Chapter 3: Page 81
I think this might be a world record (or at least a Western Deep record) for “longest amount of time we’ve gone between introducing a character and revealing the name of that character”. Feyn SORTA counts, since he’s never name-checked in the comic (only in the liner notes), but there probably won’t be a place for that in the story so I don’t see it counting. Also he’s dead. Spoiler alert, I know.
Anyway, we can now officially retire the “lady canid” moniker! Her real name is Sigrid, and she would really appreciate it if you called her by her real name from now on!
If you don’t, she’ll get spicy in the comments section.
ANYWAY, it would appear that Sigrid’s got some pretty important news to deliver, blowing past that young canid soldier there and heading elsewhere for delivery. The young canid there probably won’t be writing home to tell his parents that he guards the aviary. He probably leaves that out.
Or he massages the details a bit.
Yeah. That makes sense.
Time for guest art!
So, I discovered this really fun piece by searching the Beyond the Western Deep tag on tumblr! It’s by Rebekah Concidine, whose tumblr blog can be found right here, and she did this fantastic piece of the previous scene’s heroes!
I love how heroic these two look! And having Janik and Mitra in the background there really helps sell the stakes, I think. Those two canid growling in the foreground help too, of course!
I absolutely love the piece, Rebekah, and I hope it’s not the last you do of our characters! :)
Remember, if you have any Western Deep-related guest art or any other Western Deep-related fan project you’d like us to share with the community at large, drop us an email at hello@westerndeep.net!
See you all next week!
Haha, I can’t decide which of today’s extra pictures I prefer the most.
Nice to know her name, Sigrid seem to be cool :)
I wonder what the canid are up to now. I like that Sigrid seems to wear mail as the canid normal armor has fail to impress me on … every ocation, so i wonder: Is canid armor just for show?
Any way i look forward how the adventure goes on!
And best luck to the young canid soldier XD
That panel two face makes me happy.
Which one, Geo? (Oh, and feel free to join us in the Comic Discussion over on Discord, ya old ‘coon you!)
I wonder where that trap door leads?
Great page, as has become the usual. Love the colors and the flow of action .. and Sigrid too, of course! (But she’ll always be Lady Canid to me!)
As to Rebekah’s guest art, that looks quite professional to me. Any chance she might become a guest artist for an upcoming side comic?
Them’s some high quality page notes this week!
Gosh, how young are the canid levies when they join the army? Either that little white fellow has some filling-out to do or he’s not been eating his crusts. Tsk, tsk what would his mother say?
I know Sigrid’s a professional but I would not recommend the kids at home attempt to descend a step ladder with quite that level of elan, though it certainly makes for a cool pose what with the flowing cloak and all.
She finally gets a name. Yay! Though personally, the name Sigrid makes me think of Ygritte. Maybe it’s the sound. Maybe it’s her personality and/or mannerisms.
The young Canid guard does look kinda cute…
I’m laughing at the pic of Sigrid typing her angry comment. Is there a name for this Canid-equivalent to Navy Seal Copypasta-toughtalk?
Whatever it’s called I’m willing to bet Sigrid has more “confirmed kills” than the original author. And she’s fictional.
I like the sequence in the middle, which displays her moving forward without showing her at all, very clever!
Word.
Oh boy this new canid seems like a fun character! I hope we can see him more in the next pages
Ah, well, time to finally retire the “Lady Canid” appellation. It served us well.
Sigrid is a good name for her, and I’m happy to see she has a name, since it means she’s more likely to play a bigger role in the upcoming story!
This is a nice page too. Looking forward to the next one.
Lady Canid is now Sigrid, a very fitting Canid name. I must say its great to be back at Deltrada, and I hope we will be getting back to one tamian and lutren pair real soon.
Oh! Ha, I wasn’t expecting to see my fanart on here today. I had been meaning to send it in though, so I’m very glad you liked it! I’m loving your comic very much.