KSBD 5-90 to 5-91 (SUMMONING)
Chapter: 5
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“Here lies the domain of the wielders of names,
No bound or lay-line encircles it,
For from step to step
They span the span, aft and fore,
They are world straddlers, and their stride is shod with fire.”
-Inscription on the main speaking house of the Concordance of the Demiurges
At least the landing was better this time.
Heck, it looks better than what I manage on average.
I dunno, opening up with a screaming skeleton has a certain flair, I thought…
the “Screaming skeleton,” as you put it, is a necessary attribute of travel by Division to material realms; we can see, by the Shade Allison casts that her destination was elsewhere.
It is in fact the Shade that is artifact; being of matter herself, Allison is able to physically “be” in a non-physical plane of being, and so a sort of ghost is formed from her immaterial will. This fulfills a similar role to the Armor that renders physical the otherwise non-physical Aeon’s when they visit Throne.
Servant of Steel is observant
This of course is the Astral Body. But as we see, Alison is naked (not here, but in the previous visit to the thrones). This is because it is her naked spirit, unarmed and unclothed. What we see in this particular instance is the Astral Body being sent first, followed by the many layers of her being, and her personal effects.
If she were to have strength and protection on the Astral Plane, she needs to construct a Body of Light. Allow me to refer to the words on the subject by Hermetic scholar Mark Stavish:
http://hermetic.com/stavish/essays/bodylight.html
I wonder at the wisdom of this notion. Though an ascetic who labors at oneness with astral existence may profit from becoming astral (or maybe more correctly, inhabiting an astral avatar); it’s not at all clear that this should be the only or preferred means of travel within non-physical planes.
Consider again the Angels and their armors. For this manner of being, purpose is understood to be ‘Protect’, usually ‘protect the Law’. In order to labor at that purpose, angels adopt a physically *protective* aspect.
We should likewise consider the primal nonbeingness of a mortal shadow to do for a mortal what a mortal is to do. Like shadow puppets, the mortal shade serves to “be perceived”.
gawds. now it all comes back. This is like cronenbergs’ version of that ah ah movie with weird insectoids except less devoid of drama and bellow of laughs.
She fits right in, after a fashion.
*Mos Eisley Cantina music starts playing*
This has been an amazing ride. As a scholar of odd mythologies and a collector of religious truths myself, this universe that you’ve piled together is an absolute feast.
I do however wish that the pages had a slightly higher resolution!
Right Click on Image.
View Image.
Click to Enlargen.
Good to see some familiar faces, or masks, as it were.
Would you a cute bar imp? Because I would. Worth every scar.
Aww, they look like baby Cio’s. I just want to pick one up and here it squek in the Black Tongue to let it go or be cursed from the Seventh Chakra downwards.
Come to think of it, even though a tiny, squeaking, heavily-Irish-accented devil would be the eighth wonder of my pants, just imagine the hexes they’d lay upon your lowest chakra. I’d fare better with the alcoholic pores above the bar.
… What are the other wonders of your pants, Preem Derrick? You’ve got me curious, now.
Well, the sacramental loaf of bread at the Peregrine shrine downtown for starters. My buddies said I would never piss off a bunch of amateur Peregrines and I thought it was a good idea at the time.
It was fresh out of the oven. Shit burns, T.
LEAVE HER ALONE
The prodigal King returns…
Making your way in the Wheel today, takes everything you got
Taking a break from claiming your Throne sure would help a lot
Wouldn’t you like to get away?
Sometimes you want to go
Where everybody Wields your Naaaaame~
*Door Opens, a devil walks in.*
“NY’URRM!”
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Does that bartender have an arm specifically for lifting the glasses?
Definitely a devil involved with those details.
I’ve now read through the entire thing 3 times. It gets better with every reading. Buying the book the moment it’s for sale.
*Ten minute bass chord follows.*
Well, that’s certainly one way to compensate for a lack of saloon doors.
Holy crap so much hype! I love all these new devils! I feel like a kid again reading magazines and old books about monsters and stuff, it’s wonderful!
Also, I hope Oscar makes a cameo or something, wouldn’t be K6BD without him.
Find the scariest thing on this page.
I kid, of course- the human is ALWAYS the scariest thing, wherever it appears. Because where humans go, things tend to happen.
Ah, yes, the celestial tuning forks in the background. Created by Un-Shore from the bones of a mighty boar he slew with lance. The tines are struck once every seven hundred seventy-seven days, and their tones last for seven hours before fading into the void. Musicians all over the throne flock to this place for that exact occasion, filling the air with the disjointed strums and squeaks of all the would-be bards. Some will wait decades for the entire set to be struck before playing the first note of their ballads, so intent are they on having their instruments tuned to absolute perfection.
The Evicted Saint is observant. The gates are in fact, tuning forks.
You aren’t the bay12 TLCM Evicted Saint by any chance?
Is this what it’s like to be internet famous? I am legitimately surprised anyone recognized my handle outside of bay12.
http://i.imgur.com/hfPF5iT.png
Believe it or not I flipped over here to check the update with tlcm in another tab!
*halfway expecting Abaddon to pop in and be like “Oh yeah, I’m [insert long time and well known bay12 poster here] actually” any minute now*
I mean, both of you deserve to be internet famous, and I now want to see a littlest cheesemaker/kill six billion demons crossover for some reason…
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Just caught the missus up on the story, read it all to her, kinda hurt my throat trying to vary the voices, between Preem Nand and Jagganoth especially. Very fun though, she says it should be a story book for adults, I say why limit it to adults!
I too have difficulty differentiating between Jagganoth and Praman Nands voices, when I attempt to imitate them.
Purely for the benign purpose of honouring these powerful masters, of course, I assure you!
The Sssluagh mimic the voicess of the Great Oness flawlesssly. They all sssound the sssame to usssss.
Great page!
I can’t tell, is this the Mos Eisley cantina or an upmarket teat-tree bar?
Young Allison must be wary. The Void Between and Outside is no place for the careless. It is, at once, a place of utter absence, and yet is teeming with brutal, unrestrained violence. The weak of spirit are rent asunder by those who dwell there, if not by the very nature of the place.
What better place for an Aspirant King to begin her journey towards Omniversal Dominion?
Don’t ever stop this. What you’re doing is a masterpiece, and if it takes me my last breath I will fund/support/encourage you to finish it.
Thank you, Abbadon. Perhaps we’ll be in touch.
Salutations Abaddon,
This being admires thine most august ways of transcribing imagery in the picture element medium. Perhaps, one would share thine mastery of color and media with this unworthy one?
Partings with much regard,
The Original Quirk, First Twist in Personality, Spark of Change, and Conflicted Being
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print of this sure would look good on my cave wall and sure is a thing i would throw money in someone’s direction for
i mean
dang
Likewise. I’ve been meaning to use up one of my picture frames, and can’t imagine – at the moment – anything better to use than this.
Likewise. This is something I’d frame, honestly.
out of curiosity, is the red floating disc/temple seen between the tuning forks prongs in the top right corner Throne?
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