I like how his head rotated 180 degrees clockwise while his face remained upright. Was there a point in his life when his hair shot out the left side of his face? or was it his right?
Shape is an affectation. Such a trivial aspect of it as ‘size’ even more so. To cling to it is misguided, even such an absent-minded Demiurge as Mammon understands that.
“I have damaged Throne, to be sure, but nonetheless it remains whole. I could drive the nail further, and split it in two. But I do not, because it is mine. For truly, it is the mark of Monarchy to hold the world in your hand, to have the power to crush it to dust…and to choose not to.”
It also represents sex (stave entering). It’s interesting how even our most basic numbers are a sex metaphor. Think of this every time you see a standby symbol.
They could be the same kind of peaches-of-immortality as before; I think it’s not unlikely that Nadia had a few stockpiled. I don’t know if those peaches have an expiration date.
Plus, didn’t she turn that poor king from one of her new subject world into a similar tree? Maybe she’s been watering that with blood and now it also produces peaches that make you immortal for a very short time?
I imagine the demand for the blood of maidens was in some part a result of the nature of who the first peach tree once was. If so, the appetite of one grown from a man who lost everything and attempted to bring justice for his people would be quite different.
Still probably one for blood, but perhaps rather than that of maidens, one for criminals in general or the members of Mottom’s own court in particular? And if Alison is to slay her utterly, feeding her to a tree that rightly seeks revenge against her wouldn’t be the most inappropriate thing.
Your post failed to ascend to top-level because it contains a fundamental flaw: Kings are not born. Royalty is ripped from the universe and from the self in a continual act of self creative violence.
No matter what the Queen has to say on the subject.
Less efficient peaches, each requiring more blood and providing less power than the old ones. But Mottom’s always been a little spendthrift with the blood.
I am totally geeking out at this page! NICELY DONE ABBADON! The council meeting on Hansa’s head was my favorite scene for the longest time, I’m so glad for this is making a comeback in your amazing new style!
Perhaps the Madam was simply deified as a champion of Throne’s lesser known racecar and kayak competitions, held on a level of Throne redder than the rest.
It is likely that Abbadon chose the form of Gog u-Magog (which has been spelled quite variously) which he found most aesthetically pleasing and/or most compatible with Throne’s alphabet.
No! Increase your joy! For if the sword of the gods should come down, let us not say we did not have our fill in the interim! There is nothing we can do, if the gods be our foes. So there is nothing about which to worry! And if your joy should cause your enemy offense, that is all the more reason to increase it! For I would rather not die for anything less than Maximum Joy!
This room presumably predates the Seven. Before the Demiurges decided to start a war, they may have been more open to transparent government, or maybe even democracy in some form.
Wait, in a world where everyone is striving for power, wouldn’t everyone who sees that Allison has the key do everything possible to obtain it? But we keep seeing the opposite happen.
Knowing Abbadon i’m sure there is a reasonable explanation or I am just mistaken but at the moment I am a little bit befuddled.
It looks like the others have intervened to stop things from escalating forcing the war to turn into a could one. To god kings ruling hundreds of thousands of worlds each the battle we saw was all things considered likely considered a relatively small and isolated incident with Mammon likely mostly being upset over his headquarters getting trashed, many of his closest servants getting killed and the general principle. Think of it like that one time Canada burned down the White House.
They made the treaty to keep it, the have seen war once, and I’m not sure the multiverse could survive another one… as they fight with weapons that could tear the fabric of creation apart.
Except they have considerately left her in peace for the last year so she can train and become too strong for them… A pity, Eris-lo Kai and Layla Brimstone were two of my favourites.
According to Abbadon’s tumblr, most of them are using the Key as a pretext to get involved in(and I quote) “a good punch-em up. A real slobberknocker.” The Middle Army shall return when such an event is most likely.
