The plot itself can give birth to umpteen, but in-game dialogue mentions an all-time great: that the Lady Of Pain, mysterious and godlike ruler of Sigil, who can banish lawbreakers to endless, eternal mazes (or just kill them by casting a shadow made of thousands of magical blades) for crimes like murder, treason or daring to worship her, is actually six giant squirrels wearing a cloak, a ring of levitation and an illusion spell.

Fourth Edition even made them a playable, well-supported race!

Ensemble Dark Horse: Within the broader D&D setting, Dak'kon is the most important and influential githzerai ever, so much so that, while he was once an odd, lawful figure in a mostly-chaotic race, subsequent editions of the game have re-written the whole race to be more like him.

At the end, the Practical confronts the current incarnation of the Nameless One and attempts to absorb him into the Practical's own consciousness along with all the others so the Practical can achieve his goals. The Practical manipulated and murdered countless people, but the worst was what he did to the one woman who deeply loved him: after winning her love, he murdered her so her ghost, bound to the material plane by that love, would remain as a guide for future incarnations should the Practical's quest fail. Combining a wicked intellect with a lack of morals, the Practical enslaved an adventuring party to him, most notably by convincing a githzerai to follow him based on a religion the Practical invented.

Complete Monster: ' The Practical Incarnation' is a former incarnation of the Nameless One.

Most of the Leitmotifs, especially Deionarra's.

Awesome Music: The Recurring Riff, and by extension, most of the battle music and the background music for The Very Definitely Final Dungeon.

This is despite the fact that originally, his lawful characterization was one of the factors that had made him an alienated pariah among his own kind. Naturally, this means that from 3rd edition onward his entire race, once characterized by being chaotic and capricious, has become much more like him.

Audience-Coloring Adaptation: Dak'kon, an optional party member in a licensed title, is, to this day, the most famous and iconic githzerai in the franchise of Dungeons & Dragons.

Even VHAILOR says something 'nice', along the lines of 'you're going in hell, but that's no meaningless punishment: use it to become better'.

And each of them shows his appreciation: 'it's been a pleasure' from Morte, an silent declaration of love from Annah, the promise that Grace will find you again, settling your debt with Dak'khon.

You can say goodbye, thank them, apologize for what you've done. Even better if you had the opportunity to talk to them BEFORE the fight: at least you had the chance to fight alongside each other one last time.

And after the Transcendent One is dealt with: your farewells.

Both of them become because of that nigh-unstoppable owerpowered killing machines, always a nice touch before the Final Boss.

Bonus Points: with that last chat? You can FIX Dak'khon's mind and making him whole and focused again, and give Vhailor the biggest injustice to punish.

That way they don't wake up after their violent death to see you have changed.

This troper always choose fighting over talking the boss to death because of this last discussion with your friends, at least last discussion 'as yourself'.

You also get a nice chat with each one and they reassert their will to help you.Feels pretty good after powerlessly watching them die. And cause enough mayhem to get the Transcendent One off your back long enough to raise each and every member of your party. It's easily missed, but as you travel in the Fortress of Regrets you can gain the ability to resurrect dead.Despite all the horribles things you've done to them and can still do, you and members of your party can have a pretty good happy ending:

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