Chapter 3: Page 14
Tosch, as our readers have determined, is not unlike his brother in that he relishes in a good bit of showmanship. Still, now he’s talking about something that matters deeply to him — his dear departed brother — so his personality gets a little bit more raw as a result. He also isn’t very keen on not having Quin’s 100% undivided attention.
I think I’m finally getting used to this Pacific Standard Time thing! Basically I traveled back in time, and now I’m finally adjusting to the time sickness (aka the less-interestingly-named “jet lag”). I’m settling into Bellevue quite nicely, and even got to revisit Pike Place and get various sundries I was unable to last time, like Beecher cheese and blackberry honey. Pike Place was also filled with all sorts of fresh seafood, like this REALLY WEIRD HALIBUT!
Oh, wait. That’s not halibut.
It’s some kind of tuna, right?
ANYWAY, for guest art this week, I wanted to share this fun .gif that Saraa Luna put together a couple weeks ago! If this comic were a Twine story with some graphics and tracked health stats, you can bet you’d see this little graphic popping up right around now!
Oh, poor Quin! Down to your last heart and no red elixers stored up in your inventory! Bust open some pots, maybe you’ll find a heart? I really hope you hit a checkpoint or something back there, because things do NOT look good up ahead.
Thank you SO much for the great art, Saraa! Between this and Yurk Quest and everything else, I’m smiling ear-to-ear quite a lot lately, so we thank you profusely! :)
It’s a Cthulhu halibut/tuna!
Another great page. That last panel could almost serve as the banner art for this entire chapter (he said, not really knowing what lies ahead for the remainder of Chapter Three).
Keep the great work coming!
No, no, it’s clearly a Pacific Halibut. I’m pretty good at identifying fish.
Ah, no matter what it is – important is that this is from the sea and you can eat it and it is very tasty for us otters ^///^
As long as Quinn could play Tosch’s game and give him enough lively attention and time for eachother I guess there is a tiny chance that specific canid could change his way of thinking a bit… I hope.
Yes Tosch, you’re brother is very very dead…D-E-D Dead.
Holy geez Alex, what sort of monstrosity is THAT!? I dont know what kind of tuna do the people find there, but I would be happily stray from any oceans for a while thank you.
And I love this little gif of yours Saraa :) Poor, poor Quinlan. Will our hapless hero ever catch a break? Hopefully the answer to that will be positive in the future.
Well Indeed General is in fact really stressed out with all these damn events, which is why he is so nervous, so nervous that usually before breakfast was enough for him to slaughter one Ermehn prisoner and was already calm all morning but today in the rage he slaughtered until 5 Ermehn prizoners… and two more later yet… and later this damn nothing giving talk with Dakkan… huh – in fact General is not gravy today… Poor General… We all are with him and share our pain and grief after heroic death of our beloved leader and his beloved brother and our father and ruler of the nation General Canid… :C
We will remeber you our great Leader and father and General, You will stay forever in our Canid hearts…
https://youtu.be/mSLJYbhXCkE
:'( :'( :'(
Love how Quin is so overcome he says, “You can’t just torture . . . DAK!” I can imagine myself being in that same situation, with a friend named George. “You can’t just torture . . . GEORGE!!” He’s indispensable. Well, unless you’re in this scenario:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61yzTfu0F-M
And the real side of Tosch is kind of refreshing, yet at the same time disquieting. It’s amazing!!
Wow, that gif is great!
nice page! but NOW I’m even more worried about them…. Tosch that sonuva–[DELETED SCENE]
anyways….
sweet mother of Tesque! WHAT IS THAT THING ALEX?? you sure you’re not living near any lovecraftian cults?
btw nice art, saraa! if there’s a BWD game I’d play it regardless of how much it’ll cost :D
..so has Quinlan been hanging there the entire time they were, ah, hospitalizing Dakkan? Because if anything could get Dakkan to stop the snark, it’s probably that.
Man, Rachel, your expressions are always good but the //flow and the emotion is just so well expressed this page. Alex, the flow of Quinlan’s reaction really feels realistic, too- the way his focus splits between trying to argue the injustice of the situation, but he can’t keep his attention off his friend either. Wonderful, wonderful sequence.
….I wonder if it’s possible to pick the lock with said quarrel that Tosch just dropped on the stool? granted, you have to get it up to the lock and then actually escape the garrison, but it’s a thought.
Also, guys, don’t be mean, that’s clearly the calamari overlords that attacked the not-so-peaceful envoy a few guest art pieces back. Way to incite an already loaded situation, guys.
I’m not certain either of our heroes knows how to pick a lock. And if one of them does, I’d peg Dak as being the one, far and away. Seems like the sort of skill he would invest in.
I can’t help feeling that Tosch is about to contest their kingdoms being allies next.
Me too.
As for what effect that proclamation will have on Quin, well . . . I’ll be watching his reaction very closely. He’s been both a scout and captain of the royal guard. If there’s anyone familiar with the military strength of at least the Tamian half of Sunsgrove, it’ll be him. And he just spent the afternoon/evening of the previous day hanging around a Canid garrison, so he’ll have had some ability to observe their strength and compare.
Were it his grandfather then sure, but frankly I don’t think making notes of Canid military strength even occurred to Quin. So far he has shown at best competency in being wide-eyed and out of his depth, and I don’t think that’s going to change soon.
Forgive me for (again) commenting on old pages, but:
I don’t know about that. Quinlan’s previous job was as a scout. I’d think that would involve having a keen eye and taking notice of things. Plus, that sketchbook of his suggests he might have an eye for detail. He’s also a Tesque Master, albeit a bit rusty, which would be hard to pull off if he were the oblivious type. Given all that, I’d say he’s probably better than clueless.
