Search found 24 matches for 16

Redhead brougt Picknose for nest #09 - well, why was he so enraged? Ssomeone else must find the missing egg because Redhead was hiding it!
Little Patch for nest #11 is actually a very old Patch - and half an egg is still empty. Someone will try again?
Looks like you've looked for the atypical ones, Red ... this way Savah, the most unexpected character from nest #14 showed up first. Wolfie  has added two versions of yun for the same nest. If you combine Savah and Yun ... who else will most likely show up?
And with Jink an and an unnamed soldier the two hunters finished nest #16.
Yeee gathered her Chad aka Goldruff for nest #17 which has led Redhead straight towards Darkdell. And Wolfie added Skywise ... so who must be the missing ones to complete the trios?Someone hopped off your basket, Wolfie!

#00 - well filled
#01 - well filled
#02 - well filled
#03 - 1 eggies ... there was another named warrior in the Lodge ... and many unnamed kids
#04 - well filled ... it features Strongbow, Kureel - and murder. Who's needed for forgiving?
#05 - well filled
#06 - well filled
#07 - well filled
#08 - well filled
#09 - well filled ... Find the eggie of a "precious one" to complete the nest!
#10 - well filled ... Krim & Pike and Treestump. Who do they miss? TWO eggies WANTED!
#11 - 1 eggie ...one character must be found multiple times to fill the nest properly!
#12 - well filled
#13 - well filled
#14 - well filled ... with Yun an Savah in the same place - who else would you expect?
#15 - well filled ... one character must be found twice to fill the nest properly!
#16 - well filled
#17 - well filled ... the nest hosts 2 trios - both long for completation!
(with EDITs of most recent finds)

I like to include unexpected characters, less known ones or even mere background extras.
btw:You might have noticed that some charactes can appiear more than once in the same nest. You already see someone in the nest? Perhaps you should look again! S/he might exist twice or trice!

Found two , and Jink eggs!

#14
#14
#16

#17

Here's Savah, for #14



Yee bringing in young Goldruff gave me an idea, here's Darkdell (nest #17)



And here's random gun-tooting guy for nest #16

Another additional nest sparked by Yeee ... maybe Moonlight should hunt! ^^
You've found your girls, Yeee ... but can you figure out who are the two missing ones of nest #16?

Great! Now I can finish a nest that's long overdue, Wolfie. But there is more to hunt for your special interst ... family included. ^^

The last two days brought rich prey! Concratulations to the sucessful hunters!

Redhead gragged in a Go-Back boy I like to call "Grit.Maybie there are some of his friends hiding somewhere. Anyone want to try?
@wolfmoonsky I need your help for nrst #06, Wofie! ... looks like no one else can help with this family affair! And it's about time to start nest #14 too.

Yeee , your egg gift for Vaeri is a treasue and eye candy!


#00 - well filled
#01 - well filled
#02 - well filled
#03 - 2 eggies ... the nest shows the main characters - who is in the background? (mamed/unnamed)
#04 - 1 eggie ... the theme should be clear. Who else has an important role in the "foregiving"?
#05 - well filled
#06 - well filled
#07 - well filled
#08 - well filled
#09 - 1 eggie ... someone precious is missing!
#10 - 2 eggies ... the showing ones were found in Krim's and Pikes nest and Treestump's of course
#11 - 1 eggie ... the main character is still missing!
#12 - well filled
#13 - well filled
#14 - 2 eggies ...
#15 - 3 eggies ...
#16 - well filled
#17 - 2 eggies ... The nest actually hosts 2 trios
(with EDITs of most recent finds)
The nests pictures will be updated as soon as I find time.

btw: I like to include unexpected characters, less known ones or even mere background extras. ^^ And - ElfQuest is more than just Elves ...

An additional nest for the Easter days ... because one of my hunters sparked an idea!

Miss Gillespie wrote:

@Tymber: I'm pretty sure, that the panel with Chad looking weirdly at his wolf's death was meant as "Chad knows it was his wolf's time to die, Chad accepts it as the way and even though it hurts, he is able to move on", it just didn't come across that well. There were a couple of mentions before, that Chad lets his wolf do what it wants to do (because it is so old and will die soon?).

I remember something about letting his wolf do whatever, I assumed the whole free spirit thing. I don't recall (it could be there, I am old and may have forgotten) anything specific to the wolf's age.

