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[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: The selection of the minor characters for such a group picture is always a bit arbitrary. Notable omissions are Amos, Aolilatse, Frederick, Hilajon and Reginar. But you have to make the cut somewhere.

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: Alissa is referencing the 80/20 rule in software engineering. It says that 80% of a certain piece of software can be written in 20% of the total allocated time, and the remaining 20% of [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: Even a goddess needs a resolute manager for dealing with pesky journalists!

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: Not shown are the statues for Kairos Khan and the elf from Breaking All Barriers #116.

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: It's nice to see that Lilith has regained her childish enthusiasm for magic.

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: The concept of celibacy is completely unknown on Gaia. Gregory of Askaroth and Ariella of Cheysh will probably become the new joint rulers of Cania. This could become problematic since they're popular only in [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: The Tower in the Sky #30 shows that the day before graduation was 30 Greenbring (March) 1476 and The Bipartite Mind #22 shows that the final day was 30 Warmtide (July) 1476. That means [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: I wanted the wedding ceremony to be less formal than those on Earth, and there couldn't have been a better choice as Malva for a merry speech. After San's demise, she was appointed as [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: That's the merchant Argon in the back row in the fourth panel. I asked Powree to draw several minor characters in the background at the wedding ceremony and reception.

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: I was unsure how to depict the Great Tree, but a small new tree growing out of the massive stump was probably the best option. The last panel shows that many elves don't support [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: I spent almost two hours looking for reference photos of beautiful dresses for this page. It was time well spent because Viviana and Lilith look absolutely stunning!

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: I finally got the chance to show that Viviana's horse Casper is still alive and well.

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: This is Viviana's summer palace in Heyselfall. The creature's design was mainly inspired by red pandas, not raccoons. Since spirit is such a limited resource on Gaia, Lilith can't simply create millions of specimens [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: Moatl, our most prolific fan, didn't show any reaction regarding the character's name in the comment section of the German version. If I had known this beforehand, I wouldn't have given the most important [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: Powree drew a sketch of Viviana in profile for the cover of The Last Queen of Gaia. I loved the sketch, but thought that it didn't fit the content of the chapter. So I [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: Lilith is commenting on her statement in The Red Hall #2 when she messed with Ilias' hair. In the third panel, simple rock is shown behind the falling Door. This makes it clear that [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: With a single spell, Lilith destroyed Bhaal, the Void, and the entire Redstream. Since the Redstream didn't exist before the Darkness, there's no reason to assume that its destruction could cause problems.

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: The crumbling caverns are below the uninhabited Dalelands, so there are no casualties on the surface.

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: I love the visual effect of the spell in the last panel! Lilith's Ultima spell was strongly influenced by Final Fantasy VII's Ultima spell. It can be seen at youtu.be/a1lQ6kQ93fI It's my favorite magic [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: I don't think it's possible for the inhabitants of Gaia to find out the truthTM about the first age, not even with Lilith's help. Only Bhaal could have brought light into the darkness. But [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: Sister" is meant in a metaphorical sense of course. Gaia and Bhaal didn't have parents. Lilith gave Bhaal exactly one chance to say something that would dissuade her from carrying out her plan. Bhaal [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: I had always planned for Bhaal to have a humanoid true" form. But I don't think she ever appeared in such a concrete form in front of Eldor. In the character sketch, Powree drew [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: Powree did a marvelous job on the crystal cave! As a reference, I linked photographs of the famous Mexican crystal cave that contains the largest known crystals.

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: In The Bipartite Mind #34, we learned that Eldor's machine put the Tear of Gaia in a temporal vibration for 1.2 seconds. The questions now are how far back in time each oscillation took [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: In the weeks before the publication of this page, many readers expected the scene shown in The Red Hall #39 to appear soon. However, I don't think many suspected that there's also a direct [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: The first panel originally contained a look at the scene from a bird's eye view. But Powree messed up the placement of the characters in the inked version. I also came to the conclusion [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: The first of only two double pages in the whole comic! The problem with double pages is that they must be placed on adjacent pages, and there must be an even number of pages [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: Lilith is absorbing the magical energy stored in the Tear of Gaia as her soul is reunited with her body. I love the way Powree drew Lilith in the first two panels. The drawing [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: My initial idea for this page was to have Lilith lying horizontally between the bottom of the Tower and the surface of the Void. However, she would have been so small compared to the [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: Lilith is casting the same spell at Eldor and her friends. I thought this was clear, but some readers thought she cast different spells because the spell is shown at an earlier state in [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: Just like the maze depicted in the cover, the one cast by Lilith in the second panel also has a small disjoint section.

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: Powree had the great idea with the multi-colored swirls in the background to illustrate Lilith's time stop spell. We later added the same effect to the last panels of the previous page. Lilith's smile [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: Lilith's soul gets merged with the Tear of Gaia.

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: I pestered Powree with an overly detailed description of the mechanism because I had a very clear mental idea regarding its design. I was happy to have found a way to put Kali into [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: As a little Easter egg, I included some physical and mathematical constants in the description of the mechanism. On this page, you can find Apery's constant, 1.2020..., and on the next page the first [...]

[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page! My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est: This page is connected with the scenes shown inThe Red Hall #39, The Last Queen of Gaia #40, and The Bipartite Mind #45. Since Ilias is a clever boy, he understands that Lilith covertly [...]