Precipitation :: PG11

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Sodden from the rain and dressed in metal, the guard stood no chance against the cambion’s shocking magic, and they push right past the man with little effort, making a beeline for one of the alleyways beyond.

“Idiots!” a man calls out from atop the wall of the keep, and a flash of lightning strikes the sky as the stormfront swirls above, “Don’t just stand there, get them!”

“You got my wand, right?” Tempest asks as they make their frantic sprint.

“O-oh!” Callisto pulls her attention back from the scrambling guards and panic behind them, “Yes!” she answers, and her own fingers begin to glow with warm golden light. She lifts her free hand into the air and traces a small sigil into the air, ”Daie,” she mutters, and snaps her fingers.

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Panel 1: In the foreground, one guard crumples in place as electricity arcs across his body, and another guard rushes to his side to catch him. Beyond them, Tempest and Callisto, as well as members of the crowd, dash off into the distant streets and make their escape. Callisto watches the chaos behind them as they run.

Panel 2: From atop the wall, a guard with a fancier, plumed helmet and a cape cries out, “You IDIOTS! Don’t just stand there! GET THEM!” A flash of lightning and the rumble of thunder strikes behind him, setting the rainfall aglow.

Panel 3: “You got my wand, right?” Tempest asks

Panel 4: “O-oh, yes!” Callisto replies, turning her attention away from the scene behind them.

Panel 5: A closeup of Callisto’s free hand, glowing golden, her finger drawing strange sigils in the air. She snaps her fingers and says, a strange word in a black and gold speech bubble—“Daie.”

Panel 6: Frantic footfalls belonging to the guards.

Panel 7: A flurry of wings and smoke and warm glowing light.

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Hey Harrie i would like to ask you some questions 1 did cambions are descendinf from human demon hybrids or are they humans tained with infernal essence? 2 what races besudes humans cambions and elves (?) Live in your setting?3 hiw long each race live?4 did in tge story will be evil nonhuman(and noncambion) antagonists? Sorry fir spelling errors English is not my native language

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1. Neither of these really, demon has a different meaning in this setting! Where in our world "demon" means something like an evil opposite of an angel, in this setting demon means anything that originates from the Other Side. Cambions are born from a union of a demon and a mortal. Thusly not all cambions are humanoid! In general parlance though the assumption tends to be that "cambion" on its own is referring to a humanoid, as the more beastial cambions tend to have more specific names, or you might say something like a "cambion chicken" to refer to a half demon chicken. None of this is necessary to know in order to understand the comic, however.

2. I don't have any particular limits on what can and cannot exist in this setting! I like to explore and adapt different myths and folklore, so if I think I can make an interesting character out of something I will.

3. It's not really something I think about as it's not super relevant to the story I'm telling! I'd say the oldest mortals live to 150, but no more than that.

4. You'll just have to wait and see! "Evil" isn't necessarily how I would describe my antagonists but I'll let you decide for yourself on that one, but here are various different antagonistic forces of various different kinds.

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