“Listen my child, ” you say to me
“I am the voice of your history
Be not afraid, come follow me
Answer my call and I’ll set you free” – Voidy
I am the voice in the wind and the pouring rain
I am the voice of your hunger and pain
I am the voice that always is calling you
I am the voice, I will remain – Tynan
I am the voice in the fields when the summer’s gone
The dance of the leaves when the autumn winds blow
Ne’er do I sleep throughout all the cold winter long
I am the force that in springtime will grow -Alinua
I am the voice of the past that will always be
Filled with my sorrow and blood in my fields
I am the voice of the future
Bring me your peace
Bring me your peace and my wounds, they will heal – Kendal
This page is very dramatic for many reasons, but I find it extremely funny that Tynan fully thought Alinua was talking to him when she was talking to Kendal. Man got upstaged by the dude wrecked two seconds ago, what a loser
“I am Tynan, the Storm of Terror!
I am the wind that tears down your homes!
The rain that drowns your fields and starves
Your children!” – his roaring shakes the stones.
“The thunder that shatters your sky! You think you can FIGHT me?!
You can’t even SURVIVE me!” it blasts.
“NO! What are you doing?! STOP!”
Alinua cries aghast.
“Oh, delicious! But its far too late
to start begging.” The dragon grins.
But her cry is for “KENDAL!” who holds his sword,
The blade pointed pointed down towards him.
Tynan: Could people stop stealing my spotlight, FOR FIVE MINUTES?!
Booming monologue, skeletal frayed wings, lightning-strike lapis lazuli colour scheme and accompanying regular lighting. A menacing appearance, but does the single claw hovering over Kendal like he’s about to push a button enhance or detract from it?
That face on dragon-Tynan in the second to last panel; surprise at Kendal still able to move, or anger at Alinua ignoring his speech and being more fearful for Kendal’s act than Tynan’s menace?
Is Kendal holding the sword above the knife wound he got from the Collector? Looking back at 1-8-8, there does seem to be some godly essence around that wound. Is this some desperate attempt to garner more soulfire via the wound?
Ah yes, the witty-banter version of returning someone’s wave only to find out they were actually waving to someone behind you. Luckily Tynan’s ego is so big otherwise he’d probably die of shame from that alone.
Hmmmm, sir your wings look terrible. Can we interest you in a one-time wing manicure to restore lost membrane and give your scales the shine they lost?
Also, Kendal, that’s not how you handle a sword, even if it is part of yourself.
I love how Tynan graduated from absolutely something you should worry about to constantly being upstaged by literally everyone including but not limited to: Alinua, Erin, Tess, Walter, Dainix, Vash himself, the freaking collector, etc, etc.
He’s so absolutely full of himself as this grand figure of terror and everyones concerned sure, but from the moment he just started toying with Kendal he just became this immense thorn in everyone’s side while they try to deal with everything else, and because he’s so full of himself he’s constantly trying to reassert himself as the dominant threat and then this page happened and i absolutely love it
Hmmm, holding the sword over his abdomen. He doesn’t contain any Void, he doesn’t need to eat, no need for digestive system. That’d be a lot less fatal to Kendal then it would be to most other folks.
First of all, TYNAN’S SPEECH YES. I think he said something similar to Kendal earlier in the fight (particularly with the “fight me, you can’t even survive me” thing), which if so, makes it a cool callback to that. The fact that a GIANT LIGHTNING DRAGON WITH TATTERED WINGS is doing the monologuing now also makes it cooler (certainly doesn’t diminish the point at any rate). He’s giving off so many menacing theater kid vibes and I love it. Keep doing your speeches dude, I know I’ll never tire of them.
Second, when I saw Kendal holding the sword by the blade my brain was just thinking ‘ow ow ow ow ow’ so I didn’t notice that it looked like he was going to stab himself (which I now realize was probably why Alinua was screaming at him) until I realized that he probably wasn’t just like, waving the hilt at Tynan and did a double take. It’s probably to try to activate his starfire, but dammit Kendal, stop giving the readers and your party members heart attacks like this
I present to you the Uno Reverse Sword! It has none of the benefits of a normal sword! But who knows maybe the sword is a surprise tool that will help us later…
I like how the life energy is spilling off of Alinua and onto the ground. Kind of gives off the vibe of revealing just how much power is contained inside her, so much that some of it just escapes through her.
