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5	[[caption-width-right:275:''"Then Voltan will see who is the lord of the dance!"'']]
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7	->''"I am no messenger, but I will give you a message. The message of death!"''
8	-->-- '''Drogo'''
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10	''Hawk the Slayer'' is a fine piece of nonsense set in the world of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''-inspired HeroicFantasy, a place where longswords, short bows and daggers are swiftly drawn, leather, chainmail and a kind of cloth notable only for its brown-ness remain fashionable and there's always an evil one roaming about. The evil one in this adventure is Voltan ([[LargeHam Jack Palance]]), who's so very evil on account of him bearing a scar on his face that, as we're told by a mysterious figure who lives within a mountain, will not heal. Quite whether the scar came before the willingness to do evil is something that ''Hawk the Slayer'' makes clear [[spoiler: (Hawk's beloved stuck a torch in Voltan's face during a flashback)]] but he is quickly doing all manner of terrible things, all of which seem to involve murder. Indeed, the film opens with Voltan murdering his own father as well as the woman intended to be the wife of his brother.
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12	That brother is Hawk (John Terry), who arrives too late to save his father but in time to hear the prophecy that he had been guarding and which had seen him slain by his own son. As he dies, Hawk's father gives him a magical sword (which Voltan had desired) and the two are set on a path that will see them face one another in battle. When Voltan breaks into a convent and kidnaps the Mother Superior, a one-handed man with an AutomaticCrossbow seeks out Hawk. Hawk comes to the rescue of the Sisters of the Holy Word, promising not only that he will raise the two thousand pieces of gold but will defeat Voltan. Carrying his sword before him, Hawk sets out to gather a band of warriors...
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14	The film, though not a big success when released in 1980, has become a CultClassic since. Such attention has even has served as fuel in still continuing efforts to [[https://filmschoolrejects.com/the-return-of-hawk-the-slayer/ make]] a [[https://www.joblo.com/movie-news/hawk-the-slayer-sequel sequel]]. In 2022, [[https://www.gamesradar.com/hawk-the-slayer-comic-preview-covers/ a sequel comic]] was released in ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'', written by Creator/GarthEnnis and drawn by Henry Flint.
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16	The film received the ''Podcast/RiffTrax'' treatment in Oct. 2014.
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18	!!This movie has examples of:
19	* AlternateDVDCommentary: Available from [=RiffTrax=] as a [[http://www.rifftrax.com/hawk-the-slayer video-on-demand download]].
20	* AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: Voltan kills his and Hawk's father. Their mother is not mentioned.
21	* AndTheAdventureContinues: The survivors ride off to seek further adventures. When the witch (played by Patricia Quinn, aka Magenta from ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'') appears to warn them the [[VaguenessIsComing wizards are gathering in the south]], they decide that south is a good place to go.
22	* ArchEnemy: Hawk has Voltan, his villainous brother who killed their father.
23	* ArtisticLicensePhysics: The pommel on the Mind Sword is way, way too big and would cause issues if Hawk used it the way he does in the film. The stone is about the size of an egg or a tennis ball, so it'd throw the balance off and could interfere enough to shatter the sword too.
24	* AssholeVictim:
25	** Our heroes need money for the ransom, so they kill a gang of slave traders to get their gold.
26	** Voltan and Drogo both murder a slaver each, and Voltan orders another to have his tongue cut out for mouthing off to him.
27	* AutomaticCrossbow: Ranulf's got one, because he only has one hand and this makes it easier for him.
28	* AwesomeMcCoolname: When the Abbot says, "He is called . . . HAWK!!!" he seems to be actually expecting the Awesome Music to kick in as soon as he says it.
29	* BackstabBackfire: This happens to a not-so-smart would-be witch-burning local who stays behind to fight Hawk.
30	* BadassBoast:
31	** Drogo will slay Hawk himself and claim the gold, and "then Voltan will see who is the lord of the dance!" Well, he seems to think it's badass anyway.
32	** Drogo again, with "I am no messenger! But I will give ''you'' a message: a message of death!" If that line sounds familiar, you might recognize its use as a sample at the beginning of "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us" by Music/TheDarkness.
33	* BigBad: Voltan is the primary villain of the story.
