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

It is done.

Chapter 46 – Page 26

on March 22, 2017
Chapter: Chapter 46
└ Tags: Auraugu, Best, Byron, Don Gobligno, Frigg, Goblaurence, Gondolessa, Harky, Madam Arfa, Penk, Syr'Nj
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  1. Loyal
    Loyal
    March 22, 2017, 12:06 am | # | Reply

    It has been an honor.

    • AgedSage
      AgedSage
      March 22, 2017, 9:11 am | # | Reply

      And thank you for the abundance of battle souvenirs *Wow,Troll Brain-Very Spungie !*

      • Chris
        Chris
        March 22, 2017, 10:24 am | # | Reply

        It’s fine, it’ll grow back.

  2. wolfpax
    wolfpax
    March 22, 2017, 12:10 am | # | Reply

    I’d make a splitting headache joke, but TOO SOON!

    • AbbeFaria
      AbbeFaria
      March 22, 2017, 12:21 am | # | Reply

      Well looks like things finally came to a…head.

      • biggmac
        biggmac
        March 22, 2017, 12:35 am | # | Reply

        Penk – when we urged you to get Harky to be more open-minded, we didn’t mean … !

        • CynicalMaelstrom
          CynicalMaelstrom
          March 22, 2017, 10:21 am | # | Reply

          THIS IS THE BEST ONE

          • SotiCoto
            SotiCoto
            August 6, 2019, 5:41 am | # | Reply

            They’re all best. Which is to say they’re all Best’s Alts.

        • Some guy
          Some guy
          March 22, 2017, 3:36 pm | # | Reply

          Are you sure this is the best time to be cracking jokes?

          • Lunarretro
            Lunarretro
            March 23, 2017, 10:23 am | # | Reply

            Yes, there is already enough cracking going on.

            • Speedy
              Speedy
              March 17, 2019, 11:52 am | # | Reply

              But, is it wise cracking?

    • Bruceski
      Bruceski
      March 22, 2017, 12:35 am | # | Reply

      It was a smashing victory.

    • Explanation Point
      Explanation Point
      March 22, 2017, 8:17 am | # | Reply

      I guess Penks the new HEAD of State

      • Chris
        Chris
        March 22, 2017, 10:25 am | # | Reply

        Definitely the new Braaaiiinnnssss of the operation.

        • TachyonCode
          TachyonCode
          March 22, 2017, 11:08 am | # | Reply

          Fault! Absent zombie theatre, the operative pun-word is “brained”! Get cracking on your studies, or it’s one million years skullery work!

  3. Kamino Neko
    Kamino Neko
    March 22, 2017, 12:14 am | # | Reply

    Interesting that Goblaurence is the only one of the Rebellion other than Gondolessa who’s reacting….

    • Ganurath
      Ganurath
      March 22, 2017, 4:17 am | # | Reply

      How often does Goblaurence temper his reactions to things?

    • Faedon-kun
      Faedon-kun
      March 22, 2017, 8:10 am | # | Reply

      Nope. It’s Auraugu too, if you look closely. He’s lost his cheerful face. Plus, don’t you think he has already killed lots, since he is the champion of the fuzzy races?

    • Mujaki
      Mujaki
      March 22, 2017, 2:46 pm | # | Reply

      Madam Arfa: “I remember the first time I had to put down one of my rivals. Ahh, that takes me back. Never did get the stains out of that dress.”

  4. Arvo Katsuya
    Arvo Katsuya
    March 22, 2017, 12:16 am | # | Reply

    Will we get to know the name of the Troll standing with the other leaders? Or the Dwarf for that matter, as Gravedust’s name isn’t tagged.

    • Kobold
      Kobold
      March 22, 2017, 1:58 am | # | Reply

      Yeah was wondering about that troll

      • The Indomitable Eric
        The Indomitable Eric
        March 22, 2017, 3:00 am | # | Reply

        Probably Harky’s second in command. Penk’s the champion, so he’s never around except for the big battles. Harky’s likely got aids to camp who take care of administrative things that are too small-time for him, or when he isn’t around.

    • Moxie
      Moxie
      March 28, 2017, 7:12 pm | # | Reply

      Wasn’t ‘Gravedust’ a name he took when he became a mystic? Perhaps he’s not tagged because he’ll either reclaim his original name or take a new one as Savasi chief (and no longer a mystic.)

  5. Tsapki
    Tsapki
    March 22, 2017, 12:34 am | # | Reply

    So zombie rules (Go for the brain) works for trolls then? Noted.