There’s a debate among Hollow Knight players about whether, in the fight against the eponymous knight, they start stabbing themself in order to weaken themself, or in order to unleash more of the power contained within them. I think it’s the former. Kendal apparently thinks the latter will work with him.
storylineobsessed and LilacSpiral:
Actually, there is a way to grip a sword blade without cutting yourself: keep one flat side of the blade against the bottom your palm (i.e. against the muscles in your hand that control thumb and pinkie movement, closer to the wrist than the knuckles), wrap your fingers around while leaving enough space that they don’t touch the blade’s edge, and pinch the other side of the flat as hard as you can to keep the flat steady against the palm. If you have a strong grip (which Kendal quite clearly does), the blade won’t slip, and your hand won’t drip with blood. (If you want to try this at home, make sure you wear thick leather gloves while practicing. Or use a blunt, decorative sword, or a thin, long wooden plank to practice. It also wouldn’t hurt to look up a video demonstration either.)
TL;DR: we will now interrupt this villainous monologue to give you a message from our sponsor, healing elf! What do you have to say, healing elf?
“Why in the world do you look like you’re going to stab yourself?”
“Me? Or the other guy?”
“Not you!”
Ah yes. Stabbing yourself where you were stabbed previously will obviously help. Because getting hit on the head in the same place you got a concussion will OBVIOUSLY ONLY DO GOOD THINGS.
On the plus side, Tynan can’t fly anymore!
And, though I can’t quite tell, I’m pretty sure it’s still snowing.
BUT SERIOUSLY MY DUDE. GETTING STABBED WAS HOW YOU GOT HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. REMEMBER HOW WELL OPERATING WITH THAT STAB WOUND WORKED? SPOILER ALERT, IT DIDN’T.
Also, did it ever occur to you that sucking out the last remnants of your soul might be a not good idea? How will the soulshaper monks deal with that, smart guy?
I love how Tynan’s expression shifted from smug joy to irritation when he realized Alinua was more worried about what Kendal was doing to himself than what Tynan was gonna do to all of them. He does not like being treated as a secondary character!
Tynan doing his best Smaug imitation and everyone’s too busy with either their own problems or Kendal’s questionable logic to pay attention. Par for the course, I think, but you do have to admit that last panel is suitably dramatic.
(I did not realize quite what was going on there until other people pointed it out, but now that I see it … Yeah, he’s gonna stab himself in the scar, isn’t he? There’s about five different ways this could go sideways, and that’s just what I can think of spur-of-the-moment–hopefully he does get something positive out of this, because even with Alinua’s ability to heal him (again), he’s not going to be having a very good day until she (or Erin) can do something about it–ans that’s even before the earful he’s gonna get about it.
(Though now that I think about it I suppose Dainix could technically cauterize the wound… Not sure how well that would work, though, since I think a stab wound would be too big.)
Still, we might be getting some more Sword Theory stuff, which should be interesting. Not gonna lie, though, I think this page would have made a great Friday cliffhanger, and I’m a little disappointed the timing didn’t work out.
To youngstormlord:
Ooh, I love that song! Admittedly, I’ve only heard the Celtic Woman and Celtic Thunder covers (I have no idea who else might have covered it)…My favorite’s the former. The lyrics fit really well here!
Kendal is getting ready to stab himself which will free up his allies to go all out on Tynon (except Erin who seems busy with Voidy).
Whatca do now Tynon?
In a DnD version of Aurora, you are a spellcaster traveling with the party. At this moment, you could cast Polymorph and end Tynan’s rampage, but if you do there will be a burst of wild magic. You choose to attempt the spell anyway.
What do you turn Tynan into, and what is the spell’s side effect?
Ty, (can I call him Ty? I’m calling him Ty) awesome monologue, but you’re talking to the wrong people XD
Tynan: I am the storm that tears down your homes, kills your children, floods your fields and shatters your sky!
The floof gang: …wait those were options?
Also love Alinua casually shattering Tynan’s ego XD
@SerifStones
Same thing kind of happened with Erin, actually- as the Elemental Magus hes kind of supposed to be the most powerful dude but the entire comic just kept taking shots at his hubris, whether through characters casually blowing him off/defeating him, the whole thing w Walter, etc.
Wait, does this mean Tynan’s going to join the party? /joke
Side note, no one’s answered the wild magic bit of the QotD…? Huh. Kinda was expecting some silly answers like “Erin’s hair turns blue”, or “all the silverware in Zuurith turns into spoons”, but okay. To be fair, probably wasn’t my best QotD anyway.
@Skye, oh! I didn’t even see that part of the question, but if I had I probably would have said “I try to turn him into a bunny, but I botch the roll and instead of turning into a bunny he bursts into confetti (Tynan-fetti?)”