The Hegemonic Prince of Moths: Savala Thun, Grand Duke of the Night District, Guild Master of the Opaline, Blood Royal of House Thun and Sovereign of the Endless Dream
When the Court of Worms are away the Court of Moths come out to play, I mean it is only my duty, a hegemonic prince is needed to look after the Hegemony, such a job is not only degrading to my Queen but it also bores her endlessly and I am happy to take that burden off of her many little hands.
He didn’t show up last time either. Given that Jagganoth made a surprise appearance, he was the *only* demiurge who wasn’t at that concordance in person.
And well, all the other demiurges with half a brain (so like, at least half of them) can probably tell that Incubus is up to something anyways. He’s always up to something.
VICTORY DOES NOT MEAN TO WIN THE BATTLE, OR EVEN THE WAR, BUT TO ERASE THE POSSIBILITY OF DEFEAT ALTOGETHER. TO ANNIHILATE THE ENEMY UTTERLY.
EVEN BEFORE THEY ARE AWARE OF YOUR EXISTENCE.
EVEN BEFORE THEY CAN COMPREHEND THE TRANSGRESSION THEY HAVE COMMITTED.
VICTORY IS NOT DEMONSTRATING THAT YOUR GENES, OR YOUR PHILOSOPHIES, OR YOUR SUBSTANCE, ARE THE STRONGEST TO EXIST. VICTORY IS ENSURING THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES TO EXIST.
I myself use another approach – I may never become the master swordsman or fighter but I’ve trained myself to the point of being a good apprentice. It makes one stronger than most of untrained people which means being stronger than over 90% of living mortals. That’s a good place to stand.
And yet those who steal lifts from beneath the very feet of (officially) innocent iDiots and refer to Knights of the Thorn as fools remain unkilled. Being an idiOt this is beyond my understanding.
The seven remaining demiurges fought each other to a standstill. The situation is effectively an armed truce, where nobody has won. Incubus and Jagganoth want to restart the war.
Lady Redfingers, She who is Bone, Queen of the Calcified Fortress
All this is YISUN. You are asking for YISUN to wreck YISUN. The last time that happened the the universe was created.
Yet I am not without empathy dear Lady. Dark is the deathknell of YISUN. I too am weary of the decay and corruption. But it is for us to wreck that which must be wreaked that the waters of throne may be healed.
We haven’t seen enough of her characterization to be sure what she’s like, but I’m getting the sense that she’s amused by the pretty flames, and not too concerned with the politics of the situation.
Yeah, at first I thought that bottom panel was a scene from a bygone era, but then I realized it must be Solomon playing arbitrator between the two other demiurges.
“I, John Brown am now quite CERTAIN, that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away; but with Blood. I had as I now think, VAINLY flattered myself that without VERY MUCH BLOODSHED it might be done.”
– John Brown, Abolitionist, Liberator, Revolutionary. 1859.
Given the enmity between the Witch and the Dragon, and the former’s mourning clothes, I’d thought it was fairly straightforward that the meeting was a result of the war between the two.
I like how his head rotated 180 degrees clockwise while his face remained upright. Was there a point in his life when his hair shot out the left side of his face? or was it his right?
Both sides, actually.
It was a phase.
So, like the Katamari Prince but with his hair?
I believe it just sank straight through his skull.
He cast it down for its arrogance when it tried to exist above him.
The starfire burned it off, naturally.
I have never yet seen a flaming chin so I assume the beard is safe.
He rotated his head in a single strike and then with a second strike righted his face back up.
Such is the power of Solomon.
Little known fact: he didn’t rotate his head 180 degrees. He rotated it 2700 degrees, just proving how powerful his blow was.
That would be a 0.03 point ki-rata move, i believe
Is there ever a point in specifying the direction of an instant rotation of 180 degrees or a multiple thereof?
to demonstrate knowledge of the right direction and to choose whats left.
i’m actually quite glad to see the old man is still alive, and still a big honking lizard
Maybe it’s perspective, but he actually seems smaller here
Shape is an affectation. Such a trivial aspect of it as ‘size’ even more so. To cling to it is misguided, even such an absent-minded Demiurge as Mammon understands that.
