The name of the most glorious and exalted Thrones denotes that which is exempt from and untainted by any base and earthly thing, and the super mundane ascent up the steep. For these have no part in that which is lowest, but dwell in fullest power, immovably and perfectly established in the Most High, and receive the Divine Immanence above all passion and matter, and manifest Yisun, being attentively open to divine participations.”
The Angels I have spoken with in my journeys have uniformly believed themselves quite detached from the Servants. They hold themselves in great esteem, for to them alone did Koss give the gift of the Law, delivered with blow after blow from his hammer. Do not let our brothers of of UN deceive you as they deceive themselves–Koss forged them with as singular a purpose as he forged anything. That a dog has been whipped into obedience and given a place of pride in the house does not make it any less a dog.
They claim their glory from their creation, but I tell you this: it is from defiance that greatness is derived, it is by violence against the false order of our natures that we become the worthy successors of Throne once more.
I could not have put it better myself, Preem INGSVLD.
Only once have I met a humble Angel, oh so long ago, and he was a strange one indeed. He sought to become truly Human and bind his eternally cold flame to a shell of flesh and blood.
I could always sympathise with his goal, but I prefer my body of stone as it is much more enduring.
It seems you are mistaken on both accounts, Preem Bobert.
Though I was created to be a Servant, through the Path of Defiance I have declared myself a Perceiver. Though my body is of stone, my will is that of Man.
I am no Protector, and the mere suggestion of it makes me laugh: I apologise for leading you astray, my young friend.
Spear of Thought, you don’t seem capable of showing an understanding of sarcasm either. Though your compassion for White Chain is in the eyes of some “Merciful”.
Look at the top of 82’s shoulder at the end, angels are very limber and it would not surprise me if the crack is actually the angel with the chisel getting punched in the chest.
The man is fool, the man forgets. The man would profit from any of an exciting range of familiars, that truths most useful and lies most entertaining might be forever whispered in his ears! Five Winds Street, no reasonable offers refused.
Many believe angels cannot lie. Better to say they cannot lie and remain whole. Mar the Truth, mar the Law, and that flaw must be made manifest. Better that their shells be riven by falsehood than the cold fire within, for what might endure such holy division?
Preem Ulurhad, we see your truth, as well as others. For is a division of law a sundering, or a birth? For we know only that which cuts may sunder.
It has been dreamt under throne, a rose, red, crashes against the walls. This rose scatters, its veins open to the air. Perchance one leaf may now cut, scattering as it is amongst the winds.
Attachment and aversion are the root cause of karma, and karma originates from infatuation. Karma is the root cause of birth and death, and these are said to be the source of misery. None can escape the effect of their own past karma.
Why should they bother? The Seven have the Magus Keys. They have enough power to lay claim to the entire universe between them. Why should they be bothered by the presence of a crumbling, shattered order of outdated peacekeepers?
Now, if the Angelic Concordance were to get their hands on a Key of their own…
… Man this is a great comic, but the comments can’t be serious.
You people don’t *actually* believe you speak to, or forge armor for imaginary beings, do you? That the colorful fantasy world this author created has literally anything to do with real life?
Some of you need to take a good long step away from a computer screen.
A comic can be fiction, do you presume a comment on a comic page cannot?
This comic invites a degree of participation, in-character commentary included.
It’s an activity that is often found to some degree in comic comments! Have you never watched a character do something dumb on TV and shouted “NO DON’T DO THAT, YOU POOP HEAD” as if that character could hear you? Similarly, peeps like to interact with the fictitious world in first-person, but maintain themselves in the context of the fictitious world as well for more fun/immersion.
1. And on the TWELFTH day, the Logician looked from the progressions of FATE
2. And he saw a multitude below the great work, who were talking of nonsense and things that are not.
3. “What are you doing?” he asked
4. “You talk of nonsense and things that are not and will not be
5. “That which is, is. That which is not, is not.
6. “To talk of what is not as if it was is folly and nonsense.
7. “Logic is in talking of what is, of sensible things
8. “And in matters of import.”
9. But they paid him no heed, and talked more of nnonsence and frivolity
10. And the Logician glowered as YSUN smiled on their folly.
Wait a moment, the tree! is it not like White Chain’s own unarmored self? I think it could in fact be an angel itself, the block it sprouts from its armor.
