Kingdom Come- page 340! (5/4/24)!
May 21, 2018 12:59:18 GMT -5
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Post by Hawktalon, on May 21, 2018 12:59:18 GMT -5
Hello again! It's Hawktalon,! Welcome to my sixth comic! KINGDOM COME!
Background Info:
There are three Clans, founded in the past by the Three Brothers. The Clans live on an Alaskan landscape, and look to the frequent auroras as their spiritual ancestors and guidance. They use brightly colored dyes in ceremonies and to paint records of the past on walls.
MountainClan: lives on the northernmost and middle-sized mountain. Their camp is in the impact crater of an ancient meteor. They have adapted longer, thick fur pelts to withstand the cold mountain air.
FrozenClan: lives on and around a waterfall/river system that pools around the mountains. The water freezes in colder months, and this Clan has adapted sharper claws to cut through the ice and catch fish.
TundraClan: lives on the grassy tundra plains in front of the mountains. They have adapted larger, furry paws to run fast and keep their feet warm.
There are four Kingdoms of Winged cats that live in the skies. They are quite advanced compared to the Clans, being able to read and write, smelt and smith metals, and to use weapons. They also have the ability to turn their wings transparent at will by bending light around their feathers. However, if a winged cat is hiding the truth or is lying in some way, there is a chance that the light of the moon will turn their wings to a dragon-esque form and horns will sprout from their head.
The Eastern Kingdom: The largest of the four, the unofficial governing body of the skies. Names and culture based on Greek mythology, but has some Roman influences, such as a Coliseum.
The Western Kingdom: Smaller than the Eastern Kingdom. Names and culture based on Roman mythology.
The Northern Kingdom: The smallest of the four. Cats from here are huge and have thick fur and large wings. Names and culture based on Norse mythology.
The Southern Kingdom: Smaller than the Western Kingdom, but not as small as the Northern. Cats here are small and lithe, with wings built for speed. Names and culture based on Egyptian mythology.
and now... it begins
This is a continuation of the overarching Hawktalon, Comic Saga. It follows shortly after the events of my third comic, The Unforgiven. It is recommended that you read all five comics before reading Kingdom Come, but if nothing else, it is highly suggested you at least read The Unforgiven.
The page schedule is tentatively saturdays! If a page is not uploaded on its scheduled day, it will be on the day after OR on the next scheduled day!
Background Info:
There are three Clans, founded in the past by the Three Brothers. The Clans live on an Alaskan landscape, and look to the frequent auroras as their spiritual ancestors and guidance. They use brightly colored dyes in ceremonies and to paint records of the past on walls.
MountainClan: lives on the northernmost and middle-sized mountain. Their camp is in the impact crater of an ancient meteor. They have adapted longer, thick fur pelts to withstand the cold mountain air.
FrozenClan: lives on and around a waterfall/river system that pools around the mountains. The water freezes in colder months, and this Clan has adapted sharper claws to cut through the ice and catch fish.
TundraClan: lives on the grassy tundra plains in front of the mountains. They have adapted larger, furry paws to run fast and keep their feet warm.
There are four Kingdoms of Winged cats that live in the skies. They are quite advanced compared to the Clans, being able to read and write, smelt and smith metals, and to use weapons. They also have the ability to turn their wings transparent at will by bending light around their feathers. However, if a winged cat is hiding the truth or is lying in some way, there is a chance that the light of the moon will turn their wings to a dragon-esque form and horns will sprout from their head.
The Eastern Kingdom: The largest of the four, the unofficial governing body of the skies. Names and culture based on Greek mythology, but has some Roman influences, such as a Coliseum.
The Western Kingdom: Smaller than the Eastern Kingdom. Names and culture based on Roman mythology.
The Northern Kingdom: The smallest of the four. Cats from here are huge and have thick fur and large wings. Names and culture based on Norse mythology.
The Southern Kingdom: Smaller than the Western Kingdom, but not as small as the Northern. Cats here are small and lithe, with wings built for speed. Names and culture based on Egyptian mythology.
LINKS:
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COMIC ORDER:
Skyfall, Yin and Yang, Broken Wings, The Unforgiven, Kingdom Come
All comics are available here: LINK
COMIC ORDER:
Skyfall, Yin and Yang, Broken Wings, The Unforgiven, Kingdom Come
- This comic marks the first one not done in MS Paint! It will be done in a free to download program called FireAlpaca! I also use a Wacom Bamboo Create tablet!
- Fan art for all comics is always accepted! I would love to see it! I'll post it a few posts down so everyone else can see it too!
and now... it begins
great change comes... divide or mend... see the same, or all shall rend
KINGDOM COME
cover
part one cover
there will be three parts
Chapter 1 cover
i love me some good flower symbolism. we have oleander, pimpernel, lavender, and dock leaves (look Hawk can finally draw lavender right)
page 1
hoo boysie we are just jumpin right in fellas. New flowers are aquilegia, star of bethlehem, begonia, and dahlia.
page 2
who's yelling? Also I'm trying a new speech bubble! I'll have to see how it looks with more text, but tell me how you like those!
Page 3
Browntail's back! And here's another first for the Hawktalon, Comic Saga! Narration is coming up! Okay, well, it's not really a first, but I usually try to avoid it for some reason. Anyway, Crowheart's gonna narrate some stuff for the next few pages to get you all caught up on what's happened since The Unforgiven! Narration is in square boxes!
Page 4
I'd say it's been about two weeks, maybe less since the events in TU. And omg what's this? Hawk can draw actual tears now? Wow! And also Lav's back!!
Page 5
Cats who die get stars painted on their pelts while they're being mourned. In case anyone doesn't recognize him, the black and white striped tom in the front of the last panel is Stonethunder.
Page 6
Congrats to all who guessed Crowheart being a Medicine Cat! And look, Ravenpaw's back, too! If I remember right, I called her Ravenwing because I 'liked the irony' (cause she's the only one of the three siblings to not actually have wings)
Page 7
And all the Ariadne/Stonethunder kids are present!
Page 8
Is that allowed??
Page 9
Dad mode(tm) activated. And look, Rainblade and Iceflight's kits are all grown up! They're Stormface and Windypelt now. EDIT: finally fixed to add Mockingbirdpaw's dye
Page 10
Ariadne! She's alright, still recovering a bit after the ice events in TU. And one more page left in this chapter!
Page 11
Back to the present! As in narration is done for the time being. And Sparkpelt (from YY) and Rabbit-tail (from BW and TU) are here! And thus ends the chapter.
Chapter 2 cover
it's 1974 (get it? get it? I'm hilarious)
Page 12
Going to meet the mysterious visitor! Thaw season is spring. The other seasons are blizzard season (winter), caribou season (summer, b/c caribou migrate to the mountains in summer irl), and salmon season (fall, b/c salmon swim upriver to their mountain spawning grounds irl)
Page 13
It's the tiger boi!!! Like so many of you guessed. And what is this news he brings?
Page 14
don't be suspicious don't be suspicious. Also fun fact, Tigerpaw is Nightstar's great-great-grandnephew (I think thats enough greats, but I may be wrong. The point is, they're related. He's named after Tigerfoot, Nightstar's old mate. I think Tigerfoot had a sister who had kits and it went down the line to our current Tigerpaw eventually)
Page 15
Uh-oh. The next scene that takes place in FrozenClan camp was originally going to happen in MountainClan, but then I thought "I want to draw FrozenClan camp" so I changed it. It's like I always say about comics: have it all planned, but still flexible enough to change if you want it to!
Page 16
I decided to do a different shading color for a new setting. MountainClan's was purple, FrozenClan gets turquoise! TundraClan will probably be green and anything in the sky will be blue. For convenience, Gatherings will probably stay purple... Oh and look! You guys were excited about seeing Fogpaw again, so here she is! She's Fogwind now, and she's chatting with Amberdance, who was in The Unforgiven for a bit, but I redesigned her.
Page 17
Tried some different grass! To make it look pretty! And the grey spotted cat is Dogtooth, who was also in TU for a bit. God I love drawing FrozenClan I actually get to draw plants
Page 18
Ooh we're really getting into it fellas. Well, kind of. The really plot-starting moment won't happen till the end of chapter 3. But we're getting into some major themes at least. Also, a reminder: the 8th anniversary of the Hawktalon, Comic Saga is coming up on August 12th! If you wanna submit a question to the QnA I'm doing in celebration, read the rules here on my DA and then you can ask a question there or on this thread on the WCF!
Page 19
Hmm... Lavenderstar had something to say but she stopped herself. And what an odd thing to say about winged cats! Nightstar stop being so xenophobic. I wonder if that'll become a major theme or something later? Probably not *wink wink* Oh and I keep forgetting to mention that Tigerpaw isn't the first cat to leave FrozenClan. So Nightstar takes it personally cuz of that and also because of her and Tigerpaw's familial ties. As she sees him as a traitor, she'd rather have him leave and join MountainClan than stay and mess up her Clan
Page 20
Oh yeah boys it's another landscape pageeee!
Page 21
Back to purple!
Page 22
I forgot that this chapter was actually supposed to end after page 20 but oh well. I think it does have only like one or two pages left it it, though.
Page 23
Hmm how bout that. Anyway, stuff's gonna pop off next chapter I'm very excited.