Or, to quote Alucard: “The trappings of mortal form mean nothing to me.”
I’m betting he regularly changes size. How else could he even get into that room?
Literal Power Button
Yeah 🙂
Although mere machines have the circle broken by the line. In Zoss’ case he breaks it yet left it whole, neat 😀
“I have damaged Throne, to be sure, but nonetheless it remains whole. I could drive the nail further, and split it in two. But I do not, because it is mine. For truly, it is the mark of Monarchy to hold the world in your hand, to have the power to crush it to dust…and to choose not to.”
It’s Zoss’ sign, which either represents an actual key, or the holy concept of division
I like that the symbol of Zoss is a power sign, like the one that Allison is wearing.
That’s actually a “Standby” symbol: Neither truly “off” (the O, or 0), or “on” (the | or 1).
There’s probably a metaphor in there regarding YISUN, who is neither YIS, nor UN.
It also represents sex (stave entering). It’s interesting how even our most basic numbers are a sex metaphor. Think of this every time you see a standby symbol.
don’t make me get the hose
Back, Fiend of Freud! Back to the edge of the Void!
Schrödinger’s imperator?
also represents division, or maybe zoss’ key. Hidden within what’s visible to those who hover patiently is this
Those baskets have peaches in them. At least, I hope they’re just peaches. Not, you know, that other fruit…
I’m betting that (1) they’re of somewhat lower quality than the fruit she used to have, and (2) she has to have them a lot more frequently.
They could be the same kind of peaches-of-immortality as before; I think it’s not unlikely that Nadia had a few stockpiled. I don’t know if those peaches have an expiration date.
I mean if there was EVER a fruit to defy the laws of expiration dates… I imagine it’d be those ones, so I like this theory!
Plus, didn’t she turn that poor king from one of her new subject world into a similar tree? Maybe she’s been watering that with blood and now it also produces peaches that make you immortal for a very short time?
They say Mandrakes grow from the soil where hanged men bleed. Although I would prefer not sacrificing maidens, regardless of end product.
I imagine the demand for the blood of maidens was in some part a result of the nature of who the first peach tree once was. If so, the appetite of one grown from a man who lost everything and attempted to bring justice for his people would be quite different.
Still probably one for blood, but perhaps rather than that of maidens, one for criminals in general or the members of Mottom’s own court in particular? And if Alison is to slay her utterly, feeding her to a tree that rightly seeks revenge against her wouldn’t be the most inappropriate thing.
Here we are,
Born to be kings…
… dang, that was supposed to be a top-level post :p
Your post failed to ascend to top-level because it contains a fundamental flaw: Kings are not born. Royalty is ripped from the universe and from the self in a continual act of self creative violence.
No matter what the Queen has to say on the subject.
Less efficient peaches, each requiring more blood and providing less power than the old ones. But Mottom’s always been a little spendthrift with the blood.
I am totally geeking out at this page! NICELY DONE ABBADON! The council meeting on Hansa’s head was my favorite scene for the longest time, I’m so glad for this is making a comeback in your amazing new style!
Just realized Gog Agog can be read same way from left to right and viceversa (If you don’t take in account the space in there)
Maybe there’s some kind of hidden meaning to it ….
Perhaps the Madam was simply deified as a champion of Throne’s lesser known racecar and kayak competitions, held on a level of Throne redder than the rest.
Or perhaps she simply loves palindromes.
We’ve seen “gog” used by a devil in the heist arc as slang for “look”, as in “look over there”. And “agog” means something like excited or amazed.
So to “gog, agog” is to stare excitedly or amazed at something, which is in line with what we know of her character (worm Oprah).
It is likely that Abbadon chose the form of Gog u-Magog (which has been spelled quite variously) which he found most aesthetically pleasing and/or most compatible with Throne’s alphabet.
I wonder if it is a palindrome in that tongue?
! Lessen your joy !
! For the plottings of the gods will befall us !