    • David Liao
      David Liao
      March 22, 2017, 12:36 am | # | Reply

      Fire is supposed to counteract their fast regeneration in most stories too.

  6. Fairportfan
    Fairportfan
    March 22, 2017, 12:36 am | # | Reply

    ow?

    • Draken
      Draken
      March 22, 2017, 2:32 am | # | Reply

      No, that sound requires a working face.

  7. biggmac
    biggmac
    March 22, 2017, 12:38 am | # | Reply

    They need to erect 2 temples in Harky’s memory. Because both his temples just got smashed.

    • Just_IDD
      Just_IDD
      March 22, 2017, 12:42 am | # | Reply

      See harky has a split personality so one temple can be over there…points left….and the other can be over there….points right.

    • random whatever
      random whatever
      March 22, 2017, 1:06 am | # | Reply

      oof. It always a punnishment to read your posts

    • Jean-Luc
      Jean-Luc
      March 22, 2017, 2:53 am | # | Reply

      Ouchia Sophia and Painthenon?

    • The Gorram Batguy
      The Gorram Batguy
      March 22, 2017, 2:04 pm | # | Reply

      Yeah, see, when you smash the head so hard that both his temples collapse, we call that the Double Samson Maneuver.

  8. Mr. Casual
    Mr. Casual
    March 22, 2017, 12:56 am | # | Reply

    Above all, I feel for Gondolessa. To have to sit there and watch. Oof.

    • Insufferable Nerd
      Insufferable Nerd
      March 22, 2017, 7:26 am | # | Reply

      Let’s also not forget that Penk absolutely idolised Harky when he was introduced. I really doubt killing his hero is going to end with him staying any kind of sane, especially when he has to interact with Gondolessa.

      • DWill
        DWill
        March 22, 2017, 1:30 pm | # | Reply

        Nah, Penk will be okay. He knew it would come down to this the moment he stepped into the death pit, even if he (like I) held out an empty hope that a badly beaten Harky would concede. He’ll undoubtedly grieve deeply for Harky and may struggle with some self doubt, but he was prepared for this.

        Gondolessa knew it too, and he’ll likely be one of the first to reassure Penk that he did what had to be done, but is equally likely in the same breath to declare himself unable to continue being the leader of the Avians under the circumstances. Maybe Rana will return?

        • Seggs
          Seggs
          March 22, 2017, 2:17 pm | # | Reply

          rana is very dead. she was executed by gastonia to set an example after the attack at the docks

          • Seggs
            Seggs
            March 22, 2017, 2:28 pm | # | Reply

            mb, i was thinking yalaria. http://guildedage.net/comic/chapter-16-page-1/

            • Insufferable Nerd
              Insufferable Nerd
              March 23, 2017, 2:16 am | # | Reply

              Yep. Yalaria was Rana’s mate, and the reason he freaked out and flew the coop after the Winter Elf thing.

    • The_Rippy_One
      The_Rippy_One
      March 23, 2017, 12:11 am | # | Reply

      Ditto. My heart goes out to the big bird.

  9. random whatever
    random whatever
    March 22, 2017, 1:03 am | # | Reply

    So is this death deth, or video game deth where health has reached zero and one of the lives icon disappears from the bottom of the screen leaving another life to play?

    • Just_IDD
      Just_IDD
      March 22, 2017, 1:12 am | # | Reply

      Harks is a npc.

      • TraderRager
        TraderRager
        March 22, 2017, 1:37 am | # | Reply

        so the instance will reload in about 2 minutes so the next guy can complete his quest?

        • Fenlander
          Fenlander
          March 22, 2017, 4:38 am | # | Reply

          The instance will reload, the next player will start the fight and Penk will stroll up and kill Harky with one hit getting all the loot and xp.
          At least that’s how it happens in some MMOs I’ve played.

    • Kennerly
      Kennerly
      March 22, 2017, 9:28 am | # | Reply

      No, Harky was clearly killed in a cut scene, not an instanced raid.

      • random whatever
        random whatever
        March 24, 2017, 2:23 am | # | Reply

        Ok, that makes sense

  10. Cartos
    Cartos
    March 22, 2017, 1:04 am | # | Reply

    There’s a troll, man, waiting in the sky
    He’d like to stay and lead us
    But his herald blew his mind
    There’s a troll, man, waiting in the sky…

    • Gristle McNerd
      Gristle McNerd
      March 22, 2017, 1:36 am | # | Reply

      His birdy boyfriend’s crying, ’cause he’s leaving him behind…

  11. Ishmael
    Ishmael
    March 22, 2017, 1:05 am | # | Reply

    And that’s how Harky’s daughter was born.