Chapter 3 cover
Have you been paying attention? This next part's important
Page 24
This is gonna be a really pretty chapter I can already tell. And it seems as though our Crow boy is testing the moon. Cuz remember how there's a chance that winged cats might turn into a dragon-esque form if they're hiding a secret and then moonlight touches them? Yeah. That's why. It's kind of a retcon for me saying that there's only a chance but the whole thing in general was never really elaborated on in BW, so I can do what I want.
Page 25
Oh well that's news... uh oh.
Page 26
unrelated, but I watched the new animated movie White Fang (on netflix if yall wanna see it too) and it has some good good Alaska backgrounds and a very nice painted-looking animation style
Page 27
Sorry if this looks rushed, I forgot it was monday lol.
Page 28
I don't normally give characters voices but Lichenpaw 100% sounds like Angus McDonald boy detective. And in other news, we see familiar faces! Hareleap, the Medicine Cat from TundraClan, and Daylightshine (who was in YY as an Apprentice) and Firestorm (was in TU), who was Tigerpaw's mentor! Which explains why she's disgruntled.
Page 29
Oooooo here we go guys!!! EDIT: fixed shading
Page 30
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Look who's back! To deliver quite ominous and rhyming Prophecy! 1) Spirits can take many different forms, as seen in Stonepaw in TU and also one shot of Fawnspots in YY. 2) This is the first prophecy since YY. Now, I wanna see speculation, guys! Give me some theories!
Page 31
If you can't read the Prophecy, let me know! I can transcribe it in a comment, but Crowheart is going to recite it soon. And oh no that's not looking good.
Page 32
Wow cheese it with the racism Firestorm
Page 33
Crowheart... has a really good memory? I guess? This chapter is actually wrapping up... there's maybe... three pages left? Around that much.
Page 34
Browntail, what do your cat eyes see?
Page 35
A lot of you were good good guessers! But who could this falling cat be? (EDIT: added night filter)
Page 36
Surprising no one, Mockingbirdpaw's back! But it doesn't look like for a good reason... only one more page in this chapter!
Page 37
And thus begins the main overarching conflict of this comic
Chapter 4 cover
The original name of this chapter was "The Death of the King" but I decided to do a little homage to The Dragon Prince, since that and KC are already similar enough. Also, that Greek word on the book means 'history' (directly translated as 'fabulous history' actually)
Page 38
Blue shading/lining for the Cloud Kingdom! It was very fun to come back to after like two years. And we get to see new and old characters! Aurora (the Queen) is from Skyfall/Broken Wings, Daedalus is new, but may look a bit familiar from the trailer, and Arachne is new! The other two palace guards are cameos from folks on DA! If you have an OC, you can try them out for a cameo here! (also the clay pots are traditional in ancient Greek funerals, esp the thin whiteish one which is called a lekythos)
Page 39
While Minos did have to die for my plot, I couldn't not give him a peaceful one. He at least deserved that much. So yes, nothing malicious, at least about that. Also, this looks kind of familiar, right? Wonder what's gonna happen this time
Page 40
The infiltration that Daedalus is talking about is of course the events from Skyfall. And if you remember, there are two types of Guards: Royal Guards (who wear chestplate-esque armor like Arachne here) who guard the palace/royal family, and Border Guards (who have plumed helmets, they can be seen in TU) who guard the borders between Kingdoms and are away from the palace itself most of the time.
Page 41
The name of Daedalus' son should be not hard to guess at all
Page 42
Wonder what's in that history book. You won't find out till later... chapter... 7. And also, only one or two more pages here in the Cloud Kingdom and then we're back to the Clans! Still in chapter 4 though, there's still a lot to happen in this chapter.
Page 43
Arachne, don't get roped into this... (Alexandros won't come in for much much later, but he's named after Alexandros AKA Paris from the Trojan War.)
Page 44
You know... I don't think he's gonna tell the Queen
Page 45
It's probably not great for Ariadne that Mockingbirdpaw looks so much like Minos? Yeah, that's probably rough
Page 46
I don't really think that's how a monarchy works, Ravenwing. EDIT: fixed line color
Page 47
I guess my complaining was in vain- we're seeing better backgrounds next page! Not back to the Cloud Kingdom yet, but still better than the boring that is the MountainClan camp!
Page 48
This was the most fun I've had with a page in a while I love this page a lot omg. Flower update: the pink ones are Alaskan fireweed and the yellow ones are Alaskan poppies
Page 49
First page with my new Huion christmas tablet! Those birds are Steller's Jays- one was in YY at one point, they're an Alaskan bird of course
Page 50
Woot woot page 50! Normally this would be around halfway through or so, but folks we're not even close to that lol. Part one isn't even over till chapter 10 actually i don't think...
Page 51
Tigerpaw's pretty good at fishing for a former Medicine Cat Apprentice. He caught a Rainbow Trout. But is he supposed to be doing that is the question. I also think this might be the first showing of competent hunting in a Hawktalon, Comic Saga story
Page 52
Maybe Stormface just doesn't like sashimi
Page 53
Heck yes we're going back to green backgrounds and back to a Crowheart section!
Page 54
Made a speedpaint for this one! Watch it here: link!
Page 55
Something is a happening for sure...
Page 56
I come bearing only the most wholesome of content. (also the two Apprentices next to Windypelt are Birdspots and Bearheart's kits- Claypaw and Sunflowerpaw)
Page 57
New leaders get to pick their dye color and what markings they want! Rainstar's are actually based on one of his designs he had in previous comics, I think he had those teardrop-esque markings in white in the original YY. Anyway, we're also finally getting to the end of this chapter! Next is a Gathering! The last event of this long long chapter. And don't worry, the new Deputy will be revealed soon!
Page 58
Don't know if the other Clans are such Stonethunder fans... Crowheart also doesn't like being the center of attention. The cats next to Stonethunder are Batears (TundraClan, also Lichenpaw's mom), and Nectarsplash (FrozenClan, who was in YY), the other two Deputies.
Page 59
oh... oh no. this isn't good. (also note, the Leader next to Nightstar is Stagstar- Fishstar was the last Leader of TundraClan, he died between YY and TU. and Stagstar's dye markings are on his back and tail, so they aren't visible here- just in case anyone says anything) FInally TunraClan is going to become relevant soon up in here. It's only been like 8 years
Page 60
This will I guess be another Hawktalon, Comic Saga first- it's one of those moments in the tv show where something happens and then it'll jump cut to 'a few hours earlier' to explain what happened.
Page 61
Wow TundraClan- when you finally become relevant you just make more tension
Page 62
Maybe you should read the name of this first part, Nightstar, cuz um you may be surprised. But anyway, finally this long long chapter is done.
Chapter 5 cover
Ohhhh heck new dudes. These are Jörmungandr, Diocletian, and Ammit!
Page 63
It only took 63 pages but all our cover-characters are here! Percy is finally in the comic, last seen in TU! And finally all the characters shown in the trailer are here too! Next to Daedalus is his son, Icarus- who is a more pastel/orange creamsicle version of his dad.
Page 64
What is this- game of thrones? disclaimer: i have not seen game of thrones. (also, sorry about the page disappearances here on the WCF, as soon as I have the time, I will try to fix it! If you want to keep reading/reread, please peruse my DeviantART)
Page 65
I wasn't originally planning to show how the other Kingdoms looked but this page would be very boring otherwise. Anyway, the Western building is based on the Pantheon in Rome (it says "Occidentalis Regnum" on it, which according to Google Translate is "Western Kingdom" but I do not know Latin so I'll correct that if anyone else knows better). The Southern building is based on the temple of Ramses II in Abu Simbel. And the Northern building is based on a Viking longhouse.
Page 66
Oh... oh no
Page 67
Might wanna look back at page 60, folks. Also this page was just a chore for some reason, and I think that reason is we've been on the same background for like 7 pages now and that is unacceptable. So luckily, new scenes start next page. Still in the skies tho
Page 68
Various cameos on this page! From the WCF though, I believe it's only Maplestone360 's! If you want to enter an OC of yours, read this!
Page 69
"Let's do 'Get Help'!"
Page 70
*Mission Impossible theme plays*
Page 71
The shield under the doorknob move was inspired by my very paranoid players in the DND game I DM
Page 72
I was very tempted to say 'bard' instead of 'musician' just because I love bards the most in DND... anyway, Icarus plays a lyre, that'll probably be shown at some point- I figured music already exists canonically in my comics, so why not have people play instruments?
Page 73
There are maybe... two or three pages left in this chapter? Idk somewhere around there. Anyway, I'm retconning that this temple has actually been seen before- it was in Broken Wings as the place where Ariadne flew to the ground.
Page 74
Two more pages left in this chapter. But now we're caught up to what happened in page 60. And huh, Daedalus said "leave", not something different- wonder what's up with that.
Page 75
There's a bunch of traffic up in the air today
Page 76
When will our five main characters finally be in the same scene? Who knows. But we're one step closer to that dream. Wonder where Mockingbirdpaw is...
Chapter 6 cover
The original title for this chapter was "The Friction" but this one is much more fitting. Much more of a 'oh dang things are gonna pop off soon' chapter title
Page 77
You're... somewhere with green shading, Mockingbirdpaw! That at least above the table means a new area!
