The engram is called survivor.
Sa-nah will do anything to safeguard her own life. It matches her cowardly nature and ensures she has the right instincts as a sled hound. A pack mule safeguarding her life and cargo. It will be a cursed tenacity of humiliation and struggle. It may even make her stronger in the end.
This is what Insight is able to see when the Prisoner is using the Mind Bridge. On the inside there might be trippy visions showcasing the inner thoughts of those taken, but True Sight isn't a spell that allows someone to see inside of the mind. It only allows for interpretations of external phenomena. Which once again underlines that the Prison...
2024-02-09 21:36:45 +0000 UTC View Post
I really like Sa-nah's faces in the 2nd and 4th panel. The extra line delineating the shading is also cute. The sound effects look very nice as well. Overall very happy with this page.
Insight as a person, would hold a certain level of quiet disdain for other people. Where she cannot help but notice how others are not as smart as she is. S...
2024-02-07 19:34:36 +0000 UTC View Post
As mentioned in the character sheet, Sa-nah is Insight's primary aide in her research. Part of her duties included the responsibility for the well-being of their 'lab animals.' She knows very well how to she wants her subjects to act.
In her spare time, she would often watch the cat fights set up by Crusher's crew. Naked women would...
a-nah is heavily humiliated and aroused. Power is the aphrodisiac of choice in the half-elvish society. The most influential are their Divinities. Their culture revolves around placating them as if they were celebrities. Martial prowess is an esteemed path to wealth, prestige, and the attention of the Divinities. Moreover this is an enemy of her...
2024-02-02 20:39:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Druidican's runs a mean D&D campaign and this character belongs to one of his players. Her Eidolon summon stands protectively behind her as he beckons her prey forward. The patrons wisely know not to look at the sexy drow and the very very scary monster standing guard.
SFW, NSFW, and Futa versions have taken the place of the pro...
Sa-nah - the character in question is the healer of the group. She is the Owl with the orb staff. Of all the people here she is the one who stays away from the front lines. Her fear extends to her characterization. She did not speak in the previous pages due to the fear of attracting attention. In this page, she sees bends the knee and accepts h...
2024-01-31 22:15:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Let's talk about the Engrams and the bugs! In psychology, engrams are a unit cognitive information imprinted in the physical substance of the brain. So it's a unit of how memory works. It's a term used for learning and memorization.
Insight views these foreign thoughts as a parasite slowly replacing a person's thoughts. She realizes that ...
Sooo.... you know how fracking is all sorts of terrible and causes gas to seep out into the water reservoirs? Turns out that technology is also good for just creating underground lakes when its not near natural gas or oil fields. New lakes that are heated by earth and are now perfect for thermal energy plants.
So thermal energy plan...
Insight is disassociating here into a safe place within her mind. The Prisoner is flexing by letting her know he is completely aware of what she is doing. He is heavily implying that her current ability to cling to sanity is by his design. And it is true. If he wanted to dispel her magic, he has a mana disrupting shackle in his right hand.
2024-01-24 23:54:03 +0000 UTC View Post
In an earlier lore entry, I mentioned how magic is addictive in this world. How many mages burn themselves out by edging too close to their limits. This explains a vital portion of the Hound process. It explains why when the components are removed the Hound is left empty. Their mana channels frail and damaged. All purpose made and d...
2024-01-22 23:20:24 +0000 UTC View Post
It is really cold lately in this winter. Makes it all the better to stay inside with a plug in room heater and avoid it altogether. More excuses to continue drawing... yes.... The winter chill has been good for the comic. I'm pretty happy with the next few pages. More references, redrawing bad panels dozens of times. Overall more time equates to...
2024-01-19 20:34:13 +0000 UTC View Post
So the difference in True Sight and Astral Projection Insight uses compared to Warden, has to do with a matter of intensity. Warden is able to view mana flows circulating in the body as well as ambient mana in the air. It's even shares the same name. If I were to go back, I would rename it as 'mana sight.' Insight's upgraded version sees into ot...