    • Devlerbat
      Devlerbat
      March 22, 2017, 2:34 am | # | Reply

      I understood that reference.

      • nemui
        nemui
        March 22, 2017, 8:21 am | # | Reply

        I didn’t, unless Harky is somehow supposed to be Zeus?

        • Jordan
          Jordan
          March 22, 2017, 10:12 am | # | Reply

          Pretty sure that’s what they meant.

  12. Lothar The Fellhanded
    Lothar The Fellhanded
    March 22, 2017, 1:58 am | # | Reply

    I haven’t been reading for months, because I would read my daily webcomics at work. But then they blocked the site and I fell behind. I got laid off two months ago, and last night I decided to catch up just as my D&D game ended.

    And THIS was the latest strip.

    God damn, guys.

    God damn.

    • wolfpax
      wolfpax
      March 22, 2017, 11:59 am | # | Reply

      Welcome back! There might be some tissues left.

      • Deedes
        Deedes
        March 22, 2017, 6:11 pm | # | Reply

        Right now we got leftover brains, follicle and connective tissue. Half price – self service – help yourself to any you find. Might be charred.

  13. Messenger
    Messenger
    March 22, 2017, 2:46 am | # | Reply

    The end of an era.

    —

    Who’s the troll between Don Gobligno and Gondolessa? Better question, why is he there among the Savage Races’ leaders?

    • Ivain
      Ivain
      March 23, 2017, 7:22 pm | # | Reply

      Probably a high commander or some such

  14. jast
    jast
    March 22, 2017, 3:42 am | # | Reply

    And that was the last time Harky gave head.

    • Ganurath
      Ganurath
      March 22, 2017, 4:19 am | # | Reply

      It certainly answers that earlier reader question about whether or not Harky would be on top.

  15. Olentzero
    Olentzero
    March 22, 2017, 3:59 am | # | Reply

    Somewhere in a deep dark forest of which we now know very little, Frank and Dudley shake their heads sadly and raise a couple bottles of Choke in silence…

  16. StadnhaftGarithos
    StadnhaftGarithos
    March 22, 2017, 4:23 am | # | Reply

    I’ve made comments scathing enough that the creator felt the need to reply so I’ll be fair and comment when I like something as much as I disliked what I disliked. This entire exchange between Penk and Harky was pretty solid.

    Although, as someone who knows what it’s like to actually fight it does bother me when people talk so much while fighting, but that’s just one of those things that just doesn’t translate well into comics/movies/whatever. Too much realism can detract from the point, which is to tell an enjoyable/interesting story.

    Anyway, RIP Battok the Berserker. Long live Arctikus the Younger.

    • StandhaftGarithos
      StandhaftGarithos
      March 23, 2017, 4:00 am | # | Reply

      LOL I had a typo in my own name.

      • Nathanyel
        Nathanyel
        March 23, 2017, 8:39 am | # | Reply

        No, keep it :) it’s less cringeworthy to my German brain :P

        • StandhaftGarithos
          StandhaftGarithos
          March 23, 2017, 9:27 pm | # | Reply

          Explain?

          • Nathanyel
            Nathanyel
            March 24, 2017, 3:47 am | # | Reply

            Standhaft (staunch, steadfast, and you could fake-translate it as “booth-adhesion”) is such an outdated and corny word in modern German, and there’s of course the cliché of non-native speakers using random/auto-translated German words :P

            Stadnhaft, on the other hand, could be a truly random/made-up word/name, if slightly German-sounding.

            :)

            • StandhaftGarithos
              StandhaftGarithos
              March 27, 2017, 10:20 am | # | Reply

              Well, I chose it on purpose since the spiritual predecessor to the character became known as “Dorick the Steadfast.” Standhaft Garithos name is a call back to that former character and since his father’s name is Othmar I decided to give a German approach. Sorry, not sorry about your German brain cringe lol.

              • Nathanyel
                Nathanyel
                March 28, 2017, 4:28 am | # | Reply

                Oh wait, you’re actually referencing Warcraft’s Garithos? That opens up a whole different can of cringeworms.

  17. Plergoth
    Plergoth
    March 22, 2017, 7:50 am | # | Reply

    BOOM, HEADSHOT!

  18. Jim
    Jim
    March 22, 2017, 8:43 am | # | Reply

    I get that you guys like puns, and I get that the creators’ own penchant for puns does lay some of the blame at their feet, but sometimes it’s OK to actually enjoy the drama they have taken all this time to craft, instead of making dumb jokes about it. I feel like this is one of those times.

    Great work, Phil, T., John and Jason. Really good stuff.

