wait, wait, wait...
"but I also hadn't delivered any of the eggs, so I was fighting him at 3 hp and didn't know I could have more."
WTF?
I went back to the starz once, the imps didnt do anything for me, so I never returned there.
Should have told me that those eggs actually have a purpose BEFORE you finish the game!
thought it as jsut same "you get alternate ending if you got them all" kind of thign! :O