History WebComic / Locus

''[[http://locus.departure-productions.com/ Locus]]'' is an adult fantasy webcomic, written and drawn by Adam Black. It follows the story of one woman as she fights her destiny, and the mad machinations of evil necromancers, demons, and stranger things besides. She wields a blade of ancient power, one that has only been wielded by a single other person: an entity known simply as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Life-Drinker]].

* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: The goldfish.]]

* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler: Xel'Duum.]]

* HalfHumanHybrid: Locus, aka Anna Goodman, is half succubus. Unlike in traditional mythology, [[HornyDemons she's not particularly interested]] [[SubvertedTrope in having sex with you.]]

* SurferDude: Moondoggie, who is a [[spoiler: thousand-year-old]] werewolf.

* UglyGuyHotWife: Spook, a ghoul, and Silk, a succubus. It's apparently [[NoodleIncident a very interesting story.]]

* HornyDemons:
** Averted. The Succubi and Incubi typically have no desire to mate with humans, as they consider humanity to be a far inferior species. This hasn't stopped some humans from [[RapeAsDrama capturing succubi and incubi for that purpose anyway.]]
** Played horribly straight with the nephilim, who can only reproduce with succubi... who are [[RapeAsDrama usually unwilling.]]

* {{Necromantic}}: One possible explanation for Hampstead's desire to [[spoiler: awaken the Life-Drinker.]]

* PerverseSexualLust: Succubi use it (among other emotions) as a weapon, accidentally giving them a reputation as HornyDemons.

* AndIMustScream: The fate of those who die in the realms of the dead.

* ArtifactOfDoom: Quite a few floating around, but Locus has two: Zol’to Shen’to Bana’i, the Hand of the Eater of Spiders, and Unaph’to Xel’Duum, the Wrath of the Life-Drinker. The first is a gun that never misses its target, granted to her by her Uncle Spook; the second is the entire reason Locus was born.

* BadassNormal: Lacking any sort of personal power (at least initially), Templeton Goodman manages to, among other things, [[spoiler: confront a powerful necromancer, fight against horrific demons, and ''stare into the face of God'']] and live.

* CrapsackWorld: One of the great revelations about the nature of the world is that [[spoiler: our world was created by the nightmares of the sleeping Life-Drinker, whose dreams are tainted by the darkness and horror of her own genocide against hundreds of other worlds.]]

* DarkIsNotEvil: Uncle Spook, AKA Shento Bana'i, The Eater of Spiders. Most notable for his ability to hunt and consume just about anything, but he's got a better heart than most of the humans in the comic.

* GodIsEvil: Or at least insane enough that it's hard to tell the difference.

* HornyDemons: Averted. The Succubi and Incubi typically have no desire to mate with humans, as they consider humanity to be a far inferior species. This hasn't stopped some humans from [[RapeAsDrama capturing succubi and incubi for that purpose anyway.]]

* WalkingShirtlessScene: Most of the non-human characters, male and female, including the succubi and Locus. Though potentially sexy at first, it quickly becomes FanDisservice as soon as they start getting shot and stabbed.

* BadassGrandpa: John Dee, [[spoiler: Locus' grandfather.]]

'''This series contains examples of:'''

* FetishFuel: Let's start with Locus in her leather jacket with no undershirt, work our way to the [[NinjaPirateRobotZombie vampire slave stripper-assassins]], and keep going from there.

* WalkingShirtlessScene: Most of the non-human characters, male and female, including the succubi and Locus. Though potentially sexy at first, it quickly becomes FanDisservice as soon as they start getting shot and stabbed.

Full of [[{{Fanservice}} half-naked women]] (and [[EstrogenBrigadeBait men]]), [[{{Gorn}} extreme violence]] and more supernatural creatures than you can count, Locus manages to combine shameless pandering with fantastic characters, an interesting backstory and a vast mythos that extends across dimensions.

* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Lots and lots. Most notable is John Dee, who has had so many names over the centuries that he cannot remember them all, but there's also [[spoiler: Wilfred Hampstead, AKA Grigori Rasputin, among others, as well as God, who has taken the forms of Moses, Jesus and [[AdolfHitler Hitler]].]]

