#472 – Everchosen
January 18th, 2014 |
I wish comics were late because I was slacking off. Then I would get to play games and watch stuff. And to make them on time, I could just stop slacking off. That would be nice and I would be less exhausted.
Extra super long, because Stuart is psychotic. And I suppose so am I for going along with it. Next story, I write my own scripts for a while, scripts of not crazy person- lengths.
I think I missed something in those last two panels. The final one made no real sense to me at all.
That’s Tzeentch and The Patterner brawling outside the local chain pub over Change, my money’s on Tzeentch coming out on top.
Damn ninjas!
Filthy chaos scum now you face the might of the imperiarum FOR THE EMPORERE!
As for the second-to last panel: the gods are looking at the events in the mortal universe and are miffed that their champion bit it by a completely random event like that.
As for the last panel: you’re obviously not acquainted with Warhammer 40000, the guys on the left are the dark gods from that setting.
As an aside, this update is hilarious. Thus a grand epic saga was averted and turned into a throwaway gag. Only on EN.
Even funnier, the next update has been mentioned as the start of a new storyline.
EL OH EL~ XD
“Not allowed to like change”, the glowing thing the Patterner is attempting to beat the shit out of looks like an embodiment of Tzeentch, the Lord of Change from the WH40K universe. Just a guess given that he’s being held back by Khorne while Nurgle stuffs his pestilent face in the background. Something something grudge match
wait… was that Silas Morth in the background of the second panel (far left of second panel)?
You might very well think that. I couldn’t possibly comment.
Francis Urquhart… That man made Palpatine look like a starry eyed idealist.
And the girl to the right looks very much like our current storyline’s big bad. Although that can easily be a coincidence
Holy shit, it IS.
He’s got the artificial eye and everything!
There’s something deliciously ironic about Khorne holding someone back from a fight.
Well, he did previously say that he didn’t want to be known as the god of drunken slap fights in pub car parks.
http://exterminatusnow.co.uk/2013-10-26/comic/non-storyline/randoms/ch-ch-ch-changes/
That’s ‘The Hound’ you’re thinking of. Khorne ‘s the guy holding Tzeentch back.
Whoops, you’re right. Cerebral flatulence, sorry.
Still there is something hilarious about Khorne holding back someone or himself from a fight.
Well, guess we can add murder by neglect (or its actual English legal lingo equivalent) to the crew’s record. Wait! *goes to check* Nope, it’s already there. Never mind.
Why do I get a feeling this Everchosen guy has potential for having tons of fanart dedicated to him even though he’s… Um, kind of… Squished, at the moment?
Also, HA! Eastwood, you always have just the right thing to say at the best moment.
I think if a character is only meant to appear once you should make them as interesting as possible. if they are to appear more frequently it’s far less time consuming to make them look more common…
which is ironic because the more common looking the character is the more attractive. There have been studies.
got to give it to them, their dumb luck just prevented a new global carnage.
…Dare I ask, do I even want to know where Slaanesh is from that last panel?
Since Slaanesh AND ‘Thirsty are both out of sight…
“So how was it?”
ST-”Awful! We spent most of the time arguing over who was going to do what, and with what, and to whom!”
And Fernex recorded the entire thing.
Fernex wasn’t there as he doesn’t go out on the razz due to being socially awkward. Slaanesh and the Soulthirster are engaging in a long, dry legal discussion over respective spheres of influence, image rights and so forth.
Huh, long and dry…you’d think they would at least use some lu-BRICKED…thud-
That’s … efficient.
This is why you put your unholy sites INSIDE, where random landing protagonists can’t squash your special guy.
This is also why you never bet on Fate if The Lady is playing the game too.
you really think that’s gonna keep the bad guy from getting squashed? in this universe?
Probably not. But it would be more spectacular when it happened. ;)
true, though most likely only Virus would be that bad of a driver to pull that off
I kind of wonder what the EN version of the Lady would look like.
One of those old hags whose souls have been broken by the three spinning wheels of a slot machine?
I have no idea, but I want to know!
