Thursday, 6 December, 2007 by Kernigh
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@ "The lights wereIn 1573, the Parliament of Dole published a decree, permitting
the inhabitants of the Franche-Comte to pursue and kill a
were-wolf or loup-garou, which infested that province,
"notwithstanding the existing laws concerning the chase."
The people were empowered to "assemble with javelins,
halberds, pikes, arquebuses and clubs, to hunt and pursue the
said were-wolf in all places where they could find it, and to
take, burn, and kill it, without incurring any fine or other
penalty." The hunt seems to have been successful, if we may
judge from the fact that the same tribunal in the following
year condemned to be burned a man named Giles Garnier, who
ran on all fours in the forest and fields and devoured little
children, "even on Friday." The poor lycanthrope, it appears,
had as slight respect for ecclesiastical feasts as the French
pig, which was not restrained by any feeling of piety from
eating infants on a fast day.
[ The History of Vampires, by Dudley Wright ]
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Zap wand of'Saruman!' he cried, and his voice grew in power and authority.
'Behold, I am not Gandalf the Grey, whom you betrayed. I am
Gandalf the White, who has returned from death. You have no
colour now, and I cast you from the order and from the Council.'
He raised his hand, and spoke slowly in a clear cold voice.
'Saruman, your staff is broken.' There was a crack, and the
staff split asunder in Saruman's hand, and the head of it
fell down at Gandalf's feet. 'Go!' said Gandalf. With a cry
Saruman fell back and crawled away.
[ The Two Towers, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
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The jackalIn Asiatic folktale, jackal provides for the lion; he scares
up game, which the lion kills and eats, and receives what is
left as reward. In stories from northern India he is
sometimes termed "minister to the king," i.e. to the lion.
From the legend that he does not kill his own food has arisen
the legend of his cowardice. Jackal's heart must never be
eaten, for instance, in the belief of peoples indigenous to
the regions where the jackal abounds. ... In Hausa Negro
folktale Jackal plays the role of sagacious judge and is
called "O Learned One of the Forest." The Bushmen say that
Jackal goes around behaving the way he does "because he is
Jackal".
[ Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore ]
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Really attack the ghostAnd now the souls of the dead who had gone below came swarming
up from Erebus -- fresh brides, unmarried youths, old men
with life's long suffering behind them, tender young girls
still nursing this first anguish in their hearts, and a great
throng of warriors killed in battle, their spear-wounds gaping
yet and all their armour stained with blood. From this
multitude of souls, as they fluttered to and fro by the
trench, there came a moaning that was horrible to hear.
Panic drained the blood from my cheeks.
[ The Odyssey, (chapter Lambda), by Homer ]
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Pardon me, ghostAnd now the souls of the dead who had gone below came swarming
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.. Pardon me, studentThese strange creatures live mostly on the surface of the
earth, gathering together in societies of various forms, but
occasionally a stray will descend into the depths and commit
mayhem among the dungeon residents who, naturally, often
resent the intrusion of such beasts. They are capable of
using weapons and magic, and it is even rumored that the
Wizard of Yendor is a member of this species.
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@ "I hate it when students gossip idly in the corridors!"
@ "Dudley, just tap 's' repeatedly until they move. Or kill them."
Average rating: Fair
Wellan
December 6, 2007 02:07
First comment: 27 November, 2007
Strange. Not too bad, though.
Squealspots (the Hogwarts-like academy in this comic) is an unusual setting to draw. The Dungeons of Doom had dark, narrow corridors, but Squealspots has lit corridors wide enough for three dragons. In Minetown, sometimes I tap 's' because a watchman blocks my corridor. In Squealspots, a group of peaceful monsters can block a hallway.
Dudley zaps the wand of'Saruman!' he cried, and his voice grew in power and authority.
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. lumos in the fifth panel, but the resulting lightStrange creatures formed from energy rather than matter,
lights are given to self-destructive behavior when battling
foes.
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. does not appear until the sixth panel. I now think that I should have drawn the lightStrange creatures formed from energy rather than matter,
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. in the fifth panel. The top row remains unlit because the wand of'Saruman!' he cried, and his voice grew in power and authority.
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. lumos, like NetHack's wand of'Saruman!' he cried, and his voice grew in power and authority.
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. lightStrange creatures formed from energy rather than matter,
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details., has a radius of 5. In the later panels, I wanted to imply that Dudley zapped the wand of'Saruman!' he cried, and his voice grew in power and authority.
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Antheridium
You've been working on this for a long time, haven't you... I'm not sure whether to be impressed or creeped out.
On another note, moving staircases remind me of Lufia 2 for some reason. I think there was a puzzle in that game where you had to catch a staircase that kept sliding out from under you when you tried to use it...
Oh, and I just realized that you had a suit of armor standing in the corner in the first part. Nice touch. (I always tend to think when I see an [ that the armor is just lying heaped on the floor.)
Despite the lack of humor, I give it a "fair," if only because there was obviously quite a bit of work put into it.
I give it a Good, just because. Need I justify all my decisions? No!