The Centurion is probably an inherited position. Ardaic probably -was- the Centurion. Now he’s not. The Centurion’s probably an ‘undying’ soldier who’s replaced by a physically fit no-name whenever the previous starts to lose their edge or is injured, allowing them to be rotated out to a desk job.
The Silver Centurion did have grey eyes in the flashbacks, so he was never Ardaic… Jarvis hasn’t been represented with colored pupils, so I doubt it’s him either. I don’t know if we know this guy.
The armour covers the face. We don’t know if the person in there now is the same person who’s always been in there. Silver Centurion could very well be a legacy persona.
The Silver Centurion is whoever gets voted most likely to become the Silver Centurion in highschool. It’s a popularity contest basically.
What I want to know is whether his “centurion” actually leads a centuria (100 men) and if not why is he called a centurion. Also is “centurion” a normally used rank in Gastonion military and if not why does this term even exist in this world. If I do not get plausible clarifications to these conundrums my inherently unstable persona might lose cohesion.
I’m not 100% on the etymology but perhaps in this world it could be that “Centurion” stands for someone who has the might of a hundred men or something along those lines. Or it could just be a rough meaning of “hundreds of men” meaning he’s a great leader.
His title is based on a misunderstanding. The first holder of the title was a man named Silver Cent. When it was his turn to join the battle, he was told “Silver Cent, you’re on!”
He’s actually a hundred years old, and he was too embarrassed to correct them the first time they mispronounced “centenarian”, so now he’s stuck with it.
I suspect that guy in the ridiculous helmet, the one who’s apparently a tennis player. The guy, not the helmet. Jeez, guy, there’s no time for tennis now, there’s a war going on out there!
1: The Champions may follow Penk, but the actual front line military? They think he’s wearing PVE in PVP….
2: The savage races apparently have no fscking clue what the Elves can do.
3: Penk is Up To Something
4: Silver Centurion is a RP-GM. And also a jackass. And bad news, I mean, let’s send the one guy who is most likely to kill when he oughtta talk, and utterly shred any hopes of an accord between….oh…..
5: Sundar may be an idiot, but he’s been shown to be an incredibly intuitive idiot, who will go to great lengths to live by his own principles. This is gonna be messy.
6: Damnit, I’ve been reading all of Fans, and the parallels are KILLING me….
On number 2, recall that this particular Elf talks to Squirrels and is some manner of Arch Druid rather than a normal Wood Elf. Seeing as how the Rebellion did basically burn half their forest to the ground, the thought that plants would help warn of their approach may not be high on the things to consider.
The Silver Senturionurai. Once a peace loving plebeian named Knorrin Rad, he offered his life service to the great Ardaicticus, to be a herald, and to wear silver Japanese armor and work with Viper.
I guess we’ll see what happens. But depending on what occurs this could be a big plot hole.
Sundar didn’t tell the story of how Brunhilde died? Are the only ones who know what happened him and the halfling? Just doesn’t wash. Considering how much these adventurers hang out in taverns every last one of them should know all about the Silver Centurion.
Might not be somebody they have it out for though.
First off, it’s war. War changes who your enemies are sometimes. At least while the war is on, but that can stick. Guy you survived a fight with suddenly just doesn’t seem so worth killing.
But secondly, he was a soldier following orders who, even by Sundar’s account, showed a measure of mercy. Now, Sundar himself is probably never going to forgive this guy. But not everybody was necessarily that close to Brunhilde. And before Sundar started putting this group together, I’m guessing situations where some of those same guys were pitted against other guys in what’s not a unified group happened all the time (this guy hired some muscle, that guy hired some muscle, end of the day jobs a job). A lot of the folks in this business probably don’t hold grudges unless you go out of your way to make it personal.
Not that it couldn’t be a powder keg. Like I said, I figure Sundar would consider this one personal, that could grow into a larger spillover conflict… but it’s probably not going to happen right now with an army on the way.
