangelis!

  9. CloSeph
    CloSeph
    August 22, 2012, 1:03 am | # | Reply

    That went crazy deep for a one handed downward thrust, someone has been taking enriched fertilizer

    • Fren
      Fren
      August 22, 2012, 7:47 am | # | Reply

      Could be that the troll kept on charging. Since they regenerate like mad in this world, think of just how great that would be for intimidation value/morale failure. You run your foe through, and while you’re expecting him to drop he GRINS at you and advances, your weapon still in him, and cuts you to ribbons. That’d make a squad shit themselves and flee like a pack of Grunts from Master Chief on a rampage.

    • JarrysKid
      JarrysKid
      August 22, 2012, 11:08 am | # | Reply

      Tremble at the power of Disco Elf!

    • plaintextman
      plaintextman
      August 22, 2012, 1:02 pm | # | Reply

      @Fren, I believe CloSeph was referring to panel 3 and not panel 1.

    • Andreas
      Andreas
      August 22, 2012, 4:13 pm | # | Reply

      Look at the perspective on the sword… the non-fitting angles: either the sword is bent where it meets the hilt or he’s actually thrusting straight at our viewpoint, into the shoulder blade of the Dwarf.

      • Seggs
        Seggs
        August 23, 2012, 12:06 pm | # | Reply

        i saw that too, but realized the handle would obstruct kon’kr’s face if it was drawn correctly.

        concessions were made

  10. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    August 22, 2012, 1:04 am | # | Reply

    What about the gnolls, the gnolls are too….what…..fuzzy?

    • ThatDumbRetard
      ThatDumbRetard
      August 22, 2012, 2:47 am | # | Reply

      The Sharks – Water.
      The Trolls – Earth.
      The Avian – Wind.
      The Dwarves – Fire.
      Gnolls? They get Heart.
      GO CAPTAIN HARKY!

      • zero
        zero
        August 22, 2012, 7:19 am | # | Reply

        by yer powertings comb….com….put tagedder, I is Cappen Furry!

  11. Ishmael
    Ishmael
    August 22, 2012, 1:08 am | # | Reply

    And now people see the peril in infuriating old, retired NPCs.

    • the_rippy_one
      the_rippy_one
      August 23, 2012, 1:12 pm | # | Reply

      If he falls do to an arrow in the knee, there will be riots…

  12. Mujaki
    Mujaki
    August 22, 2012, 6:02 am | # | Reply

    An overly experienced elven activist again arrays his arms and armor to altercate against the chaos caused by coarse creatures on a crooked crusade. Could this be… Kon’Kr’s Bad Fur Day?

    • Fren
      Fren
      August 22, 2012, 7:49 am | # | Reply

      Ha! Someone, quick, pelt this one with cookies and coin!

    • the_rippy_one
      the_rippy_one
      August 23, 2012, 1:17 pm | # | Reply

      I was trying to figure out how to make that joke. gold star!

  13. krogaladin
    krogaladin
    August 22, 2012, 9:37 am | # | Reply

    I would say that pen is excessively large, almost needlessly so.

    • JarrysKid
      JarrysKid
      August 22, 2012, 11:10 am | # | Reply

      Yeah, I’m pretty sure the dwarf spotted the two-foot-long end of it waving above that root.

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      August 22, 2012, 1:28 pm | # | Reply

      It’s avian camoflague

      • The Indomitable Eric
        The Indomitable Eric
        August 22, 2012, 3:13 pm | # | Reply

        “Don’t mind me! Just another avian! Um…quack!”

        • Mujaki
          Mujaki
          August 22, 2012, 5:48 pm | # | Reply

          “Nobody here but us chickens” ?

    • Fairportfan
      Fairportfan
      August 24, 2012, 1:43 am | # | Reply

      It is a very mighty pen.

  14. wwlaos
    wwlaos
    August 22, 2012, 10:59 am | # | Reply

    The Dwarfs are so stout…

    • biggmac
      biggmac
      August 22, 2012, 11:05 am | # | Reply

      “We’re BIG BONED, OKAY?”

      • The Indomitable Eric
        The Indomitable Eric
        August 22, 2012, 1:23 pm | # | Reply

        Just don’t ask about their handles or spouts.

  15. Softy
    Softy
    August 22, 2012, 11:42 am | # | Reply

    Note that of all targets, we see Kon’Kr focus on one that is mistakable for a short human and wielding an axe. Gotta keep your priorities straight.

  16. ahdok
    ahdok
    August 22, 2012, 1:29 pm | # | Reply

    Aw poor old man, his eyesight’s going.

  17. Aazen
    Aazen
    August 22, 2012, 4:34 pm | # | Reply

    Old soldiers never die. They just blaze away.

    • Joe
      Joe
      August 22, 2012, 9:06 pm | # | Reply

      Blaze?
      So… they develop a Sillibus addiction?

  18. zero
    zero
    August 22, 2012, 9:59 pm | # | Reply

    This is relevant to the latest arcs…

    http://guildedage.net/webcomic/chapter-7/chapter-7-page-14/

    • Andreas
      Andreas
      August 23, 2012, 2:10 am | # | Reply

      That fortune teller raises all sorts of weird questions.

      Of course, activating the berserk rage is way classier than the tired old smoke bomb escape.

    • Fairportfan
      Fairportfan
      August 24, 2012, 1:46 am | # | Reply

      Interesting Art Evolution there.

      Did Sy’rnj get her ears bobbed?

  19. coldelectrons
    coldelectrons
    August 23, 2012, 6:14 am | # | Reply

    Assuming this pair live though this…

    Somebody is getting laid tonight.

    • coldelectrons
      coldelectrons
      August 23, 2012, 6:22 am | # | Reply

      C’mon. You can imagine it. It could happen.

      • maggPi
        maggPi
        August 23, 2012, 4:14 pm | # | Reply

        Hyuk.

  20. Veggieburrito
    Veggieburrito
    August 23, 2012, 1:41 pm | # | Reply

    Notice how the elf guards with the leafy helmets tend to truly suck at fighting while every other elf at least seems competent. Lose those freakin’ helmets.

    • maggPi
      maggPi
      August 23, 2012, 4:19 pm | # | Reply

      Umm… on this particular page, those elves without the helmets are the ones whose helmets are flying off due to a critical blow. And Kon’Kr seems to be doing pretty alright wearing his. …yes, I noticed that his helmet has no face guard. Hence the difference?

  21. SotiCoto
    SotiCoto
    June 27, 2013, 10:57 am | # | Reply

    The battle raged on and on,
    Fuelled by the venom of hatred for man.
    Consistently without the eyes to see,
    Those who revel in sewer equally.

    \m/,

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