ALINUAAAAAA AAAAA ALINUAAAA SHE’S HEREEEE SHE’S HERE FRRR I MISSED HER SO MUCH WELCOME BACK IT’S BEEN LIKE TEN AND A HALF MONTHS QUEEN ššššš WAH
I love Alinua’s face on that last panel. The lighting and only showing one, more-detailed-than-usual eye feels like she is about to make good on Tess’ expectations for her in 2-6-8 regarding what will happen to whomever harms Kendal. She looks ready to become the anti-paladin bogeyman and I am so excited to see it.
Breaking the water Falst shouts NO in frustration,
Erratically splashing thinks through situation.
Yawning sky up above filled with dragons and ships
Oh hell, he mutters, and the boatās side he grips
No problem to aid them, she is glad, says the elf
Demigod, the Wyrm fears, she canāt help by herself
Falst: (whispering) I’m on a boat. I’m on a boat. Everybody look away ’cause I’m sneaking on a boat. I’m on a boat. I’m on a boat. Please nobody look at the contents of this boat.
Son of a Falst, I just knew he was going to do that; now the party will stay split from here to the end of next chapter at least. Well, out of all the party members, he’s the one that could make such a play work, and with how rushed the Paladin evacuation is I doubt they’ll do much of an inspection beyond a head-count.
Who knows? Maybe there’s a uniform in that boat’s cargo he could use to infiltrate further.
(sigh) I suppose a deus ex Alinua to solve all of the narrative’s problems was always going to be too much to hope for. Well, now that she’s in sync with the rest of the comic, Alinua and her friends can help Erin and Dainix out; we are only about halfway through this chapter after all, so Red’s gotta fill those pages with something.
I’m assuming fantasy language rules apply here (there’s no diegetic reason for them to be speaking English in the first place, so it’s translated for the audience and/or part of willful suspension of disbelief), but it would be interesting to get an in-world explanation if there is one.
i agree, i think it would be something like “oh caves” cuz the Singing Caves and whatnot but i can’t remember if any mention of afterlives occurred so they might have something analogous but we just don’t know about it :p
Red has said that the concept of religion is very different in Aurora from our world, and that they don’t have a concept of an afterlife because their souls simply unravel and rejoin the ambient soul energy upon death, so it would be accurate to call this swear a translation because Aurora doesn’t have a hell.
ALINUA!!! HI. We all missed you. Your friends desperately need you.
Also ohhh man it looks like Falst is gonna stow away. “Oh hell” the moment he realizes what snap decision he has to make, yeah dude, that about sums it up.
I wonder if Alinua is going to follow close behind? Or is she too deep underwater right this second, and going to help the rest of the squad first? I would guess the latter.
I just thought of another reason for “Oh, hell” that may or may not have occurred to him: His dad might be at the destination. I don’t know if it’s been confirmed whether or not he’s actually a Paladin, but I remember the theory being thrown around during Falst’s flashback to his mother’s death.
You know it occurs to me now that the paladins have Kendal and will presumably lock him up in a fixed locationā¦ that might give the Collector a much easier time tracking him down. Although I guess her last information was from Zuurith so she might still track the rest of the floof squad.
But it would be very fun to see the paladins deal with an army of chimeras led by an immortal life mage and realise that just maybe there is something else beyond their war. Especially if she realises their magic might be useful to her goals.
eh what is she gonna do to lucy? she is a part of walter she cant extract her out of tam like she did with vash
if anything given how the connection to life did not help alinua with the diadems the paladins probably have the best chance at actually defeating the collector other than the floof squad and maybe people and concept gods
The option to give the bird a water landing and fish Kendal out of the water is still on the table. But I guess the Norther Wyrms says he can’t help with that first part.
So it is down to the two life mages of the story.
Ahhhh… now it makes sense. The Goddess knew that Kendal was being taken away and was in midair at that moment.
I actually like this way better than an Alinua deux ex machinae. It’s way more complicated and I’ve no idea where it’s headed. I was looking forward to getting the band back together.
The irony is, by taking away Kendal, the Paladins are actually increasing the danger that Erin will be taken over by the dragon. Blind idiots. No doubt this is a situation where if they succeeded in destroying the Void Dragon, their Lady would be destroyed as well.
These past few pages has just been me desperately trying to convince me it isnāt going to be as bad as I think it might be and then immediately having my growing anxiety validated on the next page lol
Itās likeā¦. Slow release anxiety attack. And I really gotta learn how to shut my damn mouth
Nah, Tess is too level-headed. Falst only has a chance of succeeding at this because he’s pretty sneaky to start with, and Tess is well aware that she is the opposite of stealth. She’s probably going to hang back and let the rest of the Floof Squad know what happened so they can start co-ordinating their rescue, I’d say.
