That…and it saved me a whole comic. I had originally had Pat getting smacked in the face, but I decided that that would have had the same effect AND it would have added another page to an already elongated arc.

So there you go.

Also, this is the first application of the speed lines that I’m actually totally happy with. They look good don’t they? Damn right they do.

And yes, Pat’s the first to get the gem…go figure.

And in the news that you really don’t like to hear, there won’t be any updates next week. I know, I know, sorry, sorry. But I’ve been working down to the wire for the last…well…this whole arc. So I’m going to try and use next week to get ahead…since it’s spring break (and I’ll have finished all my school work)…I think I can get ahead a fair bit…

Maybe not a lot, but enough to make sure I don’t have to work right down to the update day, which results in sloppy comics. Something I don’t like.

Oddly enough today’s comic looks awesome, but I had all day to work on the whole thing…sometimes free time is nice. But next week promises to be a horrible, horrible week for free time.

Two papers due soon.

Anyhow, enjoy the comic.

-Peace

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