Page 247: Backwater Skirmish

Things aren’t looking very good for the orcs. Eckert’s most certainly dead and Ugg doesn’t look like he’s faring all that well either.

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Page 242: The Helmar

Huzzah! Oh. Wait. Nevermind.

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Page 230: One Wizard

Uh oh.

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Page 229: Our Prize Awaits

The sun sets on Auld Dunvil… but does it set for the Helmic Legion, as well?

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Cover: The Path Ahead

I like to take a short break between chapters; however, we should have enough of a buffer to keep up the pace of one page a week. The next six pages of HELM Chapter 10: The Path Ahead are currently being lettered. They should be ready by the coming Tuesday, so hopefully we’ll be able to continue with our regularly scheduled program.

What lies ahead? I’m particularly happy with how this chapter comes together and concludes. It’s the final chapter of Book 2: Pathfinder and there are a lot of story threads that need to be neatly tied up before the end. That can very challenging to do in only 26 pages but I think I managed that. Additionally, Book 2 hasn’t seen a lot of action (in comparison to Book 1) — that’s because I needed to spend more time with the characters — however, there’s more than enough action in this next chapter to make up for it.

Some additional thoughts —

“The Path Ahead” isn’t all that creative a title. I had a few alternatives but went with this because it ties nicely with the “Book 2: Pathfinder” theme. It’s also a key phrase Luna uses in Chapter 3 (also in the animated trailer). There’s more to the phrase… but I can’t reveal more than I already have without spoiling things.

I hope you enjoy what lies on the path ahead. ;-)

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Page 228: To Auld Dunvil

Here it is… the last page of Chapter 9: The Chieftain’s Lair. Come back next week for the start of Chapter 10 (the conclusion of Book 2: Pathfinder), certain to be the most exciting chapter of HELM yet. The art is still in progress but the script is done (available to download now on Patreon)… so I can tell you now that it’s my favorite chapter of the series. Can’t wait to share it with you all. :)

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Page 227: Two Wizards

Hello, friends! Just in case you haven’t been keeping track, this is page 25 of Chapter 9 — that means only 1 page remains before we wrap up The Chieftain’s Lair and move on to the final chapter of Book 2: Pathfinder.

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Page 226: A Gift for a Favor

Let’s hear your pitch, Mr. Halifax.

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Page 225: Outnumbered

Alright, enough of the history lesson. Let’s get down to brass tacks…

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Page 223: Gurak's Return

Hmm… I wonder what’s on the menu?

Also… I’m super excited to share that I have 3 HELM t-shirts available to purchase on Amazon. You can check them out here. I’d love it if you would consider purchasing and leaving a review! I’ll work on getting a more permanent link advertising these shirts on this site soon.

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Page 222: Manfolk Smell Funny

Manfolk and orc women at a meeting of chieftains… some of these orcs may find that hard to tolerate.

BTW, an FYI — if you haven’t already heard via Twitter or Facebook, the script for Chapter 10 (the final chapter of HELM Book II: Pathfinder) is complete and available to download now on Patreon. Just $5.00 USD. I also offer monthly video chats to talk anything related to HELM or my other creative projects.

Alssooo… I have a poll up on our Twitter page regarding HELM merchandise. I’m seriously thinking of offering some t-shirts, hoodies, etc. Think “Wanted” style poster theme with a HELM character featured. The question is WHO should I focus on. Please vote and let me know what you think here (the poll closes soon).

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Page 221: Table of Chieftains

Hello, friends! As previewed on Twitter, I ended up being a little late posting this page this week. The reason for that is my wife gave birth to our beautiful new angel of a daughter on the weekend so my computer time has been super limited. We *should* be back to our normally scheduled program now.

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