Chapter 1: The Dead Marsh
Jun 07, 2020
footnotes:
* The reading direction in this story should generally follow the flow of the dialog bubbles, or the flow of action. But if you're still not sure, feel free to ask for clarification.
* (page 2) Crowley shells were a form of currency in ancient cultures.
* (page 3) They were eating roasted snakes.
* (page 8) the comb came from someone in the tribe
* (page 10) Trapmaster is from their own tribe. Here they bumped into a competing raider tribe (that had higher regard for snakes).
* (page 12-16) Implied trading of children as bride or sacrifice
* (page 25) Tao Tie (饕餮) is a mythological creature. The version in the story is inspired by the idea of it.
* (page 27) Enem is like a "given name" back at their tribe, whereas Von is a (self-)chosen name; Saber is a chosen name; these are not meant to correlate to modern Han Chinese names at all, but I know what I'll translate them as
* Most of the Oracle Bone Script in the story were based on actual scripts (they are not explained here to simulate a mythical language that the protagonists couldn't understand), but later on I may invent one or two. ;)
* This graphic novel was made in 2011. You can buy a print-on-demand version (6"x9" dimension) at IndyPlanet. Thank you. :)
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