OOTS #484 - The Discussion Thread

[The Giant]

New comic is up.

Expect a news post soon-ish regarding scheduling and other stuff.

[The_Kobold_Hero]

Nice wrap up, I like the layout. Really shows where we're at right now.

Can't wait until September...

[Silvermike]

9/17, huh? Have a happy vacation!

[johnnyriot999]

Hooray for the end panel!

Great strip Giant.

[Nazzo, the 102nd]

Oh, oh, ooooooooooh!

Awwww, Rich, man! This is a great cliffhanger! Who's the guy that talks in red letters? Holy holy cow!

Oh... September 17th is so far away...

[Lira]

Wow. :o Well that wrapped a lot up and raised a lot more questions.

Enjoy the vacation Mr. Burlew! Get well!

[Winged One]

That was just mean, giving us so many cliffhangers right before your break. Still, from what I hear you do need a break and it's not like there's any more satisfying way to leave it, so I can't blame you. I eagerly await September 17th.

[Dunamin]

Utterly amazing way to wrap up the story arc. I can't wait to see the identity of the off-panel speaker!

[Incendius]

Ooh, is it just me or is that headband a Psicrown? Psionics, Psionics! (Though... I've never heard of Cloister before.)

Absolutely amazing end to the arc, can't wait till september comes by.

[O.T.R]

Death itself will not save you from your Dad's dissaproval.
And is that a half-orc ninja?
Another excellent end of arc strip. Enjoy your downtime.

[Maerdred]

oh wow. I have to read this over and over. I bet there's something going on I missed on my first perusal.

[Amiria]

Great great great ! I waited a long time to see Roy and his father.

[Metal Head]

Eugene Greenhilt: Gosh son, thanks so much for killing Xykon. My soul can rest easy now.

Shut up Dad.

That made me laugh so hard. Good to know that Roy might show up every once in a while he's dead.

[wagomorph]

Cloister? Must be a nun thing.

[SteveDJ]

Awesome wrap-up.

Waiting for Sept 17 is sure gonna be hard, though.

[kpenguin]

Does anyone know what Cloister does?

[Silvermike]

So, major plot threads:

* Haley and Belkar hide out in the Azure City hinterlands, avoiding capture before they can raise Roy and recevie word from Vaarsuvius/Durkon

* Hinjo leads the loyalist survivors to found a camp as they re-group, re-arm, and otherwise plan the recapture of their city.

* The Red Voiced Villain (no hints who that is, really) undermines Hinjo, but the plot to overthrow him is just a cover for the Real Evil Doing

* Redcloak, Xykon, and the Tsukiko begin working on the next gate (which we know to be Girard's.) Having O-Chul there makes things spicy.

* The Linear Guild is hiding out, for the moment.

Anything else? Are there no other characters alive?

[Burrito]

Great way to "sort of" finish things up.

I am thinking the Cloister, spell will prevent any sort of magical communication between Team Durkon and Team Haley. Sucks for them...

[Recursive]

Does anyone know what Cloister does?

Given the "off the grid" remark, and the juxtaposition of Xykon's act right after Haley said she's confident that Durkon and V will be able to contact them...I imagine they've cut Azure City off into a pocket dimension of some sort. Something that will play hell with Haley and Belkar's ability to escape the city, or even to keep in magical communication with the rest of the Order.

[Nota Biene]

Guess this means will have parallel strips for awhile when the Giant comes back.

[GoC]

What did Xykon just do?

[smellie_hippie]

Wow. I'm gonna turn funny colors waiting until Sept 17th.

Great comic!

[Haydenhawk]

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOO
NO OOTS TIL SEPTEMBER!

Aw just hope i can live with that great ending cliffhanger though

[JasonDoomsblade]

Hah Hah well done Rich. Well Done.
Oh by the way Nazzo, the guy who speaks in Red is one of the Dark Lords who appears on strip 380.

[FruitOfTheShroom]

Oh wow...

the 17th! whatever will I do? :(

[Hyozo]

Interresting, a RV(o)BB (Red Voice (on) Black Background) That always means even more ultimate evil. Who thinks it's Mr. Scruffy?

[lavidor10]

Wow what a wrapup.

But where's the splash page? You can't end an arc arc without a splash page. I suppose the 1 page panels will do.

Did anybody get what Xykon just did? Maybe he blocked all magical communication.

[Blackdrop]

With school starting for most of the younger crowd (myself included) the 17th will come swiftly...

:"Like the owl."

[Issabella]

The one I am really curios about is the one ordering the Diamyo Kabuto around. He has the special voice coloring similar to the Lich. It begs all sorts of questions.

[the_tick_rules]

lot of scheming goin on, and i was waiting for roy's dad to throw his failure back into his face.