Kudos to Aaron for bringing the religions of the USOM world to life. Particularly, they’re NOT monolithic and NOT black-and-white. We know Hilde as a nice person, and she’s still nice as a goddess, but her followers include the likes of Ukarin and Sevasti. Ukarin seems compassionate and understanding, yet he was responsible for Sevasti’s sister’s demise. Sevasti seems out to kill Jen, and yet she’s a true believer.
And the church of Astraelos? It’s got members who disagree with each other, employing methods they don’t agree with (Leona’s “Revived [undead]), secrets kept from each other, powers stolen from other gods… The depth is something most fantasy world should envy!
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Also… Wow. Despite being blacked out, Aaron chose to depict the exposed meat of that dead god. O_O I thought the previous page was impactful enough, but this is the most gore I’d ever seen him draw.
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I can’t wait to get a dead trees copy of this comic book. 🙂
cool lore
You said it!
It’s not just background stuff. It has present day implications for the story. Really makes the world of USOM come alive.
Ahhh, Oz, you always did have a knack for getting yourself into… interesting situations.
Kudos to Aaron for bringing the religions of the USOM world to life. Particularly, they’re NOT monolithic and NOT black-and-white. We know Hilde as a nice person, and she’s still nice as a goddess, but her followers include the likes of Ukarin and Sevasti. Ukarin seems compassionate and understanding, yet he was responsible for Sevasti’s sister’s demise. Sevasti seems out to kill Jen, and yet she’s a true believer.
And the church of Astraelos? It’s got members who disagree with each other, employing methods they don’t agree with (Leona’s “Revived [undead]), secrets kept from each other, powers stolen from other gods… The depth is something most fantasy world should envy!
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Also… Wow. Despite being blacked out, Aaron chose to depict the exposed meat of that dead god. O_O I thought the previous page was impactful enough, but this is the most gore I’d ever seen him draw.
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I can’t wait to get a dead trees copy of this comic book. 🙂