Ivan Dies Two Times in a Row

Life, Death

Ivan asks Dandit for a pocket watch in return for the gun he got from the Modern Plane. Dandit finds the gun interesting and allows Ivan to take only the pocket watch. Ivan then asks if he can free him from the gold Primus' gauntlets turned him into. Dandit laughs and spews his acid breath over Ivan, causing him to die once again. Ivan's soul is partially sucked into the pocket watch, while the other pieces rejoin in The World In-Between, where he ends up startling the same person he saw before (Grimshaw) while they were writing in their journal. Grimshaw gets extremely angry from being interrupted in his private quarters and takes out a gun to shoot Ivan in the head before he can even ask for another gun to replace the one he gave Dandit.

When Primus is about to die after starting a fight with the Empire Group, a Young Black Dragon is revealed to have found its way into the underground cavern. The dragon was attracted by the massive hoard of gold and treasure that Primus gathered without him even knowing. Once awoken from its slumber, the dragon eats Primus whole. As it turns on the party, Merlin recognizes the dragon from his travels as Dandit, who he first met as a wyrmling without a hoard. Dandit says that he knows Merlin wants something from his hoard that he refuses to give up, and the party realizes it could be a piece of the Crown of Truth.   Ivan asks Dandit for a pocket watch in return for the gun he got from the Modern Plane. Dandit finds the gun interesting and allows Ivan to take only the pocket watch. Ivan then asks if he can free him from the gold Primus' gauntlets turned him into. Dandit laughs and spews his acid breath over Ivan, causing him to die once again. Ivan's soul is partially sucked into the pocket watch, while the other pieces rejoin in The World In-Between, where he ends up startling the same person he saw before (Grimshaw) while they were writing in their journal.   Grimshaw gets extremely angry from being interrupted in his private quarters and takes out a gun to shoot Ivan in the head before he can even ask for another gun to replace the one he gave Dandit. After dying again, Ivan wakes up back by Dandit (who is wrestling with an enlarged Doc) then grabs his jacket, waves his hand, and leaves. He lies to Lexus and tells him the others have died after fighting a dragon, and that they have to leave right away. The two run off through the cavern to get back to the airship.