Chapter 3 Has Been Posted!

Chapter 3 has been posted!

Here it is! Chapter 3 ! On the cover this time is Sir Pavle!

Enjoy reading!

Cover without text under cut

Bringing this game back because I feel like there's a couple of us who hasn't done this. Here are some of our previous attempts on this:

@innerchorus : here (actually I think they answered it twice, I couldn't track down the more recent one, oops?)

@concernedbrownbread : here

Mine: here!

There has to be more out there, no there definitely is more out there, but alas tumblr's search system is a piece of shit and this was all I could find unfortunately T_T

The first character I first fell in love with:

The character I never expected to love as much as I do now:

The character everyone else loves that I don't:

The character I love that everyone else hates:

The character I used to love but don't any longer:

The character I'd want to be like:

The character I'd slap:

A pairing that I love: A pairing that I despise:

A lot of answers I imagine would remain unchanged for me, so I won't do a full attempt here— just the third question (it's what spurred me to make this post lol)— I was thinking about some random stuff and then realized, oh, I don't actually give a shit about this character?????

So here goes question #3:

The character everyone else loves that I don't: GUISCARD, LOL. I gave so little of a shit about him that I forgot to mention him the first time around. Like, I'm so sorry my dude, you just. You just don't compel me for some fucking reason.

Just a few more disjointed thoughts about Chapter 130 after rereading again (sign of a good chapter that I've been thinking about it throughout the next day, too).

Arslan repeating Hilmes's own words back to him ("Let the true Shah be revealed by his mastery of the sword") 👌👌👌

Zandeh trailing blood on his way to Hilmes 😭 (I'm still not over it, but thankfully the wound on his arm doesn't look serious.)

Andragoras broke Arslan's sword with one swing. If Innocentis hadn't entered the scene, what would have happened next? I think we'd have seen Andragoras vs Daryun, personally. They're inside the tower so no possibility for Gieve to save the day with an arrow, but Daryun being prepared to fight and kill the Shah for Arslan's sake? Looking at his expression in the panel before Azrael shows up, I think he was readying himself to do just that.

I'm going to need a scene of Team Hilmes waiting together inside that room next chapter. I need to see the look on his face. I need to hear the words that might be spoken between them.

Also someone please go and fetch Irina! At least let her know Hilmes is okay and make sure she's safe, but ideally bring her to his side!

Hilmes going through all of this while still wearing his fur trim coronation cloak 🥲

A few characters were conspicuous by their absence... Estelle (who I'm sure we'll see searching for the Lusitanians she previously helped soon), Jaswant and Farangis. We saw what Gieve was up to in this chapter, maybe next chapter we'll see what their role was during this time?

There's a part of me still hanging on to the whole 'what if Team Arslan DID go the Mount Damavand before their arrival in Ecbatana?' theory. As I said before, they had time... And Arslan once more stating "This sword was bestowed on me by the Hero King Kaykhusraw", this time to Andragoras... what if there's some truth in that? What if his bluff in the previous chapter was mixed with truth? He cannot draw the sword (yet), but something happened to indicate Kaykhusraw's will that he possess it? Perhaps Kaykhusraw's wishes are that the blade is only used to shed the blood of the Snake King, meaning that Arslan will be able to draw it when he faces Zahhak? Ah, I don't know, though, because would a flashback to that moment even work now? Well, maybe if they had captured a mage and next chapter we see Farangis guarding their snakey prisoner, we could then backtrack to see how that happened.

Surely there will be a full Team Arslan reunion next chapter, right? Kishward's forces are right outside, meaning that he, Isfan, Tous and Kubard can soon join forces with Arslan, given that Andragoras is now out of the picture.

I wonder whether Arslan will have his own coronation before or after the matter of Zahhak is settled? I imagine, unlike Hilmes, he wouldn't rush to do something like that until the city is in a better state. But how ready are they to to defeat Zahhak? How much do they even know about him, his servants, where they might be hiding, and what their plans are? This is why I keep saying they need to capture a mage. Though really, good luck getting anything out of one of them, they're unlikely to be willing to talk.

CHAPTER 3

will be uploaded this or next week. I actually wanted to do it today but not only did my proofreader not go over it yet (which is absolutly fine. I am going at their pace) but tomorrow AO3 will be down for the day for maintenance (for about 10 hours).

Thus it made no sense to me to upload the chapter now as nobody would have access to it for the first day. So the release will be pushed back for after Monday or for the next week.

But chapter art is ready to go as is the chapter.

Narsus, is it true Daryun used to get a lot of love letters?

He got a couple -

Very entertaining reads.

{{Text reads - “Dearest Lord Daryun - You will find my heart is yours… … Flushed with the deepest and most ardent Admiration for only you… … my _Noble _and most Handsome Lord}}

Bonus:

These panels give me life and if you hate on Alfreed in your Naryun shipping you are a coward.

Narsus says he forgets how serious things can get in her company. Daryun laughs when she calls Jaswant a big softie. You don’t do these things if you don’t like a person.

Look at her, she is amazing.