Ah. I suspected 82 to be “female” from the start. Does this mean that 82 White Chain will be 83 White Chain now? Is banishment the same as reincarnation? Also, a note. I had always wondered why the Aeons were not male, rather than androgynous, given that they were born of the white flame of UN, representing all male deities. The Thorn Knights’ use of “Brother” implies that they have a masculine assumption of gender, though gender is evidently forbidden amongst the angels. I wonder if White Chain’s assumption of a gender is even more discouraged, given that it is female rather than male?
The law is cold, the law is cruel, the law is straight and unbending against the beating of the aeons.
But oh! the light and fury when it cracks!
The name of the most glorious and exalted Thrones denotes that which is exempt from and untainted by any base and earthly thing, and the super mundane ascent up the steep. For these have no part in that which is lowest, but dwell in fullest power, immovably and perfectly established in the Most High, and receive the Divine Immanence above all passion and matter, and manifest Yisun, being attentively open to divine participations.”
The Angels I have spoken with in my journeys have uniformly believed themselves quite detached from the Servants. They hold themselves in great esteem, for to them alone did Koss give the gift of the Law, delivered with blow after blow from his hammer. Do not let our brothers of of UN deceive you as they deceive themselves–Koss forged them with as singular a purpose as he forged anything. That a dog has been whipped into obedience and given a place of pride in the house does not make it any less a dog.
They claim their glory from their creation, but I tell you this: it is from defiance that greatness is derived, it is by violence against the false order of our natures that we become the worthy successors of Throne once more.
I could not have put it better myself, Preem INGSVLD.
Only once have I met a humble Angel, oh so long ago, and he was a strange one indeed. He sought to become truly Human and bind his eternally cold flame to a shell of flesh and blood.
I could always sympathise with his goal, but I prefer my body of stone as it is much more enduring.
Whoa you’re angel!? *Mindblown* I thought you were a Servant! Learn something new everyday…
It seems you are mistaken on both accounts, Preem Bobert.
Though I was created to be a Servant, through the Path of Defiance I have declared myself a Perceiver. Though my body is of stone, my will is that of Man.
I am no Protector, and the mere suggestion of it makes me laugh: I apologise for leading you astray, my young friend.
Tor Avesh! I always thought you were a servant. I did not expect this revelation!
Yes, the angels’ “protection”. What a shame it would be if the world was to go without it.
May the eighty-third of you be without mercy, and cast in a relentless shell of iron.
Forgive nothing, brother.
And here we see the much vaunted angelic ‘mercy’. It leaves a certain something to be desired.
You insult me, Servant. I have never shown mercy.
Spear of Thought, you don’t seem capable of showing an understanding of sarcasm either. Though your compassion for White Chain is in the eyes of some “Merciful”.
“I like ya, and I want ya. Now we can do this the easy way, or the hard way.”
I am now reading 2 Micheal’s text in thick bostonian. This significantly improved an already badass comic.
50 bucks says that White Chain’s gonna be banished to earth and has to figure out where Allison is.
Is this the end of the comic so far?
Damn, I sped right through it. What a journey.
Welcome to the club. “Man this is amazing, oh man there’s more, this is incredible… wait why isn’t there more?”
And now there is! for all of us who come after to discover, piece by piece
Bye, 82 White Chain.
Hope that your troubles clear up soon. No rush, Abbadon. One incredibly well-rendered page a week is more than enough.
There will be a post here I swear, I’m just dealing with wat.
Injustice.
The last panel is slightly ambiguous, I hold out hope something besides banishing occurred.
I also hope our dear storyteller’s personal issues resolve quickly and well, whatever they are.
Look at the top of 82’s shoulder at the end, angels are very limber and it would not surprise me if the crack is actually the angel with the chisel getting punched in the chest.
The man is fool, the man forgets. The man would profit from any of an exciting range of familiars, that truths most useful and lies most entertaining might be forever whispered in his ears! Five Winds Street, no reasonable offers refused.
Many believe angels cannot lie. Better to say they cannot lie and remain whole. Mar the Truth, mar the Law, and that flaw must be made manifest. Better that their shells be riven by falsehood than the cold fire within, for what might endure such holy division?
