History Literature / TheFortressOfTheBlackCauldron

* CombatSadomasochist: If Felix strangles him, you will learn that Funeste gains as much pleasure from the pain he recieves as from that he inflicts.

* WouldHurtAChild: Dark elves certainly would eat the children they are gaurding if they did not have recieved the order to keep them as slaves.

!!''The Adventures of the Pyro-Barbarian and Billy in the Fortress of the Black Cauldron'' provides examples of:

* EvilVirtues: Virilus is the embodiement of {{Ambition}}, becoming the god of Hunger if he ascends, and is a villainous determinator who has never stopped trying to better himself [[CulturedBadass physically and intellectually]] for hundreds of years. He is ready to listen to the propositions of his generals. He is always honest with you and does not try to bluff. [[VillainousRespect He respects you and the PB]] simply for being able to reach his throne room and will fight you without calling for reinforcements.

* ShoutOut: Among the many shout-outs and references, there are some to ''Film/SantaClausIsAStinker'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''[[VideoGame/THeElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', Music/DavidBowie, ''Literature/ArseneLupin'', ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', ''Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy'', ''Manga/DragonBall'', ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'', ''Series/FortBoyard'', ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'', ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'', ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'', ''[[Series/SecretsDHistoire Secrets d'Histoire]], L'Oréal, ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'', ''Franchise/{{Discworld}}'', ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'', ''Film/{{Gremlins}} and various internet memes.

* AffablyEvil: If you free her and let her be, the vampiress will either accept to only feed on criminals for ten years, or give you vial of her blood.

* CombatSadomasochist: If Felix strangles him, you will learn that Funeste gains as much pleasure from the pain he recieves as from that which he inflicts.

** When Virilus disarms the PB and [[DestinationDefenestration defenastrates him]], your friend just grabs onto something and comes back for more.
* DivineIntervention: If you duel the Arcadia the vampiress, Zarkan, god of duels and adversity, and Edire, goddess of life and death, will give you their mutual blessing, which will grant you great dexterity and strength in addition to protection from her bite.

* DragonRider: If you manage to tame the lesser red dragon, you and the PB can ride him to the reach the mighty citadel.
* DrinkingContest: You can participate in one in exchange for Luci's informations.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Each general of Virilus is a strong warrior by himself, and the dark lord can best any man or beast in his army in single combat.

* ButtMonkey: The elf shaman may look intimidating, but it doesn't matter who you are, you will [[CurbStompBattle curbstomp]] him and he will die an [[UndignifiedDeath undignified death]]. That is, if he does not [[SlipperySkid]]slip and [[AccidentalSuicide kills himself without your help]].

* AmnesiacsAreInnocent: The old sorcerer is not a bad man at heart, and has simply been manipulated by Virilus and Funeste, although [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation it did not take much to convince him]].
* AndTheAdventureContinues: The [[MultipleEndings normal endings]] result in this.
* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: Once [[spoiler: Virilus]] is defeated and Lennonia is freed, you party with the survivors wile the gods do same at the top of the Mountain of the Judge.

* ArchEnemy: [[spoiler: Uther]] and Virilus were the central forces of each of their sides during the last war. Now you oppose the dark lord with the same kind of [[{{Improv}} tactics]] that [[spoiler: your grandfather]] used against him, making [[spoiler: Uther's bloodline]] Virilus' true arch-enemy.
* ArtifactOfDoom: The titular Black Cauldron, which can strenghten anyone who uses it as a phylactery, and grant any whish without the approval of the gods, provided that you use the good ingredients.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Each general of Virilus is a strong warrior by himself, and the dark lord himself can best any man or beast in his army in single combat.

* AwesomeButImpractical: In the armury of the citadel, you can find a mix between a mandoline and an axe that you dub a [[{{Pun}} Mandaline]] (mandale being argotic french for punch or slap), but it breaks on first use, although its victim dies all the same. The PB keeps the idea on the back of his head so he can ask his guild to build a sturdier one someday.

** The emprisonned women will kill the guards and strangle the trolless with their chains if the P.B. distracts her.

* BarBrawl: You can get rid of a group of Virilus' soldiers who are occupied drinking by throwing a keg at one of them and waiting for everyone to start fighting. You will still be forced into fighting, but most of the drunkards will focus on hitting each other.

