Page 198: Land of the Living

The last time our party came across a group of legionnaires on their journey from Urkar’s Homestead to Orick’s Mine, it turned out the legionnaires were orcs is disguise. These legion don’t look like orcs.

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Page 197: The Path is Blocked

It seems that moonbloom on the previous page had a powerful effect on Eldrick. He finds himself in the realm of the spirits yet again.

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Page 196: Moonbloom

Looks like someone’s about to take a short trip.

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Page 195: The Galenholt Range

Our party finally crosses the border. Now might be a good time to consult the Map of the Midlands at the bottom of this page: http://www.crookshaw.com/helm/about

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Page 194: What I Do

Human sacrifice, dwarves and elves working together — mass hysteria!

Also, side note — I just realized that HELM is pretty consistently showing up in the Top 100 over at Top Webcomics (it’s ranked #44 as I’m writing this). I don’t pay it all that much attention so this is kind of surprising to me. I remember I’d have to cycle at least a page or two or three to find it in the past. Thank you to all who vote for HELM. Please continue to do so!

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Page 193: Frenemies

If you want jog your memory and review these characters’ last appearances, just click on their names in the tags section a little further down this page.

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Page 192: Prison Yard

Poor Morris. Can’t even be allowed a moment to enjoy his cigar.

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Page 191: Collection Time

So who is this mysterious assassin? If you’ve been following closely enough, you ought to have figured it out. Hunting a magick-maker with a glowy blue sword in the Orclands? Check out the metadata for this page, just below, and find out.

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Page 190: Bargaining in Orthanc

Looks like no delay in posting pages — not yet at least. Here’s a new page with some more on the way very soon. Remember — you can always read ahead and see art and pages before they’re finished by donating to us on Patreon.

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Page 189: Be Prepared

Are we simply preparing to depart or are we preparing for something else?

Note: We’re working on lettering a batch of pages at the moment. I’m hoping to receive them by this weekend; however, if I don’t, there may be a 1 or 2 week delay between now and the next page. It’s a slim chance but just mentioning in case you don’t see an update next week.

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Page 188: Crossing the Border

Visually, this is one of my favorite pages in a while. The lines, expressions, colors, and shadows are all really eye catching. Totally evokes that “animated film” / “Saturday morning cartoon” aesthetic I set out to achieve with this comic series. Kudos to Mauricio and Rafa.

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Page 187: I Trust You

Aw, shucks.

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Page 186: Spooky

Got a little ketchup on your mouth there, Ricky.

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Page 185: Magick-Maker

End scene.

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Page 184: Here for the Girl

A slight twist on the classic (Watchmen inspired) 9-panel layout. This stranger sure made quick work of these orcs… but it’s not them she’s been seeking. Who is she?

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Page 183: Toll Payment

Whoops, lost my hand.

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Page 182: Welcome to the Orclands

Our wagon driver doesn’t look all that amused or intimidated. That’s certainly a Helmic insignia on the door…. but she doesn’t exactly look like a legionnaire.

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Page 181: Easy Pickin'

Welcome to Orthanc, folks — AKA the Orclands!

I can never resist dropping a “I have a bad feeling about this…” every now and then. If my memory hasn’t failed me, this is the second time in the series (and the first instance in Book 2) where I’ve used it. Not the only Star Wars reference in the series either.

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Page 180: No Legionnaire, Mr. Quint

I don’t know what it is about these four characters… but I find them some of the easiest in the series to write for. We change scenery next week and are introduced to some new characters…

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Page 179: I'll Handle This

Looks like someone familiar is headed this way.

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