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New Comics Every M/W/F - Written by T Campbell & Phil Kahn - Illustrated by John & Jason Waltrip

Say, that's a pretty good Gravedust impression there.

Chapter 5 – Page 15

on June 2, 2010
Chapter: Chapter 05
└ Tags: Syr'Nj
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  1. Guy
    Guy
    June 2, 2010, 12:04 am | # | Reply

    CSI: High Fantasy

    • Dusty668
      Dusty668
      June 2, 2010, 12:45 am | # | Reply

      “Syr’Nj, you just woke up with a birds nest on your tuchus, do you really think you can solve this mystery?”
      “I really do believe it’s a matter of…”
      *puts on goggles*
      “…Elf Sufficiency”
      OH YEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!

      • Meirnon
        Meirnon
        June 2, 2010, 12:48 am | # | Reply

        You, sir, get an internet, and a cookie. (::)

        It’s cookiethulhu brand: insanely delicious. :D

        • FreddeX
          FreddeX
          May 9, 2011, 4:31 pm | # | Reply

          …..Marry me dude, marry me…. ;) ^^

      • Phil
        Flo
        June 2, 2010, 12:48 am | # | Reply

        Gold Star.

      • Deets
        Deets
        June 2, 2010, 9:02 pm | # | Reply

        Epic….. win….:)

      • Saiyanwolf
        Saiyanwolf
        October 12, 2014, 12:51 pm | # | Reply

        YOU WIN . . . FOREVER

  2. RustySpork
    RustySpork
    June 2, 2010, 12:12 am | # | Reply

    This was all I could think of when I saw the last frame.

  3. Jim
    Jim
    June 2, 2010, 12:19 am | # | Reply

    Something’s about to hit the fan. Can’t wait to see what.

    • Tsenzei
      Tsenzei
      June 2, 2010, 12:47 am | # | Reply

      I’m hoping what hits the fan is bundle of mint.

  4. Chev
    Chev
    June 2, 2010, 12:19 am | # | Reply

    …and that fateful scene from Lord of the Rings II returns to haunt us once more. Will Syr’Nj astonish us with ‘uncanny’ ranger skills as well?

    Keep up the fine work with this WComic!

  5. Bwernard
    Bwernard
    June 2, 2010, 12:25 am | # | Reply

    “There was a battle here. Orcs took some hobbits to the woods… nah, Ill keep looking for Frigg”

    • xXHildyXx
      xXHildyXx
      June 2, 2010, 12:27 am | # | Reply

      “Syr,Nj what do your elf eyes see?”

      • ahdok
        ahdok
        June 2, 2010, 3:44 am | # | Reply

        It’s over nine thousand.

  6. Lloyd
    Lloyd
    June 2, 2010, 12:44 am | # | Reply

    I can feel it, the Dark Side of the Sap. It calls to me, especially in this place of pain and misery, with its gooey, sticky power. I must go to find where they have taken the Master.

  7. Hypothetical
    Hypothetical
    June 2, 2010, 1:32 am | # | Reply

    Actually, since Syr is a wood Elf it makes sense that she is sensitive to damage to flora in her vicinity.

    About the same as a Dwarf being able to discern things dealing with stone…

    I love the close-up on her eyes. So much for the happy go lucky fa-la-la type Sylvan Elves.

    • Dredogastus F
      Dredogastus F
      October 26, 2012, 1:17 pm | # | Reply

      My Oregon grand’pa showed me stuff like this. A decent tracker, w/o a hangover, could spot that.

      • SotiCoto
        SotiCoto
        June 21, 2013, 11:47 am | # | Reply

        Ah. Dredogastus. Again.
        And this line of conversation makes me think of Wandering Ones…
        That is a moderately nifty comic… all considered.

  8. Intruder
    Intruder
    June 2, 2010, 2:22 am | # | Reply

    Man, if these nuns managed to beat up Frig just thing what they’re going to do to Byron. I kid! Kind of.

