Comic goes here
***
On a white road in Releasedsouls the man, the woman, and the dwarf stood and stared at the crippled dwarven Axe Lady, barring her way. A minute had passed in perfect silence before the male dwarf spoke. He was dressed all in purple and had unsettling eyes.
"Of what have you heard in your travels, dwarf-kind?" he asked the ragged supplicant.
Sodel spoke loudly to be heard over the wind. "I have heard of Sweethoney the Palace of Love, a far dwarven outpost whose axes are of adamantium. I have heard of the Fell Jungle, a place of great evil where the dead stalk the living. I have heard of a dwarven necromancer named Moldath Brokenmind the Thin Trenches of Candy, slayer of the dragon Ostri Hotgem."
The dwarf gave a thin smile. "What do they say of him?"
"They say it was he that struck down the mountain Titan Omus Spinesmeadows the Misty Raven of Berries... and then raised it from the dead. They say he carries a brace of dragon skulls. And they say he dwells in a place called Releasedsouls, a community of legendary heroes who guard a trove of treasures beyond price."
Moldath bowed slightly. The easterly breeze ruffled the bubble bulbs and feather trees on either side of the straight white stone road. The woman spoke next.
"Of what have you seen in your travels, Axe Lady?"
"I have seen the fields of ash and the terrible corridor of swords in Dikelure, where Zimesh the forgotten beast dwells. I have explored the cave called the Rhythmic Swamp, and discovered a passage to the Underworld. I have slept inside the graven walls of the Insighful Sanctum in Pleatmighty. I..." She faltered, then continued, in a lower tone, "I have beheld Omus the undead feathered bloodless Mountain Titan in his terrible cave and despaired. And I have seen Ancientmine, where Kon Bigbathe the Oracular Wasp put every last Kobold who once lived there to the sword. Every dog-man, bitch, and pup."
Sodel glanced at the man. He was dressed simply, without armor, yet the iron long sword still hung at his side. He was enormous, and he was frowning. He exchanged a look with the woman at his side, who nodded.
Kon Bigbathe strode forward, towering over the lame dwarven Axe Lady, leaning awkwardly on her human-sized chestnut crutch. Bigbathe put his hands on his knees so that his wide-set eyes were now level with Sodel's.
"Name your skills."
"Legendary Axedwarf. Legendary Fighter."
"And the third?"
Sodel looked at the ground and muttered something. Of the three heroes, only Bigbathe heard and understood, for he burst immediately into laughter, picked the startled dwarf up off the ground and set her on his shoulder.
"Brother and sister, we welcome to Releasedsouls Sodel Shiptone the Emancipated Wrath of Decisions, Legendary Crutch-Walker!"
Sodel was annoyed, but only until Milo handed her a leather skin of Sunshine.
***
