Gawain Project: The Darkest Hour 102-103

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"Between the two sides the outcome of each battle was always in doubt, it being hard to tell which of them was victorious. Their own arrogance was a handicap to the Britons, for they were unwilling to obey the orders of their leaders. This undermined their strength and they were unable to beat the enemy in the field."
- Geoffrey of Monmouth, The History of the Kings of Britain (ca. 1136)



Myes. I intended to post an extra long update, but here I am posting an extra short one. Blame the snow. It has been snowing here for the past week, and it has been so cold that the stuff has actually stayed. It has been a long time since we last had so much snow; it's quite amazing. The snow inspired me to do a large picture - an illustration for Gawain and the Green Knight - and that has absorbed quite a bit of time. The worst of it is: I ended up with pretty inks, but I rather despair of the colouring. I'm simply not a good enough painter to get it right -_-. I'll just end up ruining it.

ACK.

Once I've got over that, I'll do more comic. For now: two pages. On the upside, they feature Morgana :).

Concrit = welcome!


What went before
King Uther is waging war on two fronts and finds that things do not go according to plan. His general Folant is killed by the Irish, and Uther himself is sorely wounded during a fight against the Saxon forces. As rumours about his death start to spread, King Uriens of Gorre hurries to Caer Lleon to propose marriage to Queen Ygraine. Instead of punishing Uriens for his presumption, Uther decides to propose a deal.

The Darkest Hour 1-3, The Darkest Hour 4-6, The Darkest Hour 7-9, The Darkest Hour 10-12, The Darkest Hour 13-15, The Darkest Hour 16-18, The Darkest Hour 19-21, The Darkest Hour 22-24, The Darkest Hour 25-27, The Darkest Hour 28-31, The Darkest Hour 32-35, The Darkest Hour 36-40, The Darkest Hour 41-44, The Darkest Hour 45-47, The Darkest Hour 48-50, The Darkest Hour 51-53, The Darkest Hour 54-57, The Darkest Hour 58-60, The Darkest Hour 61-64, The Darkest Hour 65-66, The Darkest Hour 67-69, The Darkest Hour 70-73, The Darkest Hour 74-75, The Darkest Hour 76-81, The Darkest Hour 82-84, The Darkest Hour 85-87, The Darkest Hour 88-90, The Darkest Hour 91-92, The Darkest Hour 93-97, The Darkest Hour 98-101

Comments

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, what could this be? Fascinating. :) Thanks for the update! And darn that snow! lol.

[sigune.livejournal.com]

I quite liked the snow, actually, even if it made me miss my appointment with Ambiorix :).

Thanks!

[todayiamadaisy]

If I saw snow, I'd be too excited to do anything at all. :-)

[sigune.livejournal.com]

So would I, if it were summer... :)

[ysilme]

*g* Lucifer-Lucy the cat - cute!

Hmm, what is Uther planning indeed. Giving Morgana to Uriens perhaps? (I really have forgotten the whole story, or what I ever knew about it, so I don't really know.)