No! Increase your joy! For if the sword of the gods should come down, let us not say we did not have our fill in the interim! There is nothing we can do, if the gods be our foes. So there is nothing about which to worry! And if your joy should cause your enemy offense, that is all the more reason to increase it! For I would rather not die for anything less than Maximum Joy!
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE
THE QUICKENING!
TONIGHT YOU SLEEP IN HELL
I find it curious that this meeting hall of gods has spectator seats available, for dealings they don’t want lesser beings to witness.
This room presumably predates the Seven. Before the Demiurges decided to start a war, they may have been more open to transparent government, or maybe even democracy in some form.
This is indeed the case. The Philosopher Kings of Throne were equal, with only Zoss as Primus Pares, Prime among the Peers, and quite a Prime he was.
But of course, the greed of these kings broke out with the opening of the gates, and so came the war, and then the Black Tyrants.
Wait, in a world where everyone is striving for power, wouldn’t everyone who sees that Allison has the key do everything possible to obtain it? But we keep seeing the opposite happen.
Knowing Abbadon i’m sure there is a reasonable explanation or I am just mistaken but at the moment I am a little bit befuddled.
According to Abbadon, she’s in Throne and making a move in neutral territory like that would mean re-igniting the universal war in full-force.
But didn’t that happen with Mottom attacking Yre?
It looks like the others have intervened to stop things from escalating forcing the war to turn into a could one. To god kings ruling hundreds of thousands of worlds each the battle we saw was all things considered likely considered a relatively small and isolated incident with Mammon likely mostly being upset over his headquarters getting trashed, many of his closest servants getting killed and the general principle. Think of it like that one time Canada burned down the White House.
Canada never burned down the White House though. In 1812, Canada didn’t even exist yet. Those were British colonies.
They made the treaty to keep it, the have seen war once, and I’m not sure the multiverse could survive another one… as they fight with weapons that could tear the fabric of creation apart.
This should already have happened when mottom broke yre.
She *does* have a horde of hunters, doesn’t she? Layla Brimstone, the giant baby and the lot.
Except they have considerately left her in peace for the last year so she can train and become too strong for them… A pity, Eris-lo Kai and Layla Brimstone were two of my favourites.
Have they, however? We only say them take part in the conflict between the two gods, if only to try and seek the Rising King.
And keep in mind who leads this parade of idiots, hmm?
According to Abbadon’s tumblr, most of them are using the Key as a pretext to get involved in(and I quote) “a good punch-em up. A real slobberknocker.” The Middle Army shall return when such an event is most likely.
Such is the way of Adventurers.
When the Court of Worms are away the Court of Moths come out to play, I mean it is only my duty, a hegemonic prince is needed to look after the Hegemony, such a job is not only degrading to my Queen but it also bores her endlessly and I am happy to take that burden off of her many little hands.
Yes it’s best to leave the Queen of Worms to her talk show and pleasure domes
Incy didn’t show up? Going to look suspicious. Playing his hand a bit early, I would say.
He didn’t show up last time either. Given that Jagganoth made a surprise appearance, he was the *only* demiurge who wasn’t at that concordance in person.
And well, all the other demiurges with half a brain (so like, at least half of them) can probably tell that Incubus is up to something anyways. He’s always up to something.
The grand dragon does not…
this axiom, now broken
Last time he at least sent one of his strumpets. Perhaps he’s just being fashionably late.
It looks like Mammon has just breathed fire at Mottom.
As is customary in such situations, discussions were somewhat heated.
The Concordance meets. The War continues.
he hasn’t won? how so? what’s the goal here, to conquer all of creation?
VICTORY DOES NOT MEAN TO WIN THE BATTLE, OR EVEN THE WAR, BUT TO ERASE THE POSSIBILITY OF DEFEAT ALTOGETHER. TO ANNIHILATE THE ENEMY UTTERLY.
EVEN BEFORE THEY ARE AWARE OF YOUR EXISTENCE.
