When your immortal world destroying ass gets paired up with a Petty Hubris fuelled dude with a taser, one of your worst enemies avatar and a fluffy blond dude with a magic sword for a group project, and none of them will help you eat the sun.
I mean come on guys! It just looks so tasty!
“Ugh. Stupid heroes. This ALWAYS happens when I try to possess a powerful mage who is friend with a once-in-a-lifetime magical creature and the former incarnation of a god. I hate Mondays”- VD
I like them using a magic plant vine as Trail of Breadcrumbs. Alinua plsying as more active Ariadne. And Kendal playing Theseus. There’s a haircut having Theseus’ name.
FLOOF SQUAD! Also Erin in Panel 6, kinda broke me heart. He’s just so happy to be back y’all, he can’t believe it!
Not to be a downer too, but by the looks of it Walter/VD is gonna have some major planning time. Or at least a reflection on how much he screwed up with Erin and how much he hates this now. >^<
And, And, And! Idea dump / kinda stupid theory for you, because i am hopped up on sleep deprivation and tea:
Grumpy GreedLing Walter?
Like, I don't expect a redemption arc, but wouldn't it be so cool to see this grumpy, world destroying dragon ('Apophis Notice me Senpai!') becomes a weird kind of uncle who hates everyone and everything but reluctantly helps Erin and the crew out because, well, he can't have his basically vessel dead now can he? And I'm going to bet Walter and Erin both know they hold sort of but not really equal power over the other. If Erin doesn't do what Walter wants then, our favourite black dragon is going to kill his friends, but if Walter doesn't do what Erin wants, then he's fully equipped to pull either that lightning stunt again, or yeet himself off a cliff if it comes down to it.
I'm playing with predictions here, but if this is the case then i'm going to go ahead and say that there is no way Walter is not going to try and pull another puppet stunt again.
And my God, I'll be damned if it isn't fun to see these two characters interact! Wouldn't it be cool if more, but also snarky banter and reluctant and sort of not really a good guy?
IDK I'm having fun playing with ideas here and i love dragons in general. Either way I am too apathetic to care if you like it or not.
And if not, well either way these two are going to have to either find some common ground, or for Erin, some level of control over Walter/VD for the story to progress.
God Damn i love this comic!!! \(>u<)/
Oh he’s definitely gonna try and do what he wants again, probably at the most inconvenient of moments. But given that Erin is likely to get into numerous life-threatening situations in this comic, VD’s not gonna want to lose several centuries of planning all for it to get screwed up. I reckon he’ll help somehow. In fact, we’re probably going to have a small arc about reluctance to use caustic black fire, similar to Aang from ATLA being hesitant to learn firebending.
Oh… I was under the impression that she was taking advantage of The Void Dragon’s fear of Life!Alinua to induce retreat, as in their first encounter with Erin.
Kendal (the sword) looks very clean after stabbing something with rusty-looking blood… either the blade is magically immune to stains, chips, corrosion, and other damage (most likely scenario, seeing how much it gets put through), or Kendal (the man) keeps sword care supplies at hand
Bear in mind it’s a god’s sword and was crafted by a very competent and wise smith god, and has also doubled as a rather inefficient pickaxe before. I would be willing to bet it doesn’t damage easily, if at all.
I would make a comment saying, “Damn, Kendal can LIFT!”… but this is the man who broke whole-ass rocks with his BARE HANDS. Carrying a drugged-out friend is nothing compared to that.
Also, Erin looks like he could be pretty light. I’m a nerd with variable social skills and I’m very, VERY light. Any of my friends could attest. My freshman year in high school, people would just pick me up and freak out about how light I was.
But I digress.
I would suspect he’s still around, hiding in the background/shadows rethinking his situation and future plans. Its not like he has a lot of options for vessels at the moment.
Just dormant, no way Red’s getting rid of this interesting of a villain. Also VD doesn’t have a lot of options for vessels, and a soul is useless without a vessel, and from the sound of it VD ripped a hole in Erin’s soul
It took me a second to figure out why Erin freaked out after waking up. It’s because Kendal is POINTING a SWORD at him. As one should when it is unclear whether your companion is possessed.
Kendal and being nice and genuinely concerned while knocking Erin out and pointing a sword at him!