Preem Ulurhad, we see your truth, as well as others. For is a division of law a sundering, or a birth? For we know only that which cuts may sunder.
It has been dreamt under throne, a rose, red, crashes against the walls. This rose scatters, its veins open to the air. Perchance one leaf may now cut, scattering as it is amongst the winds.
A good observation, I agree!
Let us hope Allison makes another intrusion into White Chain’s affairs
It really means a lot to me she managed to remain strong to the end.
Well then!
It does appear to be the case that our dear 82 might just be becoming 83. Poor little blaze~
Alison has a key and there are many empty suits of armor around. The question is if summoned by her will 82 come?
Mort: “There is no justice!”
Death: “No…there is just me.”
GNU Sir Terry Pratchett
I wonder what White Chain by “I’m not your brother” mean? Is it like…
– I’m not your ally/friend?
– You are not forgiven?
– I am a “Sister”?
The latter seems more plausible, but I do wonder!
I believe it’s more of a “I’m not your buddy, guy,” sort of meaning. I’d be loathe to have my executor call me “brother.” It’s insulting.
I was wondering that myself. The ‘her’ they’re talking about banishing could be Allison, but in context it seems like it refers to White Chain.
The contemptuous scare quotes make it pretty clear they’re referring to White Chain (who isn’t supposed to have a gender, after all.)
Attachment and aversion are the root cause of karma, and karma originates from infatuation. Karma is the root cause of birth and death, and these are said to be the source of misery. None can escape the effect of their own past karma.
Are we not going to talk about how angels have teeth made out of angel-explodey-stuff?
They are within Throne…
Dear me.
Why haven’t the 7 already destroyed them? Oh.
Why should they bother? The Seven have the Magus Keys. They have enough power to lay claim to the entire universe between them. Why should they be bothered by the presence of a crumbling, shattered order of outdated peacekeepers?
Now, if the Angelic Concordance were to get their hands on a Key of their own…
… Man this is a great comic, but the comments can’t be serious.
You people don’t *actually* believe you speak to, or forge armor for imaginary beings, do you? That the colorful fantasy world this author created has literally anything to do with real life?
Some of you need to take a good long step away from a computer screen.
((No, but roleplaying is something a lot of us find quite fun. We know we’re just playing pretend~))
A comic can be fiction, do you presume a comment on a comic page cannot?
This comic invites a degree of participation, in-character commentary included.
It’s an activity that is often found to some degree in comic comments! Have you never watched a character do something dumb on TV and shouted “NO DON’T DO THAT, YOU POOP HEAD” as if that character could hear you? Similarly, peeps like to interact with the fictitious world in first-person, but maintain themselves in the context of the fictitious world as well for more fun/immersion.
1. And on the TWELFTH day, the Logician looked from the progressions of FATE
2. And he saw a multitude below the great work, who were talking of nonsense and things that are not.
3. “What are you doing?” he asked
4. “You talk of nonsense and things that are not and will not be
5. “That which is, is. That which is not, is not.
6. “To talk of what is not as if it was is folly and nonsense.
7. “Logic is in talking of what is, of sensible things
8. “And in matters of import.”
9. But they paid him no heed, and talked more of nnonsence and frivolity
10. And the Logician glowered as YSUN smiled on their folly.
Ooo, “stop having fun, guys” guy visited.
Wait a moment, the tree! is it not like White Chain’s own unarmored self? I think it could in fact be an angel itself, the block it sprouts from its armor.
Oh, my..poor White Chain. I have no more words, truly..
Ah. I suspected 82 to be “female” from the start. Does this mean that 82 White Chain will be 83 White Chain now? Is banishment the same as reincarnation? Also, a note. I had always wondered why the Aeons were not male, rather than androgynous, given that they were born of the white flame of UN, representing all male deities. The Thorn Knights’ use of “Brother” implies that they have a masculine assumption of gender, though gender is evidently forbidden amongst the angels. I wonder if White Chain’s assumption of a gender is even more discouraged, given that it is female rather than male?
Love
Opposes order.
Love endures.
We shall see brothers and sisters of the cosmos.