And to me that panel, where he watches, felt more like, "I am here just to witness this." Felt no different to me, than when those folks who have to watch someone be executed from the other side of the glass. They serve to just witness the death. There could at the very least been a hint of emotion in Gold's face. But nothing. Especially, if you are right, and the wolf is old. So it's either bad story telling, ba art, or a piece of $#!+ character.

Or all three.

My vote is for all three at this point.

Miss Gillespie wrote:

Honestly, I don't think whoever comes up with these new stories expects to attract any new readers.
Pity that these stories aren't exactly interesting to old readers either...

Which is a horrible approach. ElfQuest originally came out in 1978.
Many of it's original readers may have either moved on (no longer collect comics, or maybe no longer collect ElfQuest), passed away, or otherwise just no longer pick up comics. So in a drying market, where your target audience is already relatively small (in comparison to Marvel, DC or Image) - you (not YOU specifically but Wendy, Richard and Sonny) need to be writing a story that both appeals to their original audience as well as try to make it approachable to new readers.
There's entire gaps after Original Quest, Siege and Kings, that I didn't read. Or read some of.
And I think that's part of my dislike towards this (and the last few runs) - is it assumes that the reader has read everything already.
Granted it's all free on their site to read - but man, imagine how much a footnote where they go to Sorrow's End and see it destroyed - where it says, "It's true! Happened in ____ #16! You can read it on ElfQuest.com for free!" would go...)

Poor execution all around or missed opportunities. However, one wants to look at it.

Embala wrote:

(You know it's really puzzling. I was introduced to a white-haired Yun in Shards #16; European coloring. Then I had to "learn" that she is a pale blonde ... only to neet her with daddy's color and style again. Full circle - or ist it a coloring mistake again?)

I think her hair looking white is a trick of the light, it's kind of a shadowy scene. I found my new avatar in the facebook group, I assume it is from a future issue, and there is a hint of yellow/beige in her hair there.

I like this cover. Similar to good ol' EQ it would be able to capture me - to make me dream and draw me in. Let's see what we have:

Pike and Sust frame a welcome scene, completed by Pool in the background. Wait ... if it weren't Jink I'd take a bet that hisexpression hints pre-recognition. ^^ I'll ship those two a bit - just for fun!

Skywise's daughters meet for the first time. I like the scene - it feels lively and heartily. Poses and mimics go well together. Jink looks good wrapped in this fur ... and familiar! Remiscences of our first encounter with Timmain.
Yun ...  must have been very tired when I've spotted this picture last night *LOL* ... actually mistook her for Skywise and wondered about "his" strange jacket and and why Jink was successful at first try. XD Well - for a moment... just a moment.
(You know it's really puzzling. I was introduced to a white-haired Yun in Shards #16; European coloring. Then I had to "learn" that she is a pale blonde ... only to neet her with daddy's color and style again. Full circle - or ist it a coloring mistake again?)

Leetah looks more like a wolfrider than ever. At second glance she has this Savah-like expression and even mimics her clothing style as far as this is possible in the woods. And there is definitely a color fail ...  her furs are much too green. (okay - the complte picture turned out too green-tinged for my taste but I can handle it)

This time I welcome Cutlet. The new outfit and the slightly unruly hairstyle make him a character of his own. But - he's definitely Cutter's spawn! It's obviously cold winter outside, everybody is dressed in warming leathers and furs - and he prefers to display a bare chest and naked arms. And ... he's notorious in finding new elves! XD

In fact I'm moderate curious for this issue.

All this might possibly count for Venka being a child of four tribes. #16 found

It does not fit for her daughter, an infant who has not experienced any cultural or social influences. Even less when this child will grow up as a starsdweller.
Calling Satreeka a "child of four tribes" is a MASSIVE stretch.

We have a saying that fits this constructed coherence very well: "(etwas) an den Haaren herbeiziehen"
Literally it translates: "pulling (something) in place by the hair" - in English it's simply "far-fetched".

I agree that we disagree, Redhead.

Embala wrote:

That's definitely one part FQ has NOT retconned. ^^

SHARDS #16 contradicted the Fire-Eye storyline by showing Dodia in the Palace together with Dart's band. Mrs. Pini's original work is considered canon before works of other artists.
Furthermore Fire-Eye was stopped and Mr. Pini commented something along the lines: It took a wrong turn that will not fit with the plans we have for the further story. Non canon long before FQ.

