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[[Image:Linearguild.png|thumb|right|450px|The original Linear Guild, drawn by Rich Burlew. | |||
Left to Right: Nale, Thog, Zz'dtri, Yikyik, '''Sabine the Succubus (in human form)''' and Hilgya.]] | |||
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'''The Linear Guild''' are a fictional [[team]] of villains from the [[webcomic]] ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'', created and written by [[Rich Burlew]]. | '''The Linear Guild''' are a fictional [[team]] of villains from the [[webcomic]] ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'', created and written by [[Rich Burlew]]. | ||
Perfect foils to the Order of the Stick, the Linear Guild follow an "evil opposites" theme as closely as possible. This means that each of the Linear Guild resembles and belongs to a character class or multiclass combination with similar abilities to those of a member of the Order of the Stick. However, they are the exact opposite of that individual in some other respects. This is more obvious in some cases than in others. | Perfect foils to the Order of the Stick, the Linear Guild follow an "evil opposites" theme as closely as possible. This means that each of the Linear Guild resembles and belongs to a character class or multiclass combination with similar abilities to those of a member of the Order of the Stick. However, they are the exact opposite of that individual in some other respects. This is more obvious in some cases than in others. | ||
One of these characters, '''Sabine''', has been described as being a Succubus in nature. | |||
==Core Members== | ==Core Members== | ||
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Thog's speech is always depicted in lower-case bold letters in the comic, a convention also used for other low-intelligence characters, and possibly as a reference to [[Secondary_characters_in_Calvin_and_Hobbes#Moe|Moe]] in [[Calvin and Hobbes]]. Thog's stupidity and follower mentality makes him the opposite of [[Roy Greenhilt]], the competent leader. Also, while Roy is clearly attracted to beautiful girls to the point of clouding his judgement, Thog is afraid of them, because he fears [[cooties]]. Thog was under arrest by the [[Characters_of_the_Order_of_the_Stick#Cliffport Police Department|Cliffport Police Department]] and charged with multiple crimes, but escaped with Elan after Elan cleverly persuaded him into destroying their prison bars (Elan having convinced Thog that the bars had eaten the trail of breadcrumbs imperative to Nale finding his way back, and also punched a clown) and used illusions to fool the guardsmen. For Elan's unexplained and unused stowaway plan, Thog wears a [[leprechaun]] costume (prior to this he was wearing a [[Moogle]] costume) while he packs a giant wooden alpaca with potato salad. When he was reunited with his comrades Nale and Sabine, Nale told him Sabine missed him, resulting in him "bull rush tackle hugging" Sabine. While Elan and Haley fought Nale and Sabine, Thog returned and, his greataxe having been left behind in Cliffport, tore the door off its hinges for an improvised weapon. Elan appealed to their newly-discovered friendship, and persuaded Thog that he would rather go and eat ice cream with his friends than have them fight. Thog agreed, and promptly bludgeoned Haley several times with the door, Elan having forgotten that Thog didn't consider her a friend. Thog did not really participate in the subsequent battle between the Guild and the Order, as Elan subdued him using an illusion. He was captured after [[Durkon Thundershield|Durkon]] used a Hold Person spell on him at the battle's conclusion as he tries to join in the Order's group hug; the Order turned him over to the Sapphire Guard and he later escaped with Nale and Sabine. We later find out that it has been Thog's dream to be a footstool. | Thog's speech is always depicted in lower-case bold letters in the comic, a convention also used for other low-intelligence characters, and possibly as a reference to [[Secondary_characters_in_Calvin_and_Hobbes#Moe|Moe]] in [[Calvin and Hobbes]]. Thog's stupidity and follower mentality makes him the opposite of [[Roy Greenhilt]], the competent leader. Also, while Roy is clearly attracted to beautiful girls to the point of clouding his judgement, Thog is afraid of them, because he fears [[cooties]]. Thog was under arrest by the [[Characters_of_the_Order_of_the_Stick#Cliffport Police Department|Cliffport Police Department]] and charged with multiple crimes, but escaped with Elan after Elan cleverly persuaded him into destroying their prison bars (Elan having convinced Thog that the bars had eaten the trail of breadcrumbs imperative to Nale finding his way back, and also punched a clown) and used illusions to fool the guardsmen. For Elan's unexplained and unused stowaway plan, Thog wears a [[leprechaun]] costume (prior to this he was wearing a [[Moogle]] costume) while he packs a giant wooden alpaca with potato salad. When he was reunited with his comrades Nale and Sabine, Nale told him Sabine missed him, resulting in him "bull rush tackle hugging" Sabine. While Elan and Haley fought Nale and Sabine, Thog returned and, his greataxe having been left behind in Cliffport, tore the door off its hinges for an improvised weapon. Elan appealed to their newly-discovered friendship, and persuaded Thog that he would rather go and eat ice cream with his friends than have them fight. Thog agreed, and promptly bludgeoned Haley several times with the door, Elan having forgotten that Thog didn't consider her a friend. Thog did not really participate in the subsequent battle between the Guild and the Order, as Elan subdued him using an illusion. He was captured after [[Durkon Thundershield|Durkon]] used a Hold Person spell on him at the battle's conclusion as he tries to join in the Order's group hug; the Order turned him over to the Sapphire Guard and he later escaped with Nale and Sabine. We later find out that it has been Thog's dream to be a footstool. | ||
===Sabine=== | ===Sabine The Succubus=== | ||
A shapeshifting fiend or devil, and a self-described 'evil incarnation of illicit sex'; second-in-command of the Linear Guild (and thus the opposite number of [[Haley Starshine]]) and Nale's lover. | A shapeshifting fiend or devil, and a self-described 'evil incarnation of illicit sex'; second-in-command of the Linear Guild (and thus the opposite number of [[Haley Starshine]]) and Nale's lover. | ||
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The original line-up of the Linear Guild (Nale, Sabine, Thog, Hilgya, Zz'dtri, and Yikyik) appear as unique monster cards in the Order of the Stick Adventure Game. An announced expansion to the game that has not yet been released will allow players to take on the roles of Linear Guild members as playable characters.<ref name="GTS">[http://www.gamingreport.com/article.php?sid=23501&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 GTS Special: Order of the Stick Fall 2007 Releases]. ''[http://www.gamingreport.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=NPNews&file=index GamingReport.com]'', April 26, 2007. Retrieved on November 9, 2007</ref> | The original line-up of the Linear Guild (Nale, Sabine, Thog, Hilgya, Zz'dtri, and Yikyik) appear as unique monster cards in the Order of the Stick Adventure Game. An announced expansion to the game that has not yet been released will allow players to take on the roles of Linear Guild members as playable characters.<ref name="GTS">[http://www.gamingreport.com/article.php?sid=23501&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 GTS Special: Order of the Stick Fall 2007 Releases]. ''[http://www.gamingreport.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=NPNews&file=index GamingReport.com]'', April 26, 2007. Retrieved on November 9, 2007</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||