Nova wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2017 1:20 amThen again, I've heard that Tom did already draw some parts of a page with Trace in the estate, but I was not able to find that stream. Maybe that will be the next page?
Tom did draw (and completed, actually) a page showing Trace and Flora examining *their* room a few weeks ago on a stream, but never posted it. I'm assuming we'll see it at some point as part of the general 'get both groups bedded down for the night' thing Tom seems to be doing right now.
Cpt.Obvious wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2017 1:42 pmRose really needs to get her story told, but I could see this happening only after Raine meets her. Right now the only thing Group A knows is that she's a wolf and in charge of the mansion even though "old" Trace was supposed to hate all wolves.
Rose does need to get to tell her story, but I don't think that necessarily has to wait until group B's arrival. Group A *does* know one thing about Rose beyond just that she's the seneschal - they
know that Rose and Saria had some connection, one strong enough that it explains the presence of Rose and her portrait here. With how Trace wants to learn more about his past, that alone would give him plausible reason to try to talk to her if Tom wants. And even ignoring that, we don't have to assume that any conversation would have to be initiated by Trace. Rose herself is perfectly capable of seeking him out, and Tom was
careful to show how
she took note of the various interpersonal interactions among group A even in the short time she was interacting with them. She's not unobservant or stupid, and she also is one of the only characters we've met who knew Trace before he lost Saria and therefore might actually be able to recognise his pre-insanity personality in his current manner. That would give *her* plausible reason to try to talk to *Trace* if Tom wants. Either way, there's plenty of scope for her story to get told even before group B shows up.
Something just occurred to me. If Rose is here then isn't it possible that Raine's mother, the former high lord Mary Silverlock, might be some where close? On one hand Trace cursed her, but on the other hand he installed Rose as his seneschal, so secretly taking in Mary doesn't seem impossible. Looking back in the archives it seems unlikely that Trace didn't know that Euchre arranged for Mary and Raine to escape, and if Euchre wanted them safe what better place to hide them than Trace's estate where no one would dream of looking for them?
The general chain of events for Mary and Raine seemed to be that, after Mary was cursed and Euchre helped them escape, they went to Lynknoll and lived there for several years. The implication is that they only left again when Ephemural offered to turn Mary back into a human in exchange for using her as its avatar. The last time we saw Mary was during the whole thing with Ephemural trying to possess Flora; as far as I know we don't know where she went after that, given that she *doesn't* seem to have accompanied Raine and the rest of group B back to Pinewood. (That's all from memory as I don't have time to go looking right at the moment, but I *think* I have the events straight.)
Under that set of assumptions I suppose it's possible that Mary *could* be lurking around somewhere, but if so it'd be for her own reasons (presumably associated with all of the ~mysterious plots~ that always seem to be swirling around the templar) rather than because Euchre tried to hide her there after her curse.