(Not being from the US) I find it highly amusing how you (seem to) feel the need to defend yourself here. I thought it was quite obvious that Eric was only yanking your chain…
I’d say that’s how these things go – in stories that focus on certain characters (like most all stories), things will work themselves out such that it’s the characters we’ve named and become familiar with, who do things.
And for exposition’s sake, there will most certainly be dialogue while the heroes fight.
I’m kind of wondering why Ardaic being the Silver Centurion became such an accepted theory. He’s clearly shown having grey eyes in the flashback, and Ardaic’s are brown. I don’t think anyone’s invented contact lenses in this world yet.
“You see the Silver Centurion. He’s fully clad in silver armor and has brown eyes.”
“No, I have gray eyes.”
“…let me see your sheet.”
“Well it says I have brown eyes but I decided gray eyes would be cooler.”
kore is downright evil and kills anyone and anything he considered in his way or not perfectly good by his own warped definition. so far he has been shown to be a remorseless murderer motivated by specism more than actions.
the centurion has so far been shown putting down an armed rebellion of highly dangerous soldiers and then making the decision to relieve all but the leaders of said rebellion of any blame or charges. it’s not an evil act, it’s a highly merciful and undoubtedly good one, even if it was made for the sake of pragmastism. don’t forget the peacekeepers took the exact same approach to fighteropia before they managed to talk sundar into working with gastonia.
so comparing the two is rather unfair.
that aside, they both seem to be rather unstoppable so far. so this should be fun
Still want to know what diety would find his actions to be acceptable for a Paladin! Shadow/Dark Knight sure, but he’s supposed to a Paladin, or Holy Knight (killing that young dorf simply because he had been kidnapped by orcs or ogres {or whatever they were} is not the actions of a Paladin)
D&D kind of corrupted the image of the Paladin in my opinion…they aren’t supposed to be “good” …they are supposed to be dedicated to a cause. Good or evil doesn’t matter as long as they do not break their vows…kind of how they took the stereotypical asian martial artist Monk and said they all had to be Lawful…when historically, they were usually involved in rebellions against the local government.
Just take a look at real world paladins for that answer. For example…Vlad Dracul was a Paladin of the Knights Templar and by one legend was given commendation by the Pope for “solving” his lands’ poor problem. … … …he invited all of the vagrants and gypsies to a banquet…and poured boiling oil on them. !PROBLEM SOLVED!
Wait, if they are attacking, why are they AltChampions the last line of defense? Or is Penk expecting the full force of the Free Arkerrans (yeah, can’t remember what they call themselves, and don’t care) to fail miserably?
It seems unlikely that Penk would let them all get slaughtered, so I’m thinking he’s not planning on/expecting the Free Arkerrans to fail. Maybe the champions have another mission?
and even the Savage Races women look like their men…instead of a cute girl with maybe a tusk…or a couple of feathers poking out behind her ears. Madness I say! MADNESS!
It’s just how you know it’s a parallel universe…I mean…sure…the people in tubes hooked directly to the game and the CEO that is a part-time wizard/axe-murderer…I can totally buy that being in our universe.
So, I guess it’s pretty clear that Ardaic isn’t the centurion now. Obviously a red herring to distract us from the fact, that Ardaic is the centurion.
The Centurion is your mum.
That’s not what she said last night!
And by “she” I mean the “centurion”.
Wow, does that mean Wylf gets to become the Sliver Centurion when he grows up?
The Centurion is probably an inherited position. Ardaic probably -was- the Centurion. Now he’s not. The Centurion’s probably an ‘undying’ soldier who’s replaced by a physically fit no-name whenever the previous starts to lose their edge or is injured, allowing them to be rotated out to a desk job.
As Ardaic was never an adventurer, but rather a hunter, I rather doubt it. But it’s a nice theory.
