Chapter I-18 — Well-Timed Levels and Turning Tides — of Fire Emblem's Doomsday Tales (PG13) (Spritecomic)

[Guest Supreme Gamesmaster]

I deeply apologize for my sporadic online appearances, but I'm really in over my head on literary projects. On top of school (final exams are perilously close), Slayers GODS-D (which no one reads anyway -.-), and Redemption Heart (which you'll have to purchase to read :twisted:... when I finally get around to finishing it) I have a friend (that's an accomplishment by my standards, by the way) with whom I'm doing a drawn English webmanga, which will be on a SmackJeeves profile as soon as the first issue is done. In the meantime, you can enjoy the dubious hilarity of a far less impressive endeavor: the semi-serious Fire Emblem Doomsday Tales.

 

I'm on the forum only to update this and GODS-D for now, though you'll also be kept posted on HV in this thread and R♥4 in the GODS-D thread.

 

[spoiler=Season I Summary]

Shana was one of the die-hard gamers who plugged into a Fire Emblem VRMMOSRPG... and awoke in Asgard, the mythologically dubious world of the dead. Soon befriending a bunch of dead people, along with the other gamers killed by the VRMMOSRPG, Shana must now lead her gloriously underleveled allies against the n00b armies threatening to seize Mount Olympus... while always maintaining in mind the mysterious martial machinations of the megalomaniacal murderous man named Valter.

 

 

 

This comic series is rated T, PG-13, et cetera for:

•sexual themes

•language

•animated blood

•fantasy violence

 

[spoiler=Season I: The Wrath of Valter]

[spoiler=Chapter I-1: Fire Emblem Simulation Program Spectacular]

[spoiler=Comic]

 

 

[spoiler=Comments]

1. Remember the überness of Feather Edges? IT'S BACK, if only for one panel.

2. There is exactly one original character in this comic.

3. Since there are going to be a ton of recolors anyway, I guess I ought to warn you that all the battle-style sprites will be, true to the game, recolors.

4. The above will hold true until an unspecified time at which I can a) do the edits for all the original characters and b) write in a non-promotion transformation.

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter I-2: Mysterious Grampappy]

[spoiler=Comic]

 

 

[spoiler=Comments]

1. The Feather Edges are FEATHERYER.

2. Expect to see the above in a comic if I have nothing better to do with the plot than break the Fourth Wall.

3. The off-screen character is not Davok's cameo. Now you know who it is.

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter I-3: Valter's Mêlée]

[spoiler=Comic]

 

 

[spoiler=Comments]

1. This is the first serious comic.

2. The damage and accuracy formulae are exactly the same as in-game.

3. Risa moved innocuously off-screen between comics; she obviously can't face a Level 13 Dragoknight.

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter 1-4: Critical Hit!]

[spoiler=Comic]

 

 

[spoiler=Comments]

1. This will be a running gag, so get used to it.

2. Critical hits will always be long and dramatic like that.

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter 1-5: Dead as a Doorknob]

[spoiler=Comic]

 

 

[spoiler=Comments]

1. Yes, they are really in Asgard.

2. Renovations! Thus far, I've just changed the font from AnimeAce 2.0 BB to Lafayette Comic Pro.

3. All-caps is meant to reproduce the effect of bolded words in comic books, as there is now a difference between capital and lowercase lettering.

4. Soon, those custom sprites will be coming, along with face sprites.

5. Possible future renovations include outlines on speech bubbles (probably not; it's tedious enough as is) or FE-style speech bubbles (again, probably not).

6. Ah, and look forward to Leila, Frederick (Franz/Forde's father, for those who don't know), Davok/Calculant, Kyubi/Rae, and the FIRST ANIMATED COMIC!! in the next five installments.

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter I-6: Jeigan-B-Gone]

[spoiler=Comic]

 

 

[spoiler=Comments]

1. The cameos are fighters whose provided names are the names with which they applied for the Fire Emblem Simulation Program Spectacular, which is apparently an electric chair.

2. The unnamed characters are Azura Kyubi/Rae Valentina, Queen of Spades; and Frederick Romage, father of Franz and Forde Romage and former Knight of Renaïs.

3. There is still dispute as to how Jeigan/Jagen should be spelled amongst the inhabitants of Asgard and Hylas, so expect to see lots of variants.

4. Depromotion can only happen once every five battles, and a thief has to spend their turn with no allies within three spaces of them in order to pull it off.

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter I-7: In Your Face! Part 1]

[spoiler=Comic]

 

 

[spoiler=Comments]

1. Note that all mugshots will be, in some way, customized, with the exception of characters that were in-game to begin with.