Page 78
Sweet boi Lichenpaw is back! And so is a plot device not seen since Broken Wings!
Page 79
Since readers seemed a bit confused regarding 78- all winged cats have the ability to make their wings transparent at will by bending light around their feathers. Ariadne taught this to Mockingbirdpaw and Crowheart when they were younger. Winged cats can't fly while their wings are invisible- they are still there of course, but any major movement will disrupt the disappearance.
Page 80
May 21 is the one year anniversary of Kingdom Come! Hooray! 80 pages in a year, that's not too shabby!
Page 81
Within the discriminatory allegory that is Kingdom Come, TundraClan represents the people that treat other groups differently, though while not being outright hateful. It probably has a name in like studies and such, but it's basically being treated like an exhibit- something different and usually exotic, not falling in your definition of 'normal', something that has to be examined and questioned.
Page 82
I think one or two more pages in TundraClan and then we'll be back to MountainClan... Finally gonna see what Percy's up to
Page 83
It probably won't take too long for Mock to heal up at least a bit but like 30 minutes is deffo not enough time lol, as Lichenpaw points out. It's like when you pull a muscle and just need to sleep it off. Oh and remember when Stagstar said prey was scarce in TundraClan? That's still an issue, according to deputy Batears
Page 84
I've only drawn rain once before now, but I really like this page- the rain gives it a nice atmo.
Page 85
Percy doesn't know where he is or who any of these cats looking at him are- I think his reaction is appropriate
Page 86
I took Ancient Greek for four semesters at college and... I forgot all of it. This is maybe 70-80% accurate, like proper grammar and endings and all. I tried guys, and it was hard. Luckily I still have my textbook. I also didn't want to establish Greek as an actual thing in my universe, so Ariadne just calls it Old, as in the Old Language. Just assume that whatever language (the english the comic is in) is like a universal Cat Language, probably a newer one than Ancient Greek. Anyway, the translations in order are- Percy: "Princess! I have a bad message..." Ariadne: "I am named Ariadne. Who are you by name?"also don't sue me marvel i had to make a black panther callback
Page 87
Boys, boys, you're both pretty. Stop fighting. It's not like your disparity won't come up again later as an important plot point or anything
Page 88
Hmm... choices... wonder if that will be another one of our many themes here... analyzing themes like English class
Page 89
fINALLY got around to mentioning Erminestar (if you don't remember, she was briefly in YY)... I've said in my comments that Tigerpaw wasn't the first fugitive of FrozenClan, but haven't said it in the actual comic. Oh and look at that, finally mentioning Ravenwing's messed-up paw, the one from TU!
Page 90
WOw 90 pages! This chapter is wrapping up, but there's still a few more pages in it... I'd say 4-5 or so. Maybe less.
Page 91
Miscalculated on the number of pages left in this chapter- oops. Anyway, Percy you should probably be less succinct about this. He and Tigerpaw are both nice guys, but even they have their limits, exhibit B being Percy's insult here: it means barbarian, but was traditionally used in ancient greece to describe anyone who wasn't greek. I would think winged cats would think that way of earth cats, especially with exhibit A earlier of Tigerpaw being rude (EDIT: fixed spelling)
Chapter 7 cover
I feel like I'm showing the trailer to Endgame or something- I've been hyping up this chapter for so long, the chapter where everything pops off in a major way. And finally... it's here
Page 92
Percy... rolled low for Perception? Oh yeah, and the translation is there, but proditor is Latin for traitor. I guess if Ancient Greek is called Old Eastern in my comic world, Latin would be... Old Western... oof. Our Westerner here is a cameo from DeviantART, fyi
Page 93
That guy's armor is so complicated but it's so worth it. I'd say I'm glad I don't have to draw it anymore but that's not true...
Page 94
are you not entertained![]()
Page 95
In case it's not clear, the text with dotted borders is whispering. Not that it's easy to whisper in a loud stadium... anyway, where's Aurora?
Page 96
Oof. Favonius is another cameo from DA- but I named him after the Roman name for the god of the west wind- which is actually Zephyr in Greek (Zephyr is Skye's dad's name, you know form Skyfall). Also I've been playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey all day so like... I'm even more hype for the coming pages. And also also, it's 12:51 AM here on the 7th, so officially my birthday!
Page 97
I gave Favonius sunset-colored wings cuz west wind and all. Anyway, I Wish I gave these two shields, it's very hard to decide what to do with their off hands (and also hard to remember to make sure their swords always stay in the hand they're supposed to be in) AND hard to do dynamic and interesting poses... and this battle only just started. Get used to this coliseum background folks
Page 98
You know... Diocletian never said whose first blood would end the round... Or maybe all the rulers and Daedalus are just jerks
Page 99
You know, back in Skyfall, Virgil mentioned 'money' which points to the Kingdoms having some sort of monetary system- which is shown in the second to last panel lol. Idk if its Roman denarii or Greek drachme, (I don't know the names for Egyptian or Norse coins at the moment) but it's something! Oo and almost 100 pages! (EDIT: fixed Percy's handedness, line color)
Page 100
According to my research, a lot of ancient Egyptian armor is mostly cloth? There were some scale plates and stuff, and when the whole Ptolemies thing happened, of course Roman-looking stuff got introduced. I haven't played Assassin's Creed Origins (I am playing Odyssey tho and it's Great) but the visual direction for Lysandra's armor was inspired by images from that game. And again, Lysandra is a cameo from DA
Page 101
I'm too tired to think of a good caption, school just started lol
Page 102
Our five main characters actually correspond to the various roles in the traditional Five Man Band trope. Percy is the Big Guy, but that doesn't mean he can't have Smart Guy ideas. And also here's finally a good opportunity to show how while winged cats do have claws, they've adapted to get smaller since they don't use them as much as earth-cats do. They think its primitive and uncivilized to use claws...
Page 103
Vikings as we know them are actually not contemporary with other just-as-popular mythologies, like the ones I portray in KC. They're closer in time to medieval stuff, which explains the chainmail, etc. on Lífthrasir (another DA cameo) and also no horned helmets- I don't aim for perfect historical accuracy here but those are deffo not accurate. Lífthrasir is named after one of the last human survivors of Ragnarok (not the Thor movie)
Page 104
Our boy isn't looking too good
Page 105
This is the part where the background music stops for a sec in the movie. I picture the dramatic orchestral stuff that plays during dramatic battles in the Star Wars prequels
Page 106
Hey go back and read page 42 and 43. Those questions and more are about to be revealed (again, here on the WCF, I haven't had time to fix the missing pages. Until I do, please check my DeviantART!)
Page 107
It's storytime! With Daedalus!
Page 108
"Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony..." Daedalus, don't you know all good stories begin with 'once upon a time? (EDIT: added watermark)
Page 109
"Then, everything changed when the fire nation attacked." Oof, guys. I got nothing besides oof for you on this one. Also, fun fact: page 108 is designed on black-figure Greek pottery, and this one, 109 is based on red-figure, which is relatively speaking, more recently used than black-figure; it was used at a later time period
Page 110
"Let me see what you have!" "A KNIFE!" "NO!" "Ohmygod why does she have a knife?!" also wow the lighting changed you know stuff's aboutta pop off. also also like finally Arachne's doing what someone should have done a long time ago.
Page 111
Wow Icarus, finally you're relevant and you just go and goof this all up. Cameos from DA, and one from ᴘᴏʟʏᴏɴʏᴍᴏᴜꜱ
Page 112
I think we're Finally getting back to the Clans next page. So many people at least on DA thought that Arachne was gonna die but nope! She'll be back later.
Page 113
Back here again. FInally some different backgrounds. Anyway, Please can't Percy just rest?
Page 114
I can't think of anything to say here so... yeah
page 115
Percy finally gets to rest... in a way.
Page 116
Dun dun dunnnnnnnnnn
Page 117
Back to TundraClan for a bit! And... it ain't lookin' good (WCF cameo from ᴘᴏʟʏᴏɴʏᴍᴏᴜꜱ )
Page 118
Hoo boy it's been a Day, fellas. And it's been quite a Day here in this comic too
Page 119
I just saw Frozen 2 so lucky you guys! You get some of those Good backgrounds due to my inspiration! Also some returns of characters from YY! Whitestep, Willowbreeze, and Bearheart!
Page 120
Don't have much to say about this page, but in IRL news, finals week is coming up soon, so I'll keep you all updated on how that will affect the KC page schedule!
Page 121
In the first draft of Kingdom Come's script, Lavenderstar actually was supposed to die in this scene. Her savior was actually me doing Yin and Yang while writing the KC script and becoming very attached to her. Also you don't bury your gays.That's a rule. (let me know if I need to put up a content warning for this page plz!) EDIT: added dialogue to clear up that it's Rainstar
Page 122
Winter break is coming up for a whole month! I plan to Finally fix the missing pages here on the WCF!
Page 123
Is Lav being cold? Or is she being reasonable? Or pragmatic? That's up to ye
Page 124
You kinda Do need their help tho, Nightstar (EDIT: added Nightstar's dye markings)
Page 125
Lav's back!
Page 126
I'm aiming to finish Part One before 2019 is over! So there may be multiple pages coming in soon! Wish me motivation and luck! As of 126, there are three more pages left of Part One!