* TheBrute: General Massacre plays this role in the army of the dark lord, and follows this trope even more thoroughly [[DemBones once he becomes undead]], being mute and [[ImplacableMan absolutely focused in his task]].

* ButtMonkey: The elf shaman may look intimidating, but it doesn't matter who you are, you will [[CurbStompBattle curbstomp]] him and he will die an [[UndignifiedDeath undignified death]]. That is, if he does not slips and kills himself without your help.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Despite being shown to be the best warrior around for almost the whole book, the PB is [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] by [[spoiler: Arcadia]] and will be killed by [[spoiler: Virilus]] if he duels [[spoiler: him]] without your help.

* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: After participating in a [[DrinkingContest drinking contest]], having coherent thoughts is beyond your capacity. Fortunately, the barbarian quickly plunges your head into a through to make you regain some sort of consciousness. Another drunkard may take you for somebody he hates and try to attack you.

* WeaponOfChoice: The P.B. almost exclusively fights with his [[AnAxeToGrind axe]]. You can choose to use a [[HeroesPreferSwords sword]], [[BladeOnAStick a spear]], a [[CarryABigStick morgenstern]] or a [[ArcherArchetype bow]]. Solia wields [[BladeOnAStick a spear]], while Virilus prefers his [[{{BFS}} flamberge]].

* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: Once [[spoiler: Virilus]] is defeated and Lennonia is freed, you party with the survivors wile [[UpToEleven the gods do same at the top of the Mountain of the Judge]]

* Sadist: Exaggerated with Funeste, who takes extreme erotic pleasure in the suffering of others, and makes all of his furniture out of the bodies of his victims.

* ShoutOut: Among the many shout-outs and references, there are some to ''Film/SantaClausIsAStinker'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''[[VideoGame/THeElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', Music/DavidBowie, ''Literature/ArseneLupin'', ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', ''Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy'', ''Manga/DragonBall'', ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'', ''Series/FortBoyard'', ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'', ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'', ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'', ''[[Series/SecretsDHistoire Secrets d'Histoire]]((, L'Oréal, ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'', ''Franchise/{{Discworld}}'', ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'', ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'' and various internet memes.

* VillainBeatingArtefact: Simply showing the reptilian scale to the lesser red dragon is enough to terrify him into submission.

-->''You only live once. And if you do well, once is enough."

''The Adventures of the Pyro-Barbarian and Billy in the Forteress of the Black Cauldron'' is the first volume of [[Literature/TheSagaOfBilly The Saga of Billy]], a series of [[SwordAndSorcery Sword and Sorcery]] gamebooks written by [[LetsPlay/BobLennon Bob Lennon]] and David Kuhn and illustrated by C.Sideralis. It was released in 2021.

* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: This is how you want to end up. If you go back to adventuring, you must stay light, and gold will only weigh you down. If you [[spoiler: go back to your life in Plant-Pumpkin]], you don't need that much money to begin with. If you become a [[spoiler: [[GentlemanThief Gentleman Thief]]]], you can just amass just as much as you currently have in a few days. After all, being a rich man wasn't your goal anyway. So no matter how rich you become over the course of the book, you will do whatever you can to be as poor as you were at the beginning. If you are wealthy, you party until you lose everything, and if you simply have to much to spend, you will use it [[spoiler: to rebuild Lennonia]] and make a statue of [[spoiler: Hard-Tooth-Uther]].

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Whatever choice you make throughout your adventure, the narration will never shame you or make you feel guilty, even if you [[spoiler: should defect to Virilus' side]]. Other characters may not approve, but that's another thing.
* {{Arcadia}}: Plant-Pumpkin was this to your grandfather, [[spoiler: and it can be the same to you in a few endings]].

-->''"From now on, there is no good nor evil, no life nor death. There is only VIRILUS"''

* GeoEffects:
** When crooked guards are chasing you, you can trap them by using street corners to ambush them one after the other.
** You can kill the trolless by charged with guarding prisoners by [[AHandfulForAnEye blinding her with sand]] when she is charging you and bashing her into a spiked barricade to impale her.

* GrievousBottleyHarm: If the hobo attacks you, he will do so using a broken bottle as a [[SinisterShiv sinister shiv]].

