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And THAT… is the end of both Chapter 18…and Book Six!
I hope you’ve enjoyed this chapter as much as I’ve enjoyed showing it to you.
I really enjoyed the Guardians, the flashbacks, and the big reveal at the end.
Over the next couple of weeks… I’ll post some more behind the scenes.
Phil Hofer is also going to port this site over to Comic Easel while I’m in between chapters.
So be on the lookout for a new website design I’m really proud of.
🙂
And finally…
My buddy Mike Kunkel has a new children’s book coming out via Kickstarter.
Please take a look. Tell him I sent you.
Brilliant! 😀
Excellent! I had not even considered that they could be on Earth rather than Dreamland. I do think this chapter has been somewhat slow, but that ending was top notch. 🙂
Whoa. O_O Epic reveal. Nicely done!
Well, there is a story there. I guess we will have to wait to read more of how they got on earth, and, even more important, how they survived our world.
On other news. Daniel might have just found a way to go to Dreamland. And if he did… Well, a king and his general?
They’re on EARTH?!?
Why? How did they get there?
AND HOW/WHERE DID THEY HIDE?!?
Their clothes are not exactly low-key…
Oh JEEZ. What a tweest!
Actually, this bodes ill and well at the same time. Ill because this means that Abaddon’s portal on Earth is probably complete, or at the very least, able to work at least once.
Well because here’s a way to solve our king problems! Dan takes up kingship, and Alex goes through the portal to be with Nastajia!
Well. That’ll set the cat amongst the pigeons.
Holy Xrap thats a outcome i wouldn’t have thought of at first. Thats cool, just wondering how they snuck through the stargate in mordor?
But..but.. That means Alex and Nasti are going to the nightmare realm to..well..do what exactly?
I thought they would go there to search forvNasti’s parents. Orrr.. Is there a greater scheme going on, a scheme that requires Daniel and Nicole to keep mum about their meeting King Oberon?
Oh, and Oberon and Queen Titania on earth? Not too incinceivable (heh..). Their being here has been alluded to in many a tale. I wouldn’t be too surprised if elves were the only ones once capable of travelling between DreamWorld and Realworld unhindered.
I can also conceive it as to a capability One only gets when officially crowned “King of Elves” (or Queen). Which also means that Nasti is still the Princess oficially, despite being the one currently ruling over the elves.
Orrrr.. They’re stuck after a mishap.
Aaand.. I am getting ahead of myself again. Let’s just see how the coming chapters develop.
(Although todays reveal, has gotten my hopes up towards a physical meeting of Nicole and Felicity. It made me start the next chapter in my fan-fic. To be published on the favourite fanfic-site in due time)
oh brilliant, absolutely. Those 2 were on the list of my possibilites but way down. Now of course I wonder what Alex and Nastajia will find in the Nightmare Realm…and how Oberon and Titania came to be in our reality…and what that means for Dan and Nicole…and….. 😉
“Hey, mom! Could you make a few extra pancakes? We’ve got a couple of guests for breakfast.”
It’s as I feared. The Nightmare Realm has indeed been physically connected to Wakeland. Well, if anybody ever wondered where legislature and lawyers come from and why they act like alien invaders lately… it all makes sense now, doesn’t it?
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Very nice 🙂
They hid at an anime convention, obviously. It’s the only place they wouldn’t stand out (and as an additional bonus, Titania now has a whole trunk full of “best costume” prizes).
I literally said “holy s$!tballs”. Nice!
So does the fact that he addressed Dan as ‘king’ mean that he shares the same view as Niviene on who is the ‘rightful’ king of Dreamland?
They’re the Boys in Blue, come to arrest the evildoers… with an arrow in each heart! “You have the right to remain silent…”
holy **** i was just blown away when i saw the king and queen, my mouth almost hit the floor. wow just wow, awesome.
Brilliant!
Dang. I did NOT see that one coming. (O.o)
“Holy S***” was my first reaction. How the… What… How did you… Where…. GHAAAAA!
