Chapter 10 Prolog -4: The Plan

Evil Emperor Nick on July 7, 2010

Lets talk about Tempts Fate. I have to confess this escapade is somewhat out of character for him and I hope Thunt the author will forgive that. Tempts Fate is basically the life of the party turned into a goblin. Tempts is a free spirit in the truest sense as his name implies a fearless thrill seeker. Needless to say this makes his adventures a lot of fun to read. Most interesting though is that Tempts isn't actually a part of the Goblins cast, he hasn't even appeared in the comic once. Tempts comics appear as fund raising events for Goblins with his life hanging in the balance if the fund raising goal isn't met. As such his adventures are pretty wild and much more varied then the main comic running constantly on “wouldn't it be awesome”, parody and rule of fun and it with very few exceptions it comes together masterfully. Amazingly, Tempts even has managed to have a fairly flowing narrative through several of his adventures. I do enjoy a good dramatic narrative, but I also hate when a story forgets it needs to be enjoyable as so many stories do in the name of things like character development and forget people want to enjoy a story. Tempts is a character that is simply there to be as awesome and entertaining to read as possible and that is exactly why he is the most entertaining character in the Goblins universe. Tempts isn't a calculated factory farm character trying to cash in on “awesome” like say a zombie monkey with a gun or something generic like that. Tempts is awesome and fun simply because he IS awesome and fun and it is refreshing to have character here to entertain that can stand on his own merits. Needless to say I hope Goblins fans continue to be generous so we can enjoy many more Tempts Fate stories.

Now as for Tempts in the story, I admit thrill seeker or not Tempts is pretty good natured so joining this squad is a bit of a stretch for his character. Yet I felt if I'm going to do a cameo from Goblins, well I better use one of the series most iconic and unique looking goblins and Tempts fit better then the main cast in addition to just being a lot more fun. Honestly I could have used one of the bad guys like Goblinslayer but I just don't think Goblinslayer, a jerkass sadist and proud rapist, would have really been a fun cameo nor would he have shown people just why Goblins is a fun comic so I stretched Tempts a bit invoking the rule of cool and hope everyone enjoys it enough to justify my choice.