''[[http://www.locuscomics.com/wordpress/ Locus]]'' is an adult fantasy webcomic, written and drawn by Adam Black. It follows the story of one woman as she fights her destiny, and the mad machinations of evil necromancers, demons, and stranger things besides. She wields a blade of ancient power, one that has only been wielded by a single other person: an entity known simply as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Life-Drinker]].

It was started in November of 2008, and was completed in May of 2012. A {{Prequel}} comic, Silk & Honey, can be found [[http://silknhoney.departure-productions.com/2012/05/18/05182012/ here]].

It was started in November of 2008, and was completed in May of 2012.

* AudioErotica: Bordering on a CompellingVoice. Succubi may be misunderstood by most mortals, but their reputation had to come from somewhere.

** As well as [[spoiler: the fate Hampstead condemns John Dee to... or [[BadassAbnormal tries to, anyway.]]]]

* ColdBloodedTorture: The Soul Harvesters, who torture their victims until their souls leak out. It was through enduring this torment that [[spoiler: Xel'Duun was converted to their cause.]]

* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler: Xel'Duun.]]

* GambitRoulette: Hampstead has a book full of incredibly specific instructions that will guide him towards awakening Xel'Duun. It was written by [[spoiler: himself]] and [[spoiler: sent back in time]] to ensure that occurs exactly according to plan.

** And that's the God that inspired Literature/TheBible, who is simply one amongst many. The ''actual'' Creator of the universe is [[spoiler: Xel'Duun, whose nightmares birthed the universe as it currently is.]]

* HealingShiv: The twin of the Wrath of Xel'Duun, which can only heal living things, although it does make its wielder immortal. [[spoiler: It is also the only weapon that can kill Xel'Duun, as no other weapon can ever harm her.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Xel'Duun, the Life-Drinker, put herself into an endless stasis after realizing the full extent of the horrors she and the other Bloodied Ones had unleashed.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Numerous, but most notable are the world-slayers named the Bloodied Ones, and their leader, Xel'Duun the Life-Drinker.

* OmnicidalManiac: Xel'Duun and the Bloodied Ones. [[AfterTheEnd They succeeded,]] except for this world, which [[spoiler: is made from Xel'Duun's nightmares.]]

* ReviveKillsZombie: [[spoiler: Xel'Duun's sword had a twin that could [[HealingShiv only heal, not harm.]] It is also the only weapon capable of killing Xel'Duun permanently... and Xel'Duun wants Locus to use it on her for that exact reason.]]
* ScaleOfScientificSins: One of the Bloodied Ones, Varney, manages to transcend all of them in his genocidal pursuit of total understanding. Indeed, he is solely responsible for [[spoiler: all of the monstrous creatures left behind on the worlds that were purged by the Bloodied Ones.]]
* StableTimeLoop: [[spoiler: Hampstead travels back in time to ensure Xel'Duun destroys the world when she cannot at the end of the comic, but in so doing ensures that events occur [[YouCantFightFate exactly as they were meant to.]]]]

* AlwaysABiggerFish: Spook is pretty damn scary by himself, but where he comes from, he's apparently [[FridgeHorror one of the least threatening monsters around.]]

* XanatosGambit: Hampstead has a book full of incredibly specific instructions that will guide him towards awakening Xel'Duun. It was written by [[spoiler: himself]] and [[spoiler: sent back in time]] to ensure that occurs exactly according to plan.
** How about the time Hampstead used the book to ensure that Locus would have to kill Silk for [[spoiler: aiding in taking the Wrath of the Life-Drinker?]]

* FetishFuel: Let's start with Locus in her leather jacket with no undershirt, work our way to the [[NinjaPirateRobotZombie vampire slave stripper-assassins]], and keep going from there.

** And that's the God that inspired TheBible, who is simply one amongst many. The ''actual'' Creator of the universe is [[spoiler: Xel'Duun, whose nightmares birthed the universe as it currently is.]]

* TimeyWimeyBall: [[spoiler: In a series full of some rather insane powers, Hampstead is the lone carrier of this particular brand of magic, although what he uses it for sets up the entire rest of the story.]]