Seeker of Thrones 5-48
“Prince Kassardis struggled mightily to rid himself of his pursuers, for despite what the Very Wise Frog had told him, he still held within his heart the vain hope that the peaceful land of Samura existed and he would someday find himself upon its gleaming shores, free of his wives and throne.
First, he fled the road, and spying a low and reeking gully hurled himself therein. There, the mud and brambles were so thick that he could barely move, and the fetid water was choked with the corpses of animals that had become trapped in the muck. Thick clouds of flies bit at Kassardis as he struggled heroically onward, until at last he heaved himself from the mud, his trail almost completely invisible, and made for higher ground.
Indeed, when the clever and keen Vastoki came upon Kassardis’ trail disappearing into the gully, she was taken aback by his cleverness. But with her specially made eye-glasses, Vastoki’s eyesight was keener than a hawk’s. She picked out the shining pieces of thread from Kassardi’s silver waistcoat clinging to the brambles, and was back on his trail in scarcely an hour, her fellow wives close behind.”
– Tales of the Silver Prince
If a demon lies dormant inside a feeble vessel, its better not to provoke its awakening, lest it wakes from a pleasant dream hungry
The system is tiered,
stratified,
rigged.
An imprecation I find illustratively lacking. With no rigging, dear Head, however would one set one’s sails?
It is fixed to be ‘just so.’
Necessary, as you say, though
one mind how stranger winds blow.
“I’m the eyehole devil. I’m the only one who’s allowed to have eyeholes. Get on up out of here with my eyeholes.”
How do some of the commenters know the names of these devils? I must have missed that.
Alt text, my friend.
I get the feeling this fight is going to be preempted by a proclamation from Himself.
Does nobody realize that Lobarrisleb is weeping? I’d wager that Lobar cared deeply for Yabal, and new that somebody very much like her, made from Yabal’s very flame no less, has come and claimed that Yabal is gone for good poor Lobar can’t help but react in that way.
Lobar just want’s Yabal back…
Never make assumptions about what others have and haven’t noticed, here. Our silly nonsense takes a while to show up; several people pointed this out before you did, and now you look a little silly.
The way posts work is that they all go through Abaddon before they are posted. It is likely that previous posts mentioning said tears were not approved yet, and thus not shown, and now you look silly.
Family reunions are always tough when you’ve got a new look and a girlfriend in tow.
Rest in Piece, Cio’s glasses. The end of an era.
FUCK THAT EYEBALLING MOTHERFUCKER UP!
He MUST PAY for what he did!
It pleases me to note that Allison still hasn’t worked out how to bend her knee.
knees are
for arrowin’,
not bendin’
How do some of those posting Know the tha names of the devils?
The examine text.
Camilla: You, sir, should unmask.
Stranger: Indeed?
Cassilda: Indeed it’s time. We have all laid aside disguise but you.
Stranger: I wear no mask.
Camilla: (Terrified, aside to Cassilda.) No mask?! No mask!
Along the shores, the sky-waves break
The twin suns sink behind the lake
The shadows lengthen
In Carcosa
And here I thought the Court would be filled with kind, misunderstood souls, eager to lend a hand/claw/tentacle to our “heroes”.
Perhaps Himself has better manners than Vogue Optical here.
Beware Bethanderian, you sod,
its smile is not where it seems,
and Astarion, its angel-like bod,
and Lobarrisleb’s eyes that steam.
No! Not the GLASSES!!
Bethanderian is just envious, as he can never find a pair that works for his idiosyncratic eyeball configuration.
Honestly, he ought to invest in a collection of individual monocles, and be done with it. Maybe then he’ll be able to see the error in his actions just now.
Hrmm… These here self-righteous Devil guys? Yeah, they forgot one a them Cardinal Rules: “somethin’ somethin’, don’t confuse the servant for the Master”. Right close variation is “somethin’ somethin’, don’t mistake the rider for the mount”.
I hope we get to see some of Alison’s SCA / LARPing skills. Break out that ornamental broadsword and make it sing!
It seems that Loabarrisleb has a history with she who was once Yabalchoath. I wonder if the Many Eyed One had some great steak in the domain of the Shadeside’s Thief-Queen.
Or perhaps Cio had an extraordinary bad taste in men back when her name was black as pitch…
Yes. A very great steak indeed.
However, Bethanderian is looking ever gorgeous – who knew that human flesh and blood could provide such a beautifully profane complexion? Perhaps it’s from fatted-pork stew that’s so popular with mortals these days.
i wonder
is “liar” praise
or dismays
prediction for the next page:
Allison, if she can be calm: “She’s only here because of me.”
Allison, more likely: “Hey, lay off her! Spidery bastard.”
shortly, Himself or a different inner Court member interrupts to prevent any important characters from dying.
Cio’s glasses will be missed.
No one carries a grudge quite like a devil.
they most likely assume the young kingling to be another one of dried up Yabalchoath’s possessions, a fatal mistake for many when they realize how she grips reality
Reach Heaven through Violence, girl
Riker: “I learned quite a bit.”
Picard: “Apparently not when to duck.”
Riker: “When not to duck would be more accurate.”
Bang! Zoom! Straight to the moon!
Like I said, this house is full of really nice people.
The eye of the enraged peers in many directions, seeking an outlet for its fury.
How much more furious, than, is the beast of many eyes?