This decision is usually shown to be positive for both parties. Following Book 4, V starts keeping Blackwing around permanently, granting his wish.
note The Oracle responds "Try ginkgo bilboa" in response to Blackwing's question ginkgo extract is often claimed to be a memory aid. It is implied that Blackwing wished for Vaarsuvius to remember his existence more often.
Be Careful What You Wish For: Downplayed. īlackwing: Wait a second, is that a bauble? I could use a shiny new bauble. Also, Blackwing's first reaction to V being turned into a lizard is to try to eat them. Ooh, Shiny!: He is still a raven, after all, and tends to fixate on shiny objects at inopportune times. Ascended Extra: Originally only appeared as part of a Running Gag, he has now become an important and permanent member of the main party from the end of Book 4 onwards. As such, he's dragged down to hell along with V when the Fiends call in their deal. And I Must Scream: Blackwing never made a deal with the Fiends, but his soul is still connected to Vaarsuvius's. Amplifier Artifact: The Orange Prism Ioun Stone he seized from Laurin is turned into a bracelet by a gnome artificer that he can now wear on his leg, granting its power to Vaarsuvius when he's close, but staying Blackwing's possession. Since the exact number he needed to roll was likely in the mid-thirties (20 + V's caster level) and Blackwing would likely have a negative modifier to his roll on a 20-sided die, his failure was assured and he knew it. Failing an attempt by 10 or more causes a "mishap", dealing damage to you as the magic within the item backfires. note This is a legitimate effect of attempting to blindly activate a magical item in the D&D 3.5 ruleset. However, he proceeds to weaponize his complete inability to activate it by deliberately causing the magic within the scroll to explode, creating the magical attack he needed. #Tv tropes order of the stick characters how to
In need of a magical attack, he manages to find a scroll Vaarsuvius was scribing earlier, a harmless locate creature spell that would be useless even if he knew how to use it. For most of the comic's run, Blackwing just disappears until V remembers needing him, but from the start of Book 5 V is trying to make up for the years of neglect, while Blackwing acts as the elf's much-needed conscience. V ignored Blackwing for years, and in fact never even named him - it was Haley who gave the bird its less-than-original moniker.
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