A father’s love has no bounds. He would move heaven and earth for his children. In this case, Stan was more than willing to nip a problem in the bud for Carter and Crystal before it escalated into full-on persecution. As you can see from the comments from the peanut gallery, it was not a moment too soon. Several wizards like Bruno were willing to ban void magic all together. Were it not for Stan’s intervention, they may well have succeeded.
Thankfully Stan had an ace up his sleeve. Back in Starbolts #560, Adelphus Longwood offered the position as head of the council to Stan. He declined then. Now he accepted and promptly handed the reins to his friends, Ethan Knight and Gregorio Arlandero. That’s not all he did. As of this comic, the Order of Korun is no more! It will forever be known as the “Order of the Triad”. The triad refers to the trinity of void, primal and Centurion force.
This trinity of magic will now serve as the governing body for all magic users within the universe of this comic. I’ll go into detail at a later date. This is basically just the start of a new Order which includes all types of magic users. A new day has dawned for the magic users of the Starbolts universe. What can we expect? Time will tell, my friends.
As far as Cece goes, she is on the mend and Carter is clearly happy her mentor is back in action. Crystal will be happy as well. It looks like things are wrapping up here in the Starbolts universe. However, we still have something else to talk about. I wonder how Pal’idin’s son is doing. Someone should really check in on that poor kid….
See ya next time and find out what he’s been up to!
Wow, there’s a lot going on in this week’s comic! We start off covering the fallout of Ellie saving the world from Kyodon’s wrath. She needed a friend to talk to and who better than the team’s resident therapist, Angela? The poor girl already has to deal with the fact that her mother, Elisabeth, was the head of a terrorist organization. Now she has to deal with how her mother summoned Kyodon and had her cause problems for Ellie and her friends. That’s a bit much for a teenager, isn’t it? At least she’s in good hands with the Starbolts. They’ll help her out!
Next we have Crystal talking to her mom about Ruby/Masque. She had a bit of a crisis concerning her name in the wake of everything. Andrea reminded her of her grandmother who we last saw in Starbolts #614 helping her other great-granddaughter repair her soul. The details of that episode are coming soon. Trust me. At least Crystal is now at peace with her name since it no longer means “crystalline skeletal specimen 001”. Charming name Terra Nova came up with isn’t it? Rolls right off the tongue.
Crystal definitely enjoys seeing her parents kiss and everything because she never saw the Arronfelds kiss. As far as she knew they were in a loveless marriage. If it ever really was a marriage. You have to remember that Crystal lived in a fake farm in a fake town. Chances are good that the Arronfelds weren’t really married. Crystal likes seeing them kiss because it reminds her that she was a product of love and not the science experiment she grew up thinking she was.
And to that end we have Stan doing everything he can to protect his daughters. He wants to give them the life they never had and a life where they don’t have to fear outside forces disrupting their lives. It was bad enough that Terra Nova caused them so much pain. Now he wants to nip the next problem in the bud by taking on the Order of Korun. Changes are coming to the Order in the wake of Cassandra’s death and heads are gonna roll!
This week we’re covering all the bases in the aftermath of last week’s comic where we seemingly saw the end of Cassandra, the wicked witch of the well. There’s still quite a bit to go through on that front since Stan has to contend with the council and see if there are other members of the Order who think the same way Cassandra thought about void witches. Expect heads to roll when Stan Whitefox comes calling. He wants to ensure that no one threatens his children ever again.
Speaking of Carter and Crystal, it seems their mentor is in a bad way at the moment and I am sure Cece will eventually make a full recovery. We’re not sure what happened. But, I am fairly certain that the magical energies at the well greatly impacted the void witch.
At least the twins are well taken care of. Marcus is doing his best to help Crystal and Carter has finally been reunited with Firaxil and Dendra. I don’t think Carter is going to be leaving any time soon. She’ll be staying and she definitely has some explanations for what happened to her. Her soul is fixed. But, what did that entail? The comic about the ins and outs of her transformation is coming a lot sooner than you might think. Probably around #650, I want to say.