2. Shana's mug is probably the least original I'll come up with; however, that's for a very good, plot-related reason.

3. Yes, they do have stats. Like I said before, battle is conducted as if this were an FE game.

4. If a level-up shows a stat +1, that means that one is added to the previous value. For example, Hector now has 8 STR and 6 SPD.

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter I-8: In Your Face! Part 2]

[spoiler=Comic]

 

 

[spoiler=Comments]

1. Every level these guys have will be at least decent, except for crap people like Marcus.

2. I had intended to animate this, but I rely on layers too much for comic production; besides, it would be in a different file format.

3. Yes, all of the magic will be Slayers-based; incantations are either in Elfpanese or Latin, with Latin representing the stronger, Dark-magic spells.

4. IDK why I did Hell Blast in Elfpanese, now that I've said that.

5. I forgot to add blood. >.<

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter I-9: When Zombie n00bs RP...]

[spoiler=Comic]

 

 

[spoiler=Comments]

1. Behold the wrath of the n00b Empire's second-in-command, lolperson78!

2. The n00b King, that soldier guy, is even stronger, FYI.

3. The FEATHER EDGES OF EPIC will be used whenever multiple people are shouting at once.

4. If your RPing characters are anything like lolperson78 with his OPd Stone equipped, please be aware of your n00bishness.

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter I-10: We All Fall Down]

[spoiler=Comic]

 

 

[spoiler=Comments]

1. Using Slayers magic gave me a curious loophole I just had to exploit.

2. The FEATHER EDGES OF EPIC are making regular occurrences.

3. One guess as to the first support conversation.

4. I put this thing up post-completion in record time. O,x

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter I-11: Accidentally Perverse Per Murphy]

[spoiler=Comic]

 

 

[spoiler=Comments]

1. Muahaha. You were saying, Kyub?

2. Huzzah for the Tent Of Merlinus.

3. Feather edges are as ubiquitous as curses in this comic, despite the many, many angry people. O,x

4. No, Frederick does not have a legitimate reason to use the commodes for ten minutes.

5. The main difference between Karel and Davok is that Davok is sadomasochistic, while Karel is just sadistic.

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter I-12: Patron Saint of Blue Behemoths]

[spoiler=Comic]

 

 

[spoiler=Comments]

1. In the game, you will have the opportunity to control Durbans. He's like Wolf from FEI/FEIII/FEXI, except that he's a Berserker rather than a Ranger/Horseman/NomadicTrooper.

2. That said, in FEXI, make Wolf a General, please.

3. There are few coincidences in my comics. Even unconnected speech bubbles rampant in early issues serve purposes.

4. I did mention that I'm making FEDoomsday as a hack game, right?

5. FYI, that cave is really a bottomless abyss.

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter I-13: Tranquille X Shana, C Support]

[spoiler=Chapter]

 

 

[spoiler=Comments]

1. The psychopath is in luuuuuuuuuurve. Diss at your own peril.

2. Davok is only nice for two reasons: conservation of resources, and Shana.

3. Two reps to anyone who can name every reference in that reenactment.

4. Notice: when feather edges are outlined, and then repeated, they become MOAR EPICZ. And, of course, FEATHERIER.

5. Despite that delectable innuendo, she's only talking about being able to clone herself. ...Thus far.

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter I-14: Jerme and the Jermidae]

[spoiler=Comic]

 

 

[spoiler=Comments]

1. Frame seven is EPIC.

2. Feather edges aren't in this one. Phooey.

3. On the bright side, SFX Layer showed up! Happy day!

4. Major chara count: Two out of Eight Legends, three out of nine Lords, no Enladian or Magvellian Legends, and no one from Enladis (except a mention of Sangre, though he hasn't shown up yet).

5. Interpret panel one as you will; Lyn is supposed to say the last line, though.

6. This is a serious comic, although you should already know this.

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter I-15: They're Like Weeds]

[spoiler=Comic]

 

 

[spoiler=Comments]

1. The "Cavalier" in the first panel should be capitalized.

2. It was too chaotic to add damage, so I cut it out. Blow-by-blow:

2a. Karla does 10 damage twice; Jermides Fighter dies.

2b. Hector does 32 damage; Jermides Cavalier dies.

2c. Davok does 15 damage twice; Jermides Cavalier does 9 damage and dies.

2d. Shana does 30 damage; Jermides Fighter dies.

2e. Karla does 30 damage; Jermides Fighter dies.

3. Davok's warning is not ironic, though he is the only one who is hurt this chapter; everyone else will be harmed at some point during the next chapter.

4. The Feather Edges has returned. But he says that the light coming from the treasure chest is so bright that if he turned the camera towards it, they will explode. I mean, really. It will literally explode. As for the sunglasses, I have no idea where they came from.

