[475] Coyote Stories

At the bottom, the one with the lead symbol is probably Eglamore, and the one with the antimony symbol and its head the color of Annie's hair is probably Jack.

I thought the one with the antimony symbol and reddish head might be Surma, and that maybe we'll get some backstory on their... well, backstory. We know Coyote was fond of Surma, and he seems like he might be more forthcoming with the info than grumpy ol' Reynardine.


EDIT: I wonder about the figure on the other side of the river, the canine-looking one with the zigzag arm. Ysengrin? Coyote himself? An earlier incarnation of Reynardine? Some other dude?

I don't believe I said that, Count. But still, this ought to be great.

So, from top downwards, I see the Moon with an eye and the Sun, or are those the Court and Gilitie Forest symbols? Then there's our favorite prankster, Coyote, below him it's the forest and what seems like an audience of shadow-people. Then there is Ysengrin, with his twisty arm. Below him, it's the river and the bridge with its bright lights. What do the cogwheel and the arrow mean? Perhaps Ysengrin is reaching for the cogwheel, impending destruction? Below, it's Annie and Eglamore with some swords (one of them lit up and ready to use, like in a video game). They both have the symbol of bismuth on them, which there was an explanation for in the chapter where Annie meets Jones but I can't remember what it was.

There are eyes all over the picture, maybe they symbolize answers or insight? The moon (forest?) has one, the shadow men are standing on them, and Annie has one either above her head or it's in the river. Though only the Moon's eye appears to be a seeing one, but *that* might be nitpicking now.

I'd just like to repeat that, if I recall correctly, Tom said somewhere that this chapter was probably the most fun to write. Great way to kick off the ride, I never thought that looking into all the symbols could be that much fun.

I'd say Ysengrin. Although if that's true, it means the Antimony figure is probably Annie rather than Surma, because Ysengrin didn't look like that until recently.



There are eyes all over the comic

Anyways. Thank you very much, Tom, for not doing what other webcomics do and leaving plot threads dangling for years at a time.

EDIT: Looking into this more, the symbol to the right of coyote is the one the forest sent as a signal way back when.

There are only two elements of the image I can't really decipher: The halo-like thing above Annie's head and the cog. I like the suggestion that the cog reresents the tic-toc (maybe we're going to fnd out more about them?), but what's up the halo, if that's what it is?

Yes, the cog as tic-toc seems plausible. I think the halo is a halo-eye. It might mean some kind of insight, or indeed as you say they're all over the comic, they might be the entrance to one's body, way to their soul. That's referring to what Reynardine used to do and tried to do to Annie. Also, it might have something to do with Annie's powers as medium.

And yeah, I also thought the arrow indicated direction, at first - still might be so. Then I noticed it's an elaborate one, so it might be whatever it was that Eglamore shot out at hijacked-Robot that time.

Edit: The "halo" might also represent Jeanne's ghost by the river, rather than above Annie's head, if we follow the clue of the cog which is also by the river.

Cog = Court side of the river/technology.

"Halo" = Forest side of the river/ethericity/same shape as each glass-eyed man is standing on.

Together with the arrow (direction of river) and bridge (bridge) they form a simple map.

Forest looks autumn-y, indicating much more time has passed this school year than I would have thought, but I'm guessing that should not be taken literally... er, picturally.

At the bottom we have Annie and Zorro.

Edit: Also the eye is roughly what you get if you take the anti-Reynardine sign and uncross it.

Edit edit: After going back to Broken Glass and looking for visual cues I can see I got the direction of the river wrong. That would mean the cog is indeed the bird (technology on the wrong side) while the eye would probably be Reynardine (a forest guy on the wrong side).

Fellow readers, I think we are in for one hell of a ride...

No! Protein!

Man, I came in here to make all these clever observations that I thought of since last night, and I find that everyone else was cleverer than me and beat me to 'em. Ah well.

Mainly what I wanted to say was that I've changed my mind and I think the red-headed figure on the Court side is more likely to be Annie, because of the reasoning that penguinfactory used,

and also the presence of the cog/TicToc on the other side (if that is indeed what the cog represents) seems to indicate that this scene takes place in the present rather than back when Surma was there.
Also! Look how much shorter the red-headed figure is than the one with the swords. I guess it could be explained by the fact that Eggers is just really tall, but it also seemed like it might be an indication that the red-head is a child.


Also, I don't remember, as I type this, who brought up the bismuth symbol in an earlier comment, but I thought I'd add that it signifies that the Court was founded on a union between etheric and technological design. It's also definitely still in use and pops up all over the court, including on the science fair award that Kat wins in Chapter 5.

According to logic, the red haired figure is Annie, due to the symbol, the color, and her size. I think the cog and the eye represent the crossing between the court and the wood. There is Ysengrin, Eggers, and other things. They did recently start the school year, and although I do not know the leaf changing schedules for the UK, it seems pretty logical to me.

Also, Eglamore's lead symbol reminds me of Jimmy Page.

Sadly, I'll be terribly late for every update this week

But I am more than glad to wait for this. I have a feeling it will be magnificent.

I suspect you may have just failed your sarcasm check.

I have a completely random prediction that Annie is going to get into some kind of danger that is our of Coyote's control, but then Parley psychically senses that something is happening, so she comes to save the day. I have absolutely no idea were I got that from, but whatever.