Part 9 – When We Is Thrown Away
Page 1
Splash panel: Robot and Destroyer are jumping through the doorway. It appears that they are jumping toward the viewer, maybe even through the borders of the panel. Behind them, we can see the destroyed city from the last issue. Robot looks relatively calm, but Destroyer looks freaked out.
WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: Ahhhhhhhhhh!
Page 2
Split into three panels
Panel 1: As they fly through the doorway, Robot does a few flips (shown as multiple drawings of him) and lands perfectly on his feet.
Panel 2: Destroyer flies further and crashes through the bones of a gigantic snake, which is nearly 2 miles long. We can see its bones curl back across a mountain range.
Panel 3: Destroyer lands faces down, but is unhurt and already talking.
WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: What the fuck was that giant snake thing…AHHHHHH!
Page 3
Small panel: A skeleton wearing armor covered in runes, holding a gigantic hammer. This would be Thor, so however you see his armor and his look, here would be where to use it. Just keep in mind that he is a skeleton.
Medium panel: Destroyer jumps to his feet. He looks kind of shocked. All around them is fog and mists, obscuring some of the battleground. We can see numerous skeletons of trolls, gods, and monsters.
WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: And what the fuck is that?
Reaction panel: Robot is answering Destroyer with a somewhat upset look on his face.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: That would be Thor.
Reaction panel: Destroyer is screaming back at Robot.
WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: And weren’t we counting on Thor to help us?
Page 4
Medium panel: Robot is pulling cords out of a slot on his arm and assembling a tracking device while he talks.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: Yes, we were. But that skeleton you crashed through while you were whining like a small child was the Midgard Serpent, which means that Ragnarok seems to have occurred already, which makes no sense.
Reaction panel: Destroyer is sitting down in the mists, playing with one of the Serpent’s giant ribs.
WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: Ragnaroo? I thought this was Mount Olympus.
Medium panel: Robot almost has his device assembled. It looks like a small satellite dish with several cords that plug into his arm and chest. One cord is in his hand and has a small blade at the end of it.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: Weren’t you listening to me? The gods of all cultures have all gone back to their true forms. And this is where Ragnarok happens or happened. The fall of the gods. The end of time. Which, strangely, didn’t end.
Small panel: Robot takes the bladed cord and stabs it in the arm of Destroyer.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: Hmm. You may feel a pinch.
WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: Ah! Fucking stick of fuck! What is that thing?!?
Page 5
Vertical panel down one side of page: Robot working device as Destroyer rubs his arm, which is dripping blood and looks very painful.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: This is a crystalometer. It uses your blood to create a constant state of divination, like how the oracles used pools of water. And seeing as how your blood is more powerful than water, we should be able to see what happened here. Hmm, that’s odd.
WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: What’s odd is that you just stabbed me, asshole!
3 small panels down the other side
Small panel 1: Robot is speaking as he plays with his device.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: Your blood is a lot like ichor, the blood of the gods, so this will be easier than I thought.
Small panel 2: Destroyer is screaming, which leads to more blood pumping out of his arm. He has spit flying out of his mouth as he yells.
WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: Ichor, huh? Wow, that’s so fucking fascinating! Take that thing out of my arm!
Small panel 3: Robot is looking down at the controls. He looks like he doesn’t want to even be bothered by Destroyer’s loud screaming.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: One, quit talking. And two, open your mouth real wide.
Page 6
I’m seeing a wide horizontal pattern at the top and maybe 6 panels, smaller grid panels, making up the bottom of the page.
Panel 1: Destroyer is throwing both of his arms out as his body is overtaken with energy and a beam of light shoots out of his mouth. He looks almost possessed. The beam of light is shooting out into space.
WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: GAH!
Panel 2: Robot looking rather pleased with himself.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: I wasn’t sure that would work.
Panel 3: Destroyer is trying to talk and straining.
WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: Th-thanks for telling m-m-me…
Panel 4: Robot yelling back at him.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: Now kindly shut the fuck up so we can see what’s going on.
Panel 5: Destroyer is opening his mouth as we see the light shoot out onto the side of a rock wall.
Panel 6: Eggther is playing his harp as he sits on top of a mound of graves, with many body parts sticking out of it. He has a grim smile on his face. Around him, three roosters are crowing.
CAPTION
The end of the gods all begins with the death of Balder.
Panel 7: Image of Balder in combat. Not sure if this is how Balder will look in the stories. Maybe facially, but we can update him for modern times once he finally makes his appearance.
CAPTION
Odin’s son, he was impervious to all injury as all of creation had pledged not to harm him.
