KING OF SWORDS 10-168
Chapter: 10
“Now I will make of this stone Earth and Water both,” said Intra, standing in front of the blaze.
“And air too, I suppose,” jested Yem Yeddo, the richest man in the vale, and all his men laughed.
But Intra did not. He took his proclamation very seriously. At this point, he had been sober for months and had a headache.
– The Song of Maybe
Demiurges themselves put the burden of their kingdom above them, alone they suffer.
Does anyone here know what the best size is to order posters?
I’m considering the largest size but if that’s too high for the native resolution of the art I would probably go for a smaller size. Has anyone ordered?
Thanks in advance.
Heyyy so I have a couple and I got the largest size poster and the images are all pretty clear still. Background characters are sometimes blended but the color let’s you see them vividly still.
I love this. Somehow, the story isn’t just White Chain’s, or Alison’s, but ours, as well.
It feels very much like I’m THERE. Like I experienced this alongside our team, and it’s empowering.
I’m left with hope.
Thank you, Abbadon.
Redfingers is observant
I just discovered this series and I absolutely love it. The artwork is stunningly unique and I’ve never read anything with quite the same premise before either.
The populace looks to the Demiurges as the pinnacles of sin and virtue. Many see fit to compare our failures and successes to them. I have a proverb for any flame that sees fit to depart from the causeway of their own mistakes:
“Meditation is a gamble. You wager your time and your focus, both of great value. The risks involved can result in greater self-hatred, increased recklessness, and a thoroughly agitating chain reaction to everyone in your reach who must suffer your subsequent mood. And the reward when you overcome those risks?”
“Your soul and the flame it radiates will begin shaping timeless greatness, compared to your old productions of smoke and ash. The gods call these words and acts ‘wisdom.’ You will begin growing in such a way that no other flame in the multiverse can burn you away.
An old man with a mirror sees
a threat unto his sovereignty.
He says ‘are you talking to me?’
Okay, boy, this one takes the cake.
At reference, you always were great,
But that meme, waxy, left Dave rekt 🙊
White Chain is actually smaller than Allison now?
But she is right. Thinking that you have to do everything yourself and can´t burden anyone else is a very good way to become very lonely.
You know Vigilant Gaze is ancient when he’s the only one who reaches for the nearest rock to sit on.
Disputed. Solomon also went for a rock to sit on, he just chose a fancy one with a cushion. 😛
Counterpoint; Solomon may not be as ancient, but he is ancient. And diamond-hard.
teehee
“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
― Albert Einstein
I think it time for a group hug. Maybe even with Sal.
Consider: Loneliness is there for you when no one else is.
Never forget who your real friend is.
“Hey Solomon, you wanna grab a beer?”
I thought WC was about a head taller than Allison? Her height seems to keep changing for some reason.
Exploding into a new form might shave a few inches off, but Allison is also wearing heels.
This is a me problem, but I would give white chain a good rather than an excellent teacher rank. White chain had serious limitations in her format, but was an excellent friend and saved our girl multiple times
Friendship is magic?
So Solomon is just going to go back to being God King, slightly saddened by the recent unpleasantness? I was imagining something something more extraordinary, like the opposite of apotheosis – gotterdamerung perhaps?
Meanwhile, White Chain seems barely ruffled here by everything that’s happened. She’s a cool customer, that one. They will never break The Chain.
Theres so many more important things going on here and I fully acknowledge that, however since no one else is really bringing it up:
Height Gap!! Height gap between White Chain and Allison!! this just makes me happy idk why
I’m just appreciating White Chain’s welling tears and relieved smile in panel 4. She’s fragile from the whiplash realization of her victory, the pain and trauma of the fight itself and the emotional turmoil before, but I truly think those tears belie just how worried that she had treated Allison poorly before. That’s…so sweet.
Aww, I love them so much. I was really looking forward to this moment of re-connection; it has familiar echoes. Thank you for letting it play out so expressively. Allison’s reaction has so affirming, and they are both being honest and vulnerable, and plainly adore each other…friendship is magic and stuff! I shall burble happily for a while.
OK, we’ve had a Fusion, and a creature that both a being both human and of light/smokeless fire.
Are we sure this isn’t a Steven Universe fanfic by the long way around?
This does not sound like a complaint. Is it a complaint? I honestly cannot tell. (I am lying, see.)
I wonder how Nyave, Princess, and Zaid are?
We’ll find out RSN, but not until the start of book 5: I think the “long sequence” displaced by Abaddon from the end of book 4 must be Allison and Zaid finally getting to talk and to work things out.
After that, a narrative point of inflexion as Allison has to find new goals *of her own choosing*. It will be a a time of immense growth for her and wonderful to watch.
I love this page and I love their growth. <3
Is it just me, or does Alison’s scar look very Glasgow in the third panel?
I enjoy your skills as a writer and an artist. Thank you
To think one is the only one that can carry a burden, is lonely. To think one is the only one who can carry all burdens, is foolhearty AND lonely.
and a bunch of clones does not make you many, it just means you have many bodies to be alone in.