History Recap / TheOrderOfTheStickUtterlyDwarfed

* CharacterFocus: Most of the book centers around Durkon, his past and his familial relations. It also highlights his CharacterDevelopment, showing how he's moved past his cynicism and BystanderSyndrome along with becoming a far craftier, more proactive, and altruistic person as a result.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: The Order is ''en route'' to the North Pole to stop Xykon from finding and taking control of Kraagor's Gate, but Lien and O-Chul are attacked and knocked out with poison by two unseen assailants and literally lowered down a cliff.
* ClothingDamage: During his initial battle with the High Priest of Hel at the Godsmoot, Roy ends up slicing a massive gash into his armor. The High Priest later replaces his armor with a simple robe.

'''Belkar:''' [[SelfDepreciation I know, right?]]

* WhamShot: Thor shows Durkon the monument the gods made to their first world... and then the monuments made to the '''billions''' of the worlds they made after that, each one destroyed by either the Snarl or [[MercyKill the gods themselves]].

** The sign that Durkon's AssimilationBackfire plan against the High Priest of Hel is about to work in [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1128.html #1130]] is when Vampire Durkon briefly adopts a dwarven accent ("I don't unnerstand...") in one of the panels immediately prior to Durkon's CareBearStare.

* DidntSeeThatComing: An utterly hilarious case happens in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1116.html #1116]], where the Order summons a ''horde of Chaos Giraffes'' (thanks to Hilgya) to charge the vampires' base and trigger the deadly wards they'd set up. Cue Vampire Durkon [[JawDrop being utterly flabbergasted]] and Minrah raising a confused eyebrow at Hilgya.

* NotQuiteTheRightThing: Although Sigdi's intentions were good, telling little Durkon to wait until people ask for help before trying to help led to him develop a personality flaw in the form of a lack of initiative which took him some time to shake.

* EurekaMoment: Durkon, trapped with the [=HPoH=] in his mind, sees a memory wherein his persistent efforts to help over his mother's protests led to a minor disaster (shattering all their dishes) and his mother he ought to wait until people ask him for help before helping them, and a subsequent memory where Roy's safety is put in jeopardy because Durkon was waiting for him to ask for help, and is startled to realize that he'd never connected the incidents before.

* ContinuityNod: [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1009.html The High Priest of Hel]] states Durkon "died on [Roy's] watch", the exact same phrasing Roy had used to describe [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0944.html Durkon's death]].

** Durkon being thrown unceremoniously out into the human world has been PlayedForLaughs every time the comic flashed back to it ...until [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1007.html "Your Worst"]], where we see Durkon's incredibly tragic and painful memory of pleading with the guards carrying him out to let him say goodbye to his mother. His memory then culminates in him angrily weeping and cursing Hurak and the rest of his church for exiling him, which in turn became the catalyst that formed the High Priest of Hel's desire for {{Revenge}}.

** In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1101.html #1101]], Haley does some spitballing about the spell Vampire Durkon had supposedly been trying to learn. She points out that, given their new knowledge of his plans, their prior assumption about the spell's identity doesn't make sense. [[ExplainExplainOhCrap Just as she completes this thought]], the corpses around them rise as vampires]], revealing that the ''actual'' spell was the one to hasten the rise of a vampire.

* AnachronismStew: PlayedForLaughs in [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0957.html #957]]; When the High Priest of Hel is trying to get an exploitable memory regarding Belkar that isn't related to insults regarding body odor, physical altercations, or random insults, he gets a "404 Not Found" error.

* {{Cliffhanger}}: The Order is ''en route'' to the North Pole to stop Xykon from finding and taking control of Kraagor's Gate, but Lien and O'Chul are attacked and knocked out with poison by two unseen assailants and literally lowered down a cliff.

** Roy and Vaarsuviuus are the only members of the Order who don't get ''[[BrainwashedAndCrazy dominated]]'' by the High Priest of Hel during their fight in the Dwarven Lands.

** In Strip [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1129.html #1129]], the Order of the Stick has been defeated, with everyone either knocked unconscious, ''[[BrainwashedAndCrazy dominated]]'', or outright dead. The forces of Hel seem to be on the precipice of ensuring victory... but both Mr. Scruffy activating Belkar's ''protection from evil'' charm and the High Priest of Hel's VillainousBSOD provide enough time that