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· Comics / Grimm Universe
ROBYN LOCKSLEY Robyn's story starts with someone who has very little security, support or control over what happens to her. The move into Myst doesn't give her a peaceful escape. It places her in another struggle against people willing to u...
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That is the part I want to keep in mind as I read more of Wonderland: its history is bigger than the people currently fighting over it. The pixies and the Librum give us a glimpse of communities that had their own place in the realm. Their...
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The timing of their disappearance is also important. Calie wonders whether they might return, but the Rabbit explains that they abandoned the village long before the Savage and her master claimed those lands. He places their disappearance e...
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The Librum’s gift was the ability to impart knowledge directly into other people’s minds. Storytellers and adventurers sought their favor, and the Rabbit describes them as educated people. That is a fascinating ability in a setting where fi...
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The White Rabbit explains that Wonderland has many varieties of pixies. That is an important distinction. We should not treat every small winged creature as the same group, with the same history and the same abilities. When Calie asks about...
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WONDERLAND’S PIXIES AND THE LIBRUM I want to stop on something from Wonderland #29 that could be easy to overlook while following the larger story: the pixies, and specifically the Librum. Wonderland has so much violence, madness, and confl...
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ROBYN AND THE EARLY MERRY MEN Robyn's early Merry Men belong to the struggle for Bree in Myst, before the later Nottingham Investigations setup. The group brings together Robyn, Little John, Will Scarlet, Friar Tuck and Much. Their place in...
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DRUANNA Druanna provides guidance to the expedition. Her association with Gaia and Mother Earth gives her a perspective beyond the immediate problem facing each traveller, but the journey still requires the others to act. Her presence links...
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BOLDER Bolder comes into Quest as a dwarf banished from his homeland. The account of his exile involves his brother's actions, which gives his displaced position a different shape from Aisling's loss of her kingdom or Blake's troubled knigh...
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BLAKE Blake carries Wonderland into a story about defending Myst. He is a former White Knight, and Quest makes that connection dangerous when he is infected with Wonderland's essence and begins succumbing to madness. His companions then hav...
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AISLING Aisling is the displaced princess of Vallone, and her return there makes the mission painfully personal. The ruined kingdom is a place she knows, with a history she has already suffered through. Iago's coercion is central to that hi...
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QUEST'S MYST-DEFENDING ENSEMBLE Quest brings together Aisling, Blake, Bolder and Druanna to confront the danger spreading through Myst. Their backgrounds already give the journey plenty of tension: a displaced princess, a fallen Wonderland...
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GRUEL Gruel's history starts with cruelty long before he becomes a dragon. His fairy-tale origin involves his stepbrother Arthur, a reward for kindness and Gruel's attempt to obtain a reward without the kindness behind it. His actions lead...
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ORCUS Orcus uses fear deliberately. His bargain is designed around Tallus's most vulnerable people, its children, and the hope that sacrificing a few outsiders might save everyone else. That is what makes him dangerous before he even commit...
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ORCUS'S ATTACK ON TALLUS The other side of the Tallus story is Orcus's invading army. Its threat begins before the fighting. By offering to spare the children if the city turns on Sela's company, Orcus makes the people behind the walls figh...
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KING WILLIAM William is the uneasy part of this alliance. He has the crown and the responsibility, but neither gives him an easy answer when Orcus threatens the city's children. His willingness to accept the bargain puts him at odds with th...
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DRUANNA Druanna is Tallus's High Priestess, and her connection to nature reaches back to her identity as Gaia. That history makes the limits on her power especially significant. Her connection has been damaged, and the Orb of Olan serves as...
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BOLDER Bolder is part of the same threatened travelling company, but he shouldn't disappear into the phrase “Sela and her friends.” He is one of the people Orcus wants removed, and he still joins the defense when the attack comes. That choi...
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BLAKE Blake belongs in this group because he stands beside Sela when that becomes dangerous. He and Bolder are caught in Orcus's demands too. They aren't safely watching someone else's crisis unfold. When the siege becomes a battle, Blake h...
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SELA MATHERS Sela's problem in Tallus is control. Having enough power to hurt an enemy doesn't mean she can safely use it in a crowd of frightened civilians. When the townspeople turn on her, defending herself could mean harming the people...
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