34	* BigDamnHeroes: When Hawk goes to recruit his old comrades, he catches them in the middle of scrapes. Baldin and Crow would likely be dead if Hawk didn't show up when he did.
35	* BigEater: Both Baldin ''and'' Gort seem at odds as to who the biggest eater is, including the requisite IllTakeTwoBeersToo scene.
36	* TheBigGuy: Gort, the giant.
37	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Voltan is defeated but Baldin and Ranulf are dead, Crow is wounded and Voltan may be resurrected by the Dark Wizards. Hawk and Gort ride off to their AndTheAdventureContinues ending, leaving the story open for continuation.]]
38	* BlindfoldedVision: The witch always wears a blindfold marked with a symbolic 'third eye', though she's not a BlindSeer except of the VaguenessIsComing kind.
39	* BloodlessCarnage: No blood appears on the weapons used. Voltan is shown holding up his dagger right after stabbing someone to death for instance, and it's spotless.
40	* BottomlessMagazines: The automatic crossbow and Crow's quiver. The latter is especially bad, since when not firing Crow clearly has less than a dozen arrows total.
41	* BowsAndErrors: By means of rapid {{Jump Cut}}s to condense shots and edit out the process of reloading, Crow and Ranulf use their medieval bow and automatic crossbow, respectively, [[https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxbBQrFb79WVTP2b_qvLB3ADt_d17Yksya as rapid-fire machine gun-like weapons]], mowing down scores of enemies with a stream of arrows and quarrels shot more like an automatic rifle's bullets than anything else.
42	* BurnTheWitch: Hawk rescues an older woman who's about to be burned as a witch over allegedly killing pigs with magic (she protests that she'd actually been trying to heal them).
43	* CainAndAbel: Hawk and Voltan are brothers, despite the ''vast'' age gap between them.
44	* ChekhovsGun: Eliane's cross necklace, which she gave to Hawk for protection before Voltan murdered her. [[spoiler: It turns out it has a hidden blade and Hawk uses it to free Gort in the finale, saving both him and the nuns.]]
45	* ChewingTheScenery: Jack Palance is hamming it up to a degree that it honestly makes the film an unintentional comedy.
46	-->'''Mike''': ''(barely stifling laughter)'' Jesus, how does the scenery taste, Jack?
47	* CoolSword: Two of them -- Hawk's sword has a magic stone in its pommel which allows him to call it to his hand and throw it accurately. Voltan's sword has no powers but its skull-shaped pommel and four-pronged guard are cool anyway.
48	* CrystalDragonJesus: Despite it being set in a ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' style world (with elves, dwarves, giants etc.) the religion shown is basically Catholicism (although not identified as such): there are nuns in a convent headed by an abbess, the cross is a holy icon, there's an abbot running a monastery, the Devil is mentioned, and people get absolution (though apparently in this world, female clergy can give it). {{God}} or a similar figure is not mentioned though, [[JesusTaboo nor Jesus]].
49	* CurbStompBattle: Two guys with automatic weapons and a powerful witch ''vs.'' ordinary medieval soldiers. Even without the guy with the magic sword (and the dwarf with the whip) it would have been a walkover.
50	* DamselInDistress: A good part of the movie involves Hawk and his gang rescuing the captured nun.
51	* DawsonCasting: Invoked; Voltan, played by ''Creator/JackPalance'' of all people, is the King's son, despite seeming to be about the same age, maybe even older. The Wizard gives it a handwave, saying that "a strange malady affects [his] face" that he cannot cure, [[YoungerThanTheyLook causing Voltan's flesh to degrade while his injury worsens]].
52	-->'''[[{{Podcast/Rifftrax}} Mike Nelson]]:''' ''Eldest son?!'' Did he have him when he was ''three?!''
53	* DeathSeeker: Crow is implied to be this.
54	-->"We have sat waiting like this many times before. Sometimes I tire of the fighting and killing. At night I can hear the call of my race. They wait for me. When I join them, we will be forgotten."
55	** If this line sounds familiar, it might be because it was adapted, almost word-for-word [[note]]"Race" was replaced with "kin"[[/note]] into the song "Last Of Our Kind", again by Music/TheDarkness, who must be fans of this movie.
56	* DistressedDude: Our heroes are captured and it's the witch who sets them free.
