Characters

Locations

David

Maryam

Godfried

Hunter or Prey, Behind the Scenes 

"Cold hearted bastard!"

I want to start with the story's last line... it is so ironic to the main event of this chapter.

While the mission is the arrest of Maryam, this story's point is to show the not so absolute character of David. I hope you appreciate the reference to all the previous appearances of David, as this one concludes the circle of his character with a twist!

Also the dagger definitely constitutes an icon. It is a powerful KoL symbol and I am very happy with the unique and intricate design of it. And Godfried's "ride towards the sunset" is a very promising scene for future possibilities...

Characters

Locations

Isis

Joseph

Jonathan

Lilith

Dorian

Balthazar

Berakhiah

Griotgard

Old Debts, Behind the Scenes 

In this chapter I wanted to have fun with the characters in the first half, and in the second to finally start giving some real clues about what the hell is going on in KoL.

So in the beginning we see Isis and her party mutilating some really unlucky aeonian messengers. I wanted to make all the good guys look combat worthy and give a taste for the messy things to come. So Isis annihilates the aeonians with her Holy Essense, Dorian shows his superior, even for aeonian standards, strength (he tasted the Messiah's blood remember?), Jonathan is the warrior of the group kicking ass with his "1337" gear, Balthazar the occultist with the destructive spell power and Joseph... well he doesn't do much in this fight but we have seen him destroy Caiaphas. His actual role in this story, and the most vital one, is to finally position for the reader the timeline of KoL!!

In the second half in the dream of Barabbas we finally get a side answer from Lilith as to why we have all the coincidenses with all the biblical names and roles!

This is hands down the most important chapter so far story telling wise.

Characters

Locations

Isis

Joseph

Jonathan

David

Dorian

Balthazar

Griotgard

Deliverance, Behind the Scenes 

"Tonight there's gonna be a jailbreak..."

And so the good guys finally get a chance to meet the not so good protagonist guy. I remember this was the toughest story to arrange in the 8 pages format. I originally intended for an extra sequence of Isis having a premonition of what lies ahead if she joins the team that goes to save her mother, instead of staying behind with Jonathan. She knowingly decides to move forward with a sweet sadness... In the end I removed it as it would not have enough space to be presented in all its emotional glory. Aside that it would spoil the narration at that point, and so I decided to allow for just one small very discrete panel to hint that which I don't wish to now spoil...

Characters

Locations

Isis

Joseph

Jonathan

David

Dorian

Balthazar

Maryam

Barabbas

High Priest Antipater

Golgotha, Behind the Scenes 

I admit, this is what gets me going! This story delivers on so many levels. Character interaction, endless combat, technical maneuvers that reflect emotions (yes the way Caiaphas takes out David is called shiho-nage and it means he does not wish to harm him), lore, mutilations... (did you notice Balthazar has had his eyes removed?)

All I can say is bon apetit... and I hope I succeeded with this story in giving you the major question that I intended to!