Page 7
I’m thinking this needs to be a 9 panel Keith Giffen-like grid to get all of this info in. Your call – we can discuss.
Panel 1 – Many gods and goddesses throwing fire, electricity, energy at Balder as they all laugh.
CAPTION
In fact, at celebrations, they would throw weapons at him for sport.
Panel 2 – A shot of Loki, god of mischief, holding a piece of mistletoe. He should appear very handsome, yet thin. Almost a mix between a man and a woman.
CAPTION
Except for the insignificant plant mistletoe, Balder could not be harmed.
Panel 3 – Loki tricking Hoor into shooting Balder. Here is the classic image of it:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/52/Loki_and_Hod.jpg
CAPTION
Loki, the fire spirit, tricked Hoor into shooting Balder with an arrow made of it.
Panel 4 – Balder collapses as everyone panics around him. Blood sprays unnaturally from the arrow piercing him, like an anime arterial blood spray.
CAPTION
The unkillable god was slayed.
Panel 5: Destroyer talking. Light is coming out of his eyes and mouth and his talking is stopping the images from coming up.
WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: Mistletoe? Mythology is fucked up. What did they do, kiss him to death?
Panel 6 – Robot is yelling at Destroyer. He looks completely enraged.
WORD BALLOON
Shut your mouth so we don’t lose the connection, you fuck!
Panel 7: Hringhorni, Balder’s gigantic sea ship is floating in space and aflame as his body is burned on it.
CAPTION
The gods knew this was the beginning of the end.
Panel 8: Nanna, Balder’s wife, jumps into the flames. She should have on Kirby women like gear – a dress with shoulder pads and a headpiece maybe. She is just starting to burn.
CAPTION
But they also knew that they were powerless to stop it.
Panel 9: Many crying gods. In the front, Thor has his head down and is holding Mjollnir. Cavorting and jumping in front of him is the troll Lit.
CAPTION
Such was the way of the gods.
Page 8
Large horizontal panel – Gods standing in the snow as they watch the rainbow bridge to Earth explodes and falls as the fire giants, led by Surtr and Garm the hellhound, cross it. It should almost look like a completely blizzard. Their breath is making smoke as indescribably cold.
Surtr is a gigantic man who has fire trail behind him. He holds the Sword of Revenge, a flaming sword.
Garm is a gigantic wolf dog that guards hell. He should appear rabid and ready to strike and would tower over any human.
CAPTION
Fimbulwinter came, three seasons of cold that destroyed their world. And the fire giants followed in its wake.
Three small panels down the left side of the page.
Panel 1 – Heimdall, a bearded man wearing armor, is blowing a giant horn. Here are a few images I’ve found of him:
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/dd_gallery/dd4/Heimdall_p180.jpg
http://library.flawlesslogic.com/heimdall.jpg
I think he should be a little bigger than in those illustrations, somewhat bulkier, and look wistfully sad that the end of time is here and he must sound the horn that signals Ragnarok.
CAPTION
Heimdall, of the nine mothers (who could hear grass grow and was destined to be the last god to die fighting Loki) sounded Giallar to signal the end was here.
Panel 2 – Odin is riding Sleipnir through the cold fog toward the enemy. We can see their weapons in shadow as he rides toward them.
Odin should be much larger than any normal man. I see him as having a long beard and really long white hair. His helmet covers his missing eye. He can really have as much of a crazy Japanese armored look as you’d like to go with. He rides Sleipnir, who has eight legs. The horse’s saddle should have runes and armor covering it.
CAPTION
Odin rode straight for the monstrous wolf Fenrir…
Panel 3 – Fenrir, a gigantic wolf that dwarfs the gods. He is probably 6-700 feet tall, more like a dragon in size. He is rabid and snarling.
CAPTION
Loki’s son, whose upper jaw touched the sky and lower scraped the ground.
Page 9
4 panel grid
Panel 1 – Thor jumps onto Jörmungandr, the Midgard serpent, hammering it with Mjollnir as it twists around him.
CAPTION
His son Thor at his side battling Jörmungandr…
Panel 2 – Jörmungandr falls, covered with blood and gore.
Panel 3 – As does Thor, trying to hold himself up with Mjollnir.
Panel 4 – Odin screams in absolute anguish, distraught over being unable to stop destiny and his son dying.
CAPTION
To the death.
