Keychain of Creation IV: The Lore Thing

[The Bushranger]

Clearly, what they're looking for is this. *nodnod*

[tonberrian]

Clearly, what they're looking for is this. *nodnod*

Gate? What gate? I thought Misho was looking for a door.

Though, the idea that the portal that goes through the Seal of Eight Divinities is a spinning round thing with 39 symbols is too cool to be ignored, MitD or no.

[Midnight Lurker]

Is Misho using a Glorious Solar {Notepad}?

[GrayWatch]

I'm betting on them searching for the entance to a hidden manse. Misho already knew where one was, so him knowing of another is no great stretch.

As for the little golden thingy in his hands I suspect he's crafting something. While mechanically speaking that happens with one rolll per [some, usually unacceptably long, interval of time] until they get enough banked successes, and in the case of solars who at all value their time that whole interval is spent in a workshop in order to not suffer penalties however I suspect Jukashi is showing it being created gradually rather than what mechanically happens (pile of stuff, roll1, wait, roll2, wait, roll3, pile of stuff magically transmuted into Bright Edge, Orichalcum Reaper Daiklaive.)

Not sure about the reference though. I thought it was LotR at first but that bird makes me suspect otherwise.

[lord_khaine]

As have allready been mentioned, its a the Hobbit reference, and the bird is a part of it.

[Revlid]

Looks like that Linguistics dot in Clawspeak was a waste of time, Marena.

[Midnight Lurker]

Y'know, if they're identical twins... that sarashi must be wound tight enought o hurt something fierce.

[Xelloss]

Y'know, if they're identical twins... that sarashi must be wound tight enought o hurt something fierce.

Marena has been pregnant, when Karen haven't. Even if they are identical twins, Marena's breasts are probably bigger.

[The Rose Dragon]

Shading!!!

[Gez]

Y'know, if they're identical twins... that sarashi must be wound tight enought o hurt something fierce.

It's not just a question of genes, also one of diet, especially during the formative years. (Like how Japanese women now need bigger bra sizes than their grandmothers because richer food than fish is plentiful and hard to avoid now.) Marena was trained to be a queen and wife; Karen to be a warrior.

Furthermore, Marena is now a shapeshifter anyway.

I tried binging to find back the comic where she offered secret to help her get a fuller figure, but didn't and figured enough time had passed for me to be ninjaed by a dozen persons and for the topic to have drifted on to another subject.

[lord_khaine]

Hmm, i really cant understand why they make such a big deal over a little deamon or 2?

edit.

Y'know, if they're identical twins... that sarashi must be wound tight enought o hurt something fierce.

For that matter, it was newer stated that they were identical.

[The Rose Dragon]

Where there is one demon, there can be more.

Some of them might even be Third Circle.

[rocketpony]

Some of them might even be Third Circle.

Third circle more like nerd circle mirite.

Misho why you gotta be so mysterious all the time? Why?
Also Karen looks good :D

[The Glyphstone]

Is that Karen's anima banner, or is she actually on fire from fighting the demon?

[The Rose Dragon]

You know, when I saw Glyph as the last posted, I was worried he'd locked the thread or something.

Then I remembered webcomics isn't under his jurisdiction, and I was relieved.

It's her anima banner. We've seen it before.

[Weimann]

Oh my God she had breasts all this time :O

[Leliel]

Where there is one demon, there is always more.

Fixed it for you.



Frankly that head looks a lot like an unfortunate Blood Ape to me, and frankly, Erymanthoi, on a scale of one to ten, rank about a negative 2 when it comes to difficulty summoning and binding. If there aren't more, the sorcerer was probably brain damaged.

[Kyeudo]

Fixed it for you.



Frankly that head looks a lot like an unfortunate Blood Ape to me, and frankly, Erymanthoi, on a scale of one to ten, rank about a negative 2 when it comes to difficulty summoning and binding. If there aren't more, the sorcerer was probably brain damaged.

On a threat level, Blood Apes rank only about a 2 or 3 out of 10, since they have crap for Dex, low dots in Melee and Martial Arts, and crappy Charms. That they scratched Karen means they must be deployed in some fairly hefty numbers or else backed by something with more backbone.

I'd be more worried about Tomescu. Those things get free counterattacks and have some serious combat training.

[Revlid]

On a threat level, Blood Apes rank only about a 2 or 3 out of 10, since they have crap for Dex, low dots in Melee and Martial Arts, and crappy Charms. That they scratched Karen means they must be deployed in some fairly hefty numbers or else backed by something with more backbone.

I'd be more worried about Tomescu. Those things get free counterattacks and have some serious combat training.

Yeah, but aren't blood apes serious business in the background, at least? I got the impression they ended up as punks because Dex is a godstat, rather than as a design decision. Well, whatever.

Fan Comic!

[Kyeudo]

Yeah, but aren't blood apes serious business in the background, at least? I got the impression they ended up as punks because Dex is a godstat, rather than as a design decision. Well, whatever.

In the background, Blood Apes are used as cheap muscle. They work well enough as laborers, they are tough enough to beat the snot out of anything god-blooded and below, and they are useful as base material in creating Hellstriders.

[T-O-E]

Fan Comic!

Very nice. I like the feathers, and "heart for a sunrise." Definitely a different light for the character. But why did you save in jpeg and not png?