Exactly. So many complains about retconning, yet the only obvious and blatant retconning was the retconning of what was itself basically a retconning. That was a lot of "retconning" in one sentence...
Remember our, at times rather silly if I recall correctly, discussion on the SoC about how Dodia, after arriving safe and sound in the Palace with the others, suddenly was living in the Forevergreen and being batshit crazy?
Heck, they even - rather subtly to be fair - acknowledged her pregnancy in her appearance in 'Shards'.

That's definitely one part FQ has NOT retconned. ^^

SHARDS #16 contradicted the Fire-Eye storyline by showing Dodia in the Palace together with Dart's band. Mrs. Pini's original work is considered canon before works of other artists.
Furthermore Fire-Eye was stopped and Mr. Pini commented something along the lines: It took a wrong turn that will not fit with the plans we have for the further story. Non canon long before FQ.

I wish they'd done FQ like Shards #16 - high quality pencil artwork and a narrative. Would have spared us copy and paste, awful colors and might have even improved the story.

As for what we've got...

You are absolutely right with Dodia from Shards #16, G0lden. European colored version - it went much better with the golden star than the original moonblue greyscale.
The unknown youngster is a Wolfrider girl from Skyfire's time - Wolfie has introduced her well.
Young Inkbottem complements the redhaired cutie you've pointed out earlier - another one of the Old Wavedancers.

And there is more, G0lden. I've started to post the "appendix of the extension" right below the calendar. Means two windows will open every day until Candlemess.

Dodia indeed! Not exactly showing belly yet obviously pregnant. She looked so sad and begging when I've told her first that she will not show up in the calendar. Another one I could not leave out.
You've introduced Sapling very well, Wolfie. Nothing left to add. I'm glad you like her so much. btw: a "snowy" bauble was a must-do for this young adventurer ^^
*splashes* I know you would recognize Inkbottom! He and Shoresprout got a corresponding design.
Last not least the lovers in the sky. Another most unusual recognition I just had to add. I like that the silver star from the background can stand for Dawnbringer's sending star.

Seeing the Preview #16:
I add FQ Sunstream to my fashion disasters list - both: Fishelf and his purple leggins outfit (the last one could be fixed by wearing some boots?)

Preview for #16 is up, guys - I posted it in the other thread

The cover and synopsis of issue 17 is up
http://elfquest.com/cover-art-of-final-quest-17-is-ureleased/

Not sure what to say about the cover and the synopsis is the same as #16

You know what I kinda wish Wendy had done? Released the FQ in "storybook" form the way Shards #16 was done, and that one ish of Wild Hunt when Ember was exiled. That way she could have really concentrated on a few good art pieces rather than recycling all the time and outsourcing the coloring to Sonny.

Do you all still think Kahvi is being considered Two-Spear's daughter? My belief is that that storyline has just been rewritten through a big fat retcon in Final Quest. As Two-Spear/Greywolf's daughter, Kahvi would have been a full-blooded Wolfrider. That certainly wasn't the case when the Go-Backs hosted the Wolfriders in OC #16. At that time, it was hinted that the two tribes shared a common origin, since they were much alike.

In Dreamtime, Nightfall told Cutter Kahvi cut her cocoon, woke her and told the story of her having wolfblood, and later Nightfall said Venka was more wolfrider than she knew herself.
In Final Quest, Nightfall says she dreamed that Kahvi woke her, and therefore Kahvi's wolfblood now is also nothing more than a dream.
Cutter said to Kahvi's spirit that he always thought that she might have a drop of wolfblood in her.

So there we are. From being a wolfrider, a storyline that was once spread out in an entire miniseries, to "might be having a drop of wolfblood", and that miniseries was just a dream.
Two-Spear's daughter, no more.

Useful thread: A Breakdown of What's What by Skya



My Try of a Reader's Guide

It's not "the ultimative reader's guide" but good enough for a smooth read. I'll give you some information about the different series so you can decide by yourself.


Original Quest
Siege at Blue Montain
King of te Broken Wheel
Dreamtime - happens shortly after the return of the Palace ... awesome Wendy art
Hidden Years #4, #8, #9,5 and #10-15 - single issues filling gaps and giving background information for the time from the return of the Palace until the main story lines SHARDS and HIDDEN YEARS start. Read before starting with Shards and the rest of HY!

Main storyline - Shards (#1 til #15) and Hidden Years (from #16 til the end) - run parallel and influence each other.
Shards #10 / HY #24 and Shards #12 / HY #25 are directly connected - read the Shards issue before you look in the corresponding HY issue - spoiler warning!

