The War of Winds, by KEZ. Archive of DOOM!

First, the Extras:

 

SYNOPSIS: Are you new to The War of Winds? Need a refresher on all that's happened? Don't have the time to read through the archives? Read the GUIDE, a summary of the entire story in comic form.

 

SYNOPSIS: Wonder if Ravar can stand on his head? Or if anyone in cast has been in love? What about if Talon and Ravar had a staring contest? Go to the Cast Q/A archive to read audience questions answered as comics--updated Wednesdays when possible.

 

Book One: The Past

 

SYNOPSIS: The Four Winds are not legends. They are real, and this is their story.

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SYNOPSIS: Ian is a young Knight-in-Training at the Fortress as Ca-dalen when it is attacked. Instead of obeying orders to evacuate, he stays behind to fight, but quickly learns the enemy cannot be killed...because they are already dead.

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SYNOPSIS: The Weapons Master leads the few survivors out of Ca-dalen, only to come face to face with the most deadly enemy of all.

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SYNOPSIS: Believing the Weapons Master dead, Caspian leads Ian out of the Ekolkla Passages, but in a battle where the dead walk, can anyone really die?

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SYNOPSIS: Caspian brings Ian to the Sacred Isles, the homeland of the Ayenroki. The first of 3 Interim Chapters.

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Book II: The Present

 

SYNOPSIS: 10 years into the future, a thief who should quit his night-job steals a blue-steeled ring from a dying woman.

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SYNOPSIS: Having no recollection of the earlier events of the night, Talon manages to get on the bad side of Ravar, a young, diguised Ayenroki, by stealing his talisman. A chase ensues, with an unexpected ending.

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SYNOPSIS: The Shadows, an ancient, nigh-unkillable menance, have found a way to track Talon and Ravar, and are closing in fast. Escape demands taking a foolish chance, and then paying the consequences.

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SYNOPSIS: Ravar will not let himself fail so easily, and tracks Talon and his sister Vrin as only his kind can—as Greyken.

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SYNOPSIS: Moral of the story: a tied-up half-man is not a tame half-man. But tied-up Ayenroki can be quite talkative once incensed.

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SYNOPSIS: The Zen'na Nashka, the Hunters of Men, have captured Siveki Kinsmen-Ornadayo, and accuse him of the crime of murder. Siveki claims innocence, but unfortunately, doesn't have a choice except to admit guilt. Meanwhile, Vrin and Talon make their way to the city of Grondaga, but along the way Vrin falls ill with infection from a previous wound.

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SYNOPSIS: Talon is kidnapped by an Ayenroki Triad, and Ravar has no choice but to chase after him. Vrin tries her best to keep up, unleashing a side of herself she wishes she did not have.

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SYNOPSIS: Talon is dying even with the Key to regenerate him. Someone, or something, has told his mind to destroy itself, and only Ravar can help Ehranah save him. But will Ravar survive his battle against his greyken brother, Mersnai?

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SYNOPSIS: The Key has been loosed in the world, and its guardian, the North Wind, is nowhere to be found. Can the South and West Winds make up for his absence and keep this this powerful artifact out of the hands of the East Wind?

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Oh Ye Who Hast Mastered The Art of The Scroll

 

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