Wielder of Names 6-114
Chapter: 6
“Yes, she is beautiful. Radiant, even. But make no mistake, our queen is star-kin. She is one of those hungry immortals that peel the flesh from the corpse of heaven, like the starving ghosts from our oldest and most terrifying stories. Our queen is not merciful. Our queen is our eternal slaver, and her whips are ten-thousand miles long.”
– The last king of Mykos
That did feel a little too easy. Ah well.
Don’t leave her waiting, kingling.
The second one is awaiting.
Should you meet a god on the side of the road.
Kill her.
Yikes
Is this about the time that Allison regrets saying “Everyone dies. Get over it?”
“Everyone dies, yes. Some sooner than others.”
The Blood Flower, Imperatrix of the Gates of Fire.
Glory, Glory.
Hallelujah.
Well, poppycock.
hoo boy
Foolish peasants! This isn’t even my final form!
All forms are broken eventually, either ‘pon the wheel, or ‘pon the Wheel.
Indeed, her final form is that of an putrid hag.
My good friend 1124 Blaze of Glory informs me that her final form is ashes and smoke.
If I remember correctly, that is the final thing of almost anything that spends an extended period of time near Blaze of Glory.
All life is fundamentally fire.
A foolish boast, surely. Everyone’s final form is a corpse.
A worm can only wonder at the premium, distinguished violence of giants.
And for the next ten minutes only, all violence is thirty percent off!
No, all violence is 100% ON.
Preem Jesse, consider the orange. Not, for once, a plum, for plums are succulent fruit, and require no preparation. An orange is encased in a bitter, waxy rind, displeasing to the palate save in minute quantities. To serve such a fruit, one must first apply the knife.
Consider, my good Preem, the strokes of the blade as it cuts away the displeasing skin to reveal the raw, juicy innards. Every stroke touches the quivering vessel. Every stroke removes some fraction of the whole. Perhaps a tenth of the ripe young fruit is discarded in a flurry of artful knife-work, and yet nothing of value is lost. Such are the mysteries of the Principle Art.
Forty percent for new customers, as part of our relocation sale! As Pankrator Jagganoth is wont to proclaim, my lovelies, everything must go!
> Principle Art
Why is it the Principle Art and not Principal Art? Or the Art of the Principal Principle?
Pedants want to know.
How can he be Pankrator if he hasn’t yet claimed Throne?
well played, sir.
Do you do bulk order deals on violence?
I can get you 13 for the price of 7, if you pay up-front for targeted reaping credits.
BOSSU BATTARU STARTU
Zettai Unmei Mokushiroku.
(Absolute Destiny Apocalypse)
Rebel: One!
klaatu barada nikto
Is that a reference to the words telling a giant robot to stop it wanton destruction, the amplifiers of a certain mid twentieth century band or the words spoken to safely handle the necronomicon when you have inadvertantlybeen displaced in time by said book?
And to not be a commbobreaker: tranmitte meum sursum scotius
The tree is dead. Long live the tree. I wonder what kind of sacrifices she’s going to demand.
All of them.
And them some.
Indeed, her eyes now resemble those of her late husband, Hasset Om. They are filled with a dark want. All may perish.
Kings, perhaps? Or Allisons.
And that was when she knew she fucked up.
Well you’re in trouble
BOSS FIGHT
I wonder what White Chain is thinking right now, also, relatedly, whether angels of the Concordance use swear words much.
Angels swear much, and may even curse- oh, you speak of profanity. No, angels do not typically speak such words, for it is unbecoming of creatures of their stature. But beware the sworn words of angels, for they are known to keep oaths across incarnations, and even kalpa.
This one suspects that our glorious queen Om is more than a little pissed. I wonder if her primary concern is the true-death of her late husband or her newfound lack of immortality.
You Aeons know nothing about humans, do you?
Of /course/ it’s about her losing immortality. Nadia is ultimately a selfish creature. Powerful, glorious, and selfish.
There is still a possibility of redemption.
Hope springs eternal.
The synthesis of opposites is co-eternal with the art of division.
Can she surround herself with the power of growing plants while being incapable of personal growth and transformation? I hope not.
Likely, it’s just her lucidity dropping again, and her insanity found its way back to her.
She’s beauty, she’s grace, she’s the queen of time and space.
Kudos to Al-YISUN for looking as if she is *not* about to flee from one of the seven rulers of the universe.
She ain’t going silently into the night.
Rage. Rage against the dying of the light!
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
*chews popcorn in anticipation, butt on edge of seat*
Oh dear, it seems Nadia has recovered. If my fifth incarnation taught me anything, it was to be exceedingly wary of those who manifest a halo. It either means mastery of a Name, the presence of a ley stone, or it is the mark of Royalty.
That, or one of my brother Aeon, but it is usually never a good sign in any case. Perhaps even especially in that case.
I remember that one! Nasty fellow, I had to replace my mask pretty quick after that mess.
oh snap
oh she mad
10 minutes into plantmix and chlorophyl when she gives you this look
Surprise bitch!
Ghost Nappa!
You have cut once, young king. But royalty is a continuous cutting motion.
double helix roots are not to be underestimated
Let it not be said that she doesn’t know how to make an entrance.
From 1 to ‘Zoss storming the Throne’, this is a solid 7
I’m guessing she’s not here to thank Allison for freeing her.
No one can escape The Miles.
–Proverb
Terrifying though she may be, one does have to respect the Imperatrix’s sense of style and decorum. Relatedly, I wonder if her tailors are still alive… and looking for work.
