The five Snarl Gates created by the Order of the Scribble contained the god-killing abomination Snarl. The gates were created by using both epic arcane and divine magic which (as hinted by Redcloak) could take as long as decades to research, making it nearly impossible to recreate if destroyed.
History[]
A paladin from Azure City, Soon Kim was on a diplomatic mission to the Elven Lands when his wife Mijung was tragically killed by the Snarl escaping its rift. Shortly afterwards he met Lirian, and the two concluded that the rifts were behind it and joined together to stop them. They traveled around the world, Serini Toormuck, Kraagor, Girard Draketooth, and Dorukan joined them. Finding the 5 rifts all over the world, they developed means to seal up the rifts, unable to get rid of them entirely. Kraagor was killed while sealing one rift. After building the gates themselves, the group had a argument that almost lead to bloodshed, until Serini made a compromise of them defending their own respective gates with their own means.[2]
The Dark One intends to blackmail the gods themselves by threatening to release the Snarl with the Gates to barter a better life for the Goblinoid people, using the Bearer of the Crimson Mantle, Redcloak, to manipulate Xykon into locating the Gate in order to transport it to the Dark One.
Since then, 4 of the gates has been destroyed through various means, only Kraagor's Gate remains which is currently being searched for by Team Evil.
The Gates[]
Lirian's Gate | ||||||
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Gate Builder | Protector(s) | Other
Protection(s) |
Location | Destroyed by | Destruction Method | Time destroyed |
Lirian | Lirian, forest creatures | N/A | Elven Lands,
Lirian's Glade[3] |
Redcloak (accidentally) | Flame Strike | 1156 |
Dorukan's Gate | ||||||
Gate Builder | Protector(s) | Other
Protection(s) |
Location | Destroyed by | Destruction Method | Time destroyed |
Dorukan | Dorukan,
many monsters |
Dungeon of Dorukan itself | Dungeon of Dorukan in the Redmountain Hills | Elan(accidentally) | Castle Self-Destruction rune | 1183 |
Soon's Gate | ||||||
Gate Builder | Protector(s) | Other
Protection(s) |
Location | Destroyed by | Destruction Method | Time destroyed |
Soon Kim | Sapphire Guard | Azure City itself | Azure City, in the fist sized sapphire in the lord's throne | Miko Miyazaki | O-Chul's katana | 1184 |
Girard's Gate | ||||||
Gate Builder | Protector(s) | Other
Protection(s) |
Location | Destroyed by | Destruction Method | Time destroyed |
Girard Draketooth | Draketooth Family | Illusions and traps | Draketooth Pyramid, in the Windy Canyon | Roy Greenhilt | Greenhilt Sword's green flame power | 1184 |
Kraagor's Gate | ||||||
Gate Builder | Protector(s) | Other
Protection(s) |
Location | Destroyed by | Destruction Method | Time destroyed |
Serini Toormuck (in the name of Kraagor) | Monsters | A massive complex filled with a great number of tombs and powerful monsters | A massive complex near the North Pole | No one, currently intact | N/A | N/A |
Reference[]
- ↑ Comic 844, "Case In Point"
- ↑ The Crayons of Time
- ↑ Start of Darkness, p.51