Cutthroat Dave is a minor recurring antagonist. He is a ruthless weapon enchanter who develops a hatred towards Barry and Daren, after Barry scares him out of killing the two of them by bluffing about being a powerful stillwater.[1]
Appearance[]
Dave has the appearance of an ordinary thug. He wears a simple stained white shirt, leather pants, and a belt full of throwing knives. He has a messy untrimmed beard.[1]
Story[]
Book 1 - Chapter 1[]
Upon arriving in Varathia to participate in the tournament, Cutthroat Dave meats and attacks Daren, and overwhelms him due to his weakness against physical weapons. Before he can finish Daren, he notices Barry's presence, and demands he show himself. Cutthroat Dave assumes Barry is a stillwater, but intends to fight him anyway, believing the legends to be exaggerated. Barry implies he's the stillwater who destroyed Olmnar, and Cutthroat Dave decides not to fight Barry, who subsequently threatens Dave into sparing Daren as well. Cutthroat Dave assures Barry and Daren they'll regret messing with him, and begrudgingly leaves.
Book 1 - Chapter ?[]
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Book 2 - Chapter 11[]
If Cutthroat Dave is still alive, he uses an expensive invisibility elixir to stalk Barry's group. Arraka is still able to detect him, but chooses not to tell the group, as she sees him as a weakling and is curious why he's following them. He gets caught up in Selkrams ritual while still invisible, and accidentally ends his invisibility after completing his trial. He is easily subdued by Melindra, who takes away his elixir and remaining teleportation scrolls
Abilities/Equipment[]
Enchanted Daggers[]
Cutthroat Dave fights with enchanted throwing knives, which automatically change direction to hit enemies, even if Dave himself cannot see the target, in his own words having a mind of their own. They are also able to hold themselves in place to keep a pierced enemy from removing them, in order to keep them pinned to surfaces. Dave can recall the knives to himself at will.[1] According to Daren, Dave's knives would short work even of metal chains. He has at least 6 of these knives.
Teleportation Scrolls[]
Dave begins the tournament with at least 3 expensive, custom-made teleportation scrolls. Each scroll can only be used once, and are tailored so that only Cutthroat Dave can use them.[2]
Elixir of Invisibility[]
Dave possesses a magical elixir that produces equivalent effects to sophisticated invisibility spells, making him undetectable even by those with very good magical sense. Even the likes of Leila and Melindra where unable to notice him while using the elixir, though Arraka and Selkram were.[2]
Trivia[]
- Cutthroat Dave is the very first threat Barry faces in Varathia.
- He is also the first character capable of killing Barry. Him doing so gives the player the "Off to a good start" Achievement.
- Cristian Mihailescu once wrote a humorous "True ending of Magium" Parody, in which the majority of the female cast make their cases for why they should be Barry's "text game waifu", only for Barry to marry Cutthroat Dave instead.[3]
- He also included the footnote: "In case you are on one of the paths where Cutthroat Dave dies, he will be resurrected by space aliens later on in the story, so he can return for this epic climax."