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter I-16: They're, Like, Losing]

[spoiler=Comic]

 

 

[spoiler=Comments]

1. I have an excuse; I've been in Boston for the last week.

2. As a pilgrimager, mind, not a tourist.

3. The scrying glare was a pain in the ass; had to do two speech layers.

4. A friend and I are doing a much more serious, drawn webcomic soon. It'll be on my SmackJeeves account (Supreme Gamesmaster Yddisac, obviously) alongside this.

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter I-17: The Unstoppable n00b War Machine]

[spoiler=Comic]

 

 

[spoiler=Comments]

1. HV UPDATE: Script for the first issue is done; IDK when it'll be released.

2. Obviously, I'm going to be more active from here on out.

3. What did you expect, that I'd take a storyline as cliché as the n00b army and not put a philosophical twist on it? -.-

4. For the record, the Tarvos's accuracy went from 33 to 78 after acquiring the Swordreaver... plus the Swordreaver's gonna do more damage than the steel axe anyway. Reason to panic.

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter I-18: Well-Timed Levels and Turning Tides]

[spoiler=Comic]

 

 

[spoiler=Comments]

1. Sorry about last comic being in .jpg form. That was for ease of uploading to SmackJeeves.

2. That said, read here for this (where it's still in PNG form), and go to SmackJeeves for HV.

3. HV UPDATE: Nothing's happened.

4. The Feather Edges told you they'd be back.

5. No, really, I'm that obsessed with Feather Edges that I keep track of how long they've been absent.

6. That said, say where they last showed up (and name the video I referenced) to get a virtual cookie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=Credits]

INSPIRATION

 

Seraphim Swordmaster -- For the Fire Emblem Online Comic, which served as inspiration.

The comic author mentioned above -- For the comic, which served as inspiration.

 

SPRITES

 

ulf2 and Gamenerd Advance -- For the Desert Palace Zone background used in Chapters I-1 through 1-4.

Skylights -- For the Angel Island Intro background used in Chapters I-6 through I-9, and for the Ice Cap Zone background used in Chapters I-11 through I-18.

Enterbrain -- For the Hell Blast, Divination, Digger Volt SFX.

Ryan914 -- For the Super Robot Wars Taisen J Final Mission background used in Chapter I-18.

Anonymous -- For the Olympian Deities' sprites.

Fire Emblem Planet -- For all uncredited sprites appearing in this comic.

 

SOFTWARE

 

Feather Edges Tool -- For making über things like thought bubbles and *LE GASPS!!* possible.

Path Tool -- For the ability to make slightly non-crappy speech bubbles.

GIMP 2.2 -- For being a free utility upon which layers can be accessed, and serving as a medium for comic production.

 

 

 

[spoiler=Cameos]

As in PMDung, I will take cameo appearances from YCM members. However, it's a bit different this time, as you have far less control over your cameo. For example, the personality, role, et cetera are entirely out of your hands. For these, you do the exact same thing as Shana in I-1: provide only the character name and class.

The personality of a cameo will be derived from the member who submits said cameo; for example, should Lord Davok apply, his character would be a Karel-esque psychopath, while if Eternal Zodiac were to submit a character, said character would be an irrational optimist who makes liberal use of hyperboles.

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=The Spreading Flame Mailing List]

If you like this comic and want to be alerted whenever a new issue comes out, you can apply for the Spreading Flame mailing list. This is quite possibly the best-organized publicity attempt I've ever orchestrated, so pay attention.

 

In order to join the Spreading Flame Mailing List, one must PM another member on this site who hasn't yet posted here, instruct said member to R/R the comic, and link said member here. Then, simply post which member you referred, and you will be added to the Spreading Flame.

[spoiler=Spreading Flame Members]

BE THE FIRST TO SPREAD THE FLAME AND RECEIVE +1 REPUTATION. :mrgreen:

 

 

 

 

[Guest Supreme Gamesmaster]

...wow, really?

 

I mean, really, this is just pathetic. I doubt any new thread gets less views...

 

...well, bump.

[fenrir]

*Raises hands*

 

GO giant Death bots of doom!

[Guest Supreme Gamesmaster]

Thankies to Fenrir and Kyub.

 

New comic released.

[Guest Supreme Gamesmaster]

...BUMP, damnit!

[fenrir]

So every Mythological God is a robot of death?

 

And Magicarp can summon weapons from no where?

 

I misunderestimate n00bs.

[Kyub]

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[Guest Supreme Gamesmaster]

Eh, there's a perfect reason for that that will be disclosed at some later date.

 

Also, I love how exactly two people have viewed this outside me.