04/22/2026
The Belligerents approached the gathered warriors on the beanch near the Soul Sin Hills, and Flapjack decided to teleport directly next to them to start a conversation. However, the warriors were not in the mood for talking and immediately attacked Flap.
While the rest of the Belligerents were soon able to join the fray, the warriors killed Flapjack and then laid down their weapons.
When Hukbi demanded answers as to why they slew his friend, one of the warriors explained they were a group known as the Order of Last Rites, and they were drawn to the ship by the presence of Flapjack as a creature of chaos, which they could not abide.
As the group looked for ways to save Flapjack, Flap once again found himself at the feet of the chaotic manifestation of a creature on some distant battlefield, as he had last time he'd died.
The creature asked Flapjack is he was ready to join the war being fought there, with great dragons, sphinxes, and unfathomable warriors fighting beneath a sky torn apart by magics.
Flapjack felt himself becoming more and more like the creature, but could also feel within him the presence of his friends -- Hukbi, Raithe, and the others. He held tight to that feeling, and in doing so, rejected the creature's offer of power and destiny.
Flapjack became a normal goblin, and the creature told him he was no longer his progeny, and they would not meet again.
With that, Flapjack awoke, now without the various physical attributes he'd always had that made him different.
The Order of Last Rites embraced him as a companion, saying they would follow one such as he who had the strength of heart to reject the offers from a lord of chaos. They revealed themselves to be vampires, and offered to follow with the group for whatever ends they needed.