Pilcrow & The Asterism

A webcomic about the unsettling corridors of a manor where cosmic enigmas and mundane musings collide.

Santa's got a list, they've got a spell. Fair game.

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43: Wintertide Wardings (12-25-2023 M)

Panel 1

[Pilcrow and the Asterism are standing in their bird-headed humanoid forms of a crow and three-eyed flamingo inside a living room in the Black Manor. It is decorated in an ominous yet holiday-themed fashion. Pilcrow is wearing a hat that resembles a Santa cap, but with an ominous all-seeing white eye stitched on it. There is a fireplace going behind them.]

Pilcrow: "The time has come! We must deploy our defensive enchantments against the yearly reign of terror of the dreaded S'ntKl'ss."

Panel 2

The Asterism: "I've prepared enchanted barriers and cosmic wards. No chimney entry for him this year."

Panel 3

Pilcrow: "And I've rewritten the carols. Their melodies now weave a protective spell."

Panel 4

The Asterism: "Let's see him 'ho ho ho' his way past our preparations this year."