Chapter 4: Page 67
Apologies for the delay everyone–it’s been a pretty tough couple weeks here as the summer gets into gear and new projects spin up! We’re going to also be taking a break next week, but swing by our Twitter account here for fun updates throughout the next couple weeks!
Anyway, on to the page!
Oh no! We’re stopping here?? WE’RE STOPPING HERE? Well, for Janik, Mitra, Beck, and Rook…yes, for the moment!
The quartet is in trouble, backup is no longer in sight, and this canid patrol seems to be assuredly leading them into the desert for ill purposes. Could it be that Janik’s diplomatic foray has ended before it’s begun? Are the Sand Spiders about to lose half of their number?
We’ll just have to wait and see!
The perspective switch does have a benefit, however! Characters that we haven’t visited for a while have a chance to show up again. It’s like seeing a bunch of old friends again after almost a year apart! In this case, since August of last year (wow).
Speaking of AUGUST, I’m pleased to announce that Rachel and I will be attending C2E2 in Chicago this August!
We haven’t done this particular show since 2015, and WOW has a lot changed since then! The hardcovers are nicer, there’s more fun merch available, and because it’s been so long since we’ve been to this particular show, all of it will be new for the local crowd!
If you’re a reader, please do stop on by if you can. We’ll have more information available as the show gets closer (like, for example, where our table is going to be located).
Unfortunately, we did NOT make it into Emerald City again this year, but we still have a few shows in the wings we’re waiting for news on. The moment we know anything, we’ll let you know.
And of course, the “Music of the Western Deep” Kickststarter is coming up!
That’s right, we’re going to be planning for a July 5th launch, so expect things like the pitch video, pledge tier previews, and more in the coming weeks.
Beautiful way to segue into a different part of the story and cast! Shit, the Canid are really taking them into the desert during a sandstorm? Madness.
Transition page!
And what better way to see Janik and Company out of their cliffhanger predicament than with a command reappearance of Beck’s Scary Teeth!
Poor Hardin looks like he’s seen better days. (Looks almost … human.) If it’s possible to feel sympathetic toward a conflict-igniting warlord, I think Rachel has pulled it off.
Beautiful. Just beautiful.
It’s been a while, how this guy got injured again? I recall some kind of infighting. And where they’re headed, like, what’s their goal here?
Rathik stabbed Hardin (and Bevan too, with one of Rhosyn’s crossbow bolts) when he semi-rebelled. As for where they’re headed or their goal, that has yet to be made clear, although at this point they could just be making up some of that on the fly.
Thank!
I guess, that there is possibility of the meeting with our old friends Dakk and Quin, with Kenosh, Ashtor and suffering (hopefully not dying) Hardrin, in this hiuge forest across the river. Also any art, or new page of this masterpiece which come from under the hand of Rachel and keyboard of Alex, is always worth of waiting and patience, and this all past and future years of waiting for saturday morning, clearly prove it.
And I am now 100% sure that I hate (that mean I love) this smug little “uwu”-scar canid officer. Wish that he will pay for his crimes in short future.
XD
The Canid are often so infuriatingly smug about committing evil!
On the bright side, the last canid officer who attempted to murder this group was also very self-satisfied and he got shot in the neck.
That canid taking Beck better watch out—she’s bearing her nightmare fangs!
What fun! Everybody is going for a nice relaxing walk and nobody is getting executed or possibly bleeding to death and everything is great!
*sobs*
Until the next page. ;)
Love that Janik seems frustrated by not being sussed as a threat.
Ha! They have successfully identified Mitra as the one out of that pair who Will Try To Stab A Fool. The angry eyebrows suggest she may be considering it right now. How dare the canid lay hands on her shawl!
Hey! It’s everyone’s favorite morally ambiguous ehrmen warlord! Can’t wait to see more of Hardin again—and Kenosh. Looks like they’re headed into the Eastern Deep—I wonder if they’ll meet some other old friends…
Hope Janik and the rest can figure something out quick. Mitra had better start calling in old favors…