Page 10
Splash page – A gigantic black angel rises from the ground. It has four faces and four thousand wings (don’t worry, you don’t have to draw them all). One face is a lion, another a serpent, another a man, and the final is a hawk. His entire body consists of eyes and tongues. He has gigantic black shadow like tentacles that have spread all over Valhalla, choking Odin, tearing Fenrir into pieces, pulling Surtr’s sword out of his hands and extinguishing it. Each of the heads is screaming and gods and giants alike are attempting to stop it.
CAPTION (Spread throughout the splash)
This isn’t…
What the fuck is that thing?
Remember how I said Death King may have been an angel?
That’s an angel?
He was still too weak when we battled him before. I can’t believe we walked away from it.
You’re babbling!
This is Azrael – God’s venom. The fallen angel of death. He was just hiding as the Death King.
Page 11
Six panel grid
Panel 1 – Robot is speaking. He looks really freaked out by what he has just seen.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: Look, the fall of the gods has been prophesized since the beginning. And now…they’re just gone.
Panel 2 – Robot and Destroyer are watching the gods die as Robot continues to talk. Behind them, we see a darkness growing.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: This is not good. I was right…he is trying to bring about Armageddon.
Panel 3 – Robot continues to speak while Destroyer begins to notice the gigantic shadow tentacles curling up behind them. He still has energy pouring out of him.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: Our only hope is that Azrael doesn’t realize that Ragnarok isn’t the end of the gods. It’s just the end of a cycle…
Destroyer: Um, bigger problem…
Panel 4- – Robot is angry at being interrupted. The background is almost completely black.
Robot: Look, I’m trying to save the world here. I’d appreciate some quiet time.
Panel 5 – The shadow tentacles have started to cover Destroyer’s mouth. He is struggling and fighting to free himself.
Destroyer: Mmmmmph!
Panel 6 – Robot looks happy that he has figured it all out.
Robot: C’mon, pull that thing out of your arm. We have to find Balder.
Page 12
4 panel grid. Each panel grows more and more blacked out by the tentacles of Azrael.
Panel 1 – Robot is inputting codes into his arm and opening a doorway. He is growing impatient. He is turning his head and the second time lapse face we see is shocked.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: Would you just…
Panel 2- – Destroyer is battling against the tentacles. He has torn some of them apart, but many more are curling around him.
Panel 3 – Robot is running to save Destroyer.
Panel 4 – This panel is completely black as the tentacles have obliterated all the light.
Splash panel: Robot and Destroyer are jumping through the doorway. It appears that they are jumping toward the viewer, maybe even through the borders of the panel. Behind them, we can see the destroyed city from the last issue. Robot looks relatively calm, but Destroyer looks freaked out.
WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: Ahhhhhhhhhh!
Page 2
Split into three panels
Panel 1: As they fly through the doorway, Robot does a few flips (shown as multiple drawings of him) and lands perfectly on his feet.
Panel 2: Destroyer flies further and crashes through the bones of a gigantic snake, which is nearly 2 miles long. We can see its bones curl back across a mountain range.
Panel 3: Destroyer lands faces down, but is unhurt and already talking.
WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: What the fuck was that giant snake thing…AHHHHHH!
Page 3
Small panel: A skeleton wearing armor covered in runes, holding a gigantic hammer. This would be Thor, so however you see his armor and his look, here would be where to use it. Just keep in mind that he is a skeleton.
Medium panel: Destroyer jumps to his feet. He looks kind of shocked. All around them is fog and mists, obscuring some of the battleground. We can see numerous skeletons of trolls, gods, and monsters.
WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: And what the fuck is that?
Reaction panel: Robot is answering Destroyer with a somewhat upset look on his face.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: That would be Thor.
Reaction panel: Destroyer is screaming back at Robot.
WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: And weren’t we counting on Thor to help us?
Page 4
Medium panel: Robot is pulling cords out of a slot on his arm and assembling a tracking device while he talks.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: Yes, we were. But that skeleton you crashed through while you were whining like a small child was the Midgard Serpent, which means that Ragnarok seems to have occurred already, which makes no sense.
Reaction panel: Destroyer is sitting down in the mists, playing with one of the Serpent’s giant ribs.
WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: Ragnaroo? I thought this was Mount Olympus.
Medium panel: Robot almost has his device assembled. It looks like a small satellite dish with several cords that plug into his arm and chest. One cord is in his hand and has a small blade at the end of it.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: Weren’t you listening to me? The gods of all cultures have all gone back to their true forms. And this is where Ragnarok happens or happened. The fall of the gods. The end of time. Which, strangely, didn’t end.
Small panel: Robot takes the bladed cord and stabs it in the arm of Destroyer.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: Hmm. You may feel a pinch.
WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: Ah! Fucking stick of fuck! What is that thing?!?
Page 5
Vertical panel down one side of page: Robot working device as Destroyer rubs his arm, which is dripping blood and looks very painful.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: This is a crystalometer. It uses your blood to create a constant state of divination, like how the oracles used pools of water. And seeing as how your blood is more powerful than water, we should be able to see what happened here. Hmm, that’s odd.
WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: What’s odd is that you just stabbed me, asshole!
3 small panels down the other side
Small panel 1: Robot is speaking as he plays with his device.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: Your blood is a lot like ichor, the blood of the gods, so this will be easier than I thought.
Small panel 2: Destroyer is screaming, which leads to more blood pumping out of his arm. He has spit flying out of his mouth as he yells.
WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: Ichor, huh? Wow, that’s so fucking fascinating! Take that thing out of my arm!
Small panel 3: Robot is looking down at the controls. He looks like he doesn’t want to even be bothered by Destroyer’s loud screaming.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: One, quit talking. And two, open your mouth real wide.
Page 6
I’m seeing a wide horizontal pattern at the top and maybe 6 panels, smaller grid panels, making up the bottom of the page.
Panel 1: Destroyer is throwing both of his arms out as his body is overtaken with energy and a beam of light shoots out of his mouth. He looks almost possessed. The beam of light is shooting out into space.
WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: GAH!
Panel 2: Robot looking rather pleased with himself.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: I wasn’t sure that would work.
Panel 3: Destroyer is trying to talk and straining.
WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: Th-thanks for telling m-m-me…
Panel 4: Robot yelling back at him.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: Now kindly shut the fuck up so we can see what’s going on.
Panel 5: Destroyer is opening his mouth as we see the light shoot out onto the side of a rock wall.
Panel 6: Eggther is playing his harp as he sits on top of a mound of graves, with many body parts sticking out of it. He has a grim smile on his face. Around him, three roosters are crowing.
CAPTION
The end of the gods all begins with the death of Balder.
Panel 7: Image of Balder in combat. Not sure if this is how Balder will look in the stories. Maybe facially, but we can update him for modern times once he finally makes his appearance.
CAPTION
Odin’s son, he was impervious to all injury as all of creation had pledged not to harm him.
Page 7
I’m thinking this needs to be a 9 panel Keith Giffen-like grid to get all of this info in. Your call – we can discuss.
Panel 1 – Many gods and goddesses throwing fire, electricity, energy at Balder as they all laugh.
CAPTION
In fact, at celebrations, they would throw weapons at him for sport.
Panel 2 – A shot of Loki, god of mischief, holding a piece of mistletoe. He should appear very handsome, yet thin. Almost a mix between a man and a woman.
CAPTION
Except for the insignificant plant mistletoe, Balder could not be harmed.
Panel 3 – Loki tricking Hoor into shooting Balder. Here is the classic image of it:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/52/Loki_and_Hod.jpg
CAPTION
Loki, the fire spirit, tricked Hoor into shooting Balder with an arrow made of it.
Panel 4 – Balder collapses as everyone panics around him. Blood sprays unnaturally from the arrow piercing him, like an anime arterial blood spray.
CAPTION
The unkillable god was slayed.
Panel 5: Destroyer talking. Light is coming out of his eyes and mouth and his talking is stopping the images from coming up.
WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: Mistletoe? Mythology is fucked up. What did they do, kiss him to death?
Panel 6 – Robot is yelling at Destroyer. He looks completely enraged.
WORD BALLOON
Shut your mouth so we don’t lose the connection, you fuck!
Panel 7: Hringhorni, Balder’s gigantic sea ship is floating in space and aflame as his body is burned on it.
CAPTION
The gods knew this was the beginning of the end.
Panel 8: Nanna, Balder’s wife, jumps into the flames. She should have on Kirby women like gear – a dress with shoulder pads and a headpiece maybe. She is just starting to burn.
CAPTION
But they also knew that they were powerless to stop it.
Panel 9: Many crying gods. In the front, Thor has his head down and is holding Mjollnir. Cavorting and jumping in front of him is the troll Lit.
CAPTION
Such was the way of the gods.
Page 8
Large horizontal panel – Gods standing in the snow as they watch the rainbow bridge to Earth explodes and falls as the fire giants, led by Surtr and Garm the hellhound, cross it. It should almost look like a completely blizzard. Their breath is making smoke as indescribably cold.
Surtr is a gigantic man who has fire trail behind him. He holds the Sword of Revenge, a flaming sword.