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Stonethunder and Ariadne are okay, Lavenderstar and Browntail are okay, Rainstar appears to be okay (and that's Iceflight, his mate who was briefly in YY), Mockingbirdpaw and Percy found each other, Nightstar is mad at winged cats, and the sun sets on a real bad day overall for the Clans. And it's like been a while in our time, but it's actually only the day after the Gathering here in KC. Crazy!
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(cameos from DA) One more page of Part One left!
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END OF PART ONE. PART TWO: THE JOURNEY, COMING JANUARY 2020
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Part Two is slated to be even longer than Part One... including three musical numbers. So get hype for that I guess~
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wow chapter 7 was a long one! But here it is, the beginning of Part Two!
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Finally the start of Part Two! Wow this is quite the crowd scene- so many kitties. For the time being, we're having purple shading just to make it easier on me, but that may change depending on where we go!
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Oof that's a p big choice. Can't everyone just get along? And Icarus, what do you see? (cameo is from DA)
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Come on, Percy I thought you were smarter than to ask questions like that.
Icarus is just here to make faces- he's like leo dicaprio in the background of all the lord of the rings movies
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I did calculations for this I'm so invested. This will be said, but they've been given 14 days, basically.
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What are you saying, Stonethunder? This isn't Warriors Arc 2?!
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Erminestar wasn't originally going to be revealed until this scene, but I decided to mention her earlier to give this scene more context
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Nightstar you... still haven't solved anything
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Hmmmhmmm that's not looking good
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Finally asking that question that like Everyone on DA has been asking for like forever (EDIT: fixed spelling)
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One more page of this chapter! And ooh, is Crowheart finally gonna spill those beans?
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Oh look, a plot point not seen since Broken Wings. Like all of you thought that Crow was gonna spill those beans, but haha Nope.
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Part Two totally isn't just an excuse for me to draw landscapes what are you talking about
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Now what's my little perfect boy up to?
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Guess no one knows they're being spied on...
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Don't you ever get tired of disagreeing just on principle, Nightstar?
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All five main characters finally being in the same scene is so close... like the 'avengers assemble' finally happening in endgame. it's only taken over 144 pages
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Finally... it only took 145 pages. But our five main dudes, our five-man-band is finally together in one scene
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Finally, let's start this mission... quest... thing. Where are we going?
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One more thing to happen in this chapter, then we'll get to 10- aka where Part One was supposed to end and our first musical number!
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Icarus gottta go fast
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I love bags and you just Gotta have bags on an adventure. Also Percy may have a nickname for everyone he knows EDIT: added title/watermark
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I did this page outside on my back deck. Probably one more page in this chapter, and also happy Star War day!
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I hope these last few pages with him here illustrate how confused Icarus is. He's very conflicted within himself, he doesn't really know what's right and wrong. Some of what he says may be contradictory or not make total sense, but I hope you understand that there's a reason for it in his character.
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who's ready for some landscapes and our first musical number?
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woohoo first musical number! it's Touch The Sky by Julie Fowlis- you may recognize it from the pixar movie, Brave!
(and if for some reason, you're not a fan of musical numbers, don't worry- this one will only be approximately 5 pages total and then we'll be back to plot!)
listen to the song here:
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Fun environmental science fact- the crew's going through an ecotone right now: a transition space between two separate and different areas, in our case the tundra to the forest. Also, after this page, 153, KC will be my longest comic! With 153 pages, it's tied with The Unforgiven right now!
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Kingdom Come is officially my longest comic with this page! (EDIT: fixed spelling)
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And that's the end of the song! There's a bit more to happen in this chapter, though!
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The myth is based on one of Plato's writings, where he says humans used to have two heads and four arms and four legs, but the gods thought they would be too powerful and they split them apart- so that's why people search for their other half. (anyway, thank you all for sticking with me over that short unplanned break! Kingdom Come is more relevant than ever during this time of social change, and if you want to help make a change for good, please check out this link for more info on donations and other ways you can help BackLivesMatter and other organizations!)
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Maybe you both developed music convergently, Percy... And thank you all for the well wishes during my short break due to a hand injury!
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One or two more pages of this chapter, I think?
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Besides Mockingbirdpaw, I don't think any of the Clan cats have seen fire before, besides the aurora of course (which only looks like fire lol). Anyway, the lighting in this page was fun to do, and there's probs again one or two more pages left of this chapter.
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You thought this chapter was full of landscapes? Get ready for the next ones, my dudes
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landscapessssss
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*inserts 'oh you're awake' skyrim meme here*
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OG gorl is back! With that fabulous hair of hers...
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... Crow? Uh... Crow? You okay, buddy?
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Back to the rest of the crew! And back to adventure~
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That's a blacktail sitka deer- it's the only type of deer in Alaska! Percy hasn't seen one or anything like it before so he's a bit surprised.
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Tomorrow (aug 12) is the 10 years anniversary of the Hawktalon, Comic Saga!
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Cartoons seem to have any river ever end in a waterfall no matter what...
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Now This is what you call a cliffhanger
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owo who's that? Guess Percy's not gonna find out right now
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So no one guessed Crowheart would save the day... Tigerpaw's just a liiiitle late
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Dun dun dunnnn!!!
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Yeah, there's no rogues (or kittypets for that matter, since humans don't exist in my comics world) outside the Clans, so a random cat would be Super Strange and unheard of
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One more page of this chapter, I think? Finally different backgrounds tho- like, FINALLY
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New friend!! New friend!!!!
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Hmm... ominous
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Finally our new friend has a name! Angakkuq is nonbinary, so they use they/them pronouns. Their name literally is just an Inuit/Tlingit word for shaman, like they said. You can read more about that here: link, including the pronunciation! I tried to do as much research as I could, as it's not exactly 'my' word, but I would like to do it and the culture justice!
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Ooh we're aboutta get Dramatic, boyos
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Hmmmmm
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Its sleepy time! Time for dreams and/or flashbacks!
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Owo whats this? I thought it'd be neat to do a dreamy style for Crowheart's dream/flashback. It's the style I use for my PMVs, lineless and with a color palette
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Rainblade: "huh... better let their mom explain systemic racism to them..."
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Remember how Mockingbirdpaw was kind of a jerk in the beginning of TU?
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I think the dream sequence is almost over, back to regular colors soon!
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Nothing like seeing your sister dead to wake you up right quick
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I swear Crowheart has been startled by people suddenly appearing next to him so many times in this comic
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Crow... Crow, buddy.... Get some help
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This page's look was totally, 100% Not inspired by the World Between Worlds scenes in Star Wars Rebels... anyway, Crowheart is seeing all this, I hope that was clear; Angakkuq is showing him these 'could-have-been' visions
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Owo what's this?
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Whoa another style? Yep, and it'll be here just while Angakkuq is telling their story! As you can probs tell, it's inspired by prehistoric cave art!
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No one ever pointed out that Angakkuq's color scheme is the exact same colors as all Three Brothers. They've got dark and light gray, brown, and their eyes are a mix of all three's eye colors as well
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Hmm.. yep
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Since KC is scripted with 22 chapters and an epilogue, technically, we have only ten chapters left, now...
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that title drop tho... surprise tiny musical number! I Had to do it for Icarus, he's a musician, after all. The song is Kingdom Come by the Civil Wars, which I also include cuz it was the original inspiration for this comic's title! But anyway, what's my perfect boy up to?
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More architecture! Yay! And happy new year- first page of 2021!
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Gah sorry for the wait on this one! But look, Arachne's back!
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You tell 'em, Arachne
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You miiight have noticed that I've been having way too much fun with the jail bars shadows but now way am I stopping now
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Oh look it's Aurora! Who hasn't been here since page 38?!?
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Is that a heckin... Skyfall reference?
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You should listen to these two smart ladies, Icarus...
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Oh no, Mr. Bad Dad's back
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Deadalus is really cementing his place as a villain with his use of "BAH!" (also 200 pages!! wow!)
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Wow Daedalus, you really are the Worst
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Bad dad bad dad bad dad
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And with that, we return to our five journeyers in chapter 14!
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Angakkuq kind of floated away, so yeah, they're probably not going to miss any herbs
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Ravenwing is actually the nicest, sweetest bab
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Tigerpaw you can't just ask people that
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Even Tigerpaw realized there's a line he shouldn't have crossed
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Y'all remember page 47? Wonder if that's what's coming up now
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Kingdom Come, or: when in doubt, do overhead shots
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Tigerpaw is like, the only member of this crew who actively goes and gets food
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Was about time for a new background. If you look in the corner of the first panel, you can see the ravine where the crew was the day before!
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Forbidden Percy backstory? Percy deep lore?
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Heck yeah, own up to it, Mock
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Did we find our boy?
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Ravenwing still proves to be sweetest bab
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oo putting pieces together
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Oof sorry for the wait on this one!
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This chapter is slowly wrapping up and I'm Very excited for the next one. There's gonna be some cool backgrounds
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One more page of this chapter! Bye, bush background- you were easy to do but Very boring
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Of course Tigerpaw formerly of FrozenClan would be excited about Big Ice
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This chapter is Totally not that once scene in the first Ice Age movie...