For the next chapter, maybe the king and queen of elves will explain how they came to be upon the real world…! 🙂
Anyone have a theory???
I am glad to see king Oberon and queen Titania alive… but indians would suit me more 🙂 You know – centaurs, etc. But I agree the story is full of characters even now, no place for other heros…
WHAT THE ***?! O.O
*snort*
So…somehow they know that Daniel is King of Dreamland? How did they get the news if they have been captives? I wouldn’t think they’d be told by their captors, even if they knew that Nicodemus had been killed….
I had a strong feeling it would be them last Friday. The arrow head was too refined to be of human origin and it looked elven which told me the firer was elven. Also it seemed like the perfectly ironic plot direction for Nastajia’s parents to be in the human world when she and Alex are off to go rescue them from Lord Abaddon in the Nightmare Realm………which tells me that it is going to be those two that are the ones going to be in need of rescue methinks.
The questions I have is how did Oberon and Titania find their way to Earth and because doors open both ways does this mean Daniel can now go to Dreamland?
KLN
So now the next thing that Dan can do is to wake up Alex and tell him to quit the journey to the Nightmare Realm!
I was thinking about this and believe that they went into the nightmare realm right after they stole the portal from The Guardians. When they caught up to the culprits, perhaps the nightmare realm had already gotten the portal up and running to our realm. This meant that the only way to prevent all of the nightmare realm and maybe even Nicodemus himself from coming to our realm was to destroy one of the portals. Maybe they had to go through the portal and destroy the gate on our side to prevent this and have been stuck here ever since.
Anyone that is just a guess. 🙂
I considered it back in the author flashback chapter when the nightmarians went after him.
Ahh wow! What a cliff hanger! Even more so then when they had Dang hanging over a cliff!
Okay, I get that there on earth and all that, but how in the world do they know that Daniel and Co. know Nastajia? I mean, the only met ONCE albeit recently. Were the two of them spying on them that entire time?
Well played sir, well played.
Son of a gun, it IS Oberon and Titania! The story how they got to Earth and how they’ve been surviving here with those ears letting everyone know they’re not from around here should be a WOW! Also how they’re so up on details.
You can really tell Nastajia is Titania’s mother in his scene, there faces are so similar. Often her expression seems more severe…
Maybe those in the Nightmare Realm know more abou this than we think. Otherwise, why would they be stalking Dan and Nicole? Perhaps the King and Queen heard it from them?
Congrats to all who called it. 😀
Great, now I am going to have to go back and read the chapter. (Not that that is a problem or anything.)
They look so cool!
Alex and Nas are heading into the Nightmare Realm to find her parents and destroy the Portal. They don’t know Oberon and Titania are – somehow – on Earth, or that the Portal is apparently functional. And keep in mind, there will be no way to tell them that until Alex wakes up. THAT’S going to be a shock to him! 🙂
1. Oh SNAP.
2. I would change or throw out the “we are Nastajia’s parents” line. It feels as if they’re here to complain about Alex teaching their baby daughter dirty words.
Okay. Didn’t see that one coming.
That’s a damn good guess in my book.
Also, this was awesomely done Scott. Now THAT is a man that looks like a king! O_O
I love it when stories completely surprise me, superb as always.
BWAH! Ok, that was a total surprise.
NO WAY.
Not to mention that when Alex wakes up, he leaves Nastajia alone in the Nightmare Realm. That’s a bummer!
Be sure to let us know when that fanfic is completed.
Woah! And I always thought that Titania was Nastajia’s mother… 😛
I am not certain, but I think they did know Alex had a brother who could not come into Dreamland? But I can’t remember if there was any hint of them knowing Dan is the King?
asdfghjkl. Yes, yes, yes, yes! asdfghjkl, I can’t even, oh my gosh so excite.
Love reading your reactions. Thank you all!
I’ll explain more in the next chapter. But here’s a quick breakdown….