And Erin you poor strong traumatized baby, of course that came for you, these babies bond for life immediately, congratulations, they are your family now.
Great, another complicated life story in another complicated life story, making it an endless story in total. (who saw Red’s Frankenstein video? It’s hilarious)
I’m reading this on Tuesday and I have to be completely honest: today has not been a good day. But this made me smile. Thanks Red, you really are great 🙂
Man it must suck for V.D. right now, a hair’s breadth from freedom and all of it yanked away by petty hubris magus, Life’s vessel and a guy inexplicably resistant to his attacks. On the plus side Erin’s still alive so it’s more of an annoyance than a huge setback, as his expression in panel 3 suggests, so cheer up Alduin, there’s hope for you yet!
Nice to see Alinua happy he’s back, looks like she isn’t baring any grudges from what V.D. did. Can’t wait to see how she and Kendal react to what he learned.
I just noticed, Erin’s hair changed color. Maybe I’m doing an English teacher, but Erin’s hair is shown to be naturally brown in his first appearance. Right after the first time he got possessed his hair went back to brown. The Void Dragon still could gain control, heck, the Void Dragon still may even be slightly in control.
You know pride and arrogance come from self consciousness and insecurity, right?
“Pride is not the opposite of shame, but the source of it. True humility is the only cure to shame,” – Uncle Iroh
Casual reminder that the brain doesn’t fully develop till you about 25, and Erin is 19, got possessed, dragged down into the DangerCaves™️ learned that the being possessing him is a WingedDangerNoodle™️ that is trying to destroy the world, NEARLY DIED, GOT DRUGGED, THEN WOKE UP AFTER THE DRUG INDUCED SLEEP TO A SWORD POINTING AT HIS FACE, AND HE’S NINETEEN!!! This guy’s got some mad trauma, he’s 19, he’s only been an adult for 1-2 years, and all this is happening. Red, I would LOVE for you to implement some trama in his character arch, it would make him feel like a realistic 19 year old, sense a developing brain won’t forget this easily, heck a fully developed brain wouldn’t forget that too soon
Erin: Yeah, uh, that paralysis thing was totally on purpose, so that you could find me.
Also, can we take a second to appreciate the look of complete annoyance on Void Dragon’s face in the third panel.
When your immortal world destroying ass gets paired up with a Petty Hubris fuelled dude with a taser, one of your worst enemies avatar and a fluffy blond dude with a magic sword for a group project, and none of them will help you eat the sun.
I mean come on guys! It just looks so tasty!
#WNALB
“Ugh. Stupid heroes. This ALWAYS happens when I try to possess a powerful mage who is friend with a once-in-a-lifetime magical creature and the former incarnation of a god. I hate Mondays”- VD
*insert pic of Bernie Sanders*
I am once again asking for a like button
#WNALB
YAY! erin’s back with teem floof!
Truly a victory for the forces of justice!
Also thanks for following my suggestion Alinua 😉 https://comicaurora.com/aurora/1-7-14/#comment-4872
(yes I know Red drew this months in advance)
Good prediction!
Poor Dragon 🙁 I wanted him and Erin to stick together a while longer.
I’m pretty sure he’s still there, just not in control this very second
HOW UNBELIEVABLY IRRESPONSIBLE.
“He can yell at us later” -Alinua (Aurora, 1-7-14)
I like them using a magic plant vine as Trail of Breadcrumbs. Alinua plsying as more active Ariadne. And Kendal playing Theseus. There’s a haircut having Theseus’ name.
I genuinely didn’t realise that they were using the vine like that ( I thought it was just some feature of the cave.
Thanks for pointing that out!
And he thought they werent. ngl thats kinda sad bro ;-;
Oh yes, that’s exactly why he did it, so you could catch up, no doubts there.
Yep! No Self Sacrificing going on here! No siree!
FLOOF SQUAD! Also Erin in Panel 6, kinda broke me heart. He’s just so happy to be back y’all, he can’t believe it!
Not to be a downer too, but by the looks of it Walter/VD is gonna have some major planning time. Or at least a reflection on how much he screwed up with Erin and how much he hates this now. >^<
And, And, And! Idea dump / kinda stupid theory for you, because i am hopped up on sleep deprivation and tea:
Grumpy GreedLing Walter?