She’d probably be a running gag as a phantom following around Eastwood, and face-palming/leaving whenever he opens his mouth around a woman.
CABAL, define favorable outcome.
is that an old C&C 2 reference you hid in there? or am I just going mad?
C&C 2 reference i guess. The AI is kinda of a jerk to Virus or Eastwood. (forgot which)
Our AI network has been named CABAL from the beginning, yes, named for C&C. Here’s the comic Chimera speaks of, which goes into the nature of the network a little.
Of course, THIS could be that one opportunity Eastwood would have to get the “hero’s reward”, and of course, Eastwood will utterly blow this rare opportunity.
Shame. She’s a cute one.
The ‘Maybe Morth’ has an oddly colored left eye. It’s probably him.
Couldn’t Kevin just be miserable with change? Or slightly less than content?
That’s not Kevin.
This really doesn’t strike me as anything involving an in-universe event. For one thing, the pilots of the Spectre that squished the guy use different names than our crew, and seem a lot nicer than our “heroes” are.
I dunno, this just seems like some other Inquisitor’s bumbling, although it’s hard to believe anyone could be as lucky as those four bastards. It just seems like this has either been attempted before, or it’s some other schmucks getting the lucky win for once.
I was going to say that it might be a DND game with the Dark Gods, but then I remember the Light Gods prefer that.
Um, you can see Eastwood at the window in panel 13. The names and perceived niceness are sarcastic.
Ah. I didn’t get the reference. SO, I retract my statement. Apologies.
Darn those lucky bastards.
So THATS where Patt got his twitch!
who the hell is Hastings, or rather ‘Astings?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Hastings
Thank you for laying down some knowledge, and given East’s proclivity for dressing up as Poirot (He’s done it once), I get the joke.
Okay, after looking a bit longer at the comic, may I just give major props to Virus/whomever decided what goes in which panels? The amount of information that is told in pictures alone in the first two is pretty impressive. There’s just one thing that I can’t quite grasp, though I do have a hunch: who is that red-haired lady in the second panel?
Thanks, I’m glad you noticed.
I can’t help but notice she has somewhat similar features to Marley, or whoever Eastwood’s pawnshop acquaintance was. That is, she lacks an obvious nose, and I think I see the hint of multiple legs in her dress. Call me crazy, but I SUSPECT she MIGHT be related to the the cult our nutty friend hypothesized last comic. Which, if it is indeed a Patternari cult, would explain why she was with Silas Morth in that picture…
…Is it just me, or did Eastwood totally blow a chance to score?
Well, as far as we know Eastwood could be the true “everchosen” of the four. I’m not saying that the loss of his purity to a virgin would cause the apocalypse, but if you think about it there is some aspect of his personality that draws out the endarkenment, dissonence, and counterproductive tendencies of everyone he encounters.
My theory holds that the world of Exterminatus now cannot change until Harry does. Some exposure to the secrets of REBT and behavioral therapy and he could become a real threat to behold, if he isn’t one already.
Given his ferocity and almost demonic nature when denied coffee you may be right.
which then means the good gods are doing their best to keep him from getting any.
… Gods is stopping one man from getting laid. o.0
It’s Eastwood. He doesn’t need divine help to not get any, and I doubt that the power of all the gods combined could get him laid.
I noticed the fight in the last panel is taking place outside a Wetherspoon’s. I lol’d.
Interesting…so who’s the god/goddess of karma and kismet in this reality? Something tells me he/she was involved with this M. Night Shamalamadingdong style twist of fate.
despite his rather… unceremonious end, props for making the would-be bad-guy look totally badass
So… Who rolled a one? Fess up.
xp lol dark gods trolled by our favorite team…..matbe they need to put a hit on the main cast already.
They keep trying every time Simmons send the Main Cast on a mission.
They haven’t succeeded yet.
