Major Characters

Trace

Hair, Skin, Clothing Trace Legacy

Gender: Male
Age: 24
Class: Grand Templar
Species: Human

Personality: Trace is usually friendly, shy, and a little naive. However, his personality changes drastically whenever he recalls past memories.

Trace was born into a poor family of farmers, but his talents in magic were quickly recognized and at a young age he was recruited into the Templar. He rose through the ranks and eventually took over the organization as Grand Templar following the death of his first wife. He quickly became known as a tyrant, feared by Humans and Keidran alike. His incredible power allowed him to dominate all those who opposed him.

However, his memories were stolen from him, along with his deep-seeded hatred for Keidran. He now travels alongside Flora, a Keidran he befriended in ignorance to the ways he once thought of them. However, his memories are slowly returning, and with them a knowledge of a past he'd rather have remain forgotten.

Flora

Hair, Skin, Clothing Flora of the Rainforest Tiger Tribe

Gender: Female
Age: ~11
Species: Tiger Keidran
Languages: Keidran, Human

Personality: Flora is outgoing and strong-willed, but also a romantic. Since childhood her dreams have been of finding a "true love."

Flora was born in the southern rainforests of her tribe. However, at the age of three her home was attacked by slave traders. Her parents were killed and she was sold into slavery. Flora was lucky enough to be purchased by a friendly human family, who treated her more like a daughter then a slave. Thus, Flora recalls her days of slavery with an unusual fondness. She has no memory of the day her tribe was attacked.

Flora eventually was allowed by her human family to return to her people. Due of her knowledge of human nature and language, she was chosen to be a representative of the Tiger Clan and a marriage was arranged between her and a prince of the Wolf Clan. The arrangement fell through, though, when her caravan was attacked. She was saved from the human attackers by Trace, who had just recently lost his memories.

Keith

Hair, Skin, Clothing Keith Keiser

Gender: Male
Age: 19
Class: Banished Warrior
Species: Eastern Basitin

Personality: Keith acts serious or indifferent most of the time. However, deep down he's really caring and protective.

Keith was born on the Basidian Islands, a large landmass located near the mainland. His father was a General of the military. His mother was a soldier, just like all Basitins, but she sheltered him from military life for much of his childhood. Like all Basitins, he did eventually join the military at 8 years of age, late for most Basitins. Keith was blamed for his parents death at the age of 13 and banished from the islands. He was ordered not to return until he brought back the Grand Templar.

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Natani

Hair, Skin, Clothing Natani of the Border Forest Tribe

Gender: Female
Age: ~13
Class: Magi Brother Assassin
Species: Wolf Keidran
Sexuality: Bi-sexual

Personality: A very confused wolf.

Natani was forced to live homeless with her brother after her parents and tribe were destroyed by human Templars. She eventually disguised herself as a male and, along with her brother, joined an assassins guild to make ends meet. Due to an accident during an assassination mission, Natani became magically and permanently linked to her brother, and much of her brother's male personality overpowered her own. Though she realizes her body is female, she has convinced herself she is really male.

Natani has never had a formal education and is thus illiterate. She cannot write in any language, and can only speak Keidran. She can only understand a few human words. Thus, Natani will often find herself left in the dark during conversations between species.

Minor Characters

Raine

Skin, Hair, Eyes, Clothing Raine

Gender: Female
Age: ~18
Species: Human / Keidran

Personality: In Human form, Raine is a shy and slightly naive young girl. However, due to lack of experience as a Keidran, Raine can sometimes lose herself to the wild nature of her other form.

Raine is the daughter of the former Grand Templar. She was born under unusual and unnatural circumstances, and as a result possesses unpredictable magical power. The wild nature of her magic causes her to experience physical transformations between Keidran and Human forms. These transformations are usually kept in check by artifacts enchanted to suppress her magic. Throughout her life, Raine's mother has kept her Keidran form a secret from others in the Templar order, and even Raine herself. But as Raine matures, her bestial side becomes increasingly restless from years of suppression.

Laura

Hair, Skin, Clothing Laura of the Coastal Fox Tribe

Gender: Female
Age: ~16
Species: Fox Keidran

Personality: Laura has very little self-confidence. She is timid, shy, and emotionally fragile. She tries to avoid conflict and always be polite.

Laura's family found Keith washed ashore behind their house after he had been banished. Laura fell in love with Keith and they were to be married, however, events conspired against them and Keith ended up leaving and heading into human territory, where she couldn't follow. After several years, she decided to seek out Keith in the only way she knew how: by traveling to the islands of the Basitin.