1) Back during Ramses II… ambassadors from BOTH sides went through the portal. Dreamlanders coming here. And Humans going there.
http://thedreamlandchronicles.com/2012/05/02/page-1497/
This is how the Egyptians were stranded. And how werewolves, vampires, Yeti, and other beasts were stranded here (who attacked Dan and Nicole).
2) Ramses II had the EGYPTIAN portal destroyed to SAVE Earth.
http://thedreamlandchronicles.com/2012/05/04/page-1499/
Stranding his own Grandson and the rest of his people who were visiting Dreamland
Without BOTH portals… the gates won’t work.
3) Abaddon needed the Guardian’s portal to reverse engineer one on Earth.
http://thedreamlandchronicles.com/2012/08/15/page-1552/
4) Nastajia’s parents went 2 years ago to stop them. And were never seen again.
What happened (without giving too much away) is that they either were captured…and escaped when the portal was finished. Or they hid until it was.
Either way… they made it through (presumably to Egypt) where they either fought off the hordes and destroyed the portal again… or fled to America to find Alexander and Daniel.
Of course… we’ll know more in the next chapter.
The ramifications are, though, that the portal NOW WORKS. And that there is WAR coming to Earth.
I will. I will. Got page 1 of the follow-up of Nicole’s shopping spree already hammered-out. (thnx for the encouragement 🙂 )
The last we knew… they were headed to the nightmare realm to get back the dreamland side portal…. if that portal is now operational, that brings up a lot of questions…
1) who activated it on the other side?
2) how did the king and queen get through it?
3) are the nightmare creatures gathering an army again?
if question 3 is a yes, then 4) did the king and queen disable the portal on this side again, to keep them out? (and thus trap themselves here).
LOL Was thinking the same thing, but never could have voiced it so eloquently
Sooo.. That means that our little cat-girl can get to earth too.. Ay… As I surmised in my little flight of fancy, the remnifications of a cat-Girl in 21st century US of A couldbe far-reaching. Let’s just hope she happens to be close to ComiCon, or something. She won’t be too conspicuous there. (and maybe, just maybe, I am going to see Felicity rendered with my ideas of practical clothing to stay inconspicuous…. 🙂 🙂 :p )
And Nightmare-realm thingies in real-world?? Ooh the glorious chaos that will give.
And for further story-hints, Scott, please, I knów You are exited for the next chapter, no doubt there, but do nót divulge too much.
We lóve our little discussions and speculations.. 🙂
“…that there is a WAR coming to Earth.”
You teasing us with this is like the presents under the Christmas tree that you can’t open until Christmas morning.
And ditto to Jay-Em re: divulging and story-hints. But then again, the anticipation, the titulation, and the speculation incited add to the exhilaration.
This is an example of exactly why I enjoy The Dreamland Chronicles. Too often I can anticipate how a story is going to progress, and I’m not often surprised. You manage to do this fairly often. Please keep up the good work.
Holy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don’t even want them to be hidden til Dan can say something. I just want them to be stood there to be first thing Alex sees when he wakes up. How would he react to that one?
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE **pant pant** EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE….
Oh snap! Stuck on the material plane err non dream realm! Well played.
Thank you.
The TOUGHEST part about plot twists is… giving hints throughout the story. Laying the groundwork for later revelations WITHOUT it being so obvious that readers can figure it out too far in advance.
If I don’t do that. Lay out some hints and groundwork. It becomes “OUT OF THE BLUE” where it makes no sense.
I’m happy it’s worked from time to time…but don’t know how many more of these twists I have left.
🙂
I called that one! But I still love that reveal! This is so brilliant!
My thoughts exactly! 😀
Yay! Sword of Kings no longer required to get to Dreamland! ‘Course…you just have to get through the Nightmare Realm.
Or Nastaja moves to Earth with Alex, and Daniel takes up kingship. But then our other friends lose out… unless they come to earth too!!!
They spent the last X years kicking around the country doing faithful but confusing productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Easy peasy.
