Well…maybe a little…

But I’m not frickin’ Garfield over here.

Let’s be honest, the entire subtext of Roto’s character can be summed up as “But for the grace of god(s), there walk I” so it’s not like I haven’t been asking ‘hard’ questions…this is just the first time someone has actually come out and said it. Which is something I usually try to avoid…but to be totally honest this little tangent of musing by Dara serves a duel purpose.

No. I won’t tell you what that second purpose is…but feel free to start guessing. It should begin to become obvious as this arc goes one…The comic’s speeding up…so you’ll know sooner or later, but I like to hear people’s guesses.

And half of Book One was ‘what choices do we make’ and ‘did I just @#$% everything up?’…so I’m aloud to muse dammit!

Anyhoo, I cleaned up Dara’s appearance a little…he’s shaped a little better and his face looks less jankie in close ups. Doesn’t he look so thoughtful in panel seven? Or the weed’s getting to him. Either way.

I’ve gotten one or two questions in my inbox about Godly activities (Or I’m lying to save face) and I’ve taken that into consideration for the rest of this arc. Any other questions? It’s not like there’s a time limit on this…but I’d like to know so when I reexamine the rest of the arc I know what to add.

Be here Monday for a quick disembark from the agents and back to the HOLD and then Wednesday will see Tom, Chis and Skully venturing deeper into the cave.

-Peace

(And yes “But for the grace of God, there walk I” is from Angels with Dirty Faces. Because that’s the way I roll.)

If you’re wondering  “who the hell is this old dude and why the hell does Hana seem to know him?”, you didn’t read Lost Time, did you? Don’t worry. Here’s all you have to know to ‘get’ this comic:

Jorrin is the ‘watcher’ of Earth and he trained Hana at the request of Ariea. He’s also dead and 800+ years old. But that’s not really that important. Honest. You’re good to go.

I also lied. Omen will be appearing NEXT Hana installment. Sorry. But I suddenly decided to handle this arc differently than I had intended.

I thought I would be hiding most of the information given in this arc until later in the comic (maybe even in this chapter) but I was looking at my plans for the rest of this arc (and the rest of this book) and I realized, with a sinking feeling, that there’s really no BETTER place to include this information. So now is as good a time as any to explain The Keeper Gems and a few other things about Gods and Godkin.

That’s not to say that now wasn’t a good time, I just wasn’t prepared for it…so I kind of scrambled to assemble any important facts that needed to be imparted. I’m going to go back and make sure everything HAS been told before the end of this arc and I might have The Creator say a few words if everything goes according to his plan.

Who knows. I may have the agents fail. It’s not like they’re infallible or something.

I also added ‘Godkin’ to the dictionary, if you’re interested.

Also, you’ve met three Godkins already:
Darasoon, The Creator, and Yaren are all different Godkins.

And as Jorrin says, Omen is a Godkin as well. I had originally thought I’d have two different TYPES of Godkin, making Omen a different type then the rest, but I decided that the differences are negligible and are really just based on ‘why they were created’. Which was just stupid.

If you really want to call them something else: Dara, The Creator and Yaren are all ‘High’ Godkin and Omen is a ‘Lesser’ Godkin. But those aren’t official…yet…I won’t explain the differences, but Dara and the rest are more powerful than Omen is. Omen is just really, really smart.

Finally, I’m opening the floor to questions you might have about Godkin, the Gems and Gods in general. If there’s something you’d like to know, have thought about, or are just scratching your head over, ASK. If I plan to expose is later I won’t answer, but if it’s something I hadn’t thought of I’ll address it in the comic…I likely have an answer, but I may have decided it wasn’t important (Who Dis is, why Chis exists, and will Tom ever free himself of the aforementioned beings are off limits).

I also finished up a short story that will be posted sometime in the near future. So you all have something to look forward to. Or not. Lol

-Peace

But I’m REALLY, REALLY happy with how Yaren came out. I’m amazed that I’ve managed to pull off the new characters as well as I have. I even went nuts with her garden…I’ll probably be posting the full garden in my DA gallery sometime soon…I did a whole picture for it…which I normally don’t do for a background. But her garden was a big part of who Yaren is, so it had to look right…

This arc is going so well. Haha…I hope you’ve all been enjoying it as much as I have…it’s kind of surreal to see one of the oldest (date-able) story arcs in The PKF so…well…NEW. Maybe after this arc I’ll post the old transcripts of the stories…if there’s interest. They’re so weird.

..Next you’ll meet Jorrin and Omen.

Anyhow, enjoy the comic and the little impromptu filler.

-Peace

First, you’ve probably noticed a few changes…yes…I made the content area closer to the top of the page, and I made new set of directory images. And yes, they roll-over. This was all kind of spurred along when I posted on Comicpress’s forum asking for opinions about the site…they were all positive but the size of the space between the top and the comic was a theme…so I spent today playing with it.

I think it looks nice…I did my best to try and keep the thing the same feel…just more…compact. I also moved the ‘Vote’ and ‘Share’ doo-dads…Share appears below the comic and Vote on the right of the blog. Also, share is everywhere now…every comic page in the archives…so…uh…feel free to abuse it?

Second, remember when I said I’d link a page with the wall papers? Well, it’s up. I’ve also got a few avatars up if you’d like them…they only took a few minutes to make…so I hope you all enjoy.

Third, I’ve discovered that the thing I WAS using for my Fanart and Older Pictures is down. I don’t know for how long. But I’ve decided to not deal with it any longer…so Fanart is HERE and Old Pictures are HERE you also may be interested in a new ‘Old’ PKF picture I put up…check it out here. It’s a VERY old picture of Mark and Pat…dating back to when they had their old names. When I first started the comic I was a little too candid with talking about upcoming plot points…so when I did a new design I removed it. But it’s back now. Enjoy.

Last…How about that Darasoon (Pronounced how you guess: Dar-Ah-Soon)? He’s actually an old character that I’ve given a facelift for this arc…he wasn’t supposed to appear just yet, but I needed someone for Sam to run into when he got where he was going. And Dara’s alwasy been a fun character, he’s always hung around the temple…but previously Sam’s gem wasn’t here.

Dara was (maybe he still is) guarding something other than the gem Sam is looking for.

I was dreading Dara’s character design…because he’s one of the more recent parts of the story that eventually became The PKF. What does that mean…well…He’s from when I started to describe everything in detail…and I rarely drew it. So I went nuts with Dara and when it came down to the wire I wasn’t sure I could get him to look the way I wanted…but damned if I didn’t.

Oh…and he’s got fur AND scales, before you ask. And yes, he’s usually rather innapropriate. And that IS weed he’s smoking. (don’t do drugs kids, he’s not human, so he can get away with it).

Heh.

Enjoy the upgraded site. And awesome comic.

-Peace