Line #55 Webcomic/Gaia


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3	->''"[[ArcWords Will you come along?]]"''
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5	''[[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia Gaia]]'' is a fantasy webcomic by Novil and Powree, better known as the creators of ''Webcomic/SandraAndWoo''. The story revolves around a fantasy world called Gaia, where a magical conflict that started at the beginning of the world has lasting repercussions in the present day. In a country called Cania, currently locked in a cold war with one of their neighbors, Midgard, a group of friends are unexpectedly thrust into the middle of a situation that could result in war, or even a threat to life itself.
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8	!!''Gaia'' contains examples of:
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10	* AffablyEvil: Eldor.
11	** We have a scene [[https://web.archive.org/web/20211208195619/http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2018/05/25/the-way-back-home-132/ here]] where Eldor walks through a small unit of warriors and wizards, complimenting them on their skill (and taste) to "pick something up" from inside San, even asking permission before grabbing inside her.
12	** Eldor is quite ruthless and stops at nothing to further his own plans, but his manners are generally polite and courteous, and he doesn't seem to derive any pleasure from making people suffer; it's just an unfortunate but necessary consequence of his plans.
13	* AmbiguouslyEvil: Eldor, who often seems more cold and ruthless than actively evil.
14	** Although he apparently does have an evil plan (which has something to do with immortality, [[HiddenAgendaVillain we think]]), he appears to have virtually zero tension with the heroes, at least at the beginning seeming not even remotely threatened by them.
15	** His plans are so odd and convoluted that he often winds up indirectly helping the group, for example, he got Lilith arrested and trapped in a tower, but was going to rescue them (only Lilith rescued herself, and they bumped up the time of execution).
16	** He also is antagonizing the party specifically so their powers will be strong enough for his plans.
17	** He also claims that he saved Vivi's life.
18	** It's eventually revealed [[spoiler: he isn't actively malicious at all, just deliberately misinformed by a higher power that saved him in his time of need. He's been slavishly devoted to Bhaal ever since she found favor in him, and has been feeding him half-truths about how she was a victim of Gaia's depravity.]] That being said, Lilith and Viviana both point out that, justifications or no, he's intentionally done a lot of cruel things to get his way, such that it's easy enough to call him 'evil.'
19	* AnArmAndALeg:
20	** Viviana's biggest fear is losing a hand (reasonable for a thief, and probably inspired by [[https://web.archive.org/web/20211208195345/http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2013/12/03/the-letter-of-jael-bara-007/ this horrific incident from her childhood]]). A 10% probability that she might lose one of her hands nearly causes her to funk out on the most important heist of her career, and the loss of one of her hands figures prominently in her later nightmare.
21	** Later she actually loses both her legs [[spoiler: killing the Bahamut]]. She gets prosthetics, to which she seems to adapt remarkably quickly (probably because there's magic healing involved).
22	* AllThereInTheManual: While the characters are introduced normally in the webcomic, the webcomic is accompanied by extra sections explaining the setting. Many characters' roles in society are explained in these supplementary materials.
23	* TheAllegedSteed: Viviana's horse [[https://web.archive.org/web/20211208185627/http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2014/11/25/breaking-all-barriers-023/ Casper]]. Vivi, who is not a bold or skilled rider, values him for his gentleness.
24	* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: a DiscussedTrope InUniverse regarding Lillith; while all agree that she's a dangerous TykeBomb, whether she actually has supernatural abilities (as Ryn suspects) or a MacGuffinGirl (King Savos calls her a "magical machine") depends upon her degree of free will.
25	* ArcWords: "Will you come along?"
26	* ArmorPiercingQuestion: King Savos has one for Gaia's chosen, San de Vertis:
27	-->'''King Savos''': "Has it crossed your mind that you may also be one of Eldor’s magic machines instead of Gaia’s chosen one?"
28	* BigDamnHeroes: Ars becomes one when he saves two girls from an assassin during the [[spoiler: Red Hall attack.]]
29	* BreakTheHaughty: Eldor applies classic brainwashing techniques to [[spoiler: Lilli]], challenging her with a seemingly intractable problem then threatening her friends when she's exhausted and vulnerable.