Ok, that was worth waiting the weekend for. 🙂
OH YEAH! I called it!!!! 😀
I’m so loving this even more than I’ve loved it all along. Yay for Staj’s parents! Boo that war is coming to Earth from the nightmare realm. Can’t wait for more of the story. Scott, you are truly a masterful storyteller.
Oooh. I did not see that coming.
Heh… instant slap-stick. I can just see it:
King Oberon: So, you’re this Alex then, the boy that’s been kissing my Princess?
Alex: (freshly woken up) … Yes, Sir… but only in my dreams…. Erm.. Wait, that didn’t
come out right…
Severe beating with plastic Excalibur ensues.
Eli…
*jaw drops* How? When?
Saw it coming, didn’t make it less awesome.
I’m betting they heard the previous sentences of conversation about his kingship.
Well…those two were not on my list in the slightest.
Problem solved! Defeat Nightmare Realm, keep the portals. Dan becomes king while Alex still gets to visit his girl. Ta-da. Happy ending!
me too
oh i can see that. HEY! call the army! there’s a giant moving rock attacking the town!!!!!
Dan becomes king, and makes Alex his Earl Marshal, residing in Dreamland?
Or the elves among the orcs?
Twist? He cannot wake up. Alex slips into a coma and doesn’t know that Nastajia’s parents are on Earth. He and Nastajia proceed to defeat Abaddon and his Nightmare Realm denizens, are ready to destroy the portal, which would seal Nastajia’s parents’ fate (they’d stay on Earth), and he would be separated from Nastajia (since she wouldn’t be able to come to Earth), but at the very last second he wakes up, learns the plot, goes to sleep, stops Nastajia from destroying the portal, she moves to Earth, Daniel becomes King of Dreamland and everyone lives happily ever after.
Doesn’t make the story any less awesome or enjoyable!
Shoulda seen this one coming. Herp derp. Nice plot twist. Well done, Scott.
Whoops, slight mistake there. I plead dyslexia! I don’t have it, but I plead it anyway!!
The King and Queen have met Alex before, when he was a child and Nas’ playmate. They might be impressed with how well he’s grown up, and what he’s done; but that might not stand in the way of a beating, if they feel it’s needed. 🙂
Far more ominous, Oberon might insist on having the “What are your INTENTIONS regarding my daughter?!?” talk with Alex. Nothing like that to turn a young man’s chitlins to ice water. O_O
It has been my experience in the past, that whenever someone says, as a “solution” to some problem or other, “All you have to do is…” it never is as easy as it sounds…
It works, as far as I’m concerned. Alex has spoken enough about Nastajia that Dan knew who she was, so apart from the surprise at her actual looks, he had a good idea of who she was when he saw her through the pool (and she was with Alex, at the time). On the other hand, Dan, never having seen Nastajia’s parents before, might not make the connection by hearing the names only. (I am guessing that Nastajia’s name came up more often in off-camera conversations with Dan than Titania and Oberon…)
ditto
nope, I definitely didn’t see that coming. Jaw hit the floor. Bravo.
*Squeee!*
I seem to recall that they were very interested in Alex’s twin way back when Alex was a kid. It’s not surprising that they have this figured out.
Scott I must say you’ve done it again. Masterful work and I know I don’t always write on here (when I do it is mostly as Ruean) but that does not mean I do not think you are doing a wonderful job. Keep up the good work and a cannot wait for the next chapter!!
MINDF*CK! how the heck did they get in the human world?!?!
I JUST HAD TO COMMENT
MIND BLOWN!!!
Wow! Amazing story!!! This get me tinking…
1. War against Nightmare relm must be on two places, dreamland and earth. Epic!
2. Arrows works fine, how about machineguns?
3. There are already travelers betwen this two worlds. How will the future look like after god guys viktory: A total open travel betwen worlds or total portal lock up?
And once he sees them, can you imagine his frustration? Wanting to tell Nastajia right away but not being able to fall asleep because he’s so excited? =)
Possibly because Alex kept on talking about his brother to the king and queen of elves and maybe mentioned that he told his brother everything he dremt. As to how they knew Dan was king, it’s not like Niviene can look through any body of water on Earth………
In my jackassery on the previous page, I did call your first point, Scott. As far as a war coming, I say bring it!! Did you say that the next chapter would be the last or that you were planning for two or three more? I don’t remember.