57	* TheDragon: Drogo, Voltan's son and lieutenant, tries to be this, but his attempt to prove his worth only gets him slayed by Hawk the Slayer.
58	* DramaticUnmask: Crow is first seen InTheHood, which he removes to reveal his UnusualEars. Voltan wears a helmet that covers his facial scarring, which is only shown when he loses it during the final battle.
59	* DullSurprise: John Terry (Hawk) seldom cracks any sort of expression. Except at the end when he starts smirking.
60	* DwindlingParty: Two of the party members are dead by the end, and one is grievously injured.
61	* EasterEgg: As an affectionate nod to the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' game that inspired the film's cast structure and setting aesthetics, whenever Hawk's Party is gathered in a strategic meeting, there will ''always'' be three six sided dice (which are used in said game to generate your hero's statistics during character creation) clearly visible on the table, front and center of the frame.
62	* EnchantedForest: The Forest of Wier is filled with [[SicklyGreenGlow green]] [[CobwebJungle cobwebs]] and creepy creatures. The Mindstone lights their way and our heroes just start galloping the moment things get vaguely menacing, so nothing really happens.
63	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite threatening to kill him at one point, Voltan seems genuinely distraught at Drogo's death, even though Drogo isn't his biological son.
64	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The closest thing to a name that the blind witch seems to have is "Woman".
65	* EvilCripple: Sped the hunchback is a slave trader.
66	* EvilIsHammy: Jack Palance is constantly shouting and chewing the scenery as the wicked Voltan. See LargeHam below.
67	* EvilIsPetty: Voltan is a wanton murderer who burns whole villages to the ground and is implied to have been involved with wiping out the dwarves, but the main plot is him holding a nun hostage for an amount of gold the heroes secure by fighting one random gang. The Bishop thinks his actual goal is to establish a precedent, so it may be justified.
68	* EvilOverlord: Voltan lords it over a large group of bandits and terrorizes the countryside, with the implication that he wants more.
69	* EvilPlan: Voltan kidnaps a convent's Mother Superior and holds her hostage for gold.
70	* ExactWords: Voltan's excuse to betray people.
71	* EyeScream: Voltan's scar is apparently a result of his being stabbed in the eye with a piece of burning wood by Hawk's girlfriend. The wizard he gets magic pain relief from mentions that it inexplicably refuses to heal, and in fact the flesh seems to be ''melting''.
72	* FanDisservice: Pallid and flabby men in loincloths are lined up to be sold down the River Shale, and there's not one buxom topless wench among them. The buyers the Hunchback is selling to aren't impressed either.
73	* {{Flashback}}: Used to fill in the Hawk-Voltan backstory.
74	* {{Flynning}}: The swordfights aren't the least bit realistic.
75	* GoodWitchVersusBadWitch: The unnamed witch supports Hawk and his band, while Voltan's evil master serves as the movie's GreaterScopeVillain. They never fight directly, though.
76	* GreaterScopeVillain: Voltan's dark master. He never gets directly involved in the plot, but is clearly manipulating things behind the scenes. He's also shown to have great magical powers, including the ability to resurrect the dead.
77	* HandicappedBadass: Losing a hand doesn't stop Ranulf from seeking revenge for his village, destroyed by Voltan's raiders. He just builds an [[UnorthodoxReload automatic crossbow so he doesn't have to reload as often]].
78	* HiddenWeapons: Turns out that cross medallion that Hawk's LoveInterest gave him has a hidden dagger. Not sure what message she was trying to send there...
79	* {{Hobbits}}: Baldin is a dwarf, but he acts more like a typical fantasy Hobbit rogue -- merry, sneaky and gluttonous. His choice in gross food (he eats a raw fish whole!) lines up more with traditional ideas of dwarves however.
80	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Hunchback is killed by the exact method by which he threatens Gort's life.
81	* HolyBurnsEvil: Implied. A flashback reveals that, as Voltan was about to kill Hawk, he was momentarily distracted by the light reflected from a cross worn by Hawk. Eliane took advantage of this to shove a torch into Voltan's face. The resulting wound never truly healed and causes constant pain. It is implied that this is due to Voltan's evil nature, and that the blinding may have been an act of divine intervention.
82	* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: The nuns are utterly convinced they can trust ''the Dark One'' at his word.