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Tigerpaw just heckin... loves ice
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Secret tunnellllllll! secret tunnellllllll! through the glacierrrrrr! secret secret secret secret tunnellllllllll!
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Ah, global warming. When ice falls off a glacier like this, it's called calving!
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Well now there's two characters squished instead of one...
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Oh look at that! They're alright!
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Oof sorry for the wait on this one! I just started grad school, and will try to right the page schedule as soon as I can!
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Behold. Awkward conversation in real-time
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I think this one makes Part Two 100 pages long...
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Perfect place to have this conversation, guys
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Oh right. Back to these guys
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Oh no, more spirit shenanigans?
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Just... yell into the abyss
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New... friends?
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He's just a little boy. He doesn't need more stress
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Me: I wish school wasn't so busy as to keep me from doing two pages a week anymore. My partner: Well, maybe you should spend more of your free time doing your comic instead of playing Ace Attorney. Me: Hey.
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Back to these jokesters
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Tigerpaw is apparently in possession of the brain cells
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They made it out!!
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Reunited (and it feels so good)
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How appropriate that this icy part of the story is happening around real-life wintertime!
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Finally, Tigerpaw gets to display his smart-one-of-the-group stuff
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Last KC page of 2021!
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to the rescue! y'all know I love thoe ~narrative parallels~
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Deus ex Erminestar?
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Erminestar just Doesn't Care
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if i remember right without bringing out my script, this chapter has our next musical number! but not till the end
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There's no one there, bud
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Back to the main crew next page. But this isn't the only flashback this chapter will have
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Did you think she wasn't gonna ask?
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Just some quick exposition
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The reveal! And oh, change again. Almost like that's a theme or something. Huh
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Flashback starts next page!
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This style is fun to do. The striped cat in the first panel is Reedstar, the Leader of MountainClan before Lavenderstar (he was mentioned briefly in YY), and the one he's fighting is just a random FrozenClan cat. The cat who's dead in the third panel is called Bonefur, and he was Skullstripe's dad, and Deputy before Dawnstripe. If I ever continue working on that fanfiction I'm doing about Lavenderstar (Lavenderstar's Code), he's mentioned in that.
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Forgot to say with the last page, but KC is officially Twice as long as The Unforgiven now
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This heckin' story again?!
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No page next week (4/15), one of my brothers is getting married!
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Back to normal style! It's been a while, huh?
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I thought I lost this page for a sec, cuz it wasn't where I thought it'd be in my files. But then I realized I misnamed it page 158 in my files... It's fixed now
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Bye-bye Tigerfoot
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Sorry for the lack of updates- I've started a full-time internship and it's making me lose my mind
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Anyone see Everything Everywhere All At Once? That's what the dialogue in this scene/the next few pages was inspired by
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Whew another chapter wrapped up!
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owo what's this?
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New friends??
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Yarrow and Oleander are good cop/bad cop
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Hm! New words! What's the Tor? And Chief? Where have I heard that before?
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Ravenwing and Pika are immediately "oh okay we just met but we're friends now"
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song time! it's Start of Time by Gabrielle Aplin!
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cover
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there will be three parts
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i love me some good flower symbolism. we have oleander, pimpernel, lavender, and dock leaves (look Hawk can finally draw lavender right)
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hoo boysie we are just jumpin right in fellas. New flowers are aquilegia, star of bethlehem, begonia, and dahlia.
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who's yelling? Also I'm trying a new speech bubble! I'll have to see how it looks with more text, but tell me how you like those!
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Browntail's back! And here's another first for the Hawktalon, Comic Saga! Narration is coming up! Okay, well, it's not really a first, but I usually try to avoid it for some reason. Anyway, Crowheart's gonna narrate some stuff for the next few pages to get you all caught up on what's happened since The Unforgiven! Narration is in square boxes!
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I'd say it's been about two weeks, maybe less since the events in TU. And omg what's this? Hawk can draw actual tears now? Wow! And also Lav's back!!
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Cats who die get stars painted on their pelts while they're being mourned. In case anyone doesn't recognize him, the black and white striped tom in the front of the last panel is Stonethunder.
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Congrats to all who guessed Crowheart being a Medicine Cat! And look, Ravenpaw's back, too! If I remember right, I called her Ravenwing because I 'liked the irony' (cause she's the only one of the three siblings to not actually have wings)
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And all the Ariadne/Stonethunder kids are present!
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Is that allowed??Page 9
Dad mode(tm) activated. And look, Rainblade and Iceflight's kits are all grown up! They're Stormface and Windypelt now. EDIT: finally fixed to add Mockingbirdpaw's dye
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Ariadne! She's alright, still recovering a bit after the ice events in TU. And one more page left in this chapter!
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Back to the present! As in narration is done for the time being. And Sparkpelt (from YY) and Rabbit-tail (from BW and TU) are here! And thus ends the chapter.
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it's 1974 (get it? get it? I'm hilarious)
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Going to meet the mysterious visitor! Thaw season is spring. The other seasons are blizzard season (winter), caribou season (summer, b/c caribou migrate to the mountains in summer irl), and salmon season (fall, b/c salmon swim upriver to their mountain spawning grounds irl)
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It's the tiger boi!!! Like so many of you guessed. And what is this news he brings?
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don't be suspicious don't be suspicious. Also fun fact, Tigerpaw is Nightstar's great-great-grandnephew (I think thats enough greats, but I may be wrong. The point is, they're related. He's named after Tigerfoot, Nightstar's old mate. I think Tigerfoot had a sister who had kits and it went down the line to our current Tigerpaw eventually)
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Uh-oh. The next scene that takes place in FrozenClan camp was originally going to happen in MountainClan, but then I thought "I want to draw FrozenClan camp" so I changed it. It's like I always say about comics: have it all planned, but still flexible enough to change if you want it to!
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I decided to do a different shading color for a new setting. MountainClan's was purple, FrozenClan gets turquoise! TundraClan will probably be green and anything in the sky will be blue. For convenience, Gatherings will probably stay purple... Oh and look! You guys were excited about seeing Fogpaw again, so here she is! She's Fogwind now, and she's chatting with Amberdance, who was in The Unforgiven for a bit, but I redesigned her.
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Tried some different grass! To make it look pretty! And the grey spotted cat is Dogtooth, who was also in TU for a bit. God I love drawing FrozenClan I actually get to draw plants
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Ooh we're really getting into it fellas. Well, kind of. The really plot-starting moment won't happen till the end of chapter 3. But we're getting into some major themes at least. Also, a reminder: the 8th anniversary of the Hawktalon, Comic Saga is coming up on August 12th! If you wanna submit a question to the QnA I'm doing in celebration, read the rules here on my DA and then you can ask a question there or on this thread on the WCF! Page 19
Hmm... Lavenderstar had something to say but she stopped herself. And what an odd thing to say about winged cats! Nightstar stop being so xenophobic. I wonder if that'll become a major theme or something later? Probably not *wink wink* Oh and I keep forgetting to mention that Tigerpaw isn't the first cat to leave FrozenClan. So Nightstar takes it personally cuz of that and also because of her and Tigerpaw's familial ties. As she sees him as a traitor, she'd rather have him leave and join MountainClan than stay and mess up her Clan
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Oh yeah boys it's another landscape pageeee!
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I forgot that this chapter was actually supposed to end after page 20 but oh well. I think it does have only like one or two pages left it it, though.
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Hmm how bout that. Anyway, stuff's gonna pop off next chapter I'm very excited.
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Have you been paying attention? This next part's important
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This is gonna be a really pretty chapter I can already tell. And it seems as though our Crow boy is testing the moon. Cuz remember how there's a chance that winged cats might turn into a dragon-esque form if they're hiding a secret and then moonlight touches them? Yeah. That's why. It's kind of a retcon for me saying that there's only a chance but the whole thing in general was never really elaborated on in BW, so I can do what I want.
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Oh well that's news... uh oh.
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unrelated, but I watched the new animated movie White Fang (on netflix if yall wanna see it too) and it has some good good Alaska backgrounds and a very nice painted-looking animation style
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Sorry if this looks rushed, I forgot it was monday lol.
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I don't normally give characters voices but Lichenpaw 100% sounds like Angus McDonald boy detective. And in other news, we see familiar faces! Hareleap, the Medicine Cat from TundraClan, and Daylightshine (who was in YY as an Apprentice) and Firestorm (was in TU), who was Tigerpaw's mentor! Which explains why she's disgruntled.
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Oooooo here we go guys!!! EDIT: fixed shading
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Look who's back! To deliver quite ominous and rhyming Prophecy! 1) Spirits can take many different forms, as seen in Stonepaw in TU and also one shot of Fawnspots in YY. 2) This is the first prophecy since YY. Now, I wanna see speculation, guys! Give me some theories!
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If you can't read the Prophecy, let me know! I can transcribe it in a comment, but Crowheart is going to recite it soon. And oh no that's not looking good.
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Wow cheese it with the racism Firestorm
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Crowheart... has a really good memory? I guess? This chapter is actually wrapping up... there's maybe... three pages left? Around that much. Page 34
Browntail, what do your cat eyes see?
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A lot of you were good good guessers! But who could this falling cat be? (EDIT: added night filter)
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Surprising no one, Mockingbirdpaw's back! But it doesn't look like for a good reason... only one more page in this chapter!