Hopefully I’ll be able to stalk, er, see you at GMX (if you’re going)
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Yay!! Keep voting everyone!!
SOOOO glad that people who participated in the Kickstarter drive got to download the completed book before the big reveal! O_O I would have died to miss this thing, and I didn’t have internets after Sunday (at work checking this now, and was off work yesterday).
This is a huge surprise, though I halfway remember someone (or a few someones) speculating about Oberon and Titania being in the waking world somehow not too terribly long ago. They deserve a big cookie for that guess! 😀
Can hardly wait until the next chapter begins!!!
I’m currently backing up Chapters 17 and 18 onto hard drives for safety. Then DVDs (for extra safety).
I have a few other things I have to get done before I begin writing Chapter 19.
Just a warning. It may be a bit until we see the next chapter.
I have 2 video game projects, 2 novels, another graphic novel, and an animated series I’m currently working on.
This is fantastic for me as it means MORE DREAMLAND in our future (I’ll have enough money to finish the series).
But it DOES mean that I need a small break.
Tomorrow (Wednesday) Phil will be livestreaming the implementing of the new website. I’ll post more when he has a link.
THen, I’ll post some behind the scenes art and such to keep you occupied until I have a better handle on the exact date we’ll jump into Chapter 19.
For those that have asked… There will be 2 more books (4 more chapters) left in the series.
So, there’s 2 more years of Dreamland.
Thanks for being a part of the adventure.
Scott
Maybe I am the only one who might think this is too good to be true. They just suddenly show up to save their bacon? Quite a coincidence. Perhaps they are Nightmare spies sent to gain their trust. Altbough, I guess excalibur would glow if that were the case.
As happy as I am about the successful conclusion to the story of Dreamland, I am already dreading the day when a small void appears in my life when the story is finished.
Thanks for your dedication as an author and artist to bring this story to all of your dedicated readers. May it become a classic children’s tale told for years to come.
When they weren’t at Anime Cons or putting on plays, they took a page out of Spock’s book and wore beanies to hide their ears
oooh, the revelation. ^^
As for time: Take as long as you need. Take a reset, some swigs of beer and go out having some fun with yer kids. ^^
Of course it won’t be easy! Easy is boring, there is no adventure in having something be handed to you!
If everything was easy, Frodo would have rode one of those giant eagles to the volcano with the ring instead of walked there with Sam and Smeagle/Golum. =P
I know what you mean man. And to be quite honest, out of any movie, book, or story I’ve ever read or seen, your hinting and plots twists are the best! Or at least very near so. I can’t recall better, more enjoyable surprising ones. You’re at least one of the best. 😀 Keep up the good work! And Thanks! 🙂
Yes.
The eagles were never taxi service in the first place. And Gandalf had run our of favors to ask them.
I think if you wanted to you could make more. Like a sequel series of books. Buy hey I’m not complaining! Awesome! Two More Books! Can’t wait Scott. Can’t wait. Wait, yes I can, because I’m dedicated! I guess it does take a lot of patience to follow a webcomic, but this one is so worth it! Thanks for the epic Adventure man! Have you considered making this a regular no (or almost no) picture novel? I think I’d do well, maybe for people who think they’re to good to read a novel with pictures on every page. lol idk. What else are you working on exactly?
Tho both the guys have swords, I want to see one of them using/holding a pistol epically! I don’t know why but that would be so epic! “Don’t come here again, BAM!” Swords are cool too tho.
I think they’re responsible for Alex getting the sword necklace… they put it in the box Alex got from his Mom http://thedreamlandchronicles.com/2006/02/06/page-29/
A war? Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh, ARE YOU SERIOUS? This is going to be EPIC, holy duck with a typewriter, that’s amazing. Oh my gosh, oh my gosh. I can’t wait 🙂
So Books 7 and 8 will be just 2 chapters each? Or did you mean 6 chapters left? I’m hoping for the latter, more Dreamland = Better!