Contrary to popular belief it’s actually quite safe to hold a sword by it’s blade, in fact it appears in many medieval handbooks as a way to fight armor
Ahhhh, I think I see what Kendall is planning. Since he’s the Sword’s spirit in Vash’s human husk, he’s probably going to put himself temporarily back in the sword then kill Tynan.
![](https://comicaurora.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/CH18_006_kendal.png "it's rude to interrupt a god when he's listing his epithets >:\")
Image source is “kendal.”
You look a little worse for wear there Tynan
When the blade doesn’t work, your second option is to bash the enemy’s face in with the hilt
I don’t think that’s the direction the blade is going… ?
Kendal, are you going to stab yourself with the sword in the same spot the Collector stabbed Vash in order to awaken the starmetal powers?
I don’t think picking up a sword by its blade is a safe idea
Tynan monologues
He thinks the battle is won
Might have spoke too soon
(Bonus)
Kendal, my good sir.
That’s not how you hold a sword!
You’ll get hurt that way!
Reminds me of a song…
“Listen my child, ” you say to me
“I am the voice of your history
Be not afraid, come follow me
Answer my call and I’ll set you free” – Voidy
I am the voice in the wind and the pouring rain
I am the voice of your hunger and pain
I am the voice that always is calling you
I am the voice, I will remain – Tynan
I am the voice in the fields when the summer’s gone
The dance of the leaves when the autumn winds blow
Ne’er do I sleep throughout all the cold winter long
I am the force that in springtime will grow -Alinua
I am the voice of the past that will always be
Filled with my sorrow and blood in my fields
I am the voice of the future
Bring me your peace
Bring me your peace and my wounds, they will heal – Kendal
Oh, I see where this is going! I guess those visions he had last chapter told him to stab himself, in a roundabout way.
gaze upon tynan’s little bastard face
‘wrong way to hold a sword.jpeg’
This page is very dramatic for many reasons, but I find it extremely funny that Tynan fully thought Alinua was talking to him when she was talking to Kendal. Man got upstaged by the dude wrecked two seconds ago, what a loser
Well THATS a good sign
“I am Tynan, the Storm of Terror!
I am the wind that tears down your homes!
The rain that drowns your fields and starves
Your children!” – his roaring shakes the stones.
“The thunder that shatters your sky! You think you can FIGHT me?!
You can’t even SURVIVE me!” it blasts.
“NO! What are you doing?! STOP!”
Alinua cries aghast.
“Oh, delicious! But its far too late
to start begging.” The dragon grins.
But her cry is for “KENDAL!” who holds his sword,
The blade pointed pointed down towards him.
Ah, I see Kendal is about to become the other Storm That is Approaching, Provoking, against Black Clouds of Isolation.
“Wait, you weren’t begging me to stop? How rude.”
Tynan: Could people stop stealing my spotlight, FOR FIVE MINUTES?!
Booming monologue, skeletal frayed wings, lightning-strike lapis lazuli colour scheme and accompanying regular lighting. A menacing appearance, but does the single claw hovering over Kendal like he’s about to push a button enhance or detract from it?
That face on dragon-Tynan in the second to last panel; surprise at Kendal still able to move, or anger at Alinua ignoring his speech and being more fearful for Kendal’s act than Tynan’s menace?
Is Kendal holding the sword above the knife wound he got from the Collector? Looking back at 1-8-8, there does seem to be some godly essence around that wound. Is this some desperate attempt to garner more soulfire via the wound?
Ah yes, the witty-banter version of returning someone’s wave only to find out they were actually waving to someone behind you. Luckily Tynan’s ego is so big otherwise he’d probably die of shame from that alone.
Hmmmm, sir your wings look terrible. Can we interest you in a one-time wing manicure to restore lost membrane and give your scales the shine they lost?
Also, Kendal, that’s not how you handle a sword, even if it is part of yourself.
Buddy I don’t think that’s how you hold a sword
There are still some void-lines on Tynan. He doesn’t look healthy…
Also, the first panel is gorgeous and a nice way of showing us where everyone is in relation to each other.
“Let me monologue, I ain’t done with you just yet!”
They all stare in terror, and Kendal holds his sword to set
Tynan’s just been getting bullied this entire time, he’s convinced everyone should be scared of him but none of the characters ever really are
It is funny how *completely* this man has lost his actual menace and *hasn’t noticed it.*
I love how Tynan graduated from absolutely something you should worry about to constantly being upstaged by literally everyone including but not limited to: Alinua, Erin, Tess, Walter, Dainix, Vash himself, the freaking collector, etc, etc.