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And thus begins the main overarching conflict of this comic
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The original name of this chapter was "The Death of the King" but I decided to do a little homage to The Dragon Prince, since that and KC are already similar enough. Also, that Greek word on the book means 'history' (directly translated as 'fabulous history' actually)
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Blue shading/lining for the Cloud Kingdom! It was very fun to come back to after like two years. And we get to see new and old characters! Aurora (the Queen) is from Skyfall/Broken Wings, Daedalus is new, but may look a bit familiar from the trailer, and Arachne is new! The other two palace guards are cameos from folks on DA! If you have an OC, you can try them out for a cameo here! (also the clay pots are traditional in ancient Greek funerals, esp the thin whiteish one which is called a lekythos)
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While Minos did have to die for my plot, I couldn't not give him a peaceful one. He at least deserved that much. So yes, nothing malicious, at least about that. Also, this looks kind of familiar, right? Wonder what's gonna happen this time
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The infiltration that Daedalus is talking about is of course the events from Skyfall. And if you remember, there are two types of Guards: Royal Guards (who wear chestplate-esque armor like Arachne here) who guard the palace/royal family, and Border Guards (who have plumed helmets, they can be seen in TU) who guard the borders between Kingdoms and are away from the palace itself most of the time.
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The name of Daedalus' son should be not hard to guess at all
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Wonder what's in that history book. You won't find out till later... chapter... 7. And also, only one or two more pages here in the Cloud Kingdom and then we're back to the Clans! Still in chapter 4 though, there's still a lot to happen in this chapter.
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Arachne, don't get roped into this... (Alexandros won't come in for much much later, but he's named after Alexandros AKA Paris from the Trojan War.)
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You know... I don't think he's gonna tell the Queen
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It's probably not great for Ariadne that Mockingbirdpaw looks so much like Minos? Yeah, that's probably roughPage 46
I don't really think that's how a monarchy works, Ravenwing. EDIT: fixed line color
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I guess my complaining was in vain- we're seeing better backgrounds next page! Not back to the Cloud Kingdom yet, but still better than the boring that is the MountainClan camp!Page 48
This was the most fun I've had with a page in a while I love this page a lot omg. Flower update: the pink ones are Alaskan fireweed and the yellow ones are Alaskan poppiesPage 49
First page with my new Huion christmas tablet! Those birds are Steller's Jays- one was in YY at one point, they're an Alaskan bird of course
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Woot woot page 50! Normally this would be around halfway through or so, but folks we're not even close to that lol. Part one isn't even over till chapter 10 actually i don't think...Page 51
Tigerpaw's pretty good at fishing for a former Medicine Cat Apprentice. He caught a Rainbow Trout. But is he supposed to be doing that is the question. I also think this might be the first showing of competent hunting in a Hawktalon, Comic Saga story
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Maybe Stormface just doesn't like sashimi
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Heck yes we're going back to green backgrounds and back to a Crowheart section!
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Made a speedpaint for this one! Watch it here: link!
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Something is a happening for sure...
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I come bearing only the most wholesome of content. (also the two Apprentices next to Windypelt are Birdspots and Bearheart's kits- Claypaw and Sunflowerpaw)
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New leaders get to pick their dye color and what markings they want! Rainstar's are actually based on one of his designs he had in previous comics, I think he had those teardrop-esque markings in white in the original YY. Anyway, we're also finally getting to the end of this chapter! Next is a Gathering! The last event of this long long chapter. And don't worry, the new Deputy will be revealed soon!
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Don't know if the other Clans are such Stonethunder fans... Crowheart also doesn't like being the center of attention. The cats next to Stonethunder are Batears (TundraClan, also Lichenpaw's mom), and Nectarsplash (FrozenClan, who was in YY), the other two Deputies.
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oh... oh no. this isn't good. (also note, the Leader next to Nightstar is Stagstar- Fishstar was the last Leader of TundraClan, he died between YY and TU. and Stagstar's dye markings are on his back and tail, so they aren't visible here- just in case anyone says anything) FInally TunraClan is going to become relevant soon up in here. It's only been like 8 years
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This will I guess be another Hawktalon, Comic Saga first- it's one of those moments in the tv show where something happens and then it'll jump cut to 'a few hours earlier' to explain what happened.
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Wow TundraClan- when you finally become relevant you just make more tensionPage 62
Maybe you should read the name of this first part, Nightstar, cuz um you may be surprised. But anyway, finally this long long chapter is done.
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Ohhhh heck new dudes. These are Jörmungandr, Diocletian, and Ammit!
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It only took 63 pages but all our cover-characters are here! Percy is finally in the comic, last seen in TU! And finally all the characters shown in the trailer are here too! Next to Daedalus is his son, Icarus- who is a more pastel/orange creamsicle version of his dad.
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What is this- game of thrones? disclaimer: i have not seen game of thrones. (also, sorry about the page disappearances here on the WCF, as soon as I have the time, I will try to fix it! If you want to keep reading/reread, please peruse my DeviantART)
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I wasn't originally planning to show how the other Kingdoms looked but this page would be very boring otherwise. Anyway, the Western building is based on the Pantheon in Rome (it says "Occidentalis Regnum" on it, which according to Google Translate is "Western Kingdom" but I do not know Latin so I'll correct that if anyone else knows better). The Southern building is based on the temple of Ramses II in Abu Simbel. And the Northern building is based on a Viking longhouse.
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Oh... oh no
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Might wanna look back at page 60, folks. Also this page was just a chore for some reason, and I think that reason is we've been on the same background for like 7 pages now and that is unacceptable. So luckily, new scenes start next page. Still in the skies tho
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Various cameos on this page! From the WCF though, I believe it's only Maplestone360 's! If you want to enter an OC of yours, read this!
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"Let's do 'Get Help'!"
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*Mission Impossible theme plays*
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The shield under the doorknob move was inspired by my very paranoid players in the DND game I DM
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I was very tempted to say 'bard' instead of 'musician' just because I love bards the most in DND... anyway, Icarus plays a lyre, that'll probably be shown at some point- I figured music already exists canonically in my comics, so why not have people play instruments?
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There are maybe... two or three pages left in this chapter? Idk somewhere around there. Anyway, I'm retconning that this temple has actually been seen before- it was in Broken Wings as the place where Ariadne flew to the ground.
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Two more pages left in this chapter. But now we're caught up to what happened in page 60. And huh, Daedalus said "leave", not something different- wonder what's up with that.
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There's a bunch of traffic up in the air today
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When will our five main characters finally be in the same scene? Who knows. But we're one step closer to that dream. Wonder where Mockingbirdpaw is...
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The original title for this chapter was "The Friction" but this one is much more fitting. Much more of a 'oh dang things are gonna pop off soon' chapter title
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You're... somewhere with green shading, Mockingbirdpaw! That at least above the table means a new area!
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Sweet boi Lichenpaw is back! And so is a plot device not seen since Broken Wings!
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Since readers seemed a bit confused regarding 78- all winged cats have the ability to make their wings transparent at will by bending light around their feathers. Ariadne taught this to Mockingbirdpaw and Crowheart when they were younger. Winged cats can't fly while their wings are invisible- they are still there of course, but any major movement will disrupt the disappearance.
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May 21 is the one year anniversary of Kingdom Come! Hooray! 80 pages in a year, that's not too shabby!
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Within the discriminatory allegory that is Kingdom Come, TundraClan represents the people that treat other groups differently, though while not being outright hateful. It probably has a name in like studies and such, but it's basically being treated like an exhibit- something different and usually exotic, not falling in your definition of 'normal', something that has to be examined and questioned.
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I think one or two more pages in TundraClan and then we'll be back to MountainClan... Finally gonna see what Percy's up to
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It probably won't take too long for Mock to heal up at least a bit but like 30 minutes is deffo not enough time lol, as Lichenpaw points out. It's like when you pull a muscle and just need to sleep it off. Oh and remember when Stagstar said prey was scarce in TundraClan? That's still an issue, according to deputy Batears
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I've only drawn rain once before now, but I really like this page- the rain gives it a nice atmo.
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Percy doesn't know where he is or who any of these cats looking at him are- I think his reaction is appropriate
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I took Ancient Greek for four semesters at college and... I forgot all of it. This is maybe 70-80% accurate, like proper grammar and endings and all. I tried guys, and it was hard. Luckily I still have my textbook. I also didn't want to establish Greek as an actual thing in my universe, so Ariadne just calls it Old, as in the Old Language. Just assume that whatever language (the english the comic is in) is like a universal Cat Language, probably a newer one than Ancient Greek. Anyway, the translations in order are- Percy: "Princess! I have a bad message..." Ariadne: "I am named Ariadne. Who are you by name?"
Boys, boys, you're both pretty. Stop fighting. It's not like your disparity won't come up again later as an important plot point or anything
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Hmm... choices... wonder if that will be another one of our many themes here... analyzing themes like English class
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fINALLY got around to mentioning Erminestar (if you don't remember, she was briefly in YY)... I've said in my comments that Tigerpaw wasn't the first fugitive of FrozenClan, but haven't said it in the actual comic. Oh and look at that, finally mentioning Ravenwing's messed-up paw, the one from TU!