Also, I can’t wait for my Paddington Plush to arrive 🙂
Oh and… I forgot… he IS holding Excalibur! Heh.
Did I miss where we were told when the strip would continue?
I commented 4 posts above you.
Probably. Remember…Oberon and Titania got to the waking world (in a roundabout way) due to their curiosity about the true history of Dreamland. By now, they are well aware of the fate of Arthur, and with that knowledge they likely put two and two together regarding why Daniel was never able to enter Dreamland when he and Alex were kids. *shrugs*
You have to remember though…”Rightful King of Dreamland” doesn’t necessarily mean “Alex should leave Dreamland now so you can take the throne” (which is obviously Niviene’s stance since she’s so black/white about things). Oberon could simply be acknowledging that Dan was born to be the King of Dreamland…even if he wasn’t able to actually fulfill that role.
And they were going around Dreamland finding and reading the ancient tablets that explained the truth about Dreamland’s history…one of the tablets we never got to read may have explained a bit about the laws of succession…maybe? 🙂
Or if Alex did mention her parents, he probably just called them either “the king and queen of the elves” or “Nastajia’s parents.” 🙂 Goodness knows that my parents were rarely known by their names among my circle of friends. They were either “Julie’s Mom and Dad” or just “Mom and Dad” (for the friends who were close like family). 🙂
Hmmm…you mean they’re responsible for him getting the necklace back? That’s certainly an interesting theory…though it involves a level of “breaking and entering” that I can’t picture Oberon and Titania stooping to (yes, they broke into Nic’s palace…but he was crooked, and they were in search of information that proved it…Alex and Dan’s family aren’t crooked, so it would be an invasion for them to break in…or at least that’s how I feel. 🙂 )
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Welp safe to say (I hope at least and there will be absolutly NO plot twists to this what so ever) we know it entirely possible to currently go back and forth guess we don’t have to worry about Staj and Alex never ever seeing each other again.
Just noticed. The elf king is looking pretty fit. Just thought I’d mention it. (whatever)
sooooooo called it!!!!
Still, letting them help save the world might have been a good inducement–except that flying a giant eagle or three into Mordor might just have attracted Sauron’s attention. So easy is not always good enough.
OMG, just awesome. Gave me goosebumps. I just assumed Nic had them stashed somewhere. That’ll teach me to assume somthing.
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It will be an Indiana Jones scene. Guy walks up to him flashing swords or nunchuchs or something and Daniel says, “Heck with that!” Pulls out a six-shooter and blam.
Has anyone else noticed how rather stealthy (and dark) those cloaks are? They could be a product of elf magic. Or as somebody else postulated, I think, these could be nightmare realm phonies. As for myself I think they’re the real deal and also not there by coincidence. My speculation is that they’ve been aware of at least some of the goings on and playing out a long-view strategy to bring down Abaddon and secure the safety of both Dreamland and the waking world. Looking forward to it all at any rate. This is a great story arc!
My initial reaction: “Oh, you’ve got to be kidding me…”
Second thought: “How long have they been there?? On Earth, I mean…”
If they could make it into the waking world, that means Nastajia can too. So when Dan assumes the throne after this, Alex and Nastajia can still be together. 😀
agree with eric the gray…VERY well done, scott!
I would love that so much if they could be together i always wondered how that would work…..
My guess is the portal is finished, and they managed to escape after years of hiding. Makes you think though why they went to the nightmare realm by themselves. I wonder if they got what they were looking for. Who knows, maybe they even got through as Nicodemus gave a victory speech or a victory scream, yes, he could still be alive. Let’s just wait to see what happens next though and how this is all explained. I have fan reading the story, and even more fun waiting to figure out an explanation.
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Just thought you should know there’s an ad popping up over the comic. I turned off my ad-block for you but I can’t stand those popup ads. Any chance you can squash it? I tried getting a screen shot but it disappeared before I could.
