First Meeting Rose
Added 2025-01-09 00:57:01 +0000 UTCHow Rose and Trace met, suggested by GreyWolf! Saria probably should have mentioned she lived with a Keidran.
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This was before he corrupted himself but being slightly clueless seems to be a core personality trait.
starkiller1286
2025-01-10 19:20:12 +0000 UTCTo be fair, looking at the sketches of Keidran, they don't seem to mind.
Patrick Horton
2025-01-10 17:29:55 +0000 UTCI'd rather a short shotgun. Armslength is far closer than I'd like under those circumstances!
wjd1206
2025-01-10 17:19:12 +0000 UTCClothing is fun, it's for fashion and status!
wjd1206
2025-01-10 17:14:08 +0000 UTCI mean, given who Trace was before the memory loss, I'm surprised it didn't play out any worse 🤔
Tazer Silverscar
2025-01-10 05:00:31 +0000 UTCAll I have to say is.... someone is getting the silent treatment
wayne sampson
2025-01-10 02:14:32 +0000 UTCPoor Roselyn just could not catch a break, huh? I am guessing this is after the Dragon Masquerade, but I could be wrong. Still, it's clear how Saria may have had a softening effect over time-hopefully he started to see Rose as a companion in time. Still, the expressions here are great!
CrimsonQuill086
2025-01-10 00:44:49 +0000 UTC[Rose pulls out her gun and shoots Trace] Saria: Oh, my god! You just killed him, Rose! Rose: He's a bureaucrat, Saria! I-I don't respect him! Saria: Um... Rose, I think you've said that before. That's out of context here. Rose: NAH!
SCD
2025-01-09 21:37:17 +0000 UTCSomeone is about to sleep on the couch or be kicked out of the house
Fortress120
2025-01-09 20:01:03 +0000 UTCTechnically Rose and Eucre are cousins, not siblings, but close enough.
Silent Thunder
2025-01-09 18:28:21 +0000 UTC(Short for “If I Remember Correctly”)
Silent Thunder
2025-01-09 18:19:12 +0000 UTCIIRC ?
Onyx Dragon 388
2025-01-09 16:07:27 +0000 UTCSince the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only us left-handed people are in our right minds. BTW, Flora may very likely be a lefty, as most felines are left paw dominant.
feralcat52
2025-01-09 15:54:12 +0000 UTCI like the idea of Trace being able to wield a sword. Ma man isn't just a skinny mage 💪🏻
Drazgon
2025-01-09 15:27:11 +0000 UTCTom, probably, not wanting to think about such things: "He's an ambidexter."
Drazgon
2025-01-09 15:23:19 +0000 UTCalso to the likely situation at the time (Raids IIRC , if not war)
Kai Sörensen
2025-01-09 15:12:53 +0000 UTCThis seems accurate to his old self
Onyx Dragon 388
2025-01-09 14:16:34 +0000 UTCI've heard the left side of the robe should always go on top, soo... maybe this whole image is mirrored?
Kzitold
2025-01-09 12:28:15 +0000 UTCActually this WASNT Trace’s first meeting with Rose, as he was there when she was brought to the academy he attended as a student after she was caught trying to find her cousin Euchre! He almost certainly saw her, because he was sent to fetch the head Templar.
Cameron Park
2025-01-09 12:16:07 +0000 UTCNatural clothing!
Literally J
2025-01-09 11:05:34 +0000 UTCAs much as I'd like to think that (me being a lefty and all), most likely this is a case where the artist needed to make him look more menacing and, because of where Trace is in the drawing, he had to put the sword in Trace's left hand.
Glenn Sellers
2025-01-09 09:25:43 +0000 UTCSure they do. It's just that we humans call their clothing fur.
Glenn Sellers
2025-01-09 09:24:10 +0000 UTCNo? That was never the canon, the slave bought by Trace was a completely different Keidran who was only ever seen in one panel. Rose was rescued by Saria before she and Trace had even met and stuck with her ever since.
Iago24
2025-01-09 08:55:58 +0000 UTCDidn't Trace bought her as a gift for Saria in the comics? Is this retconned?
VinTEB The Exploding Bubble
2025-01-09 08:25:43 +0000 UTCNow we have to burn sheets! Trace, probably
Drazgon
2025-01-09 07:38:52 +0000 UTCThank you for such a great suggestion! Is Trace left-handed?
Drazgon
2025-01-09 07:36:27 +0000 UTCKeidran don't wear clothing typically
Netari Icefyng
2025-01-09 07:35:40 +0000 UTCPoor Rose… with only a blanket to maintain her modesty. Hell of a welcome you have there Trace. I’d hate to get you sore at a cocktail party.
Muddypaws
2025-01-09 07:14:13 +0000 UTCRight, okay, so this makes a lot of sense then. I'd forgotten about that tbh.
Vicroc4
2025-01-09 06:23:43 +0000 UTCIn the comic flashbacks from ages ago, Trace's bigotry was casual. He didn't hate the Keidran or want to make them suffer, but he didn't see anything wrong with keeping them as slaves, either.
Iago24
2025-01-09 06:01:59 +0000 UTCWell, at least he didn't surprise them in the same bed...
Iago24
2025-01-09 06:00:34 +0000 UTCSo Rose was Saria's friend is this something akin to a life debt like Chewbacca to han solo? Gotta say it's kinda odd seeing Rose in traditional Keidran garb outside of the dragon mask comic....and flash backs, i wonder if we'll ever see Raine in Keidram form in traditional Keidran Garb
Netari Icefyng
2025-01-09 04:57:30 +0000 UTCConsidering the path he took after Saria's death, his reaction here makes an alarming amount of sense, unfortunately. There had to be a bit of a bigot in him already for him to go off the deep end like that. I suspect that even pre-Saria's death Trace would be horrified at what he's become.
