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The Mansion of E :: Part Six: On My Way to Town

#05: Eetown - The Temple
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It was pointed out to me that my first attempt at drawing the critter in the fourth panel came out looking more like a llama than a horse, so I tweaked it a bit. Cuz it's supposed to be a horse. (Tho if I was doing this all over, I'd indeed consider making the standard riding animal in the Wide World more llama-like.) If you really want to see the original, it's still on display on the backup site.

$MoE 4076 15/12/2014 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4077 16/12/2014 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

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$MoE 4079 18/12/2014 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4080 19/12/2014 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4083 22/12/2014 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4084 23/12/2014 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

Since it's the season for compassion and mercy.. those things in the second panel are medicinal herbs and roots which Threnody is drying.

$MoE 4085 24/12/2014 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

Sylvester discussed using Threnody as a stopgap Taskmistress here. (And yes, that is Threnody in the old strip; her final design obviously changed.) And Rosemary and Sylvester discussed his lack of Temple participation starting here.

$MoE 4086 26/12/2014 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4089 29/12/2014 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

Eetown being the fishing village that it is, "Watertight" is local slang for "not crazy".

$MoE 4090 30/12/2014 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

Mortimer met Nitfol here. (And I now see that back then I put Mortimer's thumb on the wrong side of his hand. Ah, well, I was young and stupid..) And Mortimer arrived at the crater here.

$MoE 4091 31/12/2014 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4092 02/01/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

Sylvester and Rosemary received this report here.

$MoE 4095 06/01/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4096 07/01/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4097 08/01/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4098 09/01/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

The Founding Oracles of the Temple religion were previously listed starting here.

$MoE 4101 12/01/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

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$MoE 4118 29/01/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4119 30/01/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

Amos and Mortimer discussed this facet of magic-use here.

$MoE 4122 02/02/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

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$MoE 4131 11/02/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

Sylvester and Rosemary discussed the book Lo The Plow Shall Till The Soil Of Redemption here.

$MoE 4132 12/02/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

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$MoE 4140 20/02/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

Peter and Ida's relationship was mentioned here.
Juniper made her comment here.

$MoE 4143 23/02/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

Since all the characters are already aware of this, and I don't want to engage in too much As-You-Knowing... a town's Clerk is assigned to it by the central government and/or the Province, and is someone who is imported after being trained at, again, an official Academy, the theory being that having a neutral professional outsider brought in helps cut down on corruption, nepotism and favortism, along with encouraging the spread of new innovations and laws around the country. The Clerk collects taxes and fees, keeps vital records, conducts various mandated censuses and inspections, and assists any and all (locally-selected) law officers (tho they do NOT have the power to personally arrest anyone.) In a small place like Eetown, as Sylvester has previously noted, this still often leaves them enough time to assume other duties, including postmaster/mistress and official Sparkwire operator. If a town gets big enough, their title becomes Bureaucrat, and they gain assistants, and other people/teams take over the other jobs.

$MoE 4144 24/02/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4145 25/02/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4146 26/02/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

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$MoE 4150 02/03/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4151 03/03/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

Mortimer and Nitfol encountered the Spyder here.
Talk was made of talking here.

$MoE 4152 04/03/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

Sylvester offered Shark-escape advice here.
Mortimer briefly interacted with the (or a) killer tree here.

$MoE 4153 05/03/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

Mortimer and Nitfol encountered Louch and Scrof the forest Gnolls here, along with some Pales. It's always interesting to re-draw one of these very early scenes in my current style.

$MoE 4154 06/03/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4157 09/03/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

The ravine was seen here, along with one of its inhabitants.
And a bit of trivia: In real-life terms, the Raviners/Hill-Crabs/Whatever are by far the oldest characters in the entire strip, though back in middle school I called them "Monsters Coming Over A Hill".

$MoE 4158 10/03/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4159 11/03/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

Disclaimer: Any depiction of a Barsoomian attending Temple in Eetown should be taken as entirely hypothetical and speculative.

$MoE 4160 12/03/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4161 13/03/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4164 16/03/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

Schmedley the butler first appeared, or at least interacted with other folks, here.
The world-turtle sculpture was previously glimpsed here.