Simmons working with the dark gods to over throw his unbearable boss
as well as place the final nail in the shared graves of his foe’s. I wouldn’t
be surprised if that’s what happens in the near future.
honestly, I don’t think the dark gods even actually want to rule the world, they don’t seem all that interested in it to be honest
I think this is actually the working of the light gods. I mean come on how could it go just as planned (http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Just_As_Planned) Unless losing connection to the cabal was ordered by a high ranking official in the inquisition and cut it right on the spot realizing they would land on or near the spot and defeat the BBEG due to their dumb luck (http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Creed) THIS CAN ONLY BE THE WORK OF Ursarkar E. Creed CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED
I’m less curious about what Morth is doing in the 2nd panel…and more concerned with the creepy shadowy woman on the right of that that same panel. Looks a bit like the creepy snake-guy from the bookstore.
Also, I think a girl enemy (not counting the bunny girl because she only lasted one comic and was kind of pathetic) would be an interesting change of pace. I can already picture Eastwood’s reaction…thought that’s not too hard to do.
Ok, so new question.
In the last panel, what is that black square on Patt’s…eye? Duct tape on his…mouth? a spell by Tzeentch? layering error with the Hound’s armor? It’s bugging me.
You mean the black eye?
Patt is not a very good fighter is he?
By the look of it, he clawed Tzeentch’s maw badly enough to draw blood. That’s something.
It feels like only a matter of time before someone uses the Patterner’s eye for a basketball.
the girls on Jersey Shore drew blood, despite only knowing how to scratch and pull hair
It doesn’t look much like a black eye at first. XD No offense.
I’m also LOL’ing at the idea of the Dark Gods hitting the town in a sensable, fuel efficient sedan.
I do not want to be the landlord who gets a personal visit from Nurgle. The antiseptic bill would be enormous!
You know, I’m willing to bet that’s Fernex’s pad they were watching things from this time. That reminds me- is this the first time we’ve seen them NOT in Patty’s place?
A crappier version of Fernex’s realm.
Beaneath a bloody sky (also crappy).
Is it just me, or it this a semi-piss-take on that one Grim Darkness story that was on the old site (the one where the dude used some poor girl as a temporary vessel for his chosen deity)? Heck, I think the person the guys accidentally saved is even the same species (or at least has vessel-girl’s colouring).
Image always better than words. http://i056.radikal.ru/1401/5d/88fe03b57ae4.jpg What is that blue shine over Hound’s head?
Looks like bleed from the previous panel. I think its Fernex’s glow
Thought so.
Dang, life must be quite difficult for pristine white maidens, with the high demand and short offer. Or is there a special breeding organisation that caters to the needs of would-be sacrificers?
Separately, I’ve just finished the archive binge (shorter than Homestuck, hopefully^^), and what strikes me is that in the comic I’ve always felt that B-team was a kind of sarcastic parody of “anti-hero” hollywoodian teams, with the rugged good looks kind-of leader (he looks a bit like Mal from Firefly with added womanizing) and his roguish team of True Companions, including one-liners and cliched stories. While our heroes would be more on the “plain bad” side, kind of a more accurate portrayal of an anti-hero team.
But in the comments, it feels like the authors and fellow readers takes them more seriously :) Oh well!
Very nice webcomic, too sparsely updated sadly^^
If you think we take any character seriously you may be missing some of the sarcasm and parody.
Sparse: I know. Day job. Thanks though. How did you find us, may I ask?
TvTropes, least that’s how I found this hilarious comic
@Virus
Sure, but there’s different levels of sarcasm and anti-heroism (TV Tropes would say a sliding scale:). From the anti-hero Informed Ability, that is in fact a cool heroic Robin Hood, to lovable hitman, to the villains who happens to be main characters, and so on until one reach the bottom of the abyss, 8 Bit Theater’s Black Mage, who would gladly commit rape if only it didn’t interfer with the killings.
I’ve kind of felt that EN main characters were at the “borderline sociopathic vigilante” point: they are clearly violent, side with gangsters and commit petty thievery, but they show begrudging respect for each other and we haven’t seen them killing good guys. Or commit serious atrocities.
While B-team are heroic in a look-at-me-I’m-anti-heroic kind of way.
To me, feels like the authors have camaraderie feelings towards A-team while B-team are just jerks.