Vicroc4
2025-01-09 04:28:23 +0000 UTCSaria has good heart
Mr great ape
2025-01-09 04:24:31 +0000 UTCThis picture is making me suddenly think of the scene from Django where Stephen reacts to the idea of Django staying in the manor...
AetherSprite224
2025-01-09 03:54:39 +0000 UTCI think Rose is the best secondary character in the entire story line! Just like anyone you care about, I hate the thought of her 'crossing the veil' into eternity, but knowing how much she loved and missed her best friend Saria, I would feel terrible if she didn't get to be with her. Beyond that, I think she's somewhat torn herself over Trace and Flora. Wanting to protect them and their child.
wjd1206
2025-01-09 02:53:07 +0000 UTCYou just saved me hours of reading, thank you friend.
Jaugernaut _1319
2025-01-09 02:40:08 +0000 UTCThe old Trace... but love will out! Even the old Trace begrudgingly accepts his wife's friend!
wjd1206
2025-01-09 02:38:38 +0000 UTCSaria: "It's...complicated."
The Sexy Beast
2025-01-09 02:16:37 +0000 UTCGet it, Saria.
Jeff
2025-01-09 02:05:51 +0000 UTCI never did, no. But then again, I also get email updates when Patreon creators that I track have updates.
RivCA
2025-01-09 01:33:47 +0000 UTCRose's backstory, as far as the strip is concerned is pretty long and involved, but I'll try to provide a condensed version. Rose is the sister of Eucre, a white wolf who was gifted at magic and was able to flawlessly transform into a human. Eucre used this skill to secretly study magic at the Templar Institute and had an affair with Mary Silverlock, the dean of the Institute. Raine Silverlock Is Eucre's and Mary's daughter. Rose made the mistake of trying to spy on Eucre, was caught by the Templars, and was nearly executed. She was somehow rescued by an armorsmith named Saria au Gruhen, became her servant and very close friend. Saria eventually fell in love with Trace Legacy, a very ambitious young Templar. Trace, like most Templars, had a very dim view of Keidran and this became a point of contention between him and Saria. When Trace and Saria married, Rose joined their new household, and remained close with Saria, Trace loved Saria enough to be friendly with Rose and apparently taught her some magic. After Saria was killed by a wolf, Rose grieved but remained at the Legacy Estate. She was anxious to see Saria again and agreed to become part of Trace's plan to bring back Saria by binding her soul to a local innkeeper, Maren Taverndatter. Eventually Rose died and allowed Trace to use magic to bind her soul to the estate. Eventually Trace and Rose, with some help from Saria stopped the transformation of Saria's soul into Maren, and Rose's soul is beginning to separate from the manor and will eventually spend eternity with her friend Saria. At least that's my interpretation of recent events.
Darwinskeeper
2025-01-09 01:31:03 +0000 UTCTrace: "...so, you freed her from imprisonment and almost-certain execution, and offered her a place to stay?" Saria: "That's about the gist of it, yes." Trace: "And she's in the bed because...?" Saria: "Well, were you expecting her to sleep on a mat on the floor?" Trace: "I mean, now that you mention it--" Saria: "TRACE!!!"
Anonymous1988
2025-01-09 01:29:53 +0000 UTCI'm not quite certain of the depth of Saria's love for Rose. I know that the two were extremely close, and some of the Sunday strips suggest that their relationship may have had romantic and possibly sexual overtones. Still, from what I have seen from the main strip Rose and Saria were just extremely close friends.
Darwinskeeper
2025-01-09 01:29:15 +0000 UTCSuch a vibrant woman, now just a greyscale figure at the end of a long lost madman's strings...
Noxitious
2025-01-09 01:27:21 +0000 UTCRespect, please!
Jonathan
2025-01-09 01:24:47 +0000 UTCI’ll have to go reread, I don’t remember that.
Jaugernaut _1319
2025-01-09 01:22:39 +0000 UTCI feel sorry for Rose throughout this whole comic. She been through some insanity since teenage years.
Patrick Horton
2025-01-09 01:21:04 +0000 UTCNope. Saria and Rose were just best friends. It's been mentioned in the comic what good friends they were. Basically a roommate here. :P
Muninn_Crow
2025-01-09 01:20:51 +0000 UTCHer expression adds more than just 1,000 words to this picture 😆.
Caleb
2025-01-09 01:20:04 +0000 UTCProbably would have been wise considering who Trace is/was.
TheLoreMaker
2025-01-09 01:15:39 +0000 UTCI own a short sword for home defence, just as the founders intended.
bowman502
2025-01-09 01:12:17 +0000 UTCNot a great first impression. Poor Rosey
Ordithus
2025-01-09 01:10:23 +0000 UTCNice to see the Twokinds sketches back on my Patreon wall… did anyone else lose them for a while earlier?
SophieTRat-Skunk
2025-01-09 01:07:11 +0000 UTCWell, all we know of Rose and (old) Trace is that he was intrigued by the colour’ of her magic and that he then carried out experiments on her…
SophieTRat-Skunk
2025-01-09 01:05:45 +0000 UTCPoor Roselyn, even their first encounter wasn't a good one
RemyHindle
2025-01-09 01:01:45 +0000 UTCGosh, poor Rose
Roarschach
2025-01-09 01:00:14 +0000 UTCDid Saria love Trace AND Rose in a romantic sense?
Mx Kel KaNeko
2025-01-09 00:58:52 +0000 UTCRose backstory?
Jaugernaut _1319
2025-01-09 00:58:43 +0000 UTCSo glad trace is good now right
Twokinds fan
2025-01-09 00:58:30 +0000 UTCLORE!!!!
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