[Report This]Date: September 13 2020 10:15 PM Title: Chapter 21: Clash
It's nice seeing Teagan come into her power more, getting some semblance of control over it.
Volkhard has lived with them a long time, yet somehow managed to avoid seeing why some humans may despise and wish harm on the Tomkins. Has he been living under rocks? Or has he gotten himself so deep into their society that he is simply blind to their own sins and atrocities?
I look forward to seeing the new chapter.
Date: August 05 2020 6:20 AM Title: Chapter 21: Clash
... this damn story has roped me into a two month long tangent of reading into ancient roman culture and latin, of which I would never do normally. For example, up until that two month tangent I had assumed tomkins (the men at least) to be wearing stereotypical medieval european peasant garb (like... trou and tunic) BUT I am led to believe this is not so and that they're wearing chiton and tunica.
Author's Response:
The general garb is a bit hard to describe. For the most part, however, tunics would be the main garment worn, given how much easier it is to weave something more loose-fitting when you're only a few inches tall but working with normal sized thread.
Date: July 29 2020 3:32 PM Title: Chapter 21: Clash
(OKAY SORRY BUT I TEND TO JUST POST AS QUESTIONS COME)
Why didn't the slave eat any of the soliders? She's malnourished, which I assume is a combination of her "masters" not being able to supply enough to keep her healthy/not wanting her to be healthy enough to physically kill them all. But like, enemy forces... It'd be like surviving on hardtack for years and then being presented with a porterhouse steak.
Author's Response:
While she was somewhat pain-immune, it wasn't a done deal. The hail of arrows and javelins would be too distruptive to start trying to eat, and when someone's malnourished, they probably don't care if their prey is mangled and dead or not, so the modus operandi was kill first, then enjoy the spoils of war second.
Author's Response:
While she was somewhat pain-immune, it wasn't a done deal. The hail of arrows and javelins would be too distruptive to start trying to eat, and when someone's malnourished, they probably don't care if their prey is mangled and dead or not, so the modus operandi was kill first, then enjoy the spoils of war second.
[Report This]Date: July 28 2020 6:07 PM Title: Chapter 21: Clash
well that was a plot twist no one saw coming. Volkhard still pisses me off though, you know, until you prove me wrong. It's all fine and dandy that he has empathy for the tomkins, as anyone would after assimilating themselves into most foreign cultures, but still, does he not have any empathy for the humans that are forced to live life alone, watching their loved ones die (or worse, be dragged off to be enslaved), turned into dehumanized, starving war machines? I get that slaughtering innocent villagers isn't the way to solve things and he's got a point, but still, he seems like a damn traitor.
Unless you're gonna throw a fucking curveball and tell us part of the reason he assimilated with the tomkins was not only to avoid slaughter as a human but try to negotiate peace for everyone.
Author's Response:
Volkhard is by no means a perfect individual, and while he certainly believes himself to be right in all matters, he's a bit out of touch with reality. More on that later, of course. From his perspective, he's hunting down other murderers and delivering justice.