Like, I don't expect a redemption arc, but wouldn't it be so cool to see this grumpy, world destroying dragon ('Apophis Notice me Senpai!') becomes a weird kind of uncle who hates everyone and everything but reluctantly helps Erin and the crew out because, well, he can't have his basically vessel dead now can he? And I'm going to bet Walter and Erin both know they hold sort of but not really equal power over the other. If Erin doesn't do what Walter wants then, our favourite black dragon is going to kill his friends, but if Walter doesn't do what Erin wants, then he's fully equipped to pull either that lightning stunt again, or yeet himself off a cliff if it comes down to it.
I'm playing with predictions here, but if this is the case then i'm going to go ahead and say that there is no way Walter is not going to try and pull another puppet stunt again.
And my God, I'll be damned if it isn't fun to see these two characters interact! Wouldn't it be cool if more, but also snarky banter and reluctant and sort of not really a good guy?
IDK I'm having fun playing with ideas here and i love dragons in general. Either way I am too apathetic to care if you like it or not.
And if not, well either way these two are going to have to either find some common ground, or for Erin, some level of control over Walter/VD for the story to progress.
God Damn i love this comic!!! \(>u<)/
Oh he’s definitely gonna try and do what he wants again, probably at the most inconvenient of moments. But given that Erin is likely to get into numerous life-threatening situations in this comic, VD’s not gonna want to lose several centuries of planning all for it to get screwed up. I reckon he’ll help somehow. In fact, we’re probably going to have a small arc about reluctance to use caustic black fire, similar to Aang from ATLA being hesitant to learn firebending.
Did Alinua just grow a plant in his face to scare the Dragon away?
I’m pretty sure the pollen in it knocked him out or something?
So just pretty chloroform flower.
Druuuuugs…
Oh… I was under the impression that she was taking advantage of The Void Dragon’s fear of Life!Alinua to induce retreat, as in their first encounter with Erin.
But with the sedative interpretation, Kendal’s ‘Sorry about this!’ makes much more sense.
ohh poor walter he looks so irritated
Goodbye VD
You will be missed
Erin looks like he’s about to cry…
Let it out, honey, that was a VERY traumatic turn of events you just had to endure.
I like that VD’s expression in panel 3 seems to be more “heavily beleaguered” than anything.
Kendal (the sword) looks very clean after stabbing something with rusty-looking blood… either the blade is magically immune to stains, chips, corrosion, and other damage (most likely scenario, seeing how much it gets put through), or Kendal (the man) keeps sword care supplies at hand
I can’t see the ground, but maybe there’s some handy grass/foliage/whatnot that he wiped his sword off on.
Bear in mind it’s a god’s sword and was crafted by a very competent and wise smith god, and has also doubled as a rather inefficient pickaxe before. I would be willing to bet it doesn’t damage easily, if at all.
Yeah, the whole pseudo-pickaxe thing is why “ordinary sword” seems incredibly unlikely
I would make a comment saying, “Damn, Kendal can LIFT!”… but this is the man who broke whole-ass rocks with his BARE HANDS. Carrying a drugged-out friend is nothing compared to that.
He does have the body of a god, after all.
Also, Erin looks like he could be pretty light. I’m a nerd with variable social skills and I’m very, VERY light. Any of my friends could attest. My freshman year in high school, people would just pick me up and freak out about how light I was.
But I digress.
Eyy! I’m a weedy nerd too!
*high five* What does ‘weedy’ mean?
Skinny
Ah, thank you.
I assume from the context that weedy is a synonym for diminutive, skinny, or light?
I would suspect he’s still around, hiding in the background/shadows rethinking his situation and future plans. Its not like he has a lot of options for vessels at the moment.
So is Walter gone gone or just dormant? Are we gonna have to worry about a void dragon who’s now in the wind
Just dormant, no way Red’s getting rid of this interesting of a villain. Also VD doesn’t have a lot of options for vessels, and a soul is useless without a vessel, and from the sound of it VD ripped a hole in Erin’s soul
It took me a second to figure out why Erin freaked out after waking up. It’s because Kendal is POINTING a SWORD at him. As one should when it is unclear whether your companion is possessed.
I like the little sparkles coming off the blade tip in one of the panels
Oh! Sparkly!