That aside, I know those eyes…
No no no, thats part of the cover story, to help deflect unwanted attention from nosey berserkers
The Silver Centurion did have grey eyes in the flashbacks, so he was never Ardaic… Jarvis hasn’t been represented with colored pupils, so I doubt it’s him either. I don’t know if we know this guy.
Even assuming Ardaic was saying the truth… The silver centurion is not an adventurer. He’s a soldier. The theory still stands.
So, the Silver Centurion is Batman?
Ah, but have we seen him and Bandi-…. damnit.
How about Best!
Beat me to it.
The armour covers the face. We don’t know if the person in there now is the same person who’s always been in there. Silver Centurion could very well be a legacy persona.
What if this “Centurion” is of the same stock as Frigg and Rachel? This warrior’s “weapon” is very similar to Frigg’s ‘Ka-SMITE!’
Then again… that is a very sexy, MANLY jawline. Can males even have Ka-SMITE! powers? I’m just a dog, I would’nt know…
Someone who has found religion… or made a deal with the devil.
Why not both?
Point of order: Do we know that there is a person inside the armor, as opposed to a disembodied jawline and eyeballs?
Its an empty suit of armor animated by the gnomes with a painted on face and a sound track.
Given the size of the eyes and the shortness of the face, I’m not so sure.
The Silver Centurion is whoever gets voted most likely to become the Silver Centurion in highschool. It’s a popularity contest basically.
What I want to know is whether his “centurion” actually leads a centuria (100 men) and if not why is he called a centurion. Also is “centurion” a normally used rank in Gastonion military and if not why does this term even exist in this world. If I do not get plausible clarifications to these conundrums my inherently unstable persona might lose cohesion.
I’m not 100% on the etymology but perhaps in this world it could be that “Centurion” stands for someone who has the might of a hundred men or something along those lines. Or it could just be a rough meaning of “hundreds of men” meaning he’s a great leader.
Or, he’s simply been in 100 battles (and survived most of them)
Or maybe he’s half of Robin Williams, the mono-centennial man.
Must you always make me chuckle?
The funniest captain in the fleet!
His title is based on a misunderstanding. The first holder of the title was a man named Silver Cent. When it was his turn to join the battle, he was told “Silver Cent, you’re on!”
The rest is history.
He’s actually a hundred years old, and he was too embarrassed to correct them the first time they mispronounced “centenarian”, so now he’s stuck with it.
Check your avatar; there’s your answer. SilvCen (copyright pending) is going to look just like a certain sepia-toned bidnessman.
They got him to accept a wadge of exactly one cent.
He chose the name because “Silver Salararius” just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
makes sense to me. I mean, you can stick anyone in the suit out of battle
I love how true this turned out to be.
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
I… I don’t know what to believe anymore.
I know, right? Rana can talk? O_O
Better get on the ball, there, Penk, before you become more Sgt. Seymour Skinner than Harky in the eyes of your troops.
2 to 1 says he kills the Centurion. Or at least this one.
Nah, it’s gonna be Fr’Nj who dies.
I thought we were clear that Scipio dies?
At least we are all convinced that someone dies.
If Scipio dies we riot!
Oh, of course we would riot.
Not sure whether this will stop T. R. R. Campbell and Phil R. R. Khan, though.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOw who should I suspect of being the Centurion?
Best?
BEST. IS. GONE! And ain’t cumming back
I suspect that guy in the ridiculous helmet, the one who’s apparently a tennis player. The guy, not the helmet. Jeez, guy, there’s no time for tennis now, there’s a war going on out there!
1: The Champions may follow Penk, but the actual front line military? They think he’s wearing PVE in PVP….
2: The savage races apparently have no fscking clue what the Elves can do.
3: Penk is Up To Something
4: Silver Centurion is a RP-GM. And also a jackass. And bad news, I mean, let’s send the one guy who is most likely to kill when he oughtta talk, and utterly shred any hopes of an accord between….oh…..
