Jenisapt Rul, on 21 December 2010 - 07:44 AM, said:
Tatterdemalion, on 20 December 2010 - 11:23 PM, said:
So I was reading the ending to Reaper's Gale yesterday when Silchas Ruin gets, well, ruined by the combined efforts of Fiddler, Hedge and Quick Ben. I thought to myself "dragons get beaten up a LOT in these books" so I thought I'd try to write out all the dragon scenarios I can remember and whether the dragon won or lost - I'm talking soletaken form here, or Elient. I welcome all contributions!
1. Silanah vs. Raest - winner: Raest.
While Raest was beaten until he slipped from his body, this was through the combined efforts of lots of folks. By himself, if I recall, Raest beat up on Silanah pretty bad. Pre-K'rul.
Raest is probably the most powerful ascendant we have seen, or at least the one we have seen show the most destructive potential. Even Rake suspected that he might die in a fight with Raest (lets not get into that discussion).
Raest was immune to physical damage and could apparently withstand the dragons warrens. Which makes him pretty much the worst thing for a dragon to face... well, except for a cusser.
Tatterdemalion, on 20 December 2010 - 11:23 PM, said:
Silchas Ruin simply gets bitchslapped here by the sappers and Quick.
Ruin was too angry and too ignorant to use his head. In his time there was no such thing as a cusser, so the only thing you had to worry about was a strong mage or ascendant getting in your way. Imagine his surprise when a tiny mortal figure lobs a clay ball at him and it not only explodes it punches straight through his magically enhanced armor and then some crazy mage suddenly opens 12 warrens, TWELVE?!?, and gives him a broadside while he is down.
I think if anything that scene was a testiment to how strong Ruin is. He took several cussers and the full brunt of Quicks new and improved magical potential and was able to fly away. That's fucking strong.
What if Ruin has just hovered over Lether and rained death from above bow range. It would suck to be there that day.
Tatterdemalion, on 20 December 2010 - 11:23 PM, said:
Orfantal is a huge bad-ass dragon, yet somehow unable to shake/kill a wily old man. Wily, I say!
I never did like this scene. Again it is a case of a dragon being too assure of its size advantage but the thing that gets me is that I don't really see how a sword through the throat could kill it. Dragons/Soletaken usually show an ability to soak up crazy amounts of damage with out dying. So why the hell is a puncture wound in the next enough to kill Orfantal?
Tatterdemalion, on 20 December 2010 - 11:23 PM, said:
Rake murders a pile of Tenescowri as soletaken briefly. Lopsided, but badass. One for the dragons... sorta.
Sort of? Rakes scene was a perfect example of why Dragons are awesome. Kills people in the boatloads and doesn't afraid of anything.
Tatterdemalion, on 20 December 2010 - 11:23 PM, said:
Menadore and Shelthana get blasted up by QB, then once Menadore is dead, Shelthana dies to Hedge's cusser. Sukul didn't die this way, but she still 'lost the fight' as a soletaken. They all did.
Again. Arrogance and ignorance. If the dragons had not been so self assure they'd have attacked from different angles and they'd opened up early. You'd also think they'd be clever enough to not fall for the old Earth Attack trick after millenia. And the last kill by the suicidal Bonecasters was just pathetic. She could have burned them where they stood, but noooo.
Tatterdemalion, on 20 December 2010 - 11:23 PM, said:
Kilmandaros punches a LOT of dragons to death, or so I'm lead to believe.
Again, like Raest, Killy is an Elder God, of Destruction no less, she is a powerhouse. The thing you have to wonder about with her is that she seems unable to fly. So how the fuck did she kill all those dragons? I am assuming she is capable of throwing a lot of magic around if it pleases her.
Tatterdemalion, on 20 December 2010 - 11:23 PM, said:
I don't know what happens, but as per the cover another dragon gets wasted.
I'm chalking a score of DRAGONS: 1, OPPONENTS: 7 +/- however many Kilmandaros has killed (10-500, say)
Thoughts?
The dragon on that cover is the size of a Aircraft Carrier. Not really a dragon you kill with a stab from a sword... unless that sword is really big or Dragnipur.
Or a Hust sword ?