    • Antiartillary
      Antiartillary
      June 3, 2010, 3:41 pm | # | Reply

      Well more than likely it will involve a blow to the head

  9. Intruder
    Intruder
    June 2, 2010, 2:23 am | # | Reply

    Uh, think, not thing. Obviously. Don’t post at 2 am after a 10 hour work day kids.

  10. Schlock
    Schlock
    June 2, 2010, 2:23 am | # | Reply

    Ooh ooh next do an impression of Byron!

    • Casper
      Casper
      June 2, 2010, 2:34 am | # | Reply

      And after that, do a Frigg! Be all like, “Beech, please.”

  11. TexasNinjaBuzzard
    TexasNinjaBuzzard
    June 2, 2010, 2:57 am | # | Reply

    “That’s a pretty good Gravedust impression there”

    Ooh ooh ooh- Erica, is the underlayer texture in this one an actual gravestone? Looks kinda lichenous stoneworkish.

    Closeups of flat masonry and granite make for brilliant textures; you should totally use photos of the backsides of monuments for the underlayer whenever Gravedust is on-panel, just to be able to toss in some good/creepy commentary for the next print collection.

    Oh, yeah, we need some commentary for the next print collection. All the cool webcomics kids are doin’ it these days.

  12. ahdok
    ahdok
    June 2, 2010, 3:46 am | # | Reply

    Let’s see. I see some moss, a broken twig, and a patch of dirt.

    Oh my gods! the sky elves are committing genocide!

  13. Barnaby Jones
    Barnaby Jones
    June 2, 2010, 3:55 am | # | Reply

    Looks like someone serious’d the Frigg up.

  14. SaltyKracka
    SaltyKracka
    June 2, 2010, 4:03 am | # | Reply

    Ancient mysterious elf senses go!

  15. CynicalBastard
    CynicalBastard
    June 2, 2010, 4:06 am | # | Reply

    Looks like some Nuns are about to get their rituals wrecked. Although Byron doesnt kill humans….maybe Syr will take care of it herself.

  16. Atnas
    Atnas
    June 2, 2010, 4:26 am | # | Reply

    Why does everyone assume she’s worried about Frigg, eh? Eh? She’s probably just RAGING that someone broke a twig!

  17. The Indomitable Eric
    The Indomitable Eric
    June 2, 2010, 4:31 am | # | Reply

    Spot check, Spot check, Spot check, Spot check, Spot check, Spot check, Spot check, Spot check.

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      June 2, 2010, 4:38 am | # | Reply

      diddle eye po.

    • Hypothetical
      Hypothetical
      June 2, 2010, 7:11 pm | # | Reply

      Actually, I think that’s two Spot checks, and one Track check….I could be wrong.

  18. ahdok
    ahdok
    June 2, 2010, 4:48 am | # | Reply

    There was a mighty duel — it ranged all over. They were both masters.

    Who won? How did it end?

    “The loser fell unconscious. The winners dragged her off making these footprints.”

    • Zero
      Zero
      June 2, 2010, 7:35 am | # | Reply

      and another Internet handed out for the more subtle reference…we’re running out of internets…

    • Flintte
      Flintte
      June 2, 2010, 8:45 am | # | Reply

      If this is a reference to the dual between Raistlin and Finstandantilus in War of the Twins, I approve. If not, I feel silly.

      • Flintte
        Flintte
        June 2, 2010, 8:45 am | # | Reply

        Err…..duel. Not dual.

        • Hawk
          Hawk
          June 2, 2010, 10:22 am | # | Reply

          Feel silly. It’s a reference to Princess Bride. :P

          • Iocane
            Iocane
            June 2, 2010, 11:07 am | # | Reply

            Inconcievable.

            • Talisaerin
              Talisaerin
              June 2, 2010, 1:10 pm | # | Reply

              That word. You keep using it, but I do not think it means what you think it means.

            • Nate
              Nate
              June 2, 2010, 8:34 pm | # | Reply

              I do not think that means what you think it means.