Even so, he’s not nearly as shrewd as the likes of Hardin, Caldus, or Kenosh. Plus, he’s way out of his element, and shaken by Kenosh’s (to him) out-of-left-field betrayal. (Also there’s that crossbow thing, which isn’t as okay as Bevan would have you believe.) So he’ll still be at a disadvantage.
Oh my gosh, I feel really touch in this third and fourth panel with Quin… :C Poor Quin and Dak :’C I… I don’t know what I can write more today… Huh… What a horrible times that not enough that There is lady Canid who read our comments and she began to watch us – *I begin to whisper louder including radio* there is special squad of Canid soldiers like some kind of KGB or Gestapo sitting behind the wall of each room of us and overhears and reads up our comments and…. wdfwvvWFASVAFVAD… […]
[NO SIGNAL]
Ah, wait Uffuff >
Wait Wait General, I have some question – I know that you have broken solider heart and wanna kill every Ermehn and you are now in bloody murderous rage inside, But what are you talking about, that your brother, a RIP general Clovis was head of the Canid Kingdom, since in the Arshlov in the capital on the throne sits the Canid king (for unknown to me on behalf of which now do not remember) ??? I know that you are really sad now but please don’t tell stupid… Noooooo!!!! Viavt freeedom, Vivat Ermehnnfvefvqevf
*Again Secret canid agents got me and dragged me on my heands, sly me from the house to the white van*
You know what to do with him guys? Teach him the historical truth – that mean our Canid truth :3 – And if you will need some help in talking with him, call to me *give kiss in air to Jakub*
Tosch as Batman confirmed?
Well, this page certainly confirms the theory that the Canid only feel emotions like joy when they’re slashing/stabbing/impaling Ermehn. They can feel love and attachment to their family just like the rest of us! Who knew? Now if only they would act this way more often . . .
/endsarcasm
So Tosch is an intelligent, cool, and calculating commander, but is also letting his emotions overcome his rational thought right now? The worst of both worlds if you happen to be on his bad side. And Quin and Dak certainly are . . .
I wish I had more to say, but I’m starting to run out of ways to describe just how screwed Quin, Dak, and Sunsgrove are right now. This entire interrogation is confirming the depth and extent of the massive cluster**** that started the night before, and is growing wider and deeper by the second. I have to applaud Alex for writing a witch’s brew of a situation that’s so perfectly volatile, toxic, and delicate, and then showing us what happens when someone (you know who you are, Kenosh) strolls on up and kicks over the pot.
The whole rest of this chapter should be fascinating.
I think this is not the time to be reminding him of political ties and whatnot. Rather just nod and look properly upset (couldn’t think of a better word) about the events that have transpired. In regards to the guest art, I would totally play a game if there was one made about this world.
The way Quin’s looking to Dak is breaking my heart
I feel the same way. I’m afraid that this will change Dakkan for the worst. Something tells me that he will begin to harbor some very hostile feelings when he wakes up. His sense of humor might get buried beneath all of this pain. :{
Who else is looking forward to when Dakkan and Kenosh meet again?
(Assuming, of course, that they ever do . . .)
I am, but I don’t think it will be a positive meeting. I sense a lot of hatred going Kenosh’s way soon. :s
He’s going full batman in the end. “MY PARENTS ARE DEAD!”
The octopus reminds of a The Thing fanfic that off-handedly mentioned a fisherman finding a fish bursting into tentacles. It was bad.
Anyways grandma is a sadist. A vengeful sadist, granted, which makes it okay
Such raw feelings being seen here. Poor Tosch had his brother killed, so his sympathy towards others who potentially had a hand in it is pretty much non-existent. It’s understandable, but not right.
Quin is so concerned for his poor friend. The faces he makes breaks my fragile heart. x_x Allies shouldn’t fight among themselves.
I love the references in your gif, Saraa Luna. :P
You’re, of course, assuming that Tosch had sympathy toward others to begin with.
Toschs line of clovis being the leader of the canid could possibly mean that the canid government could be corrupted and clovis having most of the power would do anything to motivate the other canid to kill the erhmen for his goals and as he was willing to kill a prisoner. the power of the canid is now in severe danger of collapsing their government on a whole . this is just my thoughts on the whole situation and right now its just way to early to see how this will turn out.
Bear in mind that the Canid king is more of a puppet than a true leader.
https://westerndeep.net/comic/chapter-2-page-5/
This means that most of the political power in Aisling is held by Clovis and Tosch. With Clovis gone, Tosch is essentially the ruler of the Canid now, and he can be as violent and authoritarian as he pleases.
I think having two generals sharing power is a good strategy for controlling power, just like what Rome did with its emperors. 2 generals distributes power, so one won’t have too much power. this would also let the two watch each other’s backs so neither one of them would have any corrupt intentions. should one have an ulterior motive, it can be stopped if the other upholds their part of ruling the kingdom.
Odd that Clovis’s sword is an arming sword(one-handed) with what appears to be the blade of long sword length(two-handed). However it might just be the perspective of the last panel that’s throwing me off. But, Clovis’s fluffiness in the last panel makes up for it ten fold.
Rule of Cool with long bladed one handers, Canid can be considered quite a bit beefier than a human and are the only ones that can swing around a blade that large with one hand, or as you said, perspective.
One of those things.
I am now convinced that the Canid choose their leaders Orky style: da biggest and da fluffiest!
“OI! I’S THE FLUFFIEST! YOU LOT FOLLOW ME!”
I think it’s the other way round, becoming a Canid leader makes you gain 100% more floof instantly!
This is an idea I get behind. It’s an unspoken of property of leadership.
HEEEY.
This might be a little late, but I used to live in seattle. The octopus has been sitting there for years.