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Hello! Thank you so much for reading and following along with this little comic thus far! I hope the introduction has brought some intrigue to our readership, haha. I have what is, for my standards, pretty lofty goals for Wassenveld, but it's a story I'm determined to see through to the end. I don't know how long it'll take yet, though I'm resigned to it taking upwards of a year at the very least. I'll keep at it, no matter the changes along the way, or the actual quality of anything involved; I want to see this story done and real out in the sun. Though, currently Wassenveld is on a (hopefully brief) hiatus break, so I can focus on other things going on in my life, as well as sketching and planning the next part. I have gotten some inquiries for references for designs/details from this first part, so I'll try and make some ref sheets for the characters and collect my notes about building the duchy. Those will be posted equally to this platform and to comicfury.

If you have any questions regarding the comic, feel free to send them to my main Tumblr @bakanohealthy ! I’ll answer them over there.   Again, thank you very very much for giving Wassenveld a piece of your time. We'll meet again!

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[panel 01] (narration): That night the Marquess went out alone. - After delivering the courting portrait, he headed West, towards Port Whaleback, and disappeared.

[panel 01] (narration): Nessa Hulbury was seen running down the street in the middle of the night, - and was not found again in the morning.

[panel 02] (narration): Sonia Magnol's workshop has stayed vacant since.

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[panel 01] Nessa: /Time to turn in for the night--/

[panel 01] (effect text): knock knock

[panel 02] Nessa: /Huh--/ - /At this hour?/

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[panel 01] Nessa: /.../

[panel 01] Nessa: /Snow?/ - /Already?/

[panel 02] Nessa: /So soon.../ - /... --/

[panel 04] Nessa: /--/ - /One late night too many/

[panel 05] Nessa: /and already seeing things.../

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[panel 01] (effect text): KHF–CK

[panel 02] (effect text): ha - ha

[panel 03] (effect text): ha

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[panel 02] Sonia: Yes.

[panel 03] (effect text): CRA–CK

[panel 04] (effect text): K–CRRRRR–

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[panel 01] (narration): Wassenveld is rumoured to be Mother Winter’s birthplace.

[panel 01] (narration): As She is First of Light and First of Knowledge, this duchy has then witnessed the birth of many scholars and sages.

[panel 02] (narration): The Priest teachers, all accomplished craftsmen and men of science,

[panel 02] (narration): call themselves her Children.

[panel 03] (narration): She is not reticent with her Grace, - in exchange for only one thing.

[panel 03] (narration/Mother Winter): Acknowledge my guardianship.

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[panel 01] Sonia: I need your magic.

[panel 01] Sonia: I'm in love with someone beautiful.

[panel 02] Sonia: Yet my head's filled with ugly thoughts, - and my hands only create ugly images.

[panel 03] Sonia: On first snow they want to see me,

[panel 03] Sonia: so, please,

[panel 04] Sonia: make me beautiful!

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[panel 03] Sonia: Mother Winter…

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[panel 01] Leon: –nia! - Sonia!

[panel 01] Leon: How’s the– - Huh.

[panel 03] Leon: Here’s the painting. - And–

[panel 04] Leon: “I’m at church. - This is the best I can do. - I’m sorry.”

[panel 05] Leon: … - Worrywart.

[panel 06] Leon: It’s perfectly what I need.

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[panel 03] Sonia (off screen): \It keeps ending up too soft…\ - \He said he loves her willpower and mind…\

[panel 04] Sonia: \And she looks sad…\

[panel 05] Sonia: \No good…\ - \My head’s tainted.\

[panel 05] Sonia: \I’m incapable of beauties not borrowed.\

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[panel 01] Sonia: \A painter who signs other painters' names\ - \knows as much.\

[panel 03] (narration): Sonia lived comfortably off of her work,

[panel 03] (narration): without ever claiming a single creation under her name.

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[panel 02] Nessa: I - want to wow you. - Every guest.

[panel 02] Nessa: If you must believe in magic, - this is mine.

[panel 04] Sonia: \Magic...\

[panel 04] Nessa: Please attend the ceremony.

[panel 04] Sonia: Of course!

[panel 05] Sonia: \Nessa...\ - \she's not magic.\ - \What she has, she made with her own hands.\

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[panel 01] Sonia: A fake, adorned by your gilded frame, becomes real.

[panel 03] Nessa: You speak of me as if I'm capable of magic.

[panel 05] Sonia (off screen): Nevermind all that! - How's the gown coming along?

[panel 05] Nessa: Oh! - That...

[panel 06] Nessa: It's a secret ❤️

[panel 06] Sonia: Nessa! - Come on...

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[panel 01] Sonia (off screen): You know it's more about authenticity than flairs.

[panel 01] Nessa: You're capable of both.

[panel 02] Nessa: You're a much better artist than Ilima, Ms. Magnol.

[panel 03] Sonia: \There's no pride in this profession.\

[panel 03] Sonia: Such high praise, Ms. Hulbury, - when I can never compare...

[panel 04] Sonia: The gown you made for the Queen, - it was - perfect.

[panel 05] Sonia: The garments you make enthrall the eye.

[panel 05] Sonia: They make the wearer appear as gods.

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[panel 01] Sonia: Nessa!

[panel 01] Nessa: Do I move that silently?

[panel 02] Sonia: I-- - you know how it is when I work...

[panel 02] Nessa: I do. - Is this an Iliman?

[panel 03] Sonia: Yes... - 's for a gentleman down South. - 's why the tint's pink.

[panel 04] Nessa: And that's where Ilima falls short. - With a bit of green, this would be a masterpiece.

[panel 04] Sonia: Well...

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[panel 01] Sonia: \Trusting me with something like this...\

[panel 01] (narration): Sonia Magnol has a talent. - She can look at a painting and mimic the style perfectly in a brand new piece.

[panel 02] (narration): If one hasn't the wealth to spend on a piece by Mina the Great, she's the next best bet.

[panel 03] Nessa (off screen): Wouldn't that go better with a green tint?

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