Seeker of Thrones 6-59
Chapter: 6
The final winner of the devil contest! But not quite the final member our party.
This was inspired by a written entry and a drawn entry together. I really liked the first idea of a devil that had somehow cajoled the beggar dead into working for him, and I really liked the cape of coins/coin eyes in the second design, which both help play very well into what is going to happen next!
The Guilds have ONE STINKING LAW for the common welfare, and these rat-kings insist on breaking it.
Ah well. No doubt Mammon will have them tied together by the tails and hurled into the Pit e’er long.
In fairness, as I understand it they subvert, circumvent, or outright ignore the “stinking law” on a regular basis.
If Mammon hasn’t gone out of his way to mete punishment already, I feel as though it wouldn’t change.
Granted, for what they’re about to do, it might just change after all.
Well, you see, The Dead have a system to their sacrificial economy. As the they pile more gold on, some tumbles down back to the masses. I believe it is known as “tumble down” economics.
Of course, then The Dead pick up the coins and simply throw them back on, so I don’t really know what they think they’re doing.
Some say ‘rats’ is rude
Ask them to give up their food.
It’ll change their attitude.
Remind me what that is, please?
sibling White Chain
once said (2-32):
“please do not give
money to the dead,
it is against
city ordinance.”
I hope cio gets her glasses back ;-; you don’t have to be a bad person lass!!!
She is sinking slowly back into the depths.
It appears she has elected to dive.
Shame. Perhaps someone will bring her back.
Stay good Cio!
stay good.
Perhaps once.
But now there is Yabalchoath!
Only if she keeps those pants though. 😉
Oh goody. I can hardly wait.
Shine and clink, shine and clink
Do the deepest depths we’ll sink
For the glory and coin yet unspoken
Once the Queen of Thieves is awoken
Is that an Ebon devil?
’cause we kind of have a bad history with ebon devils.
Green, or Verdant, Devil. They are reptilian and have skulls for heads.
Nay, ’tis Verdant
Eh, they’ll be blue with an exceptionally embarrassing name by the end of this. Such is the fate of all Ebons the new king knows.
Lizardiness and skull make me think verdant.
Verdent sweet price. Verdent.
Devils and bad history are one and the same.
As the Wax Head would say, this is axiomatic.
It certainly looks Ebon, but it also has the reptilian features of a Verdant devil. We’ll see.
Unlike most Ebon devils, Charon isn’t consumed with desire and fire.
Charon’s want is a slow, cold, patient thing. As certain as entropy and death.
Outwardly, Charon would rather tend to their dead and wait for your impending demise, than kill you outright. (By a slim margin, mind.)
If you’re referring to Charon, he appears most like a Verdant devil.
Everyone has a bad history with Ebon devils. There is no other type of history to be had with an Ebon devil. Soul sucking life drinkers the lot of them!
–Malodious Malborn Gracely a Jealous Gold devil
Green.
Green, I think. Way way WAY back during the drinking contest where the devils were described in the comments, it said Green devils tend to have death-like masks.
With an epithet such as that, I’d imagine that applies to many others.
The entries it’s based on are verdant so I don’t know
Most likely a Verdant, considering the caption of the source artwork, the coloration of the body, and the skeletal face. Though not as bleached nor skeletal as that of other Verdants, perhaps this one’s mask is from a bygone era and style.
Lookin’ hot, Cio.
Right? Cio looks S M O K I N
It was always my belief that Cio had the best ass in all of Throne, and by YISUN and the Grand Dragon my faith has been rewarded
Please do not give money to the dead.
It’s against city ordinance.
They’re a pestly bunch and we don’t want to give them any reason to hang around.
Cio is a Dark Brotherhood cosplayer in her spare moments.
That was my first thought, too.
She’d tried so hard to change her ways and yet they refuse to see. Hold firm, Cio. Those who matter will understand.
I can’t tell if the Shepherd of the Dead is Verdant or Ebon…
Either way, it seems as though this red toothed lizard nurtures a foul, choking envy for the Grand Dragon Mammon and his boundless wealth. I wonder if Allison and Cio need to even bother paying him any coin, other than the mere chance of finally looting that fractural nightmare of a dungeon crawl.
In undertakings such as this, it is a well-known fact that the odds of success are directly proportional to the motleyness of the crew. With such a colorful and interesting team, we can only hope some will survive (though perhaps it would be for the best for society as a whole if certain members did not).
‘I narrow my eyes like a coin slot baby, let’er ring! Let’er ring!’
-God’s away on business, Tom Waits.
By the way, I do approve of the way Charon is decked out in proper goanna skin. Very stylish.
Is this place so rich that even the dump is made of piles of money?
Im filled with rage over this clear breach in city ordinance
Honestly, I don’t think that look really suits Cio, even if it is practical. I hope she can get back to her previous sense of fashion after this, and that she doesn’t wind up too traumatized from the experience.
Two pennies for the river-boat…
Sorry if this is something everyone else figured out already, but I wonder what COCCOL means.
CEE-OH-CEE-AY (CIOCIE) CEE-OH-ELL-AY (CIOELLE)
it spells the name of a delicious fizzy beverage
It’s pronounced Cee-Oh-See-Eh Cee-Oh-El-Eh. Should become clear when you say it out loud.
The Es at the end are pronounced like an A. Hopefully that helps you out >_O
both final ‘E’s
are pronounced
now try again
A current theory is that the Es aren’t silent. See oh see ay, see oh el ay.
Which has interesting implications.
An alternative theory is that it is pronounced as if one were reading Italian.
Vaults require strength.
a weak wrist or leap
will land you ‘pon your face.
Huh, I don’t remember being quite that handsome.
Ciocie Cioelle, maybe is it time to shed names and rise again?
It is sometimes quite hard to figure out what color a devil is or even where his mask is supposed to be. Is Charon even wearing a mask?
I wonder how many devils I’ve confused with servants because of this…
The laws exist to keep hard-working businessdevils from lucrative revenue streams.
YOU CAN SEE IT FROM THE FRONT
I want to perform a cover of this song for my band. How would the melody go?