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The Mansion of E :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled

#6: The Three Great Riddles
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The Djinnoscope appeared here.

$MoE 1639 05/03/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

[The dragon in the background marks the death the day before of D&D designer Ernest Gary Gygax.]

$MoE 1640 06/03/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

You may note that Fern and the Djinnoscope look different here. As I've probably said before, despite its location in the story, the Hall of Achievement segment is, in real-world terms, the oldest in the archive; when I moved to Keenspace/ComicGen back in 2003, I rebooted and redid all the strips that came before the HoA. As such, it now sucks the worst. If and when the main action returns to the HoA.. while the Hall's contents and basic nature will not change, they will have undergone a serious artistic overhaul.

$MoE 1641 07/03/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1642 08/03/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1644 10/03/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1645 11/03/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1646 12/03/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1647 13/03/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1648 14/03/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1649 15/03/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1651 17/03/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1652 18/03/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

The "other people" Rosemary refers to was The Operator. Nubby was mentioned here.

$MoE 1653 19/03/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1654 20/03/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1655 21/03/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

Sylvester is referring to this.

$MoE 1656 22/03/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1658 24/03/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1659 25/03/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

First tier refers to this.

$MoE 1660 26/03/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1661 27/03/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1662 28/03/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1663 29/03/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

As I may or may not have said before, Roland/Jim Lowery/North of G for Genesis originally created Great-Great Uncle Hindenburgh in a guest strip, and he fit so well into the backstory I officially incorporated him. So, thanks again to R/J L/N.

$MoE 1665 31/03/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1666 01/04/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1667 02/04/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1668 03/04/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1669 04/04/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1670 05/04/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

Yes, along with all the other Ichyoids, it's an intentional homage, but for the record, the Great Riddler is NOT You-Know-Who. YKW is much bigger and, in every sense of the word, much much uglier. It isn't totally necessary that you understand what he is saying, but if you crave knowledge, do a websearh for a font called Elder Futhark.

$MoE 1671 07/04/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1672 08/04/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1673 09/04/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1674 10/04/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1675 11/04/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1676 12/04/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1677 14/04/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1678 15/04/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1679 16/04/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1680 17/04/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1681 18/04/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1682 19/04/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1684 21/04/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1685 22/04/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1686 23/04/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1687 24/04/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1688 25/04/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

One of my many regrets with the strip is with Wyrms, both in terms of species and name. I know technically I could just change them, but at this late stage that's too big a mouthful to ask you all to swallow. Still, one small change I can make: Among Mansion-folk at least, "Wyrm" is officially pronounced "Wee-Irm", while "worm" is the usual "wuh-erm" (and refers to standard earthworms.) Characters in-strip will never confuse the two words, unless maybe they're being deliberately insulting.

$MoE 1689 26/04/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1691 28/04/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1692 29/04/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1693 30/04/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1694 01/05/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1695 02/05/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

My sympathies for anyone visited the strip for the very first time. Hopefully if you page back a few days this will make sense. More sense. A little.

$MoE 1696 03/05/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1698 05/05/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1699 06/05/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1700 07/05/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1701 08/05/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

As far as Rosemary and Sylvester are concerned, "that Ghast" last appeared here.

$MoE 1702 09/05/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1703 10/05/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1705 12/05/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1706 13/05/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1707 14/05/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1708 15/05/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1709 16/05/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1710 17/05/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1712 19/05/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1713 20/05/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1714 21/05/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1715 22/05/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1716 23/05/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

After I posted this, I realized I mispelled a name. So, I corrected it: it has been previously established that Rosemary is from Moonin Province. And, yes, the name was consciously adapted from the Moomintroll books by Tove Jansson. If you've never read them, give one a try! They're fun!

$MoE 1717 24/05/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

In case anyone notices/cares, with this strip I've started using a slightly different font for Trog dialog. It's not a plot-point, it's just more readable than the last version.

$MoE 1719 26/05/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1720 27/05/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

Just for the record, that second Skipjack player is not The Weirdo Who Lives In The Attic. He hadn't even been born yet at the moment the game was being played. It might, however, be a relative of his..

$MoE 1721 28/05/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1722 29/05/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1723 30/05/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1724 31/05/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1726 02/06/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1727 03/06/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

$MoE 1728 04/06/2008 :: Part Four: The Road Less Travelled \/\/ The Three Great Riddles$

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