Ceaseless Fables of Beyonding

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• The Bismuth Building, in the Midirian capital, is inspired on synthetically created bismuth crystals
• Zaz was forced by the Imperial Inspectorate to carry a scruton, which Shiraadh destroyed in #209, and which was recording and monitoring what Zaz saw and felt, for the Midirian Empire (the “Imperial Debt”)
  
• Could “I come from the mountains” be a code phrase, or is the Inspectorate reacting to the Quondrian Questioneer making a declarative statement (before his throat is slit)?
• Who is the Questioneer? 

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• First appearance of Obarf Yuker, famous Midirian playwright and songwriter

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• The Ponymus Wall surrounds the entire country, and is hundreds of feet tall; it was built in Perceptive Times to keep the unicorns safe from poachers
• Faddlegas and Yakimastu Obeisan are traveling Uluwestern Air
• In panel 6, is Yakimastu talking about Theon?
• What “gift” did Yakimastu take from the besmurchins, for Faddlegas to give to Cornelius, in panel 8?

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• Laughter is illegal in Imperial territories, so there are Underground Laughing Clubs (ULCs)
• Is this really the same Questioneer than Essul encountered back in Creepwood? 

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• Quiatas and Mogrum meet in a secret sanctorum away from Fortress Refusaleth, reachable only through the Darkness
• Quiatas has temporal sight; the ability to observe infinitesimal passages of time
• Quiatas can also isolate a moment of time within a resinate crystal, which in this instance is yellow, making the image suspect
• “A man seated before a lighted picture box” depicts the moment the Bad Idea crossed with Bad Intentions, which is something that happened in our reality that created Refusaleth in the Beyonding; it’s a man (who seems like Refusaleth, according to Quiatas) sitting in a recliner chair in front of a television with a VCR hooked up to it (panel 8)
• Quiatas carelessly speaks Refusaleth’s name aloud, allowing Refusaleth to hear him

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• First full appearance of Cabrelandra, the ingenue; she has four different hair colors, for playing different roles
• Cornelius is shoved into a place again

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• Youngids aren’t permitted in Panegandee headquarters (Sevony, Canarda, southeastern Midiria)
• Zaz and Essul finally meet again
• Who grabbed Cornelius’s shoulder in panel 8?

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• Everywhere in the Beyonding that Bromance has been, is etched upon his back; this is alluded to on pages #191 and #196
• The scar from when Curdelbludd blasted a hole through Bromance’s shoulder in #73 is visible in panel 6
• Bromance and Umbrage form the Beyondingan parallelogram in panel 9
• Radish-Hoof respectfully addresses Irata as “Peer”, to rebuild his self-esteem; this is general unicorn behavior, and the reason most people want to be around them

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• “Why not make your usual entrance?”
• “We had a break-in”; Karbunkel’s piece of the Prime Resinate exploded from its hiding place in the Keep, violently attracted by Refusaleth’s centrifugal force 
• Panel 4 alludes to the recent passing of Prince Rogers Nelson (1958-2016)

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• 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