Bk1: Ch9: Pg18
1a.
Five days later
Arayanna:
Cliste: No. Seyda Thoree is representing herself.
Arayanna: What is she accused of?
Cliste: She is accused of theft and murder.
1b.
Arayanna: Is she guilty?
Cliste: I do not know. She is Saig'Daeri.
Arayanna: She is from an Assassin's Guild?
Cliste: Yes. She was turned in by her own people, so my guess is she was taking hits on the side and not giving her Guild their due.
Cliste: Regardless, she is dangerous. You must be careful.
2a.
Arayanna: Is this really what you want me to wear?
2b.
Cliste: Listen to me, Arayanna. Guardian Irio likes two things, women and fighting. You are going to give him both.
Cliste: He has been known to grant boons for fighters he likes. I have even seen him grant clemency to fighters despite them losing their trial.
Cliste: Be sexy. Fight hard. Give the people something to cheer for. Fill the stands and thereby fill Irio's pockets.
Cliste: Do you understand?
Arayanna: Yes. I do.
Cliste: Good.
3a.
Cliste: Now, I have to ask. Why are you always covering your head?
Arayanna: Can I trust you?
Cliste: Arayanna, I am your Solicitor. I am bound by honor to keep your secrets.
Arayanna: Alright.
3b.
Arayanna: This is why.
Cliste: Oh my. That is interesting. You are...
Cliste: ...a mutant?
Arayanna: Something like that.
4a. .
Cliste: You were right to conceal yourself in the city - there are many who would turn a cold shoulder to one they thought a mutant.
Cliste: But here in the arena...
Cliste: This is something we will use, I think.
Arayanna: Are you sure?
Cliste: Yes. It makes you unique. Exotic. Irio will love it.
4b.
Cliste: And I have an idea...
5a.
Fiet: Cliste Di'Doir?
Cliste: Yes.
Fiet: I am Fiet, Arayanna's friend.
Cliste: Yes, yes. She said you would be coming. Please, join me.
Fiet: Thank you.
5b.
Fiet: Thank you for helping Arayanna and Maeye. They are precious to me.
Cliste: You are welcome, and I can see why. They are both very fascinating and somehow...irresistible.
Cliste: I just hope I have led them well.
Fiet: I think Arayanna will surprise you. She has surprised me her entire life.
6a.
Guard: Now entering, Seyda Thoree. Exiled Saig'Daeri. Accused of Guild theft and murder.
6b.
Guard: Now entering...
7a.
Guard: ...Arayanna Theydrihn, champion for Maeye Festiva, accused of murder.
8a.
Irio: Hmm. Interesting.
8b.
Irio: Let this trial begin!
Can’t wait to see them fight.
In panel 7 “…could shoulder…” shoud be “…cold shoulder…” and “…irio with love it…” shoud be “…irio will love it…”.
Ah crapballs.
And in panel four, she needs to be some one to cheer for
Join the club, I myself made a mistake. Shoud is missing a L, it’s should.
I love the headdress to make for the big reveal, but if she was doing the big reveal, she should have entered the ring wearing a matching robe, too.
LOL. Thanks for the heads up on the typos.
Ah. That’s a good idea! Damn. Shoulda thought of that.
It’s never too late….
That vote incentive is beautiful! The wet skin looks so real, and those freckled titties are amazing!
I am very glad you like it! The next image in the series is rendering now. It will be up in a couple of hours.
Damn that’s good! Thanks for the amazing work!
Already don’t like this Irio prick
Let me guess, the amount of ‘clemency’ depends on how well they perform in his bed?
Hmm. I hadn’t planned on going there with it, but now that you mention it……
Please, don’t do that, prove me wrong, please?
Read too many stories where that is the case and it has me jaded greener than the Chinese Dragon Emperor
Just attempting to figure out why he has women prisoners fight to the (near-)death to ‘prove’ their innocence, rather than having a ‘proper’ trial with evidence and stuffs
because he’s a flaming asshole ?
seems to be the primary requirement for despots
gotta give us something to hate to build his character 😉
Cliste, panel 4: “Fill the stands and thereby fill Irio’s pockets.” I’m reading that as him making a LOT of money by staging this particular kind of fights.
A page worth waiting for. Well done, both on the writing (spelling errors don’t count) and on the visuals!
Thank you very much!! 😀
a REAL debauched despot would handicap the assassin by having them fight in a pit of oil to make it last longer…just sayin’ 😉