[tinkthank]

A Starspawn priest with a bit of experience and Ritual of Returning cast upon himself finds himself attacked by a Thing of Many Eyes, one of those bizarre immobile creatures.

Well the usual battle ensues. (Instead of firing at it or stabbing it to death, my Starspawn casts his usual buffs and then Earth Grip a dozen or so times.)
Eventually the "independent armies" are routed. But of course the ToME can't move, so my Starspawn casts Earth Grip a few more times. Then the Messages "The independent armies have routed" and "The armies of Ryleh have routed" start flashing on the screen and replacing each other so fast I had to watch this modestly interesting replay twice to read it.
Then my Starspawn dissapears. He's not in the capital, so probably dead.
Always a surprise!