Resh · The northeast of the Empire
That evening, the road to the inn outside the village lay deserted. The only light came from the inn.
For three nights the storms had torn the countryside apart. Trees split from crown to root. Fields burned in shapes like branching veins. Cattle lay dead where they stood.
The villagers called it weather. The man walking up the ruined road knew better.
When an inquisitor appears, it usually means trouble.THE EMPIRE SENDS ITS OWN
One commands fire. One answers with lightning. Neither has mastered his bond.
Black uniform, the golden eagle of the Empire on his gloves. He calls the hunt his duty. In truth he wants a worthy opponent, and the power to beat him. His flame answers him gladly. It does not yet obey him.
A murderer, says the warrant. Quick, clever and stronger than the man who hunts him. He never hides his trail. Storms follow him from village to village, almost as if he wanted to be found.
Not every guest at the inn is what he seems.SOMEONE IS WATCHING
The people of Resh would rather the inquisitor had never come.
The innkeeper. A lifelong coward with an eye that misses nothing.
He comes in the dead of night, lantern in hand, to point the inquisitor at the forest.
A drunk who laughs in an inquisitor's face, and claims to know the man he hunts.
It spreads its law across the land. Where its light is brightest, the shadows it casts are deepest.
The Empire's answer to the out of the ordinary: necromancy, wizards gone astray, spies, criminals no constable can hold. And, it is whispered, older things.
Some are born tied to an element. The bond is a gift. Mastering it takes years, and some never do.
A storm-wrecked road, an inn full of frightened people, and a forest that has not been quiet in years. Arius thinks he has finally caught the scent. Something in the trees has been waiting for him.
The Last Demon is written, scripted, lettered and designed by Noesisgym. The artwork is generated with AI image tools under our direction: we design every character, write every panel, and select, correct and assemble the images by hand.
We say this plainly because readers deserve to know how a comic is made. Chapter 2 is in production.