-->'''Billy:''' "She looks kind, but a bit strict.
-->'''Isabel:''' -Ah, course, eh! Sure, you shouldn't spite her, y'know. Like any great lady, she can be a bit hot-tempered. [...] But she really has a good heart. And I understand her, eh. Gotta be a bit demanding from time to time, with all those undead that are still saunting."
** Massacre is quick to anger if you point out which informations he let slip through.
* HaughtyHmph: When you are trying to disrupt the ritual, if you pray to Edire, she will strenghten you rather than help you to destroy the Black Cauldron. Your distraught reaction earns you this from the smug goddess.

* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: the reptilian maid is one of these. If you choose her, you rapidly become friends and she gives you one of her scales, which is actually a very powerful artefact that can give you a permanent power-up or be used to skip one of the most difficult fight of the book.

* IShallTauntYou: Before fighting Virilus, you can mock his relationship with Mortelle.

* InHarmsWay: The normal endings consist of you and the PB going back on the roads of Alkior, in search of more adventures.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: If you ask Solia about her ponytail, you will learn the hard way that you just told the centauress that her head looks like her butthole. This innocent question can even be the starting point of a series of events that will bring about [[spoiler: a terrible genocide and a new world order]].

* MookChivalry: Averted, unless the leader is a [[NobleDemon noble demon]] who wishes to duel you or the P.B. and asks his troops to wait.
* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: You]] cross it if [[spoiler: you]] use the power of the Black Cauldron to absorb the souls of most living beings in Lennonia, becoming [[spoiler: Billylus]].

* NobleDemon: Virilus plays this by the book. He may be an evil army leader [[GodhoodSeeker wishing to attain godhood]], but he does not call for reinforcements when you fight him, always keep his word and [[VillainsNeverLie answers any questions you might have truthfully]].
* NobodyPoops: Averted, as you painfully learn when you are locked up with a full chained barbarian, and have to hold the bucket...

* ShoutOut: Among the many shout-outs and references, there are some to [[Film/SantaClausIsAStinker Santa Claus Is A Stinker]], [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons The Simpsons]], [[VideoGame/THeElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]], [[Music/DavidBowie David Bowie]], [[Literature/ArseneLupin Arsene Lupin]], [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft World Of Warcraft]], [[Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy]], [[Manga/DragonBall Dragon Ball]], [[ComicBook/{{Asterix}} Asterix]], [[Series/FortBoyard Fort Boyard]], [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night]], [[Film/MadMaxFuryRoad Mad Max: Fury Road]], [[VideoGame/MortalKombat Mortal Kombat]], [[Series/SecretsDHistoire Secrets d'Histoire]], L'Oréal, [[Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian Conan the Barbarian]], [[Franchise/{{Discworld}} Discworld]], [[Franchise/{{Tintin}} Tintin]], [[Film/{{Gremlins}} Gremlins]] and various internet memes.
* SingleMaltVision: If you win the [[DrinkingContest drinking contest]] you will briefly try to interact with Luci and her two sisters before starting to throw up.

* TooKinkyToTorture: You will find that Funeste takes being choked as nothing more than an escalation of his previous enjoyment. That does not save him from his imminent death.

* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: It is unclear wether Zarkan guards the TRUTH from humanity as a whole or if Virilus was simply unworthy.

-->''HARD-TOOTH-UTHER
-->LEGENDARY HERO
-->EMPEROR UTHER IX. UTHER THE BLOODTHIRSTY. UTHER THE INVINCIBLE. UTHER THE MAD. UTHER THE BREATHING. UTHER THE GREY HAND. UTHER THE SOWER. GUTS-TWISTER UTHER. UTHER THE ROUND SQUARE. UTHER YOU-CAN-ALL-GO-FUCK-YOURSELVES. UTHER THE BADLY CHOSEN. UTHER THE TERRIBLE.
--->Grandpa Pumpkin.''
* UndignifiedDeath: You and the PB can inflict a lot of these, wether it's making a group of orcs' throats explode, crushing a goblin under an anvil, [[KarmicDeath leaving a vampiress to choke on her own blood]] or crushing her head by hitting her repeatedly with an axe, burning the eyes of an orc with your seeds, or [[ButtMonkey anything you will do to the shaman]].