[Revlid]

Very nice. I like the feathers, and "heart for a sunrise." Definitely a different light for the character. But why did you save in jpeg and not png?

Because I am a failure of a man whose scanner works in JPEGs alone. As ever, technology hampers me in an effort to begin its bloody, Terminator-esque rebellion.
Glad you liked it!

[Jukashi]

Woah, that's way more awesome than I was expecting. I'm almost tempted to ask if I can put it up as a guest comic.

I did kinda have a backstory for Flame planned out already, though, as you probably expected. And it's different in many respects, though I never planned on revealing it any time soon. Something to consider. Can I assume I can put this up on the fanart page, anyway?

And if you like, as a little payment for that excellent comic, I'll tell you what I had imagined Flame's backstory to be.

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He was a sort of anthropologist/scavenger lord; tracing the lineage of cultures from the first age to figure out treasures and lore they might retain, learn their ways, then find out where they keep the ancient tablets or whatever. And his adventures in the south eventually put him on the wrong end of a sacrificial knife. Of course, in Creation, if you ritually kill people in the same place every day for years... that sort of thing can have consequences.

[Rockphed]

Woah, that's way more awesome than I was expecting. I'm almost tempted to ask if I can put it up as a guest comic.

I did kinda have a backstory for Flame planned out already, though, as you probably expected. And it's different in many respects, though I never planned on revealing it any time soon. Something to consider. Can I assume I can put this up on the fanart page, anyway?

And if you like, as a little payment for that excellent comic, I'll tell you what I had imagined Flame's backstory to be.

Spoiler

Show

He was a sort of anthropologist/scavenger lord; tracing the lineage of cultures from the first age to figure out treasures and lore they might retain, learn their ways, then find out where they keep the ancient tablets or whatever. And his adventures in the south eventually put him on the wrong end of a sacrificial knife. Of course, in Creation, if you ritually kill people in the same place every day for years... that sort of thing can have consequences.

I like that one better than Revlid's, but Revlid's sounds more like the kind of thing an Abyssal would go around explaining, in vivid detail, to his enemies to make them fear him. Or would that be an infernal channeling his yozi progenitors.

[Revlid]

Woah, that's way more awesome than I was expecting. I'm almost tempted to ask if I can put it up as a guest comic.

I did kinda have a backstory for Flame planned out already, though, as you probably expected. And it's different in many respects, though I never planned on revealing it any time soon. Something to consider. Can I assume I can put this up on the fanart page, anyway?

Of course! I'd be honoured.

And if you like, as a little payment for that excellent comic, I'll tell you what I had imagined Flame's backstory to be.

Spoiler

Show

He was a sort of anthropologist/scavenger lord; tracing the lineage of cultures from the first age to figure out treasures and lore they might retain, learn their ways, then find out where they keep the ancient tablets or whatever. And his adventures in the south eventually put him on the wrong end of a sacrificial knife. Of course, in Creation, if you ritually kill people in the same place every day for years... that sort of thing can have consequences.

Predictably, I like it a lot more than mine.
Interesting. I had him down as Mola Ram, but he's actually Indiana Jones.

I'm pretty sure I emailed you this comic a little while ago, actually. My account's been on the fritz, though, so it probably didn't get sent.

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I like that one better than Revlid's, but Revlid's sounds more like the kind of thing an Abyssal would go around explaining, in vivid detail, to his enemies to make them fear him. Or would that be an infernal channeling his yozi progenitors.

"You wanna know how I got this Exaltation? See, my father was a drinker..."

[lord_khaine]

Quick Revlid, you gotta start on a comic about Ben's background

[Revlid]

Quick Revlid, you gotta start on a comic about Ben's background

No, I've fallen into that trap once before.

Although if I were going to do that, he would have been a heroic mortal as a heavy-metal Orpheus, who travelled to a Shadowland in an attempt to get his wife love band back from the dead. Instead, he got his eyes torn out (although dialogue in his the manse-battle suggests he removed them voluntarily, so I dunno), and was offered a Black Exaltation. Now he and his ghostly band serve the Neverborn, with sweet tunes!

And if I were going to do that, I'd blackline the whole thing rather than mucking about with the "unlined pre-Exaltation, lined whenever an Exalt is onscreen" stuff.

And I'd do it on smaller pages, panel-by-panel, rather than doing the whole thing on one page.

But I'm not going to, so what I have or haven't learned from this escapade is moot.

[lord_khaine]

No, I've fallen into that trap once before.

Yes...?

I dont see why that should stop you falling into the same trap yet again, and the story you outline does sound cool

[Revlid]

Yes...?

I dont see why that should stop you falling into the same trap yet again, and the story you outline does sound cool

Because if and when I finish and post it, Jukashi will inevitably reply with an infinitely better rendition of the backstory, which will leave me feeling inadequate.

A thought that does amuse me now, however (and if I had any skill at photoshop or KoC-style art I might try to fancomic it), is that after the art upgrade, there will be basically no difference in how Flame looks. He's a skeleton, he already has stick-arms! How very depressing for him.

[Gez]

A thought that does amuse me now, however (and if I had any skill at photoshop or KoC-style art I might try to fancomic it), is that after the art upgrade, there will be basically no difference in how Flame looks. He's a skeleton, he already has stick-arms! How very depressing for him.

He'll get a couple more sticks for his arms (and a couple more for his legs), that should count for something!