Falst is desperately trying to make his job title Solo Rescue Mission Specialist, though I wonder how far he will get on his own or if the gang will use a spell bird to track either him or Kendal down– Also, did Tess see him climb into the boat? But perhaps getting some up-close paladin observation time will help him confront his fancy light powers and such.
Also, ALINUA!!!! The tides of battle are finally changing for the better.
If Indiana Jones can cling to the outside hull of a U-Boat as it motors it’s way to a hidden Aegean island base, Falst can cling to the bottom or side of an airborne boat as it’s carried to the hidden base of the Light Paladins. He just needs the Hat and a bullwhip.
The cult label is interesting, because the Paladins are called as such in-universe not for their narrow-minded zealotry, but because they don’t worship a god that’s proven to exist. They are narrow-minded zealots, a mindset clearly encouraged in the organization, and that makes them a cult as well, but they also have understandable reasons for becoming that way. It’s just that the Paladins are also entering into a situation they don’t understand nearly as well as they think they do, between not realizing Erin’s friends are powerhouses like he is, that Erin is actually travelling with friends, and the recent evidence that not even the Light Dragon herself is aware of her true nature.
SHE’S BACK!!!!!!!!!!
Alinua is back for the first time in, like, ninety pages.
Side note last night I almost stayed up to two in the morning because I thought it was Friday, yesterday.
So glad I didn’t.
– Signed The Vessel Of A Glowie God
(aka The Princess)
I think my last comment was eaten by the void.
Anyway, Alinua is back Woo-hoo!!
Also they, probably, have a new boat!
So that’s nice.
– Signed The Vessel Of A Glowing God
(aka The Princess)
Do you have a sensitive nose like I do? Whenever thereās a smell that keeps- brushing past me and saying, āhaha you canāt figure out what I smell like. Nyanahnanaā- I want to pull my hair out.
Alinua appears to also have given herself the Heroic Spirit Link ability, as seen in anime… or maybe she’s responding to the Northern Wyrm directly, I guess…
It’s because she was looking up, that I assumed she was somehow sensing some of the turmoil on Rakhn and its shores.
Letās see where you been!
Keep you friends close and your enemies closer- Ruthlessness is mercy Upon- I see a song of past romance- We wonāt take suffering from you- Drown in your sorrow and fears-
I need to be stopped. Iām genuinely curious how many epic fans are in here though.
I genuinely thought Alinua drowned. No one’s talking about her, she wasn’t ‘on screen’. I thought she was getting fried (not literally). Sorry, Life. Gotta try again, and hopefully you don’t mess up again and repeat the whole Chimera Plague or whatever.
nah we knew what had happened to her from her solo chapter but that ended up de-syncing her timeline from the rest of the floof squad so we needed to wait for her to catch up
Ayy, the flashback’s over! Great!
ALINUAAAAAA AAAAA ALINUAAAA SHE’S HEREEEE SHE’S HERE FRRR I MISSED HER SO MUCH WELCOME BACK IT’S BEEN LIKE TEN AND A HALF MONTHS QUEEN ššššš WAH
“In the arms of the angel”
Starts playing.
YYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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For mobile readers.
Alt-text: yaaaay the timelines are finally back in sync yaaaaay only good things are happening here yaaaaaay
Image source: beyond
Iām back baby!! (Not for long though)
Tumblr text: and the timelines finally realign
Bluesky text: splitting the party all by yourself, handsome?
YAAAY Party mum’s back and gonna woop some arse
ALINUA SPOTTED AT LAST
Who here has seen Pacific Rim? (Wish we got a prequel)
Oh, no reason. Iām sure that the main theme is not playing in my head for any particular reason.
Ladies and gentlemen, the Kendals have left the water. Uh, thankyouverymuch.
Also Falst, buddy, pal, friend, do you still have the fireseed? yanno the thing the GOD suggested you feed your boyfriend? Who’s still in the water?
Given the detail of that bundle inside the boat, we may see Falst disguised as a Paladin sooner rather than later.
I love Alinua’s face on that last panel. The lighting and only showing one, more-detailed-than-usual eye feels like she is about to make good on Tess’ expectations for her in 2-6-8 regarding what will happen to whomever harms Kendal. She looks ready to become the anti-paladin bogeyman and I am so excited to see it.
Breaking the water Falst shouts NO in frustration,
Erratically splashing thinks through situation.
Yawning sky up above filled with dragons and ships
Oh hell, he mutters, and the boatās side he grips
No problem to aid them, she is glad, says the elf
Demigod, the Wyrm fears, she canāt help by herself
Alternative to todayās acrostic
BACK! SHEāS BACK!!
EEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
YAY!!!
OMG ALINUA IS HERE!
Now the timelines are in sync
Donāt worry Kendalās fine š
The kitty is soggy
Falst: (whispering) I’m on a boat. I’m on a boat. Everybody look away ’cause I’m sneaking on a boat. I’m on a boat. I’m on a boat. Please nobody look at the contents of this boat.
