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Howdy, New Readers! Thanks for reading Exiern!
Written by Scott T. Hicken with art by Antipus, the comic updates Thursdays. Please check out the Archive to enjoy the earlier adventures of Typh and Peonie!
Exiern contains mature themes and is best for readers 18+.
… Typh’s planning to gender-bend Corriander isn’t she? By the laws, HE wrote, he’s going to be silenced, imprisoned, maybe tortured and then executed, right?
@Uhl: That would be one heck of a inversion and “hoisted by your own petard”.
And Olivia:
Mostly it is the nervous system reacting to lasting pain, plus some compression caused by the blade.
The sudden change is something the nervous system has to adopt too.
Well a sharp blade hurt less why? I have a couple of theories which none has a proof so leave it at that at the moment. Secondly while blade was pressed in the wound it was also stopping most of the blood flow once it is pulled back not only it might widen the wound but also let the blood flow freely from wound.
What typh figured out probably not cursing Coriander since i doubt she knows how her curse works (heck a whole flock of spellsingers couldn’t understand until it was too late) Besides Teressa can be used as an excuse to get out of situation even if Coriander turns to female the guy stops nothing to achieve his goal so far.
I think what Typh will try to do is more of a challenge to Coriander or she might resign from her position as princess guard and say that she represents northern tribes and in her presence Coriander should answer for his crime unless they want a war.
Technically, she’s now wielding the magic blade which literally cannot fail her. If the blade itself determines that Coriander’s death is the best way to handle it, he’s going to be a head shorter. Otherwise he might end up genderswapped, or with his clothes removed to reveal an incriminating tattoo, or whatever… but that is literally the most valuable sword imaginable. I’d LOVE to have that in an RPG campaign. “+5 sword of sense: GM is required to fudge rolls and bend rules to ensure best possible outcome, regardless of wielder’s suicidal stupidity.”
(Ranks up there with Shadowrun’s “Common Sense” quality. It requires the GM to ask you “are you sure?” before doing something he knows will get you killed but that you didn’t realize was a bad idea before he asked)
I’m going to hope that that Typh really does have this figured out, unlike the silly person who volunteered to have an orb. That worked out through sheer plot luck.
I think Mc baddie is about to see the world from whole different point of view. A female point of view. A fitting punishment for a man of his character.
Also someone should sew up that wound on Olivia ASAP.
I believe “enjoy your kingdom Thomas because i am going to come back and purge it” is a open threat to the Queen and the alliance. That more than justifies what ever Tiff decides to do from a legal stand point. The king will agree after he get’s his footing again. “His plan went to s!!t in a hand basket”
I dont think Typh is going to try curse Corainder. Why? Simple it is not a curse. So far everyone typh changed (typh included) had some sort of identity crisis with their gender anyway. Yes the priests in the ritual where Thomas was part of may not had similar identity crisis but i think thomas’ crisis extended to them as a result.
Second reason is the change always happened without typh consent so she does not have control voer who she is going to curse or not otherwise Denver wold be a female dragon by now not to mention the wizard who was responsible for this change in the first place.
Hello, Kudos on this whole sequence. It generates a wierd sequence. Maybe the hero of this story is not Tiff but the sword because the story follows the sword. We forgot Tiff for a sec there.
kstormgemini: Remember, logic literally has no place in the issue of Olivia’s circulatory system. Trying to make sense of it is like trying to make sense of a stable time loop in pretty much any form of time-travel. Trying to work it out will just make your head hurt.
My money’s on Alicia lending a hand with this, since she’s the only one who doesn’t have to be diplomatic.
Though, Typh gutting Coriander because of his threat or just northern barbariansim is possible as well, I just don’t think that’ll happen. Typh has learned that much about diplomacy.
@Uhl
If Coriander is to be magically transformed it should be a bit nastier than that, he should get away to the midst of his “fellow travellers” and then be transformed to the apparent age and gender of their victim of choice.
Little teeny pieces.
She’s gonna make him into hundreds of teeny tiny pieces.
A slightly less glam version of the Utena sword draw…
… Typh’s planning to gender-bend Corriander isn’t she? By the laws, HE wrote, he’s going to be silenced, imprisoned, maybe tortured and then executed, right?
Poor Oliva
Step one. Now comes Step two.
@Uhl: That would be one heck of a inversion and “hoisted by your own petard”.