About same time as Shards and Ember's Hidden Years storyline
New Blood #14-35 - Forevergreen Arc ... no direct connections with Shards/HY but it has necessary informations about the Sunvillagers' and Windkin's fate.
Would be no fault to read New Blood #11, #12, #13 before you start the Forevergreen Arc with NB #14.

Shards #16 gathers both the three story lines and the scattered elves.

Here you should read In All But Blood - it starts with Cutter's youth, a story about his early time in the Sunvillage, a story centering on Skywise somewhen after the return of the Palace. The last is the important one: Full Circle closes a time and knowledge gap between the end of SHARDS and the following stories ...

The Searcher and the Sword - following Cutter's tribe after Shards
Discovery - follows directly SatS

... that's what would make most sense for me to read in row from EQ1 until "present time" (= The Final Quest)


NOT on Digital EQ:
The Final Quest Prologue
Final Quest #1-24


more or less parallel with SatS / Discovery
Wild Hunt - following Ember's tribe after the Shards War
Mender's Tale (unfinished) - follows Wild Hunt
Recognition (Summer Special) - continues Wild Hunt
partly retold and more or less retconed by the Final Quest #1-2

The Forevergreen Story arc is more or less continued by
Worldpool - following some chars from the Forevergreen Arc - and
Fire-Eye (unfinished)
both probably "non-canon"



Other series and single issues

Tales from the Elves' wild past
Blood of Ten Chiefs
Two-Spear
Wolfrider! - read it!
By any other name (in the Readers Collection "In all but Blood")
Hidden Years #5, #6, #7, #9
#5 Starfall, Starrise - pre-EQ1 (story about Skywise and his parents' fate)
#6/7 How Shall I keep from Singing - High Ones' arrival and first years
#9 The Enemy's Face - story from Leetah's birth and youth
Homespun (in the Readers Collection "In all but Blood")

Spotlights on the time of the Long Wait (disappearance of the Palace until Big Sleep)
Hidden Years #1, #2, #3
#1 Wolfwood - during Long Wait (centering on Strongbow - I love it)
#2 Going Back - during Long Wait (Kahvi "visits" Sorrow's End again)
#3 Little Patch - during Long Wait (Tyleet's "cub")
The Jury (?)
New Blood #11, #12, #13
Kahvi

Background story of the Wavedancers
Wavedancers Issue #1
Wavedancers
Wavedancers - lost chapters (unfinished)
... it might be less puzzeling to read it after Discovery (some inconsistencies and retconning)

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Somewhen in not too far future
Rogue's Curse - following Rayek's journey after Shards/Final Quest

Far future
Jink
The Rebles
Futurequest (unfinished)

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I have not listed EVERYTHING here!

The rest of New Blood is a mix of Wild Past, Long Wait, various Misc stuff ... many of it considered non-canon

same for Bedtime Stories

Elfquest Volume 2 - containes stories that are mostly listed and reposted in collections (ask if you want to know more ... same for stories I missed to mention)

Kings Cross - a "What-If" / alternative universe story ...

Xanth - something totally different



There is no easy way to read through - you'll have to pick when you want to follow the timeline.

As you will notice some of the stories can be found in several topics. The Elfquest Vol. 2 issues have several ongoing stories in each issue - and then and now a single one. Many of these stories are gathered in collections:

Dreamtime, Wild Hunt, Wavedancers, Rogue's Curse, Wolfrider! to mention just a few.

You can stick with the gatherings to follow my suggestions ... Elfquest Vol. 2 is a read for completation when everything else is done in my opinion.


Don't hesitate to ask in case you need more information - or help to find some issues/collections.


Welcome to the pack Enjoy and have fun! Good read!

Those Without Names... #16 found  ... this was the thread dedicated to the nameless extras, opened by Kitt, on the original Scroll of Colors. Follow old discussions and see fanart from earlier times.
#17 found

There are no bio pages on Elfquest.com for obvious reason. ^^ #03 found

Here, for reference, I shall gather and present the exact and distinct scenes of magic-use, up to 'The Discovery'.
I will show only the scenes drawn by Wendy, because her work should have precedence..
..and because they are necessarily 'canon'.