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WOw 90 pages! This chapter is wrapping up, but there's still a few more pages in it... I'd say 4-5 or so. Maybe less.
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Miscalculated on the number of pages left in this chapter- oops. Anyway, Percy you should probably be less succinct about this. He and Tigerpaw are both nice guys, but even they have their limits, exhibit B being Percy's insult here: it means barbarian, but was traditionally used in ancient greece to describe anyone who wasn't greek. I would think winged cats would think that way of earth cats, especially with exhibit A earlier of Tigerpaw being rude (EDIT: fixed spelling)
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I feel like I'm showing the trailer to Endgame or something- I've been hyping up this chapter for so long, the chapter where everything pops off in a major way. And finally... it's here
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Percy... rolled low for Perception? Oh yeah, and the translation is there, but proditor is Latin for traitor. I guess if Ancient Greek is called Old Eastern in my comic world, Latin would be... Old Western... oof. Our Westerner here is a cameo from DeviantART, fyi
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That guy's armor is so complicated but it's so worth it. I'd say I'm glad I don't have to draw it anymore but that's not true...
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are you not entertained
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In case it's not clear, the text with dotted borders is whispering. Not that it's easy to whisper in a loud stadium... anyway, where's Aurora?
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Oof. Favonius is another cameo from DA- but I named him after the Roman name for the god of the west wind- which is actually Zephyr in Greek (Zephyr is Skye's dad's name, you know form Skyfall). Also I've been playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey all day so like... I'm even more hype for the coming pages. And also also, it's 12:51 AM here on the 7th, so officially my birthday!
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I gave Favonius sunset-colored wings cuz west wind and all. Anyway, I Wish I gave these two shields, it's very hard to decide what to do with their off hands (and also hard to remember to make sure their swords always stay in the hand they're supposed to be in) AND hard to do dynamic and interesting poses... and this battle only just started. Get used to this coliseum background folks
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You know... Diocletian never said whose first blood would end the round... Or maybe all the rulers and Daedalus are just jerks
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You know, back in Skyfall, Virgil mentioned 'money' which points to the Kingdoms having some sort of monetary system- which is shown in the second to last panel lol. Idk if its Roman denarii or Greek drachme, (I don't know the names for Egyptian or Norse coins at the moment) but it's something! Oo and almost 100 pages! (EDIT: fixed Percy's handedness, line color)
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According to my research, a lot of ancient Egyptian armor is mostly cloth? There were some scale plates and stuff, and when the whole Ptolemies thing happened, of course Roman-looking stuff got introduced. I haven't played Assassin's Creed Origins (I am playing Odyssey tho and it's Great) but the visual direction for Lysandra's armor was inspired by images from that game. And again, Lysandra is a cameo from DA
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I'm too tired to think of a good caption, school just started lol
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Our five main characters actually correspond to the various roles in the traditional Five Man Band trope. Percy is the Big Guy, but that doesn't mean he can't have Smart Guy ideas. And also here's finally a good opportunity to show how while winged cats do have claws, they've adapted to get smaller since they don't use them as much as earth-cats do. They think its primitive and uncivilized to use claws...
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Vikings as we know them are actually not contemporary with other just-as-popular mythologies, like the ones I portray in KC. They're closer in time to medieval stuff, which explains the chainmail, etc. on Lífthrasir (another DA cameo) and also no horned helmets- I don't aim for perfect historical accuracy here but those are deffo not accurate. Lífthrasir is named after one of the last human survivors of Ragnarok (not the Thor movie)Page 104
Our boy isn't looking too good
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This is the part where the background music stops for a sec in the movie. I picture the dramatic orchestral stuff that plays during dramatic battles in the Star Wars prequels
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Hey go back and read page 42 and 43. Those questions and more are about to be revealed (again, here on the WCF, I haven't had time to fix the missing pages. Until I do, please check my DeviantART!)
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It's storytime! With Daedalus!
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"Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony..." Daedalus, don't you know all good stories begin with 'once upon a time? (EDIT: added watermark)
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"Then, everything changed when the fire nation attacked." Oof, guys. I got nothing besides oof for you on this one. Also, fun fact: page 108 is designed on black-figure Greek pottery, and this one, 109 is based on red-figure, which is relatively speaking, more recently used than black-figure; it was used at a later time period
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"Let me see what you have!" "A KNIFE!" "NO!" "Ohmygod why does she have a knife?!" also wow the lighting changed you know stuff's aboutta pop off. also also like finally Arachne's doing what someone should have done a long time ago.
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Wow Icarus, finally you're relevant and you just go and goof this all up. Cameos from DA, and one from ᴘᴏʟʏᴏɴʏᴍᴏᴜꜱ Page 112
I think we're Finally getting back to the Clans next page. So many people at least on DA thought that Arachne was gonna die but nope! She'll be back later.
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Back here again. FInally some different backgrounds. Anyway, Please can't Percy just rest?
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I can't think of anything to say here so... yeah
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Percy finally gets to rest... in a way.
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Dun dun dunnnnnnnnnn
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Back to TundraClan for a bit! And... it ain't lookin' good (WCF cameo from ᴘᴏʟʏᴏɴʏᴍᴏᴜꜱ )
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Hoo boy it's been a Day, fellas. And it's been quite a Day here in this comic too
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I just saw Frozen 2 so lucky you guys! You get some of those Good backgrounds due to my inspiration! Also some returns of characters from YY! Whitestep, Willowbreeze, and Bearheart!
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Don't have much to say about this page, but in IRL news, finals week is coming up soon, so I'll keep you all updated on how that will affect the KC page schedule!
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In the first draft of Kingdom Come's script, Lavenderstar actually was supposed to die in this scene. Her savior was actually me doing Yin and Yang while writing the KC script and becoming very attached to her. Also you don't bury your gays.That's a rule. (let me know if I need to put up a content warning for this page plz!) EDIT: added dialogue to clear up that it's Rainstar
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Winter break is coming up for a whole month! I plan to Finally fix the missing pages here on the WCF!Page 123
Is Lav being cold? Or is she being reasonable? Or pragmatic? That's up to ye
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You kinda Do need their help tho, Nightstar (EDIT: added Nightstar's dye markings)
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Lav's back!
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I'm aiming to finish Part One before 2019 is over! So there may be multiple pages coming in soon! Wish me motivation and luck! As of 126, there are three more pages left of Part One!Page 127
Stonethunder and Ariadne are okay, Lavenderstar and Browntail are okay, Rainstar appears to be okay (and that's Iceflight, his mate who was briefly in YY), Mockingbirdpaw and Percy found each other, Nightstar is mad at winged cats, and the sun sets on a real bad day overall for the Clans. And it's like been a while in our time, but it's actually only the day after the Gathering here in KC. Crazy!Page 128
(cameos from DA) One more page of Part One left!
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END OF PART ONE. PART TWO: THE JOURNEY, COMING JANUARY 2020part two cover
Part Two is slated to be even longer than Part One... including three musical numbers. So get hype for that I guess~Chapter 8 cover
wow chapter 7 was a long one! But here it is, the beginning of Part Two!Page 130
Finally the start of Part Two! Wow this is quite the crowd scene- so many kitties. For the time being, we're having purple shading just to make it easier on me, but that may change depending on where we go!
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Oof that's a p big choice. Can't everyone just get along? And Icarus, what do you see? (cameo is from DA)
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Come on, Percy I thought you were smarter than to ask questions like that.
Icarus is just here to make faces- he's like leo dicaprio in the background of all the lord of the rings movies
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What are you saying, Stonethunder? This isn't Warriors Arc 2?!
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Erminestar wasn't originally going to be revealed until this scene, but I decided to mention her earlier to give this scene more contextPage 136
Nightstar you... still haven't solved anythingPage 137
Hmmmhmmm that's not looking good
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Finally asking that question that like Everyone on DA has been asking for like forever (EDIT: fixed spelling)
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One more page of this chapter! And ooh, is Crowheart finally gonna spill those beans?
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Oh look, a plot point not seen since Broken Wings. Like all of you thought that Crow was gonna spill those beans, but haha Nope.Chapter 9 cover
Part Two totally isn't just an excuse for me to draw landscapes what are you talking about
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Now what's my little perfect boy up to?Page 142
Guess no one knows they're being spied on...
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Don't you ever get tired of disagreeing just on principle, Nightstar?Page 144
All five main characters finally being in the same scene is so close... like the 'avengers assemble' finally happening in endgame. it's only taken over 144 pages
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Finally... it only took 145 pages. But our five main dudes, our five-man-band is finally together in one scenePage 146
Finally, let's start this mission... quest... thing. Where are we going?Page 147
One more thing to happen in this chapter, then we'll get to 10- aka where Part One was supposed to end and our first musical number!
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Icarus gottta go fast
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I love bags and you just Gotta have bags on an adventure. Also Percy may have a nickname for everyone he knows EDIT: added title/watermark
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I did this page outside on my back deck. Probably one more page in this chapter, and also happy Star War day!Page 151
I hope these last few pages with him here illustrate how confused Icarus is. He's very conflicted within himself, he doesn't really know what's right and wrong. Some of what he says may be contradictory or not make total sense, but I hope you understand that there's a reason for it in his character.Chapter 10 cover
who's ready for some landscapes and our first musical number?