    • Anvildude
      Anvildude
      March 22, 2017, 2:16 pm | # | Reply

      Jokes are a common coping mechanism for when a person is unable to process too many or too powerful feelings all at once.

    • Mr Ak
      Mr Ak
      March 23, 2017, 3:20 am | # | Reply

      If i reply with a pun to troll you, am I in fact simultaneously making a pun and a meta-pun

      • Mujaki
        Mujaki
        March 23, 2017, 9:03 pm | # | Reply

        I never meta-pun I didn’t like.

    • JR
      JR
      March 23, 2017, 11:47 am | # | Reply

      You can’t tell me what to do! You’re not even my real dad!

    • Phil
      Flo
      March 23, 2017, 4:31 pm | # | Reply

      I feel a few different ways about it myself tbh but at the end of the day… Trolling the death of the Trolliest Troll who ever Trolled seems appropriate.

      • Speedy Marsh
        Speedy Marsh
        March 17, 2019, 1:05 pm | # | Reply

        My thoughts go out to him, as his thoughts go out to… well, everyone.

        —–

        I’m not gonna let you people make me cry for a Troll. Not one that would have wanted me dead, along with the rest of humanity.

        It’s not gonna happen!

        ˚‧º·(˚ ˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥ )‧º·˚

        Dang it! Stop doing your jobs so well! I can’t take it!

        ༼ ༎ຶ ෴ ༎ຶ༽

  19. TxGator
    TxGator
    March 22, 2017, 9:07 am | # | Reply

    Darn. There goes my hope that Gondolessa would swoop down at the last minute and beg Penk to spare Harky.

    • Kennerly
      Kennerly
      March 22, 2017, 9:33 am | # | Reply

      That would just embarrass them both. And the arena has already seen too many embarrassing scenes this day.

      • TxGator
        TxGator
        March 22, 2017, 12:21 pm | # | Reply

        True, but I could easily see Gondolessa deciding that embarrassment is a far more tolerable fate then a lifetime without Harky.

        But I am guessing Gondolessa had to come to terms with the knowledge that Harky was very likely going to die in combat one way or another. Plus Gondolessa probably realizes that Harky would never forgive him if he did rescue Harky.

        • The_Rippy_One
          The_Rippy_One
          March 23, 2017, 12:15 am | # | Reply

          I am kind of wondering, are we going to get a scene between Gondolessa and Gravedust, the former asking the latter if he can bring Harky back, or let the avian see his love and say good-bye, at least.

          • Armagrodden
            Armagrodden
            March 23, 2017, 2:48 pm | # | Reply

            I’m not sure Gravedust could do that even if he wanted to; it’s been heavily implied (if not outright stated) that bringing Byron back a second time cost him his mystic powers.

            • The_Rippy_One
              The_Rippy_One
              March 24, 2017, 1:16 pm | # | Reply

              And that seems likely – doesn’t mean he won’t ask, though.

  20. Pit Friend
    Pit Friend
    March 22, 2017, 9:13 am | # | Reply

    Well, that happened.

  21. Lord Hideous
    Lord Hideous
    March 22, 2017, 9:15 am | # | Reply

    SPLORTCH!

  22. Kennerly
    Kennerly
    March 22, 2017, 9:22 am | # | Reply

    “I’m not dead, I’m just very badly wounded!”

    • Kangasaur
      Kangasaur
      March 23, 2017, 11:18 am | # | Reply

      ‘Tis but a scratch!

  23. Aegispirate
    Aegispirate
    March 22, 2017, 9:22 am | # | Reply

    No bones about it. (at least not anymore)

  24. besto
    besto
    March 22, 2017, 10:03 am | # | Reply

    That was fantastic. Thank you so much. I love how you can’t see the audience-troll’s face yet! HOW WILL THEY TAKE IT.

  25. Jordan
    Jordan
    March 22, 2017, 10:13 am | # | Reply

    The chief is dead. Long live the chief.

  26. Pylgrim
    Pylgrim
    March 22, 2017, 10:14 am | # | Reply

    Poor Harky. Too steeped in hatred and he knew it. This was the only way he possibly could let it go. The freedom he lived fighting for has found him at last.

  27. John Waltrip
    John Waltrip
    March 22, 2017, 10:32 am | # | Reply

    Thank you all for your compliments on this page. It really is the end of an era with the passing of Harky. Some of you have asked who the other Troll is sitting next to Gondolessa. While he has no name as of yet, he is clearly a Second or Third in the chain of command. What if both Harky and Penk died in the arena? Who would lead the Trolls? That’s who that Troll is.