30	** [[spoiler: San]] is handed a ''humiliating'' defeat by Eldor; [[spoiler:while he never demonstrates power on a level with what San is capable of, he wins their magic duel simply by manipulating time to place an object in her that drains her magic dry, knocking San out.]] The ease by which he pulls this off humbles [[spoiler: her]] somewhat for the rest of the comic; the fact [[spoiler: she]] is never directly involved in any plans that would combat Eldor means [[spoiler: San]] is forced to watch ''other people'' outwit Eldor, further breaking [[spoiler: her]] ego down.
31	* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Bluestream magic is generally blue, and Redstream red.
32	* ConverseWithTheUnconscious:
33	** Unknown: [[ArcWords "Will you come along?"]]
34	** Various People: "hathitw/ lmost anyone. I’m af/ s nothing we can do for him/ sorry. Ilias, can you hear me?/ ase wake up, Ilias. Have you hea/ d? They caught one of these murder/ ers! How’s he doing? No signs of re/ covery. I brought you flowers, I h/ ope you like them. Look who came f/ visit! Give him half a liter o/ vlar dilution. Yesterday/ owing minor reaction/ '''Wake up!'''"
35	** Ilias: "...Yes, I will. wherever you go..."
36	* DecoyProtagonist: The story initially seems to indicate that either Ilias or Lilith are the main characters; Lilith takes up much of the title page, and Ilias is the first character the reader is introduced to properly. For a while, the story supports the notion by telling much of the first two chapters from Ilias' point of view. Then [[spoiler: Lilith is arrested and Ilias needs the Shadowdancers to free her,]] at which point Viviana takes center stage and gets a majority of the screentime. In fact, Ilias [[spoiler: basically becomes Viviana's LoveInterest!]]
37	* DeityOfHumanOrigin: It's frequently suspected that Eldor fits the criteria to a degree.
38	** [[spoiler: In the end, Lilith is ''heavily'' implied to have ascended herself by taking Bhaal's place, as she casually talks about how she'll still give people their free will and will work on trying to lessen the effects of dangerous magic all while casually throwing a fireworks display across the entirety of Gaia.]]
39	* DrivenToSuicide: Several of Eldor's prototype [[MacGuffinGirl MacGuffin Girls]] over the years, [[spoiler: most recently Lilith]].
40	** When he finally realizes he's been played for the entire comic like a fiddle and his actions resulted in [[spoiler: Greendew's great tree toppling, King Olrik]] dismisses his guards and blasts his brains out with a wand.
41	* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: All of the signs and portents point to [[spoiler:Lilith]] being the key to either saving the world or ending it, though as the story progresses it becomes less clear if the powers that be are worried about an actual apocalypse ("the end of the world") so much as the destruction of the relatively stable and peaceful status quo ("as we know it").
42	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: 'Evil' is stretching a bit, though the '''very''' ambitious [[spoiler: San and Savos]] love each other deeply.
43	* {{Expy}}: Viviana bears more than a passing resemblance to [[Webcomic/SandraAndWoo Larissa]].
44	* ExactWords: Viviana assures Alissa and Ryn that she is not a member of the Shadowdancers... which is true if not entirely accurate: [[spoiler: she's not just "a" member because she's their leader.]]
45	* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Lili]] does appear to have gone over to the dark side under the baleful influence of an ancient magical tome. [[spoiler: It turns out the tome ''did'' corrode her will heavily, but she was never at any point on Eldor's side; the entire time she was supposedly under his control, she was working to undermine his plans.]]
46	* FakeOutMakeOut: Unsurprisingly, [[https://web.archive.org/web/20211208192355/http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2013/03/26/shadowdancers-092/ Viviana and Ilias end up doing one]] while UndercoverAsLovers.
47	* FakingTheDead: Viviana stabs herself in the chest (probably using a fake blood bag) in order to throw an opponent off guard and let her escape.
48	* {{Foreshadowing}}:
49	** There's Lili's full name (Lilith), [[spoiler: an explicit prophecy that she will end the world]], and her entire character arc has her confronting an ever-escalating series of barriers that she must penetrate to reach her goals.
