glad oren seems to have his head on right at least ._.

"Oooh, guy's madder than a march hare."

"You mean crazy?"

"That too!"

But seriously, love the dialogue and story thus far.

Ooooooooh great eye! Yes, they are both female!
I don't like to put a lot of sexual dimorphism in the Oren's Forge animal designs where it doesn't occur in the wild, since they're all equally capable and gender identity isn't a central issue in this comic. Great catch though-- I try to keep it really subtle and I've wondered if anyone noticed. Eventually they'll be refereed to with pronouns and the jig will be up. ;]

Sorry for hiding my comment! Did that on accident! But thank you for responding. I assumed they were but I love that it’s not really easy to tell aside from small details most probably won’t pick up on because they are just that, animals. Something I really love about this story! Definitely adds up for some surprises if you’ve been thinking otherwise for so long for certain characters!

I have to say, I LOVE how Oren talks. The metaphors are clever but not forced, and I like how casual they are. Also I like how the gender of individuals isn't super obvious or a huge deal. They're just anthro animals, no pushed features on creatures that don't need it. No issues with that of course- that's just a personal preference and neat to see!

Also, gotta love the casual 'oh I can snap his back it's okay'

Hey, thanks! I been through a lot of drafts of Oren's dialogue and I'm glad he reads well.
I'm also happy you get my mindset for portraying gender in this comic-- they're meant to be seen as equally capable individuals, regardless of their gender identity. Outside of ungulates maybe, I just don't see a stratified society naturally developing along gender roles, and I personally just don't like having wildly different designs between sexes if it isn't serving the story.

Cheers to that.

" I can break his spine and kill him easily" *Happy joyful badger face*

"What did you just say?"

"DONT WORRY ABOUT IT!"

Spoken like a true Hufflepuff.

Bich ima ravenclaw

Ah, well then.

Wait, wait, wait... Egg is a girl?

I have been living a lie *needs to sit down*

Appart that, another asesome page . Great comic!

I must add, nothing wrong with Egg being a girl... Except that I'm gay and I was developing a soft spot on "him", so it has been a surprise

Anyways, she's a great character.

I was surprised too, when we see a big badger we assume it's a male, but as the author said, her gender is not relevant for the story. Don't worry, you can still fall in love with Hemlock (was rabbit's name, true? I think is male name), looks like he needs to be loved.

Hemlock? Naaaah . Ok, he needs to be loved but he's too agressive to me.

Actually, Hemlock is female as well.
I asked the author in my comment above that I accidentally deleted.

Got me too.

Heh heh. Joke's on me...

Yup, I guess I'm not the only one shocked for the "surprise" (or well, actually an assuption that everybody di too quickly).

All too easy to do, and always a good lesson.

Yup!

"Now we've a pack of killers in our Warren" - spoke the guy who's wearing somebody's fur as a trophy

Indeed, as says the guy who's also holding the rock ready to bash teeth out.

Yes, they are the proof of predators aren't merciless killing machines, not all of them at least, they can control their instincts and take decisions. As I said on a previous comment, the only reason why Egg didn't kill any prey was she didn't want. Perhaps the rabbit missed everything in the past, but he isn't the exception in this world. Now, he's not willing to give the benefit of the doubt to anyone... he isn't a good "person" hehehe.

Ever played Overgrowth? Good scene between the Protag and another Rabbit where the Protag lists off the wolves he's killed, I believe it was about 12?

The other Rabbit asked if that was how many people he'd killed, he said no, wolves, he lost count of people a long time ago.

Similar thing here, predators are not people they are existential threats, they will kill you and eat you and they are bigger and naturally more dangerous than you. So I can happily see why she's kept the pelt of one.

As an added bonus it may very well unnerve her foes, make them hesitate, provide a perfect opening for a spearpoint.

even with all that taken into account, that doesn't make her any less of a killer. also i disagree on your predator argument because all predators, like all the other creatures, are fully sentient, intelligent with their own language, customs and emerging cultures... they are people, ever single one of them. if they weren't, well... the comic's protag is a predator so by that logic, he wouldn't be a person... but he is. he has a name, he is self aware, he had a family, he has thoughts and feelings, etc... he is a person and so is every other predator. like Egg.

Right but does that /matter/ to Hawthorne? It doesn't and it shouldn't. Egg and Rask are exceptions that prove the rule, the vast majority of predators would happily kill and eat Hawthorne and anyone else in the tribe and most certainly do not consider her to be a person either.

So she aims to kill them before they kill her, she can't afford to do otherwise. Rask and Egg are to us, obvious exceptions, to her they're ticking time bombs.

Hemlock* even, apologies, so boiling hot here I'm mixing my bunnies up. @~@

Awr, poor gal had her toofs smashed out by a pack of crazed buns...

"we got a pack of killers with us"

"wait havent you been calling for nothing but blood shed. while these "killers" have been peaceful"


..."Murder murder!!!!!!"

We have killers among us *says the killer with the tribes only weapon, hand with bashy rocks, and wearing another beings bodyparts*. I would say bonkers as a march hare but this one is well past that point, and I see nothing but trouble from him. Egg also seems more then happy to break fellow kins back to keep her in line, which is amazing from someone who had her TEETH bashed out with a rock by the self same folks she is defending.

Gaia bless
Pakesh_De
Snoofy old burr

"...a pack of killers..." It seems Hemlock doesn't even like a toothless Egg being there and now another pred is about to join the ranks.

If Rask goes all Hakuna Matata, will he be called 'bug'?

Slimy, yet satisfying.

Hmmmmmmmmm. Oo.

Aw, I like Egg!

I'm noticing plenty of people are saying that the hare who is wearing someone's fur and wielding a weapon, is plenty crazy. He is. However, I would also like to remind everyone, that circumstances shape who we are as people. We don't know the hare's backstory, and judging by his mistrust and hatred of Rask as well as Egg, but his loyalty to Oren, something happened to his original fluffy family. Something very likely unpleasant and bloody. He's sought out another group but won't let what happened before, happen again. However, he's become so angry and bitter over what happened that he can never truly be happy.

Sadly, I can relate too much to the hare. I've likewisee

Be careful when fighting monsters, that you yourself do not become a monster... Pretty sure I messed up that quote.

Now every time Egg speaks I'm going to hear it in Bismuth's voice from Steven Universe.

I love your art style so much, it's beautiful, congrats for your fabulous work! Also, Egg is so direct oh my god ahah 😁

"Now we've a pack of killers in a warren, Oren."
>two seconds earlier
"[..] I can break his back easily."

Me: "Now?"

I'm loving this, the dialogue is excellent, thank you.

egg is a girl? I had been reading all her lines with a big dumb male voice in my head.

First day at work.
Make good impression.

Man, dense spear wielding man is dense.

Oh my Gawwwwd this is so good. I’ve been following it since the beginning and to finally see Oren, and have him be written as well as a Redwall character. Thank you so much for this thing of beautiful writing and amazing visuals

Always reassuring, to hear your back can be broken so easily ...