Son of a Falst, I just knew he was going to do that; now the party will stay split from here to the end of next chapter at least. Well, out of all the party members, he’s the one that could make such a play work, and with how rushed the Paladin evacuation is I doubt they’ll do much of an inspection beyond a head-count.
Who knows? Maybe there’s a uniform in that boat’s cargo he could use to infiltrate further.
(sigh) I suppose a deus ex Alinua to solve all of the narrative’s problems was always going to be too much to hope for. Well, now that she’s in sync with the rest of the comic, Alinua and her friends can help Erin and Dainix out; we are only about halfway through this chapter after all, so Red’s gotta fill those pages with something.
‘Son of a Falst’ is absolutely hilarious.
FINALLY
I MISSED MY GIRL
Woo, Alinua is back! We missed you, girl! (It has been 10 months, 3 chapthers, and 81 pages)
Also, any theories as to what ‘hell’ means to the people of Aurora?
I’m assuming fantasy language rules apply here (there’s no diegetic reason for them to be speaking English in the first place, so it’s translated for the audience and/or part of willful suspension of disbelief), but it would be interesting to get an in-world explanation if there is one.
i agree, i think it would be something like “oh caves” cuz the Singing Caves and whatnot but i can’t remember if any mention of afterlives occurred so they might have something analogous but we just don’t know about it :p
Red has said that the concept of religion is very different in Aurora from our world, and that they don’t have a concept of an afterlife because their souls simply unravel and rejoin the ambient soul energy upon death, so it would be accurate to call this swear a translation because Aurora doesn’t have a hell.
I choose to believe that it means something to the effect of GOLLY GEE WILLIKERS BATMAN
Wow, it’s been nearly a year sense we’ve seen Alinua.
Aww dangit. Well… At least most of the team will be reunited again?
shes bacc
ALINUA!!! HI. We all missed you. Your friends desperately need you.
Also ohhh man it looks like Falst is gonna stow away. “Oh hell” the moment he realizes what snap decision he has to make, yeah dude, that about sums it up.
I wonder if Alinua is going to follow close behind? Or is she too deep underwater right this second, and going to help the rest of the squad first? I would guess the latter.
I just thought of another reason for “Oh, hell” that may or may not have occurred to him: His dad might be at the destination. I don’t know if it’s been confirmed whether or not he’s actually a Paladin, but I remember the theory being thrown around during Falst’s flashback to his mother’s death.
You know it occurs to me now that the paladins have Kendal and will presumably lock him up in a fixed locationā¦ that might give the Collector a much easier time tracking him down. Although I guess her last information was from Zuurith so she might still track the rest of the floof squad.
But it would be very fun to see the paladins deal with an army of chimeras led by an immortal life mage and realise that just maybe there is something else beyond their war. Especially if she realises their magic might be useful to her goals.
No we do not want The Collector to figure our that the lady is a primordial and try to capture her.
eh what is she gonna do to lucy? she is a part of walter she cant extract her out of tam like she did with vash
if anything given how the connection to life did not help alinua with the diadems the paladins probably have the best chance at actually defeating the collector other than the floof squad and maybe people and concept gods
Alinua is back!
The option to give the bird a water landing and fish Kendal out of the water is still on the table. But I guess the Norther Wyrms says he can’t help with that first part.
So it is down to the two life mages of the story.
“He was nearby a few seconds ago but just left my senses I wonder what’s up with that.”
yes, now save him Alinua I know that you can I belive in you
Ahhhh… now it makes sense. The Goddess knew that Kendal was being taken away and was in midair at that moment.
I actually like this way better than an Alinua deux ex machinae. It’s way more complicated and I’ve no idea where it’s headed. I was looking forward to getting the band back together.
The irony is, by taking away Kendal, the Paladins are actually increasing the danger that Erin will be taken over by the dragon. Blind idiots. No doubt this is a situation where if they succeeded in destroying the Void Dragon, their Lady would be destroyed as well.
That’s funny. I think we know EXACTLY where things are headed. The Snowfast.
Oh goddamn itā¦
These past few pages has just been me desperately trying to convince me it isnāt going to be as bad as I think it might be and then immediately having my growing anxiety validated on the next page lol
Itās likeā¦. Slow release anxiety attack. And I really gotta learn how to shut my damn mouth
…is Falst gonna run off and do something stupid on his own again
He already is doing something stupid.
The real question is if Tess is going to follow him.
Nah, Tess is too level-headed. Falst only has a chance of succeeding at this because he’s pretty sneaky to start with, and Tess is well aware that she is the opposite of stealth. She’s probably going to hang back and let the rest of the Floof Squad know what happened so they can start co-ordinating their rescue, I’d say.