50	** There are a lot of references to various hand and arm tropes, mostly involving Vivi. There's her personal interests (gadgets) and chosen career (thief), a nightmare in which losing a hand figures prominently, a childhood incident when she did witness someone losing a hand, an encounter with a villager who has severely injured her forearm with a hedge cutter, and even a [[TheseHandsHaveKilled These Hands Have (almost) Killed]] moment after her attempted assassination of Eldor (she actually did managed to kill Sylas, though she doesn't know it.) There's also the prison official who loses a hand to a PortalCut in Lili's escape attempt. Not to mention the mysterious symbol on Vivi's hand at the end of ''[[https://web.archive.org/web/20230314185742/http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2013/10/29/the-tower-in-the-sky-049/ The Tower in the Sky]]'', and later in [[https://web.archive.org/web/20221128175227/http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2015/05/15/breaking-all-barriers-070/ her next vision in ]]''[[https://web.archive.org/web/20221128175227/http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2015/05/15/breaking-all-barriers-070/ Breaking All Barriers]]''. All of this implies that her hand or hands may be a key to the climax.
51	* GoodIsNotNice: Gaia's chosen San de Vertis acts like a WellIntentionedExtremist in public and talks like a power hungry schemer in private. [[spoiler: While her intentions ''have'' always been world domination, she's actually a WellIntentionedExtremist; Savos constantly points out to others who will listen that, difficult as she's been, she always wanted to make the world a better place through her rule, and her final [[HeroicSacrifice fate]], tragic as it was, was perfectly in-character for the San he knew.]]
52	* GodIsDead: [[AmbiguousSituation ...Maybe?]] Eldor is convinced of the fact that Gaia is dead, at least, and she's never met in the comic proper.
53	** Before [[spoiler: ascending, Lilith's final act as a human is to KillTheGod Bhaal.]]
54	* GodIsEvil: On one side of the coin, even if what [[spoiler: Eldor]] says about Bhaal ''is'' true, the fact of the matter is that, at best, Bhaal grew into a power-mad villain as a result of Gaia's own covetous. It's debatable whether Gaia was evil, though Viviana postulates that [[VillainHasAPoint Eldor]] could be right about Gaia being less than benevolent; the world will never know because any method of looking into the matter has long since passed since the end of the first age, when there was enough evidence around to make a solid argument. On the other hand...
55	* GodIsGood: That same ambiguity mentioned above means the Church of Gaia never suffers from a crisis of faith, as they've only ever served as a peaceful faction for the good of the planet on the ''belief'' that Gaia herself was a benevolent deity. Whether or not that was really the case doesn't matter to them so long as they can continue to aid the masses.
56	** By the end of the comic [[spoiler: Lilith ascends to godhood, and while she can pull a prank or two on her friends with her godlike power, she's a very open deity who talks about her plans for Gaia going forward with the press, and refuses to take control of the world's actions, merely wishing to do what she can as a magic goddess to make magic more accessible and less dangerous to the masses.]]
57	* GutPunch: [[spoiler: [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2023/05/13/the-red-hall-042/ That panel]]]]. See Wham Episode entry below.
58	* HandicappedBadass: Viviana might have lost both legs (replaced with prosthetics), but that won't stop her from personally leading a mission to stop Eldor.
59	* TheHeavy: Against all odds, Eldor is this. For all his scheming, he's ultimately attempting what he thinks is a heroic action for [[spoiler: Bhaal,]] convinced [[spoiler: Bhaal]] was always just a victim and had benevolent intentions.
60	* HeroicBSOD: Viviana is so shocked after her MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment Illias has to carry her from the scene.
61	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: San de Vertis dies making sure Viviana makes it through the mental labyrinth in Vis, putting up a good show of confidence that she'll make it out just fine so that Viviana can exit her nightmare; as revealed by the rest of the party immediately after, San was ''fully'' aware of the fact that what she was doing was a suicide mission, even for her, and that she'd chosen to be the sacrifice when it became clear only herself or Lilith could perform the task.]]