Saria

Hair, Skin, Clothing Saria au Gruhen

Gender: Female
Age: N/A
Species: Human

Personality: Saria is soft-spoken and usually shy, but not afraid to speak out when she needs to.

Saria was a middle-class daughter of a blacksmith. She learned from an early age to take care of herself. She prefers to work for herself, and has never relied on the help of slaves. Her father brought her to the Templar Academy to work on building armor for the Templars. It was there where she met and fell in love with Trace. They were happily married for a year. However, their marriage was short-lived.

Eric

Hair, Skin, Clothing Eric Vaughan

Gender: Male
Age: 20
Species: Human

Personality: Eric likes Keidran. That sums it up pretty nicely.

Eric was born into a noble family. He is extremely wealthy, but he tries to stay modest about his money. Eric has a great affinity for Keidran, and uses his vast wealth to purchase a variety of Keidran slaves in cities all over the mainland. Eric is very well-read, but he specializes in Keidran anatomy and physiology. Eric treats all his slaves very well, and most are eternally devoted to him, despite being enslaved.

Kathrin

Hair, Skin, Clothing Kathrin "Spots" Vaughan

Gender: Female
Age: ~10
Species: Mixed Breed Keidran

Personality: Kathrin has a happy-go-lucky personality. She is a bit naive about most things, having been sheltered as a slave all her life.

Kathrin was selectively bred from several generations of Keidran slaves in order to be more physically appealing to humans. Ironically, despite being designed to be a sex slave, Kathrin is incredibly naïve when it comes to sex. Eric gives her much more freedom than his other slaves, but she genuinely enjoys serving him.

Mike

Hair, Skin, Clothing Mike of the Coastal Fox Tribe

Gender: Male
Age: ~12
Class: Slave
Species: Fox Keidran

Personality: He used to be perfectly satisfied with his lot in life, until the fateful day he came across a black-magic-wielding Basitin.

Mike is one of several slaves working under Eric. His job is primarily to maintain Eric's ship. He is good friends with Evals, another slave on Eric's ship.

Evals

Hair, Skin, Clothing Evals of the Dog Clan

Gender: Male
Age: ~13
Class: Slave
Species: Dog Keidran

Personality: A typical Keidran slave.

Evals is one of several slaves working under Eric. His job is primarily to maintain Eric's ship. He's good friends with Mike, another slave on Eric's ship. Though Evals is larger then Mike, Mike is usually the one who takes charge.

Maren

Hair, Skin, Clothing Maren Taverndatter

Gender: Female
Age: 20
Class: Tavern Maid
Species: Human

Personality: Maren is bossy and prefers to have things go her way.

Maren is the bossy elder of the Taverndatter sisters. She's one of Trace's current "girlfriends," though Trace and her were never seriously involved. They met at her tavern as Trace was passing by during his missions. She knew Trace still loved his wife, who had passed away years before; and she knew she was really just being used by Trace as a momentary distraction. But she stayed with him, nontheless.

Karen

Hair, Skin, Clothing Karen Taverndatter

Gender: Female
Age: 16
Class: Tavern Maid
Species: Human

Personality: Karen is outgoing and excited; she hates being bored and will go out of her way to make things interesting.

Karen is the hyperactive younger of the Taverndatter sisters. She doesn't care about races or wars or religions. She just enjoys interesting stuff, and if nothing interesting is happening, she tends to cause it. Karen's extra set of Keidran ears were given to her as a curse by Trace, whom she was annoying. The curse backfired, however, when Karen decided she loved the ears and wanted to keep them.

Red Haired Guy

Hair, Skin, Clothing [Database error]

Gender: Male
Age: 25
Class: Local Militia
Species: Human

Personality: [Database error] is a bit of a musclehead. He tries his best to solve all his poblems with his sword.

[Database error] was one of Trace's friends from the Templar Academy. However, he dropped out after a few years when he showed little magical development. He later joined the local militia of his hometown.

Alaric

Hair, Skin, Clothing Nickolai Alaric

Gender: Male
Age: 19
Class: Master General
Species: Eastern Basitin
Sexuality: Ambiguous

Personality: Alaric is unusual for a Basitin, openly expressing affection and bending rules and laws whenever possible.

Alaric is the Master General of the Eastern Basitin military. He is one of the most powerful men in Basitin society, second only to the king himself. Though he still isn't able to break any laws or rules of society, he's studied them enough to skirt around them as much as possible. He is very fond of Keith, whom he was childhood friends with.

