Chapter Seven: Page 20
Doctor Shadow on Nov. 29, 2009
When I did the design work for Hestonia, especially the magical side of things I wanted to take a Vancian approach (magic always has a price and the price for failure is often spectacularly bad) to the wizardry. Magic is an extremely tricky force for your average person to manipulate and one must be born with the talent, one of an ancient lineage of sorcerers. The Anshada. Unfortunately since they were also demon worshipping cultists it makes it hard for anyone who uses magic not to be persecuted for the transgressions of their forefathers.
The Church of Progression of course, they sit outside the laws that govern the common people and thus judge everyone bar themselves as heretics who can Weave the Tapestry of Magic.
Yet no one on Hestonia sees anything wrong with using magic when it's bound into an object, such as the CoP weapons or even a windship. This explains why Isadora isn't running away in terror from the magic mirror.
Doctor Shadow at 6:41AM, Dec. 1, 2009
Crimson, M0rgan: cheers DAJB: thanks man! Zeph: thank you :) repo: I basically constructed an entire world for the book, so I draw from that for the webcomic. Fao: thanks! albone: Heh... amanda: heh! Adam: There are some stunners in Hestonia, yes. khard: Mirror Mirror on the Wall, it's a magical mirror. The Countess is...well, she's not a Wizard. kyupol, trevora: thanks for stopping by :)
khard12 at 12:15PM, Nov. 30, 2009
Is the mirror a magic mirror, or is the countess a wizard?
Adam Black at 11:08AM, Nov. 30, 2009
That shapeshifting stuff sounds spooky. Also: Those are some really pretty women. Damn fine artwork!
amanda at 9:57AM, Nov. 30, 2009
*I* would have run away from the mirror, personally. Maybe not if I were from this world, though.
albone at 9:34AM, Nov. 30, 2009
Always good to know the ground rules when it comes to magic. Cheeky stuff, really. :P
repoman at 8:18AM, Nov. 30, 2009
Cool. You've created a very intricate universe for you characters. That's one of the things I really enjoy about this comic.
DAJB at 3:50AM, Nov. 30, 2009
That's a nice take on the different views of magic. Really fleshes out the world.