For my research, I have been travelling around Sicily for the last few weeks. I needed to see and feel the historical monuments for my graphic novel. The episodes will take place in the present day, but the backbone of my story is the history and the myth. Covid had scrapped and postponed my original plan, so I jumped on the plane as soon as Italy opened its border to tourists. It was not good timing for my graphic novel, which was only starting, and the gap may have cost me to lose readers. Still, I hope my latest research will improve my story and attract and please readers for it.
Scientists can measure and prove that sound
travels slower than light, but the Will of the Universe can only answer why
that is so. IRIS the SOUND initially
travelled side by side with LIGHT until one day the speed of sound dropped, and
now they have been travelling apart.
THE CHARACTERS
SERPENT,
aka NAGA, the eight-headed
deity. The snake represents the frailty that sees us stray from the
path and often into darkness. Big predators make the headlines, but
ordinary people are tempted to commit small-scale cheating when shielded under
the mantle of anonymity. On good days we can fight off the
temptation, but on bad days when we have just lost something and the world seems
unfair, our hands reach out for it while a sinking feeling spreads inside our
hearts, warning us that this is not the way to get even with
life. However, God or the universe may not mind if the gain is minimal? So
we tell ourselves.
NAGA represents
the second chance and atonement in life.
NEMESIS and IRIS: Instead of picking one from the
existing religions, all of which I respect, I opted to represent the universe's
will via Goddess IRIS. God gave us light, and Goddess followed it up with
the sound, but as sound travels slower than light, no one knows her existence
despite benefiting from her gift, music. Something turned this once
open-book IRIS into NEMESIS, Goddess of Retribution.
THE
SPIRIT of LOUIS XIII: The king of France who reigned
from 14 May 1610 – to 14
May 1643. Enigmatic character the world may not have fully appreciated,
not unlike the current, which can be substantial even if the river looks calm.
OMELETTE: the dog who was the pet of Louis XIII in its former life.
TRUST: The Nephilim, rejected by
the angels and the man, opted to take over the dark throne vacated by the
Serpent. Devil was the name imposed on the Nephilim by the man,
while the name he chose for himself is TRUST.
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