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The Curse of Firebird's Roost: Chapter Two

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Hello again, and sorry about the wait! This chapter gave me a lot of trouble but now it's DONE and it's OUT and I can finally relax.

It's always nice getting to see those tender moments between Cheddar and Parmesan. Sure hope this new endeavor works out for them!

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The Curse of Firebird's Roost: Prologue

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And off we go!! Man, I still can't believe this is actually happening. All those months of work finally coming to fruition. It's super exciting, and I hope you all enjoy this first little taste of the action to come!

Starsight is the only character in this chapter who I designed by myself (along with that random Dusthide I guess). Velya is a canon Flight Rising NPC, and the dragons in the first panel are all cameos owned by other users: @nuciboli-fr, @dire-vulture, @rosettabetta, @khadjin-fr, and @emordnilap-fr.

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Average Cheddar moment

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The Curse of Firebird's Roost: Chapter One

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Welcome to Cinderslag.

Featuring a few more dragon cameos: @tinygryphon-58570, @clankatabatic, @gardenergulfie, @murkmirth-halo, and @helicoprinus. Also, I forgot to mention this in the prologue, but all the in-universe text in this comic is written with Arkeyr79's custom rune font!

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Drawing process for the big crowd shot at the end of chapter 5! This was one of the scenes I had envisioned most clearly when I started scripting the comic, and I couldn't be happier with how it turned out.

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The Curse of Firebird's Roost: Chapter Five

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And what a lovely sight it is!

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You cannot reach him.

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Concept art for some different parts of my clan's territory! I wanted to find ways to better differentiate it from Cinderslag at a glance (since both of them are major settings in the comic and it might get confusing if they look too similar).

Exterior view of the Roost from afar

Rusty's tavern in the boiler room

Overgrown hallway and flora detail

More talking under the cut:

Cinderslag's gonna look the same as it does on the site - cluttered, mechanical, rusty metal and dark volcanic rock starkly illuminated by bright orange lava - so I decided to give the Roost a bit of a softer look in comparison. Faded yellows and grays on the outside, warm reddish-browns on the inside, and more organic shapes from nature reclaiming it in a lot of places. Plus, I changed the factory to a more Victorian style with brick walls instead of the metallic design I had before. Makes it look more like a relic of the past!

The physical location is also meant to contrast Cinderslag, sitting in the middle of a wide-open field where the sky is clear and you can see for miles in any direction. It's supposed to be one of those things that can go from comforting to creepy at a moment's notice depending on how you look at it. Like, it's a nice breath of fresh air for someone who's spent their whole life in a claustrophobic city... but at the same time, you can't help but notice that there's literally nothing around you. Just a dead, barren expanse with nowhere to hide. Nobody can get in - or out - without being spotted. Hey, is it obvious that Nope is my favorite horror movie?

I also referenced some on-site food items for the plants! The bushes in the first one are meant to be Flameweed (though honestly I had a hard time deciphering the icon on that one and kind of had to improvise), and the third one has Cindershrooms sprouting out of the ground. I wanted to use Cindervine for the ivy clumps, too, but the colors didn't contrast well with the bricks.