Malrennan's Fall - Introduction pt. 2

[esperesa]

So...I'm redoing what I've done so far, because I figured it would be best to fix the foundations before going on. I've been scrapping/merging a lot of characters because I couldn't keep track. It's nice to see how far you've come, just not if you have to retcon everything - comics are such an unforgiving format.

This goes directly after this, same narrator and everything.



Warning for gore.





















* Seneca (1 B.C. - 65 A.D.) was a Roman statesman. The work referred to here is his essay De Clementia, 'On Mercy', a manual for an emperor.
* Merda is Latin (and what else not) for 'shit.'
* In legend, King Minos of Crete annually sacrificed seven Athenian boys and girls to the Minotaur that lived in the labyrinth he built.

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[bethssimspage.blogspot.com]

Just about screaming out loud! Seneca? Who survived Caligula only because he was expected to die soon. Mercy is definitely the responsibility of an emperor, and completely perfect here. And in bringing in Minos, whose sacrifices were probably (ok given legend and all that) a power play, choosing who will live and who will die is something that preys on his mind.

I don't have to tell you what I think of your imagery. It is superlative. Nonpareil.

[esperesa]

Eeep, I'm so happy you caught all of that! In fact, my reaction to your comment was something like this:



Again, thanks so much for your kind words, they mean a lot to me! :D