83	* HumanSacrifice: Hawk rescues Baldin from a group of religious nutters who've tied him to a raft that they're trying to set alight with ArrowsOnFire.
84	* IDieFree: [[spoiler: Baldin]] invokes it. He's the LastOfHisKind, but [[TrueCompanions he's still dying among his people.]]
85	* IdiotBall: The Abbess and nuns at the convent juggle a whole ''host'' of Idiot Balls, all based on the belief that Voltan isn't the ObviouslyEvil ChronicBackstabbingDisorder ShootTheDog Bond villain that he is.
86	* IllTakeTwoBeersToo: The nuns put a big plate of food on the table, Gort pulls it towards himself and asks them to bring food for his companions as well.
87	* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Baldin might have been dead by the time Hawk got to him, if any of the zealots shooting flaming arrows at him had gotten even close to their target.
88	* ImprobableAimingSkills:
89	** Crow engages in a competition where he has to ShootTheRope that's tied around a tree. After getting into an argument over who cut the rope first, he faces off with the other [[TooDumbToLive player]] and demonstrates his QuickDraw.
90	** Despite virtually firing on full-auto Crow and Ranulf have no problem hitting their targets with every shot, unlike modern automatic weapons.
91	** Hawk throws a dagger to [[ShootTheRope cut Gort lose after he's tied up]].
92	* ImprobableWeaponUser: The witch uses a blowpipe-like device to smother a guard in green Silly String.
93	* InTheBack
94	** The two men who challenge Crow to an archery contest are running a scam where one stabs the contestant while he's facing the target. Hawk turns up to make sure things are played fairly.
95	** Blinded and in pain, Voltan looses off a wild shot with his crossbow and hits Eliane as she's fleeing in a ConvenientEscapeBoat.
96	** After his son dies, an enraged Voltan decides to [[KillTheMessenger kill the two men who brought back his body]], but allows them the chance to defend themselves. After the first is killed the other throws down his sword and flees, but Voltan just throws a spear into his back.
97	* InTheHood: The Black Wizard never shows his face. Crow is introduced this way.
98	* JabbaTableManners: The Hunchback. His mouth gets him killed too, so it's LaserGuidedKarma.
99	** Baldin, too, who swallows a live fish in his introductory scene.
100	* KarmicThief: Hawk needs 2000 gold pieces for the ransom, so he steals them from the hunchbacked slave trader.
101	* LargeHam: Jack Palance as Voltan.
102	-->'''Voltan''': [[PowerGlows See how it glows!]]
103	-->''DROGOOOOO!''
104	---> [[Podcast/RiffTrax Mike Nelson]]: "Jeez... how ''does'' that scenery taste, Jack?"
105	* LastOfHisKind: Gort, Crow and Baldin are said to be the last members of the giant, elf, and dwarf races, respectively.
106	* LawfulStupid: Sister Monica, above and beyond the other nuns. To the point where she [[spoiler: actively betrays Hawk and the others to Voltan, in the foolish belief he'll honor his word. And is [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves immediately killed by Voltan for her trouble]]]]
107	* {{Leitmotif}}: The pan flute cue every time Hawk is about to do something.
108	* LoveTriangle: Voltan's grudge against Hawk goes back to when the girl he fancied (they were JustFriends, according to her) fell for his younger brother while Voltan was away at the wars. Voltan decides to take her back by force and kill his brother in revenge. It ends with Voltan permanently disfigured, the girl shot InTheBack by Voltan as she's fleeing, and both brothers blaming the other and swearing vengeance.
109	* TheMagnificentSevenSamurai: There are only five of them (six if you count the sorceress), but it's pretty overt. A few of the recruitment scenes are even fantasy takes on the ones from ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]''.
110	* MauveShirt: Ranulf looks like a typical expendable RedShirt, but he actually gets some characterisation and proves handy in a fight. He does get killed, but only towards the end of the movie.
111	* MilkingTheGiantCow: Voltan appealing to his dark lord.
112	-->'''Voltan:''' You promised me ALL, in retuuurn for myyyyyyy.... SWORD ARRRRMMM!
113	* MisplacedWildlife: To show the [[SnakesAreSinister sinister nature]] of the EnchantedForest, a reticulated python is shown freezing its scales off in an English forest.
