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The guy does come across as a blowhard. I wonder whether he is even a spark at all.
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I don't think it's the same Dreen busting up his giant robot as the one he seems to have landed on.

The one that does the breaking still has its hat on.
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So thats what the Bloodstone Paladins look like. Why are the Knights of Jove sworn to the Heterodyne again?
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Zixinus wrote:The guy does come across as a blowhard. I wonder whether he is even a spark at all.
Isn't that the sole metric of being a spark?
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Wonderful, we really need more minor characters running around at this point. Now is Tweedle really the clueless patsy he seems at first glance, or is all that happens a part of HIS master plan?
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CaptainChewbacca wrote:So thats what the Bloodstone Paladins look like. Why are the Knights of Jove sworn to the Heterodyne again?
They were involved in the plot behind Pinky's attempt to take over the town. IE, they came expecting Zola, and the plans haven't changed all that much yet.
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It all goes back to the Story (myth/legend) of the Storm King and the Heterodyne Princess. We've not found out exactly what happened in the story, but the Opera based on it says they were in love, their marriage would unite Europe under one House, and someone stole the Heterodyne away before the marriage. Since the Muse of Protection was in The Castle, it seems some of it is true.

Right now, the Aristocrats are angry at a "mere Baron" keeping them in their place, holding their families hostage, stopping them from killing each other, and not giving them their Fair Due. They *want* a KING (who they can try up in rules, intrigues, and other diversions while the Aristocrats go about their merry way). Play off the peasant's love for legendary heros and True Love(tm), and Europe falls back into the Good Old Days of Aristocratic Feudal Rule.

Of course, the problem is Wulfenbach is NOT dead, and the Heterodyne Girl is being quite troublesome by not falling into her role. Tarvek, the Chosen Storm King, was captured at Sturmhaven and presumed dead. Thus, the Knights of Jove have been forced to move openly for the first time in generations.

Now, the REAL QUESTION is what side is the Abbess on?!

PS: Tweedle was mentioned in passing by Tarvek several months (years?) ago as one of the worst choices to take his place as StormKing.
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Don't quite understand what religion the Abbess is under, but I assume that the Lady Heterodyne has the final authority, and I hope she will decide.

Gil was mentioned with "your highness" as a title while the Baron was MIA. Wonder if he's the storm king.

I find it a bit odd that Tarvek has still forgotten to mention that the Baron has been wasped.
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anyone else noticed the new graphic included in the random roster on the site (that you click on to go to the comic proper?)

it shows agatha hetrodying it up on a big organ looking thing...

I wonder if we're going to see the castle's awakening fuge...
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ryacko wrote:I find it a bit odd that Tarvek has still forgotten to mention that the Baron has been wasped.
Well...they are kind of really busy.

There never seems to have been a time when Tarvek might have been in a position to whisper the secret to which ever of the pair we would confide in.

Which brings up another point. Who, exactly, can he tell?

Gill? His arch rival?

Or

Agatha? Who he knows actually HAS a version of The Other lodged in her head and only kept at bay via the repaired locket.

This isn't to say he hasn't already started to do something sneaky. Where did all the loosed weasels and the baby weasels get to, any way?
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Dass.Kapital wrote:
ryacko wrote:I find it a bit odd that Tarvek has still forgotten to mention that the Baron has been wasped.
Well...they are kind of really busy.

There never seems to have been a time when Tarvek might have been in a position to whisper the secret to which ever of the pair we would confide in.

Which brings up another point. Who, exactly, can he tell?

Gill? His arch rival?
Well, except that he's already explained the matter to Gil because he was there while Phil was boring people to death telling Gil the Baron's story. He's the one who got the symbolism. It's still not clear whether or not he overheard Zola being shocked that Lucrezia managed the trick, but at this point, it no longer matters. He still hasn't mentioned it to Agatha though.
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Maddoctor, that's a scene from Strumhaven, where she activated the circus caravans to fight the Baron.


Agatha fully expects Tweedle to be trouble. Hopefully he can be of some distraction while she powers up the Castle
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oh, nuts. i like my mad scientist organ fuges...
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madd0ct0r wrote:oh, nuts. i like my mad scientist organ fuges...
Go reread the Sturmhaven arc, where she commanded a small army of robots, previously a circus caravan, with her organ music.
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Does one get the impression that the Knights of Jove, etc. think Agatha is Zola?
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tortieconspiracy wrote:Does one get the impression that the Knights of Jove, etc. think Agatha is Zola?
Maybe they didn't expect the real Heterodyne to arrive.

I also think that the conspiracy poisoned Tarvek with Resplendent Immolation when he was arrested at the hospital.
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FaxModem1 wrote:No, the castle needs a spark, as in a spark of electricity to jump start it's systems.
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"Kids these days... Don't even recognize their Heterodyne..."
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"Me and my big mouth..."
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Piracy would be the safer choice for all of them now.
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I fear to see what she creates by the time she reaches the tower.
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I am also wondering where all of her little, self replicating clanks have gotten to.
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Dass.Kapital wrote:I am also wondering where all of her little, self replicating clanks have gotten to.
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oh. oh dear. how did we forget about them. Oh. Dear. Gods. what have they been BUILDING??!!?! :shock:
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worse there's two tribes of them, how bad is the arms race up to now....
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