Chapter 1, Page 3: What They Say
My new comics all must feature townspeople spreading rumors about a main character bringing death upon others, I guess.
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White overtakes a shot of Knell's eyes as she recollects something in the past while looking across the bridge.
Someone from that day speaks: There he is!
Through a dreamy haze of white, we see a bright afternoon. Knell is walking home from school while clutching a book. She sees two boys looking at something nearby.
Boy1: The necromancer! By the tree!
The boy points while his friend tries to look at what he's seeing.
Boy2: The ol' git with the shovel?
Boy1: No, the other side!
Knell turns to see what they're looking at.
Boy2: Ohh!
Someone is being buried in the cemetery with their loved ones surrounding the open grave, in mourning. Standing near the group are two men in hooded, dark robes: An old man with a shovel, and another man in a more striking black cloak that appears to be trying to keep himself out of sight of the group by standing on the opposite side of a tree. All we see is his backside, but his arms appear to be crossed.
Boy2: Where does he even live?
Boy1: In a house behind the graveyard, past the Bone Slough - y'know the icky sunken part?
A closer look at the man standing beside the tree, still unchanged in his position.
Boy1: Pa says they feed off the dead, which is why he lives there. An' they say he hexes people to die to have even more death to feed off of, so you gotta keep away from him!
Someone from that day speaks: There he is!
Through a dreamy haze of white, we see a bright afternoon. Knell is walking home from school while clutching a book. She sees two boys looking at something nearby.
Boy1: The necromancer! By the tree!
The boy points while his friend tries to look at what he's seeing.
Boy2: The ol' git with the shovel?
Boy1: No, the other side!
Knell turns to see what they're looking at.
Boy2: Ohh!
Someone is being buried in the cemetery with their loved ones surrounding the open grave, in mourning. Standing near the group are two men in hooded, dark robes: An old man with a shovel, and another man in a more striking black cloak that appears to be trying to keep himself out of sight of the group by standing on the opposite side of a tree. All we see is his backside, but his arms appear to be crossed.
Boy2: Where does he even live?
Boy1: In a house behind the graveyard, past the Bone Slough - y'know the icky sunken part?
A closer look at the man standing beside the tree, still unchanged in his position.
Boy1: Pa says they feed off the dead, which is why he lives there. An' they say he hexes people to die to have even more death to feed off of, so you gotta keep away from him!