And Olivia:
Mostly it is the nervous system reacting to lasting pain, plus some compression caused by the blade.
The sudden change is something the nervous system has to adopt too.
Well a sharp blade hurt less why? I have a couple of theories which none has a proof so leave it at that at the moment. Secondly while blade was pressed in the wound it was also stopping most of the blood flow once it is pulled back not only it might widen the wound but also let the blood flow freely from wound.
What typh figured out probably not cursing Coriander since i doubt she knows how her curse works (heck a whole flock of spellsingers couldn’t understand until it was too late) Besides Teressa can be used as an excuse to get out of situation even if Coriander turns to female the guy stops nothing to achieve his goal so far.
I think what Typh will try to do is more of a challenge to Coriander or she might resign from her position as princess guard and say that she represents northern tribes and in her presence Coriander should answer for his crime unless they want a war.
Technically, she’s now wielding the magic blade which literally cannot fail her. If the blade itself determines that Coriander’s death is the best way to handle it, he’s going to be a head shorter. Otherwise he might end up genderswapped, or with his clothes removed to reveal an incriminating tattoo, or whatever… but that is literally the most valuable sword imaginable. I’d LOVE to have that in an RPG campaign. “+5 sword of sense: GM is required to fudge rolls and bend rules to ensure best possible outcome, regardless of wielder’s suicidal stupidity.”
(Ranks up there with Shadowrun’s “Common Sense” quality. It requires the GM to ask you “are you sure?” before doing something he knows will get you killed but that you didn’t realize was a bad idea before he asked)
“Sorry, need this, thanks.”
My favorite line in quite some time.
I’m going to hope that that Typh really does have this figured out, unlike the silly person who volunteered to have an orb. That worked out through sheer plot luck.
At least Typh is cleaning the blade.
I think Mc baddie is about to see the world from whole different point of view. A female point of view. A fitting punishment for a man of his character.
Also someone should sew up that wound on Olivia ASAP.
Ah, hopefully we are going to see Typh do what he does best…. cutting through the B**** and getting straight to the point!
I think she going to kill him and say F#CK it.
@Bad Taiming:
I hope that you’re right.
We all figured Typh wass going to solve this, the only question is how.
I’m hoping ‘messily’ but that probably won’t be the case.
“I think I’m going to employ violence.”
She’ll just kill him, its simple he is a traitor
I believe “enjoy your kingdom Thomas because i am going to come back and purge it” is a open threat to the Queen and the alliance. That more than justifies what ever Tiff decides to do from a legal stand point. The king will agree after he get’s his footing again. “His plan went to s!!t in a hand basket”
AGAIN … No one has yet to say it … OUCH!!!
Poor Olivia! But now it should get better for her?
And … you go, Typhan-Knee.
I dont think Typh is going to try curse Corainder. Why? Simple it is not a curse. So far everyone typh changed (typh included) had some sort of identity crisis with their gender anyway. Yes the priests in the ritual where Thomas was part of may not had similar identity crisis but i think thomas’ crisis extended to them as a result.
Second reason is the change always happened without typh consent so she does not have control voer who she is going to curse or not otherwise Denver wold be a female dragon by now not to mention the wizard who was responsible for this change in the first place.
What happened to today’s comic (2/25/16)?
Uhm question nobody’s asked is- How is she even bleeding if her heart’s on a shelf in a closet???
Let the opening of the traditional Can of Whoop-A!s commence.
Hello, Kudos on this whole sequence. It generates a wierd sequence. Maybe the hero of this story is not Tiff but the sword because the story follows the sword. We forgot Tiff for a sec there.
kstormgemini: Remember, logic literally has no place in the issue of Olivia’s circulatory system. Trying to make sense of it is like trying to make sense of a stable time loop in pretty much any form of time-travel. Trying to work it out will just make your head hurt.
She doesn’t have to KILL him kill him, just cut little things off until he promises to be nice!
That or let the scale lady kill him.
My money’s on Alicia lending a hand with this, since she’s the only one who doesn’t have to be diplomatic.
Though, Typh gutting Coriander because of his threat or just northern barbariansim is possible as well, I just don’t think that’ll happen. Typh has learned that much about diplomacy.
@Uhl
If Coriander is to be magically transformed it should be a bit nastier than that, he should get away to the midst of his “fellow travellers” and then be transformed to the apparent age and gender of their victim of choice.