Anyway, purely literary commentary. Here’s a potato for the long post.
Sparse: np, still better than Gone With The Blastwave :D The art is good, the stories are enjoyable, the characters well rounded (despite having lots of them), the humor black with a cloud of milk. Must be difficult to produce.
Found it through internet basement dwelling: in a discussion thread of the Warhammer 40k wikia that I don’t remember.
TV tropes has also a nice complementary article on you :)
Parking isn’t exactly their strong point, is it.
hey guys, Lord Palmerston or Pitt the Elder?
this question brought to you by intense boredom and a lapse in judgement
actually, I was so exhausted it bordered on being drunk when I typed this, if it could be removed entirely, that’d be great
Yup, thats the kind of thing that would happen in a Black Library novel featuring Chaos Space marines …, or even in a Codex Fluff, specially if Ward is the one who writes it…
oh wow, just noticed, great unclean one, nice
Or Nurgle himself. I was pleased with Khorne and Tzeentch, but I’ll admit I didn’t try too hard to differentiate Nurgle from a Great Unclean One. 40K fluff says “Great Unclean Ones are facsimiles of the Chaos God himself both physically and in spirit.” So, y’know. Made it easy.
Yeah the only difference is that Nurgle is the size of a Mountain has described in the fluff.
You see the FW GUO? well imagine this tenfold.
Well, that was rather….easy. Man if the Dark Gods are gonna have a special chosen one, they need to make sure all their bases are covered, namely keeping an extra eye on the individuals that cause them the most grief. I mean, really. How often has the main characters (if inadvertently) foiled some of their best plans?
Also, great job on the flow fo the story up till that point, it was really amazing. I am a little worried, though. The boys aren’t really gonna leave her, are they? They aren’t Tat dense, right? I mean, at least rogue isn’t, right?
I get the impression that the “plots” which are oh-so-important to their mortal followers are just the equivalent of your average Sunday night football game to the gods.
And they’re only casual sports fans. Good insight.
I’m amazed they even consider them that important
I have to wonder if the next time we see Morth, he’s going to be RAGING about it. Think how much of his time he spent on those plots and plans. I mean, I can’t imagine that greater demons and demon princes aren’t well aware of how casually the gods treat things. Come to think of it, that goes for the justice gods as well.
I think the justice gods care a lot more about their subjects, considering the lion (forgot his name) actually made SEVERAL changes to his “bible” just to get some old folks to leave the DnDers alone
I feel obligated to point out that is at least in part because the justice gods are themselves tabletop gamers who play pen and paper RPGs themselves. Up to and including DnD.
Remember, only ONE Angel got sent to help deal with the rogue warphole because the Justice Gods were having a disagreement over one of their games.
You are winning at the comment section, sir. Good work.
Are there ANY gods that actually care about the world adn the poeple in it? IF not, that is so very sad.
Hey, wait. We have several gods listed, but who is the one that gave life to the world? The general ‘creator’ of everything around here? Or am I thinking too much again? That is quite possible as I do that way too much.
Ironically, 40k does have just such a god-Nurgle. Thing is, the way he shows that love is… different. He’s the kind of guy who thinks some rats with the plague really would be a wonderful housewarming present, let’s put it that way. EN though? Unless Virus and crew have something they’re not telling us, I think what we see is what we get. The gods- much like the series itself- are not the most serious things. Unless it has something to do with these occasionally mentioned but never seen Overlanders.
This was one of your best strips in long time. It was great to see the Warhammer 40K chaos gods interact with your chaos gods. I was a little confused until I read the other comments, all I know about Warhammer 40K is from Ciaphus Cain (HERO OF THE IMERIUM) books.
Read the Horus Heresy the 3-4 first are nice, then you can skip to Battle for Calth and Betrayer.
Well the Angels return arn’t bad, but not awesome, a lot of people did like Mechanicum, never had any interest in it myself.
You can read Legion, but then once its done you can forget it quickly, too weird of a writing style.
Oh the First Heretic is pretty cool also.
The patterner never fails to amuse! Also Eastwood just squashing the Chosen like that, Brilliant : D