5: Sundar may be an idiot, but he’s been shown to be an incredibly intuitive idiot, who will go to great lengths to live by his own principles. This is gonna be messy.
6: Damnit, I’ve been reading all of Fans, and the parallels are KILLING me….
Given the inclusion of Shanna, the parallels are probably deliberate.
On number 2, recall that this particular Elf talks to Squirrels and is some manner of Arch Druid rather than a normal Wood Elf. Seeing as how the Rebellion did basically burn half their forest to the ground, the thought that plants would help warn of their approach may not be high on the things to consider.
The Silver Senturionurai. Once a peace loving plebeian named Knorrin Rad, he offered his life service to the great Ardaicticus, to be a herald, and to wear silver Japanese armor and work with Viper.
Damn your eyes for getting to this joke first!
I guess we’ll see what happens. But depending on what occurs this could be a big plot hole.
Sundar didn’t tell the story of how Brunhilde died? Are the only ones who know what happened him and the halfling? Just doesn’t wash. Considering how much these adventurers hang out in taverns every last one of them should know all about the Silver Centurion.
Might not be somebody they have it out for though.
First off, it’s war. War changes who your enemies are sometimes. At least while the war is on, but that can stick. Guy you survived a fight with suddenly just doesn’t seem so worth killing.
But secondly, he was a soldier following orders who, even by Sundar’s account, showed a measure of mercy. Now, Sundar himself is probably never going to forgive this guy. But not everybody was necessarily that close to Brunhilde. And before Sundar started putting this group together, I’m guessing situations where some of those same guys were pitted against other guys in what’s not a unified group happened all the time (this guy hired some muscle, that guy hired some muscle, end of the day jobs a job). A lot of the folks in this business probably don’t hold grudges unless you go out of your way to make it personal.
Not that it couldn’t be a powder keg. Like I said, I figure Sundar would consider this one personal, that could grow into a larger spillover conflict… but it’s probably not going to happen right now with an army on the way.
Also worth noting that Sundar’s off chasing ghosts with Gravedust and the shit elf, while the rest of the guild is with the Centurion.
E-Gurl is a shit elf? Thought that was Best?
Oh, I see. I guess all shit elves look the same, to you.
Not being racist, just didn’t realise E-Gurl was a shit-elf
(Not being from the US) I find it highly amusing how you (seem to) feel the need to defend yourself here. I thought it was quite obvious that Eric was only yanking your chain…
e-merl still has enough elven in him to wield magic. best was called a shitelf because his elven blood was too thin to control magic.
I was under the impression that all of E-merl’s powers came from magical trinkets he’d amassed.
E-Merl is a half-elf, hence the mandatory hyphen in his name (and I assume why his powers are a bit lacking on some fronts).
I have the strangest feeling that both armies are going to be decimated and the heroes on both sides going ‘This is getting out of hand.’
I’d say that’s how these things go – in stories that focus on certain characters (like most all stories), things will work themselves out such that it’s the characters we’ve named and become familiar with, who do things.
And for exposition’s sake, there will most certainly be dialogue while the heroes fight.
But, you never know.
Yes, I think its safe to expect stuff.
Perhaps even things.
Talking is a free action. Of course there will be dialogue. It’s the only proper way to fight.
Wow, Ardaic, that’s an impressive trick, being in two places at once like that. Same room, even!
I’m kind of wondering why Ardaic being the Silver Centurion became such an accepted theory. He’s clearly shown having grey eyes in the flashback, and Ardaic’s are brown. I don’t think anyone’s invented contact lenses in this world yet.
“You see the Silver Centurion. He’s fully clad in silver armor and has brown eyes.”
“No, I have gray eyes.”
“…let me see your sheet.”
“Well it says I have brown eyes but I decided gray eyes would be cooler.”
I’m guessing he also cast Mordenkainens Magical Watchdog?
