Guest Gulkan: the Yarglat barbarian otherwise known as the Weaponmaster. Under the compulsion of hubristic ambition, he has dared his way into the Temple of Blood. There he has liberated the Great God Jocasta. By way of reward, he expected to be given the powers of the wizard. Instead, the Great God has taken possession of him. His father, the Witchlord Onosh, lies at his feet. And Guest is poised to kill his father. He does not want to, but he cannot help himself!
So there was Guest, about to slaughter his father, when with a whoosh a high-pressure flood of saliva came barrel-bursting from the cornucopia, knocking him down and rolling him over and over till he ended up in a thrashing heap against the temple wall. The Great God Jocasta lost control of Guest's body, for its contortions were too quick to be followed by the God's mechanism of control – and Guest abruptly found himself free.
Free from possession, Guest fought through a swiftly-rising flood-rush of foaming spittle, grappled with the pumping cornucopia, and brought it to the upright, thus cutting off the outflow of his father's spit – which otherwise would surely have continued pumping until it had digested the world.
This was no sooner done than Guest realized that the Great God Jocasta was moving in on Lord Onosh, humming ominously.
"Run!" said Guest.
But, even as he said it, a voice of thunder roared in outraged anger:
"HALT!"Guest momentarily thought it was the Great God Jocasta speaking, but it was not.
"HALT!" roared the wrath-thundering challenger. "HALT! THROW DOWN