* WeaponOfChoice: The P.B. almost exclusively fights with his [[AnAxeToGrind axe]]. You can choose to use a [[HeroesPreferSwords sword]], [[BladeOnAStick a spear]], a [[CarryABigStick morgenstern]] or a [[ArcherArchetype bow]]. Solia wields [[BladeOnAStick a spear]], while Virilus prefers his [[{{BFS}} flamberge]].

* ZeroEffortBoss: [[PlayedforLaughs Played for laughs]] with the elf shaman. He is responsible for the torture and murder of many innocents, and he has emprisoned a vampiress (one of the most dangerous creatures in this world), feeding on the power of her tainted blood. When he sees you and the PB, who warned you of the threat his curses represents, he starts an intimidating ritual dance and throws a small duel effigy at you...

** If you are [[LovableRogue resourceful]], you wait for a dance move which leaves defenseless and kill him immediatly. The barbarian is disappointed that you attacked him without letting him finish his presentation.

* CurbStompCushion: If the PB duels [[spoiler: [[NobleDemon Virilus]]]], he will be killed, but both fighters were pushed to their limits, and even [[spoiler: [[BigBad Virilus]]]] will recognize your friend as a [[WorthyOpponent worthy opponent]].

** The P.B. may seem to be little more than a [[BookDumb untaught]] barbarian, but he learnt an inhuman laguage [[{{Determinator}} out of spite for gobelins]], has the potential to unite an ever divised people, successfully lead an army and rule an empire. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking He can also play the mandoline]].

* GoodBadGirl: The reptilian maid is a particularly kind and friendly individual who has chosen to serve Ytia of her own volition.

** Averted with most of the other deaths which are shown to be painful and/or pitiful when they are not [[PlayedForLaughs played for laughs]].

* DumbMuscle: Massacre is one of the most physically impressive characters of the book, but certainly is not the smartest.

* ExoticExtendedMarriage: If you and the PB go your separate ways immediatly after you saved Lennonia and came back to Plant-Back, next time you will meet him, he will be engaged in a group marriage with five women and have nine children.

* Necromancy: Virilus uses the power of the Black Cauldron to create a legion of the dead.

* DoNotGoGentle: If Virilus scends, Zarkan will fight him for a thousand years before being finally defeated and slayed.

* Determinator:

* ButtMonkey: He may look intimidating, but it doesn't matter who you are, you will [[CurbStompBattle curbstomp]] him and he will die an [[UndignifiedDeath undignified death]]. That is, if he does not slips and kills himself without your help.

* VillainDefeatingArtefact: Simply showing the reptilian scale to the lesser red dragon is enough to terrify him into submission.

* AntiClimaxBoss: [[PlayedforLaughs Played for laughs]] with the elf shaman. He is responsible for the torture and murder of many innocents, and he has emprisoned a vampiress (one of the most dangerous creatures in this world), feeding on the power of her tainted blood. When he sees you and the PB, who warned you of the threat his curses represents, he starts an intimidating ritual dance and throws a small duel effigy at you...
** If you are a [[ActionHero warrior]], you catch the effigy and send it back to him, breaking his nose before ending him. The barbarian commands you for such a quick duel.
** If you are a [[FarmBoy farmer]], the effigy just bounces of your brow, and when his chants and his dance start to irritate you, you just walk up to him and break his neck. The barbarian laughs and explain you what the shaman wanted to do.
** If you are [[LovableCoward cautious]], you focus on the effigy that fell on the ground and understand what it is. While you are occupied, [[InTheBack he tries to rush you]], but slips in a puddle of blood and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard impales himself on the ornamentation]]. The barbarian congratulates you on your technique, impressed that you managed to kill your enemy without even touching him.
** If you are [[LovableRogue resourceful]], you wait for a dance move which leaves defenseless and kill him immediatly. The barbarian is disappointed that you attacked him without letting him finish his presentation.

* WouldHurtAChild: Dark elves certainly would eat the children they are gaurding if they did not have recieved the order to keep them as slaves.

* AmnesiacsAreInnocent: The old sorcerer is not a bad man at heart, and has simply been manipulated by Virilus, although [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation it did not take much to convince him]].

* DivineIntervention: If you duel the Arcadia the vampiress, Zarkan, god of duels and adversity, and Édire, goddess of life and death, will give you their mutual blessing, which will grant you great dexterity and strength in addition to protection from her bite.

* EmpoweredBadassNormal: You briefly become one when Zarkan and Édire give you their blessing to fight the vampiress. Thanks to them, you temporarily become extremely skilled and sturdy.

