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This is the second (and last) page of the impromptu “explanation pages”. I hope they proved informative and not too forced.
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Hmm, I wonder HOW the wraiths can move between worlds to transmit Abaddon’s orders?
Wow… that could be a game changer. I wonder just who (or what) the Dreamland ambassadors stuck on Earth are.
Ladies and gentlemen, introducing the nightmare ambassadors… Give a big hand for the US House of Representatives!
Wow! Dreamland ambassadors on earth or their descendants? Are we going to find out that some of Alex and Dan’s ancestors were from Dreamland? Also, Cheesy1, Niviene? Could she be doing a deal with the devil as it were?
That would make sense! In a weird way… I can’t think of any way that would make me like her…
I think these pages help tremendously, especially this one. You mentioned in the comments earlier about how vampires, bigfoot, etc. were inspired by encounters with Nightmare Realm creatures trapped on Earth since the age of Ramses. Maybe just one more reference in the comic, perhaps later on from Dan, saying this? I just think that’s a really cool way to tie all this together. And addressing what became of the Dreamlanders trapped here as well? (Probably inspired elements of mythology, such as elves and giants, would be my guess.)
Either way, lovin the story!
I can’t finish this page without adding a “, DUH” to the end of his final speech.
I guess they use something like the pouch that Alex used to deliver letters
Surely. Blinded by a millennium of love lost. Easy prey for TNR.
This was good, I was not quite aware that there were NR “ambassadors” left on earth to this day!
If memory serves, the Arthur backstory showed that the Wraiths could “shift” (for want of better word) between realms, which them allowed to spy on Arthur and Merlin. I assume while a normal human wouldn’t be able to see them, Dreamland & Nightmare Realm beings would have no trouble.
I love the “raised eyebrow of duh” there…very nice. While I’d like to see Alex start to step up to the plate mentally sometime, it sure does fit what we know of his character…hehehe.
So,at last, Alex learns of why the wraiths visits his world. Maybe there’ll be some helpful Dreamland denizens to help out Daniel and Nicole???
Wraiths can apparently move through shadows even interdimensionally. Although it’s not clear they have any solidity when they’re here on Earth; if they did, it would have been easy for them to attack Arthur. Or Dan and Alex. Instead, they just seem to be spies…
Woo! Woo! Unexpected but important revelation here!
And I’m impressed the Pharaoh understands ‘reverse engineer’. He’s either pretty quick thinking, or he is somehow keeping up on current trends on Earth…
Wow. That’s surely going to get complicated.
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I bet Kim Jong-il was a nightmare descendant interbred with the Asian population. He looks like a cross between a troll and a Korean.
Seriously though, this is a pretty incredible statement. 4000 years of living amongst humans undetected. Do you think the Wraiths we saw attack Merlin were actually descendants of nightmare realm trapped on Earth but still somehow communicated with Dreamland? That explains the black cat-like creatures we saw a few pages ago spying on Dan. We’ll also probably see Dreamlanders in the waking world helping their new king.
I am a rock… I am an island….
Just glad I had swallowed my coffee before I read that. Otherwise, I would have had to send you a bill for a new keyboard… ;o)
He does kind of have that look on his face, doesn’t he… 🙂
And now we see how long it takes Alex to put 2 and 2 together to realize that Dan may be in danger…
Scott-
Real well handle in a very natural Alex manner. Even gave the Pharaoh a chance to get one of those “just how slow is this guy, is he really the new king” moments.
Now it makes complete sense to me now how the wraiths were able to spy on Dan.
wow, seems brighter here with all the light bulbs turning on! 🙂
I am again hypothesizing/hoping that Nic has been duped by Lord Abaddon as Anakin Skywalker was duped by Palpatine.
Scott: These pages have been excellent. Lights turning on, etc. But I see Alex as not asking dumb questions, but he has learned to ask questions and is asking the right ones.
The last bit to know then is if minions age/die, (apparently Abaddon is an eternity figure as is Nic) and how they communicate beyond Dreamland with the demons on earth.
And Captain Radar: I hope that you are right. That would add an awesome level of excitement to the story.
i think alex is kinda creeped out 😉
i can almost here him laughing as he is talking 🙂
To whom it may concern, I’ve just learnt that the Old English word for “nightmare” was somehow connected with Elves. Yikes.
Let’s see. 3000 years ago Scott’s Elves get trapped in Wakeland. As time passes, German tribes start to tell tales of Elves the demigods, light ones and dark ones. Further on, those Elves of legend gradually become evil demigods, their light counterparts forgotten. Then, early in XX century, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien uses the name for a human-like race, True to the Light Side, speaking his pet invented language(s). Everybody promptly forgets the old legends (save for the pointed ears) and since middle XX century Elves are modelled after JRRT’s ones (save for the pointed ears.) S. C. Sava, following the trend, creates good-natured human-like Elves that got captured, together with some pretty nasty guys, in Wakeland 3000 years ago, thus causing the legends about Dark and Light Elves to circulate among early German tribes…
Man, me head am gonna ‘xplode. 🙂
It is a total suprise to me that NR creatures were trapped on Earth. I didn’t even think of that. So I kinda think the Pharoah’s expression and “Of course” are a bit arrogant. Alex hasn’t lived the history that the Pharoah has; we wouldn’t leap to his natural assumptions. I don’t see this as an Alex “dumb” moment. He’s moving past those. 🙂
I don’t think Niviene will turn out to be a bad guy. I hope not. She gave up everything she loved for the benefit of Dreamland. I think she loves Dreamland most of all and would sacrifice anything to keep it safe.
If I recall correctly, they did manage to attack Merlin directly….
I think this would be a good time for Alex to wake up and warn Daniel and Nicole ASAP. Definitely got to be one of the first things he tells them – let’s see if Daniel connects that with his sword lighting up…
If you want to combine technology with magic, one simple way would be to hang a photocell on the sword connected to an alarm. That way, the next time it starts glowing, they’d get a warning even if they weren’t looking at the sword at the time…
I bet there’s an app for that. 😉
too funny
OK Now I wish to now the Physical different betwen Earth and Dreamland.
How cold Elfs life on earth and how could a human Fly in dreamland?
Thank you all. So glad this didn’t come across in a cumbersome or forced way.
I’m re-rendering one shot from Thursday’s page.
Didn’t like the lighting once it came out.
It’ll be up in the morning after I take the boys to school. Promise.