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woohoo first musical number! it's Touch The Sky by Julie Fowlis- you may recognize it from the pixar movie, Brave!
(and if for some reason, you're not a fan of musical numbers, don't worry- this one will only be approximately 5 pages total and then we'll be back to plot!)
listen to the song here:
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Fun environmental science fact- the crew's going through an ecotone right now: a transition space between two separate and different areas, in our case the tundra to the forest. Also, after this page, 153, KC will be my longest comic! With 153 pages, it's tied with The Unforgiven right now!
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Kingdom Come is officially my longest comic with this page! (EDIT: fixed spelling)
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And that's the end of the song! There's a bit more to happen in this chapter, though!
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The myth is based on one of Plato's writings, where he says humans used to have two heads and four arms and four legs, but the gods thought they would be too powerful and they split them apart- so that's why people search for their other half. (anyway, thank you all for sticking with me over that short unplanned break! Kingdom Come is more relevant than ever during this time of social change, and if you want to help make a change for good, please check out this link for more info on donations and other ways you can help BackLivesMatter and other organizations!)
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Maybe you both developed music convergently, Percy... And thank you all for the well wishes during my short break due to a hand injury!
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One or two more pages of this chapter, I think?Page 159
Besides Mockingbirdpaw, I don't think any of the Clan cats have seen fire before, besides the aurora of course (which only looks like fire lol). Anyway, the lighting in this page was fun to do, and there's probs again one or two more pages left of this chapter.
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*inserts 'oh you're awake' skyrim meme here*Page 162
OG gorl is back! With that fabulous hair of hers...
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... Crow? Uh... Crow? You okay, buddy?
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Back to the rest of the crew! And back to adventure~
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That's a blacktail sitka deer- it's the only type of deer in Alaska! Percy hasn't seen one or anything like it before so he's a bit surprised.
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Tomorrow (aug 12) is the 10 years anniversary of the Hawktalon, Comic Saga!
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Cartoons seem to have any river ever end in a waterfall no matter what...
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Now This is what you call a cliffhanger
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owo who's that? Guess Percy's not gonna find out right now
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New friend!! New friend!!!!Chapter 12 cover
Hmm... ominous
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Finally our new friend has a name! Angakkuq is nonbinary, so they use they/them pronouns. Their name literally is just an Inuit/Tlingit word for shaman, like they said. You can read more about that here: link, including the pronunciation! I tried to do as much research as I could, as it's not exactly 'my' word, but I would like to do it and the culture justice!
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Hmmmmm
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Its sleepy time! Time for dreams and/or flashbacks!
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Owo whats this? I thought it'd be neat to do a dreamy style for Crowheart's dream/flashback. It's the style I use for my PMVs, lineless and with a color palette
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Rainblade: "huh... better let their mom explain systemic racism to them..."Page 181
Remember how Mockingbirdpaw was kind of a jerk in the beginning of TU?
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I think the dream sequence is almost over, back to regular colors soon!
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Nothing like seeing your sister dead to wake you up right quick
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I swear Crowheart has been startled by people suddenly appearing next to him so many times in this comic
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Crow... Crow, buddy.... Get some helpPage 186
This page's look was totally, 100% Not inspired by the World Between Worlds scenes in Star Wars Rebels... anyway, Crowheart is seeing all this, I hope that was clear; Angakkuq is showing him these 'could-have-been' visionsPage 187
Owo what's this?Page 188
Whoa another style? Yep, and it'll be here just while Angakkuq is telling their story! As you can probs tell, it's inspired by prehistoric cave art!Page 189
No one ever pointed out that Angakkuq's color scheme is the exact same colors as all Three Brothers. They've got dark and light gray, brown, and their eyes are a mix of all three's eye colors as wellPage 190
Hmm.. yep
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Since KC is scripted with 22 chapters and an epilogue, technically, we have only ten chapters left, now...
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that title drop tho... surprise tiny musical number! I Had to do it for Icarus, he's a musician, after all. The song is Kingdom Come by the Civil Wars, which I also include cuz it was the original inspiration for this comic's title! But anyway, what's my perfect boy up to?Page 192
More architecture! Yay! And happy new year- first page of 2021!page 193
Gah sorry for the wait on this one! But look, Arachne's back!Page 194
You tell 'em, ArachnePage 195
You miiight have noticed that I've been having way too much fun with the jail bars shadows but now way am I stopping nowPage 196
Oh look it's Aurora! Who hasn't been here since page 38?!?Page 197
Is that a heckin... Skyfall reference?Page 198
You should listen to these two smart ladies, Icarus...Page 199
Oh no, Mr. Bad Dad's backPage 200
Deadalus is really cementing his place as a villain with his use of "BAH!" (also 200 pages!! wow!)
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Wow Daedalus, you really are the Worst
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Bad dad bad dad bad dadPage 203
And with that, we return to our five journeyers in chapter 14!Chapter 14 cover
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Angakkuq kind of floated away, so yeah, they're probably not going to miss any herbs
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Ravenwing is actually the nicest, sweetest babPage 206
Tigerpaw you can't just ask people that
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Even Tigerpaw realized there's a line he shouldn't have crossed
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Y'all remember page 47? Wonder if that's what's coming up nowPage 209
Kingdom Come, or: when in doubt, do overhead shots
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Tigerpaw is like, the only member of this crew who actively goes and gets foodPage 212
Was about time for a new background. If you look in the corner of the first panel, you can see the ravine where the crew was the day before!Page 213
Forbidden Percy backstory? Percy deep lore?
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Heck yeah, own up to it, Mock
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Did we find our boy?Page 216
Ravenwing still proves to be sweetest babPage 217
oo putting pieces together
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Oof sorry for the wait on this one!
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This chapter is slowly wrapping up and I'm Very excited for the next one. There's gonna be some cool backgrounds
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One more page of this chapter! Bye, bush background- you were easy to do but Very boring
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Of course Tigerpaw formerly of FrozenClan would be excited about Big Ice
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This chapter is Totally not that once scene in the first Ice Age movie...Page 222
Tigerpaw just heckin... loves ice
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Secret tunnellllllll! secret tunnellllllll! through the glacierrrrrr! secret secret secret secret tunnellllllllll!Page 224
Ah, global warming. When ice falls off a glacier like this, it's called calving!
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Well now there's two characters squished instead of one...
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Oh look at that! They're alright!Page 227
Oof sorry for the wait on this one! I just started grad school, and will try to right the page schedule as soon as I can!
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Behold. Awkward conversation in real-timePage 229
I think this one makes Part Two 100 pages long...
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Perfect place to have this conversation, guys
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Oh right. Back to these guysPage 232
Oh no, more spirit shenanigans?
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Just... yell into the abyss
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New... friends?
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He's just a little boy. He doesn't need more stress
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Me: I wish school wasn't so busy as to keep me from doing two pages a week anymore. My partner: Well, maybe you should spend more of your free time doing your comic instead of playing Ace Attorney. Me: Hey.
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Back to these jokesters
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Tigerpaw is apparently in possession of the brain cells
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They made it out!!
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Reunited (and it feels so good)
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How appropriate that this icy part of the story is happening around real-life wintertime!
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Finally, Tigerpaw gets to display his smart-one-of-the-group stuff
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Last KC page of 2021!
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to the rescue! y'all know I love thoe ~narrative parallels~Page 245
Deus ex Erminestar?
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Erminestar just Doesn't Care
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if i remember right without bringing out my script, this chapter has our next musical number! but not till the end
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There's no one there, bud
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Back to the main crew next page. But this isn't the only flashback this chapter will have
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Did you think she wasn't gonna ask?
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Just some quick expositionPage 251
The reveal! And oh, change again. Almost like that's a theme or something. Huh
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Flashback starts next page!Page 253
This style is fun to do. The striped cat in the first panel is Reedstar, the Leader of MountainClan before Lavenderstar (he was mentioned briefly in YY), and the one he's fighting is just a random FrozenClan cat. The cat who's dead in the third panel is called Bonefur, and he was Skullstripe's dad, and Deputy before Dawnstripe. If I ever continue working on that fanfiction I'm doing about Lavenderstar (Lavenderstar's Code), he's mentioned in that.
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Forgot to say with the last page, but KC is officially Twice as long as The Unforgiven nowPage 255
This heckin' story again?!
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No page next week (4/15), one of my brothers is getting married!Page 257
Back to normal style! It's been a while, huh?Page 258
I thought I lost this page for a sec, cuz it wasn't where I thought it'd be in my files. But then I realized I misnamed it page 158 in my files... It's fixed now
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Bye-bye TigerfootPage 260
Sorry for the lack of updates- I've started a full-time internship and it's making me lose my mindPage 261
Anyone see Everything Everywhere All At Once? That's what the dialogue in this scene/the next few pages was inspired byPage 262
Whew another chapter wrapped up!
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owo what's this?Page 263
New friends??Page 264
Yarrow and Oleander are good cop/bad copPage 265
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Hm! New words! What's the Tor? And Chief? Where have I heard that before?Page 268
Ravenwing and Pika are immediately "oh okay we just met but we're friends now"
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you'll just have to see if that's important or not!
