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3-34 Such Power

Friday, February 15th, 2008

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17 Responses to “3-34 Such Power”

Charles Says:
February 15th, 2008 at 2:25 am
Oh yeah! Fire and brimstone – that’s gonna leave a mark! And Ignatius’ expression is the best frame.

Rex is a bit off in judgment here. I smell a game of “let’s make a deal.” Will Marcus and the Masked Menace feed off each other? (That would be just too nasty!)

You got the Lord of Darkness, the victim, literally one of Hell’s angels, and the evil queen of biker chicks all in front of a fleur-de-lis (stylized floral/trinitarian symbol) in such a contrast, with Ignatius and Marcus, who are more tortured and evil by flaw than by original design.

You wonder what sort of possible redemption has been unlocked via Leon for these two? Someone’s gotta die to save the others, don’t they? And how will Leon himself be redeemed and resolve the troubled history of Lilith, the Maintainer, and Rex?

Man, it just doesn’t get better than this.

Stay well, for yours and all our sakes.
Nick Says:
February 15th, 2008 at 2:54 am
Tara is soooo out of her depth here…
Damien Walker Says:
February 15th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
I’ve been waiting for this comic to update, sw33t. How often do you guys update, I’m only a recent reader.
Oh, and where does the word “crodonas” come from? Just curious.

This comic is awesome, I know it’s been said before, but I repeat. Awesome.
Timo Says:
February 15th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
If I have understood correctly Lilith is one of the most powerful beings in all of those realms (even Azriel, the judgement Archon feared her) and Maintainer, her husband, is another of same sort. God of some kind. Ignatius is their child as is Marcus. Those two have inherited power of both. And while Ignatius is controlling Marcus, I have a feeling that he is the more powerful of the two.

This “Dark Lord” is going to have problems with them.
Z Says:
February 15th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Seems that Ignatius’s power is somehow related to this world…
Daven Says:
February 16th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Ouch!! I hope Argadden realises the import of getting the bases covered before taking on big casters now!
nerdpride Says:
February 16th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
“Crondonas” doesn’t give any results in a google search.

It doesn’t look like fire and brimstone to me, more like warping reality. Although there is resemblance to a Meteor Swarm. I wonder what language it is? Maybe it’s just gibberish, or something made-up.

Also, it doesn’t look like his hand hurts, but could it be damaged too? Dark magic could be tricky like that.
Jason Says:
February 16th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
…Is it just me, or does the hilt on Argaddon’s sword flip between frames 1 and 2?
Brave Sir Robin Says:
February 17th, 2008 at 3:48 am
If you divide Crondonas into two words “cron” and “donas” it may translate into:”harm the devil”.
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/translation/Gaelic/cron
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/translation/Gaelic/donas
Ojomax Says:
February 17th, 2008 at 4:33 am
Is it just me or do Craig and J.D. go to a lot of trouble to never show all five of Ignatius’ right hand fingers clearly at the same time?

Still, even though it seems that the weird attack comes from that hand, I doubt he’s wearing The Ring ‘Crondonas’ (+2) there – he has some other, inexplicable reason to always keep his hand of power strangely posited… If I’m wrong and it’s just coincidental, please make that clear by drawing him with an open hand in the next strip. 😉

Any guesses for the purpose of the staff Ignatius has? Perhaps a Staff of Teleportation, given he likes to live 🙂
Cardinal Rob Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 6:14 am
Crondonas?

The only words of power are “Klaatu barada nikto”
Cardinal Rob Says:
February 19th, 2008 at 1:05 am
Rex either has big hands or Tara has skinny upper arms. He easily gets his hand around her arm in frame 1
Charles Says:
February 20th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Well, if not fire and brimstone, maybe it’s something like the deadly hail in Joshua 10. Whatever it is, it seems to have mass, considerable motion, and the capacity to stun or kill.

If crondonas is Indo-European, which it likely is, since it doesn’t map well to a Semitic root, the cron- could derive by mutation from the root sker- or ker- meaning to cut. the -donas is actually a Latin verb form based off the word “to give, present” etc.

I doubt Ignatius needs a ring (Leon has none) although he does not glow pinkish-purple either. He’s almost got a devil/longhorn thing going there with the forefinger and pinky; clearly a magical gesture that focuses the power activated by the word. Since Ignatius was a sorcerer that got to be a drowned king, he clearly had to have the moves.

By the way, the few kings in Europe to have drowned include the Viking Magnus in 1184, and Ludwig of Bavaria in 1886. Friedrich Barbarossa drowned during the Crusades. There is also the Welsh king Donyarth in 872.

More significant is the drowned king of Naples in Shakespeare’s The Tempest, who brings about a great reconciliation.

And maybe this all workes like ToME, where the skillz system works AFAICR based on practice…

And hands are a real pain to draw. Noses, too. You go, Craig and J.D.!
Sailorleo Says:
February 21st, 2008 at 1:29 am
Actually, ToME does not work off of practice, but there are plenty of variants that did (CthAngband, for one; SAngband partially does as well).
Craig Says:
February 23rd, 2008 at 3:03 am
Damien: We update about once a week, usually on Fridays.

Brave Sir Robin: Well done, “Crondonas” is indeed Gaelic in origin.

Charles: Thanks – as always – for your insightful commentary on our story. We always look forward to your posts.

Ojomax: Sometimes a hand is just a hand. 🙂
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