Woot! Now we just need two more for the 5 man band! And what a great beginning for the power of friendship!
Kendal and being nice and genuinely concerned while knocking Erin out and pointing a sword at him!
And Erin you poor strong traumatized baby, of course that came for you, these babies bond for life immediately, congratulations, they are your family now.
Well, look at this! Appears we got here just in the nick of time. What does that make us?
Great, another complicated life story in another complicated life story, making it an endless story in total. (who saw Red’s Frankenstein video? It’s hilarious)
Also, I want to add how cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute Erin looks on the 6th panel! Just look at him :3
Why does he look so depressed when he says “It’s me. The dragon’s gone”?
. . . I’m not sure how you look when you’re depressed, but he looks more like he’s just had an epiphany, to me at least.
Floof squad is reunited!
*Casually threatens with sword.*
Funny… He doesn’t /look/ gone…
Alinua used Sleep Powder!
The Void Dragon fell asleep!
That’s a great way to wake up!
I’m reading this on Tuesday and I have to be completely honest: today has not been a good day. But this made me smile. Thanks Red, you really are great 🙂
why were these combined into one page? at least thats what it looks like to me
Man it must suck for V.D. right now, a hair’s breadth from freedom and all of it yanked away by petty hubris magus, Life’s vessel and a guy inexplicably resistant to his attacks. On the plus side Erin’s still alive so it’s more of an annoyance than a huge setback, as his expression in panel 3 suggests, so cheer up Alduin, there’s hope for you yet!
Nice to see Alinua happy he’s back, looks like she isn’t baring any grudges from what V.D. did. Can’t wait to see how she and Kendal react to what he learned.
I just noticed, Erin’s hair changed color. Maybe I’m doing an English teacher, but Erin’s hair is shown to be naturally brown in his first appearance. Right after the first time he got possessed his hair went back to brown. The Void Dragon still could gain control, heck, the Void Dragon still may even be slightly in control.
I’m just gonna say it, Erin is my favorite character and no one can change my mind
Okay, okay okay, did VD’s eyes there remind any other Dragon Prince fans of Aaravos? ANYONE?
TL;DR: Suddenly, retroactive flashbacks. Vashn’t follows his Sword 5S Pro and Floof mcNicetats makes Hubris mcNicetats take a nap.
Of course we came after you. We’re PROTAGONISTS. Why do people constantly question this?
Usually it has to do with self-esteem issues, but the opposite kind to Erin’s.
You know pride and arrogance come from self consciousness and insecurity, right?
“Pride is not the opposite of shame, but the source of it. True humility is the only cure to shame,” – Uncle Iroh
That was some top tier worldbuilding/Power System defining. I’m already interested to see how the void dragon stacks up against The Collector.
alt text 1: K.O.! YOU WIN
alt text 2: almost like you’re heroes or something
I can’t help noticing Erin looks quite similar to Red’s Victor Frankenstein(up until Victor’s hair starts getting drawn as more grey anyway.
Oh, you are finally awake. You were trying to crooss the border, right?
I’m slightly confused about what the white and yellow thing above Erin’s head in the second panel is, I don’t suppose anyone could enlighten me?
Image source 1: sorry
Image source 2: gone
“Gosh darn it, I was THIS CLOSE. Ah, well, next time he’s alone, I suppose.”
The friends appear, the Dragon fades
And he wakes up to face some blades
“You’re awake! And not trying to kill anyone! That’s great!”
Casual reminder that the brain doesn’t fully develop till you about 25, and Erin is 19, got possessed, dragged down into the DangerCaves™️ learned that the being possessing him is a WingedDangerNoodle™️ that is trying to destroy the world, NEARLY DIED, GOT DRUGGED, THEN WOKE UP AFTER THE DRUG INDUCED SLEEP TO A SWORD POINTING AT HIS FACE, AND HE’S NINETEEN!!! This guy’s got some mad trauma, he’s 19, he’s only been an adult for 1-2 years, and all this is happening. Red, I would LOVE for you to implement some trama in his character arch, it would make him feel like a realistic 19 year old, sense a developing brain won’t forget this easily, heck a fully developed brain wouldn’t forget that too soon
I love Kendal’s concerned face while he’s pointing a sword at Erin.
here it leapt from 30 to 32
Did I say this webcomic is great ? Because it is