              • munkyfst
                munkyfst
                June 2, 2010, 10:06 pm | # | Reply

                last frame… “Hello…my name is Inego Montoya…”
                i’m so sorry…i’ll stop now….LOL!

  19. Rook
    Rook
    June 2, 2010, 5:17 am | # | Reply

    Granted we saw her in custody already (though I’ld image she could have easily escaped), I wonder if Bandit is going end up tied to this whole mess and if so, to what end?

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      June 2, 2010, 1:01 pm | # | Reply

      I’m willing to bet you my internet that Bandit joins the group in this chapter.

  20. Hopeless
    Hopeless
    June 2, 2010, 6:01 am | # | Reply

    So someone spilt what smells like soapy water over someone and then had a fight, several people against one lone target who put up a fight and given she has smelled Frigg before has probably sussed someone’s kidnapped her former comrade…

    Okay why do I keep hearing the theme tune for CSI New York here?!

    • Hawk
      Hawk
      June 2, 2010, 10:23 am | # | Reply

      Ether smells like soapy water?!?

      Here I thought it stank like grain alcohol.

    • Hypothetical
      Hypothetical
      June 2, 2010, 7:15 pm | # | Reply

      Buzzzz….

      Ether evaporates quickly enough that there would have been no odor left behind this many hours after the attack…

      ( Figuring of course that Syr had to be passed out for at least 8 full hours, to sleep off the Mead, since the attack occurred immediately after Frigg left the tavern.)

      This has been another episode of PSI ( Pween Scene Investigations).

      • JoeDanW
        JoeDanW
        June 3, 2010, 4:32 am | # | Reply

        LMAO, god bless Flintlocke =P

  21. Flintte
    Flintte
    June 2, 2010, 8:46 am | # | Reply

    I would be really happy is Syr’Nj put her hands in front of her face, surveyed the scene, and then said “Here’s what happened….”

  22. FunctionOf
    FunctionOf
    June 2, 2010, 8:58 am | # | Reply

    HEY! Major props on the art, man! In the past couple entries it’s definitely started to shine again as it did! Awesome work.

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      June 2, 2010, 1:02 pm | # | Reply

      Erica, are you using some sort of clever photoshop filter to apply the grainy texture to your artwork?

      If so, what is it? I want it.

  23. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    June 2, 2010, 9:38 am | # | Reply

    Looks like we have a really knotty situation here.

    • Hawk
      Hawk
      June 2, 2010, 10:23 am | # | Reply

      I guess Syr has twigged to what happened then.

      • Niall
        Niall
        June 2, 2010, 10:50 am | # | Reply

        Time for her to get to the root of the problem.

        • Joe
          Joe
          June 2, 2010, 12:58 pm | # | Reply

          She can’t just leaf this be.

          • ahdok
            ahdok
            June 2, 2010, 1:04 pm | # | Reply

            All these puns are sapling my strength.

            • Snow
              Snow
              June 2, 2010, 1:21 pm | # | Reply

              I’ll admit it; after you got past tree puns, I started to laugh.

              • ahdok
                ahdok
                June 3, 2010, 3:40 am | # | Reply

                are you saying we’re branching out?

                • Snow
                  Snow
                  June 3, 2010, 4:55 pm | # | Reply

                  I’m just saying we must have a budding sense of humor.

                  • ahdok
                    ahdok
                    June 3, 2010, 9:01 pm | # | Reply

                    it’s really blossoming.

        • Jean-Luc
          Jean-Luc
          June 2, 2010, 4:47 pm | # | Reply

          This situation could bloom at any moment. :D

          • Hypothetical
            Hypothetical
            June 2, 2010, 7:16 pm | # | Reply

            Now that one was out on a limb.

            • Jean-Luc
              Jean-Luc
              June 3, 2010, 9:56 am | # | Reply

              Well it was about time for the story to branch out.