They won’t be for long, one way or the other.
Erm… Hey, look – rebirth is good for you, OK?
When we call a person Mother, what do we learn?
Birth and nurturing are chapters, but not the whole story.
Recall Nostromo, wherein MU/TH/UR went from Ash to Dust.
I read the comment section primarily because of you. Worth it every time
I doubt the brigade of 108 idiots will be bothering AL-YIS-UN again once this boss fight is over … assuming any of them are still alive.
You underestimate our idiots. All this will ensure is that only the best idiots will dare to follow in her wake. But then Juggy’s appearance ensured that anyway.
Whenever you find yourself thinking “oh, none of those troublesome mercenaries could POSSIBLY have survived”, you can be assured that at least some have. Remember, the majority of them exist with no home nor family, living within a cutthroat culture where it’s kill or be killed. One does not remain a murderous vagrant for long without a penchant for not dying, as I’m sure the esteemed Jhorne can attest.
It is now time for the first proper boss-fight.
PARTY MODE ENGAGED
I wish I could stand on a Lotus Flower.
The last of the 36 Stratagems seems applicable.
Which was that again? “Know when to run so you can live to run another day?”
And there is still more fighting cue the music…
Which music though, so many boss themes to choose from, where to start?
For a staredown this epic, I recommend the classics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTWdm6RrpVE
In my experience as a slayer of monsters, there’s nothing more annoying than one that refuses to stay down once it’s beaten. I was once pursued for two years by a noisome ghoul that refused to give up no matter how many time I stabbed, kicked or shot at it. I had to behead it in the end and bury the head and body in distant locations. I still listen out for its shambling footsteps to this day.
My point is, oh AL-YIS-UN, is this time make sure she’s dead before you walk away.
I think I speak for a lot of us when I say:
oh shit.
Lemme try and guess what’s next.. “”Everybody dies”, you say? Well, I think YOU should die FIRST.”
…and that’s when boss fight music starts.
Should the Glutton really be wasting precious time on petty demonstrations of divinity…
She should be frantically devising a new method of attaining immortality…
Well, there IS a certain key right in front of her…
The queen is in her castle, and she is not amused.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH
CAT FIGHT!
Only a fool brings a cat to an angelfight.
Depends on the cat.
She just wants to get in one final “Thank you.”
Punch her, Alice-UN. Punch her with your fist, show her the intensity of your Will. Rise, Alice-UN. Be true Royalty. Give Nadia a true King’s mercy.
punching is not the
sanctioned action
You must
think outside the box
I guess this means that she didn’t like seeing her husband die?
WELCOME TO THE BOSS LEVEL
MRW AFTER I READ EVERYTHING – 2 HOURS INTO THIS
http://imgur.com/a/AiKG3
Your artwork is amazing and I love the story!
The lore is fascinating, great world-building 🙂
Am I the only one thinking that the queen has just found her own method of immortality? Necessity is the mother of invention, after all.
She put her lipstick on.
Shit’s about to go dooooown.
Always fear women with good taste for both fashion and blood.
A little nugget of wisdom I learned from my third master, which he in turn had learned from his wife, albeit, rather belatedly.
Tear Glory from her feeble frame, Alice-UN, let it be the first stepping-stone on the path to Royalty.
“Err…Hey Gurl, how ya doing. Sorry about that whole…bitch slapping you and killing your tree husband.”
And it was at this moment that Alice knew, She fucked up.
How did I just binge read this whole comic in one day already? Dammit, now I have to wait for each installment like the rest of you
She’s a Killer Queen
Gunpowder, gelatine
Dynamite with a laser beam
Guaranteed to blow your mind
Anytime
Generally not the sort of thing that is observed by those expecting to survive.
So once Allison beats Vine Woman and gets her weapon, which Space-Time Master do you think it will be effective against?
So, grass-type is good against water, ground, rock, and electric-types. There’s Jadis, Mammon, Solomon David, Jagganoth, Incubus, and Gog-Agog.
Jagganoth is possibly a Fire/Steel type. So the Leaf Shield/Plant Barrier may not be effective against him. In fact, it would be pretty terrible against him.
Jadis is a Rock-type, maybe a Rock/Psychic or Rock/Ghost or Rock/Dark. The Plant Barrier will be good against her offensively, though not defensively.
Mammon is most likely a Normal-type but could possibly be a Dragon-type. Normal/Dragon? Is that a thing that exists? Fairly neutral against him.
Solomon David is totes Psychic-type. Not effective, but not weak either.
Incubus is most definitely a Fairy-type. Not sure how that fares against Grass.
Gog-Agog is Bug-type which is actually strong against Grass. Using the Vine Shield will be pointless.
So…I don’t know which Space-Time Master the Vine Shield will be most effective against.
Don’t you just hate it when you have to leave a social event early and the hostess decides to make a scene about it?
When does the next installment come out?
This reminds me of how my 3467th incarnation ended.
Was that the one with the teapots or the rose garden?
Oh joy. My sibling is going to need to use some serious skill for this. It’s not often one manages to enrage one of the Seven
Is it just me or is there much more details from the last time I read the page?
Perhaps as a first boss, they will run out the clock instead of a direct kill. Magic punches only do so much for someone so new.
Yes. Kill. Bleed. Burn. Die.
Let your fight echo through history. Let fire consume you.
Everything burns given enough fuel.
Looks like somebody woke up on the wrong side of the flaming corpse of their undead ex-husband.
♀
And here we have an example of a literal blooming idiot.
I appreciate you sharing your thoughts.