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For more information on the entire series, read the "'Demon's Due' Defined" journal entry here faile35.deviantart.com/journal… or the "'Demon's Due' Plus" journal entry here faile35.deviantart.com/journal… .

Okay, I'm going back now to continue Maladyne's story arc in Web of Betrayal.

The previous page is this one:

Mature Content

The next page is not ready, yet, but the break in the story picks up again at the following page of A Lesser Evil:

Mature Content

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“Those Dustmaidens turned their backs and covered their faces," Maladyne continues aloud, rehearsing to herself what she feels she must say to her forebears. "They hid what was in their hearts in order to survive in a world of the Lady’s making. Always reminded of what they really were and what was hidden within them, they were forced to be firm in their resolve to ignore it. To forget.”

She brushes a tear from her eye and turns away briefly from the mirror, but then returns her gaze to her own reflection. “What would happen if the people of Dernhem learned that the true scions of their greatest house were all the direct offspring of the Dustmaidens of the Allmother? That their greatest leaders who inspired them to untarnished resolve and devotion to the Harbinger’s ideals were once those who drove terror into the hearts of their fathers and mothers? Those who were themselves traitors by their very nature. What then of the people’s devotion, of their hope in the Lady of Light and Blade? Of their hope in the Hereother? Would it all not suffer together? Would the pedestal on which they place themselves not crack and crumble to ruin?”

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This page continues Maladyne's second-to-last scene in the chapter. Since it was used to craft a recently-posted blooper image, I'm going to post the next page later today, too.

As always, Maladyne was drawn using the wonderful reference material provided by minokura . Thanks!

I hope people are weathering the current situation well, and that those who are suffering can get the help they need. Again, I'd like to encourage everyone to be a bit more understanding and tolerant than ever, and I mean myself as well, in viewpoints and communications.

Enjoy!

Note: Web of Betrayal and Demon's Due are a work of fantasy and fiction. The artist/creator in no way condones real mistreatment of this kind toward any woman or man, by living person, gremlin, plant, assassin, ratman, viscous fluid, programmed device, animated home furnishings, or otherworldly spiritual beings. Furthermore, the artist opposes the marginalizing and restriction of women in general by any institution, political and/or religious, including those which have individual women amongst their membership touting/promoting their own happiness within that institution as evidence that ALL women should feel the same way. This includes the religion I was raised in and which I have utterly discarded from my life over this and other issues.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0la5DB…

Description

For more information on the entire series, read the "'Demon's Due' Defined" journal entry here faile35.deviantart.com/journal… or the "'Demon's Due' Plus" journal entry here faile35.deviantart.com/journal… .

Okay, I'm going back now to continue Maladyne's story arc in Web of Betrayal.

The previous page is this one:

Mature Content

The next page is not ready, yet, but the break in the story picks up again at the following page of A Lesser Evil:

Mature Content

***********************************************

“Those Dustmaidens turned their backs and covered their faces," Maladyne continues aloud, rehearsing to herself what she feels she must say to her forebears. "They hid what was in their hearts in order to survive in a world of the Lady’s making. Always reminded of what they really were and what was hidden within them, they were forced to be firm in their resolve to ignore it. To forget.”

She brushes a tear from her eye and turns away briefly from the mirror, but then returns her gaze to her own reflection. “What would happen if the people of Dernhem learned that the true scions of their greatest house were all the direct offspring of the Dustmaidens of the Allmother? That their greatest leaders who inspired them to untarnished resolve and devotion to the Harbinger’s ideals were once those who drove terror into the hearts of their fathers and mothers? Those who were themselves traitors by their very nature. What then of the people’s devotion, of their hope in the Lady of Light and Blade? Of their hope in the Hereother? Would it all not suffer together? Would the pedestal on which they place themselves not crack and crumble to ruin?”

***********************************************

This page continues Maladyne's second-to-last scene in the chapter. Since it was used to craft a recently-posted blooper image, I'm going to post the next page later today, too.

As always, Maladyne was drawn using the wonderful reference material provided by minokura . Thanks!

I hope people are weathering the current situation well, and that those who are suffering can get the help they need. Again, I'd like to encourage everyone to be a bit more understanding and tolerant than ever, and I mean myself as well, in viewpoints and communications.

Enjoy!

Note: Web of Betrayal and Demon's Due are a work of fantasy and fiction. The artist/creator in no way condones real mistreatment of this kind toward any woman or man, by living person, gremlin, plant, assassin, ratman, viscous fluid, programmed device, animated home furnishings, or otherworldly spiritual beings. Furthermore, the artist opposes the marginalizing and restriction of women in general by any institution, political and/or religious, including those which have individual women amongst their membership touting/promoting their own happiness within that institution as evidence that ALL women should feel the same way. This includes the religion I was raised in and which I have utterly discarded from my life over this and other issues.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0la5DB…