    • wolfpax
      wolfpax
      March 22, 2017, 12:31 pm | # | Reply

      You did a perfect job on the mix or graphic and not at the same time with that last panel. It’s a melon crushing that even Gallagher would approve of.

    • Thracecius
      Thracecius
      March 22, 2017, 12:56 pm | # | Reply

      The best stories often have the most meaningful deaths, even, or especially, when the audience doesn’t want to see it happen.

      Well done, sirs. Well done.

    • Psolo Ghoti
      Psolo Ghoti
      March 22, 2017, 6:03 pm | # | Reply

      This whole scene is painfully well done. In particular, Harky’s rage two pages back was so intense that I could barely re-read it (as I usually do a couple of times when I check back on the comments).

      But who is the dwarf next to Madam Arfa?

      • Ganurath
        Ganurath
        March 22, 2017, 9:43 pm | # | Reply

        In a question that might answer the above, is Gravedust missing from the tags?

        • Psolo Ghoti
          Psolo Ghoti
          March 23, 2017, 3:38 am | # | Reply

          It’s definitely not Gravedust.

          • TxGator
            TxGator
            March 23, 2017, 9:15 am | # | Reply

            Yeah, I’m thinking it’s Ivar’s second in command. Gravey probably wouldn’t have had time to get to his spot next to the council before the fight ended.

    • Nathanyel
      Nathanyel
      March 23, 2017, 8:41 am | # | Reply

      The name’s probably Trollgan, because of the facial hair.

    • SotiCoto
      SotiCoto
      November 7, 2017, 8:38 am | # | Reply

      I like muttonchop troll. A shame it is a bit late in the game to request more muttonchop troll.

  28. Skyad40
    Skyad40
    March 22, 2017, 10:40 am | # | Reply

    “Oh you can….you keep surprising me.”

  29. Deoxy
    Deoxy
    March 22, 2017, 12:08 pm | # | Reply

    True to his principles to the very last. His principles required his death, so he didn’t accept it, he DEMANDED it. That’s quite impressive.

    And I think he’s probably quite proud of Penk for it, even if he stills disagrees with him.

  30. eeyore
    eeyore
    March 22, 2017, 1:49 pm | # | Reply

    having flashbacks of the walking dead season opener

  31. TxGator
    TxGator
    March 22, 2017, 2:26 pm | # | Reply

    I’m a little surprised that Don Gobligno isn’t smiling.

    Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think for a minute he’s mourning the loss of Harky. I suspect he’s more annoyed by what this turn of events means for the war effort, then anything else.

    • Jordan
      Jordan
      March 23, 2017, 2:04 am | # | Reply

      He’s a war profiteer. If the war ends, there goes his profits. Without the war continuing, he can’t continue to go around enslaving every orc in sight and using them to build his war machines etc.

      • Ivain
        Ivain
        March 23, 2017, 7:26 pm | # | Reply

        well, he won’t have to worry for a while yet, the war against Gastonia will continue. Its just that it won’t involve the general slaughtering of all humans.

  32. ImmortalOracle
    ImmortalOracle
    March 22, 2017, 2:43 pm | # | Reply

    A good death, if ever there was one.

  33. minando
    minando
    March 23, 2017, 4:27 am | # | Reply

    This is how every npc wants to die: critical hit on the head.
    May you respawn in peace.

  34. Gibberish
    Gibberish
    March 23, 2017, 4:29 pm | # | Reply

    Huh, Harky died in the same arena he first appeared in the comic. neat

  35. Str'Nj
    Str'Nj
    March 23, 2017, 11:39 pm | # | Reply

    Penk: …Sorry. I did not mean-
    Best: He did not mean…
    Penk: To blow your mind.
    Best: To blow your mind!
    Penk: But that shit happens to me / all the tiiiiiimeee!

  36. Mr. Potato Patato Von Spudsworth III
    Mr. Potato Patato Von Spudsworth III
    March 29, 2017, 1:55 am | # | Reply

    EEEEEEHHHHHHHH

    • Mr. Potato Patato Von Spudsworth III
      Mr. Potato Patato Von Spudsworth III
      March 29, 2017, 1:56 am | # | Reply

      *unhappy noises*

  37. Speedy Marsh
    Speedy Marsh
    March 17, 2019, 1:53 pm | # | Reply

    It’s sad to see Harky go, but it kinda had to happen. The Trolls need a new, more adaptable leader, able to deal with the vagaries of the current situation.

    Harky was an old-school troll. For him, things were true or false, black or white. His head just wasn’t built to incorporate such a grey matter.

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