Original Quest - #1 :
: Gliding (High One)
: Sending (Wolf Send)
: Sending (Group Send : call)
: Sending (Group Send : Sharing a vision

Original Quest - #2 :
: Sending (Individual call)
: Recognition
: Hypnotic trance (on elf)
: Emotion feeling
: Healing
: Light control

Original Quest - #3 :
: Very probable shape-changing magic highly charged on object (the 'Great Sun' item behind Savah shows changing patterns) - possible mind manipulation
: Levitation (on object)
: Hypnotic trance (on animal)
: Levitation (on animal)
: Possible Truth-telling
: Mind Probe
: Information : self-levitation was thought to be a lost power, among the Sun Folk

Original Quest - #4 :
: Sending (Dark Send)
: Possible emotion control (or more)
: Information : Magic can stagnate and turn into a monstruosity
: Magic monster (COMBINING powers)
: Sending (Special, intense, intimate call)
: Sending (Special call, by monster)
: Probable Watching over (by a dead elf, over a living one)
: Resistance to Dark Send

Original Quest - #5 :
: Plant Growth
: Soul Name
: Telescopic Vision
: Mind Control (on animal, pretended
: Mind Control (on animal, confirmed)
: Mind Search + Visual Projection + Voice Projection (probable - or a special form of Sending)

Original Quest - #6 :
: 'Going Out'
: Plant Control + Magic Feeling
: Sending (Lock-Send - Challenge

Original Quest - #7 :
: Tree Shaping
: Sending (from elf to wolf)

Original Quest - #8 :
: Magic Feeling (faint - familiar setting)
: Magic Feeling (confirmed - non familiar setting)
: Mental Link
: Mental Guiding

Original Quest - #9 :
: Magic Feeling (confirmed)

Original Quest - #10 :
: Magic of the preservers' cocoons
: Sending (Special, intimate, intense call - confirmed)
: Sending (Calling back images)
: Possible premonition
: Locked warning
: Preservers: a magically created species
: Sending (Dark Send - Torture)
: Tree Shaping (living wood into an object)

Original Quest - #11 :
: Sending (Dark Send - Stun)
: Rock Shaping (dedicated - Door effect)
: Sending (Dark Send - Piercing back)
: Sending (Group call to one)
: Anti-Healing
: Sending (Dark Send - multi-targetted) + Leetah's remark on anti-healing
: Gliding (Blue Mountain's Gliders)
: Sending (Dark Send - Kill)
: Healing (as an improvised Shield)
: Probable Prying on Sendings

Original Quest - #12 :
: Information : Locked Warning is mainly made of visual elements and feelings
: Information : Shaping and Healing are basically the same type of magic
: Semi-dead state Lethargy - used to enforce dedication of magic (here: VERY dedicated and limited Rock Shaping task)
: Flesh Shaping
: Sending (Lock Send)
: Sending (Intense, focussed, forcing)

Original Quest - #13 :
: Information : Going Out comes with deadly risks
: Emotion Feeling or more
: Sending (Deep Sending)
: Soul Name abuse
: Probable HARD metal Shaping
: Information : Ancient types of magic
: Combined magic : Rock Shaping + Levitation (complex, dedicated, + History effect)
: Information : Symbolic and memory effect, for the Egg
: Information : Magical semi-dead Lethargy helped by a potion
: Information : Healing tells much about genetics
: Resistance to Dark Send (killing version)
: Complete Self-Shaping (Plant - High One)
: Complete Self-Shaping (animal - High One) + Magically induced INTER-BREEDING
: Information : Probable Mind Manipulation

Original Quest - #14 :
: Information : Recognition reveals the soul
: Sending (Dark Send) - Mind Control (Oblivion)
: Going Out (Spirit Capture)
: Sending and Going Out (Spirit Seeking)
: Flesh Shaping (on animal)
: Tree Shaping (turning strangleweed vines into a living trap)
: Plant Control
: Going Out (Mind Touch)
: Healing (Mental Healing)
: Probable Near-Death Auto Healing

Original Quest - #15 :
: Open Sending (Sharing a vision)
: Magic Aura (Visual Detection of magic)
: Exchange of Soul names

Original Quest - #16 :
: Watching Over (confirmed)
: Magic Feeling
: Hypnotic Trance (on troll)
: Gliding (rough version)

Original Quest - #17 :
: Gliding (floating someone else at distance)
: Call of the Palace (confirmed)
: Possible Premonition
: Soul Name offering
: Possible Premonition (preserver)
: Gliding (heavy charge)
: Possible Hard Metal Shaping ('fusing metal to stone')