I KNEW IT!
I think the octave of the “What?!” that I uttered when I saw this page broke all of the mirrors and glass panes in the apartment. I didn’t see this coming at all. But then… Oh, what about those that fly into the nightmare realm even now, as they speak? This isn’t good. This is not good at all.
I’m so sorry.
If you see it again. Get any information. I’ll squash it real quick.
OoO
Yeah epic! Maybe near the end a 9 mil shoots the last one in the rain. “And don’t come back!” 😀
Maybe they’ve been watching over Dan and Alex all this time?
I SO CALLED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can you say, “fellbeasts”?
2 Chapters each. I’m only doing 22 chapters now. NOt 24.
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I’m loving every part of the story so far, and I love the direction it’s heading in. One question I have however, is why has it been only the residents of Dreamland who kill? Here we have the King and Queen of the Elves fending off Nightmare creatures; Nastajia stabbed and [supposedly] killed Nicodemus; and before that, Nastajia also killed that Pirate Captain.
I’m just trying to understand whether their innocence is trying to be preserved or perhaps if there is another reason for this.
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Um, the wrong page seems to be showing on the main page right now. What happened?
…What the heck? Things got weird on the site.
Sorry about that, things will be weird for a few days. I am migrating the site to Comic Easel and giving it a new design. There are some issues with migrating and getting them worked out.
– Phil
“They might be impressed with how well he’s grown up, and what he’s done;”
Eeeeeh, I don’t think so.
Will Aelx be able to return to Dreamland after Daniel take his throne?
“This can only end in tears!”
Okay fellow readers…it’s time to get moving! Let’s all perform our comic duty and vote!! (I figured that if civic duty is for politics, then comic duty would be form webcomics…made sense to me :P)
As of my vote this morning, we’re only 10 votes behind the comic in spot #10! Remember, we only get a banner add on TWC if we’re in the top 10. The way I see it, if we can get the kind of voting activity we saw towards the end of October (where I saw 300+ votes in one day), we’ll not only cath #10, but pass a few other comics as well! Let’s do this!!
I’m pretty sure Alex dispatched some reptilian guards when they were rescuing Kiwi back in Chapter 5. Alex also delivered the killing blow on the Kraken, though he would have had like 3 assists on that one. And then the giant cyclopes in the first chapter… So it’s pretty much Dreamlanders plus Alex, but then again, we’ve seen a lot more Dreamlanders than humans of Earth. Plus, until now, we haven’t had anything on Earth that would be considered a killable threat.
Ok, Julie, do as you want, thou you ain gonna get me into that kinda stuff.
@Phil: Oh the joys of debug sessions darker than night. I do know them well. 😉 Good luck with all the migration stuff – there ‘s always something tricky hidden in the depths of it.
#9: 950
#10: 912 <= us
#11: 909
In Top Ten, but a few votes can tip the scales. Keep voting, fellow Readers!
Hehehe!!!!
Or, they form a quadrarchy where the two and their future wives are all equal rulers. Ya know, like Narnia or even My Little Pony, though the latter’s Equestria is actually a diarchy.
Maybe Dana Simpson (writer of Heavenly Nostrils) loaned them her “shield of boringness”
I had it happen to me. Here’s a screenshot. It disappeared right after I did the screenshot, so I don’t have any more information. http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/580/badad.jpg
Also, it moves if you scroll so it’s in the same position on your screen no matter where you are.
What’s wrong with wanting to see The Dreamland Chronicles make it into (and stay in) the top 10 at TWC? 🙂 Besides, if we’re in the top 10, Scott’s banner ad gets displayed. Free advertising for Scott is a good thing, right? It’s a win-win! 🙂
I’m only campaigning for this because we’re awful about voting during the chapter breaks (and since I hate politics, it’s only fair that I get excited about some kind of voting)…and here’s the evidence: We’re sitting in 11th place right now. We rarely put up this poor of a showing in our votes.