Garm is a gigantic wolf dog that guards hell. He should appear rabid and ready to strike and would tower over any human.
CAPTION
Fimbulwinter came, three seasons of cold that destroyed their world. And the fire giants followed in its wake.
Three small panels down the left side of the page.
Panel 1 – Heimdall, a bearded man wearing armor, is blowing a giant horn. Here are a few images I’ve found of him:
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/dd_gallery/dd4/Heimdall_p180.jpg
http://library.flawlesslogic.com/heimdall.jpg
I think he should be a little bigger than in those illustrations, somewhat bulkier, and look wistfully sad that the end of time is here and he must sound the horn that signals Ragnarok.
CAPTION
Heimdall, of the nine mothers (who could hear grass grow and was destined to be the last god to die fighting Loki) sounded Giallar to signal the end was here.
Panel 2 – Odin is riding Sleipnir through the cold fog toward the enemy. We can see their weapons in shadow as he rides toward them.
Odin should be much larger than any normal man. I see him as having a long beard and really long white hair. His helmet covers his missing eye. He can really have as much of a crazy Japanese armored look as you’d like to go with. He rides Sleipnir, who has eight legs. The horse’s saddle should have runes and armor covering it.
CAPTION
Odin rode straight for the monstrous wolf Fenrir…
Panel 3 – Fenrir, a gigantic wolf that dwarfs the gods. He is probably 6-700 feet tall, more like a dragon in size. He is rabid and snarling.
CAPTION
Loki’s son, whose upper jaw touched the sky and lower scraped the ground.
Page 9
4 panel grid
Panel 1 – Thor jumps onto Jörmungandr, the Midgard serpent, hammering it with Mjollnir as it twists around him.
CAPTION
His son Thor at his side battling Jörmungandr…
Panel 2 – Jörmungandr falls, covered with blood and gore.
Panel 3 – As does Thor, trying to hold himself up with Mjollnir.
Panel 4 – Odin screams in absolute anguish, distraught over being unable to stop destiny and his son dying.
CAPTION
To the death.
Page 10
Splash page – A gigantic black angel rises from the ground. It has four faces and four thousand wings (don’t worry, you don’t have to draw them all). One face is a lion, another a serpent, another a man, and the final is a hawk. His entire body consists of eyes and tongues. He has gigantic black shadow like tentacles that have spread all over Valhalla, choking Odin, tearing Fenrir into pieces, pulling Surtr’s sword out of his hands and extinguishing it. Each of the heads is screaming and gods and giants alike are attempting to stop it.
CAPTION (Spread throughout the splash)
This isn’t…
What the fuck is that thing?
Remember how I said Death King may have been an angel?
That’s an angel?
He was still too weak when we battled him before. I can’t believe we walked away from it.
You’re babbling!
This is Azrael – God’s venom. The fallen angel of death. He was just hiding as the Death King.
Page 11
Six panel grid
Panel 1 – Robot is speaking. He looks really freaked out by what he has just seen.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: Look, the fall of the gods has been prophesized since the beginning. And now…they’re just gone.
Panel 2 – Robot and Destroyer are watching the gods die as Robot continues to talk. Behind them, we see a darkness growing.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: This is not good. I was right…he is trying to bring about Armageddon.
Panel 3 – Robot continues to speak while Destroyer begins to notice the gigantic shadow tentacles curling up behind them. He still has energy pouring out of him.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: Our only hope is that Azrael doesn’t realize that Ragnarok isn’t the end of the gods. It’s just the end of a cycle…
Destroyer: Um, bigger problem…
Panel 4- – Robot is angry at being interrupted. The background is almost completely black.
Robot: Look, I’m trying to save the world here. I’d appreciate some quiet time.
Panel 5 – The shadow tentacles have started to cover Destroyer’s mouth. He is struggling and fighting to free himself.
Destroyer: Mmmmmph!
Panel 6 – Robot looks happy that he has figured it all out.
Robot: C’mon, pull that thing out of your arm. We have to find Balder.
Page 12
4 panel grid. Each panel grows more and more blacked out by the tentacles of Azrael.
Panel 1 – Robot is inputting codes into his arm and opening a doorway. He is growing impatient. He is turning his head and the second time lapse face we see is shocked.
WORD BALLOON
Robot: Would you just…
Panel 2- – Destroyer is battling against the tentacles. He has torn some of them apart, but many more are curling around him.
Panel 3 – Robot is running to save Destroyer.
Panel 4 – This panel is completely black as the tentacles have obliterated all the light.
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