Original Quest - #18 :
: Rock Shaping (combined to shape the Palace's stone)
: Stone Feeling

Original Quest - #19 :
: Sending (Link)
: Gliding (lifting extreme weight)

Original Quest - #20 :
: Forced Recognition
: Spirit Feeling (High One)
: Information : Dead elf spirits choose or not where they go
: Information : those born out of Recognition attract interested spirits
: Extreme Longevity (preservers)
: Mind Linking + Visual Effects + Preserver cocoon's Think-Do + support by the 'Scroll' item, heavily charged with magic
: Information : Source and nature of magic
: Going Out (High Ones)
: Information : Origin of the Palace, of trolls and of preservers
: Preserver cocoon's Think-Do effect + 'out of time' effect
: Mental Link (from afar)


Siege at Blue Mountain - #1 :
: Possible Resistance to the Palace's call of dead spirits
: Power absorption (with the Egg as a support)

Siege at Blue Mountain - #2 :
: Sending Detection (long range)
: Mental Submission (by use of the Soul Name)
: Mind Probe (by the use of Mind Touch)
: Gliding (while asleep!)

Siege at Blue Mountain - #3 :
: Dark Send while Going Out!

Siege at Blue Mountain - #4 :
: Mental Healing (calming down)
: Information : magic is asleep in humans
: Genetic Change

Siege at Blue Mountain - #5 :
: Concentrating magic into an item
: Magic Feeling (in humans!)
: Gliding (very probably even inside cocoons!)
: Genetic Change (confirmed - with limits)
: Power Concentration (huge rock-shaping + floating)
: Gathering Power (Sending - demonstrating Dark Send)

Siege at Blue Mountain - #6 :
: Sending (gliders - strange limitation - preservers' cocoons)
: Sending Analysis (emotions)
: Possible information on magic - Control may be linked with need
: Same Soul for two bodies (possible reality / probable Mind Control trick)
: Tree Shaping - Anti-fire effect (+ effect of love on magic)

Siege at Blue Mountain - #7 :
: Mind Control trick (more probable)
: Egg as a memory holder (like the Scroll of colors - confirmed)
: Effect of will on group magic (focus)
: Mental Healing (emotions and need)
: What group magic can accomplish
: Egg meant to ABSORB the Palace, the elf spirits inside it, and their power
: Space and time travel (group magic)

Siege at Blue Mountain - #8 :
: Mind Control trick (confirmed)
: Group magic versus one (+ interesting remark: 'they KNOW her')
: Truth in Sending (Wolfrider savagery)
: Mental Healing (waking powers up)
: Healing (BOTH human and elf, at the same time!)
: Information : interesting after-effect
: Spirit Hosting
: The only difference is love (probable key for magic)


Kings of the Broken Wheel - #1 :
: Magic causes strange genetic effects
: Magic Feeling (by preservers)
: Fire Magic (Heat Wave - Group magic - by GLIDERS!)
: Floating (used for stopping the huge bolt) + EXTREME STRENGTH (manipulating that heavy bolt) (Group magic)
: Fire magic (Bolts - group magic - gliders or linked to Rayek)
: Shield (group magic)
: Mental Link + specific event near the Palace = triggering of a special effect

Kings of the Broken Wheel - #2 :
: Information : Timmain has more powerful fire magic than group
: Fire Magic (HUGE energy bolts - causing a huge chasm - group magic
: Freeing the dead gliders' spirits restores the Palace

Kings of the Broken Wheel - #3 :
: Shape Changing (High One - inside a preserver cocoon - confirmed as incredible feat)
: Sending (from far away and intensely so)
: Flying (Palace power)
: Reintegrating even an unwilling High One (Palace power)
: Extreme Velocity Travel (Palace power)
: Emotion Transfer (Spirits power)
: Emotion Transfer (confirmed + Interesting remark: dead elves barely remember, even recent and extreme events, like murder!

Kings of the Broken Wheel - #4 :
: Waking powers up (Palace power)
: Magic Vision (Palace power)
: Mind Control (forced sleep)
: Healing (another use of magic.. *sigh*)
: Rock Shaping (..the Palace - not so difficult, now!)
: Sending the Cry out (inside the Palace)
: Rock Shaping (..the Palace - SEPARATING a piece of it!)
: Disguising the Palace (interesting 'A PART of the new land' call..)

Kings of the Broken Wheel - #5 :
: Mind Transfer
: Mental Healing (Shutting mental door)
: Shield (Palace-induced power)
: Palace-induced effects
: Water Control (Winnowill - so soon after her exile on that island!)

