Hero Oh Hero

[Welf]

Not sure I'd call snake-woman from the little bit we could see in the comic you linked, although she doesn't look 100% human, for sure.

As to the more recent updates... I'm genuinely impressed with the art level. I wouldn't have thought you could get this kind of atmospherics with spritework, or even the sort of gribbly nightmare-monsters that have been infesting poor Noah's story.

... out of curiousity, would this be equivalent to 16-bit or 32-bit, or does it not translate to that easily?

I think you can see the snake body when you look very closely:



It's interesting that she doesn't stutter in this form. And her stutter doesn't seem to be fake.

I have been reading a bit more recently. A big topic for Noah and the kids was proving their usefulness to the Empire. They certainly did, but the whole incident also proved how dangerous magic users are. In one of the earliest chapters it was mentioned that there will be election in the Empire. I wonder how this incident will affect the mood. Some heads will roll after this. The good ending is that people will realize how useful magic users are the bad ending is that they want to go back to the old time of instantly killing everyone.

Also, what does Veda need Nail for here? Between the attack from Catz and the meeting with Malhart she needed him for something mysterious. I wonder what.

Edit: I think Veda at least had an idea what might happen (and did). She asked for an evacuation of the city. Her scaly behind is covered, so I jope the kids will be too.

[Forum Explorer]

I'm kinda expecting Noah to literally land on Chernyl here. By the power of literally doing nothing and everyone (sometimes literally) carrying him, Noah somehow manages to reach Chernyl first and activate his power by virtue of everyone forgetting he even exists.

[Neoriceisgood]

Not sure I'd call snake-woman from the little bit we could see in the comic you linked, although she doesn't look 100% human, for sure.

As to the more recent updates... I'm genuinely impressed with the art level. I wouldn't have thought you could get this kind of atmospherics with spritework, or even the sort of gribbly nightmare-monsters that have been infesting poor Noah's story.

... out of curiousity, would this be equivalent to 16-bit or 32-bit, or does it not translate to that easily?

In terms of style I mostly take inspiration from super nintendo era visuals, which would be 16-bit. But as I don't limit myself with color restrictions at all, some of my characters are definitely too color-rich for SNES-era graphics. My characters would translate to 16-bit relatively easily though, it'd just reduce their color depth slightly.

[lord_khaine]

I do wish i could see whats actually going on with Nail here, as i assume its crucial.
He.. draws something? a grenade?

[Forum Explorer]

I do wish i could see whats actually going on with Nail here, as i assume its crucial.
He.. draws something? a grenade?

I think it's a small knife like a switchblade. I'm assuming the thud was Noah hitting the ground off screen.

[lord_khaine]

If it walks like a sack of potatoes.. drops like a sack of potatoes..
Then yeah its likely Noah xD

[TeChameleon]

Cool, thanks for the answer, Neorice.

And something odd just occurred to me... is it possible that Veda and maybe Nail are ghouls? It might explain Nail's refusal to believe that Veda could be dead, and the ghouls are definitely up to something far-reaching.

[lord_khaine]

I dont think Nail is a disguised ghoul. In their natural state ghouls have a rather big horn that i dont think the hood would obscure.
While in human shape, high level ghouls are able to blend perfectly. That dont fit with how secretive Nail are.

All this talking does lead to people having forgotten about both Noel and Noah.
And so i do look forward to seeing if Noah, for possibly the first time, will do something heroic?

This have seemed like a massive leadup to Noah -finally- using his power.
And so im wondering if we will get a surprise twist xD
Like Noel taking a step forward, shutting Chernyl down as she is suddenly in range xD

[Welf]

I think it's a small knife like a switchblade. I'm assuming the thud was Noah hitting the ground off screen.

It looks more like a gun to me.

Cool, thanks for the answer, Neorice.

And something odd just occurred to me... is it possible that Veda and maybe Nail are ghouls? It might explain Nail's refusal to believe that Veda could be dead, and the ghouls are definitely up to something far-reaching.

I dont think Nail is a disguised ghoul. In their natural state ghouls have a rather big horn that i dont think the hood would obscure.
While in human shape, high level ghouls are able to blend perfectly. That dont fit with how secretive Nail are.