He’s so absolutely full of himself as this grand figure of terror and everyones concerned sure, but from the moment he just started toying with Kendal he just became this immense thorn in everyone’s side while they try to deal with everything else, and because he’s so full of himself he’s constantly trying to reassert himself as the dominant threat and then this page happened and i absolutely love it
“Whatcha got there, kendal?”
“a kNIFE”
“NO-“
Martyr complex reaching it’s natural conclusion.
Oh, that’s it. Epithet listing? Tynan’s toast. That much hubris will bring the starfire.
The Paladins may show up to fight Erin, the never ending fight may continue, but Tynan’s going down.
Hmmm, holding the sword over his abdomen. He doesn’t contain any Void, he doesn’t need to eat, no need for digestive system. That’d be a lot less fatal to Kendal then it would be to most other folks.
Kendal: The power of Vash compels you!
First of all, TYNAN’S SPEECH YES. I think he said something similar to Kendal earlier in the fight (particularly with the “fight me, you can’t even survive me” thing), which if so, makes it a cool callback to that. The fact that a GIANT LIGHTNING DRAGON WITH TATTERED WINGS is doing the monologuing now also makes it cooler (certainly doesn’t diminish the point at any rate). He’s giving off so many menacing theater kid vibes and I love it. Keep doing your speeches dude, I know I’ll never tire of them.
Second, when I saw Kendal holding the sword by the blade my brain was just thinking ‘ow ow ow ow ow’ so I didn’t notice that it looked like he was going to stab himself (which I now realize was probably why Alinua was screaming at him) until I realized that he probably wasn’t just like, waving the hilt at Tynan and did a double take. It’s probably to try to activate his starfire, but dammit Kendal, stop giving the readers and your party members heart attacks like this
I present to you the Uno Reverse Sword! It has none of the benefits of a normal sword! But who knows maybe the sword is a surprise tool that will help us later…
I like how the life energy is spilling off of Alinua and onto the ground. Kind of gives off the vibe of revealing just how much power is contained inside her, so much that some of it just escapes through her.
There’s a debate among Hollow Knight players about whether, in the fight against the eponymous knight, they start stabbing themself in order to weaken themself, or in order to unleash more of the power contained within them. I think it’s the former. Kendal apparently thinks the latter will work with him.
storylineobsessed and LilacSpiral:
Actually, there is a way to grip a sword blade without cutting yourself: keep one flat side of the blade against the bottom your palm (i.e. against the muscles in your hand that control thumb and pinkie movement, closer to the wrist than the knuckles), wrap your fingers around while leaving enough space that they don’t touch the blade’s edge, and pinch the other side of the flat as hard as you can to keep the flat steady against the palm. If you have a strong grip (which Kendal quite clearly does), the blade won’t slip, and your hand won’t drip with blood. (If you want to try this at home, make sure you wear thick leather gloves while practicing. Or use a blunt, decorative sword, or a thin, long wooden plank to practice. It also wouldn’t hurt to look up a video demonstration either.)
TL;DR: we will now interrupt this villainous monologue to give you a message from our sponsor, healing elf! What do you have to say, healing elf?
“Why in the world do you look like you’re going to stab yourself?”
“Me? Or the other guy?”
“Not you!”
Ah yes. Stabbing yourself where you were stabbed previously will obviously help. Because getting hit on the head in the same place you got a concussion will OBVIOUSLY ONLY DO GOOD THINGS.
On the plus side, Tynan can’t fly anymore!
And, though I can’t quite tell, I’m pretty sure it’s still snowing.
BUT SERIOUSLY MY DUDE. GETTING STABBED WAS HOW YOU GOT HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. REMEMBER HOW WELL OPERATING WITH THAT STAB WOUND WORKED? SPOILER ALERT, IT DIDN’T.
Also, did it ever occur to you that sucking out the last remnants of your soul might be a not good idea? How will the soulshaper monks deal with that, smart guy?
I love how Tynan’s expression shifted from smug joy to irritation when he realized Alinua was more worried about what Kendal was doing to himself than what Tynan was gonna do to all of them. He does not like being treated as a secondary character!
I know that Tynan’s monologue is supposed to be charged with fear a big upswell in the music…
… but I can’t help but read that like he’s Darkwing Duck.
alt text: it’s rude to interrupt a god when he’s listing his epithets >:\
Tynan doing his best Smaug imitation and everyone’s too busy with either their own problems or Kendal’s questionable logic to pay attention. Par for the course, I think, but you do have to admit that last panel is suitably dramatic.