In the meantime it looks like another story is about to come to light. What is the origin of the necklace and how was it able to contact ghosts like Scarlett? We’ll see soon enough. Next week we have a few other loose threads that need to be cleaned up. So, stay tuned for that!
I think I might have abused the brightness filter and glow filter on my paint program this week because three panels amped up the brightness to beyond tolerable levels. If you go blind reading this comic just know that I probably made Michael Bay proud. And that’s not a good thing!
What is good is that the Wicked Witch of the Well is apparently fell to her death where she will be eaten by Chitan. Or did she? It’s hard to say in comics. Dead is dead unless you see a body and all we see is her screaming on her way down the well. Was she eaten by Chitan? Will she somehow survive the fall? It’s hard to say. One thing’s for sure the temple was destroyed just the way Whitefox wanted it.
In other news, I hope people caught Sara’s name change in the comic. She now goes by Carter, which was her middle name. Why the change? Well, to answer that we’d have to talk about why she suddenly has black hair. It’s a mystery. It could be as simple as a hair dye and a trip to city hall, you know. But, that wouldn’t be as epic an adventure as you might think. There’s a good reason why she decided to go by a different moniker. We will delve into that, soon!
For now it looks like our heroes are victorious against Cassandra. Now all that’s left to do is to go home to a hero’s welcome because we’re not QUITE done this arc. We’re getting close so do stay tuned!
When you look at the last panel of this week’s comic, you can almost see Cassandra’s thoughts. She’s thinking to herself “I really screwed up this time”. And she has! This whole elaborate scheme to try and capture three void witches and strip them of their powers has been all for naught. Bringing Kyodon to Earth was likely a distraction and a way to bring out the void witches. Everything else was icing on the cake. As far as plans go, this was probably the most haphazard one in the history of plans.
But, what can ya do? She’s clearly new to the supervillain thing. At least things are wrapping up in a neat little bow. The pilot is rightfully scared for his life and willingly surrendered to the Starbolts. That was a wise decision on his part.
I do like the conversation I wrote between Jack and Crystal. Crystal has gone through a lot in the last couple comics since it was revealed Ruby hired Cody and everything. I don’t think she’s ready to talk about it, yet. But, you know she will. She’s all kinds of angry at the moment! Hopefully, she’ll calm down.
As for Firaxil? Well, you can’t really blame him for being smitten by his wife’s new look can you? Those two are gonna have a long talk too.
Now, will the arc be over soon? Perhaps. I don’t think Cassandra is going to be keeping this up. Then again she is a Karen and this may not even be her final form….
It looks like Cassandra is the final boss in this story, huh? In case you were wondering, she was the one behind Andrea’s outbursts, the dulling of Stan’s powers, the theft of the tome of the Skymother and a host of other crimes. I guess you could say she is a bad monkey. Seriously, what is her deal? The last time we saw her was back in Starbolts #559 where she had our heroines, Crystal and Sara on trial for the use of void magic. Now she’s back and she means to rid the twins of their gifts. However, the gifts aren’t anything unnatural. They’re part of the fabric of the universe! She doesn’t see it that way. She’s what you might call a “magic Karen”. That’s pretty bad. At least she’s seeing the manager in the next comic. =)
I suppose everyone knew Jack was not going to kill Snake. That doesn’t mean someone else won’t put his head on the old chopping block. His days might still be numbered. Will he still die by someone’s hands or will he live to see another day? That’s up to fate to decide. By fate I mean the writer….which is me!
At least the baddies have almost all been rounded up at this point. The Starbolts made short work of the dark avatars and I imagine the Inobes have been caught for the most part. Now their matters turn to the giant ship in the park. Will our heroes save Jack and the others? We shall see. One thing’s for sure….Firaxil is very good at what he does. I hope Terra Nova has insurance for that door. Spoilers; They don’t.
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