114	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: If you're named Voltan, the Dark One, you probably don't get too many invitations to tea.
115	* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer mentions "two armies", "Voltan's army - the Devil's army, and Hawk's". In the actual movie, Hawk's "army" consists of exactly six people, while Voltan's "army" is in no way satanical and has nothing to do with TheLegionsOfHell - it's a band of some 100 or so normal human bandits.
116	* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Hawk gets the Mindsword and his father explains that it'll come to him if he wills it. But when he and Ranulf travel through a haunted forest, he somehow knows the light it sheds will keep them protected from evil spirits?
117	* ObviouslyEvil: Voltan. [[EvilWearsBlack Wears black robes]], [[EvilSoundsRaspy talks in a raspy voice]], has a horribly scarred face that he hides under an evil-looking helmet, etc., etc.
118	* OminousFog: In said British forest. The witch creates one as a smoke screen when they're attacking Voltan's camp.
119	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In one or two cases Hawk changes his standard DullSurprise expression and threatens to kill Voltan. This is the cue that Voltan has really crossed the line.
120	* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Averted; Baldin doesn't have a long beard, and he uses a whip instead of an axe.
121	* OurElvesAreDifferent: Crow speaks like a Vulcan from ''Franchise/StarTrek'', but otherwise fits the classic Elf archetype very well -- aloof and taciturn, exceptional archer, lithe and athletic, etc.
122	* OurGiantsAreBigger: Gort is said to be the last of the race of giants. Though in truth he just looks like a normal human, albeit on the tall and heavy side. He's played by the same actor who was the {{cyclops}} in ''Film/{{Krull}}'', interestingly enough.
123	* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Jack Palance's half-hearted cry of anguish ("Drogoooooo!") as Voltan mourns his son is one of the movie's iconic moments.
124	* OvershadowedByAwesome: While Hawk and Gort are very capable fighters, they're completely overshadowed by Crow's superhuman archery - he takes down far more enemies than the rest of the heroes combined.
125	* {{Patricide}}: When his father denies his right to their AncestralWeapon because he's now working for an evil wizard, Voltan murders pa in retaliation. Later after he slaps down Drogo and his humiliated son starts to draw a dagger, Voltan warns him against trying the same.
126	* PayEvilUntoEvil: "The end truly justifies the means!" Uh, sure...
127	* ProtagonistTitle + RoleCalled: His name is Hawk and he slays people. Well so does everyone else except the nuns.
128	* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Let's see -- we have a heroic swordsman with a CoolSword, a [[PluckyComicRelief dwarf thief]], a [[TheBigGuy Big Guy]] with a big hammer, an elf that talks like [[Franchise/StarTrek Spock]], a blind magic user that uses glowing magic balls, and a one-armed man with a automatic crossbow.
129	* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Well, Voltan offs the [[spoiler:nun who betrayed Hawk]], but he's such a BadBoss you really can't say he treated her any differently than his own henchmen.
130	* RoboSpeak: Even though Crow isn't a robot, he speaks like one.
131	* SayMyName: Done as a BigNo after Voltan's son dies. "DROGOOOOOO!"
132	* SchizoTech: Generally a typical medieval fantasy setting, but Ranulf inexplicably carries an automatic crossbow that would be impressive even in the modern world.
133	* SequelHook: [[spoiler: Voltan's body gets taken by the dark wizard at the end so he can be resurrected.]]
134	* SlippingAMickey: [[spoiler:Sister Monica drugs our heroes booze so Voltan can take over the abbey.]]
135	* SlowMotion: Crow running and Hawk riding through the woods.
136	* TheStoic: Nearly everyone, due to bad, bad acting, but Hawk and his elf buddy rarely show any expression other than "intense staring". Gort, Baldin and Voltan are pretty much the only exceptions, since they can actually act somewhat.
137	** Even Ranulf, who's played by [[Creator/WMorganSheppard an accomplished actor]], and is helping Hawk to get revenge on Voltan, does little more than smirk.
138	* StopTrick: The automatic crossbow and elf's bow are so fast [[BlatantLies the camera can't keep up]] so it looks just like they repeat the same short scenes of them firing.
139	* SummonToHand: Hawk can make his Mindstone Blade fly into his hand by thought alone. Well, not fly, exactly. Slowly float.