Nora

Hair, Skin, Clothing Lady Nora

Gender: Female
Age: ~2000
Class: Shape-shifter
Species: White Dragon

Personality: Nora enjoys meddling in the affairs of mortals.

Lady Nora is a little over 20 centuries old, making her one of the oldest and largest dragons of her time. Unlike most dragons, who take little interest in mortals, she enjoys watching Humans, Keidran, and Basitin feud with one another. She will usually only interfere with them to see what might happen. Nora can shape-shift, but she has trouble balancing on two legs. Because of this, she generally only shapeshifts into other four-legged animals, and rarely shapeshifts into a humanoid form.

Villains

Villains

The Master Templars: Master Spy, Architect, Strategist, Seer, and Mage.

Class: Master Templars
Species: Human

These five men were employed by Grand Templar Trace to keep order in the Templar after he took over. He had them replace the previous six Master Templars of the previous Grand Templar. After Trace's disappearance, the Master Templar continued to keep the Order under control until his return. Some are seeking Trace so he may return, while others plot to kill Trace and usurp his power. Still others scheme to keep him away and preoccupied, so he might not return at all.

Evil Trace

Hair, Skin, Clothing Trace Legacy

Gender: Male
Age: 24
Class: Grand Templar
Species: Human

Personality: Trace is a heartless killer, who wants nothing less then the death of all peoples. He doesn't care for any life.

Trace was born into a pathetic family of farmers, but his obvious natural talents in magic were quickly recognized and at a young age he was recruited into the Templar. He rose through the ranks and inevitably took over the organization as Grand Templar following the death of his first wife. He quickly became known as a great ruler, feared by Humans and Keidran alike. His incredible power allowed him to dominate all those who opposed him.

However, his memories were stolen from him by Ephemural. Now, he must regain his memories and regain his position of power, before he become too deeply involved in the lives of the pathetic Keidran he is traveling with.

Comics owed: 6

August 1st, 2011
Hawaii Family Week

For this first week of August, I am taking some time off in Honolulu, Hawaii. Some of my family from Japan have come from across the ocean from the other direction, and together we're having a family holiday. As a result, I will not have a lot of time to myself to draw, so some delays are possible. I'll still try my best to keep up with my workload during the nights when activities die down. I apologize in advance if the comic does not appear on it's regular schedule this week.

July 28th, 2011
LVL UP! 24 Years Old

On this day, 24 years ago, I was born! It's a strange feeling, this... getting older. It's distinctly different from the feeling I got as a teenager, when I was always looking forward to my next celebration. There's no denying it now - I really am an adult. This year, for the first time, I am considered an independent in the eyes of the law (as far as my college is concerned, anyway).

Yet, I don't feel like an adult. To be honest, I'm still not sure how an adult is supposed to feel. Often times, I find myself pretending to do what I assume are mature things normal adults do. However, In my head my self-image hasn't caught up yet. It still wants to think I'm the same kid who, 8 years ago, put pencil to paper and started drawing comics for the first time while watching cartoons on TV. And I'm not sure I want that to change.

I'm happy how my life has been turning out so far, and I'm constantly thankful for the opportunities I've had. And while I know growing up is all part of the process, I think I still want to continue secretly enjoying Saturday morning cartoons and drawing comics til all hours of the night. I guess the only thing I can really do is wait and see what the future has in store for me in my next 24 years of life. So thanks for all of you aging along with me. I'll see you there. :)

July 27th, 2011
Slight Technical Difficulties

As some of you might have noticed, the forums were having some problems today. The server which hosts the forums went down for what was suspected to be an update, but in the process interrupted the database. It resulted in the loss of the forum's topics data. On top of that, the forums were not properly backed up, and thus could not be restored. However, thanks primarily to the work of chatroom resident ktemkin, the topics were restored by referencing the post data, which remained intact. It took nearly the whole day, but eventually, the forum was completely put back together. And from now on I've learned my lesson - daily backups are being made to preserve forum data in the future. I also want to thank AJ for providing his backup data, and avwolf for his insight on the problem.

Now that the forums have been rebuilt, everything can go back to normal. Unfortunately, working on this problem has put me behind on my normal duties as comic artist. I apologize - and I promise the comic will be up as soon as I manage to finish it. On an unrelated note, tomorow is my birthday! So, as a result of this minor delay, you guys will likely find an update right on my yearly celebration of birth, on July 28th. See you then!