Notes, comments, and thoughts about the issue. Additional comments are welcome. Last modified April 7, 1999

Issue #25

• Page 2 -- what is that the guards have draped around the upper third of their spears?
• Page 3 -- one of the best views of the two Guardsmen in the room. The only difference I could find was the shoulder they wore their capes over. Did anyone see anything else?
• Page 3 -- note Soracia is completely in shadow in panel #3, as she speaks Locumire's name. Neat!
• Page 3 -- The Ministers talk to Locumire. And they apparently keep tabs on Soracia. Are these the masters that watch over them both? It would seem so.
• Page 4 -- Locumore says, "Betraying the worthy is not easy for people like us." In what way? With her rather nefarious goals, it would seem betraying the worthy would be easier for me-first people like her.
• Page 5, panel 7 -- What do you think, are Soracia's eyes open or closed in this panel?
• Page 5 -- "But a thief of Quinton's making would see what you are. He would fear you.". Quinton made Rubel? How? What is Soracia?
• Page 6 -- "You must realize now that there is only one true salvation." Salvation from what?
• Page 6 -- Nitpick. The word is "hatred". Only one 'e'.
• Page 7 -- Does Quinton have a connection with the Murome? The sentence isn't clear.
• Page 9 -- Nitpick. The capes of the guardsmen have equalized each other.
• Page 9 -- What are those clouds rising off Soracia as the bow strangles her? Magical poofs?
• Page 9 -- If Jurid is still trapped in the bottle, then Soracia's threat at the end of issue 20 that Jurid was int he city and still remembered Heath was slightly hollow. It is ironic that she now spooks Jurid with Heath's memory!
• Page 10 -- Both the students have some ornamentation high on their necks -- one a bow, the other a ruff. Locumire just has a simple dark strip around her throat. Are those simply decorations, or are they like Soracia's bow?
• Page 10 -- What's a Rudgar Theorem?
• Page 12 -- There's a distinct visual similarity between Soracia's cloak and Jurid. What is the connection? Does the bow on Jurid bind him like Soracia's does to her?
• Page 14 -- YOWZA!
• Page 15 -- While Soracia's unborn *looks* vaguely like a fetus, what if it's the physical manifestation of something a little less prosaic? Like the other half of Soracia's soul (Queen of Halves...)?
• Page 16 -- The Guardsmen have souls? Or do just Soracia's Honor Guard? What are they? Are they under the influence of the Ministers, or just Soracia? AAAAH! So many questions!
• Page 17 -- Did Locumire just sort of show up all of a sudden here? There was no transition from Soracia sending the Honor Guardsman off and her confrontation with Locumire! Makes my head hurt!

Contributors
Sol Foster (colomon@ralf.org) - Much stuff, including discussions about Soracia's eyes, Locumire betraying the worthy, much ado about Ministers, Honor Guardsmen's souls, Jurid and Soracia's resemblence and more.

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