2024-01-17 23:26:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Insight is tripping. At some point a person knows what they are seeing and thinking are untrustworthy. It doesn't change the fact emotions and events are still occurring. They feel real. In the same way, Insight knows her mind isn't breached. These hallucinations are externally produced by the true sight rune and her mind isn't being forcibly al...
2024-01-12 20:59:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Insight is really feeling the results of her changes! Her true sight comes at a cost and will have implications in the future. One of which is control over her new abilities. Right now, she is at the whims of whatever interpretation of reality comes into her field of vision. And that is not considering what happens when she closes her eyes. Astr...
2024-01-10 20:58:28 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm really under the weather today, but the comic must go on!
Insight is seeing that the Prisoner is partly a cosmic monster entity. She is partially feeling and experiencing the strange the strange truth. He is telling her that he is alien, getting her comfortable with the idea of concepts not of her world.
Take care g...
I made a few changes to these pages instead of moving on. Mainly I wanted to add in the glowing arm which would be visible to Insight. Adding it in the same page where his arm should be visible in one panel versus the other shows would further underline that Insight's new vision is fluctuating and not yet under her control.
A...
Insight's eyes being green with envy is very much a happy accident. Her newfound abilities are definitely not under her control and she is lost almost in vertigo. Definitely in need of a warm blanket and cuddles all around.
I've always had in mind the Prisoner is 7 feet tall. Insight would be around 5'4" or so. In this position she ...
We're back! Kicking off the New Year with another page. Thank you all for waiting during the time off. Played some video games, like The Last Spell. I'm a turn based gamer. I don't like to spend my time getting skilled at games. I rarely take breaks and it's been great! But I have to admit, I spent most of it writing and drawing the comic to cat...
2024-01-03 20:37:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Hope you are proper smashed this morning.
As always with the start of each month, we have the mega links below. I've included the commission for Ulysses just finished yesterday. His character, Blondie, is a pure Biomod making his rounds through the boys and girls in a unisex club bathroom in South African. He's an interesting character.&n...
In Star Wars, there are holovids of Twi'leks just dancing on display. Small motes of light being a facsimile of life. That's probably a rich shut in who collects those. Hell, I want to collect them.
Here's the next best thing with Warden in her personalized ornament for Christmas. Cheers everyone. I hope all will be well with you and your...
We end the year with a two page spread. [Besides the holiday image I'm currently working on.] This one has been a blast to draw and I think it's one of the best pages I've ever done. Hope you guys get a kick out of it.
Insight correctly interprets the one eyed dragon the Prisoner really embodies. His entire body is blue, bursting wi...
Violence - the loop in Crusher's mind where she places her values on. 'Take away all the bullshit, all the lies we tell ourselves, and what really holds it all together is violence.' Crusher would say and believe in this. The Prisoner saw this and reinforces her initial beliefs. After all, not only is he stronger, he can enhance her own strength...
2023-12-18 21:07:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Crusher's war hound changes are olfactory. She is able to sense that Insight is starting to smell like part of her pack. Like something akin to a valued resource, igniting feelings of possession and lust.
Doing color is difficult! There will be a small adjustment period over a few pages while I get it right between how much to ink versus ...
Color! And the hound masks returns.
I'll briefly talk about what's going on here.
I wanted to show a slow transition into Insight's point of view. A slow bleed into color and hallucinations. The green and gold eyes show that Insight is pouring mana into her eyes. The half-elves and we, the viewers, are also aware of the same visual change.
2023-12-11 20:21:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Runes like semiconductors are made with tiny micro channels and cannot be replicated by those of this world. Which means the Prisoner has an superhuman amount of control in his left arm. I had always envisioned Aristeans as 'crude' crafters from an advanced civilization whose mission is to jumpstart 'primitive' worlds. Having an arm that is the ...
2023-12-08 22:40:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Reality is in 70's technicolor.
More fun with Insight continues and will continue for a bit of time.
2023-12-06 21:48:24 +0000 UTC View Post
True Sight. Seeing the world without its bullshit can sound really appealing. It would be a curse in the world of Warden or any magical world, as you would be able to see extradimensional being without being able to interact with them. Imagine seeing a ghost that's looking around for prey among the oblivious people around you and it can notice y...
2023-12-04 22:42:44 +0000 UTC View Post