$MoE 4166 18/03/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

The subject of shutter-installation in the Mansion came up here.

$MoE 4167 19/03/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4168 20/03/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4171 23/03/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4172 24/03/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

Rosemary suggested going to the island nation of Aruba here. No, it's not the Real Life island with the same name. At least not anymore, it was originally assigned before I got serious about working out a backstory for the whole MoE. I could Change it, but I try to avoid doing that much, so call it one of Those Wacky Coincidences. Yeah.
And yes, this was the trip where this happened.

$MoE 4173 25/03/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

Agnes went on to be Quincy's wife.
Nellie made her comment here.

$MoE 4174 26/03/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4175 27/03/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

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$MoE 4185 06/04/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4186 07/04/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4187 08/04/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

If you're wondering about the differences between the signs on the buildings, Saffron went to the trouble of paying a professional artist to paint the ones on the inn.

$MoE 4188 09/04/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4189 10/04/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

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$MoE 4206 27/04/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4207 28/04/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4208 29/04/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4209 30/04/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4210 01/05/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

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$MoE 4214 05/05/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4215 06/05/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4216 07/05/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4217 08/05/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4220 11/05/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4221 12/05/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

Ida Mossett and her hook up with Peter was previously discussed here, among other places.

$MoE 4222 13/05/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4223 14/05/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4224 15/05/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4227 18/05/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4228 19/05/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

Blackbird the Oracle was discussed starting here.

$MoE 4229 20/05/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4230 21/05/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4231 22/05/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4234 25/05/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4235 26/05/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4236 27/05/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4237 28/05/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4238 29/05/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

Terin Flem the former Guardian appeared here.

$MoE 4241 01/06/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4242 02/06/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4243 03/06/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4244 04/06/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4245 05/06/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4248 08/06/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4249 09/06/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4250 10/06/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4251 11/06/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4252 12/06/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4255 15/06/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

The other half of this situation was previously seen here.

$MoE 4256 16/06/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4257 17/06/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4258 18/06/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4259 19/06/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4262 22/06/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

A belated celebration of Father's Day 2015. Back to the story tomorrow.

$MoE 4263 23/06/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4264 24/06/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4265 25/06/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4266 26/06/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4269 29/06/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

Rosemary's former Hack N' Slash co-worker Baldy and his boyfriend Orvin are not currently married, but they have the option to become so someday if they should so choose. Congrats to all my fellow Americans who now also have that choice.

$MoE 4270 30/06/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4271 01/07/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4272 02/07/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4273 03/07/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4276 06/07/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4277 07/07/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4278 08/07/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4279 09/07/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4280 10/07/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4283 13/07/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4284 14/07/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4285 15/07/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4286 16/07/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

Another year come and gone. The crew of the pirate ship Pretty Lady last appeared here. And while the other two's strips are pretty much dust on the wind, I'm happy to note that The Plant's home strip Station V3 has recently resumed regular updates.

$MoE 4287 17/07/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4290 20/07/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

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$MoE 4293 23/07/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4294 24/07/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

Rosemary told Sylvester about her Hack N' Slash instructor Walbert Shawn here.

$MoE 4297 27/07/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

Noodle is the nearest large town.
Glome is Audravania's provincial capital.
The Forest of Burzee is a popular pilgramage/tourist site. Sylvester detoured out of his way to visit it again when he went off to the University.

$MoE 4298 28/07/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4299 29/07/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

Mortimer talked with Yasmine about this subject here.

$MoE 4300 30/07/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4301 31/07/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

The Eetown watchtower was discussed here.

$MoE 4304 03/08/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4305 04/08/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

Rosemary is perhaps being a bit disingenuous here, since she has in fact only been in the two Provincial capitals shown, but her basic point is nonetheless correct.

$MoE 4306 05/08/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

Mortimer's inattention was mentioned here.

$MoE 4307 06/08/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4308 07/08/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4311 10/08/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

$MoE 4312 11/08/2015 :: Part Six: On My Way to Town \/\/ Eetown – The Temple$

Mortimer's previous mention of Dorian happened here. And yes, Rosemary is much better at remembering things than Mortimer is; she's even had some professional-level training in the area.