** {{Discussed|Trope}} by Billy and Father Isabel in the case of Édire.
-->'''Billy:''' "She looks kind, but a bit strict."
-->'''Isabel:''' "-Ah, course, eh! Sure, you shouldn't spite her, y'know. Like any great lady, she can be a bit hot-tempered. [...] But she really has a good heart. And I understand her, eh. Gotta be a bit demanding from time to time, with all those undead that are still saunting.

* HaughtyHmph: When you are trying to disrupt the ritual, if you pray to Édire, she will strenghten you rather than help you to destroy the Black Cauldron. Your distraught reaction earns you this from the smug goddess.

* SuperpowersForADay: The blessing of Édire and Zarkan, which grants you one third of Virilus' skill in addition to your own, only lasts as long as your fight with Asmodia. Drinking the Bottle of Pure Magic has the will have the same effect for the first phase of [[FinalBoss your fight with Virilus]].

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Despite being shown to be the best warrior around for almost the whole book, the P.B. is [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] by [[spoiler: Arcadia]] and will be killed by [[spoiler: Virilus]] if he duels [[spoiler: him]] without your help.

* AntiClimaxBoss: [[PlayedforLaughs Played for laughs]] with the elf shaman. He is responsible for the torture and murder of many innocents, and he has emprisoned a vampiress (one of the most dangerous creatures in this world), feeding on the power of her tainted blood. When he sees you and the P.B., who warned you of the threat his curses represents, he starts an intimidating ritual dance and throws a small duel effigy at you...

* AwesomeButImpractical: In the armury of the citadel, you can find a mix between a mandoline and an axe that you dub a [[{{Pun}} Mandaline]] (mandale being argotic french for punch or slap), but it breaks on first use, although its victim dies all the same. The P.B. keeps the idea on the back of his head so he can ask his guild to build a sturdier one someday.
* BadassArmy: The kränelornian barbarians form one if the P.B. unites them. Virilus' troops are also quite badass, but the time you spend hiding among them humanizes them.

* BadassTeacher: The P.B. starts to train you in the alternate warrior ending, until you become just as good of a fighter as him.

** Among mortals, the P.B. is already one, but Virilus is almost as high as one P.B. and a half, and Massacre is even bigger.

** In all of the normal endings, having saved Lennonia and Erenner, you spend all of your money and then go back to adventuring. If you don't the P.B. will go on his own.

* CallARabbitASmeerp: The P.B. calls a saber-tooth tiger "smidolon" rather than a smilodon.

* ChildrenAreInnocent: The children you can rescue during Virilus' invasion of Lennonia only have a limited understanding of the situation. You, the P.B. and an older kid can ensure that they will stay that way.

* DeityOfHumanOrigin: You can become one if the P.B. [[spoiler: conquers the world and kills every non-human in your name]], and so can Virilus if he manages to complete his ritual.

** After losing his entire army thanks to the efforts of [[spoiler: Hard-Tooth-Uther]], losing the favor of Vetherr, and being almost killed, Virilus could still muster the strength and the will to climb the highest peak in existence before facing [[WarGod the best warrior]] [[TopGod among the gods Erenner]]. Even after being forced to leave by Zarkan, he reformed his army with the objective to destroy the gods themselves. If you stop the ritual and thwart his plans once again, he will still keep on fighting you and the P.B., no matter how wounded he already is.

** When Virilus disarms the P.B. and [[DestinationDefenestration defenastrates the P.B.]], your friend just grabs onto something and comes back for more.

* DragonRider: If you manage to tame the lesser red dragon, you and the P.B. can ride him to the reach the mighty citadel.

* EvilVirtues: Virilus is the embodiement of {{Ambition}}, becoming the god of Hunger if he ascends, and is a villainous determinator who has never stopped trying to better himself [[CulturedBadass physically and intellectually]] for hundreds of years. He is ready to listen to the propositions of his generals. He is always honest with you and does not try to bluff. [[VillainousRespect He respects you and the P.B.]] simply for being able to reach his throne room and will fight you without calling for reinforcements.
* ExoticExtendedMarriage: If you and the P.B. go your separate ways immediatly after you saved Lennonia and came back to Plant-Back, next time you will meet him, he will be engaged in a group marriage with five women and have nine children.