Falst is desperately trying to make his job title Solo Rescue Mission Specialist, though I wonder how far he will get on his own or if the gang will use a spell bird to track either him or Kendal down– Also, did Tess see him climb into the boat? But perhaps getting some up-close paladin observation time will help him confront his fancy light powers and such.
Also, ALINUA!!!! The tides of battle are finally changing for the better.
If Indiana Jones can cling to the outside hull of a U-Boat as it motors it’s way to a hidden Aegean island base, Falst can cling to the bottom or side of an airborne boat as it’s carried to the hidden base of the Light Paladins. He just needs the Hat and a bullwhip.
Time for the crash out we’ve all been waiting for!
whoa alinua looks so haunted in the last panel :0 i love the difference compared to when we saw it from her perspective!
Alinua: OKAY, it’s time to stop splitting the- where’s Falst.
Also, I should’ve said this last page- but I understand more and more lately why Erin called the paladins a cult.
The cult label is interesting, because the Paladins are called as such in-universe not for their narrow-minded zealotry, but because they don’t worship a god that’s proven to exist. They are narrow-minded zealots, a mindset clearly encouraged in the organization, and that makes them a cult as well, but they also have understandable reasons for becoming that way. It’s just that the Paladins are also entering into a situation they don’t understand nearly as well as they think they do, between not realizing Erin’s friends are powerhouses like he is, that Erin is actually travelling with friends, and the recent evidence that not even the Light Dragon herself is aware of her true nature.
Stefan… RUN.
Shes Back!!!!!
Finally! Alinua! SAVE THEM!
Alinua Watch: It has, at long last, been 0 pages since we last saw Alinua!!
SHE’S BACK!!!!!!!!!!
Alinua is back for the first time in, like, ninety pages.
Side note last night I almost stayed up to two in the morning because I thought it was Friday, yesterday.
So glad I didn’t.
– Signed The Vessel Of A Glowie God
(aka The Princess)
Ok so, I just reread page 1.14.18 and Theia mentioned ‘Prismatic dragons’ and I feel like I need to say something about it.
I think my last comment was eaten by the void.
Anyway, Alinua is back Woo-hoo!!
Also they, probably, have a new boat!
So that’s nice.
– Signed The Vessel Of A Glowing God
(aka The Princess)
Itās so hard to tell when my comments are eaten by the void šāļø
YEESSSSSS!! Just in time for ZERO soulfriends reunion
“oh hell”… oh hell YES! Alinua, hooooooooraaaaaaay! Also, it’s interesting that Falst swore. Does seem in character though.
How does Falst feel about being airlifted to the paladinās base lol.
You think the Paladins will find Faust hiding under the blanket, or will they spend the whole trip wondering why their boat smells like wet cat?
Do you have a sensitive nose like I do? Whenever thereās a smell that keeps- brushing past me and saying, āhaha you canāt figure out what I smell like. Nyanahnanaā- I want to pull my hair out.
(I think my comment failed) How does Falst feel about being airlifted to the paladinās base?
Hey Alinua, finally!
This party’s never getting back together! *sigh* *kicks rock*
False, even if I don’t personally emphasize with your panic here I want you to know that my DND PC does.
ALINUA ALINUA ALINUAAAAAAAAAA
ā¦please donāt go on a killing spree.
THE “Oh, hell.” FACE
Alinua appears to also have given herself the Heroic Spirit Link ability, as seen in anime… or maybe she’s responding to the Northern Wyrm directly, I guess…
It’s because she was looking up, that I assumed she was somehow sensing some of the turmoil on Rakhn and its shores.
Alinua: Wait a minute I know that tail and pair of legs. Falst?!
ALINUAA Itās been so long since we last saw you!!
Letās see where you been!
Keep you friends close and your enemies closer- Ruthlessness is mercy Upon- I see a song of past romance- We wonāt take suffering from you- Drown in your sorrow and fears-
I need to be stopped. Iām genuinely curious how many epic fans are in here though.
I genuinely thought Alinua drowned. No one’s talking about her, she wasn’t ‘on screen’. I thought she was getting fried (not literally). Sorry, Life. Gotta try again, and hopefully you don’t mess up again and repeat the whole Chimera Plague or whatever.
nah we knew what had happened to her from her solo chapter but that ended up de-syncing her timeline from the rest of the floof squad so we needed to wait for her to catch up
forking friday cliffhangers! I’m gonna die of boredom over here.
Cue a massive column of seaweed shooting straight out of the water to break the ship Kendal’s on!
I think Kendal is actually just clutched in the Pootoo dragonās claws right now
Jeez, what does it take to leave a comment around here?! š :p
(Most of my comments here disappear, never to be seen. Actually, quite a few sites running wordpress seem to have that problem.)
SAME- and I really want someone to reply to me, all the while Iām basically wrestling the site for my comment to work.