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[Fault]

And it doesn't help that I see all the character in an art style similar to yours.

I'd be willing to do some illustrations if you want. Anything to expand my subject matter.

[Acanthus117]

And it doesn't help that I see all the character in an art style similar to yours.

I'd be willing to do some illustrations if you want. Anything to expand my subject matter.

Yeah, it's mostly just character portraits, but I do have some scenes in mind, if you would like it.

[Fault]

wait.. is this that story where there was an Ape-man race instead of orcs, and a tree-spirit race instead of elves?

[Acanthus117]

No, no it's not. Although the Wood elves do have Treant elders/brusiers...

[Fault]

send me a PM about the setting (or anything you've written so far) I don't want this thread to fly off-topic.

[Acanthus117]

Back on topic...

I like the ashes idea. Its a great idea!

[Fault]

it's actually a scouting tradition. I figured since elves are superstitious outdoorsmen, it fit them culturally.
It will also become more important when the comic elaborates on human religion in the setting.

[Acanthus117]

Hey, Fault, is Shift's brand of elves cannibalistic, like your stock DF elves?

[Fault]

No. There were caiballistic elves in the history of Effigies, but they were extinct by the time the AGE OF REASON came about.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

 Before the Age of Reason, there was the Age of War. This Age was characterized by plentiful conflict and unrest, and it lasted about 200 years. The Age of War was brought to an end when an alliance of Men, Elves, and Dwarves destroyed/drove away all the hostile races (goblins, demons, cannibal elves...) and made peace.
However, their destructive campaign had some negative consequences for them. Many of their alliance were lost in the war, reducing the world population to about one third of what it had been in the last age. The "civilized world" depicted in the prologue map is only a very small part of the actual world map, as the civilized races have so far been unable/unwilling to colonize further.

The Culture of Shift's wood elf race (Trowe) is detailed in the original post, under "races".

[Acanthus117]

Ooh.

I like these ideas of yours, damnit!

[Fault]

I wonder how the others will react to Shift's story.

The following is detailed in PAGE #29 (posted at 3 minutes to midnight!)

Consider this page to be wildy out-of-character and non-canon, mostly due to language.

[Acanthus117]

I AM SO HAPPEH

[eerr]

I like it so far.

So uh, Any thoughts about cleaning up the black bits that pop up everywhere?

[Dagoth Urist]

I like your webcomic, Fault! You got me at Olin's "You're playing into a stereotype". (eerr, I don't see what's particularly wrong about that sentence? I thought it was funny and unexpected coming from a dwarf.) Fault, are you going to colour every page you make in the future, or only the ones that 'need' it? If there's one negative thing about Effigies, it'd be that it's hard to discern who's who. Apart from that, it's very enjoyable. I look forward to seeing the plot and more importantly, the world, manifest further as the webcomic continues.

[Fault]

So uh, Any thoughts about cleaning up the black bits that pop up everywhere?

you talking about the little dots of paint that are stuck on my scanner? I cleaned most of them off, but there's still some I can't quite get at. I remove them from the image whenever I see them, but sometimes they slip through... 

Fault, are you going to colour every page you make in the future, or only the ones that 'need' it?

Every story page is intended to be coloured. I'm thinking of leaving the map pages in B/W, though.

If there's one negative thing about Effigies, it'd be that it's hard to discern who's who.

Another problem which can be solved by colouring....