Just to clear something up, not that it needs to be- but he think’s he’s telling the truth about her starting it. He is unaware of her connection to them and can’t fathom she was interjecting herself due to what they were talking about. The only thing that changes- is that he is even more self centered and stupid than even he appears. XD
Also – 6th panel is Kaylin whispering to the Prime Minister. I had a few ways to show that – I went with a wispy tail and a grey text rather than solid black.
‘We recognize no other royalty’? Piglet, your nation was in negotiation with Talithar, whose psycho in charge was its king. I’ll just bet you recognized the hell out of him.
Clearly the honorable Earl Owenbeck was using the ‘royal’ we in panel 4. It is a proud act of defiance, that he doesn’t personally recognize any point eared mud colored woman loving femoid ****** **** elf as royalty, and he doesn’t care who tries to cancel him! And her girlfriend is a furry!
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Sage please don’t yeet me ;-;
sadly, most High Up start ranking people with very little known of the worlds that they live in NEVER do know much and think every one starts something or they are always the victim to incidences they tend to create.
sader still, as you said sage, they have grown up to think this as well.
as normal, your characters are on point.
Earl Owenbeck challenged Kaylin to a battle of wits.
Too bad he was unarmed.
Oh cool is he like a verbal kung fu warrior?
Yeah, like Wimp Lo.
I thought the whisper was portrayed well!
And oof, if the game didn’t have certain words blocked, this earl would be trying to get Sage Cancelled (I mean, he’s not Not trying)
Ah I think I get it. Kaylin is deliberately going to cause a scene with whatever scheme she’s cooking, drawing all eyes to her and the duke. The only ones who might not be watching her are those looking for an opening to make their move.
What a pity she’s about to waste good wine on his face.
We can hope it’s to even the playing field. Two intoxicants brawling, instead of a fully sober princess butchering a drunk pig.
Actually, I think we’re about to see a drinking contest.
Granted, there’s more than one type of ‘drinking contest’… while most people know the ‘who falls over first’ version, among nobles there can also be a ‘refined palette’ version where the contest is to see who can best identify the vintage of wine involved.
This guy doesn’t look like he’d be any good at that version, but it would probably impress the rest of the nobles a lot more.
Earl, ya better shut up. She carries far more weight than you do, and not just in the way we usually mean.
Kaitlin needs to apologize for calling him “Piglet.”
Pigs are smart.
She was right to call him an orcling though, as orcs are notorious for being stupid, regardless of story or fantasy setting.
Congratulations, you’ve been promoted to ‘bait’, next rank is ‘meatshield’.
Oh, I hope she’s at least going to slap him.
I bet the Prime Minister is thinking “I hope to God you know what you’re doing.”
Ok, i need to know. Also i love Kaylin’s face in the last panel.
I’ll admit, I’m surprised at the skin-tone based derogatory statement, not because I think you handled it poorly or because it’s over the line as a form of content, but because I’m surprised it’s in Rune Aria. It’s the kind of thing I’d expect most game companies to deliberately avoid. Similar to the way the system didn’t extrapolate homosexuality when building out humanity, I’m surprised it figured out from the game to include skin-tone based racism.
I may be conceptualizing this wrong, apologies if so!