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[Bauglir]

I really have no problem imagining that.

[scriver]

Me neither. As far as I remember, he's cursed on Thor a lot of times, even if it was other attributes than balls.

[i2amroy]

Of course, inside the Mountain is a totally different story. Dwarven Culture is obviously very homogenized (it's so homogenized it transcends individual stories), so when he gets there he may rapidly have a problem. Of course, he may not plan to go into Dwarven civilization proper at all.

Spoiler: WMG (click to show/hide)

Maybe that's exactly what happens. Remember it was prophesied that he would cause a bunch of death when he returns. I could totally imagine Durcula being discovered by various dwarves as they interact, murdering each one and then stuffing them into various corners to conceal what he is doing from the rest of the party.

[Knick]

Of course, inside the Mountain is a totally different story. Dwarven Culture is obviously very homogenized (it's so homogenized it transcends individual stories), so when he gets there he may rapidly have a problem. Of course, he may not plan to go into Dwarven civilization proper at all.

Spoiler: WMG (click to show/hide)

Maybe that's exactly what happens. Remember it was prophesied that he would cause a bunch of death when he returns. I could totally imagine Durcula being discovered by various dwarves as they interact, murdering each one and then stuffing them into various corners to conceal what he is doing from the rest of the party.

Yeah.  And then he'll be locked up in a room, and forced to become a Book keeper

[scriver]

References aside, I think the prophecy was a bit more apocalyptic in it's meaning. Very possibly having to do with the Snarl.

[Elephant Parade]

I'm wondering exactly how this is going to interact with the prophecy of him going home in a coffin.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I'm wondering exactly how this is going to interact with the prophecy of him going home in a coffin.

He'll have them smuggle him in it since he expects they'll attack on site if they see him as a vampire.

[Bauglir]

The prophecy specified no such thing, only that he'd return posthumously.

[Lord Shonus]

Technically, "posthumous" means "after burial" not "after death." This is the kind of pedantry that the GitP forum gets by obsessively picking apart every little word in the comic, although nothing Durkon-related is in the same league as the Belkar Loopholist movement.

[GiglameshDespair]

Belkar loopholist movement...?

[Lord Shonus]

I suppose that's a pet name of mine. I'm referring to the folks that will twist the English language to any lengths in order to find an interpretation where Belkar doesn't die.

[Bauglir]

Arguably, then, he can hardly fail to enter the underground land of the dwarves posthumously.

[Elephant Parade]

Huh. Weird. I thought it had very specific wording, but I guess not.

[i2amroy]

Technically, "posthumous" means "after burial" not "after death." This is the kind of pedantry that the GitP forum gets by obsessively picking apart every little word in the comic, although nothing Durkon-related is in the same league as the Belkar Loopholist movement.

Current dictionary definitions:

3:following or occurring after death <posthumous fame>

1.happening or continuing after one's death

1.arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death: a posthumous award for bravery.

The original latin roots might have translated to mean "after burial" (postumus: last born/born after the death of the father + humus: ground/earth, referring to burial), but the modern definition is "after death".

And for Belkar's death I'd like to point out that we already have one character walking around despite having died, and another that has died and been revived. I don't see the death of Belkar being that big of a problem personally.

[scrdest]

The 'humus' part is actually folk etymology on part of people back in whenever the spelling was standardized. It used to be 'after death', then someone though 'Well, dead people get buried. In the ground. Or 'humus'. So it obviously means 'after being put in ground'!'.