There, a creature developed that got rid of all life on a planet. It tried to do so on Earth. But it did so by affecting a certain place (Fetch Priory) and altering time in that area to manipulate individuals and bring about its regeneration after millions of years. Thea Ransome (both names theologically significant) transforms into the Fendahl Core, assisted by Satanists.

I suspect that, although we see a lot of individual things going on, we should look to the fact that, as the background issues of the town being somewhat collocated with the supernatural become more apparent, a “what was then shall ever be” kind of scenario will emerge and the individuals may remain, yet find themselves part of larger currents.

I think that Carl Macek’s Robotech interpretation of the Macross/Genesis Pits material was the first comic/animation of which I was aware that really capitalized on the background story. If you read the Vanished Planet chapters you will also see some similarity with the structure here.

IMHO this is lots better than science/fantasy a la Piers Anthony; it is almost Lovecraftian in the sense of an old lurking horror, yet I see in parts a style recollective of Larry Niven where you really want to root for the individual characters and their stories and save the Ringworld as much for them as for any. If novelized, this could have the potential for a depth recalling Jordan, yet perhaps not so dragged-out and torturous.

This is based on good writing, and that is rarer than some might guess.

I’m guessing that his imprisonment may have been a protect-him-from-himself type thing. Something I’m confused about, though…way back when Ignatius and Marcus were having their develop-the-backstory chat, it shows the Maintainer, Lillith, and Marcus on one side of a table and Ignatius with a greedy smile on the other side, while Lillith is unhappily signing a contract which revokes Ignatius’s fey power given certain stipulations, because he wanted to be king of somewhere. Presumably the storylines of Marcus and Ignatius diverge at that point, as Ignatius goes off to be kingly (and human), gets deposed, and his execution by drowning is attempted at which point he manages to survive long enough to be “saved” by the sea hag until quite recently.

My question is…when the contract was signed, was Marcus already under Ignatius’s control? If not, when would he have had the opportunity to make that happen?

He does not need to be a nice fellow. He just obeys Ignatius, who told him to take her home.

Now that I think of it, I don’t know why Marcus was imprisoned. We don’t know much about him yet, other than him being a vampire.

With the whole fight between Ignatius and Rex Caligo, and also the Maintainer being one of those usually evil ilithid guys, and now the vampire capturing this woman to save her, after the woman bites him, it seems like we won’t be having a stereotypical white-hat vs black-hat comic.

Or I don’t know, maybe Marcus doesn’t want to follow these orders but has to from compulsion?

Also, can someone help me out and explain the “not due out of your box for five years yet” thing to me?

Distressing, I really wanted to see what happens to Tara