Man... I was really pressed for time when I was working on this one. I had something to go to on the day of updating by 4:00 PM, and given the fact I usually get comics done and uploaded around 6:00 PM, I really had to bust my arse to finish this.

That being said it didn't turn out all that bad, though King Tristan could have been drawn better in some areas. Lunaris, acting as Tristy's adjutant, came out better all-round.

Also, writing this, I forgot to add the gold necklace Tristan wears in the other panels! D'OH! I'll have to get back to that.

For the people who don't know who King Tristan is, he's NOT Tristan Aileron + 60 years with a beer belly and long beard. ... Okay, maybe he is. In actuality, King Tristan (according to the RO World) is the current king of the Rune-Midgard Kingdom, and how he is portrayed in this comic is based off his actual NPC sprite.

How do I know the guy's name is Tristan? That's what one of the "Smile Assistance" NPCs said his name was during Open Beta 3. (For those that don't know, at one point the iRO team celeberated RO's return with a special event that allowed you to easily make a smiling goblin mask.)

Anyway... about this comic. I think it's pretty obvious what I'm getting at here - people give their characters the most outrageous names. Tycho and Gabe at Penny Arcade made a comic about people using non-fantasy names in MMORPGs (or games online in general) - hell man, forget that. It'd be a miracle if people used anything that wasn't remotely silly (like the stuff shown here), like the brackets, underscores or numbers in one's name.

Hell, it's not too hard to take a name like "Joe122" and make it sound like some sort of fantasy name - or at least the number part. "Wantootu." ... That almost sounds Star Warsish. MESA JARJAR WANTOOTU! That's still better than "Joe122" though. I think this comic just about covers all the archetypal silly names one will encounter in an online game. Put some creativity in it, kids!