And if you’re interested that story I was saying was on it’s way is here. Check out ‘Judgment’. It’s a good one, I won’t spoiler the ‘twist’ on the ‘hero’…but you’ll likely guess in about two seconds. Be warned, it’s bloody as hell…but given the hero it fits. Still, it’s a goody.

Anyhow, we’re getting a good look at what’s made Chris into who he is today. He’s not just @#$%ed up. He’s @#$%ed for a reason. I think nearly ten years of isolation and sorrow is enough to break anyone. It’d screw me up anyhow.

Hell, I’d go so far to say that Chris is in better shape than most people would be.

You also get a little idea of just what Dis was doing the whole time he was involved in Tom’s mind. Next Wednesday you’ll get a real twist…A real bombshell. You’ll like it.

I keep saying that Chris is probably one of my favorite characters in the comic, so it’s kind of hard to keep him as evil as he is…but I don’t think Chris would be Chris without the whole ‘homicidal rage’ thing he’s got going. And trust me. If Chris was free he’d start killing folks left and right…but mostly the ones in his way.

I don’t really know what Chris would do if he got free…I mean beside torture and murder Tom. I mean after that. I don’t think he’d really care about conquering the universe…He says he does…but I think he’d get bored after a while and just start tormenting random people.

My favorite character is a murdering psycho who’d only want to torture and torment…I’m not sure what that says about me.

-Peace

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

The filler is basically the new profile images I cooked up for everyone. I put Roto up first because I’m least happy with how he came out. Much too thin. But otherwise I’m rather happy.

Anyhow, remember, until 12/24 there will be filler (double filler on the 24th for holidays and what not) then the 26th the comic starts up again with a nice little oneshot gag to round everything about. Then STRAIGHT into the next chapter and beyond.

Enjoy the pictures. I’ve got a buffer to recoup.

PS. I turned off the thing I found to speed up the loading. It seems like it’s messing up some of the functions of the page.

-Peace