62	* HeroesWithBadPublicity: The Shadowdancers are an intentional case: They cultivate the image of a gang of sneak thieves and cat burglars when they're actually the Illeasar national liberation movement in disguise.
63	** The Shadowdancers end up like this unintentionally when Eldor pulls off his gambit and frames them for setting off bombs during what was supposed to be the delivery of goods they'd stolen back to their rightful owners.
64	** Eldor once again sets up this situation with Midgard by televising a fake execution of Lilith to deceive the masses...just as King Savos (now allied with Ryn and Alissa) was ready to unite Gaia under the heroic crusade of stopping [[spoiler: Lilith from destroying the world.]] Savos even likens it to Eldor shoving a chessboard down Midgard's throat.
65	* HiddenElfVillage: It's only accessible through MagiTek portals and they appear to be up to no good.
66	* HoldYourHippogriffs: "Sent back to Gaia" for death, "jump in the void" for "go to hell."
67	* HomoeroticSubtext: Ilias and Sandril (who at the beginning of the story are both in love with Lili) have a bit of this. When they finally fight a duel, Sandril (the loser) has to kneel down on one knee and kiss Ilias's hand. Since Ilias doesn't really think this is necessary, Sandril actually has to ask if he can have Ilias's hand. It's pretty much exactly as homoerotic as it sounds, and the onlooker thinks so as well:
68	-->'''Vernon:''' ''Oh-ho!'' Have you two finally confessed your love for each other? If Lili only knew!!
69	* HorsingAround: Casper may be gentle but he has his limits, as demonstrated when [[https://web.archive.org/web/20230314185742/http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2015/01/02/breaking-all-barriers-034/ he spooks and bolts in the forest, dumping Viviana.]]
70	* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Little Brother]]: Eldor lures Lili and crew to Oakdale and tricks her into fooling with dangerous barrier magic by hiding her younger brother behind a magical barrier.
71	* InterrogationByVandalism: Viviana intimidates Silas Audin [[https://web.archive.org/web/20211208183159/http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2015/08/14/breaking-all-barriers-096/ by slashing a painting]] with an AbsurdlySharpBlade -- which also serves to demonstrate how ridiculously sharp the rainbow knife is before Ilias threatens him with it directly.
72	-->'''Viviana:''' [[ContrivedClumsiness Oops.]]
73	* IDidntMeanToKillHim with an AccidentalMurder thrown in: [[spoiler: Vivi]] accidentally kills two guards and a innocent bystander with an ancient magical weapon. She can't claim to be innocent because she wielded the weapon with intent, but she had no idea it had powers she couldn't control, which just makes things worse from a certain perspective.
74	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sandril is a dick to most people, but he really does love Lili.
75	* KickTheSonOfABitch: Eldor [[https://web.archive.org/web/20211208194614/http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2014/07/15/the-letter-of-jael-bara-069/ dispatches of]][[spoiler: Delvor]] in a [[FateWorseThanDeath gruesome way]]. He was an AssholeVictim, though. Later turns into a PetTheDog moment for Eldor when he spares the guards.
76	* LingerieScene: Viviana gets a few of these:
77	** Viviana is shown shirtless (but wearing a bra) while having some blood washed out of her hair in [[https://web.archive.org/web/20211127212512/http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2015/03/03/breaking-all-barriers-050/ the last panel of this page]]. There was some debate whether this was a JustifiedTrope or not until Novil stated that not showing skin at that point would be as stupid as showing skin without reason.
78	** Viviana is shown in lingerie in a sex scene [[https://web.archive.org/web/20211208195859/http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2016/01/05/breaking-all-barriers-136/ starting here]].
79	** In [[https://web.archive.org/web/20211208200224/http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2019/10/01/the-last-queen-of-gaia-053/ this scene]], Viviana takes her top off to make out with Ilias, only to be interrupted by Lili (who seems to have walked into the bedroom straight through the wall). Wearing just her bra and shorts, Viviana berates Lili for walking in on them, but then gets dressed again.
80	* LoveTriangle: A semi-platonic one between Lili, Ilias and Sandril, later broken when Ilias falls for Vivi.
