16 – The Harp and the Sword

Original plan was for Jar-eel to have crimson text on black background, but that proved to be rather hard to read, especially with the font I use for her speech. So we switched to white.

As for the black background – it’s mostly a reference to Argrath’s Initiation. All of the text (mostly narration, but also the tiny speech bubble where Argrath negotiates with the strange gods) was white on black with loose borders, to indicate the otherworldliness of the situation (since the normal, real world, text was black on white with proper bordering).

Mind you, this might change later on, as I’m debating on going away with speech bubble borders altogether, and seeing how that would work.

Is her harp based upon a historical model? Yes, it is actually! It’s design is based on the Ur Lyres.

Is that a mobile altar Jar-eel’s tent is occupying there? Not really – her tent is just set up on a platform so she won’t have to be on the ground (in case it rains, you know)