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[smjjames]

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Kudos to whoever called it on Thor showing up.

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Spoiler: Theory (click to show/hide)

Thor's about to tell Durkon that he's going to Hel, either for being a vampire, bargaining with Malack instead of fighting to the very end, or because he didn't fight back against Belkar.

[Rolan7]

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Thor spoke up when the Snarl was mentioned.  It's pretty much the only thing the gods care about.  I think Thor's going to give him a mission about it - though I'm expecting some sort of curveball, heh.

For the record, Thor voted against destroying the world.  The wiki also points out that he drunkenly taunted the Snarl at some point, heh, though I assume that was in crayon exposition.

There's kinda a theme that the "Good" gods don't necessarily care about humanity, kinda like "Good" dragons, but Thor seems pretty nice.

[Akura]

Was that Thor's boot they were trying to enter?

[TD1]

I believe it was his leg. You can see them standing there in the last image.

[Akura]

Huh. Dwarves are small.

[birdy51]

Guys. I'm worried. Thor seems... Dangerously sober right now.

[smjjames]

You know, if Thor just needed to talk to Durkon, it makes you wonder why Minrah got redirected as well.

[Dorsidwarf]

You know, if Thor just needed to talk to Durkon, it makes you wonder why Minrah got redirected as well.

Maybe to get into valhalla your last challenge is to get Thor drunk and use him like a ramp to get over the gates

[Imic]

God damn it Rich, I'm cautiously excited for the next comic now. Please don't damn Durkon or some such.

[MrWiggles]

So Durkon wasnt seeking guidance or knowledge which means Odin doesnt need to have a chit chat. Durkon knows what he needs to do. Thor is gonna give him a hard choice. I bet its going to center on being able to enter Valaha, or never being able to. If he stays in the spirit realm, he'll do something for the gods in relation to the Snarl. Now, I dont know why Thor or maybe the other Norse Gods will be barring Durkon entry into Valaha. I also suspect, we wont be seeing a lot of this conversation. Remember that time works differently in the afterlife. I think Thor is gonna give Durkon a lot of info dump on the Snarl. I think this hard choice, while part of resolving things with Hel is going to be mostly about the Snarl. And what we hear about this conversation for now is gonna be about Hel.
And I think this is the last side story. The next story thing, after Hel is going to go wrap things up with original big baddie. Every character has had awesome plot about themselves. And Belkar has no background, because thats part of the meta joke about Belkar.
Hrm. Durkon cant enter Valhala, because he would be dishonorable, which means that there is a thing to stop the Snarl thta would require him to be dishonable, and Durkon will know for certain that this is required to save the world. He will sacrfrice Roy.

[TD1]

Or perhaps for some reason he simply has to (literally) go to Hel?

[MrWiggles]

Or perhaps for some reason he simply has to (literally) go to Hel?

If Durkon needs to go to Hel, then Greg is already there.

[Akura]

About the choice of entering Vahalla or not, the issue is likely not that Durkon would have to do something "dishonorable" to defeat the Snarl. If he dies in battle, that's it, he's in, that's literally all that matters on getting into Vahalla. The problem with fighting the Snarl and not going to Vahalla if you die in the attempt is that the Snarl annihilates souls. You don't get Resurrected(even True Rez), you don't get an afterlife, you don't pass Go and collect 200GP. You are gone, completely and entirely. And unlike other situations where your soul is lost beyond Resurrection, even the intervention of a deity cannot bring you back since the Snarl is even more powerful than the gods. This thing is deadlier than old age.

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that any of what we've been told about the Snarl is actually true, anyways.