A Brief History of Grifonton, Page 13

PANEL 1

The Gryphon is shown in silhouette while the city prepares. A castle with a griffin banner is visible.

NARRATION: "So William agreed to live with the Gryphon in return for her assistance."

NARRATION: "She instructed them to throw wide the gates to their city and cook a great feast."

PANEL 2

Smoke rises from cooking fires near the castle walls.

NARRATION: "They were to cook with the most savory of herbs and onions and garlic so the delicious smells would carry far to the Gothic host and hurry them on."

PANEL 3

The Gothic army arrives - fierce warriors with white face paint and dark-rimmed eyes, grinning hungrily. Serving women greet them with food.

NARRATION: "They came, their faces white with war paint, their eyes rimmed in black, hungry for the taste of venison and mutton."

NARRATION: "Fair serving wenches greeted them."

SERVING WENCH: "You must be the new lord of our city! We have prepared a feast in your honor!"

NARRATION: "Seeing the unprotected town, the hearty food, and the lusty women, the entire force of the Gothic army poured into the city to indulge and revel in the night."

Everything that follows is original 2005 commentary except where noted “–RN 2012″:

In my back-story for the land of Mittvest, the Goths are the decedents of actual goths (as in the subculture*–RN 2012)*. Earlier on in this comic I was hoping to fool people into thinking this story took place in ye olden Germany during the Gothic and Visigothic invasions. “Mittvest” is just a fake German word made from “Midwest.” The idea was that the crisis hit during a large gothic festival in the midwest, and the survivors passed their traditions on to their children. –RN 2012

Suggested listening: “Destroy” by Fixmer/McCarthy