(I did not realize quite what was going on there until other people pointed it out, but now that I see it … Yeah, he’s gonna stab himself in the scar, isn’t he? There’s about five different ways this could go sideways, and that’s just what I can think of spur-of-the-moment–hopefully he does get something positive out of this, because even with Alinua’s ability to heal him (again), he’s not going to be having a very good day until she (or Erin) can do something about it–ans that’s even before the earful he’s gonna get about it.
(Though now that I think about it I suppose Dainix could technically cauterize the wound… Not sure how well that would work, though, since I think a stab wound would be too big.)
Still, we might be getting some more Sword Theory stuff, which should be interesting. Not gonna lie, though, I think this page would have made a great Friday cliffhanger, and I’m a little disappointed the timing didn’t work out.
To youngstormlord:
Ooh, I love that song! Admittedly, I’ve only heard the Celtic Woman and Celtic Thunder covers (I have no idea who else might have covered it)…My favorite’s the former. The lyrics fit really well here!
(Song is The Voice, for those wondering)
–Kiranthe
Well would do you look at that, Kendal’s using the mordhau grip. Good for him.
Kendal is getting ready to stab himself which will free up his allies to go all out on Tynon (except Erin who seems busy with Voidy).
Whatca do now Tynon?
I think we might be misunderstanding what Kendal is doing. He’s not going to do something rash, he is going end Tynan rightly.
youngstormlord – I just listened to The Voice — oh, those lyrics are well-nigh perfect. Hmn. The Void Dragon gets the last word in it, uh-oh.
QotD:
In a DnD version of Aurora, you are a spellcaster traveling with the party. At this moment, you could cast Polymorph and end Tynan’s rampage, but if you do there will be a burst of wild magic. You choose to attempt the spell anyway.
What do you turn Tynan into, and what is the spell’s side effect?
–Kiranthe
Silly Kendal! You’re supposed to stab TYNAN, not YOU.
Oooooooooh, Tess looks ready to punch someone!
I want GLOW.
I don’t know if the monologue would be better with Tynan dragon or person. Tynan person was better at monologuing, me thinks.
SWORD SAFETY! -Bow, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Settle down, Wingless. Your turn in the spotlight already ended.
what’s up with those cracks?
@Skye, a lizard that looks like the fire spirit from Frozen two but with his current color scheme. Or a bunny just to embarrass him even more
Ty, (can I call him Ty? I’m calling him Ty) awesome monologue, but you’re talking to the wrong people XD
Tynan: I am the storm that tears down your homes, kills your children, floods your fields and shatters your sky!
The floof gang: …wait those were options?
Also love Alinua casually shattering Tynan’s ego XD
@SerifStones
Same thing kind of happened with Erin, actually- as the Elemental Magus hes kind of supposed to be the most powerful dude but the entire comic just kept taking shots at his hubris, whether through characters casually blowing him off/defeating him, the whole thing w Walter, etc.
Wait, does this mean Tynan’s going to join the party? /joke
@Skye Tynan turns into a newt, but he’ll get better
Incoming pommel of doom time?
@TheUnknownGame: I didn’t know that! Cool!
To Alphonse Elric:
Ah, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, I see.
Side note, no one’s answered the wild magic bit of the QotD…? Huh. Kinda was expecting some silly answers like “Erin’s hair turns blue”, or “all the silverware in Zuurith turns into spoons”, but okay. To be fair, probably wasn’t my best QotD anyway.
@Skye, oh! I didn’t even see that part of the question, but if I had I probably would have said “I try to turn him into a bunny, but I botch the roll and instead of turning into a bunny he bursts into confetti (Tynan-fetti?)”
Oh, goodness. Is this a lightning rod?
Poor Tynan, he wants this to be about him so bad.
This page is very pretty tho. I love positioning and the colors. 🙂
@Skye I turn Tynan, and myself by accident, into tiny baby mongooses.
Poor Tynan gettin’ no respect. xD Someone get him a Dangerfield tie~
Contrary to popular belief it’s actually quite safe to hold a sword by it’s blade, in fact it appears in many medieval handbooks as a way to fight armor
Ahhhh, I think I see what Kendall is planning. Since he’s the Sword’s spirit in Vash’s human husk, he’s probably going to put himself temporarily back in the sword then kill Tynan.
Kendal bouta turn into a lighting rod
Is the Genshin Impact reference deliberate
I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROOOAAACHING
It seems that Chekov’s cannon is done loading and ready to fire.
BY FAR MY FAVOURITE PAGE IN THIS COMIC.
Of course Tynan’s downfall was his need to be dramatic
“It’s time to end this,” he says, and then starts monologuing. This squall really is a basic-b*** sort of villain.