EDIT: So, that newest OOTS. Either the most anticlimactic fight ever or I'm going to be laughing for hours if my theory's right.
What's your theory? They triggered another one of those named traps. Really, they should have known better. Adorable blunders.
Lotus Eater Machine trap. I use them frequently when I DM. I'm a bastard.
Who else is a spellcaster that Roy could kill? Specifically, I'm talking about Varsuuvius. Why isn't she distraught?
Who do you think Roy just killed?
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Er, it looks like they're just standing around, not doing anything (anything includes killing people).
Yeah, I jsut looked at it again. They've been ensnared by the runes and the last panel shows us that; I though that they were hypnotized and that 'Xykon' was actually V.
Symbol of Insanity, possibly? In that comic, it's well known for causing teamkilling.
Not really, it looks like they're in a Lotus Eater thing, as everyone here's suggested. See:
Belkar dead in comic/alive in lasst panel
Purplish glow in panels/runes glow the same shade
Their eyes are swirly purple and they're all standing there drooling