140	* SupernaturallyMarkedGrave: The witch erects a forcefield dome over [[spoiler:Baldin's]] grave to keep predators away from his corpse.
141	* {{Teleportation}}: The first person Hawk saves is a witch, who has him sit between a couple of [[SpinningOUtOfhere spinning rings]] that somehow teleport him [[PuttingTheBandBackTogether where the others are]], either [[BigDamnHeroes just as someone is about to kill them]] or they're about to kill someone else.
142	* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks:
143	** Voltan actually specializes in throwing daggers (not throwing knives). When forced into an actual sword fight (after this fails against Hawk) he clearly has no idea what he's doing.
144	** Hawk also manages an effective throw of his Mindstone Blade against the bandits that held Ranulf hostage. Though this may be part of the Mindstone's summoning power.
145	* TooDumbToLive: The nun who betrays Hawk and the warriors in order to get the abbess back. Despite each of these seasoned warriors who have personally dealt with Voltan telling her it's not going to happen, she blindly believes he will simply return the abbess once he has the gold ransom. Guess what? [[spoiler: He doesn't give her back, kills the foolish nun, and Baldin.]]
146	* TwoFaced: In a subversion, it's achieved via an open-face helmet with the FacialHorror covered by a visor and cheekpiece on one side.
147	* UngratefulBastard
148	** Hawk rescues the witch from a couple of locals who want to [[BurnTheWitch burn her]] for cursing their hogs. She was actually trying to cure them, but they're not in the mood to listen.
149	** Gort helps a merchant put the wheel back on his cart, only to be refused payment. So he breaks the wheel again, whereupon some nearby soldiers attack him on the irate merchant's say-so. He makes short work of them, but Hawk turns up before Gort can finish off the merchant.
150	--->'''Gort:''' Consider this the luckiest day of your life, toad!
151	** The sisters in the nunnery complain constantly of our heroes attempts to resolve the situation, refusing to accept that Voltan is [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder not simply going to hand over their Mother Superior]] even if he's paid. [[spoiler:Eventually one of them drugs our heroes and hands them over to the BigBad all tied up.]]
152	** Drogo kills the man who informs him of Hawk raiding the slaver camp, presumably to stop him informing his father as well. [[spoiler:Then when a nun drugs the heroes to hand them over to Voltan she is RewardedAsATraitorDeserves, not [[EvenEvilHasStandards on principle]] but simply ForTheEvulz.]]
153	** Voltan's grudge is that while he was away fighting alongside their father, his little brother pinched the [[MyGirlBackHome girl he left behind]].
154	* WeaponBasedCharacterization: Hawk has the [[UpgradeArtifact Mindstone]] Blade, Gort his hammer, Crow his bow, Baldin a whip (he can even [[MundaneUtility use it to catch fish!]]), and Ranulf his [[AutomaticCrossbows self-loading crossbow]].
155	* WellDoneSonGuy: Drogo wants to take a force to raid the northern lords, but Voltan just slaps him down and threatens his life. On finding that Hawk has stolen the gold for the ransom from the slavers, Drogo sets off with his men to get it for himself so he can prove himself to his father.
156	* WhatDidIDoLastNight: Baldin complains that he was knocked out during a BarBrawl and woke up tied to a raft as a HumanSacrifice.
157	* WoundThatWillNotHeal: Voltan is serving his dark master partially because he's the only one who can offer him temporary relief from the pain of his facial injury. The Mother Superior offers to use her healing arts, but Voltan rejects this because his master has told him there is no permanent cure. It never occurs to Voltan to question this, and it's implied that it's Voltan's evil that's preventing him from healing, as the cause of the injury itself was not magical.
158	* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: The script attempts Medieval English patois, but fails miserably.
159	* YoungerThanTheyLook: This might be the intention with Voltan, who's been in constant agony from his injuries for years, and [[EvilMakesYouUgly really, really evil as well]].
160	* YouTalkTooMuch: When the hunchback slaver keeps snarling death threats at him, Gort suspends the man's spiked club above his head with a rope, the other end between his teeth. When Gort announces that they're walking off with all his gold, he can't help shouting his outrage...oops!
161	-->'''Gort:''' [[BondOneLiner Some people can never keep their mouth shut.]]

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