Chapter 58: A Brief Respite

Previously: Chapter 57:  The House Of Red And Yellow | Next:  Chapter 59:  Three Scenes

 Start Over:  Chapter #1, Habbo and Goldhook.

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Hello again!

I hope you've enjoyed reading Chapter 58 of Chronicles Of Alleron.  Thank you for checking the comic out!  We're officially in a transition between two arcs of the story, wherein we're planning to start a new one.  At this point, I'm less writing with an outline and more just writing with a curiosity for whatever's gonna happen next.  I know we are approaching a tournament arc, but I don't know if I want to sow some plot seeds in advance of that.  I have...Ideas.

So what else is going on in the story?  Are Habbo and Goldhook paranoid?  Is Darius right to trust Samuel?  Did Victoria give Goldhook half a heart attack?  And why is Darius so interested in Goldhook's wife?

Sooner or later I'm going to upload a Lego Build Log for one of the boats that're gonna take the characters back to Bluefield.  I just need to splice it together.

Otherwise, if you want to support this project, check out my Patreon!.  I have a lot of stuff that I'm working on, and any help is surely appreciated.  You'll be seeing some of it soon!

Previously: Chapter 57:  The House Of Red And Yellow | Next:  Chapter 59:  Three Scenes

 Start Over:  Chapter #1, Habbo and Goldhook.

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Chapter 56: Saying Farewell!

Previously: Chapter 55 - The Mana Crystal  | Next Chapter 57:  The House Of Red And Yellow

 Start Over!  Chapter #1, Habbo and Goldhook.

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Hello, friends!

Technically I'm a day late for a February release, but at or around the start of the month, my back went out and I was laid up for pretty much a week and a half.  And, yes, I realize this chapter was a bit shorter than most have been, lately.  Chances are we'll get more short chapters but more panels total overall.  And, yes, we are re-making "Chapter 54.5" into Chapter 57, so I'm gonna work on Chapter 58 next!  Hopefully in two months!

This was my first dialogue-heavy chapter in a long time.  I feel like I kept a pretty decent conversational flow, kept the attention on the characters it needed to be on, added a tiny bit of humor, and ended with a nice reminder of who one of our two core protagonists is.  Darius may have stolen the show for a bit, but it's on Habbo and Goldhook to bear witness to what happens so that history has, well, a chronicle.

My next challenges are going to be building some Lego boats.  It's not that I don't already have one or two at the ready, but rather that I need the right parts to build a couple more.  I'm not 100% sure just how easily the heroes are going to get to Bluefield, but I look forward to finding out what hijinks they get up to along the way!

Last thing, and I'll tuck this away here as a first, soft "push" in this direction:  Now that the Goblin Fortress arc is officially over:  I'm hoping some day to maybe hire an artist (yes, for money.  The stuff you can use to buy food) that would take this comic and be the Yusuke Murata to my ONE (if I dare make such a comparison) by adapting it into an actual comic book form.  If you think that might be you, reach out to me.  Actual readers get priority.

Hopefully, I'll have a post for you all in two months!

Previously: Chapter 55 - The Mana Crystal  | Next Chapter 57:  The House Of Red And Yellow

 Start Over!  Chapter #1, Habbo and Goldhook.

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Chapter 55: The Mana Crystal

Previously: Chapter 54 - The Solution?  | Next Chapter 56:  Saying Farewell

 Start Over!  Chapter #1, Habbo and Goldhook.
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Thank you for spending a little time with me in this fantasy world.  Another year and another Christmas, and may it be a merry (if cold!) one, from my family to yours!  Of course, I primarily celebrate the Solstice (and, alas, it was too cold to go outside and meditate), but somehow or another the 25th has become my unofficially-official release date for the winter edition.

Getting this chapter done was easy enough.  Uneventful enough.  I only had to reshoot just about every panel for various reasons.  Some were blurry, some weren't lined up well, some the minifigs were out of position.  That sort of stuff.

I'm thinking maybe I'll need to do one more chapter on the basement floor before I can reasonably explain the characters leaving where they're at.  Call it a wrap-up.  The upside is that, since the chapter won't necessarily involve complicated poses in the act of combat, I'll probably be able to set up and shoot relatively easily.  Maybe I'll try to put out six chapters next year?  We'll see.

I've got to admit I'm kind of torn between two possible storylines for the next arc.  I had originally intended to do kind of a "training/tournament" arc, and I still very much want to do that, but I feel like maybe I want to take a page from Hunter X Hunter and Berserk's books and do a...Wait for it...Boat arc!  After all!  Chronicles Of Alleron is a story about pirates, and is set in a post-apocalyptic-flood world that's still very much underwater.

And I have the perfect antagonist for a sea voyage story.  My biggest concern is that Darius' presence (for now, anyway) reduces any sense of danger the protagonists face.  I ran into this problem with this entire arc, honestly.  Darius is just way too powerful.  Not that he'd necessarily win every fight singlehandedly, but with all the characters present it's just a major stretch to imagine any threat that they could beat that would be a threat that also wouldn't wipe the floor with everyone except Darius.  Wow that's a stretch of a sentence.

Of course, there's always some combination of the two ideas to consider.  Hmmmmm...

Thank you so much for reading!  See you soon!  February, maybe...?  Maybe!

Previously: Chapter 54 - The Solution?  | Next Chapter 56:  Saying Farewell

 Start Over!  Chapter #1, Habbo and Goldhook.
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Lego Build Log 4 - Water Dragon! (71754)

 Hey friends,

First, a quick comic update:  I'm still drafting the next chapter.  It's a little less "on the heartstrings," but it's still very emotional and I want to make sure I explain/frame it all correctly so I can avoid retcons.  By now, I think everyone kind of knows what's going to happen, I just want it to work well.

That said!  I recently put together a Lego Build Log for the Water Dragon set.  It was pretty awesome, I've gotta admit.  I will definitely use this Water Dragon in a storyline.  I do need a name for it.  Hey!  Comment with a potential name for the Water Dragon!