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The ceremony is cut short by an attack from the Sapphire Guard's paladins, who feel the goblins are a threat to the world. Then he goes on to kill his parents with his zombies.Goblin Hills, 34 years agoA young goblin is made an Acolyte of the Dark One by the Bearer of the Crimson Mantle. Drinking the professor's coffee, the sorcerer decides that names with X's are cool, and dubs himself Xykon. Annoyed at the implications, the teen kills Xavion and turns him into a zombie. Xavion reveals he's a low-level wizard, something the world doesn't hate or fear Wizards gain power through academic study, "Like a finely tuned watched" while sorcerers are born with their powers "Like a rubber mallet". The man is Professor Xavion, who reveals that the boy is a sorcerer, and offers to recruit the boy for his school for sorcerers, to some day join his S-Men, a group of sorcerers who use their powers to protect a world that fears and hates them. A spark of power from the child causes the dog to become a zombie, exciting the child.That Same Small Village, 95 years agoThat boy, now a surly teenager, comes home to find a bald man in a wheelchair in his room. It explains how Xykon became a lich, how Xykon and Redcloak's plan to gain control of the Snarl began and how Eugene got his Blood Oath of Vengeance.NUMBER OF PAGES112BOOK NUMBER-1COLORGreyscale with color insertBACKGROUND CHARACTERRedcloakFIRST PRINTEDMay 2007NEXT BOOKOn the Origin of PCs (prequel)LAST BOOKN/ASpoiler.png"Spoiler alert: They failed."PlotA Small Village, 103 years agoA little boy cries over the death of his dog, Barky.
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Start of DarknessThis article contains spoilers from Start of Darkness, On the Origin of PCs, and/or Good Deeds Gone UnpunishedStart of Darkness is an Order of the Stick prequel book explaining the origins of Team Evil: Xykon, Redcloak, The Monster In The Darkness and the Demon Cockroaches. Item: 202644632432 Order Of The Stick- Start Of Darkness.