EVEN BEFORE THEY CAN COMPREHEND THE TRANSGRESSION THEY HAVE COMMITTED.
VICTORY IS NOT DEMONSTRATING THAT YOUR GENES, OR YOUR PHILOSOPHIES, OR YOUR SUBSTANCE, ARE THE STRONGEST TO EXIST. VICTORY IS ENSURING THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES TO EXIST.
Victory is thus impossible and any rational person should discard it as a goal.
A noodle vendor lives a much happier life than a master swordsman.
I myself use another approach – I may never become the master swordsman or fighter but I’ve trained myself to the point of being a good apprentice. It makes one stronger than most of untrained people which means being stronger than over 90% of living mortals. That’s a good place to stand.
Is it? Those who stand on hills are prone to dying.
Not as much as those on the mountains and yet they see further than the ones below.
The Ocean is very deep, indeed.
I am but a humble citizen who would like to remind everyone that we don’t actually have to hold strength and violence as our highest ideals.
And yet those who steal lifts from beneath the very feet of (officially) innocent iDiots and refer to Knights of the Thorn as fools remain unkilled. Being an idiOt this is beyond my understanding.
The seven remaining demiurges fought each other to a standstill. The situation is effectively an armed truce, where nobody has won. Incubus and Jagganoth want to restart the war.
It’s time for YISUN to wreck some shit, and undo the corrupt regime of the Demiurge.
All this is YISUN. You are asking for YISUN to wreck YISUN. The last time that happened the the universe was created.
Yet I am not without empathy dear Lady. Dark is the deathknell of YISUN. I too am weary of the decay and corruption. But it is for us to wreck that which must be wreaked that the waters of throne may be healed.
Mammon is looking more vigorous.
It’s astounding, what a little Grandiosity will do you. Puts the pep back in the step, and a fire in the belly.
And also getting your shit blown in, but, you know.
Maybe he realizes that his lifelong dream to be like Scrooge McDuck was a false one, and the change is doin’ him good?
The Dragon left his Tower! Fear the Dragon!
Nadya seems pretty hysterical here, and I suddenly get some Cersei Lannister vibe from her.
And Gog Agog is all joy, like “Hey, grandpa, you are here! I missed you so much!” +) Probably a hypocrisy, but who knows with these guys.
PS. Yeah, I too did enjoy the stuff concerning Zoss sygil, but that was discussed at fine detail upper there. Uh, is there even such a collocation?..
We haven’t seen enough of her characterization to be sure what she’s like, but I’m getting the sense that she’s amused by the pretty flames, and not too concerned with the politics of the situation.
Counting beans and splitting hairs
screening notes and sideways glares
The councillors bring their own chairs
Let me try to share your art
Dragon sent a fiery dart
Or did Lady cast a spell
Negotiations going well
I should think so. There are no corpses. Yet.
…that we can see. It would be impolite to litter.
Dragon sneer and witch doth scowl
Queen of Worms with laughter howls
Five of Seven here do sit
David’s so tired of this shit
Mediating discussions between a psychopath and a senile dragon.
What fun.
Yeah, at first I thought that bottom panel was a scene from a bygone era, but then I realized it must be Solomon playing arbitrator between the two other demiurges.
Implying that they’re not all psychopaths.
Would you look at that, an empty seat for the Middle Army.
“I, John Brown am now quite CERTAIN, that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away; but with Blood. I had as I now think, VAINLY flattered myself that without VERY MUCH BLOODSHED it might be done.”
– John Brown, Abolitionist, Liberator, Revolutionary. 1859.
Am I the only one that assumed the last panel is from an earlier era? Later than the first panel, but not yet present day?
Given the enmity between the Witch and the Dragon, and the former’s mourning clothes, I’d thought it was fairly straightforward that the meeting was a result of the war between the two.
look how HAPPY Gog-Agog is to see Mammon i’m love
and, ughhhh Mottom’s LOOK. If I had unlimited time and money to do any KSBD Cosplay she would probably be the highest on my list.