![]() ![]() The next page highlights this as it opens with the first full glimpse of our titular hero ascending the wall. (It’s hard to tell in this image, but the only other light on the page is in the castle above, highlighting both Magnus’ power of having light while the town he rules is consumed by darkness, and his coldness by how little we can see of it.) As such, he has made the world around him cold, hoarding what little warmth for himself. ![]() The man is cold in nature, a cruelty brought upon by a sense of inadequacy of not being as good as his bearded, hermetic counterpart. Magnus is the main antagonist of the series, whose presence within the town can be felt even when he is not there. While everything else outside of the circle the two guards are within is colored with dark blues and blacks, in the foreground we can clearly see through the blizzard obscuring many parts of the sequence a poster of Lord Magnus. ![]() However, more interesting is what’s in the foreground of this sequence. It’s night, there’s a blizzard going on, and we can see two men standing in the distance, alight by a single fire, drawn by Mora to look like a giant candle. This sets the setting for what is about to happen. The sequence opens with a massive panel, taking the entire page, with the remaining two overlapping the image. ![]()
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