NOTES
- Zaz and Cornelius are on the train passing the massive capitol spires of Midiria
- The Dreadmist is visible in the background of panel 2
- Cornelius apologizes for no reason in panel 3
#275
#274
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- Shiraadh returns to Fortress Refusaleth
- When the Resinatus bring in the pieces of the Prime Resinate, Refusaleth spins into a vortex, consuming them and the Norris Bundt besmurchin, and smashing the subborg into a wall
- Shiraadh barely survives, and the force of the centrifuge dislocates her jaw (panel 10)
#273
NOTES
- Lampstones can get hot, necessitating the use of wire lamp-baskets
- Zaz is using plagiarist goggles to read a tiny book… which came from where?
- Zaz’s mother raised cattle (sortle) on this farm before meeting Zaz’s father; this is probably in Safrom Tattra (province on the Nardic Coast of Midiria)
- Sortle are visible in panel 5
- Zaz digs up the third fragment of the Prime Resinate (“i”); who buried it there?
- Cornelius calls Zazmene by her full name as the Resinatus appear (under Refusaleth’s command)
#272
NOTES
- Refusaleth has drilled through the Midirian continent, all the way to Fexes
- The funnel-like Lowest Point is visible in panel 2
- The Great Beast Nadira is spoken of in the Sacred Testament; she resides in the very Lowest Point and is colossal in size and mass
- Like Reclinus V, Nadira is based upon a “classic” John’s Arm villain
- To ensure that Refusaleth takes revenge upon Aga Regata for her, Nadira sticks a tiny shard of herself above Refusaleth’s right eyeball (panel 9)
#271
NOTES
- Waywardo has been maniplacated; some of his memories are deleted
- Insanus’s modified Walloper takes design cues and colors from Omega Supreme, as well as the Pretender Skullgrin (Transformers)
- Insanus senses Karbunkel’s influence in the U-Lex found by Kudo
#270
NOTES
- The high-speed trains that circle Midiria run underneath rails that are high off the ground, but appear unsupported outside of the train stations
- He-Don returns, mentions Obarf Yuker, and experiences an old Midirian prejudice against “sea-bug eaters”
#269
NOTES
- At the capitol spires of Midiria, Yakimastu Obeisan meets with Theon Tenfield
- In Imperial Midiria and its territories, laughter is a punishable offense
- The capitol spires are visible in panels 5 and 6
- When one follows the Path of Aga, they must only let their good deeds speak for themselves; boasting of one’s positive actions nullifies or reverses them
- The U-Lex is based on ulexite
- Councilor Obeisan finally sees the invasion and destruction wrought upon the Frontlands
#268
NOTES
- The Big Curtz and the other Cursiveres wear decorated archivist robes
- What is one Cursivere correcting the Big Curtz about, in panel 1
- Cornelius doesn’t know what a “pictogenetic designation” is; it’s a controversial identification code used on Imperial Midirian travel passes, that alludes to the aesthetic inspirations from which the character is drawn (Cornelius’s would be TINARCHITIN, Bromance’s would be ATRUNYUSK)
- Theon and Dandelflower reappear, incapacitating Eldlyfe
#267
NOTES
- The border sign references passage 4.1 in the Sacred Testament
- Cursiveres have large eyes and sensitive ears, from long periods of reading and quiet study
#266
NOTES
- Subliminus and Zardoza are refurbishing some kind of base of operations
- Zardoza notes that Bromance is on the Path of Aga, and if they interfere, they may damage his spiritual connection to the Goddess
- Pip is no longer with Bromance