81	* MagicKnight: Ryn is a traditional example with two thirds training as a Fighter and one third as a Wizard. Others like Ilias and Sandril may qualify.
82	* {{Magitek}}: There are cameras, robots, sophisticated security systems, etc, all of which run on magic, plus a lot of mundane items like lightbulbs, notepads and paper bags that modern people take for granted that a preindustrial society would not be able to manufacture and wouldn't be practical to craft by hand.
83	* MeaningfulName: The Red Hall arc.
84	* MindScrew: [[spoiler: Viviana]] is subjected to a nightmarish and increasingly surreal experience when she tries to leave Oakdale, which involves being unhorsed, deafened, lost in the woods, and eventually mutilated after chasing herself through the fog, only to discover when she wakes up the next day that it was AllJustADream except for the part when she fainted and hit her head on a rock.
85	** [[spoiler: Viviana]] is later subjected to another horrific nightmare where her lover is killed and she dreams again of being mutilated, leading the crew to suspect someone is trying to [[{{Gaslighting}} Gaslight]] her.
86	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Viviana after she parries a sword blow with the rainbow knife and the resulting magical backlash dismembers everyone in the room not protected by a magical shield.
87	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Bhaal, a [[GodOfEvil Demon God]]. Seemingly subverted with Lili--her full name is ''Lilith'', but to all appearances she's the nicest person in the comic. [[spoiler: At least until we learn she's destined to destroy the world.]]
88	* {{Narm}}: Used InUniverse when Viviana propositions Ilias with a very cheesy DoubleEntendre. It is obviously intended to sound just as corny to Ilias as it does to the readership.
89	* OhMyGods: Viviana swears by [[GodOfEvil Bhaal]].
90	* {{Outgambitted}}: Eldor's scheming hits quite a snag when [[spoiler:Lili reveals that his mind-control spell was caught in a labyrinth within her own mind]], enabling the latter to lie without detection to him. Oh, and [[spoiler:Lili managed to tricked him by reading his notes and finding a way to stop his designs for her within them]].
91	* [[PrecisionFStrike Precision 'S' Strike]]: When Eldor rallies Ileasaar back under Cania's thumb just as Savos and San were going to use their support to stop [[spoiler: Lilith]] from casting an apocalyptic spell, everyone is quiet in King Savos' meeting chambers for a good few panels before San just decides to voice everyone's consternation with 'Shit.'
92	* PrettyButterflies: Introduces a chapter by a butterfly flight acting as a pan.
93	* PrimalScene: Played with. Vivi deploys a sound cancelling device before sex with Ilias--only to find out later it wasn't in working order and everyone in the house heard what they were doing, leading to her coming down to breakfast the next morning with a paper bag over her head.
94	* [[KingIncognito Queen Incognito]]: [[spoiler: Viviana]] is the presumptive Queen of Illeasar, assuming that province regains its independence from Cania. DoubleSubverted as she actually bears no royal blood; she's just the leader of the resistance and the daughter of two prominent citizens who were also leaders of the resistance, and she has the professed support of the legitimate heir.
95	* RelationshipUpgrade: How the ShipTease between Ilias and Viviana finally culminates in [="Breaking All Barriers."=]
96	* RememberTheNewGuy: After [[spoiler: the Red Hall attack]] Ilias asks his mother about his "other friends" (besides Lili, Sandril, Alissa, and Ryn), and she responds that [[spoiler:one is dead and the other moved away]]--in the lead-up to the attack, however, neither was anywhere to be seen.
97	* SchizoTech: A swords-and-sorcery fantasy setting that somehow manages to have most of the trappings of a modern industrial society, like paper bags, spiral-bound notebooks, light bulbs and modern clothing. [[spoiler: There's also hidden Elves who display a science-fiction level of {{MagiTek}}]] Surely a society that can manufacture [[https://web.archive.org/web/20211208195859/http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2016/01/05/breaking-all-barriers-136/ modern underwire brassieres]] could also manage firearms or internal combustion engines?