3rd to last panel: should be “we’re not AFTER the first line of defence”?
Irony would be the centurian turning out to be jarvis..
Would also explain why we’ve never heard him talk.
Silver Centurion, the closest thing to Goblins’ Kore Arkerra has to offer, is on the front lines?
Goblaurence is going to be SOOOO disappointed to not see a single autolancer deployed.
Kore is a giant (well, midget) prick, and seriosuly needs to be nerfed
Truth.
can’t say that fits.
kore is downright evil and kills anyone and anything he considered in his way or not perfectly good by his own warped definition. so far he has been shown to be a remorseless murderer motivated by specism more than actions.
the centurion has so far been shown putting down an armed rebellion of highly dangerous soldiers and then making the decision to relieve all but the leaders of said rebellion of any blame or charges. it’s not an evil act, it’s a highly merciful and undoubtedly good one, even if it was made for the sake of pragmastism. don’t forget the peacekeepers took the exact same approach to fighteropia before they managed to talk sundar into working with gastonia.
so comparing the two is rather unfair.
that aside, they both seem to be rather unstoppable so far. so this should be fun
Still want to know what diety would find his actions to be acceptable for a Paladin! Shadow/Dark Knight sure, but he’s supposed to a Paladin, or Holy Knight (killing that young dorf simply because he had been kidnapped by orcs or ogres {or whatever they were} is not the actions of a Paladin)
D&D kind of corrupted the image of the Paladin in my opinion…they aren’t supposed to be “good” …they are supposed to be dedicated to a cause. Good or evil doesn’t matter as long as they do not break their vows…kind of how they took the stereotypical asian martial artist Monk and said they all had to be Lawful…when historically, they were usually involved in rebellions against the local government.
Just take a look at real world paladins for that answer. For example…Vlad Dracul was a Paladin of the Knights Templar and by one legend was given commendation by the Pope for “solving” his lands’ poor problem. … … …he invited all of the vagrants and gypsies to a banquet…and poured boiling oil on them. !PROBLEM SOLVED!
alignment restrictions were done away with in the fifth edition.
Wait, if they are attacking, why are they AltChampions the last line of defense? Or is Penk expecting the full force of the Free Arkerrans (yeah, can’t remember what they call themselves, and don’t care) to fail miserably?
It seems unlikely that Penk would let them all get slaughtered, so I’m thinking he’s not planning on/expecting the Free Arkerrans to fail. Maybe the champions have another mission?
Lately I’ve come to feel that Penke may be the Best thing to ever happen to the World’s Rebellion…..
The anti-penk has been deployed, his armor is so shiny!
This proved to be very enjoyable. Thankyou.
“We’ve lost surprise. I don’t know why.”
… … …could it be the giant dust cloud acting as an arrow pointing out your army’s location for everyone within 500 miles that happens to look around?
If they’ve lost surprise, they won’t get a free partial action before the enemy rolls for initiative!
He… He has a broom on his head…
Better on his head than up his arse (but, if the fuzzies get hold of him, he might end up with both, at the same time!)
The Silver Centurion is clearly a woman.
That reminds me…this is a fantasy MMO right? But none of the female armors have bare midriffs or boob-windows…
Yes! One of the great achievements of GA is not to perpetuate standard sexist (fantasy) tropes.
and even the Savage Races women look like their men…instead of a cute girl with maybe a tusk…or a couple of feathers poking out behind her ears. Madness I say! MADNESS!
Yeah! Obviously the Feminazis are taking over!
It’s just how you know it’s a parallel universe…I mean…sure…the people in tubes hooked directly to the game and the CEO that is a part-time wizard/axe-murderer…I can totally buy that being in our universe.
Haha, yeah. But a fantasy world without (blatantly unrealistic) sexism? There is obviously something wrong here!
‘Sword of Truth’, as ham-fisted as the writing is, is probably as good as you’ll get as far as gender equality in fantasy lit is concerned.