In case it’s unclear: When Silk woke up three pages back, it was sundown. In this scene, we’re rewinding the clock back to morning that same day, which was 10 pages back, when Silk was dreaming she was kissing Spook.
Any guesses on what’s going on with Hampstead here? When Hampstead binds his servants, he keeps a little of their Breath and puts it in a piece of crystal.
When that minion dies, the crystal goes black.
Stop by next week! This is the beginning of one of my favorite scenes in the whole story, and I’m stoked that it survived to the final draft. I actually cut this scene at one point, and I’m excited that I got to fit it back in.
It will, however, mean that Silk & Honey’s final page count will be more than the originally-planned 104 pages. Which means you’ll have to wait a little longer for next comic (tentatively titled “The Spook & Moondoggie Show”)…unless I can get worked ahead and finish this one up.
I’ve always meant to explain the difference between Masque and Sorrow, but it’s never come up in a story.
Short version: When a Necromancer creates a vampire (and there’s no other way to create a vampire), he can either feed it human blood or animal blood as its first meal.
When you feed your new vampire human blood, you end up with a vampire like Sorrow.
Pig blood (for example) will give you a Revenant like Masque.
Masque was the same as Sorrow, except she had no mind or will of her own.