98	* SheCleansUpNicely: Viviana is quite the GirlyGirl when not on a mission, it appears to be as much misdirection as inclination--Alissa and Ryn certainly never suspected the cute young woman with a yen for pretty dresses and sun hats was the badass leader of the notorious Shadowdancers.
99	* ShipTease: Ilias and Viviana, who have gone UndercoverAsLovers and [[FakeOutMakeOut kissed]], as well as [[https://web.archive.org/web/20211208192208/http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2014/11/04/breaking-all-barriers-017/ other moments]].
100	** The ship was formally launched in January 2016, [[https://web.archive.org/web/20211208195859/http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/2016/01/05/breaking-all-barriers-136/ though you will note that Vivi is still teasing Ilias.]]
101	* SpannerInTheWorks: Ryn suspects Vivi has the potential to be a spanner in the works for Eldor's plans because she was also conceived in the shadow of the great tree during Greendew's spring festival.
102	** Some of Lilith's actions imply that she may be trying to set up a spanner in the works scenario despite her apparent FaceHeelTurn though it could also be part of a deeper XanatosGambit on her or Eldor's part.
103	* SpotlightStealingSquad: For a while Viviana was getting more face time than the supposed main characters, and polls as by far the most popular character among readers.
104	** Subverted when Vivi becomes a main character--as she was always intended to be, per WordOfGod--when she gets trapped with the FiveManBand in Oakdale.
105	* StealthHiBye: A masked man pulls the Hi version on Lilith.
106	* StepfordSmiler: The citizens of Oakdale are suffering the effects of years of Eldor's meddling. They seem nice enough, and happy enough until you start asking questions that trigger their conditioning.
107	* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker: Ars will always speak in third-person, future tense. Most other imps will also talk this way.
108	* TheManBehindTheMan: Eldor is by far the most frequent and persistent of Gaia's threats, but he's really just a manipulated [[TheHeavy heavy for]] [[spoiler: Bhaal.]]
109	* ThirdPersonPerson: Imps speak this way.
110	* UncannyVillage: Oakdale seems idyllic... until you try to leave. Or start asking questions about the unusual number of girls and young women who have died, gone insane, or gone missing over the years. Then it flips from an Uncanny Village full of {{StepfordSmiler}}s to a TownWithADarkSecret full of hostile villagers.
111	* TheUnfettered: Eldor, if what Ryn suspects of him is true: decades (possibly centuries) spent empowering and then murdering girls just to act as prototypes for his ultimate weapon.
112	* WhamEpisode: The first chapter. The world and the cast are just been introduced to the audience, the plot revolves around the main characters trying to get their fighter and wizard degrees at the local academy. There are no threats nor good reasons to put them on adventure. And then, during the academy's prom night, [[spoiler: some masked men teleport themselves right into the prom and start a killing spree among the students and the teachers.]]
113	** Lili's apparent FaceHeelTurn at the end of "Breaking All Barriers".
114	* WhamLine:
115	--> [[spoiler: '''San de Vertis:''' In a few weeks’ time, a spell will be cast. A spell that will destroy the world. And Lilith Caillean will cast it!]]
116	* WhiteMagic / BlackMagic: The Bluestream is Gaia's magic, while the Redstream is Bhaal's. Purplestream magic (the obvious combination of the two) has been mentioned but not demonstrated.
117	* WorldTree: The Great Tree of Greendew is described in the glossary as a massive, divine tree as old as life itself.
118	* WrenchWench: Viviana enjoys building {{Magitek}} devices.
119	* XanatosGambit: Eldor appears to be running a centuries-long gambit intended to trigger TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. His primary tool Lillith may be running a gambit of her own if the way she scattered her friends to the places where they'd most likely function as [[SpannerInTheWorks Spanners in the works]] was her idea and not his. Finally, Gaia's chosen San de Vertis appears to be running her own gambit with King Savos to take over the world after "beating the evil out of Lillith". By the midpoint of "Monster" a GambitPileup seems inevitable.
120	* ZeroEffortBoss: [[spoiler: ''The BigBad.'' All of Eldor's work to make Lilith strong enough to destroy the shield around Gaia's source wound up giving her the capability to destroy Bhaal and most of her domain in a single blast.]]
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