* FalseFriend: It turns out [[spoiler: you]] were one to [[spoiler: the P.B.]] in the [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft "The world needs a Lich-king"]] ending.
* FeelingTheirAge: In the alternate warrior ending, the P.B. comments that he needs more time to recuperate than he did before, and that his sight is worsening.

** Likewise, after his defeat, Virilus shows no hatred nor contempt for you or the P.B.

* GrowingUpSucks: [[ZigZagged Zig-Zagged]]. Acting as a grown-up may be hard, but it is more of a state of mind than an actual age. Or as Uther, the P.B. and eventually you put it: ''"Be a child when you can, and an adult when you must."''

* HonorBeforeReason: The P.B. will never accept to [[spoiler: serve Virilus]] if the occasion present itself, prefering a duel over a chance to live.

* InHarmsWay: The normal endings consist of you and the P.B. going back on the roads of Alkior, in search of more adventures.

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: In the Garden, if you do not run away when the P.B. tells you to, you will die trying to save him.

* NoSuchThingAsDehydration: Averted. You and the P.B. regularly eat and drink during you adventure.

* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: This is how [[spoiler: the P.B.]] will see [[spoiler: you]] if [[spoiler: you]] use the power of the Black Cauldron to become [[spoiler: Billylus]].

* TryToFitTHATOnABusinessCard: If you have the funds to raise a statue commemorating your grandfather Uther, all the titles, names and nicknames that the P.B. remembers will be written on a plaque.

* UndignifiedDeath: You and the P.B. can inflict a lot of these, wether it's making a group of orcs' throats explode, crushing a goblin under an anvil, [[KarmicDeath leaving a vampiress to choke on her own blood]] or crushing her head by hitting her repeatedly with an axe, burning the eyes of an orc with your seeds, or [[ButtMonkey anything you will do to the shaman]].

* WeCanRuleTogether: Interestingly, you can be the one to make this proposition to the [[BigBad Big Bad]], and he will accept. After pointing out that killing you does not really benefit his [EvilPlan plan]] in any significant way, and that since you and the P.B. killed all of his generals before reaching his throne room, you can serve him well, he will offer you the lands and titles you desire.

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Defied throughout most of the story, as you and the P.B. show just as much violence towards humans as you do towards non-humans. Centaur, elves and orcs can also live within the human population despite being creatures of Vetherr, [[NamesToRunAwayfromReallyFast the Enemy of Man]], [[IAmNotAGun as they are not necessarily bad people at heart]] (although they are sometimes subjected to [[FantasticRacism racism]]). The only reason why you kill more non-humans is because Virilus' army is full of them. There are however two races that are shown to truly be [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Always Chaotic Evil]] are the dark elves and the archnauresses, who will both gladly torture and devour anything that crosses there path, be it monster or man. It is {{Justified|Trope}} [[BadFuture if Solia kills you]] as the P.B. will not lead an extermination of the entire non-human population of Alkior because he thinks it is fair, but because he will see it as the only way to [[DebtDetester repay his debt]]. Nevertheless, he will play this trope straight with goblins, following the kränelorian tradition of despising them and killing as many of them as he possibly can.

** Virilus and the P.B. recognize each other as such in terms of martial prowess; the dark lord extends this respect to your grandfather and you, as your wits offer an interesting counter to his raw power.

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Defied throughout most of the story, as you and the P.B. show just as much violence towards humans as you do towards non-humans. Centaur, elves and orcs can also live within the human population despite being creatures of Vetherr, [[NamesToRunAwayfromReallyFast the Enemy of Man]], [[IAmNotAGun as they are not necessarily bad people at heart]] (although they are sometimes subjected to [[FantasticRacism racism]]). The only reason why you kill more non-humans is because Virilus' army is full of them. There are however two races that are shown to truly be [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Always Chaotic Evil]] are the dark elves and the archnauresses, who will both gladly torture and devour anything that crosses there path, be it monster or man. It is {{Justified|Trope}} [[BadFuture if Solia kills you]] as the P.B. will not lead an extermination of the entire non-human population of Alkior because he thinks it is fair, but because he will see it as the only way to [[DebtDetester repay his debt]]. Nevertheless, he will play this trope straight with goblins, following the kränelorian tradition of despising them and killing as many of them as he possibly can.