They might not be from this world. Tobi (apparently) changed worlds, and her grandfather and his crew are from another world too. And he has the ability to break rules, in a way that looks suspiciously like hacking. Maybe Veda has similar abilities and background?
I believe I also saw a few key words; when Nail see Veda tortured he says "This power can't possibly rewrite", and the Hallowman talks about that "someone isn't sticking to the script".

All this talking does lead to people having forgotten about both Noel and Noah.
And so i do look forward to seeing if Noah, for possibly the first time, will do something heroic?

This have seemed like a massive leadup to Noah -finally- using his power.
And so im wondering if we will get a surprise twist xD
Like Noel taking a step forward, shutting Chernyl down as she is suddenly in range xD

I wonder how much good it will do now. Afair he will carry everything he wears with him into the mindscape, and that would include whatever he has in his mouth. So he can't really talk with anyone. And he already had to sell the wish he gets from entering a mindscape.

[lord_khaine]

They might not be from this world. Tobi (apparently) changed worlds, and her grandfather and his crew are from another world too. And he has the ability to break rules, in a way that looks suspiciously like hacking. Maybe Veda has similar abilities and background?
I believe I also saw a few key words; when Nail see Veda tortured he says "This power can't possibly rewrite", and the Hallowman talks about that "someone isn't sticking to the script".

By all accounts, its less that Tobi is from another world, and more that for unknown reasons her Grandfather+crew settled in some ancient virtual world.
Key hint there being that people bleed as the only thing in Tobi's world.

I think your reading slightly to much into those 2 comments though. It seems more likely Nail just refers to the nightmare reality being unable to overwrite whatever twisting defence Veda has.
While the hallowman is just cranky people isnt behaving like expected, in this case a sudden instruction for Nail to kill the girl.

I wonder how much good it will do now. Afair he will carry everything he wears with him into the mindscape, and that would include whatever he has in his mouth. So he can't really talk with anyone. And he already had to sell the wish he gets from entering a mindscape.

I also think your taking the wish thing a little to figurative here. It seemed more like an instruction on what to do with his power.
And while he has a weird thing in his mouth, possibly Chernyl could get it out of given a bit of peace.
Certainly the Grey Child did have some specific instructions for Noah on what to do, when encountering Chernyl.

edit.
Alright on further evidence, its possible someone has made a wish for immortality.

[Frozenstep]

Today's page has me in stitches. This nightmare's been watching from the start...of course he'd never let anyone with a dangerous power get anywhere close enough to stop his plans. Very intelligent.

But who could predict a character that literally never uses their powers even when its a life or death situation? I'm with Noel here, this is hilarious.

[Neoriceisgood]

http://neorice.com/hoh_3074

Chapter drop for today starts here, another one tomorrow. Enjoy!

[Forum Explorer]

What justice system are they even worried about? Though I am curious at what Evyle's play is here.

[Welf]

By all accounts, its less that Tobi is from another world, and more that for unknown reasons her Grandfather+crew settled in some ancient virtual world.
Key hint there being that people bleed as the only thing in Tobi's world.

We don#t know where Tobi's peolöe are from, but they are not human. She has pointy ears and claw paws. But maybe she is related to elves or similar crweatures.

I think your reading slightly to much into those 2 comments though. It seems more likely Nail just refers to the nightmare reality being unable to overwrite whatever twisting defence Veda has.
While the hallowman is just cranky people isnt behaving like expected, in this case a sudden instruction for Nail to kill the girl.

Maybe. I wasn't sleeping well in recent days.

I also think your taking the wish thing a little to figurative here. It seemed more like an instruction on what to do with his power.
And while he has a weird thing in his mouth, possibly Chernyl could get it out of given a bit of peace.
Certainly the Grey Child did have some specific instructions for Noah on what to do, when encountering Chernyl.

edit.
Alright on further evidence, its possible someone has made a wish for immortality.

From what Noel said it seems Noah's wishes mostly affect his own spirit. But he will be in Cheryl's mind who has almost infinite power of creation, albeit it seems only for creating nightmares.


I did a reread. Turned out, the Empire isn't really that powerful. It's neither one of the 5 military most powerful countries, nor is it even the runner up.

Also, there was a comic before the current comic. The old version starts here. First comic from 2009. Somehow I missed that comic, although I was really into webcomics in that time.

http://neorice.com/hoh_3074

Chapter drop for today starts here, another one tomorrow. Enjoy!

So that is who the masked person was that I kept seeing. I wonder what Melphred has to keep De Vilette in check.