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A single barrel was lit and launched from the wagon. It arched through the air. The only noise it made was the quiet hiss of a burning fuse. Upon landing on the tower’s guard wall, many rapid explosions broke the still of the Nightlands. The cacophony of the bursting barrel was matched by the resplendence of a chromatic cloud of smoke and sparks.

“NOW!” said Lotor.

The three Mookta warriors sprinted out from the treeline and down the hillside. The smoke from the barrel masked their presence once they reached the guard wall. Lotor, Rinus, and Viver had successfully breached the doom spire.

“What should we do?” said Barnabi.

“We came here to save my sister,” said Gino, “so we should do that.”

Barnabi pulled Gino back before he could leave the wagon. “Gino, look!”

A massive throng of Badgi, all of differing shapes and sizes, poured from the wound in the guard wall. Piling one on top of the other, the Badgi quickly filled the gap in the guard wall, effectively scabbing over the entry point made by Lotor.

“How are we going to get in now?” asked Barnabi.

Gino pointed towards the sky. “Through there.”

Weaving itself up amongst the writhing, upturned roots of the doom spire, was a single, serpentine billow of smoke, climbing ever higher, until it dissipated into the vast, Nightland sky.

“Where there’s smoke,” said Gino, “there’s a chiminy!”

Baranabi frowned. “There’s also fire!”

Before Barnabi could protest much more, Gino had grabbed him and flew toward the smoke.

Ahoy ye all visitors!

As Mr. Mark pointed out yesterday, a little break is here in our immediate future.  We are up to much behind the pages, getting everything prepped for an early August launch of the new and improved formatting of the site.  I also have much to prepare for the upcoming wedding of my sister and her fiancée which I am reverending.  (Oh c’mon Spell Check, how is that not a word?)  All this adds up to a lovely (at least for us) two week vacation.

While we sit back and enjoy cold, frosty glasses of mead, I mean….. as we work diligently, why not peruse the archives of the site and check out some of the stuff you  might have missed.  It would also be good to do so for the fact that many of the people and stories from the past nine months of supplementary material will be coalescing into a one massive, world-encompassing story.  To tease at what exactly is coming, I can only say that war is on the horizon and the true colors of many characters will start to bleed through.

Also, there may even be a “lost page” from Chapter 6 to be released soon, a last morsel of story till next month.  Check back soon to catch it.

Until we meet again have a happy Cow Appreciation Day, Stick Out Your Tongue Day, Chess Day, Moon Day, Ice Cream Soda Day, National Junk Food Day, Pied Piper of Hamelin Day, Mosquito Day, Amelia Earhart Day, National Lasagna Day, National Cheesecake Day, (Should those last two be so close together?) and so on.

Endless gratitude goes out to all of you who support our site, we can never thank you all enough.  Have a good July, see ya in August.

Patrick Thompson
Wordsmith Supreme

Yesterday’s page marks the end of Chapter Six of the Magic Mirror story. However, it also marks the end of a format.

When we began this project, we decided that we would follow the typical webcomic paradigm and update a couple pages every week. With models as fantastic as PVP and Penny-Arcade setting precedence, how could we resist.

So we followed suit.

Though there are many things that keep us apart from such great role-models (including talent), the main difference was what we created. Their comics are gag-a-day, similar to the newspaper strips of old. Ours, though we may try and inject humor whenever possible, rely more on story and (occasionally) action. Therefore, we have decided to boldly go where few (if any) have gone before.

From this day forward, beginning with Chapter Seven (and ending whenever the heck we feel it appropriate) we will present the pages in a format more akin to traditional comics publishing. Now, I know you all have questions regarding this format change, so I will do my best to answer them one by one.

What does this mean exactly?

Simply put, instead of getting one page every other day, you will be getting upwards of sixteen pages on the first Saturday of every month.

That’s practically double the pages you would have been receiving before!

What will fill the empty void in our lives now that you are only releasing stupendous comics once a month?

Oh, come on now…I’m sure you have other things you could spend your time doing…

Nevertheless, we are not in the business to disappoint. The Wordsmith Supreme himself has decided to step up to the plate and write some GREAT serialized stories similar to the Saturday morning Gino adventures. Every month, you will receive a FANTASTIC NEW story from the mind of Patrick Thompson himself, all broken up into easy to digest portions.

What about Gino?

Gino will continue until conclusion, there is no question about that. Yet his schedule may change. Our prognosticators have yet to get back to us regarding the implications of such a change, but the way we see it, you all are cool enough to endure any tumult the new schedule may create for our Zephiri hero.

Will we get any more Wild Wonders?

Why, yes!

As most of you know, each month contains, on average, FOUR Saturdays. With the first Saturday being taken up by a chunk of comics goodness, this means that THREE ADDITIONAL SATURDAYS are at our disposal. The plan, for the time being, is to fill those Saturdays with a more frequent smattering of Wild Wonder wisdom, straight from the pen of Valentine Ghostseer herself!

Do you have any other surprises for us?

Definitely, though since we do not want your brains to explode from amazement, we will keep most of them secret for the time being.

That said, there is one last thing:

While being the milestone for this momentous change in format, Chapter Seven also marks another milestone. Chapter Seven will also be the end of Act One of the Magic Mirror story. Many MANY more surprises await alongside Act Two, but you will just have to wait a few months to see exactly what we’re talking about.

Trust me, though. You’re going to want to stick with us. It will be worth it!

An article from the “Glacial Gazette” Foth’s only newspaper.

After a hasty exit from our town three weeks prior, it appeared that Rexaminer reporter, Jack Procyon, had returned to Bob two days ago, apparently along with another worker from the same paper.  It was assumed that Mr. Procyon had came back to resume work on his articles concerning Foth, this time with added help tackle the daunting task.    However, it has been since yesterday that our visitors have been seen, leading some officials to worry that they have violated curfew as well as safety restrictions and ventured out of the city.

Both had on separate occasions approached the guards at the gates as to what one would have to do to gain access to the outside.  Mr. Procyon claimed he simply wanted to explore solo and would stay out of sight.  The other asserted that he had family staying on a farmstead just out of town. Unfortunately for them, even search parties were not being allowed out due to the extreme aggressiveness that the Dire Snowrangutans have been exhibiting.  Plus, all families residing in such outlying homes had already been moved to temporary housing within the town limits.  Though neither pressed the matter, such queries are a bit peculiar.

It is quite unlikely that they could be missing within our modestly-sized city yet citizens are still being asked to keep a watchful eye out for them.  If the two visitors were defiant enough to find a way past the walls and guards, pray for their safety and quick return.

Carmilla Cluvers
Glacial Gazette Correspondent