              • SotiCoto
                SotiCoto
                June 21, 2013, 11:59 am | # | Reply

                Oak-ay, enough already.
                Yew need to stop this now.
                I’m aple to keep up (elm-entary wordplay afterall), but this punning is making me syc. A more antagonistic approach would not make me poplar though.

  24. TraderInTown
    TraderInTown
    June 2, 2010, 10:02 am | # | Reply

    Weeeeelll lookie here. Syr’nj is about to bust some ass.

  25. Niall
    Niall
    June 2, 2010, 10:56 am | # | Reply

    I have this problem all the time. You promise yourself you won’t get emotionally involved or pass judgement in an incident. You get emotionally involved or pass judgement in said incident. You end up on a massive guilt trip and beat yourself up for it. I can empathise here.

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      June 2, 2010, 1:05 pm | # | Reply

      There’s an app for that.

  26. Iocane
    Iocane
    June 2, 2010, 11:08 am | # | Reply

    The real question is, will Syr’nj try to save Frigg, or just be really pissed as to the callous treatment of nature.

  27. Wyrd
    Wyrd
    June 2, 2010, 12:14 pm | # | Reply

    I’m wondering if she is pulling a Darkwing Duck moment, spotting all of these tiny plant related clues that tell her that Frigg was kidnapped, and missing the trashed tent, Frigg’s mace where she dropped it, and the big sign saying “This naughty girl has been repossessed by Our Lady of the Perpetual Bloodshot Eyeball.”

    • Nate
      Nate
      June 2, 2010, 8:35 pm | # | Reply

      Oh god I hope she invented a gas gun that’d be so awesome.

  28. DCB
    DCB
    June 2, 2010, 12:39 pm | # | Reply

    Hangovers, tested and proven to make you a better crime scene investigator.

  29. Zakrael
    Zakrael
    June 2, 2010, 5:31 pm | # | Reply

    Natural 20 on a Spot check, I believe. Or Perception check, if you’re into that sort of thing. Either way, she’s pretty much contractually allowed to read the DM’s session notes now.

  30. Amphiprison
    Amphiprison
    June 2, 2010, 9:18 pm | # | Reply

    …THERE WAS A FIREFIGHT!

    • SchizoAuthoress
      SchizoAuthoress
      June 2, 2010, 10:52 pm | # | Reply

      Six nuns! WITH BOOTS!

      • Casper
        Casper
        June 2, 2010, 11:44 pm | # | Reply

        And a dog marking territ- No, wait. That was last week. The nuns, though; they were most DEFINITELY last night!

        The bear, however, may or may not have been during the incident. The tracks aren’t so clear on that.

        • Joe
          Joe
          June 3, 2010, 5:27 pm | # | Reply

          http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/19/bearcavalrye.jpg

          Bear Cavalry: It’s more likely than you think.

  31. ahdok
    ahdok
    June 3, 2010, 3:42 am | # | Reply

    Y’know. It’s actually quite easy to spot these details when they’ve got big glowing circles around them.

    Rookie error on the part of the nuns really.

    • Madcat88
      Madcat88
      June 3, 2010, 5:34 pm | # | Reply

      LOL

      Jim

  32. Drali
    Drali
    June 3, 2010, 2:42 pm | # | Reply

    But Syr’Nj is a wood elf! There’s no way that the town guards are going to believe her. She’s going to have to knock Best out with a dart, and prop him up in a chair, then hide behind it to close the case.

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      June 3, 2010, 9:02 pm | # | Reply

      …No bow tie…

  33. Twigs
    Twigs
    December 1, 2010, 11:18 pm | # | Reply

    Mantracker!!

  34. Thomas
    Thomas
    August 11, 2013, 7:18 am | # | Reply

    Now Syr’nj can’t apologize peacefully? Someone will die for this!

  35. DetectiveCaillou
    DetectiveCaillou
    August 9, 2016, 9:25 pm | # | Reply

    *Shaun’s Psyche-mode theme starts playing*

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