PANEL ONE: Outside the entrance to the dungeon, the adventurer we've been following bends to retrieve his bag from behind a rock as Erlak appears behind him.
ERLAK: Hold, mighty adventurer!
ADVENTURER: Oh, great. Is this day never going to end?
PANEL TWO: Erlak and the adventurer face each other.
ERLAK: Um... That wasn't exactly the response I was expecting.
ADVENTURER: Sorry.
PANEL THREE: Close on Erlak.
ERLAK: I have been watching from the Mountains of the Gods thy noble quest to retrieve the Amulet of Ygraine, —
ADVENTURER: Oh, no! The amulet!
PANEL FOUR: Top view of Erlak and the adventurer.
ERLAK: What?
ADVENTURER: With Ligiani's death and all I forgot all about the amulet of Ygraine! I'll have to go back and get it!
PANEL FIVE: Erlak puts his head in his hand in frustration.
ERLAK: Oh, for crying out loud!... Just wait here a second.
ADVENTURER: Uh... okay.
PANEL SIX: Erlak disappears.
PANEL SEVEN: The adventurer waits.
PANEL EIGHT: Erlak reappears.
PANEL NINE: Erlak tosses the amulet to the adventurer.
ERLAK: Here's the stupid amulet. Now shut up and listen.
ADVENTURER: Uh... Thanks.
PANEL TEN: Close on Erlak.
ERLAK: Okay. I am Erlak, god of soup; I have chosen thee as my champion; yadda yadda yadda. What do you say?
ADVENTURER: Uh... Okay.
PANEL ELEVEN: Erlak and the adventurer face each other.
ERLAK: Really? You accept?
ADVENTURER: Yeah, sure, I guess.
PANEL TWELVE: Erlak holds up a flag with an image of a bowl of soup on it.
ERLAK: Great! Now, as my champion, you will have to bear my insignia at all times...
ADVENTURER: Hey, wait a minute...
ERLAK: Okay, forget the insignia.
September 10 2023