Kings of the Broken Wheel - #6 :
: Magic Feeling (Extreme: Hearing a mental cry from beyond time!)
: Light Control (visual effects - Scroll magic)
: Link with the little Palace
: Mind Link (from afar) + Water Breathing (so soon after her exile on that island!)
: Time Jump (Palace power)

Kings of the Broken Wheel - #7 :
: Mental Call (Extreme)
: Mental Shield
: Lock Sending (facilitating birth - without a healer)
: Mental Shield (confirmed and developped)

Kings of the Broken Wheel - #8 :
: Rock Shaping (Determining a mountain's aging)
: Anti-Healing (driven by hatred)
: Healing (a human - leprosis-like terminal disease)
: Anti-healing (controlled)
: Genetic Change (removing the wolf blood from a wolfrider)
: Escaping Mind Link and Sending

Kings of the Broken Wheel - #9 :
: Water Surge
: Water Swirl
: Water Ram
: Mental Shield (Evolved into Mental Barriers and Mental Submission)
: Healing (at distance - power of love + Palace)
: Time Jump (back in time - Palace power)

Hidden Years #1:
: Premonition (not even watching the target!)

Hidden Years #2:
: Fire magic (Creating flames)

Hidden Years #4:
: Rock Shaping (Bridge - Palace power)
: Detecting humans around (Palace power)
: Winnowill in hypnotic trance and entrapped within the Palace's walls
: Fragments of the Palace (lost..)
: Healing (at distance - many at once - combined powers + Palace effect)

Hidden Years #5:
: Recognition (Mental Link effect)

Hidden Years #9½:
: Winnowill shaken out of her trance by Cutter's hating send
: Sending.. as the most adequate punishment ever!


Shards #16:
: Soul Entrapment
: Watching Over (visually confirmed)


The Searcher and the Sword:
: Sending (Complete Imagery, BY HUMAN)
: Preserver cocoon magic (to LEARN from the Palace)
: Deal elf spirit Calling (confirmed)


The Discovery:
: Magic Channelling (confirmed) + Learning in preserver cocoon (confirmed)
: Magic Shaping (Palace power)
: Going Out while cocooned and projecting a mental image from afar!
: Information: no hiding emotions while in this..
: Astral Flight (called by love)
: Water Surge
: HUGE spiraling Water Surge!
: Water Rope
: 'Us but not us..' - reminds of Cutter's remarks.. WHAT KIND OF ELF IS WINNOWILL, ACTUALLY!?..
: 'In THOUSANDS of years' !!

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TrollHammer wrote:

If, indeed, FQ is only 24 issues, well that puts a whole different slant on the pacing for me.
I had thought that the story arc for FQ would be quite a bit bigger than what would fit into 24 issues.
I had wondered about it before,but until I read Manga's post about a 24 issue limit (quoted in another post), I didnt want to assume the worst.  It tells me that MAYBE they dont have the page-space to dwell on some of the relatively "minor" stuff (stuff that used to make the OQ so interesting and fun to read) to get the meat and potatoes finished by the end, if you will.

The Original Quest ran 20 issues. Just 4 less than Final Quest.
The Original Quest was their first real dive into comics (not sure if Wendy had done writing elsewhere).
And the pacing of the Original Quest is infinitely better.

The Original Quest was broke into "arcs."
The arcs were (I feel) -
1. Issues #1 through #5 (Lose home to life at the Sun Village)
2. Issues #6 through #10 (life fast forwarded w/cubs to Forbidden Grove)
3. Issues #11 through #15 (The entire Blue Mountain Saga)
4. Issues #16 through #20 (the fight against the frozen trolls for the Palace)

The Final Quest?
So far it feels like:

Arc 1: All the elves take their sweet time getting to the Palace, while over here Ember and Tier are going on and on about Recognition, and then she gets captured, and then the humans prepare for war, and let's go back to the Palace, oh by the way - all these elves arrive. And hey, new reader - look, Timmain and Skywise are Recognized! What do you mean you have no idea what that means? Or the impact?

I think you make a very good point (I forgot to quote it), that Final Quest makes NO attempt - ZERO! - to even ease any NEW readers to the series. So if someone decided to pick up ElfQuest: Final Quest, for the first time, never having heard about ElfQuest but thought the art looked great - would have NO idea from it's very first issue to understand WHAT was going on.