First, and most obvious, the face markings. They're definitely reminiscent of a fox, and while Tom hasn't used them in the comic before he *has* used them in a colored sketch from earlier this year. This is the clue I picked up on; I was wondering to myself if this was a fox under an illusion.
I missed the second one, though, which was Raine's 'huh', because I had forgotten she had previously seen through Natani/Zen's illusion. At the time I thought she was maybe looking at something behind him, half-jokingly wondering to myself if maybe ms nibbly actually *was* a baby dragon and was about to pounce on him or something. After the next comic I put it down to her thinking about the situation, but in hindsight it ought to have been possible to connect it with her ability to see through illusions and speculation that it was a fox in disguise.
The third one, though, is a bit more subtle. Carver says "Lots of folk looking for wolves these days. Especially... certain wolves. In other words, *there's a particular wolf in group B that he recognizes and wants*. I did note his statement, and in conjunction with thinking he was a disguised fox I was half-wondering if he was another brotherhood assassin sent after Sythe. In hindsight, though, that doesn't fit.
The critical point is that he recognizes someone from group B as a particular target, yet he *also* knows about the events in Edinmire. This rules out *two* possibilities. First, he can't be another brotherhood assassin sent after them because he wouldn't know what was going on in Edinmire. Second, he can't be an actual human bounty hunter/etc from Edinmire, because then he wouldn't be able to recognize anyone from group B since they *aren't* actually from Edinmire.
So, what group knows about the events in Edinmire, might employ an illusion-disguised keidran, would be likely to use powerful magical artifacts rather than casting spells directly, and has some sort of history with any of the group B wolves? In hindsight, there's only really one candidate.
This was a really neat series of comics here. Well done, Tom!
Edit:
Honestly, I'm not too fussed about Raine having this ability. If *any* of the characters are going to exhibit inexplicable 'wild magic' type abilities, it's going to be Raine, given her background. Other characters are powerful or skilled mages, but Raine's the one who's the impossible mixed-race child of a human powerful enough to be Grand Templar and a Keidran who exhibits all sorts of unique abilities. Her mixed heritage alone would be enough to make her magic acting differently somewhat plausible for me, and then you crank in the power, and more importantly unique abilities, of her parents and I think it's reasonable enough that she's got some unusual abilities.amenon wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2017 6:54 pmIf Raine's ability is somehow unique, and not just very unusual / a manifestation of having absolute assloads of latent talent, then it's massively too convenient, both now, and earlier with Zen, and will require some kind of justification beyond 'the plot demanded it.' (Much like her's/Euchre's transformation ability. I guess if they are unique, they could at least be part of the same package.)