I actually really dislike the mermaid chick. And not because I haven’t been trying to give her a chance. What makes her sure that Alex is not a good King? Daniel isn’t interested, and yet she’s still harping on it. She just repeats and repeats the same thing, she hasn’t given any real good reason yet. Is she a goddess at this point that she is able to give such decrees over the fate of so many? From what I’ve seen, she’s no Aslan, she pretty much failed in almost everything. And she’s hiding instead of helping. Alex has proven that, while he’s still a little woozy in the head, he is up to such a task. Having Daniel be King would mean that Alex would never see the princess again. I think the mermaid is just jealous.
#10: 1,849
#12: 1,761 <= us
Out of Top Ten and sinking. Vote, fellow Readers!
It’s not that Niviene doesn’t think Alex would make a good king. It’s that he’s not the rightful king. As Scott has verified for us, Niviene is a very black&white, “this is the way it’s supposed to be because that’s the law and how it’s done” kind of person. She doesn’t see the gray areas of “This isn’t a good time to try and change things up” or “Just because Dan is rightful king doesn’t mean he’ll want the job.” She just sees “rightful king is not on throne…must fix.” 🙂 I like her for being so darn different than everyone else.
I think this is the longest we’ve ever gone without guest art or behind the scenes stuff to tide us through to the next chapter. 🙁
the parents!
I saw it tonight, too. I will try to see if I can capture it, since it still seems to be popping up.
I know. I’m sorry. As I mentioned. This may be a while due to all of the projects I have going on.
I really needed a short break.
Also…the next chapter is really the beginning of the end of a 10 year journey. Only 4 more chapters left (2 books). So I have a lot of plot points that need to come together.
A lot of work on the script.
Thanks for your patience.
Oh don’t misunderstand! 🙂 We’re all very understanding of you taking your time considering your situation. It’s just that we’re antsy and don’t handle the whole “patience” thing well. 😛
i second that 🙂 I hope your projects are going well
Me Three!
well, just put any content to show that your website is still alive, like draft of your characters, or whatever… it’s not good to stay endlessly with same page.
Ain no need to apologize, Scott. Take your time. These things are important – and projects require attention. Life needs to be earned, eh?
I’m not interested in bandying about votes and stuff. ‘t is not politics, after all. ^^
#10: 3,001
#11: 2,878 <= us
We're almost there. Almost there. Vote, fellow Readers!
WHOA… completely new look! :O
Frumph puts up some yellow tape around the site 😉 Under Construction banners everywhere. (just imagine it)
– Phil
I prefer the old theme, it as if you try to save some bandwidth by removing background and so on.
.. the site hasn’t been created yet.. this is temporary.
I kinda like this look. At a glance, it’s easier to pass as one of the forums I utilize for work, making it much less apparent that I’m actually reading a webcomic instead of doing something productive.
love the new l;ay out for the website scott!
Thanks all. There’s more to this site than what’s currently showing. Give it a day. Phil is putting all the touches on it.
Dude! Love the new design for the background 🙂 Keep up the good work, Scott!
The map part, in particular, is a really nice touch.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151318260491810&set=a.338500851809.189249.316374741809&type=1&theater
Slap the designer on the back and say ‘Good job’ 😉
It looks really great. You can take some time off, I believe you deserve it. One day I’ll come to a comic book con in the US and I will definitely come say hello or something. I really enjoy your story.
WOW THE BACKGROUND IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the one thing i miss is the big previous/next buttons… now they’re kinda boring… but everything else is awesome!!!
is it possible to get the archive more detailed? instead of selection per chapter a further selection per page would be nice 🙂
AHHHH!! Oh my gosh yay!! Eeeeee!
SO… Ahh! This is awesome!!!
Or joined the local LARP crowd.
Or both.
Oooooooooo! Plot twist! 😉
This is pretty awesome. Can’t wait to see how this turns out.
Uh… how do you flag comments on this site? That one is clearly spam.
Got it. Thanks
This seems like a perfiect time to drop this here:
http://www.dramabutton.com/